Mould expert reveals why you should NEVER dry your clothes indoors – but there is a solution if you have no choice

• Mould expert shares why you should never resort to drying your clothes indoors

A mould expert has shared the reason behind why you should never dry your clothes indoors after washing them. 

Posting via his TikTok account @ministryofmould, the expert warned that drying your clothes in certain indoor conditions could have disastrous consequences. 

He did, however, give a handy tip to anyone who has no option but to dry their clothes inside, which could help prevent unwanted results. 

The video, which has over 575,000 views on the social media platform, was well-received by others who frequently dried their laundry indoors. 

Beginning the video by using a handheld monitor to track the level of relative humidity (RH) in a room where clothes were drying, the expert recorded a relative level of just over 93 per cent and a dew point of 19.4C. 

Clothes drying indoors causes this room to be as humid as a rainforest! I get it. Sometimes clothes need to be dried inside but you can save yourself some real bother with mould by taking simple steps. Open the windows and keep the door shut is the easiest and free 😆 If you have a dehumidifier then put that in the room (with the windows and doors shut) and run it while the clothes dry. #mould #mold #mouldproblems #condensation #asthma #clothesdryer

Posting to TikTok via his account @ministryofmould, the expert warned that drying your clothes in certain indoor conditions could have disastrous consequences

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Explaining the significance of these numbers, he said: ‘That means if any surface in this room is below 19C, then condensation will form, which will also lead to mold’. 

Using a laser temperature measurer to show that one wall in the room was between 18.8C and 19C, the expert explained the surface was ‘now susceptible to condensation forming on it because of the humidity in this room’. 

He then pans the camera to show a higher part of the wall with visible patches of mould that had formed. 

Continuing, he said: ‘If you do need to dry your clothes inside, which I have to do as well sometimes, put them in one room with a dehumidifier or keep the windows open while you are drying clothes’. 

Despite his assurances that this would work, some were worried about how they could do so given their various living situations. 

One user wrote: ‘I live on a first floor flat please tell me how I’m supposed to dry them’. 

The expert replied by saying they should try doing so ‘in one room with the door shut and the window open. Don’t worry about heat, clothes dry quicker when air isn’t humid.’

Another backed the advice about using a dehumidifier to dry clothes, responding: ‘a dehumidifier with a laundry setting works a treat and clothes dry so much faster, definitely recommend.’ 

A third said: ‘I use a dehumidifier 24/7 as it’s cheap to run’. 

A fourth joked: ‘I’ll just dry them outside in the rain’.  

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