#736: Tool Theft, Durable Clear Finishes, and Cracked Foundations
The Fine Homebuilding Podcast
Fine Homebuilding Magazine
4.8 • 785 Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2026
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Brian and Ian help Patrick address listener feedback and answer their questions. Brian talks about interesting things happening at FHB and Ian describes what he'll be covering at his class during the fine Homebuilding Summit.
Tune in to Episode 736 of the Fine Homebuilding Podcast to learn more about:
- Tool theft in the US, UK, and Canada and its effect on trade workers
- The pros and cons to clear finishes
- Cracks in a concrete foundation and who fixes them
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| 0:00.0 | You may know them for their wood glues, but did you know Tightbond also has a complete selection of construction adhesives? |
| 0:06.0 | Designed for a variety of applications, Tightbonds adhesives make any building or home improvement project a breeze with their high-performing and durable formulas. |
| 0:15.0 | These adhesives are trusted by the professional providing squeak-free subfloor installations, long-lasting retaining walls, |
| 0:22.4 | and even fastener-free feature walls. Check out Tightbonds Construction Adhesives at Tightbond.com, |
| 0:28.8 | including their newest award-winning adhesive Tight Grab Plus. |
| 0:43.6 | What they do basically is they manage the water from the inside of the basement, right? |
| 0:46.4 | And you guys stop me if I'm wrong at any point. |
| 0:47.7 | No, we're going to let you go. |
| 0:49.4 | We're going to let you trip over. |
| 0:50.2 | Yeah, great. |
| 0:53.5 | Let me give really bad information to Jen. |
| 0:56.0 | There are guardrails here. |
| 1:06.0 | 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. This is Senior Editor Patrick McComb. I'm joined by Fine Home Building editorial director Brian Pantolillo. |
| 1:11.8 | Good morning, everyone. |
| 1:13.2 | Fine Home Building contributing editor and operations manager for TDS Design Build, Ian Schwant. |
| 1:18.6 | Howdy. |
| 1:19.4 | And our amazing producer, Carrie Delahanty. |
| 1:21.7 | Good morning. |
| 1:22.7 | Amazing today. |
| 1:24.5 | Please email your questions to FHB podcast at findhombuilding.com. You can find previous |
| 1:28.9 | podcasts and check out the show notes at findhomebuilding.com slash podcast. Always amazing, Carrie. |
| 1:35.4 | Yeah. How are you guys? Very good. It's good to see you both. So Ian, we were talking a lot about |
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