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Dryer Vent Wizard of Palm Beaches, Florida Shares Life Saving Advice about Dryer Vent Cleaning, Installation and Maintenance

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Vent Outdoors

In the United States, all gas dryers must be vented to the outdoors by law!

Proper Dryer Vent Installation includes:

The path of the dryer duct:

Any lint that escapes the dryer's lint filter should be blown right outdoors. (Any accumulation which occurs in a dryer's ducting is usually a sign of poor air flow, especially at the location(s) it occurs.) In such cases, the vent line should be evaluated to locate and correct any deficiencies it may have.

Short Dryer Vents

The vent should be as short and as straight and with as few elbows as possible. The more bends and turns, the greater the reduction in air flow there is, and the more areas where lint can accumulate. More bends will also hamper dryer vent cleaning, which should be performed yearly, if not seasonally.

Dryer Vent Problems

It is sometimes possible to tell if a dryer's vent is the cause of poor drying by totally removing the vent line from the dryer and doing a couple of loads. If drying improves, you can be sure the vent is (at least part of) the problem.

No Metal Screws, No Obstructions in Dryer Vent Installation

When attaching multiple sections of vent pipe together, Dryer Vent Wizard does not use sheet metal screws. We use metal foil tape instead. Any protuberances into the vent will cause obstructions where lint can accumulate --eventually leading to a restriction, which will hamper dryer vent cleaning and allow lint to build up. Those protuberances will also make the inevitable dryer vent cleaning much more difficult.

 

Dryer Vent Wizard provides dryer vent cleaning, repair and installation services for the following areas in Florida:  Palm Beach County, Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Highland Beach, Gulfstream, Ocean Ridge, Boynton Beach, Lantana, Manalapan, Hypoluxo, Lake Worth, Lake Park, Wellington, Royal Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, West Palm Beach, Loxahatchee, Jupiter, Tequesta, Greenacres and Broward County.

 

Contact:

 

Dryer Vent Wizard of Palm Beaches

22 Las Flores

Boynton Beach, FL  33426

Phone:  561-901-3464

Email:  hchiorean@dryerventwizard.com

Website:  http://www.dryerventwizard.com

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Pat Whitehouse
RE/MAX 1st Olympic Lynchburg Va - Lynchburg, VA
Broker/Owner

Horatio- I thought I would send you this e-mail I just received regarding dryers that I thought was enlightening. Great post!!

 17. INFO ABOUT CLOTHES DRYERS
The heating unit went out on my dryer! The gentleman that fixes things around the house for us told us that he wanted to show us something and he went over to the dryer and pulled out the lint filter. It was clean. (I always clean the lint from the filter after every load clothes.)


He told us that he wanted to show us something; he took the filter over to the sink, ran hot water over it. The lint filter is made of a mesh material - I'm sure you know what your dryer's lint filter looks like.



Well, the hot water just sat on top of the mesh! It didn't go through it at all! He told us that dryer sheets cause a film over that mesh that's what burns out the heating unit. You can't SEE the film, but it's there. It's what is in the dryer sheets to make your clothes soft and static free -- that nice fragrance too, you know how they can feel waxy when you take them out of the box, well this
stuff builds up on your clothes and on your lint screen. This is also what causes dryer units to catch fire & potentially burn your house down with it! He said the best way to keep your dryer working for a very long time (& to keep your electric bill lower) is to take that filter out & wash it with hot soapy water & an old toothbrush (or other brush) at least every six months. He said that makes the life of the dryer at least twice as long! How about that!?! Learn something new everyday! I certainly didn't know dryer sheets would do that. So, I thought I'd share!

Note: I went to my dryer & tested my screen by running water on it. The water ran through a little bit but mostly collected all the water in the mesh screen. I washed it with warm soapy water & a nylon brush & I had it done in 30 seconds. Then when I rinsed it -- the water ran right thru the screen! There wasn't any puddling at all! That repairman knew what he was talking about!

I'm sure you knew this as well but I bet a lot of folks don't.

Jul 26, 2008 04:12 AM