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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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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
How do you know if you’re paying the right price for your building project? In Episode 9 of The Healthy House Podcast, Aaron is joined by Fiona Hall from Construction Q to explore how quantity surveying can help homeowners and contractors manage costs, avoid disputes and…
With Fiona Hall, Construction Q
How much thought do you give to the lighting in your home? In Episode 8 of The Healthy House Podcast, Aaron is joined by Sam Coles to explore how light influences our daily lives, from our mood and concentration to how we wind down in the evening.
With Sam Coles, Sam Coles Lighting Design Consultants
Planning a home renovation or extension? The decisions you make before building starts can have the biggest impact on your budget, your timeline and how well your home works for you.
With Alexandra Powell, Powell Design & Construction
Nick Higgs of Elta Trade joins Aaron Worrall to explain why fitting an extractor fan isn't enough on its own, and how design, positioning, installation and commissioning determine whether a ventilation system actually works.
With Nick Higgs, Elta Trade
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 →Why the cheapest quote isn't always the best value, what provisional sums really mean, and how getting the scope, contract and payment terms right before work begins protects your budget.
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 →How natural light and colour temperature interact with the body clock, which lighting suits which room, common kitchen mistakes, and why glare and flicker matter, especially for people with sensory sensitivities.
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 →How one-off steel staircases, balustrades, gates and structural steelwork are designed and built, when to involve a fabricator, how powder coating and galvanising protect against corrosion, and the mistakes to avoid.
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.
Architect, Powell Design & Construction
Alexandra Powell is an architect and the Managing Director of Powell Design & Construction, a family-run residential architecture and construction business in Staffordshire. She appeared on Episode 7 of The Healthy House Podcast to explain what actually separates a successful home renovation or extension from one that runs over budget, overruns on time, or doesn't suit the way a family lives.
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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.
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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.
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Quantity surveyor, Construction Q
Fiona Hall is a quantity surveyor at Construction Q, a quantity surveying and project management practice. She appeared on Episode 9 of The Healthy House Podcast to explain how cost advice at the start of a project helps homeowners compare quotes, understand contracts and avoid disputes.
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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.
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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.
