Latest Build trades Podcast Episodes
Brunt of the Conversation
Appetite for Construction - May 21, 2024 10:00 - 37 minutesSend us a Text Message. The guys talk with Eric Girouard, founder and CEO of Brunt, a fast-growing workwear brand known for its innovative and durable boots and apparel. PERC, the Propane Education & Research Council at www.propane.com Subscribe to the Appetite for Construction podcast at any...
The Good, Bad & the Techie
Appetite for Construction - May 17, 2024 15:00 - 11 minutesSend us a Text Message. On this Friday shorty, John talks about his recent trip to Scottsdale, AZ, and some takeaways from the Emerging Water Technology Symposium, and a driverless car? Take a listen. Subscribe to the Appetite for Construction podcast at any of your favorite streaming channel...
Deepfakes
Appetite for Construction - May 14, 2024 10:00 - 41 minutesSend us a Text Message. No, it's not a football term. It may be time to write a whole new chapter in your crisis emergency playbook with the emerging AI technology and deepfakes that could put your company, and your reputation, in peril. The boys talk to Josh Weiss, president of 10to1 PR, about...
Why Plumbing?
Appetite for Construction - May 10, 2024 15:00 - 20 minutesSend us a Text Message. On this Friday Bonus edition, the boys go inside the numbers of plumbing wages and opportunity. They also briefly talk about water heater and heat pump shipment numbers, and the results may shock you. Subscribe to the Appetite for Construction podcast at any of your fav...
Capitol Ramblings with DC Dain Hansen
Appetite for Construction - May 07, 2024 10:00 - 41 minutesSend us a Text Message. The boys catch up with good friend Dain Hansen, Executive Vice President, Government Relations, the IAPMO Group. We talk upcoming election, infrastructure money, electrification, water initiatives and a typical day in the life for Dain. According to Dain, even the thinne...
Free Ballin'
Appetite for Construction - May 03, 2024 15:00 - 23 minutesSend us a Text Message. On today's Friday bonus episode, the boys talk about being happy, getting stoned, deepfakes, the Kentucky Derby, and a tool named Patrick. PERC, the Propane Education & Research Council at www.propane.com Subscribe to the Appetite for Construction podcast at any of you...
Jobsite Theft
Appetite for Construction - April 30, 2024 10:00 - 35 minutesSend us a Text Message. This week, we revisit the important and topical subject of job site theft. Two Chicagoland plumbing company owners, John Baethke, Baethke Plumbing and Kelly Castrogiovanni, Terry Plumbing Co., are joined by Matt Buckley, Director of Public Safety for the Village of Rive...
Digging Deep with Uponor's Daniel Worm
Appetite for Construction - April 23, 2024 10:00 - 34 minutesSend us a Text Message. This week the boys head north to the valley of the apples—which, by the way, we find out has neither valleys nor apples—to talk with Daniel Worm, CPD, Portfolio Application Manager for Uponor North America. We talk kitting services, new acquisitions, and how Uponor crea...
The Inspector
Appetite for Construction - April 16, 2024 10:00 - 42 minutesSend us a Text Message. Houston-area home inspector Matt Brading (@texas.edge.inspect on Instagram) joins Tim and John as they talk about how cool his job really is and breaking the stigma of home inspection through social media. PERC, the Propane Education & Research Council at www.propane.co...
Friday Bonus: Play Money
Appetite for Construction - April 12, 2024 15:00 - 21 minutesSend us a Text Message. The guys catch up on this Friday bonus podcast to talk about luck vs. hard work and play money. Click play. Subscribe to the Appetite for Construction podcast at any of your favorite streaming channels and don't forget about the other ways to interact with the Mechanica...
Brent Ridley: Repeat Offender
Appetite for Construction - April 09, 2024 10:00 - 29 minutesSend us a Text Message. To the podcast, that is. Brent Ridley comes back to the show to talk about Miracle Mechanical, getting involved at trade shows, everything he is up to lately, and we get his views on social influencing. PERC, the Propane Education & Research Council at www.propane.com ...
Craig Childress: Proud Father, Husband, Plumber
Appetite for Construction - April 02, 2024 10:00 - 25 minutesSend us a Text Message. When the 12-year-old daughter of Craig Childress said how proud of him she was of all of his hard work, especially for winning both the plumbing and HVAC championships of the ServiceTitan Elite Trades Championship Series, it made it all worth it for Craig. We talk to hi...
Get Neutralized
Appetite for Construction - March 26, 2024 10:00 - 30 minutesSend us a Text Message. Why are condensate neutralizers so important? Tim and John talk condensate neutralizers with Kyle Emmons, President of JJM Alkaline Technologies—a leading designer and manufacturer of acidic condensate neutralizer products for the heating and plumbing industries—about ju...
Southern Charm with Chelsea Meissner
Appetite for Construction - March 19, 2024 10:00 - 36 minutesSend us a Text Message. This week the boys are joined by Spencer Brown of Pfister Faucets as they travel to Charleston, S.C. to talk with Chelsea Meissner of Survivor and Southern Charm fame. PERC, the Propane Education & Research Council at www.propane.com Subscribe to the Appetite for Const...
The Death Files
Appetite for Construction - March 15, 2024 15:00 - 22 minutesSend us a Text Message. Tim and John discuss the unenviable talk of end of life processes. Tim breaks out the Death File. We also talk about other lighthearted stuff as we get deep into leftovers and NFL free agency and the NCAA tournament. Subscribe to the Appetite for Construction podcast at...
A Digital Sticky Note
Appetite for Construction - March 12, 2024 10:00 - 33 minutesSend us a Text Message. The boys talk with Nicholas Dimitruk and Catherine Chapman, co-founders of BitRip. What is BitRip? Well, it's a free app that seamlessly tracks any type of physical asset using pre-printed BR Code labels. BitRip easily integrates with existing software workflows, and eac...
From Maine, with Love
Appetite for Construction - March 08, 2024 13:00 - 23 minutesSend us a Text Message. Running into social media friends at industry trade shows is a trip, but having them on your podcast? On this Friday episode, John talks with Keith McGillivary, MPS, McGillivary's Plumbing Services about last week's Builder's Show, getting started in the industry, and li...
Don't Go Takin' My Parts
Appetite for Construction - March 05, 2024 11:00 - 34 minutesSend us a Text Message. This week John talks with Don Deschenes and Devynn Thompson (who are brother and sister, by the way) about job site theft and a company rebrand. Don, owner of Live Oak Plumbing Co., Flower Mound, Texas, talks about some recent thefts from the back of his truck, and Devyn...
Friday Shorty: Up with the Sickness
Appetite for Construction - March 01, 2024 17:00 - 12 minutesSend us a Text Message. Friend of the podcast, Jon Block, LH Block Electrical, guest hosts this episode as we talk about how the business runs if one of the brothers is sick or out of the office for awhile. Subscribe to the Appetite for Construction podcast at any of your favorite streaming ch...
Construction, the Best Kept Secret
Appetite for Construction - February 27, 2024 11:00 - 51 minutesSend us a Text Message. "What would life be like without our industry?" asks Mike Bellaman, President and CEO, Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC). The boys talk workforce development, worker choice, meritocracy, technology, 2024 outlook, and a bit of Mike's playing time with the Clevelan...
Friday Shorty: ... And Your Little Dog Toto Too
Appetite for Construction - February 23, 2024 16:00 - 18 minutesSend us a Text Message. Rando convo alert! The boys talk tornadoes, the cost of electricity in certain states, and the state of Alaska. Subscribe to the Appetite for Construction podcast at any of your favorite streaming channels and don't forget about the other ways to interact with the Mecha...
Don't Call It a Garburator
Appetite for Construction - February 20, 2024 13:00 - 36 minutesSend us a Text Message. As the boys ramp up for the IBS/KBIS show next week, they discuss garbage disposers with Eric Schultz, Director Product Management - Advanced Disposers, InSinkErator. The guys talk about why disposers are necessary, the latest innovations, sustainability, and is it disp...
Friday Shorty: Word Crutch
Appetite for Construction - February 16, 2024 16:00 - 19 minutesSend us a Text Message. On this episode of the Friday Shorty, Tim and John talk about words that are completely overused in conversation, Super Bowl ads and streaming sites taking over sports coverage. Subscribe to the Appetite for Construction podcast at any of your favorite streaming channel...
The Connected Home
Appetite for Construction - February 13, 2024 11:00 - 21 minutesSend us a Text Message. "If You Can Dream It, You Can Build It." This week the boys talk connectivity with Chris Tomeno, Eastern Water Sales Leader at Resideo. Subscribe to the Appetite for Construction podcast at any of your favorite streaming channels and don't forget about the other ways to...
Friday Shorty: Super Bowl Sickness
Appetite for Construction - February 09, 2024 16:00 - 15 minutesSend us a Text Message. While Tim recovers from COVID, the boys talk about the Super Bowl, betting on the game, and who they are rooting for. Some mindless Friday fun. Subscribe to the Appetite for Construction podcast at any of your favorite streaming channels and don't forget about the other...
The AHR Podcasts Part II: Fitting 10 lbs of Stuff in a 1lb. Bag
Appetite for Construction - February 06, 2024 11:00 - 46 minutesSend us a Text Message. The boys continue with their AHR podcasts with four separate interviews starting with good friends Lesley McGlenen and Alan Carlson; followed by Dan Moffroid and Dustin Gregoire, Bosch; Bryan Cordell, PERC; and Catherine Chapman and Barry Campbell, BitRip. Subscribe to ...
Friday Shorty: The Great Fuel Debate
Appetite for Construction - February 02, 2024 18:00 - 24 minutesSend us a Text Message. Heat pumps, heat pumps and more heat pumps. We keep hearing about the push for electrification but are we moving too fast? Is the infrastructure in place to keep up? Is it economically responsible to limit the choices on fuel? We discuss with our good friend Bob Baker, B...
The AHR Podcasts: Tankless, Heat Pumps & Mountain Dew
Appetite for Construction - January 30, 2024 11:00 - 44 minutesSend us a Text Message. Our first of two episodes recorded from the Podcast Pavilion at AHR, Tim & John talk tankless with Jason Fleming, Noritz, heat pumps with Bo DeAngelo, Anesi Comfort, and Mountain Dew (and plumbing & hydronics) with our good friend Cody Mack, Caleffi. Subscribe to the Ap...
The Caleffi Wrap
Appetite for Construction - January 26, 2024 11:00 - 21 minutesSend us a Text Message. On this Friday Shorty bonus podcast, the boys wrap up the series of podcasts from HQ in Milwaukee. Guests include Cody Mack, Mary Olson, and a special appearance from Greg Tubbs. Subscribe to the Appetite for Construction podcast at any of your favorite streaming channe...
Explore the Trades, Literally
Appetite for Construction - January 23, 2024 11:00 - 28 minutesSend us a Text Message. Tim & John continue to champion for the trades and this week they talk with Kate Cinnamo, Executive Director, Explore the Trades. Founded in 2005, Explore The Trades is committed to developing the next generation of skilled tradespeople by changing the perception of the ...
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