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January 2011
SAFETY ALERT
Clothes Dryer Appliance & Venting Maintenance
Notice to owners, occupants, and maintenance personnel:
A dryer and the attached vent system requires regular cleaning and maintenance, just like your furnace or other
fuel burning equipment. Lack of regular cleaning and maintenance of dryers and their attached venting systems,
has been identified as causing fires.
Although lack of service can result in a fire hazard, improper dryer venting also poses a carbon monoxide risk
on gas supplied dryers. The dryer vent system removes in addition to moisture, the gas by-products from your
appliance to the outdoors.
When a dryer/venting system is clogged with lint, air flow is restricted, your dryer then has to work harder which
leads to overheating. As the dryer ducts remove lint and moisture from clothes, not all of the lint is captured by
the screen or makes it to the outdoors; this builds up on the sides of the vent system and eventually dries to a
hard material. This material attracts more lint, where it eventually creates a restriction that leads to overheating,
potentially resulting in a fire.
It is recommended that dryers and all fuel burning appliances are maintained or serviced on a minimum of an
annual basis, or as per the Certified Appliance instructions by a Licensed, Qualified Gas Contractor. To find a
local contractor in your area please visit our website at: www.safetvauthoritv.ca
For further information:
Wayne Lock
Provincial Gas Safety Manager
E-mail: Wayne. Lock(a)-safetyauthority.ca
505 SIXTH STREET, SUITE 200, NEW WESTMINSTER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA V3L OE1
Toll Free: 1 -866 -566 -SAFE (7233) Fax: 778-396-2064 Web Site: www.safetyauthority.ca E-mail: info(cDsafetyauthority.ca