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Dryer Vent Service & Lint Duct Cleaning on Long Island
Appliance: Dryer (all brands)
Location: Long Island, NY
If your dryer takes two cycles to dry a single load, the dryer is almost never the problem — the vent is. This is the single most common 'won't dry' call we get on Long Island, and 95% of the time, clearing the vent fixes the issue without replacing a single part on the dryer itself.
1. The problem
- ·Customer reported clothes still damp after a full 60-minute cycle.
- ·Dryer felt unusually hot to the touch on the cabinet — sign of restricted airflow.
- ·Lint trap was clean (customer was diligent) — meaning the clog was downstream in the duct itself.
2. Diagnosis
- ·Pulled the dryer out and disconnected the transition hose. The hose itself was packed with compressed lint — about 70% blocked.
- ·Inspected the wall duct with a flexible camera. Lint had built up at every elbow, plus a bird's nest at the exterior cap (common in Long Island homes with older vents).
- ·Tested airflow at the exterior vent cap — almost no air movement at all.
3. The fix
- ·Removed and replaced the transition hose with code-compliant rigid metal duct.
- ·Used a long-shank brush kit to clean the entire wall vent run end-to-end.
- ·Replaced the exterior vent cap with a proper louvered cover and installed a pest screen.
- ·Tested the dryer with a single load — fully dry in 35 minutes vs the 90+ minutes before.
Tip from Rodney
Clean your lint screen every load. Have the wall vent professionally cleaned every 1-2 years. If your dryer is taking longer to dry, hot to the touch, or shutting off mid-cycle, that's the vent telling you it needs service. It's also the #1 cause of residential dryer fires.
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