Dryer Fires

What Causes Dryer Fires & How can I Prevent Dryer Fires

Restricted airflow, lint build-up and moisture cause overheating that prevents fast drying action. When this happens, the temperature limit safety switches cycle on and off continuously and will fail over a period of time. This results in higher costs of operation and possibility of a dangerous dryer fire.
Vent 911 Cleaning uses a professional tools and procedures to clean dryer vent duct. The entire process usually takes about one hour. However, cleaning is only one part of our service. The dryer and the dryer's vent is also inspected for several mechanical issues that should be checked by a professional duct cleaner.

A growing problem
Traditionally, most clothes dryers were in the basement. However, nowadays many newer homes tend to have dryers located away from an outside wall in bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchens and hall closets. These new locations mean dryers tend to be vented longer distances and vents are generally installed with sharp turns and bends to accommodate the structure of the home. As a result, dryer vents are harder to reach, and also create more places for lint to gather. The ideal solution is to have short, straight, dryer duct venting. However, a dryer vent booster, while not the ideal approach, can improve your dryer venting in cases where your venting is longer and/or has more bends than it should. In addition to creating a fire hazard, if the venting is too long and/or has two many bends, it will cause your dryer to take much longer than necessary to dry loads.
The Consumer Products Safety Commission estimates there are 15,500 clothes dryer fires each year in the United States, amounting to $84 million in estimated property damage annually. Lack of maintenance is the leading cause of dryer fires, and LINT?is the leading material to ignite. These fires can be caused by failure of mechanical and/or electrical parts within the dryer itself, improper materials being put into the dryer, and insufficient airflow as a result of improper installation. The CPSC recommends changing out vinyl and foil venting!

When Residential Clothes Dryer Fires Occur
Edison NJ Dryer on Fire image People typically do laundry at all times of the day and all year long. Clothes dryer fires increase in frequency beginning in the early morning and occur fairly regularly between the hours of 8 a.m. and midnight. There is a constant peak between noon and 5 p.m. and again after the dinner hour (Figure 1). Interestingly, as shown in Figure 2, the peak month for clothes dryer fires is January. Notably, clothes dryer fires show a slight increase during the winter and spring months from November until the end of April. The quantity and type of clothing worn in cooler months may be the defining factor in the monthly occurrence of dryer fires.
One- and two-family residences account for 81% of residential building dryer fires. Only 13% of dryer fires occur in multifamily homes, and even fewer dryer fires occur in hotels and motels (4%). The remaining 2% of residential properties include boarding and rooming homes, sororities and fraternities, dormitories, barracks, and other residences.
According to the NFIRS data, 83% of clothes dryer fires occur in a “laundry area.” However, a precise location for the laundry area within the residence is not provided. Traditionally, laundry areas were adjacent to utility areas, often in a basement or garage. In current housing, however, laundry areas can be in the bedroom area, kitchen and family room areas, hallways, closets, and other areas of convenience for the homeowner. Based on the standard NFIRS data, further investigation

Check your local codes!
Many state and local municipalities have placed requirements on new and remodeling projects to include all metal venting.

Proper Airflow
Proper dryer venting can decrease drying time and decrease operating costs. (Vinyl and foil venting material can easily collapse when installed. Full airflow helps prevent the dryer from operating on its high temperature safety limit control. The use of proper venting materials to achieve maximum performance may also extend the life of the dryer and increase the life of clothing due to lower drying temperatures.

Inside the Dryer
Lint is the biggest culprit here. As you know from cleaning out your lint filter, dryers produce very large quantities of lint. Most people assume their lint traps catch all the lint, and that all they need to do is clean them out after each load. However, a significant amount of this lint is not caught by the lint trap and builds up inside the dryer-even on the heating element! If you are skeptical, try this experiment: pull out the lint trap and look underneath it- you may find large mounds of lint staring at you. Lint can build up on the heating element and in other places inside the dryer, causing it to overheat and possibly catch fire. As a rule, a fire starts from a spark in the machine. However, improper clothes dryer venting practices outside the dryer can play a key role in this process.

Outside the Dryer
There are many improper dryer vent practices which restrict airflow and lead to lint buildup, the two main preventable causes of clothes dryer fires.

Some of the most common and important dryer vent mistakes are:
1. Dryer vents are too long and/or have too many bends, but don't use a dryer duct booster, resulting in lint buildup. When it comes to dryer vents, shorter and straighter is better.
2. Use of flammable, flimsy plastic or foil duct extenders. Only metal vents should be used, which is what most manufacturers specify. Metal vents also resist crushing better than plastic and foil, which allows the air and lint to be carried out of the system. Reduced airflow from build-up or crushing can cause overheating and wear out the clothes and appliance faster. In fact, many state and local municipalities have placed requirements on new and remodeling projects to include all metal dryer venting.
3. Inadequate clearance space between dryer and wall. Many people create problems by putting their dryer right against the wall, crushing the venting material in the process. The cumulative effect of reduced airflow and the resulting lint build-up prevent the dryer from drying at the normal rate. This causes the high temperature limit safety switch to cycle on and off to control the heater. Most high temperature limit safety switches were not designed to continuously cycle on and off, so they fail over a period of time.
4. Failure to clean the dryer duct.

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