Dryer Vents
5 Signs Your Dryer Vent Is Overdue for a Cleaning
Multiple dry cycles, a hot laundry room, and lint around the exterior vent are warnings you should not ignore.
Clothes needing more than one cycle to dry is the number one sign we hear from customers. When lint restricts airflow, the moist air has nowhere to go and your dryer works twice as hard to do half the job.
Other warning signs: the dryer and the laundry room feel unusually hot, you smell something burning when the dryer runs, lint is visible around the exterior vent flap, or it has simply been more than a year since the line was cleaned.
Beyond the wasted energy and slow laundry, a clogged dryer vent is one of the leading causes of house fires. A professional cleaning takes about an hour, and customers tell us their dryers work better than they ever have afterward.
