Fire safety, clean your dryer vent
OK folks, when was the last time you had your dryer vent cleaned out? Don't remember? Then your just like me.
Today was a cold day here in the Big Apple, so I decided to do a little work indoors. How about cleaning my dryer vent, must need cleaning by now. Can't remember when the last time it was cleaned, I'm guessing the last time the repair man came. Still can't remember. Look what I found.
Pretty bad right? Wait, there's more.
Photo above; This was the vertical vent leading up to the exit pipe.
After I cleaned the exit to the outside elbow, and the exit from the dryer itself,
see more lint at the exit
I took the pipes apart for a good cleaning,
then reassembled them
So, before you set your house on fire, check the dryer vents. Please.
P.S. My good friend Jay Markanich, from Bristow, Va. did a post about this very thing in 2009. I did not see it. I'm putting the link here for you to read, it's loaded with information from a professional home inspector. Click here.
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