There are plenty of thinkgs you need to think about when it comes to clothes dryer maintenance. 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.
The lint is being removed and taken outdoors, all the way through the ventilation system of a clothes dryer. 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. But that’s only 60 percent. 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. And this is an issue that needs to be taken care of from time to time.
When the lint leaves your clothes dryer, her final stop is the dryer ventilation. This is a flapper vent top that is at the end of the line outside. At this place the hot and steamy air is finally loose. Lint will continue to build up, of course, which is a big fire hazard and a big obstacle for your clothes dryer to do its work properly.
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