#293: Staying Profitable, Extension Jambs, and Smoke that Don’t Stink

The Fine Homebuilding Podcast

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4.6 • 756 Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2020

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Matt, Rob, and Patrick hear from listeners about a garage-shop project completed in the nick of time and staying healthy when working construction before taking listener questions about burning through profit at the end of a job, using replacement windows in a new build, and stink-free smoke for tracking down air leaks.

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1:09.5	Rabbit and casing, things got to be pretty close.
1:12.0	Or you could just do it like that.
1:13.9	I think I told you guys about that motel.
1:15.7	I stayed in once where they just ran the drywall right over the jams to the doors
1:21.5	and put the casing on afterwards so you can see the rough edge of the drywall.
1:31.2	Well, So you can see the rough edge of the drywall. Welcome to the Fine Home Building podcast, our weekly discussion of building, remodeling, and design
1:35.5	taub that's aimed at anybody who cares deeply about the craft and science of working on houses.
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