Dryer Safety Tips...
Fellow Active Rain member and home inspector Michael Thornton provides us with some great tips on dryer safety. Please leave your comments on Micheal's page I'm sure he'll appreciate hearing from you. See you in the Rain!
Dryer Safety...
Much as been written and posted Active Rain and the Internet about dryers, dryer venting and why proper venting for these appliances is so important. Dryers are disasters just waiting for a place to happen. For most, once installed, they are one of those items that are used with little thought given towards routine maintenance and cleaning. The following are some of the more common items I see in properties I inspect. .
Lint. The lint from dryers is very flammable and can build up behind the dryers, on walls and on the insides of ducts very easily. Take a moment and look behind yourdryer. If you see lint, there is a problem that must be corrected. If you cannot remember the last time you cleaned your vent, it is time to do so. Keep a log and clean it every 3 years. Every 3 months check behind the dryer to make sure connections are tight. Vacuum accumulated lint for a fire free environment.
Corrugated dryer vents. These are especially problematic due to high fire risk and other inherent design problems. The worst of these, the white plastic flexible tubing, is no longer acceptable. If you are using this material, change it immediately!
Corrugated flexible metal foil vent pipe is essentially foil covered plastic and is only marginally better than its counterpart, white flexible plastic duct. Interestingly enough, this pipe is "UL Listed" for installation on dryers. Although approved byjurisdictional building inspectors, hard pipe installations are the safest although more expensive to install.
Corrugated flexible foil venting is expressly forbidden for use as dictated by the installation instructions of many dryer manufacturers. Check your manufacturers installation manual. If it prohibits the use of flexible foil, replace it immediately. Remember, manufacturers installation specifications supersedes National or local codes.
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