A CLEANING expert has lifted the lid on her failsafe technique to eradicate mould from the home, as she revealed her top tips of what to look out for.
Social media user Ann Russell uploaded a video in which she explained why she thinks a dehumidifier is the only answer to banishing the frustrating – but increasingly common – problem.
Ann, who can be found on TikTok at @annrussell03, was asked by one of her 2.3 million followers what the best method to adopt is.
They wrote to her and said: “Ann, do you know how to get rid of mould and keep it from coming back?
“I live in New Zealand, everywhere is damp, has no heating and isn’t insulated.”
Luckily, Ann was on hand to help and quickly provided her answer.
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She explained: “Wherever you live in the world, damp comes with mould. All species of mould like damp.
“The way you get rid of mould is by getting rid of the damp.”
Ann went on to say that while you can wipe mould with bleach and other cleaning products, it will always keep growing because “it’s the kind of plant where you can’t get deep enough to get to the very base of it.”
She added: “The only way you’ll get rid of it properly and permanently is to dry the air.
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“So dehumidifiers – there’s two sorts.”
However, Ann was also quick to point out that not just any dehumidifier will do the trick.
She revealed: “Compressor ones, and they work by compressing the air so that the water that’s held in the air falls out.
“And desiccant ones which warm the air and then they collect it out of the air.
“Compressor ones don’t work very well at cold temperatures as there’s less water in the air and they’re really loud.
“I’ve got a desiccant dehumidifier. Now they are expensive, and I do know that.
“I often suggest bits of kits that are well over £100 and I’m fully aware that that’s a lot of money, and a lot of people don’t have it.”
The way you get rid of mould is by getting rid of the damp.
Going on to say that the gadget in question can often cost upwards of £150, Ann said: “But if you see one that you can afford or you can put some money away every month to get one, they also blow out a stream of warm air.
“I used to use them to dry an incredibly cold and damp bedroom that we had.
“I found that once I got that, I just ran it every night and in the morning the room was beautifully warm and I could turn off the storage heater and it completely cured the damp problem.”
Ann also had plenty of other handy tricks up her sleeves.
The cleaning whizz continued: “If you can’t run to that, then you need to run a small fan to get the air circulating so you don’t get these pockets of damp, stagnant air.
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“And obviously if you live in a country that’s warm and damp, you don’t want a warm heater heating it.”
She concluded: “You want permanent cures, which means really improving ventilation and trying to dry whatever is causing the damp.”
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