I've been scaping and painting at the peak of the the gable end on the south side of the house. Our second floor dryer vent is located up there. I noticed that there was grass sticking out of the vent door. I also removed an extensive sparrow nest from the top lookout box. I reached my hand in and pulled out quite a bit of grass. I then went down and told Lisa, who said, "THAT's why the clothes haven't been drying!" At that point I knew I'd need to take apart the vent.
I climbed into the attic, scuttled across the rafters and pulled apart the vent:

Then I pulled off the elbow:

Then after removing that pulled out from the straight portion:

And being the compulsive fatalist that I am, re-assembled the whole mess back outside on the ground. Yes the entire length is a little over two feet:

I am sleeping a little less soundly these days, but the dryer is working much better, thank you.
2 comments:
It's a wonder that didn't catch fire.
lol @ "being the compulsive fatalist that I am..." I can SO relate to this thinking!
So glad you discovered and remedied this problem before any damage was done.
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