#667: Old House Experts, Making More Headroom, and Productive Home Shops

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🗓️ 10 January 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Carol Ann says most contractors don’t understand old houses. Mike, Brian and Patrick talk about moving collar ties and making an efficient home shop.

Tune in to Episode 667 of the Fine Homebuilding Podcast to learn more about:

· Finding a contractor who knows about old houses

· Adding headroom in attic living spaces

· Creating an effcient and useful home shop

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0:00.0	I was thinking about if there would have been an engineering solution with
0:10.2	helical piles or, you know, post-tension concrete slab or...
0:16.0	Patrick, it's called a deck.
0:17.1	It's called...
0:18.1	Welcome to the Fine Home Building podcast, a weekly discussion of... a deck. It's called.
0:26.0	Welcome to the Fine Home Building podcast, a weekly discussion of building, remodeling, and design topics aimed at anybody who cares deeply about the craft and science of working
0:30.4	on houses.
0:31.8	This is Senior Editor Patrick McComb.
0:33.8	Today I'm joined by Fine Home Building editorial director Brian Pantalillo.
0:38.8	Hey, everybody.
0:40.2	Fine Home Building editorial advisor, Mike Gerton.
0:43.2	Good day.
0:44.6	And producer Andres Seminiago.
0:47.3	Hello.
0:48.2	Please email your questions to FHB podcast at Fine Homebuilding.com.
0:52.3	You can find previous podcasts and check out the show notes at findhomebuilding.com
0:56.0	slash podcast.
0:57.4	Great to see you guys.
0:58.3	Thanks for being here.
1:00.4	Good to be here.
1:01.3	Good to be here, as always.
1:03.3	So, Mike, you were telling us ahead of the show that your weather is perfect, which makes a lot of sense this time of year.
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