Build Show Build: Boston
Building a net-zero home isn’t easy. It takes knowledgeable designers, builders, and homeowners, upfront investment, quality materials, and a team that’s focused on every detail from start to finish. Most homeowners and builders don’t know which conversations to have to set a project up for success.
Steve Baczek is an architect passionate about educating folks about building science, and is eager to open this conversation. From early on transparency, assigning “homework,” and high quality building products, Steve walks you through how to turn a house from an idea into a high-performance home. Steve shows you how to not just focus on the solution to a problem, but the importance of the questions you ask to get there.
Steve will use his recently designed all electric, net-zero home to showcase what homeowners don’t know they’re missing - a better built home. Watch his process from design to finish in this 24-part series to learn what it really takes to build better.”
Episodes
BSB BONUS - Reading Plans with Steve
Episode 3
Bonus Episode
This bonus episode is all about blueprints. Most people will say they know how to read blueprints, but do you really? Steve takes you on a page-by-page journey to understanding blueprints and how he likes to layout plans. Whether you are an aspir...
BSB BONUS - Radon Mitigation
Episode 4
Bonus Episode
In this bonus episode, Steve and homeowner Scott talk about radon. Scott tells Steve an interesting story of how he and his neighbors became aware of a radon issue in the area and why radon mitigation became an important issue in the design of Sc...
BSB BONUS - Roseburg Forestry Tour
Episode 7
Bonus Episode
If you've ever wondered how your framing materials transform from trees to lumber, Steve takes a deep dive into the harvesting of these materials in the Timber Capital of the World. Roseburg Forest Products Foresters walk you through their manage...
Window Installation Part 1
Episode 8
Episode 8 Pt. 1
When you install a window, you are effectively cutting a giant hole into your home and then filling it back in. The details in which you fill the hole back in are crucial. From air sealing to water management, the decisions and products you cho...