I then went to the basement and looked at the big dryer hose thing. I could see right away that there was big jam in it. I got a chair so I could take a better look. I could see that there was about 2 feet of "jam". I tried to take the hose off at the connection to the metal part but it had a zip tie on it to hold it on and I was unable to undo it. I took a knife and cut it the hose. Stuck a broom handle up the hose and whack, whack, whack, I got a big mouse house out of it!
It was packed tight! There was nuts and little bits of plastic and all kinds of stuff. I used duct tape to put the hose back together. I will go get the dryer hose stuff and replace it later. But for now it works. I dried some clothes and it only took 50 minutes to dry a big load ( Jeans and towels )
things are never dull at your house are they? Just think, the little mouse family was enjoying warm moist air vented into their home every time you ran the dryer. And the more they enjoyed it, the longer they could make it last. Smart mice.
ReplyDeleteGood Investigative work there girl! You may have prevented a dryer fire.
ReplyDeleteHere is another thing to do to make sure everything is OK. Take the mesh filter out of the dryer and put some water on it. If the water does not run right thru, you need to scrub the filter clean. This will also shorten drying time. My niece wanted a new dryer because hers took so long to get her clothes dry. I did the water thing and nothing came out. Her husband cleaned it with high pressure air. She was not happy to discover she didn't really NEED a new clothes dryer!
Do you mean "Fix it Frannie"?
ReplyDeleteWow, I can't believe where mice will nest. How could those mice survive that HOT moist air flow when you were drying clothes? So weird.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you got it figured out what was wrong because Janice was right....you could have had a dryer fire.
Hey, I'm impressed with your "handyman" skills.
Why don't you vent your dryer inside during the winter. Give extra needed heat & moisture. Just attach a pair of panty hose to the vent in back of dryer with clamp - then remove pantyhose every now & then and either replace them or wash & put back on. (You might check at hardware store as I believe I have seen some contraption that you can put on there that will do the same thing) If you do this, be sure and plug vent hole going to outside to keep critters out. Steel wool is a great detourant for mice!! I have our dryer vented to crawl space to unilize the warm air.
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We had a problem something like that not long ago. It would take all night to dry a load of clothes. Finally my husband took the dry out and the hose was kinked... such a simple fix! LOL Now the clothes dry in a very short time!!! Glad it wasn't your problem though - mice are a pain!
ReplyDeleteHoly cow Krissy!! That is crazy.. No evidence of living mice now tho? Geesh I hope not. Hope those kitties turn out to be good hunters..
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness!! And I thought my tupperware lid in the lint trap was bad! Holy Catfish!
ReplyDeleteWe had a problem like that once. Those mice sure can be pesty.
ReplyDeleteI had a mouse family make a nest in a brand new saddle pad I had inside a box in the garage when we first moved here. Momma must have moved in about 3 days after I unloaded that box into the garage, because she popped out babies that were only 3-4 days old when I moved the box a week or so later.
ReplyDeleteYes, I sacrificed the babies to the cats. Yes, I went and got a cat and put them in front of the baby mice. And yes, I feel a wee bit guilty.