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Dryer Vent Cleaning in Clovis, NM

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

Cold vents make lint stick

Your dryer pushes out warm, damp air every time it runs. In Clovis that air is hitting a vent that sits cold for most of the day, especially on winter nights that average 25°F from December through February. The warm air cools fast against those cold walls, and the moisture in it makes the lint stick instead of blowing through to the outside.

That buildup narrows the vent a little more each time you run a load. A partly blocked vent traps heat and lint inside the line, and that is where a dryer fire starts.

25°F
the average winter night, and cold vents catch damp lint
7 months
October through April, the vent stays cold
Line-art isometric illustration of a front-loading dryer in a room corner, connected by a flexible duct through the wall to an exterior vent hood.
Your vent runs coldest from November through March.

NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals

How often should a dryer vent be cleaned?
Once a year is the general rule, and it matters more here than in a lot of places. This county needs heat from October through April, seven months of the year, and a dryer venting into cold air has to push harder to clear that duct. A clogged vent means longer dry times and more lint sitting behind the wall.
Can I clean my dryer vent myself?
You can clear the lint trap and the first few feet of duct behind the dryer yourself with a vent brush kit. What you usually cannot reach is the rest of the run out to the exterior hood, especially where it bends through a wall or up through a roof. A contractor has the rods and the vacuum to clear the full length and check that the hood flap opens and closes the way it should.
What are the signs of a clogged dryer vent?
Clothes that take longer than one cycle to dry, a dryer that feels hot to the touch on the outside, and a burning smell partway through a load. Check the outside vent hood too. If the flap barely moves or you feel weak airflow when the dryer is running, lint is likely built up somewhere in the run.
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