nashkato
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Hey folks - talk me out of doing something potentially unwise. I’m redoing a 2nd floor dryer vent that broke internally. I found evidence of many code issues so need to reroute the pipe. It appeared that I could fix things with a straight dryer vent run in one ceiling joist to the outdoors using solid 4†piping.
I now discovered a triple 2x10 beam in the way running above a bay window breakfast nook. (Not a true bay window, the floor extends out. It’s about 2’ wider than the rest of the room.) Also, the 2nd floor extends over this nook; there is a deep 6’ tub above it. I think the beam exists only because of the breakfast nook/bay window and the tub.
The joist span on the nook side of the beam is less than 2’ so the tub gets a lot of support. The beam itself spans about 10’. I would be cutting the 4†holes in the middle third. That makes me nervous but the old dryer pipe run won’t do either.
I was going to glue and screw an extra 2x10 plate to each side of the beam where I drill the holes, although the plates will have 4†holes too, so not clear that they will improve much.
Crazy to cut holes in the beam? Probably. Any thoughts welcome. I have no good ideas for rerouting the pipe otherwise. See photos here http://picasaweb.google.com/dereksbrown/RedoingDryerVent?feat=directlink
Thanks!
I now discovered a triple 2x10 beam in the way running above a bay window breakfast nook. (Not a true bay window, the floor extends out. It’s about 2’ wider than the rest of the room.) Also, the 2nd floor extends over this nook; there is a deep 6’ tub above it. I think the beam exists only because of the breakfast nook/bay window and the tub.
The joist span on the nook side of the beam is less than 2’ so the tub gets a lot of support. The beam itself spans about 10’. I would be cutting the 4†holes in the middle third. That makes me nervous but the old dryer pipe run won’t do either.
I was going to glue and screw an extra 2x10 plate to each side of the beam where I drill the holes, although the plates will have 4†holes too, so not clear that they will improve much.
Crazy to cut holes in the beam? Probably. Any thoughts welcome. I have no good ideas for rerouting the pipe otherwise. See photos here http://picasaweb.google.com/dereksbrown/RedoingDryerVent?feat=directlink
Thanks!