Wife decided putting the clothes dryer on a pedestal would make it much easier to load/unload. After checking out the pedestal prices at the local big box, I wandered over to the shelving department and purchased some 1" x 12" melamine shelving.
Cut a square base with the dimensions of the dryer, a couple of pieces for the top, put 2 1/2 nails in the finish nailer, nailed it all together and the DIY pedestal was ready to install.
The existing vent went straight out the wall behind the dryer into the garage, a 90 degree elbow then a 25' run to the exterior wall vent. The pedestal required using 2 additional 90 degree elbows to hook up to the existing vent.
Caveat:
When testing, it was obvious the air flow volume was greatly reduced at the outside vent and the first dryer load of wet towels took a lot longer than usual to dry. Three 90 degree bends back to back and a 25' run were a definite no go. Depending on how your dryer is vented, this could be a problem if you have to add 90 degree elbows.
My solution was to make a new vent cutout at the height of the raised dryer vent, raise the vent pipe in the garage to the new height and go back to 1 - 90 elbow.
Setup looks a bit strange as the dryer controls are at the top rear of the dryer and the dryer is much higher than the washer but it is functional and the dryer is much easier to load/unload.
