The phrase 'dryer vent' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it whenever you are referring to the vent that is attached to a clothes dryer to exhaust warm air. For example: I need to unclog the lint from the dryer vent to prevent a fire hazard.
A repairman cleaned the clogged dryer vent.
Still, the last wren around here nested in the dryer vent, which was a mess to clean out.
This can be done by installing dryer vent seals that open only when the dryer is in use, as well as fireplace draft stoppers and attic door covers.
A dryer vent provides an easy entry for rodents who steal crumbs from the kitchen floor or bits of dog food from the pantry.
I have never stuck my head in a dryer vent or rubbed Scotch bonnet peppers on my skin, but I would imagine a similar sensation.
Mr. Worley, newly alert to the issue of dryer maintenance, has even cleaned the dryer vent, using the vacuum cleaner's extension hose.
A typical American dryer, vented to the outside, normally won't do, because it represents a huge compromise of the air envelope every time it runs.
What is the rule on gas dryer venting?... Tony De Blasi, Manhattan A Ilyse Fink, a spokeswoman for the New York City Department of Buildings, said: "We concur with Con Ed.
A recent study from the University of Washington found that dryer vents in homes that use popular scented laundry detergents and dryer sheets emit more than 25 volatile organic compounds, including two known carcinogens.
"Instead, they use two pipes: a sidewall exhaust vent in the way a clothing dryer vents out the wall, and another pipe to bring outdoor air in for combustion," he said.
Of course, when the definition of sensible behavior expands to include walking around with baked potatoes in your pockets, thrusting your hands into the armpits of strangers and hanging out by dryer vents inhaling the warm Downy-scented air, it becomes hard to say what makes sense.
