Dryer Vent Cleaning in Plano & Dallas Texas

Manufacturers of dryers recommend that dryer vents should be cleaned as often as once a year. It improves the safety and efficiency of the drying unit. We have seen a number of dryer machines with burnt-out heating elements from a clogged dryer duct. Sometimes the dryer simply does not dry the clothes. When you go to remove them, they are still wet. The dryer can run for an hour and still not dry the clothes. In worse cases, the highly flammable lint catches fire and the house falls at risk. Excess lint needs to be able to escape through air flow. Otherwise, it builds up and gets more thickly compacted.

There are numerous benefits to having your dryer vent cleaned at least once a year. The most important is to drastically reduce your chances of having a dryer fire. When your dryer duct is clogged up, there is no place for the lint that collects in the dryer from your clothes to escape. Add the intense heat that the dryer generates and your entire home could be in flames before you realize what is happening. The longer a dryer vent is, the greater the danger. If you have a dryer vent that is over ten feet long and it has been a year or more since you have had anybody clean it, you are putting your home and family at a serious fire risk that you should address as soon as possible. Having Cyclone Professional Cleaners come in and clear out that dryer debris means there is very little to catch fire and create a conflagration. Even if your dryer does not start a dangerous fire, the inability for the heat to vent will eventually cause your dryer to overheat and break, which is a much costlier situation than a dryer duct cleaning — especially one as affordable as we offer at Cyclone Professional Cleaners. On top of all of this, a clogged dryer vent forces your dryer to work harder to dry the same amount of clothes, which means drawing more power and skyrocketing your electricity bills. If you’re running a dryer with a clogged dryer vent, you may see dramatic energy savings after having us clean it out. In fact, the service can pay for itself extremely quickly in reduced energy costs. In general, you can expect your dryer to be much more efficient once we have cleaned the dryer vent. Your clothes will dry faster and have less lint on them and your dryer will last longer, use less power and be less likely to cause a fire hazard. For the safety of yourself and your family and for the health of your budget, as well as for the sake of simple efficiency, consider an annual dryer vent cleaning from Cyclone Professional Cleaners.

If the problem is with air flow, then lint blockage can be the problem. The flexible duct hose attaching the clothing dryer to the dryer vent needs to be free of lint and not crushed or torn (we carry replacements if that is the case). Then the dryer vent and external cap need to be clear so the dryer doesn't overheat. If hot air cannot escape to the outside using the dryer duct, the dryer may stop running. Some appliances come with a warning indicator light. Newer drying machines have a thermal fuse that will trip and stop the dryer to help prevent a fire.

The lint trap/screen in your dryer appliance catches about 70% of the lint that comes off of the clothes each cycle. Up to 30% passes through into the flexible duct hose (connecting the clothing dryer to the wall) and then into the dryer vent itself which leads outside (to the side of the house or the roof top). The extra lint is supposed to blow out of the home with the hot air from the dryer. Moisture can make lint stick and attach to the duct where it stays and grows with more lint from each load of laundry, eventually clogging. Lint also clogs the cap on the end of the dryer vent outside which stops the hot air that needs to escape. Another blockage in system can happen when small animals crawl into the vent from the cap for protection from the weather and make a nest inside, blocking the air flow out.

If you haven't cleaned the dryer vent in a year, it's time to clean it. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recommends once a year dryer vent cleaning. Some symptoms of a clogged dryer duct are that there is excess heat near the dryer, high humidity, musty or burning smell. An alternative sign is that the clothes do not dry in one dryer cycle or the dryer cuts of mid-cycle. If it has been a year since you purchased a home/ condo or began renting a home/apartment, it is time to maintain the dryer vent by clearing the lint build up and preventing a fire.

With a working clothing dryer and clean vent, clothes should dry in one cycle and for the shortest time possible. Big appliances like dryers are one of the more expensive items to purchase for a home and they cost money to run. The less time you have to use it saves money, also extending the life of the machine with less wear. A clogged dryer vent or crushed flexible duct hose can damage the dryer, leading to repairs or replacement. A cleaned dryer vent can equate to saving $18 to $24 per month in energy costs, so the cleaning can pay for itself.