tumble dryer in garage?

moneylover

Help!
Daughter just moved into new house and was going to get a tumble dryer and put in garage, there is already a hole for a vented dryer and thats where previousl person had theirs...

However, have just stumbled across this on Appliances Online where someone asked about venting from a garage:

I am afraid AEG vented tumble dryers like the T65170AVcannot be stored in garages unless the ambient temperature of the garage does not go below 10°C. This is because cold temperatures can cause the extracted water vapour to condense and freeze damaging the machine. Storing this machine in your garage can also unfortunately invalidate your warranty.

Has anyone experienced this problem and has anyone had an engineer round to a tumble dryer in a garage during a warantee period and been told its invalidated the guarantee.

Obviously we can go for a condensor but they seem to be generally dearer to buy and for all I know you arent allowed by manufacturers to put these in a garage either...

Help!
Hilary.

newbie1980

ive had mine in a garage for nigh on 10 yrs touch wood with no probs

Martyn_H

Same here..

phill99

Ditto......

McKneff

Yup, me too, My oh cut a round hole at the front side, put the hose there and made a little flap to shut down as soon as its finished,
but we've had one in there for 23 years without a problem.

worried_jim

Had mine OUTSIDE for 10 years- no probs.

nearlyrich

Mine has been in an unheated utility off the garage for 20 years it can get pretty chilly out there in winter we have never had a problem with it freezing. We also have a washer and a freezer in there I know freezers are not recommended to be stored in low temps but again it's been there a long time and no issues.

System

A condensor dryer is more likely to freeze in a garage as it keeps water within itself in pipework.. Ours did last year

cyclonebri1

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A condensor dryer is more likely to freeze in a garage as it keeps water within itself in pipework.. Ours did last year

MSE answer is to avoid a nice new shiny expensive condensing drier, (clue; it doesn't need to shine in the garage), and buy a S/H basic machine that will be cheaper, say 1/3 price, and work perfectly in that environment.

If you really want to get energy savings out of it run the extraction pipe all the way round the garage in an ever falling drain, to get every n'th degree of heat energy back into the garage :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: