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We have a fairly new ( past 3-4 years ) LG gas clothes dryer that works fine. However I have to pull the dryer out of its cove several times a year to vacuum the vent which is a pain in the butt. The washer/dryer are bordering on being too large for the cove they reside in which doesn't help. The vent goes through the floor via flexible ducting ( garbage ) . Then takes a right turn and travels about 30 ' and takes another right turn ( stupid ) . It gets better, it then travels about 5 ' and take another right turn to exit out of the back of the house !!! Not sure who the rocket scientist was that designed this run but the only way it could be more restrictive if it was filled with concrete . Seems to me the best solution is to come off the back of the dryer with a hard elbow facing the floor. I can access from the basement looking up at the floor. I'm thinking of making the hole in the floor a little bigger giving some wiggle room. Then I'm thinking of installing a tee, this would allow one side of the tee to be capped with a removable cap so to clean just remove the cap and snake in a vacuum hose. Then it would be a straight shot to the front of the house which would be about 10 - 12 feet total. Anyone else have any ideas ? I'm not fond of venting at the front of the house due to lint coming out the vent but the current setup is garbage. The better half vacuums out the dryer from the inside screen about once a week so normal maint. is being done. But when the dryer won't continue to run we know the vent is plugged. It doesn't help that the flexible vent is " bunched up " when you slide the dryer into position. But you have to have some extra length of hose to allow the dryer to be pulled forward/connected but when you slide it back the hose has to curl/bend which is restrictive.