#459: Leaky Attic Stairs, Right-Sizing Heat Pumps, and Vapor Barriers in Dirt Crawlspaces

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🗓️ 13 May 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Kiley, Ian, and Patrick hear from listeners about carbon footprints and battery-powered riding mowers before taking questions about drippy attic hatches, right-sizing a heat pump, and detailing a crawlspace vapor barrier.

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0:00.0	Finish a concrete slab in this space with boulders in that's only four to five feet tall, three to four feet tall, right?
0:14.0	Mark and wrote a great opportunity to rent a stand mixer and take it down in your basement and then home 80 pound bags of concrete down.
0:27.5	Welcome to the Fine Home Building podcast, our weekly discussion of building,
0:30.9	remodeling, and design topics aimed at anybody who cares deeply about the craft and science
0:35.2	of working on houses. This is Senior Editor Patrick McComb.
0:39.1	Today I'm joined by Operations Manager for TDS Customs Construction, Ian Schwant.
0:45.1	Morning, Patrick.
0:46.3	Senior editor for Green Building Advisor, Kylie Jacques.
0:49.4	Hello, all.
0:50.6	And producer, Jeff Rose.
0:52.2	Hi.
0:53.3	Please email your questions to FHB Podcasts at taunton.com.
0:57.4	You can find previous podcasts and check out the show notes at findhomebuilding.com
1:00.8	slash podcast.
1:02.5	Well, it is a pleasure to see you all this morning.
1:04.7	How are you?
1:06.6	Well, how are you, Patrick?
1:08.0	Nice to see Kylie.
1:09.1	I haven't been on with her in a while.
1:10.4	I know I miss you guys.
1:11.5	I always enjoyed chatting with you.
1:13.2	What do you've been up to, Kylie, in your absence?
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