Vent: A homeowner told me I was 'too picky' about dryer vent cleaning and it made me rethink things

Last Thursday I was clearing out a clogged dryer vent in Elmwood and the old guy kept saying it wasn't a big deal, just clean the lint trap. He told me he had run his dryer like that for 12 years with no issues, which kind of hit different because I lost a customer last year to a dryer fire from the exact same setup. Am I being too cautious with the code standards or is it worth pushing back when people argue?

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dixon.felix13d ago

Ever just show them the burn marks on the inside of the vent hose and ask if that counts?

viola17112d ago

Showing them the actual melted plastic or burned dust from inside the line usually shuts them up. I keep a couple of photos on my phone from jobs where the lint had charred black from overheating inside the duct. One guy argued for ten minutes until I pulled out a piece of the old flex hose that had actual holes burned through it. Sometimes you just gotta let the evidence speak for itself.