1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:04,040 Speaker 1: KFI AM six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp, the 2 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:10,280 Speaker 1: house Whisper on demand on the iHeartRadio app. Good morning 3 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:15,800 Speaker 1: and welcome home. I'm Dean Sharp, the house Whisperer, custom 4 00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:19,439 Speaker 1: home builder, custom home designer, and your guide to better 5 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 1: understanding that place where you live. You know what, Every 6 00:00:24,079 --> 00:00:28,920 Speaker 1: home has a path forward. Once you see it, everything changes. 7 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:31,200 Speaker 1: And I am here to help you see that path 8 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:34,880 Speaker 1: forward like we do every week today on the show, 9 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:38,559 Speaker 1: as we do every week every Saturday. Uh, it is 10 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:42,600 Speaker 1: your calls. It's an all calls Saturday morning. Eight three 11 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:46,239 Speaker 1: three two. Ask Dean. Is the number where you can 12 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:49,959 Speaker 1: reach me? Eight three three two Ask Dean eight three 13 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:54,400 Speaker 1: three the numeral two. Ask Dean. Whatever's got you scratch 14 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 1: in your head about your home design issue, construction stuff? 15 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:05,200 Speaker 1: Why inside, outside, hardescape, landscape? I got you. We'll put 16 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:08,319 Speaker 1: our heads together. I promise you we will get it 17 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:12,480 Speaker 1: figured out. That's what we are all about. So the 18 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 1: phone lines are open, NICKI, our screener is standing by. 19 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:18,960 Speaker 1: She is ready, and as soon as we get some 20 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:21,679 Speaker 1: calls popping up on the board here, we will go 21 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:23,640 Speaker 1: to the phones. In the meantime, I'm going to say 22 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 1: good morning to Sam. Good morning Sam, Good morning Dean. 23 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:31,959 Speaker 1: How you doing. I'm good. How are things with you? 24 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:35,039 Speaker 1: Not bad? I got my boy here with me. He's 25 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:39,760 Speaker 1: associate producing today. Oh my goodness. Or we don't have 26 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:42,760 Speaker 1: to pay him doing. No, no, no, he gets a 27 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:48,639 Speaker 1: chunk of my paycheck. I bet he does, no doubt. 28 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 1: Heather Brooker, Hi, good morning, there you are. 29 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:54,559 Speaker 2: Hello. 30 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 3: I brought jonuts today. I wasn't sure who would be 31 00:01:57,800 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 3: here because you know, you never know, so I brought 32 00:01:59,920 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 3: up a whole bunch of donuts to the office today. 33 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 1: All right, well, let's eat those donuts. Let's do it. 34 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:07,880 Speaker 1: I appreciate it. 35 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 2: That's that. 36 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:14,360 Speaker 1: We're gonna pay Sam's kid right like some donuts. That's it. 37 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 1: We figured it out. See, I've worked it out. I 38 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 1: could be a union negotiator. I show you. It's just seconds. 39 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 1: It was just intuitive. I'm like, all right, Heather's got donuts, 40 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 1: he's doing his work as an associate producer. We got 41 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 1: this worked out, perfect plan. I love it. House. Things 42 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 1: in Newsland good good. 43 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 3: Just keeping track of everything that's happening overseas, around the world, 44 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:39,079 Speaker 3: and of course here in La and yeah, busy, busy 45 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 3: Saturday morning. You know. 46 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:43,639 Speaker 1: Yeah, I have my phone available in case they call 47 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 1: me about Nobel Prize they do. 48 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:47,280 Speaker 3: Are you standing by? 49 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I took it off. Mute, I'm standing by. 50 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 3: I love that that story was basically like just answer 51 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 3: your phone. 52 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:55,240 Speaker 1: And I'm like, I'm not answering the phone. I get 53 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 1: too many telemarketing calls. 54 00:02:56,840 --> 00:02:57,120 Speaker 3: I'm not. 55 00:02:57,560 --> 00:02:59,799 Speaker 1: That's right, man. If I don't recognize it, it's good. 56 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:04,080 Speaker 1: They better. It had better say Nobel Institute exactly. And 57 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:07,799 Speaker 1: you're going to voicemail, buddy, you just are. 58 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:10,079 Speaker 3: That's a good point. 59 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:15,560 Speaker 1: That's the way it works around here. Yeah, okay, so everybody, 60 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 1: most important first item for the day today is a 61 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:27,120 Speaker 1: community calendar item, and it's important because it's happening today. 62 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 1: And I wanted to share this with y'all. Let's see here, 63 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 1: let me get I gotta get my my info here today, 64 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 1: anybody who lives anywhere near Thousand Oaks and is looking 65 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 1: to learn more about native plants and their role in 66 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 1: landscaping our homes and protecting our homes against wildfire, in 67 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 1: hardening our homes against drought, but also beautifying our homes. 68 00:03:57,280 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 1: And as far as I'm concerned, the most important thing 69 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 1: creating beauty and native habitat. Anybody of who've ever scratched 70 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 1: your head about that and say, well, how does that 71 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 1: really happen? How you know, what are my options? You 72 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:12,280 Speaker 1: need to come out to Canao Creek North Park, which 73 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 1: is just above the Thousand Oaks Library today from ten 74 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:19,920 Speaker 1: to two. Ten to two. It's happening today the Native 75 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:24,920 Speaker 1: the fourth annual Native Plant Poloosa and ecofest. It's being 76 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:29,719 Speaker 1: put on by the Canao Open Space Foundation. Heather Sam 77 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:34,480 Speaker 1: you'll appreciate this. One of the spearheading board members of 78 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 1: the Canao Open Space Foundation is friend of KFI, Robin Bertolucci, 79 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 1: and so Robin has got me out there from ten 80 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 1: to two. That's what you need to know. I'm going 81 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:51,440 Speaker 1: to be there from ten to two at the Native 82 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:57,280 Speaker 1: Plant Palooza today, given out hugs, answering questions, talking to everybody, 83 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 1: and also I'm going to be interviewing throughout the day. 84 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:04,920 Speaker 1: There several of the experts that they've got who are 85 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:07,000 Speaker 1: going to be coming. We've got people from the California 86 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 1: Wildlife Center, from wild Birds Unlimited, from the Theodore Pain Foundation, 87 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:15,359 Speaker 1: which is something that you've heard me talk about many 88 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 1: many times over the years here on the show. The 89 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:24,280 Speaker 1: Theodore Pain Foundation is is California's greatest resource as far 90 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:27,599 Speaker 1: as I'm concerned on native plants, and it's right over 91 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:31,119 Speaker 1: in Sun Valley. It's right in the valley, tucked away 92 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:34,760 Speaker 1: on the like the south side of Latuna Canyon and 93 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:39,479 Speaker 1: by Tuxford, I think. And the Theodore Pain Foundation if 94 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 1: you are wondering, are native plants beautiful? Are they? Can 95 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:46,560 Speaker 1: they be colorful? Can they be green and verdant? And 96 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:50,479 Speaker 1: you know they are literally the experts for the state. 97 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:54,919 Speaker 1: Theodore Pain fascinating guy. And the Theodore Pain Foundation is 98 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:58,440 Speaker 1: sitting right next door to us and is there so anyway, 99 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:02,320 Speaker 1: we'll have experts from from them, and we've got a 100 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 1: b expert coming, a lot a lot of really cool 101 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 1: stuff going on. We're going to be talking about birds 102 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:11,360 Speaker 1: and bees and native gardening and all of the things 103 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:15,840 Speaker 1: associated with it. Plus there's tons of fun for the kiddos. 104 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:19,120 Speaker 1: There's gonna be food trucks, so we're going to be 105 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:22,839 Speaker 1: eats for us there or two so fun and games 106 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:25,560 Speaker 1: and all that kind of stuff, and that is happening today. 107 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 1: And also my better half Tina of course, will be there, 108 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:30,520 Speaker 1: so if you're not going to come out and see me, 109 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:33,279 Speaker 1: come out and see Tina, which is usually the case 110 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:36,280 Speaker 1: that people want to do anyway, because they're like, yeah, 111 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:38,599 Speaker 1: we've heard enough of you, we'd like to talk to Tina. 112 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:43,120 Speaker 1: Speaking of Tina, there she is here. I am my 113 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:45,400 Speaker 1: best friend in all the world, sitting right across the 114 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 1: table from me. Good morning, good morning, welcome home, welcome home. 115 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:51,159 Speaker 1: Oh hey, that's my life. I know. I was just 116 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:52,960 Speaker 1: wondering if I could get you to pat it back 117 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:59,479 Speaker 1: to me. I did, so, we're going to the native. Oh, 118 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:03,240 Speaker 1: an elephant, it was, that's your spirit. You know. One 119 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:06,839 Speaker 1: of our client slash friends is in Africa right now, 120 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 1: and she sent me over a video. That's what that was, 121 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:14,120 Speaker 1: of an elephant. Yeah, pretty cool. That was cool. See 122 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:16,680 Speaker 1: you're getting well wishes from across the planet. I am. 123 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:20,920 Speaker 1: It was pretty neat. Nobody sends me anything from Africa. 124 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:24,920 Speaker 1: What's the deal with that? She knows I love elephants, 125 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:27,200 Speaker 1: that's true. I did tell her to kiss an elephant 126 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 1: for me. Is she going to do that? I don't know. 127 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 1: Does she have access to that? Is that safe? I 128 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:38,080 Speaker 1: don't think you're supposed to get out of the Safari bands. 129 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 1: She's like, hold on, wait a second, Hey you wait, 130 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:49,040 Speaker 1: don't got a little kiss for you anyway. So Native 131 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:52,560 Speaker 1: Plant pellucid today. Yes, I will be there. Yes, Caneo 132 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 1: Creek North Park in Thousand Oaks's right off of Jan's 133 00:07:56,600 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 1: right behind the Thousand Oaks Library. Beautiful park, beautiful setting. 134 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:03,240 Speaker 1: It's going to be a beautiful day, lots of fun 135 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:06,440 Speaker 1: and lots of great info. Plus, come out and talk 136 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:08,320 Speaker 1: to me and Tina because we're going to be there 137 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 1: from ten to two today. There you go, all right, 138 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:13,840 Speaker 1: I've done it. I've done it. I will also be 139 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:16,600 Speaker 1: sharing that a little later in the program as well. 140 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:21,239 Speaker 1: So here's our situation, my friends. You've met everybody. Everybody 141 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:24,920 Speaker 1: said hello, We've got all of the sleepy dirt out 142 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:29,680 Speaker 1: of our eyes. We've stretched, We're ready. You're up. I'm up. 143 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:32,160 Speaker 1: It's time to talk about your home. We've got calls 144 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 1: on the board. So when we return, we're going to 145 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:38,720 Speaker 1: the phones. You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp, the 146 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:42,160 Speaker 1: house Whisper. Dean Sharp, the house Whisper here to help 147 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:45,440 Speaker 1: you take your home to the next level. That's what 148 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:49,400 Speaker 1: we do here for you. Every week we are doing 149 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:52,480 Speaker 1: an all call Saturday morning, like we do. The number 150 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:56,200 Speaker 1: to reach me right now, eight three three two ask 151 00:08:56,440 --> 00:09:01,320 Speaker 1: Dean eight three three the numeral two Dean eight three 152 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:04,839 Speaker 1: three to ask Dean. It's just that simple. We need 153 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 1: to ask Dean. That's what it's all about. All right, 154 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:11,080 Speaker 1: let's get to the phones. And by the way, anything 155 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 1: anything at all that you want to talk about regarding 156 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:17,560 Speaker 1: your home, give me a call. I want to talk 157 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 1: to Henderson. Henderson, welcome home. 158 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:28,880 Speaker 2: Hello. Just a quick note that the last Sunday Show 159 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 2: podcast is September. They haven't gone up on your site 160 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:37,000 Speaker 2: or on that heart radio. 161 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:41,319 Speaker 1: All right, we'll tell you. Thanks, we'll take a look 162 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:42,800 Speaker 1: at that. I don't know what the you know what 163 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:46,480 Speaker 1: we've had. We've had a couple of issues. I will 164 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:52,319 Speaker 1: tell you this because k if I decided to cover 165 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:58,720 Speaker 1: the Chargers this season, and so like for instance, tomorrow, 166 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:03,600 Speaker 1: the show is preempted by the Charger game. But we're 167 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:06,240 Speaker 1: still doing the show because we're live in San Diego, 168 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:08,599 Speaker 1: and we'll still be doing the show. So you'll be 169 00:10:08,679 --> 00:10:11,360 Speaker 1: able to catch the show live on the stream if 170 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:13,760 Speaker 1: you want to listen live, and also you'll hear the 171 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:16,520 Speaker 1: podcast after the fact. But we'll make sure all those 172 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:18,640 Speaker 1: podcasts are lined up the right way. Thanks for the 173 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:20,719 Speaker 1: heads up, Henderson. What can I do for you? 174 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:27,040 Speaker 2: Okay? About fact system, particularly heat pumps. I have a 175 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:33,760 Speaker 2: couple questions. One is it's a typical calculation for just 176 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:38,120 Speaker 2: ton of like seven hundred per square foot? And then 177 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:42,240 Speaker 2: I have a couple questions and then is there any 178 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:45,920 Speaker 2: pros and cons of a one stage two stage and 179 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:50,079 Speaker 2: a variable stage heat pump? And then the other one 180 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:53,120 Speaker 2: is going to be what's the difference between the fear 181 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:54,800 Speaker 2: and the seer two rating? 182 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:58,199 Speaker 1: Okay, all right, I'm gonna try and get to them 183 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:01,920 Speaker 1: all if I can. All right, So, first of all, 184 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:04,920 Speaker 1: heat pumps, just over ay knows, a heat pump is 185 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:10,480 Speaker 1: basically a air conditioning system that also works as a 186 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:13,960 Speaker 1: heater without a gas furnace being attached to it. So 187 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:17,280 Speaker 1: instead of having your AC system here and then a 188 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:20,800 Speaker 1: separate component of the gas furnace integrated into it, no 189 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 1: gas furnace, all electric and it's simply the air conditioner 190 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:27,040 Speaker 1: that essentially, I think the easiest way that I've ever 191 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:30,079 Speaker 1: found to explain it is that a heat pump is 192 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:33,280 Speaker 1: an air conditioner that can also be put into reverse 193 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:35,920 Speaker 1: can work in reverse. So during a hot summer day, 194 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:41,800 Speaker 1: an air conditioner is extracting heat from the house and 195 00:11:42,040 --> 00:11:46,800 Speaker 1: putting it outside, and during a cold winter day, an 196 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 1: air conditioner is pulling heat inside the house and putting 197 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:54,920 Speaker 1: it on the inside. And so. And it used to 198 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:58,440 Speaker 1: be that heat pumps were only effective to a certain 199 00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:03,840 Speaker 1: exterior temperature, and at some point when it got too cold, 200 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:07,880 Speaker 1: they didn't do a great job. But heat pump technology 201 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:12,120 Speaker 1: has changed radically over the last just handful of years. 202 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:16,040 Speaker 1: Now there are sub zero heat pumps out there. I mean, 203 00:12:16,280 --> 00:12:20,640 Speaker 1: heat pumps are pretty amazing and they're popular because number one, 204 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:27,360 Speaker 1: we are still, despite what anybody says, the necessity is, 205 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:31,680 Speaker 1: we are moving away from fossil fuels, and so the 206 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:34,280 Speaker 1: idea of a heat pump heater in your home as 207 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:40,000 Speaker 1: opposed to a gas furnace is an inevitability. Okay. Number two, 208 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:47,440 Speaker 1: they're incredibly, incredibly energy efficient, and so it's just a 209 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:49,480 Speaker 1: win win when it comes to a heat pump, especially 210 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:51,600 Speaker 1: here in southern California, where you don't have to have 211 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:54,320 Speaker 1: a sub zero heat pump in your home, just a 212 00:12:54,360 --> 00:12:57,240 Speaker 1: standard heat pump and they work great. Okay, So there 213 00:12:57,320 --> 00:13:02,079 Speaker 1: you go. Now, see your I'm sorry tonnage. I actually 214 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:07,280 Speaker 1: touched on this last week in a listener had called 215 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:12,480 Speaker 1: in and asked that question. Tonnage is still the way 216 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:19,640 Speaker 1: that HVAC contractors talk about air conditioning systems. It's an awkward, 217 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:25,560 Speaker 1: weird system. And so, first of all, just as a 218 00:13:25,559 --> 00:13:29,520 Speaker 1: point of trivia, tonnage goes all the way back to 219 00:13:29,559 --> 00:13:34,640 Speaker 1: the beginning of air conditioning and it is literally a measurement. 220 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:38,720 Speaker 1: The idea is this, it's a measurement of the amount 221 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:40,640 Speaker 1: of heat. I know it's going to be weird to 222 00:13:40,679 --> 00:13:44,080 Speaker 1: follow this. It's the amount of heat that it takes 223 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:49,080 Speaker 1: to melt one ton of ice in a twenty four 224 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:52,839 Speaker 1: hour period. So just imagine having a one ton block 225 00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:56,680 Speaker 1: of ice sitting in your home. How much heat will 226 00:13:56,679 --> 00:14:02,920 Speaker 1: it take to melt that in a twenty four hour period? Okay, well, dean, 227 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:05,320 Speaker 1: it's an air conditioner. We don't want the heat, okay, 228 00:14:05,320 --> 00:14:08,920 Speaker 1: but whatever that amount of heat is, a one ton 229 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:12,520 Speaker 1: air conditioner can remove that much heat from your home. 230 00:14:12,559 --> 00:14:15,559 Speaker 1: I know, it's just very like roundabout. It's like, really, 231 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:18,920 Speaker 1: we kind of got there backwards, but that's what tonnage means, okay, 232 00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 1: And the old idea of like shooting from the hip 233 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:28,040 Speaker 1: and calculating tonnage for a house based on square footage, 234 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:31,000 Speaker 1: and normally it's somewhere between five and seven hundred square 235 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:33,840 Speaker 1: feet per ton. That's the old way of calculating it. 236 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:36,920 Speaker 1: Are you gonna be totally off if you kind of 237 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:40,880 Speaker 1: shoot from the hip and do that. The problem is 238 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:45,240 Speaker 1: that was all figured out back in the day when 239 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:49,720 Speaker 1: all homes had flat eight foot ceilings, and so you 240 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:52,680 Speaker 1: could kind of count on the fact. See, remember, it's 241 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:54,880 Speaker 1: not square footage that we're dealing with in your home, 242 00:14:55,240 --> 00:14:59,600 Speaker 1: it's the cubic it's the cubic footage of the air 243 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:03,240 Speaker 1: volume in your home. So many homes today have vaulted 244 00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:05,880 Speaker 1: ceilings and higher than eight foot ceilings. In fact, the 245 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:09,840 Speaker 1: standard newly built home has you know, nine foot ceilings now, 246 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:13,400 Speaker 1: So those numbers are kind of all thrown off. If 247 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:14,880 Speaker 1: you have to shoot from a hip and you're just 248 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:18,920 Speaker 1: trying to give yourself a really really rough idea, sure, 249 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:22,480 Speaker 1: go with you know, go with the lower number. Actually 250 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:25,640 Speaker 1: go with the you know, closer to one ton for 251 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:29,160 Speaker 1: every five hundred square feet. Because there are so many 252 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:33,640 Speaker 1: other calculations overall cubic volume of the airspace in the house, 253 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:37,520 Speaker 1: air ceiling of the house, room positioning in the house, 254 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:39,640 Speaker 1: whether it's one or two stories, and so on and 255 00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:42,160 Speaker 1: so forth. So we calculate that stuff in a different 256 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:44,840 Speaker 1: way these days, and we do it much better, actually 257 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:49,920 Speaker 1: much better than before. So tonnage that's a thing. Calculating 258 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:52,240 Speaker 1: it from the hip, that's the thing. Actually instead of 259 00:15:52,280 --> 00:15:56,600 Speaker 1: tonnage BTUs output that's British thermal units. That is actually 260 00:15:56,640 --> 00:15:58,480 Speaker 1: the more accurate way to deal with all of this. 261 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:02,040 Speaker 1: So there you go. Now here's the thing, Henderson. I'm 262 00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:04,520 Speaker 1: up against a break. I'm gonna throw you on hold 263 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:07,040 Speaker 1: when we come back, before I go to the next call, 264 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:11,120 Speaker 1: we'll pick you up again and we'll talk about these 265 00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:16,440 Speaker 1: heat pumps and stage one two stage variable speed heat pumps. 266 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:19,360 Speaker 1: What's that all about? And I'll answer your seer question. 267 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 1: So you hang tight, my friend. Great, great questions, good 268 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:27,280 Speaker 1: for everybody to understand, and everybody hold on quick break 269 00:16:27,360 --> 00:16:29,400 Speaker 1: and then more of your calls. Your Home with Dean 270 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:33,800 Speaker 1: Sharp the House Whisper. You're listening to Home with Dean 271 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:39,240 Speaker 1: Sharp on demand from KFI AM six forty. Dean Sharp 272 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:42,520 Speaker 1: the House Whisper here to help you transform your ordinary 273 00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 1: house into an extraordinary home. Thanks for joining us on 274 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:49,640 Speaker 1: the program this morning. It's an all calls Saturday morning 275 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:53,120 Speaker 1: like we do. Hey, if your home needs some personal 276 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:56,280 Speaker 1: house Whisper attention, you know what. You can book an 277 00:16:56,280 --> 00:16:59,800 Speaker 1: in home design consult with us. Just go to house 278 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:04,119 Speaker 1: Whisper dot Design for more info house Whisper dot Design. 279 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:06,439 Speaker 1: All right, back to the phones. I had Henderson on 280 00:17:06,480 --> 00:17:10,600 Speaker 1: the line. Henderson is still there, but I'm still here, 281 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:15,120 Speaker 1: all right. So Henderson had some heat pump questions. We 282 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:18,560 Speaker 1: handled a bunch of them in the previous segment, but 283 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:22,040 Speaker 1: a couple of them I didn't get to specifically when 284 00:17:22,080 --> 00:17:25,320 Speaker 1: it comes to a heat pump, which is a you know, 285 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:28,240 Speaker 1: a very modern air conditioning system that can work in 286 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:31,480 Speaker 1: the reverse and actually provide heat as well as cooling. 287 00:17:33,080 --> 00:17:37,720 Speaker 1: Your two last questions were what's the difference? What's the 288 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:42,399 Speaker 1: deal with single stage, double stage or dual stage and 289 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:45,520 Speaker 1: a variable speed heat pump. Let me tackle that one 290 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:50,240 Speaker 1: first and then I'll ask answer the seer question. Variable 291 00:17:50,560 --> 00:17:55,800 Speaker 1: stage heat pumps or air conditioning systems are the bomb 292 00:17:56,200 --> 00:18:02,400 Speaker 1: dot com because because not? Because they can operate at 293 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:07,080 Speaker 1: a higher capacity than a normal air conditioning system. Okay, 294 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:11,439 Speaker 1: they're not more powerful than a normal air conditioning system, 295 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:16,520 Speaker 1: just the opposite. In fact, the advantage of a variable 296 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:18,280 Speaker 1: speed or what we call a one or a two 297 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:22,439 Speaker 1: stage of air conditioning system is that it can actually 298 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:27,600 Speaker 1: ramp itself down to operate at a lower capacity. Now 299 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:31,680 Speaker 1: what's the advantage to that. Well, you combine the ability 300 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:35,760 Speaker 1: of an air conditioning system that's capable of working the 301 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:39,239 Speaker 1: whole house all at once to ramp itself down and 302 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:43,920 Speaker 1: become basically kind of a room sized air conditioner. Combine 303 00:18:43,960 --> 00:18:50,679 Speaker 1: that with advanced sensing temperature sensing controls, not thermostats in 304 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:53,639 Speaker 1: every room, but temperature sensors in every room or in 305 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:56,760 Speaker 1: every zone of the house as we zone out, like 306 00:18:56,840 --> 00:18:59,919 Speaker 1: for instance, you know upstairs and downstairs. Upstairs always going 307 00:18:59,920 --> 00:19:03,280 Speaker 1: to be warmer than downstairs, so you've got temperature sensors 308 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:07,280 Speaker 1: upstairs and temperature sensors downstairs. And then in addition to that, 309 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:15,080 Speaker 1: we have electronic baffles that close and open the actual lines, 310 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:18,119 Speaker 1: not the vents in the room, but the actual feed 311 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:21,359 Speaker 1: lines into these spaces. So you put that together and 312 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:24,640 Speaker 1: it becomes a smart system. So, for instance, we bring 313 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:27,920 Speaker 1: your home to temperature in the morning on a summer day, 314 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:31,760 Speaker 1: Like you know, it's eight o'clock in the morning and upstairs, downstairs, 315 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:35,800 Speaker 1: everything's gloriously let's say, seventy two degrees, okay, But then 316 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:38,480 Speaker 1: as the day goes on, obviously upstairs is going to 317 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:42,480 Speaker 1: warm up faster than downstairs. The temperature sensors detect. Ah, 318 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:45,760 Speaker 1: master bedroom, it's upstairs, it's gone up a couple of degrees. 319 00:19:46,119 --> 00:19:49,080 Speaker 1: We need to cool off the master bedroom. Well, an 320 00:19:49,119 --> 00:19:53,359 Speaker 1: old dumb system meaning not a smart system, just turns 321 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:56,040 Speaker 1: on the air conditioner and the whole house gets blasted again, 322 00:19:56,400 --> 00:19:58,920 Speaker 1: and it's getting too cold downstairs, and we still haven't 323 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:01,560 Speaker 1: dealt with the upstairs yet. And that's what happens, and 324 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:04,800 Speaker 1: we waste a lot of energy. A smart system with 325 00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:08,840 Speaker 1: variable speed will close off all the other ducts in 326 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:12,280 Speaker 1: the house, ramp itself down to room size, and just 327 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:16,080 Speaker 1: top off the master bedroom and it will continue to 328 00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:19,360 Speaker 1: do that all day long. Ah. Down the kitchen needs 329 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:22,520 Speaker 1: a little something something boom, boom boom. The master bedroom 330 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:25,760 Speaker 1: needs a little something boom, and it's just topping off. 331 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:29,080 Speaker 1: And so what you're doing is you've got like you know, 332 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:34,680 Speaker 1: the equivalent of two, three, four different small air conditioners 333 00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:39,040 Speaker 1: effectively controlling each individual zone in the house. And instead 334 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:42,439 Speaker 1: of the AC just blasting on and off all day long, 335 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:47,360 Speaker 1: we're using minimal energy and we're just keeping things handled. 336 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:50,919 Speaker 1: And that's the joy and the beauty and the brilliance 337 00:20:51,119 --> 00:20:56,600 Speaker 1: of a multi zone. A variable speed air conditioner and 338 00:20:56,840 --> 00:20:59,600 Speaker 1: or heat pump works the same way with the heat pump. Okay, 339 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:04,560 Speaker 1: and real quick. The SEER question. SEER is a energy rating. 340 00:21:04,600 --> 00:21:08,399 Speaker 1: It's what the industry uses. It stands for seasonal Energy 341 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:13,639 Speaker 1: Efficiency Ratio. And the old rating was SEER. It just 342 00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:16,880 Speaker 1: used to be called SEER. Now it's SEER one, and 343 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:20,640 Speaker 1: there's a new standard. The new standard is SEER two. 344 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:23,840 Speaker 1: It upsets some people in the HVAC industry, but the 345 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:27,160 Speaker 1: fact is SEER one, much like I was telling you before, Henderson, 346 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:30,720 Speaker 1: was the old way of kind of calculating air conditioning 347 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:33,119 Speaker 1: needs for a house. It was it was based on 348 00:21:34,119 --> 00:21:39,280 Speaker 1: perfect laboratory conditions. SEER one ratings, not real world conditions. 349 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:43,720 Speaker 1: And so SEER two is an improved rating system and 350 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:48,120 Speaker 1: it takes into account real world conditions and homes. It's 351 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:52,040 Speaker 1: much much more accurate and therefore it puts a much 352 00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:55,080 Speaker 1: higher burden on the HVAC system. It's about four and 353 00:21:55,119 --> 00:22:00,119 Speaker 1: a half percent lower performance than Seer one equivalents. So 354 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:02,879 Speaker 1: what I mean by that is a Seer two machine 355 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:11,119 Speaker 1: that is operating at Seer fifteen is actually the equivalent 356 00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:14,359 Speaker 1: of an old Seer one machine that was operating at 357 00:22:14,359 --> 00:22:18,560 Speaker 1: Seer sixteen. So they're better equipment, better suited to real 358 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:21,480 Speaker 1: world conditions. That's all it is. Seer two is just 359 00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:27,160 Speaker 1: the new standard for understanding how that all works. All right? WHOA, 360 00:22:27,359 --> 00:22:29,480 Speaker 1: We got through it all right? When we come back 361 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:32,120 Speaker 1: more of your calls. The number to reach me eight 362 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:35,720 Speaker 1: three three two. Ask Dean eight three three, the numeral two. 363 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:39,320 Speaker 1: Ask Dean your home with Dean Sharp, the house whisper 364 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:44,640 Speaker 1: Dean Sharp, the house whisper here to remind you every 365 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:49,760 Speaker 1: home deserves great design. That's right, every home, including yours, 366 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:52,639 Speaker 1: my friend. So let's work together and get it done. 367 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:55,160 Speaker 1: That's why we are here, all right. It's an all 368 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:57,399 Speaker 1: call Saturday morning. It's good turn it. It's going to 369 00:22:57,480 --> 00:22:59,960 Speaker 1: be such a gorgeous day today, So I hope you're 370 00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:03,080 Speaker 1: year and up for good things. Uh. The number to 371 00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:05,880 Speaker 1: reach me eight three to three two, Ask Dean eight 372 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:08,720 Speaker 1: three to three, the numeral two ask Dean, let's go 373 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:12,280 Speaker 1: to the phones. I want to talk to Nicole. Hey, Nicole, 374 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:16,000 Speaker 1: welcome home, Dean. I got a question. 375 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:19,640 Speaker 2: We have a town home and you can imagine how 376 00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 2: small the laundry room is. 377 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:23,159 Speaker 1: I was wondering what you think about the two and 378 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:28,320 Speaker 1: one washer and dryers. Ah, the combo washer and dryers. Yeah, okay, 379 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:34,040 Speaker 1: so all what was that I said, it's not a 380 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:41,400 Speaker 1: big space. Yeah, yeah, exactly, Okay, combo washer and dryers. 381 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:46,199 Speaker 1: Whether people realize this or not, I've been covering this 382 00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:49,959 Speaker 1: for the last couple of years now. Uh GE introduced 383 00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:53,000 Speaker 1: a game changing combo washer and dryer a couple of 384 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:58,000 Speaker 1: years ago. And and I say this because just about 385 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:02,280 Speaker 1: every manufacturer has a combo washer and dryer. But the 386 00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:06,200 Speaker 1: technology between the G, the new GE combo, and the 387 00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:11,320 Speaker 1: others has changed drastically. Now. Samsung tried to follow up 388 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:14,720 Speaker 1: and have has their own, and so does LG. There 389 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:17,359 Speaker 1: are there are, as to my knowledge, right now, on 390 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:22,000 Speaker 1: the market, only three three combo washer and dryers worth 391 00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:26,919 Speaker 1: talking about. Okay. All the others we all know uh 392 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:32,160 Speaker 1: are are incredibly inefficient and difficult and just difficult. They're hassles. 393 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:36,800 Speaker 1: Most people are like, oh, combo, but I'll tell you. 394 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:39,520 Speaker 2: I love them. 395 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:44,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, exactly. So, So the the combo units, they're 396 00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:46,800 Speaker 1: very impressive. They have to fit with your lifestyle, but 397 00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:50,440 Speaker 1: they're very very impressive. Ge figured out finally, I think 398 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:54,040 Speaker 1: they listened to Gramma long enough. They figured out that 399 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:57,919 Speaker 1: that it's not heat that is the key to drawing clothes. 400 00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:01,720 Speaker 1: It is airflow. And so instead of trying to rig 401 00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:05,280 Speaker 1: their combo unit with you know, with a big heat 402 00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:08,000 Speaker 1: supply like we do on a gas dryer, we basically 403 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:13,280 Speaker 1: bake clothes. Instead of doing that, they've decided to hang 404 00:25:13,359 --> 00:25:15,920 Speaker 1: the clothes out on the clothesline on a breezy day. 405 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:19,040 Speaker 1: Grandma will tell you that it could be ninety degrees 406 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:21,399 Speaker 1: outside and if the wind isn't blowing, wet stuff is 407 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:24,520 Speaker 1: just gonna stay wet, okay. Or it could be sixty eight. 408 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:27,560 Speaker 1: It could be sixty eight degrees outside and you could 409 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:30,960 Speaker 1: have a nice breeze blowing and boom, that stuff is dry. 410 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:34,160 Speaker 1: Right away. GE figured that out, and so they've they've 411 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:37,119 Speaker 1: put in these big fans in these units, and it 412 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:40,960 Speaker 1: doesn't make it happen instantly, but it makes it really 413 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:44,520 Speaker 1: really reasonable. Now we're talking about like a two hour 414 00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:47,280 Speaker 1: two and a half hour cycle from wash all the 415 00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:49,679 Speaker 1: way to dry. You put the clothes into wash, you 416 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:52,040 Speaker 1: come back, they're all dried, done and ready to go. 417 00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:55,280 Speaker 1: So they are viable. That's all I can tell you 418 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:59,040 Speaker 1: is that they're completely viable. The GE, the Samsung, the LG, 419 00:25:59,520 --> 00:26:01,880 Speaker 1: the LG he got some good features, Sam Sung, I'm 420 00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:05,520 Speaker 1: not thrilled with so for me, especially in small spaces, 421 00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:10,440 Speaker 1: because the GE is also the shallowest of them, I'm 422 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:12,800 Speaker 1: still I'm still if we were going to get one 423 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:15,200 Speaker 1: and serious, Tina and I were seriously thinking about getting 424 00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:18,520 Speaker 1: one to replace the washer dryer unit that we've got 425 00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:22,959 Speaker 1: in our little guest house, and we may do, in 426 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:27,080 Speaker 1: fact that exact same thing. It's the GE that that 427 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:29,880 Speaker 1: we're interested in. But again some people are like, no, 428 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:31,760 Speaker 1: I want to have more control, I want you know. 429 00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:34,000 Speaker 1: It's all. That's all well and good, And yes, they 430 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:37,719 Speaker 1: take longer. They will always take longer to do a 431 00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:42,679 Speaker 1: load of laundry than your washer and then switch them 432 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:45,720 Speaker 1: over to the dryer. Okay, so if you wash clothes, 433 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:47,960 Speaker 1: immediately take them out of the wash, put them into 434 00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:50,879 Speaker 1: the dryer, it's going to take half the time to 435 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:53,720 Speaker 1: do your laundry than one of these combo units. You 436 00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:57,000 Speaker 1: just figure it'll take twice as long. But here's the thing, 437 00:26:57,320 --> 00:27:01,119 Speaker 1: and they're right about this. How how often does the 438 00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:04,160 Speaker 1: average person, you know, how often are you standing right 439 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:07,720 Speaker 1: there when the when the washing machine finishes and you 440 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:12,640 Speaker 1: immediately pop it into the dryer. Yeah, exactly. On average 441 00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:15,840 Speaker 1: people do the washing and the drawing. It takes about 442 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:19,119 Speaker 1: six hours on average. They interviewed people to get from 443 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:21,120 Speaker 1: you know, like, oh, yeah, the wash is done. It's 444 00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:23,040 Speaker 1: been sitting in there all night. Yeah, I got to 445 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:26,119 Speaker 1: put it in the dryer. So the idea that the 446 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:29,720 Speaker 1: combo unit takes twice as long on average, it usually 447 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:33,200 Speaker 1: finishes the clothes before we do with you know, if 448 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:36,080 Speaker 1: we're not standing by monitoring the washer and dryer. So 449 00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:40,919 Speaker 1: that's the argument for and against. The sizing is really 450 00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:44,240 Speaker 1: great and and and I can just tell you these 451 00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:48,080 Speaker 1: are incredibly quality units. They've been on the market for 452 00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:51,280 Speaker 1: two years now. The service rate on them is way 453 00:27:51,359 --> 00:27:55,000 Speaker 1: below average on service calls. So ge has made a 454 00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:58,400 Speaker 1: really good unit. And the other alternative would be something 455 00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:01,359 Speaker 1: like the LG Tower, which is, you know, a washer 456 00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:04,240 Speaker 1: and dryer unit but combined together in one. If you've 457 00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:07,720 Speaker 1: got the height that's about as compact as a as 458 00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:12,240 Speaker 1: a full size washer and dryer can get. And so yeah, 459 00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:14,560 Speaker 1: I'm I'm a fan. I'm a fan. I think it 460 00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:18,040 Speaker 1: will eventually take more and more of market share away 461 00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:21,800 Speaker 1: from standard washer and dryers as soon as people realize 462 00:28:22,119 --> 00:28:26,320 Speaker 1: in the real world this thing actually washes and dries 463 00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:31,080 Speaker 1: your stuff faster because it will make the transition from 464 00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:34,399 Speaker 1: washer to dryer. And plus there are other features that 465 00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:35,920 Speaker 1: you know, and I'm not trying to be a ge 466 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:41,160 Speaker 1: salesperson here, Yeah, there are some other features that are 467 00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:43,880 Speaker 1: great too, like you can you can get dog hair 468 00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:48,120 Speaker 1: off of off of your stuff, or pet hair off 469 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:51,800 Speaker 1: of your stuff. There's a pet Yeah, so there's a 470 00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:55,640 Speaker 1: pet hair mode where where basically you throw the clothes in, 471 00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:58,720 Speaker 1: you put it in pet hair mode and it'll tumble 472 00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:03,000 Speaker 1: like a dry your clothes first to blow as much 473 00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:07,080 Speaker 1: pet hair off before it gets them wet and washes them. 474 00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:10,040 Speaker 1: So it's like tumble and then it washes and then 475 00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:13,040 Speaker 1: it dries them, which is brilliant because you know that 476 00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:15,400 Speaker 1: hair as soon as you get the clothes wet, they're 477 00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:18,680 Speaker 1: adhering to the clothes. They don't come off, so Anyway, 478 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:22,400 Speaker 1: there are some really good there's some really good stuff 479 00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:24,920 Speaker 1: behind it, Nicole. And all I can tell you is, 480 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:26,640 Speaker 1: you know, measure up your space, go down to the 481 00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:30,080 Speaker 1: appliance store, take a serious look at them, because they 482 00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:33,040 Speaker 1: are serious contenders. Okay, they're not for everybody, but they 483 00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:37,640 Speaker 1: are serious contenders. Finally, a combo washer dryer unit is 484 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:40,600 Speaker 1: worth talking about. I'll just say it that way. And 485 00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:42,920 Speaker 1: so that's why I've been enthused the last couple of 486 00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:45,480 Speaker 1: years when Gee introduced it really is a game changer. 487 00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:48,680 Speaker 1: All right, Nicole, thank you for your question. Everybody, you 488 00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:51,200 Speaker 1: hang tight more of your calls when we return your 489 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:55,200 Speaker 1: Home with Dean Sharp, the House Whisperer. You're listening to 490 00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:58,920 Speaker 1: Home with Dean Sharp on demand from KFI AM six 491 00:29:59,080 --> 00:29:59,320 Speaker 1: forty