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from: MICKY
date: 2017-03-31 14:12:00
subject: Re: Is this venting dryer

Nevermind.   Unless you know the answer!

On Fri, 31 Mar 2017 17:09:57 +0300, Micky  wrote:

>Is this venting dryer into utility closet a bad idea.
>
>This problem is one that bothers my landlady a lot:   All the
>apartments were built with space for a washer and a dryer, with the
>dryer next to an outside wall for venting the air. 
>
>But, I think it is her neighbor right next door (2 apts. per floor)
>who rearranged his apartment and decided to revent the dryer. 
>
>There is utility stack (right word?) that has floor-to-ceiling metal
>doors on each stairway landing.  I didnt' stick my head in, because
>it's pretty crowded, but I guess they go from the bottom to the top of
>the building with no "floors" of their own.   They carry the water
>drain, the power, probably the water, and maybe the gas and the phone.
>
>
>They are 12 to 18" deep, probably 14 to 16" and the one she opened was
>about 30 or 36" wide, and there's another one just beside it.   I
>think they have a cement (or concrete?) wall in back and maybe the
>sides, but if this could make a difference, I'm not sure and I can
>probably find out. 
>
>So this is where the n'bor vented his dryer.  I think you can see the
>4" hose in the closet, up near the ceiling of the landing, which would
>be half the distance from the floor to the ceiling of her apartment
>and his. 
>
>
>When she first said closet, I thought clothes, boxes, and storage.
>Not utilitiy closet.   So I agreed that it was bad.    But how bad is
>it to vent the dryer into this space?   What reasons?    There is some
>sort of condo association with rules, but of course, it if gets that
>far, one usually has to explain why something is really violating the
>rules. 

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