Kailan’s dryer vent cleaning - Huntington, NY

The Components of a Tumble dryer Fire

Fend off a fire hazard with effective dryer duct cleaning and dryer maintenance service

Lots of people are particular about getting their furnace cleaned, however, so few homeowners imagine clothes dryer relative to fire avoidance. Countless dryer fires transpire annually, triggering loss of lives, personal injuries, building damage and home loss. In addition to being a fire danger, improper dryer venting also presents a carbon monoxide accident. These occurrences can be eliminated with suitably installed and maintained dryer ducting.

A dryer fire develops when lint builds up inhibiting airflow which then brings on overheating. The heat and the ignitable dryer lint are the primary active ingredients for a dryer fire. Dryers manufacture a good deal of lint and simply cleaning the lint screen is insufficient. The lint screen entraps a lot of lint however some travels into the inside of the clothes dryer, perilously close to the heating element. The very best practice to make sure your dryer vent equipment is trustworthy is to get it professionally examined and cleaned approximately once a year.

An additional matter is the dimension of the vent line; the shorter, the more effective. Years ago most clothes dryers were in the basement, on an outdoor wall, with a pretty short, straight vent to the outside. Nowadays many newer residences can have their laundry area located away from an outside wall, with some located on the second floor. This means dryer vents are much longer and contain some elboes where lint can gather. They're also more difficult to get to and thus more difficult to keep cleaned. The fitting dryer vent system is short and straight. The segments must also be joined together to leave the inside smooth and free of screws or fastenings that lint might get caught on.

It is important that the duct be made of rigid material, not the bendable, foil type tubing that crushes quite easily, minimizing air flow. Grant enough clearance between the dryer and the wall. A misstep people often make is pushing the dryer too close to the wall, crushing the ducting and generating an ventilation issue immediately.

Here's one last tip that very few people know. The dryer vent filter should be cleaned thoroughly with warm soapy water every few months to remove residue accumulation generated by softener sheets. It is indeed feasible for the lint screen to have so much accumulation on it that it will hold water! This unquestionably inhibits air flow and causes the dryer to take more than one cycle to effectively dry a load of clothes.

This report was composed by a local dryer vent cleaning expert, who wants all consumers to be aware of how hazardous their seemingly innocent clothes dryer might be. The service technician provides more fire protection ideas and manageable, precautionary steps for reducing the chances of a clothes dryer fire as part of his service.

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