Day 8 – Replace Foil or Plastic Flexible Dryer Duct Hoses
Welcome to Day 8 of my 31 Days of Handy Home Fixes. Today I have a VERY IMPORTANT tip to prevent a fire from starting in your laundry room. I’m going to show you how to replace your flexible foil or plastic dryer vent duct with a much safer semi-rigid ductwork. Before we go any further do you know what type of dryer duct hose you have? Go run and check. I’ll be waiting right here when you get back.
Day 8: Replace Plastic or Flexible Foil with Semi-rigid Dryer Duct:
Does your vent hose look like this semi-rigid type:
Or the shiny foil flexible type:
Which do you have? If your dryer ductwork is semi-rigid or solid metal ductwork you can skip the rest of this post and come back tomorrow.
What’s the difference? Well, let me show you what each of these ducts look like after one year of use:
Which one do you think is safer? Exactly! The semi-rigid doesn’t collect lint as easily as the flexible duct! Therefore, you have less of a chance of the lint catching fire.
To replace the duct hose, measure the length of ductwork you need to replace. You can order semi-rigid flexible aluminum duct
Remove the flexible duct and replace it with the new semi-rigid. For more detailed directions you can follow my tutorial for installing semi-rigid dryer hose.
Don’t forget to continue to clean out your dryer vent ducts 1-2 times a year! It’s an easy maintenance task you can do yourself (once you get the dryer out from the wall…which may be the hardest task.)
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Our dryer duct goes above the ceiling in our condo, between two floors (upstairs neighbors) and out the back exterior wall. we have a squirrel there which has chewed through into the insulation. We are new owners and not sure what and how to fix the situation, or who to hire.
Thanks for this reminder. It’s so easy to forget when it’s out of site.
My sweet son in law changed my out a few years ago & it makes all the difference in the world. Another great tutorial.
Oh he’s a keeper if he did that for you!