Comments on: First Blower Door Test successfully completed http://www.passivehouseinthewoods.com/2010/06/first-blower-door/ A high-performance building delivering carbon-neutrality Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:10:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tim Delhey Eian http://www.passivehouseinthewoods.com/2010/06/first-blower-door/comment-page-1/#comment-250 Tim Delhey Eian Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:46:14 +0000 http://www.passivehouseinthewoods.com/?p=499#comment-250 Nick, Gary Nelson did indeed use a duct blaster for the test. Nick,
Gary Nelson did indeed use a duct blaster for the test.

]]> By: Nick Harris http://www.passivehouseinthewoods.com/2010/06/first-blower-door/comment-page-1/#comment-249 Nick Harris Thu, 10 Jun 2010 06:57:41 +0000 http://www.passivehouseinthewoods.com/?p=499#comment-249 Wow, that is a shockingly low CFM reading! We do residential energy efficiency upgrades and are accustomed to seeing more in the 3,000-10,000CFM at 50PA range. One thing I noticed on your DG700 is that it is set in the DB-B configuration (top left part of the screen). This is the configuration setting for a duct blaster which is used to test duct leakage. For homes this tight, are you using the duct blaster configuration? Wow, that is a shockingly low CFM reading! We do residential energy efficiency upgrades and are accustomed to seeing more in the 3,000-10,000CFM at 50PA range.

One thing I noticed on your DG700 is that it is set in the DB-B configuration (top left part of the screen). This is the configuration setting for a duct blaster which is used to test duct leakage. For homes this tight, are you using the duct blaster configuration?

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