Be honest: Do you clean your clothes dryer's lint screen after every load you dry? Do you also clean out your dryer's vent? Area experts say the screen should be cleaned after every cycle to help ...

Scientists found that household dryers release thousands of tons of invisible microfibers into the air yearly.

An electric- or gas-powered clothes dryer is one of the great conveniences of modern living. But it also poses a significant safety hazard. A lint buildup in the dryer or in the exhaust duct can ...

Few household chores are as crucial and often overlooked as cleaning the lint trap in your clothes dryer. The lint trap is used to catch the majority of the lint from your laundry before it gets into ...

I've always said that cleaning your dryer vent twice a year — with the daylight savings time changes — is an easy, and very satisfying chore. Some experts recommend doing it quarterly. Unfortunately, ...

So I have seen two devices that let you vent the hot air from your dryer into your house.<BR><BR>The one I liked the most was just a box that goes on your vent tube between the dryer and the ...

Dear Heloise: I read your column in the Patriot-News and have seen several letters suggesting that fabric softener sheets can be used to clean a dryer’s lint screen. I suggest that folks check the ...

CHICAGO -- Clothes dryers are second only to stoves when it comes to causing house fires, and are responsible for hundreds of them every year in Illinois alone, but experts say these fires are ...

There are a number of devices and appliances that have been standard household items in American homes since before most of us were born. Electric irons, dishwashers, vacuum cleaners, gas (or electric ...

HOUSTON – Cleaning your dryer's lint screen is easy, but reaching all of that lint that falls down past the screen is next to impossible. The Lint Lizard that says it can snake down in your dryer and ...