Dryer Vent Cleaning Northern
Virginia
Attention Homeowners, If you have never
cleaned your dryer vent then now is the perfect
time, Dryer Vent Cleaning prevents fires, saves
lives and uses less energy conserving the
environment, meaning you save money on your
electric bill every month.
Do your clothes take longer and longer to
dry each cycle, is your dryer hot to the touch,
noticed birds hanging around your dryer or
stove vent outside your home.
Dryer manufactures recommend that your Dryer
Vent should be cleaned annually. Depending on
use and complexity of your system. The Amount
of Dryer Lint that collects in your dryer vent
is very, very combustible.
If you own a home or condo did you get the
notice to replace any plastic or vinyl dryer
vent ducting as soon as possible. We can
provide this service for a nominal fee of
course.
Dont you think it's time to
clean your dryer vent?
8
Benefits of Dryer Vent Cleaning
- Cleaning your dryer can prevent your
home from unwanted fire damage.
- Dryer Vent Cleaning Eliminates the Fire
Hazzard
- Dryer Vent Cleaning reduces drying
times
- Dryer Vent Cleaning Saves you Money on
utility Bills.
- Dryer Vent Cleaning Increases the Life
of your Dryer.
- Cleaning your dryer will let you dry
clothes in less time.
- Cleaning your air ducts and dryer
vents. reduces energy and can save you
money
- Increase the Life cycle of your Dryer
with Regular Cleaning's.
Dryer
Vent Cleaning Questions and
Answers
My Dryer is not
Drying and often takes more than one cycle to
dry the clothes, whats the problem?
Actually there may not be a problem with the
dryer at all, your dryer vent could be clogged
with lint, ask yourself when was the last time
you had your dryer vent cleaned, if you have
never had your dryer vent cleaned, then it's
time to call a dryer vent cleaning specialist
to clean your dryer vent!
How often
should you clean and inspect your dryer
vent?
Dryer Manufactures recommend that you inspect
and clean your dryer vent at least once a year
to ensure your dryer last's for many years, and
to prevent a dryer fire. Dryer's with more than
3 elbows, or 90 degree angles may have to be
cleaned more often.
You should also inspect your dryer vent for
normal wear and tear, see if it has holes, test
for any air leaks, rust from water damage.
Flexible dryer vent's should be light, check
and see if it heavy. A heavy flexible dryer
vent could indicate that there is excessive
lint build up and you need to clean your dryer
vent.
First, never run your dryer while you are away
from home.
Second, purchase a small fire extinguisher and
keep in your laundry room.
Call a Professional Dryer Vent Cleaning
Specialist to clean your dryer vent.
What kind of
equipment do you Use to Clean a Dryer
Vent?
Rotating Brushes work best,along with high
powered air, powerful vacuums plus either
Flexible Rods with Brushes, or blasts of air
from the opposite end. You must use a
combination, to thoroughly clean a dryer vent!
A leaf blower alone cannot perfectly clean a
clogged dryer vent, you would have to also have
a method of disturbing the lint through the
opening at the other end while maintaining the
air pressure with the leaf blower at the
opening on the inside.
My Laundry
Room is Hot when I run the Dryer!
Check the dryer vent behind the dryer, it may
have come loose, and the heat from the dryer is
comming into the laundry room, easy fix, first
pull your dryer away away from the wall and
check the dryer vent to see if it is still
connected or has holes or become torn. If it is
torn then make a trip to Home Depot and replace
immediatly.
Can I Clean
My Own Dryer Vent?
Yes, but if you have never cleaned a dryer vent
before, you should always consider calling a
professional, Dryer Vent Cleaning Specialist to
see how it is done first. You can actually
cause more harm than good attempting this
yourself, especially, if you have never done
it, or seen it done before, remember dryer's
cause fires. After you have done several
hundred of them it should come as a breeze to
you! Once your dryer vent has been
professionally cleaned by a dryer vent cleaning
specialist, It is easier to to maintain. If you
really want to do this yourself go to lowes and
pick up the Lint Eater, it's in the dryer vent
section. It's made by the same people that
professional Dryer Vent Cleaning Technicans
use, they have created this just for the
consumer. Home Depot does not carry this
item.
I have Birds
nesting in My Dryer Vent! They are giving me a
headache at 5am in the morning, How do I get
them out.?
Birds in your dryer vent and what to do about
them. If you allready have a bird's nesting in
your dryer vent, stove vent or bathroom
exhaust, it is time to go ahead and Call a
Professional Dryer Vent Cleaning Specialist to
have them removed.Either wait till they move
out, or call your local Animal Control hotline,
they may be able to safely remove the birds
nest without hurting the baby bird's or egg's.
In the meantime make an appointment, to have
the nest removed when you or another family
member is going to be home during the week.
Saturdays work as well.
How Can I
keep Birds from nesting in my Dryer
Vent?
You can have either a Bird Guard or a Bird
Screen placed on or over the Dryer Vent Hood on
the outside of your home, after you have
cleaned it of course.!
My Bird Guard
is clogged with lint, what do I do?
If you can access the exterior dryer vent with
an existing bird guard you may want to remove
and clean this periodically, if you cannot
reach it or you do not want to be bothered with
this chore you can call a local Dryer Vent
Cleaning Specialist to clean the Bird guard or
Screen, plus the Inside of the dryer vent. Take
Care of Pesty Birds Nesting in Your Dryer Vent,
Bath Exhaust Vent, or the Stove Vent. During
Spring and early Summer birds are comming back
from florida and are looking for a new place to
call home, and they would like to make a home
out of your dryer vent. If you have noticed
bird's hanging around your exterier vents, you
may want to have bird screens or bird guards
placed over your dryer vents, bath exhausts,
and stove vents. Do this at the first sign of
bird action. You may also want to call animal
control, they may be able to reach in and pull
out any nests with eggs, and properly handle
them! After the nest is removed you may want to
have a bird guard placed over the exterior
dryer vent hood to prevent bird's from making
new nests!
Noticed Birds hanging around your Dryer Vent
our Bird Nest removal services are included
free with a professional Dryer Vent Cleaning
and no additional charges
How do I know
I need to have a Dryer Vent
Cleaning?
Your Dryer send's you a signal when your
clothes stop drying in one cycle! before this
happens you should have a your dryer vent
cleaned and inspected annually.
How can I
find out if my dryer is working
properly?
First, if you are able, pull the dryer away
from the wall and disconnect the dryer vent
from the wall, attach a stocking to the end of
the loose dryer duct to catch any dryer lint!
Then turn on the dryer for one cycle, (with
clothes) if your clothes dry in time, it's time
to clean the dryer vent.
How often
should I clean my Dryer's Lint
Screen?
Clean your dryer lint screen after every load!
Pull out the lint screen. if it is full of lint
then it needs to be cleaned, a clogged lint
screen can decrease the functionality of your
dryer and increase the drying time.
How do you
clean the
dryer l
int
screen?
The Lint Screen can be washed with luke warm
water and dried before placing back into the
dryer.
My wife keeps
complaining that the clothes are not drying,
what do I do?
Call a Professional Dryer Vent Cleaning
Specialist
How to Prevent Dryer
Fires
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Services
Serving Northern Virginia, Maryland, And
Washington DC since 1999
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