#707: Off-Grid in Arizona, Architectural Salvage, and What is Natural Building

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🗓️ 17 October 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Steve provides an update on his planned Arizona home. David shares his tale of basement flooding. Kit asks what’s good to get at architectural salvage yards and what isn’t. Rob asks about water management and window placement in a lime-plaster wall. Ian, Grant and Patrick help Patrick address listener comments and questions.

Tune in to Episode 707 of the Fine Homebuilding Podcast to learn more about:

Owner-building an off-grid house in Arizona
Smart shopping at architectural salvage yards
Wall assemblies with natural materials and lime plaster

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1:07.4	of working on houses this is senior editor patrick mcc. Today I'm joined by Associate Editor Grant Baver.
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