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robbin
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Re: [HVAC] Clothes Dryer Vent Cleaning

That looks like a plastic hose. It should be changed out to an all metal hose.
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said by robbin:

That looks like a plastic hose. It should be changed out to an all metal hose.

Indeed, that metalized film flexible duct will melt and burn very easily and allow fire to spread much more rapidly than a proper all-aluminum duct.

In fact, it looks like there is quite a length of flexible duct. If possible, I would extend the rigid steel duct to get as close as practical to the dryer's exhaust, in order to use a flexible duct that is as short as possible. Even better, if you can manage to have steel duct all the way to the dryer, with no flexible duct at all, that is the ideal scenario.