A building science iPhone app just might give users exactly the information they need, when they want it. In this video, Matt Risinger meets up with Mark LaLiberte, building science teacher at IBS 2014. LaLiberte describes a newly available iPhone app that brings a wealth of building science knowledge to your pocket and the job site. The Construction Instruction building app, which is free, has information about products, installation, techniques, datasheets, PDFs, and more. It allows someone at a job site to make sure their crew follows a certain approach or technique all of the time. It breaks through language barriers because it's visual. The demos walk the user through best practices in building science and enables builders to empower their crews.
Episode 3
If you're building a house it's important to minimize the effects of water, moisture and air. In this video, master builder Matt Risinger interviews DuPont Tyvek's Mark LaLiberte at the Tyvek booth at a recent International Builders Show.
Episode 4
While Casella Dörken's products have been around for a long time, many have not been available in the U.S. In this video, Matt Risinger, master builder, regularly uses the company's products including Delta stucco and stone products and Delta Vent SA.
Episode 5
Matt Risinger pops in from the 2015 IBS show at the Tamlyn booth, where Tamlyn is debuting a new house wrap product called TamlynWrap. This is a truly unique product that includes an integrated rainscreen—a 3-D mesh overtop of the housewrap that allows for drainage behind the siding.
Episode 7
At the International Build Show, master builder, Matt Risinger checks out the Quad MAX product. In this video, Risinger leads with a builder's problem when there's been a freeze and the sealant that you're planning on using is frozen solid.
Episode 8
Home automation is more than buzzwords. In this video, master builder Matt Risinger reviews the EcoNet at the Rheem booth at IBS. Risinger claims that the product solves a lot of challenges for the homeowner.
Episode 9
Matt Risinger wraps up the 2015 International Builders Show. He's walks 45,000 steps over the past three days. Risinger had a blast scoring some cool interviews and even meeting some of his heroes from This Old House, including Steve Thomas and Tom Silva.