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ksoze

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30. Cleaning out dryer vents

Reply to B Calm (Original post)

Sun Oct 6, 2013, 09:13 PM

Oct 2013

Unhook flexible duct at dryer, stick leaf blower in flex duct that goes into the wall and let her rip. Blow out all the dust, bird nests, etc.

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How many uses are there for a leaf blower? [View all] B Calm Oct 2013 OP

Blowing dust out of PCs... PoliticAverse Oct 2013 #1

I'm going to do that to my keyboard! B Calm Oct 2013 #25

House Work BensMom Oct 2013 #42

Fluffing your cat. nt Demo_Chris Oct 2013 #2

Get a roaring campfire in mere moments digonswine Oct 2013 #3

actually I did that awhile back when we were having a weiner roast. B Calm Oct 2013 #38

Annoying vast numbers of people. n/t UTUSN Oct 2013 #4

You must be one of my neighbors... n/t PoliticAverse Oct 2013 #7

Inflating inflatable things. NYC_SKP Oct 2013 #5

Oh wow, that's so cool! B Calm Oct 2013 #8

Clean out the car. nt rrneck Oct 2013 #6

I can think of one Goalie49009 Oct 2013 #9

Cleaning the garage floor? B Calm Oct 2013 #10

Yea sure Goalie49009 Oct 2013 #11

Hoovercraft, supercharger, building/starting homebrew jet engine... hunter Oct 2013 #12

Now that is cool nt Goalie49009 Oct 2013 #13

That little boy's facial expression cracks me up! B Calm Oct 2013 #14

Testing jet powered vehicles is a very serious business. hunter Oct 2013 #18

Cleaning grass & dirt from Lawn Mowers n/t truegrit44 Oct 2013 #15

Basketball n/t War Horse Oct 2013 #16

If you have enough doors in your abode, you can permanently retire that silly vacuum device Brother Buzz Oct 2013 #17

You might want to turn off the smoke alarm first! B Calm Oct 2013 #22

No need to do that if you haven't replaced the damn batteries in decades Brother Buzz Oct 2013 #28

Blowing a light, dry snow off of deck and steps. Worried senior Oct 2013 #19

It works well for the driveway and sidewalk and the car, Jenoch Oct 2013 #24

+1 Earth_First Oct 2013 #27

The first time I saw a leaf blower used for snow Jenoch Oct 2013 #29

Now there's an idea I really like! ConcernedCanuk Oct 2013 #39

Great ideas. I thought the blower was only RebelOne Oct 2013 #20

Toilet Paper Launcher JeffHead Oct 2013 #21

Damn, and it's almost halloween!! Too cool B Calm Oct 2013 #23

Not that I approve, mind you, but that's f***ing genius. Gidney N Cloyd Oct 2013 #32

FINALLY, something that goes thru TP faster than my kids!!!! benld74 Oct 2013 #46

A swivel-style desk chair + leaf blower... Earth_First Oct 2013 #26

See post 5 B Calm Oct 2013 #36

Cleaning out dryer vents ksoze Oct 2013 #30

Blushing... avoiding eye contact... scuffin' the dirt... MiddleFingerMom Oct 2013 #31

I JUST BOUGHT ONE TODAY!! vanlassie Oct 2013 #33

The lounge is the most educational forum! B Calm Oct 2013 #34

And, so ...timely!! vanlassie Oct 2013 #35

Indeed, I learn so many things that aren't true here in the lounge... n/t PoliticAverse Oct 2013 #43

Little bit of astroglide and it goes in REAL fine! Taverner Oct 2013 #37

Housekeeping Carl Spackler style... bluesbassman Oct 2013 #40

Buddies for life B Calm Oct 2013 #41

Driving the neighbors nuts KamaAina Oct 2013 #44

Nad harvesting. Orsino Oct 2013 #45

National Association of the Death? B Calm Oct 2013 #47