How To Install A Dryer Vent Through Vinyl Siding

You may need to scribe and trim the edges to precisely fit your siding profile.

How to install a dryer vent through vinyl siding. Position the assembly so that the opening faces toward the ground. There is a minimum of twelve inches above the block wall before you can place a hole in the vinyl for the vent. Step 1 plan according to the location of your dryer if your dryer is in the basement then you need to run the duct up the block wall until you can find a place above ground. In this video i install a new metal range hood exhaust cap.

Then use a siding zipper and unzip the pieces of siding the dryer vent goes through and carefully nail it in place. The put some flat aluminum stock under the bottom flange of the vent down onto the snaplock of the piece below so when water passes the trim ring it will run into the bottom flange of the lower piece and out the closest weepholes. After the hole is completed get the dryer vent hood into place from the exterior of your home. The first is to install a vinyl surface mounting block shown here that fits over the existing siding.

Fasten the surface mounting block to the house with screws but remember to drill slightly oversize holes through the vinyl to allow for siding movement. I replaced the old plastic one that. Insert the duct pipe on the vent hood through the hole. There are two good ways to install dryer vents through vinyl siding.