Videos

Video showing how to use an infrared camera to identify common sources of air leakage in a home’s bathrooms.

Video showing how to use an infrared camera to identify common sources of air leakage in a home’s bedrooms.

Video describing how to use an infrared camera to check for air leakage in the ceiling during a blower door test in winter.

Video describing how to use an infrared camera to detect missing insulation (indicated by blue areas) in a cathedral ceiling.

Video showing how to use an infrared camera to check for air leakage around a fireplace during a blower door test in winter.

Video showing how to use an infrared camera to check for air leakage around recessed can lights during a blower door test in winter.

Video showing how to use an infrared camera to identify and check for air leakage from the return grills of the home.

Video showing how to use an infrared camera to check for skylight air leakage during a blower door test in winter.

Video showing use of an infrared camera to check for air leakage in the walls and sill plates of a home during a blower door test in winter.

Learn how to run a blower door air leakage test in a residential house.

Part 1 describes why do a test, components of the Minneapolis Blower Door kit and how to set it up.

Part 2 shows how to do a one point depressurization test, the most common test, as well as how to use the Cruise function.

Video describing how to conduct a residential blower door and duct blaster test, including how to determine the home’s volume to determine whole-house air leakage. Video 5 of 9.

Video describing how to conduct a residential blower door and duct blaster test, including how to calculate the home’s whole-house air leakage in air changes per hour using the cfm reading and the home’s volume in cubic feet. Video 6 of 9.

Video describing how to set up the house for a residential blower door and duct blaster test, including checking the fireplace. Video 2 of 9.

Video describing how to conduct a residential duct air leakage test, including why and how to seal off all of the supply air registers, including kickplate registers. Video 7 of 9.

Video describing how to begin a residential blower door and duct blaster test, including turning off the gas water heater and central furnace or air conditioner. Video 1 of 9.

Video describing how to conduct a residential blower door and duct blaster test, including an efficient method for setting up the blower door equipment and how to set up the fan rings and the manometer. Video 4 of 9.

Video describing how to set up for a residential blower door and duct blaster test, including why to sequence the blower door before the duct leakage test. Video 3 of 9.

Video describing why duct leakage tests including tests total leakage and leakage to the outside are done with the duct blaster set to depressurize rather than pressurize the duct system. Video 9 of 9.

Video showing the use of a flow hood and an anemometer in order to test the exhaust ventilation flow for a bath fan.

Video showing the inspection of the thermal envelope of a house using an infrared camera. Infrared inspection uses differences in temperature to locate potential water leaks or voids in insulation.

Video describing how to conduct a blower door test in a passive house.

Video describing how to conduct a blower door test in a passive house.