#189: Heating with Pellets, Stabilizing a Collapsing Cottage, and Keeping an Accessory Dwelling Unit Close to the Ground
The Fine Homebuilding Podcast
Fine Homebuilding Magazine
4.8 • 785 Ratings
🗓️ 19 July 2019
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
This week the regular podcast crew hears from listeners about insulating brick row houses and the limitations of the Bonfiglioli wall system. Then they take questions about heating a whole house with a pellet stove, the limited options for affordable shower valves, and how to strengthen the foundation of a rustic cabin. The crew also discusses how to keep the height of an auxiliary dwelling unit to a minimum.
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| 0:00.0 | It makes a lot of sense, right? |
| 0:07.5 | Yeah. |
| 0:08.0 | I think so many building solutions are like, makes them like common sense. |
| 0:12.9 | Like let's not make it complicated. |
| 0:14.3 | Let's fix things. |
| 0:16.1 | Yeah. |
| 0:16.8 | So building science all about making it as complicated as possible. |
| 0:19.5 | Add another layer. |
| 0:20.3 | It shouldn't. It shouldn't. |
| 0:27.9 | Welcome to the Fine Home Building podcast. Our weekly discussion of building, |
| 0:31.2 | remodeling, and design topics aimed at anybody who cares deeply about the craft and science of working on houses. |
| 0:36.6 | This is Senior Editor Patrick McComb. |
| 0:38.6 | I'm joined by Deputy Editor Matt Milham. |
| 0:40.7 | What up? |
| 0:41.9 | Design editor Kylie Jacques. |
| 0:43.5 | Hello. |
| 0:44.8 | And producer Jeff Rose. |
| 0:46.4 | Hello. |
| 0:47.5 | Please email us your questions at phb podcast at taunton.com. |
| 0:51.5 | You can find previous podcasts and check out the show notes at findhomebuilding.com |
| 0:56.4 | slash podcast. |
| 1:01.3 | That's the third time you've made that noise. |
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