UnBuild It Podcast

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Episodes: 127

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THE GOOD news: our homebuilding industry is jam-packed with new materials, new techniques, and new systems, and it’s so easy to get information online in an instant. THE 

BAD news: How do we know what we can trust, what will work, and under what conditions? Where do we turn to separate the spin-and-hype from the true-and-square? We’ve got you covered! The UnBuild It Podcast is an industry-leading opportunity to get good information. UnBuild It podcast is a three-member team – Peter Yost, Building Scientist; Jake Bruton, Builder, and Remodeler; and Steven Baczek, Architect. We are nationally recognized industry leaders: Jake as a homebuilder, Steve as an architect, and Peter as a building scientist. You can find us at leading homebuilding industry events, in top-notch publications, and online media outlets. We believe that solid industry-related information has four key ingredients;

RELEVANCE: You need insight on your job site. Jake, Steve, and Peter are in the field regularly doing what we strive to do. We walk the walk – then talk about the walk. We have worked together long enough to build on each other’s expertise and not take ourselves too seriously. We are among the best at taking what may seem like complicated concepts, breaking them down, and turning them into job-site-ready breakthroughs.

ACCURACY: Jake is often quoted as saying, “Trust but Validate.” We don’t ask you to be the bleeding, leading edge; we develop trusted solutions based on our work in the field, pushing each other to practice what we preach. Our accuracy comes out of triangulation: building, design, and performance.

UTILITY: We guarantee that each podcast episode will move you from all ears to all action. Our information is born from our work. We pride ourselves on delivering information you can use the same day you listen to an episode. 

CAMARADERIE: We work together because we love homebuilding, hitting the airwaves, and humor. We are not doing our job if you are not enjoying learning with us during each episode.


Episode Date
106 - WTF: Off-Site Building & Owner-GC?
Apr 18, 2024
105 - Q&A: 2024 #4 - Ventilation Systems & Liquid Sealants
Apr 04, 2024
104 - High Performance Homebuilding in Austin TX with Risinger BUILD's Tim Hill
Mar 21, 2024
103 - Pre-cast Foundations
Mar 07, 2024
102 - Q&A: 2024 #3 - A funky Arkansas roof & a heat pump water heater install in Montana
Feb 15, 2024
101 - Q&A - 2024 #2 - Open Joint Claddings
Feb 01, 2024
100 - Q&A - 2024 #1
Jan 15, 2024
99 - Site Hydrology? Steve puts on his hydrologic engineer hat; Jake & Pete add their thinking caps...
Jan 04, 2024
98 - A very special Matt Risinger throw back episode and Special Announcement
Dec 21, 2023
97 - Custom Builder Round Table - "Subcontractors: Vetting, Getting, Keeping and even Honing Your Build Team"
Dec 07, 2023
96 - Custom Builder Round Table - Company Structure
Nov 16, 2023
95 - Custom Builder Round Table - "Closing Out A Project"
Nov 02, 2023
94 - BS Summer Camp 2023: Kohta Ueno
Oct 19, 2023
93 - Custom Builder Round Table - "Ideal Client"
Oct 03, 2023
92 - Q&A with Adult Supervision: OSB Structural Panels
Sep 21, 2023
91 - BS Summer Camp 2023 with Ross Trethewey
Sep 07, 2023
90 - "Good Fellows" Tools We Use Every Day In Our Work
Aug 17, 2023
89 - Monitoring Indoor Air Quality: Science, Anecdotes and Steam Roller Steve
Aug 03, 2023
88 - What makes a PSA tape "self-terminating?" Wingnuts want to know...
Jul 20, 2023
87 - Residential Water Efficiency - Can we save water AND get high performance?
Jul 04, 2023
86 - ICFs: Insulating Concrete Forms, for real...
Jun 20, 2023
85 - Q&A June 2023
Jun 08, 2023
84 - Control layers on Trial
May 25, 2023
83 - All Decked Out - From Frame to Decking to Railings and Stairs
May 11, 2023
82 - Loads of Fun! That's Energy Loads in Homes
May 04, 2023
81 - Hard Up for Topics, the Boys Turn to Concrete
Apr 20, 2023
80 - Q&A April #2 2023
Apr 13, 2023
79 - Q&A April 2023
Apr 06, 2023
78 - Spectacular Solo Question #2
Mar 30, 2023
77 - A New Podcast Topic - Spectacular Solo Question
Mar 23, 2023
76 - Window Weeps - Why do they make Pete so sad?
Mar 16, 2023
75 -The BS of BS?
Mar 09, 2023
Builder Round Table 6 - Training
Mar 02, 2023
Live from the Huber booth at the International Builders' Show Day 3
Feb 23, 2023
Live from the Huber booth at the International Builders' Show Day 1
Feb 16, 2023
Builder Round Table 5 - Conflict Resolution
Feb 09, 2023
74 - New Q&A!
Feb 02, 2023
Builder Round Table 4 - Finance
Jan 26, 2023
73 - Making a Mountain out of a Mold Hill
Jan 19, 2023
Builder Round Table 3 - Contracts
Jan 12, 2023
72 - Aging in Place - Designing for all of us, start to finish...
Jan 05, 2023
Builder Round Table 2 - Pre-Con
Dec 29, 2022
71 - Listening vs Hearing: WTF--UnBuild It touchy feely stuff?
Dec 22, 2022
Builder Round Table 1 - Ah Ha Moments
Dec 15, 2022
70 - Love It or Hate It: Thermal Control Layer
Dec 08, 2022
69 - Love It or Hate It: Vapor Control
Dec 01, 2022
68 - Love It or Hate It - The Air Control Layer
Nov 24, 2022
67 - Love It or Hate It - The Water Control Layer
Nov 15, 2022
Interview with Carl Seville
Nov 10, 2022
66 - The Wettest Q&A (to date): The UnBuildIt podcast has done many Q&A sessions but boy, this one really focuses on moisture!
Nov 03, 2022
Interview with Ben Bogie
Oct 27, 2022
65 - Wall Framing - Darn near as riveting as floor framing!
Oct 20, 2022
Interview with Mark LaLiberte of Construction Instruction
Oct 13, 2022
64 - Deep Dive Floor Framing
Oct 06, 2022
Siga Day 4
Sep 27, 2022
Siga Day 3
Sep 20, 2022
63 - Ventilation - It's the 2nd letter in the acronym HVAC!
Sep 15, 2022
Siga Day 2
Sep 13, 2022
Midwest Building Science Symposium 2022
Sep 08, 2022
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.
Sep 01, 2022
Day one of the Swiss Siga tour
Aug 25, 2022
61 - Roofs Run Amok
Aug 17, 2022
60 - Application versus Integration - Two of Steve's favorite words
Aug 04, 2022
59 - Acoustics - An unsung component of high performance? Absolutely, sound management is a big part of occupant comfort.
Jul 21, 2022
Solar 101 with Dan Shifley of Dogwood Solar - Part 2
Jul 14, 2022
58 - Steve's Surprise - Perspectives on Building
Jul 07, 2022
57 - Indoor Air Quality: Taking control of moisture, Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), carbon monoxide, and radon
Jun 16, 2022
Solar 101 - Part 1 with Dan Shifley of Dogwood Solar
Jun 09, 2022
56 - Selecting Your Clients Instead of Clients Selecting You
Jun 02, 2022
55 - Q&A "Take Two"
May 19, 2022
54 - Innovation: It's a discipline, not the end product
May 05, 2022
53 - The UBIP Window into Doors
Apr 14, 2022
52 - UBIP Book Club
Apr 07, 2022
Builder Interview Series: Mark Willie - The nicest building professional Steve has ever met...
Mar 31, 2022
Builder Interview Series: Bob Kelly of Wickright
Mar 24, 2022
51 - Yet Another Q&A
Mar 17, 2022
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?
Mar 03, 2022
49 - Most challenging high performance trades--HVAC and Insulation/Air Sealing
Feb 17, 2022
48 - Prioritizing Decisions for High Performance
Feb 03, 2022
47 - Switzerland 🇨🇭 Recap
Jan 27, 2022
46 - Choosing a Heat Source
Jan 06, 2022
45 - Tribute to Building Science Corporation
Dec 16, 2021
Builder Interview Series: Chad Gessin of First Dunes
Dec 09, 2021
44 - Building Affordable
Dec 02, 2021
43 - Permanent Wood Foundations
Nov 18, 2021
42 - How to Build a House Without a Floor
Nov 04, 2021
41 - Crawl Space Details
Oct 19, 2021
40 - Q&A #3
Oct 07, 2021
39 - Houses Jake Has Lived In
Sep 16, 2021
38 - Q&A #2
Sep 02, 2021
37 - Factory Built
Aug 20, 2021
36 - Roofs 101
Aug 04, 2021
35 - Above Grade Walls 101
Jul 15, 2021
34 - Foundations 101
Jun 27, 2021
33 - Guest Travis Brungardt
Jun 17, 2021
32 - Guest Clayton DeKorne, Chief Editor, JLC Group
Jun 03, 2021
31 - Window install 20/20 Vision
May 20, 2021
30 - NFRC - Your favorite acronym
May 06, 2021
29 - Windows 101
Apr 15, 2021
28 - Red Herrings of the Building Industry
Apr 01, 2021
27 - Sheep’s Wool Insulation, really?
Mar 18, 2021
26 - Radon: It's a classical gas...
Mar 04, 2021
25 - Air Barrier Assist with Paul Springer
Feb 18, 2021
Episode 24 - Trade shows: are they worth the investment?
Feb 04, 2021
Episode 23 - Moisture in Construction
Jan 21, 2021
Episode 22 - Blower Doors; Do they suck?
Jan 07, 2021
Episode 21 - Q&A for Christmas
Dec 29, 2020
Episode 20 - Without the nerdy guy...
Dec 17, 2020
Episode 19 - Special Guest Gary Nelson, President at The Energy Conservatory
Dec 03, 2020
Episode 18 - Whats an R? Thermal Control Layers
Nov 19, 2020
Episode 17 - Walking some special miles with Guest Jeff Speck, city planner and urban designer
Nov 05, 2020
Episode 16 - UBIB Stays Underground
Oct 15, 2020
Episode 15 - UBIP It finally talks about unbuilding
Oct 01, 2020
Episode 14 - Special Guest Ken Kiefer from Siga
Sep 17, 2020
Episode 13 - Vapor, it's a gas.
Sep 03, 2020
Episode 12 - Those Adhesives are Sensitive
Aug 20, 2020
Episode 11 - Guest Allen Sealock Zip System Product Director
Aug 06, 2020
Episode 10 - Air Leakage; not just your dad after Thanksgiving Dinner
Jul 16, 2020
Episode 9 - Guest Matt Risinger talks Building Science and Business
Jul 02, 2020
Episode 8 - Rainscreen your cladding
Jun 18, 2020
Episode 7 - Off Topic with Steve, Pete, and Jake
Jun 04, 2020
Episode 6 - Dive into the Deep End of Water Management
May 21, 2020
Episode 5 - Guest Nathan Yost MD talks about buildings and health in today's Covid-19 era
May 07, 2020
Episode 4 - Control layers continued; an exciting journey through air, vapor, and thermal barriers
Apr 16, 2020
Episode 3 - Intro to Control Layers Part 1: Water, Water, Water.
Apr 02, 2020
Episode 2 - The Good, The Bad, and The Misinformed
Mar 25, 2020
Episode 1 - Intro to the UnBuild It Podcast
Mar 24, 2020