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The Fine Homebuilding Podcast

#554: PRO TALK With Director of Good Things Keegan McAuliffe

The Fine Homebuilding Podcast

Fine Homebuilding Magazine

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

4.6756 Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

In this Pro-Talk podcast, Ian talks to Keegan McAuliffe, Owner and Director of Good Things at Capra Home Concepts in Naples, Idaho about building your own home, working in a booming but remote area and high-performance building on a budget.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This episode of the Fine Home Building podcast is brought to you by Zip System Building Enclosures.

0:05.5

Regular listeners of the Fine Home Building podcast have heard us mention Zip System Building Enclosures,

0:10.6

the integrated sheathing and sealing solution system, providing a streamlined approach to exterior water, air, and thermal management.

0:18.2

But they may not be aware of the multiple resources available to builders

0:21.5

with application or installation questions. Hubberwood.com has the install detail library

0:27.2

and access to the technical information team. How-to information is also available on the ZipSystem

0:33.4

YouTube channel and on Instagram and TikTok by following at Huber Wood.

0:44.1

Why do we have to do this partial one quarter of our rough in and then get it inspected?

0:49.8

And the electrical inspector came the other day and I only have three wires up there, you know,

0:55.2

gutter heaters and some soft lighting. And he's kind of going, where's the, what am I inspecting?

1:06.9

Welcome to the Fine Home Building Pro Talk podcast, our regular discussion with building industry professionals.

1:14.1

This is Fine Home Building contributing editor and production manager at TDS Custom Construction, Ian Schwant.

1:21.2

Today I am joined by owner and director of good things at Capra Home Concepts, Kegan McCullough. You can find the Fine Home Building

1:30.7

Pro Talk podcast and the original Fine Homebuilding podcast at finehomebuilding.com slash podcast. You can leave

1:39.3

feedback and ask questions there too. Kagan, it's great to have you on.

1:45.4

Yeah, thanks, Ian.

1:46.4

Excited to be here.

1:52.3

So tell us about your background in the trades and how you came to start your own business.

1:57.3

And I've got to know where the title of director of good things came from.

2:00.7

Yeah, I grew up. My dad was a contractor. Yeah, I grew up.

2:08.5

My dad was a contractor and did custom homes, built custom homes in Northern California.

2:12.2

And so kind of was around it my whole life.

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