Chief Eco
Founder of ECOitis.
In the mid 90’s he bought a house and started with general maintenance (putting up shelves and the general repairs required in almost any home) before moving on to add the odd power socket here and there, replacing the burnt-out oven heater and so on. For a long time, he shied away from anything to do with water because, in his experience, leaks are impossible to avoid and even harder to deal with – but he eventually took on the central heating system, first by replacing the manual valves with TRV’s and then, later, upgrading the whole system to use the Honeywell evohome system.
He isn’t affiliated to any company involved in the building / construction / supply industries but has a broadly technical background, spending far too long working in the sharp and very pointy end of IT before deciding on a complete career change.
For the last ten years he’s focused on public health issues, a role that has tested and hugely extended his understanding of building-work, from roof construction to sewer layouts and everything in between.
He drinks far too much tea and his favourite colour is blue. Friends call him Dave.
Test Eco
‘Test’ also has a background in engineering and is responsible for ensuring any experimental trials we do are conducted safely. Has a highly developed sense of timing, always seeming to show up just when there’s any trial or test that involve cooking – and the subsequent eating. Can’t think why!
Also a dab hand with a camera.
Other writers
We welcome guest authors: if you have an article that you feel would be a good fit for ECOitis, please get in touch with a short overview of your proposed article and we will reply as soon as we can. Items should be your own work and typically 500+ words with suitable images (again, certified as your own work or some evidence that we are allowed to re-publish). Links to external sites is permitted – within reason – but must relate to the content and be appropriate for any audience. We reserve the right to edit / refuse / remove copy.