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The Fine Homebuilding Podcast

#367: PRO TALK With Sustainable Builder Jacob Racusin, Part 1

The Fine Homebuilding Podcast

Fine Homebuilding Magazine

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4.6756 Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

In this Pro-Talk podcast, Patrick talks to Jacob Racusin, Director of Building Science and Sustainability at New Frameworks in Burlington, Vt. about New Frameworks’s unusual business model, expanding the market for natural building, and how somebody just decides to start building with straw.

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0:00.0

This episode of the Fine Home Building Pro Talk podcast is brought to you by Sacrete. With Sacrete,

0:05.3

fast setting concrete, you're setting posts in 30 minutes without mixing. Hanging fence stringers the same

0:11.8

day, not the next. Pouring slabs that are ready for traffic in six hours, not 24 hours. Getting in,

0:18.8

getting out, getting on to the next job, while the other guy is waiting

0:22.0

for his mix to set. It's the concrete upgrade that pays for itself. Faster set, less prep, more jobs,

0:29.4

more revenue, easy choice. See the proof at sacretefast.com. Also brought to you by Drylock. Combining quality resins, ease of application,

0:40.9

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0:45.7

and renovations. Drylock is the brand to use for the most demanding professionals. Drylock is

0:51.2

tested to meet the highest standards for moisture and water control and is guaranteed to stop water,

0:56.4

even under pressure, for both positive and negative side waterproofing below and above grade.

1:02.1

For more information, visit drylock.com, D-R-Y-L-O-K dot com.

1:13.5

I mean, it's kind, it's just, it's different.

1:15.6

It's totally legit.

1:16.6

Anytime we're doing something different in the face of really established practice,

1:20.3

especially in a high-risk environment, like, it's worthy of criticism and critical,

1:25.5

maybe not worthy of criticism, but certainly worthy of critical examination,

1:29.6

for sure. Yeah, no, I welcome that.

1:37.2

Welcome to the Fine Home Building Pro Talk podcast, our regular discussion with building industry

1:41.8

professionals. This is Senior editor, Patrick McCone.

1:45.0

Today I'm joined by Jacob Rukuzin, Director of Building Science and Sustainability at New Frameworks

1:50.1

in Burlington, Vermont. You can find the Fine Home Building Pro Talk podcast from the original Fine Homeboding

1:55.1

podcast at findhomebuilding.com slash podcast. You can leave feedback and ask questions there too.

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