tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post2105400797416680063..comments2024-03-28T10:42:53.231-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): Remember to clean your clothes dryer vent - updatedMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-55209054618258928322024-02-04T08:30:16.483-06:002024-02-04T08:30:16.483-06:00Faszinating. The almost naive assumption that of c...Faszinating. The almost naive assumption that of course everyone uses electrical clothes driers, as if there were no alternatives at all. Discussion about the resulting problems, exchange of tips, nobody mentioning other solutions. A whole industry built around problems most households here do not have. Electrical tumble driers are available and many households use them, at least occasionally, but at least as many just put their laundry on a washing line. Better for the laundry, the environment and the family budget.M. Hofmeisternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-54932506399102157292022-03-30T13:35:57.058-05:002022-03-30T13:35:57.058-05:00And I have now learned that the lint trap on US tu...And I have now learned that the lint trap on US tumble dryers is in a totally different place to UK ones (UK ones, or at least all the ones I've ever used, have the lint trap just inside the door at the bottom). Margehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06753777047197507136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-47855765568596930572020-07-04T18:00:06.799-05:002020-07-04T18:00:06.799-05:00Will they travel to Alabama?Will they travel to Alabama?Hillary2020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-86024557443061531102020-07-04T15:27:22.811-05:002020-07-04T15:27:22.811-05:00I like that the dryer cleaning crew brought their ...I like that the dryer cleaning crew brought their own basketball hoop.WilliamRockethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06353376414079333348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-33398780105446431882020-07-04T11:23:44.092-05:002020-07-04T11:23:44.092-05:00Fixed. Thank you. Some days I'm demented eno...Fixed. Thank you. Some days I'm demented enough to qualify as a presidential candidate.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-64313390097162320252017-05-03T11:48:30.906-05:002017-05-03T11:48:30.906-05:00I have heard that advice before. Thanks for postin...I have heard that advice before. Thanks for posting the details, Tomasz.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-27503102757189414032017-05-03T10:00:50.160-05:002017-05-03T10:00:50.160-05:00And now you know.... the rest of the storyAnd now you know.... the rest of the storyTomaszStasiukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10895126520600585256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-31882633528490103192017-05-03T09:58:57.160-05:002017-05-03T09:58:57.160-05:00IF YOU HAVE A DRYER THAT VENTS TO THE ROOF, READ T...IF YOU HAVE A DRYER THAT VENTS TO THE ROOF, READ THIS:<br />What I learned the hard way (burning through two new dryers and nearly a third) is roof mounted dryer exhausts are (seemingly) more prone to problems than horizontal ones. And this was WITH cleaning out the hose and using brushes on extenders to clean the pipe going to the roof. Despite maintenance, the dryer (not the drum, but the inside of the dryer) would still fill up with lint and and, of course, start smoldering. I know, yikes! I was scared to leave the house or go to bed with the dryer running. One technician taught me how to disassemble the dryer so I could vacuum out the accumulated lint. And I had to do this every 4 months or risk a fire. <br /><br />FINALLY, I bought a longer hose used some foam core poster-board to make a make shift frame for the window and vented the dryer that way. Drying times were cut from 90-150 minutes to 20-50 minutes. No joke. I wish I had known this 12 years ago when we moved in. <br /><br />I've been told that with roof mounted vents, the wind comes down the pipe, creating pressure that pushes the lint through any gaps and it ends up coating the inside of the dryer. I don't know if this is the case. Sometimes, it is windy, other times it isn't. Maybe the cover just becomes clogged over time and no amount of cleaning the pipe is going to fix that. As the vent is on the roof, I am not risking my life to go up there and take a look. <br /><br />In any case, if you have a vertical exhaust pipe venting your dryer through the roof, and drying times and hovering around 90 minutes - 3 hours, just do a test and try to vent it out a window. TomaszStasiukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10895126520600585256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-7844186309875560092017-05-02T07:45:58.573-05:002017-05-02T07:45:58.573-05:00@Miss Cellania: My mom had her dryer vented to th...@Miss Cellania: My mom had her dryer vented to the inside of the attached garage (where it sat, next to the washer). She used old nylons to trap the lint that was blown out. Worked for 43 years. When she passed, code required that I have an outside vent knocked into the wall, before I could sell the house.<br /><br />Lurker111<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-50750327458310776102017-05-02T07:05:59.264-05:002017-05-02T07:05:59.264-05:00All my adult life, I've bought washers and dry...All my adult life, I've bought washers and dryers used. To be honest, most were on their last legs, and never lasted long enough for me to have those problems. A new install always meant hoses got changed out. Now I have my first new washer-dryer set, and will have to make a note to do maintenance. Lucky for me, the outside vent is only a couple of feet from the dryer. Miss Cellaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16056319889765739429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-48766191752762882402017-05-01T20:44:33.214-05:002017-05-01T20:44:33.214-05:00I do cleaning for a living, so have experience wit...I do cleaning for a living, so have experience with lint. I noticed a lot of it once under someone's refrigerator. It seems that modern fridges have fans in them, and they suck in any lint and dust that is nearby. Over time this amounts to a lot of it, and could cause the fridge motor to run for more time than you'd want, adding to your power bill, just like with clothes dryers. This happens especially in a warm climate. There is information about it at a site called www.howstuffworks.com in their home and garden section.Alexov54https://www.blogger.com/profile/13824145378199976259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-51578440493434661452017-05-01T17:27:43.392-05:002017-05-01T17:27:43.392-05:00Well damn! One more thing to check. I hadn't t...Well damn! One more thing to check. I hadn't thought about it but I have a dryer that is a year old and doesn't seem to dry as well. Now I know why probably so i will check it out. Thanks for the info!mamafroghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13215031912797290210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-16334736680734392182017-05-01T13:49:00.839-05:002017-05-01T13:49:00.839-05:00A fun story: My mother-in-law had complained for y...A fun story: My mother-in-law had complained for years about her dryers. She kept replacing them, still hated them. She'd had the vent cleaned, no difference. She decided that it was the fault of the new-fangled energy efficient machines. Finally one day someone advised her to clean the vent from the outside rather than from the inside. Turns out whoever installed the first dryer had left their coffee cup in there.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12656212027762334303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-59393147914378425482017-05-01T12:12:34.177-05:002017-05-01T12:12:34.177-05:00let me speak to the value of the animal-exclusion ...let me speak to the value of the animal-exclusion screen. We noticed an objectionable odor in the general area of the laundry that over a couple of weeks slowly worsened. I eventually pulled the dryer away from the wall and found the remains of a 'possem at the exit of the partially detached dryer vent. He was liquid enough that I needed a shovel (and focused control of my gag reflex) to clean it up. We now have a stainless steel hardware cloth mesh at the exit of the vent. Since this acts as a course lint filter as well, it needs periodic cleaning. Fortunately, mine is far more accessible than yours.82medicinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-10997572525292215132017-05-01T10:47:40.193-05:002017-05-01T10:47:40.193-05:00Perhaps there should be a public relations campaig...Perhaps there should be a public relations campaign, like changing your batteries in the smoke alarm, to address this.<br />https://www.usfa.fema.gov/prevention/outreach/clothes_dryers.htmlformer lawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06642780368676779543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-50039618818197514622017-05-01T08:25:25.605-05:002017-05-01T08:25:25.605-05:00Our venting is through one of those aluminum hoses...Our venting is through one of those aluminum hoses to a hole in the wall. Not too long ago I took that off and gave it a good manual cleaning (reached my hand down through it and got out what I could. Remarkably, there wasn't that much in there. I was surprised.<br /><br />Your situation, of course, is much different, in that you didn't have access to the air passageway. Getting it pro-cleaned was the way to go.<br /><br />Lurker111<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-69442291911452980752017-04-30T17:37:03.123-05:002017-04-30T17:37:03.123-05:00Was it a flexible chimney sweep? Ours had to trav...Was it a flexible chimney sweep? Ours had to traverse at least three right-angle bends. Also, care needs to be taken that the cleaning brushes don't disrupt any joins between segments of the duct (which would result in venting into a crawlspace or an area between your joists or studs).Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-20268469629608662242017-04-30T14:04:34.900-05:002017-04-30T14:04:34.900-05:00I've seen "dryer vent cleaning kits at th...I've seen "dryer vent cleaning kits at the hardware store, they look kind of like a chimney sweep that attaches to your drill, but then again you'd have to get up to that vent to use itcoreynoreply@blogger.com