I need some suggestions on a dryer hose

[spiceman1957]

Yesterday, I dropped a large bottle of bleach from the shelf in back of the dryer and it landed my dryer hose. I pulled the dryer from the wall and made an attempt to repair the hose only to find there is a large hole midway. I have always thought there was too much hose behind the dryer. Does a dryer hose require it to have a loop? My dryer is very close to the outdoor vent and was wondering if these hoses comes in shorter length. Thanks,
John

 

[DADoES]

Loops, curves, bends, twists, and turns surely are not required. The duct length should be as short and straight as possible. Most any kind can be cut to a workable length.

 

[davek]

rigid duct

If you're dealing with a very close shot, you need what I had at one apartment I had. It's rigid and a flattish rectangle with a cross-section area similar to the normal dryer tube. It slides in or out to adjust length, and allows the dryer to be pushed closer to the wall anyway. I had to cut mine down to make it short enough, but it worked very well.

http://www.lowes.com/pd_84556-131-3...87_?rpp=15$No=15$Ns=p_product_quantity_sold|0

 

[circlew]

Metal flex

I personally like the semi-rigid metal ducting. Vinyl is not approved by dryer mfrs. or building codes. Link below is for one of several manufacturers.

http://www.deflecto.com

 

[spiceman1957]

Thanks everyone

I found what CircleW suggested at my local Lowes and will try to install it this evening.
John

 

[combo52]

EXPANDED ALUMINUM FLEXIBLE VENT TUBING

Is the worst thing they ever came up with, I think its probably safter to use the old plastic tubing. Problems with the flex aluminum 1 it gets squished and won't reform it self like plastic will 2 it acts as a heat sink and gets condensation in it and cloggs more quickly than plastic 3 its hard to work with and often comes loose resulting in heavy lint build up near the dryer and in the dryer witch is a fire hazard. All dryers made in the last 20 years or more have saftey thermal fuses to protect against severe overheating, they will shut down completely until serviced if the exhaust temperature gets up to aprox 200 F. I do perfer ridge-id metal pipe for dryer exhaust vents, I do belive the flex aluminum is causing more venting problems than its solving.

 

[circlew]

Yikes, will have to reconsider using this type. I can see how it would act as a heat sink, and that lint would stick to condensation in the duct. Of course the rigid metal pipe is the best, but hard to connect the dryer to. I've only used a short section of the metal flex to connect between dryer and solid duct.

 

[mattl]

I only use solid metal. I pull my washer out to give me room to connect as the dryer is pushed back. It's a pain but it works well.

 

[launderess]

EXPANDED ALUMINUM FLEXIBLE VENT TUBING

Thought one was doing the proper and good thing by chucking the white "plastic" in favour of the semi-flexible metal for my vintage Whirlpool portable dryer. Am now having serious second thoughts.

No matter how hard and fast one clamps the darn thing to the dryer vent opening, it manages to come loose sooner or later, especially if one often extends and contracts the hose. Since my unit is portable and not often used, it sits in a corner until required, then rolled to the nearest window, hose extended, and end inserted into a window vent, etc...

Just as the above poster stated, the end affixed to the dryer opening becomes squashed down from being reattached so often, and it rarely fills all the way out again.

Methinks the vinyl hose for a portable shouldn't be that bad if one changes for new often, or uses one of those hose/vent cleaning kits to flush things out. Many hardware stores sell all sorts of dryer venting by yardage, cut to measure, or simply scout around eBay; there are always cheap kits on offer there.

 

[yogitunes]

When ever possible I like to use 4" plastic pipe, won't crush, elbows keep it close to the wall if needed, does not seem to condensate inside or out like the metal does, lint doesn't stick to it so easily, requiring less maintenance, although it will need cleaning on occassion, about once a year, no system is foolproof....