#726: Heat-Pump Performance, Asphalt Felt, and Interior Humidification
The Fine Homebuilding Podcast
Fine Homebuilding Magazine
4.8 • 785 Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2026
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
This week on the Fine Hombuilding Podcast, listeners write in about heat-pump performance and ask questions about using asphalt felt for a WRB and maintaining comfortable indoor humidity. FHB senior editor Patrick McCombe is joined by Green Building Advisor editor Randy Williams, Fine Homebuilding technical editor Mark Peterson, and producer Cari Delahanty.
Tune in to Episode 726 of the Fine Homebuilding Podcast to learn more about:
- Heat-pump performance during cold snaps
- Using tar paper as a WRB
- Raising indoor relative humidity during winter months
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| 0:00.0 | Last day, I found a roof ventilation product that I was kind of impressed with. |
| 0:10.3 | It comes in different wits, 16 or 24 inch wits, and it's a 50-foot-long product, so it's continuous. |
| 0:15.8 | That's one of those things you say. Why hasn't someone thought of this before? |
| 0:18.1 | Exactly. |
| 0:20.2 | Welcome to the Fine Home Building podcast, our weekly discussion of building, remodeling, |
| 0:23.6 | and design topics aimed at anybody who cares deeply about the craft and science of working on houses. |
| 0:28.6 | I'm Fine Home Building Senior Editor Patrick McComb. |
| 0:31.6 | Today I'm joined by Green Building Advisor, editor Randy Williams. |
| 0:34.6 | Morning. |
| 0:35.6 | Fine Home Building Technical editor Mark Peterson. |
| 0:39.1 | Hello there. |
| 0:40.4 | And producer, Carrie Delahanty. |
| 0:42.4 | Hi. |
| 0:43.3 | Please email our questions to FHB Podcast at Fine Homebuilding.com. |
| 0:47.3 | You can find previous podcasts and check out the show notes at finehomebuilding.com |
| 0:51.3 | slash podcast. |
| 0:53.5 | Well, guys, it is a pleasure to see you. |
| 0:55.8 | You are just fresh back from the International Builders Show |
| 0:58.9 | in Orlando, Florida, |
| 1:00.3 | and part of why we have you guys on today |
| 1:02.2 | is to talk a little bit about what you saw at the show. |
| 1:05.3 | It's a delight to have you here. |
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