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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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Attached Garage: Disaster Waiting to Happen?

Corbett Lunsford

FROM 'HOME DIAGNOSIS' Season 2 Ep6: People generally don't think about the performance of their garage, even when it's directly connected to living space with a door or a duct (or nothing at all like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI2--RdSq-k).

But we keep all kinds of toxic stuff in garages, and they're always at the bottom of the living space, so houses, townhomes, and multifamily buildings may suck air partly, or entirely, from the garage in cold weather. Here's a quick explanation of the what/why/where of garage air leakage that could pose a threat to the health of your family. See this entire episode: https://homediagnosis.tv/episode-206-windbreakers-air-sealing-and-insulation

Join our team and be a part of our exploration of the Science of Homes: https://Patreon.com/HomeDiagnosisTV

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categories Architecture, Homeowner education, Real Estate, Videos
tags garage, pollution, air quality, connectivity, connection, zonal pressure, suction, stack effect, attached, detached, iaq, health, healthy, home, performance, energy, construction

Active vs. Passive Ventilation: Why Spend $$ on Fresh Air?

Corbett Lunsford

Thanks to subscriber Big O for challenging us on this question: Why are windows no longer good enough? Here's at least four reasons why, installed in our own performance-tuned home. Learn more about these and all the other awesome systems we used to build this house at: https://HomeDiagnosis.tv/atlanta-homestead

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

Thanks to our Patreon supporters for keeping our work going strong: http://Patreon.com/HomeDiagnosisTV

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categories Architecture, Homeowner education, Performance Pros, Real Estate, Videos
tags passive ventilation, ventilate, homes, house, home, improvement, fresh air, machine, infiltration, exfiltration, normal, air exchange, stack effect, erv, hrv

Stack Effect Made Visible on the #TinyLab

Corbett Lunsford

See hot air rising in a building envelope in real time! A pocket of air is trapped between the Solitex membrane and the exterior plywood of the tiny house.  This is the cheapest airtightness test available to building science fanatics.

If you want to know what this means and why on earth you should care, watch this:

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categories From the Field, Homeowner education, Performance Pros, Videos, Tiny Houses
tags stack effect, building science, phenomenon, chimney effect, hot air, airtight, balloon, building performance, home performance, visible