great vent just needs a little help
the directions were not very good if you needed to cut or resize. luckily my dad and i have some common sense when it comes to these things and we could use the full length with no cutting. the periscope allowed me to put the dryer very close to the wall, which was what i wanted. however, after a couple of days i had lint building up in my laundry room. i stuck my hand down the side and felt a gap on the end of the periscope letting quite a bit of air escape while the dryer was running. we had to pull the unit out and tape the seams of the periscope. once we did this, there were no more air leaking problems. overall i would recommend this product. just tape the seams BEFORE you intall with foil tape.
Good product
This product is a must if you need to get your dryer closer to the wall. We found a version of this product at one of the "big box" stores for a few dollars cheaper, but the quality was visibly poorer - the "big box" version was flimsier and only electrically spot welded, as opposed to the Whirlpool, which has properly finished and folded-in seams.
Installation was fairly easy and the product comes with instructions, but you'll likely need a pair of tin snips to cut the excess material away once you've determined the proper size.
You will want to buy some foil tape (check the "Frequently purchased together" section), to tape the seams off after you've got the periscope to the proper size. It's important as this will prevent the vented exhaust from leaking into your laundry area.
Overall, a great product!
Vent Periscope
Our washer and dryer are along one wall in the kitchen, so we need to get them as close to the wall as possible. The existing dryer vent did not line up with that on the dryer, so initially we used a flexible 4" aluminum connector, which meant that the back of the dryer was more than 4" from the wall. We thought of aligning the vent inlet and outlet, but that would have involved cutting a new 4" hole through a concrete block wall, and we did not have any power equipment with which to do this task and did not wish to do it by hand with a 12" star drill and a hammer. The Whirlpool Vent Periscope allowed us to close the gap to about 2". Installation involved the use of tin snips to shorten the degree to which the pipe from the external vent came into the room and to shape the Whirlpool Vent Periscope to the proper length. The sides, ends, and area around the vent inlet and outlet of the Periscope were then wrapped twice in aluminum tape to prevent lint from being released into the...
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