What constitutes a ‘healthy’ home?
Health is really important to all of us, yet many of us live in houses with poor internal environments. Some of this is our own fault – we clean using dangerous chemicals; we allow properties to get into a poor …
Tag: lighting
Which is the best light bulb?
Incandescent, CFL or LED? Choosing a bulb would appear to be a straight forward choice. Incandescent bulbs are slowly being withdrawn as they are better at making heat than light! However, we are very used to the light that they …
Designing a refurbishment
This is a difficult topic to write on as each house is individual – a sum of its parts, its history and of its future. So this will be a set of ideas, hints, observations rather than a definitive guide. …
LED bulbs – are they any good yet?
I have just popped some new LED bulbs into the kitchen and bathrooms and am well impressed with the light that they are giving out. The ones that we used were the GU10 (halogen spot replacements) and are rated as …
Light tubes / Sunpipes. Useful in the home?
Sun pipes or light tubes are effectively holes in your roof connected to a ceiling inside. They are designed to bring in natural light into otherwise dark areas of a building. This is of course the best quality light free …
Sick building syndrome. What to avoid.
The World Health Organisation recognise Sick Building Syndrome as a real issue and have written a number of reports on it. With the interiors of buildings being in the news of late I thought that it was worth throwing a …
Which is the best lightbulb to buy?
Lighting is a difficult area to understand – there is a whole industry built around designing lighting layouts, however there are some basics that people should understand when looking into choosing lighting for their homes. With incandescent lighting slowly being …