ok, maybe this is just plain retarded. but please dont flame. its just a quick thought/ idea, without much thought.

but why not let the clothes dryer exhaust stay in the house? put like a nylon over it or something to filter the lint.

it just seems like wasted energy.

would it be a fire hazard?

If you have a gas dryer... ever hear of carbon monoxide?

yes its gas.

and DUHH, that completely slipped my mind.

would it be burned off?

It won't burn, and it will kill.

Pull the dryer out from the wall and put a fan behind it to circulate the radiant heat from the dryer and the duct through the house.

But leave the duct connected to the outside.

The CO is a result of the burning. I've never had a gas dryer... is there a way to vent the exhaust seperately from the dryer heat?

That said, I won't use the vents in the bathroom when I'm showering in the winter. That would be sucking out all that precious warm humid air.

John, gas dryers have no other exhaust.

But if you use the fan trick above, you'll use and not waste some of that energy.

for the amount of radiant heat, it wouldn't be worth it.

i just saw the exhaust when i was checkin out the eclipse, and had a quick brainstorm.

but Carbon Monoxide=dumb idea

I chose "slap yourself" only becuase it'll help keep you awake long enough to get out of the house after the CO builds up.

if you were really ambitious, you could run the exhaust vent all the way threw your house to get the radiant heat and then have it vent outside some where...

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Rig up some sort of willwren inspired heat exchanger.