How long has it been since your dryer vent was cleaned?

Cleaning your clothes dryer’s exhaust duct is important for many reasons. This service is frequently overlooked, resulting in water damage, higher electrical costs, clothes dryer damage, a potential fire hazard, and even risks to your health. A clogged dryer duct breeds moisture in the system, ultimately leading to corrosion, water damage, and flourishing allergy-inducing mildew/mold spores. While cleaning dryer ducts, we usually find between two and five gallons of lint and between two and five gallons of water in dryer ducts.

Experiencing long drying times?

It may be time to have your dryer duct cleaned if:

  • Clothes (especially towels or jeans) take a long time to dry.
  • Clothes are hotter than usual at the end of the drying cycle.
  • The flapper on the vent hood no longer opens when your dryer is running.

When lint builds, your dryer’s airflow is reduced and drying times are increased, causing overheating. When this occurs, the unit’s high temperature limit safety switch is forced to cycle on and off. Since most high temperature limit switches are not created for this purpose, eventually, they will fail. As well, vinyl and foil duct venting materials will collapse from the intense heat build-up.

Proper Airflow:

Proper venting materials—functioning as they were designed to function—allow your dryer to achieve maximum performance, they guarantee it a longer lifespan, and they even increase the life of your garments due to more accurate drying temperatures.

Reduced Maintenance and Increased Home Energy Efficiency:

In order to dry quickly and with minimal tumbling, your garments and linens require the appropriate amount of air. When your dryer is running optimally, your clothing will experience less wear, and your wallet will immediately notice the change, too (pun intended!). If preserving the life of your clothes and your dryer, saving money, and conserving electricity are not enough, consider the valuable time you will save when your clothes dry faster. Effective dryer performance is only possible with smooth and free airflow. The only way to guarantee it is through an all-metal dryer vent, professionally and properly installed.

And as if that weren't enough...

The Consumer Products Safety Commission estimates there are 24,000 clothes dryer fires each year in the United States amounting to $96,000,000 in estimated property damage. What is the leading cause of dryer fires? They find that the leading causes are lack of maintenance and highly flammable lint build-up. They list “insufficient airflow” as one of the leading causes of clothes dryer fires in the home. For this reason, many State and local municipalities now require all metal dryer venting in all new and remodeling projects. Prevention is as easy as this short and painless procedure. Isn’t your and your family’s safety worth it?

Same Day San Diego Dryer Vent service is glad to provide you with references from customers extremely satisfied with our Dryer Vent cleaning job in their homes. We sincerely hope you will call us today at 800-619-2335 to learn more about our extensive Dryer Vent maintenance and cleaning services.