#734: Extension Jambs, Ventilation for Multifamily Buildings, and Fitting Doors

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Fine Homebuilding Magazine

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🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Ian and Grant help Patrick Adress listener feedback and answer their questions about ventilation for a small apartment building and the best way to fit doors when the floor slopes around them. David discusses bath tub drains in Japan and Taiwan. Will shares tips for airtight windows with tight fitting extension jambs. Greg asks about ventilation for his four-unit apartment building. Jim wonders if he should scribe door bottoms to match sloping floors.

Tune in to Episode 734 of the Fine Homebuilding Podcast to learn more about:

Adjusting windows so extension jambs are tight-fitting and uniform width
Providing exhaust and makeup air for multi-family ventilation
Fitting new doors to existing openings that aren't plumb or level

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1:23.2	Yeah, you have to have the conversation with them up front. And it's about looking at the rest of the house and talking about what your work is going to look like around the rest of the work that they have.
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1:36.3	Welcome to the Fine Home Building podcast, our weekly discussion of building, remodeling, and design topics aimed at anybody who cares deeply about the craft and science of working on houses.
1:47.8	This is Senior Editor Patrick McComb. Today I'm joined by Fine Home Building Associate Editor Grant Baver.
1:52.9	Hey.
1:53.7	Fine Home Building Contributing Editor and Operations Manager for TDS Design Build, Ian Schwant.
1:59.5	Howdy.
2:00.4	And producer, Carrie Delahanty.
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2:03.7	Please email your questions to FHB Podcast at Fine Homebuilding.com.
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