Sanity wrote:
"Sharp Dressed Man" wrote in message
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"Znott" wrote in message
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About 8 years ago, someone came out and cleaned our vent to the dryer
since it was clogged. My vent begins in the laundry room and travels
about 30 feet and exits out the wall on the side of my home. My wife
was home, so I'm not sure how it was cleaned out.

To clean this myself, what tool or tools would I need and how much
would it cost?
I push a long thin flexible plumber's snake through mine which is about
the same length as yours-- mine is all rigid duct. Then I tape a big round
brush to the end of the snake and pull it through, I usually need to
repeat that a few times.

I got the brush at HD-- about $6-7 in the cleaning products section.

The other thing I've done is push a shop vac hose in as far as possible
from both ends. Sucking works better than blowing for me.


I've used my leaf blower and it works like a charm.


How about if you can't get to the outside flapper, because idiot
Previous Owner buried it under a low deck? Mine needs cleaning, but I'm
afraid to apply air pressure for fear of blocking outside end with
debris, or blowing the flapper off entirely and making an exit for warm
air and an entrance for animals. (If deck ever gets rebuilt, there will
be a lift-out 2x2 panel above the vent...)

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aem sends...