Looked at the vent cleaner on Home Depot. It is basically a small chimney sweep. Great idea to use, especially if you have rigid metal duct (the plastic flex type may be harder to use if there are dips in the run).
On Friday, December 1, 2017 6:06 PM, "bigmikechen@yahoo.com [DoIt_Yourself]" <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Hi everyone,
When we had an HVAC guy come by to fix our furnace igniter, he also took a look at vent duct of our very old dryer. We had noticed that some of the paint behind it was warping and it was kicking dust out everywhere. He said the vent itself from the dryer was loose and leaking heat, which was something that he'd come back to address later after we bought a new dryer and got it installed.
The new dryer comes in a few weeks so we're planning ahead. I see there are self-cleaning dryer vent kits available and it doesn't seem to be that hard to do. However, I talked with an east coast HVAC friend and he actually said that his team doesn't do dryer vents because if you screw up, you could be responsible for a fire -- he recommended hiring someone who only does dryer vents.
So I see three options:
1) Try to do it myself with a cleaning kit.
2) Hire the (expensive but good) HVAC guy I used before.
3) Hire a company that only does dryer vents.
Any recommendations? And should we do it before or after the new dryer? Does it even matter?
Thanks!
Mike
When we had an HVAC guy come by to fix our furnace igniter, he also took a look at vent duct of our very old dryer. We had noticed that some of the paint behind it was warping and it was kicking dust out everywhere. He said the vent itself from the dryer was loose and leaking heat, which was something that he'd come back to address later after we bought a new dryer and got it installed.
The new dryer comes in a few weeks so we're planning ahead. I see there are self-cleaning dryer vent kits available and it doesn't seem to be that hard to do. However, I talked with an east coast HVAC friend and he actually said that his team doesn't do dryer vents because if you screw up, you could be responsible for a fire -- he recommended hiring someone who only does dryer vents.
So I see three options:
1) Try to do it myself with a cleaning kit.
2) Hire the (expensive but good) HVAC guy I used before.
3) Hire a company that only does dryer vents.
Any recommendations? And should we do it before or after the new dryer? Does it even matter?
Thanks!
Mike
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