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zedsmith t1_j2ffs8r wrote

At the home center, you’ll find dryer vents generally come with a (approximately ) foot long metal 4 inch round duct that attaches to the vent. You pass that through the wall, screw the vent to the exterior of the house, and foil tape the part poking into your laundry room to your dryer duct (which can be flexible ducting as long as it’s not inside a wall.

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InsanityOfPigs OP t1_j2ffxn5 wrote

Yeah in this case the rigid metal pipe from the dryer goes directly into the wall and meets the exterior vent

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zedsmith t1_j2fgab4 wrote

I know, but it’s easier to make the connection in the room, rather than pushing rigid duct from the dryer through the wall and knowing what length it’s needs to be to get the dryer vent to sit flush on the wall.

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InsanityOfPigs OP t1_j2fihv3 wrote

Yeah but then it sounds like I need to do away with the existing rigid pipe and do the whole thing? Opposed to just attached a vent where the old one was? I’m kind of okay with the rigid metal pipe as it actually would keep rodents from chewing through it and getting into my garage, even with the current broken vent.

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