Originally Posted by Yung Dum (Post 1552837)

Never listen to your wife. Pretend the solution was your idea and tell her how smart you are. She will worship you forever until she realizes you are full of it. Then watch out! I am twice divorced and know what I'm talking about.

Originally Posted by CFrance (Post 1553218)

Whoever installed the vents on our roof turned the one over the laundry room the wrong way (or something like that). In heavy rain, water was pouring down the dryer vent tube. When the dryer quit drying clothes, we called Beck's appliance repair, and the late Mr. Beck came out, disconnected the vent tube, and where it formed a "U," it was full of water.
The house was out of warranty, but we called Warranty anyway. The roofer and plumber kept kicking it one back to the other, but warranty kept on it, and finally one of them caved and came out and fixed it.


The bad news is it took a year and a half for one of them to quit arguing and fix it. Part of that was the two contractors stalling and our forgetting to hound, etc. But Warranty did keep on it whenever we called.

Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 1583232)

... have Frank DeAngelo for your year inspector.

Originally Posted by Brucernelson (Post 1552766)

For a few weeks I’ve had to listen to my wife re our dryer problems. Error codes were popping up and clothes never really dried out. I, like usual, was clueless. We had our one year inspection last week and she insisted that the dryer vent be checked out. One of Franks sons climbed up on the roof and they found out that a vent with a screen was installed rather than a flap and it was close to 100% blocked by lint. Frank said that it was a fire hazard and should not be used until corrected. Hopefully that fix will be happening soon. Moral of the story - listen to your wife!

Ps I’m thinking that my house was not the only house with this screw-up.

Originally Posted by Brucernelson (Post 1552766)

For a few weeks I’ve had to listen to my wife re our dryer problems. Error codes were popping up and clothes never really dried out. I, like usual, was clueless. We had our one year inspection last week and she insisted that the dryer vent be checked out. One of Franks sons climbed up on the roof and they found out that a vent with a screen was installed rather than a flap and it was close to 100% blocked by lint. Frank said that it was a fire hazard and should not be used until corrected. Hopefully that fix will be happening soon. Moral of the story - listen to your wife!

Ps I’m thinking that my house was not the only house with this screw-up.

Originally Posted by karostay (Post 1583290)

Who signed off on the certificate of occupancy ?

Originally Posted by pting (Post 1583638)

We had the same problem, clothes were not completely dry. Had to run the cycle 2-3 times depending on the load. Husband checked the bottom vent....was not clogged. Decided the old dryer just couldn’t do the job anymore. New dryer installed, guess what, was not trying the clothes! Up on the roof, found the pipe was blocked. New dryer works find noe, perhaps the old one would have also worked fine...we’ll never know!

Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 1583660)

Have someone clean out your roof vent once a year. Flap or screen, they all get clogged. The high humidity in the air turns fibers into felt, hard as leather. I think I have the card of the guy who cleans out ours every year;

Here is is; Covenant Enterprises, Desmond Harris,352 308 9243 This guy is reliable, honest and fairly priced.