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Dryer Vent Cleaning - Dryer Repair

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Reassemble Dryer Ducting: Putting it all Back Together
Use Rigid Dryer Exhaust Corner or Duct May Kink

Use Rigid Dryer Exhaust Corner or Duct May Kink

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Reassemble Dryer Ducting
Once the dryer ducting is cleaned out, you now reassemble the duct.
  • Attach an adjustable rigid 90 degree elbow to the exhaust end of the dryer. Do not use a semi-rigid flexible duct as an elbow out of the dryer. As you can see in the photo, the semi-rigid duct can kink when the dryer is pushed back into place, thereby causing a major obstruction to exhaust flow.
  • Attach all rigid metal and semi-rigid ductwork sections with a 4" worm-drive stainless steel duct band clamp.
  • Turn on gas valve if you have a gas dryer..
  • Plug in dryer.
  • Make sure lint screen is in place.
  • That's it!

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