Cleaning Your Dryer Saves you Money
Optimal airflow is the key to effective dryer performance. If a metal dryer vent is clean and properly installed, it will ensure maximum airflow. Metal flexible vents are OK to use in situations where metal pipe cannot be used, but since they are not smooth inside, they will reduce airflow. The least number of bends in the pipe and shortest run to the outside, results in the optimum airflow. When lint builds up inside your dryer and vent it greatly reduces your airflow. Cleaning your dryer and vent annually, keeps the airflow at its maximum level. Your clothes will dry quicker, your dryer will use less electricity, your clothes are subject to less tumbling - less wear and tear, and most of all - it will drastically reduce the risk of a dryer fire.
If a Maryland family of four uses their dryer ten hours a week or fourty hours a month, the electricity cost is around $25.00 a month. If the dryer takes twice as long to dry the clothes, due to a lint clogged dryer and vent, it costs $50.00 a month. It could also cost you the price of a new dryer because a clogged vent causes a great amount of heat build-up, causing the dryer thermostat to constantly cycle on and off eventually resulting in dryer failure or a fire.