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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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Spray Foam Inspection & Testing in Crawlspace and Side Attic

Corbett Lunsford

From 'Home Diagnosis' Season 2 Ep6: Spray foam insulation is often advertised as a cure-all, but there are LOTS of ways to mess it up. Here's a tour and testing of a home in Atlanta where the spray foam insulation isn't doing what it was intended to do. Watch the whole episode: https://homediagnosis.tv/episode-206-windbreakers-air-sealing-and-insulation

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categories From the Field, Homeowner education, Performance Pros, Testing Tools, Videos
tags spf, polyurethane, soy, bio, pure, voc free, low voc, spray foam insulation, iaq, crawlspace, attic, insulated, encapsulated, encapsulation, encapsulate, air seal, air tight, ventilation, dehumidifier, dehu

Retrofitting for Performance: Crawlspace Encapsulation

Corbett Lunsford

Using 475 High Performance Building Supply materials, Corbett and his dad are encapsulating the vented crawlspace of a one-story ranch home in Atlanta. See what a difference the improvements make to the test data from the Ultra-Aire Sentry system and the blower door.

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categories From the Field, Homeowner education, Performance Pros, Real Estate, Testing Tools, Videos
tags damp, crawlspace, fix, encapsulation, improvement, home, performance, dirt, floor, basement, vapor barrier, vented, vents, ventilated, crawl, guidance, diy, 475, building, construction, conditioned, insulate, airseal, humidity, dehumidify, moisture, mold, mildew, atlanta, georgia, ultra-aire, sentry