1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:04,040 Speaker 1: KFI AM six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp, The 2 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:08,879 Speaker 1: House Whisper on demand on the iHeartRadio app. I Am 3 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:13,320 Speaker 1: Dean Sharp, The House Whisper, Custom home Builder, custom home Designer, 4 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:17,079 Speaker 1: and your guide to better understanding that place where you live. 5 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:20,599 Speaker 1: Today on the program Valentine's Day Weekend, we're talking about 6 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:24,319 Speaker 1: romancing the spaces in your home, raising the level of 7 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 1: m in every room of your home. And we're going 8 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:30,800 Speaker 1: to return to that conversation in just a bit. But 9 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:34,240 Speaker 1: we have arrived at mid show. There you go. Mid 10 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 1: show is second hour, second out. It's technically not middle 11 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:40,000 Speaker 1: show yet, but we've arrived at second hour, which means 12 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:43,600 Speaker 1: it's time to go to the phones. Going to answer 13 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:45,760 Speaker 1: some calls, and there's room for you on the phones 14 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:48,480 Speaker 1: as well. The number to reach me eight three three two. 15 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 1: Ask Dean eight three three, the numeral two peep, ask 16 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 1: Dean A three three two, and then you just spell 17 00:00:56,800 --> 00:01:00,319 Speaker 1: out ask Dean. It's just that easy. Anything you want 18 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:02,760 Speaker 1: to talk about regarding your home, we will put our 19 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:05,840 Speaker 1: heads together and we will get big yeared out. All right, 20 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:09,720 Speaker 1: let's go to the phones. I want to talk to Rick. Hey, Rick, 21 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 1: welcome home, Hey. 22 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:17,520 Speaker 2: Good morning, Deed. My question is regarding we have an 23 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:20,000 Speaker 2: eight foot slider. I'm gonna try to give you all 24 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 2: the information or details here. It's about probably twenty years old. 25 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:30,840 Speaker 2: Let's see the slider portion. It has like a hole 26 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:33,280 Speaker 2: up on top and a hole up on the bottom, 27 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 2: and it has a metal rod, so it's it's like 28 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:41,800 Speaker 2: super hard to open it. It's like like you got 29 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:45,400 Speaker 2: to put a lot of muscle into it. So my 30 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 2: wife's been she's been nagging about it and like to 31 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:52,240 Speaker 2: put it on the post Valentine's honeydew list to possibly 32 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 2: get that taken care of, if there's a way of 33 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 2: doing that. 34 00:01:55,480 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, So here's the thing. The slide itself, 35 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 1: the slider door twenty years if it's never been adjusted, 36 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:08,640 Speaker 1: I have no doubt it's dragon. Okay, hopefully we don't 37 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:12,560 Speaker 1: have any you know, long term damage to the rollers 38 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:16,200 Speaker 1: that it rolls along on. But most of the time 39 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 1: that's not the case, and that's good news for everybody. 40 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 1: So at the actual slider unit itself, near the bottom 41 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:26,640 Speaker 1: of the door, okay, where you know, down in the 42 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:31,040 Speaker 1: lower rail of the slider, pretty close to the bottom. 43 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 1: And by the way, is this a vinyl slider. Is 44 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 1: it a wood slider. What do we got going on here? 45 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's I'm gonna say it's vinyl, would I mean 46 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 2: vinyl and metal? 47 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:47,639 Speaker 1: It's white, so okay, I got you all right. So yeah, 48 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 1: near the bottom there should be a couple of holes. Okay, 49 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 1: they may be plugged. There may be a plug in 50 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 1: these holes. Hopefully there's a plug, but a lot of 51 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 1: people have lost their the plug. But near the bottom 52 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 1: of the slider door there is a plug or a 53 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:06,519 Speaker 1: hole or plug in a hole. You can take a 54 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 1: flat bladed screwdriver and pop that plug out, or if 55 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:16,640 Speaker 1: it's not there, it's just a hole. It's probably, you know, 56 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 1: about a quarter inch in diameter, maybe three eighths of 57 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 1: an inch in diameter, about a quarter inch diameter hole. 58 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:26,760 Speaker 1: And there's going to be one on the lower side 59 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 1: of the door, on the far left side and on 60 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:33,839 Speaker 1: the far right side. Okay, that hole. What you will 61 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:39,320 Speaker 1: find inside that hole is a screw. The screw is 62 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 1: normally on most sliders. It'll take a Phillips head screwdriver 63 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:46,040 Speaker 1: in there. Okay, so you've got to have a Phillips 64 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 1: head screwdriver that's small enough that'll slide in the hole 65 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 1: and engage that screw. But you can look inside with 66 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 1: a flashlight and see whether it's a flathead screwdriver. Most 67 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 1: of the time it's a Phillips head screwdriver. Every once 68 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 1: in a while it's an Allen wrench kind of hole. 69 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 1: Either way, look inside the hole, figure out what kind 70 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 1: of wrench has to be shoved in there in order 71 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 1: to engage it that hole, and that screw adjusts the 72 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:17,560 Speaker 1: height of the wheels the lower rollers. Okay, every sliding 73 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:20,880 Speaker 1: door goes out of adjustment, especially the ones that get 74 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:24,600 Speaker 1: used lots. Okay, So you use it, and you use 75 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:26,760 Speaker 1: it and use it, sliding it back and forth and 76 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 1: back and forth, and eventually just the nature of the 77 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 1: mechanism there it settles. And so if you've got a slider, 78 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:37,000 Speaker 1: that's just like, man, it's just hard pulling this thing. 79 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:42,279 Speaker 1: It's such effort pulling it. Chances are the door itself 80 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:46,000 Speaker 1: is now sliding and rubbing on the track that it's 81 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:50,479 Speaker 1: sitting on instead of being elevated up off of the 82 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 1: track and just the wheel touching the track doing its job. 83 00:04:55,040 --> 00:05:00,640 Speaker 1: So you adjust it. You turn it normally clockwise raises 84 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 1: the door and you don't want to overdo it, because 85 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 1: you can literally adjust those things so high that you 86 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:09,120 Speaker 1: literally push the door up and trap it in the 87 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:11,800 Speaker 1: at the top, you know, push it against the jam 88 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:14,560 Speaker 1: so it can't move up there either. But you want 89 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:16,799 Speaker 1: to adjust it up a little bit and keep adjusting 90 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 1: them both. By the way, for a lot of people 91 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 1: who are asking the question, my slider, now when it 92 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:25,600 Speaker 1: closes against the jam, it's not closing straight. It's like 93 00:05:25,760 --> 00:05:28,280 Speaker 1: touching at the top and not at the bottom, or 94 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 1: it's touching at the bottom and not at the top. 95 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 1: That's using both of those rollers. You're gonna have to 96 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:36,359 Speaker 1: adjust both of them. And you adjust them both so 97 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:40,039 Speaker 1: that the door, you know, it's like adjustable legs on 98 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 1: a table, so that the door is sitting plumb right, 99 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:45,599 Speaker 1: so it's sitting nice and even with the jam and 100 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:48,719 Speaker 1: up off of the track. Nine times out of ten, 101 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:53,280 Speaker 1: make that adjustment. And while you have the hole unplugged, 102 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:57,480 Speaker 1: get a little lubricant, like you could use a little 103 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:00,560 Speaker 1: WD forty, but a little bit of a clear spray 104 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:03,799 Speaker 1: lubricant with a little straw coming off the can. Stick 105 00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:06,800 Speaker 1: that in there and give it a little and on 106 00:06:06,839 --> 00:06:09,600 Speaker 1: the other one that lubes up those wheels gets the 107 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:13,719 Speaker 1: flowing and most of the time you will suddenly be like, 108 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:18,039 Speaker 1: oh my gosh, why didn't we do this seven years ago? 109 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:22,920 Speaker 1: The door is magically moving again beautifully. Now, if that's 110 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:26,719 Speaker 1: not the case after you've adjusted those wheels, then we 111 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 1: might actually have a more serious issue that the rollers 112 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 1: themselves are broken or have lost a bearing, or they're 113 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 1: chipped or something like that. But most of the time, 114 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 1: my friend, most of the time you just have to 115 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:41,559 Speaker 1: adjust the door to get it off of its wheels again. 116 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:46,680 Speaker 2: Okay, that sounds good. That gets me in the right direction. 117 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 2: And then just one more thing. I did notice it 118 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:53,800 Speaker 2: has a like a brass metal rod going alongside the 119 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:57,520 Speaker 2: fixed side that doesn't move. Does do I need to 120 00:06:57,520 --> 00:07:01,359 Speaker 2: do anything with that or just Lubert lubricate it or 121 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:03,000 Speaker 2: just leave it alone? 122 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 1: Okay, the brass metal rod? Describe that to me? Where 123 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:06,599 Speaker 1: are we seeing that? 124 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 2: It's it's on the portion to the left of the 125 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:16,280 Speaker 2: door that doesn't move, the solid glass piece where the 126 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:19,520 Speaker 2: slider would like slide into it. It's like a little 127 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:21,680 Speaker 2: metal rod and it's like on a track. 128 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:26,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, let's not worry about that right now. Let's just 129 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:29,800 Speaker 1: get that the active door, the one that glides. Let's 130 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 1: get it adjusted up so that it's just sitting on 131 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:35,679 Speaker 1: its wheels and not dragging the door along the track. 132 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 1: And let's see if that doesn't make a huge difference. 133 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:42,440 Speaker 2: All Right, it sounds good, Dean. Thank you. My wife's 134 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:45,080 Speaker 2: gonna definitely appreciate this. She's not gonna have to fight 135 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:46,000 Speaker 2: with the door any longer. 136 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:47,800 Speaker 1: All right. I want to hear about it. I want 137 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:49,840 Speaker 1: to hear about it when it happens. Rick, Thanks Bud, 138 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 1: appreciate the call. Great call, great question. More of them 139 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:57,080 Speaker 1: right after we come back from the break. You are 140 00:07:57,120 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 1: Home with Dean Sharp the house whisper. 141 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 3: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 142 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:04,880 Speaker 3: KFI AM six forty. 143 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:07,560 Speaker 1: I'll tell you the fun of having a granddaughter. She 144 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 1: just walked in here with her lasso that I bought 145 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 1: her a couple of weeks ago. She's writing Western now 146 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 1: she started writing English. Now she's writing Western, and she 147 00:08:17,320 --> 00:08:20,680 Speaker 1: is loving the idea of like roping things. So I 148 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:23,680 Speaker 1: broke down and actually got her a real working ranch rope, 149 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:26,680 Speaker 1: I mean a real one, not a toy. And she's 150 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:29,640 Speaker 1: learning it. She's learning all the parts, the loop, the hondo, 151 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:35,679 Speaker 1: the spoke, the coil and how to Now she's lassoing 152 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:39,520 Speaker 1: things all over the yard. I love it. I love it. Okay, 153 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:43,640 Speaker 1: back to it, right, we are talking about romancing your 154 00:08:43,679 --> 00:08:46,480 Speaker 1: home today. But right now we're mid show and I'm 155 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:48,320 Speaker 1: taking calls. I want to go back to the phones. 156 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:50,960 Speaker 1: I want to talk to Genie. Hey, Genie, welcome home. 157 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 4: Awesome. Hi. 158 00:08:56,160 --> 00:09:00,360 Speaker 5: I wanted to know what your thoughts were on the 159 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 5: beams of a mid century modern home. Our home is 160 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:06,559 Speaker 5: sixty years old and. 161 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:13,600 Speaker 6: The top side of the beams are rotted, and I've 162 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:15,120 Speaker 6: been given advice to have. 163 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:16,400 Speaker 5: Them cut off to. 164 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:24,120 Speaker 6: And then a fake edition put on, to put a 165 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:28,880 Speaker 6: metal cap on. I'm wondering what your thoughts are in 166 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:29,679 Speaker 6: this situation. 167 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:34,520 Speaker 1: Okay, So we're talking about the beams that are extending 168 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 1: outside the house now, right, not the These are the 169 00:09:37,679 --> 00:09:42,120 Speaker 1: same beams that are visible inside in your mid century 170 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:45,720 Speaker 1: vaulted ceiling. But the tails of those beams, as they 171 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:50,160 Speaker 1: are sticking outside, have experienced some weather issues. Now over 172 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:52,840 Speaker 1: the last sixty years, Am I gathering that right? 173 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:56,000 Speaker 5: Yes, they stick out beyond the facia. 174 00:09:56,840 --> 00:10:00,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, how much? How far do they stick out? And 175 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:03,360 Speaker 1: are they holding anything else up there or just themselves, 176 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:05,800 Speaker 1: and like in the other words, how much of their 177 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 1: own weight are they supporting out there beyond the facier. 178 00:10:08,679 --> 00:10:18,720 Speaker 5: Board their full weight, they're not supporting anything. It's just 179 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:19,880 Speaker 5: the decorative edge. 180 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:23,760 Speaker 1: Its foot and a half about foot and half about 181 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:26,040 Speaker 1: eighteen inches. Okay, that's kind of kind of what I 182 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:30,520 Speaker 1: was imagining. So all right, So the question of all right, 183 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:35,280 Speaker 1: so here's my my I'm going to give you my uh, 184 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 1: I'm going to put on my restoration hat. Okay, because 185 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:43,079 Speaker 1: this is a this is a whole, This is a whole, 186 00:10:43,679 --> 00:10:48,319 Speaker 1: you know, sub discipline inside of decor and design work. 187 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:51,880 Speaker 1: When we're talking about restoration, in other words, we want 188 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:55,200 Speaker 1: to maintain original stuff as much as possible in a 189 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:58,360 Speaker 1: classic home and a classic architectural home like a mid 190 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:03,160 Speaker 1: century home. Of course, we can replace beams, but that's 191 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:06,240 Speaker 1: a whole thing. I mean, that's a whole thing, and 192 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:10,600 Speaker 1: we don't want to do any fixes outside that will 193 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:16,360 Speaker 1: end up, for just practical purposes, destroying the original vibe, 194 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:19,720 Speaker 1: if at all possible, right, the original line, the original intent. 195 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:25,440 Speaker 1: So if we're talking purely from a restorative position, my 196 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:30,000 Speaker 1: interest is in digging into those beams, figuring out how 197 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:32,600 Speaker 1: much rot we've got. I mean, if they're rotted through 198 00:11:32,640 --> 00:11:35,240 Speaker 1: and through, there's probably nothing you can do other than 199 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:39,079 Speaker 1: let's cut them back until we get to goodwood again 200 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:42,320 Speaker 1: and then get them all painted up and sealed up again. However, 201 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:46,560 Speaker 1: when we say they're all rotted, if all of them 202 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:53,079 Speaker 1: are experiencing some degree of rot but not really rotted 203 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:56,840 Speaker 1: through and through, then what we will classically do is 204 00:11:56,880 --> 00:12:00,959 Speaker 1: we will get out the pail of bondo. Okay, bondo 205 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 1: is you know wood bondo, which is basically a wood 206 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:08,679 Speaker 1: epoxy paste, and we will dig into those beams and 207 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:11,400 Speaker 1: we will dig and dig and dig out every little 208 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:15,520 Speaker 1: bit of dry rot that's in them. It's very soft material, 209 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:18,360 Speaker 1: so it's easy for it to get dug out. And 210 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:20,959 Speaker 1: these are paint gray beams. I should have asked you 211 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:25,960 Speaker 1: they're painted. Yes, yeah, okay, yeah, that's great because we 212 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:28,400 Speaker 1: can we can dig in and uh and dig out 213 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:33,600 Speaker 1: the dry rot and and and then fill infill with 214 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 1: the bondo whatever's left uh, and we can infill right 215 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:40,719 Speaker 1: up to the surface. We can smooth it out. We'll 216 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:43,400 Speaker 1: let the bondo ride a little bit high until it hardens, 217 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:46,880 Speaker 1: because it hardens in like three to five minutes and 218 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:49,560 Speaker 1: then we'll take a sander to it, sand it down 219 00:12:49,679 --> 00:12:52,840 Speaker 1: nice and smooth. We'll shape reshape the edge of beams. 220 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:57,360 Speaker 1: I've seen amazing things done with Bondo. I myself, you know, 221 00:12:57,440 --> 00:13:00,320 Speaker 1: and my carpentry years had to deal with this quite 222 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:02,600 Speaker 1: a bit. You can do a lot with Bondo. Bondo 223 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:06,360 Speaker 1: started out as a product for you know, filling in 224 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:11,480 Speaker 1: dents after automobile accidents on your car, and now there 225 00:13:11,520 --> 00:13:16,880 Speaker 1: are specific wood patch bondos out there that do the 226 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:21,720 Speaker 1: exact same thing with the painted wood features around your house. Jeannie, 227 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:23,360 Speaker 1: I want to talk to you a little bit more 228 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:25,440 Speaker 1: about this. I'm up against a break, so if you 229 00:13:25,559 --> 00:13:29,200 Speaker 1: will hold on, we will pick up this call right 230 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:32,080 Speaker 1: on the other side, and I'll finish that description of 231 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:35,160 Speaker 1: then how to protect the wood once we've rebuilt it. 232 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:37,720 Speaker 1: Your Home with Dean Sharp the house Whisper. 233 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:41,679 Speaker 3: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 234 00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:43,319 Speaker 3: KFI AM six forty. 235 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:45,480 Speaker 1: We are right in the middle of the show, and 236 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:48,920 Speaker 1: therefore I am taking calls. When we're done with calls, 237 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:52,160 Speaker 1: we will return to our topic of the day, which 238 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:56,600 Speaker 1: is increasing the romance throughout your home. We will get 239 00:13:56,640 --> 00:13:58,439 Speaker 1: back to that in just a bit but right now 240 00:13:58,520 --> 00:14:02,000 Speaker 1: I'm on the line with Genie. Genie, he's still with me. 241 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:06,680 Speaker 1: I am okay. So Genie's got a mid century home 242 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:12,960 Speaker 1: and she's got some beams sticking out that extend beyond 243 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:17,440 Speaker 1: the roofline. Decorative, all part of that original mid century vive. 244 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:21,000 Speaker 1: But those beams have got some dry rod in them, 245 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 1: and so she's consulting with various people about, you know, 246 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:28,320 Speaker 1: what can be done. Should we cut them off, should 247 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:31,920 Speaker 1: we cut them trim them back? Should we cap them? 248 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:35,440 Speaker 1: And so on? And so I started before the break, 249 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 1: just answering Genie's question, when it comes from a restorative perspective, 250 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:42,360 Speaker 1: if there's any way, shape or form that we can 251 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:46,520 Speaker 1: save those tails, those beam extensions that are going out 252 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:49,600 Speaker 1: without having to cut them off flush with the house 253 00:14:49,640 --> 00:14:53,680 Speaker 1: and replace them with little stubouts that look the same way. 254 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:56,120 Speaker 1: If we can save them. If we can save them, 255 00:14:56,640 --> 00:14:59,240 Speaker 1: then we want to. Okay, it's just easier that way. 256 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:03,960 Speaker 1: If the has not completely decimated the structure of these beams, 257 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:08,720 Speaker 1: then digging it out wherever it is surface side top, 258 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:14,120 Speaker 1: probably more on the top than anywhere else, and fill 259 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:16,760 Speaker 1: those areas with bondo, which, by the way, once the 260 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:20,760 Speaker 1: bondo seals up and forms up. It'll form a stronger 261 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:23,320 Speaker 1: structure than the wood that was there before. It's pretty 262 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:27,760 Speaker 1: pretty significant stuff. Then we can sand it back, restore 263 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:31,080 Speaker 1: the form of the beam. And if that's the case, Genie, 264 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:33,480 Speaker 1: that's where I would go first, all right, And then 265 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:38,320 Speaker 1: then two things. Number one, we're going to repaint. We're 266 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:42,720 Speaker 1: going to repaint with the best possible exterior paint we 267 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 1: can get our hands on. Benjamin More, that's my favorite stuff. 268 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:52,440 Speaker 1: It's just impervious stuff. It's great, great, high quality exterior paint. 269 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:58,320 Speaker 1: And yes, something that was not done back in the 270 00:15:58,320 --> 00:16:03,040 Speaker 1: fifties and sixties, but should have been done, and should 271 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:05,720 Speaker 1: be done to anybody who's listening with any kind of 272 00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:11,640 Speaker 1: wood beam that has exposed itself to the exterior elements 273 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:17,920 Speaker 1: from above. Yes, a drip cap, a sheet metal drip 274 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:21,480 Speaker 1: cap placed on the top side of the beam. Now, 275 00:16:21,520 --> 00:16:24,160 Speaker 1: I don't want the drip cap to be you know, 276 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:27,280 Speaker 1: big and have a big edge coming down the side 277 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:30,800 Speaker 1: so that it ruins the vibe of that beam extension. 278 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:35,400 Speaker 1: But a cap along the top to basically you know, 279 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:39,520 Speaker 1: become an umbrella for weather, for water, so that water 280 00:16:39,640 --> 00:16:41,880 Speaker 1: does not have a chance to sit on the top 281 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:45,440 Speaker 1: of that beam and cause the rot and the moisture 282 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:49,240 Speaker 1: problems that it has caused before. So those well fitted 283 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 1: little caps. It's gonna cost a little bit of money 284 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:54,880 Speaker 1: to do it to every beam, but it's well worth it, 285 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:57,520 Speaker 1: and they can they and they should not be screwed 286 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:00,400 Speaker 1: on or nailed on because that puts a whole in 287 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:04,760 Speaker 1: it and becomes a water issue. They can simply calking 288 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:07,480 Speaker 1: adhesive can be applied to the underside of the cap, 289 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:09,320 Speaker 1: and it should have a little bit of an edge 290 00:17:09,359 --> 00:17:12,719 Speaker 1: that drops over the edge, but very minimal edge. You know, 291 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:15,000 Speaker 1: I would drop over maybe a half an inch, and 292 00:17:15,080 --> 00:17:18,080 Speaker 1: then a little turnout in the cap so that water 293 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:20,840 Speaker 1: drips off of it and doesn't roll down the side 294 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:24,160 Speaker 1: of the beam. If you were to restore them with bondo, 295 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:28,080 Speaker 1: sand them back, paint them with a really good exterior paint, 296 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:30,920 Speaker 1: and then cap the top edge. Any place on these 297 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:35,359 Speaker 1: beams where water could sit or pool, You're going to 298 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:39,639 Speaker 1: see another half century out of this wood without any 299 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:41,320 Speaker 1: considerable problems. 300 00:17:41,359 --> 00:17:48,200 Speaker 5: In my opinion, that sounds awesome. And with the cap, 301 00:17:49,040 --> 00:17:54,760 Speaker 5: the metal cap being against the facia, do you put a. 302 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:58,320 Speaker 6: Silicone or I'm sure there's something else but something to 303 00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:00,000 Speaker 6: seal that little air. 304 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:06,080 Speaker 1: If at all possible, I would design the cap and 305 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:08,359 Speaker 1: and this is where you would have either a contractor 306 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:11,320 Speaker 1: or your local sheet metal company come out and take 307 00:18:11,359 --> 00:18:13,680 Speaker 1: a look at this, or roofer who knows sheet metal 308 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:16,760 Speaker 1: well enough. They actually are separate disciplines, but you know 309 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:19,439 Speaker 1: a lot of roofers know sheet metal really well. Have 310 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:22,160 Speaker 1: somebody take a look at it and devise it so 311 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:25,960 Speaker 1: that the beams are coming out underneath the facia. 312 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:34,040 Speaker 5: Yes, I think it's it's through the facia, through. 313 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:37,160 Speaker 1: The facia, Okay, we want to It's a little bit tough, 314 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:40,400 Speaker 1: so it would be nice if we could extend the 315 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:43,520 Speaker 1: top of that cap with a little tab that could 316 00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:47,920 Speaker 1: get underneath that to the facia, slide underneath it, and 317 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:51,320 Speaker 1: then silicone the heck out of it, clear silicone that 318 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:55,480 Speaker 1: entire penetration, the edge, all the way around, all four sides. 319 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:56,680 Speaker 1: Does that make sense? 320 00:18:57,680 --> 00:18:57,840 Speaker 4: Oh? 321 00:18:57,960 --> 00:18:58,719 Speaker 6: Four sides? 322 00:18:58,800 --> 00:18:59,359 Speaker 5: Yeah? 323 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:00,000 Speaker 6: Yeah? 324 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:03,840 Speaker 1: Okay. Is that's just one of those areas where water 325 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:06,639 Speaker 1: wants to get in to that little groove and there's 326 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:09,399 Speaker 1: no place for it to come out, and uh, and 327 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:12,000 Speaker 1: then it sits there in the warmth and the dark, 328 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:15,879 Speaker 1: and it starts to do its number and starts encouraging 329 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:21,080 Speaker 1: the dry rot, that bacterial growth to start happening, that 330 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:24,000 Speaker 1: starts eating away at the woods. So we just want 331 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:26,280 Speaker 1: to seal that off so that water can't get into 332 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:29,919 Speaker 1: that connection point. But I'm telling you just take your 333 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:33,240 Speaker 1: time with it, one by one as we go. You 334 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:34,399 Speaker 1: should be able to restore it. 335 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:34,560 Speaker 4: Now. 336 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:38,720 Speaker 1: Worst case scenario, you know, you cut off an extremely 337 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:43,840 Speaker 1: you know, rotted piece and and patch in a new piece. 338 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:46,399 Speaker 1: Just got to be careful to make sure that you 339 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:48,520 Speaker 1: know it's it's in there rigid enough and that we're 340 00:19:48,560 --> 00:19:50,560 Speaker 1: not making a big to do about it, so that 341 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:53,000 Speaker 1: you know. The goal is at the end, we want 342 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:55,120 Speaker 1: to look up and not know that anything has been 343 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:59,920 Speaker 1: done to this house. That's the goal of a restoration. 344 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:02,240 Speaker 1: And we can't always get it done, but if we 345 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:04,960 Speaker 1: try hard enough, most of the time we can get 346 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:07,160 Speaker 1: it done. We can get that house patched up so 347 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:10,239 Speaker 1: that you don't know that you had problems with it 348 00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:13,119 Speaker 1: and we've restored it back. But I'd start with the 349 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:16,560 Speaker 1: bondo and the sheet metal caps and a good really 350 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:20,399 Speaker 1: really two really good coats of paint, and you should 351 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:21,000 Speaker 1: be in good shape. 352 00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:25,760 Speaker 5: Jeanie, I so appreciate you being there. Thanks for the advice. 353 00:20:26,119 --> 00:20:28,320 Speaker 1: Oh you are so welcome, my friend. Thank you for 354 00:20:28,359 --> 00:20:31,199 Speaker 1: the call and for the question. Great call, great question. 355 00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:35,840 Speaker 1: We have just enough time to start another call and 356 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:39,560 Speaker 1: then we'll go to break. So let's talk to Ann. Hey, Ann, 357 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:40,920 Speaker 1: welcome home. 358 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:53,400 Speaker 4: Hi. Wanting to get your thoughts about cleaning solar panels. 359 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:58,720 Speaker 4: The company that install the panels, their recommendation is to 360 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:04,200 Speaker 4: simply hauls them off with water, but they still look dirty. 361 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:08,480 Speaker 4: I've had people come out, you know, people that do that, 362 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:13,080 Speaker 4: you know, professionally, and every time they come it's more 363 00:21:13,119 --> 00:21:16,280 Speaker 4: and more offensive, and then it looks they look dirty 364 00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:20,120 Speaker 4: like a week later. So I'm just wondering what your 365 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:23,560 Speaker 4: recommendation is for cleaning bullet pen. 366 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:27,560 Speaker 1: That is such a good question and is so relevant 367 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:30,840 Speaker 1: to so many people. And you hang tight and right 368 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:32,719 Speaker 1: on the other side of the break, I'll tell you 369 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:36,520 Speaker 1: exactly what should be done and shouldn't be done to 370 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:39,800 Speaker 1: your solar panels in terms of cleaning. Should you do it? 371 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:43,080 Speaker 1: You need to hire a pro. What are the pros 372 00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:45,080 Speaker 1: and cons of each We'll talk about it. Right on 373 00:21:45,119 --> 00:21:48,480 Speaker 1: the other side, you are home with Dean Sharp, the house. 374 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:52,560 Speaker 3: Whisper you're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand 375 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:54,440 Speaker 3: from KFI AM six forty. 376 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:58,600 Speaker 1: I want your home as a beautiful extension of the 377 00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:02,680 Speaker 1: very best of who you are. That's the whole idea 378 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:06,040 Speaker 1: of great custom design, and I'm here to help you 379 00:22:06,119 --> 00:22:10,479 Speaker 1: every weekend, today especially it's Valentine's Day weekend. We're talking 380 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:15,040 Speaker 1: about romancing your home, raising the romance level of every space. 381 00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:18,959 Speaker 1: And I don't mean the you know, the the the 382 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:22,560 Speaker 1: makeout level of a room. I'm talking about romance in 383 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:26,520 Speaker 1: the architectural sense and the design sense. Just a space 384 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:29,159 Speaker 1: that you just want to just be there and you 385 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:34,560 Speaker 1: just exhale, and it's just a space that makes you go, 386 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:36,840 Speaker 1: that's what it's all about. 387 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:37,119 Speaker 4: All right. 388 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:39,720 Speaker 1: We're going to return to that conversation after the next break, 389 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:43,120 Speaker 1: by the way, but right now I am taking calls 390 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:45,880 Speaker 1: and I have Anne on the line, and you're still 391 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:46,159 Speaker 1: with me. 392 00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:48,400 Speaker 4: Yep, I'm here, all right. 393 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:51,040 Speaker 1: So Ann called and she had a question about her 394 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:55,399 Speaker 1: solar panels. She's like, do they need to be cleaned professionally? 395 00:22:56,040 --> 00:23:00,280 Speaker 1: Can I clean them myself? And why is it every 396 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:03,200 Speaker 1: time we clean the solar panels that they look dirty 397 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:06,800 Speaker 1: a week later? And it seems like people are coming out, 398 00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:09,080 Speaker 1: they're charging her more and more to get this done. 399 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:14,280 Speaker 1: So here is the answer to the question number one. Absolutely, 400 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:21,200 Speaker 1: there is no reason why a homeowner can't clean their 401 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:24,800 Speaker 1: own solar panels. The big question is how accessible are there? 402 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:27,320 Speaker 1: And I want you to stay safe. Okay, you got 403 00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:30,040 Speaker 1: to be safe about it, right, So I don't want 404 00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:32,280 Speaker 1: you crawling up on your roof or hanging out on 405 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:36,639 Speaker 1: a two story ladder or doing something that's unsafe in 406 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:39,720 Speaker 1: order to access the solar panels. Now, a lot of 407 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:42,719 Speaker 1: people think, yeah, yeah, whatever, it doesn't really affect him. 408 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:48,280 Speaker 1: Dust on a solar panel does degrade its effectiveness? Okay, 409 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:51,280 Speaker 1: it does. It does absolutely, and there's no question. And 410 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:53,879 Speaker 1: if you're living a real dusty area, you know you 411 00:23:53,920 --> 00:24:00,000 Speaker 1: can lose ten percent or more of its absorption power 412 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:04,760 Speaker 1: or uh it just because of stuff on the surface 413 00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:07,680 Speaker 1: of the panel. On the other side of that, most 414 00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:11,640 Speaker 1: manufacturers don't want you cleaning your panel more than two 415 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:14,960 Speaker 1: to three times a year because there are ways to 416 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:18,560 Speaker 1: clean a panel that can abuse it. Okay, So we 417 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:20,919 Speaker 1: want to find a you know, a decent balance. Keep 418 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:23,560 Speaker 1: your panels clean, but don't obsess over though. Don't be 419 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:26,520 Speaker 1: cleaning them every week or every weekend or even every month, 420 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:29,720 Speaker 1: that's just too much. And by the way, if there's 421 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:34,560 Speaker 1: a question about your you know, the efficacy of the 422 00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:38,840 Speaker 1: clean panel versus a dusty panel. You know, all modern 423 00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:42,960 Speaker 1: solar systems have apps, you know, the efficiency apps connected 424 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:45,159 Speaker 1: to You can look in your app and look at 425 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:48,760 Speaker 1: your monitoring or talk to your solar panel monitoring company 426 00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:51,159 Speaker 1: and ask them, is there a significant decrease in the 427 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:54,520 Speaker 1: effectiveness of these panels right now? And if they're not 428 00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:59,240 Speaker 1: reading any you know, absorption decrease, then whatever dust is 429 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:03,159 Speaker 1: up there is not having a significant effect. So there 430 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:06,040 Speaker 1: are ways to check. You don't have to guess at that. 431 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:08,679 Speaker 1: But let's talk about cleaning, because they do need to 432 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:11,560 Speaker 1: be cleaned from time to time. The one thing that 433 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:14,320 Speaker 1: I want everybody to be is safe. And the second 434 00:25:14,359 --> 00:25:17,240 Speaker 1: thing that I don't want anybody to do with their 435 00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:20,880 Speaker 1: solar panels is clean them with a pressure washer. Okay, 436 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:25,880 Speaker 1: pressure washers can crack the glass, but even beyond that, 437 00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:29,600 Speaker 1: more importantly, pressure washing of a panel that high pressure 438 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:33,120 Speaker 1: it might seem like, oh man, that really gets it done. 439 00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:38,720 Speaker 1: Pressure washers can break open waterproof seals on the edge 440 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:41,920 Speaker 1: of the panel, water can get where underneath those seals 441 00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:45,080 Speaker 1: where it shouldn't be. So I don't want you to 442 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:49,600 Speaker 1: pressure washing is too much, it's too intense, and it 443 00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:53,480 Speaker 1: might seem really convenient, but it's too intense for the panels. Okay, 444 00:25:54,680 --> 00:26:00,520 Speaker 1: regular water with a soft brush, soft bristle brush, or 445 00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:05,760 Speaker 1: even better, you know a you know, a brushless pad, 446 00:26:06,119 --> 00:26:10,040 Speaker 1: a little scrubbing pad and uh and some good solar 447 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:15,080 Speaker 1: panel uh cleaner And yes there are specialized cleaners out there. 448 00:26:15,359 --> 00:26:19,000 Speaker 1: So here's the thing. If you just brush down a 449 00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:23,920 Speaker 1: solar panel, uh, and you've got hard water, by the way, Uh, 450 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:27,919 Speaker 1: then chances are hard water deposits scale build up, just 451 00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:30,959 Speaker 1: like inside the house with hard water. So is this 452 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:33,640 Speaker 1: another argument to have de scaled water in your home? 453 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:36,760 Speaker 1: And like, you know, a life source system, even a 454 00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:39,960 Speaker 1: water softner system. Yes, your solar panels are a good 455 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:40,720 Speaker 1: argument for that. 456 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:41,439 Speaker 4: Uh. 457 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:46,320 Speaker 1: Demineralize deionized water. The very best solar panel cleaning companies, 458 00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:49,639 Speaker 1: by the way, show up and they hook up to 459 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:53,920 Speaker 1: your water, to your hoses their own system, and they'll 460 00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:57,880 Speaker 1: have two filter tanks out there that deionize and demineralize 461 00:26:57,880 --> 00:27:00,439 Speaker 1: the water. Now, a lot of people think that's okill, 462 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:02,760 Speaker 1: and you know that's fine. I'm just saying the best 463 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:05,840 Speaker 1: solar panel cleaning companies run their water through a filter 464 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:09,080 Speaker 1: so that they're not putting mineralized water up on the panel. 465 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:11,880 Speaker 1: Because some of that haze that you see up there 466 00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:15,840 Speaker 1: after the fact could simply be mineral content building up 467 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:18,639 Speaker 1: on the panel. That's why we give them a little scrubbing, Okay. 468 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:21,360 Speaker 1: We want to give them a regular scrub with a brush, 469 00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:25,879 Speaker 1: not just spraym down with water, because the dust that 470 00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:29,160 Speaker 1: falls on them is mineral content. The water has mineral 471 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:31,560 Speaker 1: content in it, and that can build up and cause 472 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:36,119 Speaker 1: that hazy look. Secondly, there are really good cleaners out there. 473 00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:37,800 Speaker 1: They're right. You can find them on the shelf at 474 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:38,720 Speaker 1: the big box store. 475 00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:39,000 Speaker 4: You know. 476 00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:41,159 Speaker 1: I'm looking at a few right now. And there are 477 00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:44,439 Speaker 1: different ideas about how to build a cleaner for a 478 00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:47,240 Speaker 1: solar panel, but essentially, at the end of the day, 479 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:53,399 Speaker 1: you want something that gives a nice hydrophobic that's water 480 00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:58,760 Speaker 1: resistant residue or coating behind it, and and something that 481 00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:02,200 Speaker 1: is anti static. Okay. Anti static is a big thing 482 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:05,719 Speaker 1: when it comes to a piece of glass because a 483 00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:08,920 Speaker 1: static charge build up is what attracts dust back to 484 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:11,439 Speaker 1: it again. Okay, So for it to have an anti 485 00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:16,600 Speaker 1: static layer on it that the cleanser leaves it's a 486 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:19,760 Speaker 1: good thing. It might mean that they stay cleaner looking, 487 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:23,160 Speaker 1: you know, seven times longer than if you just used 488 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:27,720 Speaker 1: regular old water. So the point is this, gently clean 489 00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:32,120 Speaker 1: those panels, but effectively. There's nothing magic about a cleaning 490 00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:35,000 Speaker 1: company other than the fact that they might have deionized 491 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:38,600 Speaker 1: filters with it. Might and they're the ones taking the 492 00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:42,160 Speaker 1: risk getting up on your roof and don't over clean 493 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:45,320 Speaker 1: those panels. You know, in most conditions, unless you're out 494 00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:49,720 Speaker 1: in a sandstorm, desert environment or an extra dusty environment. 495 00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:53,480 Speaker 1: In most conditions we're talking about two to three at 496 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:57,520 Speaker 1: the most four times a year, clean the panels down. 497 00:28:57,560 --> 00:29:01,680 Speaker 1: And you can always check their efficiency by checking on 498 00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:05,600 Speaker 1: your app and actually asking your monitoring company have I 499 00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:09,480 Speaker 1: reduced the efficiency of my panels? And that's, my friends, 500 00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:14,040 Speaker 1: are the one oh one basics about cleaning your solar panels, 501 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:17,080 Speaker 1: very very important to do it. Just don't overdo it. 502 00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:19,600 Speaker 1: Along the way, and thank you for your question and 503 00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:22,360 Speaker 1: for the call. Thank everybody. I thank everybody for your 504 00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:24,680 Speaker 1: calls today. If I didn't get to your callback, next week. 505 00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:27,680 Speaker 1: We'll give you front of the line priority. I promise 506 00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:31,360 Speaker 1: we always do. When we come back back to romancing 507 00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:34,520 Speaker 1: your home. 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