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best way to clean dryer vent
Posted on 2/26/25 at 1:25 pm
Posted on 2/26/25 at 1:25 pm
Looking to clean our dryer vent as I can tell it's been taking a little longer to dry clothes. I used to put a leafblower in at full blast as my way of "cleaning" it although I'm not sure if that's the most effective. Any advice would be appreciated. I'd like to not burn down my house.
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Posted on 2/26/25 at 1:42 pm to BilbeauTBaggins
not sure what the best way to clean the vent is, or if this will be helpful at all, but sharing just in case.
I had the same problem as you a few years ago. Dryer vent hose and outlet were totally fine - turned out I had what seemed like several pounds of lint in the compartment that houses the lint screen (lint buildup was downstream from the screen). Not sure how that shite never caught fire. Anyway dryer worked like normal after I pulled it all out.
I had the same problem as you a few years ago. Dryer vent hose and outlet were totally fine - turned out I had what seemed like several pounds of lint in the compartment that houses the lint screen (lint buildup was downstream from the screen). Not sure how that shite never caught fire. Anyway dryer worked like normal after I pulled it all out.
Posted on 2/26/25 at 2:08 pm to BilbeauTBaggins
Does your dryer vent go up through your attic or straight out the house with a flex hose?
If it is up through the attic, leaf blower is your best bet without running a roter router through it.
I take my dryer apart once a year and deep clean it. That seems to help too
If it is up through the attic, leaf blower is your best bet without running a roter router through it.
I take my dryer apart once a year and deep clean it. That seems to help too
Posted on 2/26/25 at 2:32 pm to BilbeauTBaggins
I bought one of these several years ago, and use it at least once a year.
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The white rods screw together, and you attach one end into your drill and feed it through the duct while spinning. I do it once from behind the dryer and it loosens and pushes all the lint down to the other end. I have easy access as the duct is in my basement, and I just disconnect one piece and it pushes it all out. Then I clean from where I've disconnected and push it through to outside the house.
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The white rods screw together, and you attach one end into your drill and feed it through the duct while spinning. I do it once from behind the dryer and it loosens and pushes all the lint down to the other end. I have easy access as the duct is in my basement, and I just disconnect one piece and it pushes it all out. Then I clean from where I've disconnected and push it through to outside the house.
Posted on 2/26/25 at 2:33 pm to BilbeauTBaggins
Can get a kit that hooks up to a cordless drill and shopvac, got one for $30 along with a set of extensions for roof-exit vents. Not the most fun to setup and use but it knocks loose all the lint buildup and if you have a roof penetration for the vent you need to prop it open or go into the attic to make a temporary disconnection. My parents' house has a roof vented dryer, clean it out once a year and it's always pounds of lint. Really need to install a duct booster for them.
Posted on 2/26/25 at 2:39 pm to BilbeauTBaggins
Good luck.
I can really only use a leaf blower. My dryer vent comes out of my house and makes a 90 deg bend and then runs the width of 2 car spaces in our 3 car garage in a "dryer vent chase". I hate the way they did that. Not to mention I lose about 6-8" of the front of my garage so I have to build my shelves over it.
I can really only use a leaf blower. My dryer vent comes out of my house and makes a 90 deg bend and then runs the width of 2 car spaces in our 3 car garage in a "dryer vent chase". I hate the way they did that. Not to mention I lose about 6-8" of the front of my garage so I have to build my shelves over it.
Posted on 2/26/25 at 2:39 pm to CoachChappy
It goes out of the house, but it takes a very strange path to get to it.
We have an LG Washtower so it'll be a bit of work to disassemble and clean out but I can probably do that during some down time when the 2nd child comes.
We have an LG Washtower so it'll be a bit of work to disassemble and clean out but I can probably do that during some down time when the 2nd child comes.
This post was edited on 2/26/25 at 2:41 pm
Posted on 2/26/25 at 3:26 pm to BilbeauTBaggins
My commercial Maytag gas dryer recently was serviced due to making loud noises, etc.
I was certain that it was the rollers, belt, something and almost bought the maintenance kit for my model and replaced myself.
Turns out, it was none of the componets, it was a ton of lent built up inside the blower wheel causing it to spin "out of alignment" and cause noise.
My dryer is literally up against the exterior wall and the hose run is 3 feet long at most.
Now what I learned is that for every 90 deg bend in a hose, it is equivalent to adding 5 foot to the run. With the front panel removed, I took the air compressor to the lent screen section and was amazed at how much was in there, despite cleaning the screen before each use
I also was told to get a lint brush and brush from the inside with the lint screen removed and the dryer running on "air flow only". Holding in the door button will allow the dryer to operate with the door open while you brush out everything and the blower blows it out.
I was certain that it was the rollers, belt, something and almost bought the maintenance kit for my model and replaced myself.
Turns out, it was none of the componets, it was a ton of lent built up inside the blower wheel causing it to spin "out of alignment" and cause noise.
My dryer is literally up against the exterior wall and the hose run is 3 feet long at most.
Now what I learned is that for every 90 deg bend in a hose, it is equivalent to adding 5 foot to the run. With the front panel removed, I took the air compressor to the lent screen section and was amazed at how much was in there, despite cleaning the screen before each use
I also was told to get a lint brush and brush from the inside with the lint screen removed and the dryer running on "air flow only". Holding in the door button will allow the dryer to operate with the door open while you brush out everything and the blower blows it out.
Posted on 2/26/25 at 8:59 pm to Clames
I use a Gardus RLE202 LintEater Rotary Dryer Vent Cleaner Kit that I purchased on Amazon. It cleans up to 12' using your drill and a shop vac. I added a 12' extension kit. I had right at 23' of metal duct to clean from a 22 year old house we bought 3 years ago. The duct had a significant amount of lint.
The duct run was from an interior wall in our basement with two 90 degree turns and two 45 degree turns.
The dryer vent kit was easy to use. The hardest part was pulling the dryer out and removing and reconnecting the dryer vent to the dryer. I put duct tape temporarily around each of the extension rod connections and made sure they were connected in the correct direction. I ran the rod through the 23' of duct twice. I had an outdoor camera focused on the exterior dryer vent so I could see when the rod made it to the dryer vent.
I had about 9 gallons of lint captured in my shop vac. It's been 3 years since I did this so I think I will do this process again soon. It was amazing that the prior owners didn't burn the house down.
The duct run was from an interior wall in our basement with two 90 degree turns and two 45 degree turns.
The dryer vent kit was easy to use. The hardest part was pulling the dryer out and removing and reconnecting the dryer vent to the dryer. I put duct tape temporarily around each of the extension rod connections and made sure they were connected in the correct direction. I ran the rod through the 23' of duct twice. I had an outdoor camera focused on the exterior dryer vent so I could see when the rod made it to the dryer vent.
I had about 9 gallons of lint captured in my shop vac. It's been 3 years since I did this so I think I will do this process again soon. It was amazing that the prior owners didn't burn the house down.
This post was edited on 2/26/25 at 9:00 pm
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