After the first round of blower door tests, our passive house yielded 0.26 air changes per hour (ACH) at 50 pascals (Pa). What's that mean - well, that means that our house is tight; very little air leakage. The passive house standard requires 0.6 ACH @ 50 Pa. With that said, the doors and windows haven't been installed yet but the results shouldn't vary too much following their installation.
[Wesley setting up the blower door for the first test.]
[Jim taping the panel seams and remaining holes.]
[Running the first round of tests.]
With all the good news from the results of the blower door tests, we got some bad news on this past Monday. I got a call when the roofers showed up to install the shingles and they were short an entire pallet. After reviewing pictures and speaking with the suppliers, we determined someone stole a whole pallet of shingles.
I met a sheriff's deputy on the mountain that evening and we walked the property to determine what happened. We discovered the thieves drove into the property, loaded up the shingles then drove away. Fortunately, rain hadn't washed away the tire tracks so the deputy was able to capture a mold as evidence.
[Setting up the form for the mold.]
[Waiting for the mold to set.]
[And then there was evidence.]
Tire tracks aren't enough to bust a crook, but pictures are. Our game camera caught the thieves in action.
['68-72 Ford F100 2WD]
[Two white males jacking what doesn't belong to them.]
And we even got the news to cover it! The hole event was more of a pain in the a$$ than anything. We've barricaded the property and we've got security fence on its way to help secure the fence for the remainder of the build.
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