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The Fine Homebuilding Podcast

#683: Barndominiums, ERVs, and Radon Mitigation

The Fine Homebuilding Podcast

Fine Homebuilding Magazine

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

4.6756 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Adam says scouting is introducing young people to trade work. Ian, Grant, and Patrick talk about cooling and preventing radon in a barndominum. Spenser asks if he needs an ERV.

 

Tune in to Episode 683 of the Fine Homebuilding Podcast to learn more about: 

  • Making a big building comfortable and radon-free 
  • The challenges of hydronic cooling
  • When do you need an ERV and HVAC planning

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0:00.0

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0:06.0

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0:15.0

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0:22.9

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0:29.6

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0:42.0

Okay, Spencer, this is an age-old problem.

0:44.1

Folks on GBA get this question a lot.

0:50.0

Where do you hide the duck work now that you've got your house underway and you haven't planned a spot for it?

0:50.9

Go, Ian.

0:57.6

Well, I think this is indicative of what Dan Colbert likes to call the problem of learning about building science is you'll never sleep well again welcome to the fine home building podcast our

1:05.5

weekly discussion of building remodeling and design topics aimed at anybody who cares deeply about

1:10.0

the craft and science of working

1:11.7

on houses. This is Senior Editor Patrick McComb. Today I'm joined by Fine Homebuilding Editorial Director

1:17.4

Brian Pantolillo. Hey everybody. Production manager and Fine Homebuilding contributing editor, Ian Schwant.

1:24.0

Howdy. And producer Andres San Diego. Hello. Please email your questions to FHB podcast

1:30.1

at find homebuilding.com. You can find previous podcasts and check out the show notes at find

1:34.5

homebuilding.com slash podcast. It's great to see you guys this morning. Great to be here. Yep.

1:40.5

As usual. I feel like it's in the middle of the night i was in uh seattle long enough to get on

1:46.7

west coast time so forgive me if i seem a little groggy uh this morning but it's great to see

1:52.0

you guys thanks for being here are you going to tell us what you were doing out there well i'm glad

1:56.4

you asked bs and beer symposium uhosium and delighting in the company I was keeping out there. It was a wonderful experience. And if you haven't had a chance to go to one of the BS and beer symposiums, I hope you will take advantage of that because it is a wonderful experience. Did they dive into the difference in building science techniques in a marine climate like Seattle versus literally everywhere else in North America?

2:27.6

Ian, as you suggest, there are some challenges to building in the Pacific Northwest.

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