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Birds & Dryer Vents

Spring is here, the weather is getting warmer, and the birds are coming out! The thing about birds, though, is that they can be bad for your dryer vent. How so? Well, if you’ve noticed that your dryer is taking a longer time to dry clothes this season, there’s a good possibility that you have a bird’s nest stuck in the dryer vent somewhere.
But wait—why would birds build their nests in...

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It’s Time to Get Your Home Spring Ready!

March might have just arrived, but it won’t be long before April and May are here! That makes March the perfect month to get your home spring ready. There’s a lot of work to do to clear away winter and all that came with it so your home is ready for warmer weather, but with the following tips, you can get your home in tip-top shape for spring in no time.
You’ll want to start with the...

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Have You Had Your Dryer Vent Line Sanitized?

If you’re looking at the above title and asking yourself, “Wait, why does my dryer vent line need to be sanitized? I thought I only had to keep it clean of lint!”. Unfortunately, that’s not entirely true. While you do need to keep your dryer vent clean of lint, there’s a bit more to cleaning a vent line than just that. That’s where line sanitization comes in!
Why exactly should your...

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The Story Behind Lint

Here at Dryer Vent Wizards, we talk about lint A LOT. The reason? Lint is one of the most likely causes of dryer fires, but what exactly IS lint? And just why is there always so much of it? Is lint simply another dryer mystery, much like disappearing socks? It is not (though we're still not entirely sure where all those socks go…)!
Where does lint come from? Well, when you wash a full...

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Local Father & Son Are Making Their Mark As Referees

Doug Mayfield, owner and president of Dryer Vent Wizard of Central Indiana, is also a licensed referee. For more than a decade, Doug would officiate countless basketball games, with his wife and three kids cheering him on from the stands. One of his sons, Preston, was always itching to help his dad referee.

In 2020, after watching his dad ref games for more than a decade, Preston took...

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