There are a number of devices and appliances that have been standard household items in American homes since before most of us were born. Electric irons, dishwashers, vacuum cleaners, gas (or electric ...

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 ...

Even if you have your laundry routine down to a science, you might not even know that your washing machine has a lint trap—much less that it requires regular cleaning. But, much like your dryer’s lint ...

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- It's often an afterthought when doing daily chores, but a simple overlook could be fatal. Did you remember to clean the lint filter when doing laundry? No? That mistake results in ...

CHICAGO -- Clothes dryers are second only to stoves when it comes to causing house fires, and are responsible for hundreds of them every year in Illinois alone, but experts say these fires are ...

Eliminate excess lint on your clothes and laundry with these simple tricks. Getty Images / Dulin Lint on your laundry is more than just a minor inconvenience. Tiny fibers can cling to clothes, making ...

BALTIMORE (WJZ) --Local firefighters are urging residents to check their lint filter every time they run their dryer. Baltimore's Firefighter union tweeted that dryer fires are one of the leading ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Clothes dryers are second only to stoves when it comes to causing house fires, and are responsible for hundreds of them every year in Illinois alone, but experts say these fires are ...