1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:03,920 Speaker 1: Kf I am six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp, 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:07,720 Speaker 1: the House Whisper on demand on the iHeart Radio app 3 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:14,200 Speaker 1: Welcome Home. I'm Dean Sharp, the house Whisper, custom home Builder, 4 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:17,880 Speaker 1: custom home designer, and your guide to better understand that 5 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 1: place where you live today. On the show, it's your calls. 6 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:25,200 Speaker 1: The number to reach me eight three three two Ask 7 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:28,760 Speaker 1: Dean eight three to three the numeral to ask Dean 8 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:32,520 Speaker 1: whatever as you scratch in your head about your home design, construction, 9 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:36,480 Speaker 1: DIY inside outside, I got you. We'll put our heads 10 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:39,199 Speaker 1: together and get it figured out. Let's get to it. 11 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 1: Let's talk to Susan. Hey, Susan, Welcome home. 12 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:44,199 Speaker 2: II. 13 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:48,440 Speaker 3: Dean, I'm so excited to talk to you. So I 14 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:53,120 Speaker 3: want to know. My question is it's two part your favorite, 15 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:56,640 Speaker 3: if you had to choose, like your favorite bright, I 16 00:00:56,640 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 3: want to paint my whole home just bright white. It's 17 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:01,320 Speaker 3: just simple and easy. I don't want to have to 18 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 3: choose colors. The brightest are real bright white. I have 19 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 3: almost no direct sunlight in my entire home. I've looked 20 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:10,840 Speaker 3: at Chantilly lace. It's beautiful color. I don't know if 21 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:14,760 Speaker 3: that's really bright bright white though. And then of course, 22 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:18,400 Speaker 3: Benjamin Moore, of course. And then what types I think 23 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 3: you said aura for bathrooms, but I'd like to know kitchens, cabinets, doors, bathroom, like, 24 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:29,040 Speaker 3: what are the different types ofchines that would be your favorite. 25 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:32,319 Speaker 3: I'm not married to anything flat. I just would like 26 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:34,679 Speaker 3: to know what you would do. And of course new 27 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:38,039 Speaker 3: flooring will come later, so I'm not really concerned with flooring. 28 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:41,959 Speaker 1: I got you the okay, Well, okay, so I'm going 29 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 1: to disappoint you on one side, which is that I 30 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 1: am terrible at remembering the names of paint colors really, 31 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 1: and one of the reasons is they change them all 32 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 1: the time. But there's a couple, there's a couple that 33 00:01:57,400 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 1: that we always default to, and then TEENA always nods 34 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 1: me that, yes, you got that one right, hunt so 35 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 1: bright white. Yeah, I'm going to give you the principle though, 36 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:10,120 Speaker 1: behind it, so that you can choose for yourself. 37 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:11,639 Speaker 3: Okay. 38 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:19,119 Speaker 1: The principle behind it is this absolute pure white. Okay, 39 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:21,880 Speaker 1: pure white, absolute pure white. We don't want to do 40 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 1: in the house. That's the brightest of all the whites, 41 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:29,080 Speaker 1: pure absolute bright white. And the reason is because in 42 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:34,120 Speaker 1: an interior, pure white can start going cold. In other words, 43 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 1: it can have a blue tint to it. It's like 44 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 1: pure light coming out of a light bulb. We don't 45 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 1: want anything above like three thousand kelvin as far as 46 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 1: color temperature is concerned, which, by the way, five thousand 47 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:51,800 Speaker 1: kelvin is sunlight. And you would think, oh, sunlight's beautiful 48 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:55,320 Speaker 1: and warm, and to say no, inside a house, a 49 00:02:55,480 --> 00:03:01,240 Speaker 1: five thousand degree kelvin color temperature light bulb is blue 50 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:04,680 Speaker 1: and people are like, oh, it's cold. It's icy blue blue. 51 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 1: So what we want is a nice bright light, a 52 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:12,079 Speaker 1: lot of lumins and brightness coming off the light. I 53 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:13,920 Speaker 1: know I'm talking about light bulbs, but I think you 54 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 1: see the analogy here, and we want it below three thousand. 55 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 1: In other words, we threw some amber in there, just 56 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:24,119 Speaker 1: a little warmth, a little warm tone into the light. 57 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:27,560 Speaker 1: That's the light that everybody loves inside their house. The 58 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 1: same is true. Now, paint doesn't emit color, but it 59 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 1: reflects color, okay, And so the same is true of paint. 60 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 1: We don't want bright, bright, pure white. That's easy to 61 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 1: come by. You just go to the paint store and 62 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:43,400 Speaker 1: you just buy the base color without any tinting in 63 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 1: it whatsoever. And you get pure white, too blue, too blue, 64 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 1: too cold. What we want is something that has just 65 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 1: a hint a hint of warmth in it, meaning something 66 00:03:56,320 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 1: in the brown, tan and red additive being at to it, 67 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 1: not blues and greens, but on the warm side of 68 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 1: the scale. And that would in Benjamin Moore terms, that 69 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 1: would be decorators white Tina's telling me it, I got 70 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 1: it right, and or Swiss coffee. Little variation between the two, 71 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:19,120 Speaker 1: but those would be the two. But in principle, now 72 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 1: that's Benjamin Moore. Anybody using whatever paint, just know that 73 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:26,360 Speaker 1: you just want to go slightly off and in no way, 74 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:30,279 Speaker 1: shape or form is tan. It's not tan. It doesn't 75 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:33,040 Speaker 1: cream up the wall or anything. When you walk into 76 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:35,920 Speaker 1: a room, you're like, oh, oh, that's a beautiful bright white. 77 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 1: But what you don't realize it has a little bit 78 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:41,800 Speaker 1: of warmth reflected in it. So that's the color. As 79 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 1: far as the thechenes go flat on the ceiling, pure flat, 80 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 1: just straight out flat on a ceiling. Why because we 81 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 1: never have to, you know, get a ceiling dirty. The 82 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:58,919 Speaker 1: ceilings don't have to put up with abuse, so we 83 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:01,039 Speaker 1: don't have to watch it. The the problem with flat 84 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 1: is that it is hard to wash. You know, it's 85 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:08,920 Speaker 1: pain in the butt to wash flat paint. Watch dirt 86 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:12,040 Speaker 1: off flat paint, so safe on the ceiling, perfectly flat. 87 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 1: Plus I want a man I don't want sheen in 88 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:20,400 Speaker 1: the house. In general, I want things not reflective because 89 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:23,599 Speaker 1: the more reflective a surface is, the shinier surface is, 90 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 1: the more it shows every possible imperfection in the surface. 91 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:32,919 Speaker 1: So flat is just pure color, no shine. On the walls, 92 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,560 Speaker 1: I want them as flat as possible. We'll usually go 93 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:40,039 Speaker 1: mate on the walls. Matt is flat, but it's not 94 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 1: all the way flat. And and Benjamin Moore is one 95 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 1: of the reasons we love them Aura Aura throughout the house. 96 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:49,320 Speaker 1: If you just want the best period Aura everywhere, Matte 97 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 1: finish on the walls, flat on the on the ceiling, 98 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:57,800 Speaker 1: or a bath and spa in the bathrooms because of 99 00:05:57,839 --> 00:06:02,960 Speaker 1: its amazing Matte finish and moisture protection at the same time. 100 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 1: And then when it comes to trims, casings and base boards, 101 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 1: then I just take one tiny step up and go 102 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 1: like eggshell or satin, depending on the brand of paint. 103 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:21,000 Speaker 1: Eggshell or satin comes first or after. You know, some 104 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:24,840 Speaker 1: manufacturers reverse the two in order. It's just basically the 105 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:28,359 Speaker 1: next sheene step up, depending on what manufacturer you're using, 106 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:33,480 Speaker 1: and that is my preferential formula for doing a house. Now, 107 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:36,640 Speaker 1: of course there's always exceptions, but for what you're talking about, 108 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 1: I think that's what's going to make you happy. That 109 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:42,920 Speaker 1: little bit of sheene on the base boards and the casings, doorcasings, 110 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:45,599 Speaker 1: those are the areas that take the most abuse, and 111 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 1: therefore it just allows you to keep them that much cleaner. 112 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:56,159 Speaker 3: Well, one least clarification. Aura definitely bathroom and spa. But 113 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:58,640 Speaker 3: you didn't you also say Aura throughout the house? If 114 00:06:58,680 --> 00:06:59,479 Speaker 3: I could do that? 115 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:04,400 Speaker 1: Yes, yes, Aura is Benjamin Moore's top of the lined 116 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 1: premiere paint, and so Aura is a paint that can 117 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 1: be used throughout the house. And then Aura bath and 118 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:18,120 Speaker 1: Spa is a specific application of Aura for bathrooms. All right, 119 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 1: more great stuff on the way. You're listening to Home 120 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:25,559 Speaker 1: with Dean Sharp, the House Whisper. Dean Sharp, the House 121 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:28,400 Speaker 1: Whisper here to help you take your home to the 122 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:31,880 Speaker 1: next level. It's an all calls show today. Let's get 123 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:35,000 Speaker 1: back to the phones. Mary, Welcome home. 124 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 2: I have stamped concrete on the entire outside of my house, 125 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:45,480 Speaker 2: you know, everything, the patio, walkways, everything anyway, So and 126 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:47,680 Speaker 2: it's ecky because I didn't know at the time that 127 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:49,000 Speaker 2: I put it in that it was going to have 128 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:51,520 Speaker 2: to be maintained. And so I'm trying to find out 129 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:55,080 Speaker 2: is there anything that I can do to mitigate this without, 130 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 2: you know, putting some other I want to put some 131 00:07:57,560 --> 00:08:01,000 Speaker 2: other kind of concrete on there. Can I do that 132 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 2: without demolishing the entire slabs of the stamp concrete? 133 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 4: Yeah? 134 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 1: Not really, not really, we are we got two choices. 135 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:16,160 Speaker 1: We pull out what's there and go with something brand new, 136 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:20,400 Speaker 1: or we figure out how to dechify what you've got. 137 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 5: Yeah, okay, and. 138 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 2: I've got I've gotten an estimate on my repainting, power 139 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:36,400 Speaker 2: washing and repainting and resealing and all of that, which 140 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 2: is thousands and then I'm gonna have to keep doing that. 141 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:45,000 Speaker 2: So I was so, yeah, nothing short of demolishing. 142 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:48,400 Speaker 1: I will tell you this, Mary one, if I was 143 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 1: going to help you restore or bring to life your 144 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:56,080 Speaker 1: old stamp concrete, painting would not be a part of it. Okay. 145 00:08:56,360 --> 00:09:00,199 Speaker 1: Concrete and paint not friendly with each other because it's 146 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:03,720 Speaker 1: gonna peel. It's gonna push off from the back. It's 147 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 1: gonna get all cracked and chipped and whatever. So this 148 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:10,480 Speaker 1: might make a slight difference to you, but just so 149 00:09:10,559 --> 00:09:13,160 Speaker 1: you know, what I would do is I would get 150 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:17,240 Speaker 1: it all cleaned off, whether it's power washed, anything that 151 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:20,560 Speaker 1: we can do to rough up the surface again to 152 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:25,600 Speaker 1: neutralize it. And I would consider staining the concrete. Staining it, okay, 153 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:30,040 Speaker 1: because the stain penetrates, it doesn't crack, it doesn't peel off. 154 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:34,640 Speaker 1: It'll be a modeled finish, which, you know, color wise, 155 00:09:34,679 --> 00:09:37,280 Speaker 1: which is kind of in keeping with whatever this stamped 156 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:40,400 Speaker 1: you know, kind of stony look is supposed to be. 157 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:44,040 Speaker 1: You can do it darker, it'll last longer. I'm not 158 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:47,920 Speaker 1: saying it's the solution, but I would never approach a 159 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:53,040 Speaker 1: stamped concrete job that has lost its luster with paint, 160 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 1: And anybody who is is kind of leading you down 161 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:59,880 Speaker 1: the wrong path anyway. Think about stained concrete stains because 162 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:04,360 Speaker 1: they penetrate and they last longer and they look more 163 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:08,080 Speaker 1: natural anyway. Other than that, yeah, you're gonna have to 164 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:11,719 Speaker 1: pull it and replace it. Sorry, it's just the way 165 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:15,000 Speaker 1: it goes. Yeah, Stamp concrete, shockingly not a fan of 166 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:17,240 Speaker 1: stamp concrete. There are so many other looks that are 167 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:22,840 Speaker 1: better to go with. Let's talk to Mark A Mark 168 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:26,640 Speaker 1: welcome home. I mean, hey, there you are. Sorry. I 169 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:29,000 Speaker 1: thought I almost I thought I hung up on you 170 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 1: when I selected the number. I'm like, no, no, after 171 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:34,880 Speaker 1: all of that, all right, my friend? How you doing? 172 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 1: How can I help you? 173 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:40,560 Speaker 5: I'm doing well. I had a question. You recommend in 174 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:45,400 Speaker 5: the past rock wool and some insulation for interior soundproofing purposes, 175 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:48,360 Speaker 5: and I like the idea. I was just wondering about 176 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:52,600 Speaker 5: how that might affect Wi Fi signals within the house. 177 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:56,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a good question. Yes, I do recommend rock 178 00:10:56,880 --> 00:11:03,200 Speaker 1: wool insulation on interior walls, and which is not a 179 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:08,000 Speaker 1: code requirement. It's just a recommendation for me because it 180 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:12,079 Speaker 1: just helps control sound. It's not for heating and insulating purposes. 181 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:16,360 Speaker 1: It just makes a home so much more sound attenable 182 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:21,240 Speaker 1: and quiet. But yeah, it's a really good question. Yes, 183 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:25,040 Speaker 1: it does have a dampening effect on Wi Fi. Because 184 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:28,800 Speaker 1: rock wall insulation is pretty significant little barrier. It doesn't 185 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:32,160 Speaker 1: shut it down by any means. It will though on 186 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:36,240 Speaker 1: a larger home it's gonna dampen the signal and so 187 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:41,119 Speaker 1: if you're gonna pony up for like during a remodel, 188 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:45,480 Speaker 1: for interior wall insulation, then you know, spend a couple 189 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 1: one hundred dollars more and also pony up for a 190 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 1: Wi Fi mesh net system for your home. And that 191 00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:59,480 Speaker 1: just solves that problem. In other words, instead of having 192 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:03,760 Speaker 1: one centrally located Wi Fi router sending out a Wi 193 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:06,120 Speaker 1: Fi signal through your home that may or may not 194 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:10,040 Speaker 1: make it to every corner of your home, or instead 195 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:13,520 Speaker 1: of doing it old school with a repeater, okay, having 196 00:12:13,559 --> 00:12:18,920 Speaker 1: another Wi Fi repeater at some point, the new and 197 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:21,280 Speaker 1: I shouldn't say new, I mean they've been around for 198 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:23,880 Speaker 1: quite a while now. But the best way to do 199 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:27,520 Speaker 1: Wi Fi coverage for a home is to use a 200 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:30,240 Speaker 1: mesh net system. And I would say for the whole property. 201 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:32,800 Speaker 1: I mean I have a small home. I only need 202 00:12:32,880 --> 00:12:37,240 Speaker 1: one router in my home to cover you know, all 203 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:41,000 Speaker 1: the rooms in my home, even with rockwool insulation in 204 00:12:41,040 --> 00:12:44,959 Speaker 1: the walls, which we have in all of our interior walls. However, 205 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:47,960 Speaker 1: I'm sitting on a third of an acre of property here, 206 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:52,559 Speaker 1: and we've got outbuildings. I have the studio, I've got 207 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:56,200 Speaker 1: the garden room, we've got a guesthouse in the back 208 00:12:57,240 --> 00:13:00,400 Speaker 1: and that's way too far for that one router to go. 209 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:03,440 Speaker 1: And instead of using repeaters to push out, we have 210 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:07,360 Speaker 1: a I think a four a four node Wi Fi 211 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:10,640 Speaker 1: mesh system And basically what it means is anywhere on 212 00:13:10,679 --> 00:13:13,080 Speaker 1: the property you get a strong signal no matter where 213 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:15,640 Speaker 1: you're at, and it doesn't it's not a slowed down signal. 214 00:13:15,679 --> 00:13:18,520 Speaker 1: That's why the old repeaters. Every time you send us 215 00:13:18,559 --> 00:13:20,960 Speaker 1: a Wi Fi signal through a repeater, you know it 216 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:23,160 Speaker 1: slows down a little bit along the way. But with 217 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:28,400 Speaker 1: a mesh node set that puts like basically a Wi 218 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:33,360 Speaker 1: Fi net over the entire area. They're actually nodes, and 219 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:34,960 Speaker 1: I don't want to get into all the technical stuff, 220 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:38,480 Speaker 1: but they're nodes of the Wi Fi system. They're not repeaters. 221 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:42,920 Speaker 1: They're simply all sharing that signal with each other, and 222 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:45,120 Speaker 1: no matter where you move on the property, one of 223 00:13:45,160 --> 00:13:47,240 Speaker 1: the nodes is close enough to pick the signal and 224 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:51,200 Speaker 1: it doesn't slow down service at all. So you're absolutely right. 225 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:55,320 Speaker 1: Enough rock well in a big enough house will damper 226 00:13:55,760 --> 00:13:59,360 Speaker 1: a Wi Fi signal internally. But if you're going to 227 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:03,120 Speaker 1: go to that expense to do that for your home, 228 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:06,400 Speaker 1: which I think is fantastic. Then go ahead and add 229 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:08,560 Speaker 1: a mesh system and you won't have to worry about the. 230 00:14:08,559 --> 00:14:11,680 Speaker 5: Wi Fi sounds great. Thank you so much. 231 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:15,640 Speaker 1: You are so welcome, my friend. Okay, a quick break 232 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:18,839 Speaker 1: and then more of your calls. You're listening to Home 233 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:21,000 Speaker 1: with Dean Sharp the House Whisper. 234 00:14:22,080 --> 00:14:25,360 Speaker 6: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 235 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:27,000 Speaker 6: KFI AM six forty. 236 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:31,720 Speaker 1: Dean Sharp the House Whisper here to remind you that 237 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 1: design matters most. We've been taking your calls today. We 238 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:37,520 Speaker 1: still have some more to go. Let's get back to 239 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:40,320 Speaker 1: the phones. Alex, Welcome home. 240 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:44,440 Speaker 7: Hi. I just had a question about roof leaks last 241 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:46,640 Speaker 7: storm we had. I had a roof leak in my 242 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:48,600 Speaker 7: garage and it was going down my drywall, and I 243 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:50,400 Speaker 7: was wondering how I could find out where it is 244 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:52,080 Speaker 7: and what to do about it. I went up in 245 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:53,960 Speaker 7: my attic, but I didn't see where the actual leak 246 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:54,640 Speaker 7: was coming from. 247 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:57,160 Speaker 1: Did you go up in your attic while it was leaking? 248 00:14:57,720 --> 00:14:57,960 Speaker 5: Yes? 249 00:14:58,040 --> 00:14:58,400 Speaker 8: I did. 250 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:02,280 Speaker 1: You did, and you saw you You didn't see any 251 00:15:02,320 --> 00:15:04,040 Speaker 1: evidence of moisture anywhere. 252 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:05,840 Speaker 7: It was hard for me to tell. I mean, I 253 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:08,440 Speaker 7: had a flashlight, but it was really hard to tell 254 00:15:08,480 --> 00:15:10,120 Speaker 7: where exactly it was coming from. But it was a 255 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:12,400 Speaker 7: big leak area and some of the drywall was peeling off. 256 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:13,840 Speaker 1: Okay, I didn't really know. 257 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:15,320 Speaker 7: It's hard to see. 258 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:15,840 Speaker 5: I don't know. 259 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:19,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, the best thing I can do other than have Okay. 260 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:20,520 Speaker 1: So first of all, if you want to get it 261 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:24,040 Speaker 1: back up there and uh and and see if you 262 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:28,160 Speaker 1: can rediscover it again, okay, you can, you know, get 263 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:30,760 Speaker 1: a hose up on your roof and cut it kind 264 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:33,200 Speaker 1: of put it on the you know, wide fan spray, 265 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:35,360 Speaker 1: let it run for a little bit, see if you 266 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:39,840 Speaker 1: can't induce the leak again in order to test it out. Okay, 267 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:43,360 Speaker 1: But as a general principle, just as a general principle, 268 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:46,600 Speaker 1: here's what you're Here's the trick or I should say, 269 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:49,760 Speaker 1: the trickiness about finding a roof leak, and that is 270 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:52,640 Speaker 1: that wherever by the time water ends up on the 271 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:56,800 Speaker 1: drywall and our ceilings or running down our wall down below, 272 00:15:57,360 --> 00:16:00,680 Speaker 1: it could have traveled a good distance to get there. 273 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:03,400 Speaker 1: So I don't have great news for you in that regard, 274 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:06,440 Speaker 1: because number one, the water has to get through your 275 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:11,960 Speaker 1: roofing material and then it slides down underneath the underlayment 276 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:15,600 Speaker 1: we talked about earlier on the show today, the builder paper, 277 00:16:15,760 --> 00:16:19,120 Speaker 1: the roofing paper. Now, at what point does it slide 278 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:23,760 Speaker 1: down underneath? If the water gets under the shingles, it 279 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:27,200 Speaker 1: may move a ways down the roof before it actually 280 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:29,600 Speaker 1: finds a crack or an opening in the roofing paper, 281 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:32,160 Speaker 1: or maybe it moves through a flashing air. It's hard 282 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:35,080 Speaker 1: to tell exactly where on the roof exactly it's leaking 283 00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:38,760 Speaker 1: based on when it comes through. It could also run 284 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:42,480 Speaker 1: on the plywood sheathing of your roof for a while 285 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:45,520 Speaker 1: before it then soaks down in and starts dripping through 286 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:47,960 Speaker 1: the rafters, And it can run down a rafter for 287 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:50,880 Speaker 1: a while before it drips down onto the ceiling joist. 288 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:55,440 Speaker 1: So the general rule is this, wherever you find the 289 00:16:55,480 --> 00:17:01,760 Speaker 1: water dripping down through the ceiling or on wall, start 290 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:05,960 Speaker 1: there and track up the roof. Okay, it's definitely not 291 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:08,639 Speaker 1: coming from lower down on the roof, that's for sure, 292 00:17:09,040 --> 00:17:13,200 Speaker 1: but definitely a literally anywhere between that point and the 293 00:17:13,359 --> 00:17:17,960 Speaker 1: very top ridge of your roof, okay, and several feet 294 00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:21,800 Speaker 1: in both directions left and right as you track up. 295 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:24,159 Speaker 1: That's what you want to be looking for now, if 296 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:27,480 Speaker 1: you don't want to induce leaking again, and I would 297 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:30,280 Speaker 1: understand why. But then what you're going to have to 298 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:33,880 Speaker 1: rely on is getting up there and closely examining the 299 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:37,359 Speaker 1: rafters and the plywood to see if you can't see 300 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:43,560 Speaker 1: evidence of water dried water lines. And sometimes, and it's 301 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:48,200 Speaker 1: not uncommon, sometimes that works out really well because there's 302 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:51,600 Speaker 1: so much stuff material in the building, paper and so on, 303 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:53,679 Speaker 1: that when the water drips down, it's a little dirty 304 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:56,679 Speaker 1: and it leaves a little trail behind. So if you 305 00:17:56,720 --> 00:18:01,199 Speaker 1: can find some drip lines, that's a clue. If you 306 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:04,440 Speaker 1: can actually induce the leak again and see some water 307 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:07,480 Speaker 1: running from somewhere, obviously that's a clue. But always look 308 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:10,200 Speaker 1: up from the leak from where it's coming through up 309 00:18:10,240 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 1: to the ridge line, and if all else fails, Paul 310 00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:15,119 Speaker 1: a riffer and let him take a look at it. 311 00:18:15,359 --> 00:18:18,720 Speaker 1: All right, Alex, I hope you appreciate the answer, and 312 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:23,920 Speaker 1: good luck finding the leak. All right, let's talk to Paul. Hey, Paul, 313 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:25,040 Speaker 1: welcome home. 314 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:27,240 Speaker 6: Hey, good morning, Dean, thanks for giving my call. 315 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:29,199 Speaker 4: Prop So, I'm building a. 316 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:32,120 Speaker 6: Fire pit in the backyard and i'd like to run 317 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:36,080 Speaker 6: the gas line before I have a concrete pad port 318 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:39,960 Speaker 6: over it. So my question is what diameter pipe do I. 319 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:43,560 Speaker 1: Need to use. That's a good question. It really all 320 00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:45,720 Speaker 1: depends on how big the fire pit is. I just 321 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:49,879 Speaker 1: kind of a standard little twenty four thirty six diameter 322 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:53,680 Speaker 1: fire pit. Then you could get away with a half 323 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:57,879 Speaker 1: inch line, but since it's all new, I prefer to 324 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:00,520 Speaker 1: run a three quarter inch line. I've got a three 325 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:02,680 Speaker 1: quarter inch line running to my fire pit. Of course, 326 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:05,240 Speaker 1: my fire pit, the rock itself is about eight and 327 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:10,120 Speaker 1: a half feet long, and the actual burners are two 328 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:13,520 Speaker 1: four foot a pair of two four foot linear burners, 329 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:17,040 Speaker 1: so there's a lot of fire there along line of fire. 330 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:21,119 Speaker 1: But as a general rule, you know, I like fire 331 00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:23,879 Speaker 1: pits to be warm. I like fire at my fire 332 00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:26,560 Speaker 1: pit because the whole point of a fire pit is 333 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:29,879 Speaker 1: not just to sit next to one when it's eighty 334 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:32,119 Speaker 1: degrees outside in the middle of summer, but to be 335 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:34,679 Speaker 1: able to enjoy it when it's cold outside. And when 336 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:36,960 Speaker 1: it's cold outside, you need more than just a little 337 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:40,760 Speaker 1: trickle of flame coming out. So I would say run 338 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:44,399 Speaker 1: the three quarter inch line. But and here's the important 339 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:48,800 Speaker 1: qualifier to that, you run a three quarter inch line 340 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:50,639 Speaker 1: you're not going to want to run it most of 341 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:54,879 Speaker 1: the time at full bore, and so the key, the 342 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:57,479 Speaker 1: gas key that you're turning your fire pit on and 343 00:19:57,520 --> 00:20:01,520 Speaker 1: off with, you shouldn't use that to choke down the 344 00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:04,320 Speaker 1: gas because if you do, it's so close to where 345 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:08,000 Speaker 1: the gas comes out of the actual burner that you're 346 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:10,760 Speaker 1: going to get a hiss or a whistling sound because 347 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:15,879 Speaker 1: of gas cavitation in the line. So pick, you know, 348 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:18,000 Speaker 1: wherever the gas line is coming out of the house, 349 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:21,119 Speaker 1: away from the house, or you know, take twenty thirty 350 00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:23,879 Speaker 1: feet away from the fire pit, run a three quarter 351 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:28,679 Speaker 1: inch line, and then put a linear valve right there 352 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:32,479 Speaker 1: that you can control the flow of the line and 353 00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:35,480 Speaker 1: then use your key at the fire pit to just 354 00:20:35,520 --> 00:20:38,280 Speaker 1: full on, full off. If you put a valve, a 355 00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:42,560 Speaker 1: flow control valve a twenty feet plus away, then the 356 00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:45,119 Speaker 1: cavitation by the time it reaches the fire pit has 357 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:48,399 Speaker 1: settled down and you can set it to any intensity 358 00:20:48,440 --> 00:20:51,480 Speaker 1: you want from the very faintest of flame all the 359 00:20:51,520 --> 00:20:56,159 Speaker 1: way to the bonfire and you'll get no change in 360 00:20:56,320 --> 00:20:59,840 Speaker 1: sound whatsoever. So my suggestion, yeah, I run the three 361 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:03,440 Speaker 1: quarter inch line and give yourself some options. Paul, Thanks 362 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:06,800 Speaker 1: for your call, buddy. Okay, a quick break and then 363 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:10,439 Speaker 1: more of your calls. You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp, 364 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:14,639 Speaker 1: the house whisper. Dean Sharp, the house whisperer, here to 365 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:18,960 Speaker 1: help you transform your ordinary house into an extraordinary home. 366 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:22,360 Speaker 1: We're doing that today by taking your calls. Let's get 367 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:25,600 Speaker 1: back to the phones. Let's talk to uh. 368 00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:26,439 Speaker 4: Am. 369 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:29,240 Speaker 1: I going to get this name right, Bobart, Welcome home. 370 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:33,680 Speaker 8: Yes, I have an eighty five year old father who's 371 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:37,719 Speaker 8: who needs to be moved into his home, but he 372 00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:40,040 Speaker 8: can't get into the backtop anymore. We needs to get 373 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:43,119 Speaker 8: make it walk through backtop. So there's a there's something 374 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:46,639 Speaker 8: online that steps to step in and you cut apart 375 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:49,960 Speaker 8: the backtop and then you you converted to a walk in. 376 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:52,280 Speaker 8: Do you have any opinions about that? 377 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:57,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, you know I've seen that. Uh and uh uh 378 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:01,400 Speaker 1: What can I tell you? I have no direct experience 379 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:04,320 Speaker 1: with it whatsoever. So I'm being completely honest and transparent 380 00:22:04,359 --> 00:22:07,280 Speaker 1: with you. I have a zero direct experience with it. 381 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:11,960 Speaker 1: But but I will tell you water is heavy, uh 382 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:16,879 Speaker 1: and water pressure against the side of a tub uh 383 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:24,120 Speaker 1: is significant And I really really have trouble imagining that 384 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:28,919 Speaker 1: in the long term that a retrofit of a door 385 00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:32,040 Speaker 1: on the side of an existing bathtub is actually going 386 00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:36,840 Speaker 1: to hold up and be functional. I would much much 387 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:42,360 Speaker 1: quicker recommend to you that you simply remove the existing 388 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:46,960 Speaker 1: tub and replace it with a factory built walk in tub. 389 00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:50,720 Speaker 1: The door swings in these tubs are built for exactly 390 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:54,000 Speaker 1: the thing that you are in need of it. They 391 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:57,840 Speaker 1: are for folks who need to sit down. The benches 392 00:22:57,880 --> 00:23:00,560 Speaker 1: are located in the most convenient location at the most 393 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:03,400 Speaker 1: convenient height. They need to sit down, they need to bathe, 394 00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:06,600 Speaker 1: but they are not in a position to step over 395 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:09,040 Speaker 1: the edge of a tub because it's a danger to them. 396 00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:11,800 Speaker 1: And so there is a door that simply opens up. 397 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:16,320 Speaker 1: But those doors are designed like you know, marine grade 398 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:19,960 Speaker 1: boat submarine doors. I mean, they seal, and I've never 399 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:23,320 Speaker 1: actually seen one of those from reputable walk in tub 400 00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:26,199 Speaker 1: manufacturers fail, honest, And what I wouldn't want to have 401 00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:29,359 Speaker 1: happen is for having a retrofit fail on you. So 402 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:33,400 Speaker 1: my recommendation is that you remove the existing tub and 403 00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:36,280 Speaker 1: replace it with one designed by the factory for just 404 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:39,040 Speaker 1: this purpose. You're going to have the best warranty, and 405 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:41,000 Speaker 1: I think you're going to have the best results with it. 406 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:44,040 Speaker 1: Let's talk to VICKI. Hey, Vicky, welcome home. 407 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:46,400 Speaker 2: Hi, Hi, thank you. 408 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:51,520 Speaker 4: I have a question. I'm out of my wheelhouse here. 409 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:54,840 Speaker 4: I need to know what to keep in mind when 410 00:23:54,920 --> 00:24:00,600 Speaker 4: vetting and talking to roofers for my mom's Vintie nineteen 411 00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:07,200 Speaker 4: fifties Adobe house. When it rains heavily, there's two small leaks. 412 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:10,199 Speaker 4: No big deal right now, but we want to tackle it. 413 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:14,639 Speaker 4: And you know, it was a house that was the 414 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:17,760 Speaker 4: bricks were made right there on the premises and it's 415 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:21,159 Speaker 4: just a lovely house. But I don't know when I 416 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 4: should be asking the roofers, and I don't want to 417 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:30,159 Speaker 4: be completely, you know, ignorant. So you have a couple 418 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:31,760 Speaker 4: of suggestions. 419 00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:34,080 Speaker 1: I'd love it all right, Well, let me ask you 420 00:24:34,119 --> 00:24:37,080 Speaker 1: some questions. Adobe house. Where is it? 421 00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:38,360 Speaker 4: It's in San Diego. 422 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:41,960 Speaker 1: Okay, it's in San Diego. And the roof right now 423 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:43,520 Speaker 1: is Spanish tile. 424 00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:47,679 Speaker 4: It is, and it's those large orange kind of curved 425 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:51,360 Speaker 4: tiles that stack on each other, and I think they 426 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:56,040 Speaker 4: go back to the fifties. Also, possibly it looks really good. 427 00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:59,040 Speaker 4: I mean, to save money. Could we keep the tile 428 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:01,960 Speaker 4: and repair and put them back? Or is there something. 429 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:07,240 Speaker 1: I was going to ask you, what condition are the 430 00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:07,919 Speaker 1: tiles in? 431 00:25:09,119 --> 00:25:13,000 Speaker 4: And you know what, I think they're in good condition. 432 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:16,520 Speaker 4: Funny enough, there's no crumbling. Now obviously I haven't been 433 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:19,800 Speaker 4: up there. I'm just eyeballing it from the ground, but 434 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:22,040 Speaker 4: they look good. 435 00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:24,399 Speaker 7: From my perspective. 436 00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:30,359 Speaker 1: Yeah, okay. So so here's the thing. Uh, it's an 437 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:34,960 Speaker 1: Adobe house. It's a classic home. It's got a classic 438 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:38,919 Speaker 1: roof to it. So the designer and the builder and 439 00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:41,920 Speaker 1: me have things to say about this. Okay. First of all, 440 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:45,840 Speaker 1: the designer doesn't want any contract roofing contract to getting 441 00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:50,400 Speaker 1: near this place. That isn't first thinking how can we 442 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:55,680 Speaker 1: preserve the existing tiles? Okay? Now pulling off pulling off existing? 443 00:25:55,720 --> 00:26:00,720 Speaker 1: Now these are these are These are cap and trough tiles. Right, 444 00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:03,399 Speaker 1: They're just one kind of tile. There's a there's a 445 00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:06,919 Speaker 1: row upside down, then there's a row right side up 446 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:08,919 Speaker 1: and upside down and right side up. Right. I mean 447 00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:13,760 Speaker 1: that's just a traditional Spanish tile roof, which means all 448 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:17,320 Speaker 1: those tiles are all the same, okay, which is great, 449 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:21,280 Speaker 1: And for the most part, a roofer that's going to 450 00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:27,520 Speaker 1: be conscientious can in fact remove those tiles and reuse them. 451 00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:31,040 Speaker 1: Now no roofer and rightly so is going to promise 452 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:34,639 Speaker 1: that there won't be some breakage in trying to remove 453 00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:37,960 Speaker 1: a tile. Just never ever happens. So the first thing, 454 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:41,879 Speaker 1: the first thing in the strategy to save the money 455 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:44,679 Speaker 1: on you know, putting a whole new tile roof on. 456 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:50,480 Speaker 1: The first strategy is where can we source tiles? Unfortunately, 457 00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:53,320 Speaker 1: there are a lot of places, and so take the time, 458 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:57,040 Speaker 1: take the time to and and a roofer is going 459 00:26:57,119 --> 00:26:58,760 Speaker 1: to get this job. Is going to take the time 460 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:03,400 Speaker 1: to source the right color, the right shade, the right 461 00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:09,159 Speaker 1: shape of traditional Spanish tile, so that you've got a 462 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:12,720 Speaker 1: little pile of replacements on hand, because you know, you 463 00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:18,080 Speaker 1: could expect up to ten percent breakage. Okay, ten percent 464 00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:21,240 Speaker 1: is not an insignif it's not the whole roof, but 465 00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:25,600 Speaker 1: it's not an insignificant number. Okay, so not as not 466 00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:27,560 Speaker 1: all of those tiles are going to go back on 467 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:32,399 Speaker 1: the house. But if you have a source of replacement tile, 468 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:35,000 Speaker 1: then you're way ahead of the game. At that point. 469 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:40,239 Speaker 1: This is a piece of cake because it's just the 470 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:44,959 Speaker 1: the conscientious removal of the tiles and then we're going 471 00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:47,600 Speaker 1: to strip back whatever is underneath it. If it's built 472 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:50,280 Speaker 1: in the fifties. There's going to be double sheets of 473 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:54,120 Speaker 1: fifteen pound or thirty pound roofing felt under there that's 474 00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:57,280 Speaker 1: cracked and old and aging. We're going to strip all 475 00:27:57,320 --> 00:28:00,119 Speaker 1: of that off. And you want a roofer who is 476 00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:04,840 Speaker 1: going to put down a new beautiful self ceiling membrane 477 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:11,080 Speaker 1: moisture barrier membrane on top of the roof, sheathing itself 478 00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:15,040 Speaker 1: and then put the tiles back on. So the right 479 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:18,119 Speaker 1: roofing membran. So we're gonna put a twenty first century 480 00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:24,040 Speaker 1: roofing membrane that's gonna last decades. I mean decades. It's 481 00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:28,159 Speaker 1: gonna self seal around the nails, every nail penetration that 482 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:30,480 Speaker 1: we put through it. We're gonna lay that under. I 483 00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:32,399 Speaker 1: mean the day that they put the new membrane on 484 00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:35,280 Speaker 1: without putting a single tile back on the roof, that 485 00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:38,000 Speaker 1: roof is watertight. You could go through them onsoon with 486 00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:41,280 Speaker 1: it and now have no more leaks. Okay. At that point, 487 00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:45,400 Speaker 1: the tiles go back on decoratively and to protect that 488 00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:50,440 Speaker 1: membrane from getting blasted by the UV rays of the sun. Okay, 489 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:54,920 Speaker 1: So the decorative Spanish tile goes back on and we 490 00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:57,880 Speaker 1: are done. Here's what I don't want. I don't want 491 00:28:57,920 --> 00:29:01,600 Speaker 1: you to give in to roofer who's like, yeah, you know, 492 00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:04,160 Speaker 1: we don't do that and nobody does that anymore, and 493 00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:09,240 Speaker 1: that's just no, that's not true, or get you like, well, 494 00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:12,280 Speaker 1: you know, it'd be far less expensive to go with 495 00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:15,280 Speaker 1: an S tile, which is a Spanish tile in which 496 00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:19,680 Speaker 1: the the mound of the tile is connected to the trough. 497 00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:25,200 Speaker 1: That's what most quote unquote Spanish tile tracked homes these 498 00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:29,800 Speaker 1: days are built with. But they are not authentic. They 499 00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:32,920 Speaker 1: are not the real deal. They are a simulation, and 500 00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:35,720 Speaker 1: I wouldn't want that to happen to your mom's beautiful 501 00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:39,560 Speaker 1: Adobe house. So the point is source the right material 502 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:42,440 Speaker 1: ahead of time, before you even start the game, and 503 00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:45,520 Speaker 1: then get the best membrane on there and a conscientious 504 00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:47,280 Speaker 1: roofer who's going to take it all apart and put 505 00:29:47,320 --> 00:29:49,640 Speaker 1: it all back together for you, and you are good 506 00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:49,840 Speaker 1: to go. 507 00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:54,320 Speaker 4: Nice. Oh, I can't thank you enough. This is just 508 00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:57,680 Speaker 4: you've just taken a load off my shoulders. Thank you. 509 00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:01,560 Speaker 1: Oh, and Vicky, make sure get two or three qualified 510 00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:03,640 Speaker 1: bids for this so that you're also getting this done 511 00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:04,480 Speaker 1: for the right price. 512 00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:08,360 Speaker 4: I will do that. Oh, excellent, Thanks again. 513 00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:12,800 Speaker 1: You are so welcome. Great question and man, that's I 514 00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:18,080 Speaker 1: would please send me pictures of mom's house, an authentic 515 00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:23,840 Speaker 1: San Diego adobe brick home. Okay, let's take a quick 516 00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:26,800 Speaker 1: break and then back to the phones. 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