Help – keep garage dry and well-ventilated (dryer exhaust hose)

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I just got an old car and need to keep my garage dry and well-ventilated.

Right now my biggest problem is that I have about 3 feet of 4-inch dryer exhaust hose going from my laundry room to a hole that feeds the exhaust right into the garage. It blows a lot of warm and humid air into the garage.

  1. Should I do the work to redirect this hose to the outdoors?
  2. Can I avoid that by getting another length of hose, connecting it to the exhaust hole, and letting the output end sit under the garage door?
  3. Any other ideas?

Best Answer

My neighbor had a handy man run about 20 feet of 4" PVC sch 40 pipe and 3 elbows through his garage and exit through the wall. The dryer runs fine with no change in the dryers performance.