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People used to sell decks as an easy project.

I remember when I was a kid, we'd go to the home center,

and you could pick up a free pamphlet, like, for many home projects,

and building a deck was one of them.

And I could tell you, my dad had no business building a deck, but we did it anyway.

Well, there were no deck codes back then, so...

Welcome to the Fine Home Building podcast, our weekly discussion of building science and design topics aimed at anybody who cares deeply about the craft and science of working on houses.

I'm senior editor Patrick McComb.

I'm joined by Kylie Jacques, design editor.

Hello.

Matt Milham, deputy editor.

What's up?

And Jeff Rose, producer.

Howdy.

You can find free use podcast and check out the show notes at find homebuilding.com slash podcast.

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