What’s Involved in An Initial Consultation?
The Process
Think of an initial consult like the first trip to the doctor you’ve had in 15 years. The doctor wants to get to know you a bit, find out your medical history, talk a bit about what brought you in, and run a few tests to determine which direction the treatment will take. Our initial consults are very similar, only for your home.
Here’s how an initial consultation flows:
- Basic Building Science – We’ll bring you and your significant other up to speed on how the physics of your home work. Our solutions are all based on Building Science.
- What’s Bugging You? Together, we make a list of all the things that bother you about your home that we might be able to help with. There are probably some you haven’t thought about, like less dusting.
- History – What has been done to your home in the past and by you?
- Testing – This is the fun part!
- Blower Door Test – A blower door measures how much your home leaks. Air leakage is at the root of most complaints we solve.
- Zonal Pressure Diagnostics – A fancy term for finding out which rooms leak the most, so we know where to focus our efforts later.
- Infrared Testing – (Weather dependent.) With the blower door running, air leaks can’t hide. We’ll find many of the specific places your home leaks. See examples in this photo album.
- Prioritize Problems – Now that we know more about your home, how much does each problem bother you? We rank them.
- What’s Next? At the end we all should have an idea of the problems, a rough budget for solving, and if a comprehensive project plan makes sense. Often we’ve uncovered so much people feel a bit overwhelmed, so it makes sense to take a few days to mull over your options for moving forward.
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It’s A Team Effort! It’s very important that both you and your significant other are there. We find much better results come from working together.
Initial consults cost $250-$400. We charge more for evenings and weekends.
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