Buckle up, folks! This weekend on the Around the House Show, we’re diving into the wild world of construction projects—where contractors, designers, and homeowners all try to play nice (spoiler: it rarely goes as planned). Eric G. and John Dudley are joined by the fabulous Wendy Glaister, and trust me, the tales of contractor drama will have you rolling your eyes harder than a teenager with a broken phone. We’ll tackle the art of keeping everyone on the same page, which is basically like herding cats in a tornado. Plus, we’re chatting with Brent Gentling from BYOT about the latest and greatest from the 2026 trade shows, because who doesn’t want to know what’s new in the land of power tools and home gadgets? So, grab your coffee (or something stronger) and settle in for two hours of construction chaos, sarcasm, and maybe some genius tips that might just save your next home project.
Takeaways:
This weekend, our Around the House Show dives deep into the drama of construction projects, so buckle up!
Wendy Glaster shares the wild ride of juggling contractors, designers, and homeowners—it's like herding caffeinated cats!
We explore the classic blame game in construction—who's right, who's wrong, and who's just downright ridiculous.
Brace yourself for some jaw-dropping insights from trade shows as we chat with Brent Gentling about the coolest innovations for 2026.
Discover why respect and maturity are essential when working with stubborn contractors—spoiler alert: it's not just about being right!
We'll be spilling the beans on the latest tools and tech that might just save your next DIY disaster from total chaos.
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In the first hour of the around.
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The house show, Eric G. And John Dudley sit down with Wendy Glaster.
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And they talk about how to keep the contractors, designers and homeowners all working together smoothly on your next construction project.
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Wendy, like you said, enough.
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Not all the designers, but enough.
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There are definitely two archetypes we're talking about here.
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And you got your bristly contractor who can't be wrong.
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And he's so busy knowing everything that he never learns anything.
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So.
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And it becomes that competition.
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And unless you have enough respect and enough maturity to back down, I just, I can tell you a handful of times that I'd stop working with people because they would start badmouthing the other person.
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Look with.
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And it was always that.
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The blame game.
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The who's or right?
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Who's wrong?
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I'm smarter.
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I'm better.
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Well, that's a dumb idea.
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We can't build it like that.
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This designer's taking you guys for a ride.
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But it's gross that's happened.
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Like I can feel this chair is the color of my face now.
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So I'm cuz when you live like that and your intention is so pure.
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While John Dudley is out finishing his AI project, Eric G. Sat down with YouTube and Instagram star Brent Gentling from BYOT.
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ing in all the trade shows of:
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They're really easy to see as well.
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So is this something that was so unique, that's different, that all of a sudden made a fix to a solution or provided a solution to a problem that was existing that I never thought was going to be easily attainable to fix?
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That's incredible.
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Yeah.
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Because otherwise you're down there with a magnet hoping you got them all.
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You didn't.
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But now you can be going around there, you got a black light and it's dark outside and all of a sudden you're just looking at it.
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Boom.
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And there they are.
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Yep.
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So smart and safety wise.
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It makes sense too because you can see exactly what you're doing.
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Makes a lot of sense.
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Exactly.
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And that's the beauty of these inventors and that's why I love the trade show realm is because you're getting first hand experience of like what is truly new and innovative in the space.
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And some of these guys are really just trying to get off the ground from the very jump.
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And it's hard at that stage.
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But all that and more on Saturday's around the House show with Eric G. If you work in the trades or construction or design business, check out the around the House Pro Insider podcast that is back.
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That's a wrap, folks.
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Another wild ride of home maintenance, mayhem and project starting Swagger in the books.
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Huge thanks to our awesome audience for tuning in.
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You're the real MVPs, keeping us on air while we dodge rogue ladders and those ancient website crashes.
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Catch you this Saturday for more laughs, tips and maybe a few questionable DIY decisions.
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Until then, keep your hammers swinging and your WI Fi strong.
