I live in an apartment on the 2nd floor and whenever my neighbor runs their dryer, the exhaust from their dryer comes through my mine and floods my place with dryer sheet odor. Can I block off the pipe, or install an inline damper so no air will get through, or will that be a fire risk?
>>2965992They make one way dryer vent valves.
>>2965993i checked and the manufacturer says do not install it on a dryer as it poses a fire risk
>>2965992every units dryer should vent outdoors... they should not be connected to a common pipe shared by everyone. sounds like you got bigger problems than just smelling your neighbors dryer. sounds like a major fire hazard in that building
>>2966008this. they should not share a common vent. call the fire inspector.
>>2966008>>2966010>they should not be connected to a common pipei did look this up and I guess they can be. they just have to follow certain ruleshttps://codes.iccsafe.org/s/IMC2024V2.1/chapter-5-exhaust-systems/IMC2024V2.1-Ch05-Sec504.11
>>2966021see all those points about exhaust fans and makeup air? i can guarantee you that one of those isn't happening.
>>2965992There are airleaks in the firewall separating your units. Which means theirs probably rodents and mold as well. You shouldn't be smelling anything your neighbor is doing. Good luck getting your slumlord to do anything about it. best option is to move.
>>2965992I can't stand when normgroids use a ton of fragrance products in their laundry, just smothering themselves in phthalates because they think it's the only way to know laundry is clean.
