Switching to a Heat Pump Clothes Dryer

As part of our on-going electrification efforts, we replaced our natural-gas powered clothes dryer with an electrically powered heat-pump clothes dryer. This also entailed the final bit of new flooring installation, as I only wanted to move these appliances once.

First up was removing the washer and dryer, and removing and capping-off the natural gas line that went to the dryer:

That was followed by removing the old linoleum and plywood:

Then came laying down the last bit of LVP and patching the vent hole:

Here's what happened on the outside of the house:

And here's the final product:

We gave away the old natural gas dryer, so it can give more years of service rather than taking up space in a landfill.

The dryer is a Whirlpool WHD560CHW ventless heat pump clothes dryer, with a 7.4 cubic foot capacity, which pretty much matches the capacity of our washer and previous dryer. So far it does seem to take about 25% longer to dry, but I don't think I would have noticed if I hadn't been timing things.

Now we just have to replace our natural gas water heater with an electric model, and we will be able to have our natural gas meter disconnected!