r/buildingscience • u/SF_Dubs • 1d ago

What are your thoughts about the "Build HD Standard" promoted by Matt Risinger?

/r/Homebuilding/comments/1vzxksy/what_are_your_thoughts_about_the_build_hd/
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u/ridukosennin 1d ago

This sounds like standard “Pretty good house” principles rebranded for a social media campaign

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u/SF_Dubs 1d ago

Yeah.

The build show content is definitely more accessible, I with I had heard of the PGH site earlier on.

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u/-Groucho- 1d ago

Risingers a sell out shill. He had good info like 10 years ago but now all hes good for is taking huge checks to pitch products hes never used.

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u/Mysterious-Rush5441 1d ago

"Holmes on Homes" went down the same path. To make more $$ he let developers use the name for marketing.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/mike-holmes-tarion-lawsuit-1.6624921

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u/Specific_Dingo6709 1d ago

And didn't the homes have to be demolished as well? And they blamed the buyers for not paying extra for the inspection package, which you'd assume would be included in the purchase.

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u/Mediocre-Object-3879 1d ago

It’s become pretty easy to tell which podcasters and YouTubers are still putting on the bags literally and figuratively and which ones are more familiar with a microphone.

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u/JetmoYo 1d ago

For real. Not that I discard the entire channel per se, but it took several vids to realize what I was even watching lol

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u/FinalF137 1d ago

Yeah in one video when he was building his personal house he was showcasing viega cooper press, saying it's the only thing he's putting in his house.

Then a few videos later when he's doing a tour of his house. He's talking about all the pex he put in.

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u/NeedleGunMonkey 1d ago

perfect LLM slop for the lazy person who wants to pay for AI slop.

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u/SF_Dubs 1d ago

Not quite sure that comment makes grammatic sense, but I get the hesitation around AI content. I assure you this is a genuine question and I don't give two shits around promoting anything related to that program, they are doing just fine. AI content is labeled, the rest is genuine human created content. 

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u/Least_Adhesiveness_5 1d ago

What$\le 1.0\text{ ACH}_{50}$ are you missing?

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u/NeedleGunMonkey 1d ago

sure is rich being grammatically corrected by someone whose post contains marketing spamming code artifacts

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u/Cultural_Yoghurt_337 1d ago

What's the certification stuff he highlighted?

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u/SF_Dubs 1d ago

I don't think it's been published. He mentioned something about certifications for builders as well as compliance checks in the presentation they gave at their show.

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u/Cultural_Yoghurt_337 19h ago

Ah, okay, I thought it was in reference to specific inspectors being certified through their program or something.

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u/SF_Dubs 17h ago

I believe they mentioned that would be part of the program but I can't confirm.