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3398 Washington Road
Atlanta, GA 30344
USA
773.398.5288
corbett@buildingperformanceworkshop.com
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.
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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We're back again with my HVAC design calculations trainer Alex Meaney (https://MeanHVAC.com), to talk about ductwork and connections and filters and how to get all this right when replacing an old system in existing homes.
Watch my first two videos with Alex: Manual J Load Calculation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEKEMI05dJE
Manual S Equipment Selection https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGhE4XwbDDE
You know what I don’t like? When people try selling one product across America with pseudoscience or vague claims about benefits in home physics, chemistry, or microbiology. Here’s my rebuke to one specific instance of this kind of over-stated marketing in the world of ‘cooling your house as cheaply as humanly possible’.
For our family's performance-tuned home, I’m giving you a deep-dive into the beginning stage of the heating/cooling and ventilation ducting throughout the house. See assembly, fastening, sealing with mastic (the good stuff, not the cheap stuff) for duct boot stacks and outdoor vent hood terminations.
For more on this house, check out: https://HomeDiagnosis.tv/atlanta-homestead
To support our educational videos, become a member at: http://Patreon.com/HomeDiagnosisTV
'Home Diagnosis' co-creator and building science trainer Corbett Lunsford has told many students that supply-only ventilation is dangerous for homes in cold climates- but is that scientifically proven? Watch performance testing that will demonstrate exactly what happens (or doesn't happen) when pressurizing a house with supply ventilation from outdoors.
DOWNLOAD Aprilaire’s excellent 2-page ventilation guide at right ———>
See a full installation of the three simplest and most inexpensive ventilation strategies at: https://youtu.be/bfd69xRbQxM
Subscribe to Healthy Indoors Magazine for free at: http://HealthyIndoors.com
Learn more about simple, affordable ventilation strategies at: http://Aprilaire.com
Check out the book on testing homes: http://BuildingPerformanceWorkshop.com/homeperformancediagnosticsbook
See more about this 1960's home's retrofit process at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsc2-5fAgMq5lgu0U_wVocxzUPoSq_JKM
Become a member and help support this show: http://Patreon.com/HomeDiagnosisTV
'Home Diagnosis' co-host Corbett Lunsford uses an infrared thermal camera to demonstrate how a radiant barrier works. This one is built into the Thermostat roof sheathing, and it needs to be kept clean and have an air gap against the radiant barrier coating.
More on Thermostat at: http://BuildGP.com/thermostat
Grace and Corbett show the latest development on their home build- the wall sheathing, which is also the air tightness layer and weather barrier. It's called ForceField, and here you'll see a demo of why it's such an important component in the system, and how to install it for a higher performance home.
More on ForceField at: http://ForceField.BuildGP.com
More on this build at: http://HomeDiagnosis.tv/atlanta-homestead
Become a member and help make the show! https://www.patreon.com/HomeDiagnosisTV
Grace and Corbett invite you to participate in making history with season 2 of 'Home Diagnosis' the first science-centered home show on television.
Corbett and Grace are thrilled with their Rockwool insulation, but it came off the truck with a few dents. Let's suck it up and admit this happens every day, on build sites everywhere. More reason to maintain a calm, level head and make sure inspections and testing happen too.
Corbett talks with high performance builder star Matt Risinger about what HOMEChem could mean for his business. Shot by Joey Puterbaugh at the University of Texas at Austin Pickle Research Campus. Matt Risinger's channel is: https://www.youtube.com/MattRisinger
Corbett breaks down the pros, cons, and best uses for six infrared thermal cameras: Flir ONE, C2, and MR160, ThermApp, Fluke TiR110, and Flir T660. All of these can be seen at https://TruTechTools.com