#495: Cracked Floor Tile, Vapor Control in Cold Climates, and a Very Soggy Meter Socket
The Fine Homebuilding Podcast
Fine Homebuilding Magazine
4.6 • 756 Ratings
🗓️ 16 September 2022
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Andrew, Ian and Patrick hear from listeners about radon and excavation contracting before taking questions about fixing the floor in an Eisenhower-era bathroom, vapor control for a small shop in Manitoba, and water pouring from this home’s electrical service entrance.
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| 0:00.0 | If you can, go camp on the property for a little while and just like observe the natural phenomena. |
| 0:13.7 | And it's sort of a... |
| 0:16.4 | So like I envision my camping on this property and like being swept away in a flood. |
| 0:21.6 | Welcome to the Fine Home Building podcast, a weekly discussion of building |
| 0:30.6 | or modeling and design topics aimed at anybody who cares deeply about the craft and science of working on houses. |
| 0:36.6 | This is Senior Editor Patrick McComb. |
| 0:38.8 | Today I'm joined by editorial director of fine home building and green building advisor, Andrew Zellner. |
| 0:45.1 | Morning, Patrick. |
| 0:47.3 | Operation Manager for TDS Custom Construction, Ian Schwant. |
| 0:51.0 | Hello. |
| 0:52.5 | And our producer, Jeff Rose. |
| 0:54.4 | Hi. Please email your questions to FHB podcast at taunton. Hello. And our producer, Jeff Rose. Hi. |
| 0:55.3 | Please email your questions to FHB Podcast at taunton.com. |
| 0:58.4 | You can find previous podcasts and check out the show notes at findhomebuilding.com slash |
| 1:02.9 | podcast. |
| 1:05.1 | Oh, guys, I am so glad to see you. |
| 1:07.2 | So this morning has been very busy. |
| 1:15.8 | And part of it is, you know, sometimes I get a little amped up before the show because it's, you know, I want it to be good. And, you know, it's live |
| 1:21.2 | the tape. So what you see is what you get. But this morning, I was in the passenger seat as my |
| 1:27.1 | 16-year-old son, Liam, was |
| 1:28.3 | driving to his school, which is like 20 miles away. So that was way more stressful than this |
| 1:34.3 | ever is in the worst scenario. So I think I have a cramp on my foot from like tensing it. |
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