Developed in 19th-century England, the first mechanized clothes dryers were perforated barrels that rotated over flames. Today’s appliances are not so very different, at least in principle, with ...

Dear Action Line: On crawl-space mold prevention, should clothes dryers be vented outside with a horizontal duct through the crawl space or vertically through the roof? What is required to do this ...

Q–I just discovered that the clothes dryer exhaust in my new home dumps into the attic near a roof vent. There is a large collection of lint in the attic. The builder claims that this is perfectly ...