hey what's up guys it's Kyle from RR buildings and I got a little bit of
a special video today because I'm here with my buddy Matt Matt Kyle man how's
it going so I want to phrase this by like kinda letting you guys know that
Matt has no idea really what I'm gonna ask him a little nervous but every Scott
host real quickly like what do you do and why would I want you to do this
video with me because at least you know that not to tear that muds column and
build her down in Austin Texas call myself a general contractor so we do new
builds and remodels my kind of shtick is that I'm a building science guy yep and
I build to kind of a higher standard for efficiency and durability I build houses
that I think are gonna last for long periods of time like to build a house
last year that that uses a concept that house should be around for 500 years
so I'm really big into efficiency and durability right so now that he said
that the biggest thing that I really wanted to reach out to Matt was now that
I've shared so much with you guys on the channel I get a lot of feedback as far
as the efficiency of a post frame like maybe the building methods that we're
using and I really use the channel to try to better the industry to make new
ways of doing things you talk about longevity like we went from post in the
ground to post on a concrete pier take away rot like try to do it as efficient
as possible with also like the sustainability absolutely well the next
step is efficiency nobody wants to pay to heat their building yep so we try to
over do it right so if you're not you know I know you're familiar with what we
do but our post frame buildings big sheds they're like cavernous spaces so
let's try to make them tight people want them tight now if I'm gonna go ahead and
tag a video cuz you dare tell you yes you did a really good video about air
tightness and whether or not a house should breathe right so that's what
really all the time it piqued my interest I wanted to know in my business
like are we concerned with tightness on a garage or should we because it's a
cavernous dark space that potentially is not climate control are we worried about
that do we not you know we need to think about it man that's a great question so
your buildings are different than mine in that most of my buildings are all
residences and much more square footage wrangling than what you're used to
building and mine are typically air-conditioned and frankly dehumidified
because I'm gonna I'm in a hot humid climate and so really dehumidification
is more important than the then actually the temperature but you know think about
it this way if you were gonna put a piano in one of your buildings
how would that piano work over the next hundred years if it wasn't conditioned
the piano is gonna stay dry number one right yeah it's gonna be out of the
elements it'd probably go out of tune because your community levels are gonna
rise and fall so you have to retune that piano but other than that a piano in the
middle of one of your buildings would probably last no problem 100 years right
okay so you got the durability down you you're shedding the rain you're not
leaking rain is our number one enemy so if you take care of the rain first
that's most important okay out right after rain though is air sealing if
we're really trying to build an efficient and durable building we don't
want air leaking in because when air leaks in to a building now this isn't so
much on an unconditioned building it's not as big a deal you know an
unconditioned building turns out to be a you know a shed or a barn right it's
where you're keeping your animals your animals aren't living in an air
conditioned environment it's not a big deal of air leaks into that environment
but if you're building a house or a residence or a conditioned space in
there a conditioned shop let's say okay when that air leaks in it can find a
cold condensing surface potentially if your clients are dealing with metal like
all my skin's are metal there's a lot of metal in there condensation is my
biggest worry yeah and so what happens when water condenses on metal rust
happens for sure and depending on how you're insulating you're bringing that
air in potentially through your insulation if you had an air leak and
that's bad because now you maybe have some airborne insulation especially if
it's like a fiberglass insulation you don't want that airborne in your house
okay and it might have find another condensing service like the back of
sheetrock or some other more sensitive material and when condensation happens
the back of sheetrock what happens okay we mold right nothing good happens
the naqshi right yeah so with that being said I get this okay this becomes an
efficiency vers cost first like need and want right so the next thing that is
always controversial and I know that it could be something that I need to
improve upon and that's where like I look to professionals that guys that
know more so i house rap all my shops okay cuz i want that air blockage i
don't want air penetrating the typical post frame it just hey we're gonna let
it breathe it's gonna be insulated but the air is gonna go right through it
yeah I don't think that's doing anything for us right totally
so I house rap my walls but I don't house rap the gable of the unconditioned
attic space okay so people always at now you're gonna to worry about voice Chur
water no I don't have to worry about that that's what my facade is for
there's not a place for water to penetrate rain right what is your take
on that is attic space need to be conditioned or it need to be house
wrapped no because ultimately what you're doing right is you're building an
air conditioned air tight box within a greater shell I don't if you've ever
seen the photos of my hunting cabin down in South Texas that we've got but we
build up we build a shipping container box and turn it into a hunting lodge and
so it's it's a standard box size I forget if it's a it must be a 30 footer
so it's an eight by 30 standard see can and we cut doors and windows into it
it's got two window Rattlers on on both ends we had a leak really early on after
we put it down there under our hunting property so we built an over roof the
over roof solved that issue and that's basically what you're doing right you've
got an over roof you've got your barn roof that's shedding the rain and
keeping everything dry underneath it but then you've got an airtight box that's
that's airtight and is insulated within that do you ever get condensation or
issues on your every roof no because that's my main goal is proper
ventilation right I want to keep that unconditioned attic space the same as
the outsides right so nothing is condensing keep everything tight on the
on the building yep you know I used to be a home builder I try to treat it like
a house yeah but there's a perception that hey man
you got to let it breathe you've heard it a million times and I say there's a
point where you have to work smarter not just do it to do it
and hey I I really hope you guys take what he's saying because this guy's the
professional he knows more than a simple Midwest barn builder I don't want to
spend money house wrapping a gable if I don't think it's right but it's great to
hear from the guy that knows it I got a great analogy for you on this real quick
I'll be fast on this but think about if you had a Yeti cooler you know yetis
amazing on their marketing you know that you see their marketing and when I moved
to Texas ten years ago 15 years ago now I had a little igloo cooler that was $45
it held ice for maybe 24 hours bro me not then I moved to Texas and yet he
started their company and started advertising now I bought a $300 cooler
but the difference is thick closed cell foam insulation in excellent air sealing
that lid on that Yeti super tight they've got like rubber straps it really
cinches down so that yet he's got good insulation but really good air sealing
okay now if you put that Yeti in one of your barns with an over roof how long
would that ice stay cold a long long time good point and that's really what
you're doing is you're building a Yeti cooler that sits underneath the barn
okay right and your pole barn and in that
structure that metal scheme it's on the outside metal lasts a long long time as
a skin I love it in fact that the house I built that we call the 500 year house
a perfect ball house yeah that has a full metal skin on the outside and it
basically has a kiddie cooler sitting on the incident and that's really what
you're building it's a great analogy Wow hey if you guys want to learn more about
Matt because I'm telling you he knows his stuff he's got an awesome channel
that I will tag down below but I'm you know dude thanks for coming out and
doing this with me so we're gonna stop the comments about house wrap gable
because Matt Rising you're saying donate it we don't need you donated thanks guys
awesome pretty good guys thanks see you later