Why most healthy home advice fails without measurement
23/01/2026
Jason Ratcliffe
The idea of a healthy home has never been more popular.
Open a magazine, scroll social media, or browse a retrofit guide and you will find confident advice on ventilation, materials, plants, paint choices, heating strategies, and daily habits. The intention is good. The problem is not a lack of concern. The problem is that most healthy home advice is built on assumption rather than evidence.
Homes are complex systems. Air moves, moisture migrates, materials react, and people live differently inside them. When advice is delivered without measurement, it becomes generic. When it becomes generic, it often fails. Worse still, it can sometimes make conditions poorer while giving occupants a false sense of reassurance.
The gap between advice and outcome is not accidental. It is structural.
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