Dryer Vent Cleaning
If your clothes dryer (gas or electric) is not cleaned properly (clean out lint traps), your house and your family are in imminent risk of fire!
Air Duct Cleaning
We use advanced equipment to eliminate dust, allergens, and debris from your ductwork, improving air quality and energy efficiency.
Furnace & Gas Fireplaces Cleaning
Keep your gas fireplace and your NG domestic furnace safe and efficient with our professional cleaning service.Importance of Cleaning the Clothes Dryer
The clothes dryer is the most danger spot hidden in most homes today. According to firefighters, the most common reason for starting a fire in a house is in the back of the clothes dryer and inside the ducts used for extraction of hot air and the combustion gases of this machine. All the ingredients for starting a fire are there: extreme heat, fresh oxygen, plus a highly flammable fuel: lint. In fact, more 16000 clothes dryer fires occur every year in USA and Canada. Approximately 22 people die annually for this preventable issue in North America.
Normal use of the clothes dryer produces small amounts of lint, which accumulates over time into exhaust ducts and cavities, raising the operating temperature of the dryer and causing overheating. With hot air created by a heating element or open flame, dryer lint can easily catch on fire. An occasional overheating is a possible risk of fire in your home.
At the factories, manufacturers rigorously inspect, certify and test dryers before to send the appliances to the customers, in order to ensure that safety standards are met. Once the dryer machine is installed at home, a basic preventative maintenance and cleaning can keep it in good working order. If the dryer and its venting ducts are not periodically and properly cleaned, lint accumulation and reduced airflow feed on each other to provide conditions ripe for starting a fire. If your clothes dryer and duct exhaust system are not professionally cleaned, at least once per year, your clothes dryer, your house and your family are in inminent risk of fire!
Protect your Family!
As we said above, all the ingredients for starting a fire are in the dryer and into the exhaust ducts: extreme heat, fresh oxygen, plus a highly flammable fuel: lint. Lint is a highly flammable material formed by the small pieces of cotton or other materials. As your load of laundry tumbles in the dryer, the moisture and hot air inside the drum is joined by tiny bits of lint that come off the fabric in the clothing. During the process, lint is blow by the hot air and most of the lint is caught by the lint trap. The smaller particles of lint get past the trap end up blowing out through the vent with the hot air and may end up outside. But some of the lint sticks to the inside of the ventilation pipes.
Over time, your dryer vent fills and eventually clogs with lint that sneaks by your dryer's filter. Flexible corrugated ducting tends to trap lint easier than the smoother metal ducting. A plugged dryer duct system will certainly cause a dryer to run hotter and increase the chance that something could catch fire.
Dryer lint can accumulate at the outdoor hood bird screen, along the length of the duct, at duct fittings and at the dryer lint screen itself. Dryer venting systems can also become clogged if the dryer hose is crimped behind the dryer or the dryer duct is crushed or otherwise damaged during installation. A blocked, or partially blocked venting system, however, is only one link in a chain of events that must occur for a fire to start. Other events may include: failure of thermostat and limit switches in the dryer, excessive overheating, a missing or a damaged lint screen.
With the three elements, the fire can occur at any time.
With the three elements required to start a fire (extreme heat, fresh oxygen plus flammable lint), and the favorable conditions for this event (overheating, clogged ducts) the fire can occur at any time.
Is your dryer taking twice as long to get through one load of laundry? Do you need to do an extra cycle just to get your fabrics dried up and ready for folding?
If you answered yes to any of the previous questions, you may have a dirty and clogged dryer vent in your hands which needs professional attention.
What is the dryers lint made of?
However, not all the lint is caught by the lint trap. Many tiny fibers (are too small) and go through the filter, accumulating along the length of the duct. If the exhaust duct is not cleaned at least once per year, a thick wall of lint will form on it. This will prevent air from circulating in the dryer, who will increase the length of time it takes to dry clothing. It also creates a fire hazard because the lint has a high flammability. Placed inside the drum of a dryer with hot air created by a heating element, an occasional overheating or open flame, dryer lint can easily catch on fire.
What are the warning signs?
Benefits of Cleaning your Dryer Vent Include:
1. Reduced utility bills.
2. Reduced drying times.
3. Prevent and reduce the chance of a potential dryer fire.
4. Increased life of your dryer.
5. Increased dryer efficiency.
We are currently serving the area in the GTA & Central Ontario
If your clothes dryer and duct exhaust system are not professionally cleaned, at least once per year, your clothes dryer, your house and your family are in inminent risk of fire!
Always have a plan to keep your family safe in the event of an emergency.
Be sure that all the members of your family know what to do in case of a house fire, earthquake or any emergency.
Teach to your children the dangers of electricity, fire, household cleaners and appliances.
Always keep a fire extinguisher at home, in an easily accessible place, for Class A fires.
Be sure that all the members of your family know what to do in case of a house fire, earthquake or any emergency.
Teach to your children the dangers of electricity, fire, household cleaners and appliances.
Always keep a fire extinguisher at home, in an easily accessible place, for Class A fires.