Tag: blower door
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Ten Essential Steps to a Pretty Good House
Prime: prime Subtitle: Going above code isn’t hard if you do these things Images: My friends up in Maine came up with the concept of the Pretty Good House a few years ago, and I love the idea! Not everyone can or wants to build a LEED Platinum, Living Building Challenge, Passive House. But a…
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A Blower Door Is the Hydraulic Jack of Building Science
Subtitle: Blaise Pascal discovered the physics that connects the blower door and the hydraulic jack Images: …
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Does Your Air Barrier Work in Both Directions?
Subtitle: An experiment comparing housewrap and taped sheathing under positive and negative pressure Images: …
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The Tail-Wagging Labradors of RESNET
Subtitle: Great info, a new product, and the scoop I got at the RESNET conference Images: …
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Air Leakage at Electrical Switches and Outlets
Subtitle: How I blew a gasket and exposed the hole in one air-sealing method Images: One thing that invariably surprises people when I walk them through a house during their first blower-door testTest used to determine a home’s airtightness: a powerful fan is mounted in an exterior door opening and used to pressurize or depressurize…