@newhomeownerplanner: Look closely at where your clothes dryer exhaust duct leaves the laundry room.Does that silver pipe pass directly through the drywall or floor into a hidden cavity as a flexible accordion foil hose, or is it connected to a solid, smooth rigid metal pipe?According to International Residential Code (IRC M1502) and National Fire Protection Association fire standards, flexible foil or plastic dryer ducts must never be concealed inside walls, ceilings, or crawlspaces.Flexible foil ducts have corrugated inner ridges that snag lint like Velcro. When hidden inside a wall cavity where you can never clean it, trapped lint bakes under 160°F dryer heat until it ignites.Any duct passing through a partition must be smooth, rigid galvanized metal.Full checklist: search 'newhomeownerplanner' on SelarLook behind your dryer tonight: Rigid metal pipe or flexible foil entering the wall? Part 13 of 30 — follow so you don't land mid-series. #dryervent #firehazard #homeinspection #firsttimehomebuyer #homeowner #safetyfirst #diyhome #contractor #buildingcode

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