Torturing Homes for SCIENCE! Wind, Fire, Rain, and Hail Destructive Testing at IBHS
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- čas přidán 19. 04. 2023
- This was one of our favorite site visits of all during Season 3 of 'Home Diagnosis' (which airs on PBS starting January 2024). BIG THANKS to Dr. Anne Cope and Mary Anne Byrd for giving us the FULL tour, including firing up all the huge scary toys.
How amazing that this kind of thing is happening in the middle of nowhere (because it's so darn loud), while most of us have no idea how our building codes are written or why.
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Nerds are SO under appreciated! But seriously?Thank you!
Very interesting. Thank you for sharing.
This is super amazing and totally awesome.
As if watching the Big Bad Wolf blowing the Three Little Pigs' houses. Can't believe these are real life size houses. They look like a miniature stage from some old Godzilla movie.
Cool video! It's nice to see actual scientists talk about a subject.
It's crazy to me that people still put combustible materials on the outside of their buildings. It's not that complicated; rocks and metal don't burn. Also, whoever approved cardboard as a building material needs to be in jail; it's ridiculous that it's legal to do that.
Fantastic video! Loving to see inside IBHS building of doom! It's critical to monitor and test contemporary construction methods with DATA! Can't wait to for the release of Season 3!
Thanks guys!
Pretty interesting observation about large eaves.
Sounds like doubling the eve doubles the amount of pressure , but it also double the arm for the second half so that means three times the vertical load.
(1x for the original bit, and then 2x that cause of arm for the second) roughly.
That’s definitely a consideration if you live in the wind prone area. Might be good to have some corbels with structural bolts to help tie down the roof as well instead of just supporting it.
0:26 - lol, you're always such a cheerful guy, but never seen you this excited before!
It was the adrenaline
@@HomePerformance The world would definitively be a better place if more people had that much fun with building science :)
Wind blown snow, especially if it’s a dry snow, can work it’s way into some crazy places, and not just through the ridge vent. I’ve seen it come through soffit vents as well as accumulation above tongue and groove type covered porches.
Ditto
I want to visit that place.
Great real world information. I’ve seen here in Pa. Snow down the center line of an attic. It pulled it in through the ridge vent. You have to get the ratio right between the eave vent and the ridge vent. We have been over venting the ridge and under venting the eaves. That being said the example i mentioned was a 9/12 pitch with metal roof. Easiest solution to counter the ridge gap being to wide was to make a wider ridge cap and add “flow vent” material to act as a filter. Its worked great 4 years and counting
Whoa nice details Tricks. Most people would never.
Very interesting place. I can see why you enjoyed it so much. What's the difference in construction between the home that blew apart and the one that didn't?
Structural ties, like hurricane straps. Rarely used, and when used, often used wrong.
My wife and I built our house out of icf after seeing a video of one after a f5 tornado. It was the only one that was at least intact. We didn’t get fortified certified but I built the roof to their standards. We used detal20 hurricane anchors with uplift railings over 2k. I even glued the roof sheathing to the trusses. Figured it couldn’t hurt.
Hell yeah AV
Belt and suspenders 😊
Such a GEEK! ❤
When will you evaluate Hebel?
Thank you. Who’s Hebel?
Thx, I put it on my list
Are you in Fitchburg, Chester County, SC? That's about 25 miles from my house.
It was Richburg, but that's cool Hamp- I bet you can hear those fans on a clear afternoon
@@HomePerformance That's a cool place. I don't get out that way much anymore. I have spread a few dozen modular homes about that county. '94-97
I hope houses become indestructible
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Cool Toy get to explode things shoot things and catch things on fire.
A few of my favorite things