#694: Bath Fans, Too Many Minisplits, and Second-Story Additions
The Fine Homebuilding Podcast
Fine Homebuilding Magazine
4.6 • 756 Ratings
🗓️ 18 July 2025
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Ian and Randy join Patrick in talking about how a lack of makeup air limits ventilation effectiveness and why a builder might install seven minisplits in a typically-sized home. They talk about the challenges of add-a-level additions and how to keep the water out during construction.
Tune in to Episode 694 of the Fine Homebuilding Podcast to learn more about:
- Effective ventilation using bath fans
- The pros and cons of using minisplits for heating and cooling
- Off-site panels and modules for add-a-level additions
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| 1:34.9 | Makeup air for exhaust-only ventilation system is like, oh, that's going to work. You're going to get the makeup air from somewhere in the envelope. You know, with Derek's little ADU, can definitely see that being a problem, right? It can be. It's not so bad if a house goes negative, if that doesn't have any combustion appliances in it for a short amount of time. But if we have a long term or we have an atmospherically vented water heater, that's problematic, yes. Welcome to the Fine Home Building podcast, a weekly discussion of building, |
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