There are a number of devices and appliances that have been standard household items in American homes since before most of us were born. Electric irons, dishwashers, vacuum cleaners, gas (or electric ...

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- It's often an afterthought when doing daily chores, but a simple overlook could be fatal. Did you remember to clean the lint filter when doing laundry? No? That mistake results in ...

Few household chores are as crucial and often overlooked as cleaning the lint trap in your clothes dryer. The lint trap is used to catch the majority of the lint from your laundry before it gets into ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - The National Fire Protection Association says firefighters respond to more than 13,000 house fires each year caused by a common appliance - the dryer. The cause of many of these ...

A woman, who claimed she didn't know to clean her dryer lint trap, discovered it completely full after her neighbor came over to help her with her dryer troubles, igniting a discussion about cleaning ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Clothes dryers are second only to stoves when it comes to causing house fires, and are responsible for hundreds of them every year in Illinois alone, but experts say these fires are ...

Linda Says: Lint builds up on the trap and causes a blockage, which prevents the air from flowing through it. This slows down the drying of clothes, wasting energy and time. It can also contribute to ...