Podcast Episode 68 — Drywall, Cedar Shingles, and Heat Pumps
Bathroom design trends and fixing rot on the fascia board of a flat-roofed back porch.
Fine Homebuilding associate editor Matthew Millham and design editor Brian Pontolilo join FHB editorial director Rob Yagid in this podcast episode. The guys tackle a reader question on rot on the fascia board of a flat-roofed back porch. Plus, a follow up to the drywall in Justin’s garage, Brian’s take on bathroom design trends, and Matt’s new place.
We are looking for as many podcast listeners as possible to come out to meet the Fine Homebuilding team at the Remodeling and Deck Show this October in Nashville! We’ll be at Booth 424 on Oct. 26, 2017, at the Nashville Music City Center. We’re running an Emerging Professionals Event and recording an episode of this podcast from the show floor.
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Articles on cedar shingles:
- What’s the Best Way to Install Cedar-Shingle Siding on an Old House?
- How to Frame a Garden-Shed Roof and Install Skip Sheathing for Cedar Shingles.
- Cedar shingles above fiber cement.
- What’s the Difference: Cedar shingles.
- Cedar Shingles: Flared & Woven while using a rain screen.
Resources and links related to this podcast:
- Articles by Paul DeGroot.
- Justin’s article — How it works: ground source heat pumps.
- Heat Pump Schmeat Pump.
- Repairing Rot with Epoxy.
- October’s Remodeling and Deck Show in Nashville.
- All FHB podcast show notes: FineHomebuilding.com/podcast.
- Buy a shirt at KeepCraftAlive.org.
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Nice job! Another thought on heating and cooling? Efficient propane heating through ducts with a heat pump for cooling in the summer months through the same ductwork.
My 2 cents Re: Geothermal. We built a house two years ago and installed a geothermal system. Our system cost $60k of which we got $20k back on our taxes. Our house is 6000 sq ft. and tested at less than 1 ACH at 50 pascals so it is pretty tight. We have lots of insulation but also lots of windows.
My observation is the system is great for cooling but I'm unimpressed with its heating abilities. On the heating, out of the box it was designed to kick in the electric resistance heat if the set point was more than 3F from the current temp. I think that should make anyone claiming this is a "green" solution eat their words.
During a cold winter, we are using thousands of kilowatts to heat the house. Bottom line is great in the summer but not so great in the winter.