1. Dryer Vent Wizard Dryer Vent Wizard The Makeup of a Clothing dryer Fire Stop a dryer fire with correct dryer vent cleaning and dryer maintenance service Most people are meticulous about getting their HVAC system cleaned, unfortunately, very few consumers think of clothes dryer in connection with fire avoidance. Countless dryer fires transpire every year, resulting in fatalities, injuries, property devastation and home loss. Besides being a fire hazard, inappropriate dryer venting also causes a carbon monoxide possibility. These disasters can be averted with properly installed and maintained dryer venting. A dryer fire transpires when lint collects impeding airflow which then induces overheating. The heat and the flammable dryer lint are the key ingredients for a dryer fire. Tumble dryers produce a lot of lint and merely cleaning the lint screen is not nearly enough. The lint screen entraps a lot of lint but some escapes into the back of the dryer cabinet, perilously close to the burner. The preferred strategy to make sure your dryer ducting equipment is trustworthy is to have it expertly inspected and cleaned about once a year. One other factor is the dimension of the vent line; the shorter, the more ideal. At one time most washers and dryers were in the basement, on an outside wall, with a relatively short, straight vent to the outside. Presently many newer houses tend to have their laundry room positioned away from an outside wall, with some being on the second floor. This means dryer ducts are a lot longer and contain some bends in which dryer lint can build up. They're also harder to access and thus more difficult to keep cleaned. The fitting dryer vent system is short and straight. The parts must also be joined together to make the interior smooth and without screws or fastenings that lint may snag on. It is important that the venting be made of stiff material, not the bendable, foil variety of line that crumbles easily, hampering airflow. Permit ample space between the clothes dryer and the wall. One mistake people quite often make is pushing the dryer too close to the wall, crunching the vent line and generating an ventilation condition immediately. Here's one final point that very few people understand. The dryer vent filter needs to be washed thoroughly with hot soapy water every few months to get rid of residue build up produced by fabric softener sheets. It is certainly possible for the lint filter to have so much build-up on it that it will hold water! This definitely restricts air flow and causes the dryer to take more than one cycle to properly dry a load of clothes. This content was composed by The Dryer Vent Wizard, who wants all homeowners to be familiar with how threatening their seemingly innocent clothes dryer might be. The Wizard delivers more fire safety strategies and manageable, protective measures for helping prevent a dryer fire at https://www.dryerventwizard.com/.