#591: Tightening a Shop, Dealing with Popcorn Ceilings, and Problems with Modular Homes

The Fine Homebuilding Podcast

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4.6 • 756 Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Listeners share their thoughts on storm shutters, LED light solutions, ERVs vs. HRVs, and contractor licensing. The crew takes questions on writing good contracts, testing DWV systems, and common problems with modular homes.

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0:45.4	Which is thick over the top of the old slab. That's that mud seal. I mean, if that concrete
0:51.8	goes above the mudsill, is that any issue there or not?
0:57.5	You should have brought this up before he did that is what I would say.
1:08.5	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.
1:18.3	I'm Senior Editor Patrick McComb. Today I'm joined by Fine Home Building Technical Editor Mark Peterson.
1:24.1	Hello.
1:25.6	Fine Home Building Senior Editor Brian Pontellillo. Hey, everyone. And Fine Home Building
1:31.1	Senior Editor Jeff Rose. Howdy. You can find previous podcasts and check out the show notes at
1:38.9	findhomebuilding.com slash podcast. You can email your questions to FHB Podcast at taunton.com. It's good to see you guys
1:46.0	this morning. Thanks for being here. Thanks. It's good to see you. Especially you, Brian, haven't
1:51.5	seen you. Haven't seen you in a while. Yeah. Another podcast with another person has been
1:58.8	building their own house.
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