1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:04,040 Speaker 1: KFI AM six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp the 2 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:08,799 Speaker 1: House Whisper on demand on the iHeartRadio app. Custom home Builder, 3 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:12,880 Speaker 1: Custom Home Designer, and your guide to better understanding that 4 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:16,080 Speaker 1: place where you live today on the show, and thanks 5 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 1: for joining us. By the way, we are talking about 6 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:21,840 Speaker 1: the things that we can do to our home before 7 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:25,320 Speaker 1: the holidays without having to call the contractor out, without 8 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:27,560 Speaker 1: having to tear into walls or make big changes, but 9 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:29,720 Speaker 1: things we can do to our home to kind of 10 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:33,440 Speaker 1: hit jush up the big three categories of things that 11 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 1: the holidays tend to ask of us. We're eating, So 12 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 1: we're going to talk about some appliance changes that have 13 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:44,000 Speaker 1: happened in the appliance world in case you've been thinking, 14 00:00:44,159 --> 00:00:45,720 Speaker 1: you know, I want to change out that cook top 15 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 1: or that oven or whatever. Major appliances for twenty twenty 16 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 1: five updates and changes you need to know about. How 17 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:55,280 Speaker 1: to get more out of your home theater experience without 18 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 1: breaking the bank, how to improve the whole screen watching 19 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:01,840 Speaker 1: because you know we're watching holiday movies the Hallmark channel 20 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:06,319 Speaker 1: where yes we are, and games big games of course 21 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 1: happened all throughout the holidays, So how to jush up 22 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:12,360 Speaker 1: and improve your home theater experience. And right now we're 23 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:15,559 Speaker 1: just finishing up, or we will be finishing up talking 24 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:19,319 Speaker 1: about lighting, how to improve lighting in your home, just 25 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 1: so that you set the mood. I'm not talking about 26 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:24,679 Speaker 1: Christmas lights. I'm talking about lighting period, the changes that 27 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 1: you make now that are going to last you a 28 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 1: lifetime in your home. We're going to get back to 29 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 1: that conversation in just a bit. But guess what, it's 30 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:34,199 Speaker 1: a second hour of the show, which means it's time 31 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 1: to go to the phones find out what's going on 32 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:41,240 Speaker 1: with you and your home. Let's talk to Susie. Hey, Susie, 33 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:41,839 Speaker 1: welcome home. 34 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 2: I have a question regarding the concrete on our sideyard 35 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:53,240 Speaker 2: where it shifted and no longer drained and there are puddles. 36 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 1: Okay, so explain it to me a little bit more. 37 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:00,600 Speaker 1: Tell me exactly what's going on and why you think 38 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 1: it has shifted. And when you say shifted, exactly what 39 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 1: you mean. Just paint me a little clear picture and 40 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 1: see what I can do. 41 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 3: I'm guessing it could be from the tree roots. It 42 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 3: used to all dream properly, and now it puddles away 43 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 3: from the drain and then it's like turning green because 44 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:24,240 Speaker 3: it's not draining because the water is coming from the 45 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:25,639 Speaker 3: part of the sprinklers. 46 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:30,279 Speaker 1: So so it has When you say shifted, is it uplifted? 47 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 1: Is that the thing? Because there are two ways forward? 48 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:35,520 Speaker 2: It's low lower than another area. 49 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 1: Okay, so this area where the water is collecting has 50 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 1: sunk lower. Is this new concrete? Is it old? How 51 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:44,880 Speaker 1: old is this sideyard concrete situation? 52 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:47,400 Speaker 2: Twenty eight years? 53 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:52,679 Speaker 1: Ah? Okay? And how long has it shifted? How you know? 54 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 1: How how long ago did this become a problem. 55 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 2: It probably started over a year go and has just 56 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 2: gotten worse. 57 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:06,080 Speaker 1: Wow? Okay, Well, uh do we have any other drainage 58 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 1: issues over there and excess of water? Has there been 59 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 1: any you know, uh, you know, unusual circumstances last couple 60 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:13,760 Speaker 1: of years. 61 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:17,200 Speaker 2: Nope, nope, just staging house. 62 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 1: Okay, all right, just decided to let go and shift down. 63 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:24,079 Speaker 1: Something in the soil condition there has changed and this 64 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:26,639 Speaker 1: thing has decided to let go. All right. Last question 65 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 1: before I give you some input, and that is is 66 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 1: it cracked at all? Or are we just sagging and shifting? 67 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 2: I think it is primarily sagging and shifting, But I'm 68 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 2: actually gonna. 69 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:51,520 Speaker 1: Look okay, all right, well, you know what, this is 70 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 1: very similar to a call I actually took on the 71 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 1: show yesterday in in application, you got two choices, essentially, 72 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 1: my friend one, Susie is you know, we could remove 73 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 1: the offending concrete. We can check the soil conditions underneath, recompact, refill, relevel, 74 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:17,479 Speaker 1: reform up and pour some new sideyard concrete there to 75 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:21,360 Speaker 1: make sure that the shifting and the changing is gone 76 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:25,280 Speaker 1: and we are pouring now and draining properly to the drains. 77 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:27,799 Speaker 1: It sounds to me like that would be a viable 78 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 1: option for you. It's the more expensive option, but it's 79 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:35,080 Speaker 1: definitely something that should be taken a look at as far, 80 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:36,839 Speaker 1: you know, because you don't want to have the drains 81 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:40,679 Speaker 1: not functioning for you properly. There aren't any surface top 82 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:43,920 Speaker 1: coat solutions there that I'm going to give you that 83 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:48,039 Speaker 1: are worth a dime when it comes to exterior concrete. 84 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:49,760 Speaker 1: So the idea of like, oh, well, you know, we 85 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 1: can just float this out and get yeah, it's going 86 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:54,720 Speaker 1: to be ugly number one, it will only work for 87 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:57,120 Speaker 1: a short period of time number two before it starts 88 00:04:57,160 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 1: cracking and fracturing, and then you just got an even 89 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:04,320 Speaker 1: bigger mess on your hands. So that's option one option two. 90 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 1: Sometimes and this was like yesterday's caller had this situation. 91 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:11,160 Speaker 1: They didn't have any cracks. It was simply one section 92 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 1: of a sideyard concrete sidewalk that had shifted out of 93 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:19,040 Speaker 1: place for them. And I said, well, this is always 94 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:23,920 Speaker 1: a possibility in which you can dig under the lowered side, 95 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:29,039 Speaker 1: the shifted side, dig under an attempt to pry up 96 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 1: and or jack up that side of the concrete. Now, 97 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:36,320 Speaker 1: his didn't have any cracks in it. Yours does, and 98 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 1: so it may not do it uniformly or easily, but 99 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:43,440 Speaker 1: we have successfully at times jacked up that side of 100 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:47,160 Speaker 1: the concrete and then supported it underneath. Now we've got 101 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 1: a void underneath, right, We've jacked it up a bit 102 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:52,719 Speaker 1: until it's back up to where it should be. Then 103 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:58,440 Speaker 1: we try and shove under some solid shimming underneath, whether 104 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:01,040 Speaker 1: it's in the form of bricks or piece of concrete 105 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:03,480 Speaker 1: or large rocks, to kind of hold it in place 106 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:06,640 Speaker 1: against the soil. And then there is such a thing 107 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 1: as expansive foam landscaping foam, and what that will allow 108 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:16,159 Speaker 1: us to do is we can spray expansive foam underneath 109 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:19,640 Speaker 1: the jacked up concrete in the void, and it'll fill 110 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 1: up the void and become a pad basically a shim 111 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 1: to hold that concrete in its new position now and 112 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:29,680 Speaker 1: not have any voids under the soil and also not 113 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:34,960 Speaker 1: create and or encourage further erosion of the soil underneath, 114 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:38,200 Speaker 1: which might be the cause in the first place. So essentially, 115 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:40,760 Speaker 1: I'm explaining that to you because that I don't know 116 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:43,599 Speaker 1: that that's possible or doable in your situation, but you 117 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:46,839 Speaker 1: should look at it from both of those perspectives. One 118 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:50,680 Speaker 1: is to just take out the offending piece of concrete 119 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 1: and replace it report at the proper level. That's more comprehensive, 120 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:57,920 Speaker 1: and it's also going to allow you to address whatever 121 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 1: soil conditions have shifted and changed there so that they 122 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 1: don't continue to be a problem with the rest of 123 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:06,719 Speaker 1: the sidewalk. Or Two, you can jack up that piece 124 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:11,520 Speaker 1: if possible, intact, and then shim it underneath with expansive 125 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:14,960 Speaker 1: foam and then refill and then hopefully that holds for 126 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:17,400 Speaker 1: years to come as well. All the fixes that we've 127 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 1: accomplished that way are still holding, and I don't think 128 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:24,200 Speaker 1: we've returned to a single one even a decade plus 129 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:28,080 Speaker 1: later and found a problem. So I'm confident in recommending 130 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 1: either one of those solutions to you. 131 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 2: Excellent, Thank you very much. 132 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 1: All right, Susie, thanks for the call. Yeah, you know, 133 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:41,440 Speaker 1: apparently people are having that issue. We had a call yesterday, 134 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 1: this call today. You know, sometimes these things come in clumps. 135 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:47,200 Speaker 1: I don't know why. I don't know how that works 136 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:49,880 Speaker 1: in the universe, but it does, all right, when we 137 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 1: return more of your calls your home Dean Sharp the 138 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 1: house whisper. 139 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:58,680 Speaker 4: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 140 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 4: KFI AM six meters. 141 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 1: Thrilled that you're with us here. I know what Sunday 142 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:05,880 Speaker 1: mornings mean to you. They mean the same thing to me, 143 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:10,160 Speaker 1: and so it is a privilege and a pleasure to 144 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:13,680 Speaker 1: be spending time with you talking about this all important thing, 145 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:17,840 Speaker 1: your home, especially as we roll into the holidays. That's 146 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:22,720 Speaker 1: what we're talking about today. We're addressing three categories. Appliances 147 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:25,360 Speaker 1: in the kitchen, lighting in the rest of the home 148 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 1: or throughout the home, and some upgrades to your audio 149 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:33,720 Speaker 1: video system, the home theater system. Because what are we 150 00:08:33,760 --> 00:08:36,040 Speaker 1: doing the holidays. We're eating, we're hanging out with people, 151 00:08:36,040 --> 00:08:38,480 Speaker 1: we're setting the mood all of these things. But these 152 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 1: are all lasting changes that go way beyond the holidays. 153 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:42,960 Speaker 1: But there's stuff that you could get done if you 154 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:47,479 Speaker 1: want to, right now, without calling the electrician or the contractor, 155 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:50,400 Speaker 1: without tearing up any walls, to make some big, big 156 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:53,640 Speaker 1: changes in the way that your home feels and functions. 157 00:08:53,679 --> 00:08:55,800 Speaker 1: We're going to get back to that conversation just a bit, 158 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:58,080 Speaker 1: but we're in the center hour of the show, which 159 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:00,560 Speaker 1: means we're taking your calls, and if you've got questions 160 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:02,600 Speaker 1: for me, the number to reach me is eight three 161 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:05,760 Speaker 1: to three two. Ask Dean, eight three to three. The 162 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 1: numeral two. Ask Dean eight three to three two Ask Dean. 163 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:12,800 Speaker 1: It's just that simple, and you get to set the 164 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:15,400 Speaker 1: agenda for that anything you want to talk about. All right, 165 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:17,079 Speaker 1: I think I got Louis back on the line. We're 166 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:19,680 Speaker 1: going to try again. Hey Louis, welcome home. 167 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:21,240 Speaker 5: Hi Dean. 168 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:25,600 Speaker 1: How are you, Sarah? Jimmy, Yes, I gotta hear you. 169 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:26,560 Speaker 1: How can I help you? 170 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:30,240 Speaker 5: Good? Stackable washer and dryer to go in the closet 171 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:34,560 Speaker 5: the breaker boxes. Right out side the closet, there is 172 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:36,760 Speaker 5: plumbing with a door to get to the back of 173 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:43,200 Speaker 5: the bathroom. What is it's eventless stackable? What is the 174 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:47,920 Speaker 5: proper voltage and amborage that I need to put in there? 175 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:52,000 Speaker 5: And is going up with space on the above? There 176 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:54,840 Speaker 5: is space above to go across the ceiling and get 177 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:58,240 Speaker 5: back down. Is at the best route to take the conduit? 178 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:02,720 Speaker 1: Okay? Well, let me ask you what what's the brand 179 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 1: of the washer dryer? 180 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:06,920 Speaker 5: I'm looking at? Probably LG. 181 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:10,960 Speaker 1: Are you looking at the are you looking at like 182 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:12,040 Speaker 1: the l G tower? 183 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:15,560 Speaker 5: It's you, I guess it. Call it a stack of ble. 184 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:18,440 Speaker 5: It's one on top of one another. The dryer on 185 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:21,640 Speaker 5: top of it opens forward, and the the washers on 186 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:23,920 Speaker 5: the bottom and it opens up right. 187 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:30,360 Speaker 1: Okay, all right? So so for a standard washer and 188 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:34,800 Speaker 1: dryer combo you're looking at, uh you know, and that 189 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:38,680 Speaker 1: let me ask I got to ask this question. Gas dryer? 190 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:39,880 Speaker 1: Is it a gas dryer? 191 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:42,360 Speaker 5: No, it's all electric. 192 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:46,040 Speaker 1: It's all electric, okay, all right. 193 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:49,920 Speaker 5: I understand it's not a heat pump type of thing. 194 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:53,600 Speaker 5: It draws with to the process of condensation or something 195 00:10:53,679 --> 00:10:54,000 Speaker 5: like that. 196 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:59,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, so, uh you know what, I don't have it 197 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:02,880 Speaker 1: from me right here in front of me. So here's 198 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:08,520 Speaker 1: the thing, old school electric dryers. Okay, they can pull 199 00:11:08,559 --> 00:11:11,400 Speaker 1: a lot of energy. Now, typically most of them these 200 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:16,480 Speaker 1: days are still twenty amp one twenty volt okay. The 201 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:23,200 Speaker 1: new style of combo units are still, to my knowledge, 202 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:26,760 Speaker 1: one hundred and twenty volt twenty amp circuits. Right. The 203 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:27,600 Speaker 1: important thing. 204 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 5: Now, when you say combo, are you talking about the 205 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:35,440 Speaker 5: one unit. I'm talking about the two, one on top 206 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:36,040 Speaker 5: of each other. 207 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:38,920 Speaker 1: No, I understand, I understand, the stacks on top of 208 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 1: each other. Okay, it should be it should be one 209 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:49,200 Speaker 1: twenty volt and not two forty okay, and just a 210 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:51,760 Speaker 1: twenty amp circuit. The key is though, twenty amp. Right. 211 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:53,280 Speaker 1: So a lot of people are like, oh, well, it's 212 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:55,720 Speaker 1: just like the electricity in the rest of my house. Well, 213 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:58,440 Speaker 1: technically the outlets running through the rest of your house 214 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:01,360 Speaker 1: can be fifteen amp. That's not enough. It's going to 215 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:04,280 Speaker 1: have to be a twenty amp circuit for that unit. 216 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:07,280 Speaker 1: But chances are you're not gonna have to run two 217 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:11,560 Speaker 1: forty volt over there, big, big heavy duty stuff, just 218 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:14,440 Speaker 1: twenty amps. So you can need a twenty amp breaker 219 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:17,160 Speaker 1: and you're going to need twelve gauge wire to go 220 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:20,920 Speaker 1: inside that system in order to make that happen. The 221 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:24,520 Speaker 1: reason why that's important is that you can get away 222 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:27,199 Speaker 1: with fifteen or fourteen gauge wire for the rest of 223 00:12:27,240 --> 00:12:29,360 Speaker 1: your outlets in the house, but for something heavy duty 224 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:31,040 Speaker 1: like that a twenty amp or you're going to want 225 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:33,920 Speaker 1: to have twelve gauge wire. And as far as the 226 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:37,320 Speaker 1: conduit is concerned, now double check all of this, louis 227 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:40,800 Speaker 1: against the spec sheet of the unit. Right, I'm giving 228 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:44,640 Speaker 1: you my general understanding of it, just shooting from the 229 00:12:44,679 --> 00:12:46,320 Speaker 1: hip here and I don't have time on the air 230 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:49,080 Speaker 1: to look up your specific unit and get the tech 231 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:51,280 Speaker 1: data on it. But the tech data is going to 232 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:54,720 Speaker 1: be there. But chances are it's one twenty vault twenty 233 00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:58,800 Speaker 1: amp and the conduit can run from anywhere anywhere it 234 00:12:58,840 --> 00:12:59,400 Speaker 1: needs to go. 235 00:12:59,559 --> 00:13:02,880 Speaker 5: Just run the easiest way through, the easiest. 236 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:05,600 Speaker 1: Way, the easiest way, whatever, whatever. The easiest way into 237 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:08,880 Speaker 1: that closet is. If you're running on the surface of 238 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:11,400 Speaker 1: the closet, then you know you need to have rigid 239 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:14,679 Speaker 1: electrical conduit that protects the conduit. Or if you're going 240 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:16,760 Speaker 1: to go inside the wall, you can go inside the 241 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:18,760 Speaker 1: wall and put in a standard outlet box. 242 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:20,559 Speaker 5: But you know you can go either way. You could 243 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:21,360 Speaker 5: go in or out. 244 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:24,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, but the only part is if you go outside, 245 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:26,960 Speaker 1: then you just need to have rigid conduit. But you 246 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:31,679 Speaker 1: can't run the romex cable that the flexible cable exposed, 247 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 1: because that's against code. It has to be protected from 248 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:38,560 Speaker 1: impact and from you know, and so on. Exactly, it's continered. 249 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:42,160 Speaker 1: It's considered protected if it's inside the wall, behind the 250 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:44,760 Speaker 1: dry wall, or it it's outside the wall inside a 251 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:46,560 Speaker 1: rigid conduit. And there you go. 252 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:48,199 Speaker 5: Great, thanks a lot. 253 00:13:48,679 --> 00:13:50,760 Speaker 1: You are so welcome, my friend. Thanks for the call, 254 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:53,000 Speaker 1: and thanks for once you got cut off trying to 255 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:55,800 Speaker 1: get back with me. All right, more of your calls 256 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:58,800 Speaker 1: when we return your Home with Dean Sharp, the House. 257 00:13:58,559 --> 00:14:03,160 Speaker 4: Whisperer listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 258 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:05,040 Speaker 4: KFI AM six forty. 259 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:08,360 Speaker 1: Here to help you transform your ordinary house into an 260 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:12,640 Speaker 1: extraordinary home. Is that a bold claim? Yeah, I guess 261 00:14:12,640 --> 00:14:16,240 Speaker 1: it is. But it's totally doable. It's totally doable if 262 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:20,080 Speaker 1: you know the path forward and the path I guarantee you, 263 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:24,120 Speaker 1: my friend. It's not just about getting little diy things 264 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:27,280 Speaker 1: handled around the house. It's not just about mister fix 265 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:30,760 Speaker 1: it stuff. That's why I am happy, happy, happy, happy 266 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:33,600 Speaker 1: to help you with those items. That's why when we 267 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:36,200 Speaker 1: take calls, give a lot of mister fix it kind 268 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:40,600 Speaker 1: of advice. But I gotta tell you the difference between 269 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:42,560 Speaker 1: what we're trying to do here on this show and 270 00:14:42,640 --> 00:14:45,720 Speaker 1: just to fix it show is that I'm trying to 271 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:49,120 Speaker 1: transform your home, not just repair the little things that 272 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:52,840 Speaker 1: are going wrong, but transform it into something truly, truly 273 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:56,720 Speaker 1: better than where it started. And just fixing the stuff 274 00:14:56,760 --> 00:15:01,640 Speaker 1: that's already you know, design apps from your home. Eh, 275 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:04,720 Speaker 1: all we're doing is maintain status quo. I want to 276 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:08,320 Speaker 1: transform it and to do that, we've got to turn 277 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:12,800 Speaker 1: to design. Design has to matter most when we're approaching 278 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:15,880 Speaker 1: the transformation of your home, and that's what I'm here 279 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:18,360 Speaker 1: to help you with every week, not just the practical 280 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:21,440 Speaker 1: stuff in terms of, like, you know, what's wrong with 281 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:23,600 Speaker 1: this pipe? Happy to do that. The builder in me 282 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:27,120 Speaker 1: is ready to roll, But the designer in me wants 283 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:31,240 Speaker 1: you to understand that true transformation is design based, and 284 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:33,640 Speaker 1: that's why we're giving you education on that. And I 285 00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:37,160 Speaker 1: hope you appreciate that there aren't many places, if any 286 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:39,600 Speaker 1: other than right here where you're going to find that 287 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:42,760 Speaker 1: message rolling every single week. So glad you're here with 288 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:46,960 Speaker 1: us speaking of mixed or fix it stuff. Though. We 289 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:49,160 Speaker 1: are in the center hour of the big show here 290 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:52,840 Speaker 1: and we're taking calls, and we've got some folks who've 291 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:55,760 Speaker 1: got issues going on with their home and I'm happy 292 00:15:55,760 --> 00:15:59,880 Speaker 1: to help. Let's talk to Judy. Hey, Judy, welcome home. 293 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:06,440 Speaker 6: Yes, Hello, this is Judy. And are you able to 294 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:06,760 Speaker 6: hear me? 295 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:08,760 Speaker 1: I am, I am? How can I help you? 296 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:09,080 Speaker 3: Okay? 297 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:09,600 Speaker 2: Great? 298 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:10,160 Speaker 5: Yes. 299 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:13,480 Speaker 6: I have a pond outside, a coy pond, and it's 300 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:18,840 Speaker 6: about eleven hundred gallons and it's square, mostly in the ground, 301 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:21,000 Speaker 6: a little bit above and then I have a little 302 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:25,080 Speaker 6: bit of a spill over around the pond and part 303 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:30,200 Speaker 6: of it. What's happening is the smaller part is overflowing 304 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:34,080 Speaker 6: and we can't figure out where this extra water is 305 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:37,760 Speaker 6: coming from and why all of a sudden it is 306 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:42,480 Speaker 6: leaking over the smaller part of the pond. Outside of 307 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:48,040 Speaker 6: the pond, nobody has added water to it. The bigger 308 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:50,800 Speaker 6: part of the pond is going down a little bit, 309 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:55,760 Speaker 6: you know the line of the water. I can tell 310 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:58,720 Speaker 6: that it's going down a little bit, but I have 311 00:16:58,880 --> 00:17:02,640 Speaker 6: had multiple people come. Nobody can really figure out it 312 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:06,760 Speaker 6: is a concrete pond. It is probably about twenty years old. 313 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:12,960 Speaker 6: Somebody had mentioned ground water, but nothing outside the pond 314 00:17:13,119 --> 00:17:15,119 Speaker 6: is wet, so I don't know. 315 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:21,400 Speaker 1: Okay, have you taken a look at yeah, and this 316 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:24,280 Speaker 1: is a this is a hard concrete. Ponds are tricky. 317 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:27,320 Speaker 1: They're tricky, Judy, because they can act up on you 318 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:30,879 Speaker 1: in strange ways. Uh, do you have a way of 319 00:17:31,040 --> 00:17:34,919 Speaker 1: referencing the water line on the main pond to see 320 00:17:35,640 --> 00:17:38,239 Speaker 1: if not not that the water is dropping down. I 321 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:40,920 Speaker 1: understand that you can tell that, but to see if 322 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:45,119 Speaker 1: the water line or across the main pond is still 323 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:47,639 Speaker 1: level with the top of the pond, like even with 324 00:17:47,760 --> 00:17:51,560 Speaker 1: the top of the pond. Because I'm I'm wondering if okay, uh, 325 00:17:52,119 --> 00:17:54,000 Speaker 1: you know, the only thing that comes to my mind, 326 00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:56,439 Speaker 1: a ground groundwater doesn't make sense to me. I got 327 00:17:56,560 --> 00:17:59,760 Speaker 1: to be honest with you, because groundwater groundwater. If the 328 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:02,879 Speaker 1: pond is holding water, then ground water should not be 329 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:08,639 Speaker 1: relevant to adding water to the pond. However, if the 330 00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:15,840 Speaker 1: pond is soaking through, Okay, if water is either collecting 331 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:18,919 Speaker 1: under the pond, or if there's a some kind of 332 00:18:19,040 --> 00:18:22,080 Speaker 1: a leak and the water under the pond or the 333 00:18:22,119 --> 00:18:26,320 Speaker 1: water the soil under the pond has softened. Okay, you 334 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:29,480 Speaker 1: wouldn't necessarily see this around the outside edge of the 335 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:34,439 Speaker 1: pond if it's happening underneath. But eleven hundred gallons of water, 336 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:39,200 Speaker 1: that's fairly heavy. You know, that's a lot of water. Okay, 337 00:18:39,240 --> 00:18:41,800 Speaker 1: just so you can do the calculations on your own. 338 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:44,560 Speaker 1: You know, the old phrase for water is a pint's 339 00:18:44,640 --> 00:18:47,119 Speaker 1: a pound the world around. In other words, one pint 340 00:18:47,119 --> 00:18:50,919 Speaker 1: of water weighs one pound. Okay, you've got eleven hundred 341 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:54,120 Speaker 1: gallons of water there, so that's a pretty heavy pond 342 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:58,160 Speaker 1: plus the concrete. So if the soil underneath the pond 343 00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:03,200 Speaker 1: has softened, it all surprise me. If the whole pond 344 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:09,280 Speaker 1: has ever so slightly, maybe even imperceptibly tilted a little bit, 345 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:13,040 Speaker 1: tilted a little bit in the direction of the overflow, 346 00:19:13,359 --> 00:19:16,760 Speaker 1: which means uh huh, that water from the pond is 347 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:19,600 Speaker 1: finding its way into the over the overflow is constantly 348 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:23,800 Speaker 1: getting this little seepage and overflowing and running over because 349 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:27,240 Speaker 1: the level of the pond water has changed a little bit. 350 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:30,560 Speaker 1: And if that's the case, I'm not saying that it's disaster. 351 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:32,639 Speaker 1: That's you know, like, oh, you got to tear it 352 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:35,920 Speaker 1: all out. But you may to keep that from happening, 353 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:39,000 Speaker 1: you may want to drop the level of the of 354 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:44,000 Speaker 1: the main pond down a little bit to compensate so 355 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:46,639 Speaker 1: that it's not tipping into the overflows easily. Does that 356 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:47,240 Speaker 1: make sense? 357 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:49,879 Speaker 6: We did do that, Yes, what we did to do 358 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:54,040 Speaker 6: an experiment. We emptied the shallow part around the pond right, 359 00:19:54,160 --> 00:20:01,440 Speaker 6: completely lowered the main pond three inches. And I kept 360 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:05,679 Speaker 6: looking at it, and that main pond filled up and 361 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:09,440 Speaker 6: started overspilling into the shallow part that we had drained. 362 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:11,800 Speaker 1: It filled up on its own. 363 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:16,280 Speaker 6: Yes, and without adding any water to it. 364 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:19,640 Speaker 1: Oh, I wonder if you've got a broken sprinkler line 365 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:22,600 Speaker 1: or or a water issue underneath the pond. 366 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:27,280 Speaker 6: Okay, okay, okay, yeah. 367 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:30,159 Speaker 1: Because here here's the thing. Unless you're unless you you know, 368 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:34,800 Speaker 1: unless you are involved in an ancient Jewish prophecy of 369 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:38,600 Speaker 1: the of the water jug refilling on its own every day, 370 00:20:39,359 --> 00:20:43,320 Speaker 1: or your pond is haunted. Okay, uh, it should not 371 00:20:43,359 --> 00:20:49,920 Speaker 1: be refilling itself. Okay, it shouldn't be refilling itself. So so, yeah, 372 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:52,919 Speaker 1: here's the thing. Maybe I would run maybe one or 373 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:56,280 Speaker 1: two other tests on it. Okay, Number one, let's find 374 00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:58,600 Speaker 1: out if you have a leak. Have you noticed any 375 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:01,040 Speaker 1: water bill increase in the less you know recently? 376 00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:03,960 Speaker 6: Do you know what I need to really check? 377 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:06,600 Speaker 1: Okay, So here's the thing. Here's the thing, because I'm 378 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:08,159 Speaker 1: pushing up against the break. So I'm gonna give you 379 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:10,239 Speaker 1: these last two pieces of advice of a test that 380 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:14,080 Speaker 1: you can run. Okay. Number one, find your water meter. Okay, 381 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:17,520 Speaker 1: everybody should understand and learn this. The water meter out 382 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:20,159 Speaker 1: by the sidewalk, right out near the street, right the 383 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:23,080 Speaker 1: main water meter, right next to the curb. Find that 384 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:25,480 Speaker 1: water meter and flip up the little lid on the 385 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:28,760 Speaker 1: top of your water meter. Inside there on the screen 386 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:31,480 Speaker 1: that looks like it reads like a little odometer, right, 387 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:34,320 Speaker 1: like a car odometer. That's what the thing that tracks 388 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:37,400 Speaker 1: how many gallons of water you're using. Somewhere on that 389 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:40,479 Speaker 1: screen there is a tiny, tiny little it's either a 390 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:44,439 Speaker 1: square like a red square or blue square or a triangle. Okay, 391 00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:47,800 Speaker 1: there's some and sometimes it's like a starburst little dial. Anyway, 392 00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:51,720 Speaker 1: it's the tiniest little dial. That thing is your leak 393 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:57,240 Speaker 1: detection gauge. Okay. So in other words, you go out 394 00:21:57,240 --> 00:22:00,920 Speaker 1: there make sure nothing is run in the whole house, 395 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:03,119 Speaker 1: no water's being used. Go out there and take a 396 00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:05,520 Speaker 1: look at that tiny little gauge. If it's moving even 397 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:09,880 Speaker 1: the tiniest bent, okay, then we've got a water leak. 398 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:13,920 Speaker 1: Now here's the thing I don't suspect. So that's one 399 00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:16,800 Speaker 1: thing I want you to check. I don't suspect that 400 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:19,920 Speaker 1: this is probably a main house water leak. I suspect 401 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:22,840 Speaker 1: that it might be a broken irrigation line. And you're 402 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:27,320 Speaker 1: only gonna know it's only going to be leaking when 403 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:30,240 Speaker 1: the sprinklers are on. Okay, So the second thing that 404 00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:35,560 Speaker 1: I want you to do is whatever sprinklers are under 405 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:38,400 Speaker 1: or near the pond, I want you to turn them 406 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:41,880 Speaker 1: off for a couple of days, off completely, maybe off 407 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:43,760 Speaker 1: for a week. I mean, the weather isn't that crazy 408 00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:46,520 Speaker 1: right now. You're not gonna lose plants by doing this. 409 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:49,480 Speaker 1: And then run that test again. Take the pond water 410 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:53,240 Speaker 1: down with no sprinklers running in that yard. Let's see 411 00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:56,760 Speaker 1: if it refills itself again, because if it doesn't, it's 412 00:22:56,800 --> 00:23:00,720 Speaker 1: a broken sprinkler line. That's somehow injecting water into the pond. 413 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:03,880 Speaker 6: Okay, sounds great. Thank you, Thank you for. 414 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:07,200 Speaker 1: Core so welcome. Thanks for the call Judy. Always interesting 415 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:09,719 Speaker 1: stuff and everybody gets to learn a little something. Yeah, 416 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:14,080 Speaker 1: that water meter, that tiny little device on the screen 417 00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:16,480 Speaker 1: of your water on the gauge face of your water meter. 418 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:20,200 Speaker 1: That's how you know whether there's any tiniest little I mean, 419 00:23:20,359 --> 00:23:22,439 Speaker 1: if you were to turn on just the hose, just 420 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:25,800 Speaker 1: dribbling barely, you'll see that thing spin. It is super 421 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:28,040 Speaker 1: sensitive and it's there for you to be able to 422 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:29,760 Speaker 1: figure out whether you've got to leak in the house. 423 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:33,000 Speaker 1: All right, more of your calls. When we return your 424 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,000 Speaker 1: Home with Dean Sharp the house whispering. 425 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:38,920 Speaker 4: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 426 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:40,800 Speaker 4: KFI AM six forty. 427 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:45,359 Speaker 1: Here to remind you every home deserves great design, especially yours. 428 00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:47,680 Speaker 1: Why because you live there, my friend, and you mean 429 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:50,639 Speaker 1: the world to us. So, yeah, your home. Why is 430 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:53,160 Speaker 1: this the thing? Why is this the thing for me? Well, 431 00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:57,320 Speaker 1: happens to be my profession. I am a custom home designer. 432 00:23:57,440 --> 00:24:00,800 Speaker 1: That meaning that I only do custom home home designs 433 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:05,280 Speaker 1: for custom homes, okay, not luxury homes, two different categories. 434 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:07,639 Speaker 1: We do some of that too, but that's not the point. 435 00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:14,119 Speaker 1: Custom versus not custom is a completely different category than luxury. 436 00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:18,480 Speaker 1: Versus modest home. Okay, these are totally different categories. What 437 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:20,040 Speaker 1: I want you to have, whether you live in a 438 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:24,520 Speaker 1: castle or a cottage, is a custom designed home as 439 00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:28,919 Speaker 1: much as humanly possible. Why. Because it's like tailoring a 440 00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:32,520 Speaker 1: piece of clothing to your body. We are tailoring your 441 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:35,639 Speaker 1: home to your life so that that house that you 442 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:42,760 Speaker 1: lived in amplifies assists you in living your best life possible. 443 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:45,960 Speaker 1: That's what a custom home is really all about. It's 444 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:49,280 Speaker 1: not just about impressing your friends. Actually about impressing your 445 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:51,920 Speaker 1: friends at all. They will be impressed when they walk 446 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:54,520 Speaker 1: into your home if you have tailored your home to 447 00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:58,760 Speaker 1: your life because it just feels right. I mean, it's 448 00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:02,320 Speaker 1: blood and bone, a part of you and an extension 449 00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:06,560 Speaker 1: of you. And it helps because home is HQ of 450 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:11,879 Speaker 1: our lives. Right, we all live at home? Okay we are. 451 00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:13,520 Speaker 1: I'm going to take one more call and then we're 452 00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:16,760 Speaker 1: going to get it back to our conversation on things 453 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:19,080 Speaker 1: we can do without tearing up the house or calling 454 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:23,399 Speaker 1: the contractor before the holidays to make significant and lasting changes. 455 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:25,600 Speaker 1: I'm not talking about holiday to core. I'm talking about 456 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:29,480 Speaker 1: things to do before the holidays that will help the holidays, 457 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:32,200 Speaker 1: but make lasting changes to your home, in your home 458 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:35,159 Speaker 1: theater system, in your kitchen, with your appliances, and in 459 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:36,639 Speaker 1: your lighting. So we're going to get back to that 460 00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:38,560 Speaker 1: in just a bit, but before we do, I want 461 00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:41,879 Speaker 1: to talk to Michael. Hey, Michael, welcome home. 462 00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:45,160 Speaker 2: How are you doing so today? 463 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:47,720 Speaker 1: I have a problem where the leak. 464 00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:50,800 Speaker 2: Of my house is bringing out thirty water. It's making 465 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:51,880 Speaker 2: all the people in. 466 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:52,760 Speaker 3: The house thirty. 467 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:54,879 Speaker 1: I want to know why we want to have thirty 468 00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:57,680 Speaker 1: We want to have the ladies off, but nothing can 469 00:25:57,720 --> 00:25:58,200 Speaker 1: go right. 470 00:25:58,280 --> 00:26:00,879 Speaker 6: Can you tell me what is going on my pipeline? 471 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:02,639 Speaker 3: The pipeline is bringing up chatty. 472 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:03,679 Speaker 4: What can I do? 473 00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:08,919 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, Michael, don't panic, my friend. You are 474 00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:11,919 Speaker 1: very excited about that. All right, let me ask you, so, so, 475 00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:15,560 Speaker 1: is this something that's just just happened all of a sudden. 476 00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:19,040 Speaker 1: You're just you're you're there's no leaks, there were no problems, 477 00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:21,000 Speaker 1: and now you're turning on the faucets and you're getting 478 00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:23,000 Speaker 1: dirty water in the house. Is that what you're saying? 479 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:27,359 Speaker 4: I was sitting down with my lady friend and the 480 00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:28,760 Speaker 4: wizard drink is off tequila. 481 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:30,000 Speaker 1: I don't know better, she said. 482 00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:31,920 Speaker 4: I need someone that I want to go get butter. 483 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:36,160 Speaker 1: The butter is brown. Ah, I gotcha, all right, all right, 484 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:38,160 Speaker 1: all right, So no problems at your house. It has 485 00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:40,480 Speaker 1: just started to happen this way. And where do you live? 486 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:40,960 Speaker 1: My friend? 487 00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:45,080 Speaker 2: I leave all the day in San Diego? 488 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:46,200 Speaker 4: My friend by two leves. 489 00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:50,520 Speaker 1: Stuff. Let the fun time happen, all right, all right, 490 00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:54,200 Speaker 1: I got you, I got you, all right, Michael's ready 491 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:58,480 Speaker 1: to party. Clearly he's got brown water coming out of 492 00:26:58,520 --> 00:27:02,679 Speaker 1: his pipes. Uh. It is not unusual for this to 493 00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:05,760 Speaker 1: happen from time to time. It's shocking when it does. 494 00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:10,359 Speaker 1: And so how is it that you live in a 495 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:14,480 Speaker 1: house for all these years and you've always had clean 496 00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:16,000 Speaker 1: water coming out of the pipes, then all of a 497 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:18,960 Speaker 1: sudden it's brown. Okay, Well, first of all, first thing 498 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:21,159 Speaker 1: to do is just for the heck of it, you 499 00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:23,560 Speaker 1: got to call the water company and tell them that 500 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:27,760 Speaker 1: this is what's happening. Okay, just in case there is 501 00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:31,959 Speaker 1: a mainline break that's sucking water in there. They'll check 502 00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:34,240 Speaker 1: it out, just to make sure everything is status quo 503 00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:37,600 Speaker 1: in your region, in your area, for your neighborhood. So 504 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:41,880 Speaker 1: that's job one, is to call the water company and say, hey, 505 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:44,440 Speaker 1: this is what's happening all of a sudden to my home. 506 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:51,200 Speaker 1: Job one second second thing is is that they're very 507 00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:53,359 Speaker 1: likely to tell you, Okay, we were working on some 508 00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:56,480 Speaker 1: lines near your home. We had a break, we did 509 00:27:56,520 --> 00:27:59,280 Speaker 1: some maintenance, and so on. When the water company does 510 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:02,800 Speaker 1: that kind of stuff, when municipal water lines get opened 511 00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:07,520 Speaker 1: up for servicing, sometimes it can bust loose all sorts 512 00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:12,320 Speaker 1: of elements, corrosion, things inside the pipe. It disturbs the 513 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:16,360 Speaker 1: pipes and minerals that have been hanging on and clinging 514 00:28:16,359 --> 00:28:18,440 Speaker 1: to the sides of the pipe for years and years 515 00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:22,080 Speaker 1: and years in a static position, in stasis, and suddenly 516 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:25,520 Speaker 1: they are cut loose. And part of that can be 517 00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:31,800 Speaker 1: iron elements, things that put rust in the water. It's 518 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:35,120 Speaker 1: I doubt it's sewage, very unlikely that's sewage. You don't 519 00:28:35,119 --> 00:28:37,879 Speaker 1: have to worry about that, Michael. But rust elements in 520 00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:42,640 Speaker 1: the water sometimes hard minerals, they can come flooding through 521 00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:45,520 Speaker 1: into residential pipes. You should also, I want you to 522 00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:48,640 Speaker 1: talk to your neighbors. I know they're not partying as 523 00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:51,000 Speaker 1: hard as you, but talk to your neighbors left and 524 00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:53,720 Speaker 1: right of you. Ask them if they've experienced the same 525 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:57,120 Speaker 1: thing there. If no neighbor is experiencing any of this 526 00:28:57,240 --> 00:29:01,239 Speaker 1: and only you, you may have an issue with a 527 00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:05,560 Speaker 1: break in your mainline that's actually sucking dirt from the 528 00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:08,280 Speaker 1: property into the line with you. But I'm not thinking 529 00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:11,400 Speaker 1: that that's the case. What is far more common, far 530 00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:15,600 Speaker 1: and far more common, is in your neighborhood, in your area, 531 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:18,280 Speaker 1: when the water company does work on the lines for 532 00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:22,760 Speaker 1: a short period of time, it can result in dirty 533 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:26,320 Speaker 1: water flowing. And by dirty we don't mean dirt, but 534 00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:31,720 Speaker 1: we mean mineral elements and rust that can show up 535 00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:34,280 Speaker 1: in the water supply. Now, to get it out of 536 00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:38,040 Speaker 1: your house, you go to the all of the cold 537 00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:42,040 Speaker 1: water taps. Take the aerators off the facets. Okay, the 538 00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:45,840 Speaker 1: aerators are those little screens that filter. Take those all 539 00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:47,800 Speaker 1: off the facets, and you don't have to do this 540 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:50,440 Speaker 1: with the hot water. But turn on all the cold 541 00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:53,960 Speaker 1: water valves in the house and let them run for 542 00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:58,040 Speaker 1: a bit, let them flush out. It may take several 543 00:29:58,120 --> 00:30:00,640 Speaker 1: minutes to do so run it for or you know, 544 00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:05,440 Speaker 1: five to ten minutes if necessary. See if that clears. 545 00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:09,800 Speaker 1: If it doesn't, try it again, and if that doesn't 546 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:13,960 Speaker 1: clear it, then I guarantee you you've got something outside 547 00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:17,520 Speaker 1: the property line of your house that the water company 548 00:30:17,560 --> 00:30:20,160 Speaker 1: has done that they need to address, and or that 549 00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:23,240 Speaker 1: they already addressed, and this is the runoff from it. 550 00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:26,520 Speaker 1: It will likely end, but you're going to have to 551 00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:28,400 Speaker 1: put up with it in the short time. Maybe get 552 00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:32,400 Speaker 1: some bottled water or something until that gets resolved. I 553 00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:34,520 Speaker 1: wish I had a better answer for you, Michael. That 554 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:37,120 Speaker 1: just solves the problem. But this is not an uncommon 555 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:40,280 Speaker 1: thing when water lines in the area get disturbed. So 556 00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:43,680 Speaker 1: check that out. Make sure it's not your property. I 557 00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:46,320 Speaker 1: doubt it is, and check what the water company, see 558 00:30:46,360 --> 00:30:48,880 Speaker 1: what the issue is. All right, more when we return 559 00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:52,160 Speaker 1: your Home with Dean Sharp, the House Whisper. This has 560 00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:55,720 Speaker 1: been Home with Dean Sharp the House Whisper. Tune into 561 00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:59,000 Speaker 1: the live broadcast on KFI AM six forty every Saturday 562 00:30:59,080 --> 00:31:02,280 Speaker 1: morning from six to eight Pacific time and every Sunday 563 00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:05,840 Speaker 1: morning from nine to noon Pacific time, or anytime on 564 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:08,200 Speaker 1: demand on the iHeartRadio app.