One of the more unsafe, overlooked maintenance items in a home is your dryer vent. The National Fire Protection Association reports nearly 17,000 home clothes dryers catch fire yearly resulting in, on ...

Consider this a spring cleaning wake-up call: Blowing off dryer maintenance can cost you time, money, clothes, and even your house if you’re not vigilant. A neglected dryer poses a serious fire hazard ...

Brush inside of a very dirty dryer vent overflowing with lint - Jodijacobson/Getty Images We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. You may remember to clean your lint trap, but what ...

CHICAGO -- Clothes dryers are second only to stoves when it comes to causing house fires, and are responsible for hundreds of them every year in Illinois alone, but experts say these fires are ...

FARMINGTON HILLS, MI--(Marketwired - Apr 21, 2014) - According to Dryer Vent Wizard (DVW) technicians, birds' nests are frequently a source of clogged dryer vents and customer calls for service during ...

Dear Ken: I think I need to clean out my dryer vent. What’s the most efficient way to do this? Buddy First, the good news. If there is lint accumulation it is most likely at each end—just behind the ...

Question: We are trying to tighten up our home for the winter and are tracking down and eliminating sources of drafts. The doors and windows were no problem, but we noticed a draft coming from our ...

Taking care of your clothes through the wash-and-dry cycle is a service that may always be needed. But while most of us know that drying clothes is best done through a spin in the dryer, we can forget ...

Question: My husband wants to vent our clothes dryer directly into our garage in an attempt to keep our cars warmer in the winter months. I think dryer vents should be directed outdoors. Can you ...

Mitchell Keen cleans out a dryer vent in Kingwood recently. Regular dryer vent cleanings not only help prevent fires, they also make dryers run more efficiently. Houston Fire Department officials say ...

Dryer Vent Wizard is one of the only national providers of dryer vent cleaning and repair services in the U.S. They were incorporated in 2004 by Dave Lavalle, the man behind the Mr. Handyman franchise ...

Have you ever watched professional dryer vent cleaning in action? I just did. Amazing how fast and efficiently that crew worked to take care of all 32 units in my condo complex. Equally amazing was ...