The Fine Homebuilding Podcast embodies Fine Homebuilding magazine's commitment to the preservation of craftsmanship and the advancement of home performance in residential construction. Hosted by the magazine's editors, The FHB Podcast is an informal but vigorous show about the techniques and principles that allow listeners to master their design and building challenges.
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#646: Missing Band Joist, Sustainable Building, and Bath Fans
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Listeners write in about building on a mesas and their experience with pin foundations and ask questions about a missing band joist, sustainable building, and bath ventilation
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#645: Suspect Chimneys, Black Windows, and Worries about Rot
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Listeners write in about condensing dryers, giant gears, and saggy doors. They ask questions about chimney safety, longevity of black windows, and rot-resistant assemblies.
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#644: High Indoor Humidity, Underfloor HVAC Returns, and Textured Ceilings
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Listeners write in about changing careers and organizing volunteer builders and ask questions about high humidity, underfloor cooling, and removing ceiling texture.
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#643: Roof Outsulation, Budgeting Mistakes, and How Much Designer Do You Need
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Listeners write in about tightening a Cape and ask questions about roof insulation, budget busters and how much designer is enough for a basic kitchen remodel.
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#642: Truss Uplift, Wet Ceilings, and Second-Time Siding
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Listeners write in about insulating attics, foundations for additions, and dodgy electrical devices. They ask questions about truss uplift, wet ceilings and siding a second time.
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#641: The Best of the Fine Homebuilding Podcast, Volume 7
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In this best-of episode the FHBcrew discuss windows that open onto decks, keeping kitchen remodels affordable, painting stucco, and more.
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#640: Heating a Shop, Hardwood over Crawlspaces, and Living in a Pretty Good House
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Listeners write in about kiln-dried pressure treated lumber and bad deck details. They ask questions about conditioning a shop, installing hardwood, and building a pretty good house.
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#639: Affordable High-Performance, Protecting Slab-Edge Insulation, and Sinking Foundations
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Listeners write in about water treatment, masonry heaters, and leak detectors. They ask questions about finding builders for high-performance homes, foundation insulation, and foundation settlement.
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#638: Moldy Houses, Picking a Construction Path, and Building on a Mesa
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Listeners write in about changing careers, rain screen raised beds, and introducing people to trade work. They ask questions about buying a moldy house, choosing construction as a career, and building on a sandstone mesa.
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#637: Questions and Conversation with Bill Grande
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A conversation with Bill Grande , Vice President: Codes, Standards and Compliance at electrical device manufacturer Leviton.
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#636: Attic Insulation, Slab Additions, and Code-Compliant Decks
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Listeners write in about wonky doors and hacking water heaters and ask questions about insulating a four square’s attic, adding on to an existing foundation, and deck construction.
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#635: Installing T&G Siding, Mass Timber, and Moldy Minisplits
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Listeners write in about keeping pipes from freezing, and wood species for porch railings. They ask questions about tongue-and-groove siding, mass timber construction, and moldy minisplits.
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#634: Natural Ventilation, Attic Conversions, and Insulating Girder Trusses
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Listeners write in about endangered overhangs, mass timber, and DIY sawmills. They ask questions about opening windows in a Pretty Good House, insulating 2x6 rafters, and insulating trusses.
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#633: Window Leaks, Heated Footings, and Minimalist Builds
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Listeners write in about skinny houses, green-building upgrades, and leak detectors. They ask questions about flashing windows, protecting footings from frost, and back-to-basics home builds.
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#632: DIY Dense-Pack, Wonky Doors, and Airtight Envelope Penetrations
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Listeners write in about landscape lighting, airsealing porch ceilings, and foregoing inspections, and ask questions about DIY dense-pack insulation, fixing a wonky door, and detailing envelope penetrations.
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#631: HVAC Systems, Foundation Footings, and Sinking Garages
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Listeners write in about ADUs, data-hogging washers, and foregoing inspections. They ask questions about replacing functioning HVAC systems, reinforcement for footings, and repairing a garage built on fill.
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#630: Conversation with HVAC experts Eric Weiss and Cristi Pedotto
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The FHB Podcast discusses refrigerants, the HVAC industry, and HVAC worker training.
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#629: With Building Scientist Monica Rokicki
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Listeners write in about outdoor showers, a Philadelphia carpentry teacher, and the science of hail damage. We ask building scientist Monica Rokicki-Guajardo questions about building performance, HVAC systems, and indoor air quality.
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#628: Porch Railings, Porch Flooring, and Japanese Footings
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Listeners write in about shade structures, metaphors for air-sealing, and the HVAC industry and ask questions about porch railings, porch flooring, and Japanese footings.
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#627: Leaky Doors, Flashing, and Kneewalls
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Listeners write in about off-site construction, displaying old walls, and building outbuildings and ask questions about leaky doors, missing flashing, and insulating kneewalls.
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#626: Walls with Fiber Sheathing, Optional Building Inspections, and Heat Pump Water Heaters
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Listeners write in about high water bills, soggy straw bales, and house fires and ask questions about tightening wood-fiber walls, places without inspections, and heat pump water heaters.
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#625: Roof Insulation, Band Joists, and Small Houses
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Listeners write in about EVs, sources of CO, and structural engineering and ask questions about roof insulation, rim joists, and shrinking houses.
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#624: Good Builders, Roof Insulation, and Ice Dams
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Listeners write in about water conservation, useful books, and work trucks. Questions include builders in Oklahoma, roof insulation, and fixing ice dams.
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#623: Condensation on Windows, HVAC Registers, and Water Heating
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Listeners write in about the value of FHB and ask questions about basement flooring, condensation on windows, HVAC register locations, and heat-pump water heaters.
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#622: Wood-Slab Walls, Sealing a Crawlspace, and Pipes that Don’t Drain
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Listeners write in about off-site construction and ask questions about board-framed walls, sealed crawlspaces, and overflowing laundry standpipes.
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