mikesim
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Well, it was inevitable. After my ten day safari to Canada with my son, I returned home to find that my wife had accumulated several honey-do's while I was gone. It is the penance I pay for ten days of sheer enjoyment on the bike. Most were quite quickly disposed of but one I had a bad feeling about. She indicated that the clothes dryer has been taking an excessive amount of time to dry clothes lately. I checked the dryer vent to the outside and cleaned a bit of lint away and also checked for an obstruction at the dryer itself but all way clear. The problem with my vent system is that the dryer is located in the interior of the house about 20 feet from an exterior wall so that there is a 20' run of PVC pipe before the vent exits the house. My fear was that an obstruction had occurred there and would be difficult to clean. Never being one to try to do things the hard way, I sought an easy way to clear any obstruction. After some contemplation, inspiration struck me like a bolt from the blue...... of course..... why didn't I think of it sooner!!?? The leaf blower! I went to the garage and fired up the leaf blower and let it warm up. After a brief warmup I entered the house thru the door to the garage with the leaf blower in full song. Both cats immediately headed for the tall grass assuming that the Texas chainsaw massacre was upon them, two gray streaks in opposite directions. I then inserted the nozzle of the blower into the dryer vent and let 'er rip! Admittedly, it was quite a racket. After about a minute I switched off the blower only to find that all the smoke detectors in the house were indeed functional and only quieted down after I turned on the attic fan to ventilate the house. We shall see if my efforts were successful but my wife who was outside observing the exterior vent said only a small amount of lint blew out.
Mike
Mike