While my mom was here after NGK was born she was helping with the laundry, and many other things. She mentioned that it seemed like our dryer was taking a long time to dry. I said I hadn't noticed, and I probably hadn't since I lived the past 2 years without a dryer and it usually took me a minimum of 24 hours to do my laundry (the shortest washer cycle was about 2 hours and then it had to hang to dry).
After she left I started paying closer attention and also began to do a lot more laundry. One day I asked CDK to check on it and he quickly did. He started checking the venting and took the front of the dryer off to make sure there wasn't some lint stuck somewhere. He was about to delve further into the dryer to find the culprit when he decided to check the lint trap outside. There he found the culprit, a bird's nest. Since the washer and dryer hook-ups were added long after this house was built, the lint trap is long and a bird had stopped up the end of it.
CDK called maintenance and they came out quickly (it helps when you use the sob story of "We have a newborn and we can't get our laundry done"). The helpful maintenance man removed the birds nest and proceeded to pull out a 5 foot solid tube of lint! Hmm, wonder why my dryer isn't working very well. Now I feel like I've moved into dryer heaven because my clothes dry in about 1/4 the time as before. Hopefully the extra work on our dryer's part won't cause it to break anytime soon.
Moral of the story - if your dryer is taking a long time, check the lint trap, outside.
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Funny that you posted this today...I've noticed that our dryer was taking a long time too and I mentioned it to Josh this morning while waiting for my work clothes to dry....and he said, "Well, C and K's had all that lint and a bird's nest. Maybe we need to check ours."
So, you are inspiring others! :)
I have heard this... not real sure where the lint trap is exactly.
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