The running joke was when it's going to be finished and I said by Christmas.

I just didn't specify which Christmas.

So when the third Christmas was approaching, my wife said this isn't funny anymore.

We're going to be in the house by Christmas.

So we were technically in the house.

Welcome to the Fine Home Building ProTog podcast, a regular discussion with building industry professionals.

This is Senior Editor Patrick McComb.

This is the second half of my two-part interview with project manager

Jeremy Hess of CNZ Construction. You can find the Fine Home Building Pro Talk podcast and the original

fine homebuilding podcast at finehomebuilding.com slash podcast. You can leave feedback and ask questions

there too. So your techno metal post franchise that you still have, right? You use these

metal piles driven in with a small machine as for all kinds of things. You told me sign posts are

often connected to them. You've mentioned that they can support decks. Sometimes foundation repairs can be made with them.

We love them at Fine Home Building because you can start building on them almost immediately or immediately, right?

But that work, I'll link our story on the subject that you and Andy Engle did in the podcast notes so you guys can see that if you're interested.

It's taken you to some remote places doing this with other dealers, right?

Yeah.

Yeah, I've been, I mean, I've been to several East Coast states, which are not as exciting as they sound sometimes.

I've been out to Alaska probably, I think, five times I was out there over the years working with Dave Northrop our dealer out there.

And it started out as him, he bought a machine out here on the East Coast from another dealer.

And before he drove it back across the country with a truck and trailer, he stopped by my shop.

And we kind of got everything secured in his trailer and prepared it to go across the country.

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