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How about a filter that is attached on the wall above/next to the dryer.It has a large synthetic mess sock attached to a plastic rim that you put into a plexiglass cylinder that vents in from the dryer and vents outside. You take the sock part out and pull it inside out to shake out lint and you can rise with hose or in a sink for smaller particules. The sock slips back in and snaps in with clips. If less than 50 percent of hot air is not allowed to pass through the sock then air is diverted to flip open an indicator that the sock needs cleaning. You should clean it once a week. No more hosing lint off the siding, deck or patio. No more fire hazard lint clinging to your wood siding or on your wood deck or wood deck furniture in the summer.
cndnc, Nov 18 2008
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I've built a filter-box above the dryer to which I direct the dryer's output in the winter,but it empties to laundry room, to save that heat. It uses a regular furnace filter. The humidity is helpful for the house in winter, but it does get too humid in the laundry room while it's running--peeling the wallpaper border off.
In the summer, I guess I could keep this hooked up and adapt it to direct the filtered-side outside, but mostly we're using the clothesline in summer now. No house-washing that way.
I'm surprised that dryers don't filter their own output better. I have to vacuum the hoses and the air-blower regularly.
I agree there are probably a few improvements that would be cheap & useful.