VanguardLH  news:ek7ruiFgv0bU1@mid.individual.net Fri,
31 Mar 2017 20:19:30 GMT in alt.comp.anti-virus, wrote: 

> 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.
> 
> Dryers work by removing water from the clothing.  Just where is
> all that moisture going to go?  Is the dweller attempting to make
> it rain inside his closet?  Does he want his windows coated on the
> inside with rime during the winter months?

That's not all you might find going thru the exhaust vent, though. 
Anything the filter doesn't catch is passed on thru as well. This 
could potentially become a fire hazard when/if enough dryer lint 
builds up. As, a lot of heat is also coming out of that vent.

I'd say, leave it as it is.. and when something shorts out (due to 
moisture) and/or catches fire inside that closet, well, it'll be one 
of those life lessons that some people just can't seem to avoid 
having to learn, the hard way.
 
> Just where is all the water getting dried out of the clothes going
> to go?  Into the closet to soak its airspace and condense on the
> walls and drip onto the floor and leak out into the room and
> create high humidity problems there?  Is this dweller cultivating
> mold? 

that too. Mold, fire hazard due to expelled lint that's being heated, 
etc.
 
> So there is a utility access across floors.  You think electricity
> and plumbing need outside air access?  Why would that utility
> access have any outside air access?  So instead of hurling water
> into the closet, this dweller is hurling water into a closed flue.
>  If the landlord is concerned, have him/her call the housing
> inspector and fine this abusive dweller that made changes without
> a valid permit and possibly without any permission of the property
> owner.  You said landlady which means the neighbor does not own
> that property that he modified.  Just because some boob wants to
> modify their residence doesn't grant them permission to do so nor
> does it mean they know what the hell they are doing. 
> 
> Then there is the lint.  No dryer catches all lint from the dried
> load of clothing.  That means lint will accumulate in the utility
> access which becomes a fire hazard.  Lint expelled outside wafts
> around and should not collect (else it is a fire hazard).

Oh ####, I should have read your post further. :) You had the same 
thought as I did.
 
> And, of course, none of this has anything to do with the topic of
> THIS newsgroup (anti-virus).

Yep, and good luck to the OP. If they don't have renters insurance, 
they might want to consider it. That way, if/when something burns, 
they'll stand a chance of being reimbursed for the losses.


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