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Jenny McFarlane

I didn't realise drying laundry indoors could cause mould – here's how experts say you can avoid this happening in your home

A wooden clothes airer with drying clothes .

As much as I love the smell of freshly washed clothes, I know that drying them indoors can quickly create problems in the autumn/winter. When the weather turns cooler, it's tempting to keep laundry inside, hoping it will dry overnight, but turns out, what's really happening is that lots of water is being released into the air.

'Whilst air drying laundry in winter consumes little to no energy vs using a tumble dryer, it is a surefire way of contributing to excess moisture in the air as the water evaporates, especially when drying wet clothing over radiators,' explains Noel Fok, co-founder of EcoAir.

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