Dryer fire

So far this winter, I have not seen a single raccoon in my backyard...they we're all over the place last year..
LOL! Looks like the raccoons found a better house. In our case, after the raccoon family went for a stroll we immediately capped the unused chimney. Same with the opening above the garage door. You can't do that when they are still in there because they will chew their way out. They have teeth like steel claws.
 
Eager to return to acting, Margot Kidder read for the character of Lois Lane in the 1978 superhero film Superman: the Movie, in the spring of 1977, only one month before principal photography was scheduled to begin. Kidder was subsequently flown to England for screen-tests. Upon meeting with director Richard Donner, Kidder tripped while walking into the room. Donner recalled: "I just fell in love with her. It was perfect, this clumsy behaviour." She was ultimately cast in the role, which would become her most iconic.

 
Eager to return to acting, Margot Kidder read for the character of Lois Lane in the 1978 superhero film Superman: the Movie, in the spring of 1977, only one month before principal photography was scheduled to begin. Kidder was subsequently flown to England for screen-tests. Upon meeting with director Richard Donner, Kidder tripped while walking into the room. Donner recalled: "I just fell in love with her. It was perfect, this clumsy behaviour." She was ultimately cast in the role, which would become her most iconic.
Sad to say, Margot (a Canadian) suffered from mental illness and committed suicide in the end.
 
^^^did she set her dryer on fire?
 
LOL! Looks like the raccoons found a better house. In our case, after the raccoon family went for a stroll we immediately capped the unused chimney. Same with the opening above the garage door. You can't do that when they are still in there because they will chew their way out. They have teeth like steel claws.
tell me about it...my boss learn that huge mistake sealing them inside his finished garage....he thought there was only 1 'coon but turned out there were 3 adult 'coons and some pups...they chewed on the drywall, chewed plywood all the way to the shingles...
 
Hmm never experienced a dryer fire personally but an old friend of mine has and it happened overnight . So literally the basement got cooked to a crisp lucky they all got out on time.
But I learned from tiktok how to clean a dryer and have been doing that for myself and family almost on a weekly basis cause im a neat freak like that haha
 
Our contractor said not to put a screen because if the screen gets wet and then freezes, the ice could block the vent.

I somewhat disagree with this. You can put on a coarse screen or one of those cages over the vent, and you're good.
Yes, just not one of those window screens. Too fine, and restricts airflow.
 
You can put on a coarse screen or one of those cages over the vent, and you're good.
Yes, just not one of those window screens. Too fine, and restricts airflow.
Yes, maybe. A cage might be ok.
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My next door neighbours dryer vent caught in fire. He managed to extinguish it in time. Forefighters came and vented the house with giant fans for 2 days. I never knew such a thing existed
 
My next door neighbours dryer vent caught in fire. He managed to extinguish it in time. Forefighters came and vented the house with giant fans for 2 days. I never knew such a thing existed

Was there a cost for this? I just can't see this been free service.
 
I have taken to air drying my clothes in the winter with a $20 rack from Ikea. House can use the moisture and may as well save some juice. Its easier on clothes as well. I use the dryer only when I am in a hurry.
 
I have taken to air drying my clothes in the winter with a $20 rack from Ikea. House can use the moisture and may as well save some juice.
I air dry as well. I only use the dryer to fluff which also removes lint.
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