Steven L. Smith, Bellingham, WA Home Inspector (King of the House)

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If It Fits It Must Work

This photo has to go in that goofy and misguided category we home inspectors see so often -- "if it fits then it has to work". The photo below, believe it or not, is a dryer vent. If you have ever cleaned a dryer vent, or looked at all the lint and junk they spit out, you know just how illogical the location of this vent really is. It has maybe, at most, an inch of clearance between the concrete and the lower lip of the vent. This, by the way, is the new location for the dryer vent. They did not like where it was located before, decided to move it to this ideal spot and,  in so doing, they left another open hole in the side of the house.

This is another good example of the old proverb -- just because some bozo can get two things to squeeze together, that does not make it right.

Steven L. Smith

Bellingham WA Home Inspections

  

        

        

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Comments

Just when you think you've seen everything.....someone goes and does this!
Posted by Jim Albano / North Jersey Real Estate Team - Jean-Marie Vantuno / Realtors® (Prudential Damiano Realty ) about 4 years ago
What were these people thinking? This is crazy! I'm no expert in dryer vents, but this looks like some type of fire hazard!
Posted by Darleen McCullen, Broker-Raleigh, NC Real Estate about 4 years ago
Yeah, pretty weird. Also, there are thermal protection devices in a dryer. This is probably more likely to damage those -- so it will not run at all -- before it causes a fire which could be a problem too.
Posted by Steven L. Smith, Bellingham, Wa. Home Inspector (King of the House Home Inspection, Inc) about 4 years ago
Steve when it is low like that it becomes a "covered entryway" for mice---what do you have against mice?
Posted by Charles Buell, Seattle Home Inspector (Charles Buell Inspections.com) about 4 years ago

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