1 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:10,240 Speaker 1: Oh you eight eleven on the morning shows, seven hundred 2 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:14,000 Speaker 1: w l W. Kind enough to join us each and 3 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:19,320 Speaker 1: every Thursday at this time. You can hear him syndicated 4 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:24,040 Speaker 1: on nearly three hundred radio stations coast to coast. I 5 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:28,960 Speaker 1: mean the brand, the man Gary Sullivan. 6 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 2: Mister Brenneman. How in the world are you good? 7 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:33,200 Speaker 1: Buddy? How you doing today? 8 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:35,560 Speaker 2: Good? You got your overalls. We're gonna work today. 9 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:37,280 Speaker 1: Are we? I'm ready to go. 10 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:39,800 Speaker 2: Let's go, toolbox, got your goggles. 11 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 1: I got a hat, need a hat. My hair's fallen out, 12 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:48,360 Speaker 1: and so all of a sudden it's skin being exposed 13 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:52,520 Speaker 1: rather than hair. Doesn't happen to you. 14 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:54,240 Speaker 2: I got hair. 15 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 1: You got a whole head full of hair. Goodness, gracious, 16 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 1: good yeous. All right, right now, you told me that 17 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 1: there are a few things around your house that have 18 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:09,080 Speaker 1: bothered you lately. Right, okay, so you tell me. The 19 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:12,280 Speaker 1: first one is whenever you go to you say the 20 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 1: vanity like shave in the morning, that kind of thing. Right, 21 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:18,440 Speaker 1: there's an odor there right now? Now? What is going 22 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:19,399 Speaker 1: on with that? 23 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:21,440 Speaker 2: Yeah? You ever have that problem? 24 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:21,760 Speaker 1: Yeah? 25 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:27,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, it's a fairly common problem. And what it is, 26 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:32,160 Speaker 2: it's bacteria. I mean that's what causes odors and the reason. 27 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 2: And there's always going to be bacterian drains, whether it's 28 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 2: the kitchen and you got food particles, whether it's you know, 29 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 2: the vanity and you've got flakes of skin, hair shaving residue, 30 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 2: all that. But really, what's happened in the cosmetics industry? 31 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:51,560 Speaker 2: A lot everything is kind of sticky. I mean, we've 32 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 2: got hairspray. Of course, you don't need that now you're losing. 33 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 1: Your That's exactly right, that's exactly right. 34 00:01:56,720 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 2: You needed that day. Yeah, thanks a lot, you bet you. 35 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 2: We got shaving cream that's not really soapy, it's kind 36 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 2: of just sticky. It's kind of like a gel. Yep, 37 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 2: So we got all these things on toothpastes of a jail. 38 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:12,239 Speaker 2: Everything's a gel. So the inside of the pipes get 39 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:16,560 Speaker 2: a little sticky, and when we turn the water on, 40 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 2: or before we turn the water on, you start having 41 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 2: this odor from the bacteria. And so people will get 42 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:24,840 Speaker 2: in there and they'll put drain cleaners in there and 43 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:27,639 Speaker 2: different things like that. But we kind of started the odor. 44 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 2: So what's going on? 45 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 1: What is going on? 46 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:33,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, And a lot of cases people overlook one thing 47 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 2: and that is the overflow tube on the inside of 48 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 2: the vanity bowl. So in other words, if your drain 49 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 2: was not running very well and somebody left the water on, 50 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:46,399 Speaker 2: which by the way, happened to me about thirty years 51 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 2: ago when the kids were home, and the water spills over, well, 52 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 2: that's because it wasn't able to take enough water down 53 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:57,120 Speaker 2: during that overflow hole. But that's where the odor is 54 00:02:57,160 --> 00:02:59,960 Speaker 2: coming from. Everybody's concentrating on the drain and you should 55 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:04,440 Speaker 2: ud but bathrooms are humid in a lot of cases, 56 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:08,680 Speaker 2: that bacteria is being activated by moisture, and the odor 57 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:11,120 Speaker 2: is actually it's in the drain, but it's also coming 58 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 2: up through uh the overflow tube. So the overflow tube 59 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:18,640 Speaker 2: agains on the front side of the ball tom usually 60 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:21,000 Speaker 2: about right where the right where your gut is on 61 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 2: the inside of that bowl. Get some either bleach or 62 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:30,400 Speaker 2: dishwashing for the dishwasher, that soap, and just puts that 63 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:33,600 Speaker 2: down there. It'll migrate down into the pipe and it 64 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 2: will also sanitize that overflow and I'll tell you, within 65 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:41,240 Speaker 2: a day or so that odor will be gone. And 66 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 2: it's almost something that's going to be relatively a maintenance thing. 67 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 2: You get a little whiff of that. Just get just 68 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 2: get that. Uh, get that solved with the dishwashing. 69 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 1: Okay, So if I if I hear you right, this 70 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 1: is not only you, you were making reference it for you. 71 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 1: It's in the bathroom where you shave the vanity, et cetera. 72 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 1: This is the same kind of thing. Because I noticed 73 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 1: yesterday around our house that it was the kitchen sink right, 74 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:08,000 Speaker 1: the disposal. Right, So you're telling me this same thing 75 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:08,800 Speaker 1: works for. 76 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:12,200 Speaker 2: That, Well, I'll tell you what I would do. So 77 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:16,520 Speaker 2: there's different products that will sanitize your disposal. Some of 78 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:19,720 Speaker 2: them look like a big giant pill. It looks like 79 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:22,720 Speaker 2: a hockey puck. You just put it in there, grind 80 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:25,640 Speaker 2: it up, and it'll sanitize the inside of the disposal. 81 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 2: But if you're having that odor, throw some ice cubes 82 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 2: in there, threw a lemon in there, grind it up. 83 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 2: That'll clean the inside up pretty good. Okay, But where 84 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:37,720 Speaker 2: the odors coming from on a disposal, Tommy, You that 85 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:40,719 Speaker 2: a little black gasket that fits down in the drainkyp 86 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:45,920 Speaker 2: pull that out, it just comes right out, sure, and 87 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:48,160 Speaker 2: scrub the back of it with just some dish soap. 88 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 2: That's what happens when the food gets ground up, it 89 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:55,040 Speaker 2: splashes on the back side of that gasket and that 90 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 2: bacteria starts growing. It creates an odor. So it's as 91 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 2: simple as just as cleaning that out, and it's pretty 92 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:01,840 Speaker 2: simple to clean. 93 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:06,120 Speaker 1: It's funny you bring that up because just experiencing that yesterday. Okay, 94 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:09,719 Speaker 1: another thing that you said bothering you about your house. 95 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:14,720 Speaker 1: These days, you're getting gaps around the door and your 96 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 1: floors are squeaking. Let's take each of those in and 97 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 1: out by themselves. 98 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:22,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, they're all related. Okay, they're all related, which makes 99 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:25,120 Speaker 2: it really simple. And I don't know if you have that, 100 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 2: but if you got some crown molding and all of 101 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 2: a sudden you can see a gap between the crown 102 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:33,240 Speaker 2: molding and the ceiling or baseboards, the baseboard to the wall, 103 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:35,880 Speaker 2: there gets to be a little grap gap. And it's 104 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:39,560 Speaker 2: especially this time of year or around the doors and 105 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:42,320 Speaker 2: the floor squeaking. And the reason is your house is 106 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 2: drying out. It is cold out there. It's going to 107 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 2: be cold all weekend, and when it's really cold, humidity 108 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 2: gets very very low. When everybody checked their indoor humidity, 109 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:55,040 Speaker 2: it should be between thirty and thirty five percent, you 110 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:58,760 Speaker 2: probably are running. If you don't have a humidifier, you 111 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:02,239 Speaker 2: very well could be running humidity around twenty twenty five percent. 112 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:07,160 Speaker 2: It dries out the wood and it causes squeaks. It 113 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:10,680 Speaker 2: causes squeaks. So now a really good thing for around 114 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:13,360 Speaker 2: the gaps between the crown molding and the floor. This 115 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:17,080 Speaker 2: is a perfect time to clock those. You can use 116 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:22,080 Speaker 2: in acrylic, siliconized calcking good stretch ability. Because you go, 117 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:22,840 Speaker 2: your house goes. 118 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:26,039 Speaker 1: Here you go again, Gary, Here you go again, Here 119 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:26,599 Speaker 1: you go again. 120 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:29,040 Speaker 2: I told you talk about cruelty. 121 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 1: Again, here we go. I'm not down for me how 122 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:35,960 Speaker 1: easy that is, because I'm sure it probably is. 123 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:39,360 Speaker 2: It's not that different, okay, And if you don't want 124 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 2: to do it, it's okay. Just let's work on getting 125 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 2: the humidity level up to around thirty five percent in 126 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:48,640 Speaker 2: your home. Maybe you get a umidifier in your furnace, 127 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:53,000 Speaker 2: maybe you get a bedroom youmidifier. Again. Putting some moisture 128 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:55,280 Speaker 2: in the air will alleviate some of these problems and 129 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:58,640 Speaker 2: you'll feel better. Your nasal passages will feel a lot 130 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:01,839 Speaker 2: better in the morning, and your skin's gonna feel better. 131 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:05,040 Speaker 2: So getting that humidity up so you can see it 132 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:09,200 Speaker 2: wherever there's organic material like wood, and you take the 133 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:12,600 Speaker 2: moisture out because the air is very, very drier. Of course, 134 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:16,520 Speaker 2: your wood floors are gonna squeak, right, and there's gonna 135 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:20,440 Speaker 2: be gaps. Things are shrinking your houses literally breathing and 136 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 2: shrinking and expanding in contraction. So if you don't want 137 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:27,440 Speaker 2: to get the calking out, even though you can siliconized 138 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:31,280 Speaker 2: to crily calking, it's paintable, it's stretchable, and it will 139 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:33,200 Speaker 2: do a great job of filling that up and it'll 140 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:35,600 Speaker 2: close up real nice in the summer. As it stretches 141 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:38,840 Speaker 2: next winter, you'll have that elasticity to cover that gap. 142 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:41,360 Speaker 1: So this sounds like a stupid question, but you know, 143 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 1: I'm not a bright guy on this stuff. Generally, when 144 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:47,480 Speaker 1: the humidity comes back, as things warm up again, those 145 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:49,040 Speaker 1: things take care of themselves. 146 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:52,360 Speaker 2: By and large, they do, Okay, they really do. Yep. 147 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:55,360 Speaker 2: They'll expand and fill out. But it's not very you know, 148 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 2: it's not very pretty in the winter time, and if 149 00:07:57,760 --> 00:07:59,400 Speaker 2: you want to stay on top of it, this is 150 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:01,080 Speaker 2: a perfect time to fill those gaps. 151 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:04,120 Speaker 1: Okay, last thing I wanted to ask you about, and 152 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:06,119 Speaker 1: and look I don't care if you have a house 153 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:09,680 Speaker 1: it was built last year. It feels like this time 154 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 1: of year, when it gets this cold, you get anywhere 155 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 1: near a window, there seems to be a little bit 156 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:16,480 Speaker 1: of a draftiness to it. 157 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:17,680 Speaker 2: Is that fair? Yeah? 158 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:19,640 Speaker 1: Okay? And what to do? 159 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:24,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, you know sometimes Toms, it's as basic as making 160 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:27,760 Speaker 2: sure the window is locked. I know it sounds weird, 161 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:30,520 Speaker 2: but if it's a casement window or a double hung window, 162 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:34,120 Speaker 2: there's locks. You know. You got the two little locks 163 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 2: on the top of the slider of the double hung window. 164 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:41,920 Speaker 2: Make sure they're locked because that pulls the two windows together. 165 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 2: And I'll tell you when people complain to me about 166 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:46,360 Speaker 2: drafting windows and I tell them about checking to make 167 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 2: sure it's locked, I can't tell you how many times 168 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:52,320 Speaker 2: they go, oh yeah, different, I bet. So that's one thing, 169 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:55,199 Speaker 2: just double check. Another thing you can do is pull 170 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:59,480 Speaker 2: the blinds down. That'll help, you know, alleviate a little bit. 171 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:01,400 Speaker 2: It's the draft's still gonna come in, but it's not 172 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:03,840 Speaker 2: gonna blow right on you, so pull the blinds down. 173 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:06,840 Speaker 2: There is also I'm gonna go back to the calking thing. 174 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:09,360 Speaker 2: A lot of people don't realize this product exists. There's 175 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:12,600 Speaker 2: one called a draft stop, and I think one's called 176 00:09:12,679 --> 00:09:16,160 Speaker 2: peel away. It's a clear calking. You can literally calk 177 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:20,000 Speaker 2: your windows closed. So where the two meet the frame, 178 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:23,760 Speaker 2: or where the two panels meet each other, you can 179 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:26,440 Speaker 2: put a bead of cocking there. Like the draft stop. 180 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:30,600 Speaker 2: It's clear. It'll seal that draft come March. You can 181 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:32,000 Speaker 2: just pick and peel that away. 182 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:34,520 Speaker 1: Hmm. Okay, I got one more question, all right, and 183 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:40,920 Speaker 1: this wasn't on our list as far as the flume 184 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:45,760 Speaker 1: is concerned. Okay. In a fireplace, okay, right, and it's 185 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:48,040 Speaker 1: really really cold, there has to be some air that's 186 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:50,559 Speaker 1: coming down there if you leave it open, and it 187 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:53,920 Speaker 1: probably it gets in even if you have it closed. Okay, 188 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:57,640 Speaker 1: But is there a rule of thumb about really should 189 00:09:57,679 --> 00:09:59,640 Speaker 1: I close it or can I just leave it open? 190 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:00,600 Speaker 1: The difference? 191 00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:02,000 Speaker 2: Do you have a gas fireplace? 192 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 1: Yes, but then I turn off the gas and let 193 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:05,720 Speaker 1: the wood burn? 194 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:09,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, I would, uh, First of all, when the fires burn, 195 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:11,240 Speaker 2: of course, the flu stays open. Second or the four 196 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:15,200 Speaker 2: it's everything's extinguished, everything is out. I'd give it a 197 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:18,200 Speaker 2: half hour and i'd definitely close it, okay, because what 198 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:20,600 Speaker 2: it is, it's like a metal plate that just kind 199 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:23,200 Speaker 2: of you know, it's not like weather stripping and rubber 200 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:24,800 Speaker 2: on it or anything. It's just a metal plate. But 201 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:27,720 Speaker 2: it stops the draft. And as you turn a cooking 202 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:29,840 Speaker 2: fan on the bathroom fan, guess where it's pulling the 203 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:33,160 Speaker 2: air right down the chimney. Yep, yep, ok, yeah, make 204 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:33,719 Speaker 2: sure that's cool. 205 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:36,240 Speaker 1: My wife was all over my case yesterday about it. 206 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:37,240 Speaker 2: Did you win or lose? 207 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:40,640 Speaker 1: Why would you even ask me that? 208 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:42,679 Speaker 2: I just thought, I mean, are you kidding that? 209 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:44,559 Speaker 1: I just how long you've been marry Gary? 210 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:45,600 Speaker 2: Fifty years? 211 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:48,920 Speaker 1: Like, okay, you got me double. I hit twenty five 212 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:50,200 Speaker 1: a month and a half ago. 213 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:52,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's why I can ask those questions. 214 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:53,760 Speaker 1: You've lost a lot more than I have. 215 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:55,600 Speaker 2: Oh I've lost one. 216 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:58,600 Speaker 1: All right, my friend, Thanks for your time. As always, 217 00:10:58,679 --> 00:11:01,959 Speaker 1: all right, I goes Gary Sullivan. You can hear him 218 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:05,400 Speaker 1: over on fifty five KRC Saturdays and Sundays, nine to noon. 219 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:09,520 Speaker 1: Danny Gleason produces his show that goes coast to coast 220 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:13,240 Speaker 1: nearly three hundred stations across America.