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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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How to Design, Install, and Test a Perfect Kitchen Exhaust and Make Up Air System

Corbett Lunsford

Using Fantech's hood liner system (https://www.fantech.net/our-solutions/kitchen/exhaust-air-system/) and active make up air system (https://www.fantech.net/our-solutions/kitchen/makeup-air-systems/) with custom grilles from Stellar Air Vents (https://stellarairdecorativeventcovers.com/), we made our home a test lab for tuning indoor chemistry with state of the art ventilation. Thanks to LBNL’s Brett Singer for helping me get in high gear on this topic.

Get a quick and easy crash course in how your kitchen exhaust should work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y08HOnzafM8

See the first-ever TV show about the science of homes: https://HomeDiagnosis.tv

Become a member and support our work sharing this info: http://Patreon.com/HomeDiagnosisTV

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categories Homeowner education, Performance Pros, Real Estate, Testing Tools, Videos
tags kitchen, ventilation, ventilate, how to, best, hood, exhaust, suck, chemistry, chemicals, particles, cooking, fumes, gases, smells, outside, eliminate, reduce, improve, quiet, hood liner, fantec, fanteck, test

Kitchen Exhaust Fan: #1 Tool to Heal Your HOMEChem

Corbett Lunsford

Grace and Corbett Lunsford demonstrate the best way to design and select your kitchen exhaust system, using the #TinyLab's own Broan ventilation components. The ACE130SS range hood (new model BCSEK1SS) paired with the 8" Make-Up Air Unit means perfect control over the indoor environment, the chemistry, and the health of their family.

More resources and tools at: http://Broan.com/learn

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categories Homeowner education, Performance Pros, Real Estate, Tiny Houses, Videos
tags broan, ventilation, kitchen, exhaust, fan, range, hood, stove, oven, under cabinet, outside, pollution, control, cooking, fumes, gases, particles, byproducts, protect, family, home performance, ventilate, guidance, guide, how to, diy, nutone, high performance, efficacy, efficiency, capture, homechem, #homechem, indoor, air quality, iaq

What Spillage Looks Like from a Water Heater

Corbett Lunsford

Testing for "spillage" of combustion gases means making sure the bad stuff that's supposed to go UP the chimney doesn't come back DOWN.  It's a critical part of home performance analysis, according to BPI, RESNET, and everyone else.  If you don't know what it looks like, you might feel a little lost- let your old pal Corbett the diagnostics guy show you the single most awesome example of what you shouldn't see in your clients' homes!

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categories From the Field, Homeowner education, Performance Pros, Videos
tags water heater, spillage, spilling, fail, hvac fail, carbon monoxide, co, condensation, vapor, gases, combustion, natural draft, atmospheric draft, natural gas, tic tac toe, bpi, resnet, caz