Do you have to have the exhaust from a clothes dryer go outside?

[redly]

venting to the garage is a bad idea...hot moist air in a garage coming in contact with the cold sheet metal on your car will result in rust (not to mention all the other metal in the garage)

 

[desy]

WE have a very dry house in the winter so I used to vent into the basement which was unfinished and even with the xtra filter bag with the diverter I did get more lint in the basement. Sometimes with a lot of laundry I did get some condensation off of the cold water pipes. Family of 4 with kids does a lot of laundry.
Now that the basement is mostly finished I am not doing it anymore but I have played with the idea of running it to the ducting of the house as I use a humidifier in winter anyway. and its always on when the funance comes on just have too build a better filter box before I run it into the furnace ductwork.

 

[Eeezee]

It would be an especially bad idea if you lived in a hot region, like the Southwest I don't think I've ever run a heater (except once, on a particularly cold night)

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: Rubycon

Originally posted by: DrPizza
Carbon monoxide shouldn't be a significant issue with a drier, any more than the carbon monoxide issue with the burners on your stove when you're cooking.

CO goes up from incomplete combustion. As long as the flames are blue (no yellow tipping), you are fine. Of course one cannot see the flames in a dryer. This should not be an issue unless the edifice is extremely tight and you're burning a lot of fuel using up too much O2. If your walls start sweating it's a sign of excessive humidity produced by unvented heating and your indoor CO2 levels could be approaching unhealthy levels. Best bet is to keep the hose venting outside.

Lint from the dryer is a greater risk than CO2.

 

[AlienCraft]

Originally posted by: eflat
Heh it's gas powered I just realized. There is a good reason not to.

Yeah, A little thing called Carbon Monoxide.

 

[sandorski]

What you need is some kind of heat exchanger. Something that removes the heat from the exhaust then radiates it into the house. Maybe a longish copper pipe with fins similar to a computer heatsink.

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: Fritzo

Lint from the dryer is a greater risk than CO2.

Perhaps in the long run it can build up. CO on the other hand, can be generated immediately if there is a malfunction or something blocks the air inlets on the aspirator resulting in a rich condition. (yellow flames)

This is why living spaces should ALWAYS have a working CO detector with a LOUD alarm audible in the sleeping area!

EDIT - you meant CO2...

Fortunately most places are leaky enough so there's sufficient air changes that it's not a problem.