Dryer Vent Cleaning in Logan, UT
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Cold vents are where lint sticks
Your dryer pushes out warm, damp air. Once it hits the cold vent run, that air cools fast, and the moisture in it clings to the walls of the duct. Lint sticks to a damp surface a lot easier than a dry one, so it builds up layer by layer instead of blowing straight out.
Winter nights here average 17°F, so that cooling happens fast along most of the vent, not just near the outside wall. A vent choked with lint makes the dryer run longer to dry a load, and it gives the heat and moisture nowhere to go but back into the house.
- 17°F
- the average winter night, and cold vents catch damp lint
- 10 months
- September through June, the vent stays cold
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- How often should a dryer vent be cleaned?
- Once a year, more often if you dry a lot of loads or have a long vent run. Lint builds up along the way even when the lint trap is clean, since the trap only catches what passes through it. If the dryer runs longer than it used to or the outside vent hood barely moves when it's running, don't wait for the yearly mark.
- Can I clean my dryer vent myself?
- You can clean the first few feet from the back of the dryer, but the rest of the run is harder to reach and easy to miss. Most vents bend through walls or up through a roof, and lint collects at every bend, not just near the dryer. A shop vac and a brush kit handle the parts you can see. The parts you can't see are where clogs usually build up, and pulling the vent apart to get at them is a bigger job than most people want to take on.
- What are the signs of a clogged dryer vent?
- Clothes that take two cycles to dry, a dryer that feels hot to the touch on top, and a burnt smell partway through the cycle. Check the outside vent hood while the dryer runs. If little air is coming out, or the flap barely lifts, lint is blocking the path somewhere between the dryer and the wall. A clogged vent also means the moisture from wet clothes has nowhere to go, so you may notice more lint gathering around the vent hood outside or the room feeling more humid than usual.