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About Mind the Gaff

Mind the Gaff publishes plain-English guides for people looking after a home in the UK: keeping it secure, and keeping the people in it safe from fire and carbon monoxide.

We build our pages from two kinds of evidence. Official statistics from bodies such as the Office for National Statistics and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government tell us what actually happens in burglaries and house fires. Manufacturers' own UK product pages, manuals and data sheets tell us what a product is designed to do. We say which is which.

We don't test products, we don't publish star ratings, and we never write as if we've used something we haven't. Read how we research and our advertising disclosure.

Spotted a mistake? Email [email protected] and we'll correct it.