My dryer has the most awful smell. The clothes don't smell if I get them out right when dryer stops. I had this problem when I was pregnant and we had a plumber come and flush the lines. He said it is from lint getting wet. I clean the lint screen every time I use the dryer. It smelled okay for a while after the plumber, now it stinks again. I have tried air fresher, letting the dryer stay open to air dry, using a blower to clear the lines and nothing works. Has anyone else ever had this problem, if so how did you solve it?
2006-09-12 15:08:35 · 5 answers · asked by Bird79 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Your vent is blocked or kinked somewhere and you have water laying in the vent along with lint. Your vent needs to be cleaned out or replaced. I would be willing to bet that it takes at least an hour to dry a normal load of clothes. A normal load should only take 30 min. to be completely dry.
2006-09-12 20:23:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i had the same problem. I found that the front of the dryer came off and there was lint packed around the filter area.
2006-09-12 17:25:18 · answer #2 · answered by zocko 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it is a burnt smell and it is a gas dryer, lint is burning in the gas flame. Remove the front panel - in my case the flexible pipe that leads to the outside had dislodged at the end that attaches inside by the filter. I reattached it duct taped it and no more smell.
2015-04-02 14:34:49 · answer #3 · answered by George 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no but lint is a good way to start a fire make sure you get a small brush and get all that link out after each job is finish ,ther has been fires started because is got hot and stopped up the vent and burned a house down ,please take care of that
2006-09-12 15:17:11 · answer #4 · answered by elizabeth_davis28 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You had a plumber flush the lines on your DRYER?
Call him back and have him check the muffler bearings. That might help.
2006-09-12 15:17:30 · answer #5 · answered by Traveler 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋