Cleaning Dryer Vent Pipe

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Cleaning dryer vent pipe.

These dryer vent cleaner kits you attach to drills actually work very well. Safely disconnect the dryer. To clean your dryer vent remove the outside cover on the vent and use a special lint brush with an extendable handle to clean the inside of the pipe. Disconnect the dryer duct from the back of the dryer.

The vent on a clothes dryer can become clogged with lint over time causing the dryer to dry less efficiently and resulting in dangerous house fires. Here s how to clean your dryer vent in 5 easy steps step 1. Vacuum attachments alone do not work as well because they do not agitate the lint to remove it from the walls of the duct and they can t reach deep enough inside the dryer s lint filter housing. You might be able to loosen the clamp by hand.

You may need to use a screwdriver to disconnect the vent clamp. The first thing you have to do is locate where the duct begins and ends. Use a screwdriver to release these so that you can vacuum. If you have a gas dryer turn the supply valve off while cleaning.

There should be clamps that connect the exhaust pipe of the dryer to the vent. Once you can access the area behind the dryer you need to remove the vent hose by loosening the clamp. You can put the tube of the vacuum directly up the vent. This was on the inside of the house where vent pipe started.

Thorough dryer vent cleaning requires special brushes. Before you can use your leaf blower vacuum to clean the dryer vent pipe you need to access the area with the vent and get it ready for cleaning. Before climbing up to the roof get behind the dryer to vacuum out the vent. I then went outside and pulled the rope through the length of the pipe with circular brush at end and it dislodged the brush stuck within plus a big additional lint plug.

Start by moving the dryer away from the wall. Pull the dryer away from the wall about a foot to begin cleaning your dryer vent. In order to properly clean your dryer s ventilation system you have to first know where it is.