Determination
I discovered this hole in the dryer transition tube last night and, at first, it puzzled me. Then my wife said that it looked like something chewed through it. She was right. It turns out that the lint buildup around the exterior vent flap was enough to keep the flap open. That, of course, is an open invitation. I set a mouse trap in the laundry room and got one about two hours later. The next trap still hasn't caught anything. Anyway, first thing I did this morning was clean the lint out and now the flap flaps like it should. Then I measured the height of the flap opening to the ground - 21.5 inches! A mouse (or mice) scaled (or jumped) 21.5 inches up and into the tube and then chewed through the tube! Wow. I put a new tube on and I know now that I need to check the flap and the tube from time to time.
1 Comments:
You should have waited for the inspector from the FDSL (Federal Department of Security and Lint) to come around and check the lint line for you. By taking this action upon yourself, you have contributed to a mentality that threatens the very foundation on which we base our way of life. Not to mention the rodents.
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