Dryer is drying clothes less and less

[JEDI]

I've had my dryer for 10 yrs.

i do 1 load every 2 weeks.

i clean the lint trap everytime i use it.

but as time goes by, it seems my clothes are drying less and less with the same amount of clothes.

i have to set the cycle longer and longer to get my clothes dry.

Is this normal?

If not, what's wrong?

THX!

edit:
Electric dryer

 

[Utterman]

Open up the exhaust tubing and clean that out. That is prob. clogged after 10 years of use.

 

[Gibson486]

i don't know, maybe performance gets worse over time? I don't think anything is like new, especially after 10 years of daily use.

 

[Medicine Bear]

Electric or gas?

 

[J Heartless Slick]

Another vote for cleaning your exhaust pipe\tube.

 

[Medicine Bear]

Originally posted by: J Heartless Slick
Another vote for cleaning your exhaust pipe\tube.

Careful how you say that. To 90% of the people here that means jerking off.

 

[Mucho]

Originally posted by: Utterman
Open up the exhaust tubing and clean that out. That is prob. clogged after 10 years of use.

:thumbsup:

 

[JEDI]

Originally posted by: Medicine Bear
Electric or gas?

electric

 

[Medicine Bear]

Originally posted by: JEDI

Originally posted by: Medicine Bear
Electric or gas?

electric

That's what I thought. I've been told, by an uncle who has an appliance repair shop, that electric dryers get weaker as the years go by. That's why when I was in the market for a new one a couple of years ago he suggested I go with gas. Hard to ignore his advice when he and his wife have a 20+ year old Kenmore gas dryer that is still getting it done.

 

[Doctorweir]

Originally posted by: J Heartless Slick
Another vote for cleaning your exhaust pipe\tube.

Same here unless it works with a condensation tank and has no exhaust...

 

[shilala]

Originally posted by: Utterman
Open up the exhaust tubing and clean that out. That is prob. clogged after 10 years of use.

First answer is a winner.
That deserves a .

 

[daweeze02]

when i got my new house my pipe was clogged half way up to the roof, a 200 mph blower didnt do the trick, i had to run the hose to the roof and run water in the vent and left a huge bucket at the end where the dryer connects, basically i filled up two 5 gallon buckets of wet lent and that fixed my dryer from not drying clothes.

 

[JLGatsby]

Winner: Buy a new one.

You should replace home appliances about once every 5 years, or you're going to get problems.

 

[Medicine Bear]

Originally posted by: daweeze02
when i got my new house my pipe was clogged half way up to the roof, a 200 mph blower didnt do the trick, i had to run the hose to the roof and run water in the vent and left a huge bucket at the end where the dryer connects, basically i filled up two 5 gallon buckets of wet lent and that fixed my dryer from not drying clothes.

Your dryer was vented through the roof? WTF? Never seen that.

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: JLGatsby
Winner: Buy a new one.

You should replace home appliances about once every 5 years, or you're going to get problems.

you must be rich.....

 

[Medicine Bear]

Originally posted by: JLGatsby
Winner: Buy a new one.

You should replace home appliances about once every 5 years, or you're going to get problems.

Uh huh. Riiiight.

So you own stock in Maytag? Whirlpool? GE? LG? KitchenAid? What????

 

[JLGatsby]

Originally posted by: Medicine Bear

Originally posted by: JLGatsby
Winner: Buy a new one.

You should replace home appliances about once every 5 years, or you're going to get problems.

Uh huh. Riiiight.

So you own stock in Maytag? Whirlpool? GE? LG? KitchenAid? What????

lol. No. I simply enjoy having new appliances very often.

Who wants to use the same interfaces and designs on their appliances for a decade of their life? I enjoy change.

 

[Medicine Bear]

Originally posted by: JLGatsby

Originally posted by: Medicine Bear

Originally posted by: JLGatsby
Winner: Buy a new one.

You should replace home appliances about once every 5 years, or you're going to get problems.

Uh huh. Riiiight.

So you own stock in Maytag? Whirlpool? GE? LG? KitchenAid? What????

lol. No. I simply enjoy having new appliances very often.

Who wants to use the same interfaces and designs on their appliances for a decade of their life? I enjoy change.

ADD much?

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: J Heartless Slick
Another vote for cleaning your exhaust pipe\tube.

Common Problem.

 

[imported_Owl]

Could be several things. Heating element in the electric dryer could be wearing out. Spin cycle in washer could be slowing, leaving clothes wetter, therefore taking longer to dry. Lint exhaust tube could be clogged, inhibiting airflow, yielding poor drying results. The last two you can check for yourself; the heating element would require a service tech. Good luck!!

 

[JLGatsby]

Originally posted by: Medicine Bear

Originally posted by: JLGatsby

lol. No. I simply enjoy having new appliances very often.

Who wants to use the same interfaces and designs on their appliances for a decade of their life? I enjoy change.

ADD much?

No, but I do have mild to moderate OCD. Does that count?

 

[daweeze02]

Originally posted by: Medicine Bear

Originally posted by: daweeze02
when i got my new house my pipe was clogged half way up to the roof, a 200 mph blower didnt do the trick, i had to run the hose to the roof and run water in the vent and left a huge bucket at the end where the dryer connects, basically i filled up two 5 gallon buckets of wet lent and that fixed my dryer from not drying clothes.

Your dryer was vented through the roof? WTF? Never seen that.

where is yours vented, all the houses in my subdivision are vented that way.

 

[Ameesh]

Originally posted by: JLGatsby

Originally posted by: Medicine Bear

Originally posted by: JLGatsby
Winner: Buy a new one.

You should replace home appliances about once every 5 years, or you're going to get problems.

Uh huh. Riiiight.

So you own stock in Maytag? Whirlpool? GE? LG? KitchenAid? What????

lol. No. I simply enjoy having new appliances very often.

Who wants to use the same interfaces and designs on their appliances for a decade of their life? I enjoy change.

i would think that most people move before their appliances get boring

 

[Medicine Bear]

Originally posted by: daweeze02

Originally posted by: Medicine Bear

Originally posted by: daweeze02
when i got my new house my pipe was clogged half way up to the roof, a 200 mph blower didnt do the trick, i had to run the hose to the roof and run water in the vent and left a huge bucket at the end where the dryer connects, basically i filled up two 5 gallon buckets of wet lent and that fixed my dryer from not drying clothes.

Your dryer was vented through the roof? WTF? Never seen that.

where is yours vented, all the houses in my subdivision are vented that way.

Out the wall in the laundry room. Never seen a house that wasn't done that way. Of course I guess if your laundry room isn't in an area with outside walls I can see taking the vent through the roof.

 

[Medicine Bear]

Originally posted by: JLGatsby

Originally posted by: Medicine Bear

Originally posted by: JLGatsby

lol. No. I simply enjoy having new appliances very often.

Who wants to use the same interfaces and designs on their appliances for a decade of their life? I enjoy change.

ADD much?

No, but I do have mild to moderate OCD. Does that count?

Shouldn't you be washing your hands or arranging match sticks right now?