A clothes dryer is a hard-working appliance in your home. You don’t think about it, but it dries load after load of laundry, day after day. Ideally, you should have your clothes dryer inspected and serviced by a certified professional once a year. He can make sure that the dryer vent is properly installed. He ...
Hanging clothes to dry on the line seemed like an antiquated chore back in the 60s. It is now becoming in vogue, however, as the environmentally-minded look for ways to reduce their carbon footprint. Clothes dryers, not that long ago considered a necessity for anyone responsible for their own laundry, may be losing popularity as ...
If you are a chronic back pain sufferer like I am, this may help you. I cannot afford to go to have a massage every week so this is what helps me. My medical massage therapist does this for me and it works wonders. I never heard of it before until he used it on ...
Last year I had a contractor do some minor construction on my house. Because it was in the way, he had to move the electric clothes dryer vent. The existing vent was too short to reuse, so the contractor installed a whole new one. One day I realized something was wrong- instead of taking 30 ...
Dryers are one of the most convenient household appliances of all time so we can dry out our clean clothes without having to worry about the outdoor weather. Proper maintenance and cleaning of a dryer not only is essential to making sure it works properly but also can prevent hazards such as a fire when ...
Your electric bill is one place you can usually save money by changing your day-to-day habits. One of the best places you can start is with your clothes dryer. Here are 10 great tips you can use in regard to your dryer usage to save your hard-earned money. 1- Vent Hose Trick If you shorten ...
A little more than five years ago, I walked into a very popular appliance store in Roslyn, Long Island, and bought an Asko clothes dryer on sale. It was one of the happiest days of my life. What a mistake. The Asko model I bought, the electric T761, had a three year warranty. It was ...
If you live anywhere in the country where the mercury constantly flirts with the freezing mark in the winter time, then you probably put flannel sheets on the bed to help stay warm and cozy at night. Every bed in my house gets flannel sheets put on them from November until at least March. To ...
Years ago, one popular bit of money-saving advice was to vent the dryer indoors during the winter months. The idea behind venting the dryer indoors was that all that heat and moisture would be directed indoors where it would do some good instead of escaping out into the cold. While in theory this sounds like ...
When a dryer is not drying clothes like it should, it doesn’t always mean that the machine is starting to break down. In many cases, an under performing dryer could means that there’s a lint blockage or “clog” somewhere along the exhaust route. Most lint blockages are easy to fix, and should be the first ...
