#317: Natural Air Changes, Flashing Windows in Brick Walls, and Cleaning Construction Messes

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4.6 • 756 Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2021

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Rob, Kiley, and Patrick hear from listeners about going all-electric and air-sealing adventures before taking listener questions about natural air changes, flashing windows in brick openings, and how clean a job site should be.

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0:00.0	Not even the shag carpet, that nice fuzzy you like three-inch pile, orange and blue.
0:11.0	So Rob, you and I are nearly the same age, Kylie too, I believe.
0:15.0	I remember that being all the rage as a kid, and I like seeing people raking their freaking carpet.
0:23.6	Welcome to the Fine Home Building podcast, our weekly discussion of building,
0:31.0	remodeling, and design topics aimed at anybody who cares deeply about the craft and science
0:35.5	of working on houses. This is Senior Editor Patrick McComb.
0:39.2	Today I'm joined by Digital Brand Manager Rob Wadsack.
0:42.4	Good morning, Patrick.
0:44.0	Senior editor Kylie Jacques.
0:46.2	Hello.
0:47.3	And producer Jeff Rose.
0:49.4	Hi there.
0:50.8	Please email your questions to FHB Podcast at taunton.com. you can find previous podcasts and check out the show notes at fine homebuilding.com slash podcast well it is a pleasure to see you all this morning thank you for being here
1:04.0	hello Patrick nice to see you too it's been a while since you guys have been on the show it's nice to have have you here. Yeah, that's true. That's been a while, yes.
1:12.1	I've been keeping Matt and Brian on the show, and it was purely out of availability, no other reason.
1:21.5	Well, I'm sure listeners were happy about that because they're so informative.
1:26.2	Brian is great, right?
1:30.9	Yeah. It's, I rely on him now to have all the building science knowledge I don't have. What are you guys been doing? What are you
1:37.4	been doing, Rob? What have I been doing? Oh, man. So, um, I've been trying to turn my basement into a workshop, and I'm wondering why the heck I didn't do this like 18 years ago, because it's a very rewarding experience. And it's going to help me tackle a lot of other projects in the house a lot more easily, keeping my tools organized, having a space to spread out. You never struck me as a basement dweller, Rob. What's the appeal?
2:05.7	Well, that's actually the, that's probably why. I mean, it's a stone basement, as I've
2:10.8	probably mentioned many times in the podcast, it's basically a cave. It was dry way back when we had a boiler, but now in the summers it's damp unless I run a dehumidifier down there.
2:22.7	But I'm never get any liquid water down there.
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