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Dryer Vent Cleaning ? an Easy Way to Lower Your Hydro Bill!

Your clothes dryer accounts for a huge 12% of the electrical power used in an average household, and that’s when the vent is not plugged! With a vent that’s plugged and you’re running the dryer 2 or 3 times you can easily see why you have a high hydro bill! If you are running your dryer on the sensor dry setting, where it decides when the clothes are dry, you probably don’t even know how long it takes to dry your clothes?

Dryer vent cleaning is a service that’s often overlooked by homeowners simply because the dryer looks the same as it did when it was installed, however long ago that was! Here at Dryerventcleaner.ca most of the calls we get from customers are due to them having a problem with clothes taking longer to dry, the heating element or thermal fuse inside the dryer has broken.

Dryer Vent Cleaning the Often Overlooked Home Service

Dryer vent cleaning is a service that’s often overlooked by homeowners simply because the dryer looks the same as it did when it was installed, however long ago that was! Here at Dryerventcleaner.ca most of the calls we get from customers are due to them having a problem with clothes taking longer to dry, the heating element or thermal fuse inside the dryer has broken.

Clothes Dryers Use a lot of Hydro, Even More When the Vent is Clogged

Most homeowners are not aware of the fact the dryer is gradually taking longer and longer simply because lint is building up through the dryer duct is a gradual process. Often we go out to clean a dryer vent after the appliances have been replaced. The main reason we hear is the dryer was old and taking a long time, however, even with the new dryer they still have the same problem and then realize then call for dryer vent cleaning. They would return the dryer to the store but they paid the extra to have the old appliances taken away.

Lint build up inside your dryer door is a sign you need your dryer vent cleaning

Lint build up inside your dryer door is a sign you need your dryer vent cleaning

What to Look for When Determining if Dryer Vent Cleaning will Save You Money?

  1. Is the dryer taking more than 1 cycle to dry each load?
  2. Is the dryer hot to touch on the outside? This means there is insufficient airflow check the hose before the dryer is not crushed.
  3. Is there lint around the inside of the dryer door?
  4. When the dryers running you see no air movement at the vent cap outside
  5. You cannot remember ever having your dryer vent cleaned?

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Your clothes dryer accounts for a huge 12% of the electrical power used in an average household, and that’s when the vent is not plugged! With a vent that’s plugged and you’re running the dryer 2 or 3 times you can easily see why you have a high hydro bill! If you are running your Read more...

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