Discover how often to clean your dryer vent to keep your home safe and your laundry routine running smoothly. Learn the signs ...

Roy Berendsohn, Pop Mech’s senior home editor, has a few ideas for upgrading your setup. Wherever possible, use a rigid aluminum dryer vent instead of a flexible aluminum vent because it won’t ...

I've always said that cleaning your dryer vent twice a year — with the daylight savings time changes — is an easy, and very satisfying chore. Some experts recommend doing it quarterly.

Built-up lint in your dryer vent is one of the leading causes of house fires. That’s why today we’re deep cleaning the washing machine, the dryer, and the vent—not just for safety, but to help ...

You might think that as long as you clean your dryer vent now and then to stay on top of the lint buildup, you’re good. But dryers are supposed to be self-contained systems that extract moisture ...

that’s a clue that there may be a blockage in the dryer vent system. When you’re drying a load, go outside and look at the vent. Do you see or feel exhaust air? If not, the vent or exhaust ...