Few household chores are as crucial and often overlooked as cleaning the lint trap in your clothes dryer. The lint trap is used to catch the majority of the lint from your laundry before it gets into ...

This basic maintenance can protect your clothes from damage, save energy, and most importantly, prevent a fire Cleaning the ...

Did you know that your dryer is more likely to cause a fire in January than at any other time of the year? Here's how to keep ...

Dear Heloise: I read your column in the Patriot-News and have seen several letters suggesting that fabric softener sheets can be used to clean a dryer’s lint screen. I suggest that folks check the ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Believe it or not, fall is the best time of year to clean your dryer vent. The reason ...

When your clothes dryer takes twice as long to dry clothes as when it was new, chances are you have a lint-collection problem and a fire waiting to happen, says the Chimney Safety Institute of America ...

Even if you have your laundry routine down to a science, you might not even know that your washing machine has a lint trap—much less that it requires regular cleaning. But, much like your dryer’s lint ...