I like long videos! Short clips are of course so satisfying to watch as you're endlessly scrolling, but I like chilling with a long video on the 'tubes :)
🤦♂️That's nuts! Gotta wonder how excessively long these people would've had to run their dryer to dry their clothes and why they didn't think something was wrong sooner?
She didn’t have any “known” drying issues and that’s ONLY because over time she had likely become accustomed to it taking forever to dry a load of cloths!!! Honestly, she is very lucky, indeed, to still have a place to call home!!!
Have you considered a side-business of making lint firestarters? Easy to make with a little paraffin. Although you may be able to corner the entire North American market with what YOU recover!
@@A.X.76 Always wondered how the transition of lint from mostly being cotton fibers to a cotton/plastic fiber mix affects this. But really the fibers are just there to act like wicks for the paraffin.
When we bought our 35 year old house we found that the dryer had been venting in the attic and the other one just vented in between the floors. So grateful we didn't have a problem with that! Plus, they have a white pet or pets...I can't deal with the hair!!
What surprises me the most is that the dryers doesn't seem to have a lint filter, our dryers here in Sweden have a filter in the door where the lint gets collected and you just clean the filter after every run of the dryer
Yeah was about to say the same thing, UK tumble dryers also have a lint filter, we do clean it after every run although our pipe isn't anywhere near as long as that as our tumble dryer is right next to the wall that leads to outside, so its an easy clean.
In the UK it's rare to have vented dryers in residential properties. Most people have condensing dryers where the lint is ejected through the drain. Usually combi washer-dryers to save space.
It works, it’s just that dryer exhaust vents should never have a screen on the end. For bathroom and kitchen vents it’s ok, but dryers will clog the screen eventually, even with lint traps.
That's probably the way the back of my dryer looks, lol. I have learned that when the dryer is not drying, it's time to clean it out. After I clean all the lint, it works perfectly well after that🤗. Merry Christmas everyone 🎅🤶
You're supposed to remove the lint from the lint catching screen after every use, if you don't then the buildup does get into other parts of it and it degrades the function of the dryer
@@elenastennett8660 Even if you do change it after every use it should be cleaned yearly like a chimney to ensure there is no buildup or something clogging it.
It's a good idea to check the 110v washing machine plug and outlet. A loose connection in this outlet (or any outlet for that matter) is a hot connection and can be a fire hazard. I've seen plenty of these. If you service call a washer and dryer ...save a house, maybe a life.... open the outlets and make sure they're good, and the connections are proper, clean, and tight. God bless. 😊
I now understand how so many house fires start from dryers. Unreal. I clean mine twice a year. I unplug it and take the panels off and vacuum everywhere to make sure there is no lint trapped in or near the heating elements. It seems most don't do that
I do dryer vent service in Southern California and come across blocked ducts like this all the time. When a large amount of lint acumulates inside the dryer, especially on the burner or electric motor, THAT'S when you get the fire! The fire starts at the source of heat.
Most times you can always tell just how many loads have been dried without the lint screen being pulled out and cleaned. You simply count the different colors of lint and each color is a different layer and each layer equals one load. It’s not an exact science because if someone dried two loads of white towels back to back then it most likely will look like just one layer/color and not two. I used to get my kids with that simple trick every single time and the wife occasionally too. They have all finally realized just how dangerous it can be when I took them outside with some lint and showed them just how easy it lights on fire and how fast it burns!!!
What lint brush are you using, or can recommend a decent one. There are so many on Amazon, I don't want to get some cheap flimsy pile ready to break at any moment, yet not break the bank.
I suggest the Linteater pro kit off Amazon. It has locking ends so it won’t come apart in the vent. I think it comes with 12ft of extensions so you may need to buy 2 kits Or extension rods If your vent is longer than that. It also comes with a vacuum attachment so you can hook up a shop vac while brushing simultaneously.
It should be "against code" to exhaust a dryer through the roof. The requirement should be to have it accessible for easy cleaning, or it doesn't pass inspection. How could a single and elderly h.o. ever even know to take care of that? The only thing I've encountered worse is my neighbor's vent exhausted in his framing bays and up to his rafters (no external exhaust at all, unless you consider the attic external).
My dryer has two filters. One inside the drum that can be removed easily and when u open a lit there's another one that you can take out and clean you can even wash it and then let it dry and put it back. I don't get the construction of this type of things in the US anyway.
That was my ex-husband. I'd ask him to help me with moving the dryer and cleaning out the vents. His response "It's fine don't worry about it". I think he just hated that I knew to do this stuff.
hey mr lint guy i couldn’t find your website or anything on google, my aunt and her family lives in tampa and i know for a fact the haven’t had there dryer vent clean. do you have a website i can send them?
Technically it should be done yearly just like a chimney. THe less buildup the more air flows so the faster and more efficiently your dryer works and the less likely you are to have a fire.
Honestly I think you should just vacuum the big clumps of dust and lint. I appreciate the idea of grabbing it to show it to the camera, but I think the amount of dust set stirred up into the air from doing that isn't worth it.
Years ago we forgot to clean the lint trap after a load. I almost lost my 3 cats in that fire. I'm still neurotic about cleaning that machine to this day. I can now take it apart and clean it myself. And I do.
A single load wouldn't cause that... But a few years of no vent cleaning would. Just like your chimney they need a yearly cleaning to get ride of all the buildup that the trap can't catch.
They do, but some people are lazy and don't clean it after every use or like chimneys they don't think they need to be cleaned out yearly to ensure there is no buildup.... Just like they never think of cleaning a vacuum. (Litterally got a nice upright vacuum donated to my work from a junker, only thing wrong with it was the filter was clogged... Still had the factory filter in it)
We had a new roof put on after a bad hail storm. A few months later our clothes stopped getting dry. I went on the roof and the screen was all packed up with about an inch of lint. The funny thing is, the new vent has a flapper and a screen. I just removed the screen and now is all good.
MrLinGuy - I have a request! Could you please contact your local fire department...and ask them light a bit of your lint on fire? People need to know what happens! Fire Departments call this "public service" and such, they may be game to oversee this one. :) Invite the homeowner, and some neighbors to watch - you're gonna have a good, compelling video! Onlookers will gasp in awe...and you just might make a blowtorch out of a vent! (Removed from a building, of course!)
They do all have filters. That looks like many years of someone not really caring about keeping it clear. I expect their vacuum cleaner is also totally clogged as well and don’t get me started on stained toilet bowls!
Repair guy told me once a month hot water and dawn soap on the dryer vent. The dryer sheets leave a residue behind overtime buildup and mess with your dryer.
Just one of the reasons I won't keep animals in the house. #2: I realize that that some situations call for outlets to be on the roof..but the difficult accessibility looks like a problem for homeowner maintenance. Good job man!
1) You can easily buy cleaning brushes (They tend to come in kits) and a shop vac 2) Cleaning vents should be done yearly, either by you or hire someone.
@@SilvaDreams I've used both. I don't see how these would be useful in the situation shown. As many homeowners don't have the ladders to reach the roof, aren't comfortable climbing on to their roof or SHOULDN'T BE climbing on to the roof..I think a roof or high exit is a bad idea and one that should be avoided if possible.
@@markgarland9000 DOn't get me wrong I think the roof mounted ones are stupid but there isn't much you can do if your home has it built that way. But the roof mounted ones should have a flapper and not a screen, those will get plugged up as we saw in the video and it should be a none issue of needing to even be on the roof.
@@SilvaDreams I 100% agree with you regarding flappers. I understand wanting to keep out critters but considering the risk of fire and the expense of getting that mess cleaned out on a regular basis..I'll take a critter over that!
@@markgarland9000 Even with the roof mounted ones you can easily clean them out from inside, you just do what he did and run the cleaning brush up from the inside and run a shopvac to suck up all the dust and clumps as they come down.
All the vents in the laundry room at my apartment complex are like this. I have been asking maintenance to fix it for over a year now, just waiting for the place to go up in flames at this point
Probably one of the most interesting trades on RU-vid, simple yet effective, most people dont know how to do it themselves but i bet the pay is good and stable income
Old and or stupid codes, people don't want to see that "ugly" vent on the side of the house... But to be fair it should have a flapper on it and not a screen vent.
