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Well you convinced me to buy it. Mostly because your review is far more badly thought out than this product. Why would you need an air conditioner in a home with as you stated, your perfect levels of humidity and coolness. Rating this product based on its performance within a modern environment controlled home is so dumb. Go to the desert in summer and sit in your reflective tent and see how well it works. ;)

You talk about the flexibility in wood. Why didn't you use wood for the foundation?

I am building a 625sq home with an enclosed 4' crawl space. The hrv/erv will be installed in the crawl space. Climate is in Atlantic Canada new Brunswick, so I am not sure of hrv or erv? Want to do it simple and functional..any recommendations would be great full.. thanks

I'm glad I watched this before buying it. I was skeptical but this explained it so well that I knew I didn't want one. Thanks for laying it out so clearly.

He needs to study building science,

Very interesting and informative! I live on both the east coast and west coast for a few years. I also live in Northern California and Southern California and I lived in Monterey California for a few years as well. So what this guy is saying here makes a lot of sense. The fires in northern California is horrible, the air quality in southern California is horrible as well. The pollen season in Monterey CA, the east coast and in both northern and Southern California is a daily dusting of green pollen or “dust”for a few months right after the rainy season until it fades away. This pollen does get inside your house when you open and close your doors. So just imagine how much more pollen will affect you if you use the whole house fan during the spring and summer months??

Random question alert: do you have any thoughts regarding using any of these devices in sea turtle conservation? I live in Costa Rica and we have a huge problem with humans poaching the nests so we patrol the beaches at night looking for turtles and their nests so we can relocate the eggs to a safe place. I've been thinking about getting a thermal imaging drone or a handheld camera to help us see turtles and poachers down the beach and maybe even find the nests in the sand. You are so knowledgeable about these cameras and their strengths, I'd be very appreciative of your advice. Thank you

The building products out there nowadays are amazing. I have never heard of flashing or window tape. It pays to shop around and learn new things. It might make your job easier or better. I noticed that you said it was dumb to build a building without eaves. I don't understand why people do this. Sometimes I will see a utility shed or a garage without eaves and it looks so corny.

Enjoyed this video very much. I have been following Matt for years and many of my clients come to me saying "We want this because we saw it on a Risinger Build video". I run an "Owner Builder" company in Houston and love helping people act as their own GC. I was a custom builder for 27 years and now i am on "the other side of the fence" and consult. It is an ever-evolving business and some of my clients bring ideas to the table that amaze me and we implement them. I learn as much from some of my clients as i do from my membership in the local HBA. I completely agree that homebuilders are lumped in with used car salesmen and it has been that was for many years. I subscribed to your channel and look forward to learning more from you. Let's all raise the bar in the home building industry!! (that is, if it continues to function...these are very weird times in the US)

Thank you for the "Framing a Big Roof with I-Joist Rafters", I love to see your eave construction video if it was ever made. Thank you!

Thank you for putting this small video together

LOL Wrong.

About 20 years ago, A friend of mine got arrested for manufacturing methamphetamine in the privacy of his own home. After they went into his home wearing biological suits and confiscated all of the hazardous chemicals, they seized his home and declared it a biological hazard. No one is allowed to move back into that house again until it has been completely gutted and re-walled.

"Ruin your life" when describing moisture flow is not useful. What is true is that where moisture sees a surface with a temperature differential, condensation occurs. This leads to water collection unless your design indicates a path for the water to go.

I actually think the floor plan matters most in these houses. You cant build a decent house without a decent plan!.

Yes, this is the clearest, most comprehensive video. All the steps are there. So grateful!

How do you test air pressure fluctuation in a single space, with out reference to another space?

The only reason I want a whole house fan is to cool the house down during fall and spring. I live in Houston and it gets humid as hell. Do you think that would still be a bad idea?

I am not a scientist, but the complexity of such a system is always mind-blogging. One could dream of a world where we can (almost) predict air movement and composition in a house (with its occupants) in quasi-real time (and adjust house parameters accordingly). However, physics is complex. Will uncertainty quantification benefit from recent and future machine learning innovations, leading to new kinds of models and better/faster solvers? Inspiring times!

Pumicecrete is the easiest way to build a DIY house

It works for me so yeah

Pretty sure humans don't emit more Volatile Organic Compounds in the house then that can of toluene carb/ brake cleaner in the garage. Let's not mention the formaldehyde in MDF. Came for the info, stopped watching at the simplistic "Bro" science. Ozone doesn't attack things because they are soft, it's because ozone is an oxidizer, same as hydrogen peroxide or bleach. The difference is that Ozone gets more places being a gas.

Carbon filtration is just as important as hepa filtration. MIT

Nice setup but question is how much all this cost

regular ac dosnt work in places like Vegas if the humidity is to low

If you add a beautiful marble moroccan mosaic splash-back that would make it perfect

Excellent, could you please make Part 2 after you made the changes LEDs etc. Thank you!!

Woah.. this is a great first step in the right direction for my studies! Thanks!

Really makes me think about attached garages. Gasoline evaporating and the garage air is literally connected to the home’s air.

You may want to ask youtube to change the types of ads they stick on your video.

Why not finish the eaves first with the strapping, etc, and then apply the water barrier sheets to the entire structure with proper overlapping?

My air conditioner is not working and as a senior citizen who cannot install a portable air conditioner or a window air conditioner I bought this for some relief out of desperation as I cannot get any windows open in my house and it’s 90° outside but now that I’ve watched your video I will be returning it at Home Depot

this was really informative. thank you

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@HomePerformance so are there non ozone emitting air purifications systems you DO recommend? Like Reme Halo, iWave or GPS?

Don't use any wooden products if you can't keep your house below the humidity level of 40, 50 or so, Most worms only survive in humidity. High humidity+high temperature = another level of nightmare.

I used your vid to irradiate the awful alpine condensate pump. Thank you!

If you have a situation where you need to cool down a small space that is also very dry, would this be beneficial? Also, can it really take a temperature down 20° below the room? Thanks for any help

Can you make a video on why we shit in closets again?

One of the biggest complaints I have about my current home is that my storage areas are not air conditioned. Every time I open the hallway closet to get something and then close the door I am hit with this slightly warmer air for several seconds. If only I was air conditioning that closed in closet. :(

Installing a bathroom exhaust fan occupancy switch solves the kids not turning it on. But recirculating bathroom air, ewwwww.

Found what I have been looking for since long. Simple explanation of kitchen exhaust system in smooth slow verbals.

Just as materials are important, so is the contractor. This review is for Retro Foam Corporate as a warning to consumers. The worst home improvement contracting experience I have ever had in 40+yrs. of ownership was when I hired Retro Foam. The local franchise couldn't do anything right, nor did they follow my instructions for a good outcome. After they dithered about, I appealed to corporate, they sent out Ken E., he didn't get it either, instead of handling the rework properly by finding the problems and correcting them he sprayed over top of the poorly applied foam. Not to code, not to industry standard. My further appeals to corporate were met with nothing but a big run-around and gaslighting by Eric G. This leaves me with a home that did not pass inspection. My bank did claw back their fee, an easy out for RF, but not what I wanted at all. I wanted a professional job that would pass inspection. I pay gladly and promptly for professional work and have an excellent relationship with my contractors. Apparently, I wanted too much from Retro Foam. The only contractor I could find to do the remediation wants a fortune to fix what they did. Please do not make the mistake I did.

I bet the next big thing will be to generate ozone to clean the air in your home .... ozone is not good for us humans in any large quantity.

The problem with a swamp cooler is that it produces a huge amount of humidity. "How would you like your mold?"

Bahahaha I've seen the ads: "invented by a high school student due to budget cuts turning off the A/C" etc etc ... called evaporative cooling ... been around for many centuries .... When I was a mere prat, we use to hang a canvas bag, filled with water, over the front of the car and after a few miles, that water inside the bag would be very cool. Look at all the youtube videos where people use this science to cool their homes buying the parts/pieces from big box stores.

7:10 if users, installers were doing their job properly , governments don't have to do anything. that is important thing to remember. That way, you would understand that this negativity is not warranted at all.

7:40 maybe they measured HRV with wheel type of heat recovery core? Does not make sense to me either.

The more complex you make the system the more maintenance /energy required. The vast majority of common people can’t or won’t do or have done the REQUIRED maintenance (money). Those Units are seldom put where they can easily be serviced . RULE 1 maintenance if it is not easy it will be neglected. Like most ideal systems most are NOT Practical in common use.

Induction is still the superior cooking technology, Happy I made the move. Did install a vent too