You know, then you have to put R30 in your walls in Climate Zone 6, but if you start to, if you use the U-Factor alternative, for example, and you start to, you know, use advanced framing and eliminate studs and top plates and things, all of a sudden you get to, you get to bring that into your calculations, and you don't necessarily have to have r 30 in your walls anymore welcome to the fine home building podcast our weekly discussion of

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editor brian pontellillo hey patrick fine home building senior editor brian pontellillo I'm Senior Editor Patrick McComb. Today I'm joined by Fine Home Building Senior Editor Brian Pontillow.

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Fine Home Building editorial advisor Mike Gerton.

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It's great to have you guys here this afternoon.

Good to see you.

Good to see you too.

Good to see you.

Interesting to be doing the show in the afternoon.

What do you think?

It's kind of a nice way to wind down the show in the afternoon. What do you think? It's it's uh it's kind of a nice way

to wind up down the work week is what I've observed. I think it's going to be great. Well I I do all

every time we start the show and I often say good morning and I realize that to the listeners of a

podcast it doesn't really matter what it doesn't mean anything to them. So wherever you are, whatever time you're listening, hope everything's great.

Mike, I want to get right to the photo you sent me yesterday that showed your better half

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