Why this county clogs more vents than anywhere
A Grand Strand dryer lives a harder life than almost any appliance in the state. Rental units run back-to-back loads of sandy beach towels every turnover day all season long; sand and lint felt together into a dense mat that ordinary lint traps never catch. Condo buildings stack washers into interior closets, which means long vent runs with multiple elbows — every bend a shelf for lint to settle on. And coastal humidity keeps everything slightly damp, so the lint packs instead of blowing through. The result shows up as loads that need two cycles, a laundry closet that turns into a sauna, a machine hot to the touch, or a faint scorched smell that everyone learns to ignore. None of those is a quirk. All of them are the same clog.
A proper cleanout works the full run — from the drum connection, through every elbow, to the exterior hood — with rotary brushes and vacuum, not a leaf blower and hope. It ends with the airflow checked at the outside flap and the transition hose reseated so the fix holds. On a stacked condo run, expect the pro to ask where the vent terminates before quoting; roof terminations and long vertical chases are a different job than a six-foot wall punch, and an honest quote says so up front.