So a very nice lady, new client, asked me to come over and fix some paint blemishes. In looking around for a place to get a sample I noticed that her dryer vent had come loose. Apparently the cleaning lady had moved the dryer and the way the vent had been installed did not allow for any moving about.
This kind of thing is not good. It means the damp lint-filled air coming out of the dryer is coming into the living space. And this was a gas dryer so carbon monoxide was coming in too. Not to mention the smell of the fabric softener etc.
So, off to home depot. I got a flexible piece of vent pipe and some foil tape and fixed it up.
It was a difficult problem because the gas pipe is right where the exhaust vent is, so they are competing for the same space, but I was able to work around it. And now if the cleaning lady or anyone else moves the dryer, it has some flex and won’t come loose. Of course, whoever did the previous install also failed to install a clamp on the vent where it meets the dryer exhaust, so, more to do. The stuff I see! Amazing.
