Nests are Being Built

Hello to all my friends at FlyLady!

I purchased your dryer vent brush set, and have been very happy with it. The first time I used it, like many other folks, I was shocked at the amount of lint in the vent tubing. I now clean it out every 3 or 4 months, and get some, but not a dangerous amount! After I’ve cleaned it out I notice a difference in my dryers performance.

Well, last week we noticed that the dryer wasn’t working quite right, and started to figure that after 26 years it was getting ready to bite the dust. I had cleaned the vent tubing just recently, as well as the filter area, so knew the problem wasn’t that. When I told my husband this evening that it took 2 hours to dry one load of lightweight clothing he decided to double check the part of the vent that is outside of the house.

Much to our surprise we found that a squirrel or bird had decided to use that nice warm vent as a nest. There was a ball of leaves, grass and other “stuff” about the size of a cantaloupe stuffed into the vent outlet!! Now, my dryer is working great again!!

So, the moral of my story, I guess is don’t forget the outside part of your vent too!

Thank you for all that y’all do!!!

Flybaby in Delaware
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