#711: Training Ex-Military for Trade Work, Questioning Carbon, and Where's the Sheathing?
The Fine Homebuilding Podcast
Fine Homebuilding Magazine
4.6 • 756 Ratings
🗓️ 14 November 2025
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Grant learns about military veterans joining the local construction workforce with help from the Department of Defense. Josh Salinger and Grant help Brian address listener feedback and questions. They also talk about Josh's new Fine Homebuilding course called A Homeowner's Guide to a Durable, Efficient, Comfortable Home.
Tune in to Episode 711 of the Fine Homebuilding Podcast to learn more about:
- The Department of Defense's Skill Bridge Program
- Decarbonizing houses and the proliferation of data centers and AI
- Boosting the energy performance of houses without sheathing
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| 0:00.0 | What do you think, Grant? Are you tearing the siding off this house and putting sheathing on? And are you free this weekend? |
| 0:12.0 | What's the next flight to Huntsville, Alabama, right? |
| 0:19.0 | Welcome to the Fine Home Building podcast. |
| 0:21.6 | Our weekly discussion of building, remodeling, and design topics aimed at anybody who cares deeply about the craft and science of working on houses. |
| 0:29.6 | I'm Fine Home Building editorial director Brian Pontillillo, filling in again one more time for Patrick McComb. |
| 0:36.6 | And I'm joined today by Fine Home Building Associate Editor Grant Faber. |
| 0:40.9 | Hey. |
| 0:42.2 | Regular fine home building and green building advisor contributor and CEO of Portland, Oregon-based |
| 0:48.2 | Bird's Mouth Design Build, Josh Salinger. |
| 0:52.0 | Hi, Brian. |
| 0:52.6 | Hi, Grant. |
| 0:53.7 | And of course, our producer today, Carrie Delahonte. |
| 0:57.8 | Hello. |
| 0:59.2 | Okay, before we jump into the show, a couple of business items to take care of. |
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