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.
>>2965995How your dryer pipes are set up is even worse.
>>2966278I can stand the latest commercials where they dump a bunch of "scent beads" into the load.
>>2966093No, it's almost certain that the vents just tee together into a common flue/duct without any baffling/check flaps so when the neighbor runs their dryer it just backflows into his dryer through the duct. It's much more likely than what you're suggesting.
>>2966407This.
>>2965995That's just a conspiracy theory
>>2966407then his landlord is a retard and he should still move before he finds more retarded surprises
Pull the hose out from the wall, seal the wall hole up, then rig yourself up a dryer vent lint catcher with a pair of nylons.
>>2965993Just install this or remove your hose and completely cap it and then when u need the dryer, reattache it allIf you cap your side it will just force all the air into the main exhaust vent instead of some of it going into your shit
>>2966805>just cap it offI would do this but I'm concerned about the fire risk. If the smell is coming through my dryer because the main is blocked, what happens when my line is blocked too? I figure the lint will continue accumulating even more and start a fire, then they will trace it back to my blocked pipe and sue me or something
>>2966836>I, the tenant, will get sued by the landlord because of an extremely dangerous thing the landlord did and is solely responsible for do zoomers really
>>2968379Oh they will fucking try it. When I was renting in an apartment complex and the unit above mine, which was empty, had a water leak. I wake up to water all over the floor and a sopping wet wall. I report it to the manager and they call a out a plumber to fix it. I clean up the water, leave the windows up, and put a fan on the wet wall and its all dried out in a day. Later in the week the owner place calls me and demands that I pay for the plumber. It becomes a whole thing and they terminate my rental agreement. I move out at the end of the month and they keep my entire deposit of $1,200. They claimed the wall needed extensive repairs. I get served papers to appear in small claims court. Dude showed up with an actual lawyer and claimed the plumbers and repair fees was five fucking grand. Not 10 minutes in the judge sees that the damage was caused by a leak in a different unit and asked a few questions. He then tells them they are shit out of luck, its not my responsibility, and to return the entire deposit within 21 days. That turned into a whole issue because they ghosted me for three weeks and then told me to come to their office to pick up the check on the 21st day. It then bounced. So did the next one. It was then I discovered that, in my state, they are requested to keep the deposit in an interest bearing account and return the amount plus the interest. I pointed that out and they straight up refused to return it at all. Back to small claims, same judge. Dude is legit angry that they didn't pay me and points out that I am 100% correct on the interest thing. He gives then 14 days to return the deposit plus pay another $500 on top of that. Ghosted again then a call to pickup the check on the 14th day. They pay me the deposit amount but not the interest or the fine. They say they will get it to me later. The check clears. I don't hear anything for a week so I sell the remaining debt to a collection agency for $26 and wash my hands of it.
>>2968394>so I sell the remaining debt to a collection agency for $26 and wash my hands of it.lmao peak petty, I didn't even know you could do that, especially as an individual and for such a small amount
>>2968401They actually probaably.love it. Usually they get debt that's almost impossible to collect. $1000 from some broke ass that couldn't afford the credit card in the first place.$$ against an apartment complex with two court orders against them is easy money
>>2968394Fucking out. US or UK?
>>2968401>>2968421I used a local place. I came in with the court orders and they offered me 5% on what was left. I was in an out in 30 minutes. 5% was a good rate and I was so done by that point I didn't care. I got my deposit back and enough money for a decent meal.
>>2968394>selling a debt to collections as a person not a companyI didn't know you could do this and I need to do so immediately Do you have to do anything specific or can I just google collections agency and click
>>2966348I can't stand the scented water companies sell to put in your iron hen ironing clothes it's literally just water with scent in it
>>2965992>make apartment building out of dried resinous wood>fill building with furniture made out of glued sawdust>put a lint generator in every unit>put a high power heater in every lint generator
>>2965992Can you reverse the flow and redirect it back into you neighbors apartment?
>>2968394I thought you weren't allowed to bring a lawyer into small claims court?
>>2965992kek...building maintenance man just piped the exhaust into the walls so it fills with lint...your shit will go up in flames in an instant
>>2968443California.>>2968449I went to a local place. They always had ads out for students because it was shit work but the hours were flexible. It was basically a call center. They buy up debt and harass people via phone. Just know you you aren't going to get much. They paid me 5% of the debt and that was a good rate. Likely because it was court ordered debt and not just a repo'd car or unpaid bills.>>2968460Where I am it is allowed. Every single place I rented from ended up in small claims court because of bullshit. Half the cases had lawyers. I actually read the tenants rights laws for California and they are quite generous for renters. One guy refused to return my deposit because he bought the place after I moved in and he said the previous owner didn't transfer my deposit. The judge laughed him out of court. I had one keep almost my entire deposit as a cleaning fee. I asked for an itemized list with receipts. He refused to give it. Small claims. The judge told him that yes, he was required to do that. He typed up some bullshit and sent it over. Back to small claims. I ended up getting almost my entire deposit back. Only had to pay for a set of drip pans for an electric stove which was $15. I had a landlord try to get me to pay for water damage from a leaking water heater. It was in a closet behind the unit. Literally never went back there. Small claims. Judge tossed it. One landlord tried to get me to pay the entire cost for replacing the carpets and painting the unit. Tenant law says you are not responsible for wear and tear, any replacement cost should be prorated based on age/life of the item, and that the unit only needed to be returned near the condition it was rented in. Landlord had no idea how old the carpets were and they just claimed that they painted every unit at the end of a lease. I had pictures from move in that clearly showed they didn't paint before I got the place and the carpets were old when I moved in. My entire deposit was returned.
>>doesnt stick a fan into the duct to blast gross smells into the mainline
>>2966716And then let his laundry room get covered in mold?
