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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, ...

A clothes dryer should quietly handle laundry duty without drama. Yet inside many homes, a simple dryer vent quietly builds up lint, dust, and debris until it becomes a serious fire hazard. The ...

You risk a serious dryer fire when lint, poor materials, or a blocked, long run restricts airflow. Replace plastic or foil hoses, keep the duct short and straight, and clean the entire vent at least ...

Q: We bought a new town house in 2007. It has a stacked washer/dryer set located in a utility closet that backs onto the interior shared wall of the third floor. The dryer is an electric model, which ...

Summer's a great time to knock out the chores you've been putting off, and cleaning your dryer vent should be near the top of the list. It might not seem as urgent as wiping down shelves or clearing ...

When your clothes dryer takes twice as long to dry clothes as when it was new, chances are you have a lint-collection problem and a fire waiting to happen, says the Chimney Safety Institute of America ...

It’s easy to think of your clothes dryer as a set-it-and-forget-it type of appliance. But before you start your next load tumbling and walk away, consider this: When was the last time you cleaned out ...