@@ruthlessluder I have seen recent photos recently where a dryer fire has destroyed the laundry room. Maybe it was started by an older dryer with no thermal fuse.
I cleaned out the dryer vents when we moved into this house about three years ago because the dryer was taking forever to dry. The brush kept catching on something, so I changed to the metal reamer attachment, then found a squirrel nest and another dryer vent brush stuck way up in there. No wonder it was getting clogged and not drying!
ACE Hardwares carry the Dryer Clean-out Kits. I use my Shop Vacuum inside, with a bag in it. No mess this way, gets done every Six Months due to a long run. Make sure you Lock the Brush Down with the set screw, and tape the Forward/Reverse Lever to the Forward position on your drill. Never run in reverse, as the rods can unscrew.
I purchased one of these kits and used it to clean my dryer vent for the first time in 15 years. I didn’t hardly get any lint. Used a flashlight to look in and it’s clean. I always clean the dryer lint trap in the dryer after every load.
The drywall of the wall on the opposite side from our dryer started bowing out. My husband researched how to fix it. He just happened to start the process when the dryer was in use and noticed that the wall was warm. He pulled the dryer out to investigate. The vent was completely blocked, of course, but was also loose. While he was trying to figure out how to reattach it, the entire 6 inch section came out of the wall. Long story short, he ended up taking out a panel of the Sheetrock to find that the builder hadn’t connected the dryer duct to the outside at all. They had just vented it into the space between the studs. The lint filled the space for about two feet up the wall with more bunches in various places up to where it “joined” the duct that ran through the attic to the outside vent. An inspection of the attic proved that there was lint there as well. Needless to say he cleaned out all the lint, added a proper duct and actually connected it all together. No surprise that our dryer miraculously began working more efficiently and the wall was no longer warm. This could have been a tragedy. A house in the neighborhood DID have a dryer fire that ended up burning the it down. The family had started the dryer and left. By the time neighbors were aware there was a fire, it was through the roof and blowing out windows. (I no longer put clothes in to dry and leave the house.)
You would be Amazed at how many homes have the dryer vent right next to the A/C unit. I have Never seen so much lint trapped in a pipe before. A Lot of homes have them vent Under the house. That pile at the end of the video is what it looks like underneath the house in those cases.
@@ChristopherWRogers When they vent under the house they are BUILDING a fire hazard. Not to mention that it is really CREEPY to crawl around in dryer lint. But HOW do I keep finding earrings under there ? HOW do they make it through the dryer ?
@@ChristopherWRogers yeah. I've found small screws, screwdriver, and coins. But mostly earrings. I found a 1karat pendant earring that the homeowner had lost nearly 5 years earlier. She said that set cost her husband $2000 . She was really happy to get it back. He had died the year before I found it. But it IS weird that something that size can make it all the way through a dryer.
@@Nan-59 back in the day? I was still hanging wash 15 years ago because we didn't have a dryer in the house we rented at that time. Used to hang clothing all around the basement in the winter. Did that with my first baby til he was almost 3 and we moved. Had to get a dryer because nowhere to hang clothes.
I really like using the sight sticks here. But I prefer to use the air hose with the ball of holes at the end.by god man that was a fire waiting to happen. U saved a life. Maybe I'll do both methods.
Ours was plugged inside the dryer and the dryer stopped drying clothes removed back of dryer,removed motor housing and dug It out, works again ,like it should far less time needed to run dry the load
@@ChristopherWRogers And therein lies the problem. It's a stacking unit set on a 3" tall platform surrounded by three walls. The duct itself is "U" shaped between the dryer and wall to the outside. I really think I need one of those wire "snake" hoses. Thanks very much for your response. I know the direction I'm going it now! Yahhh!!
What tool and where do we get it, please. I cleaned my bubby's dryer vent out with a leaf blower and it helped tremendously. Blew it out from inside to put, but I don't think it was this long of a run I searched for this kind of tool, but HF & HD were out of stock of anything similar..
@@ChristopherWRogers Thanks for the quick response. That looked like 6 sections at 5 or 6 ft long... Nice rig. I'll look for one tomorrow at the dreaded Blue store...
With these it would not. This particular one is pvc and I'm not bale to remove it. You can remove just the vent from the dryer but you would still need to clean the pipe exiting the home
This is what is wrong with my dryer right now I asked To Rooter to do that I was told they can't I live by myself an I'm disabled I have lived in my house for 25 years my dryer I had to get a apartment dryer box you add water to so my dryer will work
This is why you as a homeowner should take the bit of extra time to install rigid pvc. Don't be the lazy ass who installs the weak flexible duct. You can actually clean the pvc without tearing it apart.
@@chosenwon5618 here in the south I've had snakes birds and rodents in especially when they are that low. Unfortunately of the customer has a slab foundation there's nothing I can do to change it.
