The Fascinating World of Dryer Lint
It's not unusual for home inspectors to find dryer ducts packed with lint in the course of an inspection. When they do, they strongly recommend dryer duct cleaning. This is not a trivial issue because the lint is potentially combustible and a somewhat common source of house fires.Do Your Clothes Take Forever to Dry?
But with that knowledge, it still didn't occur to Norris to have the dryer vents cleaned at his home or the rental condo he owns. Shortly after a new tenant moved into his condo last year, they called to say that his clothes hadn't dried after 3 hours. When Norris disconnected the dryer duct, he pulled out the pile of packed lint pictured below.
