Going Into The Attic

These areas usually have open stud cavities leading directly into the attic that are huge sources of air leaks photos 1 3.

Going into the attic.

None of the pipes are insulated and neither is the box they go into. Can a dryer vent go up through an attic. Before you crawl into the attic make a quick sketch of the floor plan. 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. Depending upon the age of your home you may need to be wary of asbestos. 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.

Give up the idea of a storage space or call in experts to remove it even if it is only damaged and has a chance of releasing asbest. Unfinished attics should stay about the same temperature as the great outdoors in all seasons says inspector mike holmes for the winnipeg free press. 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.