I like long videos! Short clips are of course so satisfying to watch as you're endlessly scrolling, but I like chilling with a long video on the 'tubes :)
Have you considered a side-business of making lint firestarters? Easy to make with a little paraffin. Although you may be able to corner the entire North American market with what YOU recover!
@@A.X.76 Always wondered how the transition of lint from mostly being cotton fibers to a cotton/plastic fiber mix affects this. But really the fibers are just there to act like wicks for the paraffin.
🤦♂️That's nuts! Gotta wonder how excessively long these people would've had to run their dryer to dry their clothes and why they didn't think something was wrong sooner?
She didn’t have any “known” drying issues and that’s ONLY because over time she had likely become accustomed to it taking forever to dry a load of cloths!!! Honestly, she is very lucky, indeed, to still have a place to call home!!!
What surprises me the most is that the dryers doesn't seem to have a lint filter, our dryers here in Sweden have a filter in the door where the lint gets collected and you just clean the filter after every run of the dryer
Yeah was about to say the same thing, UK tumble dryers also have a lint filter, we do clean it after every run although our pipe isn't anywhere near as long as that as our tumble dryer is right next to the wall that leads to outside, so its an easy clean.
In the UK it's rare to have vented dryers in residential properties. Most people have condensing dryers where the lint is ejected through the drain. Usually combi washer-dryers to save space.
I do dryer vent service in Southern California and come across blocked ducts like this all the time. When a large amount of lint acumulates inside the dryer, especially on the burner or electric motor, THAT'S when you get the fire! The fire starts at the source of heat.
It works, it’s just that dryer exhaust vents should never have a screen on the end. For bathroom and kitchen vents it’s ok, but dryers will clog the screen eventually, even with lint traps.
When we bought our 35 year old house we found that the dryer had been venting in the attic and the other one just vented in between the floors. So grateful we didn't have a problem with that! Plus, they have a white pet or pets...I can't deal with the hair!!
That was my ex-husband. I'd ask him to help me with moving the dryer and cleaning out the vents. His response "It's fine don't worry about it". I think he just hated that I knew to do this stuff.
I now understand how so many house fires start from dryers. Unreal. I clean mine twice a year. I unplug it and take the panels off and vacuum everywhere to make sure there is no lint trapped in or near the heating elements. It seems most don't do that
That's probably the way the back of my dryer looks, lol. I have learned that when the dryer is not drying, it's time to clean it out. After I clean all the lint, it works perfectly well after that🤗. Merry Christmas everyone 🎅🤶
You're supposed to remove the lint from the lint catching screen after every use, if you don't then the buildup does get into other parts of it and it degrades the function of the dryer
@@elenastennett8660 Even if you do change it after every use it should be cleaned yearly like a chimney to ensure there is no buildup or something clogging it.
It's a good idea to check the 110v washing machine plug and outlet. A loose connection in this outlet (or any outlet for that matter) is a hot connection and can be a fire hazard. I've seen plenty of these. If you service call a washer and dryer ...save a house, maybe a life.... open the outlets and make sure they're good, and the connections are proper, clean, and tight. God bless. 😊
Most times you can always tell just how many loads have been dried without the lint screen being pulled out and cleaned. You simply count the different colors of lint and each color is a different layer and each layer equals one load. It’s not an exact science because if someone dried two loads of white towels back to back then it most likely will look like just one layer/color and not two. I used to get my kids with that simple trick every single time and the wife occasionally too. They have all finally realized just how dangerous it can be when I took them outside with some lint and showed them just how easy it lights on fire and how fast it burns!!!
Honestly I think you should just vacuum the big clumps of dust and lint. I appreciate the idea of grabbing it to show it to the camera, but I think the amount of dust set stirred up into the air from doing that isn't worth it.
MrLinGuy - I have a request! Could you please contact your local fire department...and ask them light a bit of your lint on fire? People need to know what happens! Fire Departments call this "public service" and such, they may be game to oversee this one. :) Invite the homeowner, and some neighbors to watch - you're gonna have a good, compelling video! Onlookers will gasp in awe...and you just might make a blowtorch out of a vent! (Removed from a building, of course!)
Years ago we forgot to clean the lint trap after a load. I almost lost my 3 cats in that fire. I'm still neurotic about cleaning that machine to this day. I can now take it apart and clean it myself. And I do.
A single load wouldn't cause that... But a few years of no vent cleaning would. Just like your chimney they need a yearly cleaning to get ride of all the buildup that the trap can't catch.
Technically it should be done yearly just like a chimney. THe less buildup the more air flows so the faster and more efficiently your dryer works and the less likely you are to have a fire.
My dryer has two filters. One inside the drum that can be removed easily and when u open a lit there's another one that you can take out and clean you can even wash it and then let it dry and put it back. I don't get the construction of this type of things in the US anyway.
hey mr lint guy i couldn’t find your website or anything on google, my aunt and her family lives in tampa and i know for a fact the haven’t had there dryer vent clean. do you have a website i can send them?
It should be "against code" to exhaust a dryer through the roof. The requirement should be to have it accessible for easy cleaning, or it doesn't pass inspection. How could a single and elderly h.o. ever even know to take care of that? The only thing I've encountered worse is my neighbor's vent exhausted in his framing bays and up to his rafters (no external exhaust at all, unless you consider the attic external).
What lint brush are you using, or can recommend a decent one. There are so many on Amazon, I don't want to get some cheap flimsy pile ready to break at any moment, yet not break the bank.
I suggest the Linteater pro kit off Amazon. It has locking ends so it won’t come apart in the vent. I think it comes with 12ft of extensions so you may need to buy 2 kits Or extension rods If your vent is longer than that. It also comes with a vacuum attachment so you can hook up a shop vac while brushing simultaneously.
Just one of the reasons I won't keep animals in the house. #2: I realize that that some situations call for outlets to be on the roof..but the difficult accessibility looks like a problem for homeowner maintenance. Good job man!
1) You can easily buy cleaning brushes (They tend to come in kits) and a shop vac 2) Cleaning vents should be done yearly, either by you or hire someone.
@@SilvaDreams I've used both. I don't see how these would be useful in the situation shown. As many homeowners don't have the ladders to reach the roof, aren't comfortable climbing on to their roof or SHOULDN'T BE climbing on to the roof..I think a roof or high exit is a bad idea and one that should be avoided if possible.
@@markgarland9000 DOn't get me wrong I think the roof mounted ones are stupid but there isn't much you can do if your home has it built that way. But the roof mounted ones should have a flapper and not a screen, those will get plugged up as we saw in the video and it should be a none issue of needing to even be on the roof.
@@SilvaDreams I 100% agree with you regarding flappers. I understand wanting to keep out critters but considering the risk of fire and the expense of getting that mess cleaned out on a regular basis..I'll take a critter over that!
@@markgarland9000 Even with the roof mounted ones you can easily clean them out from inside, you just do what he did and run the cleaning brush up from the inside and run a shopvac to suck up all the dust and clumps as they come down.
We had a new roof put on after a bad hail storm. A few months later our clothes stopped getting dry. I went on the roof and the screen was all packed up with about an inch of lint. The funny thing is, the new vent has a flapper and a screen. I just removed the screen and now is all good.
All the vents in the laundry room at my apartment complex are like this. I have been asking maintenance to fix it for over a year now, just waiting for the place to go up in flames at this point
Whoever attached that piping was a moron. You create as straight of a line as possible... you don't loop it all around behind the dryer. People have lost all common sense
I think most people keep a longer exhaust vent to be able to move the dryer out of place... in the ideal world everyone's exhaust vents would look like yours
Why are americans still using air vented dryers? Here in the Netherlands almost everyone had a condensed or heatpump dryer. Airvents are rare in our homes.
Repair guy told me once a month hot water and dawn soap on the dryer vent. The dryer sheets leave a residue behind overtime buildup and mess with your dryer.
They do, but some people are lazy and don't clean it after every use or like chimneys they don't think they need to be cleaned out yearly to ensure there is no buildup.... Just like they never think of cleaning a vacuum. (Litterally got a nice upright vacuum donated to my work from a junker, only thing wrong with it was the filter was clogged... Still had the factory filter in it)
They do all have filters. That looks like many years of someone not really caring about keeping it clear. I expect their vacuum cleaner is also totally clogged as well and don’t get me started on stained toilet bowls!
Probably one of the most interesting trades on RUclips, simple yet effective, most people dont know how to do it themselves but i bet the pay is good and stable income
Old and or stupid codes, people don't want to see that "ugly" vent on the side of the house... But to be fair it should have a flapper on it and not a screen vent.
Figured I’d post up a longer video since it’s been awhile. Let me know what y’all prefer or want to see next! 💚🐸
more of the longer versions, please.
A little bit of both please 🙏
I like long videos! Short clips are of course so satisfying to watch as you're endlessly scrolling, but I like chilling with a long video on the 'tubes :)
More content please 🙏🏻
I like the longee versions more. But I knew you generate a lot of views from the Shorts.
You not only saved a home, save energy and time drying their clothes.
Have you considered a side-business of making lint firestarters? Easy to make with a little paraffin. Although you may be able to corner the entire North American market with what YOU recover!
Nice buddy, good luck for him
I use the dryer lint from the filter to help start my wood boiler. Works like a dream!
wife taught me that trick for camp fires. we will put them in the cardboard egg cartons, tear off one or two for overnight floats.
We did that in boy scouts. (Stored in metal coffee tin for safety). Awesome fire starter as you already know.
@@A.X.76 Always wondered how the transition of lint from mostly being cotton fibers to a cotton/plastic fiber mix affects this. But really the fibers are just there to act like wicks for the paraffin.
🤦♂️That's nuts! Gotta wonder how excessively long these people would've had to run their dryer to dry their clothes and why they didn't think something was wrong sooner?
Right. Funny thing is I asked this customer if she had drying issues and she said no 😂
@@MrLintGuy "Doesn't it normally take over three hours to dry a few t-shirts?
She didn’t have any “known” drying issues and that’s ONLY because over time she had likely become accustomed to it taking forever to dry a load of cloths!!! Honestly, she is very lucky, indeed, to still have a place to call home!!!
that dog hair and lint is like super kindling
I so badly wanted to light it to see how flammable it was 😂
@@MrLintGuythat’s why you should take a baggie along, put a small piece in and then later light it up to test
@@wolflinggon5664Brilliant
What surprises me the most is that the dryers doesn't seem to have a lint filter, our dryers here in Sweden have a filter in the door where the lint gets collected and you just clean the filter after every run of the dryer
Our dryers in the US have a lint screen that you pull out after every run. Maybe people aren't actually doing it after every run though.
Yeah was about to say the same thing, UK tumble dryers also have a lint filter, we do clean it after every run although our pipe isn't anywhere near as long as that as our tumble dryer is right next to the wall that leads to outside, so its an easy clean.
We have lint filters that can be pulled out and cleaned every time. Sometimes I feel like the only person that does that.
@@katyc.8663 I feel like that when it comes to changing the toilet roll lol.
In the UK it's rare to have vented dryers in residential properties. Most people have condensing dryers where the lint is ejected through the drain. Usually combi washer-dryers to save space.
I do dryer vent service in Southern California and come across blocked ducts like this all the time. When a large amount of lint acumulates inside the dryer, especially on the burner or electric motor, THAT'S when you get the fire! The fire starts at the source of heat.
That roof vent for a dryer should have a flapper, not a screen. That would be a code violation and correction where I'm from.
So curious to see how much is in the vacuum. Thank you for your satisfying videos!
Let's have thw final money shot! Dump out your vacuum after you have sucked up all the lint you cleaned from the service.❤
Please do it in a well ventilated area with a mask!!
The forbidden cotton candy 🤤💀
it should be illegal to vent dryers "UP"
It is the uk.
It works, it’s just that dryer exhaust vents should never have a screen on the end. For bathroom and kitchen vents it’s ok, but dryers will clog the screen eventually, even with lint traps.
It does seem counter intuitive.
That is an amazing tool you got yourself there, sir!
Thanks! Def makes the job a lot easier
When we bought our 35 year old house we found that the dryer had been venting in the attic and the other one just vented in between the floors. So grateful we didn't have a problem with that! Plus, they have a white pet or pets...I can't deal with the hair!!
I don't understand people who don't know what "vent" means. In your case, either the former owners or their contractor did not.
Why is this on the roof??? How is the person supposed to maintain this effectively??
More long form content please!
Got one dropping soon
That was my ex-husband. I'd ask him to help me with moving the dryer and cleaning out the vents. His response "It's fine don't worry about it". I think he just hated that I knew to do this stuff.
I now understand how so many house fires start from dryers. Unreal. I clean mine twice a year. I unplug it and take the panels off and vacuum everywhere to make sure there is no lint trapped in or near the heating elements. It seems most don't do that
That's probably the way the back of my dryer looks, lol. I have learned that when the dryer is not drying, it's time to clean it out. After I clean all the lint, it works perfectly well after that🤗. Merry Christmas everyone 🎅🤶
You're supposed to remove the lint from the lint catching screen after every use, if you don't then the buildup does get into other parts of it and it degrades the function of the dryer
@@elenastennett8660 Even if you do change it after every use it should be cleaned yearly like a chimney to ensure there is no buildup or something clogging it.
Who ever lives there isn't clean!
This is why a home inspector likes to see the Dryer vent is on an outside wall and goes directly to the outside.
We have lint traps in our dryers in the U.S. but u still need to clean the hose every so often and chk the trap going to the outside
It's a good idea to check the 110v washing machine plug and outlet. A loose connection in this outlet (or any outlet for that matter) is a hot connection and can be a fire hazard. I've seen plenty of these. If you service call a washer and dryer ...save a house, maybe a life.... open the outlets and make sure they're good, and the connections are proper, clean, and tight. God bless. 😊
Most times you can always tell just how many loads have been dried without the lint screen being pulled out and cleaned. You simply count the different colors of lint and each color is a different layer and each layer equals one load. It’s not an exact science because if someone dried two loads of white towels back to back then it most likely will look like just one layer/color and not two. I used to get my kids with that simple trick every single time and the wife occasionally too. They have all finally realized just how dangerous it can be when I took them outside with some lint and showed them just how easy it lights on fire and how fast it burns!!!
It's just amazing and alarming how many people don't know about cleaning out vents!!! You're pulling QUILTS out of these things!😊
Honestly I think you should just vacuum the big clumps of dust and lint. I appreciate the idea of grabbing it to show it to the camera, but I think the amount of dust set stirred up into the air from doing that isn't worth it.
I was in the dryer cabinet with a respirator so the particles are contained within. Thanks for your concern
I love how you also get all the lint on the floor and walls. My asthma thanks you
beautiful job !!
We don’t mind seeing smaller cleanups
Content is content :)
They had to have been going with ZERO filter on that dryer. I mean that junk is unbelievable!
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I like the really long videos
Welcome aboard, thanks for watching! 🍻
Hi mr lint guy what setup are you using and the tools can you please show thank you.
Vent Vision all in one kit. Use promo code MRLINTGUY for a discount.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a lint brick before.
MrLinGuy - I have a request! Could you please contact your local fire department...and ask them light a bit of your lint on fire? People need to know what happens! Fire Departments call this "public service" and such, they may be game to oversee this one. :)
Invite the homeowner, and some neighbors to watch - you're gonna have a good, compelling video!
Onlookers will gasp in awe...and you just might make a blowtorch out of a vent! (Removed from a building, of course!)
Trimming toenails was my dream job, but now cleaning dryer vents is a very close second.
The clear tube is awesome
Years ago we forgot to clean the lint trap after a load. I almost lost my 3 cats in that fire. I'm still neurotic about cleaning that machine to this day. I can now take it apart and clean it myself. And I do.
A single load wouldn't cause that... But a few years of no vent cleaning would.
Just like your chimney they need a yearly cleaning to get ride of all the buildup that the trap can't catch.
@@SilvaDreams it absolutely was from more than one load. You are right. I didn't word that very well. Lol
1:35 you know its bad when even the drier itself thanks you for the cleaning.
Oh wow!! Talk about overdue for a clean!?! ... Well done on that!
How many years of build up is that? Our landlord cleaned ours almost 5 years ago. Should I ask for it to be done again? Our dryer is an older model.
My apartment complex does it yearly.
Technically it should be done yearly just like a chimney. THe less buildup the more air flows so the faster and more efficiently your dryer works and the less likely you are to have a fire.
The frog even got confused
Yooooooo les goooooo i love your stuff bro 😄😄
Ayyyy appreciate it! Thanks for watching broski 💚🙏🏻🐸
My dryer has two filters. One inside the drum that can be removed easily and when u open a lit there's another one that you can take out and clean you can even wash it and then let it dry and put it back. I don't get the construction of this type of things in the US anyway.
What kind of company do we call to have them come do this to our house?
Dryer vent cleaning company
Jeeeesus. Was she running her dryer without a lint filter installed for like 50 years?
How could someone let the floor get that mucky? Obviously it wasn't moved very often!
You are such a professional! Great job! I would have made you lunch!
Why was there a vent in the roof that had lint? I've only ever seen dryer vents come from the basement/1st floor level.
If the laundry room does not have an outside wall then the dryer has to be vented to the roof.
@@barbrn Thank you!
hey mr lint guy i couldn’t find your website or anything on google, my aunt and her family lives in tampa and i know for a fact the haven’t had there dryer vent clean. do you have a website i can send them?
I have a linktree in my bio but the best way to contact me is to send a email to Mrlintguy1@gmail.com 👍🏻
It should be "against code" to exhaust a dryer through the roof. The requirement should be to have it accessible for easy cleaning, or it doesn't pass inspection. How could a single and elderly h.o. ever even know to take care of that?
The only thing I've encountered worse is my neighbor's vent exhausted in his framing bays and up to his rafters (no external exhaust at all, unless you consider the attic external).
Keep your lint in plastic bags and use it for campfire starters , works great
On this day, a firefighter went home without crying. 😊
0:25 I can almost smell burnt hair.
2:35 Let there be light.
What lint brush are you using, or can recommend a decent one. There are so many on Amazon, I don't want to get some cheap flimsy pile ready to break at any moment, yet not break the bank.
I suggest the Linteater pro kit off Amazon. It has locking ends so it won’t come apart in the vent. I think it comes with 12ft of extensions so you may need to buy 2 kits Or extension rods If your vent is longer than that. It also comes with a vacuum attachment so you can hook up a shop vac while brushing simultaneously.
Cheers!
Just one of the reasons I won't keep animals in the house. #2: I realize that that some situations call for outlets to be on the roof..but the difficult accessibility looks like a problem for homeowner maintenance.
Good job man!
1) You can easily buy cleaning brushes (They tend to come in kits) and a shop vac
2) Cleaning vents should be done yearly, either by you or hire someone.
@@SilvaDreams I've used both. I don't see how these would be useful in the situation shown. As many homeowners don't have the ladders to reach the roof, aren't comfortable climbing on to their roof or SHOULDN'T BE climbing on to the roof..I think a roof or high exit is a bad idea and one that should be avoided if possible.
@@markgarland9000 DOn't get me wrong I think the roof mounted ones are stupid but there isn't much you can do if your home has it built that way.
But the roof mounted ones should have a flapper and not a screen, those will get plugged up as we saw in the video and it should be a none issue of needing to even be on the roof.
@@SilvaDreams I 100% agree with you regarding flappers. I understand wanting to keep out critters but considering the risk of fire and the expense of getting that mess cleaned out on a regular basis..I'll take a critter over that!
@@markgarland9000 Even with the roof mounted ones you can easily clean them out from inside, you just do what he did and run the cleaning brush up from the inside and run a shopvac to suck up all the dust and clumps as they come down.
We had a new roof put on after a bad hail storm. A few months later our clothes stopped getting dry. I went on the roof and the screen was all packed up with about an inch of lint. The funny thing is, the new vent has a flapper and a screen. I just removed the screen and now is all good.
I seen dryers filled like this on the inside after fixing a worn drum felt or lubricating a drum bearing. Sometimes the mess is very shocking.
Simply, Wow!
You could weave a living room rug with all that material!
Face Reveal soon?
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Thanks!
All the vents in the laundry room at my apartment complex are like this. I have been asking maintenance to fix it for over a year now, just waiting for the place to go up in flames at this point
What surprises me is that people don’t clean under their washer and dryer every 3-4 months. The floor underneath both can get quite gross.
Just our here casually saving lives
This is why the vent should be on the side of the house and not the roof!
Whoever attached that piping was a moron. You create as straight of a line as possible... you don't loop it all around behind the dryer. People have lost all common sense
Oh wow... a brick of lint...that is nuts
Oh dayum....the whole vent is stuffed with it....that is really insane
I think most people keep a longer exhaust vent to be able to move the dryer out of place... in the ideal world everyone's exhaust vents would look like yours
You are unironically saving people's lives.
Also i bet that many of those "seasonal allegies" have disappear out of her life.
Them screens clog it completely
First piece looked like a cut of salmon 😅 amazing work
At least,you got a “thank you”!
Super. 💙 T.E.N.
Why are americans still using air vented dryers? Here in the Netherlands almost everyone had a condensed or heatpump dryer. Airvents are rare in our homes.
Repair guy told me once a month hot water and dawn soap on the dryer vent. The dryer sheets leave a residue behind overtime buildup and mess with your dryer.
It's why i never use dryer sheets, well that and I find the smell of 99% of them to be offensive too.
I do mine 2 times a year seem to work fine
Did dryers don't have a lint filter in th US?
They do, but some people are lazy and don't clean it after every use or like chimneys they don't think they need to be cleaned out yearly to ensure there is no buildup.... Just like they never think of cleaning a vacuum. (Litterally got a nice upright vacuum donated to my work from a junker, only thing wrong with it was the filter was clogged... Still had the factory filter in it)
They do all have filters. That looks like many years of someone not really caring about keeping it clear. I expect their vacuum cleaner is also totally clogged as well and don’t get me started on stained toilet bowls!
I've worked in hospital laundry and unfortunally, this is very relatabble 😢
Did they take the lint filter out of the dryer ?
First cleaning sence FOREVER
i am second now (i am mentally ill)
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So thats where the my pillow guy gets his stuffing!
Did the dryer work at all?
Surprisingly yes it still dried just took forever
Probably one of the most interesting trades on RUclips, simple yet effective, most people dont know how to do it themselves but i bet the pay is good and stable income
At least the inanimate objects are appreciative lol.
I this is stupid to ask? - but can you please make a video of how that fluffy stuff can burn?
There’s a reason I use dryer lint as campfire starters…
Oh no how the heck did I fall down the dryer lint rabbit hole!?
That thumbnail is perfect. Looks like a old piece of cheese smoking (like in cartoons).
Just look at all that pet hair.
What do you charge to do this?
Today i learned there's dryers that vent outside
Nah, that's the house's filter lol
Forbidden cotton candy 😋
Definitely can't say she doesn't do her laundry though.
I'm more shocked how dirty the house is.
Why is that on the roof? All the houses I have lived in have them on the side.
Old and or stupid codes, people don't want to see that "ugly" vent on the side of the house... But to be fair it should have a flapper on it and not a screen vent.
So much hair and wool, I think you could use the entire contents of your vacuum cleaner to make felt.
That's crazy these things blow out toxic lint into the air
Wow!