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BBC Radio 4's Tom Heap turns to Air Leakage Testing

Air Leakage Testing performed an air test for the BBC earlier this year as part of a programme on Radio 4 called Costing the Earth.

When presenter Tom Heap bought a rundown cottage near Rugby in Warwickshire he was shocked by the heating and electricity bills. As part of a year-long project to reduce his family's energy consumption he drafted in Air Leakage Testing to advise on minimising heat loss. The results were broadcast in April this year.

Although reliant upon Tom's commentary throughout, listeners were treated to Tom's family's obvious delight at the sight of smoke billowing out of gaps in window and door frames and loose tiles, as Keith Bartlett of Air Leakage Testing pumped air into the building with a giant fan. Air tests don't normally involve the use of smoke but it made good radio!

Keith then toured the exterior of the house with an infra-red heat-detecting gun pointing out obvious areas of heat loss. To hear the broadcast visit the BBC Radio 4 Science pages.