Improperly Installed Clothes Dryers are a Fire Hazard
If you purchased a new clothes dryer recently, find out if your life and your home is at risk of fire. Having the clothes dryer professionally installed actually makes it more likely that a fire could occur.
Because you paid top dollar to have your new clothes dryer installed, it is only fair that you should feel confident that it will function as it should, and you will be protected against product failures or fire hazards. Unfortunately, this is not the case.
When purchasing a new clothes dryer, most people make arrangements for delivery and installation through the appliance retailer while at the store. If you're lucky, the issue of dryer vents will be discussed, but you may the one who has to bring up the subject. Usually, the retailer will sell you an off-the-shelf flexible dryer vent so that their installer won't have to mess with hard-to-handle steel pipes that frequently need to be cut and fixed in place.
More often than not, when you make arrangements with the appliance store to deliver and install the new clothes dryer, they will hire a subcontractor who may or may not bring along an extra dryer vent. Generally, they assume that they will simply reuse the old vent. If they do attach a new vent, you can bet your net worth that they will pull out a handy flexible vinyl or aluminum vent because they're cheap and easy to fit.
The flexible vents are nothing more than a coiled wire surrounded by a thin skin of inflammable vinyl or aluminum. If the vent becomes clogged with lint, it can ignite. Because the vinyl or aluminum is not fire retardant like the steel rigid vents, it will quickly be engulfed in flames. So imagine connecting your new, high-powered dryer to an old flexible dryer vent full lint. How long will it take before it becomes a bonfire? Even if you use a new flexible vent, it doesn't take long to fill up with lint because the ridges from the coiled wire make perfect little lint collectors.
This is a dangerous problem that few people ever consider until its too late. Over 15,000 fires a year are caused by these dryer vents and there is now an effort underway to change the standard dryer installation practices.
If you are someone who purchased a new clothes dryer on or after August 1, 2006 and had it professionally installed, you may qualify to join in a class action lawsuit designed to prevent the ongoing tragedies caused by improper dryer vent installation. You can find out more information about the lawsuit by visiting www.ProtectingTheConsumer.com or writing to info@outsourced-writing.com.
Because you paid top dollar to have your new clothes dryer installed, it is only fair that you should feel confident that it will function as it should, and you will be protected against product failures or fire hazards. Unfortunately, this is not the case.
When purchasing a new clothes dryer, most people make arrangements for delivery and installation through the appliance retailer while at the store. If you're lucky, the issue of dryer vents will be discussed, but you may the one who has to bring up the subject. Usually, the retailer will sell you an off-the-shelf flexible dryer vent so that their installer won't have to mess with hard-to-handle steel pipes that frequently need to be cut and fixed in place.
More often than not, when you make arrangements with the appliance store to deliver and install the new clothes dryer, they will hire a subcontractor who may or may not bring along an extra dryer vent. Generally, they assume that they will simply reuse the old vent. If they do attach a new vent, you can bet your net worth that they will pull out a handy flexible vinyl or aluminum vent because they're cheap and easy to fit.
The flexible vents are nothing more than a coiled wire surrounded by a thin skin of inflammable vinyl or aluminum. If the vent becomes clogged with lint, it can ignite. Because the vinyl or aluminum is not fire retardant like the steel rigid vents, it will quickly be engulfed in flames. So imagine connecting your new, high-powered dryer to an old flexible dryer vent full lint. How long will it take before it becomes a bonfire? Even if you use a new flexible vent, it doesn't take long to fill up with lint because the ridges from the coiled wire make perfect little lint collectors.
This is a dangerous problem that few people ever consider until its too late. Over 15,000 fires a year are caused by these dryer vents and there is now an effort underway to change the standard dryer installation practices.
If you are someone who purchased a new clothes dryer on or after August 1, 2006 and had it professionally installed, you may qualify to join in a class action lawsuit designed to prevent the ongoing tragedies caused by improper dryer vent installation. You can find out more information about the lawsuit by visiting www.ProtectingTheConsumer.com or writing to info@outsourced-writing.com.
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