1 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:33,600 Speaker 1: All right, the weekend's here. Welcome at home with Gary Salvan, 2 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:36,080 Speaker 1: taking you through another weekend getting a few things done 3 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 1: around the home, hopefully well hopefully they're not emergency things, 4 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:43,200 Speaker 1: but plenty of that to talk about too. If you'd 5 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:45,400 Speaker 1: like to join us, our phone number is eight hundred 6 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:50,320 Speaker 1: eight two three eight two five five and John you 7 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:54,520 Speaker 1: lead us off this our welcome How you doing? Guy's 8 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:54,960 Speaker 1: here phone? 9 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 2: Long time listener, long time listener here, Thank you. A 10 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:02,080 Speaker 2: ranch I got a ranch home. Home pretty much has 11 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:05,200 Speaker 2: a walkout basement. When I say that, it has a 12 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 2: single car garage underneath that you could walk out. And 13 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 2: the living room is on top of that, built on 14 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 2: top of that. As you look at the garage on 15 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:17,600 Speaker 2: the left hand side. With this cold weather, I have 16 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:20,920 Speaker 2: washed gravel all along that left wall that kind of 17 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 2: starts about three blocks high and tapers down I'm sorry 18 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:31,240 Speaker 2: about eleven blocks high and tapers down. And when it 19 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:33,760 Speaker 2: gets too closer to the garage, the washed grove is 20 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 2: only about four foot. And what I noticed here the 21 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 2: last couple of days with these freezing temperatures is the 22 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:44,959 Speaker 2: blocks not they aren't cracking. The blocks are on't cracking, 23 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 2: but the mortar joints I noticed are cracking several areas. 24 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 2: Don't go up one and go you know, horizontal vertical, 25 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 2: horizontal vertical, probably about six feet back. It was a 26 00:01:56,480 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 2: little concerned. The home is about eighty years old, never 27 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 2: had that problem before. Just curious what you might think. 28 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:05,559 Speaker 2: What's going on? 29 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:10,960 Speaker 1: So is this stair stepped stairstep? John, What do you 30 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 1: mean by you say it's cracked in the mortar? Does 31 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:16,959 Speaker 1: it go up and then across and then up kind 32 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:18,080 Speaker 1: of like in a stairstep. 33 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, and then it goes It goes pretty far, about 34 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:24,799 Speaker 2: seven eight feet back on one area. 35 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 1: Okay, And how big are these cracks? I mean, can 36 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 1: you get a. 37 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:35,120 Speaker 2: Very minor uh, you could probably get a pencil tip 38 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:36,919 Speaker 2: in it. Now it seems like they got a little 39 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 2: bit worse. You know, with this temperature, it's not falling 40 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:43,400 Speaker 2: out and you know we're zero degrees here. Yeah, you know, 41 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 2: I'm thinking that is in there and you know, froze 42 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 2: and it's expanding. 43 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:53,080 Speaker 1: Right. So is that above grade or below grade? 44 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 2: It is above grade? 45 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:59,760 Speaker 1: It is above grade. Okay, it's it's. 46 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 2: Well, I guess I wouldn't oh, go ahead ahead. 47 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 1: I was just going to say there's some concern there. 48 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:10,880 Speaker 1: I don't think it's critical yet. It probably does very 49 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:14,960 Speaker 1: much have to do with the weather. Some seddling, uh, 50 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:21,799 Speaker 1: stair stepping cracking is not usually super bad news. A 51 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:25,120 Speaker 1: straight up vertical crack is more concerning than a stair 52 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:29,359 Speaker 1: stepping crack. But obviously there is some seddling and that's 53 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 1: what's causing it. Okay, so what and and I've had them. 54 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 1: I've also had the vertical cracks on past homes. And 55 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:42,120 Speaker 1: what I would do is, I would recommend you to 56 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 1: mark them. Just get a little sharpy pen. I wouldn't 57 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:51,040 Speaker 1: do it now, wait till the thall happens. You're right there. 58 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:55,280 Speaker 1: They're very minor in factor is they're so minor you 59 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:59,520 Speaker 1: can't really even patch them. But I would just mark 60 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 1: them and see if they continue to get longer, and 61 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:05,960 Speaker 1: also whether they get whiter whiter. You don't have to mark, 62 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 1: you be able to tell. I wouldn't even really. I 63 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:13,960 Speaker 1: say you can't patch them, and you can't unless you 64 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 1: removed all the mortar, and I wouldn't, but you can 65 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:19,720 Speaker 1: seal them. And I don't even think I would do 66 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 1: this at that At this point, there is a mortar 67 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:30,040 Speaker 1: joint crack repair. For cracks that are smaller than a 68 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:33,279 Speaker 1: sixteenth of an inch, it looks like milk. You brush 69 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:36,800 Speaker 1: it on and it seals the crack. But I just 70 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:39,839 Speaker 1: keep an eye on it. I don't think it's anything 71 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:43,400 Speaker 1: to panic about. Now. If it doubles in length then 72 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 1: triples in with yeah, i'd probably get somebody out there 73 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 1: take a look at and see if that, you know, 74 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:52,279 Speaker 1: wall needs to be stabilized or something along those lines. 75 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:57,400 Speaker 1: Are you also experiencing anything else in the house for instance, No, its, 76 00:04:57,839 --> 00:05:00,599 Speaker 1: you know, like windows that don't close, indoors don't open, 77 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:01,360 Speaker 1: that kind of stuff. 78 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:04,039 Speaker 2: No, nothing like that at this point. 79 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:07,320 Speaker 1: Now, Yeah, yeah, I was thinking I think. 80 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:09,640 Speaker 2: To cock it, like, you know, cock it with some 81 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:12,360 Speaker 2: kind of not a silicon cock of course, but when 82 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 2: it gets warmed, you know, cock those and then just 83 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:17,000 Speaker 2: you know, repaint over the walls because I do paint 84 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 2: them every few years to Yeah. 85 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:24,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, if you're going to paint over the cock, that's fine. 86 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:30,279 Speaker 1: Otherwise I wouldn't put cocking in there because it will 87 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:33,520 Speaker 1: look bad. But if you're going to paint over it, 88 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:39,160 Speaker 1: you could use like an acrylic silkonized cocking and cock 89 00:05:39,279 --> 00:05:42,039 Speaker 1: that clothes. But you know that cocking really isn't going 90 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 1: to really service any real need outside of maybe making 91 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 1: it smooth and not seeing the crack. 92 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:51,400 Speaker 2: Uh, yeah, that's what I was thinking. 93 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:54,559 Speaker 1: It's not really holding anything together. It's not keeping really 94 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:57,359 Speaker 1: water out. Have you been able to go to the 95 00:05:57,400 --> 00:05:59,040 Speaker 1: other side of it and see if the crack is 96 00:05:59,080 --> 00:05:59,799 Speaker 1: all the way through? 97 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:01,200 Speaker 3: You know? 98 00:06:01,279 --> 00:06:01,880 Speaker 2: I cannot. 99 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:04,120 Speaker 1: No, Yeah, that's take a look. 100 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 2: Just blow grade a little way, you know, it's just 101 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 2: blow grade a little bit, that can't you know. And 102 00:06:09,279 --> 00:06:12,400 Speaker 2: the outside of the outside of the block was pretty 103 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:16,640 Speaker 2: much spread back in the day. They spread concrete, gave 104 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 2: it like a concrete look over all the block, and 105 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 2: then they painted it right, So don't I don't see 106 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 2: any cracks in that. 107 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 1: Well, that's good. So yeah, I think it's just a 108 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:30,040 Speaker 1: little minor expansion and contraction, and it might just be 109 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:33,680 Speaker 1: in the mortar itself. It may not even be playing 110 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 1: into the whole foundation thing. So that's why I said 111 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:39,719 Speaker 1: I'd probably keep an eye on it, but I certainly 112 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:41,039 Speaker 1: wouldn't panic at this point. 113 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 2: All right, sir, I appreciate your time. Thank you very much. 114 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:48,520 Speaker 1: You're quite welcome. Thank you all right again, it's eight 115 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:52,480 Speaker 1: hundred eighty two three eight two five five, Chris, welcome. 116 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:56,440 Speaker 4: Hey, thanks, Garry, Hey, I appreciate the heck out of 117 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:59,120 Speaker 4: your show. I've learned so much over the years. Thank you, 118 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:02,640 Speaker 4: thank you. Question, if you were going out of town, sir, 119 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:05,120 Speaker 4: for two weeks, would you turn off to the water 120 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:08,000 Speaker 4: main in your house turned into the basement? 121 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 1: I would in a heartbeat, especially in this kind of weather, 122 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:14,960 Speaker 1: because you don't know if your house gonna lose power, 123 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:17,600 Speaker 1: and if it does, how cold is it going to get? 124 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:21,119 Speaker 1: What happens if there's an uncovered pipe that you don't 125 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 1: know about or it's never been a problem in the past, 126 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 1: and that water's in that line and it freezes. So 127 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:30,560 Speaker 1: you know, it's so easy to do. You shut your 128 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 1: mane off and the uh you know, the faucet. If 129 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:36,160 Speaker 1: you got done, you know the highest point upstairs, open 130 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 1: that up and open the lowest point off, shut off 131 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 1: the water and in about thirty seconds so you can 132 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:43,520 Speaker 1: leave the house. 133 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:47,880 Speaker 4: Excellent, Thank you, and I want to I appreciate that. 134 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 4: And there's one since you talked about the new furnaces 135 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:53,640 Speaker 4: today and when they flash and send you a message, 136 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 4: uh huh. Our furnace actually are our our smart thermometer 137 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:02,240 Speaker 4: or thermostat. I did one of these critical error three 138 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:05,200 Speaker 4: h two codes on the Lemstag. We noticed our house 139 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 4: was all sudden cold inside, and I called our HVAC 140 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:12,200 Speaker 4: company and they said, you know, can you just flip 141 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:14,600 Speaker 4: the brake turn it off and on. I flipped the 142 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:16,800 Speaker 4: braker off and on and it worked. And here there 143 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:21,560 Speaker 4: was a signal error between the thermostat and the unity. 144 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:23,240 Speaker 1: But they're turned off and on. 145 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:27,680 Speaker 4: Turn it off and appreciate it. 146 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:31,280 Speaker 1: Thank you. I appreciate that's about the end of my technology. 147 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:32,839 Speaker 1: To turn it off and turn it on. See if 148 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:35,080 Speaker 1: that doesn't work. Get a lot of that, don't you. 149 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:40,559 Speaker 1: But those error codes, I joke about it. I shouldn't, 150 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:46,600 Speaker 1: but they the diagnostics on that are very very helpful. 151 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:51,319 Speaker 1: And I don't know what went on with the Julie 152 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 1: who had the furnace person come out and all of 153 00:08:55,160 --> 00:09:00,320 Speaker 1: a sudden it's working. He couldn't say what happened. I don't. 154 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:03,880 Speaker 1: I don't know what that was all about. She's having 155 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:07,680 Speaker 1: a supervisor come out. I think she said she did 156 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:12,120 Speaker 1: have an air code. And again, it can be sure, 157 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:14,120 Speaker 1: it can be a pressure switch. It can just be 158 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:17,080 Speaker 1: it's not getting air supply. I mean, it can be 159 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:21,160 Speaker 1: that simple, nothing really to do with the you know, 160 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:24,960 Speaker 1: the furnace itself. Maybe maybe that event outside is just iceeduff. 161 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:28,439 Speaker 1: My sin's had that problem a couple times, and since 162 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:31,840 Speaker 1: he has moved and it's no longer a problem. But yeah, 163 00:09:32,040 --> 00:09:33,760 Speaker 1: all right, let's take a break and we got Mark 164 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 1: and Rick and Rose. You'd like to join us, do so. 165 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:38,199 Speaker 1: At Home with Gary Sullivan. 166 00:09:38,559 --> 00:09:41,400 Speaker 5: Time to get your hands dirty with Gary Sullivan. 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Yeah, so my daughter likes to take 210 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:41,600 Speaker 6: really hot showers and childs doesn't like to run the fan, 211 00:12:42,559 --> 00:12:46,120 Speaker 6: so I don't normally look up. And I looked up 212 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:48,440 Speaker 6: the other day and I got a bunch of mold 213 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:51,280 Speaker 6: going on the ceiling in the and the wall. 214 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:53,240 Speaker 3: Right, so she used to the fan. 215 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:55,120 Speaker 6: Now, so it doesn't like it's getting any worse, but 216 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:57,640 Speaker 6: I'm looking for something to how to how to fix it. 217 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:00,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, so is it in the sh shower area or 218 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:02,520 Speaker 1: is it just in a wall in the bathroom. 219 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:07,600 Speaker 6: It's in the bathroom like the fans, like offset from 220 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:10,199 Speaker 6: the shower, so it's like on the ceiling and the 221 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:13,079 Speaker 6: right well next to the toilet. 222 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:18,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, any interior mold and disinfectant will take care of that. 223 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:21,800 Speaker 1: I know. I talk a lot about wet and Forget, 224 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:24,640 Speaker 1: and I know they have one. I don't think it'd 225 00:13:24,679 --> 00:13:27,240 Speaker 1: be one that you would use in a shower, like 226 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:30,000 Speaker 1: on ceramic tile and grouts, but they got one called 227 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:36,120 Speaker 1: Wet and Forget disinfected and mold remover. It kills the mold, 228 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:40,559 Speaker 1: but then you have to scrub the mold stain off 229 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:44,400 Speaker 1: with soap and water. Right, Okay, some you know so 230 00:13:45,160 --> 00:13:48,680 Speaker 1: you know read the different labels, but there are interior 231 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:53,599 Speaker 1: mold removers. Don't use bleach and water quite honestly, it 232 00:13:53,720 --> 00:13:57,320 Speaker 1: stinks bad. Number one. Number two. It does not really 233 00:13:57,400 --> 00:14:02,320 Speaker 1: kill the mold. It'll make get invisible, but it'll grow 234 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:06,040 Speaker 1: back and and everything will grow back it gets enough moisture. 235 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:10,120 Speaker 1: But yeah, I would just get an interior mold cleaner. 236 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:14,920 Speaker 1: They're very safe. Just stay away from heavy bleach products 237 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:15,800 Speaker 1: would be my suggest. 238 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:19,040 Speaker 6: All right, And it's okay for the drywall and the paint. 239 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, you're not going to have any issue at all. 240 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:24,880 Speaker 1: In fact, they even have now paints that are mold 241 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:29,400 Speaker 1: resistant because it's a common problem. It's like you can't 242 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:32,080 Speaker 1: run those fans long enough, especially in weather like this. 243 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:36,280 Speaker 6: Right right, Okay, thanks very much, very. 244 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:41,320 Speaker 1: Good, take care of Thanks and uh let's go to Rick. Rick. Welcome, 245 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:44,840 Speaker 1: Oh Gary, good morning, good morning. 246 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:51,720 Speaker 3: Okay. My question is I have a blaster pool with 247 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:58,800 Speaker 3: pile at the top out in Nevada, and you continuously 248 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:03,440 Speaker 3: gets sum built up on the tile. I've replaced the 249 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:08,880 Speaker 3: tiele to put real shiny smooth so it wouldn't catch 250 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:13,760 Speaker 3: the water, and it still comes back every once in 251 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:15,680 Speaker 3: a while, and it'll come back in like three or 252 00:15:15,680 --> 00:15:19,000 Speaker 3: four months. They start getting calcium at the water level, 253 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:24,160 Speaker 3: and then the grout lines. Now we're starting with it 254 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:27,520 Speaker 3: comes out of Lake Mead, Yeah, ub dam, and it's 255 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:31,320 Speaker 3: seven hundred You start at seven hundred parts per million. 256 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:35,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, of hard of heart. That's exactly where I was going, Rick, 257 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:39,160 Speaker 1: is so where's the calcium coming. Is it just coming 258 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:42,920 Speaker 1: from the water or is it coming from I don't know, 259 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:45,320 Speaker 1: the water that doesn't have a lot of calcium sitting 260 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:48,120 Speaker 1: in an area that has a lot of calcium and 261 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:50,360 Speaker 1: then when it splashes up and it dries, so you 262 00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:54,120 Speaker 1: think it's in the water itself. Right, that's what's causing 263 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:55,040 Speaker 1: you absolutely. 264 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:58,640 Speaker 3: Okay, Yeah, we've been through it, and uh it's seven 265 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:01,920 Speaker 3: hundred parts per minute. They you know, don't drink the 266 00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:04,480 Speaker 3: water out of Lake Mead because you'll get kidney stones 267 00:16:04,520 --> 00:16:10,680 Speaker 3: and yeah whatever, so bones will be strong. Yeah, darn right. 268 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:21,120 Speaker 1: You know. I guess an easy answer, quite honestly, is 269 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:27,160 Speaker 1: are you're on city water? Yes, so maybe a water 270 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:31,400 Speaker 1: softener huh. 271 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:35,680 Speaker 3: Yeah. I put a commercial water softener in Oka, like 272 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:36,240 Speaker 3: a restaurant. 273 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:41,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, and I didn't do a thing. It didn't Where 274 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:46,720 Speaker 1: did the levels come up on in terms of the 275 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:50,840 Speaker 1: what's in that water? In terms of calcium content? Where 276 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:52,320 Speaker 1: they had to be reduced somewhat? 277 00:16:55,240 --> 00:16:57,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, they might have been. I didn't measure it that much. 278 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:02,160 Speaker 3: I was just looking for the long haul, and it 279 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:05,280 Speaker 3: didn't work at all. It still came back within a year. 280 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:08,879 Speaker 3: I was wondering if the something I can put on 281 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:13,000 Speaker 3: so that water doesn't when it sticks, then it dries 282 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:15,280 Speaker 3: and then you leave the rocks or the calcium on 283 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:18,840 Speaker 3: the tile. Is there anything you can think of that 284 00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:22,280 Speaker 3: would because I've tried vaslin and I've tried meb we. 285 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:25,920 Speaker 1: Me think so, because it's going to dry, and when 286 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:29,240 Speaker 1: it dries, it's going to leave a residue. I mean, 287 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:33,520 Speaker 1: that's the issue. There are some different products, and I 288 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:35,280 Speaker 1: can't think of the name of them, but when I 289 00:17:35,359 --> 00:17:37,880 Speaker 1: tell you what it is, you probably heard of them. 290 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:42,840 Speaker 1: It's not really a water softener, but you don't use salt. 291 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:53,119 Speaker 1: It actually charges the calcium particles and prevents them from sticking. Now, 292 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:55,119 Speaker 1: I don't know how that's going to work on the 293 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:58,119 Speaker 1: edge of a pool. The purpose of that particular product. 294 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:02,120 Speaker 1: It doesn't really soften the water. It charges the particles 295 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:04,679 Speaker 1: in the water and allows it to pass through the 296 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:09,240 Speaker 1: plumbing system, through the water heaters, through the showers, through 297 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:13,639 Speaker 1: the glass doors. In other words, it doesn't remove it, 298 00:18:14,359 --> 00:18:18,480 Speaker 1: but it allows it to. It creates like a positive 299 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:22,040 Speaker 1: charge to it where it won't stick. I'd be dead 300 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:24,800 Speaker 1: honest with you, Rick and tell you I don't know 301 00:18:24,840 --> 00:18:27,359 Speaker 1: how they would work on the surface of a pool, 302 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:30,320 Speaker 1: but that might be something you want to check into. 303 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:33,639 Speaker 3: Okay. Is that the electronic thing and you wrap the 304 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:34,840 Speaker 3: wire around the pipe? 305 00:18:35,359 --> 00:18:38,120 Speaker 1: Uh? No, it's a it's a whole system, but they 306 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:41,720 Speaker 1: have those for like individual pipes if you have problems, 307 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:44,280 Speaker 1: and and. 308 00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:45,440 Speaker 3: Oh, it's a whole system. 309 00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:47,879 Speaker 1: And I've kind of had mixed results on that. I 310 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:51,479 Speaker 1: have some people that absolutely swear by those smaller ones 311 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:54,560 Speaker 1: that you're talking about, and if there was a mainline 312 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:58,160 Speaker 1: that went to the pool, maybe give that a try. 313 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:00,280 Speaker 1: But I've also had just as many people go those 314 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:03,320 Speaker 1: things don't work. So I don't know what to tell you. Yeah, 315 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:04,240 Speaker 1: I not used one. 316 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:07,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, I got one on there for the pool pump 317 00:19:07,800 --> 00:19:08,320 Speaker 3: because I don't. 318 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:12,440 Speaker 1: Okay, but the one I'm talking about, if you google 319 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:16,880 Speaker 1: like saltless water softeners, it doesn't really soften the water. 320 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:19,240 Speaker 1: But that's what I'm speaking of, and it's a whole 321 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:22,200 Speaker 1: system for a house. I don't think there's anything you're 322 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:25,400 Speaker 1: just going to brush on there to keep it from happening. 323 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:28,840 Speaker 1: All right, We'll continue with your calls. 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By 366 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:31,320 Speaker 1: the way, each and every hour of the weekend show 367 00:22:31,359 --> 00:22:35,400 Speaker 1: is available to you via podcast and by the way, 368 00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:40,399 Speaker 1: if you're one of the lucky ones that's traveling, I 369 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:43,240 Speaker 1: guess you're lucky if you get to warmer climate, let 370 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:45,040 Speaker 1: me know, it might take you a while. With the 371 00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:51,080 Speaker 1: amount of boy cancelations flying and there's the snow driving. 372 00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:52,200 Speaker 1: It's been a little. 373 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:54,159 Speaker 8: Look to our friends in southern California this morning. 374 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:58,520 Speaker 1: Our syndicator, Yes eighty three there yesterday. Yeah, I told you. 375 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:04,040 Speaker 1: I'm telling you it's a ying and a east. When 376 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:07,080 Speaker 1: the West is suffering, east is loving. It is the 377 00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:10,040 Speaker 1: way it works, all right. Let's by the way. You 378 00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:11,959 Speaker 1: can grab along. We've got a couple open. It's eight 379 00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:15,640 Speaker 1: hundred eight two three eight two five five Rose Welcome. 380 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:19,720 Speaker 9: Hi, Thank you Gary, your worst time caller. 381 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:20,600 Speaker 1: Well, thank you. 382 00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:23,399 Speaker 2: I have a question. 383 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:27,440 Speaker 9: I have a raised ranch, and I have a heating 384 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:35,960 Speaker 9: and air conditioning unit in my garage. And what happens 385 00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:39,240 Speaker 9: is when the heat is running, the two bedrooms that 386 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:43,280 Speaker 9: are above the garage get a smell of burning fuel. 387 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:46,919 Speaker 9: So I'm concerned about that. 388 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:51,560 Speaker 1: I would be also, I don't know why, unless it's 389 00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:55,360 Speaker 1: just a dirty burner. Do you get that service periodically 390 00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:55,760 Speaker 1: or not? 391 00:23:57,040 --> 00:24:00,240 Speaker 9: I literally just had it service at the beginning of 392 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:05,840 Speaker 9: the season. Okay, and there was nothing to be concerned about, right. 393 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:09,480 Speaker 1: And hopefully they would have cleaned that burner. What's it? 394 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:13,119 Speaker 1: What's it smell like? You said burning? I mean, it 395 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:18,280 Speaker 1: doesn't smell like gas or anything like that. 396 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:23,640 Speaker 9: No, it just it is oil, and it just. 397 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:25,920 Speaker 2: Smells like, oh, okay, like. 398 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:33,720 Speaker 9: Burning, just fumes. And it is vented to the outside 399 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:38,680 Speaker 9: of the house. But the vent is only about six 400 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:41,840 Speaker 9: to eight inches away from the house, so I don't 401 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:44,240 Speaker 9: know if I'm getting blown back through the windows. 402 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:47,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't know if I can answer that question 403 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:52,800 Speaker 1: for you. And why are you experiencing it now? I'm 404 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:56,000 Speaker 1: just trying to figure out why, what would change? And 405 00:24:56,040 --> 00:24:58,679 Speaker 1: of course the only answer I'd get is it's probably 406 00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:01,240 Speaker 1: running more than it has and running just because of 407 00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:06,040 Speaker 1: the temperature. But I and it's been windy. I don't 408 00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:11,320 Speaker 1: know if it's just a blowback or something else. I 409 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:17,600 Speaker 1: don't know. You say it is an oil furnace, it is, yes, so, 410 00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:20,760 Speaker 1: and you've never had this issue before. 411 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:26,639 Speaker 9: I had it last winter and I figured maybe I 412 00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:30,080 Speaker 9: hadn't had the system service. So I had it service 413 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:32,520 Speaker 9: last winter, and I had it done again this winter 414 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:39,040 Speaker 9: and it's system yes, yes, So my thought was, maybe 415 00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:42,520 Speaker 9: I need to extend the vent all the way veryually 416 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:44,000 Speaker 9: towards the roof. 417 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:47,400 Speaker 1: Maybe. I mean, it's interesting that you said I had 418 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:51,160 Speaker 1: the problem last year also, so and you've had its service, 419 00:25:51,280 --> 00:25:55,840 Speaker 1: so you know, I've never been to your house, so 420 00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:59,439 Speaker 1: I'm thinking to myself, Okay, so if it's if it 421 00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:04,560 Speaker 1: was certainly at the annual service that would have been 422 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:07,959 Speaker 1: taken care of. It was the the nozzle or you know, 423 00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:11,520 Speaker 1: for the oil itself that would have been replaced. So 424 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:16,400 Speaker 1: I'd be leaning maybe on blowback. But you know, that's 425 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:19,640 Speaker 1: not a very good answer. I mean, it could be. 426 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:23,720 Speaker 1: It certainly seems like it could be. Since you had 427 00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:25,840 Speaker 1: the problem last year too, and you only have the 428 00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:28,760 Speaker 1: problem in the winter time and you had it serviced 429 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:33,000 Speaker 1: and you had it cleaned. I would say, maybe if 430 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:36,680 Speaker 1: we could go back to the service company and ask 431 00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:39,760 Speaker 1: them what their opinion was. But you know, whether it 432 00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:43,680 Speaker 1: is I hate to see people just start doing stuff 433 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:46,159 Speaker 1: without knowing that's really what it is. 434 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:51,280 Speaker 9: That was my thinking. I didn't know what proper code was. 435 00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:52,960 Speaker 9: I would have to look into it for the town 436 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:57,159 Speaker 9: of Norwood to see if extending it upwards towards the 437 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:58,720 Speaker 9: ceiling away from the windows. 438 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:02,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think seriously, I think I would just call 439 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:05,520 Speaker 1: the person that worked on it, tell them, you know, 440 00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:08,960 Speaker 1: we had this problem last year, you had its service. 441 00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:12,640 Speaker 1: I still have this problem. I'm not faulting you. I'm 442 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:14,359 Speaker 1: just trying to figure out what we need to do 443 00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:15,360 Speaker 1: to rectify this. 444 00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:19,119 Speaker 9: I just don't want to be breathing those foes. 445 00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:22,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, well no, no, you don't want your house 446 00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:26,000 Speaker 1: to smell like it either, right, So I mean, I 447 00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:28,199 Speaker 1: you know, without seeing it, that's probably as good as 448 00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:32,080 Speaker 1: answer as I can give. But if it is right 449 00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:37,320 Speaker 1: near your windows and something is exhausting there, that would 450 00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:38,080 Speaker 1: make sense to me. 451 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:42,080 Speaker 9: Okay, But well, thank you. 452 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:42,960 Speaker 2: Nice talking to. 453 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:47,320 Speaker 1: You, all right, Rose, good luck, thank you. I appreciate it. 454 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:49,640 Speaker 1: I'm sorry I can't give you more answers than that, 455 00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:52,320 Speaker 1: but I think it's going to take boots on the 456 00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:56,040 Speaker 1: ground and see exactly what's going on. It very well 457 00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:58,679 Speaker 1: may be doing exactly what it's supposed to do, and 458 00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:01,520 Speaker 1: that venting is in the not in a good place. 459 00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:07,200 Speaker 1: I don't know, But precaution, precautions is what you know 460 00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:09,320 Speaker 1: you got to be thinking about and kind of working on. 461 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:11,399 Speaker 1: All right, the phone lines are open if you'd like 462 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:13,439 Speaker 1: to go ahead and grab a line. It's eight hundred 463 00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:17,480 Speaker 1: eighty two three eight two five five. It's been interesting, 464 00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:20,240 Speaker 1: as we're talking today, a lot of our interior problems 465 00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:25,800 Speaker 1: are emanating from the outside. Surprise. We talked about from 466 00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:31,800 Speaker 1: plumbing to heating to vent pipes causing the problem, and 467 00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:36,679 Speaker 1: they're not really causing the problem. They're just they're doing 468 00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:40,040 Speaker 1: their thing in the temperatures are creating a problem in 469 00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:45,480 Speaker 1: the vent pipes. It's not everybody, but if you're the 470 00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:50,280 Speaker 1: one I had, I don't think I had the problem. 471 00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:52,160 Speaker 1: I think it was my son had. The problem was 472 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:55,520 Speaker 1: the vent pipe off the furnace. It was installed and 473 00:28:55,560 --> 00:29:00,720 Speaker 1: there's a code on how far it extends off the ground, 474 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:02,680 Speaker 1: which I don't have at the top of my head. 475 00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:07,560 Speaker 1: But there's an exhaust and then there is a intake, 476 00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:11,320 Speaker 1: and I don't know. So this was probably fifteen years ago, 477 00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:15,160 Speaker 1: maybe ten years ago, and they had them turned the 478 00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:17,600 Speaker 1: wrong way, or they had them both up or both 479 00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:21,320 Speaker 1: down or something, and basically the exhaust was coming out 480 00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:24,680 Speaker 1: and being sucked in by the intake, and the exhaust 481 00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:27,520 Speaker 1: was warmer and it was freezing. You created an ice 482 00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:29,600 Speaker 1: cap on those vents in the furnacet just shut off, 483 00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:36,720 Speaker 1: and you know it's supposed to be so far off 484 00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:39,720 Speaker 1: the ground, and one goes pointing to the sky and 485 00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:42,480 Speaker 1: the other one's pointing to the ground so that they 486 00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:46,360 Speaker 1: can't mix that. Then there's somewhere that one pipe does it. 487 00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:49,680 Speaker 1: So I don't know, everything's a little bit different, but 488 00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:53,440 Speaker 1: that's a point of checking, right. And if you see 489 00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:56,880 Speaker 1: a big chunk of ice on any type of pipe, 490 00:29:56,880 --> 00:30:02,480 Speaker 1: whether it's the vent pipe on the roof, or the 491 00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:08,080 Speaker 1: dryer exhaust or the furnace exhaust and intake, it's a problem. 492 00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:09,640 Speaker 1: It's a problem. 493 00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:10,640 Speaker 3: All right. 494 00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:15,240 Speaker 1: Let's let's see. Let's go to Tom real quick and 495 00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:17,000 Speaker 1: then we'll take a break and if you would like 496 00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:18,840 Speaker 1: to jump on board, do so. Tom. 497 00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:23,480 Speaker 10: Welcome, Hey, thanks for taking my call. You're well calling 498 00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:26,960 Speaker 10: in because I've heard so many examples of why the 499 00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:31,480 Speaker 10: kitchen and bathroom sink smell, and I've never heard it 500 00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:34,960 Speaker 10: really described correctly. And I've been dealing with this for years, 501 00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:39,640 Speaker 10: and I'll tell you exactly what it is. The trap 502 00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:43,080 Speaker 10: in the sink keep the smell from coming up from 503 00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:45,719 Speaker 10: beyond the trap, like into the wall the sewer gases 504 00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:48,080 Speaker 10: that would blow you out of the house, right, But 505 00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:51,360 Speaker 10: there's that part before the trap, and some people call 506 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:53,680 Speaker 10: it the neck of the sink, or they call it 507 00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:57,040 Speaker 10: kind of where the trap where the closure mechanism hooks in. 508 00:30:57,600 --> 00:31:02,040 Speaker 10: That will get very, very cute because everything that goes 509 00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:04,560 Speaker 10: beyond the trap doesn't always get beyond the trap where 510 00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:07,360 Speaker 10: the water in the trap would stop that smell from 511 00:31:07,360 --> 00:31:10,520 Speaker 10: again beyond. But in front of the trap, that pipe 512 00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:14,600 Speaker 10: gets dirty also. And those those gases that I mean, 513 00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:16,560 Speaker 10: I take them apart and they smell so bad. 514 00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:18,240 Speaker 4: Uh, you got to take. 515 00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:19,880 Speaker 10: The stop route and either brush it with like a 516 00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:22,440 Speaker 10: toothbrush and clean that out real well, or you got 517 00:31:22,440 --> 00:31:25,120 Speaker 10: to take the part out, wash it or replace it. 518 00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:28,280 Speaker 10: And that's really what's causing that soul odor in the 519 00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:33,760 Speaker 10: sink bowl. And a kitchen think it's the dishwasher line 520 00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:38,200 Speaker 10: because once again that's above the trap, and that dishwasher cordinated. Yeah, 521 00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:42,760 Speaker 10: that dishwasher line comes from the dishwasher into the sink 522 00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:44,880 Speaker 10: pipes above the trap. 523 00:31:44,920 --> 00:31:45,520 Speaker 4: Once again. 524 00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:47,640 Speaker 10: And I had a you know, I had a neighbor 525 00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:50,120 Speaker 10: thought it was he had a smell in his basement 526 00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:53,680 Speaker 10: and he thought it was his grain edge of his gutters, 527 00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:56,120 Speaker 10: and he tore up his driveway, put in a new 528 00:31:56,160 --> 00:31:58,960 Speaker 10: pipe going down. What he was was every time he 529 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:01,280 Speaker 10: came in through the garage, he was opening the garage 530 00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:04,560 Speaker 10: door up and pushing air from his kitchen down into 531 00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:07,440 Speaker 10: his basement. It was all getting trapped in a corner. 532 00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:09,960 Speaker 10: So after he did all this crazy work, I went 533 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:13,760 Speaker 10: ahead and switched out that line from his dishwasher to 534 00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:16,720 Speaker 10: his kitchen sink. He couldn't even smell it in the kitchen. 535 00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:18,680 Speaker 10: It was all getting trapped in the basement because he 536 00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:21,320 Speaker 10: used his access door from his garage. 537 00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:23,160 Speaker 2: So that's what it is. 538 00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:26,760 Speaker 10: Really, it's that smell above the trap and you still 539 00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:29,600 Speaker 10: have piping and sometimes Gary, I'll get it out, like 540 00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:33,440 Speaker 10: do that's completely around the pipe, Like I don't know, 541 00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:34,760 Speaker 10: eighth of an inch thick. 542 00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:37,560 Speaker 1: So you're talking about the tailpiece, right. 543 00:32:38,480 --> 00:32:42,040 Speaker 10: I'm talking about the tailpiece, And it's because makeup's got 544 00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:43,520 Speaker 10: a lot of animal fat in it. 545 00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:45,480 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, And it's basically. 546 00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:48,040 Speaker 10: It's basically sewage water that's in front of the trap 547 00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:49,920 Speaker 10: and that that tail piece. 548 00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:50,520 Speaker 4: Yeah, you're right. 549 00:32:50,560 --> 00:32:52,680 Speaker 10: The tailpiece will have like a whole. 550 00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:53,760 Speaker 2: You can take it. 551 00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:55,480 Speaker 10: You can take that tail piece out and it only 552 00:32:55,480 --> 00:32:58,440 Speaker 10: have a whole piece of sludge all the way around 553 00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:03,880 Speaker 10: in one fashion like jaill it's biolail piece. 554 00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:07,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's biofilm. And quite honestly, we've we've talked about 555 00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:10,160 Speaker 1: it a little bit. When people have that, there's you know, 556 00:33:10,840 --> 00:33:13,000 Speaker 1: it sounds like you've been around the block a few 557 00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:15,560 Speaker 1: times with plumbing, and you know as well as I do. 558 00:33:15,800 --> 00:33:18,360 Speaker 1: When you get into those things, there's usually a list 559 00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:20,360 Speaker 1: of all kinds of things that it can be. But 560 00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:26,280 Speaker 1: your analysis is spot on because as you said, you 561 00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:30,000 Speaker 1: were talking about cosmetics, you know, got animal fat. My 562 00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:32,600 Speaker 1: line all the time is everything we use in a 563 00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:36,000 Speaker 1: bathroom now is a gel. We have hairspray, we have 564 00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:40,760 Speaker 1: hair gels, we have deodorant sets, gels, toothpaste, adds gels. 565 00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:45,160 Speaker 1: Everything is gels and gels are sticky. And when gels 566 00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:49,760 Speaker 1: are sticky, it picks up bacteria. When bacteria can't go anywhere, 567 00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:53,080 Speaker 1: it rots and it starts smelling terrible. And you're right, 568 00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:56,200 Speaker 1: it's you know, it's not the trap can be doing 569 00:33:56,280 --> 00:34:00,960 Speaker 1: it's work, but you'll still have a smell. Those stoppers. 570 00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:04,040 Speaker 1: We just cleaned one out the other day and there 571 00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:08,320 Speaker 1: was a combination of you know, soaps and shampoos and 572 00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:11,160 Speaker 1: and hair and it was a mess. It was disgusting 573 00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:13,280 Speaker 1: and it was smelling all the time, and we couldn't 574 00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:17,320 Speaker 1: get rid of the smell using you know, different enzyme cleaners, 575 00:34:17,320 --> 00:34:19,279 Speaker 1: and we took it apart. Now, yep, there it is. 576 00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:20,320 Speaker 1: That's the problem. 577 00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:22,400 Speaker 2: That's definitely it. 578 00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:25,799 Speaker 10: If they can raise the trap above the tailpiece. But 579 00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:28,600 Speaker 10: if there's any piping above the trap, whichure is because 580 00:34:28,640 --> 00:34:31,719 Speaker 10: that's what the trap does. It stops odors. But that 581 00:34:32,040 --> 00:34:34,480 Speaker 10: one piece of pipe is above that trap. 582 00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:37,279 Speaker 1: That tail piece is above you're exactly right. Well, I 583 00:34:37,280 --> 00:34:38,919 Speaker 1: appreciate the cal Thank you much. 584 00:34:40,080 --> 00:34:40,920 Speaker 2: Thanks Erry, taking it. 585 00:34:40,920 --> 00:34:46,480 Speaker 1: All right, take care very good. That's exactly it. And probably, oh, 586 00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:48,400 Speaker 1: after forty years of doing this show, I have to 587 00:34:48,440 --> 00:34:50,800 Speaker 1: tell you there's there's different things that we talk about 588 00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:52,840 Speaker 1: and talk about and talk about and then it goes away. 589 00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:56,680 Speaker 1: And right now, just what Joe, just what we were 590 00:34:56,719 --> 00:34:59,799 Speaker 1: talking about is what we're talking about all the time 591 00:34:59,840 --> 00:35:04,400 Speaker 1: now until everybody kind of starts understanding exactly what's going on. 592 00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:08,239 Speaker 1: Remember we talk about that product. It's awesome, it's ah h. 593 00:35:08,520 --> 00:35:13,240 Speaker 1: Somme started originally talking about it for spas wash machines 594 00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:18,279 Speaker 1: that smell close plumbing systems. Well, I asked him last time, 595 00:35:18,360 --> 00:35:21,120 Speaker 1: I said, what about all these drains at smell? And 596 00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:27,239 Speaker 1: his product is so unique. It dissolves biofilm which is 597 00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:29,400 Speaker 1: causing the odor. And that's what's on that. That is 598 00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:33,080 Speaker 1: what that he said, jelly. And you've heard me describe biofilms. 599 00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:38,520 Speaker 1: It's like jelly and it will eliminate that. So that 600 00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:41,520 Speaker 1: getting it clean, whether you take it out, whatever you do, 601 00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:44,640 Speaker 1: but that is the that is the source of the 602 00:35:44,719 --> 00:35:47,080 Speaker 1: smell for sure. 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We're about nine 645 00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:22,640 Speaker 1: minutes before the top of They are talking about your home, 646 00:38:22,760 --> 00:38:25,520 Speaker 1: and let's go to Joe Joe Welcome. 647 00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:29,160 Speaker 8: Hey Gary, I haven't talked to you in a long time, 648 00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:30,800 Speaker 8: but you're a good guy. Like hearing you. I'm a 649 00:38:30,880 --> 00:38:33,399 Speaker 8: visually impaired person. I don't have a home, but I'm 650 00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:36,319 Speaker 8: thinking I was thinking of moving into an apartment. It's 651 00:38:36,360 --> 00:38:39,200 Speaker 8: a heat pump, but I love heat pumps. You can 652 00:38:39,239 --> 00:38:40,840 Speaker 8: give me your opinion on them. And I have a 653 00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:44,440 Speaker 8: couple other questions. But the intercom system is not men 654 00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:47,920 Speaker 8: for a blind person. It has these arrows up and 655 00:38:48,040 --> 00:38:50,640 Speaker 8: down in and I told the builder and he won't 656 00:38:50,719 --> 00:38:53,360 Speaker 8: do anything about it. And either is a washing machine, 657 00:38:53,680 --> 00:38:55,520 Speaker 8: you know, it's one of these new washes where you 658 00:38:55,680 --> 00:38:58,200 Speaker 8: turn a knob and shows on a screen. I hate those. 659 00:38:58,600 --> 00:39:01,040 Speaker 8: The old ones were better. Talk to a lot of 660 00:39:01,160 --> 00:39:03,719 Speaker 8: people and they are happy with the opens. Don't like 661 00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:07,120 Speaker 8: the new ones. And I feel bad for your callers 662 00:39:07,200 --> 00:39:10,200 Speaker 8: that they're having all these trouble with these smart furnaces. 663 00:39:10,360 --> 00:39:13,080 Speaker 8: Just get a decent, regular furnace. Now, what's your take 664 00:39:13,160 --> 00:39:16,319 Speaker 8: on this stuff? And my last question is where I'm 665 00:39:16,360 --> 00:39:18,600 Speaker 8: living now? Do I need to spend if I if 666 00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:22,000 Speaker 8: I get the money fifteen hundred dollars for air purifire 667 00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:25,840 Speaker 8: which you plug into the wall, it's made it's electroluxe 668 00:39:25,920 --> 00:39:27,920 Speaker 8: and you know, to help keep the air clean. And 669 00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:30,200 Speaker 8: what's your take on these things? Is there anything I 670 00:39:30,280 --> 00:39:30,560 Speaker 8: can do? 671 00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:37,520 Speaker 1: Well, one thing you can do if there are in 672 00:39:37,640 --> 00:39:41,680 Speaker 1: the apartment. I'm not going to say a whole house fan, 673 00:39:41,920 --> 00:39:45,279 Speaker 1: but if there's cooking fans and bathroom fans, we talk 674 00:39:45,320 --> 00:39:48,719 Speaker 1: a lot about on this show, Joe about changing air 675 00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:53,960 Speaker 1: out air exchanging. I think I've used the statistic the 676 00:39:54,120 --> 00:39:56,960 Speaker 1: EPA says our indoor airs three to five times more 677 00:39:57,000 --> 00:40:00,200 Speaker 1: polluted than outdoor air. Yeah, and I talk about up 678 00:40:00,520 --> 00:40:03,479 Speaker 1: a unit that exchanges the whole air out of your house. 679 00:40:03,560 --> 00:40:07,000 Speaker 1: But if you take it, just step back. 680 00:40:08,239 --> 00:40:10,080 Speaker 8: If you have a cooking you can't do that in 681 00:40:10,120 --> 00:40:11,200 Speaker 8: an apartment. 682 00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:13,480 Speaker 1: Right right, That's why I said, take a step back. 683 00:40:13,520 --> 00:40:16,360 Speaker 1: And if you have a fan over where you're cooking, 684 00:40:17,360 --> 00:40:21,000 Speaker 1: and a fan in the bathroom, you're pulling air out 685 00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:25,319 Speaker 1: and you're circulating air. You're exchanging some air. So you're 686 00:40:25,400 --> 00:40:29,440 Speaker 1: improving it now since you know you're not going to 687 00:40:29,480 --> 00:40:33,799 Speaker 1: put in a whole a whole home or whole apartment 688 00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:38,600 Speaker 1: air exchanging unit. Yeah, the next step would be, you know, 689 00:40:38,680 --> 00:40:41,000 Speaker 1: if you consider it being a problem in your home, 690 00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:44,560 Speaker 1: is to get yourself an air purifier. You know, you 691 00:40:44,640 --> 00:40:46,880 Speaker 1: could have some maintenance on that of course, you know, 692 00:40:47,040 --> 00:40:49,600 Speaker 1: with a change of filters and things like that, and. 693 00:40:49,760 --> 00:40:54,520 Speaker 8: The light bulb and so what about this other thing? 694 00:40:54,640 --> 00:40:58,279 Speaker 8: Contract I told the contractor. Apparently he doesn't listen. Well, 695 00:40:58,320 --> 00:41:00,839 Speaker 8: we're a DA SERTI you can't you the stove. It's 696 00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:03,960 Speaker 8: some push button stoves have for flat top of the 697 00:41:04,040 --> 00:41:08,160 Speaker 8: have buttons. It's all just you know, it's really disappointed 698 00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:10,640 Speaker 8: because I like the apartment. Anything I can do. 699 00:41:12,440 --> 00:41:15,759 Speaker 1: A stuck No, I think when you're you're in a way, 700 00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:18,920 Speaker 1: you're kind of stuck because you know the owner or 701 00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:22,000 Speaker 1: the apartment management is you know. It's not that they're 702 00:41:22,040 --> 00:41:24,160 Speaker 1: not listening. They don't want to do it is what 703 00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:26,279 Speaker 1: sounds like to me, Joe, to be honest with you. 704 00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:31,000 Speaker 8: Brand new building, six apartments. It's all yeah, heat pumps 705 00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:31,839 Speaker 8: and they're nice. 706 00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:33,000 Speaker 2: I like you. 707 00:41:33,320 --> 00:41:34,360 Speaker 8: You can talk about that on. 708 00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:38,239 Speaker 1: The on the on the intercom. You you started out 709 00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:39,880 Speaker 1: and you were talking about the arrows and you know, 710 00:41:40,080 --> 00:41:42,200 Speaker 1: turn on and off. Can you put a little piece 711 00:41:42,239 --> 00:41:44,440 Speaker 1: of like a rubber ice tape over the one where 712 00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:45,279 Speaker 1: you can identify it? 713 00:41:45,400 --> 00:41:47,440 Speaker 8: No, because let me explain. You have to push the 714 00:41:47,680 --> 00:41:50,280 Speaker 8: arrow to the name pops up and you push another 715 00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:54,480 Speaker 8: one and it goes in and it rings. So just 716 00:41:54,520 --> 00:41:57,439 Speaker 8: put a bunch of buttons. It's all Gary Salivan's twenty 717 00:41:57,520 --> 00:41:58,680 Speaker 8: three entered there. 718 00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:02,399 Speaker 1: There you go, you know, yeah, yeah, And I'll tell 719 00:42:02,400 --> 00:42:04,440 Speaker 1: you on the heat pump and things you know, a 720 00:42:04,560 --> 00:42:08,160 Speaker 1: heat pump. And I'm not going to knock heat pumps, 721 00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:11,480 Speaker 1: but they're limited, you know. I mean in a high 722 00:42:11,520 --> 00:42:14,920 Speaker 1: bred system with a heat pump, which I'm assuming you're 723 00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:18,879 Speaker 1: talking about, you'll have the electricity is running your heat 724 00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:22,480 Speaker 1: pump outside and they're only good to you know, about 725 00:42:22,560 --> 00:42:25,840 Speaker 1: thirty degrees and then they're going to switch to the Highbred. 726 00:42:25,960 --> 00:42:30,040 Speaker 1: Now the high Bred maybe natural gas and maybe electric Again, 727 00:42:30,160 --> 00:42:32,680 Speaker 1: that's gonna become very expensive. I don't know who's paying 728 00:42:32,719 --> 00:42:37,560 Speaker 1: the fuel bill. But they're functional. The further north you go, 729 00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:42,120 Speaker 1: the least practical they are. So would I if I 730 00:42:42,239 --> 00:42:45,160 Speaker 1: had electric heat and I had would I put a 731 00:42:45,239 --> 00:42:49,640 Speaker 1: heat pump on in Boston, Massachusetts? Probably not? Probably not, 732 00:42:50,480 --> 00:42:55,160 Speaker 1: just by basis of I do a high Bread system. 733 00:42:55,239 --> 00:42:58,279 Speaker 1: Maybe if I had natural gas or something and then 734 00:42:58,400 --> 00:43:02,759 Speaker 1: had a heat pump, because your cost is lowered with 735 00:43:02,960 --> 00:43:06,319 Speaker 1: that heat pump being attached. But I wouldn't go from 736 00:43:07,120 --> 00:43:12,120 Speaker 1: electric heat pump into an electric furnace. So for what 737 00:43:12,360 --> 00:43:17,200 Speaker 1: that's worth, and I get it. You talk about efficiency, 738 00:43:18,120 --> 00:43:23,080 Speaker 1: I mean, right now there's some talk about taking that 739 00:43:23,680 --> 00:43:29,640 Speaker 1: you can't have an eighty percent efficient furnace. They're trying 740 00:43:29,760 --> 00:43:32,800 Speaker 1: to kick that out of the system. Why would you 741 00:43:32,920 --> 00:43:36,880 Speaker 1: want an eighty percent efficient furnace if it's up in 742 00:43:36,960 --> 00:43:40,239 Speaker 1: the attic because some of the more efficient ones you 743 00:43:40,360 --> 00:43:43,080 Speaker 1: got water that you're draining out, which can freeze. If 744 00:43:43,120 --> 00:43:46,440 Speaker 1: you have power failures and things like that in an attic, 745 00:43:46,560 --> 00:43:50,440 Speaker 1: that's a problem. I'll leave you with that thought. I 746 00:43:50,640 --> 00:43:53,440 Speaker 1: certainly enjoyed the day. I hope you enjoyed it. I 747 00:43:53,520 --> 00:43:56,759 Speaker 1: hope you picked up some information to help you with 748 00:43:56,840 --> 00:44:00,000 Speaker 1: your home during this cold snap. And I do appreciate 749 00:44:00,080 --> 00:44:03,640 Speaker 1: you listening each and every weekend, as we appreciate Danny Boy, 750 00:44:04,160 --> 00:44:06,640 Speaker 1: who takes care of everything getting us over the air. 751 00:44:06,719 --> 00:44:09,800 Speaker 1: We were scrambling the day, and I hope you didn't notice, 752 00:44:09,920 --> 00:44:12,520 Speaker 1: but we were scrambling, good Lord Willing. We'll be back 753 00:44:12,600 --> 00:44:16,280 Speaker 1: next weekend for more at Home with Gary Sullivan. 754 00:44:25,360 --> 00:44:27,880 Speaker 5: Help for your home is just a click away at 755 00:44:27,960 --> 00:44:32,719 Speaker 5: Garysullivan online dot com. This is at Home with Gary Sullivan.