Your Dryer Vent Ducts: Are they Aluminum or Vinyl?

What do you really know about the ductwork attached to your clothes dryer? If you're answer is 'not much', what you don't know could hurt you and be a fire hazard in your home. 


The ductwork is the piping that runs from the back of your dryer to whatever style of dryer vent you have outside your home. The whole job of the aluminum duct system is to remove the hot air from the dyer (along with any lint or dust it has removed from your clothes) and send it outside your house.  

 


Heat Removal 


Can you imagine how hard your air conditioning would have to work to counter the effect of all the hot air from your dryer coming into your home? Even a massive home air conditioning unit likely couldn't compete with all that heat.  But thankfully, you have something that will keep some of that hot air from blowing all over your house – your dryer vent.  The dryer vent takes the hot air from your dryer to the outside of your home through the vent system. 


Lint Removal 


The goal of the dryer vent system is to get lint and dust out of your home as well. While you may like to think that the lint trap on your dryer is a great piece of equipment that magically grabs every piece of lint that is coming out of your dryer, that is not the case. There is plenty of lint that gets past the lint trap and goes into the ductwork. The hot air being released from your dryer will often blow this lint out of the line instead of blowing it around your house. 


What Kind of Dryer Vent Do You Have? 


Now that you know what the dryer vent should do, you also need to know what kind you have. Many older homes were created using older, vinyl ducts. While this used to be the way it was made, years of experience have shown it is a dangerous choice.  If your dryer were to throw a spark, it is very possible that the vinyl duct could ignite and be the cause of a dryer vent fire. 


You need to make sure you have a dryer vent system made of aluminum. Aluminum will not ignite if there should be a few sparks. Find out what type of dryer vent you have in your home and if it is not aluminum, or if you are in doubt, call a professional for an inspection and evaluation of your dryer vent system. 


This article was written by Steve Gors, owner of Dryer Vent Wizard of Murrieta.  http://www.dryerventwizard.com provides services to consumers and businesses in San Diego County, California, Encinitas, Escondido, Carlsbad, Vista, San Marcos, Fallbrook, Bonsall, Oceanside, Rainbow, Solana Beach, Del Mar, Riverside County, Temecula, Murrieta, Lake Elsinore, Wildomar, Perris, Corona, Riverside, Moreno Valley, Hemet, Menifee, Canyon Lake, Nuevo, San Jacinto, Winchester, Rubidoux, Norco and neighboring communities. 

 

 


Contact: 


Dryer Vent Wizard of Murrieta
Steve Gors
26460 Arboretum Way #1207
Murieta, CA  92563
866-498-7233
Email:  sgors@dryerventwizard.com
Website:  http://www.dryerventwizard.com

Dryer Vent Wizard is a nationwide company, Dryer Vent Wizard professionally inspects and cleans clothing dryers for homeowners and in commercially-owned buildings. Poorly maintained dryer vents cause fire hazards and cost substantially more to operate.At Dryer Vent Wizard, we take pride that we are helping homeowners and apartment managers preventdryer vent fires and other dryer vent hazards. At the same time, we are keeping their utility bills down with a semi-annual dryer vent cleaning.We pride ourselves on our quality service and professionalism. Our goal is 100% customer satisfaction.Our service are Cleaning, Repair,Alteration, Installation Service.

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