Podcast Episodes

Shay Millheiser of Stack & Standard joins Realty Hack to talk about why so many Austin and Texas homes are making people sick, and how she’s building high-performance houses with almost no lumber. After years of flipping and tearing houses apart, she started tracking where mold and air quality failures show up, then moved into autoclaved aerated concrete, structural steel, and metal framing for healthy, vapor-managed assemblies. We cover lumber-free specs near Austin and in Crestview, why spray foam plus the wrong attic setup creates condensation and mold, when thicker Zip System actually matters, and why Texas may have the worst mold problem in the country. Shay also breaks down the cost reality of alternative materials today, her Stack & Standard client renovations and pop-tops, and how she’s balancing brokerage with construction.