My Southport House Part 1

This video is the first in a new series documenting my process having a house built in Southport, NC. Today, I go over why I elected to upgrade certain things in the house, but not others and I show my work with my heat load calculation. #build #buildingscience #hvac #iaq

[@JoeSmith-um2sg]

Lowering the air leakage from 5 ach50 to 1 or 2 would do way more to change your load than adding fancy insulating products

[@timdestasiohvac]

Yes, air tightness is #1. #2 is getting ducts out of a hot attic which is why I went with spray foam in the attic only.