clean the lint filter? sometimes I can barely find my belly button let alone the lint filter.
Welllllllllllll, one of my tricks for cleaning up corgi hair (Pacco is a hair factory twice a year) is to put a rug in the dryer sans heat, cleaning the filter after rounds of 20 minutes or so. The first twenty minutes gives me a corgi ruglet. I haven't seen how hairs could get into the inner mechanics of the dryer, but wonder...
I've also heard that you should always turn off the water main to the washing machine if you will be gone on vacation. The article mentioned homeowners coming home to a flooded house because somehow the water started to fill the tub and overflowed while they were gone for a week. Yikes--that would be awful--but it would put out the fire from the lint filter...
You should clean out the ductwork about once a year, more often if you are using a lot of flexible vent. The easiest way is with one of
these.
Also if you are using the white plastic vent it should be replaced with metal foil or if possible hard vent.
The plastic vent line is labled Dryer Vent Line, but under that is a notice: Do not use on dryers.
Once a year, it is a good idea to have somebody open up the dryer cabinet (in the back) and vacuum out all the lint, being careful to get it away from the motor's breather holes.
if you live in a high rise, woodworking shops are right out.
You have that right Farmerman, luckily my work truck is a shop on wheels.
edgarblythe wrote:Once a year, it is a good idea to have somebody open up the dryer cabinet (in the back) and vacuum out all the lint, being careful to get it away from the motor's breather holes.
Good point, also a good idea for the coils on your fridge, especially if you have pets.
Now, about those brownies . . .
Great idea. Good to hear theres no trouble with the oven.
Now my oven is neato - I have an old O'Keefe and Merritt, what a charmer... (it works like a charm).
Those are pretty cool. There are only a couple of stoves even similar to those on the market now, and they are mucho expensive.
Diane got a Sears Kenmore and she's keeping it.
Back to the drawing boards, crew. I know an ace contractor from a town called Hooterville - name's Mr. Haney - I will try to contact him for advice on how to handle reluctant customers like Dys.
Alternately referred to as Eustace or Charlton, and supposedly married (although Mrs. Haney never makes an appearance in all 170 episodes of the series), Mr. Haney is the sweaty, conniving, opportunistic embodiment of capitalism in bucolic Hooterville. Cracked of voice and ethics, Haney never misses an opportunity to make a buck or exploit a relationship. A true huckster, he always has a trick up his sleeve or some snake oil to sell you. Some of his more notorious wares include: The Haney Egg-Layin' Inducing Machine; a college "diplomer" which bestows upon the holder a Ph.D from Stankwell Falls University; and a "gen-u-wine Cooper Cow-Coaxer" milking machine, which is "guaranteed to persuade milk out of the most bashful cow."
Tip for the day:
If your air conditioner tends to freeze over, most likely it is critically low on freon. Have the serviceman check for a leak; too many times they just want to put in freon and charge a hefty price without correcting the problem.
I'll bake a "special" batch of browinies for Mr. Haney....even more special than those I'll bake for the rest of you on this thread.
Remember my old Alice B. Toklas brownies from San Francisco in the 60's? Of course you don't remember, silly; anybody who was there can't remember a thing.
Hmmm, where did I put that recipe and those special ingredients???
Dys was being a snot when he said I got a Kenmore Sears and I'm keeping it. Actually, I love my Kenmore Sears. It's only the second time in my life that I have had a gas range. The first time was in San Francisco in the 60's. No wonder those brownies were so good.
