On my list of things to do is clean the dryer pipe at a
friends house. It exits from behind the dryer using a short flex
hose to a short hard pipe though the drywall. From that short
pipe it goes vertical to inside roof. Then slanted vertical to
the outside roof. Right now as part of the troubleshooting,
a small length of flex hose exits to a 5 gallon bucket of water.
The short length of pipe that I've been able to look at had lots
of built up lint, so I doubt that it would be any better than flex
pipe. It was smooth inside compared to the corrogated flex
hose, which IMO, had less build up than pipe. I don't know
how long it has been since it was cleaned, but before I put
the shop vac to it, The lint build up was about 1/2 inch thick
in the pipe and less in the flex hose. I'm waiting another month
or two before I tackle the hard pipe in the roof.
Brian
battmain@yahoo.com
----- Original Message ----
From: cornerexit <cornerexit@gmail.com>
To: Shop Talk <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, September 8, 2008 11:57:59 AM
Subject: [Shop-talk] Dryer vents?
(snip)
The dryer is not accessible from either side as it is in a slot so to speak
between the washer on the right and the counter on the left. The dryer gets
pulled away from the wall for cleaning and such. The flexible vent hose
works well in this situation as the dryer can be pulled away from the wall,
the hose connected, and the dryer pushed back in position. While pushing the
dryer back into position I do try to make sure the flexible vent hose is not
kinked and routed in the least restrictive way possible.
(SNIP)
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