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Plastic DangerHey, guess what? Dryer fires are bad. (We see you rolling your eyes there and saying, “You've told us this a hundred million times already!!” Well, we're going to tell you a hundred million and one.) First the stats. In July of 2017, the Consumer Product Safety Commission came out with a report on 2012-2014 Residential Fire Loss Estimates. According to their data, in the years 2012,... |
Why Do I Need a Booster Fan?There's a chance that if you're reading this, you're having a problem with your dryer. Maybe it takes an extra-long time to dry stuff or there's just an insane amount of lint build-up? One of the typical causes of these problems is a too long and/or convoluted dryer duct. When your duct goes on and on forever or has more twists & turns than your fave roller coaster, it... |
Is your home winter ready???Winter is here, but is your home ready & safe for these cold brisk winter days? Sure, you may have chopped some firewood or pulled out some snow shovels or gotten some driveway salt or even checked to make sure all your windows were tight and not drafty but there's more to preparing for your home for the winter (especially around these parts!). Take a look at our handy checklist and... |
Important Child Safety Recall!Important Child Safety Recall! Ask almost anyone to name a baby brand and we bet Fisher-Price will be one of the first to come to mind. They're popular, no doubt. Unfortunately, they've had to voluntarily recall approximately 65,000 of their Soothing Motion Seats because of risk of a fire hazard. While NO injuries have been reported from the motorized infant seat, the... |
Dryer Vent Line SanitizationYou might be looking at the title of this article and saying to yourself, “Whaddya mean I gotta sanitize my dryer vent line? I thought I just had to keep the lint cleaned out!”. *shake our head* Nope! There's a little more to cleaning a dryer vent line than just removing the lint and debris – like sanitization. Why does your dryer vent line need to be sanitized? Well, it's... |
