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

If your dryer is in the basement and the basement is underground, run duct up the exterior wall and out the rim joist. Set the vent a minimum of 12 inches above the outside ground. Pro tip ...

The dryer's exterior vent was blocked by snow and ice, which could have trapped hot air inside the wall — so hot that the insulation caught fire. "It wasn't even on my radar because I thought I ...