Dryer Vent Cleaning in Yuma, AZ
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What Yuma's cold nights do inside the vent
Your dryer pushes out warm, damp air every time it runs. Most of the year that air moves through a vent that's about as warm as the air itself, but on winter nights here, when the temperature drops to 43°F, the metal of the vent cools faster than the air moving through it. The moisture in that exhaust hits the cold wall of the duct and turns damp, and lint sticks to a damp surface far more than a dry one.
Once lint builds up along the vent, it narrows the path air has to take to get outside. A duct that's supposed to carry air straight out of the house instead slows it down, and the dryer has to push harder to move the same load.
- 43°F
- the average winter night, and cold vents catch damp lint
- 3 months
- December through February, the vent stays cold
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
- How often should a dryer vent be cleaned?
- Once a year for most households. Lint builds up along the inside of the duct even when the lint trap is clean, and it narrows the path air has to take to get outside. If you dry a lot of loads, or the vent run is long or has several bends, clean it more often than that.
- Can I clean my dryer vent myself?
- You can handle the part you can reach, but most of the vent is not that part. Pull the duct off the back of the dryer and clear out what you find there, and clean the exterior hood where it vents outside. The lint that collects in the middle of the run, especially where the duct bends or runs a long distance, needs a brush and rod system built to reach it, and a contractor will have both.
- What are the signs of a clogged dryer vent?
- Clothes that take two cycles to dry when one used to be enough is the clearest sign. Others include the outside of the dryer feeling hot to the touch, a burnt smell during the cycle, and little to no airflow at the outside vent hood when the dryer is running. If the room where the dryer sits gets noticeably warmer or more humid during a cycle, that is lint blocking the vent instead of air carrying that heat and moisture outside.