If your dryer vent is so clogged that it's a problem.. a kit like this isn't enough. As a dryer vent cleaning professional (FL, Space Coast/Vero) 20 years in business. I have a potentially life saving message for you if you read this. KITS LIKE THIS ARE HIGHLY SITUATIONAL, it depends on your vent design. I've seen a lot. Spend less money now, than more later, or potentially your house burnt down... do it right.. call a pro. It's not a lot of money. It's worth the peace of mind to me, having a pro do it for a mere 150 bucks a year.. 159 to be exact.. that's all we charge for a single story. Yearly cleanings are more than sufficient ( perhaps a family of 2-5 ). Unless you have an enormous family or lots of animals. In which case we recommend every 6 months.. Edit: I cannot tell you how many of these kits I've dug out of people's dryer vents.. Stuck brushes.. broken rods.. Pulling cat size wads of lint out from the roof because a kit like this compacted it. This isn't for everyone.. Products like this make me lots of money.💰 Because when not properly used they fail, and you're forced to call a professional cleaning service for more than a standard cleaning.. that 150 a year just turned into 300+🤑 if I have to spend hours fishing it out.. Older construction down here it is common to see horizontal/wall vents. However most modern homes.. ( your laundry is off your garage.. or a room not near an exterior wall ) It's vented either under slab, or vertically through the roof. Some instances you will find them under eves.. under subfloors in multi story homes.. with convoluted runs. Condos and apartments are especially important.. The amount of screens left installed on dryer vents that go to the roof.. is appalling.. sloppy roofing companies.. It's a violation of Florida building code. And an extreme fire hazard. The amount of brand new roofs..where the vent was just roofed over.. would surprise you. I lost count.. If your vent doesn't exit an exterior wall that you can see daylight through.. I cannot stress enough the importance of having it properly cleaned.
Thanks for the heads up. I was thinking about cleaning the two dryers and looked at the system and saw a lot of items people left in their clothes that ended up in the lint trap as well as rainbow layers of lint that was never cleaned out. Lazy people going to start a fire 🔥. Ehaust was spitting out lint
Sounds like something someone running a business would say. Why call a business when you can just do it yourself? If a business can do it, so can I because I am a human as well and it’s just a dryer vent
@@AtomSquirrel Did you miss the part where I said kits like this are highly situational? And all the points I brought up are exactly why the average person should call a pro. Where does your vent terminate? Does it make a lot of turns? Do you have a booster fan you're gonna run that brush into? What if it terminates on the roof which is for example a 10/12? They have their place, these kits can work. For some people.
@@Elohssa23 what makes a person average? There is no average person. Everyone has their own unique skills and abilities. How does a pro become a pro? Hard work, practice, experience. The “average” person should work towards becoming a pro
@@AtomSquirrel You're a very dense individual. Most people I meet are too worried about how they look to others, or their little career. How neat their house is. People are busy and don't have time for stuff like this. Average means most common. And most people I meet, about all they can do is screw in a light bulb. You didn't address any of the points I brought up in my last reply either. But you go girl, go hit the books and learn it all. Since apparently you seem to think trade schools are worthless. Once you're the master of all trades, You can come frame a house for me sometime. Ooooo I'm sure you're a master of photovoltaics too right?
Clean the dryer ducting from the outside dryer exhaust port. Remove any screens or louvers at the exhaust. Clean with the dryer running on the low heat/no heat setting from outside and wear a mask. Get rid of the the flexible foil type of vent pipe between the dryer and the rigid duct intake, since it's a fire waiting to happen. Replace with smooth metal ducting or the rigid metal flex duct.
She did just fine. Providing she was spinning the drill clockwise. When you clean from inside you can do a cleaner cleaning. Also some vents are too high to reach from the outside.
@Baise Duezcke Perhaps the foil isn't banned but it is risky to use at the least. "Foil flexible ducts are pliable and easy to install. You can find UL listed foil ducts in most hardware stores. However, some dryer manufacturers don’t allow them because they’re highly flammable. Their rough walls restrict air flow (the 4 inch opening collapses to 3.25 inches), and clog easily with lint. When the duct is kinked or crushed as the dryer vibrates against the wall over time (or is pushed), the air flow is restricted even further, building up heat and creating a potential fire hazard. If the dryer overheats and the lint catches fire, the foil duct won’t contain it."
As someone who does this for a living, i strongly suggest against using the rods on any vent longer than 8 feet and more than 1 bend. I have had to come out too often to remove the rods due to overly twisted rods and destroyed pipe. It can easily turn into a $600 job or even more if the drywall has to be cut.
Would you say these are unsafe to use? I keep seeing those comments but mine is on an exterior wall and only about 6 feet and I hit it with a vacuum from both sides when I was done
I ran into that problem several years ago and upon inspection I found that a bird had built a nest in the out side outlet cleaned the outlet and it worked fine from then on.
When running the vent cleaner with the drill turn your dryer on to help blow all debris out. Do this yearly to reduce drying time, save power, and reduce fire hazards.
Take the lint screen out and run water through it, if the water doesn't flow through freely wash it thoroughly with dish soap and water. This is extremely important if you use dryer sheets. I have seen lint screens that looked perfect but they were clogged enough to take a dryer performance down to almost nothing.
Our vent goes up through our vaulted roof line unfortunately the builder used the flexible venting. When we have it cleaned out, the guy has to take it apart piece by piece up through the roof
Press the "dryness level" button to select more or very dry. If you only have a couple of things in there though it confuses the moisture sensor so use the "speed dry" setting which is a timed dry cycle.
Take the lint screen out and see if water will flow through it under the tap. 5 bucks says water won't go through it. Wash it well with dish soap and water. That may make it work.
This particular brand has extension sets you can buy. Each rod is 3 feet long. I have a kit and then a set of extensions totaling over 40 feet as I have a ridiculously long vent line. I believe the original kit is like 24 feet long.
@@thedailydiy Thanks we just move into an older home we just burned up our element on the dryer I don't think it hasn't been clean in years so this is a must for us. My tube and machine 🤖 are clean 🛀 so it's got to be the vent pipe thanks again for yur speedy response.
how can you do it from the outside-in while it's running? you have to disconnect the dryer vent line, so you cannot run it while it's disconnected. Am I missing something by your comment?
@@thedailydiy You find the dryer cap that is outside the home. It can be on the side of the home or the roof like mine. No need to disconnect the dryer from the vent line. You take the dryer cleaner that is attached to the drill and do it from the dryer vent cap outside inward instead of inside. With the dryer on, it'll help to blow out all the lint and have a much thorough cleaning.
@@patthesoundguy : Think about just how many pairs of denim jeans [100% cotton!] pass through the household dryer in a year. The tumbling action releases mounds of cotton each time they go through the drying cycle. Dryer sheets are basically sheets of synthetic fabric impregnated with hair conditioner. I read somewhere that most housefires are starting by (a) cigarettes, (b) candles (c) lint build-up in dryer vents, caused by dryer sheets. I never leave the house unattended with the dryer operating.
@@19gregske55 again I %100 agree!!!! I had the dryer catch fire years ago and the house would have burnt down had we not been home and the smoke detector not been close to the dryer and the fire extinguisher not been there. We were very lucky because we also had the old plastic dryer hose because the dryer was from 1977 and it was 1997 when the dryer caught fire, the hose melted. I stopped using dryer sheets many years ago when I figured out how nasty they were, my clothes especially my jeans felt slimy when I got hot and sweaty working and that they clogged the filter. My clothes thanked me.
@@patthesoundguy : There is another hometruth regarding dryer sheets - they actually expedite the need for successive washes! That deposit on the fabric absorbs dirt. Stop buying and stop using dryer sheets.
