Dryer vents are often overlooked when it comes to household cleaning. Most dryer manufacturers recommend cleaning the dryer vent at least once a year, more often if the dryer is used more than once or twice per week, whereas the dryer’s lint filter should be cleaned after every dryer cycle. When the dryer’s filter or vent is clogged with lint, …

If your dryer is making squeaky noises, then this article is for you. Simply check each of the components listed below, and you should be able to find the cause of the noise and fix it. Let’s get started. The Drive Belt The best place to start is to check the drive belt. The drive belt wraps around the dryer …

If your dryer will not start and instead makes a clicking noise, it is most likely due to a fault with the door switch, start switch, or thermal fuse. A broken dryer belt is the next most likely cause of the issue. If these parts are working correctly, the drive motor, idler pulley, belt switch, control board, or timer may …

For dryers to operate correctly, they must rotate to distribute heat around the dryer’s drum. The main component in the dryer that makes this happen is the drum belt. The drum belt in your dryer is located inside the dryer panels and goes around the drum. When the dryer is overloaded with clothes or too much pressure is applied to …

Maytag is a well-respected manufacturer of home appliances such as washers, dryers, and dishwashers. Even though they have a reputation for making quality products, there will sometimes be problems with them that will cause them not to work as well as they should. One such problem is a Maytag dryer taking too long to dry clothes. If you’re having this …

It’s always frustrating when an appliance stops working properly, especially your dryer. One common problem is a dryer that turns on but will not spin. There are several possible reasons for a dryer not to tumble. It may simply be an incorrect cycle setting, or it may be a more serious issue that requires help from a dryer repair expert. …

Well, this is awkward. You expect that someday your dryer may manifest a problem that will prevent it from functioning at all, but what you didn’t expect was the dryer to just keep running. It keeps rotating, making heat, or just never stops until you physically cut the electricity to it or open the door and trigger the safety mechanism. …

The washer and dryer in your home are designed to work together. But in the balance of time, the dryer often takes longer than the washer when trying to move multiple loads of laundry through the machines. This is made all the more challenging if your dryer seems to have slowed down on how long it takes to dry clothes, …

Appliances tend to fail into an off state, meaning that they don’t do the things they should rather than doing things they shouldn’t. It’s important for appliances to have a failsafe mechanism built into nearly every system so that if something fails, the appliance stops working instead of continuing to work to catastrophic effect. However, sometimes these fail-safes don’t work …