Keep It Clean to Keep It Safe!
Not properly maintaining your dryer can cause it to overheat and catch on fire. Every year, 15,000 dryer fires in the U.S. alone needlessly damage homes and, in the worst cases, end lives.
Check out these Dryer Safety tips:
- Never leave your home when your dryer is running
- Never run your dryer before going to bed.
- Clean your dryers lint filter before every load.
- Avoid using dryer sheets that contain harmful chemicals
- Clean your hose and vent every year. We use the Magic Enviro Wand to clean our vent
- replace flexible hosing with solid metal hose.
Just how combustible is lint? Watch this NBC News video to find out! https://youtu.be/JsMKp1vJEdk