CEDAR PARK, Texas (KXAN) – A Texas family said their Samsung dryer caught fire twice after lint built up. The Cowarts say it’s not the lint trap filter that everyone cleans out. The lint is inside the ...

Few household chores are as crucial and often overlooked as cleaning the lint trap in your clothes dryer. The lint trap is used to catch the majority of the lint from your laundry before it gets into ...

While you’re likely accustomed to cleaning out the lint trap after each dryer cycle, there’s another critical area that needs regular attention—the space just underneath the lint trap. Lint, dust, ...

Most of us treat our dryer like a household workhorse, tossing in wet loads without a second thought and walking away. It is just laundry, right? Well, here is the thing: that casual attitude might be ...

Tumble dryers are a home appliance that many of us take for granted. We toss damp clothes in, and we get dry clothes out. End of story. But that’s not where the tale ends for some unfortunate ...

Benjamin Franklin famously said that nothing is certain except death and taxes. He clearly didn't know about dryer lint. Even if you clean your lint trap after every cycle as instructed, some of the ...