Ok, I love Flylady. Today's missions was to clean out the dryer vent. We're in a new house so I'll do this next year. I do vacuum out the lint area monthly and we just installed a new vent hose since we have a new dryer.
I googled to find a "how to" site to clean the vent. I liked this one. It was interesting to learn you can use one of my favorite tools--a leaf blower to clean out the vent. Flylady's site also had a neat kit to buy to clean out the vent that hooks to your vacuum but I have a really long vent with many turns (which isn't good but some builder didn't think about his plan when he designed the house). Also make a note of what type of hose you have from the dryer to the wall. Some are not considered safe. We worry about our Christmas lights starting fires, please check out your dryer vents this season.
http://www.wikihow.com/Clean-a-Clothes-Dryer-Vent
I googled to find a "how to" site to clean the vent. I liked this one. It was interesting to learn you can use one of my favorite tools--a leaf blower to clean out the vent. Flylady's site also had a neat kit to buy to clean out the vent that hooks to your vacuum but I have a really long vent with many turns (which isn't good but some builder didn't think about his plan when he designed the house). Also make a note of what type of hose you have from the dryer to the wall. Some are not considered safe. We worry about our Christmas lights starting fires, please check out your dryer vents this season.
http://www.wikihow.com/Clean-a-Clothes-Dryer-Vent