Q: I’m hoping you can help me with a design problem we are having with the location of the dryer in my home. We live in a berm house with a slab foundation, and the laundry is roughly 10 feet from an ...

Q: We bought a new town house in 2007. It has a stacked washer/dryer set located in a utility closet that backs onto the interior shared wall of the third floor. The dryer is an electric model, which ...

Q. I had a problem with the exhaust for my gas dryer and found that the builder had laid 4-inch flexible ducting from an interior wall up through the attic and across to an exterior wall. From there ...

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 ...

A few months ago our electric clothes dryer died. It was expected as the thing was getting close to 18 years old, and I had done a few basic repairs over the years. There often comes a time when it's ...

Q: My dryer vent blows lint out onto my back stairs, which means I am always having to sweep them. Is there any way I can prevent this? Brian Doucette A: We can think of at least three ways to solve ...

Q: I had my clothes dryer serviced because my clothes took longer and longer to dry. The technician said to have the dryer vent checked because it might be clogged and that makes the dryer less ...

Ask the Carpenter's Rob Robillard offers tips to keep your clothes dryer operating well and safely. Get more home improvement advice at realestate.boston.com. According to the US Fire Administration, ...