How do you manage tumble dryer ventilation

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I have a condenser dryer in an oblong (130cm x 250cm) utility room. It is against the longer interior wall. The short external wall has two 20 x 20 cm passive vents, one at ceiling level, the other at ankle level, which make the room relatively cold as they are always open. When the dryer is running, and door closed, then the room steams up, so I'm thinking of replacing the 2 passive vents with an extraction fan.

Alternatively (or in addition) I could get a vented dryer - but the closest I could get it to the external wall is about 120cm (there is a toilet against the external wall, so the prime position is taken). Not sure if 120cm is close enough, and a new vent would be needed (the existing vents aren't well placed for it).

Before I get a contractor around for a chat about what is possible, I'm interested to hear other people's experience of vented dryers or tips for managing condenser-dryer humidity with an extractor fan.

We used to leave the utility door open to try and vent it as we had this problem. It wasn't ideal. Now we have moved somewhere with no utility room, we have a new washer dryer in the kitchen which drains down the washing machine outflow pipe and causes no humidity, and we've put the condenser dryer in the garage as the bigger space gives more room for the humidity to disperse (and we use it a lot less now that the washing machine can dry things, too).

Mainly we now use the dryer if we've got too much washing to do to wait for the washer to dry it, IYSWIM.

I'm also now reading up about Heat Pump dryers ... these are new since I last bought a dryer. For those of you who have one, do they produce condensation?

We have a heat pump dryer. Slightly less humidity. Before we had to open the window wide (condenser dryer) and now only slight humidity and can leave the window shut.

We have an extractor fan in our utility room. Unfortunately the light has to be on for the fan to be on, meaning extra electricity being used

We have a condenser dryer it doesn't cause any condensation