1 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:35,480 Speaker 1: Well, it is the weekend, and it is the time 2 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:40,680 Speaker 1: we get together and discuss a home issues. And in 3 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:43,440 Speaker 1: my area, we had a lot of rain in the 4 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:48,400 Speaker 1: last few days, four or five days, I guess, and 5 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 1: that first heavy spring rain gives us an indication a 6 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:58,440 Speaker 1: lot on how well we did cleaning out our gutters. 7 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 1: I don't know if you've had a chance to get outside, 8 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 1: or maybe this hasn't been a problem in your area, 9 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:09,040 Speaker 1: but eventually it will be. You get a delujur rain 10 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:14,360 Speaker 1: and one way to at least one way I can 11 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 1: always tell if I had an issue or not. So 12 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 1: if you got some landscaping beds right up against the house, 13 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:24,560 Speaker 1: and if you had mulch on there, and even if 14 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:27,600 Speaker 1: it's a year old or maybe some of that mulch 15 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:31,280 Speaker 1: has gone. But if you can see where the runoff, 16 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:34,119 Speaker 1: where there's been a lot of water, some erosion, if 17 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:38,720 Speaker 1: you will good chance, you can just look up and 18 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:43,319 Speaker 1: see where the problem was. And if there was a 19 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:48,600 Speaker 1: gutter blocked and the water overflowed right on the foundation. 20 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:52,680 Speaker 1: We talk a lot about water. That's because it's a 21 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 1: serious problem. And if you have a big delus rain 22 00:01:58,160 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 1: in the middle of the night, there's a good chance 23 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 1: not going to go out and look for water spilling 24 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 1: over your gutter. So that's you know, the telltale signs 25 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 1: of exactly what's going on in a way to identify that. 26 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 1: Just this morning at breakfast, we sprung forward, so we 27 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 1: moved our clocks up an hour. So it's a little 28 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:24,640 Speaker 1: dark at breakfast this morning. But actually as the sun 29 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:28,400 Speaker 1: rose and it, you know, became lighter outside. Right outside 30 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:32,760 Speaker 1: the kitchen window, there's a there's a down spout off 31 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 1: to the left, and invariably its just force a habit, 32 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:41,680 Speaker 1: good habit to have. I glanced at that down spout. 33 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:46,799 Speaker 1: Then I glanced down because that down spout is right 34 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 1: against the foundation, and that down spout is adapted to 35 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 1: the round drain pipe underground. So as the water's coming 36 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:00,799 Speaker 1: off the roof, it's going in the gun going down 37 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:03,679 Speaker 1: the down spout, that's going in the pipe underground, and 38 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 1: it's moved away from the house. I wasn't looking for 39 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:15,079 Speaker 1: anything except is that pipe connected to the underground pipe. 40 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 1: Where I live, we have a lot of heavy clay soil. 41 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:24,119 Speaker 1: We had a wet spring last year. We got into 42 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:27,240 Speaker 1: a drought in August September in a little bit of October, 43 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:35,320 Speaker 1: dot Clay drives out, expands contracts, and it moves. In 44 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:39,800 Speaker 1: a lot of cases, those pipes don't always line up 45 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 1: the next year. And I'd say almost every year. And 46 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 1: I don't know how many down spouts I got to 47 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:49,320 Speaker 1: be honest with you, But what do you get in 48 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:51,600 Speaker 1: the house May seven to eight? I don't know, Maybe 49 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 1: not that many, but it seems like about every year 50 00:03:55,960 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 1: or two there's a down spout that's not lined up 51 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 1: with the pipe that goes under the ground, and then 52 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 1: it's just taking all that water off that whole large 53 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 1: area of the roof, putting it in the gutter and 54 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:17,560 Speaker 1: pouring it right back on the foundation. Then you wonder 55 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:20,480 Speaker 1: why the basement leaks. And I always laugh because it 56 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:24,040 Speaker 1: only lenks when it rains. Yep, that's when the problems 57 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:27,279 Speaker 1: show up. All right, let me give you the phone number, 58 00:04:27,279 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 1: happy to take your calls as we chat about your home. 59 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 1: Uh spring projects, cleaning up after the winter. It's eight 60 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:37,479 Speaker 1: hundred eight two three eight two five five. You bet you. 61 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:41,000 Speaker 1: Last week I was talking, Danny boy, I was talking 62 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:42,919 Speaker 1: I was going to clean out the garage and guess 63 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:46,360 Speaker 1: what I did it? 64 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:49,240 Speaker 2: Congratulations, I did it. 65 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:52,360 Speaker 1: I did it man in a couple of trash bags 66 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:57,559 Speaker 1: of stuff power washed the floor. I felt so good. 67 00:04:57,839 --> 00:04:59,719 Speaker 2: Did you get a thank you from missus Sullivan? 68 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:03,120 Speaker 1: She noticed it. Oh, that's a good point. She noticed it. 69 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 1: That is a good point. Yes, Now I got everything done. 70 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:10,560 Speaker 1: But the only thing I haven't done. I got the 71 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:13,279 Speaker 1: cabinets that are in the garage kind of cleaned out. 72 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:18,039 Speaker 1: And that's another thing. And I'm I'm sure I'm not 73 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 1: the only one. You put stuff in cabinets, you put 74 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:26,400 Speaker 1: stuff on shelves, I mean, you just put stuff in 75 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 1: the garage. Yes, it didn't look messy. I knew what 76 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:32,919 Speaker 1: was in the cabinets, and it wasn't exactly real organized. 77 00:05:34,279 --> 00:05:36,560 Speaker 1: And I was bound and determined I was going to 78 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:42,000 Speaker 1: go through that and see a what I could pitch. 79 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 1: And as I got into it, I found a lot 80 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 1: of stuff that was really old and it was solid. 81 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 1: It was a liquid product, but it was solid. And 82 00:05:57,839 --> 00:06:00,400 Speaker 1: you know, I know a lot of people even put 83 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:03,920 Speaker 1: paint cans with some pain in there. They tax paint 84 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:08,120 Speaker 1: and don't throw that in the trash unless it is solid. 85 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:13,159 Speaker 1: You can donate it if you've got you know, half 86 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:20,200 Speaker 1: can or more. People like there's different places, habitat restores, 87 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 1: taking Matthew twenty five ministries, they take it. They won't 88 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:27,560 Speaker 1: take oil, but they'll take it anyway. I was just 89 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:31,359 Speaker 1: going through and pitching some and just getting rid of 90 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 1: a lot of just old product. Really that wasn't even functioning. 91 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 1: And that's the kind of stuff you have. So the 92 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:42,800 Speaker 1: only thing I have left is I have the garden tools, 93 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:46,960 Speaker 1: which are not in bad shape. But I got a 94 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:50,120 Speaker 1: wal grid where I just hang the you know, the shovels, 95 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:55,040 Speaker 1: the rakes, the cultivator, the lawn rakes, you know, all 96 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:58,160 Speaker 1: that kind of stuff, and it's just disorganized. A bunch 97 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 1: of extension cords on the wall, so I'm gonna take 98 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:04,919 Speaker 1: those down. I'm gonna reorganize that wall and then I'm done. 99 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:09,520 Speaker 1: But I got all that gunk off that off the floor. 100 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 1: And one of the things Sue asked me, Danny, is 101 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:17,840 Speaker 1: where'd all that dirt come from? And I said, well, 102 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:21,280 Speaker 1: think about it. And she doesn't like mess. She does 103 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:24,720 Speaker 1: not like mess. No, No, I'm just she does let 104 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:26,760 Speaker 1: me clean the garage. She doesn't let me cleaning many 105 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:30,720 Speaker 1: other things. But where'd all that dirt come from? Well, 106 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:34,320 Speaker 1: your car's driving on the street, street's a dirty when 107 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:37,640 Speaker 1: they're wet, and you got ice, and you got snow, 108 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:40,640 Speaker 1: and you got water and you got salt. It all 109 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 1: sticks to the bottom side of the car in cold 110 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:46,080 Speaker 1: weather climates and you pull it in the garage, which 111 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:49,080 Speaker 1: is insulated and it's warm, it melts and it drops 112 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:53,360 Speaker 1: right on the floor. And depending on what kind of 113 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 1: ceiler you got, what kind of finish you got, you're 114 00:07:56,640 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 1: either gonna how well it was installed. You know, it's 115 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:04,120 Speaker 1: it's going to depend on uh, you know, how much 116 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 1: cleaning and how you're going to clean that. That's for sure. 117 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:11,720 Speaker 1: All right. Uh, let's let's go to Evertt here and 118 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 1: uh we'll talk to Evertt Evert Welcome. 119 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:18,000 Speaker 3: Hey, good morning, Gary, appreciate the show. 120 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:19,560 Speaker 1: Thank you. Hey. 121 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:21,840 Speaker 3: I called you a while back. 122 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:25,600 Speaker 4: I've got a mahogany front door and it is protected 123 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:28,320 Speaker 4: by a covered porch, but it still gets the direct 124 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:33,840 Speaker 4: morning sun. And uh I stripped it down and restained 125 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 4: it and refinished it a few years back. Well, it's 126 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:39,600 Speaker 4: it's beginning to look tired again. And I called you 127 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:42,960 Speaker 4: about restaining and you had mentioned it. To do it properly, 128 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:45,320 Speaker 4: you need to take it back down to bearwood again 129 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:48,960 Speaker 4: and start all over them. Well, I've ran across a 130 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:52,520 Speaker 4: product by men Wix. I believe it's called poly shades. 131 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:57,120 Speaker 4: It's primarily used for indoor use, but says can be 132 00:08:57,280 --> 00:08:59,719 Speaker 4: used if you top coated with a spar you're a thing. 133 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:01,400 Speaker 3: Are you familiar with that product? 134 00:09:01,559 --> 00:09:05,560 Speaker 1: Yeah? Yeah. Polyshades is basically it's like the old varnish stain. 135 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:10,920 Speaker 1: It's a stain that's mixed with euthane. Okay. So, and 136 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:13,280 Speaker 1: did you say this was a fiberglass door. 137 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:16,559 Speaker 3: No, it is a wood door. 138 00:09:16,679 --> 00:09:20,040 Speaker 1: Okay, all right, I'm sorry I couldn't hear you. So 139 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:24,440 Speaker 1: here's the negative on that. Okay, I'll tell you up front, 140 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:29,240 Speaker 1: I probably would not use it in that application. And 141 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 1: here's why. Polyshades is a pigment, a stain that is 142 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:38,720 Speaker 1: mixed with a eurethane. Okay. So it's just like a 143 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:44,040 Speaker 1: varny stain. The problem with it is it doesn't penetrate 144 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:48,360 Speaker 1: into the wood. It functions more as a coating. Okay. 145 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:52,720 Speaker 1: So it lays on the surface and it dries. Now 146 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 1: it looks like wood. It looks like a wood stain. 147 00:09:56,840 --> 00:10:01,239 Speaker 1: It's the color of a wood stain. But there's two 148 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 1: problems with a it'll chip, it could peel, because it's 149 00:10:05,679 --> 00:10:09,400 Speaker 1: not really penetrating into the wood. So that's one problem 150 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:13,320 Speaker 1: with it. The other problem with it is you would 151 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:16,320 Speaker 1: absolutely have to put a spar your thane on it, 152 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:21,880 Speaker 1: even though it is a your thane stain, and you 153 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:24,560 Speaker 1: know the poly shade is a your thane stain, so 154 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:28,520 Speaker 1: you you would still you wouldn't be really the time 155 00:10:28,559 --> 00:10:34,080 Speaker 1: you would be saving is as the stripping or the 156 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:37,319 Speaker 1: standing of the door. That's the time you would be saving. 157 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:44,040 Speaker 1: But you you would be giving up that stain penetrating 158 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:49,280 Speaker 1: into the door. It'd be almost like maybe maybe like 159 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:55,680 Speaker 1: an inexpensive pain. I mean, it'll cover it. And if 160 00:10:55,679 --> 00:10:59,679 Speaker 1: you wanted to use it, you go ahead and use it, 161 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 1: because if it failed, you would revert back to the door. Yeah, 162 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:07,600 Speaker 1: you'd be reverting right back. So I mean, if you 163 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:12,000 Speaker 1: really wanted to try it, you can try it. I mean, 164 00:11:12,040 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 1: it's it may work perfect. I just don't know. I 165 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:19,920 Speaker 1: just I've never been a big fan of the Varney 166 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:23,000 Speaker 1: stains or the eurothane stains just because of it. It's 167 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:25,800 Speaker 1: more of a coating. It's laying on the surface, so 168 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:29,560 Speaker 1: it's more vulnerable. But you know, if you want to 169 00:11:29,559 --> 00:11:31,719 Speaker 1: give it a whirl. Just make sure you get back 170 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:33,360 Speaker 1: to me and let me know how it mikes out. 171 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:35,880 Speaker 3: And real quickly. 172 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:39,960 Speaker 4: I've not heard any you or anyone on your show 173 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:43,080 Speaker 4: mention it. But I think I found a new use 174 00:11:43,240 --> 00:11:45,120 Speaker 4: for wit and forget shower. 175 00:11:45,920 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 1: Oh laying on me. 176 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:53,079 Speaker 4: That is recently painted the ceiling in my fourier, and 177 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:56,880 Speaker 4: it's got a light fixture that has oh sixty or 178 00:11:56,880 --> 00:12:01,959 Speaker 4: seventy i'll call them crystals or not true crystals, right, 179 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:05,200 Speaker 4: little prisms, right. And so when I took that down 180 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:07,880 Speaker 4: to paint, of course, naturally, then I thought about who 181 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:11,280 Speaker 4: this light fixture needs cleaning, And I thought about cleaning 182 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:14,040 Speaker 4: all those little crystals, and then I thought, well, I'll 183 00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:15,120 Speaker 4: put it in the bathtub. 184 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:17,920 Speaker 3: And then it dawned on me. I wonder if. 185 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:21,320 Speaker 4: I wet it down, put some wet and forget on it, 186 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:23,480 Speaker 4: come back in the morning and see what happens. 187 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:25,720 Speaker 3: Man, it did a great job. 188 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:29,120 Speaker 1: It did a fabulous all right. I'm interested in this 189 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:34,000 Speaker 1: because we had a discussion in our house, uh probably 190 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:38,680 Speaker 1: this past week. We have a big chandelier right in 191 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:40,800 Speaker 1: the foyer coming into the house and got one of 192 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:44,200 Speaker 1: those tall ceilings, and I said, man, we got to 193 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:47,600 Speaker 1: clean that chandelier. It's just starting to look and it 194 00:12:47,679 --> 00:12:51,840 Speaker 1: looks dusty and dull, right, and it has the same 195 00:12:51,920 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 1: little prisms that you're speaking of. So you use a 196 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:58,280 Speaker 1: wet and forgets shower and just sprayed it on there. 197 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:03,160 Speaker 4: Yeah, I said, we're in the bathtub and rinsed it 198 00:13:03,160 --> 00:13:05,880 Speaker 4: down with just water and then you know, squirted it 199 00:13:05,960 --> 00:13:09,400 Speaker 4: down with the wit and forget shower and yeah, came 200 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:13,439 Speaker 4: back the next morning and just rinsed it off and gosh, durned. 201 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:15,199 Speaker 3: I didn't know that didn't I didn't. 202 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:17,720 Speaker 4: Dry it or anything, just let it air dry, and gosh, 203 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:19,719 Speaker 4: it was nice and sparkly. 204 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:21,000 Speaker 3: And is that right? 205 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:25,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, Well, this one's gonna it's a fairly decent size 206 00:13:25,520 --> 00:13:29,640 Speaker 1: one because it's real nall but hanging. You'd probably I'd 207 00:13:29,679 --> 00:13:32,640 Speaker 1: probably have to do it a little differently, just getting 208 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:36,080 Speaker 1: good plastic down underneath it. But I I'll look into that. 209 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:37,920 Speaker 1: I appreciate that tip. Thank you. 210 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:42,240 Speaker 4: All right, Well again, enjoy us show immensely, so keep 211 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:42,920 Speaker 4: up the good work. 212 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:46,040 Speaker 1: All right, thank you sir. Take care all right, Rin, 213 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:48,480 Speaker 1: you'll be up next. We're going to take a break. 214 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:50,520 Speaker 1: If you'd like to join us. I encourage you to 215 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:53,720 Speaker 1: jump on board. It's eight hundred and eight two three 216 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:56,680 Speaker 1: eight two five five spot for you. 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Rand, Welcome, 260 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:45,400 Speaker 1: How are you doing doing great? 261 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:48,920 Speaker 3: Thank you, It's been a while since we visited. 262 00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:51,520 Speaker 6: I'm listening to your topic this morning, and I was 263 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:54,560 Speaker 6: thinking about I have a I got this place up 264 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:57,360 Speaker 6: there where I've got my cabin. My house is oh 265 00:16:57,680 --> 00:17:01,000 Speaker 6: two hundred yards from the from the shop, and in 266 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:02,960 Speaker 6: the shop we have that's where the mechanical room. 267 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:03,080 Speaker 3: Man. 268 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:05,400 Speaker 6: It's got the well and the heater and the pressure 269 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:08,160 Speaker 6: tank to send the water and everything here. A while back, 270 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:11,080 Speaker 6: I was out there and I had to notice on 271 00:17:11,119 --> 00:17:12,920 Speaker 6: the outside wall. I thought, well, that looks like there's 272 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:15,840 Speaker 6: some water stain or something crawling up there. We'll come 273 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:17,600 Speaker 6: to find out that I had a leak in one 274 00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:20,560 Speaker 6: of the pressure tanks on the inside of the net room, 275 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:22,320 Speaker 6: and I hadn't been in there for a while, and 276 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:24,240 Speaker 6: so I guess my question is, and I mean, this 277 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:25,760 Speaker 6: is going to be kind of a mistrange one, but 278 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:30,480 Speaker 6: I'm not really technologically advanced. So I thought, well, maybe 279 00:17:30,520 --> 00:17:32,280 Speaker 6: if I put this out there and there's some listeners 280 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:36,880 Speaker 6: or even you. I was thinking about apps or other 281 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:41,320 Speaker 6: things that might be detectors or things to help you 282 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:44,600 Speaker 6: catch these situations where you've got this water leaking in 283 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:47,080 Speaker 6: slowly and I don't even know what that would look like, 284 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:48,520 Speaker 6: but that's why I put it out there. 285 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, so if we're going to run out of time, 286 00:17:50,840 --> 00:17:53,760 Speaker 1: I apologize. But this flow logic that I was talking 287 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:57,680 Speaker 1: about when they had the conversation with that person that 288 00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:01,840 Speaker 1: has a way to notify you just right through your smartphone. 289 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:05,480 Speaker 1: It is an app, okay, and you can actually set 290 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:10,200 Speaker 1: it whether you're in town or you're away. In other words, 291 00:18:10,240 --> 00:18:13,959 Speaker 1: do you want to be notified via phone or do 292 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:17,200 Speaker 1: you want an alarm to sound or both or whatever. 293 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:20,800 Speaker 1: But yeah, that's the best thing about some of these 294 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:24,720 Speaker 1: new type things, including some pumps, is they will actually 295 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:28,280 Speaker 1: notify you, you know, if your pump fails or it 296 00:18:28,359 --> 00:18:32,040 Speaker 1: didn't kick on, or you're backup kicked on. In this case, 297 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:35,560 Speaker 1: if it's outside of the system of your regular usage, 298 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:39,240 Speaker 1: even if it's you know, just a drip here and there, 299 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:42,919 Speaker 1: it can notify you. It'll collect the data and then 300 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:43,640 Speaker 1: notify you. 301 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:46,440 Speaker 6: Okay, that's what I was wondering. 302 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:50,880 Speaker 1: Very good, Thank you much, RN, have a good weekend, 303 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 1: take care all right. If you'd like to join us too, 304 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:56,600 Speaker 1: so our phone number is eight hundred and eight two 305 00:18:56,760 --> 00:19:00,080 Speaker 1: three eight two five five, you can go ahead and 306 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:03,560 Speaker 1: grab the line. We'll discuss what's on your mind, whether 307 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:07,000 Speaker 1: it's a little peeling paint or as my buddy said 308 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:10,040 Speaker 1: to me on the phone Thursday, is there was a 309 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:12,240 Speaker 1: squirrel trying to get into the attic. The hole was 310 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:16,280 Speaker 1: the size of a NERF football. H that's a problem. 311 00:19:16,359 --> 00:19:19,680 Speaker 1: We could chat about that too. We'll continue You're at 312 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:21,760 Speaker 1: Home with Gary Sullivan. 313 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:34,240 Speaker 5: Home Improvement one oh one with Gary Sullivan every weekend. 314 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:37,440 Speaker 5: Classes began at one eight hundred and eighty two three tap. 315 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:39,920 Speaker 5: You're at Home with Gary Sullivan. 316 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:58,320 Speaker 1: Hey, Gary Salivan here. 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I double checked eight thirty 359 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:45,240 Speaker 1: three Pacific time. Then you're on the right time. All right, 360 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:48,240 Speaker 1: let's get back at it. By the way, does not 361 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:49,040 Speaker 1: change their. 362 00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:52,480 Speaker 5: Three way standard time? 363 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:57,160 Speaker 1: Well early, yeah, alright, let me get you there three 364 00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:01,879 Speaker 1: in Alaska. Oh, you're just full of timely information. 365 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:04,879 Speaker 2: I gotta be on my toes with you. 366 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:07,200 Speaker 1: All right, here's the number. It's eight hundred eighty two 367 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:10,080 Speaker 1: three eight two five five. We've been talking about leaks 368 00:23:11,359 --> 00:23:17,520 Speaker 1: and one of the things, and I saw this. It 369 00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:19,639 Speaker 1: wasn't a question to me, but it was a question 370 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:23,199 Speaker 1: to a group of people. And somebody had said they 371 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:27,879 Speaker 1: had a thought they had a leak in the attic 372 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:33,160 Speaker 1: because there was a spot on the ceiling. And it's 373 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:37,240 Speaker 1: a fair assumption now when people see leaks and attics, 374 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:40,520 Speaker 1: you know it's got to be the roof and well, 375 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:42,680 Speaker 1: it could be the flashing, it can be the chimney, 376 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:45,160 Speaker 1: it can be the boot on the event, it can 377 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:53,600 Speaker 1: be all kinds of things. And this person was the 378 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:55,960 Speaker 1: one that was asking a question, didn't seem too worried about, 379 00:23:56,119 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 1: just curious where it would be. Well, that's gott a. 380 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:02,720 Speaker 1: You gotta take action on those things. I mean you 381 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:06,679 Speaker 1: really do, because here's what's going to happen. And I 382 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:09,880 Speaker 1: was just kind of laughing because the person didn't seem 383 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:14,240 Speaker 1: too bothered by it. And I'm going just a little 384 00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:18,879 Speaker 1: crazy thinking, oh my gosh, that insulation's going to be 385 00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:21,320 Speaker 1: soaking wet. Oh my gosh. If you don't get up 386 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:23,400 Speaker 1: there and take a look at what's going on, that 387 00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:27,119 Speaker 1: insulation is going to be a moldy mess in a 388 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:31,240 Speaker 1: month and you're going to have you're gonna have some 389 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:34,840 Speaker 1: big issues. And the biggest issue is if that leak 390 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:42,800 Speaker 1: is active, that ceiling could start coming down. I don't 391 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:47,040 Speaker 1: know what's up there. Neither did this person. And I 392 00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:51,120 Speaker 1: am always amazed when you have a house and it's 393 00:24:51,119 --> 00:24:57,520 Speaker 1: got drywall which is repairable. I mean, it's not like 394 00:24:57,640 --> 00:25:03,159 Speaker 1: the old thick plaster walls with laugh it's you know, 395 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:07,920 Speaker 1: five as of an inch thick. The least you can 396 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:15,439 Speaker 1: do is get a little Phillip's head screwdriver, get some 397 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:21,399 Speaker 1: plastic drop cloths underneath it, and just get a hole 398 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:24,560 Speaker 1: into where that stain is and see if you get 399 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:28,040 Speaker 1: a squirrel of water right, see if there's any water 400 00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:33,000 Speaker 1: up there that's accumulated, because if there is and that 401 00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:36,119 Speaker 1: leak isn't stopped, it's going to bring down parts of 402 00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:39,159 Speaker 1: that I mean, you're going to have a massive mess 403 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:44,560 Speaker 1: and probably some damage. Not to frighten you, but you 404 00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:49,399 Speaker 1: can't just say out of sight, out of mind, I 405 00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:52,720 Speaker 1: see a stain on the ceiling. I don't see any 406 00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:56,679 Speaker 1: problems though, but you got you, you know, get a 407 00:25:56,720 --> 00:25:59,399 Speaker 1: hole into that thing, create a little bit of a 408 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:01,760 Speaker 1: draining case there is an active leak where you got 409 00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:06,080 Speaker 1: water coming down. And then if you can't get up 410 00:26:06,119 --> 00:26:11,639 Speaker 1: in that attic, get somebody that can handyman your kids, 411 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:15,040 Speaker 1: your grandkids, get your neighbor, get somebody up there to 412 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:19,800 Speaker 1: assess what's going on. And if you just don't want 413 00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:21,640 Speaker 1: to do that, then you're going to have to call 414 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:28,639 Speaker 1: somebody to identify the problem. It just can't leak, or you're, 415 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:30,679 Speaker 1: like I said, you're going to have mold issues and 416 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:35,439 Speaker 1: you're going to have stability issues of that ceiling and 417 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:39,000 Speaker 1: everything else. So create the whole creative drain and then 418 00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:41,000 Speaker 1: get up there and see what's going on. If you've 419 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:45,760 Speaker 1: got insulation that's in batting and it's a wet blanket, 420 00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:51,040 Speaker 1: it's it's not doing you any good. Get it out 421 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:55,760 Speaker 1: of there, Get up there with a big old fifty 422 00:26:55,760 --> 00:27:01,359 Speaker 1: gallon trash bag and start loading it up, and then 423 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:06,240 Speaker 1: try to assess where it is. I had this issue. Oh, 424 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:09,720 Speaker 1: it was a number of years ago, and it was 425 00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:13,800 Speaker 1: in an area of the upstairs where I felt it 426 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:17,600 Speaker 1: was not necessarily the roof. I thought it was the flashing, 427 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:25,240 Speaker 1: and I did the test. No, there was no standing 428 00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:28,840 Speaker 1: water up there, but it was stained. And when I 429 00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:33,080 Speaker 1: got up there there was wet insulation which we scooped out. 430 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:36,760 Speaker 1: It was a cellulose scooped out, got it out of there, 431 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:42,200 Speaker 1: dried it up. In the meantime, called a roofer start 432 00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:49,440 Speaker 1: inspecting that roof. I couldn't really see any staining or anything, 433 00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:55,280 Speaker 1: but an inspection was done and it was determined that 434 00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:59,480 Speaker 1: it was the rubber boot over the vent pipe. The 435 00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:06,359 Speaker 1: plumbing vent pipe had lived its last It was the 436 00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:12,480 Speaker 1: rubber boot that went over the pipe had been compromised 437 00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:17,080 Speaker 1: by the sun. It was about twelve years old, lifespans 438 00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:22,359 Speaker 1: about ten and water was leaking down the boot was replaced, 439 00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:28,439 Speaker 1: a simple process. If I had knees good enough to 440 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:31,400 Speaker 1: walk up a steep roof, you could easily do it. 441 00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:36,560 Speaker 1: But that was easily replaced, and then replace the insulation. 442 00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:39,720 Speaker 1: I was on my way. If you don't get up 443 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:44,440 Speaker 1: there and really determine the source. And this has to 444 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:46,880 Speaker 1: do with everything you know. We've talked a lot about. 445 00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:52,160 Speaker 1: We talked off and on about today and yesterday about 446 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:56,840 Speaker 1: basement leaks and getting to the source. I talked about 447 00:28:56,840 --> 00:29:01,160 Speaker 1: the down spout and the underground pipe and possibly them 448 00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:04,840 Speaker 1: not lining up, and then the water table a longer 449 00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:07,479 Speaker 1: foundation goes up, and then it leaks at the natural 450 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:13,440 Speaker 1: scene between the wall and the floor. Gotta find a source. 451 00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:23,080 Speaker 1: The crack in the foundation is probably not the source. Okay, 452 00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:28,600 Speaker 1: that's where showing up. But the question is where's the 453 00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:33,440 Speaker 1: excessive water coming from. You just opened the door by 454 00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:36,440 Speaker 1: having the crack in the foundation. If you patch it, 455 00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:41,600 Speaker 1: you're gonna feel good about it. But you didn't fix 456 00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:45,600 Speaker 1: the problem because I always ask that next question, So 457 00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:50,120 Speaker 1: where's that water gonna go? Now? It was all around 458 00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:52,920 Speaker 1: the foundation. There was too much. It was finding its 459 00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:56,480 Speaker 1: way into the home through the crack. I've known people 460 00:29:56,520 --> 00:30:03,080 Speaker 1: that have had cracked foundations and never had a water problem. Weird, 461 00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:07,320 Speaker 1: isn't it. But their water control around the perimeter of 462 00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:11,120 Speaker 1: that house was so good that even though it had 463 00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:15,320 Speaker 1: an opening in that concrete wall, there wasn't enough water 464 00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:21,960 Speaker 1: to get into the house. So whenever you have an issue, 465 00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:29,360 Speaker 1: there's a reason, and you really really need to get 466 00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:32,240 Speaker 1: to the source. We had to call it today. The 467 00:30:32,280 --> 00:30:36,960 Speaker 1: faucet dripped and she was shutting off the valve underneath 468 00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:43,040 Speaker 1: the say vanity or toilet or whatever. It quit dripping. Yeah, 469 00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:46,720 Speaker 1: because it had no water. The problems in the faucet. 470 00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:51,320 Speaker 1: You can keep that valve shut. And let's take parked 471 00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:54,960 Speaker 1: faucet and let's see what's going on. The rubber seat, 472 00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:57,600 Speaker 1: the brass seat, the washer on the end of a 473 00:30:57,640 --> 00:31:01,240 Speaker 1: compression stem. I don't know how old it was, but 474 00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:06,320 Speaker 1: they all have something. When you crank that stem and 475 00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:09,080 Speaker 1: you open it up, it allows water in. You crank 476 00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:12,040 Speaker 1: it down. It's supposed to stop the water. If you 477 00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:17,440 Speaker 1: still have water flow, it's the stem or the washer 478 00:31:17,520 --> 00:31:20,840 Speaker 1: on the stem, or the washer in the housing of 479 00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:26,640 Speaker 1: the faucet. Finding the source. Finding the source corrects the problem. 480 00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:29,520 Speaker 1: I know it sounds easy. I use the analogy of 481 00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:37,160 Speaker 1: peeling pain. Peeling paint is a sign of a problem. 482 00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:43,640 Speaker 1: It's failing because of water getting between the substrate and 483 00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:50,240 Speaker 1: the paint. Maybe it wasn't properly prepared when it was painted, 484 00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:54,520 Speaker 1: So peeling pain is a sign of a problem. It's 485 00:31:54,800 --> 00:32:01,720 Speaker 1: also not very good looking, and that's what many people 486 00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:06,000 Speaker 1: think the problem is is that paint doesn't look very 487 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:10,120 Speaker 1: good now. But that's not the problem. Part of the problem, 488 00:32:10,160 --> 00:32:12,800 Speaker 1: but it's not the real problem. The problem is we 489 00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:15,920 Speaker 1: got to find out why that paint it's not as feeling, 490 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:19,280 Speaker 1: it's not staying on that substrate. So that's where we 491 00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:21,000 Speaker 1: do a little work, and that's what we talk about 492 00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:24,120 Speaker 1: every weekend. And I'm glad you call and we get 493 00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:26,240 Speaker 1: to discuss those things. We get a lot of good 494 00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:30,200 Speaker 1: information out. All right, If you'd like to chat about 495 00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:32,640 Speaker 1: an issue you have on your house, it's eight hundred 496 00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:36,960 Speaker 1: eight two three eight two five five. We'll take a 497 00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:39,960 Speaker 1: break and come back. 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Tell 541 00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:34,160 Speaker 1: you one of the things, whether you're in a you know, 542 00:35:34,360 --> 00:35:37,759 Speaker 1: northern climate, in a southern climate, whatever the case may be. 543 00:35:38,200 --> 00:35:41,560 Speaker 1: The one thing I would take a look at, especially 544 00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:46,200 Speaker 1: this time of year, is if you have and we 545 00:35:46,239 --> 00:35:49,440 Speaker 1: all do some hard escapes around the home, hard escapes 546 00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:58,160 Speaker 1: me in sidewalks, patios, porches, driveways. Just take a look 547 00:35:58,520 --> 00:36:02,920 Speaker 1: at a couple of things. Number one is, you know 548 00:36:03,239 --> 00:36:10,120 Speaker 1: cracks expansion joints that are designed to crack, and see 549 00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:14,879 Speaker 1: if they have cracks, See if there's openings, because if 550 00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:21,520 Speaker 1: there are, we certainly want to address those. Because the 551 00:36:21,560 --> 00:36:24,200 Speaker 1: openings in the slab of concrete and the odly eddages. 552 00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:27,360 Speaker 1: One thing's concrete is always guaranteed to do is crack, 553 00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:33,360 Speaker 1: and I agree with that. But when it cracks again, 554 00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:40,239 Speaker 1: it depends how we respond. If there's cracks and we 555 00:36:40,360 --> 00:36:45,200 Speaker 1: ignore it, those cracks will not say, in most cases, 556 00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:54,040 Speaker 1: continue to get larger and then erosion will occur by 557 00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:57,279 Speaker 1: water rushing down the driveway or sidewalk or whatever, and 558 00:36:58,320 --> 00:37:02,480 Speaker 1: start moving the base of that concrete. Be it soiled, 559 00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:08,880 Speaker 1: be it, gravel, be it, you know whatever, because once 560 00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:12,480 Speaker 1: we start moving the base and it becomes more unstable, 561 00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:15,760 Speaker 1: the bigger the crack will be, and then the settling 562 00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:23,120 Speaker 1: will take place. But look for cracks. Ask yourself at 563 00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:27,719 Speaker 1: this point, when was the last time I sealed that concrete. 564 00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:33,200 Speaker 1: Especially true in northern climates. But even if it's a 565 00:37:33,239 --> 00:37:36,759 Speaker 1: southern climate. And let's say we have an exposed aggregate 566 00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:42,400 Speaker 1: concrete or stamped concrete with some coloring in it, or 567 00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:47,520 Speaker 1: maybe we have stain concrete, it's imperative that we have 568 00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:55,520 Speaker 1: a sealer on there that actually protects the coloring in 569 00:37:55,560 --> 00:37:58,439 Speaker 1: the stamp concrete and the stained concrete from the sun. 570 00:37:58,520 --> 00:38:04,239 Speaker 1: The same thing we talk about with decks. So you know, 571 00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:07,920 Speaker 1: whether you have cracks in a driveway or you have 572 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:10,760 Speaker 1: those little round divots about the size of a quarter, 573 00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:17,200 Speaker 1: patching those and keeping it up to speed or up 574 00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:22,920 Speaker 1: to maintenance standards and sealing it that that's going to 575 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:28,319 Speaker 1: help with the longevity of your concrete surfaces. There's a 576 00:38:28,360 --> 00:38:31,160 Speaker 1: lot of different products that are coming out on the 577 00:38:31,200 --> 00:38:38,480 Speaker 1: market right now with different polyureas. I talk about polyurethanes 578 00:38:39,560 --> 00:38:44,160 Speaker 1: and crack fillers. There's acrylic crack fillers, and it really 579 00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:48,560 Speaker 1: depends where it's at, how big the crack is, and 580 00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:51,960 Speaker 1: of course how long you want that to last, and 581 00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:56,880 Speaker 1: how much movement there is. There's also a movement with 582 00:38:58,600 --> 00:39:05,000 Speaker 1: resurfacing or patching products. For years, it was like a 583 00:39:05,040 --> 00:39:09,680 Speaker 1: sand mixed product or some smentatious product and you added 584 00:39:10,280 --> 00:39:13,440 Speaker 1: a bonding agent with that and you could patch it, 585 00:39:14,200 --> 00:39:18,480 Speaker 1: but you really couldn't feather edge and smooth it out. Then, 586 00:39:18,520 --> 00:39:20,919 Speaker 1: I don't know, years ago, thirty years ago, that came 587 00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:25,799 Speaker 1: out with different products that were strictly patching products, and 588 00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:32,279 Speaker 1: it was a very refined masonry powder that had an 589 00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:37,160 Speaker 1: additive in it, so it increased the adhesion of that concrete. 590 00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:40,080 Speaker 1: And you just add water and you stir it up 591 00:39:40,080 --> 00:39:44,440 Speaker 1: and you make the patch and it has you know, 592 00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:47,319 Speaker 1: it has the bonder in it, so it attaches, does 593 00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:51,880 Speaker 1: a good job. Well. Last year we announced theres now 594 00:39:52,160 --> 00:39:55,680 Speaker 1: I know Dicee came out with one and I got 595 00:39:55,719 --> 00:40:00,040 Speaker 1: a can of it. I haven't used it yet, and 596 00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:04,000 Speaker 1: U the spring it's gonna get used. And it is 597 00:40:04,200 --> 00:40:12,319 Speaker 1: a non cementatious concrete patch filler, so it's not a 598 00:40:12,360 --> 00:40:18,040 Speaker 1: masonry surface at all. It's an acrylic resin patch and 599 00:40:18,080 --> 00:40:24,359 Speaker 1: you can use it for it's multifaceted. You can use 600 00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:27,560 Speaker 1: it for the spawling, the little divots I talk about. 601 00:40:28,800 --> 00:40:32,200 Speaker 1: You can use it for cracks because it isn't acrylic resin, 602 00:40:33,080 --> 00:40:36,719 Speaker 1: so it's got some flexibility to it. Or you can 603 00:40:36,760 --> 00:40:43,440 Speaker 1: trial it on and use it as a resurfacer for 604 00:40:43,560 --> 00:40:47,600 Speaker 1: a patch more expensive than the ones I had just described, 605 00:40:48,719 --> 00:40:53,319 Speaker 1: but the longevity will be greater. Doesn't absorb moisture, so 606 00:40:53,400 --> 00:40:57,759 Speaker 1: it resists having that go through a freestall cycle. It 607 00:40:57,800 --> 00:41:03,160 Speaker 1: has great adhesion, better flexibilit and I'm gonna first try 608 00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:07,719 Speaker 1: it on a problem area where I've had multiple cracks. 609 00:41:08,120 --> 00:41:10,520 Speaker 1: It's coming in a corner of the driveways now twenty 610 00:41:10,560 --> 00:41:13,960 Speaker 1: seven years old. I'm gona try and clean those out. 611 00:41:14,960 --> 00:41:19,280 Speaker 1: And I got a couple of divots from probably salt 612 00:41:20,160 --> 00:41:25,240 Speaker 1: penetrating and popping off the concrete down by the driveway 613 00:41:25,280 --> 00:41:27,640 Speaker 1: down by the street. So I'm gonna use that for 614 00:41:27,760 --> 00:41:31,680 Speaker 1: those two and see exactly you know what color looks. 615 00:41:31,760 --> 00:41:36,400 Speaker 1: That's another thing. When you patch concrete never matches. It 616 00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:40,640 Speaker 1: never matches in New York to concretes gray and black, 617 00:41:40,719 --> 00:41:46,200 Speaker 1: and then Georgia it's red and red. So your your 618 00:41:46,280 --> 00:41:51,440 Speaker 1: patches in a cementatious line of things. That's usually a 619 00:41:51,719 --> 00:41:56,640 Speaker 1: kind of a gray silver, and the fix it patches 620 00:41:56,719 --> 00:41:59,360 Speaker 1: kind of a little little darker gray, but it's a 621 00:41:59,400 --> 00:42:05,800 Speaker 1: gray and sometimes you, i know, the problem is trying 622 00:42:05,840 --> 00:42:07,960 Speaker 1: to match it. You never really get it matched. And 623 00:42:09,160 --> 00:42:12,200 Speaker 1: sometimes a real fine crack just doesn't get patched because 624 00:42:12,680 --> 00:42:16,440 Speaker 1: the patch will draw more attention than the actual crack. 625 00:42:17,560 --> 00:42:22,239 Speaker 1: But as you get around outside, take a look at 626 00:42:22,239 --> 00:42:26,080 Speaker 1: the concrete, start making some decisions on what's going to 627 00:42:26,120 --> 00:42:29,480 Speaker 1: be done. I'll also challenge you where the sidewalk meets 628 00:42:29,520 --> 00:42:32,919 Speaker 1: the steps and the stoop. See if that's pulled away 629 00:42:32,920 --> 00:42:36,400 Speaker 1: and you got a decent size opening the driveway pulls 630 00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:41,799 Speaker 1: away from the garage floor, because we should get you know, 631 00:42:41,840 --> 00:42:44,480 Speaker 1: if it's if there's a gap the size of your finger, 632 00:42:44,560 --> 00:42:47,040 Speaker 1: you really need to get that filled. And you know, 633 00:42:47,120 --> 00:42:50,960 Speaker 1: an advanced resin calking or your thing cacking is really 634 00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:55,080 Speaker 1: ideal for doing that. Now that stuff's not real cheap, 635 00:42:55,120 --> 00:42:57,200 Speaker 1: So you want to get a calking or a backer 636 00:42:57,320 --> 00:43:00,800 Speaker 1: rod down in that crevice. And the caking isn't designed 637 00:43:00,840 --> 00:43:03,040 Speaker 1: to fill up the whole hole. It's to bridge the 638 00:43:03,080 --> 00:43:08,040 Speaker 1: two sides together and create that flexibility. But now's the 639 00:43:08,080 --> 00:43:11,280 Speaker 1: time to start making your to do list. It doesn't 640 00:43:11,280 --> 00:43:13,240 Speaker 1: all have to be done in May, and it probably won't, 641 00:43:14,239 --> 00:43:17,239 Speaker 1: but you can start prioritizing some of the things that 642 00:43:17,680 --> 00:43:21,600 Speaker 1: really need your attention. Because I'll stand by the comments 643 00:43:21,600 --> 00:43:26,160 Speaker 1: I've made for years, and that little five dollars repair 644 00:43:27,040 --> 00:43:29,520 Speaker 1: will become a fifty dollars repair and will become a 645 00:43:29,560 --> 00:43:32,719 Speaker 1: five hundred dollars repair. It's just at what point you're 646 00:43:32,760 --> 00:43:36,480 Speaker 1: going to jump in and tackle that problem and eliminate 647 00:43:36,520 --> 00:43:39,960 Speaker 1: that problem. By the way, if you missed the conversation 648 00:43:40,040 --> 00:43:43,879 Speaker 1: we had about flow Logic Eleak detector for your home, 649 00:43:43,920 --> 00:43:45,880 Speaker 1: you can pick that up on the podcast at the 650 00:43:45,920 --> 00:43:49,719 Speaker 1: iHeart app, the New wed and Forget products those are 651 00:43:49,719 --> 00:43:52,359 Speaker 1: on the podcast, also on the iHeart app and each 652 00:43:52,400 --> 00:43:56,000 Speaker 1: hour of the show. Danny Boy, thank you very much 653 00:43:56,120 --> 00:43:58,040 Speaker 1: and I'm glad you and I made it in on 654 00:43:58,120 --> 00:44:02,040 Speaker 1: time with the time springing forward. Yes, and thanks for 655 00:44:02,080 --> 00:44:04,120 Speaker 1: all your help, Good Lord Willing. We'll be back next 656 00:44:04,120 --> 00:44:18,479 Speaker 1: weekend for more at Home with Gary Sullivan. Help for your. 657 00:44:18,480 --> 00:44:22,640 Speaker 5: Home is just a click away at Garysullivan online dot com. 658 00:44:22,640 --> 00:44:33,200 Speaker 5: This is at Home with Garysullivan.