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gwiz
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| 03/24/2009 10:55 AM |
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Good day all
Who does the Thermal video / camera and fan in door test to check the insulation / air tightness of your home?
Heating and cooling contractors?
Home inspectors?
Who?
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Masoud
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| 03/29/2009 2:03 PM |
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An energy auditor.
To find one try googling my.dteenergy.com/eed/directory.
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Jesse Thompson
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| 03/30/2009 1:43 PM |
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We use Fed verified Home Energy Raters:
Energy Star Home Energy Raters
Key thing for us has been to start using blower door and thermal scan BEFORE drywall is hung. Ideally, three tests, one with just sheathing & windows / pre-insulation, #2 pre-drywall, #3 final complete.
If you can get down to <2 ACH50 for an average house, you're doing really well for US standards. Canadian R-2000 requires <1.5 ACH50, Swedes <0.5ACH50.
Try for < 500 CFM50 pre-drywall if you can.
Not surprisingly, it's much easier to find and fix the holes in the skin of a building while you can still get to them. |
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Jesse Thompson
Kaplan Thompson Architects
http://www.kaplanthompson.com/
Portland, ME
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