How to clean your dryer lint trap Keeping your dryer lint free takes very little time and will serve you well in the long run.  Regularly cleaned dryers work more efficiently – saving energy and money – because they have better airflow.  They are also safer as lint deposits in the dryer pose a serious fire hazard that is easily defused by regular and careful cleaning. Avoid damp or wet loads and longer-than-expected drying times or unnecessary...

Using your front loader Here are some points about using your washing machine that are interesting to know. Only use small quantities of low suds soap. Good front loaders are water saturation machines as opposed to water immersion machines, so each fill is very small and the clothes are just sloppy wet. They tumble back and forth in a polished stainless steel drum. It only takes a small amount of soap to saturate this solution. Identify which...

Using your dishwasher New dishwashers conserve more water than ever. Some boast that they can wash dishes for twelve people in only fifteen litres of water or less……and they do, but the user has to help. Consider enough dishes for twelve people with three courses. Fifteen litres is only a plastic bucket full. If you tried to do this in the kitchen sink the cleaning water would become pea soup! The user needs to consider the practicalities when...