The Fine Homebuilding Podcast
Latest Episodes
#619: Old-House Construction, Sizing Lumber Beams, and Window Restoration
Listeners write in about handyman businesses, NASAs stuck screws, and leak detectors and ask questions about old houses, sizing beams, and restoring windows.
#618: Heather Clark of the White House Climate Policy Office
A talk with Heather Clark Director of Building Emissions for the White House Climate Policy Office and feedback on missing water, Bay Area renovations, and pex manifolds.
#617: Venting Metal Roofs, Air-Sealing, and Foundation Drainage
Listeners write in about choosing pipe material, finding a good contractor, charred timbers, and PV utility costs, and ask questions about venting metal roofing, air-sealing, and foundation drainage.
#616: Short Extension Jambs, Charred Timbers, and Hardwood on Concrete
Listeners write in about work vehicles and faulty LEDs and ask about extension jambs, charred timber frames, and wood flooring on concrete.
#615: Spray-on WRBs, Wall Insulation, and IV Drips for Mold
Listeners write in about producer Jeff and moving heavy things and ask questions about WRBs, cavity insulation without sheathing, and IV drips for mold.
#614: Structural Lath and Plaster, Coaching your Builder, and Shoes for Roofing
Listeners write in about HVAC design, missing water, and a young builder and ask questions about rotted sills, builders and their comfort zone, and roofing shoes.
#613: Soil Against Stucco, Finding the Right Build Team, and Building Product Warranties
Listeners write in about home-repair businesses, vertical siding, and click-together flooring and ask about stucco, build teams and building product warranties.
#612: Water Pipes, Attic Air-Sealing, and the Durability of AeroBarrier
Peter is navigating the Massachusetts stretch building code. Jim needs help choosing a domestic water pipe system. Wayne wants to tighten his attic. Adam asks about long-term tests of AeroBarrier.
#611: With Bill Beleck: Shou Sugi Ban, Surplus Building Products, and Air-Sealing Overhanging Joists
The crew hears from listeners about contracting in high-end zip codes and the economy of electric cars.Discussion questions include installing shou sugi ban forest products, saving leftover material,
#610: The Best of the Fine Homebuilding Podcast, Volume 6
The editors discuss widening an existing deck, modern timber-frame buildings, inexpensive building products, work vehicles, and installing a vented bath fan in this best-of compilation.