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Oh I am so glad I watched you to the end because you showed me how very careful you must be in doing this job. How the heck would you fix all the venting that failed in an old house? Anyway, thank you!

Wow that was a lot of lint, they were lucky they never had a fire.

Arkansas. One story house. My dryer is on an exterior wall and the vent is about 7 inches long. I can reach my hand in to clean it. I’d never buy another house unless the setup was the same as it is in my current home. Thankfully attic vents aren’t common here. My husband’s old house had the laundry room in the middle of the house and the vent went to the left behind the dryer, up the bedroom wall into the attic then down the exterior wall to an exhaust that was capped with a PVC sewer cap. His clothes would never dry unless he just vented the dryer inside.

Did not replace the flapper

Another reason to line dry

Holy cow. You needed a hazmat suit for that job. 🤢

Boom add a pop noise when it’s finished ….

From Houston, Texas here. We just had our dryer vent cleaned and got a LOT out; not because it wasn't drying, just because we'd never had it cleaned, and we'd lived here almost 17 years. The exhaust goes up and over a bedroom/bathroom, then back down to come out the exterior wall about 3-4 feet from the ground.

Asheville NC ,I live in a condo, laundry room on main floor, dryer vents up through the celing through the attic, out through the roof. I've lived here 5 years and had it professionally cleaned once, then had to have an element changed in my dryer since then, plus my brother had been on the roof and cleaned it the best he could. He took off the cage looking thing this last time, we shall see how king this last. I'm so frustrated because I do not know what to do the next time it quits drying good, and it is bound to happen due to the poorly way the dryer is vented. Or worse, i fear a fire.

What a dangerous job up there on those steep roofs! Be careful out there, Steve!! 😮

Maybe the homeowner put that screen on the dryer vent because of birds. The only way they can get in if the flap gets stuck and doesn’t go down. Some birds create a nest inside those vents. So check yours out.

Goes outside same level as floor joist.

Hi Steve! I live in supported housing (that's housing for people with disabilities). They take very good care of us here, and even clean the drier vents twice a year. They've only been doing this for the past couple of years. Maybe they heard your message! 😂

Job well done

That was a legit fire hazard. All those pine needles, they are super flammable. I use them to start fires in my wood stove.

I have the same bird issue so I installed a 3 panel louver vent cover. Flaps open when venting and close when not. Keeps the birds out.

THAT'S CRAZY HOW MUCH COMES OUT

Cincinnati, OH - great job Steven

What about how to clean the dryer?

Show how to hook up that connector from vent pipe to dryer vent. Amazing fix!

Tullahoma TN.

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Mine goes down below the space between my basement storage and the floor. It's pretty easy to detach and clean the segments. About a 15 foot run with one 90 degree turn. Easy peasy. Last house was even easier. It was never designed for a dryer (1957), just a washer in the basement. Flexi hose vent went out the window above the dryer

How do you keep birds out then

I'm in Little Rock, AR. We are on a slab and we vent directly through the wall to the back yard.

Cedar Rapids, IA. Cleaned our vent earlier this year. I don't know if any of the previous owners (20-year old house) cleaned it out or not. I tried the leaf blower method and only managed to blow apart a connection point in the duct work. My dryer is on the main floor, the duct goes 90 degrees down to the basement ceiling, another 90 degrees to the wall, another 90 degrees up and one more 90 degree angle out of the house. I ended up taking sections apart and vacuuming a lot of built up lint out of the ducts. Flows great now. The vent out has 3 flaps to keep critters out. Wouldn't the flap on this system keep the birds out, or are they able to pry it open?

my house was built 2 years ago. The laundry room is on the 1st floor. The dryer vent is 14 feet from the ground. I'm really not sure why they made it that high, but it's the same for every new house in my subdivision. Makes it a pain to get a ladder to clean it out. I wonder if I can just cut a new opening directly behind the dryer, so it's only about 2 feet from the ground... makes it so much easier to clean. Or is that some kind of code violation? That was how the dryer vent was constructed at my previous house(1970s house). The dryer vent was directly behind the dryer and just 1.5 feet from the ground. I used to clean it every coupld of months because it was so easy. :)

Also. Don’t run your dryer when it is raining.

Liked your video I can help you avoid an accident never put your arm thru an extension ladder rest the ladder on your shoulder and use your other hand to guide once you do this enough you’ll be able to carry a bucket of tools Cheers

Uk and condrnser dryer so no external vent needed

We’re in a slab, vent goes up a bit and out the side of the house, a pretty short run. Our vent does have a screen on it because the birds loooove the vents in our neighborhood. But we get up twice a year and clean it out. It’s easy as just a step ladder gets us high enough.

Third comment in as many videos - what brand of brush and driver are you using ?

Watching you from the U.P. of michigan. No washer or dryer I live in a camper in the middle of a forest. Nature is my dryer.

Canada. My vent just goes straight out and is very short

Watching from Roseburg Oregon

I have a stackable washer and dryer in my RV how often should I get it cleaned. It’s a 2022 fifth wheel

Keep up the solid work bud Fresno, CA 24’ run to the roof with 2 45’s Dryer flex installed behind Samsung dryer

Winfield, WV My dryer vent is more or less a hole in the wall that goes directly outside. I walk out and check it for buildup often and always good to go.

We live outside of Greeneville, Tennessee in a Clayton doubkewide. The dryer vent only has a run of about two feet and I can reach it from outside!

I'm watching from Pennsylvania. Dryer in the basement vent goes straight outside. I also clean every year and replace the hose.

I'm in TX. Laundry room is in center room in house. Dryer vent goes straight up to the roof ridge. I get lint collecting on the flap on the roof and restricting the airflow. I try to clean my dryer vent about every 6 months, but at least annually.

we have a bird guard on our sunny side. we have to clean it every 6 months or so.

Mine has a 7ft run to outside, and vents from the basement. I actually borrowed your idea and used an electric leaf blower on it, and the mess that came out was insane! Unfortunately my dryer died and tripped the breaker and wouldn’t reset until I unplugged it. So I’m looking for a new one, but it will definitely run better when I get one. I’m in Cedar Rapids, IA, home of Crunch Berries and Pearl Farms syrup.

I’m in western CT. 2 story colonial. Dryer in center of main floor. Duct drops thru floor then shoots out thru joist space and thru rear sill of house. Full basement so I can see & maintain the whole duct from below.

Pawtucket, RI. Dryer in the basement and goes out the back. Always satisfying to watch.

Our dryer is vented straight out the wall to the outside. Very good short run.

Switzerland. Our dryer is not vented to the outside. They are more energy efficient.

Watching from Bromley England.

Nice job, Steve! Screens over a dryer vent are prohibited by building code,(International Mechanical Code, section 504.4) screens shall not be installed over the duct termination. I remove them and install a proper, code-compliant termination damper. If the customer insists on the screen, I advise them that I cannot legally install it. A weekend review would be good.

After a bazillion years of lint issues, it seems to me manufacturers have gotten away with unacceptable engineering practices. Its been long obvious that they are responsible for engineering better control over lint collection. If we were going to start a ground roots movement of progress, it should start here.