If you are like a lot of people, your clothes dryer is in a laundry room that also serves a number of purposes. It is not just a place to wash your clothes, but also often a place for the safe keeping of a number of other cleaning supplies, all those grocery bags that stack up, pet foods, and whatever else you just couldn't find a spot for somewhere else. If your dryer is in your garage, you may even have a lot of tools, paints and other garage-type items in the same area. While this seemed to be a perfect place to store things when you first were sorting out your home, your desire to have a neat house could also be presenting a danger to your family and your home.
It is important to remember that a clothes dryer is a machine that creates heat to do its job. With this said, anything that is combustible should be kept well away from the dryer. This not only means open and closed containers of combustible chemicals, but also any rags or other items that may have those chemicals on them. Many a mechanic is great at cleaning up all the fuels and chemicals he uses after working on the car, but those rags that were being used, which are now soaked in fuels and oils, are a wick just waiting for an ignition source.
Next, you should consider any other items near the clothes dryer. While you may not think things like your dog food bag or the plastic bags from the supermarket are a real fire hazard, just remember the basic premise of a dryer. It heats. That means anything near it is going to get hot. Think of a mess of plastic bags melting to the side of your dryer and that is just the messy part. It is important to remember that a clothes dryer can give off sparks. If those sparks land on cold tile or something that is resistant to heat, that's ok, but if you have papers, plastic bags and other easy to light items in the area you could be setting yourself up for disaster.
Always remember a dryer is a serious piece of machinery and should be treated as such. Try to give your dryer plenty of space, by keeping items away from it so it can do its job with less of a threat to your home.
This article was written by Horatio Chiorean, owner of Dryer Vent Wizard of Palm Beach, Florida, serving consumers in Palm Beach County, Florida, Boca Raton, Highland Beach, Ocean Ridge, Lantana, Hypoluxo, Lake Park, Royal Palm Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, Loxahatchee, Greenacres and neighboring cities and communities. DVW cleans dryer vents and inspect dryer vent systems while educating consumers on fire safety precautions.
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