mckenney99
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I'd noticed that my electric dryer's ability to dry my loads was getting worse, yet the loads were hot when I checked them. Now that the outside temperatures have dropped, therefore the house attic temps are bearable, I decided to tackle this job. I ordered a cleaning kit from Lowes (EASTMAN Dryer Vent Cleaning Kit Item #3592080 Model #60768) (very highly recommend) and went to work. Upon pulling the dryer free from the lower duct, it was completely clogged and with the kit rods & brush was able to reach up about 4 feet to clear a huge amount of lint. I climbed up into the attic and with a friend down below to operate the Shop-Vac and using the kit brushes and snap together drill rod extensions, cleaned out the ductwork from above. Good thing I went up into the attic, because the ductwork running from the laundry room ceiling to the roof vent was also completely blocked and the connection to the roof vent was just barely holding on by a thread of twisted up duct tape. (Whoever did the re-roofing before I bought the house, jury rigged the ductwork in the worst possible way, resulting in me having to install all new and proper ducting.)
Overall I removed a full 20 gallon Shop-Vac full + part of a trash bag of lint from the ductwork. Discharged air should flow much smoother and now there is less chance of a fire. God knows when or if ever the dryer ductwork had ever been cleaned. I've been in the house 10 years and it's the first time I've done it.
Overall I removed a full 20 gallon Shop-Vac full + part of a trash bag of lint from the ductwork. Discharged air should flow much smoother and now there is less chance of a fire. God knows when or if ever the dryer ductwork had ever been cleaned. I've been in the house 10 years and it's the first time I've done it.
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