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Don’t Let Your Basement Suck (Heat, Money, or Air)

Don’t Let Your Basement Suck (Heat, Money, or Air)

Update: 2025-09-09
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00:00:00 Intro & setup
00:00:53 Cocktail: Whiskey Sour (recipe + dry shake)
00:06:50 Basements: the "free room" myth
00:08:48 When a basement makes sense
00:10:47 Concrete & embodied carbon reality check
00:13:52 Phil’s numbers: foundations vs CO₂e
00:19:09 Water 101: drains, dimple mat, daylight
00:22:21 Insulation: outside vs inside
00:27:16 Slab build-up & vapor control
00:34:34 Capillary breaks + the termite shield tale
00:38:16 Foam glass underfoot (Glavel 101)
00:41:02 Slabless slab: concrete-less floors
00:46:03 ICFs: pros, cons, pour-day realities

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Don’t Let Your Basement Suck (Heat, Money, or Air)

Don’t Let Your Basement Suck (Heat, Money, or Air)

Chris Briley and Phil Kaplan