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  1. Radon, No Problem (1994)

    Director
    David Hayward
    Subject
    Civil Engineering & Building; Health & safety
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 14 minutes), £35.25

    Guidance for householders and builders on reducing radon levels in existing homes. Shows what radon remedial equipment actually looks like and how easily it can be installed in the home.

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  2. Cardington: The Biggest Fire Space in the World (1989)

    Director
    David Hayward
    Producer
    Sally Lessiter
    Subject
    Engineering; Health & safety
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 14 minutes), £37.60

    Shows the space, size and 15 specialist rigs within the Fire Research Station’s Cardington Laboratory, a former air ship hanger which is used for full-scale fire and explosion testing. There are examples...

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  3. Front Room Fire, The (1989) (1989)

    Director
    David Hayward
    Producer
    Sally Lessiter
    Subject
    Civil Engineering & Building; Health & safety
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 9 minutes), £29.38

    Shows what happens when a settee is ignited by a single match in a test to simulate fire in a furnished front room. In three minutes the whole room is engulfed by fire; the states of the fire’s rapid...

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  4. Anatomy of a Fire (1982)

    Director
    David Hayward
    Subject
    Health & safety
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 20 minutes), £37.60

    A tribunal of enquiry asked the Fire Research Station to investigate a fire at the Stardust Club in Dublin in 1981 in which 48 young people died. The video shows the many FRS tests culminating in a...

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  5. At Home with Hurricanes (1981 Video)

    Director
    David Hayward
    Subject
    Architecture; Development studies
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Describes research by the Overseas Division of the Building Research Establishment to design houses suitable for low-income families in developing countries that will be strong enough to resist earthquakes...

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  6. Fire in Store (1980)

    Director
    David Hayward
    Subject
    Health & safety
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 15 minutes), £37.60

    Following a major fire in the Manchester Woolworth’s store in 1979, the Fire Research Station carried out various experiments with sprinkler systems to try to find an efficient way of controlling furniture...

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  7. Prediction of Wind Loads (1978 Film, Video)

    Director
    David Hayward
    Subject
    Architecture; Engineering
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Concerned with buildings that are ‘wind-sensitive’ because of shape, size, location and relationship to nearby structures. Points out that such buildings are not covered by the BS Code of Practice and,...

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