1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:04,200 Speaker 1: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 2 00:00:04,320 --> 00:00:05,800 Speaker 1: KFI AM six forty. 3 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:12,760 Speaker 2: Good morning, my friend, and welcome home. I'm Dean Sharp, 4 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:17,280 Speaker 2: the house Whisper, custom home Builder, custom home designer, and 5 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:21,439 Speaker 2: every weekend your guide to better understanding that place where 6 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:24,840 Speaker 2: you live. It is in all calls Saturday morning, like 7 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 2: we do. And I need some calls on the board. 8 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:29,640 Speaker 2: I've got a call or two left here. I need 9 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:31,600 Speaker 2: some more from you. I want to hear what's going 10 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 2: on with your house. The number to reach me eight 11 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:38,960 Speaker 2: three three two. Ask Dean eight three three, the numeral two. 12 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:42,879 Speaker 2: Ask Dean eight three three two, and then you just 13 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:46,240 Speaker 2: spell on out. Ask Dean. We've got room on the 14 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:49,680 Speaker 2: board for you. You get to set the agenda. Whatever is 15 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:52,400 Speaker 2: going on with your home today, whatever has got you 16 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 2: scratching your head. Let's put our heads together. We'll get 17 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 2: it figured out. Whether it's a design issue, a construction issue, 18 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:02,680 Speaker 2: a DIY concern, whatever the case may be, inside, outside, 19 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 2: all around. I'm here for you. Let's do it all right. 20 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:08,319 Speaker 2: I'm going to go to the phones while other calls 21 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:12,680 Speaker 2: are rolling in. Let's talk to Rosa. Rosa, welcome home. 22 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 3: Good morning. So I am building an Adu, and we 23 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:21,600 Speaker 3: could see from the rain that there's a little bit 24 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:26,120 Speaker 3: of puddling on the slab. And my concern is in 25 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 3: the existing house that I live now, there's certain spots 26 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:32,720 Speaker 3: on the floor. When you walk, you can feel it, 27 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:36,160 Speaker 3: kind of like dip in. We did have to do 28 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 3: some work, so we took out those little planks and 29 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 3: then put them back. And I thought, oh, you're going 30 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 3: to see these big holes or gashes or whatever, but 31 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 3: there wasn't anything there. So my concern is when we 32 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 3: put down the planks on the new floor. When he 33 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:54,120 Speaker 3: was with the luxury vinyl, will we feel those same 34 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 3: little like you know, it kind of pushes down when 35 00:01:57,960 --> 00:01:59,559 Speaker 3: you step on it, you can feel it go down. 36 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:00,919 Speaker 4: Okay. 37 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 3: When I talked to the when I talked to the person, 38 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 3: oh go ahead. 39 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 4: I'm sorry, no, no, no, go ahead, go ahead. 40 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:11,800 Speaker 3: When I talked to the person who did the slab, 41 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:14,840 Speaker 3: I mentioned that and he said, oh, it's so insignificant, 42 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 3: but might you won't feel it. But my thought is, well, 43 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 3: if you can see water already puddling, you might feel something. Right, 44 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:23,080 Speaker 3: there's going to be a little gap. 45 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, So okay, A couple of things just just 46 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 2: an FYI, uh, water is I mean the flattest of slabs, 47 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:38,799 Speaker 2: because it's flat, water will puddle. Okay, So I don't 48 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:41,800 Speaker 2: want to I don't want to make a too big 49 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 2: of an issue. The question is like how deep are 50 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:44,880 Speaker 2: these puddles? 51 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:45,520 Speaker 4: Okay? 52 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 2: Because this is this is why like patios and flat 53 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:53,800 Speaker 2: work and and roofs are all required to be sloped, 54 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:58,520 Speaker 2: because we can't trust the the true ultimate flatness of 55 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 2: any plane in a construction zone because of imperfection. So 56 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 2: even the finest of slabs that are poured for a 57 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:10,919 Speaker 2: house will puddle after a rainstorm, and you'll find water 58 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 2: standing on them, now deep puddles like oh my gosh, 59 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 2: that went up over my tennis shoe edge. That's an 60 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 2: inconsistent slab. Okay, So I wouldn't judge it by the puddles. 61 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:26,040 Speaker 2: Here's what I would do. I would judge it by 62 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:29,239 Speaker 2: the feeld. If two of you get out there, and 63 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:33,239 Speaker 2: and and you know one guide the other. You close 64 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 2: your eyes. Don't do it by yourself or you'll fall 65 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 2: off the slab, But somebody holds your hand. You close 66 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 2: your eyes and just walk around, walk around and see 67 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 2: if you can actually pick up the field, because if 68 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:46,560 Speaker 2: you can't, then it's not going to be an issue, 69 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 2: even if there are little inconsistencies. And that's part of 70 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:53,560 Speaker 2: the glory of a floating floor like a laminate or 71 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 2: a luxury vinyl floor, is that it that you know 72 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 2: it can hide. But here's the good news, Rosa. Let's 73 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 2: let's just say, let's just assume that the worst is true, 74 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 2: which is like, oh, we've got some I mean I 75 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:07,320 Speaker 2: felt it. 76 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 4: I walked across, I could feel it. 77 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 2: Okay, here's the thing, not now, not while it's all exposed, 78 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:17,719 Speaker 2: but but for the worst cases, once the house is 79 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 2: dried in, in other words, you know, no more water 80 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 2: getting on that slab once you've wrapped it, and now 81 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 2: it's a dry environment inside, the roof is on, the outside, 82 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:34,279 Speaker 2: walls are all sealed up, and it's all good. Once 83 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 2: that's done, then you can do this after the dry wall. 84 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:40,480 Speaker 2: You could do it before the dry wall. You can 85 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:45,480 Speaker 2: take a mixture of self leveling compound. Okay, this is 86 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:50,480 Speaker 2: this is a concrete kind of material that you mix 87 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:52,800 Speaker 2: that you could do it literally do it yourself. Okay, 88 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 2: you can have somebody do it. You can do it 89 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:58,560 Speaker 2: yourself because it's it's it's a really basic thing. It 90 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:02,040 Speaker 2: pours out not like con crete, like thick globby concrete, 91 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:04,880 Speaker 2: but it pours out like the consistency of like runny 92 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:09,120 Speaker 2: pancake batter, and it finds it'll pour across the slab. 93 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:12,560 Speaker 2: In any given room, it can be feathered down to 94 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:16,479 Speaker 2: like a sixteenth of an inch in thickness. And so 95 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:21,920 Speaker 2: because it's so liquid, it will literally pour out and 96 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 2: self level, and then in an hour you can walk 97 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:28,359 Speaker 2: on that floor and that floor will be level. I 98 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:32,560 Speaker 2: mean level level level, because it's like he. 99 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:35,000 Speaker 5: Is saying, it's like maybe an eighth or a sixteenth 100 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:35,520 Speaker 5: of an inch. 101 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:40,359 Speaker 2: Yeah, sixteenth is very very difficult for you know, for 102 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:44,000 Speaker 2: the human foot to detect. Sometimes people can be sensitive 103 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:47,160 Speaker 2: to an eighth if it's a sharp drop off. But 104 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 2: that I would just walk it, just see how you 105 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 2: feel about it first. 106 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:52,680 Speaker 4: But worse, I know. 107 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:56,279 Speaker 5: Sorry, my concern is once the laminate flooring is on 108 00:05:56,760 --> 00:05:59,040 Speaker 5: that again in the house that I'm living in. Now, 109 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 5: you step in that certain area and you can feel 110 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:03,599 Speaker 5: it kind of pushed down, And I have to say 111 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:07,479 Speaker 5: that just annoys me every time. I know, I don't 112 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:08,159 Speaker 5: want to be annoyed. 113 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:11,159 Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't want you to be annoyed either. I 114 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:13,720 Speaker 2: want you to have the best floor possible. And like 115 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:17,200 Speaker 2: I said, this the self leveling compound, it's not expensive 116 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:21,000 Speaker 2: and and it works beautifully. And the reason I say, 117 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 2: just do it after the house is all dried in 118 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:26,120 Speaker 2: because it's not designed to be exposed to the elements. Okay, 119 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:29,400 Speaker 2: it's like an interior coating on top of your slab. 120 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:31,680 Speaker 2: So once it's all dry in and you know, any room, 121 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:35,760 Speaker 2: anybody who's got a weird slab condition in their house, 122 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 2: self leveling compound can run out and will in fact 123 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:41,679 Speaker 2: level that floor. 124 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:44,039 Speaker 4: You don't have to trowel it. You don't have to. 125 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:46,479 Speaker 2: There's a little bit of manipulate, but but you know, 126 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:49,279 Speaker 2: it's not about your you know, quality of as a 127 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:51,440 Speaker 2: concrete finisher. You don't do it that way. You pour 128 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:55,520 Speaker 2: it out like liquid. It runs out, liquid finds its 129 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:58,280 Speaker 2: own level, and in an hour it'll be hard and 130 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:01,720 Speaker 2: walkable and you'll never get in any weird squishy uh 131 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:03,480 Speaker 2: you know laminate issues. 132 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:05,280 Speaker 6: Perfect. 133 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 5: Thank you so much, And I just want to say 134 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:09,840 Speaker 5: I told you about the ge all in one washer 135 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:12,880 Speaker 5: dryer and it's still working for us. Well, we are 136 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 5: very happy with it and thanks for that recommendation. That's 137 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:19,640 Speaker 5: why we purchase it from recommendation on the show. 138 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 2: From an in home use perspective, how long is it 139 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 2: taken to dry, like the big. 140 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:30,760 Speaker 5: Stuff, I think from start to finish. Sometimes it'll be 141 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 5: like two and a half hours or maybe three. But again, 142 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:37,720 Speaker 5: you know, we with the old dryer, sometimes we'd go 143 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 5: in and it wasn't dry, so we had to turn 144 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:42,880 Speaker 5: it on again. So occasionally we'll have to do that. 145 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:46,440 Speaker 5: But remember it's running off of one twenty instead of 146 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:49,440 Speaker 5: the two forty. Yeah, so you know, to know that 147 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 5: we can throw it in. I think the kids love 148 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:53,400 Speaker 5: throwing it in at night and then in the morning 149 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:53,960 Speaker 5: they have their. 150 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 4: Clothes, everything's done. Getting up in the middle of the 151 00:07:56,720 --> 00:07:58,640 Speaker 4: night switch yeah, yeah. 152 00:07:58,440 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 5: Right, don't have to get up in the middle of 153 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 5: the night. 154 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:01,640 Speaker 4: Yeah, all right. 155 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:04,880 Speaker 2: Well, there you've heard it, everybody, I got you. You're 156 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 2: very very welcome, Rosa, and good luck on the floor. 157 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:08,200 Speaker 2: I don't think you're gonna have a problem with it, 158 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 2: but just remember you can always default to a little 159 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:13,840 Speaker 2: self leveling compound and it'll get it all fixed. 160 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 4: Up, all right, y'all. 161 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:17,680 Speaker 2: When we come back, more of your Calls your Home 162 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:21,760 Speaker 2: with Dean Sharp the House Whisper, and we're back Dean 163 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:23,960 Speaker 2: Sharp the House Whisper. Thanks for joining us on the 164 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:27,200 Speaker 2: program today. It's an all Calls Saturday morning. We've got 165 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:29,040 Speaker 2: some calls on the board. I want to get back 166 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:31,240 Speaker 2: to it. By the way, well you know what I'm 167 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:35,320 Speaker 2: I'm I really Rosa called and she gave a great 168 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:38,920 Speaker 2: review of her all in one ge washer and dryer, 169 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:44,000 Speaker 2: which is a piece of home appliance Wizard read that 170 00:08:44,040 --> 00:08:47,199 Speaker 2: I am so impressed with. And we've mentioned it, or 171 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 2: actually callers have mentioned it a few times in the 172 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:52,720 Speaker 2: last few weeks, and every time I get reactions saying, 173 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:56,080 Speaker 2: what is going on with that thing? Traditionally you know, 174 00:08:56,920 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 2: all in one washers and dryers suck. Why are you 175 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 2: so in love with this? So I want to I 176 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:03,960 Speaker 2: do want to spend some time talking about it, but 177 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:05,760 Speaker 2: we're going to prioritize the calls first. 178 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:06,520 Speaker 4: If I've got some. 179 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:09,560 Speaker 2: Room at the end of the show, Uh, then I'll 180 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:11,480 Speaker 2: give you my rundown on this and I'll tell you 181 00:09:11,559 --> 00:09:14,760 Speaker 2: why it is different, why it's worth looking at at 182 00:09:14,840 --> 00:09:18,000 Speaker 2: least uh if you are in the market for. 183 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:20,440 Speaker 4: A new washer driver. So hang tight. I'm gonna do 184 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:21,600 Speaker 4: my best. Okay. 185 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:27,400 Speaker 2: In the meantime, let's go to uh, let's talk to Terry. Hey, Terry, 186 00:09:27,640 --> 00:09:33,560 Speaker 2: welcome home. Hey Terry with me. 187 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:37,959 Speaker 6: I think it's maybe Sherry. 188 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:42,400 Speaker 2: Oh, Sherry, I'm sorry, sorry, we had we we wrote 189 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:45,000 Speaker 2: the wrong name down. That's fine, Sherry. 190 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:48,040 Speaker 6: I don't think I don't think she did. It's hard 191 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:55,479 Speaker 6: to tell. Quick question regarding the whole house water system. 192 00:09:56,240 --> 00:09:59,920 Speaker 6: We have a house in it out in Palm Spring 193 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:03,120 Speaker 6: that the water out there is so hard we need 194 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:08,360 Speaker 6: water softening too. Is there a whole house water system 195 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 6: that does both? 196 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:15,640 Speaker 2: There are well, okay, So here's the thing. A whole 197 00:10:15,679 --> 00:10:20,240 Speaker 2: house water filtration system is a filter that's large enough 198 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:23,560 Speaker 2: that it catches the water. It filters the water as 199 00:10:23,559 --> 00:10:27,079 Speaker 2: it enters from the mainline, and therefore everything downline from it, 200 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 2: everything in the house is then filtered water. Yeah, there 201 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:34,600 Speaker 2: is all there's You can always do a setup like 202 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:39,040 Speaker 2: that and also have a water softener system. So yes, 203 00:10:39,160 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 2: you can. You can do that kind of thing. The 204 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:44,560 Speaker 2: one that you hear me talking about all the time 205 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 2: here on the program, which is the one that I 206 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:51,600 Speaker 2: recommend have for years and years and years for everybody 207 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:54,280 Speaker 2: in the southern California area, including out in Palm Springs 208 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:57,840 Speaker 2: is a life source system. Life source does not use 209 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:02,959 Speaker 2: a water softener in order to remove the scale build 210 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:07,400 Speaker 2: up that happens. Life source uses a different system, one 211 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:10,520 Speaker 2: that I think is a better system. Ultimately, a water 212 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:15,320 Speaker 2: softener removes had hard water is mineralization. It's minerals in 213 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:15,760 Speaker 2: the water. 214 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:16,439 Speaker 4: Okay. 215 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:21,559 Speaker 2: It's minerals like calcium, potassium, magnesium that build up and 216 00:11:21,679 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 2: they get very they they are in the mineral department. 217 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:27,600 Speaker 2: They're very delicious. They're important for your body, and they 218 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 2: make your water taste good. But they they do a 219 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:36,080 Speaker 2: number on your pipes and on fixtures and on shower 220 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:38,480 Speaker 2: glass because that's where scale comes from. 221 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:38,760 Speaker 4: It's that. 222 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:43,720 Speaker 2: It's that they are a sticky, soft mineral content and 223 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:47,480 Speaker 2: they leave behind a residue. And that's that's the thing, okay. 224 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:52,560 Speaker 2: And also really really hard water feels weird on your 225 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:55,640 Speaker 2: hair and that kind of stuff. Now, the other extreme 226 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 2: end of that is a water softener, and a water 227 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:06,920 Speaker 2: softener uses salt as the ions in salt, it passes 228 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 2: the water through and those ions in the sodium actually 229 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:14,800 Speaker 2: grab on to attract and grab on to those minerals 230 00:12:15,160 --> 00:12:18,320 Speaker 2: and pull them out of your water. So a water 231 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:24,000 Speaker 2: softener is constantly pulling calcium and other minerals like that 232 00:12:24,280 --> 00:12:27,160 Speaker 2: out of the water, and so they're not in your 233 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:30,560 Speaker 2: water when it comes out of the faucet. You're not 234 00:12:30,640 --> 00:12:35,760 Speaker 2: getting the good minerals that are there. But the water 235 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:39,400 Speaker 2: is technically and I'm using air quotes here, softened because 236 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:41,920 Speaker 2: of the hard mineral content. A lot of it has 237 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:44,679 Speaker 2: been pulled out and you know, no scale build up. 238 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:48,599 Speaker 2: That's all well and good, but everybody should know that 239 00:12:48,679 --> 00:12:55,760 Speaker 2: water softeners were never designed for residential application. Water softeners 240 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 2: were invented for factories, so that machinery that has water 241 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:04,800 Speaker 2: running through it, you know, it doesn't scale up on 242 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:08,080 Speaker 2: the inside. It was an industrial thing, and then it 243 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:11,560 Speaker 2: got applied to residences because Culligan and they're the ones 244 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:14,520 Speaker 2: who got it all going in the beginning. They said, hey, 245 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:16,480 Speaker 2: why don't we just sell them to homes too. People 246 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:18,920 Speaker 2: all love this, and a lot of people have, but 247 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:22,480 Speaker 2: you have to completely always changing out the salt in 248 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:25,680 Speaker 2: order to keep that going. A little bit of sodium 249 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:27,839 Speaker 2: does get added to the water supply, which is not 250 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:29,920 Speaker 2: great for some people, and so on and so forth. 251 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:34,480 Speaker 2: So here's the thing. The life source system uses a 252 00:13:34,640 --> 00:13:39,040 Speaker 2: crystalline matrix filter. It's another canister other than the water filter, 253 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:42,880 Speaker 2: and as the water runs through it. This is a 254 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:46,439 Speaker 2: very twenty first century kind of cool thing. It does 255 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:51,280 Speaker 2: not pull the calcium and soft minerals out of the water, 256 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:55,080 Speaker 2: but what it does is it alters them. It makes 257 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:58,920 Speaker 2: them crystalline in form. In other words, just in Layman's terms, 258 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:03,400 Speaker 2: it turns sticky minerals into crystals that aren't sticky anymore. 259 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:07,240 Speaker 2: And so they don't cling two pipes, and they don't 260 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:09,120 Speaker 2: do they don't build up scale. 261 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:15,040 Speaker 4: So it is not one hundred percent guaranteed scale free. 262 00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:18,560 Speaker 2: But the scale reduction is like in the high nineties, Okay, 263 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:22,080 Speaker 2: it is significant, and it's in every case that I've 264 00:14:22,080 --> 00:14:26,960 Speaker 2: ever seen, it's more than anybody ever hoped and dreamed of. 265 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:31,840 Speaker 2: You are still getting the benefit of the flavor of 266 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:35,680 Speaker 2: those minerals in your water, making the water taste great. 267 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:38,960 Speaker 2: You're still getting the health benefit of those minerals, but 268 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:42,360 Speaker 2: they have been changed into crystaline form. Your body doesn't care, 269 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:45,760 Speaker 2: but your pipe's care, and your appliance's care, and your 270 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:49,160 Speaker 2: faucet's care, and the glass and your shower cares and 271 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:52,040 Speaker 2: that all gets reduced and you never have to add 272 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:55,120 Speaker 2: salt and you never replace anything. It's just sits there 273 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:57,280 Speaker 2: and does its job day in and day out. And 274 00:14:57,280 --> 00:15:01,560 Speaker 2: that's why you hear me recommend that system. That system 275 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:06,480 Speaker 2: is not a water softening system because the term water 276 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:10,960 Speaker 2: softener can only legally be applied to systems that use 277 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:14,160 Speaker 2: salt to pull minerals out. So that's why you never 278 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:16,960 Speaker 2: hear us say, oh, life source is a water softener 279 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:20,680 Speaker 2: as well, because we can't use that term. But it 280 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:26,080 Speaker 2: is a scale reducing system in the end, the same effect, 281 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:31,560 Speaker 2: but water feels better and tastes better, and you're passing 282 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:34,200 Speaker 2: through all of those minerals. So I'm all on board 283 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:37,600 Speaker 2: for that kind of a system as opposed to a 284 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:41,360 Speaker 2: water softener. But yes, you can have a filtration system 285 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:44,160 Speaker 2: that just filters for the whole house and a water 286 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:46,080 Speaker 2: softener as well. And the other thing is a lot 287 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:48,840 Speaker 2: of people get confused that because they've got a water 288 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:50,880 Speaker 2: softener hooked up to their home that they have a filter. 289 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:53,960 Speaker 2: And a water softener is not a filter. It's not 290 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:56,880 Speaker 2: a water filter. It doesn't in no way pulls out 291 00:15:56,920 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 2: chlorine or chlorines or any of nasty stuff that's in 292 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:03,120 Speaker 2: the world. It just pulls out the minerals and softens 293 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:06,000 Speaker 2: the water. So you don't have a filter system. If 294 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:07,760 Speaker 2: you have a water software, you have to have two 295 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:11,600 Speaker 2: of them together. But I prefer the twenty first century solution, 296 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:15,600 Speaker 2: which are these crystalline matrix filters that actually I think 297 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:18,800 Speaker 2: do a better job than water softeners. How's that for 298 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:19,320 Speaker 2: an answer? 299 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:24,840 Speaker 6: Death terrific. Life Source the only one that has this 300 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:27,720 Speaker 6: second filter. 301 00:16:28,280 --> 00:16:32,040 Speaker 2: There are some other companies out there, but here in 302 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:35,560 Speaker 2: southern California especially, I don't know anybody who's been more 303 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:39,720 Speaker 2: consistent and has a better system than Life Source, which 304 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:42,480 Speaker 2: is why they are a partner on the show. Life 305 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:44,560 Speaker 2: Source is actually a partner on the show, not because 306 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:46,960 Speaker 2: they came to us and said, here's money, talk good 307 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:51,280 Speaker 2: about us. They came along after I sent them so 308 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:54,680 Speaker 2: many recommendations on the show. They're like, have you been 309 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:58,720 Speaker 2: recognized recommending our system? I'm like yeah, I have for years, 310 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:01,640 Speaker 2: and they're like, okay, well how about we partner with you. 311 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:06,879 Speaker 2: I'm like great, great. So they're here because I talked 312 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:09,920 Speaker 2: them up before they were sponsors, not the other way around. 313 00:17:12,080 --> 00:17:16,680 Speaker 6: With Life Source we're going to end up basically with 314 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:20,680 Speaker 6: a we can't use the term water software, but we're 315 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:22,280 Speaker 6: basically going to have one. 316 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:25,680 Speaker 2: You're yeah, you're going to end up with a scale, 317 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:30,199 Speaker 2: seriously scale reduced water and filtered clean water all at 318 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:32,760 Speaker 2: the same time. So yeah, everything that you were hoping for. 319 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:36,439 Speaker 2: I think you're going to get with the Life Source system. 320 00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:40,720 Speaker 2: So that's why I am a fan. Terry Sherry, thank 321 00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:43,720 Speaker 2: you for the call, and good luck. 322 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:44,720 Speaker 4: Good luck. Call them. 323 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:47,200 Speaker 2: They'll tell you the truth. They'll answer all your questions 324 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:49,520 Speaker 2: for you. All right, when we come back, more of 325 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:52,320 Speaker 2: your calls. Your Home with Dean Sharp the House Whisper. 326 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:56,760 Speaker 1: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 327 00:17:56,840 --> 00:18:00,760 Speaker 1: KFI AM six forty, and. 328 00:18:00,840 --> 00:18:03,800 Speaker 2: We're back Dean Sharp the House Whisper here to help 329 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:07,520 Speaker 2: you transform your ordinary house into an extraordinary home. How 330 00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:10,440 Speaker 2: do we do it on Saturdays? We do it by 331 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:13,960 Speaker 2: taking your calls. You tell me what the show is about, 332 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:16,040 Speaker 2: and then I just do my best to catch up 333 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:20,520 Speaker 2: with you. How does that sound okay? Let's talk to Patricia. Hey, Patricia, 334 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:28,600 Speaker 2: welcome home. Patricia. Are you with me? 335 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:30,680 Speaker 7: I am with you? 336 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:31,000 Speaker 6: Yes? 337 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:34,040 Speaker 4: How can I help you? How can I help you. 338 00:18:34,359 --> 00:18:39,439 Speaker 7: Okay, okay, About three months ago I had my front 339 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:46,600 Speaker 7: driveway replaced, and now half of the driveway has dried perfectly, 340 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:51,440 Speaker 7: but the other half is splotchy. It looks wet, and 341 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:55,919 Speaker 7: I call the contractor. He's saying, don't worry, but my 342 00:18:56,119 --> 00:19:00,480 Speaker 7: neighbors and other contractors are saying this is a problem. 343 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:03,280 Speaker 7: So I need your better opinion. 344 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:09,400 Speaker 2: Okay, is the half of the concrete that is splotchy 345 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:12,760 Speaker 2: has does it get more shade than sunlight than the 346 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:16,399 Speaker 2: other half or is it pretty easy it does? 347 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:19,280 Speaker 6: It does get its shade. Yeah? 348 00:19:19,320 --> 00:19:21,879 Speaker 4: And how long ago was it? 349 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:24,240 Speaker 6: It's been about three months now, It's been. 350 00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:28,120 Speaker 2: About three months. Yeah, okay, Well, all right, side unseen 351 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:31,440 Speaker 2: that's my that's my disclaimer here, right. I haven't seen 352 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:34,440 Speaker 2: it up front and up close. But I will tell 353 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:39,080 Speaker 2: you ninety nine times out of one hundred, the the 354 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:43,639 Speaker 2: you know, concrete, the laying of concrete is is a 355 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:47,200 Speaker 2: baking process, right, things the ingredients have to get all 356 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:53,120 Speaker 2: mixed up, and and so sometimes things react to the ground, 357 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:57,600 Speaker 2: to moisture, to the shade on one side and sun 358 00:19:57,680 --> 00:20:00,359 Speaker 2: on the other. All sorts of things can have happened. 359 00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:02,720 Speaker 2: But ninety nine times out of one hundred. First of all, 360 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:06,160 Speaker 2: there you shouldn't be worried that there's a structural issue. 361 00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:10,439 Speaker 2: There's hardly Ever, when we get blotchiness on concrete, brand 362 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:15,760 Speaker 2: new concrete, it is very, very rarely rarely an indication 363 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:20,440 Speaker 2: that there's anything structurally wrong with the cement. Cement doesn't dry. 364 00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:24,800 Speaker 2: Concrete does not dry, It cures, and the curing process 365 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:29,480 Speaker 2: for standard Portland cement without additives in it is twenty 366 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:33,240 Speaker 2: eight days, so it takes an entire month, first of all, 367 00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:37,359 Speaker 2: for moisture in the concrete to activate all the adhesive 368 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:42,199 Speaker 2: quality of the cement. Inside the driveway, it can be 369 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:49,240 Speaker 2: months before things like blotchiness cure and clear up when 370 00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:54,600 Speaker 2: they appear. There could be ten different reasons why it 371 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:59,720 Speaker 2: got blotchy. Maybe it was a slight inconsistency in the 372 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:04,800 Speaker 2: mix right then and there. Maybe it's the the the curing, 373 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:08,720 Speaker 2: the initial cure of the concrete, the surface dried quickly, 374 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:13,120 Speaker 2: more quickly on the on the side with the sun 375 00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:17,200 Speaker 2: than on the side in the shade, and as a result, 376 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:24,200 Speaker 2: the moisture inside the concrete just reacted differently. Unfortunately, there 377 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:28,639 Speaker 2: isn't a just a magic fix for it. But I 378 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:33,120 Speaker 2: will tell you usually within six months or so, most 379 00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:37,760 Speaker 2: blotchiness starts to fade. But you can also aid it along. 380 00:21:38,359 --> 00:21:42,439 Speaker 2: Most concrete contractors will tell you that they could do 381 00:21:42,520 --> 00:21:46,040 Speaker 2: a mild acid wash of the concrete and help it 382 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:48,439 Speaker 2: going along. And after an acid wash, you give it 383 00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:51,560 Speaker 2: a week or so and you should see a significant 384 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:53,119 Speaker 2: fading of the blotchiness. 385 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:54,680 Speaker 4: Will it uh. 386 00:21:56,320 --> 00:22:00,000 Speaker 2: Remove the blotchiness? I don't know. Sometimes it does, sometimes 387 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:03,000 Speaker 2: times it doesn't. It always fades it out, though, and 388 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:08,199 Speaker 2: starts to even it out. And ultimately will your driveway 389 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:13,119 Speaker 2: de blotch and and and all bleach out into a 390 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:19,240 Speaker 2: nice uniform color almost inevitably. Yes, So it's not something 391 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:21,840 Speaker 2: to panic about. I know it's not something pleasant to 392 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:24,240 Speaker 2: look at right now, and it's not what you expected, 393 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:30,480 Speaker 2: but it's probably very likely not a structural issue to 394 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:32,560 Speaker 2: be concerned about as far as like, oh, well, we're 395 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:34,480 Speaker 2: gonna have to tear this stuff out and start over, 396 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:38,320 Speaker 2: and there's no superficial coding to put on it that 397 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:42,120 Speaker 2: would be worth its money in any way, shape or form. 398 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:45,199 Speaker 2: Don't do that. Don't buy into that. But an acid 399 00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:49,040 Speaker 2: wash could go a long way towards evening out the surface. 400 00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:52,760 Speaker 6: Okay, well that helps me tremendously. 401 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:58,840 Speaker 7: I will not, what do I say, be angry with 402 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:03,440 Speaker 7: the contractor. I'll just ask him the nicest way possible 403 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:05,520 Speaker 7: if he return and do. 404 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:07,920 Speaker 6: The ass and watch and see where that gets me 405 00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:09,000 Speaker 6: that you know. 406 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:11,919 Speaker 2: What, that is the perfect approach, Patricia. And you have 407 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:14,879 Speaker 2: a very very pleasant way about you, and that is 408 00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:17,480 Speaker 2: that is the way you know you're going to attract 409 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:19,560 Speaker 2: what do they say, going to attract more? 410 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:27,760 Speaker 4: Is it? Yeah? With honey? Then anyway, anyway, you got 411 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:28,280 Speaker 4: it going on? 412 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:28,680 Speaker 8: Girl? 413 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:33,000 Speaker 2: You uh, but don't don't panic it is It's not 414 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:34,520 Speaker 2: a failure of your cement. 415 00:23:35,119 --> 00:23:36,320 Speaker 4: Sometimes it happens. 416 00:23:36,359 --> 00:23:38,919 Speaker 2: And like I said, not a lot of people realize 417 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:45,920 Speaker 2: that that the whole concrete pouring process, it varies, results 418 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:49,159 Speaker 2: vary from day to day. How much moisture is in 419 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:53,240 Speaker 2: the air today versus yesterday? What's the ground temperature today 420 00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:56,800 Speaker 2: versus yesterday? I mean, it's like it's like a baking 421 00:23:56,920 --> 00:23:59,920 Speaker 2: process where you know, on any given day, you mix 422 00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:02,520 Speaker 2: up the recipe and you've got your you know, your 423 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:05,879 Speaker 2: dough and whatever all ready to go, and you find 424 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:08,200 Speaker 2: the oven is a different temperature and you're like how 425 00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:11,439 Speaker 2: can we control these results. It's very, very tough, but 426 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:13,640 Speaker 2: it's a it's a it's a discipline that a good 427 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:17,119 Speaker 2: concrete person has to master. And even at that, no 428 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:20,399 Speaker 2: guarantee that that we don't get some of these superficial 429 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:23,919 Speaker 2: blemishes along the way. The good news is the power 430 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:29,960 Speaker 2: of UV sunlight will eventually almost always resolve all issues. 431 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:32,280 Speaker 2: It may take some time, but it will resolve that 432 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:35,359 Speaker 2: you can help it along with that acid wash. 433 00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:37,320 Speaker 7: Okay, alrighty, then I'll call him. 434 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:40,600 Speaker 2: All right, Patricia, you take care, Thank you for your question. 435 00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:44,680 Speaker 2: Good luck my friend. She has a lovely way about her. 436 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:48,480 Speaker 2: She she'll, she'll, she'll get it done. It'll it'll work, 437 00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:51,480 Speaker 2: all right, y'all. When we come back, more of your calls. 438 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:54,240 Speaker 2: Your home with Dean Sharp, the house whisper. 439 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:59,440 Speaker 4: Jean Sharp, the house whisper. Welcome home. Thanks for joining 440 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:00,560 Speaker 4: us on the show this morning. 441 00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:02,840 Speaker 2: Here we are at the end of another two hours 442 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:06,440 Speaker 2: of taking calls and making a difference in the world. 443 00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:09,720 Speaker 2: But we still have some time left, so I'm going 444 00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:12,879 Speaker 2: back to the phones. I want to talk to Sue. Hey, Sue, 445 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:13,600 Speaker 2: welcome home. 446 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:16,280 Speaker 5: Hello. 447 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:20,040 Speaker 8: I bought a house that was built in nineteen seventy 448 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:25,840 Speaker 8: two and I'm remodeling the rec room. The floor is plastic. 449 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:30,960 Speaker 8: It's the laminate stick on twelve by twelve squaresh Do 450 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:33,360 Speaker 8: I need to take that up? I'm going to put 451 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:37,040 Speaker 8: down fake floor, the fake wood, the plastic wood. 452 00:25:38,119 --> 00:25:40,760 Speaker 4: You're going to put down like a luxury vinyl plank. 453 00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:41,639 Speaker 4: Is that what you're saying? 454 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:44,200 Speaker 8: Yes, that snaps together? 455 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:45,000 Speaker 4: Yeah? 456 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:49,840 Speaker 2: Okay, like that? Yeah, a vinyl plank or a laminate floor. Okay. 457 00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:53,080 Speaker 4: So where is this floor? It's in the rec room. 458 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:55,000 Speaker 8: It's a basement. 459 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:58,640 Speaker 4: Oh, it's a basement. Okay. And where are you at? 460 00:25:58,640 --> 00:25:59,520 Speaker 4: Where's the house. 461 00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:04,480 Speaker 8: At Cockeysville, Maryland. I moved from Apple Valley, California in 462 00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:07,320 Speaker 8: twenty twenty four to retire and take care of my 463 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:08,680 Speaker 8: two year old grandson. 464 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:11,400 Speaker 2: Oh, good for you, Good for you. So you've got 465 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:14,320 Speaker 2: a full basement down there, as far as you know. 466 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:17,000 Speaker 2: Is this original flooring down there? 467 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:19,720 Speaker 8: Yes, yes it is. It is original. 468 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:20,560 Speaker 4: Okay. 469 00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:24,120 Speaker 2: So yeah, So here here's the thing, my friend, very 470 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:30,640 Speaker 2: very important. Those kinds of vinyl tiles. I don't want 471 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:32,880 Speaker 2: you to mess with. I don't want you to mess 472 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:36,600 Speaker 2: with them. Okay, because a house built in the seventies. 473 00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:41,720 Speaker 2: It wasn't until the late nineteen seventies that that we 474 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:47,320 Speaker 2: could count on vinyl tiles being produced without large amounts 475 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:52,120 Speaker 2: of asbestos in them. Okay, it's very, very likely that 476 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:56,560 Speaker 2: those are asbestos bound tiles down there. Now, that doesn't 477 00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:59,760 Speaker 2: mean that that's a health concern for you, because asbestos 478 00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:04,880 Speaker 2: in materials like that, it's very it's very stable. 479 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:05,320 Speaker 4: Okay. 480 00:27:05,359 --> 00:27:08,560 Speaker 2: Asbestos is only an issue. It's when it's powdered and 481 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:11,280 Speaker 2: pulverized and it gets into the air and we breathe it. 482 00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:17,879 Speaker 2: And those tiles and materials like that ACM materials, asbestos 483 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:22,239 Speaker 2: containing materials. They they're what we call non fryable. And 484 00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:24,879 Speaker 2: I know it sounds like frying it like in a 485 00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:26,639 Speaker 2: frying pan, but that's not what the word means. It 486 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:29,480 Speaker 2: means that they don't easily crumble, They don't easily lose 487 00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:32,639 Speaker 2: their surface or give away their material. And that's a 488 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:34,840 Speaker 2: good thing. Asbestos is not a good thing, but it's 489 00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:38,119 Speaker 2: a good thing that it makes things so tough. But 490 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:42,600 Speaker 2: just like asbestos anywhere else in the house, you don't 491 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:46,160 Speaker 2: want to remove those tiles because removing them could actually 492 00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:49,480 Speaker 2: cause the asbestos to get into the air and you 493 00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:52,640 Speaker 2: breathe it in, and that's not a good thing. Technically, legally, 494 00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:56,240 Speaker 2: you would need an abatement, and that gets crazy stupid expensive. 495 00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:59,920 Speaker 2: When if it's nice and flat and the tiles are 496 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:03,000 Speaker 2: you know, just they're still adhering, just fine, you can 497 00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:06,720 Speaker 2: just cover over them with a floating floor. The kind 498 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:08,800 Speaker 2: of floor you're talking about, whether it's a lamin it 499 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:13,119 Speaker 2: snapped together laminate, or a or a luxury vinyl plank. 500 00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:17,240 Speaker 2: It's just like when we find asbestos in acoustic ceilings 501 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:21,280 Speaker 2: and owners decide instead of paying tens of thousands of 502 00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:24,280 Speaker 2: dollars to have it removed from the house, we simply 503 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:27,439 Speaker 2: encapsulate it by putting another layer of dry wall over it. 504 00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:32,600 Speaker 2: Totally legal, totally acceptable, totally safe. You'll encapsulate that asbestos 505 00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:35,159 Speaker 2: vinyl floor down there. No one will ever touch it 506 00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:37,280 Speaker 2: or have access to it again, and it will hurt 507 00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:41,000 Speaker 2: no one ever. So yeah, as long as those tiles 508 00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:43,400 Speaker 2: are nice and stable and they're in good shape, you 509 00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:46,040 Speaker 2: should be able to lay that new flooring right over 510 00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:48,840 Speaker 2: the top of them, and you should be good to go. 511 00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:53,640 Speaker 8: Okay, there's a few spots around the washer and dryer, 512 00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:57,080 Speaker 8: which I'm going to do eventually. But there's a few 513 00:28:57,120 --> 00:29:00,800 Speaker 8: spots where you can see the concrete. Can just patch 514 00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:01,680 Speaker 8: that and leave it. 515 00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:03,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, you could leave a little bit. You could add 516 00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:05,960 Speaker 2: a little filler right there. I mean, not that a 517 00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:09,400 Speaker 2: floating floor would really matter. The difference in the level 518 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:12,680 Speaker 2: between the concrete and the vinyl tile is really nominal. 519 00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:15,320 Speaker 2: But you could always add a little filler, just kind 520 00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:17,440 Speaker 2: of trawl it in and smooth it off. Doesn't matter 521 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:19,280 Speaker 2: what it looks like, right as long as it's level 522 00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:21,680 Speaker 2: because you're going to cover it up anyway. So yeah, 523 00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:24,040 Speaker 2: you could level it off if there was a concern there. 524 00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:27,080 Speaker 2: The point is it should be a pretty easy process 525 00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:29,040 Speaker 2: for you and pain free. 526 00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:34,120 Speaker 8: Thank you so much, Dean, and thanks for KFI. I'm 527 00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:39,160 Speaker 8: not homesick because I have home on you. 528 00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:43,440 Speaker 4: That's so kind. You enjoy those grand. 529 00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:45,880 Speaker 6: Kids you so much. 530 00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:48,640 Speaker 4: Bye bye, bye bye, Sue. What a sweetie. 531 00:29:49,160 --> 00:29:53,400 Speaker 2: Yeah. When you encounter old tile in your home, old 532 00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:57,640 Speaker 2: meaning if it's if it's older than the eighties, seventies 533 00:29:57,720 --> 00:30:01,760 Speaker 2: or so, be very aware, be very very aware that 534 00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:04,520 Speaker 2: there's a good chance that there's asbestos in it. That 535 00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:06,480 Speaker 2: doesn't mean the end of the world, doesn't mean it's 536 00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:09,080 Speaker 2: gonna break your bank account. It just means you got 537 00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:11,280 Speaker 2: to deal with it the right way, which is not 538 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:15,120 Speaker 2: disturbing it. Just cover it over, okay, unless you want 539 00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:16,640 Speaker 2: to spend the money to take it out. 540 00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:17,520 Speaker 4: All right. 541 00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:21,200 Speaker 2: Tomorrow on the Big Show, we're going to be talking 542 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:25,040 Speaker 2: about romancing your home. I want to up the romantic 543 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:28,360 Speaker 2: nature of every room in the house, and I will 544 00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:31,640 Speaker 2: show you how. And if I've got time tomorrow, I'll 545 00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:31,920 Speaker 2: talk to. 546 00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:34,360 Speaker 4: You about that. Ge all in one watcher dryer. 547 00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:36,560 Speaker 2: That's tomorrow on the Big Show from nine to noon. 548 00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:39,960 Speaker 2: Don't miss it until then. Get out into this day 549 00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:43,480 Speaker 2: and make the most of it by continuing to build 550 00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:45,080 Speaker 2: yourself a beautiful life. 551 00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:51,480 Speaker 4: We'll see tomorrow. This has been Home with Dean Sharp 552 00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:52,680 Speaker 4: the House Whisper. 553 00:30:52,760 --> 00:30:55,680 Speaker 2: Tune into the live broadcast on KFI Am six forty 554 00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:58,920 Speaker 2: every Saturday morning from six to eight Pacific time and 555 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:02,240 Speaker 2: every Sunday morning from nine to noon Pacific time, or 556 00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:05,680 Speaker 2: anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app.