I think a bird died in my dryer exhaust vent

[Widescreen]

The other day I heard some loud rustling in the wall behind our washer and dryer and shortly thereafter my wife started noticing some nasty smell coming from our dryer. I looked into the vent from the outside of the house and there was a lot of bird nest debris in there. Then I pulled the dryer out and unhooked the hose and there was some more bird nest stuff there too. But I can't look up the wall to see anything. I guess I'll have to call out some service d00d. Man, I hate paying $100 for something so stupid. Kind of what it must feel like to buy OSU season tickets.

[Jimminy Crimson]

Burn the house down? :texan:

[1stTimeCaller]

just make a new vent that vents the dryer into the garage. Works much better than through the roof. No help on the dead bird though.

[Howzit]

Probably a pretty fowl smell.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA,

[Mjcpr]

Mirror?

And who vents dryers through the roof?

[GDC]

We had to pull a live blackbird out of the fireplace the other night, but when we let him go he was immediately knocked down and presumably killed and eaten by an owl. Pretty cool.

[Viking Kitten]

We had a bird decide that our fireplace (sans the grate at the top) would be a keen place to build a nest and hatch its little family. We heard some fretful sounding scratching and chirping for a day or two, and we even tried to see if we could help get the nest out. Which was a no go without a 30-foot ladder.

Then, the scratching and chirping suddenly... stopped. After a week when things started to get nice and stinky, we called a dude to come fix it. He poked a pole up the chimney and down comes... A shower of dead baby birds. While my son was intently watching.

Explaining Birdie Auschwitz to a three-year-old little boy is not cool.

[Jimminy Crimson]

Explaining Birdie Auschwitz to a three-year-old little boy is not cool.

Tell him it was bird flu.

Or bird flue! :D

[BigRedJed]

Boo!

[Osce0la]

We had a bird decide that our fireplace (sans the grate at the top) would be a keen place to build a nest and hatch its little family. We heard some fretful sounding scratching and chirping for a day or two, and we even tried to see if we could help get the nest out. Which was a no go without a 30-foot ladder.

Then, the scratching and chirping suddenly... stopped. After a week when things started to get nice and stinky, we called a dude to come fix it. He poked a pole up the chimney and down comes... A shower of dead baby birds. While my son was intently watching.

Explaining Birdie Auschwitz to a three-year-old little boy is not cool.

See, fire really does work...Take note, Widescreen.

[Widescreen]

Hmmm. So I should use a poll to get the bird out. Or fire.