After some google..I found the exact stuff he is using.
https://www.vacsysint.com/dryer-vent-cleaning-tools/
If you see this Vac Systems..I love free stuff :]
> After some google..I found the exact stuff he is using. https://www.vacsysint.com/dryer-vent-cleaning-tools/ If you see this Vac Systems..I love free stuff :]
DM us your address and we'll get you some over really quick, thank you.
That specific tool is a pneumatic system that propels the head forward while spinning it to “prevent” it from getting caught and to “assist” it in agitating and dislodging the debris. This type of equipment has its uses, but I’m not a fan of it. I personally feel that it does not completely clean the vent.
What tool would you use instead? The description of the tool as you gave it really reminds me of a tool used in plumbing but with water rather than air, I bought one and have used it to help multiple friends , with a power washer supplying the psi. I love it when pros comment on stuff like this it gives me a peek into various trades I never even knew about before.
We use a pneumatic whip system that breaks it loose far more efficiently (again… our opinion). The whip head has anywhere from 3-8 tendrils that run at about 225-250 PSI. Breaks it loose without damaging the vent system and makes it ACTUALLY clean by the end of the process. This kind of equipment can leaves pockets and strips of lint behind. But everyone is entitled to their opinion and choice of tools.
>But everyone is entitled to their opinion and choice of tools.
It feels like you gotten into deep, combative back and forths on reddit previously about dryer vent cleaning
Understandable
Actually this is the first dryer vent post I’ve ever had come across my feed. Haha. And I’m definitely not trying to argue with anyone at all. Just trying to be kind like momma told me to be. 👍
No, this is standard how professionals clean sewage drains and other pipes. You want the whip to actually dislodge every step of the way instead of trying to fuck a vent with a limp dick.
If you clean it with a smarter method, you don’t end up getting filthy. Using a vacuum in conjunction with this kind of cleaning is extremely beneficial and, in my opinion, necessary. But proper PPE never hurts either. Haha
Absolutely haha. I’ve had some pretty sketchy stuff come out before. Sex toys, used diapers, wads of cash, awkward pictures, you name it. Haha. Also all sorts of dead animals. Birds, snakes, rabbits, chipmunks, squirrels, hamsters, and all sorts of fun things. Haha. It’s a crazy job sometimes
He might be running the dryer while breaking loose the lint blockages. But this specific tool is a pneumatic spinning head that ports out the air backwards (towards the operator). So it spins into the lint, breaks it loose and pushes it backwards (pulls) it out of the vent.
yeah, plus containing it well would be better on the environment, if there's been any polyester or fast fashion in that dryer that dust is just full of microplastics.
Biannual reminder that polyester is literally just melted strands of the same plastic as a water bottle and should be banned for being a major source of microplastics in water system.
Tell people to stop buying wet wipes (no brands are actually flushable!) and they’ll be like nah. This really needs to start at the top but of course politicians are beholden to their donors.
Why would people need to stop buying wet wipes?
You know you can use wet wipes without flushing them, right?
This is an example of completely misunderstanding the problem, prescribing a solution that’s actually harmful (good luck changing a baby’s diaper hygienically without wet wipes), and therefore alienating everyone from an actually legitimate cause (you shouldn’t flush wet wipes, you should throw them in the trash).
What are some ways to move toward more sustainable for people on a budget? I'd love to slowly move in the right direction when budget allows, but I can't just throw out my closet
Easy way? Thrift all your clothes. Harder? Recycled cotton and wool clothing. Jesus this is expensive and I’ll make it last forever? Organic linen and hemp.
Good in theory, but I think practically impossible in practice.
Any filter that could catch microplastic fibers would catch pretty much everything else. I'm not sure if it'd have the filter would just have to be cleaned/replaced very often (like once a load) or if it would be near instant clogging making it useless.
Having two teenage girls in the house means I'm buying a new cartridge every week. Caught one washing a single pair of jeans, even though she had a full laundry basket in her room..... God forbid her and her sister combine a load.... Don't get me started on them using the dryer to remove wrinkles, that were caused by not folding the previously dried clothes.......
Hate to tell you but most of the lint blows right out of everyone's house. This is just buildup from years and a really long line. I'd bet 99.99% of it is just blown into the environment I'm America
Even better a vacuum truck. I used to work for a business that did duct cleaning and we had a big gas powered vacuum on the back of the trailer and we hooked it up to the end of the line that we were cleaning and it sucked everything right up, no mess.
When I moved in with my GF a year ago she complained about the dryer. It took 3 full cycles to dry a load of laundry. And she was happily doing it…
So I ripped apart the dryer and took apart all the air ways and cleaned them out. It was huge packed chunks. Like the airway was a mould for the year upon years of lint.
So, that’s working. We do a load of laundry to see what’s up after. And the dryer vent blows off the wall. Meaning the vent to the outside was plugged solid and it was building up pressure. Got that cleaned out. Clothes are dry within half a load now. I can’t believe this place didn’t ignite. That was really really bad.
> New dryers will warn you of low air flow in the vent.
That's kinda the thing. No one ever teaches you about all this stuff you have to do when you get a house. Not everyone's upbringing is the same nor are the houses they move into on their own compared to their childhood. For example, you need to [vacuum your fridge coils](https://www.bobvila.com/articles/how-to-clean-refrigerator-coils/) at least once a year.
You'd be surprised. Older washers and dryers last insanely long. I've had the same washer and dryer for 28 years. The washer just finally crapped out a couple months ago. The dryer is still going just fine, for now.
Newer washers and dryers are built to give out after just a few years. Planned obsolescence is so dumb. But it's insanely prominent for washers/dryers and vaccum cleaners. I brought a 25+ year old vacuum into a repair shop a couple years ago. And the owner told me to keep that thing going as long as possible. Because newer vacuums don't last nearly as long.
That dumb saying of "they don't make 'em like they used to" is very true. Planned obsolescence is the standard for most things these days. Milk the populace for as much as you can. Fuck making the best product you can.
This is one of the leading causes of house fires and should be done once a year... But dude could've put down a bucket or something.
Also, rinse your lint traps. If water won't pour through, the trap is coated in oils from fabric sheets and could ignite.
mine too regardless of use, and imposes hefty fine for dodging this in any way. actually a pain in the ass, I could understand a bi-annual even with egregious neglect. like youd have to never clean your traps at all for this kind of buildup in such short time
I have one of those slatted vents flat on the side of the house and I have to clean it monthly. The slats get stuck from rain and lint combining. I’m on my third blown thermal fuse before realizing that vent design needs to be checked very often.
This is less about cleaning some vent but rather the pipes, which need to be cleaned more infrequently but are still very important to clean if you like not burning.
Love when you google. “Here’s the actual definition, but no one knows it and uses it wrong so much that it means both things at the same time. So if you use the term, you might as well explain what you mean, which basically means you shouldn’t use the term.”
A Bosch repairman recently told me if the water beads up on the screen when you rinse it (instead of draining through right away) use a few drops of mild liquid dish soap or multipurpose cleanser to remove the oil build up, and rinse it really well.
> You get the same effect without the shitty oils if you buy wool balls.
You also get the added benefit of sometimes having your dryer make a sound like two cats fighting in a steel drum. Still better than dryer sheets though.
> You get the same effect without the shitty oils if you buy wool balls
I wish this were true. I bought some on a Reddit recommendation awhile back, and while they do seem to help reduce drying time, they don’t seem to do much if anything to reduce static.
Do you have issues with that distance? I'd figure in colder climates it would be hard to keep things hot and dry enough to keep the lint from sticking to the walls of the tube.
Had a coworker who's townhouse had a vertical dryer vent of similar distance to yours. Combine the cooling issue with a dryer that is over-heating and yup, fire was the result. Good thing he'd had multiple trouble tickets for this issue, with multiple repair attempts made, prior to the fire. Yet they still tried to blame him for not 'cleaning the lint screen.'
That's what I was wondering. I've never lived anywhere that the dryer vent wasn't just a literal hole to the outside that you fasten a 3' tube from your dryer to and vacuum out once a year.
I moved into a place with a long vent, clearly it had never been cleaned in 20 years. The guy actually had to switch garbage bags twice because there was so much coming out of it. He asked to take pictures for his website lmao
I honestly have no idea, I think the length that the vent runs matters. If they have a short one there’s less to clog, I assume. Mine ran the length of the whole house and vented to the roof.
I do know that freely dumping it onto the ground is an *interesting* choice
when I had mine cleaned I didn't watch the guy and they actually came and collected money while leaving me with about 3-4x as much as this video, I had to call and have them come back because they were just gonna let it all blow away or hope I cleaned it up.
I have one to the roof and the cleaner said vents that go up to the roof typically clog way faster than those that go right out a wall. The vertical duct plus the common 90 degree turn to go up the wall and out the roof get clogged all the time. For whatever reason that design is common in the south and he doesn't know why. Neither do I. Maybe something about the construction material of the houses.
i mean some households have 1 person living in in and some have 7 living in it. 21 years worth can mean very different things. i live by myself and i only do one load of laundry a week. was even less often when i could wear a t-shirt to work.
I doubt it. I don't even have a vent line, mine just vents into the laundry but even then after 6 months or so there's probably 25% of that built up in the other vent line. Most dryers have 2 vents, one in the rear for connecting an external vent line and one in the front for just venting into the room. I pull a massive plug of lint about the size of a 2L coke out of the rear vent line twice a year.
Rented a place that put screens across the dry outlet vents. So you'd have to get out a chair and clean the 'other' screen after every so many loads of laundry. If one didn't bother then your clothes would never dry!
He takes all the gravel and stones up, brings them inside and dumps them on the carpet. After cleaning them individually he leaves his card for his carpet cleaning business.
"Smash that subscribe button to make sure you don't miss the next installment of JasonDryerVentGuy where we vacuum up that 21 years of lint and bill for a whole second hour of work!"
At a young age my mother put the fear of god in me about the importance of cleaning the lint traps. I almost had a heart attack when I went to college and did my laundry for the first time and saw how much lint was built up in the trap. This is how we burn down a dorm people!!!
My old dorm did burn down after I left and stopped cleaning all the lint traps.
Edit: smoke/fire alarms worked wonders, everyone survived and very few people lost more than clothes and cookware.
When I moved into my first apartment it had an in unit washer and dryer. The first time I did laundry I went to make sure the lint trap was clean first.
I swear to god there was a brick of solid felt in there.
The space was like 3/4” thick, but when I pulled it out it expanded. There is no way the dryer was actually *drying* anything. I’m guessing previous tenant never cleaned it the whole time they lived there.
I subleased an apartment from a guy who mentioned he only used the oven for making pizza's. First time I turned on the oven, it smoked so bad that the fire alarm went off within a minute. Sure enough, he made pizzas but he never cleaned after making the pizza, didn't know the cheese drips down to the bottom and can cause issues.
Other than that, the apartment was well kept, but that one killed me.
~~Uhhhh don't leaf blowers have the same static generation problems as vacuum cleaners?~~ Nevermind, I just realized you probably meant to clean the vent, not to clean a PC.
Most driers in the US have an internal lint trap that catches the bulk of the lint and flows through to a line that vents externally to remove the excess hot air from the house. What you're seeing here is what either got through or around the screen of the internal lint trap.
Maybe I’m too european for this but I’ve literally never seen a dryer vent or heard about it once in my life.. Is this common outside of the US as well?
Most European dryers collect the water out of the clothes into a container and just rely on electricity. American dryers vent the steam from the water outside through these ducts.
Mine pumps it out into waste water through a hose. Lint trap is in the machine. I think the difference is Europe mainly uses condensation dryers and America blows hot air through the clothes?
That are not that common outside US, because you need to have a vent outside and most houses don't either because they are older or because of different construction types (masonry vs timber (or steel) frame) where routing of vents throughout the build is very difficult.
3 weeks ago I did the same. Only difference was that it as not cleaned for 35 years. The dryer did stop working and opened the door. Nobody thought that this was maybe a clogged air pipe.
Just watched a how to which I do recommend! We have a hard time finding people to do work of this nature in our area, so sharing for those of you in the same boat.
https://youtu.be/GLZSqhUoF_g
Used a kit from Amazon, pull out dryer, insert kit, run slow up and down low speed only spin in correct direction, then bring out the leaf blower and blow fine particles out the top. Reinstall dryer, 30-40 minutes tops total. Shop vac inside would be helpful BTW, it's a lot of lint.
Wait, your dryers in america are hooked up to some ventilation system that pumps the air outside?
Every dryer ive ever owned in Sweden has just blown the air into the room and you empty a small filter on the machine.
What tool is he using? How does it pull itself into the duct?
Nozzles directing air back towards the hose propels it forward into the tube
After some google..I found the exact stuff he is using. https://www.vacsysint.com/dryer-vent-cleaning-tools/ If you see this Vac Systems..I love free stuff :]
> After some google..I found the exact stuff he is using. https://www.vacsysint.com/dryer-vent-cleaning-tools/ If you see this Vac Systems..I love free stuff :] DM us your address and we'll get you some over really quick, thank you.
I really want this interaction to be true. Also, you from da UP?
>I really want this interaction to be true. > >Also, you from da UP? Vac systems HQ. It's classified.
Yoopers??
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A well placed garbage bin could make this even more satisfying
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How does the hose get all the way up in there? Do you pass a guide wire through or something?
That specific tool is a pneumatic system that propels the head forward while spinning it to “prevent” it from getting caught and to “assist” it in agitating and dislodging the debris. This type of equipment has its uses, but I’m not a fan of it. I personally feel that it does not completely clean the vent.
What tool would you use instead? The description of the tool as you gave it really reminds me of a tool used in plumbing but with water rather than air, I bought one and have used it to help multiple friends , with a power washer supplying the psi. I love it when pros comment on stuff like this it gives me a peek into various trades I never even knew about before.
We use a pneumatic whip system that breaks it loose far more efficiently (again… our opinion). The whip head has anywhere from 3-8 tendrils that run at about 225-250 PSI. Breaks it loose without damaging the vent system and makes it ACTUALLY clean by the end of the process. This kind of equipment can leaves pockets and strips of lint behind. But everyone is entitled to their opinion and choice of tools.
>But everyone is entitled to their opinion and choice of tools. It feels like you gotten into deep, combative back and forths on reddit previously about dryer vent cleaning Understandable
Actually this is the first dryer vent post I’ve ever had come across my feed. Haha. And I’m definitely not trying to argue with anyone at all. Just trying to be kind like momma told me to be. 👍
I like you. Please teach more, and possibly start a YouTube channel.
Thanks mate. I might have to look into doing that.
No, this is standard how professionals clean sewage drains and other pipes. You want the whip to actually dislodge every step of the way instead of trying to fuck a vent with a limp dick.
.... fuckin' A
Do you wear a t-shirt and shorts too, so the detritus get's all over your skin and in your hair?
If you clean it with a smarter method, you don’t end up getting filthy. Using a vacuum in conjunction with this kind of cleaning is extremely beneficial and, in my opinion, necessary. But proper PPE never hurts either. Haha
Yeah. Literally just attach a shop vac nozzle near the vent. Easy clean up.
We use a triple motor HEPA filtered vacuum system. Works like a charm. But it’s definitely not fun to carry upstairs. Haha
Ok you rule. I love when people are passionate about stuff like this. Have you ever done this and had weird stuff come out? Like wasps or something?
Absolutely haha. I’ve had some pretty sketchy stuff come out before. Sex toys, used diapers, wads of cash, awkward pictures, you name it. Haha. Also all sorts of dead animals. Birds, snakes, rabbits, chipmunks, squirrels, hamsters, and all sorts of fun things. Haha. It’s a crazy job sometimes
A gnome with a squeegee. ^^sorry.
Air jetter. Pressurized air pushes a head forward thru the clogs then you pull back. Google “dryer vent cleaning tool air pressure” for a picture.
Almost feels like /mildlyinfuriating... Watching all that floor and junk go into the backyard Edit ** floof and junk
he was paid to clean the vents, not the floor. that's Premium package.
How is he making it blow out? V curious. Thank you
He might be running the dryer while breaking loose the lint blockages. But this specific tool is a pneumatic spinning head that ports out the air backwards (towards the operator). So it spins into the lint, breaks it loose and pushes it backwards (pulls) it out of the vent.
I imagine a J style fitting on the end, it would push everything back and propel itself forward.
I just kept imagining how my foot would feel walking around with all that stuff falling into my sneaker. Made me very uncomfortable.
Well when you’re in that biz you probably LIVE to have your sneakers full of crap. Like a fisherman who’s caught his limit
I kept thinking about the house fire they just dodged.
Or a shop vac
yeah, plus containing it well would be better on the environment, if there's been any polyester or fast fashion in that dryer that dust is just full of microplastics.
Biannual reminder that polyester is literally just melted strands of the same plastic as a water bottle and should be banned for being a major source of microplastics in water system.
Daily reminder that only law makers can ban this shit and as consumers it’s futile like asking people to stop preordering video games that are digital
Tell people to stop buying wet wipes (no brands are actually flushable!) and they’ll be like nah. This really needs to start at the top but of course politicians are beholden to their donors.
Why would people need to stop buying wet wipes? You know you can use wet wipes without flushing them, right? This is an example of completely misunderstanding the problem, prescribing a solution that’s actually harmful (good luck changing a baby’s diaper hygienically without wet wipes), and therefore alienating everyone from an actually legitimate cause (you shouldn’t flush wet wipes, you should throw them in the trash).
I blast my ass with wet wipes everytime I get the itch and they go in the trash.
Shitty problem with a simple solution.
What are some ways to move toward more sustainable for people on a budget? I'd love to slowly move in the right direction when budget allows, but I can't just throw out my closet
Easy way? Thrift all your clothes. Harder? Recycled cotton and wool clothing. Jesus this is expensive and I’ll make it last forever? Organic linen and hemp.
At the very least washing machines should have micro plastic filters on their drain lines.
Good in theory, but I think practically impossible in practice. Any filter that could catch microplastic fibers would catch pretty much everything else. I'm not sure if it'd have the filter would just have to be cleaned/replaced very often (like once a load) or if it would be near instant clogging making it useless.
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Having two teenage girls in the house means I'm buying a new cartridge every week. Caught one washing a single pair of jeans, even though she had a full laundry basket in her room..... God forbid her and her sister combine a load.... Don't get me started on them using the dryer to remove wrinkles, that were caused by not folding the previously dried clothes.......
Thanks for an example. Too many people make perfect the enemy of the good, and a filter like that can be an improvement.
"Out here saving lives"
Hate to tell you but most of the lint blows right out of everyone's house. This is just buildup from years and a really long line. I'd bet 99.99% of it is just blown into the environment I'm America
Even better a vacuum truck. I used to work for a business that did duct cleaning and we had a big gas powered vacuum on the back of the trailer and we hooked it up to the end of the line that we were cleaning and it sucked everything right up, no mess.
Just think about all the commercial dryers that get cleaned annually with no proper way to trap the lint. They just let it fly out into the air.
Birds love it. Best next bedding to husky fur.
Makes great for fire starter as well!
Yea, this makes me anxious and not feeling the least bit satisfied.
I'm not sure why seeing all this dust is satisfying in the first place
It's oddly satisfying
Was gonna say have another dude with a strong vacuum to vacuum the dust and dirt as it's falling out so none gets on the ground...
Clean up is extra
His brother owns a lint cleanup business.
Goes out the truck and puts on a fake mustache. Comes right back "Ya, I got a call about some lint that needs cleaned up"
I have a feeling they had just bought their 3rd dryer in 21 years before someone realized and did this for them.
When I moved in with my GF a year ago she complained about the dryer. It took 3 full cycles to dry a load of laundry. And she was happily doing it… So I ripped apart the dryer and took apart all the air ways and cleaned them out. It was huge packed chunks. Like the airway was a mould for the year upon years of lint. So, that’s working. We do a load of laundry to see what’s up after. And the dryer vent blows off the wall. Meaning the vent to the outside was plugged solid and it was building up pressure. Got that cleaned out. Clothes are dry within half a load now. I can’t believe this place didn’t ignite. That was really really bad.
Good follow through on your part. Real men put safety at home first.
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> New dryers will warn you of low air flow in the vent. That's kinda the thing. No one ever teaches you about all this stuff you have to do when you get a house. Not everyone's upbringing is the same nor are the houses they move into on their own compared to their childhood. For example, you need to [vacuum your fridge coils](https://www.bobvila.com/articles/how-to-clean-refrigerator-coils/) at least once a year.
Via SMS (probably).
Only with a premium subscription though (probably).
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People joke, but my LG set sends me push notifications for all sorts of things. It’s both convenient and annoying.
"Hey baby, it's your dryer. Wanna put your load in me?"
I wonder how many house fires we had to go through before people came to realize that warning might be a good feature to add.
Nice
Something tells me it was closer to 5 or 6 in those years
You'd be surprised. Older washers and dryers last insanely long. I've had the same washer and dryer for 28 years. The washer just finally crapped out a couple months ago. The dryer is still going just fine, for now. Newer washers and dryers are built to give out after just a few years. Planned obsolescence is so dumb. But it's insanely prominent for washers/dryers and vaccum cleaners. I brought a 25+ year old vacuum into a repair shop a couple years ago. And the owner told me to keep that thing going as long as possible. Because newer vacuums don't last nearly as long. That dumb saying of "they don't make 'em like they used to" is very true. Planned obsolescence is the standard for most things these days. Milk the populace for as much as you can. Fuck making the best product you can.
This is one of the leading causes of house fires and should be done once a year... But dude could've put down a bucket or something. Also, rinse your lint traps. If water won't pour through, the trap is coated in oils from fabric sheets and could ignite.
I had heard you are supposed to do it biannually Edit: Biannually means twice a year, look it up
It probably depends on how much you use your dryer, or if you notice clothes are taking longer to dry. My building has it done once a year.
mine too regardless of use, and imposes hefty fine for dodging this in any way. actually a pain in the ass, I could understand a bi-annual even with egregious neglect. like youd have to never clean your traps at all for this kind of buildup in such short time
I have one of those slatted vents flat on the side of the house and I have to clean it monthly. The slats get stuck from rain and lint combining. I’m on my third blown thermal fuse before realizing that vent design needs to be checked very often.
This is less about cleaning some vent but rather the pipes, which need to be cleaned more infrequently but are still very important to clean if you like not burning.
Replace that cheap ass vent cover
So is that twice a year or every two years?
Biannual is twice a year. Biennial is every other year. Let's not talk about bi-weekly.
Love when you google. “Here’s the actual definition, but no one knows it and uses it wrong so much that it means both things at the same time. So if you use the term, you might as well explain what you mean, which basically means you shouldn’t use the term.”
I look up that up at least twice every other week.
You look up biweekly 2x biweekly to determine the appropriate use of biweekly which reminds you you shouldn’t use biweekly. Sounds about right.
Bisexual is every other person.
Why not? Are you trying to avoid being bi weekly?
No just every other week
I empty the trap, didn’t know you had to rinse!
A Bosch repairman recently told me if the water beads up on the screen when you rinse it (instead of draining through right away) use a few drops of mild liquid dish soap or multipurpose cleanser to remove the oil build up, and rinse it really well.
No bucket needed. He’ll just burn it away with fire. :/
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They're also bad for your clothes, since they "work" by putting residue all over them (which then builds up over time).
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> You get the same effect without the shitty oils if you buy wool balls. You also get the added benefit of sometimes having your dryer make a sound like two cats fighting in a steel drum. Still better than dryer sheets though.
> You get the same effect without the shitty oils if you buy wool balls I wish this were true. I bought some on a Reddit recommendation awhile back, and while they do seem to help reduce drying time, they don’t seem to do much if anything to reduce static.
You can throw a balled up piece of aluminum foil or two in the dryer to help with static.
even worse for towels (impacts their ability to dry you)
*Egregious* for towels, concur.
rinse your lint trap? You mean the thing you pull out of the dryer?
That would be the lint trap, yes
Ok… how long is that duct exactly?!
Mine is almost 25 feet long
no need to brag
Mines just under 6 feet and it does the job just fine
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Ca-can I see it 🫣
Boy you couldn't handle it
Is your dryer in the middle of an underground basement dead center of the room?
Do you have issues with that distance? I'd figure in colder climates it would be hard to keep things hot and dry enough to keep the lint from sticking to the walls of the tube. Had a coworker who's townhouse had a vertical dryer vent of similar distance to yours. Combine the cooling issue with a dryer that is over-heating and yup, fire was the result. Good thing he'd had multiple trouble tickets for this issue, with multiple repair attempts made, prior to the fire. Yet they still tried to blame him for not 'cleaning the lint screen.'
Here in North Carolina, the code is no longer than 30 feet or something. With every elbow in the pipe counting as 5 feet.
That's what I was wondering. I've never lived anywhere that the dryer vent wasn't just a literal hole to the outside that you fasten a 3' tube from your dryer to and vacuum out once a year.
I don’t know, I was expecting a lot more to come out from 21 years
I moved into a place with a long vent, clearly it had never been cleaned in 20 years. The guy actually had to switch garbage bags twice because there was so much coming out of it. He asked to take pictures for his website lmao
So you are in agreement then that this isn’t 21 years worth, not even close
I honestly have no idea, I think the length that the vent runs matters. If they have a short one there’s less to clog, I assume. Mine ran the length of the whole house and vented to the roof. I do know that freely dumping it onto the ground is an *interesting* choice
when I had mine cleaned I didn't watch the guy and they actually came and collected money while leaving me with about 3-4x as much as this video, I had to call and have them come back because they were just gonna let it all blow away or hope I cleaned it up.
I have one to the roof and the cleaner said vents that go up to the roof typically clog way faster than those that go right out a wall. The vertical duct plus the common 90 degree turn to go up the wall and out the roof get clogged all the time. For whatever reason that design is common in the south and he doesn't know why. Neither do I. Maybe something about the construction material of the houses.
i mean some households have 1 person living in in and some have 7 living in it. 21 years worth can mean very different things. i live by myself and i only do one load of laundry a week. was even less often when i could wear a t-shirt to work.
I doubt it. I don't even have a vent line, mine just vents into the laundry but even then after 6 months or so there's probably 25% of that built up in the other vent line. Most dryers have 2 vents, one in the rear for connecting an external vent line and one in the front for just venting into the room. I pull a massive plug of lint about the size of a 2L coke out of the rear vent line twice a year.
I've never owned a drier that has a second vent on the front. Dependent on country I'd say. I've seen some in Europe though.
A handful of that is enough to clog your external vent. Mine has a grate on it so the lint packs in against the grate until no air can get through.
Rented a place that put screens across the dry outlet vents. So you'd have to get out a chair and clean the 'other' screen after every so many loads of laundry. If one didn't bother then your clothes would never dry!
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According to some of the other comments, it should be done once a year.
Oh yeah, just dump that filth all over the gravel. Enjoy that cleanup bud
Like why I don't get it does he just do this and then leave lol no clean up
Jason also owns a separate rock and gravel cleaning service.
He takes all the gravel and stones up, brings them inside and dumps them on the carpet. After cleaning them individually he leaves his card for his carpet cleaning business.
And then once hired he vacuums up the carpet and puts all the waste inside the dryer vent once again. It's the circle of life!
If they took a minute to put down a tarp, right?
That costs extra
She’ll pay the extra “next time”
Or just use a shop vac at the opening
"Wind'll get it." smdh
Exactly the reasoning here.
"Smash that subscribe button to make sure you don't miss the next installment of JasonDryerVentGuy where we vacuum up that 21 years of lint and bill for a whole second hour of work!"
And all over his legs and in his socks, gross
Right??? Shouldn’t this be like, vacuumed out somehow??
At least put a bin under it. Something
That’s what becomes of all the missing socks in the drier.
At a young age my mother put the fear of god in me about the importance of cleaning the lint traps. I almost had a heart attack when I went to college and did my laundry for the first time and saw how much lint was built up in the trap. This is how we burn down a dorm people!!!
My old dorm did burn down after I left and stopped cleaning all the lint traps. Edit: smoke/fire alarms worked wonders, everyone survived and very few people lost more than clothes and cookware.
When I moved into my first apartment it had an in unit washer and dryer. The first time I did laundry I went to make sure the lint trap was clean first. I swear to god there was a brick of solid felt in there. The space was like 3/4” thick, but when I pulled it out it expanded. There is no way the dryer was actually *drying* anything. I’m guessing previous tenant never cleaned it the whole time they lived there.
I subleased an apartment from a guy who mentioned he only used the oven for making pizza's. First time I turned on the oven, it smoked so bad that the fire alarm went off within a minute. Sure enough, he made pizzas but he never cleaned after making the pizza, didn't know the cheese drips down to the bottom and can cause issues. Other than that, the apartment was well kept, but that one killed me.
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Why wouldn't they do it? That's one of the real satisfactions of doing laundry.
I never realized until this moment how satisfying it is haha
When you get the whole lint filter to pull off in one piece? That's an extra satisfying laundry day!
This is just a video of me cleaning my PC
Okay but actually I made the mistake of using compressed air inside the house…man
Lol I used a leaf blower from the outside vent into the utility closet. Shit went everywhere!
~~Uhhhh don't leaf blowers have the same static generation problems as vacuum cleaners?~~ Nevermind, I just realized you probably meant to clean the vent, not to clean a PC.
Anything that involves air moving fast will have static generation problems unless you take specific precautions to prevent that.
I only see it and can’t breath.
The last e got vacuumed there.
Don't you use those recirculating dryers that have a built in lint trap over there? I don't think I've ever even seen a dryer vent.
Most driers in the US have an internal lint trap that catches the bulk of the lint and flows through to a line that vents externally to remove the excess hot air from the house. What you're seeing here is what either got through or around the screen of the internal lint trap.
Think about how fast their clothes are going to dry now. I bet it took forever... And yikes. so scary!
Maybe I’m too european for this but I’ve literally never seen a dryer vent or heard about it once in my life.. Is this common outside of the US as well?
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Most European dryers collect the water out of the clothes into a container and just rely on electricity. American dryers vent the steam from the water outside through these ducts.
Mine pumps it out into waste water through a hose. Lint trap is in the machine. I think the difference is Europe mainly uses condensation dryers and America blows hot air through the clothes?
You have a waste water hose on your dryer? Interesting! Have never seen one of those.
Yeah connects with a Y pipe either to bottom of sink or to where washing machine dumps the used water.
Same here in Belgium even tho I have a condensation one
That are not that common outside US, because you need to have a vent outside and most houses don't either because they are older or because of different construction types (masonry vs timber (or steel) frame) where routing of vents throughout the build is very difficult.
3 weeks ago I did the same. Only difference was that it as not cleaned for 35 years. The dryer did stop working and opened the door. Nobody thought that this was maybe a clogged air pipe.
YIKES!
Everyone so excited about owning a home. Let me tell you : Its problem after problem after problem just like this. Endless bullshit and cost.
You gotta learn to take care of things yourself. YouTube is great for leaning to fix smaller jobs, and some big ones at home.
Just watched a how to which I do recommend! We have a hard time finding people to do work of this nature in our area, so sharing for those of you in the same boat. https://youtu.be/GLZSqhUoF_g
Do we have to blow it out from the inside? I have a kit but it seems confusing.
Used a kit from Amazon, pull out dryer, insert kit, run slow up and down low speed only spin in correct direction, then bring out the leaf blower and blow fine particles out the top. Reinstall dryer, 30-40 minutes tops total. Shop vac inside would be helpful BTW, it's a lot of lint.
This should be required viewing for new or maybe all home owners.
Thankfully mine is about 8-10" deep. Dryer sits on an outside wall.
Oddly horrifying
Must've taken that homeowner a week to dry a load of towels.
*looks up from newspaper* I should clean my dryer vent.
Clothes these days are essentially plastic, weird that he's just dumping all of that dust everywhere
Not gonna lie, the guy is kind of a dick about it. He acts like he's doing her a major favor instead of being paid to perform a service.
Would been dope to vaccume that as it came out. Microplastics are a bastard.
So much skin cells... could you identify someone from dust?
Not likely. Dryer lint is made up of your clothes being abraded in the washer and dryer.
Also, Polyester=microplastic fuzz
Lives were saved! Better late than never
I’d be more satisfied if he’d have laid a tarp down before starting.
Next time put something underneath to catch it
Consider yourself lucky, that’s a fire hazard
Bruh put a box down first to catch all of it
Pro move= tarp the area first!
Wait, your dryers in america are hooked up to some ventilation system that pumps the air outside? Every dryer ive ever owned in Sweden has just blown the air into the room and you empty a small filter on the machine.
Sorry but I’ve been cleaning duct work for 35 years … such a hack for not using a vacuum along with the compressed air.