17 August 2016

Matt Sargent was here early afternoon to do the final Efficiency Vermont inspection.  The 50 Pascal blower door test showed we were leaking air at 580 cfm, which equates to 1.34 air exchanges per hour (ACH).  Efficiency Vermont’s Silver standard, to which we were building, is less than 3.0 ACH.  This result is just a tad worse than the ACH measured during the preliminary test done in February, which Matt says is not unusual.  Sean was here to witness the goings-on and to sign the Vermont Residential Building Energy Standards (RBES) Certificate that records as-built data about the house.  Kevin arrived as the weather was clearing shortly before noon and spent the afternoon building the firebox in the outdoor fireplace, complete with two horizontal grooves which will allow us to position the grill at either 6½″ or 11½″ above the firebox floor, depending on how hot the fire is burning.  Chree and I went down to Marty and Merry’s for another fantastic dinner.