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What type of trade for vented tumble dryer installation?

Anonymous user 15/03/2024 - 2.37 PM

Hi there! I'd so appreciate some advice! I have posted a job on this website and have had a few really great tradesmen come back and say that they could help but I'm just not sure who we would need. We are hoping to install a vented tumble dryer in a space under our stairs. The space is at the back of the house, which backs onto another property. There is between 8 and 12 inches of space between the back of our house and the dividing wall. We are wondering whether tube could run the height of the house, to allow the steam to escape! The space does not have an electrical socket but there is one on the other side of one of the walls. So, presumably, we'd need an electrician to install a socket in the cupboard (that much, I know!) I just don't know what kind of trades-person would be best placed to tell us whether the dryer would be able to be vented up through the gap between houses. We have some issues with damp in the house so we need to make sure that moisture isn't going to escape, either in the house or from the vent pipe. Help!! (I've put that the trade for this question is plumbing but I would guess that it probably isn't... but I had to put something! I'd welcome advice from anyone and everyone!)

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2 Answers

Anonymous user

The law is quite simple now, if you install a new electrical outlet, be it a light or a socket or even a shower, then the circuit has to be tested. so ignore anyone who says otherwise. Yes you can fit it but then you have to get a competent qualified person to test it, testing in my experience costs more than an electrician coming to fit, this would cost around £50 in labour cost if you look around. As for the venting then it is fine to vent it outside, and it wont cause any issues, trying to vent stem up the height of a house i would wish you luck on as it will cool down way before then unless you insulate the venting well, and end up with a load of water coming back inside causing problems. the steam vented through a proper vent straight outside will disperse away from the house and not be enough to worry about even if it didnt. and btw an electrician is the tradesman you want or someone qualified in electrical work, unless you use an extension lead then it is just someone to make a hole in the wall and, fit the vent and make it good

Answered22 January 2018

Anonymous user

If the plug on the other side of the wall is not in a kitchen or bathroom, you don't need an electrician. Just a competent person. You could even run a small extension cable through the wall by getting a small extension cable, taking the plug off, drilling a hole through the wall and putting the cable through, putting the plug back on and tidying the hole up with some filler. Just remember to leave enough cable each end! If the plug socket is in a bathroom or kitchen, sadly you do need an electrician due to new(ish) rules. The vented air can go straight out into the gap if you want. If you want to run it up the wall then you will need something to hold the pipe in place and have something on top to prevent anything coming down it like birds, water, leaves, etc. Just put a hole through the wall that is big enough for the vent pipe. Some are 6" some are 4".

Answered22 January 2018