new house, new exhaust?

[swampdank]

somebody pleeze help me figure out how to cut a hole in the side of my garage. the outside has vinyl siding. some way or another i need to get a nice hole in this wall so i can fit a 4" dryer vent through it. any ideas?

 

[opt1c]

door... window... any overhang on roof... i don't know how hard it would be to remove an entire panel of siding but that might allow you to hide it later on if need be... or tell the landlord you want to put a dryer in the garage and you don't know what to do about the vent

 

[LiLWaynE]

 

[bmwboy713]

4" hole saw from home depot.

 

[Guest]

In the construction industry we don't use reciprocating saws for finish work.

The hole saw is the way to go. Make sure when you begin drilling that the cutting edge makes full contact with the surface to be bored. Keep even pressure, controlled speed and don't tilt the drill motor as this can/will cause the boring tool to walk off and make a mess of the job.

 

[Guest]

PS: Bore from the outside of the building for a clean cut.

 

[swampdank]

hell yeah! i think i am going to cut a hole in the siding with a razor knife then bore through the wood. the dryer vent will hide the cut and hopefully everything will look clean.

 

[Guest]

You can forget the utility knife, the hole saw will punch through both the siding and the wall sheathing. Take your time and be careful, make it look like a Pro did it.