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4 weeks ago | 
finehomebuilding.com | Patrick McCombe |Patrick Mccombe |Travis Brungardt |Joe Cook |Emily Mottram
We’re excited to share the second part of our conversation with the BS* + Beer crew recorded live at the 2025 International Builders’ Show. Listen or watch now to get insights from your favorite experts on all things new in the world of home construction, remodeling, and design,Check out some of our favorite articles and resources focused on trade shows — future and past. Are Trade Shows Worth the Trouble?
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1 month ago | 
finehomebuilding.com | Patrick McCombe |Patrick Mccombe |Travis Brungardt |Joe Cook |Emily Mottram
In addition to checking out all of the great products, demonstrations, and seminars at the show, the FHB staff recorded a pair of FHB Podcast episodes at the Construction Performance Zone with the BS*+ Beer crew. Listen in to hear some great insights and fun stories about what’s happening in the world of home construction, remodeling, and design.
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May 30, 2024 | 
jlconline.com | Travis Brungardt |Nicole Tysvaer |Chris Yerkes |Symone Strong
JLC subscribers have access to the May-Jun 2024 print edition at this time. Articles will be published online soon. In the meantime, you may browse the digital edition.
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Dec 21, 2023 | 
jlconline.com | Travis Brungardt
Awareness of how important air quality is to human health has grown in our industry, as well as in society at large. The COVID-19 virus invigorated sales of household air cleaners, and the abbreviation IAQ became as ubiquitous in conversations as NFL, ROI, and, for builders, CYA.
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Oct 25, 2023 | 
finehomebuilding.com | Travis Brungardt |Joe Cook |Jessica Chaloux
In this FHB House video, Travis Brungardt and Joe Cook discuss HVAC, indoor-air quality, and the equipment they installed to achieve the home’s goals in those areas. Flex ducting was chosen to reduce material costs, make installation easier around the trusses, and maintain a quiet atmosphere. And a two-zone system was implemented that includes strategic thermostat placement, humidity sensing and control, an on-demand water heater, and an ERV for bringing fresh air into an airtight home.
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Sep 28, 2023 | 
finehomebuilding.com | Joe Cook |Travis Brungardt |Rob Wotzak
No matter how prepared you think you are for a remodeling project, there will almost always be surprises that trip you up and add unforeseen challenges. One way to avoid problems when completing a renovation or new addition is to get tips from experienced remodeling pros—which is why we’ve invited Travis Brungardt and Joe Cook of Catalyst Construction to share insights they’ve gathered from years of working on old homes in and around Kansas City.
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Sep 27, 2023 | 
finehomebuilding.com | Travis Brungardt
In this final episode in our series on the building of Fine Homebuilding House in Kansas, Travis talks about the exterior materials with Chris Fein, architect, who explains how he chose the materials, colors, and textures. The bulk of the house is Hardie cement board with battens that is detailed to mimic traditional midcentury board-and-batten construction, with brick at the front and at a couple of key locations in the back.
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Sep 21, 2023 | 
finehomebuilding.com | Travis Brungardt
We’re moving forward with the final touches on our screened-porch installation here in Prairie Village, Kansas, and we’ve selected the Feeney Cable Railing System to finish out the aesthetic of this space. Chris at Forward Design and Architecture worked with the client and with us to ensure consistency with all of these horizontal moments that have been tracking along this exterior elevation, and Feeney’s design options were able to complement that effort. Here’s the process we followed.
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Jun 20, 2023 | 
finehomebuilding.com | Travis Brungardt |Joe Cook
One of the high-performance details of the FHB House this year is the tankless water heater we’re installing. In particular, we’re using the Tempra 29 from Stiebel Eltron. In this video, we’ll go over some of the features and advantages of choosing this product. This tankless water heater provides on-demand hot water so, instead of having a big unit that stores water and keeps it hot at all times, the water comes in and goes out through this smaller unit only heating what is passing through.
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Jun 9, 2023 | 
finehomebuilding.com | Joe Cook |Travis Brungardt
In this episode, we look at an interesting feature—the skylight “chimney.” The sides will be covered in a split-face brick and have a lot of cool details. We’ve brought the architect, Chris Fein, in to explain why we have this particular configuration in the first place. A design solutionThe skylight chimney is a detail that was chosen to solve multiple problems.
