1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,760 Speaker 1: All right, best time of the day, Good afternoon. Welcome 2 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:06,440 Speaker 1: to our number four at home with Gary Salvin, taking 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 1: you through another weekend. Thanks for joining me, and if 4 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:12,160 Speaker 1: you've got a question, feel free to join us. It's 5 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:17,040 Speaker 1: eight hundred eight two three eight two five five. All right, 6 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:19,200 Speaker 1: I say we go back to the phones. We have 7 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:22,079 Speaker 1: Dennis on hold, then we'll get to Dan Dennis. Welcome, 8 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:27,560 Speaker 1: Hi Gary, how are you doing fine? Thanks? 9 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:31,960 Speaker 2: I had a winged friend show up a couple of 10 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 2: weeks ago, a woodpecker and it's destroying my house. There's 11 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:41,120 Speaker 2: probably a dozen holes in the corner board. Is there 12 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:44,960 Speaker 2: any chemical or spray that you could recommend that could 13 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:46,280 Speaker 2: keep them away? 14 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:52,640 Speaker 1: No? Change, not really. I've had most luck, and believe me, 15 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:55,800 Speaker 1: in thirty nine years, I've answered a question hundreds of times. 16 00:00:56,440 --> 00:01:01,639 Speaker 1: But the best that I have found is to change 17 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:12,039 Speaker 1: the environment, not with sprays, but light movement and movement 18 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:19,080 Speaker 1: at all will make the woodpeckers uneasy and they'll find 19 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:25,559 Speaker 1: somewhere else to go. So what And also, as crazy 20 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:32,040 Speaker 1: as it sounds, inflatable owls do. Okay. I've had a 21 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:35,960 Speaker 1: lot of people speak highly of those, but what I've 22 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 1: used in the past has always worked, and people can 23 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:43,080 Speaker 1: certainly join in if they'd like. But there's a product 24 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:49,000 Speaker 1: in the hardware sour is called Era tape, and I 25 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 1: know Lowe's has it, and there's probably other names for it. 26 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:56,280 Speaker 1: What it is, it's my lar tape, just like the balloons, 27 00:01:56,520 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 1: about half inch or an inch and a half wide, 28 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 1: and it's got holograms in it, Dennis. And where that 29 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:08,480 Speaker 1: area is, where there's wood, you can literally put them 30 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 1: up with a thumbtack, maybe three or four of them. 31 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:16,359 Speaker 1: Your neighbors may think you're crazy, but and they hang down, 32 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 1: you know, a couple of feet and with the sun 33 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:24,360 Speaker 1: or light, it creates flashes of light usually where. 34 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:28,040 Speaker 2: They're like So it's like a banner or a ribbon. 35 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 1: It's like a ribbon. It's like a ribbon. That's a 36 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:34,560 Speaker 1: good description of it. So that's that's one way of 37 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 1: doing it. I've also have had people tell me, and 38 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 1: this makes total sense, is a CD, get a couple 39 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:46,440 Speaker 1: of CDs and tys some fishing line around, may put 40 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:49,120 Speaker 1: a hole through a Tyson fishing line hanging that from 41 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 1: the gutters in that same area. It creates like a 42 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:58,040 Speaker 1: hologram and creates flashes of light and some people swear 43 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 1: by the inflatable owlves or a place stick. I'll just 44 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 1: kind of wedget into the gutter or right around that 45 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 1: area tied to a down spout or something, and that 46 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 1: may unnerve them too. 47 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 2: Okay, sounds like I can get rid of some of 48 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:13,400 Speaker 2: my old CDs. 49 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 1: There you go, yeah, probably, Yeah. 50 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:18,639 Speaker 2: I appreciate you're a great day. 51 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 1: All right, thanks for the call. Let's go to Dan. 52 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 1: Dan Welcome, Hello, Gary. 53 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 3: Hey, I hope you're well today. 54 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 1: I am. 55 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 3: Thank you certainly appreciate all your help along along these weekends. Hey, 56 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 3: two questions, one I know you have an answer to. 57 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:39,000 Speaker 3: I obtained a couple one hundred and seventy year old 58 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 3: barn beams. One we're going to make a floating mantle. 59 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 3: The other is going to be an outside bench on 60 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:49,560 Speaker 3: a fire pit. Okay, I'm going to clean them up 61 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 3: be carefully, you know, with a powerwash and some uh 62 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 3: some cleaner and then sander down. And what what would 63 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 3: you recommend to preserve those Either spa you talk a 64 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 3: lot about that, or he's polygon them. 65 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 1: Well let's let's let's talk about each one separately, because 66 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:13,240 Speaker 1: I think the steiler is going to be different so outside. Okay, 67 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:18,800 Speaker 1: So these babies are old and they're hard, so I mean, 68 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:21,200 Speaker 1: I don't know. Can you drive a nail in it? 69 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 1: Then okay, good? 70 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:24,120 Speaker 4: Yeap. 71 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 1: So that means something will penetrate it, which is a 72 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:31,840 Speaker 1: concern when wood gets that old. So outside, you're right, 73 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:35,359 Speaker 1: I talk about spar and that's probably what I would 74 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:39,279 Speaker 1: use outside is to use a spar euthane, and I 75 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:44,080 Speaker 1: would use two or three coats, or you could use 76 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:49,839 Speaker 1: a marine euthane. And the main reason for those products 77 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:56,360 Speaker 1: outside is polyurethane has very very little UV protection, so 78 00:04:56,680 --> 00:05:00,320 Speaker 1: it'll bleach out that wood. It'll cause that would split, 79 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:04,880 Speaker 1: crack and splinter. So so what I do is put 80 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:07,320 Speaker 1: two or three coats of a marine earthane or a 81 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 1: spar earthane on that. You can get it in flat satin, 82 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 1: semi gloss, gloss, whatever you want to use, and then 83 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:17,680 Speaker 1: about every two years, Now this will be the hard part, 84 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:20,280 Speaker 1: about every two years. You want to stay ahead of that. 85 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:25,160 Speaker 1: So you can get like a little sanding sponge which 86 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:29,119 Speaker 1: is like a six hundred grit, which is the same 87 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 1: thing you'll use in between coats of the spar erthane. Okay, 88 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:37,280 Speaker 1: so in two years, the way spar your thing there. 89 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:40,160 Speaker 1: Your things break down is they get little tiny pinholes 90 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:44,919 Speaker 1: in it, which makes the wood vulnerable to the sun 91 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:48,240 Speaker 1: and moisture. So what you're going to do is, after 92 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:54,480 Speaker 1: about two years, not much more than three, just take 93 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:57,920 Speaker 1: that sanding sponge six hundred grit and scratch the surface 94 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:01,839 Speaker 1: of that and put another coat on there. Fill up 95 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:05,080 Speaker 1: those holes, and you'll just keep extending the life because 96 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:07,640 Speaker 1: you don't want it to start feeling. You don't want 97 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:09,920 Speaker 1: it to break down where it starts bleaching out. But 98 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 1: that's how I address the outside. Okay, the floating mantle 99 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:19,080 Speaker 1: will be easier. You're indoors. You can use a poly 100 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:21,919 Speaker 1: your thing. You can use a water based poly of 101 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:25,760 Speaker 1: your thing. Got it inside, so that's going to dry 102 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:28,719 Speaker 1: in a couple hours. Probably use two coats, and you'll 103 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:29,679 Speaker 1: be done with it. 104 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:32,480 Speaker 2: For years, perfect perfectness. 105 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:36,080 Speaker 3: Sorry where I was going to head with that one. 106 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 3: The other question, I guess I don't know if it's 107 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:42,279 Speaker 3: called controversial or you call it, you know, maybe difficult 108 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 3: to answer, but we're in northeast Ohio, just moved to 109 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:49,040 Speaker 3: a new home, a little bit concerned about raidon uh huh, 110 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:51,880 Speaker 3: and I had it. I went and got that five 111 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:54,680 Speaker 3: day cast you can get at the box store, and 112 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:57,880 Speaker 3: it came back at seven and that's almost twice the 113 00:06:57,960 --> 00:07:00,920 Speaker 3: EPA limit. It forced I forget what the metrics are. 114 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:04,240 Speaker 3: But then, you know, a little bit of a concern. 115 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:05,360 Speaker 3: But then a friend of mine said, well, you know 116 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:09,400 Speaker 3: it's possible to get five day tag just hit the peak, 117 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:11,920 Speaker 3: you know what I mean. It's five days and it's 118 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 3: elevated to seven, but it could be only averaging three 119 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:18,840 Speaker 3: to four. He recommended maybe getting that professional in there 120 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 3: with those monitors that can average it out over fifteen days. 121 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:26,680 Speaker 1: These thoughts on that, well, you're right, people will just 122 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 1: kind of blow off the whole rad on thing. I 123 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:34,040 Speaker 1: personally think there's enough science there that anything over four 124 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:38,760 Speaker 1: would be a concern. I would address it. But I 125 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:42,600 Speaker 1: totally agree with your friend when you're talking about you know, 126 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:45,840 Speaker 1: what is the true You know, right now, it's kind 127 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 1: of the season. If we got our windows closed, if 128 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:50,960 Speaker 1: you got your windows open, you know you're not going 129 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:53,520 Speaker 1: to get a reading like that, But closed up during 130 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:57,640 Speaker 1: the wintertime northeast Ohio, that's what you're going to be breathing. 131 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:01,040 Speaker 1: And if you've got to perfor in there, you would 132 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:04,800 Speaker 1: have a professional reading. So I answer it this way. 133 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:08,520 Speaker 1: There's a lot of naysayers. They're listening right now. They're 134 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:11,200 Speaker 1: shaking their head and their finger at me, say no, no, no. 135 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 1: But if that's a concern of yours, I would get 136 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 1: it tested professionally, and then you can make a decision 137 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:23,160 Speaker 1: of whether you want to have it, you know, taken 138 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:26,520 Speaker 1: care of, which is easily taken care of, probably a 139 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 1: couple thousand bucks, but you can get it taken care of. 140 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:34,160 Speaker 1: I've had I've had friends of mine call me up 141 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:36,959 Speaker 1: and say, garay, I gotta get a rate on test. 142 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 1: If I just opened my windows before they come and 143 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:43,800 Speaker 1: it's like sure, then you won't say, but what you're 144 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:45,720 Speaker 1: having it tested to see if you have a raid on? 145 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:52,400 Speaker 1: So I would recommend if you're have that concern, and 146 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:57,120 Speaker 1: I'm not saying you shouldn't, have it tested by a professional, 147 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 1: and then if it's over four, get it taken care of. 148 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:04,560 Speaker 1: I got chewed up by a listener twenty years ago. 149 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:07,800 Speaker 1: Twenty five years ago, somebody said something about it being 150 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:11,040 Speaker 1: a five and I made some comment like, well, it's 151 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:16,200 Speaker 1: barely over it, and boy, he educated me fast that 152 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:19,920 Speaker 1: you know they you know two's bad, but force the 153 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:24,080 Speaker 1: tolerance zone okay, right, and how much its stepped up 154 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 1: each number. So yeah, get it tested professionally. I think 155 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:28,520 Speaker 1: that's a good idea. 156 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:31,679 Speaker 3: I appreciate you very much on that. I just confirmed 157 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 3: my concern and like I said, there's enough science I 158 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:36,880 Speaker 3: think to back it up just to put it the 159 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 3: bad and they can also guide me. Then who can 160 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:43,120 Speaker 3: remediate this? And sure somebody had I mentioned easy breeze, 161 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:45,360 Speaker 3: but I called the company. They said that they can't 162 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 3: make any claims. 163 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:51,120 Speaker 1: About you know, that's right, that's exactly right. It will 164 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:53,760 Speaker 1: emit rate on. But here's the difference. I have an 165 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:58,200 Speaker 1: easy breathe in my house. The difference is a rate 166 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:03,400 Speaker 1: on mitigation system is installed below grade and below the 167 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:08,600 Speaker 1: slab so it catch It catches the rate on gas 168 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:13,720 Speaker 1: from the uranium before it enters the house the easy breathe. 169 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:15,360 Speaker 1: If you had a rate on issue and you had 170 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:20,840 Speaker 1: an easy breathe, it's removing all pollutants. That includes high 171 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:26,560 Speaker 1: humidities or humidity in general. I guess off gasing of 172 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:29,600 Speaker 1: products like fromalehydes and stuff like that, and rad on. 173 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:34,840 Speaker 1: But they can't make that distinction because it's really not mitigating, 174 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 1: it's letting it. It's getting in the house and it's 175 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:41,400 Speaker 1: removing it. It'd be like having a giant fan that's 176 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:43,120 Speaker 1: sucking the air out of your house all the time. 177 00:10:43,160 --> 00:10:44,839 Speaker 1: And the windows upstairs are open. 178 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:47,120 Speaker 4: Right right. 179 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:49,120 Speaker 1: But you're not going to live like that in December. 180 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:52,320 Speaker 3: No, no, no, no, it's it's hard enough with the 181 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:53,280 Speaker 3: windows closed. 182 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:55,079 Speaker 1: Right right, exactly. 183 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:57,599 Speaker 3: Hey, listen, you're the best. I really appreciate it. I 184 00:10:57,840 --> 00:11:02,079 Speaker 3: just wanted some confirmation from you good, and that's what 185 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:02,720 Speaker 3: I'm gonna do. 186 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:07,800 Speaker 1: Excellent. Thanks Dan, you bet you Bye bye? All right, 187 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:11,520 Speaker 1: phone numbers eight hundred eighty two three eight two, five 188 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:14,120 Speaker 1: five And you're at home with Gary Salivan right here 189 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:17,439 Speaker 1: in fifty five. Care see the talk station, all right? 190 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:19,800 Speaker 1: Back at it. We go at home with Gary Sullivan 191 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:22,480 Speaker 1: talking to Little Home. And you know when we were 192 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:26,080 Speaker 1: talking about the Easy Breath being in their exchanging and 193 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:30,920 Speaker 1: how it does it helps uh with rad on. They 194 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:34,360 Speaker 1: can't make that claim because it's not catching it before 195 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:40,120 Speaker 1: it's entering the house. But it is a I'm looking 196 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:42,600 Speaker 1: actually for something I had, but I can't find it. 197 00:11:43,240 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 1: I got a letter from Erica from Easy Breathe and 198 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:52,040 Speaker 1: she got a letter from a customer and it was 199 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:55,120 Speaker 1: talking about the easy Breathe. I was looking to read 200 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:57,920 Speaker 1: it to you. It's pretty interesting because I can sit 201 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:02,360 Speaker 1: there and talk about how it removes you know, polluted 202 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:07,640 Speaker 1: air and humidity and all that. But this was written 203 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:14,080 Speaker 1: by this lady who I'm not going to give you 204 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:18,079 Speaker 1: her full name, but I think it was Monica. And 205 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:24,199 Speaker 1: she says the follow following it said, my husband Michael 206 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:28,520 Speaker 1: was able to complete the installation of the easy Breathe 207 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:33,959 Speaker 1: himself October fifth. The installation was very simple. The hardest 208 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:36,520 Speaker 1: part was him drilling through the one hundred and fifty 209 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:42,440 Speaker 1: year old original home exterior. Would I guess so. Since 210 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:48,240 Speaker 1: the installation installation, the entire family has noticed a huge difference. 211 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:50,199 Speaker 1: Remember when I say, I turned mine off and I 212 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:53,920 Speaker 1: could tell the difference immediately. That's kind of what they're saying. 213 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:58,760 Speaker 1: Notice a huge one difference in cleaner airflow. You could 214 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:02,320 Speaker 1: smell it. It was actually amazing. I guess when you 215 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:04,360 Speaker 1: live in a home for ten years and you become 216 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:07,480 Speaker 1: used to things that we didn't even realize how bad 217 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:10,800 Speaker 1: the air was in the home until we installed the 218 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:17,120 Speaker 1: easy Breathe. And her son has asthma. He stopped coughing 219 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:23,960 Speaker 1: in the finished basement completely, and that's the primary playroom 220 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:28,960 Speaker 1: for the kids. So that's a pretty great endorsement because 221 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:33,680 Speaker 1: that is even with mine installed now for probably fifteen years, 222 00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:40,440 Speaker 1: no fillers, who changed, no maintenance, inexpensive to run. That's 223 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:46,080 Speaker 1: how easy and that's the result you get. And like 224 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:48,480 Speaker 1: I said, they get asked the question on a raid 225 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:52,560 Speaker 1: on issue a lot. No it's entering the house, but no, 226 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:54,680 Speaker 1: it's not staying if you have your easy breathe on. 227 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:57,079 Speaker 1: But they can't make that claim. And I'm not here 228 00:13:57,200 --> 00:13:59,720 Speaker 1: reading that to say, hey, if you got raid on, 229 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:02,319 Speaker 1: get easy breathe. But it's going to be a side 230 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:10,360 Speaker 1: benefit for you, okay, and people with asthma. Absolutely there 231 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:15,400 Speaker 1: are pollutants in our home. The EPA even talks in 232 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:20,800 Speaker 1: terms of five times more pollutants inside our home than 233 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:25,480 Speaker 1: on the exterior of our home. So I just wanted 234 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:27,840 Speaker 1: to pass that along, and I'm going to pass that 235 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:32,760 Speaker 1: along tomorrow too. I just think it's worth talking about 236 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:40,280 Speaker 1: and if there's anything you can do along with, you know, 237 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:43,080 Speaker 1: I mean, I'll sit here and talk about how important 238 00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:46,600 Speaker 1: ventilation is, but there's things you can do, even your 239 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:51,920 Speaker 1: bathroom fan when showering in wintertime, run the fan. Our 240 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 1: humidity inside our homes should be in the neighborhood of 241 00:14:56,160 --> 00:15:02,040 Speaker 1: around thirty five percent when it's freezing outside, and you know, 242 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:04,360 Speaker 1: if your mirrors are steaming up and you got water 243 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:07,440 Speaker 1: rolling down your walls, that's more than thirty five percent. 244 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 1: And running that fan during the shower and probably twenty 245 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:17,160 Speaker 1: to thirty minutes after the shower is very helpful because 246 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:20,640 Speaker 1: if you increase that humidity to a point where you 247 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:25,200 Speaker 1: got water running down your windows, which I've seen many times, 248 00:15:26,240 --> 00:15:28,120 Speaker 1: or in the morning when you wake up the windows 249 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:33,360 Speaker 1: are sweating. It's too humid in your house, even though 250 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:37,520 Speaker 1: it feels dry. And you live in an older home 251 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:42,400 Speaker 1: where they're really insulated and talking all the time how 252 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:47,920 Speaker 1: important it is to insulate and save money, and aren't 253 00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:50,760 Speaker 1: we all thinking about that. But if we get to 254 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:54,040 Speaker 1: a point where we start trapping that moisture in our homes, 255 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:55,920 Speaker 1: and we get moisture on the windows, and then we 256 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:59,440 Speaker 1: get you know, an older home, you got a stain 257 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:02,520 Speaker 1: of eye wall underneath the window, or if it's plaster, 258 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:06,640 Speaker 1: it's kind of crumbling because of the moisture. It can 259 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:11,560 Speaker 1: become a breeding ground for mold, which then even increases 260 00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:14,720 Speaker 1: the amount of pollutants that are inside your home. So 261 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:19,160 Speaker 1: give that just a little bit of thought. And in fact, 262 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:24,840 Speaker 1: the ever the easy Breathe, the deal they got going 263 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:29,360 Speaker 1: on right now is they got twenty percent off. And 264 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:32,840 Speaker 1: I had talked to Erica and I said, you know, 265 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:35,320 Speaker 1: if you ever really wanted to do a great deal, 266 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:38,200 Speaker 1: and they have them on sale occasionally and right now 267 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:44,000 Speaker 1: is it. It's letter E letter Z breed dot com. 268 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:49,280 Speaker 1: But I said, you got to incorporate some humidity guides 269 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:54,520 Speaker 1: and she with this sale she's given away too with 270 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:57,600 Speaker 1: every purchase, which is really nice because you can take 271 00:16:57,640 --> 00:16:59,920 Speaker 1: that guide that'll tell you what it's like a thermometer, 272 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:02,720 Speaker 1: only he's telling you what your humidity level is. Put 273 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:06,439 Speaker 1: one in the basement, one on the first floor, and 274 00:17:07,119 --> 00:17:12,800 Speaker 1: if you see a huge difference, because heavy damp air 275 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:17,439 Speaker 1: settles on the lower reaches of our homes, it's in 276 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:20,000 Speaker 1: the basement and that's where that easy breeze going. It's 277 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:24,600 Speaker 1: pulling that air out. You could, in other words, you 278 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:28,040 Speaker 1: can watch it happen. It's bringing the dryer air down 279 00:17:29,320 --> 00:17:33,200 Speaker 1: and that air is being replaced by your coming and 280 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:40,399 Speaker 1: going from your house. So something to consider. That's sale 281 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:45,200 Speaker 1: I believe runs through the end of October, so get 282 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:49,200 Speaker 1: on that twenty percent off two free humidity guides. It's 283 00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:51,960 Speaker 1: letter E letter Z breed dot com. You can call 284 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:55,840 Speaker 1: them up and chat with them. They'll be happy to explain, 285 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:59,720 Speaker 1: and you can install it yourself if you can drill 286 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:03,639 Speaker 1: through the upper reaches of the lower level of the house. 287 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:06,920 Speaker 1: If it's all brick, maybe that's something you don't want 288 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:10,240 Speaker 1: to do. They have installers also. All right, Well, take 289 00:18:10,240 --> 00:18:12,520 Speaker 1: a break, we'll come back. We're going to talk to Todd. 290 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:17,320 Speaker 1: He is with a rhino shield. Is it too late? Well, 291 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:20,879 Speaker 1: let's find out. We'll talk to Todd when we come back. 292 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:23,600 Speaker 1: You're at home with Gary Salvin right here on fifty 293 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:26,320 Speaker 1: five k R see the talk station back to where 294 00:18:26,359 --> 00:18:29,120 Speaker 1: we go at home with Gary Salvin. You may be 295 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:32,440 Speaker 1: sitting at home listening. You may be driving in the car, 296 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:36,280 Speaker 1: and you may be wondering, what if it's too late 297 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:41,240 Speaker 1: to get that house painted? Well, how about even is 298 00:18:41,240 --> 00:18:44,680 Speaker 1: it too late to have rhino shield apply to my home? 299 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:44,880 Speaker 4: Man? 300 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:48,680 Speaker 1: What is rhino shield? And is it too late? Well, 301 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:51,919 Speaker 1: let's talk to Todd and Todd Harville he is with 302 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:55,199 Speaker 1: rhino Shield and Todd welcome again to the show. I 303 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:55,879 Speaker 1: appreciate it. 304 00:18:57,480 --> 00:18:58,919 Speaker 4: Thanks Gary, thanks for having us on. 305 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:02,280 Speaker 1: You're quite well. Uh, before I get into the too 306 00:19:02,359 --> 00:19:04,720 Speaker 1: late now, why don't you spend a little bit of 307 00:19:04,760 --> 00:19:09,560 Speaker 1: time just telling everyone what rhino shield is and how 308 00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:10,960 Speaker 1: it compares to paint. 309 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:17,520 Speaker 4: Well, rhino shield is a two part process system that 310 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:20,720 Speaker 4: has a primer coat and then a top coat that 311 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:24,399 Speaker 4: we have ceramics as fillers. And what that ceramics does 312 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:27,679 Speaker 4: is it creates a vapor barrier on your house to 313 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:29,720 Speaker 4: where you're able to you know, your house will be 314 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:33,119 Speaker 4: able to breathe naturally without you know, hindering, you know, 315 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:36,359 Speaker 4: keeping moisture into the walls. And how is it different 316 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:40,360 Speaker 4: from you know, conventional paints is you know, conventional paints, 317 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:43,520 Speaker 4: the primary makeup of it is it's about eighty percent 318 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:48,080 Speaker 4: water and about twenty percent solid materials. With Rhino Shield, 319 00:19:48,119 --> 00:19:51,240 Speaker 4: we have about eighty percent solid materials because you know, 320 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:53,160 Speaker 4: you need a little bit of moisture to be able 321 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:57,080 Speaker 4: to apply the coating to the wall. So you know, 322 00:19:57,119 --> 00:19:59,960 Speaker 4: that's basically the biggest difference between Rhino Shield and you know, 323 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:01,719 Speaker 4: conventional big box store paints. 324 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:07,040 Speaker 1: So when you say, solids that you know said means 325 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:12,080 Speaker 1: it's gonna lasts longer. Is it gonna help me energy? 326 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:16,080 Speaker 4: Yes? Absolutely, because we have an R value of six 327 00:20:16,119 --> 00:20:19,680 Speaker 4: point eighty nine. So what that does. It's a vapor barrier. 328 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:23,359 Speaker 4: So like in the summertime, it reflects you know, one 329 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:25,960 Speaker 4: hundred and six percent of the UV rays and those 330 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:28,439 Speaker 4: walls will never get above ninety five degrees, which is 331 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:31,560 Speaker 4: huge for your you know, your AC bills. 332 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:39,639 Speaker 1: So the prospects solids also make concern people. Gee, if 333 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:43,639 Speaker 1: it's a solid, maybe it won't bite as well to 334 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:49,879 Speaker 1: the substrate that I'm applying it to. Is peeling a 335 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:52,400 Speaker 1: problem or is there a warranty against peeling? 336 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:56,480 Speaker 4: We guarantee it for twenty five years against any kind 337 00:20:56,520 --> 00:21:00,600 Speaker 4: of peeling, cracking, or chipping, whatever normal pain does, we 338 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:03,680 Speaker 4: guarantee it not to do that. And if someone has 339 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:06,920 Speaker 4: you know, experienced an issue, we will definitely correct it 340 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:08,840 Speaker 4: and move along. 341 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:10,600 Speaker 1: How's that applied? 342 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:15,199 Speaker 4: We spray it, you know, when we come and do 343 00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:18,200 Speaker 4: the home, We first you know, get there and we 344 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:22,200 Speaker 4: we pressure wash, handscrape down the surfaces and making sure 345 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:24,840 Speaker 4: that the substrate is just perfect for us to apply 346 00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:27,320 Speaker 4: our top coat. And then we just go ahead and 347 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:31,679 Speaker 4: spray our a primer coat, and that burns into the 348 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:34,280 Speaker 4: pores of what we're coating and it becomes part of 349 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:37,680 Speaker 4: the substrate. And once that's completed, we spray our top 350 00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:40,560 Speaker 4: coat that marries and bonds to the bottom coat, and 351 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:43,920 Speaker 4: then you got a permanent, breathable, expandable product on your home. 352 00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:47,320 Speaker 1: Somebody's probably listening saying, what in the world is he's 353 00:21:47,359 --> 00:21:49,720 Speaker 1: talking about painting the outside of his house or using 354 00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:51,880 Speaker 1: Rhiner shield on the outside of the house this time 355 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:54,720 Speaker 1: of year, which brings me to mind. Well, the first 356 00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:57,440 Speaker 1: question I had is how long can we apply Hinder 357 00:21:57,520 --> 00:21:59,399 Speaker 1: shield or you apply Reiner shield. 358 00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:04,639 Speaker 4: We apply it above forty degrees so this year, you know, 359 00:22:04,760 --> 00:22:08,479 Speaker 4: normally traditionally over the years, we usually shut down production 360 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:14,080 Speaker 4: at Thanksgiving. Okay, so if people call us, you know now, 361 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:16,639 Speaker 4: and what they're going to you know save you know 362 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:21,639 Speaker 4: the discounts that are presently going on right now, and 363 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:23,639 Speaker 4: then plus you're the first to get on the books 364 00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:24,359 Speaker 4: for the springtime. 365 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:28,240 Speaker 1: Well, tell me about those discounts and everybody. 366 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:33,080 Speaker 4: Yeah, absolutely, right now we have a twenty percent radio 367 00:22:33,119 --> 00:22:36,320 Speaker 4: and TV ad and so if anybody calls in at 368 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:38,040 Speaker 4: this time of year, we're going to give them twenty 369 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:41,720 Speaker 4: percent off and then that'll be applied for you know, 370 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:42,320 Speaker 4: next year. 371 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:45,840 Speaker 1: Okay. And what is the phone number? Is a call 372 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:48,760 Speaker 1: to action. Don't get off that social Let's get the 373 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:50,560 Speaker 1: house rhino shield. 374 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:54,800 Speaker 4: Yep, it is eight five five rhino zero five. 375 00:22:55,440 --> 00:23:01,000 Speaker 1: Okay, talk about you know somebody a lot of times 376 00:23:01,119 --> 00:23:04,119 Speaker 1: and this drives me crazy, but I'll bring it up. 377 00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:05,960 Speaker 1: A lot of times. People they don't do anything with 378 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:08,000 Speaker 1: their house and they decide they're gonna put it on 379 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:11,080 Speaker 1: the market. So they're gonna want to Yeah, they're gonna 380 00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:14,440 Speaker 1: want to have it, you know, all fresh looking and everything. 381 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:21,080 Speaker 1: Is there a an investment value on rhino shield over 382 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:26,639 Speaker 1: paint or I mean do it? I mean, does it 383 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:30,120 Speaker 1: make your home worth more money? If I mean it's more. 384 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:32,680 Speaker 4: Well, absolutely, because you don't have to paint your house 385 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:37,920 Speaker 4: again for twenty five years. And that's a factor. Absolutely. 386 00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:40,760 Speaker 4: There's some houses that are you know, you know, two 387 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:44,080 Speaker 4: stories and they're quite large, and it the costs can 388 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:45,960 Speaker 4: get pretty healthy pretty quick. 389 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:52,680 Speaker 1: Colors. Yeah, that's the hardest part about painting or having 390 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:56,120 Speaker 1: your home h rhino shield is picking out the colors. 391 00:23:56,119 --> 00:23:58,600 Speaker 1: How many colors do you have, you don't have to. 392 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:02,760 Speaker 4: Absolutely, we have too many, to be honest with you, 393 00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:06,680 Speaker 4: we have fifteen hundred collars and whatever you can think 394 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:09,760 Speaker 4: of of, you know, we can create. 395 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:15,720 Speaker 1: It something for everybody, right, That's right. I really I'm 396 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:18,000 Speaker 1: just kind of circling back a little bit. I really 397 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:20,520 Speaker 1: want to talk a little bit more about energy efficiency. 398 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:26,640 Speaker 1: I know that's gotten into the news, the environmental impact 399 00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:35,399 Speaker 1: and energy efficiency of coatings in general, and it's it 400 00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:39,520 Speaker 1: I think it's it's so very important. I mean, people 401 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:42,320 Speaker 1: have been wanting about energy bills a lot in the 402 00:24:42,359 --> 00:24:46,560 Speaker 1: last two years. What type of obviously you've done a 403 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:49,600 Speaker 1: lot of houses in the Greater Cincinnati area. What's your 404 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:54,119 Speaker 1: feedback from the homeowners that you have completed using runners 405 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:55,160 Speaker 1: shit on their homes? 406 00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:59,720 Speaker 4: Very positive? Especially you know folks that's had it over 407 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:03,040 Speaker 4: you know, ten fifteen years, and I see them at 408 00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:05,280 Speaker 4: home shows and they stop by and say, Todd, you 409 00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:09,520 Speaker 4: won't be you would be amazed how much energy bills 410 00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:11,440 Speaker 4: I have saved over the years by having Rhino showed 411 00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:14,520 Speaker 4: to my home. And you touch base on something where 412 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:17,480 Speaker 4: you know the you know the you know, energy efficiencies. 413 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:22,000 Speaker 4: We are low e product and it's totally a green product, 414 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:26,800 Speaker 4: so we have very very little or no VOCs going 415 00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:30,439 Speaker 4: into the atmospheres. And and that's you know, important to 416 00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:31,040 Speaker 4: a lot of people. 417 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:36,160 Speaker 1: Is that because of the high solids or not just. 418 00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:40,160 Speaker 4: That, in the that in the breatheability and the materials 419 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:45,399 Speaker 4: that we're using, like you know, our ceramics, and it 420 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:47,720 Speaker 4: creates that breatheability and energy efficientness. 421 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:51,480 Speaker 1: So I'm just thinking of other trends. And one of 422 00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:55,080 Speaker 1: the trends I see in X tiers of homes, and 423 00:25:55,119 --> 00:25:59,119 Speaker 1: it's going on right in my neighborhood, is some bricks 424 00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:04,160 Speaker 1: homes now I see getting painted white, right, and I've 425 00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:06,800 Speaker 1: also seen, you know, it's the old white and black thing. 426 00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:10,439 Speaker 1: And I'm also seeing some red bick brick homes that 427 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:13,720 Speaker 1: do the black trim, and I hate to say this, 428 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:17,200 Speaker 1: in my opinion, it just doesn't look right. I think 429 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:20,199 Speaker 1: if you're going to do black trim, you got to 430 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:25,080 Speaker 1: have a white substrate. Can rhino shield be applied over 431 00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:25,639 Speaker 1: to brick? 432 00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:31,040 Speaker 4: Yes, brick is probably half of the jobs that we 433 00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:34,879 Speaker 4: do are brick homes. And out of those, you know, 434 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:38,080 Speaker 4: we probably half of them are raw brick. So about 435 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:40,000 Speaker 4: twenty five percent of the jobs that we do in 436 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:46,440 Speaker 4: their raw brick buildings and they're they're wanting that energy 437 00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:47,560 Speaker 4: efficientness on the hall. 438 00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:49,639 Speaker 1: I was just going to say, you know, brick and 439 00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:53,760 Speaker 1: very energy efficient at least what is to a degree. 440 00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:57,600 Speaker 1: So that's that's a big selling point for Reiner shield 441 00:26:57,640 --> 00:27:01,720 Speaker 1: on brick homes is the energy efficient for sure? How 442 00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:06,000 Speaker 1: about and and with that twenty five year warranty against 443 00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:09,639 Speaker 1: it pealing, does that apply to brick to or is 444 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:11,960 Speaker 1: there another stepvolved. 445 00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:15,560 Speaker 4: Or yes, well there's no. We do four things to 446 00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:19,080 Speaker 4: every home, regardless if they're you know, brick or you know, 447 00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:24,120 Speaker 4: you know, redwood homes. So it's just the same process. 448 00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:26,919 Speaker 4: We have to do the steps necessary to ensure that 449 00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:28,840 Speaker 4: we're going to get the longevity out of our coating. 450 00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:34,720 Speaker 1: Yeah all right, so people maybe be intrigued, maybe they're 451 00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:39,320 Speaker 1: in their fall slumber and not intrigued yet. But you 452 00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:43,560 Speaker 1: can still get in line for fall. You can get 453 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:46,320 Speaker 1: in line for next spring. How do they contact you 454 00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:47,159 Speaker 1: to get an estimate? 455 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:51,480 Speaker 4: They just called the number eight five five rhino zero 456 00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:55,159 Speaker 4: five and the lady will you know, set up an 457 00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:57,160 Speaker 4: appointment to have me come out and you know, give 458 00:27:57,160 --> 00:27:57,720 Speaker 4: you a quote. 459 00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:01,000 Speaker 1: Very good, Hey Todd, Thanks for joining us to day. 460 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:01,840 Speaker 1: I appreciate it. 461 00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:04,800 Speaker 4: Hey, thanks Gary, and go cats. 462 00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:08,560 Speaker 1: There you go, all right, thank you? You bet my mind. 463 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:12,840 Speaker 1: Todd Harville, he is with Rhino'shield, and I've had Rhino 464 00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:17,200 Speaker 1: Shield applied to my house. I'm gonna say was six 465 00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:21,560 Speaker 1: seven years ago. I've not had any touch up, and 466 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:25,199 Speaker 1: I did notice a savings, which, like everything else, like 467 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:27,399 Speaker 1: when you put insulation, that first year or two you 468 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:31,760 Speaker 1: go wow, man, an energy bill dropped, and then about 469 00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:35,040 Speaker 1: four years later you forget all about that. I always wonder, like, gosh, 470 00:28:35,119 --> 00:28:37,600 Speaker 1: I've done that, I've done that, I've done that. What 471 00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:40,920 Speaker 1: would my energy bill head or be had I not 472 00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:45,440 Speaker 1: done that. That's always a question that we ask how 473 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:48,720 Speaker 1: can we continue to improve? All right? The numbers eight 474 00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:51,600 Speaker 1: hundred eighty two three, eight two five five year at 475 00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:53,720 Speaker 1: home with Gary Sullivan right here in fifty five care 476 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:56,920 Speaker 1: see the talk station. All right, back to work we 477 00:28:56,960 --> 00:29:00,440 Speaker 1: go at home with Gary Sullivan. Plenty of work really 478 00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:04,800 Speaker 1: to do, you know, dressing up our homes, making it 479 00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:10,480 Speaker 1: more energy efficient. This time of year, though, I think 480 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:14,520 Speaker 1: we all kind of start getting in the mood of it. 481 00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:18,480 Speaker 1: Can wait till next year. I'll include myself in that. 482 00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:24,480 Speaker 1: But next week looks rainy, doesn't look like a good week. 483 00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:27,360 Speaker 1: The following week will be raking up a thousand leaves 484 00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:32,360 Speaker 1: or more. But you know, one of the things just 485 00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:35,480 Speaker 1: to kind of focus in on something that if you 486 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:39,120 Speaker 1: have some time and you want to spruce something up, 487 00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:43,400 Speaker 1: is the entry area of our homes gets used more 488 00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:46,920 Speaker 1: during the holidays than any other time of the year. 489 00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:52,480 Speaker 1: And older homes, of course, and sometimes even not real 490 00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:57,960 Speaker 1: old homes, those porches are just you know, they cracked, 491 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:03,720 Speaker 1: they till backwards, they have been patched, they look patched, 492 00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:07,200 Speaker 1: and there's a lot going on there that isn't always 493 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:10,479 Speaker 1: pleasant to the eye. In fact, I'm having my friends 494 00:30:10,520 --> 00:30:17,360 Speaker 1: at a one concrete leveling out Monday to lift the 495 00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:21,200 Speaker 1: slab the patio you got none about five years ago. 496 00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:27,600 Speaker 1: And occasionally, once you have an area where you have 497 00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:33,360 Speaker 1: a problem, it continues. You know, it's not because of 498 00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:38,840 Speaker 1: the concrete lifting, but because it goes under that slab 499 00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:43,680 Speaker 1: with pressure, with force that lifts the slab and fills 500 00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:51,040 Speaker 1: the void that's causing the slab to settle. So anyway, 501 00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:54,760 Speaker 1: they're coming out there and taking care of that tomorrow 502 00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:58,400 Speaker 1: and back to the front porch. Some of those settle. 503 00:30:58,520 --> 00:31:01,760 Speaker 1: So what I'm bringing that up as they too. These 504 00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:05,200 Speaker 1: are things you can have done. If it's something that 505 00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:08,920 Speaker 1: is maybe your porch's fine's got a positive flow away 506 00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:12,120 Speaker 1: from the house and you're looking at boy, I just 507 00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:15,520 Speaker 1: got to dress that up. I have a rule, no 508 00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:19,160 Speaker 1: outdoor carpeting on the front porch. I did that and 509 00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:22,280 Speaker 1: it's been a long long time ago, and you'll be 510 00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:24,720 Speaker 1: sorry you did it. It'll cover it up. It'll look 511 00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:29,640 Speaker 1: good that carpet. If you used a carpet tape or glue, 512 00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:33,840 Speaker 1: you're gonna have a mess getting it off, and I 513 00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:39,880 Speaker 1: mean a mess. If you want to paint it, it's 514 00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:42,200 Speaker 1: got a short life. If you want to use roller 515 00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:46,200 Speaker 1: rock on it, that looks good, you can probably get 516 00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:50,160 Speaker 1: ten fifteen years out of that. But if you just 517 00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:53,440 Speaker 1: want to look like a concrete slab without all the patching, 518 00:31:54,560 --> 00:32:00,920 Speaker 1: the calking, the smooth areas and the textured areas, let's 519 00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:06,960 Speaker 1: let's talk about a product. It's called recap. Quick Creed 520 00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:11,160 Speaker 1: probably introduced a product similar to this, not the same, 521 00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:17,800 Speaker 1: probably twenty five thirty years ago, and it was a powder. 522 00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:22,520 Speaker 1: It's mixed with water in a five gallon bucket and 523 00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:25,959 Speaker 1: you'll you know, clean the surface and you'll pour it 524 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:29,080 Speaker 1: on and you'll distribute it with a kind of like 525 00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:33,000 Speaker 1: an asphalt sealer brush and squeegee, so you'll brush it 526 00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:35,600 Speaker 1: in and then squeegee or if you want to just 527 00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:39,520 Speaker 1: use a squegee and float it over. It looks like 528 00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:49,000 Speaker 1: concrete and adhesion was okay. It wasn't bad. It wasn't great, 529 00:32:50,040 --> 00:32:54,120 Speaker 1: But we're into probably the fourth generation of this. It 530 00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:58,280 Speaker 1: was originally called concrete resurface there now it's called recap. 531 00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:04,080 Speaker 1: This stuff works great. I think after about four generations, 532 00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:07,720 Speaker 1: it's kind of right where it needs to be. The 533 00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:11,240 Speaker 1: mixing is the same and it is the key. So 534 00:33:11,320 --> 00:33:14,560 Speaker 1: I think it's about a forty pound bag. And again 535 00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:17,720 Speaker 1: you can pour the powder right into a bucket has 536 00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:21,640 Speaker 1: in a specific amount of water that's added, and you 537 00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:23,760 Speaker 1: have to stir this up, and you don't stir it 538 00:33:23,840 --> 00:33:29,920 Speaker 1: up with a stick. You're gonna probably rent a commercial 539 00:33:30,040 --> 00:33:38,240 Speaker 1: drill and a commercial mixer that comes with that grill, 540 00:33:38,360 --> 00:33:43,360 Speaker 1: or maybe you've got to buy it separately, and you know, 541 00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:46,160 Speaker 1: you put it in, turn it on, and just slowly 542 00:33:46,680 --> 00:33:50,960 Speaker 1: mix all that powder in with that water. You're gonna 543 00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:55,160 Speaker 1: get to a consistency where it looks like and floats 544 00:33:55,400 --> 00:34:02,200 Speaker 1: like a asphalt seiler, but it's grain color. And you've 545 00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:08,120 Speaker 1: made all your final patches, you've applied all your final 546 00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:14,600 Speaker 1: clocking that was needed, and you pour the recap onto 547 00:34:14,640 --> 00:34:18,279 Speaker 1: the concrete surface and with a squeegee and you can 548 00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:21,200 Speaker 1: get a floor squeedge, get a regular squeegee and just 549 00:34:21,239 --> 00:34:23,439 Speaker 1: get to pull that fits in it where you don't 550 00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:27,200 Speaker 1: have to crawl around and just float that across that surface. 551 00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:31,000 Speaker 1: It'll sof level and I'll tell you what it looks great. 552 00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:32,920 Speaker 1: If you want to have a texture to it, you 553 00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:36,280 Speaker 1: can drag a broom over it to create some texture 554 00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:40,719 Speaker 1: and let it go for a month and then seal it. 555 00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:44,640 Speaker 1: And if you want to seal it, you want the 556 00:34:44,719 --> 00:34:48,200 Speaker 1: same thing you use your sidewalk in your driveway. You'd 557 00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:52,120 Speaker 1: want to clear seal it. It doesn't have to be shiny. 558 00:34:52,360 --> 00:34:57,480 Speaker 1: In fact, the product track Safe that I talk about 559 00:34:57,760 --> 00:35:01,840 Speaker 1: that is a slip resistance seiler that can be used 560 00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:05,879 Speaker 1: inside and outside. And I mentioned earlier today as an 561 00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:08,320 Speaker 1: answer to one of our questions. That can be used 562 00:35:08,320 --> 00:35:11,560 Speaker 1: over ceramic tile, It can be used over wood, It 563 00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:14,359 Speaker 1: can be used on garage floors and it can be 564 00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:20,200 Speaker 1: used with recap over the entryway of your front door. 565 00:35:21,640 --> 00:35:25,960 Speaker 1: It will make a huge, huge difference. Now for the riser, 566 00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:29,400 Speaker 1: if you have a couple of steps, taking a brush 567 00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:38,360 Speaker 1: and applying it to the vertical surface, that would also 568 00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:42,320 Speaker 1: match that up nicely too. So for those older homes. 569 00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:47,720 Speaker 1: Really it's a great way to dress up the entryway 570 00:35:47,719 --> 00:35:49,600 Speaker 1: to your home. If you would like to have some 571 00:35:49,719 --> 00:35:58,759 Speaker 1: pigment in it, you can use a concrete dye or colorant. 572 00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:03,399 Speaker 1: You can put that in each mixture. If you need 573 00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:06,640 Speaker 1: multiple buckets, make sure you know exactly how much you 574 00:36:06,680 --> 00:36:10,680 Speaker 1: put in. That's going to play a role. But it's 575 00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:15,440 Speaker 1: a great way. And seriously, with the holidays coming and 576 00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:19,319 Speaker 1: colder weather coming, sure you can use that too. You 577 00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:26,360 Speaker 1: can use that and even shovel snow off it driveways, patios, floors, 578 00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:32,399 Speaker 1: pulled decks, sidewalks, anything of concrete base like that would 579 00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:38,440 Speaker 1: work just fine. Good way to dress update the entryway 580 00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:40,120 Speaker 1: to your home, that's for sure. And the and I 581 00:36:40,160 --> 00:36:43,279 Speaker 1: slipped seal or a very good idea. Also, while you're 582 00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:48,480 Speaker 1: outside again, your compressor on the outside, your air conditioner 583 00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:52,320 Speaker 1: and compressor, take a look at that, especially if you 584 00:36:52,360 --> 00:36:55,680 Speaker 1: have a heat pump heat pump compressor. It's on the 585 00:36:55,719 --> 00:36:58,520 Speaker 1: outside of the home. That's the big box, the big 586 00:36:58,920 --> 00:37:04,120 Speaker 1: square thing with a van. Make sure that it functions 587 00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:11,160 Speaker 1: best with good airflow, not so good if airflow is restricted. 588 00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:16,160 Speaker 1: And every now and then I'll be somewhere and we'll 589 00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:20,719 Speaker 1: go see that compressor out there, and the bushes are 590 00:37:21,600 --> 00:37:24,920 Speaker 1: no longer just on the side of it. They're hanging 591 00:37:24,960 --> 00:37:29,160 Speaker 1: over the top. They're pushed up on the sides. And 592 00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:33,200 Speaker 1: where they mow grass, it's been thrown into the fins. 593 00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:36,840 Speaker 1: And that's not good. We got to get those bushes 594 00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:41,440 Speaker 1: cleaned up, get a broom, sweep any excess, you know, 595 00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:46,680 Speaker 1: grass and stuff off. Their airflow is certainly the key, 596 00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:51,640 Speaker 1: and you're in charge of that, so I would do that. 597 00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:54,040 Speaker 1: That's costing you money, by the way, if it's struggling 598 00:37:54,080 --> 00:37:58,359 Speaker 1: for airflow. And speaking of sweeping things, if you're indoors 599 00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:02,279 Speaker 1: and you're stuck indoors one day and you're out of 600 00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:06,239 Speaker 1: things to do. That refrigerator, the coils they're either on 601 00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:11,200 Speaker 1: top of the refrigerator or behind the refrigerator. Those coils 602 00:38:11,719 --> 00:38:14,759 Speaker 1: they always get a little sticky and they got a 603 00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:17,239 Speaker 1: little bit of dust on there and they could use 604 00:38:17,239 --> 00:38:22,480 Speaker 1: your attention. Cleaning those coils will also help that refrigerator 605 00:38:22,520 --> 00:38:27,440 Speaker 1: work better and also save you some energy at the 606 00:38:27,480 --> 00:38:30,240 Speaker 1: same time. So if you have a home, there's always 607 00:38:30,280 --> 00:38:33,680 Speaker 1: things to do and always things to dress up. And 608 00:38:33,719 --> 00:38:36,360 Speaker 1: that's why we're always talking about taking that walk around 609 00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:40,160 Speaker 1: the house, finding out what is in needs your attention 610 00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:44,239 Speaker 1: and then make a plan to execute the plan that 611 00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:47,520 Speaker 1: you've come up with to save you money and the 612 00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:51,080 Speaker 1: kind of protect the value of your home. Danny boy, 613 00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:53,520 Speaker 1: thank you very much, a great day, Thank you for 614 00:38:53,600 --> 00:38:56,240 Speaker 1: all the calls, thanks for listening, and good Lord Willing. 615 00:38:56,280 --> 00:38:59,319 Speaker 1: We'll be back tomorrow at nine for more at Home 616 00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:00,680 Speaker 1: with Gary self. Loveans