Developed in 19th-century England, the first mechanized clothes dryers were perforated barrels that rotated over flames. Today’s appliances are not so very different, at least in principle, with ...

Dear Action Line: On crawl-space mold prevention, should clothes dryers be vented outside with a horizontal duct through the crawl space or vertically through the roof? What is required to do this ...

Q. In a recent issue of our newspaper, one of your fellow writers said it was OK to vent an electric (NOT GAS) dryer indoors to gain heat and humidity with an indoor-outdoor venting system. I thought ...

Did you know nearly 16,000 house fires each year involve a clothes dryer or washing machine, with 92% of them caused by ...

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Developed in 19th-century England, the first mechanized clothes dryers were perforated barrels that rotated over flames. Today's appliances are not so very different, at least in principle, with ...

As do-it-yourself jobs go, installing a dryer vent doesn’t look complicated, but there’s a lot more to it than meets the eye. It’s easy to punch pipe through an exterior wall but poor installation can ...