We want to put a washer and dryer in the basement and have a few questions…. Where/how do we vent a gas dryer? There are coal shoots in the front and back. Can we just run a duct out either of them?

We have a gas-powered washer/dryer (a one-unit stacking set) that vents to our basement. Our bathroom contractor told us this might be dangerous because anything gas-powered lets off carbon monoxide ...