If your dryer is in the basement and the basement is underground, run duct up the exterior wall and out the rim joist. Set the vent a minimum of 12 inches above the outside ground. Pro tip: Use no ...

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 ...

You just moved into your new home, and it is time to wash clothes. The first load of laundry is complete, and you throw it into the dryer. You connected the dryer exhaust outlet to a pipe that was ...

Q. I remember an article you wrote many years ago about vent buckets not being allowed for clothes dryers. My condo has no outside vent for the dryer, so I've always used a vent bucket. My question is ...