I've always said that cleaning your dryer vent twice a year — with the daylight savings time changes — is an easy, and very satisfying chore. Some experts recommend doing it quarterly. Unfortunately, ...

What many don’t realize is that one of the biggest fire risks isn’t the screen itself, but the hidden space just below it.

Lee Wallender is a home improvement writer of nearly 20 years and specializes in home remodeling, repair and maintenance. Cassidy was an updates editor whose main responsibility is to write and edit ...

Clear the lint, boost performance.

Tumble dryers are a home appliance that many of us take for granted. We toss damp clothes in, and we get dry clothes out. End of story. But that’s not where the tale ends for some unfortunate ...

The dryer maintenance task you don't want to overlook.

The clothes dryer is found in almost every home. We use it weekly if not daily. Its main purpose is to take the heat and moisture out of your clothes. If clothing is still damp at the end of a typical ...

What you can’t see can hurt your wallet, or worse. Some of the biggest threats and money sieves at home are things you can’t see, like your clothes dryer vent. The easily neglected piping, which in ...

BRAINERD — Tossing clothes in a dryer is rarely thought of as the match that lit the fire, though washers and dryers are responsible for around 15,000 fires nationwide a year. “Air dryers are one of ...

Across Washington DC, Maryland, and Northern Virginia, families and business owners are paying closer attention to the condition of the spaces where they live and work. From indoor air quality to ...