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A white plastic exhaust vent cap mounted on a gray vinyl-sided exterior house wall.

Dryer Vent Cleaning in Klamath Falls, OR

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A white hooded exhaust vent cap with a mesh screen, mounted on gray vinyl lap siding.

Cold vents make lint stick

Your dryer pushes out warm, damp air every load. Once that air hits the cold vent run, it cools fast, and the moisture beads up on the metal walls. Lint clings to a wet surface a lot easier than a dry one, so it builds up in layers instead of blowing straight through to the outside hood.

Winter nights here average 22°F from December through February, so the vent stays cold through most of the dryer's run. A vent narrowed by packed lint makes the dryer push harder to move air out, and it leaves any stray heat less room to escape.

22°F
the average winter night, and cold vents catch damp lint
10 months
September through June, the vent stays cold
Isometric line illustration of a front-loading dryer beside a wall, with a flexible corrugated duct running through the wall to an exterior vent hood.
Your vent runs coldest from October through April.

NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals

How often should a dryer vent be cleaned?
A dryer vent should be cleaned about once a year for most households. If you run the dryer several times a day, or the duct run between the dryer and the outside wall is long, it fills with lint faster and needs checking more often. A contractor can tell you how the length and path of your vent affects that schedule.
Can I clean my dryer vent myself?
You can clear the first few feet behind the dryer and the vent hood outside, and that helps some. Most of the lint sits further down the duct, past where a shop vac or a household brush can reach. A contractor runs a rod and brush the full length of the vent and checks that the hood flap opens and closes the way it should.
What are the signs of a clogged dryer vent?
Clothes coming out hot but still damp after a full cycle is the clearest sign. A burning smell, the dryer running hotter than usual, or the vent hood outside barely moving when the dryer is on are others. Lint collecting around the vent hood itself, rather than blowing clear, means the airflow is already struggling.
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