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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

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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

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

Home Improvement to Tune Performance: Test-In

Corbett Lunsford

Corbett runs a full enclosure diagnostic on a one-story ranch for his family before planning and performing the improvements on vented crawlspace and attic.

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categories Architecture, From the Field, Homeowner education, Performance Pros, Real Estate, Testing Tools, Videos
tags test in, testing, diagnostics, enclosure, envelope, blower door, insulation, air seal, airtightness, air leakage test, vented, crawlspace, moisture barrier, vapor barrier, dirt floor, vented attic, attic floor, humidity, dehumidify, mold, mildew, microbes