Diane~ I've not yet introduced myself to the group. I've been lurking around for quite a while because I've been really busy, and right now I have to run off to an appointment with a client so I'll just throw in my 2 cents worth about your dryer and leave the introductions till later today or tomorrow.
I'm a realtor and that's one of the things that comes up quite often on home inspections. The inspector has suggested that every six months you take a leaf blower and blow it up the vertical vent pipe that's between the walls. He said that this would dislodge any lint and keep that vent open. I know that my oldest daughter lived in an apartment that had a vertical vent pipe going up to the roof and it used to take forever for her dryer to dry her clothes. I wish builders would design houses with the utility rooms on the outside walls of houses so you wouldn't have this problem. Hope this helps! ~Linda On Thu, 28 Feb 2002 14:13:29 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi ladies! Yesterday the Sears repairman finally showed up to fix my dryer and the part was finally there too (long story). The dryer WORKS - and it was covered by warranty. Thank you God! The problem was that the limiter switch (or something like that) got fried due to the dryer overheating. According to the repairman, this was caused by lint filling the vent pipe. My dryer is NOT vented to an outside wall. It is on an inside wall of the garage. The vent pipe goes up the wall, through the attic & to the roof. Apparently, after 18 years of clothes drying the vent pipe is filled with lint. I clean the hose that attaches the dryer to the wall pipe. I also reached up inside there as far as I could and pulled out gobs of lint. However, the repairman believes that the pipe is filled with lint all the way up! He said that if I reattach the dryer hose to it, the dryer will overheat again and Sears will not cover it. Any ideas on how I can clean a pipe that runs from the roof, through the attic and down the wall to the floor? That is quite a long way... I am going to send Chase up on the roof to see what he can find out. Suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks Diane *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Journey from clutter List Website http://journeyfromclutter.com Members Only Page http://journeyfromclutter.com/MembersOnly/MembersArea.htm Unsubscribe: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word 'unsubscribe' in the 'Subject:' field to be removed from the main list. To Unsubscribe from the Digest version of the list send the unsubscribe message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
