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| - We were about to get a new dryer installed, when my husband found out that the tape connecting the vent attachment to the duct had ripped. He was hoping to do the simple fix of just taping them back together himself, but the duct was mostly behind the drywall, so there was no way to get at it w/o going through part of the wall.
According to my husband, he's great at taping things together, but with drywall cutting/repair involved, it was time to call in a professional! Luckily, I saw Mel C's recommendation and trusted his judgement.
We had seen dryer vent boxes that recess into the wall, and figured that's what we needed, so we asked Pete to install one of these. He came out the same day we called, looked with a flashlight into the area behind the wall, and noticed there was a wall stud extremely close to the vent. He said it would be no problem to install the dryer vent box, but depending on what was behind the wall, could run $300-$400, and would look very nice when installed how we wanted.
That was a little pricey for something that's going to be hidden by a dryer for as long as we live here, so we asked Pete if there was a cheaper fix that was still safe (i.e., would give a lasting airtight seal for the vent), that didn't have to look quite as good. Pete said there were a couple other potential fixes, like cutting a square of drywall and then patching it, or that Home Depot might have some smaller box or other item that would let him do it, and that he would go look what they had. Pete said he could likely do a cheaper fix for around $200, which we were happy with.
Pete came back the next day, cut out the drywall, bolted the vent to the attachment with screws, then taped the vent so it was airtight. Best of all, as we were ready to hand over $200, Pete said he was only charging us $165 for the job! Timely, knowledgeable, efficient, polite, professional, creative, and trustworthy, which are all the things that add up to a great handyman.
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