#549: Energy Upgrades, Chimney Inspections, and Questions About a Home You Might Buy

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4.6 • 756 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Mike has advice about anvils. Domas clarifies Canadian code on interior poly sheeting. Nicky asks about improving airtightness. Sam asks if a chimney cleaning is the same as a chimney inspection. A prospective homebuyers wonders what questions to ask sellers about a home you’re considering buying. The crew contemplates old-house features.

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0:00.0	In my area of southern New England,
0:08.0	in these two-story and even one-story houses,
0:11.0	they put laundry shoots that went from a hallway
0:14.0	in the upstairs down.
0:16.0	And I remember as a kid trying to stuff my brother down one of those, you know?
0:27.6	Welcome to the Fine Home Building podcast, a weekly discussion of building, remodeling, and design topics aimed at anybody who cares deeply about the craft and science of working on houses.
0:36.8	I'm senior editor Patrick McComb.
0:38.4	Today I'm joined by production manager for TDS Custom Construction and Fine Home Building
0:43.0	Contributing Editor Ian Schwant. Hello. Fine Home Building Editorial Advisor, part-time
0:50.4	skier, always handyman, Mike Gerton.
0:57.0	Snowboarding now, not skiing, Patrick.
0:57.8	There's a distinction.
0:59.6	We'll have to talk about that a little.
1:00.5	Yeah.
1:02.0	Good morning.
1:03.8	And our amazing producer, Jeff Rose.
1:04.5	Hi there.
1:08.6	You can find previous podcast and check out the show notes at findhomebuilding.com slash podcast.
1:12.0	Please email your questions to FHB Podcast at Taunton.com. It's good to see you guys. Thanks for being here this morning.
1:18.3	Yeah, pleasure. So Mike, uh, snowboarding. When did you take that up? And are you doing this out there
1:25.6	in Arizona? You were mentioning you got some snow.
1:28.4	Yeah. Yeah, we got a, well, where I live, I got five inches on the east side of town, but downtown,
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