How to Deep Clean Your Dryer Inside and Out

[@reallifewithali]

This video will teach you how to REALLY clean your dryer! Make sure to watch this next: People With CLEAN Homes Do These 7 Things Everyday kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3yZqpxsetRrl6M

[@mitchh1000]

I teach home repair and maintenance at a university OLLI program. I will be using this from now on, it is fabulous. Thank you.

[@reallifewithali]

@@mitchh1000 You’re welcome!

[@mitchh1000]

Thank you for the suggestion. I like to use women KZbinrs to help encourage my students. Many are older, single women & of you can do it, so can they, I tell them.

[@reallifewithali]

@ I love it! ❤️

[@madzabinga8382]

Great video! You know, you can really shorten that vent hose. It comes super long to accommodate all spaces, but you can cut much of the excess off to eliminate the extra hosing. Your dryer will actually work more efficiently with a shorter hose! If it's getting bent, it's too long.

[@reallifewithali]

Thanks! I could probably cut it shorter (I didn’t think of that at the time), but it needs to be long enough to pull out the dryer to get behind. I’ll have to see what I can cut off.

[@stevenmpeter]

@@reallifewithalipull the washer out and you can get the connections made on the dryer with it only pulled out about a foot from the wall. Make it shorter too!

[@reallifewithali]

@@stevenmpeter Good idea! Thanks!

[@One-Day-After-Another]

@@reallifewithali Get a periscope... there's a youtube channel called al metal dryervent... he vlogs his daily dryer vent cleaning service videos... and he shows the backs of ppl's dryers and often they are kinked and lots of times he fixes them with what is called a periscope... it's like a square metal box that connects to the wall and can move to accomodate where the back end of the dryer goes in and then just push the dryer directly into that up against the wall... it looks so much better... You did so much great cleaning here... but seeing you push that long hose back probably kinking it is likely blocking airflow..

[@reallifewithali]

@@One-Day-After-Another Thanks for the suggestion. I’ll check it out.

[@JeffAsselin-c2h]

one of the best home maintenance videos i've seen, great stuff.

[@reallifewithali]

Thank you! 😊

[@laurel2453]

Thank you for this great tutorial. I finally did all the steps including shortening the flexible pipe. I cannot believe the difference! Our clothes dried so much faster. This was such a time saver. Again, thank you.

[@reallifewithali]

You’re welcome!

[@annw1395]

Wow, so much lint, esp at the end. You got so much done!

[@reallifewithali]

I know, crazy, right?!

[@margiebeeb2836]

My husband just did ours and replace the exhaust pipe that goes outside😊 thank goodness for him! I’d be afraid to do it myself( I’m 70) and our dryer is on a platform so i certainly can’t lift it off lol. Good job

[@reallifewithali]

Thanks! Oh yeah I don’t think I could get it off the platform either!

[@aprilknerr4443]

Im shocked! Wow. Now I am very curious on what mine looks like.....

[@reallifewithali]

Me too! Tell me when you do it. 😬

[@leighannestarks5787]

I did ours about a month ago. We do it once a year in the Spring. I also found it astonishing how much lint was in there. We are lucky that our dryer sits right at the wall where it exits,so we doing have a long line at all. Great video!!

[@reallifewithali]

Thanks! Lucky. Our's is over 12 ft long!

[@DevonneAnonly]

Thanks for sharing. I don’t have a dryer but very interesting!Shocked to see the amount of lint you removed! Well done 👏🏻

[@reallifewithali]

Thanks!

[@aneidadelapaz3766]

Watched a lot of your vids today. It encouraged me to decluttered half of kitchen. Tomorrow I the other half and organize. Thank you for your encouraging videos.

[@reallifewithali]

Yay! I’m so glad!

[@thestrugglingperfectionist]

Ali!!! Way 👏🏼 To 👏🏼 Go 👏🏼taking care of that dryer vent!!! I did this myself a few months back (I tried to record the fiasco too, didn’t go so well lol) and was amazed by what came out just inside the house. I missed a screw so I had my dryer out of commission for a couple of days lol! I hope this video goes Viral as a reference for us DIY’ers tackling home maintenance projects 😊! How cool was it to see you use the blower to get all that lint out 🤯!! I bet your dryer will be a thousand times more efficient! Great work!

[@reallifewithali]

Thanks! It was SOO satisfying seeing all that lint burst out of the dryer vent! 😆

[@michelesusanne1]

Astounding results!! Nice job sharing step by step. Good advice on having a tarp next time, to catch the lint outside.

[@reallifewithali]

Thanks!

[@pamelafreeman4548]

Very helpful! Thank you!😊

[@reallifewithali]

You’re welcome!

[@Bunnylover4lifeyo]

That was so satisfying! Makes me want to do mine right away. I'm sure it's packed.

[@reallifewithali]

Do it! I want to hear how it goes!

[@shirleygermain5707]

Leaf blowers are also great for cleaning your gutters too.

[@reallifewithali]

Good idea!

[@maskydoo7871]

This is extremely helpful. Thank you!

[@reallifewithali]

You’re welcome!

[@kellypruitt2362]

I just love all your videos, doesn’t matter what they are. I’ve watched your declutter marathons at least 20 times. It gets me super motivated. Thanks for always sharing great content❤❤ P.S. just did my dryer vent 🙌🏻

[@reallifewithali]

Wow, thank you! You are always so so nice! I wish we were real life friends. 😊 Did you get a ton of lint from your vent, too?

[@kellypruitt2362]

@@reallifewithali Good thing we are KZbin friends then😊 I got a bunch of lint out, makes me feel so much better, house fires scare me.

[@reallifewithali]

@@kellypruitt2362 That's good! I feel ya...I'm afraid of a house fire too!

[@avoiceraisedtopraiseGOD-mn9iu]

thank you, that was awesome!

[@reallifewithali]

@@avoiceraisedtopraiseGOD-mn9iu You’re welcome!

[@gracechadi]

Thank you for sharing ❤

[@reallifewithali]

You’re welcome!

[@cynthiaslebodnik6945]

An appliance that gets forgotten. I have a different lint attachment, but I may try this cleaning hack.

[@reallifewithali]

It definitely gets forgotten!

[@DSL318]

The installer who put our dryer in cut the flexible hose shorter so it would fit without kinking. Maybe you could try that yourself or look into buying a shorter length one? Great job!

[@reallifewithali]

Thanks for the suggestion. I think we have done that before, but the problem is it needs to expand enough to pull out the dryer. 🤔

[@lizwilliams8406]

Very thorough video nice work

[@reallifewithali]

Thanks!

[@barbstormo7030]

Amazing how much lint accumuates! I bet your clothes dry in no time now! Have a great day!

[@reallifewithali]

Yup! Now I don't have to turn on another cycle to get a load dry. 😬

[@queenmarynovelwriter5397]

...And when people ask why I send my laundry out...Ha ha ha! I'll bet after you cleaned it all out , it saved a lot of energy.

[@reallifewithali]

Haha! It sure did! Now I don’t have to start another drying cycle to get the load dry!

[@vanessajones8716]

That leaf blower is genius

[@reallifewithali]

@@vanessajones8716 I know, right?!

[@joyous2theworld]

Thank you so much

[@reallifewithali]

You’re welcome!

[@carliem9494]

Loop a cord round the hose so you can lift and rearrange it’s position whilst pushing the dryer back into position - it could then loop along the back of the dryer without getting so bent or dented it gets squashed blocks the flow diameter. I agree you could shorten the hose, but only so far if you need the length to pull the machine out

[@reallifewithali]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[@reallifewithali]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[@4455thor]

I agree it would have been good to add a bag or something else before attaching the leaf blower. But Ali it looked SO funny. At least now you have the footage of how NOT to do next time. And next time you get footage of how to do it right. I just wonder what to use? A plastic bag wouldn't be good. And how to fasten it at the vent? I guess you have plenty of questions to answer for a version 2 in a years time or so. 😊😊😊

[@reallifewithali]

Haha. That’s true! 😆

[@glynisrogers3323]

I don't know what to do because our lint seems moist due to the steam option (even though I don't use it!)

[@reallifewithali]

Oh shoot! I wish I knew what to tell you.

[@glynisrogers3323]

@@reallifewithali I have a professional coming to clean the vent because I think there is something living in there (or formally was living in there.) I am planning to clean the dryer itself though. Thank you so much for such a clear and detailed video.

[@reallifewithali]

@@glynisrogers3323 you’re welcome!

[@cynthiahowe]

My apartment has a gas dryer that vents out of the roof so I would definitely need to hire someone to do it for me lol.

[@reallifewithali]

Haha. Yeah, I would too!

[@dianarommel1862]

Absolutely shocking how much lint was there. My dryer vents directly outside so I only have to clean the flexible hose but I still need to do it once a year.

[@reallifewithali]

You’re lucky! Mine is over 12 ft (with a sharp turn) to the outside!

[@shirleyadkins4254]

Wow

[@reallifewithali]

😁

[@kirstybrown2480]

When you use the leaf blower, that was shocking.

[@reallifewithali]

I know, right?!

[@susanhollis5015]

😯

[@playingthemomgame]

That is satisfyingly disgusting! I wonder what ours looks like 🤢

[@reallifewithali]

Probably pretty full! Haha.