The Fine Homebuilding Podcast
The Fine Homebuilding Podcast is all about answering YOUR construction, design, and building science questions. From foundation waterproofing to roof flashing, we take on your building, remodeling and design challenges with the know-how of North America's most-trusted home building brand. --Every Friday, we discuss listener questions and offer advice following best-practice building techniques and principles. We love hearing from you, so if you have a question or project you want us to dig into...
Episodes (1546)
#731: Risks of CO, Proper Painting Sequence, and Detailing Felt WRBs
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#730: Septic Fix, Insulating a Cape, and Ducts in Plenum Trusses
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#729: Robots, Construction Second Career, and Building on Piers
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#728: Too Much Stuff, ERV Ductwork, and Spray Foam Under Paneling
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#727: Dehumidification, Freestanding Tubs, and Crawlspace Vapor Barriers
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#726: Heat-Pump Performance, Asphalt Felt, and Interior Humidification
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#725: LIVE From the 2026 International Builders' Show
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#724: Simple HVAC Systems, Furnace Flues, and Strategies for Passive Cooling
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#723: Success with Spray Foam, Nails vs. Screws, and Building a Remote Cabin
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#722: Data Loggers, Trimming Fiberglass Windows, and Garage Fire Separation
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#721: Window Heat Pumps, Collecting Tools, and the Right Roof Insulation
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#720: Whole House Dehumidification, Drippy Bath Fans, and Wet Cabin Walls
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#719: Construction Robots, Oscillating Multitools, and Spray-Foaming a Victorian
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#718: Electrification, What Kind of Windows, and Uncomfortable Bonus Rooms
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#717: Best of FHB Podcast, Volume 10
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#716: Shop Foundations, Steam Showers, and Sealing a Brick Crawlspace
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#715: Affordable Tools, Motivating Trade Workers, and Whole-House Dehumidifiers
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#714: Lead Paint, Exterior Insulation, and Deck Ledger Condensation Control
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#713: Insulation Problems, Septic Systems, and Slowing Thermal Bridging
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#712: What Clients Want, Heat During Construction, and Enclosure Retrofit Sanity...
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#711: Training Ex-Military for Trade Work, Questioning Carbon, and Where's the S...
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#710: Windows With Exterior Insulation, Double-Stud Walls, and Basement Remodeli...
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#709: Trade Careers, Faulty Fire Alarms, and Windows in Masonry
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#708: Controlling Indoor Humidity, Swelling Hardwood Flooring, and ERV vs. HRV
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#707: Off-Grid in Arizona, Architectural Salvage, and What is Natural Building
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#706: LIVE From the 2025 Fine Homebuilding Summit
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#705: Straw Bale Construction, Home Greenhouses, and ZIP System Sheathing
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#704: Groundwater, Radiant Barriers, Water Management with Masonry Walls
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#703: Heat Pump Water Heaters, Wiring behind Baseboard, and Off-Grid without Pro...
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#702: Dedicated Dehumidification, Wet Basement Walls, and Future Forest Products
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#701: Basement Waterproofing, Wet Floors and Indoor Humidity
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#700: Best of FHB Podcast, Volume 9
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#699: Electrify Everything, Big Interior Doors, and Straw Bale Construction
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#698: Price Volatility, Carbon Accounting, and Building Off-Grid
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#697: Sound Control, Insulating Shed Roofs, and Low-Yield Wells
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#696: Fire Prevention, Heat Pumps and Extreme Temperatures, and Rain in Gable Ve...
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#695: Saving Bricks, Cut and Cobble Insulation, and Waterproofing Foundations
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#694: Bath Fans, Too Many Minisplits, and Second-Story Additions
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#693: Hazards in Houses, Larsen Trusses, AI in Construction
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#692: Introduction to Trade Work, Embodied Carbon, and Envelope Improvements
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#691: Replacing Vinyl Siding, Sloping Concrete, and Flat vs. Pitched Roofs
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#690: Sharpening Chisels, Running Wires Behind Baseboard, and Fixing Shingle Pan...
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#689: Basement Garages, Compact ERVs, and Safer Paint Stripper
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#688: Obstructed Ridge Vent, Buying Fixer-Uppers, and Flashing Ledgers
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#687: Flat roofs, Spray Foam vs. Loose-Fill Insulation, and Building Cabinets
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#686: Brick Steps, Ground-Source Heat Pumps, and Greenhouses in Nova Scotia
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#685: Patching Drywall, Adding Air Barriers, and Rotting Walls
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#684: Masonry Heaters Whole-House Ventilation, Porch Flooring
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#683: Barndominiums, ERVs, and Radon Mitigation
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#682: Basement Flooring, Architectural Salvage, and HVAC Ducts
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