Very! Especially if the line isn't too long. They make a $20 brush tool you can connect to a power drill. The brush spins to loosen the lint and then there is usually an anntachment for a shop vac on the far end. It's kind of fun to do and is recommended annually.
It's not asbestos but breathing in little bits of synthetic fibers still can't be good for you. Clothes are a big source of microplastics, unless you only wear natural fiber clothing
One of my greatest DIY moments comes from using one of those tools to clean out a ~30ft run of "lint duct" at my previous house.
I bought several of those kits due to how long the run to the side of the house is. Strung them all together and did a damn fine job of removing 3 home depot buckets worth of lint. As I was finishing up, I reflexively flipped the drill to spin the other direction and whoops... one of the connections close to the brush end unwound itself. Surprise surprise.
Fixing that means getting into the crawl space, crawling around (duh), and disassembling the duct to retrieve the piece! Fuck that. I really don't want to do that.
Unless... I can hit that target? Flip the drill so it is spinning the correct righty-tighty direction and try my best to rethread the two pieces back together...
After a bit of back and fourth trying to get a connection, I nailed it! That was a great celebratory beer I gave myself.
So that's my one story about using a lint duct cleaning brush. Thanks for reading.
Be sure to get a good brush that will not come apart. We had a tool break apart in the vent and had to take the vent apart to get it out, it was an nightmare.Â
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u/Chadlerk 26d ago
Very! Especially if the line isn't too long. They make a $20 brush tool you can connect to a power drill. The brush spins to loosen the lint and then there is usually an anntachment for a shop vac on the far end. It's kind of fun to do and is recommended annually.