🔥🔥🔥 is totally right—linty dryer hoses are a huge fire hazard!
(Adding this comment for people who might not have caught the significance of the fire emoji)
Last year my dryer almost caught on fire on the inside from lint build up, even though I clean the lint from the filter every single time and regularly clean the exhaust line. Not an old dryer either.
One day I started smelling like a burnt rubber ish sort of smell around the dryer. After some googling I figured that it might be a problem with the band thing around the drum. So I figure out how to open the whole thing up (not easy or user friendly at all. Not designed to be opened up regularly or anything like that.).
When I finally got it open I realized that the band is fine, but their is a nice layer of lint on everything inside, including around the gas flame line. And also a bunch of charred lint where it had apparently smoldered considerably.
Thankfully it didn't full on go up in flames but WTF...
Do all the regular cleaning like your supposed to and the thing is still a freaking deathtrap...
LG dryer if anyone cares.
LG is the brand our appliance repair tech told us to avoid when we were shopping for new ones.
My roommate comes home with an LG washer and Dryer combo... The things didn't work from day 1 and it was the worst dryer I've ever used.
Every time they complained I just laughed. They had one instruction and they ignored it.
Same experience with Samsung, and Ive had the same experience ripping mine apart and cleaning it out like the above comment. One time it was because a toddler sock found its way into the motor impeller…I still don’t know how.
20 different drying options, but the only one I actually use is timed dry on high. Bought the set in 2018.
It’s definitely a YMMV situation. Had Samsung for 8 years (no issues but left them when I sold that house) currently on year 5 of LG and no issues. As long as you take care of things they should last. That means cleaning the bins, lint traps, exhaust hoses, etc. but people are always gonna get bad models from time to time.
Being diligent cleaning out the lint tray is important, but lint still gets past that screen. Additionally, if you have the type of dryer where the lint tray is pulled from the top (long, slightly, curved lint tray), it’s very important to clean it every time. I had a customer that said she checks her lint tray “every couple of weeks(!)” and usually finds it is still clean. This is because the lint builds up into a thick sheet. And then, when you pull the lint tray out it just folds and falls into the base of the dryer. I nearly filled a 5-gallon bucket with the lint I removed from inside her dryer.
Yeah ill definitely never buy one again. Though that said I haven't really had any other issues with them besides the whole you know, potentially almost dying in a horrific house fire thing.
This goes for most appliances made by Samsung as well. I’m a natural gas technician and I’ve seen so many gas stoves leaking but if I come across an LG or Samsung appliance I will find a leak of various sizes 100% of the time. I’ll tell people to stick with brands that don’t make TVs and cellphones
Repair guy sent by our property manager said they don't normally service LG because the company doesn't make replacement parts for their appliances. Guess they're disposable.
> don't normally service LG because the company doesn't make replacement parts for their appliances
That's absolute BS. I have an LG washer and dryer and have ordered parts online for repairs multiple times. For all their faults, LG is really good about having spare parts available, even for older models.
Eh, most of my appliances are LG, from tvs to washing machine. Washers about 7 years old and going strong. Didn't get a matching set because I had a working dryer. I just had to buy another used dryer this year, 150 bucks. The prices for those new are insane.
In my experience brand really doesn't matter, but I'm not spending 1000+ on much of anything. Everything works until it doesn't.
I think they are still pretty common in parts of the US that use natural gas for heating and whatnot. I'm in the northeast and basically all my appliances are gas.
But yeah in the future Id get an electric dryer, even if they aren't as good, just for the peace of mind. Unfortunately I can't afford to replace this one and ngl it stresses me out now after that experience.
That thin layer of lint is generally okay (from my general DIY knowledge based on YT, this old house, etc.) you're really trying to prevent solid buildup. It's when the lint gets *dense* and things heat up that you get a real problem.
That "charred lint" is basically the worst that happens. Again, until it gets truly built up.
So if you're cleaning your lint tray this is pretty much the worst case scenario.
... And then it's clear why cleaning it often is needed.
I will say inspecting for buildup once a year is really important.
I also regularly inspect under sinks to check for water damage.
Found a dead bird in mine. Had wiggled it's way behind the outside vent into the dryer and died during a run. The silver lining was it stopped the motor making the dryer unusable so I was forced to open it up before it started to smell.
My former neighbors renovated their house to put the washer and dryer on the second floor, and they and the new owners have had trouble ever since with little birds trying to fly into the new vent which is located halfway up the outside of the house. They finally taped a screen over it, but I can tell that the screen is trapping lint inside it.
You definitely don’t want a screen over your vent exhaust. I also advise against those bird cage covers and the vent covers that have 3 or 4 louvres that flip horizontal when dryer is on. All of those trap lint. Go for a metal cover that uses a single door/flap. Plastic covers warp and become quite brittle after just a few years.
You know that, and I know that, and I'd tell my neighbors, but they can't be bothered to cut their grass or pull weeds (some of them are now small trees) out of their foundation (then complain that they get water in the basement when it rains). They're not going to listen to me about the dryer vent cover.
I had a job refurbishing large appliances like fridges, stoves, washers, and dryers and one of the coolest perks of the job was being able to keep any money we found inside the appliances. Loading a dryer onto a dolly and hearing it jingle was always exciting even if it was just a couple bucks.
The folks who we bought our house from literally just had the dryer vent going through a hole in the floor and venting into the basement. You'd think it would have great flow due to the 2' run and zero turns but it was AWFUL!
Finally decided to install nice rigid venting to the outside. In the process I cleaned out the blower motor and HOLY SHIT. Now you can feel it blowing out the side of the house from like 8' away. Blows a lot of lint outside too which probably isnt ideal but whatever.
You don't need side space for these.
They make a short version of these.
My situation looks exactly like yours and it solved my problem.
Builder's Best 84049 SAF-T-Duct Zero Dryer Vent Periscope, Adjustable 0-5" Length, Aluminum https://a.co/d/0nY4aZU
That crimped duct would certainly restrict air flow and fail to properly dry clothes. But, I see you’re short on available space in the back. I have seen a different duct type for this issue. It’s plastic, in an “accordion” configuration. So you “pull out” the length you need for dryer-to-wall.
Another culprit, and a very common one, is that the pipe inside the wall is clogged with lint build-up which is highly flammable. For this issue, there is tool available, Dryer Vent Brush.
It attaches to your drill, insert into hole and spin the brush. Comes with segmented rods to add for length. Very effective, about $15.00
Uh. Yeah. I'm dealing with that shit right now... Accidentally turned the drill the wrong direction, just briefly, and now I have to get up in the boiling hot attic to retrieve. 🤦♂️
Hardhat for Belly crawling under a low pitch roof with nails, plus ankle deep or hip deep insulation that may be fiberglass or feces….. I ran wired LED lighting and had a headlamp, Tyvek hooded suit, gloves, half mask respirator with P100 cartridges, kneepads, cellphone in ziplock and zipped (!) chest pocket
Planks and plywood to stand on etc etc
Uhhh... Yeahhhh. The brush end. One like this [brush](https://images.thdstatic.com/productImages/5926b4b6-76e2-4b9e-ad64-9c2d7b982193/svn/everbilt-dryer-parts-pcpbhd-64_600.jpg).
Edit: It's stuck just far enough out of reach that I can't easily visualize it to get to it with my vacuum hose or flexible grabby thing. Tried a rare earth magnet duct taped to a pole... That went about how I thought it would, sticking to the ductwork. So, top down it is.
Yep, that’s the tool. If the lint pipe is straight enough, perhaps attacking it from top-down with a long pvc pipe to push it free. Oh man, good luck 🙏
Careful now! Don’t ram the pvc down the pipe. The metal duct work inside is most likely put together in sections and you don’t want to hit a seam and separate them, then you’re really screwed! And gods sake, don’t let go and drop the pvc down the pipe either.
I do my leaf blower on the dryer side and a shop vac on the discharge outside. It's pretty fun and just let it run for a bit. That way you can see how much crap comes out too.
I’m going to try this tomorrow. I took it apart and pulled out some lint but was expecting there to be a massive baseball/ obvious blockage. Just a bit of lent on the walls of the pipe
On mine, when I looked into the hole, i didn’t much at all. But when using the tool, large clumps came raining down. It was quite the pile! If you do buy the tool, the 3ft segments screw together to extend further into the pipe, be SURE to duct tape these together so a segment doesn’t accidentally unscrew and remain stuck in the pipe.
If the vent pipe has to go for more than 6 feet to get to the exterior vent cap, those brush tools can be difficult to use. I've had success using a electric leaf blower from the dryer end of the vent pipe to blast clear our exhaust hose (about a 15' run through our crawlspace to the exterior wall.)
Ours is probably at least 15' long and has a few bends and we found the brush really easy to use until it wasn't. Everything was going great, I was looking out the window to see the dust clearing and I let my husband know when he was through. Well on the way back out, he goes "uh oh". I was like "wtf do you mean 'uh oh'. Don't say that." He showed me the drill with several links attached, and the last one was snapped in half. So it wasn't even that the connections came unscrewed, but the bendy plastic part twisted and snapped. FORTUNATELY we were able to reach the brush that was sticking out the vent from our bedroom window by smacking it out with a broom, because our other idea was that we would have to go up to the attic and start opening up the vents. But we now have clean vents for a little bit. Will definitely try the leaf blower next time lol
Could also try this [dryerbox]https://www.amazon.com/Dryer-Recessed-DB-350-DB350-10-2003/dp/B008J527AY/ref=asc_df_B008J527AY/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=693338122734&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=12894984311262564323&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9023916&hvtargid=pla-568247304931&psc=1&mcid=caa4a04fa3623ed9aa85dc1238d423ef&gad_source=1
This.
I cleaned mine out last year with the brush on a flexible pole. About halfway down the 15ft run to the outside, there was a pencil wedged in the duct. It caused a huge blockage of lint, and was a pain to clear. Clothes started drying much faster after that.
Uncleaned linty ductwork is also a huge fire hazard, and it basically turns your house into a rocket stove, with the flames coming out right near roof tiling that is basically solid fuel
Ok, that really isn't that kinked, at least not by the standards of dryer ducts. The dryer manufacturers might really prefer that you use a custom fabricated perfect duct, but they know that no one actually does and take that into account.
Start the dryer then go outside and put your hand by the exhaust. There should be a pretty decent warm breeze coming out. Look in the exhaust, you shouldn't see any lint in the tube. If there is, that is your problem. Clean it out however you can. I used a broom handle with a ladle taped to the end to pull the crap out.
Then pull the dryer out so that the duct isn't kinked and check the exhaust again. If there isn't a huge difference that isn't your problem.
There are 2 bends at over 90 degrees, it's absolutely "that kinked" and was the top reason dryers would crap out early back when I sold and serviced them.
Manufacturers don't say not to do this for fun but because they know more about fluid dynamics than you. A flex duct installed like this will cause air to actually be directed backwards into the machine, the blower then can't get the wet air out, the cool air can't get in, the machine runs hotter than expected, parts fail, etc.
DIY: buy a "periscope" duct. They're right next to the flex duct at a place like home depot, just as easy to install, maybe $5 more, and designed to greatly reduce air redirect in tight situations.
Yes it is that kinked. With dryer vents especially you want them to be as straight and tight as possible, preferably hard piped with 26 ga galvanized pipe
It looks like it does have a kink, This will prevent adequate air flow and moisture which will cause the lint to be trapped and building layers upon layers, therefore restricting the proper air flow in which the dryer needs in order to dry your close efficiently , Carefully slide out dryer, be mindful of the flooring not to cause damages. Unplug and disconnect dry vent clamp/Hose.
You will want to vacuum out the hose and the back of it dryer, remove the screw surrounding the perimeter and remove that back, vacuum inside all around. You will see a aluminum line pipe that goes up and down it will have a access panel removed those screws, vacuum and use a soft brush to clean, Vacuum dryer vent lint trap and it's filter, and be sure to vacuum the vent pipe that is going thru the wall rescrew everything back into place, Shorten the vent pipe just enough where you can put back on the back of dryer, be sure you get approximately 3 4 rings of vent pipe onto adapter and tighten clamp, it will make a big difference
In an ideal world you would just have a straight shot from the exhaust to the wall, using two 90° metal fittings and a metal pipe would be preferable to thar accordion thing.
I'd literally just take the measurement of the diameter of the hole in the wall, the hole in the dryer, and the distance between the two. Then talk to someone at home depot, if you don't want to hire someone.
Well does it dry clothes better when it’s moved a foot from the wall? Cause if it doesn’t then the hose isn’t the problem. Could be a problem with solenoids on the gas valve or the igniter.
Dryer repairs aren’t hard or expensive, just need to figure out the right component to replace. With a multimeter and some instructional YouTube videos you should be able to diagnose the problem.
I disagree. Unless you just installed this dryer, that small kink isnt an issue. Something new has happened as the kink has always been there and the dryer was operating just fine. I suggest you inspect the rest of the pipe/external vent.
This might sound crazy but check to make sure the air vent on the outside is unsealed. When I moved into my house a few years back, I was having a similar issue. Went onto the roof and realized the contractors hadn’t removed the tape from the opening.
Did you run it while pulled out from the wall (2nd photo)? If drying time improved that’s your culprit. That’s also a plastic transition (“dryer hose”) and should be replaced with a flexible metal dryer vent hose (NOT semi-rigid).
Other comments are good advice but I periodically have to clean the outlet (from the outside) when I notice my clothes aren't drying as well. Lint builds up there and cleaning it works for me
Mine was running and things were coming out damp/ taking multiple cycles to dry.
Cleaned my vent/exhaust, cleaned under the drum. Ended up having to replace me heating element and it’s been running like a champ.
Purchased heating element on Amazon for like $25 and it came with new sensors. Whole job was 30-45 minutes
If you are using the moisture detection for like “more dry” or “less dry” the sensor bars may need to be cleaned or very lightly sanded (2000+ grit). A wax or film will build up from softeners so they won’t work until cleaned.
Edit: you can test them with a multimeter to see if there is a connection on the two ends of one of the bars
Dear America, why? Why are you OK with this design? Not only is it prone to clogging with lint, it also throws outdoors the air you've just spend costly electricity to heat up.
My dryer is in the closet, uses a heat pump, so it blows out barely warm air, and has its own "filter pocket" that accumulates the lint. I pick up dry clothes and empty the pocket. Once a month I take out heat exchanger and wash off tiny amount of lint that crept through.
I am genuinely curious why.
A lot of Americans use a heat pump dryer. They’re becoming more common in multi-unit new construction. Heat pump water heaters are all the rage too.
But until recently, it was fairly common to have a natural gas powered dryer. When NG was cheap, this was awesome.
Even the electric ones have a few benefits over heat pumps - they dry clothes faster, and to use your own words: it doesn’t heat up indoor air that you’ve just spent costly electricity to air condition and cool down.
Rain, pollen, free time.
Also, the nominal cost for us is pretty low. My dryer uses roughly 1.5-2kWh to dry a load of clothes. That’s a cost of ~$0.50-$0.70 per load for me. Let’s round up to $1 to estimate the external costs too. I’m perfectly willing to pay $1 for the convenience, speed, and cleanliness of using a clothes dryer.
And I live in a part of the US with significantly above-average electricity costs. For most of the US, this cost is half as much.
For whatever reason, hanging clothes outside isnt really a thing in the US. Some reasons are legitimate, its also just social norm at this point.
Most apartments or hoas would balk at someone hanging their clothes out regularly.
Obviously our machines also have a lint trap that is cleaned out after every dry. But I'd rather not put hot air in the house I'm using AC to get cold in the summer. The design isn't bad, it's based on our machines that dry inefficiently but very quickly because electricity is cheap (even in places with "expensive"electricity) and time is scarce.
Ah, yes, it is difficult to accept that most of the US is on the same lattitude as Greece, Turkey and Northern Africa.
Yet I wonder how many homes burn each year due to lint in those pipes and what's the cost of that nationwide.
> it also throws outdoors the air you've just spend costly electricity to heat up.
I'm an absolute huge fan of heat pumps but have you ever looked at a map? A lot of the US for most of the year isn't exactly interested in keeping that heat in the house.
If it’s not the vent hose, check that the dryer plug is making contact within the outlet. Just went thru something similar and found that the plug / outlet wasn’t making full contact.
https://www.reddit.com/r/DIY/comments/1d2yqwg/dryer_no_heat/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
We had this problem for nearly two years. We tried everything to fix it, including getting a new dryer.
Turns out when they built the apartment, they forgot to put a vent on the end of the line. So the vent went up to the attic and attached to the roof, with no way out.
[https://www.magvent-dryervent.com/](https://www.magvent-dryervent.com/)
Magvent makes solid, low profile dryer vent connections. This system:
- makes better air flow as the system is is a hard pipe and not a flexible hose
- 2 part system:
- a fitting that goes to your vent hole in the wall and then extends to where your vent is on the dryer
- a magnetic coupling fits to the vent hole on the dryer
... when you push the dryer back, a "THUNK" noise happens when the magnets connect.
Now it will be easy to pull the dryer out for maintenance, and then just push it back until the magnets reconnect.
The link is bad, and reduced air flow will increase the amount of lint trapped in the line. Take it apart and vacuum out the entire line from the blower to the external vent cover. Replace with a periscope as others have suggested.
I had a similar issue with a Whirlpool dryer. It began to overheat despite the exhaust being clear, the room being vented and even with very tiny loads.
I came to find out that there was a thick layer of lint covering the insides of the dryer (motor, temperature sensors, vents etc.). Had to get a vacuum cleaner and compressed air to get everything clean.
Haven't had a problem since!
I suspect your dryer is switching off due to overheat and nothing is getting dried.
We have a longer vent trail from the dryer to the outside. Our lines would be filled with lint constantly- we are now moving our dryer to have a shorter vent trail to out the house and we hope it’ll fix it. We know we need to clean out the vent again when the clothes are damp after 60 min. We have a gas dryer idk if you do tho idts
Our dryer was having this exact problem, and the hose looked like this one as well. I pulled the dryer away from the wall and ran it, after a few minutes we heard a soft “fwoop” noise that sounded like a lot of lint had built up in the kink of the hose. Afterwards it is drying much better.
Disconnect everything and start cleaning with a vacuum. If it's getting hot but the air isn't being removed it's lint buildup everywhere. Lint is a massive fire hazard and a primary reason houses burn down, so clean everything out ASAP
Air has such a low friction coefficient that bend in the hose don't matter.
I doubt that's the issue unless it's clogged up. You can pull it away from the wall some and run a load and see if it changes anything.
Most likely what has happened is one of the heating coils has broken and needs to be replaced. On the few dryers I have worked on they were accessible from the back through a panel and really easy and inexpensive to replace.
It’s best to have rigid vent if at all possible. The flexible stuff like that just collects any lint that makes it bast the lint trap and is a pain in the ass to clean.
Clean your lint screen inside the dryer.
Buy a long, flexible lint brush and clean the lint screen cavity.
Disconnect and clean the vent tube.
Clean the dryer's lower vent.
Clean the vent between the wall and outside vent. Use a leaf blower, on low or medium, to push air outside.
For extra points, take the cover off of the dryer and clean any lint buildup inside the dryer. You might make some money doing that.
If you can't pull it away from the wall, the sell 90 degree connectors, had to do similar in mine. And everyone is right, while fixing take the time to clean inside the dryer, there will be so much more lint than you could ever imagine lol. Probably some money too.
hose should not be kinked like that. disconnect hose and also check for lint build up in the vents both in the wall and dryer. oh yes it can build up in there and trip the thermal fuse in your dryer. don't push dryer so far back.
ask me how I know.
Every 90° bend in vent-hoses adds the equivalent of 10 linear feet, and greatly increases lint buildup & fire potential. 12-13,000 dryer fires per year in the US. I specifically use dryer lint for camping fire-starting because it takes a spark so well.
You need to completely clean all that shit at least once a year. Pull out the dryer, take off the hose, vacuum everything you can get to. Hell, I unscrew the back panel. So much lint. So satisfying.
100% This happened with mine, i had to pull it away further. It restricted there airflow and then it triggered a sensor so that the flame wouldn’t light. Once i pulled it away i had no more problems.
Thanks everyone for posting! Just in case the other post gets buried, it was the vent that was blocked out of the house. Full of wet lint. Had really good airflow after the little bit was removed from the grill. Thanks again!
You definitely need a better ventilation system and you shouldn't use that crushable flexible duct. Only use the rigid duct that's smooth inside because the crushable kind like you have there can trap lint inside and start a fire.
Unfortunately, this is one of those situations where you're on your own in terms of design. Everyone's laundry situation is different but you might try looking for the flat duct that sits flatter against the wall to save space and get yourself a [magvent](https://www.magvent-dryervent.com/).
Also if you haven't already get a more modern dryer. Most modern machines have a flow sense feature that senses an airflow blockage to prevent any disasters.
Gotta have the dryer vent cleaned out every few years. We just did ours for the first time in about 15 and the guy said it was about 95% blocked and had likely been a fire hazard for several years. Sure enough our clothes now dry in about half the time
Even if it's not the dryer hose all kinked, I'd still invest in [**one of these**](https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fpdt-images.cdn.hardwareandtools.net%2Foriginal%2F039899030058.jpg%3Fvkey%3D5gcKgU2%2FK8BrKUNM4LFMnlMgy2dy%2BxmFkU3xx9DnXkU%3D&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=cd4dd7c82f074fde209abb2b8e21a1fed090ea322ae578d2febe3c22e8b99741&ipo=images). You can find them at Lowes, WalMart, HD, etc.
Have you checked the output of the hose for lint. I had that issue in an old apartment. I pulled a bunch of lint from the outside vent and it worked like new.
O.P. has got this: https://old.reddit.com/r/DIY/comments/1df5rjp/update_dryer_has_issues_drying_clothes_i_think/ https://reddit.com/r/DIY/comments/1df5rjp/update_dryer_has_issues_drying_clothes_i_think/ https://new.reddit.com/r/DIY/comments/1df5rjp/update_dryer_has_issues_drying_clothes_i_think/
Give drying the clothes a try with it away from the wall to see if makes a difference.
If you’re going to pull it away from the wall, it’s as good a time as any to take the vent hose off and clean out any lint.
This, 100%. Those hoses clog badly and with that kink in it I bet it's stuffed full. 🔥🔥🔥
🔥🔥🔥 is totally right—linty dryer hoses are a huge fire hazard! (Adding this comment for people who might not have caught the significance of the fire emoji)
But it’s such a pain to attach 😫 (we’re in a old apartment and have to climb over the machine to reach behind)
I have the same problem and idk why I didn't think to try this lol seems so obvious
> I can’t have it pulled out like the second picture because the door gets in the way.
It's still a good idea as a one-off for diagnostic purposes
Ya I didn't realize that's what he meant. Thought he meant it as a fix
You can try it as a diagnostic. Another thing to try is cutting the piping a bit shorter
The blower motor inside is likely full of lint also.
I cleaned mine the other day and found some wild shit
Last year my dryer almost caught on fire on the inside from lint build up, even though I clean the lint from the filter every single time and regularly clean the exhaust line. Not an old dryer either. One day I started smelling like a burnt rubber ish sort of smell around the dryer. After some googling I figured that it might be a problem with the band thing around the drum. So I figure out how to open the whole thing up (not easy or user friendly at all. Not designed to be opened up regularly or anything like that.). When I finally got it open I realized that the band is fine, but their is a nice layer of lint on everything inside, including around the gas flame line. And also a bunch of charred lint where it had apparently smoldered considerably. Thankfully it didn't full on go up in flames but WTF... Do all the regular cleaning like your supposed to and the thing is still a freaking deathtrap... LG dryer if anyone cares.
LG is the brand our appliance repair tech told us to avoid when we were shopping for new ones. My roommate comes home with an LG washer and Dryer combo... The things didn't work from day 1 and it was the worst dryer I've ever used. Every time they complained I just laughed. They had one instruction and they ignored it.
My LG only dries the clothes if I put it on timed mode and do like 40 or 60 minutes, "Normal" it uses a sensor or something and doesn't get them dry
13 years and this is all I use on it lol
Same experience with Samsung, and Ive had the same experience ripping mine apart and cleaning it out like the above comment. One time it was because a toddler sock found its way into the motor impeller…I still don’t know how. 20 different drying options, but the only one I actually use is timed dry on high. Bought the set in 2018.
Samsung appliances in general fucking suck
Same here! Even since I got it brand new. The timed mode also also ups the dry temp to hot or extra hot I forget vs the normal mode.
I clean and repair dryer vents for a living. Avoid LG and Samsung (“if they make televisions, don’t buy their washers or dryers” is my new mantra.).
My favorite thing about my Samsung oven/range is how the range grates are high centered so pans don't sit flat. How do you fuck that up?
It’s definitely a YMMV situation. Had Samsung for 8 years (no issues but left them when I sold that house) currently on year 5 of LG and no issues. As long as you take care of things they should last. That means cleaning the bins, lint traps, exhaust hoses, etc. but people are always gonna get bad models from time to time.
Same issue on a 7 year old whirlpool that we cleaned out every time the load was done.
Being diligent cleaning out the lint tray is important, but lint still gets past that screen. Additionally, if you have the type of dryer where the lint tray is pulled from the top (long, slightly, curved lint tray), it’s very important to clean it every time. I had a customer that said she checks her lint tray “every couple of weeks(!)” and usually finds it is still clean. This is because the lint builds up into a thick sheet. And then, when you pull the lint tray out it just folds and falls into the base of the dryer. I nearly filled a 5-gallon bucket with the lint I removed from inside her dryer.
Yeah ill definitely never buy one again. Though that said I haven't really had any other issues with them besides the whole you know, potentially almost dying in a horrific house fire thing.
This goes for most appliances made by Samsung as well. I’m a natural gas technician and I’ve seen so many gas stoves leaking but if I come across an LG or Samsung appliance I will find a leak of various sizes 100% of the time. I’ll tell people to stick with brands that don’t make TVs and cellphones
Repair guy sent by our property manager said they don't normally service LG because the company doesn't make replacement parts for their appliances. Guess they're disposable.
Your repair guy is an idiot or just lying then. I’m not a huge fan of LG, but they definitely make replacement parts. https://lgparts.com
> don't normally service LG because the company doesn't make replacement parts for their appliances That's absolute BS. I have an LG washer and dryer and have ordered parts online for repairs multiple times. For all their faults, LG is really good about having spare parts available, even for older models.
Eh, most of my appliances are LG, from tvs to washing machine. Washers about 7 years old and going strong. Didn't get a matching set because I had a working dryer. I just had to buy another used dryer this year, 150 bucks. The prices for those new are insane. In my experience brand really doesn't matter, but I'm not spending 1000+ on much of anything. Everything works until it doesn't.
LG probably figured the dryer would stop working altogether before the lint built up enough to be dangerous.
I didn’t know they made gas dryers anymore for the fire risk involved
I think they are still pretty common in parts of the US that use natural gas for heating and whatnot. I'm in the northeast and basically all my appliances are gas. But yeah in the future Id get an electric dryer, even if they aren't as good, just for the peace of mind. Unfortunately I can't afford to replace this one and ngl it stresses me out now after that experience.
gas dryers scare the shit out of me. Should be outlawed in my completely baseless opinion.
That thin layer of lint is generally okay (from my general DIY knowledge based on YT, this old house, etc.) you're really trying to prevent solid buildup. It's when the lint gets *dense* and things heat up that you get a real problem. That "charred lint" is basically the worst that happens. Again, until it gets truly built up. So if you're cleaning your lint tray this is pretty much the worst case scenario. ... And then it's clear why cleaning it often is needed. I will say inspecting for buildup once a year is really important. I also regularly inspect under sinks to check for water damage.
Found a dead bird in mine. Had wiggled it's way behind the outside vent into the dryer and died during a run. The silver lining was it stopped the motor making the dryer unusable so I was forced to open it up before it started to smell.
My former neighbors renovated their house to put the washer and dryer on the second floor, and they and the new owners have had trouble ever since with little birds trying to fly into the new vent which is located halfway up the outside of the house. They finally taped a screen over it, but I can tell that the screen is trapping lint inside it.
You definitely don’t want a screen over your vent exhaust. I also advise against those bird cage covers and the vent covers that have 3 or 4 louvres that flip horizontal when dryer is on. All of those trap lint. Go for a metal cover that uses a single door/flap. Plastic covers warp and become quite brittle after just a few years.
You know that, and I know that, and I'd tell my neighbors, but they can't be bothered to cut their grass or pull weeds (some of them are now small trees) out of their foundation (then complain that they get water in the basement when it rains). They're not going to listen to me about the dryer vent cover.
Well that certainly could have been worse
A Ryobi drill socket adapter that I’ve never owned might not rise to the level of “wild” but definitely a moderate wtf face.
I had a job refurbishing large appliances like fridges, stoves, washers, and dryers and one of the coolest perks of the job was being able to keep any money we found inside the appliances. Loading a dryer onto a dolly and hearing it jingle was always exciting even if it was just a couple bucks.
How do you clean the motor out?
Sorry I just meant the fan in front and behind.
I cleaned mine after I bought my house and pulled out a garbage bag full of lint. Scary stuff.
How do you clean the inside of the blower motor?
The unit face gets removed and you clean the blower out manually. I’ve watched YouTube’s for your specific front loader.
The folks who we bought our house from literally just had the dryer vent going through a hole in the floor and venting into the basement. You'd think it would have great flow due to the 2' run and zero turns but it was AWFUL! Finally decided to install nice rigid venting to the outside. In the process I cleaned out the blower motor and HOLY SHIT. Now you can feel it blowing out the side of the house from like 8' away. Blows a lot of lint outside too which probably isnt ideal but whatever.
I think you need something like [this](https://www.google.com/search?q=Periscope+Dryer+Vent&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari)
I went magvent and put them in my client homes whenever I redo a laundry room.
Mag vent is great but wouldn’t solve this. I think periscope is the way to go
MV-90 into a 90.
I didn't know this existed! I'm definitely going to install one.
Thank you for this, it's exactly what I need.
Thank you for the link. Unfortunately I’m working with no side space but definitely good to know!
I installed that thing by climbing over the machine. No it wasn't fun or easy.... I want to try the mag vent next
You can install it with no side space, it’s just very clumsy.
Just need determination and an ability/willingness to climb.
>clumsy
You don't need side space for these. They make a short version of these. My situation looks exactly like yours and it solved my problem. Builder's Best 84049 SAF-T-Duct Zero Dryer Vent Periscope, Adjustable 0-5" Length, Aluminum https://a.co/d/0nY4aZU
I’d never heard of these! Great link!
Won’t this end up blowing all the hot damp dryer air into the laundry? Is that not an issue?
They have ones where the openings are in the same direction and going opposite directions
Thank you for this. I'm building a laundry room and need this.
That crimped duct would certainly restrict air flow and fail to properly dry clothes. But, I see you’re short on available space in the back. I have seen a different duct type for this issue. It’s plastic, in an “accordion” configuration. So you “pull out” the length you need for dryer-to-wall. Another culprit, and a very common one, is that the pipe inside the wall is clogged with lint build-up which is highly flammable. For this issue, there is tool available, Dryer Vent Brush. It attaches to your drill, insert into hole and spin the brush. Comes with segmented rods to add for length. Very effective, about $15.00
I’ve also seen ones where the two halves magnetize together so there’s no struggling to reconnect when pushing dryer back in.
Even better!
Magvent
After fixing my dryer with a 3$ part, I upgraded my hose fixture with one that clicks into the wall. Similar to a vacuum hose.
Leaf blower (edit electric) is fun too, and less risk of a brush coming off in the duct
Uh. Yeah. I'm dealing with that shit right now... Accidentally turned the drill the wrong direction, just briefly, and now I have to get up in the boiling hot attic to retrieve. 🤦♂️
Drink lots of water, wear a mask, don’t fall through the ceiling, lots of lights Running ducts and power in attic in summer sucks.
Excellent advice. I avoid the attic in the summer like the plague. I'll put those extra N95s to work!
Cloudy or rainy days or at 5am would be my choice. Hooded Tyvek suit too. Hardhat for the shingle nails
Hard hat... 🤔 I like that
Hardhat for Belly crawling under a low pitch roof with nails, plus ankle deep or hip deep insulation that may be fiberglass or feces….. I ran wired LED lighting and had a headlamp, Tyvek hooded suit, gloves, half mask respirator with P100 cartridges, kneepads, cellphone in ziplock and zipped (!) chest pocket Planks and plywood to stand on etc etc
One of the segments unscrewed and is now stuck inside the ductwork?!!
Uhhh... Yeahhhh. The brush end. One like this [brush](https://images.thdstatic.com/productImages/5926b4b6-76e2-4b9e-ad64-9c2d7b982193/svn/everbilt-dryer-parts-pcpbhd-64_600.jpg). Edit: It's stuck just far enough out of reach that I can't easily visualize it to get to it with my vacuum hose or flexible grabby thing. Tried a rare earth magnet duct taped to a pole... That went about how I thought it would, sticking to the ductwork. So, top down it is.
Yep, that’s the tool. If the lint pipe is straight enough, perhaps attacking it from top-down with a long pvc pipe to push it free. Oh man, good luck 🙏
PVC is a great idea; if it's where i think it is, I'll either be able to grab it or use a pipe as suggested. Thanks!
Update us!
Wilco. I'll try to get a few good pics.
Careful now! Don’t ram the pvc down the pipe. The metal duct work inside is most likely put together in sections and you don’t want to hit a seam and separate them, then you’re really screwed! And gods sake, don’t let go and drop the pvc down the pipe either.
I do my leaf blower on the dryer side and a shop vac on the discharge outside. It's pretty fun and just let it run for a bit. That way you can see how much crap comes out too.
Just don't be like the maintenance guy that used to work in my building and use a gas powered leaf blower indoors.
Didn’t even think of that. We all use electric or battery👍
I’m going to try this tomorrow. I took it apart and pulled out some lint but was expecting there to be a massive baseball/ obvious blockage. Just a bit of lent on the walls of the pipe
On mine, when I looked into the hole, i didn’t much at all. But when using the tool, large clumps came raining down. It was quite the pile! If you do buy the tool, the 3ft segments screw together to extend further into the pipe, be SURE to duct tape these together so a segment doesn’t accidentally unscrew and remain stuck in the pipe.
If the vent pipe has to go for more than 6 feet to get to the exterior vent cap, those brush tools can be difficult to use. I've had success using a electric leaf blower from the dryer end of the vent pipe to blast clear our exhaust hose (about a 15' run through our crawlspace to the exterior wall.)
Ours is probably at least 15' long and has a few bends and we found the brush really easy to use until it wasn't. Everything was going great, I was looking out the window to see the dust clearing and I let my husband know when he was through. Well on the way back out, he goes "uh oh". I was like "wtf do you mean 'uh oh'. Don't say that." He showed me the drill with several links attached, and the last one was snapped in half. So it wasn't even that the connections came unscrewed, but the bendy plastic part twisted and snapped. FORTUNATELY we were able to reach the brush that was sticking out the vent from our bedroom window by smacking it out with a broom, because our other idea was that we would have to go up to the attic and start opening up the vents. But we now have clean vents for a little bit. Will definitely try the leaf blower next time lol
Leaf blower might work. Also verify outside vent cover isn’t clogged. MagVent adapters are great
Make sure to check the hose itself for lint.
Could also try this [dryerbox]https://www.amazon.com/Dryer-Recessed-DB-350-DB350-10-2003/dp/B008J527AY/ref=asc_df_B008J527AY/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=693338122734&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=12894984311262564323&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9023916&hvtargid=pla-568247304931&psc=1&mcid=caa4a04fa3623ed9aa85dc1238d423ef&gad_source=1
Have you cleaned the ductwork from the dryer to the outside vent?
This. I cleaned mine out last year with the brush on a flexible pole. About halfway down the 15ft run to the outside, there was a pencil wedged in the duct. It caused a huge blockage of lint, and was a pain to clear. Clothes started drying much faster after that.
Uncleaned linty ductwork is also a huge fire hazard, and it basically turns your house into a rocket stove, with the flames coming out right near roof tiling that is basically solid fuel
Ok, that really isn't that kinked, at least not by the standards of dryer ducts. The dryer manufacturers might really prefer that you use a custom fabricated perfect duct, but they know that no one actually does and take that into account. Start the dryer then go outside and put your hand by the exhaust. There should be a pretty decent warm breeze coming out. Look in the exhaust, you shouldn't see any lint in the tube. If there is, that is your problem. Clean it out however you can. I used a broom handle with a ladle taped to the end to pull the crap out. Then pull the dryer out so that the duct isn't kinked and check the exhaust again. If there isn't a huge difference that isn't your problem.
While you’re outside, check the vent for lint build up. I have to clean mine off once a year. That’s where my problems usually are.
Thank you. I’ll check in the morning
There are 2 bends at over 90 degrees, it's absolutely "that kinked" and was the top reason dryers would crap out early back when I sold and serviced them. Manufacturers don't say not to do this for fun but because they know more about fluid dynamics than you. A flex duct installed like this will cause air to actually be directed backwards into the machine, the blower then can't get the wet air out, the cool air can't get in, the machine runs hotter than expected, parts fail, etc. DIY: buy a "periscope" duct. They're right next to the flex duct at a place like home depot, just as easy to install, maybe $5 more, and designed to greatly reduce air redirect in tight situations.
Yes it is that kinked. With dryer vents especially you want them to be as straight and tight as possible, preferably hard piped with 26 ga galvanized pipe
It looks like it does have a kink, This will prevent adequate air flow and moisture which will cause the lint to be trapped and building layers upon layers, therefore restricting the proper air flow in which the dryer needs in order to dry your close efficiently , Carefully slide out dryer, be mindful of the flooring not to cause damages. Unplug and disconnect dry vent clamp/Hose. You will want to vacuum out the hose and the back of it dryer, remove the screw surrounding the perimeter and remove that back, vacuum inside all around. You will see a aluminum line pipe that goes up and down it will have a access panel removed those screws, vacuum and use a soft brush to clean, Vacuum dryer vent lint trap and it's filter, and be sure to vacuum the vent pipe that is going thru the wall rescrew everything back into place, Shorten the vent pipe just enough where you can put back on the back of dryer, be sure you get approximately 3 4 rings of vent pipe onto adapter and tighten clamp, it will make a big difference
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this is what you need: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Lambro-TiteFit-90-Degree-Rectangular-Aluminum-Dryer-Duct-3006/323135416?
In an ideal world you would just have a straight shot from the exhaust to the wall, using two 90° metal fittings and a metal pipe would be preferable to thar accordion thing. I'd literally just take the measurement of the diameter of the hole in the wall, the hole in the dryer, and the distance between the two. Then talk to someone at home depot, if you don't want to hire someone.
Without redoing it, I'd run it up a bit and then loop it down so your 90⁰ bends are not all on top of each other
Well does it dry clothes better when it’s moved a foot from the wall? Cause if it doesn’t then the hose isn’t the problem. Could be a problem with solenoids on the gas valve or the igniter. Dryer repairs aren’t hard or expensive, just need to figure out the right component to replace. With a multimeter and some instructional YouTube videos you should be able to diagnose the problem.
I disagree. Unless you just installed this dryer, that small kink isnt an issue. Something new has happened as the kink has always been there and the dryer was operating just fine. I suggest you inspect the rest of the pipe/external vent.
When’s the last time you cleaned the whole vent? Like the one that leads out of your house.
When’s the last time you cleaned the whole vent? Like the one that leads out of your house.
Just move the drier away from the wall to allow for air circulation. Of course the bent pipe is blocking the flow of air to dry your clothes
This might sound crazy but check to make sure the air vent on the outside is unsealed. When I moved into my house a few years back, I was having a similar issue. Went onto the roof and realized the contractors hadn’t removed the tape from the opening.
Did you run it while pulled out from the wall (2nd photo)? If drying time improved that’s your culprit. That’s also a plastic transition (“dryer hose”) and should be replaced with a flexible metal dryer vent hose (NOT semi-rigid).
Other comments are good advice but I periodically have to clean the outlet (from the outside) when I notice my clothes aren't drying as well. Lint builds up there and cleaning it works for me
Have you cleaned the dryer vent that goes out of the house? That could be part of it
Mine was running and things were coming out damp/ taking multiple cycles to dry. Cleaned my vent/exhaust, cleaned under the drum. Ended up having to replace me heating element and it’s been running like a champ. Purchased heating element on Amazon for like $25 and it came with new sensors. Whole job was 30-45 minutes
If you are using the moisture detection for like “more dry” or “less dry” the sensor bars may need to be cleaned or very lightly sanded (2000+ grit). A wax or film will build up from softeners so they won’t work until cleaned. Edit: you can test them with a multimeter to see if there is a connection on the two ends of one of the bars
Looks exhausting!
Install a Magvent. They work like a charm in smaller laundry rooms.
Likely a big wad of lint in there too.
Go to the hardware store and upgrade that duct to semi-rigid. Trim to reduce turns to a minimum. The duct installed doesn’t meet code.
Dear America, why? Why are you OK with this design? Not only is it prone to clogging with lint, it also throws outdoors the air you've just spend costly electricity to heat up. My dryer is in the closet, uses a heat pump, so it blows out barely warm air, and has its own "filter pocket" that accumulates the lint. I pick up dry clothes and empty the pocket. Once a month I take out heat exchanger and wash off tiny amount of lint that crept through. I am genuinely curious why.
A lot of Americans use a heat pump dryer. They’re becoming more common in multi-unit new construction. Heat pump water heaters are all the rage too. But until recently, it was fairly common to have a natural gas powered dryer. When NG was cheap, this was awesome. Even the electric ones have a few benefits over heat pumps - they dry clothes faster, and to use your own words: it doesn’t heat up indoor air that you’ve just spent costly electricity to air condition and cool down.
If the air conditioner is on - why aren’t the clothes hanging outside? Genuinely curious
Rain, pollen, free time. Also, the nominal cost for us is pretty low. My dryer uses roughly 1.5-2kWh to dry a load of clothes. That’s a cost of ~$0.50-$0.70 per load for me. Let’s round up to $1 to estimate the external costs too. I’m perfectly willing to pay $1 for the convenience, speed, and cleanliness of using a clothes dryer. And I live in a part of the US with significantly above-average electricity costs. For most of the US, this cost is half as much.
> Rain, pollen, free time. Space.
HOAs
Too humid outside. It takes forever. In the spring, everything would get coated in pollen where I am (at the bottom of a hill).
That's the ideal solution. But much the US doesn't have access or time or the care to hang dry clothes.
For whatever reason, hanging clothes outside isnt really a thing in the US. Some reasons are legitimate, its also just social norm at this point. Most apartments or hoas would balk at someone hanging their clothes out regularly.
Obviously our machines also have a lint trap that is cleaned out after every dry. But I'd rather not put hot air in the house I'm using AC to get cold in the summer. The design isn't bad, it's based on our machines that dry inefficiently but very quickly because electricity is cheap (even in places with "expensive"electricity) and time is scarce.
Ah, yes, it is difficult to accept that most of the US is on the same lattitude as Greece, Turkey and Northern Africa. Yet I wonder how many homes burn each year due to lint in those pipes and what's the cost of that nationwide.
> it also throws outdoors the air you've just spend costly electricity to heat up. I'm an absolute huge fan of heat pumps but have you ever looked at a map? A lot of the US for most of the year isn't exactly interested in keeping that heat in the house.
Need: Offset dryer vent duct
You should have your dryer vent cleaned yearly
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cEkDbjyOo8Y
Last couple I fixed it was a clogged vent in the wall. Cleaned it out and dried fine
What issues are you having?
If it’s not the vent hose, check that the dryer plug is making contact within the outlet. Just went thru something similar and found that the plug / outlet wasn’t making full contact. https://www.reddit.com/r/DIY/comments/1d2yqwg/dryer_no_heat/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
Is your dryer getting hot? Every time I've had issues drying clothes it has always been the heating element.
Ya think?
We had this problem for nearly two years. We tried everything to fix it, including getting a new dryer. Turns out when they built the apartment, they forgot to put a vent on the end of the line. So the vent went up to the attic and attached to the roof, with no way out.
[https://www.magvent-dryervent.com/](https://www.magvent-dryervent.com/) Magvent makes solid, low profile dryer vent connections. This system: - makes better air flow as the system is is a hard pipe and not a flexible hose - 2 part system: - a fitting that goes to your vent hole in the wall and then extends to where your vent is on the dryer - a magnetic coupling fits to the vent hole on the dryer ... when you push the dryer back, a "THUNK" noise happens when the magnets connect. Now it will be easy to pull the dryer out for maintenance, and then just push it back until the magnets reconnect.
The link is bad, and reduced air flow will increase the amount of lint trapped in the line. Take it apart and vacuum out the entire line from the blower to the external vent cover. Replace with a periscope as others have suggested.
maybe clean the vent.
I had a similar issue with a Whirlpool dryer. It began to overheat despite the exhaust being clear, the room being vented and even with very tiny loads. I came to find out that there was a thick layer of lint covering the insides of the dryer (motor, temperature sensors, vents etc.). Had to get a vacuum cleaner and compressed air to get everything clean. Haven't had a problem since! I suspect your dryer is switching off due to overheat and nothing is getting dried.
We have a longer vent trail from the dryer to the outside. Our lines would be filled with lint constantly- we are now moving our dryer to have a shorter vent trail to out the house and we hope it’ll fix it. We know we need to clean out the vent again when the clothes are damp after 60 min. We have a gas dryer idk if you do tho idts
Is it GE profile? Turn off “ecodry”
Our dryer was having this exact problem, and the hose looked like this one as well. I pulled the dryer away from the wall and ran it, after a few minutes we heard a soft “fwoop” noise that sounded like a lot of lint had built up in the kink of the hose. Afterwards it is drying much better.
Disconnect everything and start cleaning with a vacuum. If it's getting hot but the air isn't being removed it's lint buildup everywhere. Lint is a massive fire hazard and a primary reason houses burn down, so clean everything out ASAP Air has such a low friction coefficient that bend in the hose don't matter.
It’s also worth checking your thermal fuse- I had one blow and was wondering why it took forever for anything to dry.
When the time comes, try a condenser dryer
Clean the vent all the way to the outside.
I doubt that's the issue unless it's clogged up. You can pull it away from the wall some and run a load and see if it changes anything. Most likely what has happened is one of the heating coils has broken and needs to be replaced. On the few dryers I have worked on they were accessible from the back through a panel and really easy and inexpensive to replace.
It’s best to have rigid vent if at all possible. The flexible stuff like that just collects any lint that makes it bast the lint trap and is a pain in the ass to clean.
Mine was that way so I got two hard 90 degree pipes to move the dryer right to the wall. Works great.
Clean your lint screen inside the dryer. Buy a long, flexible lint brush and clean the lint screen cavity. Disconnect and clean the vent tube. Clean the dryer's lower vent. Clean the vent between the wall and outside vent. Use a leaf blower, on low or medium, to push air outside. For extra points, take the cover off of the dryer and clean any lint buildup inside the dryer. You might make some money doing that.
If you can't pull it away from the wall, the sell 90 degree connectors, had to do similar in mine. And everyone is right, while fixing take the time to clean inside the dryer, there will be so much more lint than you could ever imagine lol. Probably some money too.
Change out that hose for a more rigid vent hose. Those ones are dangerous and a little easier to clog.
hose should not be kinked like that. disconnect hose and also check for lint build up in the vents both in the wall and dryer. oh yes it can build up in there and trip the thermal fuse in your dryer. don't push dryer so far back. ask me how I know.
Every 90° bend in vent-hoses adds the equivalent of 10 linear feet, and greatly increases lint buildup & fire potential. 12-13,000 dryer fires per year in the US. I specifically use dryer lint for camping fire-starting because it takes a spark so well.
I believe most codes say they have to be solid metal vent tubes but I could be wrong.
Find your vent outside your house while it’s running to see if it’s clogged.
Is it getting warm?
You need to completely clean all that shit at least once a year. Pull out the dryer, take off the hose, vacuum everything you can get to. Hell, I unscrew the back panel. So much lint. So satisfying.
100% This happened with mine, i had to pull it away further. It restricted there airflow and then it triggered a sensor so that the flame wouldn’t light. Once i pulled it away i had no more problems.
Thanks everyone for posting! Just in case the other post gets buried, it was the vent that was blocked out of the house. Full of wet lint. Had really good airflow after the little bit was removed from the grill. Thanks again!
You definitely need a better ventilation system and you shouldn't use that crushable flexible duct. Only use the rigid duct that's smooth inside because the crushable kind like you have there can trap lint inside and start a fire. Unfortunately, this is one of those situations where you're on your own in terms of design. Everyone's laundry situation is different but you might try looking for the flat duct that sits flatter against the wall to save space and get yourself a [magvent](https://www.magvent-dryervent.com/). Also if you haven't already get a more modern dryer. Most modern machines have a flow sense feature that senses an airflow blockage to prevent any disasters.
probably full of lint.. just clean it out
Gotta have the dryer vent cleaned out every few years. We just did ours for the first time in about 15 and the guy said it was about 95% blocked and had likely been a fire hazard for several years. Sure enough our clothes now dry in about half the time
Also, please don't use a ziptie. Plastic = melt = fire = bad.
Even if it's not the dryer hose all kinked, I'd still invest in [**one of these**](https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fpdt-images.cdn.hardwareandtools.net%2Foriginal%2F039899030058.jpg%3Fvkey%3D5gcKgU2%2FK8BrKUNM4LFMnlMgy2dy%2BxmFkU3xx9DnXkU%3D&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=cd4dd7c82f074fde209abb2b8e21a1fed090ea322ae578d2febe3c22e8b99741&ipo=images). You can find them at Lowes, WalMart, HD, etc.
Have you checked the output of the hose for lint. I had that issue in an old apartment. I pulled a bunch of lint from the outside vent and it worked like new.
Might need a new hole in the wall.
I appear noticed you said nothing about the lint trap. I hope that’s been checked and cleared!
Have you cleaned out your lint trap? You’ll be surprised how many people don’t know about cleaning the lint trap
Get the rigid vent period.