{"id":6515,"date":"2025-04-30T11:51:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T18:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c4n6.com\/site\/?post_type=blog_post&p=6515"},"modified":"2025-04-30T11:51:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T18:51:28","slug":"hud-nspire-april-newsletter-clothes-dryer-standard-deficiencies-3-and-6","status":"publish","type":"blog_post","link":"https:\/\/c4n6.com\/site\/blog-post\/hud-nspire-april-newsletter-clothes-dryer-standard-deficiencies-3-and-6\/","title":{"rendered":"HUD NSPIRE April Newsletter: Clothes Dryer Standard: Deficiencies #3 and #6:"},"content":{"rendered":"

April 2025: <\/strong>
\nClothes Dryer Standard: Deficiencies #3 and #6:<\/strong>
\nElectric\/Gas Dryer Exhaust Ventilation System <\/strong>
\nHas Restricted Airflow.<\/strong><\/h3>\n
NSPIRE WEBINAR TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENTS!<\/u><\/strong>
\nHUD-NSPIRE Demystified: A Deep Dive into the New Inspection Process<\/strong>
\n4-Part Series in May and 2-Part Series in June <\/strong>
\nRegistration is OPEN \u2013 Click here:<\/strong>
\nC4N6 Webinar Training<\/strong><\/a>
\nClick here to check out free, downloadable <\/strong>REAC Resources<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n

April\u2019s Newsletter topic analyzes Deficiencies #3 and #6 of the Clothes Dryer Standard: Electric\/Gas dryer exhaust ventilation system has restricted airflow<\/strong>.
\nThis is a LIFE-THREATENING deficiency and (for those that get scored REAC inspections) rack up points fast – especially when you have clothes dryers inside every Unit!\u00a0 Remember, 30 points or more lost in the Unit inspectable area\u2026you will receive a score of 59.<\/p>\n

What does HUD mean by \u201cRestricted?\u201d<\/u><\/strong>
\nAll the inspector needs is a reasonable doubt:
\n
\nHUD\u2019s Standard states for the Inside and Units:
\n<\/p>\n

Lint buildup is a major fire hazard!\u00a0 Not to mention the increased energy costs from the dryer trying to work through restricted airflow.
\n
\n<\/p>\n

A maintenance director at East Georgia Housing Authority got fed up with all the squished dryer transition ducts, so he came up with a great solution and it worked so well that he now sells these:
\n<\/p>\n

For Electric Dryers ONLY:
\n
\n<\/p>\n

Can this be cited Outside?<\/strong>
\nYep \u2013 and it\u2019s also Life-Threatening (but only scored once for the entire Outside)!
\n
\nAlthough HUD does not state cages\/screens are a deficiency UNLESS they have lint in them\u2026did you know that cages\/screens are against Code? International Mechanical Code 504.4<\/a> and International Residential Code M1502.3<\/a> prohibit \u201cscreens\u201d on the duct termination outside (most jurisdictions view cages as screens):
\n
\nDryer manufacturers also prohibit them!
\nPrimarily for this reason:
\n<\/p>\n

So how do you keep birds, squirrels, etc. from getting inside?! \u00a0Dampers and louvers are accepted by code but honestly, ALL of them need to be on a cleaning schedule\u2026
\n<\/p>\n

Resources<\/strong>
\nHUD has PDFs (videos are currently down) on how to appeal and how to close out H&S deficiencies here:
\nNSPIRE Toolkit<\/a>
\n**Remember, if you will be appealing something,
\nyour \u201cdefect mitigation in 24 hours\u201d is that you are appealing\u2026not that you fixed it<\/u>!**<\/p>\n

To subscribe to this free monthly newsletter and read newsletters you may have missed, click here: C4N6 Newsletter Registration and Archive<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

April 2025: Clothes Dryer Standard: Deficiencies #3 and #6: Electric\/Gas Dryer Exhaust Ventilation System Has Restricted Airflow. NSPIRE WEBINAR TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENTS! HUD-NSPIRE Demystified: A Deep Dive into the New Inspection Process 4-Part Series in May and 2-Part Series in June Registration is OPEN \u2013 Click here: C4N6 Webinar Training Click here to check out free, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6516,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"blog-category":[130],"class_list":["post-6515","blog_post","type-blog_post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","blog-category-hud-assist"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c4n6.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog_post\/6515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c4n6.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog_post"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c4n6.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/blog_post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c4n6.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c4n6.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6515"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c4n6.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c4n6.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c4n6.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6515"},{"taxonomy":"blog-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c4n6.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog-category?post=6515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}