Saw a ton of dryers with clogged vents at a storage unit auction last weekend

Down in Waco, we cleared out a bunch of storage units for auction and every single dryer in there had lint caked so bad you could barely see the heating element. One guy had put a wire hanger through the vent screen to try and clear it out, made a mess of the drum. It got me thinking, do you all ever see this kind of negligence in rentals or flips you work on? Has anyone else run into a dryer so packed it was basically a fire hazard waiting to happen?

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grant_allen8511d ago

Oh man, you just described like half the flips I've walked through in the last year. It's almost like people think the lint trap is just a suggestion, not a critical safety feature. I swear, one time I opened a dryer and the lint was so thick it looked like a sheep exploded inside there. Your mileage may vary, but I'd say a good 60% of used dryers I see are basically one spark away from turning the whole laundry room into a bonfire. And those wire hanger repairs, yeah, I've seen that too, always makes me wonder what other 'fixes' they tried before giving up. Honestly, it's a miracle more houses don't burn down from this stuff.

emery_young1310d agoTop Commenter

Have you ever opened up a dryer and found a family of socks living in there? I swear, I pulled out a load of laundry once and found a whole crew sock that had somehow migrated through the vent. Guess they were just looking for a new home, but your mileage may vary on that one.