#710: Windows With Exterior Insulation, Double-Stud Walls, and Basement Remodeling

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🗓️ 7 November 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Responding to an attendee who wants to share his experience at the Summit, Brian asks Ian and Randy what they liked about the event, and what they didn't. The crew shares their preferred details for installing windows in walls with continuous exterior insulation and opinions on insulating double-stud walls. We try to help a listener who is refinishing a basement that's been refinished before.

Tune in to Episode 710 of the Fine Homebuilding Podcast to learn more about:

The best of the 2025 FHB Summit
Installing windows in thick walls
Strategies for finishing basements

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0:00.0	I didn't put monitors in my house.
0:09.5	Now I kind of wish that I did.
0:11.0	Me too.
0:11.6	Tempted to crack open a wall and stick one in there.
0:14.9	I'm not going to crack open my walls because I have nail holes to fill before I crack open my walls.
0:20.3	I'm still trying to put on yet, Brian.
0:22.1	Don't worry.
0:22.7	Okay.
0:26.5	Welcome to the Fine Home Building podcast.
0:28.7	Our weekly discussion of building, remodeling, and design topics
0:31.6	aimed at anybody who cares deeply about the craft and science of working on houses.
0:36.0	I am Fine Home Building editorial director Director, Brian Pantolillo,
0:39.2	filling in this week for Patrick McComb.
0:41.8	And I'm joined today by Green Building Advisor,
0:44.3	editor Randy Williams.
0:46.0	Good morning.
0:47.3	Ian Schwant, the production manager at TDS Design Build in Madison, Wisconsin.
0:52.0	Howdy.
0:53.0	And our producer today is Andres Semenegro. Hi there. Good Madison, Wisconsin. Howdy. And our producer today is Andres Seminiego.
0:56.1	Hi there.
0:56.9	Good morning, everyone.
0:58.8	Good morning, Brian.
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