venting my dryer

[caroles]

I have a glass block window with a rectangular vent in the middle. Can I vent my dryer somehow through there?

I am having moisture problems in my gameroom when the dryer is on so I lifted that drain cap off the floor and that is where the dryer is venting right now.

Is anything wrong with doing that? It seemed to have fixed the hot humidity problem.

[HayZee518]

not really but if there is a trap somewhere downstream, the air coming out of the vent is going to push all the water out of the trap and you are going to get a backflow of sewer gases. it really should be vented outside to the atmosphere.

[The Builder]

The have glass block windows designed to help that, but of course your not going to do that. So another option other than venting it to the outside is to by one of those dryer vent boxes. It is similar to what you did to solve the problem, but the box is designed for your paticular application. You put water in the box and hook up the dryer vent line to the attachment on the box, and it collects dust and everything. Hopefully I eventually get one. ha haha. It don't bother me none, but since it bothers you and you want an easy way to solve your problem, the dryer vent box is the way to go.

[Dan O.]

Vent to outdoors!

I am having moisture problems in my gameroom when the dryer is on so I lifted that drain cap off the floor and that is where the dryer is venting right now.

Is anything wrong with doing that?

You mean besides the fact that the hot air from the dryer likely isn't going anywhere except into the pipes. The main thing is that such a connection is likely to present a fire hazard at the dryer. Secondly it could create plumbing and sewer gas problems and is definitely against building codes!

I have a glass block window with a rectangular vent in the middle. Can I vent my dryer somehow through there?

If it leads to the outdoors, I'm sure the dryer could be vented through it. Check with someone knowledgeable working with glass block.

another option other than venting it to the outside is to by one of those dryer vent boxes.

Those do nothing for humidity, which was the OP's main complaint. With any kind of indoor vent kit the humidity from the exhaust just gets released back into the room air.

it really should be vented outside to the atmosphere.

Exactly.

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[The Builder]

The best thing is for it to be vented outside, but the situation at hand is different. The glass block air window that they have is different from the attachment disigned for dryer venting. As far as the vent box is concerned, it does help reduce the amount that they are getting inside the house, rather little or less. As one person once said, "every little bit counts". ha ha. But let me also add, if you have the glass block install that was installed block by block instead of already made up in the factory, you can try to chisel out the joint and remove the block and get one that has the opening for the dryer vent.

[HayZee518]

the OP said they had a problem with "HUMIDITY." problem was solved when they vented the dryer into the sewer pipe. Now, you are telling the OP to vent the dryer into a wet vent box. By doing this you are just adding to the humidity. Get to the root of the problem. humidity in any shape or form is MOISTURE! Chip out around a glass block, get a vent adapter that'll go in its place and silicone seal around that.

[The Builder]

You have to read my post. I let the Op know the varies options, rather small or great. Your comment was just a repeat of what I told the OP to do in post 5. But two is sometimes better than one.

[pushkins]

I would actually be VERY surprised if the dryer was even really venting through the floor drain, unless you actually sealed the vent to the drain and even then the dryers exhaust fan most likely wouldn't have the strength to push all the water out of a 2" floor drain.
If the vent line isn't sealed to the floor drain then probably 99.9% of the moist dryer air is still going into the basement.
Like previously mentioned, simply remove one glass block and install a dryer vent.

[glassblock]

glass block dryer vents

There are several sizes of glass blocks made for dryer vents - 6 x 6, 6 x 8, 8 x 6 and 8 x 8. As previous posts have said remove one glass block and insert the dryer vent - they are already designed for the standard 4" pipe.