I recently read this article about cleaning your dryer vent, and it made me realize a couple of things:
1) I haven't cleaned out the vent in three years, and
2) the vent I have in place is regarded as the riskiest type that could lead to a fire.
2) the vent I have in place is regarded as the riskiest type that could lead to a fire.
Being the paranoid sort I am, I immediately went out to purchase a vent that was at least a step above the foil vent I currently have. I ended up buying a semi-rigid metal vent that has yet to be installed, because I may be reconfiguring the laundry room, thus needing a vent of different size (and possibly upgrading to the recommended heavy metal vent). But I did clean out the existing vent, and even shortened it so that there is much less area for lint to become trapped, which I hope will lessen the threat of fire.
2 comments:
Keep it clean to reduce the risk of fire. Those flexible ones tend to trap more lint because there are so many crevices for stuff to stick in, so check it often. How often depends on how much laundry you do and how much lint the loads give up.
Thanks for the tip. I just went and checked my hose. There was a lot of lint in there but the hose itself isn't torn or anything so no need to through money around and buy another one. I just washed it out with the yard hose.
Getting all emotional here thinking you could have saved my life :D Great blog, keep up the thrifting.
Paul Aquamaster
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