Machines need maintenance, there's no way to get around it really. We try to do all our maintanence DIY 'Do It Yourselves'. Today I'm talking about the dryer. Why mainain your dryer? To prevent costly repairs, improve dryer performance, and heaven forbid a fire. What needs to be done?
- Yearly- Clean out dryer vent, the piping that goes from the dryer to the outside. It collects with lint and dirt and can slow your dryer down and cause a fire. The longer the vent the harder to clean (and the slower the performance of your dryer). The best way to clean it is if you have a blower like a shop vac that can blow air or a leaf blower. We have neither. So, for the front of the vent I use the vacuum where it could reach and then I modified this dusting pole I have with a dusting thing at the end and used it- thankfully our vent is straight.
-Every 2 Years- Clean out the interior of your dryer. Take off the back and just get rid of all that lint whatever way you can. A professional charges about $130 to do this, but believe me, it is not that hard.
With these steps your dryer will, hopefully, perform better and you'll have less of a chance of a costly repair.
1 comment:
this probably sounds stupid, but how to you get back behind the dryer to remove the lint? we have a large, old gas dryer in the basement. i know the furnace guys cleaned it out a year ago but i'm sure it needs it again! i'll try to reread what you wrote to see if it applies...
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