Do you pay to have your dryer vent cleaned? (1 Viewer)

[dozer]

I'm flipping a house right now so I'm upgrading a lot of those little things like the dryer vent hose. The one I took out was about 50% clogged. Lint sticks to the inside of the hose the entire length up to the vent louvers outside the house. You can replace the aluminum vent hose for about 10 bucks or so.

 

[Wildcat]

They are in inaccessible space. It's not unusual either (I Googled it). It is not flex tubing, it's 4" duct. See, this is why I pay someone. Too much effort involved. It's only once a year and worth it for me. Take away my card if you like.

Oh, not really looking for help, just trying to prove a point I see.

4" duct is super simple to pull a pig through, much easier to clean than flex pipe. Assuming it's not completely blocked you could clean it in less than 10 minutes.

Not trying to prove any point. If I want to pay someone to clean my duct, it is my choice. Besides, I have all this money laying around and need to make use of it. How close do you live to Lincoln, NE? Maybe you can come out and clean it once a year?

 

[KCitons]

They are in inaccessible space. It's not unusual either (I Googled it). It is not flex tubing, it's 4" duct. See, this is why I pay someone. Too much effort involved. It's only once a year and worth it for me. Take away my card if you like.

Oh, not really looking for help, just trying to prove a point I see.

4" duct is super simple to pull a pig through, much easier to clean than flex pipe. Assuming it's not completely blocked you could clean it in less than 10 minutes.

Not trying to prove any point. If I want to pay someone to clean my duct, it is my choice. Besides, I have all this money laying around and need to make use of it. How close do you live to Lincoln, NE? Maybe you can come out and clean it once a year?

I'm in Omaha, but since you would be my only customer, I would have to charge $50k to cover my franchise cost.

How does Thursday morning sound?

 

[tonydead]

They are in inaccessible space. It's not unusual either (I Googled it). It is not flex tubing, it's 4" duct. See, this is why I pay someone. Too much effort involved. It's only once a year and worth it for me. Take away my card if you like.

Oh, not really looking for help, just trying to prove a point I see.

4" duct is super simple to pull a pig through, much easier to clean than flex pipe. Assuming it's not completely blocked you could clean it in less than 10 minutes.

Not trying to prove any point. If I want to pay someone to clean my duct, it is my choice. Besides, I have all this money laying around and need to make use of it. How close do you live to Lincoln, NE? Maybe you can come out and clean it once a year?

 

[shuke]

Extremely easy to do, but I hate doing it. I have to pull the dryer out from the wall, then climb up over the washer and dryer to get back there. I have to use the rigid expandable foil or there is no way for me to connect it all back up and push the dryer back against the wall.

I've ripped the vinyl flooring and ripped a few of those foil elbows, but I refuse to pay someone for this.

 

[Wildcat]

They are in inaccessible space. It's not unusual either (I Googled it). It is not flex tubing, it's 4" duct. See, this is why I pay someone. Too much effort involved. It's only once a year and worth it for me. Take away my card if you like.

Oh, not really looking for help, just trying to prove a point I see.

4" duct is super simple to pull a pig through, much easier to clean than flex pipe. Assuming it's not completely blocked you could clean it in less than 10 minutes.

Not trying to prove any point. If I want to pay someone to clean my duct, it is my choice. Besides, I have all this money laying around and need to make use of it. How close do you live to Lincoln, NE? Maybe you can come out and clean it once a year?

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Oh geezus com'on!!! Don't people do anything for themselves anymore???

I just climb in there and scrub it myself.

 

[Fat Nick]

Didn't see it actually linked, but this is the kit I got

Pretty ingenious actually. You hook one end to the shop vac, and it has a hole through which the rod feeds. The vac attachment hooks right up and seals up the opening very well. The rod is very flexy. Easily handled a 45 degree and 90 degree bend. Using a drill to spin the brush, and adding sections as I went, I cleaned a pretty long run. The shop vac sucks it out as the brush breaks it up. It's cheap, and you only need to buy it once.

At least for my vent, I don't see how I could've gotten it clean with just airflow. The humidity causes the lint to almost cement to the sides. There's no way I could reach the entire length of the run.

 

[Wildcat]

Didn't see it actually linked, but this is the kit I got

Pretty ingenious actually. You hook one end to the shop vac, and it has a hole through which the rod feeds. The vac attachment hooks right up and seals up the opening very well. The rod is very flexy. Easily handled a 45 degree and 90 degree bend. Using a drill to spin the brush, and adding sections as I went, I cleaned a pretty long run. The shop vac sucks it out as the brush breaks it up. It's cheap, and you only need to buy it once.

At least for my vent, I don't see how I could've gotten it clean with just airflow. The humidity causes the lint to almost cement to the sides. There's no way I could reach the entire length of the run.

Thanks. Looks like this would work for me with a couple 12 foot extensions.

 

[KCitons]

Didn't see it actually linked, but this is the kit I got

Pretty ingenious actually. You hook one end to the shop vac, and it has a hole through which the rod feeds. The vac attachment hooks right up and seals up the opening very well. The rod is very flexy. Easily handled a 45 degree and 90 degree bend. Using a drill to spin the brush, and adding sections as I went, I cleaned a pretty long run. The shop vac sucks it out as the brush breaks it up. It's cheap, and you only need to buy it once.

At least for my vent, I don't see how I could've gotten it clean with just airflow. The humidity causes the lint to almost cement to the sides. There's no way I could reach the entire length of the run.

Nice kit. Probably the same one they sell to franchisees. At a 1600% markup.

Looks like about 10% of the population cleans their own dryer vent. (or are closet pyromaniacs)

 

[Fat Nick]

Thanks. Looks like this would work for me with a couple 12 foot extensions.

I needed 1 extension kit. It still worked fine at that length. I did tape off each extension as I added it. I was terrified of either reversing the drill accidentally, or somehow stripping off the threads and ending up with it stuck 1/2 way in my vent. Just to note, the threads are metal on metal, and quite strong.

Nice kit. Probably the same one they sell to franchisees. At a 1600% markup.

Looks like about 10% of the population cleans their own dryer vent. (or are closet pyromaniacs)

Agree. I can't imagine a professional needing more than this kit and a shop vac.

 

[tonydead]

Maybe you can come out and clean it once a year?

If I could find 240 people that lived near me that would be willing to shell out $150 to have this done I'd take 10 minutes on my way home each day and bank an extra $36,000 per year. Unfortunately, like the pole suggests, there aren't that many people who can't figure it out for themselves.

 

[The Noid]

Paid $89 a couple months back. Never had it cleaned in the 7 years since buying the house, so I've really only been paying about $12/year!

Most of you must have ground floor laundry rooms or laundry rooms off the garage. Mine is on the second floor and the vent goes straight up and out through the attic and the roof, close to the peak. It's probably a good 30 feet of run.

 

[NCCommish]

I'm seriously thinking of buying a good kit and offering this service to apartment complexes. Sure Joe Homeowner will do it himself but what renter is going to? I smell an opportunity.