Deck Bracket Solution for Exterior Insulated Homes

After consulting with Matt Risinger about deck connection options for homes with exterior insulation, I came across this brilliant solution! Here's a sneak peek.

Advice on Foundation Insulation Cladding?

After carefully exploring the options online, I believe no one in the high performance building world has published a truly durable and beautiful solution for cladding exterior insulation on a foundation wall. Here's my particular conundrum, and my concept for a product that would solve the issue. Any heroes out there who can point me in the right direction?

ThermalBuck'd Window Preview

Quick peek into a great way to marry high performance windows with exterior insulation.

Foundation Wall Airsealing, Insulation, Waterproofing

After 9 months of exposure, the footing of the crawlspace foundation is being buried- here are the answers to all your questions. See the finishing of the Form-a-Drain, sealing of the ForceField-concrete junction, permanent fastening of the Platon, and gluing of the 3" Rockwool ComfortBoard 80.

Exterior Insulation and Deck Details with Matt Risinger

Corbett's stuck on how to both structurally support the decks on his build and ALSO to allow for exterior insulation behind the ledger. He turns to Build Show expert builder Matt Risinger on how to support, dry, and insulate this connection point.

Home Builder Framing and Insulation Mistakes

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.

Ductless vs. Ducted HVAC + Duct Cleaning

Have you ever wondered whether you should replace a home's HVAC system, or have the ducts cleaned? Spend a Healthy Indoors Minute exploring the complexity of invisible dynamics influencing any of these choices. Ductless minisplit heat pump compared with ducted split system heat pump, or furnace and A/C. Cleaning ductwork vs. cleaning house. No stone unturned in these 4 minutes of discussion. More at: http://HealthyIndoors.com

See the show at: https://HomeDiagnosis.tv

100-Year Roof: Mento 3000

See 475's high performance Pro Clima roof membrane get installed on this 3:12 pitched roof, before the rain screen , exterior insulation, and eaves get put on. More on this project at: https://HomeDiagnosis.tv/atlanta-homestead

Get samples of these awesome building materials at: http://FourSevenFive.com

Air Sealing and Insulation for Cantilevered Deck

Corbett shows one of the tricky assemblies of the high performance home build. More at: https://HomeDiagnosis.tv/atlanta-homestead

Engineered Wood is Not All They Claim

The I-joists, glulams and other engineered wood that forms the framing of our house is not as great as the marketing makes it out to be.

Episode 3 Peek: Home Diagnosis Season 2

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Grace and Corbett invite you to participate in making history with season 2 of 'Home Diagnosis' the first science-centered home show on television.

Unboxing our Instantaneous Tankless Water Heaters

At the suggestion of a YouTube fan, we did a bunch of research on point-of-use instantaneous water heating, and discovered Chronomite. See what we're installing on our performance-tuned house, and hear why we're going a completely different direction than most of our fellow Americans.