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66 - The Wettest Q&A (to date): The UnBuildIt podcast has done many Q&A sessions but boy, this one really focuses on moisture!

28 min • 3 november 2022

Questions all about water, in everything from concrete to paint, to soils and ventilation systems. Steve says bring caramels and a book for this one...

Pete's Resources:

1. The Manual of Below-Grade Waterproofing (2nd edition, 2016) by Justin Henshell. from this GBA blog

2. ACCA Manual LLH (Low Load Homes)

3. High Performance Dehumidification: Santa Fe Ultra70 YouTube

Senaste avsnitt

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136 - We Want More! Permanent Wood Foundations & Career Pivotal Moments

17 juli | 30 min

135 - ZIP-R for CZ 6B - New Construction? Continuous Air Control Layer for Exterior Retrofit CZ 4A?

3 juli | 38 min

134 - Another Double Feature - SIPs vs Stick-Frame & Thermal Degradation of Rigid Insulation

19 juni | 35 min

133 - Deep Dive on That Pesky Transition: Top-of-Foundation/Bottom-of-Above-Grade Wall

5 juni | 34 min

132 - The Pre-Construction Process?

15 maj | 36 min

131 - Two Q's: Isn't ZIP-R backwards? Shouldn't we rainscreen roofs as well as walls?

1 maj | 29 min

125 - Christine Williamson: From training building practitioners to teaching the next generation of architects

6 februari | 33 min

124 - "Post-Frame" Buildings & Rim Joist Riddles

16 januari | 28 min

123 - Chelsea Scharbach, AKA Rosy the Riveter!

2 januari | 44 min

122 - Regionality rules us but so now does the internet & social media...

19 december 2024 | 26 min

121 - "It's All About STEVE"

5 december 2024 | 33 min

120 - Santa-Fe Dehumidification Deva Nikki Krueger Round 2

21 november 2024 | 40 min

119 - A Riff on Measure Twice, Cut Once...

7 november 2024 | 37 min

118 - Special Guest Nikki Krueger of Santa Fe Dehumidifiers with her remarkably "dry" sense of humor...

17 oktober 2024 | 37 min

117 - What Should Pre-Construction Look Like?

3 oktober 2024 | 43 min

116 - Special Guest: Daniel Glauser--Phius Core Revive Remodeler Extraordinaire

19 september 2024 | 29 min

115 - Innovative or Alternative Foundation Materials & Systems

5 september 2024 | 36 min

114 - Getting Personal: Career-Defining Stories from Jake, Steve, and Pete

15 augusti 2024 | 35 min

112 - Confused spaces? Garages

18 juli 2024 | 28 min

111 - Sills - Where Windows Meet Walls & Walls Meet Foundations

4 juli 2024 | 36 min

110 - Deciding Insulation Levels & Structural Implications of Floor Sheathing Fastener Type & Schedule

20 juni 2024 | 26 min

109 - Clients - Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em...

5 juni 2024 | 40 min

108 - Basements as Living Conditioned Space

16 maj 2024 | 34 min

107 - Steve's Mantras: Go Slow to Go Fast & Identify Problems BEFORE Moving to Solutions

2 maj 2024 | 32 min

106 - WTF: Off-Site Building & Owner-GC?

18 april 2024 | 33 min

105 - Q&A: 2024 #4 - Ventilation Systems & Liquid Sealants

4 april 2024 | 32 min

104 - High Performance Homebuilding in Austin TX with Risinger BUILD's Tim Hill

21 mars 2024 | 34 min

103 - Pre-cast Foundations

7 mars 2024 | 35 min

102 - Q&A: 2024 #3 - A funky Arkansas roof & a heat pump water heater install in Montana

15 februari 2024 | 33 min

101 - Q&A - 2024 #2 - Open Joint Claddings

1 februari 2024 | 37 min

100 - Q&A - 2024 #1

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99 - Site Hydrology? Steve puts on his hydrologic engineer hat; Jake & Pete add their thinking caps...

4 januari 2024 | 33 min

98 - A very special Matt Risinger throw back episode and Special Announcement

21 december 2023 | 68 min

97 - Custom Builder Round Table - "Subcontractors: Vetting, Getting, Keeping and even Honing Your Build Team"

7 december 2023 | 38 min

96 - Custom Builder Round Table - Company Structure

16 november 2023 | 36 min

95 - Custom Builder Round Table - "Closing Out A Project"

2 november 2023 | 35 min

94 - BS Summer Camp 2023: Kohta Ueno

19 oktober 2023 | 39 min

93 - Custom Builder Round Table - "Ideal Client"

3 oktober 2023 | 31 min

92 - Q&A with Adult Supervision: OSB Structural Panels

21 september 2023 | 35 min

91 - BS Summer Camp 2023 with Ross Trethewey

7 september 2023 | 38 min

90 - "Good Fellows" Tools We Use Every Day In Our Work

17 augusti 2023 | 37 min

89 - Monitoring Indoor Air Quality: Science, Anecdotes and Steam Roller Steve

3 augusti 2023 | 40 min

88 - What makes a PSA tape "self-terminating?" Wingnuts want to know...

20 juli 2023 | 31 min

87 - Residential Water Efficiency - Can we save water AND get high performance?

4 juli 2023 | 32 min

86 - ICFs: Insulating Concrete Forms, for real...

20 juni 2023 | 35 min

85 - Q&A June 2023

8 juni 2023 | 35 min

84 - Control layers on Trial

25 maj 2023 | 32 min

83 - All Decked Out - From Frame to Decking to Railings and Stairs

11 maj 2023 | 38 min

82 - Loads of Fun! That's Energy Loads in Homes

4 maj 2023 | 35 min

81 - Hard Up for Topics, the Boys Turn to Concrete

20 april 2023 | 32 min

80 - Q&A April #2 2023

13 april 2023 | 33 min

79 - Q&A April 2023

6 april 2023 | 31 min

78 - Spectacular Solo Question #2

30 mars 2023 | 32 min

77 - A New Podcast Topic - Spectacular Solo Question

23 mars 2023 | 26 min

76 - Window Weeps - Why do they make Pete so sad?

16 mars 2023 | 33 min

75 -The BS of BS?

9 mars 2023 | 30 min

Builder Round Table 6 - Training

2 mars 2023 | 19 min

Live from the Huber booth at the International Builders' Show Day 3

23 februari 2023 | 32 min

Live from the Huber booth at the International Builders' Show Day 1

16 februari 2023 | 26 min

Builder Round Table 5 - Conflict Resolution

9 februari 2023 | 15 min

74 - New Q&A!

2 februari 2023 | 34 min

Builder Round Table 4 - Finance

26 januari 2023 | 22 min

73 - Making a Mountain out of a Mold Hill

19 januari 2023 | 32 min

Builder Round Table 3 - Contracts

12 januari 2023 | 37 min

72 - Aging in Place - Designing for all of us, start to finish...

5 januari 2023 | 33 min

Builder Round Table 2 - Pre-Con

29 december 2022 | 32 min

71 - Listening vs Hearing: WTF--UnBuild It touchy feely stuff?

22 december 2022 | 33 min

Builder Round Table 1 - Ah Ha Moments

15 december 2022 | 27 min

70 - Love It or Hate It: Thermal Control Layer

8 december 2022 | 33 min

69 - Love It or Hate It: Vapor Control

1 december 2022 | 33 min

68 - Love It or Hate It - The Air Control Layer

24 november 2022 | 34 min

67 - Love It or Hate It - The Water Control Layer

15 november 2022 | 26 min

Interview with Carl Seville

10 november 2022 | 38 min

66 - The Wettest Q&A (to date): The UnBuildIt podcast has done many Q&A sessions but boy, this one really focuses on moisture!

3 november 2022 | 28 min

Interview with Ben Bogie

27 oktober 2022 | 32 min

65 - Wall Framing - Darn near as riveting as floor framing!

20 oktober 2022 | 34 min

Interview with Mark LaLiberte of Construction Instruction

13 oktober 2022 | 39 min

64 - Deep Dive Floor Framing

6 oktober 2022 | 35 min

Siga Day 4

27 september 2022 | 38 min

Siga Day 3

20 september 2022 | 26 min

63 - Ventilation - It's the 2nd letter in the acronym HVAC!

15 september 2022 | 34 min

Siga Day 2

13 september 2022 | 33 min

Midwest Building Science Symposium 2022

8 september 2022 | 43 min

62 - Roof claddings--from asphalt shingles to standing seam metal, from durability to PV attachment, roof cladding is about a lot more than just cost.

1 september 2022 | 32 min

Day one of the Swiss Siga tour

25 augusti 2022 | 40 min

61 - Roofs Run Amok

17 augusti 2022 | 41 min

60 - Application versus Integration - Two of Steve's favorite words

4 augusti 2022 | 32 min

59 - Acoustics - An unsung component of high performance? Absolutely, sound management is a big part of occupant comfort.

21 juli 2022 | 33 min

Solar 101 with Dan Shifley of Dogwood Solar - Part 2

14 juli 2022 | 36 min

58 - Steve's Surprise - Perspectives on Building

7 juli 2022 | 28 min

57 - Indoor Air Quality: Taking control of moisture, Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), carbon monoxide, and radon

16 juni 2022 | 30 min

Solar 101 - Part 1 with Dan Shifley of Dogwood Solar

9 juni 2022 | 44 min

56 - Selecting Your Clients Instead of Clients Selecting You

2 juni 2022 | 34 min

55 - Q&A "Take Two"

19 maj 2022 | 31 min

54 - Innovation: It's a discipline, not the end product

5 maj 2022 | 35 min

53 - The UBIP Window into Doors

14 april 2022 | 33 min

52 - UBIP Book Club

7 april 2022 | 31 min

Builder Interview Series: Mark Willie - The nicest building professional Steve has ever met...

31 mars 2022 | 36 min

Builder Interview Series: Bob Kelly of Wickright

24 mars 2022 | 31 min

51 - Yet Another Q&A

17 mars 2022 | 29 min

50 - Playing the Job Site Telephone Game: how do we make sure that jobsite and project communication don't end up like the Telephone game?

3 mars 2022 | 30 min

49 - Most challenging high performance trades--HVAC and Insulation/Air Sealing

17 februari 2022 | 33 min

48 - Prioritizing Decisions for High Performance

3 februari 2022 | 32 min

47 - Switzerland 🇨🇭 Recap

27 januari 2022 | 34 min

46 - Choosing a Heat Source

6 januari 2022 | 32 min

45 - Tribute to Building Science Corporation

16 december 2021 | 35 min

Builder Interview Series: Chad Gessin of First Dunes

9 december 2021 | 46 min

44 - Building Affordable

2 december 2021 | 27 min

43 - Permanent Wood Foundations

18 november 2021 | 32 min

42 - How to Build a House Without a Floor

4 november 2021 | 42 min

41 - Crawl Space Details

19 oktober 2021 | 26 min

40 - Q&A #3

7 oktober 2021 | 33 min

39 - Houses Jake Has Lived In

16 september 2021 | 28 min

38 - Q&A #2

2 september 2021 | 38 min

37 - Factory Built

20 augusti 2021 | 35 min

36 - Roofs 101

4 augusti 2021 | 40 min

35 - Above Grade Walls 101

15 juli 2021 | 49 min

34 - Foundations 101

27 juni 2021 | 37 min

33 - Guest Travis Brungardt

17 juni 2021 | 55 min

32 - Guest Clayton DeKorne, Chief Editor, JLC Group

3 juni 2021 | 60 min

31 - Window install 20/20 Vision

20 maj 2021 | 55 min

30 - NFRC - Your favorite acronym

6 maj 2021 | 62 min

29 - Windows 101

15 april 2021 | 52 min

28 - Red Herrings of the Building Industry

1 april 2021 | 62 min

27 - Sheep’s Wool Insulation, really?

18 mars 2021 | 53 min

26 - Radon: It's a classical gas...

4 mars 2021 | 53 min

25 - Air Barrier Assist with Paul Springer

18 februari 2021 | 43 min

Episode 24 - Trade shows: are they worth the investment?

4 februari 2021 | 57 min

Episode 23 - Moisture in Construction

21 januari 2021 | 35 min

Episode 22 - Blower Doors; Do they suck?

7 januari 2021 | 60 min

Episode 21 - Q&A for Christmas

29 december 2020 | 57 min

Episode 20 - Without the nerdy guy...

17 december 2020 | 51 min

Episode 19 - Special Guest Gary Nelson, President at The Energy Conservatory

3 december 2020 | 76 min

Episode 18 - Whats an R? Thermal Control Layers

19 november 2020 | 71 min

Episode 17 - Walking some special miles with Guest Jeff Speck, city planner and urban designer

5 november 2020 | 61 min

Episode 16 - UBIB Stays Underground

15 oktober 2020 | 66 min

Episode 15 - UBIP It finally talks about unbuilding

1 oktober 2020 | 48 min

Episode 14 - Special Guest Ken Kiefer from Siga

17 september 2020 | 65 min

Episode 13 - Vapor, it's a gas.

3 september 2020 | 64 min

Episode 12 - Those Adhesives are Sensitive

20 augusti 2020 | 52 min

Episode 11 - Guest Allen Sealock Zip System Product Director

6 augusti 2020 | 51 min

Episode 10 - Air Leakage; not just your dad after Thanksgiving Dinner

16 juli 2020 | 45 min

Episode 9 - Guest Matt Risinger talks Building Science and Business

2 juli 2020 | 68 min

Episode 8 - Rainscreen your cladding

18 juni 2020 | 44 min

Episode 7 - Off Topic with Steve, Pete, and Jake

4 juni 2020 | 62 min

Episode 6 - Dive into the Deep End of Water Management

21 maj 2020 | 54 min

Episode 5 - Guest Nathan Yost MD talks about buildings and health in today's Covid-19 era

7 maj 2020 | 48 min

Episode 4 - Control layers continued; an exciting journey through air, vapor, and thermal barriers

16 april 2020 | 44 min

Episode 3 - Intro to Control Layers Part 1: Water, Water, Water.

2 april 2020 | 43 min

Episode 2 - The Good, The Bad, and The Misinformed

25 mars 2020 | 39 min

Episode 1 - Intro to the UnBuild It Podcast

24 mars 2020 | 29 min

66 - The Wettest Q&A (to date): The UnBuildIt podcast has done many Q&A sessions but boy, this one really focuses on moisture!

Senaste avsnitt

137 - Another two-fer - Thermally-broken basement slab-to-Superior Wall panel connection AND exterior sump pumps

136 - We Want More! Permanent Wood Foundations & Career Pivotal Moments

135 - ZIP-R for CZ 6B - New Construction? Continuous Air Control Layer for Exterior Retrofit CZ 4A?

134 - Another Double Feature - SIPs vs Stick-Frame & Thermal Degradation of Rigid Insulation

133 - Deep Dive on That Pesky Transition: Top-of-Foundation/Bottom-of-Above-Grade Wall

132 - The Pre-Construction Process?

131 - Two Q's: Isn't ZIP-R backwards? Shouldn't we rainscreen roofs as well as walls?

130 - Two Qs: Job Site Safety & Garage Moisture Management

129 - A Crazy Space - Decks Over Garages (or worse) & Living Spaces

128 - Master Plumber Eric Aune Part III: Water Sources/Water Quality

127 - Master Plumber Eric Aune Part II: How NOT to wait for hot water!

126 - All Things Water Heating with Eric Aune

125 - Christine Williamson: From training building practitioners to teaching the next generation of architects

124 - "Post-Frame" Buildings & Rim Joist Riddles

123 - Chelsea Scharbach, AKA Rosy the Riveter!

122 - Regionality rules us but so now does the internet & social media...

121 - "It's All About STEVE"

120 - Santa-Fe Dehumidification Deva Nikki Krueger Round 2

119 - A Riff on Measure Twice, Cut Once...

118 - Special Guest Nikki Krueger of Santa Fe Dehumidifiers with her remarkably "dry" sense of humor...

117 - What Should Pre-Construction Look Like?

116 - Special Guest: Daniel Glauser--Phius Core Revive Remodeler Extraordinaire

115 - Innovative or Alternative Foundation Materials & Systems

114 - Getting Personal: Career-Defining Stories from Jake, Steve, and Pete

112 - Confused spaces? Garages

111 - Sills - Where Windows Meet Walls & Walls Meet Foundations

110 - Deciding Insulation Levels & Structural Implications of Floor Sheathing Fastener Type & Schedule

109 - Clients - Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em...

108 - Basements as Living Conditioned Space

107 - Steve's Mantras: Go Slow to Go Fast & Identify Problems BEFORE Moving to Solutions

106 - WTF: Off-Site Building & Owner-GC?

105 - Q&A: 2024 #4 - Ventilation Systems & Liquid Sealants

104 - High Performance Homebuilding in Austin TX with Risinger BUILD's Tim Hill

103 - Pre-cast Foundations

102 - Q&A: 2024 #3 - A funky Arkansas roof & a heat pump water heater install in Montana

101 - Q&A - 2024 #2 - Open Joint Claddings

100 - Q&A - 2024 #1

99 - Site Hydrology? Steve puts on his hydrologic engineer hat; Jake & Pete add their thinking caps...

98 - A very special Matt Risinger throw back episode and Special Announcement

97 - Custom Builder Round Table - "Subcontractors: Vetting, Getting, Keeping and even Honing Your Build Team"

96 - Custom Builder Round Table - Company Structure

95 - Custom Builder Round Table - "Closing Out A Project"

94 - BS Summer Camp 2023: Kohta Ueno

93 - Custom Builder Round Table - "Ideal Client"

92 - Q&A with Adult Supervision: OSB Structural Panels

91 - BS Summer Camp 2023 with Ross Trethewey

90 - "Good Fellows" Tools We Use Every Day In Our Work

89 - Monitoring Indoor Air Quality: Science, Anecdotes and Steam Roller Steve

88 - What makes a PSA tape "self-terminating?" Wingnuts want to know...

87 - Residential Water Efficiency - Can we save water AND get high performance?

86 - ICFs: Insulating Concrete Forms, for real...

85 - Q&A June 2023

84 - Control layers on Trial

83 - All Decked Out - From Frame to Decking to Railings and Stairs

82 - Loads of Fun! That's Energy Loads in Homes

81 - Hard Up for Topics, the Boys Turn to Concrete

80 - Q&A April #2 2023

79 - Q&A April 2023

78 - Spectacular Solo Question #2

77 - A New Podcast Topic - Spectacular Solo Question

76 - Window Weeps - Why do they make Pete so sad?

75 -The BS of BS?

Builder Round Table 6 - Training

Live from the Huber booth at the International Builders' Show Day 3

Live from the Huber booth at the International Builders' Show Day 1

Builder Round Table 5 - Conflict Resolution

74 - New Q&A!

Builder Round Table 4 - Finance

73 - Making a Mountain out of a Mold Hill

Builder Round Table 3 - Contracts

72 - Aging in Place - Designing for all of us, start to finish...

Builder Round Table 2 - Pre-Con

71 - Listening vs Hearing: WTF--UnBuild It touchy feely stuff?

Builder Round Table 1 - Ah Ha Moments

70 - Love It or Hate It: Thermal Control Layer

69 - Love It or Hate It: Vapor Control

68 - Love It or Hate It - The Air Control Layer

67 - Love It or Hate It - The Water Control Layer