If you've ever walked past the dryer vent while the clothes dryer is on, you know how hot that air can get. If your washer and dryer are located in your freezing garage, you know how cold the floor gets in winter. You have to dress up just to do the laundry. Sometimes, the only place the kids can play, or the husband to tinker, is in the garage with your washer and dryer. Since most people don't heat their garage, it can be as miserable as outdoors. Wouldn't it be nice to tap into free heat? (Free because you'r using the clothes dryer anyway).Wouldn't it be nice to give your husband an incentive to do the laundry?

There are now indoor dryers vents available that can direct that hot air from your dryer back into the garage or house. How they work is that there is a tray made of durable, heat resistant plastic, with a vented cover that attaches to your wall. Most people place them around ground level. You place water in the bottom of the tray to catch the lint  from your dryer and the hot air, now free from lint, blows into your home or garage through the air holes at the top.

Take the vent hose from your dryer out of the wall and place it on the top of the indoor dryer vent and clamp it down. Wella! You now have moisture rich warm air circulating in your house for some added free heat. And who couldn't use some free heat?

These indoor dryer vents are available in many catalogs for about $7.50. They are easy to install and require no tools. Quite worth it. Those who use them love them!

Just be sure to stick the dryer vent back outside during the summer months....