WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Routine maintenance on your home’s dryer can help prevent a fire from igniting, as well as other complications from happening to your machine over the years. This week, the ...

A dryer vent with lots of lint buildup inside it - Ursula Page/Shutterstock Cleaning your dryer vent might not be on your weekly chore list, but every now and again, there comes a time when you wish ...

Lint buildup can decrease the efficiency of your dryer, shorten its lifespan, and create a fire hazard, and in winter, it ...

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House fires caused by dryer lint are a real thing. I don't want to add to your list of worries, so let me share a secret with you: cleaning this part of your front-loading dryer is easy. Plus, I have ...

Lee Wallender is a home improvement writer of nearly 20 years and specializes in home remodeling, repair and maintenance. Cassidy was an updates editor whose main responsibility is to write and edit ...

Be honest: Do you clean your clothes dryer's lint screen after every load you dry? Do you also clean out your dryer's vent? Area experts say the screen should be cleaned after every cycle to help ...

When it comes to home maintenance, one of the most neglected appliances might be the clothes dryer. Outside of discarding the lint (which you should always do, by the way), learning how to clean a ...

From stubborn pet hair to stinky gym bags and DIY heat packs, your dryer can be your ally in ways you might not have imagined ...

A woman, who claimed she didn't know to clean her dryer lint trap, discovered it completely full after her neighbor came over to help her with her dryer troubles, igniting a discussion about cleaning ...

Tired of pulling out damp clothes from the dryer? You may need to learn how to clean a dryer vent. Much like washing machine upkeep, this laundry room maintenance chore should be part of your regular ...