The Fine Homebuilding Podcast
Latest Episodes
#627: Leaky Doors, Flashing, and Kneewalls
Listeners write in about off-site construction, displaying old walls, and building outbuildings and ask questions about leaky doors, missing flashing, and insulating kneewalls.
#626: Walls with Fiber Sheathing, Optional Building Inspections, and Heat Pump Water Heaters
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.
#625: Roof Insulation, Band Joists, and Small Houses
Listeners write in about EVs, sources of CO, and structural engineering and ask questions about roof insulation, rim joists, and shrinking houses.
#624: Good Builders, Roof Insulation, and Ice Dams
Listeners write in about water conservation, useful books, and work trucks. Questions include builders in Oklahoma, roof insulation, and fixing ice dams.
#623: Condensation on Windows, HVAC Registers, and Water Heating
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.
#622: Wood-Slab Walls, Sealing a Crawlspace, and Pipes that Don’t Drain
Listeners write in about off-site construction and ask questions about board-framed walls, sealed crawlspaces, and overflowing laundry standpipes.
#621: Building Inside a Barn, Porch-Roof Flashing, and Treated-Lumber Longevity
Listeners write in about Super Insulated Houses and water pipes and ask questions about building a house inside a barn, sidewall flashing, and chimney dampers.
#620: Witnessing Bad Work, Semi-Conditioned Spaces, and Extra Minisplits
Listeners write in about high-performance builds, wall insulation, and EV vans and ask questions about bad building, insulating a lean-to, and minisplit air distribution.
#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.