The Hidden Dangers of Drying Clothes Inside

Keeping on top of the laundry is an essential part of maintaining a decent wardrobe. 

How else can you make sure that your favorite fashion pieces are ready to go whenever and wherever the mood takes you? There is nothing worse than not being able to wear your favorite top because it is right at the bottom of the laundry basket.

Of course, when you live somewhere where it rains a lot, drying laundry is not always easy. If you try hanging it up outside, there is a chance that the heavens will open, soaking your nice, clean washing and sending you right back to square one and still leaving you without that top. It is little wonder that many of us do the laundry, either at home or at a laundromat, then opt to dry it all inside.  We know that it is never going to be the best way of doing it, but if it means that you can wear your clothes, that’s a good thing, right? Well, maybe not, if you knew what it could be doing to your clothes, your home, and your health.

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What is it doing to your health?

Wet washing releases mold spores, which is very obviously a bad thing when it comes to your health. Research has shown that around 30% of the damp in a home comes from drying laundry indoors. This heightened level of damp can be bad news for anyone who has asthma, as well as putting everyone at an increased risk of lung infections. If that wasn’t bad enough, mold is not the only problem that indoor drying produces. So, even if you get mold removal for your home, you haven’t solved everything.

What is it doing to your home?

If the damage it is doing to your health was not bad enough, consider the many issues that drying clothes indoors can do to your home.  Mold spores are terrible news for everything from your plaster down to your brick work, and, left undealt with, they can cause some pretty severe problems to the structure of your home. And, let us not even talk about how unsightly damp patches are. You won’t find any interior bloggers putting pictures of damp ridden walls on the ‘gram!

What is it doing to your clothes?

In a home that might be damp anyway, it can take up to three days to dry clothes, and that length of time provides the perfect window for mold to grow. If – and when – it does, it will cause harm to both the material and the color.  You might not notice these effects immediately, but it will significantly reduce the lifespan of your clothes. So, if you want your clothes to last and look good, indoor drying is never going to be the most excellent idea.

Of course, for some people, there is no choice but to dry clothes inside. Many apartments do not provide any outdoor space for you to put a washing line up, so in this case, hang your clothes near an open window and keep the window open while they are drying. You may also want to consider using a dryer, although these can be expensive to both purchase and run, and are not brilliant for the environment.