#392: The Best Roofing for PV, Shades to Save Energy, and Taming a Bay Area Energy Hog

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4.6 • 756 Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Brian, Mark and Patrick hear from listeners about shop teachers and tape for poly sheeting, before taking listener questions on the right roof for a future PV array, controlling radon, and improving the efficiency of a Bay Area house.

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0:00.0	Today's episode of the Fine Home Building podcast is brought to you by Benjamin Obdike.
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1:00.0	Comfort and temperature are not the same thing, right? It's so you can be comfortable but the temperature could be the same and you could be uncomfortable.
1:05.0	Right.
1:06.0	You know, so comfort and science is a hard thing to quantify.
1:12.6	They don't go together, right?
1:17.6	Welcome to the Fine Home Building podcast,
1:21.6	our weekly discussion of building,
1:23.1	remodeling, and design topics aimed at anybody
1:25.6	who cares deeply about the craft and science of working
1:28.2	on houses. This is senior editor Patrick McComb. Today I'm joined by senior editor Mark.
1:36.5	Hi Patrick. Everybody. And our editorial director, Brian. Hey, everyone. Good morning. And our producer,
1:43.6	Jeff. Hi there. People know who we morning. And our producer Jeff.
1:49.6	Hey there. People know who we are. I'm tired of trying to, you know, say our last names and, you know, everyone knows who we are. Yeah, that guy, this guy.
1:56.2	Please remember your questions to FHB Podcasts at taunton.com. You can find previous podcasts
2:00.4	and check out the show notes at find
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