Have you noticed that its starting to take longer and longer for your clothes to dry? Does a load of towels now take 2 or 3 drying cycles, and maybe still feel a little damp? If so, you�re probably also paying higher gas and electric bills than you used to.
No matter which type of pipe you use you�ll need one of the large clamps to secure the pipe to the fitting. Most of these simply require that you have a slotted screw driver. Place the clamp on the hose then tighten by turning the screw.Most people automatically think that the dryer itself is the problem, but it usually turns out that the venting pipe that exhausts the dryer to the outside of the house has become clogged with lint. If your dryer can�t vent out that heat and moisture in the clothes, then your laundry can�t dry. Over time, running the dryer this way will eventually create enough extra wear and tear on the dryer parts that it will ultimately lead to expensive dryer repairs. Worst of all, it also turns your dryer into a potential fire hazard.The disappointment just continues. The third clothes iron I've purchased in the past two years leaks, encountering the same fate as the other irons that met an early demise. No one in the household seems to know why the irons ended up cracked. It's as if the irons purposely injured themselves, frustrated because their work was never done.If your dryer is located in a laundry closet or small room, the door to that room must be open while the dryer is running. A dryer needs make-up air--whatever amount of air it�s exhausting out, it needs to bring the same amount of air in, without having to work for it. If the dryer cannot get that make-up air, it may overheat. A dryer needs at least 100 square inches of oxygen, the equivalent of a 10" x 10" window. Also, if there is an exhaust fan in the laundry room, the fan should be off when the dryer is running.If you do decide that venting your dryer through the roof is the right choice for you, then you will have to insulate the metal piper that is located where the cold areas are. If you don�t� you are going to have a major condensation problem and leaking as well. If you live where it�s warm all year round this isn�t an issue for you.If I've learned one thing this year, it's that the Cubs are the real boys of summer. They certainly don't play in the fall -- yet.Basement venting doesn�t have to be difficult. In fact it can be a piece of cake. All you need is two 90 degree bends and the odd time a third bend, and usually about 15 feet of piping. The flexible plastic pipe is tends to be the favorite pick but the true metal piping is just as easy to install and it is much more durable. Great so let�s get busy.Now, if the Cubs found good pitching, that would make my day. Maybe they wouldn't fade into darkness each October.When looking for a company to clean the dryer vent system, make sure that the technician will use a brushing method to clean out the dryer venting system. Many companies simply use a vacuum or blower, which will not remove the lint accumulation in the venting system. This becomes that much more essential if the lint is moist, since it takes on a consistency close to paper mache and will otherwise stick like paste to the inside of the pipe.You will need a vent cap which will be connected to the exterior wall. There are a variety of different types. The cheap ones have an opening that�s around 2 � inches at the widest point. Save your money! Instead spend the little extra and get a good vent that has a 4 inch opening as well as louvers. You�ll get a lot less air flow resistance and the louvers also deter rodents.I'll root for the Dodgers in the playoffs, maybe even the Yankees, but never the Cardinals. Not if they were the last baseball team on Earth that could beat the White Sox. Never.Maybe it's the Cubs fan mentality that has kept my family clinging to the lone tomato plant surviving in our garden. We hope for one last hurrah, but know deep down it was over by late summer.
So if you are in need of this being done, just think about how much money you will be saving and how much joy it will put back into doing the laundry! Well, maybe that�s a slight exaggeration, but at least it will be a little less of a chore.
Author: Rick Pocock
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