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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!

Filtering by Tag: formaldehyde

Indoor Chemistry Test: Formaldehyde and VOCs during Construction

Corbett Lunsford

Modern homes are built more airtight than ever, and the engineered wood products that make such efficient use of our planet's materials also lean much more heavily on advances in adhesives, curing agents, moisture repellants, etc. Other building materials nowadays incorporate anti-microbial chemicals, anti-fungal and anti-termite compounds, and who knows what else (manufacturers DO NOT have to tell us what's in there, yet). The beyond-passive-house-airtight house we're building in Atlanta is an extreme example of all of this, and we'll happily be the guinea pigs to uncover the evolution of indoor chemistry from rough construction through ventilation activation, and move-in. Hayward Score has introduced us to a serious chemistry lab, Prism Analytical Technologies (http://pati-air.com) where we'll be sending the samples we take in this video. See what we're testing for, why, and how it's done.

Corbett gets serious details about indoor chemistry from Dr. Alice Delia, Laboratory Director at Prism Analytical Technologies (http://pati-air.com) about the test results from 6 samples of formaldehyde and Volatile Organic Compounds taken at the new build and the TinyLab.

Check out Healthy Indoors Magazine: http://HealthyIndoors.com

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Assess your home's health with Hayward Score: http://HaywardScore.com

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categories Real Estate, Testing Tools, Videos
tags prism, analytical, alice, delia, pati, chemical, reactions, inside, house, indoor environment, atmospheric, air quality, iaq, diagnostic, sample, mole, mold, formaldehyde, tvoc

“Airtight" Buildings Debunked by HOMEChem

Corbett Lunsford

I've been telling people that the 475 High Performance Building Supply membranes I build with are airtight but vapor open for years. Turns out, sometimes I'm an idiot. Here's the real deal. Featuring Delphine Farmer and Marina Vance of the HOMEChem Experiment.

For more on Intello: http://foursevenfive.com

For more on HOMEChem: http://HomeDiagnosis.tv/homechem

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categories Performance Pros, Videos
tags #homechem, home, chemistry, healthy home, house, airtight, air sealed, breathe, breathing, walls, vapor, diffusion, chemical, seep, diffuse, through, pollution, formaldehyde, spray foam, toxic, chemicals, molecule, gas, porous, permeable, permeability, airtightness, blower door test

Formaldehyde-Free Plywood for Airtight Homes

Corbett Lunsford

All plywood has formaldehyde in it, except Purebond. Why anyone would choose normal plywood for interior surfaces is perfectly clear: they have no idea that it will poison them.  Let's set the record straight on the only plywood that should be used inside a new, airtight home. YOU CAN BUY PUREBOND AT HOME DEPOT, PEOPLE.

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categories Homeowner education, Real Estate, Tiny Houses, Videos
tags purebond, formaldehyde, free, plywood, without, toxic, columbia, forest, products, fsc, airtight, tiny house, proof is possible, #tinylab, tiny lab, poison, tiny home, tiny homebuilding, tiny house engineering, air quality