
Joel Graber
Home remodeler and owner of Graber Custom Remodeling, co-host of the home improvement radio show and podcast "Measure Twice" on 95.3 MNC in Michiana.
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Nov 6, 2026
Measure Twice for 11-7-2026
6:13
6:33

Rob PeruginiHOST
So what would, okay, Joel, what's fundamentally the difference from the construction standpoint? What's the difference? I mean,

Joel GraberGUEST
Like it, you know, when I think about a bump out, I think like, well, like, like if somebody is trying to get more space, like four more feet for a kitchen, right.
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Measure Twice for 10-31-2026
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38:03

Rob PeruginiHOST
And then, so in construction on the renovation side, you're seeing that follow that, or are you still making great rooms, knocking walls

Joel GraberGUEST
Well, in remodeling, we're still getting into houses where people want walls removed, but maybe they're not removing as many walls where they're just opening everything up.

Joel GraberGUEST
So maybe they're taking a wall out between a dining room and a kitchen, but there's still a wall that... there's still some sort of partition from the kitchen to the next room.
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Joel GraberGUEST
With the material, the flashing materials and the package, the flashing packages with these, like, that's, a lot of that stuff's been worked out.
Measure Twice for 10-24-2026
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Measure Twice for 10-10-2026
3:50

Joel GraberGUEST
But you have to have, you can't just use just any basic AI for that because you'll get a lot of slop with that too.
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Measure Twice for 10-3-2026
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Joel GraberGUEST
top of mind, like, it's top of mind because I've got a good friend that is a contractor.

Joel GraberGUEST
And we were talking last night, and he was talking about how they've been in a planning...
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Measure Twice for 9-12-2026
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Measure Twice for 9-5-2026
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Joel GraberGUEST
Your elevations is a side view so that you can see where does this window start from ground level or ceiling height.

Rob PeruginiHOST
yeah which makes sense because on the show i was watching they were doing they're like we have to drop our elevation into a topographical elevation so that we can see that this fits here like like it looks like it's supposed to be there and i think that makes a lot of sense so you're using the elevation though on the job too or is that where the blueprint comes in
Measure Twice for 8-29-2026
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Joel GraberGUEST
pointing? Well, because you have these mortar joints, and if you're repairing them, oftentimes you're grinding some of it out, but then you're taking just a little tuck point tool, which is an extremely narrow trowel.

Joel GraberGUEST
And you're using that, getting your mortar in the joint, so you're tucking it in there and
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Joel GraberGUEST
so trim is more of a broad, is more really a broad term for all of the different types of trim that will go into your house.
Measure Twice for 8-8-2026
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Joel GraberGUEST
Well, what we do is we get media filter and cover, cover registers with media filter to try to minimize as much.

Joel GraberGUEST
It's not necessarily a vac, but, like, it's a big HEPA filter with a tube that you can push, send, set out, you know, take the tube outside.
