PM...That's Planned Maintenance

 Planned Maintenance -that's what it's called at work, when you know something needs to get done and you schedule time in advance to do it. SO my dryer vent hose had a hole in it and was blowing lint into the laundry room! I just had to plan a time to get it taken care of! I pulled off the whole mess of duct and used my air compressor to blow that line out!

 I used the long extension I got for my little compressor and got in there really well!

 I pulled out the dryer in the house and got that end all fixed up, then it was the garage side....

 Good to go! It was sooo hot in the garage.

 Now this end was a little tricky. The plastic vent hole on the outside of the house has only a tiny little edge to make the connection.....so I cut up a deli container and made a little extension! See all done! It looks like you can see daylight-and you can because it's a clear container extension. Maybe that would be a new invention- see through dryer vent, then you could tell when it's getting clogged and clean it out.....anywas, it is now secured and good to go for awhile!

Ringo helped me too. We used the air compressor to blow the dust out of the fan. 

He kept trying to bite the air....

Goofy dog! But helpful, yeah, that's it helpful. Now I'm going to go sew!

Another Mrs. Fix it Day-- Clothes Dryer Belt

SO I was happily doing a  load of laundry when I heard a lack of sound from my happy little laundry area. Never a good thing when things get too quiet. And there is was, no tumbling dyer.

 SO I did a quick search on you tube and gee, it's not too hard to dis assemble a dryer-look I just unscrewed the two screws on the lint trap opening, then pulled forward and up to lift the top up.

 Then there are just two little screws to remove the front. TA-DA! And there's the broken belt. SO I stopped at Lowe's on the way to work and got a belt. It was only about 8 bucks!

 Ok Day two, I got up ready to dry! I couldn't figure out how the belt fit through the tensioner though, so off to you tube one more time. A lot of the dryers have a wheel for a tensioner but mine has just a little guide place. This Video on You Tube had the kind I have so I could get the belt on right.

 See how it kind of just loops through there? There! That's done. Now to re assemble!

 Getting the front back on was kind of tricky-it's hard to line up the two clips at the bottom while keeping the drum in place, but I got it done! The two screws back in place at the top...I'm so close to done!

 Now to put in the last two screws on the lint trap and I'm ready to dry!

 LAUNDRY IS GOING ON NOW!! That's a lot better than buying a new dryer, have you seen the prices on those things?