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3398 Washington Road
Atlanta, GA 30344
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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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Bath Fan and Duct Inspection Tips for Restoration After a House Fire

Corbett Lunsford

Our friend Shawn had a fire disaster last year, and though it’s a terrible loss he’s helping us and our audience learn from the experience. Here’s a quick preview of what will be coming in Season 3 of Home Diagnosis. Here we point out two things to watch out for- one good, one bad. Easy to inspect a construction site if you know how things are supposed to work! And Shawn’s awesome fitness hammers can be seen at: https://bamfhammer.com/

Elegant HVAC Duct Design: the Rooms are Ducts, Too

Corbett Lunsford

Ductwork is more than just supplies and returns- the entire home enclosure is actually part of the ductwork. Here’s a quick demonstration of how to use room arrangements to direct airflow. From Season 2 episode 9 of 'Home Diagnosis' on PBS.

Watch all the episodes for free right now: https://HomeDiagnosis.tv

Become a member and help make this show! https://Patreon.com/HomeDiagnosisTV

Air Cleaning System for Healthy High Performance Homes

Corbett Lunsford

Our family's forever home has some super sophisticated systems (that sometimes require super wacky tweaks to other things in the house). Here you'll get a full tour of our fully-ducted Fantech SER150 energy recovery ventilator (ERV) and CM 3000 HEPA filter unit.

Learn more about these specific products at: http://Fantech.net

How to Install a Fantech Kitchen Exhaust Hood Liner

Corbett Lunsford

As a preview of the full kitchen exhaust system demonstration, here's a how-to on the hood liner, silencer, and wiring alone. As a first-time installer, I had quite a learning curve, but Fantech's tech support knows my name by now- thanks to Daniel over there for being patient with me.

Learn the basics of how to select your kitchen exhaust in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y08HOnzafM8

Check out this system: https://www.fantech.net/our-solutions/kitchen/exhaust-air-system/

How to Design and Install Kitchen Exhaust and Make Up Air Ventilation (Case Study)

Corbett Lunsford

Another installment in a series with Healthy Indoors Magazine (http://HealthyIndoors.com) follows the real-life, gritty planning and installation of the make up air system in a 1950's ranch over a crawlspace. The goal here is to install effective ventilation for the kitchen range with an exhaust hood AND make up air that will hopefully be the path of least resistance. We're using a Broan exhaust hood paired with an Aprilaire KV make up air damper, or an 8144NC (in an experimental application, as explained in the video). This house is not airtight by any means, and some might think make up air is overkill in an older home, but obviously we disagree enough to suffer through this.

Learn more about making your home healthier at: http://HealthyIndoors.com

Become a member and support our work educating people about the Science of Homes: http://Patreon.com/HomeDiagnosisTV

Get training or consulting with Corbett directly: http://BuildingPerformanceWorkshop.com

How to Plan and Prep Ductwork

Corbett Lunsford

For our family's performance-tuned home, I’m giving you a deep-dive into the beginning stage of the heating/cooling and ventilation ducting throughout the house. See assembly, fastening, sealing with mastic (the good stuff, not the cheap stuff) for duct boot stacks and outdoor vent hood terminations.

For more on this house, check out: https://HomeDiagnosis.tv/atlanta-homestead

To support our educational videos, become a member at: http://Patreon.com/HomeDiagnosisTV