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Is there a way to do something about dryer vents that were designed to emit moisture instead of polluting entire neighbourhoods with toxic chemicals (from laundry products that contain them) and microplastics (as they do now)?

Finally a starter pack where I belong

Last week for us!

Uh… 😐 excuse me a moment…runs to basement

If only landlords let renters do this regularly instead of only when it gets Very Bad! (Asked mine about it and they straight up told me it's against their policy to do maintenance duct cleaning 🫠)

Cleaned mine two weeks ago. @edwardssl.bsky.social when was yours last cleaned?

Cleaned mine about a month ago. Sadly, the first time in about 10 years. Yikes!

I Install Ductless Heat Pump Clothes Dryers Starter Pack. It will last far longer…

Just do it every couple years and you’ll be fine

I remember. I had to crawl under the house because my mother and sister are afraid of spiders, and Mom felt guilty so she kept trying to talk to me and getting in the goddamned light no matter how many times I asked her to stop.

Keep talking about this, because I need the encouragement and reminder to clean mine. You are doing something really helpful!

Please post a link to the video!

are yall changing the passwords to everything before january? Dont need this account telling me the Tormet Nexus is totally fine

My husband cleaned our dryer lint exhaust duct this weekend! Does he get a prize? Or a badge? Or a pat on the back from Bird Ben Franklin?

Omg I burst out laughing at this. Thank you!

There's a big tube that comes out the back of your dryer and extends all the way to one of the walls of your home to vent outside. Over time, lint will build up in the tube and if it doesn't get cleaned out it can cause a fire.

Ugh. I need to do this. Well hire someone to do it. I always forget.

The lint was damp. Not only was this straining the dryer and could have caused a house fire, but this was wasting a massive amount of electricity.

Serious question here: I live in a townhouse. How would I find mine? Just follow it from the dryer? What if it disappears into the wall?

Do rigid ducts have to be cleaned out as often as the flexible ones do?

So metal. Now do gas stoves.

Yall inspired me to clean mine yesterday! Not nearly as much of a horror show as I was expecting, and the tool only cost $12.50!

That's just them doing a very slow DIY blown in insulation

Keeping the duct clean will also save a lot of money on electricity/gas and repair costs. If you're having to run the unit 2-3 times to get things dry, the duct needs to be cleaned out. Replacing a burned out element will run $250-350 depending on brand.

Heeeeyyyyyyyyyy there's barely anyone in this starter pack! What gives?

Thanks for the reminder! Gonna replace my exterior vent cap with a better one too.

We replaced our dryer ducts I’m embarrassed at how gross they were

Put me on the list. I did it a week ago today. Flex brush, shop vac, on the roof, the whole shebang-abang.

Those are the best reasons

Adding to my winterization list. I usually try to do that twice a year.

Brilliant

I’m going to do it! Will report back in a week.

This is the shaming I need in my life.

Oh I DO remember, I cleaned mine at about this time last year.

I’m in but only because the brand new dryer wasn’t drying and troubleshooting revealed the obvious

I deep cleaned my dryer a few weeks ago, but my landlord did a truly incredible job at making the duct difficult to access more than a few feet of.

New midwest emo title just dropped

Mine gets excess condensation and drip BACKWARDS into the dryer. If we attempt to do two loads of laundery, the clothes stop drying. I have to clean it out twice a year. I want my house to be built differently.

I have a big fear of fire so you’re safe lol

Is that why my laundry area is covered with a thick rime of lint?

This spring. Because a bird decided to do this to me

maybe mention draining the water heater?

Um so I rent an apartment and should I be concerned that I don’t see an exhaust duct to be cleaned

How do you even do that?

Want you to know that this thread got me to book a dryer vent cleaning service before Thanksgiving so. Thank you.

So can you/should you do this if you live in an apartment?

Haven't had a dryer for a couple years now. I still worry about lint buildup periodically and it drives me crazy.

I actually do, to my slight credit…

Be careful though. There are a lot of duct cleaning scams out there. nadca.com/blog/make-20...

So, what if I have a “friend” who has been in her house since before the pandemic started and has never cleaned it? Not even sure HOW to do that…

Happy you’re here. Just hoping that in two months you don’t start tweeting that cleaning exhaust ducts causes autism.

Nice

I need to get this done. Thanks for the reminder :)

Thanks for the reminder!

Got any tips on how to clean out the dryer exhaust duct?

Why do you still have those crazy fire hazards? Heat exchanger driers are so much better

I did the redneck version: unplugged and moved dryer, grabbed leaf blower and let ‘er rip! Blew dryer detritus down the street. No more fire hazard 👍👍

Need a “how to” vid…or a things dads know starter pack

You have assimilated quickly my friend 👍🏻😂

Oh snap. That reminds me ... thanks!

i do remember and it was last year

Yesterday

🖐

US consumer product safety commission is a shining beacon of great social media and engagement from a regulatory agency.

Also, really, if you don't feel like it, it's ok not too answer at all.

Thank you, and sorry, 2 more questions, then I'll stop. Did you do it from inside or outside your house? And if a gas dryer, did you have to disconnect the gas? Thank you again! This task has been preying on my inept-homeowner mind for a while.

can you point me in the direction of a My Landlord Sucks So I Have To Do It Myself Instruction Pack?

Nice. 😊

Firm believer in this! In fact, we just did this.

I use my electric leaf blower. Wrap a towel around the nozzle and point it into the vent and it jets out all the bad stuff

It’s me!

Last week

Can I get on that or do you have to actually remember?

I just cleaned our dryer exhaust about a week ago. Long brush in the lint trap in the dryer, too.

I remember but I also need to do it again soon

I now own a ductless dryer, so there.

same, same

Maybe also check the screen, we found a nest with baby rats inside ours! (It was cold outside, so I get it, mama rat.)

Oh! You! Yes, I actually have a question for you. I think my oven broiler short circuited last night. It kinda exploded. I've never heard of that happening before! It should not have been particularly unclean or anything, but was 13 years old.

oh sheet that's been 10 years now...

Well then give me one bitch.

This is after clearing the 20 foot duct at my MIL’s place. She’s lived there since 1991 and never thought to clean it.

I did it yesterday, but that’s because the heat coil burnt out

I feel seen. Whether that's in a helpful and supportive way or a "ewwwww creeper" way? I'm 50/50 right now.

It took us hours because the duct is sooooo long! We got a ton of stuff cleaned out, that's for sure

Our neighbors had to clean out a dead muskrat from their drier vent once. Consider one of those protective drier vent covers while you are at it.

......this morning, woo!

Oof. Yes, it takes a while but the alternative is more expensive.

Impressive, but no thanks

Veep Vance lived in an apartment complex with shared laundry facilities and never emptied the lint trap. #dontbelikejd

Whoa

NGL. That is impressive.

Bet that felt so good for the duct

That is a good question, we found out right away, everything came out damp.

*cries in condensation dryer fire*

I live in a rental so I’m just assuming it was done at some point since the 70s when this place was built.

2 words Leaf blower

My washing machine also Wifi'ed. Can manage them in an app. Can even get them to run automatically when the spot price of electricity is lowest during a 24 hour period (I have a "flex-el" subscription that follows the spot market, you get tomorrow's prices abt. 3PM so you can plan.)

LOL

Oh shit

Just did a deep clean. Was way overdue.

Includes: I Recently Replaced All the Smoke Detectors In My House Because They Were Over 10 Years Old

but that's all the way on the OTHER SIDE of the dryer tho

Will you make the cut?