#190: Becoming a Remodeling Contractor, Patching Holes Left by a Rotted Railing, and Strengthening an Existing Building with Spray Foam

The Fine Homebuilding Podcast

Fine Homebuilding Magazine

Education, Leisure, Home & Garden, How To

4.8 • 785 Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2019

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Matt, Patrick, and special guest former FHB editor Andy Engel take listener questions on how to become a good remodeling contractor, the strength of spray foam, and adding to an existing deck.

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0:00.0	to look that up online.
0:06.7	Isn't it an amazing you can go and rent one of these things
0:09.7	and so much other dangerous stuff at the home center
0:12.1	with like no training, no explanation of how it works.
0:15.9	I love this country. I really do.
0:17.5	You can rent a bulldozer.
0:19.0	I know. I've done it. I have done this.
0:27.9	Welcome to the Fine Home Building podcast, our weekly discussion of building, remodeling, and design topics aimed at anybody who cares deeply about the craft and science of working on houses.
0:36.7	This is Senior Editor Patrick
0:37.8	McComb. I'm joined by Deputy Editor Matt Milham. What up? And our very special guest,
0:43.6	former FHB Senior Editor and Carpenter and Man About Town, Andy Engle. Thanks for having me.
0:49.7	It's good to have you, Andy. Yeah. Please email us your questions to FHB Podcast at taunton.com.
0:55.8	You can find previous podcast and check out the show notes at findhomebuilding.com slash podcast.
1:03.0	Wow, it's good to have you here.
1:04.4	It's excellent to be here.
1:05.7	It's been months since I've been in the building.
1:09.6	We should tell folks, you worked at Taunton for many years on several
1:13.1	occasions. I have, yeah. But most recently, you've gone back to working for a living. I now
1:19.3	work for a living. I'm a reed carpenter for a company called Hudson Valley Preservation. We do
1:24.2	work on mostly old houses in the Hudson Valley and Western Connecticut.
1:29.1	And what are you working on right now?
1:31.9	Well, my most recent project was I finished up a basement remodel in a, wasn't that old
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