If your dryer hose (that big, accordion-like metallic tube that connects it to the wall) is longer than it should be, it has to work harder and expend more energy to pump steam out of the machine.

News 6 Sports Director Jamie Seh bought a new clothes dryer, but the installers used a dryer vent hose that was too long so her closet doors wouldn’t close! If your hose is too long (or too short), ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Cleaning out the lint and clearing the exhaust hose for your dryer is the best defense against dryer fires, like the kind that ignited at an Amherst home. “It’s not the ...