Is Dryer Vent A Reason For Concern?

November 10th, 2008 Posted in Home Improvement

When you think of the maintenance of your clothes dryer, there is a lot to keep in mind. Though it is likely something you think about the least, it could be the one cause you the biggest problem. Failure to maintain the dryer vent is the number one cause of clothes dryer related fires.

In order for you to be able to understand the importance of dryer vent cleaning, you first need to realise how to system works.

While the clothes is being dried, the lint is being removed and blown outside through the ventilation ducts. The trap will capture only 60 percent of the lint that comes out of clothes dryer. That’s the part of the dryer that you should be pulling out before you dry each load and removing the lint from. Well, that is only 60%. And what will be with the 40%?

The part of the lint that managed to pass the trap is going outside, all the way through the duct system that comes out of your clothes dryer. In case you don’t know, the duct work is that strange looking hose that comes right out of your clothes dryer and into the hole of dryer room. Sometimes you do not see the rest of that path, but it defintely goes to the outside of your home and right into the dryer vent. Because the lin will get heavy and sticky, it won’t make it through the line in entirety, which means it will stuck on the walls. You should take care of this at least once a year.

Clothes dryer ventilation is the final stop for the lint that goes out of the dryer. This is a flapper vent top that is at the end of the line outside. And this is the final destination for all that hot and steamy air. Lint will slowly build up to the point where it not only becomes a fire hazard for your home, but it prevents your clothes dryer to do the job properly.