Most pests love moisture and warmth, so laundry rooms provide ideal conditions. Not to mention the dirt and food crumbs that accumulate in the piles of soiled clothes and towels. Where do bed bugs hide? Laundry rooms. Your clothes, hampers, and the crevices of washing machines are also welcome hiding places for ticks, fleas, lice, cockroaches, and, of course, ants.
Hitchhike on Clothing
For many pests, the easiest way into your laundry is via your clothing. Any bug you may encounter in the world, like fleas at a pet shelter, a spider at the park, or lice at a kids’ party, can find its way back to your home on your clothes. These little hitchhikers can then find ideal breeding locations inside your home.
Breed in Laundry Baskets
Laundry bags and baskets are another item most of us forget to clean. For this reason, the crevices and seams can accidentally become home to various pests. Those bugs can then travel from your clothes into your machines, or from the basket into the laundry room at large.
Shared Laundry Facilities
If you use shared laundry, whether regularly or occasionally, you’re even more likely to encounter pests. When you share a room and machine with someone else’s clothes, it’s impossible to know exactly what issues may arise. Bugs can come in on another person’s clothing or find room to breed if things aren’t being cleaned adequately.
When choosing a laundromat to use, it is particularly important to choose one that is cleaned regularly – like LaundroLab.