DIY Dryer Vent Duct Cleaning | My Stepdad
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- Опубліковано 15 лип 2024
- Stepsons, in this video I walk you through the process of cleaning out a dryer vent hose and duct. (Note: In the video I called it a pipe or a tube the whole time. I should have referred to it as a duct, but you get what I meant).
Here's a link to the tool I used in this video: amzn.to/3B1JHMb
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0:00 Introduction
0:42 Cleaning Tool
0:55 Accessing duct inside
1:26 Disassembly
2:05 assembling the cleaning tool
2:19 Removing the vent louvers
3:15 Using the cleaning tool with a drill
5:12 Exiting the ductwork inside
6:08 Reassembly
6:50 Moving the dryer
8:18 Summary and Outtakes
Not just for stepsons, us females are doing a lot for ourselves with your help! Thanks!!
So glad to hear, Sunny! Keep watching. I hope you'll understand as I keep addressing the young men. I'm concerned that they need the dad support and love now more than ever, and there's not much there just for them. But I am thrilled to have others benefit too! Just remember that your stepdad loves you too. 😉
@@MyStepdad You are a very good & thoughtful man. Kids now a days need this kind of help and instruction, don't stop doing what you're doing.
I have to be honest. The image on the thumbnail screams "You can trust me..." Sir, your cause is an honorable one. I'm going to try to reach out to my boy. I haven't spoke with him in a very long time. I'm glad that I stumbled upon your channel.
This is very kind of you to say this. I hope your reunion with your son is good.
Again I agree with others, you are not only helping boys but us women as well
Thank you, Kathleen! Glad it is helpful.
I've lived here 13 years with 2-3 dogs and I have waist length hair so you can imagine my dryer vent. What happened with me was suddenly there was the noisome stench of something. After days of searching, I traced it to the dryer vent. What a disgusting project. You are so right to 'teach' this to others. I wish I'd known there was even such thing as cleaning your vent before it made my house smell.
In all honesty, It'll probably be a few years before I clean out my dryer vent again. 😀
@@MyStepdad Trust me, don't wait 13 years! I'll faithfully do mine every 4th of July week. I learned the hard way. 😉
I was looking for duct cleaning vids for satisfying unclogs (lol) and I found your very wholesome channel. Some great content you have here
Thanks Morti!
wish watched you yesterday before I break part of my vent, many ladies without sons or husbands need to learn such special job, thanks for your help, and your show,
I'm sorry that happened to you. I hope you've been able to take care of it. Glad to know the channel is helping. It's kind of you to say that.
Next time leave the dryer connected and turn it on low/no heat. This way when you break up the lint, it will blow out instead of you having to try and pull it out.
I'll have to give that a try.
These things are not just for boys to learn...there are girls out there that don't want to rely on a man for anything. I have already taught my kids this lint is highly flammable and can cause your whole house to burn down.
By the way, depending on how many people you have in your home. This should be done once a year. The more people in your home the more often you should do it. You should also vacuum out the back of you're dryer and get all the lent. Clean it all up from the floor to walls everywhere. You should've added how to take apart the back of the dryer and vacuum out the back of it. Just a thought...
Great suggestions. Thanks
Just happened upon your channel. Very useful advice. I browsed a few of the past videos & will watch more later. I just wanted to thank you for this channel & that many things you share are helpful for girls ( & women) too. (btw, I'm a grandma)
Thank you, Grandma Faythe! I know a lot of what’s on the channel applies to everyone. Probably most of the content (except how to shave or use the toilet properly 😉).
I’m glad you found it and hope you’ll keep watching.
Having grown up without a dad myself, I know there are unique challenges for boys and young men in that situation. I’m hoping they will particularly take to heart the message that they can still successfully become responsible, loving adult men, despite their lack of an in-home example. That’s why I talk to them in the videos.
@@MyStepdad I was raised with out a father as well and my mother didn't really have any talent to pass. I'm enjoying the lessons you share.
Thanks for the video. All is good, but I especially enjoyed the short clip from Second Hand Lion. Thanks!
One of my favorite movies.
Thank you
You’re welcome, Dama!
When I do this, I leave the dryer attached, and run it on 'air only' ... no heating, so flow is going through the vent. When you run the brush through, the debris comes out automatically, reducing any inside mess. A bit dusty on the outside, but not a big issue.
Great idea.
Thanks Dad.
You’re welcome, Shotgun! Looks like you’re a basketball player. I used to play too.
I hope you change the foil venting you have back there. That was outlawed in 1978. It is a fire hazard and will burn. Best venting is 4" aluminum hard pipe. Check your installation manual or the tag on the back of the dryer. Leave your doors open during drying. 41 years in the business. I hate to see you have a vent fire. Make sure all fluted ends of your new vent should point to the outside. Use foil tape at joints no screws.
Thanks for the heads up and for posting the concern here. The duct work is actually rigid. This house was built in 1998. I believe it meets code.
@@MyStepdad From the dryer to the vent appears on video to be flexible foil. Only 4" aluminum pipe can be used to attach product to main trunk line.
I am an older lady so tired of getting ripped off! Thank you! What do you think of using a leaf blower?
I wouldn't recommend using a leaf blower. The lint gets pretty well attached to the walls of the ductwork. I'm not sure you would get it with a leaf blower, besides the other questions that would come up. (Blowing from outside in, or inside out, not enough air pressure could cause a clog of lint mid-pipe).
And I sure hope people don't try to rip you or any other older ladies off!
Why do you have the dryer on the wrong side of the Laundry room? You have the vent to the house on the left side and the dryer on the right?
Good question. Because the doors of our front loading appliances open to the left, from our washer, and to the right, for our dryer. If we moved them the other way we wouldn’t be able to open them facing each other.
@MyStepdad ..but doesn't that model of dryer open at the top also? Ours does..it just seemed odd to have it set up like that.
@@aldo-228 Ours only opens on the front. I haven't looked in to whether the door is reversible though, like most full width fridge doors. That could be a good video if it is. 😀
@MyStepdad ..ok stepdad..I've come to figure it out..its the home builder that has it all wrong! You have the dryer correctly placed but the homebuilder put the vent in the wrong spot.
My output vent this is on my roof. CAn I use that too and do it from inside the house to the roof. Or is that a no no?⁉
Good question. My sisters house is like yours. If you wait until spring I might have a video on that. 😁. Until then, I suspect you could do it from the inside out of you have adequate access. I suspect you’ll still get a lot of the lint/dust in your face/house as gravity will be working against you.
I watched another guy do this and he taped each joint cause his pieces came apart inside and he had trouble getting it out..and I'm female and do this simple thing myself.
I hope it works out for you. I guess you could tape each joint, but the instructions for the tool indicate to only go clockwise (with the drill, like you're screwing it in). If you reverse the drill I can see where a joint could come undone. If you don't reverse the direction, I don't think they'll come apart.
That is all that went black I’ve never seen that before
Thanks
I can’t believe in 2022 that dryers are not designed to catch lint in the lint trap efficiently. It doesn’t seem like rocket science to me. There have been many times when I’ve been surprised how little lint was collected in the lint trap. Now I know why - it’s all collecting in the vent tube so the dryer can malfunction due to poor air flow and I can be told by a dryer salesman that I have to replace it. Unacceptable!
I think it all depends on the particle size. You can always dry your clothes on a clothesline. No lint there. 🙂
Thank you
You’re very welcome! I hope it helps. 🙂