next to the furnace fan, our clothes dryers move a ton of air; unfortunately, they move air conditioned air (cooled or heated) out of the house! Why don’t we build houses with a fresh air supply into the laundry rooms in order to avoid all that heat/cooling loss? I have never seen one.
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I have seen some builders mentioning they put make-up air supplies in laundry rooms on this site. Some may chime in.