Martin Lewis reveales one 'cheaper' way of dealing with mould

While turning on your heating is one of the most effective ways of dealing with this, many are less able to keep their heating on for prolonged periods of time.

With the colder weather, many people have also chosen to dry their clothes indoors, leading some to report falling ill as mould becomes more of an issue.

This is why advice from Money Saving Expert founder Martin Lewis may come in handy and slash hundreds off your heating bill each year.

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Martin Lewis shares a 'cheaper' way to help get rid of mould in your home

Speaking on the latest Martin Lewis podcast, the expert revealed a 7p solution to the problem of mould in our homes after a small 'investment'.

He suggested that Brits should consider buying a dehumidifier as the number of kilowatts per hour it uses are "generally far, far cheaper" than using central heating.

Lewis added that as long as you factor in how much it costs to buy a dehumidifier in the first place, you can make savings.

The ITV Money Show host explained on the podcast: “Many dehumidifiers have different wattages, the one I checked out was 200 watts (w).

“Once we know it’s 200w and we know a kilowatt (kw) is 1,000w, which is how electricity tends to be priced, we know this is a fifth of a kilowatt. And you pay roughly 34p per kw per hour. A fifth is 7p so you’re going to pay roughly 7p per hour to run a dehumidifier at 200w assuming it uses full power the whole time. Which is generally far, far cheaper than putting the heating on.

“If a dehumidifier does work for you it will definitely have lower electricity bills but of course you do have the initial capital outlay of buying a dehumidifier and see how that works for you.”

Dehumidifiers can be found in a number of places such as Amazon and Currys.