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Overland Park business contributes to breaking the Guinness World Record for largest ball of lint

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The ball of lint weighed in at 690 pounds, and stood 4-feet, 4-inches tall. Dryer Vent Wizard of Kansas City West contributed to the lint ball that broke the Guinness World Record. Submitted photo.

The owner of an Overland Park business has helped contribute to a new Guinness World Record for the largest ball of lint.

The Dryer Vent Wizard corporate team pieced together a 690-pound ball of lint in Farmington Hills, Mich., to raise awareness for dryer fires. Harold Bert, who owns the Dryer Vent Wizard Kansas City West franchise in Overland Park, was among the business owners to collect lint for the effort.

Bert said he and his team began collecting lint in April, and sent in six boxes full of lint to contribute to the ball. The six-month effort led to breaking a world record because a large percentage of the franchisees sent lint in, he said.

The 690-pound ball reached 4-feet, 4-inches in height and 19-feet, 6-inches in circumference, according to the company. A local fire department set the lint ball on fire, and put out the fire to further represent the danger of dryer vents going un-serviced.

There are roughly 15,000 to 17,000 dryer fires a year in the United States.

“The key factor that a lot of people don’t know is, if your dryer is slow, that means you need your dryer vent serviced,” Bert said.

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Juliana Garcia
Juliana Garcia

👋 Hi! I’m Juliana Garcia, and I cover Prairie Village and northeast Johnson County for the Johnson County Post.

I grew up in Roeland Park and graduated from Shawnee Mission North before going on to the University of Kansas, where I wrote for the University Daily Kansan and earned my bachelor’s degree in  journalism. Prior to joining the Post in 2019, I worked as an intern at the Kansas City Business Journal.

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