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3398 Washington Road
Atlanta, GA 30344
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Advanced residential construction and home improvement consulting and owner's advocacy in Atlanta, using the latest building performance diagnostic and modeling techniques and tools. Airtightness, insulation, HVAC, ventilation, moisture, and air quality and EMF consulting for homeowners and building professionals alike.

Videos/Podcasts/Articles

Home performance articles and stories from the field with internationally respected building forensics guru Corbett Lunsford at the Building Performance Workshop. Hear new episodes of the Building Performance Podcast, see new videos from the Home Performance YouTube channel, and learn all about how diagnostic testing (more than an 'Energy Audit') can make home improvement and new home construction a proven process!

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WRB Sheathing vs. House Wrap: Landus Bennett’s Building Science Field Lab

Corbett Lunsford

Hear from the inventors of two WRB sheathing systems about why taped WRB panels are taking over for housewraps, and how to abuse your building materials to see how tough they are. Shot at the Watson Springs research lab with building scientists Landus Bennett. More at: http://WatsonSprings.com

Thanks to our Patreon supporters for helping us continue exploring the science of homes! Become a member at: http://Patreon.com/HomeDiagnosisTV

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categories From the Field, Performance Pros, Videos, Testing Tools
tags enclosure, testing, long-term, tape, zip, forcefield, lp, wrb, barrier, adhered, membrane, taping, caulking, housewrap, tyvek, leakage, water, air, seal, tight, blower door, landus bennett, watson springs

Radiant Barrier: How Does It Work?

Corbett Lunsford

'Home Diagnosis' co-host Corbett Lunsford uses an infrared thermal camera to demonstrate how a radiant barrier works. This one is built into the Thermostat roof sheathing, and it needs to be kept clean and have an air gap against the radiant barrier coating.

More on Thermostat at: http://BuildGP.com/thermostat

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tags radiant, barrier, sheathing, thermostat, osb, mylar, vs., aluminum, insulation, silver, space, blanket, radiation, solar gain

How to Install WRB Sheathing (ForceField)

Corbett Lunsford

Grace and Corbett show the latest development on their home build- the wall sheathing, which is also the air tightness layer and weather barrier. It's called ForceField, and here you'll see a demo of why it's such an important component in the system, and how to install it for a higher performance home.

More on ForceField at: http://ForceField.BuildGP.com

More on this build at: http://HomeDiagnosis.tv/atlanta-homestead

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categories From the Field, Homeowner education, Performance Pros, Videos
tags gp, georgia-pacific, forcefield, sheathing, zip, vs., osb, wrb, weather, barrier, vapor, perm, open, airtight, passive house, construction, high performance, energy efficient, fasten, how to, install, installation

ForceField and Thermostat: High Performance Wall & Roof Sheathing

Corbett Lunsford

Corbett introduces you to the OSB panels with performance control skins that will be installed on his family's performance-tuned house.

More at: http://HomeDiagnosis.tv/atlanta-homestead

Thanks to GP ForceField and Jeff Key- more at: http://ForceField.BuildGP.com

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categories Architecture, From the Field, Homeowner education, Performance Pros, Videos
tags gp, georgia-pacific, forcefield, sheating, sheathing, sheeting, osb, zip, thermostat, radiant, facing, barrier, wrb, membrane, airtight, weather tight

Tuning the Enclosure of our Atlanta Home Build

Corbett Lunsford

Corbett digs into the weather barriers, structures, airsealing and insulation layers of the high performance house in Atlanta, which will be featured in season 2 of the Home Diagnosis TV series.

*CORRECTION: Pango Wrap is 15-mil thick, not 20, but is still a 0.01-perm vapor barrier.

Learn more about these high performance materials:

PANGO WRAP

FORM-A-DRAIN AND PLATON

FORCEFIELD SHEATHING

475 BUILDING SUPPLY AIRSEALING MATERIALS

ROCKWOOL INSULATION (AKA ROXUL)

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categories Architecture, Homeowner education, Performance Pros, Real Estate, Videos
tags atlanta, high performance, home construction, builder, consultant, energy, performance testing, envelope, enclosure, design, specs, specification, insulation, rockwool, roxul, airseal, 475, passive, intello, adhero, membrane, pango, stego, wrap, barrier, vapor, iaq, homechem, forcefield, gp, georgia-pacific, platon, form-a-drain, form a drain, formadrain, napc

Air Sealing Tape: Proof of 100 Year Durability

Corbett Lunsford

Building performance expert Corbett Lunsford respects proof of performance, and ProClima's airsealing tape has now been proven to him. See Tescon Profil tape that was applied to the subfloor of the #TinyLab as it holds up to 5 months of pure abuse during the construction process.

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categories Architecture, From the Field, Homeowner education, Performance Pros, Real Estate, Tiny Houses, Videos
tags airtight, construction, green building, air seal, tape, caulk, foam, comparison, technique, weather, barrier, water, tescon, vana, profil, proclima, 475 building supply, passivhaus, passive house