There are many misconceptions about damp and what actually causes it. Here, Phil Harrison, Domestic Ventilation Manager at EnviroVent, gives his advice on recognising different types of damp and offers his tips on improving indoor air quality.

Ventilation should be an important consideration in any home. Without proper ventilation, your home could be prone to damp and a build-up of potentially harmful pollutants. Ventilation is also essential for keeping your house fresh and providing a pleasant environment to live in.

Exposure to radon gas can be harmful to respiratory health, but as the gas is odourless, you can't directly tell if it's present in your home. The only way to know if radon gas is making its way into your home through a building's materials or foundations is to do a test.

Although chemical treatment and mould paint can be used as a temporary measure for mould and damp they do not offer a permanent solution.

Excess moisture leads to condensation which leads to mould meaning a costly upkeep. Here's our seven tips to reduce condensation for your tenants helping you to save money.

When Winter closes in and the temperature drops, the vast majority of us want to hibernate – draw the curtains, exclude the draught and have the heating on or better yet the fire. However, this very act of insulating and sealing our homes up can actually be damaging to our health.

According to Universities UK, over 2 million students were studying at UK higher education institutes in 2016-17. There are many common concerns for students with rented student accommodation including unpaid bills or rent, getting deposits back at the end of the tenancy and dealing with house repairs. A common problem that students come across in rented accommodation is mould. This tends to be a significant issue within student properties due to the number of individuals living in the same property and because the majority of the time the accommodation remains occupied by the tenant.

Different types of damp can affect a property in different ways, and it is important to identify the type of damp you have as soon as possible. There will be different root causes for the different types of damp and various ways of dealing with them.

Radon poisoning is the cause of more than 1,000 deaths in the UK each year, yet many people do not know what radon is, or how radon poisoning occurs. Find out all, and how to reduce the risks.