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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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Here’s a quick tip to keep your indoor air healthy- filter out all the particles you can with a simple contraption made from a $30 box fan and a $20 MERV 8 or MERV 13 20” x 20” filter.
We chose Thermory cladding and decking for our forever home. Drift Platinum and Ignite Dragonskin for the siding, and Kodiak decking. Here's a deep dive into the science that created it, the performance we'll get from it, and installation details.
More on this build at: https://HomeDiagnosis.tv/atlanta-homestead
Now that the Mitsubishi heat pumps, Ultra-Aire dehumidifiers, and Fantech ventilation systems are onsite, Corbett gives a sneak peek at how they all fit together with the upcoming Fanimation fans and Kichler low-heat lighting to tune the indoor environment.
More on this build at: https://HomeDiagnosis.tv/atlanta-homestead
From Serbian building scientist Atila Novoselac (Prof. Civil, Arch, and Env Engineering at University of Texas-Austin) comes reflections on a Sloan study of microbiology in homes from the Stone Age, which are still constructed today in the Amazon rain forest. Hear what makes modern homes different from someone who's been to the other side, and why modernization itself can be a major building performance problem.
Watch this entire series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsc2-5fAgMq4I_Bjpvmb1Z39Y0uEMGEC9
Join the Building Performance Association: http://building-performance.org
Check out the Building Performance Journal: http://homeenergy.org
Learn more about HOMEChem: https://HomeDiagnosis.tv/homechem
Watch the first-ever TV series about the science of homes: https://HomeDiagnosis.tv
This is not so much about building science specifics- more about 'Home Diagnosis' co-creator Corbett Lunsford's revelations while traveling through Venice and Bern. Read 35 year's worth of home performance articles at: http://HomeEnergy.org
Join the Building Performance Association at: http://Building-Performance.org
Watch the first-ever TV series about Building Performance at: https://HomeDiagnosis.tv
'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
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
Corbett has received shipment on all the components of the shell of the big house build!
More at: http://HomeDiagnosis.tv/atlanta-homestead
Thanks to:
475 Building Supply: http://FourSevenFive.com
ROCKWOOL INSULATION: http://Rockwool.com
ALPEN WINDOWS: http://ThinkAlpen.com
THERMALBUCK: http://ThermalBuck.com
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.
Corbett shows off the sometimes glamorous work uniform of a novice builder. He loves his SPF 50 sun shirts, contractor pants (Atlas 46 brand), and Pro Clima sealing tape for holes in boots and gloves.
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.
Maybe you've seen people wrestle with tires or climb ropes or do push-ups. They are all ninnies. This is how you work out for real- by hugging Rockwool (aka Roxul) and strutting around your acreage. Stay tuned to see all these rocks get installed in a perfectly performing house.
Learn more about this awesome insulating material at: Rockwool.com