It’s one of those household chores that becomes more difficult in winter when the rain is pouring and it’s freezing cold.

Drying clothes indoors then becomes a battle: do you open the windows to stop mould, and let all your heat out? Do you keep windows closed but worry about condensation damage? Do you use an extremely expensive tumble dryer or crank the heating?

Money expert Martin Lewis has opened up about the issue, urging households to use cheaper methods to dry their clothes inside…