Exhaust Options

Do not combine with waste vent, radon vent, gas appliance vent, or really any other type of vent.
A connection to an existing vent could allow back-flow even with a booster fan.
If connecting to a waste vent stack you could expose yourself to these bacteria (like legionnaires disease).

Connecting to a radon vent is also a no go. Radon is very heavy compared to air and the Bernoulli effect and/or a booster fan can only work to lift the radon if the top is the only path out. Otherwise it will always drop to a lower level, defeating the purpose of the radon vent. Usually a radon vent also has a suction alarm to indicate if there are leaks in the pipe which would also cause it to fail.

Connecting to a gas appliance could allow CO and/or gas to back up into your laser/workshop. Turn on the laser and BOOM.

If you are not using a filter I would recommend a unique vent for the laser that goes up through the roof, out of a side wall, or out through an eave. If the length is long enough to warrant a booster fan I would place the fan near the end of the run in a location where it could be serviced (unfinished attic space for example) or add a service hatch. I would use smooth duct for all ducts that are hidden in a wall or floor (flex for the exposed part of the connection). The system should be designed in such a way that it can be cleaned with one of those pipe cleaner looking duct brushes.
I have posted here about how long of a duct run could be before you would need to use a booster, and how to calculate the effective duct run.
Not much is really know about how best to vent these, as the :glowforge: is the first large scale deployment of lasers for home use. What I recommend might be overkill (I have been called alarmist by others on this forum), but I would rather be safe than sorry.

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