Don't Get Sick From Bad Air!! Getting Air Sealing Details Right in an Attached Garage/Barndominium

[@saml7610]

So glad to see you back Jordan. Every single video, I learn something. I can't remember what it was, but a few months back, I was doing a job for a client and I remembered "wait, Jordan Smith had some great advice on this!" so I went and found the video on the lunchbreak, took the advice to heart, and it all went better than it would have if I hadn't had that video in my back pocket. Missed you, man! Loving the new content, and this video is yet another example of "things I had not considered but will now consider going forwards". Hope you've been doing well during your break from uploading!

[@bekindrewind5513]

I wish i would have known tbis 8 months ago. My garage door leads right into the living room/kitchen area.

[@gsneff]

Looks like I’m going to be modifying my building plans. Glad to see you back

[@superspeeder]

As I Zip my first house build (and probably my only house build), I’m doing the same: continuous air control layer that separates the attached garage. Little known fact (though it is in Huber’s tech documentation): the backer-less Zip tapes have a release agent applied to the outer surface. If you plan to overlap anything on the back of Zip tape (other tapes, liquid flash etc) you should clean the tape with acetone or rubbing alcohol first. Keep up the good work, Jordan!

[@tcardinal95]

Great Thoughts!! Love the details on breaking the home off of the garage!

[@mysticm1543]

How about old three story buildings that have car garage under the apartment unit? Is this going to have any effect, especially in the third floor?

[@JacksonvilleJane-hi1cd]

What about a fire resistant barrier, like Type X drywall?

[@ColeSpolaric]

It sounds like ventilating an attached garage/workshop is a good idea

[@robertmontgomery7158]

I agree with you. Got any science to support your speculation? I used aerobarrier to separate my attached garage from the living space.

[@Foche_T._Schitt]

Who's this guy? KZbin auto subbing me again?

[@clayfenlason1240]

You lost me after dismissing ERVs with 'better to prevent that in the first place.' Because you can't do that for so many things. Because we, ourselves, human beings, are also polluting the air by the simple fact of inhabiting it. You need to start with an air recycling/filtering system as your default, and then build on that with refinements. Starting with 'no pollution' and then trying to reinforce that is the wrong strategy. At least so long as your goal is to build a space that holds natural pollutants like human beings.

[@JordanSmithBuilds]

You might’ve misunderstood me. The apartment on the other side of this wall has an ERV. And a dehumidifier. And VRF air-conditioning. I love breathing fresh air inside and outside and I know my clients do too. My point wasn’t that ERV are not necessary, but rather that an ERV should not be used as a Band-Aid solution for poor air sealing from outside pollutants. Cheers!

[@thebigdoghimself]

Dude, where you been? I thought you were dead.