May 2025 - Noise, Particulates, and the Lawsuit Nobody Saw Coming
WYSL/ Wise Home Energy Show
Jeff Flaherty opens with a home near the airport where a client called about noise but the real story was insulation that wasn't done according to the contract, two-foot slopes left uninsulated, and air sealing that never happened. The indoor air quality test flagged high particulate matter, leading to a conversation about candles, diesel exhaust, and why a 30-minute test can raise more questions than it answers. From there he covers an attorney in Virginia collecting cases against private equity HVAC companies for oversized equipment that's killing blower motors prematurely, why the salesman who sizes your furnace off the old unit is the wrong person for the job, and a rental property where dense pack cellulose accidentally filled the return air duct and the fix was to rip the return out of the ceiling and pull air from the basement instead. Plus why downsizing someone's HVAC can actually fix a high humidity problem, and the husband who wanted an attic estimate without an energy audit even though the audit would save him $2,000.
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