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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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Mythbusting Window Performance: Are Windows REALLY the Biggest Problem in My Home?

Corbett Lunsford

Sales and marketing teams try hard to sell more windows, regardless of science. Well, here's the science. Make smart decisions- test, analyze, and make informed choices when it comes to performing surgery on your home.

Join our team and become part of the first ever TV series about the science of homes: https://Patreon.com/HomeDiagnosisTV

Watch the full episode that this video came from: https://homediagnosis.tv/episode-205-this-little-light-of-mine

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categories Homeowner education, Videos
tags window, performance, u-value, u-factor, shgc, myth, marketing, marketers, marketeering, sales, reality, truth, problem, downside

Houses That 'Breathe'

Corbett Lunsford

'Home Diagnosis' TV hosts Grace and Corbett Lunsford quickly explain why it's a mistake to avoid air sealing homes. Homes DO need to 'breathe', but not through gaps and cracks we leave in the enclosure. More at: https://HomeDiagnosis.tv

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

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categories Architecture, Homeowner education, Real Estate, Videos
tags breath, home, house, leaky, drafty, air sealed, sic, sick, building, syndrome, iaq, problem, myth, air leakage, blower door, infiltration, ventilation

Home Builder Framing and Insulation Mistakes

Corbett Lunsford

Corbett has made a few mistakes on one wall of this high performance house- he points out how and why this staging mistake happens in home builds all the time, and an inconvenient but effective way to fix it and ensure the performance of the envelope.

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categories Architecture, From the Field, Homeowner education, Performance Pros, Real Estate, Videos
tags builder, house, home, fail, mistake, structural, framing, insulating, insulate, insulated, staging, problem, conundrum, challenges, rockwool, roxul