• Your clothes are taking much longer than usual to dry;

• Both your clothing and the dryer exterior get very hot;

• Presence of debris around the dryer hose;

• The vent hood flap does not open properly;

• The dryer vent has not been inspected for more than a year;

• You notice a strange burning smell on the clothes;

• The laundry room feels excessively hot when the dryer is running.

All signs that it's time to get your dryer vent cleaned!