Diane,
I would suggest a shop vac first. Then try the leaf blower. What material is the vent? I ask because the plastic slinky kind actually holds the lint as does the metal slinky kind. Sorry, that is the best way I can describe them, they look like a slinky (the toy) covered in either plastic or really pliable alum. foil. I had the gas guy out a while back and he suggested that we get the solid pipe (as did dh's plumber friend).
The pantyhose trick is a good one too. Once you get it clean you will be surprised at how much better your dryer runs (less time and more output). Plus, as someone else mentioned, it is a fire hazzard. I don't think it is a very hard job to replace it if you need to. Perhaps you at the bottom with the shop vac and your son with the leaf blower up top? Let us know.
Julie
who is still here, still pregnant but has the health insurance thing covered. :)
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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
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