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The wall was about 10 inches thick or concrete.

And I went down there and I gave it everything I had with the sledgehammer, hit it, and the sledgehammer

hit it, and the sledgehammer bounced off the wall, flew out of my hands, and my dad just shook his head.

Welcome to the Fine Home Building podcast, our weekly discussion of building, remodeling, and design topics aimed at anybody who cares deeply about the craft and science of working on houses.

This is Senior Editor at Patrick McComb. Today I'm joined by Kylie Jacques, GBA

Senior Advisor. Hello, everybody. He does Mike Mainzler position. Operations Manager for TDS

Customs Construction, Ian Schwant. Hello. And producer Jeff Rose. Hi there. Please email your

questions to FHB Podcast at taunton.com.

You can find previous podcasts and check out the show notes at fineholding.com slash podcast.

Well, it is a pleasure to see you all this morning.

I hope you all are well.

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