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becks83 Member Team Member Joined: Jun 2009  GA, USA Posts: 206 Feedback: 100% (34)	Posted: 6/22/2012 2:19:17 PM THE IMAGE ABOVE IS A PAID ADVERTISEMENT As I stated, how do I clean the lint out of vent / duct work that goes from the dryer to the vent outside ?
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P08 WAIT FOR IT! Team Member Joined: Apr 2001  AND Posts: 13408 Feedback: 100% (14) Link To This Post	Posted: 6/22/2012 2:21:45 PM Go to the hardware store and buy the flexi line with brush attachment, it comes in a kit. Hook it to your drill and run it through the vent pipe. Works great unless it's like mine and too long. Then you need to take part of the pipe down which sucks ass!
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Posted: 6/22/2012 2:27:50 PM [Last Edit: 6/22/2012 2:29:11 PM by Johnny_Reno] I just did this last week on one of my rentals. I ran an electrical fish line down the tube but for some reason, I couldn't get it to go around a couple of 90 degree elbows. So I substituted a tape measure instead and it went completely around the elbows and out the end (23 feet later). I then taped some twine to the end of the tape and let it retract back into the house. Then I tied a big sponge (dry) into the midway point of the twine and just pull it back and forth through the line.

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WileyCoyote Member Team Member Joined: Jan 2009  OH, USA Posts: 5102 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 6/25/2012 11:36:13 PM linteater - available at ace, lowes, truevalue, etc.... it's well worth the money - a great tool!
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bob200587 Member Joined: Jun 2008  TN, USA Posts: 3192 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 6/25/2012 11:56:29 PM Lint lizard. I saw it on TV.
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Windwarrior Member Team Member Joined: Mar 2009  OK, USA Posts: 1119 Feedback: 100% (14) Link To This Post	Posted: 6/27/2012 4:28:52 AM As others have said http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2893251 I have used one myself and it works very well.
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wildearp Get off my lawn! Team Member Joined: Jun 2003  AZ, USA Posts: 26804 Feedback: 100% (35) Link To This Post	Posted: 6/27/2012 12:05:24 PM Mine vents up the wall and out the roof. I pulled off the cap, handed an air hose and nozzle (120psi) to my helper inside the house, and got up on the roof and watched the lint fly.
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ZW17 O-H-I-O Moderator Joined: Mar 2003  USA Posts: 17318 Feedback: 100% (32) Link To This Post	Posted: 6/27/2012 12:09:58 PM Mine is just a short flexible duct so I took it off and blasted it with the garden hose. Longer runs need to be brushed out as stated above.
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Coltman77 Member Team Member Joined: Nov 2008  NC, USA Posts: 8265 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 6/27/2012 4:19:45 PM I have a long vent pipe, 25' or so. I let it dry out (didn't dry anything for 24 hrs.) and used my leaf blower to clean it completely. Left the door to the utility room open and wore a heavy duty filtered face mask/respirator. Worked beautifully. Turned out the lint filter was worn out and just needed replacing. Mrs. Coltman dropped the ball on that one.
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etp777 Member Joined: Oct 2003  IL, USA Posts: 9 Feedback: 100% (1) Link To This Post	Posted: 7/17/2012 4:07:52 PM Another vote for the Linteater here. Use it on our house and on our rental, does a great job.
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sixgunsblazing One man, Six guns Team Member Joined: Feb 2002  WA, USA Posts: 19459 Feedback: 100% (45) Link To This Post	Posted: 7/19/2012 4:08:43 PM I used a leafblower last time..
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Kilroytheknifesnob Member Team Member Joined: Sep 2011  BHS Posts: 2297 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 7/21/2012 2:37:02 AM I've seen this gadget that hooks up to a compressor, it's a 6 inch piece of floppy rubber tubing attached to a stiffer air hose. The air makes it wildly flop around, knocking off, and blowing out all the lint in the duct. It made it snow outside.
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ScottsGT Member Team Member Joined: Jan 2003  SC, USA Posts: 3146 Feedback: 100% (4) Link To This Post	Posted: 7/21/2012 4:16:50 PM Cleaned mine out partially with fire, then used the lint eater on the rest of it. I suggest skipping the fire part.
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EFB16ACRX Member Life Member Joined: Aug 2007  VA, USA Posts: 12652 Feedback: 100% (8) Link To This Post	Posted: 7/21/2012 9:37:43 PM Originally Posted By sixgunsblazing: I used a leafblower last time..
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AeroE I was Free Born Team Member Joined: Nov 2000  MO, USA Posts: 40695 Feedback: 100% (2) Link To This Post	Posted: 7/23/2012 2:34:22 PM A long brush handle made from sections of PVC pipe screwed together is the method I use to clean the duct from the outside. I have an old bathroom brush taped to the end to grab the lint. I've also used a shop vac with pvc attached to the hose, but it's more trouble.
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P08 WAIT FOR IT! Team Member Joined: Apr 2001  AND Posts: 13738 Feedback: 100% (14) Link To This Post	Posted: 7/23/2012 2:50:04 PM Originally Posted By ScottsGT: Cleaned mine out partially with fire, then used the lint eater on the rest of it. I suggest skipping the fire part. It never crossed my mind to simply burn the lint out. Very creative idea.
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NAK The Federalist Papers Team Member Joined: Dec 2007  TX, USA Posts: 1232 Feedback: 100% (1) Link To This Post	Posted: 7/23/2012 10:34:36 PM leaf blower and several sections of shop vac hose. I turn dryer on no-heat setting then remove the outside flapper. Duct taped the hose to the leaf blower and started feeding it through from the outside vent, while running leaf blower wide open. It makes a serious mess on the outside
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Posted: 7/24/2012 11:55:20 AM Originally Posted By NAK: leaf blower and several sections of shop vac hose. I turn dryer on no-heat setting then remove the outside flapper. Duct taped the hose to the leaf blower and started feeding it through from the outside vent, while running leaf blower wide open. It makes a serious mess on the outside Sounds like fun with the wife. "here Honey, stand here and look down this pipe and yell when it clears out."

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Posted: 7/24/2012 10:21:31 PM Originally Posted By ScottsGT: Originally Posted By NAK: leaf blower and several sections of shop vac hose. I turn dryer on no-heat setting then remove the outside flapper. Duct taped the hose to the leaf blower and started feeding it through from the outside vent, while running leaf blower wide open. It makes a serious mess on the outside Sounds like fun with the wife. "here Honey, stand here and look down this pipe and yell when it clears out." Not Wife...Teenager The first time we cleaned the vent was when the dryer started taking a log longer come complete a cycle. We first used the electrical fish tape with a round plastic brush that was marketed for that (the stiff rod with the bush kit could not get past the first bend). That got some stuff out, but I could look down with a flashlight an still see lots of lint, even where the brush had reached. I then tried the leaf blower, it dislodged massive amounts of additional lint. We now make that a part of the yearly spring cleaning. We tried taking the vent hose off at the dryer and using the leaf blower from that end, but it did not seem to be as effective as having the air from the dryer helping blow shit out.

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Leveled Member Team Member Joined: Jul 2011  KS, USA Posts: 172 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 7/25/2012 12:50:36 AM I put my leaf blower in the tube then stuffed a towel around it to seal it.
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hooligan223 Member Joined: Sep 2008  NC, USA Posts: 4120 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 7/25/2012 3:26:20 PM Originally Posted By sixgunsblazing: I used a leafblower last time.. I use a shopvac. I'll have to try the blower next time.
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6731HBAR Member Team Member Joined: Apr 2003  NE, USA Posts: 2179 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 9/5/2012 6:52:26 AM Originally Posted By P08: Originally Posted By ScottsGT: Cleaned mine out partially with fire, then used the lint eater on the rest of it. I suggest skipping the fire part. It never crossed my mind to simply burn the lint out. Very creative idea. If you do this in the winter you also save a little on the heating bill. No practical experience here, LOL
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Keith_J Veteran of Reagan Era Life Member Joined: Jan 2001  TX, USA Posts: 74644 Feedback: 100% (1) Link To This Post	Posted: 9/6/2012 6:59:33 PM Originally Posted By sixgunsblazing: I used a leafblower last time.. One that can be set up for vacuum works GREAT. Wear your PPE, you WILL have a cloud of lint. Won't hurt the machine. Yes, DISCONNECT IT FROM THE DRYER. And NEVER use it to BLOW the lines out.
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sixgunsblazing One man, Six guns Team Member Joined: Feb 2002  WA, USA Posts: 19532 Feedback: 100% (45) Link To This Post	Posted: 9/7/2012 12:24:37 AM Originally Posted By Keith_J: Originally Posted By sixgunsblazing: I used a leafblower last time.. One that can be set up for vacuum works GREAT. Wear your PPE, you WILL have a cloud of lint. Won't hurt the machine. Yes, DISCONNECT IT FROM THE DRYER. And NEVER use it to BLOW the lines out. Why not blow?
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Posted: 9/7/2012 6:21:05 PM I wouldn't spend any time cleaning it. I'd just replace it once every few years. You should figure out why your dryer is passing so much lint through the screen. $14 for 25ft of 6" http://www.amazon.com/Dundas-Jafine-AF625ULPZW-Aluminum-6-Inches/dp/B001AHASV8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1347056375&sr=8-1&keywords=6%22+flex+duct And that's just the first place I looked. I'm sure you can find cheaper. If you buy a $30 tool to clean something that costs $14, you're crazy.

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