Update: A retired tech told me my dryer vent checks were backwards, and it made my callbacks drop

Alice Walker · 2026-10-12T16:20:03.968623+00:00

Six weeks ago an old timer at the supply house on 5th watched me load up 4 inch flex and just shook his head at me. He said I was checking airflow at the wrong end and that I should be reading it at the outside hood first before I even pull the machine out. I tried it on my next 3 calls and 2 of them had birds nests blocking the whole run, which I would have missed poking around inside. My callback rate on dryers went from about 1 in 5 down to 1 in 12 over the next month. It takes me an extra 4 minutes per job but it saves me a whole second trip most days. Anyone else got a weird order of operations they stick to that sounds dumb but works?

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