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Podcast 587: Members-only Aftershow—Basement Flooring
The crew talks about how to install finished flooring over a basement slab.
Placing and Finishing a Heated Concrete Floor
Learn how to pour a concrete floor for a post-frame building, including radiant tubing for warmth and steel reinforcement for strength.
Kimberley Robles, Decorative Concrete
In this interview, Kimberley talks about the importance of proper training, current concrete trends in the Bay Area, and the history of racist housing policy in San Francisco.
Podcast 543: Affordable Flooring, Replacing Replacement Windows, and Low-Flow Fans
The crew hears from listeners about galvanic corrosion and the satisfaction that comes from tradework before taking listener questions about durable low-cost flooring, replacing previously replaced windows, and diagnosing a poorly performing bath fan.
Podcast 539: Seasonal Gaps in Flooring, AeroBarrier for Existing Homes, and Wood Foundations
The crew hears from listeners about LED lights and DIY solar before taking questions about seasonal movement of softwood flooring, tightening an 1850s house, and a permanent-wood foundation for a new build.
Podcast 517: Sizing Stringers for Wet Wood, Odd Foundations, and Concrete Domes
The crew hears about indoor-air quality and reclaiming flooring before taking questions about stair stringers, mudsill details, and building a concrete dome.
Podcast 503: Not Quite a Scrape-Off, Too Tight for Insulation, and Weather-Beaten Felt Paper
Stopping sound between floors, the world’s worst drywall finishing, insulating inaccessible attic spaces, and leaving felt underlayment exposed.
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Sealing a Concrete Floor
Travis Brungardt and Joe Cook demonstrate how to apply concrete sealer for a durable finished floor.
Subslab Insulation With Mineral Wool
Travis and Joe of Catalyst Construction describe how and why they installed Rockwool Comfortboard under what will be the finished concrete floor.

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