How to Clean a Dryer Vent

According to the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, clothes dryer fires are the cause of 15,600 structural fires, 15 fatalities, and 400 injuries annually. Failure to clean the dryer vent is the number one reason for clothes dryer fires, reports FEMA.

The good news is that most hazardous dryer fires can be prevented with proper dryer vent cleaning. Clogged dryer vents or exhaust pipes occur when lint builds up, which causes the dryer to operate incorrectly. An improperly functioning clothes dryer can disrupt the flow of air and elevate the temperature of the dryer enough to ignite or spark lint, debris, or other combustibles, leading to a clothes dryer fire. New homes are not without risk either, especially if clothes dryers are placed in more hazardous locations such as on inside walls in bedrooms, kitchens, bathrooms or second-floor hallways.

LintEater™ Dryer Vent Cleaning Kit
Dryer vent cleaning in homes, residential apartment/condo buildings, or commercial structures are one of the most important maintenance and preventative tasks you can to prevent clothes dryer fires. Fortunately, dryer vent cleaning tools, like the LintEater™ dryer vent cleaning kit, makes this task a whole lot easier.

Not only does the LintEater™ reduce the risk of dangerous clothes dryer fires, but also greatly decreases the time it takes to dry your clothes. If you're noticing that you clothes are taking a longer time to dry, you definitely need the LintEater™ Dryer Vent Cleaning Kit.

How it Works
The LintEater™ comes with a number of dryer vent cleaning tools that are easy to use with the help of a cordless drill to give you professional dryer vent cleaning results. The rotating bristles of the Auger Brush attached to the flexible rods flush the entire dryer vent wall surface, while getting to hard the hard to reach places common in most dryer vent systems. The dryer vent cleaning kit vacuum adapter or dryer adapter enables you to use a shop vacuum or your dryer, respectively, to completely remove built-up lint while rotary brush cleaning. The LintEater™ dryer vent cleaning system works with metal, foil, or white vinyl clothes dryer vents.