How to Save Money With your Clothes Dryer

Cleaning out the lint trap in your home clothes dryer can make it run more efficiently. But did you know that lint gets trapped in the vent hose and pipe behind the dryer, too? This slows down the drying time of the machine. Here's how to clean out the clothes dryer vent and save money while you're at it.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. Carefully, pull the clothes dryer away from the wall. Be watchful to pull it straight out so as not to scratch the sides of the machine or the wall.

2. Unplug the electrical plug from the outlet. Then, disconnect the dryer's flexible hose that is connected to the vent in the wall.

3. Use a vent brush (purchase at hardware stores), to clean out the inside of the clothes dryer vent and flex hose.

4. Use your vacuum cleaner to further clean any remaining lint that is trapped inside.

5. Follow the above tips and save money with your clothes dryer. Also see the related articles and other information on this page for more helpful tips.

Tips & Warnings

• Keeping your clothes dryer lint free will save money and lower your risk of having a fire in the home !

[kellieann2000]

on 6/5/2009 Great tips to get your dryer to run more effeciently. Thanks

[cchitnarain]

on 5/13/2009 Really good tips! I'm heading down to my laundy room right now!

[lunablue]

on 2/6/2009 These are great tips to clean the lint out of your dryer and save some money. I guess I should give it a shot since my dryer is from the 1970's.

[msblakely7]

on 2/2/2009 Good, simple tips that not everyone knows!

[SarahRobinson]

on 1/29/2009 I've never done this! We've lived in our current house for five years, so who knows when this was done last. Thanks for this helpful information.