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