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Short, rigid, terminated outside.
We route the shortest workable path, build it in rigid metal with as few elbows as the layout allows, and terminate it outside with a hood that opens — never into an attic, a crawlspace or a soffit.
In short
AMG installs new dryer vent lines across New Jersey — for laundry rooms being moved, second-floor and closet installations, condo units, and the frequent case of replacing a run that was never built correctly. The rules that matter are simple and they are the ones most often broken: the duct is rigid metal, not the flexible foil accordion; the run is as short and straight as the layout allows, because every elbow costs you the equivalent of several extra feet; joints are fastened and taped without screws protruding into the airstream, since a screw inside the pipe collects lint; and the line terminates outdoors through a hood with a working damper, never into an attic, a crawlspace, a garage or a soffit. We survey the route before quoting. Free estimate, quoted before work starts.
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What you get
Every elbow adds resistance equivalent to several feet of straight pipe. We plan the path before we build it, which is the difference between a line that stays clear and one that needs cleaning twice a year.
The flexible foil duct sold as a convenience is the single worst thing you can put behind a dryer — it sags, it traps lint in every ridge, and it is the first thing an inspector points at. Runs go in as smooth-wall rigid metal.
Not into an attic, not into a crawlspace, not into a soffit. Outdoors, through a hood with a damper that opens under airflow and closes when the machine stops.
The dryer runs, we go outside and confirm the flap opens and air is moving. An install that has not been run is an install nobody has checked.
When to call
Step by step
We look at where the machine goes, what is between it and an exterior wall, and what the shortest workable path actually is.
Wall or roof, and exactly where the hood lands outside. This is decided with you before anything is cut.
Smooth-wall rigid duct, joints in the direction of airflow, fastened and sealed without screws protruding into the pipe.
A proper exterior hood with a working flap, sealed to the wall so nothing gets behind the siding.
A short transition connection at the dryer, positioned so the machine can sit back without crushing it.
The dryer runs a cycle and we confirm the damper opens and the air is leaving where it should.
Moving the laundry upstairs is a comfort decision and a venting problem. The run is longer, it usually has to cross joist bays, and it frequently ends up with more elbows than a ground-floor line would ever need. The two shortcuts we are called in to fix are venting into the attic — which dumps a couple of gallons of water a week into your insulation and grows exactly what you would expect — and running the line up through the roof without accounting for how much harder the machine now has to work. A roof termination can be done properly, with a rated cap and a damper that will not ice shut, but it also means the line collects lint at the top where gravity works against you. Where the layout allows it, a short run to the nearest exterior wall beats a clever route every time.
Dryer manufacturers publish a maximum equivalent length for the vent, and the number is smaller than most people expect. Each ninety-degree elbow is counted as several feet of straight pipe, and a tight radius counts for more than a gentle one, so a run that measures twenty feet on a tape can easily exceed what the machine is rated to push. When it does, the symptoms are not dramatic — clothes take longer, the machine runs hotter, lint settles instead of leaving — and the household adapts to it rather than reporting it. Planning the route to spend its elbows carefully is the whole job. It is also why we survey before quoting: the shortest path on paper is sometimes not the shortest path a duct can actually take.
Before you book
Smooth-wall rigid metal for the run itself. The flexible foil accordion sold in hardware stores sags, traps lint in every ridge and is the first thing flagged in an inspection. A short listed transition connection at the machine is normal; the concealed run should never be foil or plastic.
It can, with a proper rated cap and a damper, and sometimes an upstairs laundry leaves no better option. It is not the first choice: a vertical run collects lint at the top where gravity is against you, and roof caps need checking more often. Where a short path to an exterior wall exists, we will recommend it.
No. A dryer puts several litres of water into the air every week along with the lint, and venting that into an enclosed space is how attics grow mould and insulation gets ruined. It has to terminate outdoors through a hood. If you have one venting into a space like that, it is a repair we do often.
Manufacturers publish a maximum equivalent length, and each ninety-degree elbow counts as several extra feet — so a twenty-foot run with four turns can already be over the limit. That is why we survey the route before quoting rather than measuring in a straight line on a floor plan.
Yes. The constraint is usually the building rather than the work — shared risers, roof access and management approval. Tell us the building type when you call and we will tell you what has to be arranged before we can start.
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