When it's freezing and freezing temperatures, most of them dry their laundry in the warm room.
Find out here why a garden or balcony is a better idea in winter.
Laundry needs warmth to dry?
That is not entirely true.
In fact, in winter, laundry dries best in frost and freezing cold.
Laundry dries in frost thanks to sublimation
The reason for this is a physical phenomenon, sublimation.
At freezing temperatures
below zero, the laundry
on the clothesline
freezes
first.
If the
air
is
dry
, the ice then changes directly into a gaseous state after a while without becoming liquid again.
In this way, the laundry dries perfectly in the fresh air
even in frosty conditions
-
sometimes even faster than inside the apartment
.
After all, the air in the home can often no longer absorb enough water vapor from wet laundry - it is saturated.
Therefore, it takes longer in the end than laundry that dries outdoors in the cold.
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There are many benefits to drying laundry outside in winter
Another advantage: If you dry your laundry outside in winter, you avoid mold in the apartment and you don't have to heat too much to avoid it.
You also save the electricity costs for the tumble dryer.
Also read:
Many people make this mistake when drying clothes - without
even
realizing it.
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