HeyJaredAll About Home Construction
Hosted by local general contractor Randy Blake and Terry Gunnell-Beck, this show focuses on home construction, remodeling, and housing.
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How Timber Was Logged Before Trucks and Modern Machines (opens the original)
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How did loggers get massive trees out of the mountains before logging trucks, chainsaws, and modern equipment? In this episode of All About Home Construction , we go back through the history of American logging and timber harvesting — from the 1600s through the 20th century. We look at how loggers used axes, crosscut saws, oxen, horses, rivers, and eventually steam-powered equipment to move timber. You'll hear about log drives, splash dams, log chutes, water flumes, logging railroads, steam donk
Rubber: The Material That Changed the World (opens the original)
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This week on All About Home Construction , we take a look at a material most of us use every day but probably don't think much about — rubber . We talk about where natural rubber comes from, how people first discovered its waterproofing properties, and how rubber went from a product harvested from trees in South America to an important material in the modern world. We'll look at the development of rubber boots and waterproof footwear , the invention of vulcanized rubber in the 1800s, and how rub
Labor Day: History, Facts and the Events That Changed American Work (opens the original)
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Labor Day is more than the unofficial end of summer. In this episode of All About Home Construction , Terry and Randy take a look at the history behind Labor Day and some of the major events that shaped the American workplace. We’ll go back to the first Labor Day celebration in New York City in 1882 and explore how the holiday eventually became a federal holiday. Along the way, we’ll look at some of the dramatic and sometimes tragic events in American labor history, including the Haymarket Affai
General Stores (opens the original)
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Before there was a booming Boone, paved roads, big-box stores, and modern construction, Watauga County was a collection of small mountain communities connected by trails, rivers, stores, mills, and the people who lived and worked there. In this episode of All About Home Construction , we go back to the early days of the High Country and explore the important role of the general store . We’ll look at Council’s Store , the early settlement that eventually became Boone, and how a simple general sto
Not So Sci-Fi: The Future of Building Is Already Here (opens the original)
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What sounds like science fiction is quickly becoming reality in the construction world. On this episode of All About Home Construction , Terry and Randy explore some of the remarkable materials and technologies changing the way we build—from self-healing concrete and transparent wood to graphene-enhanced concrete, thermal “batteries,” cool roofs, solar shingles and photovoltaic windows . Some of these innovations are already being used in real buildings, while others are still making the jump fr
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