The Successful Landlord Blog

So, yesterday I was over at one of my better tenants places to look at an issue with a new dishwasher that was not draining properly.

Unrelated to this visit, I happened to be in the laundry room and noticed that it was very “dusty” in there. The dryer was running and it seemed pretty warm in there. A sure sign of a disconnected (or broken) dryer vent duct.

I looked behind the dryer and sure enough the duct was lying on the floor spewing hot air and lint everywhere. The entire wall close to the dryer vent was covered with lint.

It baffles me that a person who uses a specific room to clean their clothes would not think of keeping the room itself clean. Once again, I don’t get it.