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The Fine Homebuilding Podcast

#491: Above-Garage ADUs, Paper-Faced Polyiso, and Leveling Floor Joists

The Fine Homebuilding Podcast

Fine Homebuilding Magazine

Leisure, Construction, Keepcraftalive, Home & Garden, How To, Drywall, Craftsmanship, Education, Homebuilding, Houses

4.6756 Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Andrew, Ian, and Patrick hear from listeners about building your own house and the cost of electrical work, before taking questions about above-garage living spaces, using paper-faced insulation behind siding, and leveling a sawn-lumber floor system.

Transcript

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0:00.0

It was the box they used for storing salt.

0:07.0

But it almost looks like the, it looks, yeah, like a standard, you know, a standard cape except the, like, one side of the roof stops a little bit earlier.

0:20.0

It's like a cape with a mullet.

0:22.0

Yeah.

0:27.7

Welcome to the Fine Home Building podcast, a weekly discussion of building,

0:31.1

remodeling, and design topics aimed at anybody who cares deeply about the craft and science

0:35.6

of working on houses.

0:37.4

This is Senior Editor Patrick McComb.

0:39.2

Today I'm joined by Fine Home Building and GBA editorial director Andrew Zellner.

0:44.3

Morning Patrick.

0:46.0

Operations Manager for TDS Custom Construction, Ian Schwant.

0:49.8

Hello.

0:50.8

And producer extraordinaire, Jeff Rose.

0:53.1

Hi there.

0:57.8

You can find previous podcasts and check out the show notes at findhombuilding.com slash podcast. Please email your questions to FHB Podcast at taunton.com.

1:03.0

Well, as always, it's a pleasure to see you guys.

1:04.6

Thanks for being here today.

1:06.6

Always happy to be here.

1:08.7

Andrew, what have you been working on around the homestead?

1:12.2

So we have a second floor on our house, and one of my projects for the winter is going to be replacing the floor up there.

1:25.2

It's a mishmash of various floors at varying levels

1:29.8

from the last 100 years, including some asbestos tiles,

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