The owner and founder of Complete Building Solutions, Robert Vassallo, joins the show to talk about his expertise as a structural engineering consultant.

The show starts off with Rob explaining about his company and what they do to find problems and how to solve them. He then answers some specific questions:

• What’s the most common problem in attics that leads to ice dams?
  
• How was sealing an attic bypass required?
  
• What do you do for ventilation in the attic?
  
• What’s a dead vent?
  
• When would you recommend turbine vents?
  
• What kind of expense are you adding to the job cost when you design a project through your engineering company and pass it through the contractors? How about doing the engineering and setting it up so the contractors know the scope of work?
  
• Why does it take nine months to build a normal home?
  
• Why is taking the moisture out of the lumber inside a newly built home before it’s closed up so important?
  
• How would you describe settlement cracks?
  
• Would you recommend a vapor barrier paint in a humid climate?
  
• What’s the average cost when you’re going out to a house to check out a problem for a homeowner?