Can a dryer vent go up through an attic.
Going into the attic.
The international residential code allows you to run a dryer vent through the attic but you can t terminate it there.
Doing so would fill your attic with.
None of the pipes are insulated and neither is the box they go into.
If you do find it you have two choices.
The 2 pipes one a 4 master and the other a 3 2nd do not go through the ceiling but into a common box that goes through the roof.
Before you crawl into the attic make a quick sketch of the floor plan.
Make note of dropped soffits over kitchen cabinets or bath vanities slanted ceilings over stairways or any other dropped ceiling areas.
They re an important part of the home s overall built in ventilation and climate control system.
Unfinished attics should stay about the same temperature as the great outdoors in all seasons says inspector mike holmes for the winnipeg free press.
Depending upon the age of your home you may need to be wary of asbestos.
The house is too high to see if that box has any kind of fitting on the roof but it doesn t look like it from the attic.