Keep Craft Alive Podcast: Episode 12, Dan Kolbert, Pretty Good House

The Fine Homebuilding Podcast

Fine Homebuilding Magazine

Leisure, Construction, Keepcraftalive, Home & Garden, How To, Drywall, Craftsmanship, Education, Homebuilding, Houses

4.6 • 756 Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

As one of the founders of the Pretty Good House movement, Dan talks about his shift into building science and why PGH is accessible to everyone from homeowners to builders.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the special fine home building podcast, the Keep Craft Alive podcast, conversations with skilled, passionate trades people about their work.
0:14.4	By igniting a passion for the trades, Keep Craft Alive is helping to close the skills gap. Here's Rob Yeaget,
0:20.3	hosted the Keep Craft Alive podcast.
0:22.9	Hey, this is Rob Yaget, and this is the Keep Craft Alive podcast, where I introduce you to some of the most talented and passionate individuals who are shaping a residential design and building scene.
0:33.5	I meet many of the people I speak with through fine home building, and their work to inform and empower those who design, build, and remodel.
0:40.3	Guests on the show will include builders, architects, consultants, tradesmen and women, educators, building scientists,
0:48.3	and pretty much anyone who is upholding the values of true craftsmanship in an effort to build better homes and a better building
0:54.4	community. With the Keepcraft Live program, we've partnered with industry organizations
1:00.0	and our network across the country to build awareness of the professional opportunities in the
1:04.3	residential construction industry. And we fund student scholarships to support those who want to
1:09.0	pursue careers in the trades with our partner skills USA.
1:12.7	If you want to help support the next generation of craftsmen and women, visit
1:16.5	keepcraftolive.org for more information and to donate to the cause.
1:20.7	And feel free to reach out to me directly by dropping a note to info at keepcraftalive.org.
1:26.6	Today's episode is a good one, and I hope it inspires some
1:29.5	thought and reflection on how we can all help keep craft alive. Thanks for tuning in.
1:34.9	All right, Dan Colbert, thanks for joining me today. How are you doing? I'm good. How are you?
1:39.5	Good. And so, like many folks, or like myself, many folks likely have heard your name.
1:47.3	You've been kind of a member of the fine home building, GBA, kind of the building scene for a while.
1:53.6	So I'm excited to actually be able to talk to you and learn a little bit more about what you do and why you do it.
1:59.0	Well, a big disappointment in real life.
2:03.1	But for those who don't know who you are, can you fill them a little bit, you know, what you do, where you work?
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