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A chat with a firefighter in my building changed how I see old dryers
I was fixing a 90s Kenmore in my apartment's laundry room yesterday when a guy from the fire crew upstairs stopped by. He said, 'You know, we get called for dryer fires more than you'd think, and it's almost always lint built up behind the drum where people never look.' He showed me a picture from a call last month, and the whole back panel was just packed solid. I mean, I always check the vent hose, but I've been skipping that deep clean on older units because it adds time. Anyone else make it a point to pull the drum on every dryer over ten years old now?
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the_oliver1d agoMost Upvoted
Nah, that sounds like overkill. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Most of those old dryers will run forever without anyone ever taking them apart.
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