Benefits of Cleaning Dryer Vents
June 17th, 2009 by saltedstoneCleaning your dryer vents increases the safety of you, your family and your pets. As these appliances get older, they suffer the same sort of wear-and-tear and require the same sort of maintenance as many other types of machinery.
Dryer vent cleaning lowers the risk for fires associated with the appliances. Although not a highly common occurrence, the statistics surrounding fires caused by clogged dryer vents are worrisome and – given the low cost associated with ensuring that this risk can be mitigated – it is well worth the investment to keep them clean and protect your family. Apart from the safety benefits associated with dryer vent cleaning services, there are many other reasons to provide the appliance with proper maintenance.
Alliance Environmental Group, Inc. has over fifty-years combined experience and uses leading-edge technology to ensure that the inspection and cleaning of your dryer’s vents is performed right the first time. Our dryer vent cleaning services have been providing California homeowners with inexpensive and fast solutions to their needs for several decades.
Not many people are aware that dryer vent cleaning actually saves energy, which serves the twofold purpose of lowering your energy bills and helping sustain the environment. So even if you are not a “green” type of person, the additional savings associated with making sure to regularly clean your dryer’s vent should be an attractive incentive. Another benefit associated with dryer vent cleaning services is that your clothes will take shorter periods of time to dry. When dryer vents become clogged, it is likely that the dryer’s heat output is lessened and – therefore – it takes more time to dry clothes than it would if the vent were clean. The reduction of dry time is helpful not only from an energy savings (and thus financial savings!) perspective, but also because time is valuable and the most fleeting of resources.
Most dryer manufacturers will recommend having a dryer vent inspected and cleaned annually. This schedule becomes increasingly important to stick to as the appliance gets older.