Flat Roof Dryer Vents

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Flat roof dryer vents.

Dryerjacks are the first roof vents designed to meet the more stringent venting requirements of dryer exhaust systems. The jv roof vent is for use on any roofing material. This medium sized galvalume roof cap has a plate flange size of 12 wide x 12 and the structure is 6 wide x 8 and about 9 high. These terminals need to be cleaned on a regular basis to prevent lint buildup.

Until now however there were no roof terminations that met all of the stringent dryer venting requirements. Dryer vents flush wall vent w gasket damper no screen low profile dryer exhaust 26 gauge zinc aluminum metal. Per building codes there is no screen in this vent as it is exclusively designed for clothes dryers. Dryer vents should always be vented through the side of the house and not vented through the roof and ideally the exit should be fairly close to the ground.

It has a 4 12 inch diameter collar that excepts typical residential dryer exhaust conduit. Broan surfaceshield vital vio powered exhaust fan w led light antibacterial light. The vent you found is not the best for venting the dryer as it is hard to clean hard to see if it needs cleaning and has lots of obstacles that promote lint build up. Considering that back pressure higher than 6 wci is generally recognized as inefficient you can see that venting through the roof with non dryer specific vents is immediately problematic.

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The bk roof vent is designed for use with bathroom or kitchen venting systems. Combustion air intakes for furnaces can only have 1 4 minimum so they don t clog and this was for a dryer which is only supposed to have a flapper no screen. The new dryerjack is engineered specifically for dryers. I finally replaced an old dryer vent that the roofer installed on a re roof job years ago.

Unlike the vents shown above left the dryerjack affects airflow by less than 01 water column inches of pressure. This one had 1 8 screen too. Shorter duct runs created by venting the dryer straight through the roof can improve drying efficiency and lessen lint buildup. Dryer vents with screens are a hazard.

Roof vent kit bath and dryer in bronze model rvk346011 27 97 27 97. For flat roofs with the potential of more than 2 inches of flooding due to scuppers or drains getting clogged a vertically extended vent will be required. They meet or exceed all code requirements and deliver superior airflow efficiency. Everything from flat pitch roof flashing up to 12 12 pitch.

These vents come with a damper to prevent backdraft and removable screen and with or without a stem for flex or hard pipe connections.