Why Most Homeowners Think Cleaning Their Dryer Vent Is Optional (and Why That’s Wrong)
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20 July 2023
Why Most Homeowners Think Cleaning Their Dryer Vent Is Optional (and Why That’s Wrong)
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2 December 2023
Most homeowners are quick to remember their HVAC filter or the gutters — but the dryer vent?
At Lopez Total Home Services, we’ve seen this story play out too many times. Clients call us when their dryer suddenly takes two full cycles to dry clothes or when they notice a burning smell they can’t quite place. By the time we arrive, it’s often clear: a clogged dryer vent was the hidden culprit all along.
Why Homeowners Skip Dryer Vent Cleaning?
Cleaning a dryer vent doesn’t sound urgent right?
After all, the dryer still turns on, still spins, and still seems to do its job... until it doesn’t.
Most homeowners assume:
“It’s just lint — how bad can it be?”
“I clean the lint trap after every load, so the vent should be fine.”
“It’s only a problem for older dryers.”
But here’s the truth: the lint trap only catches about 25% of the lint your dryer produces.
The rest gets sucked into the vent, where it builds up over time slowly choking the system and creating a real fire hazard.
What We See at Lopez Total Home Services？
Many of our clients call us after they’ve noticed something wrong clothes taking forever to dry, the laundry room feeling hotter than usual, or that faint burning smell that makes everyone nervous.
Once we inspect the vent, it’s almost always packed with lint, dust, and even the occasional bird nest (yes, really). One client told us she thought her dryer just “needed replacing,” but after we cleaned the vent, her machine worked like new.
It’s moments like that which remind us: most homeowners don’t realize how important dryer vent cleaning is until they see the difference.
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