Lint for Lent

Remember this simple rule to help avoid a house fire: lint for lent. It means: clean your dryer vent every year and lent (just before Easter). You can clean the dryer vent anytime, but this catchy phrase is a great reminder to get it done. Failure to clean the dryer vent can lead to inefficient cloths drying (taking longer) and could cause a fire that burns your house down.

I have a long 15+ foot solid dryer vent run.  Easter came early this year and I am a little late cleaning the vent, but, it still needs to get done! This is what I use, a lint eater:

It works like a dream.

A flexible plastic pipe connects to your drill and snakes a brush through the vent, cleaning it as it goes.

There is an attachment to connect a shop vac to the vent. This creates a vaccum inside the vent shaft and pulls all the loose lint to the shop vac as the brunch scrubs away.

I have a spot in the solid vent where I can access the vent for cleaning from indoors . I collected a lot of lint this year!