Jack Duffy
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March 13, 2017
Congratulations to Craig Senglin, winner of Retrotec’s $2,000 Equipment Giveaway at RESNET!
Retrotec’s $2,000 Equipment Giveaway celebrated the release of rCloud, a cutting-edge testing platform for the blower door and duct testing industries. The platform geolocates testing locations, performs automatic tests, creates sharable compliance reports, and secures results safely in the cloud.
RESNET participants who completed a contest form & rCloud questionnaire were eligible to win this year’s contest. Out of approximately 50 contestants, Craig Senglin of Energy IQ came home with the prize.
About Craig & Energy IQ
Energy IQ is a Trusted Advisor for energy code, energy efficiency, and
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February 08, 2017
Even though blower door and duct testing has been around since the ‘80s, there’s still the occasional question about the necessity of air leakage testing versus just going through with visual inspections. This is sometimes followed with arguments about equipment expense, training time, or that homeowner money could be better spent elsewhere – the “bang for your buck” model.
Let’s explore the reasons why how blower door and duct leakage testing actually saves auditors’ and homeowners’ time and money.
- Results give customers faith
If you are selling a job, it makes sense to test the ducts to give the homeowner an appreciation of the performance they are likely to get out of you versus your competitor.
If you are testing to Code, don’t
- Results give customers faith
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December 19, 2016
IECC Code Compliance Tests. This video reviews:
- Requirements & Compliance
- Who can perform the test
- Duct Test
- Envelope tightness
- Blower Door test
- Air Barrier 101
- IECC 2015 blower door test requirements
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November 08, 2016
Theatrical smoke is a very effective way to find leaks in a duct system. A quick check will point out smoke as it spills from pressurized leak locations. Leaks in attics and crawlspaces that can be hard-to-detect are no problem with this method. This type of detection is called theatrical for a reason - it is quite a sight to see for homeowners and builders.
Caution: theatrical smoke injected through the Model 300 test fan inlet may cause damage and void warranty. Risk increases with frequency. Instead, inject non-toxic chemical smoke into the flex-duct then reconnect the DucTester fan so it blows that smoke into the duct system, as shown in the video above.
