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I just finished pulling out the dryer and cleaning out the vent, I have to do this about twice a year. If I don't do this the " smart " dryer won't turn on. What a piece of $hit a dryer vent setup is In my case the gas pipe come up through the floor right where the vent should go ! So instead the flex vent ( more garbage ! ) has to take a right turn THEN make another turn to go through the floor. Now I'm in the basement looking up at the flex vent coming through the floor. It then takes another right angle and runs about 25 feet, then takes another right angle down THEN another right angle to horizontal where it runs for three feet and TAKES ANOTHER right angle out through the masonary wall to the outside. You have got to be kidding me this is the best the builder could come up with !!! Could have run the vent out the front and saved 20 foot of run and a crap load of turns ! I know I have to run it out the front but just haven't done it yet. And of course the space where the washer/dryer reside was designed in the mid 80's when apparently appliances were smaller. So not much wiggle room to pull them out. So how often do you have to clean the vent ? My wife cleans the internal filter in the front of the machine weekly and runs a vacumn cleaner hose down there weekly. Not sure how much more we can do ? Thanks for letting me vent