Birds in the dryer vent

[fjennell]

Does anyone know of a company that cleans your dryer vent and puts a cover on it...I have birds living in my vent!!!

 

[clevalley]

Does anyone know of a company that cleans your dryer vent and puts a cover on it...I have birds living in my vent!!!

Get a coat hanger and pull the nest out - go to Lowes and get a roll of metal gutter cover (mesh with 1/4 opening) and make your own - put it on during nesting season and take it off, or remove it and clean is once a month :shrug:

A hell of a lot cheaper than getting an "specialist" out to do the same thing.

 

[zoloft-er]

A hell of a lot cheaper than getting an "specialist" out to do the same thing.

 

[StrawberryGal]

Get a coat hanger and pull the nest out - go to Lowes and get a roll of metal gutter cover (mesh with 1/4 opening) and make your own - put it on during nesting season and take it off, or remove it and clean is once a month :shrug:

A hell of a lot cheaper than getting an "specialist" out to do the same thing.

We had same problem too. My hubby cleaned the vent out with some type of tool (coat hangers hooked together to reach far back to clean out) and then put the mesh covering on it. No problem. It was interesting how the mother birds got pissed when they can't get in to build thier nests.

 

[BS Gal]

I just heard a call for Animal Control to go to someone's house for a bird in the dryer.

 

[RareBreed]

My work has a potted tree outside my office and every once in awhile, I'll notice that a bird has flown into our building and is sitting on the potted tree. I kind of enjoy it. Makes being inside feel like being outside.

 

[clevalley]

My work has a potted tree outside my office and every once in awhile, I'll notice that a bird has flown into our building and is sitting on the potted tree. I kind of enjoy it. Makes being inside feel like being outside.

Is it near a dryer vent?

 

[RareBreed]

Is it near a dryer vent?

No but after reading this thread, I'm going to make a note to myself to remind me to check our dryer vent when I get home today. We actually do have dryers on site here at work and I should check those too.

 

[clevalley]

No but after reading this thread, I'm going to make a note to myself to remind me to check our dryer vent when I get home today. We actually do have dryers on site here at work and I should check those too.

When our home was re-sided, they placed a louvered vent cover on it... when the dryer starts, the louvers open (by forced air). It is neat!

Bird nests in dryer vents do cause house fires and are rarely caught, you never think about having a bird nest in there until it happens. Even with that metal flap those tricky bastards will still get in there. It is best to put a cover over it (mesh) and you do not have to worry about it - except to keep it free of lint.

 

[fjennell]

Yes, the only reason I am concerned is they cause fires. I don't want to harm the birds. Just prevent them from going in there. I wanted a professional because its on my top level (3 stories) and I do not even have a ladder to reach that far and even if i did, I don't want to deal with it.

 

[chernmax]

Tools required:

Flame thrower
BBQ sauce
Charged garden hose
Lowe's 4 dollar vent screen

 

[aps45819]

if you're on the third floor, I'd access the dryer hose from the dryer side.
Use the discharge from a shop vac or water hose and blow/wash out any critters.

 

[clevalley]

if you're on the third floor, I'd access the dryer hose from the dryer side.
Use the discharge from a shop vac or water hose and blow/wash out any critters.

- have someone stand on the outside to verify the crap flying out of the vent...

But since they do not have a ladder, ask a neighbor for a ladder?

 

[mAlice]

You wouldn't have birds nesting in your dryer vent if people weren't living in trees and taking up all the wildlife spaces.

 

[clevalley]

You wouldn't have birds nesting in your dryer vent if people weren't living in trees and taking up all the wildlife spaces.

Unless we had more Eagles - that would fix them.

 

[Dukesdad]

I just heard a call for Animal Control to go to someone's house for a bird in the dryer.

Is that all you do all Day now? I know tht's what you do all night cuz I read it on teh internet. GET A LIFE.

 

[BS Gal]

Is that all you do all Day now? I know tht's what you do all night cuz I read it on teh internet. GET A LIFE.

 

[clevalley]

Is that all you do all Day now? I know tht's what you do all night cuz I read it on teh internet. GET A LIFE.

What do you want her to do? Go to the Tiki Bar opening or something?

 

[cashncarry]

Yes, the only reason I am concerned is they cause fires. I don't want to harm the birds. Just prevent them from going in there. I wanted a professional because its on my top level (3 stories) and I do not even have a ladder to reach that far and even if i did, I don't want to deal with it.

Yeah you may want to get a professional (roofer or sider) to go up that high to place a louvered flap over the dryer vent. We don't need to read about a happy home owner falling three stories Splat to the ground injured while installing a dryer vent cover. Better to be smart than busted up.

 

[ironintestines]

At a minimum, you've gotta put a screen on the end of the vent, especially the thru-wall vents that are close to the ground..

Doing exclusionary work, I've seen mice, rats, snakes, bats, squirrels, ect, use a dryer vent as a port of entry into peoples home..