7 Laundry mistakes you are probably making – and what you need to do to fix them

A washing maxhine and dryer next to one another with a laundry basket and detergent bottles on top.

Laundry is the most mundane of household chores, but it is an essential one to get right to save damaging your clothes and prized household linens.

Although doing laundry is relatively simple, going into autopilot can result in us making some laundry mistakes we might regret.