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 ...

LAKEWOOD – A dryer vent is being blamed for a house fire. On Tuesday around 3:30 p.m. the Lakewood Fire Department along with Ashville, Busti, and Celoron Fire Departments were dispatched to a ...

Tumble dryers are a home appliance that many of us take for granted. We toss damp clothes in, and we get dry clothes out. End of story. But that’s not where the tale ends for some unfortunate ...

A mobile home fire that displaced a family Sunday night northeast of Elmore’s Corner originated in a dryer vent, said Karola Hanks, fire marshal with the Durango Fire Protection District. The fire was ...

Cleaning brush used to gather lint and debris from dryer vent - Jodijacobson/Getty Images Between loads of laundry and hustling to get other chores done, one place that is easy to forget to clean is ...

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Take home the Holikme Dryer Vent Cleaning Kit for as low as $14 on Amazon Canada. (Photo via Getty) When was the last time you cleaned your dryer? You might want to think about doing it soon.

Lee Wallender is a home improvement writer of nearly 20 years and specializes in home remodeling, repair and maintenance. Cassidy was an updates editor whose main responsibility is to write and edit ...

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 ...