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Installing A Dryer Vent
Hey guys and welcome back to another edition of BS with AJ! This week we are going to be installing the vent for out dryer! We recently moved our dryer from one room to another, so we needed to drill a hole through the wall to vent outside. We have a brick house so that requires drilling a 4 inch hole through brick, which is a bit more tricky than wood wall.
Tools and materials:
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3/8" masonry bit - amzn.to/2FquYPf
jig saw - amzn.to/2FHXzyR
small sledge hammer - amzn.to/2p7erEX
chisel - amzn.to/2DhXxsy
tape measure - amzn.to/2GeVd8K
clear calking - amzn.to/2Ge6Yw2
calking gun - amzn.to/2tAFle0
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aluminum dryer duct - amzn.to/2oXntp2
3/16 " masonry bit - amzn.to/2GgPsYg
tap cons - amzn.to/2FtnN9n
First you need to decide where to put the hole in your wall, you will need to do some measuring to be sure you don't put it in a bad place inside or out. I ended up putting mine about 8 1/2 inches off the floor to the bottom of the aluminum dryer duct. Our vent cam out by one of the downspouts for our gutter system, so if we hadn't measured right we could have drilled a hole in the downspout causing water to pour into our wall. so Measuring is always important!
After you decide where you want your hole to go you will need to measure the dryer vent, it should come with a metal sleeve that will stick through the wall for you to hook up your dryer duct to. Mine measured 4 inches. You will need to make the hole slightly larger than you duct to be sure it fits through easily. So I made my hole 4 1/8 inches.
You need to make sure you mark the center of the hole, you will need that for our next step.
Next you will drill a hole on the center mark all the way though as deep as the drill bit will allow you to. This will mark the center on the brick wall for you to Finnish drilling after you cut out the hole from the inside.
Now you need to grab your jig saw and cut out the hole you marked! Once that is done you will need to drill the center mark you made the rest of the way thought the wall all the way to the outside.
Now comes the fun part! the outside work! You will need to mark the hole using the hole you just drilled as the center point of your circle to be sure it aligns up with the hole you cut out on the inside. Now you will drill a series of hoes on the circle you just drew on the brick (as shown in the video). Its takes a while and a lot of work! After you have drilled as many holes around the diameter of the circle you will need to use you hammer and chisel to finish cutting the hole out (as shown in the video).
Now all the hard work is over! All you need to do is start to install the dryer vent! you start by sliding the metal sleeve through the hole you just drilled and use your 3/16 masonry bit to drill holes on the corner of the dryer vent to attach it with tapcons! ( as shown in the video) after its good and secured to the wall you will need to calk around the edges to keep water from getting behind the dryer vent. Be sure and smooth it out with your finger, that is what makes the seal! My video cut out before I could show you how to do this, sorry about that!
Now all the inside work is finished! Time to go back inside! You will need to use the two hoes clamps that came with your aluminum dryer duct to attach the duct to the dryer vent ( as shown in the video) and then you will do the same to the dryer!
Now all that is left to do is move your dryer back into place and calk around the dryer duct to be sure and keep out any moisture and/or bugs! And now your finished!
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