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Leading architects, surveyors, masons and building-health specialists explain damp, mould, ventilation, retrofit and construction quality in plain English — so you can make decisions about your own home without being sold to.
Raising standards. Sharing knowledge. Helping homeowners make informed decisions.
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Good joinery shapes the spaces we use every day, from kitchens and staircases to timber windows and doors. But with materials, prices and workmanship varying, how do you know who to trust, what you’re paying for and whether the finished work will last?In Episode 5 of The Healthy
With Keith Dowley, Ultimate Joinery Solutions
Why this show exists
Homeowners are asked to make expensive, irreversible decisions about their houses using language nobody ever explained to them. This podcast is an attempt to close that gap — by putting the people who genuinely understand these buildings in front of a microphone and asking them to speak plainly.
Damp, ventilation, breathability, U-values — the language of building science locks ordinary homeowners out of decisions about their own homes. Every episode is an attempt to translate it without dumbing it down.
Guests are surveyors, specialist contractors, masons, architects and manufacturers who spend their days on real buildings. Experience on site counts for more here than a job title.
Building health is full of contested ground and bad advice sold with total confidence. Where the evidence is thin or the trade disagrees, the conversation says so rather than papering over it.
Weather Wise Solutions hosts the show and Remmers sponsors it, but neither buys a say in what a guest concludes. If an episode is only useful as an advert, it has failed.
Episodes
A damp patch can look straightforward, but the wrong diagnosis can turn a simple maintenance issue into thousands of pounds of unnecessary work. Rising damp is often blamed first, chemical DPCs are prescribed by default, and moisture-meter readings are treated as proof, even when
With Andrew Martin, The Damp Men
Dan Bragg, owner of Custom Fabrications, joins Aaron Worrall to explain how bespoke staircases, balustrades and gates are designed and built, and what homeowners get wrong about steel.
With Dan Bragg, Custom Fabrications
Heritage masonry specialist Jake Mitchell of Archer Brick & Stone joins Aaron Worrall to explain why lime mortar, not cement, is essential to protecting traditional brick and stone homes.
With Jake Mitchell, Archer Brick & Stone
Damp specialist Paul Hughes joins Aaron Worrall to explain the three types of damp, why homes get misdiagnosed, and the early warning signs every homeowner should know.
With Paul Hughes
Explainers
Written guides that pull together what the show’s guests have said on the subjects homeowners ask about most. Free, no sign-up, no sales pitch.
A guide to the three real types of damp, why so many homes are misdiagnosed, what a damp meter can and can't tell you, and how to spot a contractor who's guessing.
Read the guide →Where household moisture actually comes from, why airtight modern homes need more ventilation not less, and how trickle vents, extract fans, PIV and MVHR each fit into the fix.
Read the guide →How solid-wall traditional buildings manage moisture, why cement pointing damages old brick and stone, and what owners of listed and older properties need to know before repairing them.
Read the guide →What a mortgage valuation actually covers, the different levels of RICS survey, how to read a vague damp note, and why a free specialist report isn't always as independent as it sounds.
Read the guide →An overview of Awaab's Law, the Fitness for Human Habitation Act, the HHSRS damp and mould hazard, and what tenants and landlords in the UK should know and document.
Read the guide →Guests
Specialist contractors, surveyors, masons and manufacturers — chosen for what they know rather than how well they market themselves.
Host, Weather Wise Solutions
Aaron Worrall is a director of Weather Wise Solutions, the damp, mould and condensation specialist behind The Healthy House Podcast. He spends his working life in other people's homes, diagnosing moisture problems and undoing work that was sold to people who had no way of knowing it was wrong — which is the reason this show exists.
Founder, The Damp Men
Andrew Martin is the founder of The Damp Men, a family-run property preservation business in the South West. He appeared on Episode 4 of The Healthy House Podcast to explain why the damp-proofing industry has such a mixed reputation, and why diagnosis has to come before treatment.
1 episode
Owner, Custom Fabrications
Dan Bragg is the owner of Custom Fabrications. He appeared on Episode 3 of The Healthy House Podcast to explain bespoke metalwork — staircases, balustrades, gates and structural steel — and the fabrication process behind it, from CAD drawing to installation.
1 episode
Heritage masonry specialist, Archer Brick & Stone
Jake Mitchell of Archer Brick & Stone is a heritage masonry specialist who works on traditional buildings across the UK. He appeared on Episode 2 of The Healthy House Podcast to explain why lime mortar, not cement, is essential to protecting older brick and stonework.
1 episode
Director, Ultimate Joinery Solutions
Keith Dowley is a director of Ultimate Joinery Solutions, a bespoke joinery business. He appeared on Episode 5 of The Healthy House Podcast to talk about traditional craftsmanship, bespoke joinery and building a family business.
1 episode
Damp specialist
Paul Hughes is a damp specialist who appeared on Episode 1 of The Healthy House Podcast. He joined host Aaron Worrall to explain the three main types of damp and why so many homes get misdiagnosed and treated for the wrong problem.
1 episode
Who it’s for
Whether that is a homeowner staring at a survey report, a landlord working to Awaab’s Law, or an architect specifying a repair on a listed building.
Get involved
We are always looking for guests across property, construction, architecture, housing, design, sustainability and building health — from national names to the best specialist in one trade.
Questions
The Healthy House Podcast is a UK podcast about property, construction and healthy homes. Each episode is a long-form conversation with a specialist — a surveyor, mason, contractor, architect or manufacturer — about a subject homeowners are routinely given bad advice on, such as damp, mould, condensation, ventilation, repointing or renovating an older building.
The show is hosted by Aaron Worrall, a director of Weather Wise Solutions, a damp, mould and condensation specialist based in Staffordshire. It is sponsored by Remmers Group and produced by Crawford & Beattie.
Episodes are available on Spotify and on YouTube, where the show is published in full video. Apple Podcasts and other networks are planned. You can also play every episode directly from the episode pages on this site.
No. The show is made for ordinary homeowners first. Guests are asked to explain things in plain English, and every episode page carries a written summary and key takeaways so you can get the answer without listening to 90 minutes if you do not want to.
No. Remmers Group sponsors the show and Weather Wise Solutions hosts it, but neither has editorial control over a guest’s conclusions. Where guests disagree with common industry practice, that disagreement stays in.
Pitches are welcome from people who work in property, construction, architecture, housing, design, sustainability and building health. Email info@thehealthyhousepodcast.co.uk or send a message through any of the show’s social channels.
