Gently pull the vent pipe away from the wall duct ... the exit point outside the house by removing its duct flap or duct cover. Next you need to buy a specialized dryer vent cleaning kit.

Vent covers are placed over square or rectangular ... winter will keep your crawl space a little warmer and help protect pipes from freezing. Closing vents also removes easy access for rodents ...

“You can’t just cover the pipes up,” Olms explained. “You can back up your whole system. Deco-Vent allows the 4-inch-diameter pipes to continue to draw the necessary air needed.

Disconnect this, too. Detach the long flexible or rigid metal vent tube that runs from the dryer to the metal pipe attached to the house. Leave the last foot or so of rigid metal pipe attached to ...

J.W. Ypsilanti A. Two words: backdraft dampers. That's what you need on the vent pipes of both appliances. A backdraft damper allows air to flow only one way inside a duct. That means it permits ...

Just six months ago, Zoe in New Mexico got me on the phone twice to help her install the plumbing drain and vent pipes in a house she was building herself. A month before I had drawn the necessary ...

Shoot your inquiries to the Ask Curbed SF Inbox. A recent post about property owners being held responsible for missing vent covers yields this question from a commenter: ...

But why would you even want to do that? One of the biggest reasons is to add a vent pipe. I recently had to put in a vent when I installed a radon system that vents gas out of the top of the roof.