Semi-Rigid Ducts: These flexible dryer hoses look similar to a vacuum cleaner hose. While they're popular for use in tight spaces, the semi-rigid ducts’ folds can trap dust more easily.

Ask the Carpenter’s Rob Robillard tackles readers’ questions about gas dryers, condensation, and furnace vents. Get more advice at realestate.boston.com.

This basic maintenance can protect your clothes from damage, save energy, and most importantly, prevent a fire Cleaning the lint screen after each load is one way to keep a dryer vent from ...

Cleaning your dryer vent is an important step in keeping your dryer running well and your home safe. Here are some simple steps to learn how to clean the dryer vent.

If your dryer used a soft foil-style vent to link to the wall duct, get rid of it. These hoses are a known fire risk. I personally replaced the original semi-rigid venting with a pair of 90-degree ...

Handel recommends a rigid metal duct. ... that’s a clue that there may be a blockage in the dryer vent system. When you’re drying a load, go outside and look at the vent.

Ask the Carpenter’s Rob Robillard offers tips to keep your clothes dryer operating well and safely. Get more DIY advice at realestate.boston.com.

3 For long dryer vent runs (between 3 and 30 feet), place the nozzle of the leaf blower into the vent terminal and turn it on. Have a helper check the outside of the house.

Proper built-in dryer ducting is made of smooth rigid metal, sealed airtight at all joints and with gentle curves at any bends. This is so cleaning brushes can slide through easily.

Q: My dryer vent blows lint out onto my back stairs, which means I am always having to sweep them. Is there any way I can prevent this? Brian Doucette A: We can think of at least three ways to ...

(A rigid metal duct provides better airflow.) Make sure your outside vent cover opens while the dryer is operating and you can feel air flowing through it. If your dryer takes too long to dry ...