Julie, I am so glad to hear that the insurance thing is covered for the baby.
Sherry in FL On Thu, 28 Feb 2002 14:03:11 -0800 (PST) Julie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > 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. :) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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] > > > > --------------------------------- > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Greetings - Send FREE e-cards for every occasion! ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.; *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* 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]
