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Read first, book second

Dryer
guides,
read first.

A dryer repair guide is only useful if it answers the question you actually have, so these are split by what you are trying to find out — is this worth paying for, what is that noise, what can I check myself — rather than by which part of the appliance it concerns.

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Work out what
you are dealing with.

Split by what you are trying to find out rather than by what part of the appliance it concerns.

All 18 guides
A dryer door open with a load of towels still damp inside, a laundry basket on the floor in front of it.
Why the load came out like that

Common problems

A hand pulling the lint screen out of the door opening of a front-load dryer.
What an owner can safely check

Troubleshooting

A long vent-cleaning brush and a lint screen laid on a laundry counter beside a dryer.
Keeping the dryer out of trouble

Maintenance and prevention

A dryer pulled away from a laundry-room wall, its crushed foil duct and a small lint pile on the floor behind it.
Is it safe to keep using

Fire and gas safety

A gas dryer and an electric dryer side by side in a bright laundry room, doors closed.
Which dryer suits the house

Choosing and comparing

The rigid metal vent duct and the power cord behind a dryer pulled out from the wall.
Setting it up to last

Installation and setup

Reading did not fix it?

The work itself

Every guide here ends in the same place: what a technician actually does about it, in the order it gets done.

10 kinds of workCheapest cause firstWhat a visit costs See what we do

Curious what a repair costs? That has a page of its own rather than a section here, because nobody can name a fair figure before a technician has opened the dryer — dryer repair cost.

Not sure
where to start?

Most visits begin with one of a few questions. Each will have a guide that answers it before anything is booked, and some end with a fix that costs nothing.

Or start from the symptom

It is misbehaving and you are not sure whyFive checks before you call for dryer repair

The breaker, the door and control lock, the lint screen, the vent hood outside and the gas valve, in about fifteen minutes with no tools.

Before you phone or bookFind your dryer's model number

The label hides inside the door opening, behind a water tank or on the door of a stacked unit, and it unlocks the manual, the parts and any recall.

It smells hot or runs too hotDryer Fire Warning Signs and What Each One Means

Slow loads, a hot cabinet, a weak flap at the outside hood: the signs that come before a dryer fire, and which ones mean switch it off now.

You are weighing a repair against a new oneRepair or replace a dryer: what decides it

Fuses, belts, rollers and heaters are worth fixing on almost any dryer; a rusted drum or a heat-pump compressor usually is not.

When reading
is not enough.

If the checks in a guide did not settle it, a technician picks up from there. The visit, stop by stop.

What repairs cost
  1. 01Test before touching
  2. 02The price comes first
  3. 03The right part
  4. 04Repair and a test load

When there is
no time to read.

These four can start a fire or let gas into the house. Each page puts the causes in the order worth checking, and says when to stop and book.

All 17 problems
A front-load dryer in a US home laundry room with its door open and the lint screen pulled halfway out, a thin gray layer of lint visible on the mesh. Fire or gas risk

Dryer Burning Smell

5 causes, cheapest first

 The back of a gas dryer pulled slightly away from the wall in a US home laundry room, showing the yellow flexible gas connector and the shutoff valve on the supply pipe. Fire or gas risk

Dryer Smells Like Gas

5 causes, cheapest first

 A crushed silver foil dryer duct pinched between the back of a dryer and a painted drywall in a US home laundry room, lint caught at the fold. Fire or gas risk

Dryer Overheating

5 causes, cheapest first

 An open residential electrical panel in a US home laundry room with a double-pole breaker in the off position among rows of breakers. Fire or gas risk

Dryer Tripping Breaker

5 causes, cheapest first
A parent and a child folding warm towels together on top of a front-load dryer in a bright laundry room
For the heart of your home.

Questions about
the guides.

Do the guides take the place of a repair visit?
No. They explain what a dryer is doing and which checks are safe for an owner, so the simple causes are ruled out and the rest can be described clearly. Where a guide reaches a gas line, live wiring or the inside of the cabinet, it tells you to stop.
Will the guides fit my make of dryer?
Most are written about the type of dryer rather than one brand, since gas, electric and ventless machines work much alike whoever builds them. Where a make differs the guide says so, and your owner's manual comes before any general advice.
Where should I start reading?
If something is wrong now, start with the problem pages, which are sorted by what you notice. The guides are longer and suit a question you have time for: how a dryer dries, what to check before a visit, or whether an older one is worth keeping.
What are the guides based on?
Each guide names the sources behind its specific claims, such as manufacturer documentation and published fire and gas safety guidance. Anything that cannot be sourced is given as general repair experience, not as a rule.

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