Clothes Dryer Suggestion

Consider adding a lock for the door on your laundry room to keep children from playing around your washer or dryer.

Annual cleaning and maintenance

Build-up of lint can cause several problems:

Safety: Lint is flammable, and can be touched off by the heating element in the dryer, or a spark from the motor, switch, etc.

Loss of Efficiency: A clogged vent pipe or stuck flap vent reduces the dryer's capacity to dry clothes, requiring the unit to run longer, which uses more energy and shortens its service life.

Heat Loss: A flap vent that doesn't close properly allows heat or cooling to escape from the house.

Pests: A flap vent that doesn't close properly also leaves an opening for insects and other pests to potentially come through.

Extending useful life: An unbalanced dryer will cause its rotating components to wear out sooner.

Timing:
August (yearly)

Check if outside dryer vent flap is clogged and stuck open.

Your clothes dryer tumbles your clothes in the presence of hot air. This process causes fine pieces of fabric (lint) to be produced, which travels through an exhaust vent pipe to exit your home. At the end of the vent pipe is a door flap, that automatically opens when air is coming out of your dryer, and then should close tightly when the dryer is off.

As the lint starts to build up, it can prevent the door flap from closing properly, which allows cold or hot air into your home, as well as pests.

Timing:
September (yearly)