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3398 Washington Road
Atlanta, GA 30344
USA
773.398.5288
corbett@buildingperformanceworkshop.com
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.
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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There are so many simple tricks you can incorporate into a home's layout that will improve performance, including closet orientations, bathtub and toilet locations, mechanical shafts, room arrangements, and useful buffer spaces.
For our forever home, we chose the NuTone PurePower 650 central vacuum, which I piped, wired, and installed myself (not very difficult, though parts are hard to get ahold of in a hurry, if you run out).
Check out this system, and other Broan-NuTone machines: https://broan-nutone.com/
See the Testo 440 kit I'm using for the diagnostics: https://www.trutechtools.com/Testo-440
The HAVEN central duct system IAQ sensor I flashed to show the effectiveness of the HEPA filter: https://tzoa.com/
We've been looking forward to showing off this system for a long time- the pipes for it were installed during foundation work at the start of construction, and now 2 years later it's finished, with the Fantech Rn4 EC fan (infinitely variable), multiple drainage systems, and a roof cap. Get the details on all the tweaks we had to use to make sure this system runs perfectly, which it's doing right now.
Radon fan at: https://shop.fantech.net/en-US/radon--mitigation--fans/c46856
Wave Plus radon monitor at: https://www.trutechtools.com/AirThings-Wave-Plus-Indoor-Air-Quality-Radon
Pango Wrap at: https://www.stegoindustries.com/products/pango-wrap
Here’s a quick tip to keep your indoor air healthy- filter out all the particles you can with a simple contraption made from a $30 box fan and a $20 MERV 8 or MERV 13 20” x 20” filter.
Quick preview of the ease of install for Rockwool ComfortBoard 80. See more on this build at: http://HomeDiagnosis.tv/atlanta-homestead
Corbett Lunsford demonstrates how to add 2-ft. eaves to a high performance home enclosure using 475 Building Supply tapes and membranes and ForceField WRB. Check out the sealing products used at: http://FourSevenFive.com
More on this build at: https://HomeDiagnosis.tv/atlanta-homestead
Become a member and help make the TV show: https://Patreon.com/HomeDiagnosisTV
'HOME DIAGNOSIS' hosts Grace and Corbett Lunsford are first-time home builders, but they're willing to push the limits where other builders would run away screaming. Check this out, it's pretty wild- never been seen before onscreen, and soon to be seen on TV in Season 2!
Become a member and help this show get made: https://Patreon.com/HomeDiagnosisTV
More about this unique build: https://HomeDiagnosis.tv/atlanta-homestead
Quick peek into a great way to marry high performance windows with exterior insulation.
The I-joists, glulams and other engineered wood that forms the framing of our house is not as great as the marketing makes it out to be.
Corbett shows off the sometimes glamorous work uniform of a novice builder. He loves his SPF 50 sun shirts, contractor pants (Atlas 46 brand), and Pro Clima sealing tape for holes in boots and gloves.
Quick peek into the process of building a house with your family and friends, and building it to last.
Hear Grace and I discuss some of the interesting challenges so far as we begin the framing of the floors and walls of our family’s high performance house in Atlanta.