T-2 OPP - Attached Housing Technical Issues

Thursday, February 02, 2006  ·  10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Keywords: Air sealing, auditing, combustion testing, diagnostics, fire codes, IAQ, party walls, sound proofing, priorities, row houses, thermal defects, town houses, worse-case depressurization

Build, assess, and treat side-by-sides just like detached dwellings, right? Not quite. Explore the opportunities, differences, and complications posed by party walls. How do you interpret a blower door reading when much of the air is coming from the neighbor’s unit?

By attending this session, participants will

1. Understand what is expected and allowed by codes in attached dwellings and how that
differs from single-family detached homes
2. Learn techniques for air sealing appropriate to attached dwellings
3. Discuss IAQ and combustion safety issues and clarify how the HPwES program expects
these issues to be addressed

Type: 90-Minute Breakout
Track: Assess Whole House Opportunities & Challenges (OPP)
CEU: Energy and Environmental Building Association (EEBA)   American Institute of Architects (AIA)   American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI)   Building Performance Institute, Inc. (BPI)   Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET)   National Association of Certified Home Inspectors (NACHI)  

Course Presenter(s):

• Mark Dyen
• Jim Fitzgerald
• Tony Woods

Course Document(s):

• AttachedHousing2_Fitzgerald
• AttachedHousing_Fitzgerald