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3398 Washington Road
Atlanta, GA 30344
USA

773.398.5288

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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How to Maintain Your ERV: Pressure Check, Clean Filters, Evacuate the Bugs

Corbett Lunsford

Depending on where you live, where your fresh air intake is located, and how you run your ventilation system, your filters may get pretty gross in a matter of months. Here’s a few pointers on picking, and maintaining an ERV or HRV. Renewaire ERVs: https://www.renewaire.com/our-ervs/single-multi-family/

Broan ERVs: https://www.broan-nutone.com/en-us/fresh-air-systems/residential

Fantech SER150 installed here: https://shop.fantech.net/en-US/ser--150--fresh--air--appliance/p512709

Consult or coach with me via Zoom or in person: https://buildingperformanceworkshop.com/video-consulting

Join our Patreon membership and help guide our exploration of the Science of Homes: https://Patreon.com/HomeDiagnosisTV

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categories From the Field, Homeowner education, HVAC, Videos
tags energy recovery, ventilator, ventilation, filter, change, inspect, how to, bugs, prefilter, postfilter, merv, fantech, damper

Wild Kingdom Around Us 24/7: Microbiology of Homes with Rob Dunn

Corbett Lunsford

In one of my all-time favorite (and longest) interviews, we talk with Rob Dunn, a researcher and expert on ecology within homes and author of the amazing book 'Never Home Alone' (http://robdunnlab.com/). The conversation ranges from black mold in drywall to biofilm in plumbing to the extreme environments within our 'normal' American homes- and where we're headed.

You can help support the making of this podcast for as little as $5 a month at: http://Patreon.com/HomeDiagnosisTV

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categories Around the World, Ecologic, Homeowner education, Performance Pros, Real Estate, Videos
tags home, indoor, microbiology, microbial, growth, mold, mildew, bugs, pests, spiders, how to, get rid, kill, sterilize, sanitize, sanitizer, air, walls, surfaces

Tiny House Reality: Ants, Cats, and Kids

Corbett Lunsford

Wonder what it's like to live in a 200 sq ft single room that's always being cleaned because it's sticky and/or wet from two amazing toddlers and two charming cats, while building a big house and making a television show and trying to make money too? Here. Here you go.

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categories From the Field, Ecologic, Homeowner education, Performance Pros, Real Estate, Tiny Houses, Videos
tags tiny house, life, lifestyle, kids, family, cats, pets, smell, sticky, ants, bugs, pests, pesticide, borax, spray, kill, prevent, nest, traps, cedar oil, tiny home, wheels, tinylab

Episode 3 Peek: Home Diagnosis Season 2

Corbett Lunsford

Become a member and help make the show! https://www.patreon.com/HomeDiagnosisTV

Grace and Corbett invite you to participate in making history with season 2 of 'Home Diagnosis' the first science-centered home show on television.

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categories Architecture, Videos, Real Estate
tags home diagnosis, tv show, series, pbs, public, television, building science, home performance, building, construction, water, mld, mold, mildew, bugs, rot, destruction, damage