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Maintenance

How to clean exhaust vents

Heating and cooling ducts carry air all around your house, and vents often get dirty as a result of how much air flows through them. Find out if (and how) you need to clean them.

How to measure infiltration and air tightness

Part of establishing how well your home fares in terms of passive design is to establish how 'tight' it is. Learn more about how to test how much air leaks from your home.

Ventilation maintenance

Ventilation maintenance

The cleanliness of your vents can have an impact more than just the performance of you ventilation system; it can also impact upon your health. Cleaning your ventilation system is easy, and could do wonders for you and your home’s health

How to clean heating ducts and vents

Heating ducts carry air all around your house, and vents often get dirty as a result of how much air flows through them. Find out if (and how) you need to clean them.

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Plumbing

How pipes are connected

Different types of pipes need to be connected in different ways - and how they're installed in your home can affect not only your warranties, but also the amount of noise they make.

Home entertainment

Home video: where to start

The technologies used for home video have progressed in leaps and bound in recent years - find out what's available, and what you should be looking for.

Heating
Types of heater

Types of heater

There are a great many different types of heater, all with different merits and shortcomings, and suitable scenarios in which they are the best possible choice.

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