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03/15/07, 09:19 AM
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Squirrels in the dryer
A friend has a problem with squirrels entering through her dryer vent. Can I just put some wire mesh over the vent on the outside? Will it interfere with lint/trapping?
Thanks all!
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03/15/07, 09:30 AM
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It should be fine. I'm not sure I'd use screen but wire mesh will work. I'd take a look at it after a day or two and make sure its not clogging up.
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03/15/07, 10:08 AM
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I'll repeat, not screening, hardware cloth. Screen would clog up way to fast (you'll have to keep an eye on the hardware cloth as well. This is particularly a problem if you have a natural gas or propane dryer as the vent is also the exhaust for the fumes.
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03/15/07, 10:21 AM
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there are louvered type vent covers that wont plug with lint, but they close to keep critters out when there is no air blowing throught them
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03/15/07, 10:21 AM
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They make a cover that goes over the vent. I've got several. You should be able to get one at TSC or Home Depot.
It looks like this:
http://www.wildlifecontrolsupplies.c...y_Code=WDCBC01
If you want one and can't find one locally, PM me and I will send you one for the cost of the postage. I have a friend in construction and they have lots.
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03/15/07, 10:27 AM
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Originally Posted by suitcase_sally
They make a cover that goes over the vent. I've got several. You should be able to get one at TSC or Home Depot.
It looks like this:
http://www.wildlifecontrolsupplies.c...y_Code=WDCBC01
If you want one and can't find one locally, PM me and I will send you one for the cost of the postage. I have a friend in construction and they have lots. |
I had one of those. They do get plugged with lint
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03/15/07, 10:45 AM
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You would have to clean any type pf screen. Takes about 15 seconds. Twice a year.
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03/15/07, 11:17 AM
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So, can they use the squirrels to power the dryer? Couldn't resist
A small piece of chicken wire should work. Big enough holes not to catch lint. Too small for the squirrels to get through.
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03/15/07, 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by wy_white_wolf
So, can they use the squirrels to power the dryer? Couldn't resist
A small piece of chicken wire should work. Big enough holes not to catch lint. Too small for the squirrels to get through.
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yes, powering a dryer with squirls is very easy but requires some expensive equiptment to get started
simply toss a few hundred squirl into you anarobic digester capture the methane and use it to fuel the power generation station
i couldn't resist either
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03/15/07, 01:03 PM
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Well, I thought they could train the squirrels to do a drum roll and air dry them. LOL
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03/15/07, 01:03 PM
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chicken wire ..bigger holes but not big enuf 4 the critters to get in
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03/15/07, 03:46 PM
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Is the squirrel getting beyond the vent and coming into the house? ??? 
You might consider enclosing the outside of the vent with a small wire basket of some kind. 
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03/15/07, 09:35 PM
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Poor little guys, ya know, going round, and round, and round...............
Got take em out, before the're too well done.
(sorry couldn't resist either)
P.S. hardware cloth over the end, just clean it once in a while.
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03/15/07, 09:40 PM
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I saw the title of the thread, and could not resist thinking of the movie "Snakes On A Plane"!
I'm tired of these @#@# Squirrels in this @#@# Dryer!
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03/15/07, 09:40 PM
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Roast rolled squirrel--its what's for dinner!
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03/15/07, 09:43 PM
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Originally Posted by suburbanite
Roast rolled squirrel--its what's for dinner!
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and with all that rolling around, they should be tenderized!
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03/16/07, 08:50 AM
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I had a similar problem with birds getting into my dryer vent. I covered the hole with hardware cloth. Chicken wire is not as strong, and wrens can get through it. I would think a squirrel might just chew right through chicken wire. I did have to clean it periodically as it tended to trap lint, but it solved the problem.
Debbie
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03/16/07, 10:34 AM
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Yea but the thumping sound they make when the dryer is running can get very annoying.... :baby04:
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03/18/07, 12:45 PM
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Yall are terrible!
Poor lil things... 
ker-thump, ker-thump, ker-thump! 
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03/18/07, 05:30 PM
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You are all wrong, squirrels should be dry cleaned.
We had a dead mouse in our dryer once, outside the drum. My husband made a small box out of hardware cloth to close the vent off from visitors. It may need cleaning every few years.
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