While staying at the Gettysburg campground for the Northeast regional rally, we did our first load of clothes in our new vent less washer/dryer combo. We discovered that the dryer was not a vent less one as previously indicated to us but in fact it needed to be vented.
This is the installation process I did while we were at the campground for the rally. This is not necessarily the best or correct way to install the vent but I thought I would post this as an aid for anyone who needs to cut that dreaded hole in the wall of the Montana. So with that said, I take no responsibility if you mess it up. If you don’t have the skills and/or confidence as a “do it yourselfer”, perhaps you should consider having this done by someone else or a professional at an RV shop!
The first thing we did was to purchase a vent kit from an RV dealership. After that I gathered all of the tools I needed as well as some tape putty and silicone caulking. The only thing I didn’t have was an actual drill bit the same size as the hole that I needed to drill the hole. The wall where I was to mount the vent also had a sticky on the wall indicating it was the wall to use for placing a vent if needed.
I started out by getting the measurements from the floor and the wall as to the location where I wanted the vent mounted. After I found the location where I wanted the hole, I used the inside piece of trim that came with the vent kit as a template to draw a circle. I took a small drill bit and drilled holes around the circle close to each other. I didn’t penetrate the outside layer of the camper side just in case there was some kind of a mistake that would show up later on. With a utility knife, screwdriver for prying and the drill bit I made a hole all the way through the side except for the outside layer as mentioned.
When I was certain I was ready to drill through to the outside, I used a little larger drill bit and followed the circle around, still drilling from the inside. I placed masking tape around where the hole was going to be on the outside as well as around the hole I already had on the inside. With a saber saw I carefully cut the hole from the outside. At this point I checked the hole to fit the vent and trimmed away any edge that was uneven or not smooth. The hole wasn’t a perfect circle but if needed the out side cover would hide the mistakes.
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The next thing I did was to dry fit the vent and make certain it would fit properly once I added the tape and caulking. After being confident of the fit, I drilled four small pilot holes for holding the vent to the outside. I then placed some tape putty around the hole so it would cover all of the area under where the vent would be installed. I also placed some silicone caulking on the inside of the hole before sliding the vent through the hole.
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After mounting the vent I removed the extra putty cleaning around the vent. I also put some silicone over top of the screws.
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