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.

Most of us in Great Britain find it hard to imagine that we could be living in a highly radioactive area. But for thousands of families this could be the case. What's worse, we could be living with deadly radiation in our homes without even knowing it.

We all know Christmas is the season of goodwill and joy to all but it can also become a very manic time; presents to buy, food to make, cards to write and all those mince pies to eat! Seriously though, it can be very stressful and emotions can run high, so we’ve come up with a little guide on how to survive Christmas.

Asthma is a common lung condition that causes occasional breathing difficulties. It affects people of all ages and often starts in childhood, although it can also develop for the first time in adults. There are certain triggers for asthmatic conditions such as; exercise, pollution, pollen and the weather. For many people, asthma is harder to control during winter months and here’s why.

Damp and mould can be harmful to your health and for students living in privately rented accommodation, they can find themselves readily exposed to it. It’s important to check your accommodation for damp and mould and to understand the implications it can have for your health and well-being. It’s also important to understand the steps you can take to prevent and to remedy damp and mould in your student accommodation.

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.

Extractor fans can be ideal for extracting stale, polluted, or damp air out of individual wet rooms, such as kitchens, bathrooms, wet rooms and utility rooms.

Just how much do you think you know about ventilation? Do you know what type of fan an axial fan is? Or how about the abc's of building regulations? We've put together a fun interactive quiz to test your knowledge!

Team Hell Oar High Water will be heading out to La Gomera in the Canary Islands on 12th December and will then row west for 3000+ nautical miles across the Atlantic Ocean to English Harbour in Antigua. Once they leave the safety of La Gomera harbour they will be on their own, just the two of them in a rowing boat, on the vast ocean and at the mercy of the elements.