1 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:32,760 Speaker 1: Well, the weekends upon us. Welcome aboard at home with 2 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:35,959 Speaker 1: Gary Sullivan and sours brought to you by Easy Breathing. 3 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:39,200 Speaker 1: As we are well kind of trapped in our homes 4 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:42,120 Speaker 1: in many parts of the country with the weather, you've 5 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:45,159 Speaker 1: got to remember and you should give this some thought. 6 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:49,920 Speaker 1: Our indoor air quality is three to five times worse 7 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 1: than outdoor air quality, and of course that's because our 8 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:57,520 Speaker 1: homes are tightened up and trying to save money on energy. 9 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:01,960 Speaker 1: An air exchanging unit is very very helpful of getting 10 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:05,560 Speaker 1: rid of that polluted air inside our homes. And you 11 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:09,160 Speaker 1: can check it out. It's Letter E Letter Z Breathe 12 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:13,119 Speaker 1: dot com. All right, another weekend talking a lot about 13 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:16,520 Speaker 1: a lot, a lot about the weather house affecting our homes. 14 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 1: Maybe we start talking about some spring projects and things 15 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:22,840 Speaker 1: that you would like to replace. Maybe it's a screen 16 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:26,399 Speaker 1: porch and you want to replace those screen doors, or 17 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:29,279 Speaker 1: maybe you're thinking about this is the year we tackle 18 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 1: that project of staining our deck, or like I said, 19 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:37,559 Speaker 1: maybe it's like, well, you know, we hit some rough 20 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:39,320 Speaker 1: weather and a lot of parts of the country we've 21 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:44,200 Speaker 1: had some big snowfalls, We've had some very very cold 22 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:48,240 Speaker 1: temperatures and what's that done to the outside of my home. Well, 23 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 1: if you're looking at a forecast in your region and 24 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 1: you go like, well, it looks like next week is 25 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:55,680 Speaker 1: going to have a couple of warm days. Hey, get 26 00:01:55,720 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 1: outside and let's do a little, you know, inspection of 27 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 1: our home and see if there is any damage. Again, 28 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 1: left unaddressed can spell a bigger bill. I said many 29 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:15,080 Speaker 1: many times, a quick twenty five dollars repair not made, 30 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:18,120 Speaker 1: we'll go to fifty dollars. It'll go to five hundred dollars. 31 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 1: It'll go to two thousand dollars. They'll just go to 32 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:23,080 Speaker 1: ride up the ladder. So let's look for things, and 33 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:26,520 Speaker 1: you can start by looking at the roof outside. We 34 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 1: had several calls yesterday where people were a little concerned. 35 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:35,880 Speaker 1: They start seeing some water intrusion into the home. Was 36 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 1: it an ice dam? Was it around the vent? Was 37 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:43,080 Speaker 1: it the flashing? But take a look at the roof itself. 38 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 1: Even if you're on the ground and you get you know, 39 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 1: maybe it gets up to fifty and you can get 40 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:50,520 Speaker 1: your binoculars out and some of the snow is melted. 41 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:57,640 Speaker 1: Start looking for cracked shingles, lifted up shingles, broken shingles, 42 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 1: missing shingles, and of course then you've got to have 43 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:04,600 Speaker 1: a call to action get that fixed. But see if 44 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:07,959 Speaker 1: there is a problem up there and the inside, check 45 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:14,680 Speaker 1: the ceilings, check the attic for water stains, damp insulation drips. 46 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 1: We had a couple of those calls yesterday too. Somebody 47 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 1: slid open the patio door and water was coming through 48 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:24,760 Speaker 1: the top part of the molding and the jam and 49 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:27,920 Speaker 1: shows where's it coming from? I don't know, but probably 50 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 1: the roof. And you know, we were talking about the 51 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:33,680 Speaker 1: flashings and ice dams and things like that. Start looking 52 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 1: for things like that, and let's catch it early, um, 53 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 1: because again rotted wood and then you end up replacing 54 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 1: doors and everything else. Damp insulation, you know, there's a 55 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 1: difference between mildly damped and soaked. If you get a 56 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 1: lot of water on your insulation, you absolutely need to 57 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 1: replace that. You don't want all kinds of mold growth 58 00:03:57,040 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 1: up in the attic. And I'm telling you right now 59 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 1: there's people that have that in their attic and don't 60 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 1: know it. And eventually a snow and ice melts in 61 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:11,800 Speaker 1: a wintertime and more storms and spring rains. That continues 62 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 1: to be a problem. And then you start seeing maybe 63 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 1: it's a week, maybe it's a month, maybe it's two 64 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 1: months before that water starts showing up as a water 65 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:23,039 Speaker 1: stain on the ceiling. But boy, if you have the 66 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:25,040 Speaker 1: wherewithal to get up in the attic or you can 67 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:27,360 Speaker 1: get somebody up there and take a look around. Check 68 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 1: the insulation, look for drips, looks for you know, wet 69 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:33,840 Speaker 1: wood and things like that, you're really gonna get ahead 70 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:37,040 Speaker 1: of the of the game. Also take a look and 71 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 1: make sure bath and kitchen vents, dryer vents, air exchanging vents, 72 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 1: any kind of vent that's vented outside. Make sure they're 73 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:49,839 Speaker 1: not blocked by the snow and ice. We've been talking 74 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 1: about that for well a number of weeks now ever 75 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:57,279 Speaker 1: since a winter got serious, and a lot of times 76 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:00,200 Speaker 1: that can cause big problems. A dryer vent that's blocked 77 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:02,159 Speaker 1: with snow and ice, well it doesn't drive the clothes 78 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:09,120 Speaker 1: very well. Maybe ice around a air intake for the furnace, 79 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 1: it can shut off the furnace. So just check all 80 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 1: the vents that are getting discharged. And then the big one, 81 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 1: and we talk about it a lot down spouts. Are 82 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:23,160 Speaker 1: they discharging the water as the snow melts away from 83 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:30,719 Speaker 1: the foundation. Maybe you have some downspout extensions to get 84 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:35,240 Speaker 1: that water away from the foundation. You know, six feet 85 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:37,280 Speaker 1: away from the foundation. Are they still there, Are they 86 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 1: still in place, Are they still connected? Yeah? And of 87 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:47,279 Speaker 1: course anywhere water seeping in under a door, around the window, 88 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:52,040 Speaker 1: or wind a well, yeah, clear the snow away from 89 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:55,279 Speaker 1: those areas. Check for debris. If there's a drain, making 90 00:05:55,320 --> 00:06:00,480 Speaker 1: sure that that's open, viable and doing its job. Always 91 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 1: looking for any type of pipe that is on the 92 00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:06,919 Speaker 1: outside of your house that's going underground and moving water 93 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 1: away from your home. Maybe it's a pumped a pump pump, 94 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:15,680 Speaker 1: some pump discharge pipe that goes underground. Is it still 95 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:20,279 Speaker 1: lined up? Is it still going underground? Maybe it's the 96 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:25,000 Speaker 1: down spout. It's connected to a four inch drain pipe. 97 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 1: Is that still connected or did it shift and it happens. 98 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:32,479 Speaker 1: Maybe it's just half lined up, maybe it's all the 99 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:34,280 Speaker 1: way lined up. Maybe it's not lined up at all, 100 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:39,880 Speaker 1: but check it. Just a couple of things that you 101 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,720 Speaker 1: really need to pay attention to. Any floor drains in 102 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:48,200 Speaker 1: the basements and garage, make sure they're draining. What else 103 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:51,920 Speaker 1: can we think about? Clocking around doors? Windows. Again, if 104 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:55,280 Speaker 1: you're outside and you're walking around, pair of binoculars comes 105 00:06:55,320 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 1: real handy. Looking also around the stoop back porch, front porch, 106 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:07,359 Speaker 1: is there any water as the snow melts pulling around 107 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:10,320 Speaker 1: the doors in the threshold boait that gets underneath the 108 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:12,880 Speaker 1: thresholder starts finding its way into the foreer and you 109 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 1: got wood flooring that that's one of those little projects 110 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 1: that can be rectified from the outside relatively inexpensively, and 111 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:25,680 Speaker 1: if ignored and it gets underneath that hardwood floor and 112 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:31,040 Speaker 1: starts absorbing the water, very very expensive. The springs start 113 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:36,160 Speaker 1: looking for peeling pain and that's usually a sign of 114 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:43,280 Speaker 1: some wood damage from moisture. As the trim becomes swollen, 115 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:47,760 Speaker 1: it's a sign of moisture getting in the same with 116 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 1: the railings. Anything at sagging, shifting, anything along nose lines, 117 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 1: of course needs to be addressed. In the garage, of course, 118 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 1: you can look for water intrusion at the slabs edges, 119 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:04,600 Speaker 1: making sure also that the door seal isn't torn. In 120 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 1: some cases you might even make sure it's not frozen 121 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:11,240 Speaker 1: in place. And as the humidity levels go up this 122 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 1: spring and the warm weather starts coming in b make 123 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:23,800 Speaker 1: sure You're very tuned in to the smell of mustiness mold, 124 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:29,400 Speaker 1: because that can be that moisture can be intruding in 125 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:35,760 Speaker 1: your home now and hitting organic material like wood, dust, cardboard, 126 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:43,200 Speaker 1: And as that occurs and mold starts to develop and 127 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:48,600 Speaker 1: humidity levels go up, you're gonna smell it. A long 128 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:50,800 Speaker 1: time ago, somebody told me, somebody said, how do you 129 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:53,400 Speaker 1: know if you got mold? And somebody said, can you well, 130 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 1: why do you ask, Well, it smells moldy, then you 131 00:08:56,880 --> 00:09:01,480 Speaker 1: have mold. There's multipoards in everybody's house right now, but 132 00:09:01,559 --> 00:09:06,520 Speaker 1: they're maybe not colonizing. And when it say colonizing, those 133 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:12,400 Speaker 1: mold spores set up more, set up colonies to produce 134 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:17,440 Speaker 1: more mold spores. How do they do that? Mold spores 135 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:20,959 Speaker 1: are in the air. Add water to organic material cardboard, 136 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:25,320 Speaker 1: wood dust, the back of drywall, the back of a 137 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:30,000 Speaker 1: carpet fabric that's organic material. It gets wet, the mold 138 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:33,640 Speaker 1: spores begin a colony and it smells like mold, and 139 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:37,839 Speaker 1: it grows and it grows until it's eradicated. So if 140 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:42,400 Speaker 1: any of those problems that we just kind of talked about, 141 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:50,560 Speaker 1: have you concerned, and let's talk about it, because let's 142 00:09:50,559 --> 00:09:55,280 Speaker 1: get that rectified and let's get that on your list. 143 00:09:55,720 --> 00:10:00,360 Speaker 1: We don't want to get into a mindset as you know, 144 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:04,000 Speaker 1: see no evil here, no evils, no evil. Let's not 145 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:07,720 Speaker 1: ignore it, all right, let's do that. Next our phone 146 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:10,600 Speaker 1: number you can join us. It's eight hundred eight two 147 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:14,959 Speaker 1: three eight two five five. 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I say, at many times the 188 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:07,480 Speaker 1: biggest investment we have and of course maintenance, upkeep and 189 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:12,160 Speaker 1: remodeling all kind of builds and grows that investment. So 190 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 1: happy to take your calls at eight hundred eighty two 191 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:18,280 Speaker 1: three eight two five five and Jeff welcome. 192 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:25,400 Speaker 3: Good morning, Jerry morning, Hey, come cover k quick questions. 193 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:30,760 Speaker 3: The unfaced insulation is that for like when you're doing 194 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:35,160 Speaker 3: your basement, so the moisture comes through the concrete, gets 195 00:13:35,160 --> 00:13:37,720 Speaker 3: through the insulation and through the drywall. 196 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:43,600 Speaker 1: That would be that would be one application for it. Yes, yes, 197 00:13:43,679 --> 00:13:47,960 Speaker 1: because we have you know, we always learn from our mistakes. Right, 198 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:51,680 Speaker 1: If you go back probably forty years fifty years, the 199 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:54,640 Speaker 1: natural way of like redoing a basement was to put 200 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:59,720 Speaker 1: up woodstuds put in insulation with the vapor barrier, cover 201 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:03,600 Speaker 1: it with plastic, and put the drywall over it. And 202 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:06,160 Speaker 1: we found out that wasn't such a good idea. That 203 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:10,320 Speaker 1: the idea was, Okay, we're going to stop the water 204 00:14:10,360 --> 00:14:13,400 Speaker 1: and control the humity inside the house, inside the basement. 205 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:16,880 Speaker 1: But what happened is it stopped all that water vapor, 206 00:14:16,960 --> 00:14:22,200 Speaker 1: created condensation and made the insulation MOLDI And it was 207 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:25,480 Speaker 1: actually code to have a vapor barrier in basements, but 208 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:29,640 Speaker 1: now it's unfaced insulation. We allow the water vapor to 209 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:33,000 Speaker 1: come into the basement and we control it once it's 210 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:35,680 Speaker 1: in the basement either with it. Do you emidifire and 211 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:38,360 Speaker 1: air exchanging units something along those lines. 212 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:45,240 Speaker 3: Okay, okay, Then my next question. We're in Middletown and 213 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:51,280 Speaker 3: if the old home nineteen eight I believe in the 214 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:55,120 Speaker 3: third floor is it's an attic, I mean it's massive. 215 00:14:55,120 --> 00:14:59,520 Speaker 3: It's just another floor, is what it is? What type 216 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:02,680 Speaker 3: of in relations you put in the rafters? I mean, 217 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:06,760 Speaker 3: do you need is our twenty one eat fisshuit? 218 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:10,920 Speaker 1: So so you're talking on a floor of the attic. 219 00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:13,840 Speaker 3: Up there feeling I'm sorry the roof the. 220 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:15,800 Speaker 1: Roof Okay, that's why I thought you were. I was 221 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:22,280 Speaker 1: just making sure. Well, Actually, when you're insulating an attic, 222 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:26,360 Speaker 1: there's there's a couple of ways, and older homes vary. 223 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:29,040 Speaker 1: So at the top of the roof in that house, 224 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:33,480 Speaker 1: is there a ridge vent or not? No, okay, And 225 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:39,880 Speaker 1: there's no soft events either, correct, No, okay. So if 226 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:41,920 Speaker 1: there was, I'm gonna do it both ways. If there 227 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:45,120 Speaker 1: was where that attic was breathing and it could move 228 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:49,440 Speaker 1: the hot air out, you would basically insulate the floor 229 00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:52,400 Speaker 1: and it would be like an R forty two and 230 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:56,000 Speaker 1: R forty eight in your area, probably sixteen eighteen inches 231 00:15:56,040 --> 00:16:00,600 Speaker 1: of fiberglass insulation with a vapor barrier. You're down on 232 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:03,080 Speaker 1: the ceiling. That's the way you would It's the way 233 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:06,720 Speaker 1: most of the atticts are insulated in your area. So 234 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:10,120 Speaker 1: your choice becomes, when you have a house like you have, 235 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:12,720 Speaker 1: is either to put in soft events, put in ridge 236 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:15,960 Speaker 1: vent and then insulate the floor, or do what they 237 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:21,680 Speaker 1: call whole house encapsulation. And whole house encapsulation is when 238 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:25,840 Speaker 1: you usually it's done with foam and you would do 239 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:29,080 Speaker 1: it on the underside of the roof and the side walls, 240 00:16:29,960 --> 00:16:32,200 Speaker 1: and you don't put any insulation on the floor, it 241 00:16:32,240 --> 00:16:34,640 Speaker 1: becomes kind of a conditioned space. 242 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:40,800 Speaker 3: Okay, all right, eventually drywalled. 243 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:48,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, and so normally, I mean normally that would be 244 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:51,240 Speaker 1: done more in the southeast southwest, but it is being 245 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:55,080 Speaker 1: done in the midwest and northeast now to a degree. 246 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:59,080 Speaker 1: So that's called whole house encapsulation. And you're doing the 247 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:02,680 Speaker 1: walls and the ceiling. Department of Energy, just so you know, 248 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:06,720 Speaker 1: for your area is an R nineteen for side walls, 249 00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:10,359 Speaker 1: exterior walls, and I think it's R forty two for 250 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:13,200 Speaker 1: the floor of the attic. I don't know the underside 251 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:16,359 Speaker 1: of the roof. On what kind of our value they recommend, 252 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:19,399 Speaker 1: I don't know, So you know, and you figure if 253 00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:23,239 Speaker 1: it's a phone, it's about five to seven points for 254 00:17:23,520 --> 00:17:29,680 Speaker 1: our value for inch of thickness. For fiberglass insulation is 255 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:33,080 Speaker 1: about two and a half per inch of thickness. 256 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:36,480 Speaker 3: Okay, good, all right, good at least Okay, I'm on 257 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:39,879 Speaker 3: the right track. All right, Garry, you have a good day. 258 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:44,040 Speaker 1: All right, You do the same, Thank you much appreciate it. Yeah, 259 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:48,720 Speaker 1: there's a point. I would love to know how many 260 00:17:48,760 --> 00:17:55,560 Speaker 1: of our homes are under insulated, woefully underinsulated. By the way, 261 00:17:55,560 --> 00:17:59,120 Speaker 1: we did a conversation with an insulation expert yesterday that's 262 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:03,800 Speaker 1: available to you a podcast regarding foam insulation in foam 263 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:07,000 Speaker 1: insallation being used on older homes. A lot of people 264 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:11,679 Speaker 1: don't realize that you can on older homes that have 265 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:15,520 Speaker 1: no insulation in the walls, even though that home is 266 00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:21,320 Speaker 1: I don't know, seventy years old, you can insulate those walls. 267 00:18:21,359 --> 00:18:24,960 Speaker 1: You may not get to an R nineteen, you may 268 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:29,679 Speaker 1: just get to an R ten. But being foam, you 269 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:34,120 Speaker 1: eliminate drafts, so comfort would be there and you would 270 00:18:34,119 --> 00:18:39,760 Speaker 1: still have that buffer also as an insulating foam, and 271 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:43,280 Speaker 1: that would be a close cell phoam so to also 272 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:48,560 Speaker 1: minimize water intrusion or water vapor intrusion. Above grade, it's 273 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:50,639 Speaker 1: above grade. It's a little different than when we were 274 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:54,119 Speaker 1: talking before, when we were talking about a basement below grade. 275 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:56,879 Speaker 1: We're kind of letting it come in and controlling it. 276 00:18:56,960 --> 00:18:59,159 Speaker 1: Above grade, we can stop it. It's not going to 277 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:03,040 Speaker 1: be trapped. The first floor doors get opened, windows get opened. 278 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:06,360 Speaker 1: There's movement up there, so that's why there's a difference. 279 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:08,640 Speaker 1: All right, you can join us our phone numbers eight 280 00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:11,520 Speaker 1: hundred eight two three eight two five five time. 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We got thirty three minutes after the 323 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:24,320 Speaker 1: top of the area. You're at home with Gary Sullivan 324 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:30,040 Speaker 1: talking home improvement, maintenance repair, How winter has created have 325 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:33,679 Speaker 1: I with our house covering that too? Our phone numbers 326 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:36,720 Speaker 1: eight hundred eighty two three eight two, five y five. 327 00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:38,760 Speaker 1: You can grab a line, happy to chat with you. 328 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:41,280 Speaker 1: All right, let's go to Tom Tom welcome. 329 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:46,600 Speaker 6: Oh, Gary, got a water heater question. My nephews told 330 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:48,800 Speaker 6: me his water heater was leak and it's older one 331 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:53,199 Speaker 6: eighteen twenty years old. Ram anyway, it's actually leaking to 332 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:55,520 Speaker 6: the very top, which I've never heard of. That rod 333 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:59,679 Speaker 6: that goes down through there to grab the run. Yeah, 334 00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:04,080 Speaker 6: that leaking, just a real small leak right there. And 335 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:07,160 Speaker 6: I don't know if you heard it. Seems like I've 336 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:09,480 Speaker 6: heard of water heaters exploding on occasion. 337 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:12,600 Speaker 1: Do you sure? Back in the day, we've got expansion 338 00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:15,240 Speaker 1: tanks on a lot of them now, which has really helped. 339 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:17,920 Speaker 1: We also have pressure re leaf valves on the side. 340 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:22,280 Speaker 1: When pressure gets duly, they discharge water. You know. The 341 00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:25,600 Speaker 1: one thing for sure is that that water here you're 342 00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:33,159 Speaker 1: speaking of is probably past its normal lifespan by you know, 343 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:37,480 Speaker 1: anywhere from three to five years, maybe even more. Why 344 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:39,919 Speaker 1: it's leaking, I don't know. It's a connection. It's a 345 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:48,480 Speaker 1: rod that's screwed into the tank, so sometimes it could 346 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:53,880 Speaker 1: create rusting around where that is screwed in. That could 347 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:57,040 Speaker 1: you know, with some pressure, it could leak very little, 348 00:23:57,119 --> 00:24:02,560 Speaker 1: but it could leak. Yeah, So the only thing, you know, obviously, 349 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:05,080 Speaker 1: replace the tank would be one idea. The other idea 350 00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:08,720 Speaker 1: if you you know, you shut it down, you drain 351 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:11,040 Speaker 1: a little bit of it, and you take that a 352 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:16,960 Speaker 1: node rod out, kind of examine that whole area, see 353 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:18,840 Speaker 1: what kind of sheep it's in, see if you see 354 00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:22,840 Speaker 1: any problem areas, and then you know, plumbing tape and 355 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:24,240 Speaker 1: screw ther node rod back in. 356 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:28,080 Speaker 6: You wouldn't recommend trying to just tighten it though with you. 357 00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:30,760 Speaker 1: Well, you could try that, I mean you can you 358 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:35,000 Speaker 1: can try that. I mean, it's not going to hurt anything, it. 359 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:37,200 Speaker 6: Might break the seals it's already in there. 360 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:41,520 Speaker 1: Well, you know, when you're dealing with plumbing, anything is possible. Yeah, 361 00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:44,760 Speaker 1: And I was just getting ready to say, and of 362 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:47,280 Speaker 1: course if you're dealing with older plumbing, you know, anything 363 00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:48,280 Speaker 1: is really possible. 364 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:50,879 Speaker 6: But you know, I mean you're. 365 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:52,960 Speaker 1: Going to have to do something. You're going to have 366 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:56,040 Speaker 1: to do something. So you know, if you want to, uh, 367 00:24:56,600 --> 00:24:58,200 Speaker 1: try and get a little bit more life out of 368 00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:01,160 Speaker 1: try try tightening it up. And if that didn't work, 369 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:03,160 Speaker 1: you're probably gonna get your answer anyway. 370 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:07,000 Speaker 6: Right, Okay, Now on the explosion, is that something just 371 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:08,560 Speaker 6: the older ones? I mean, we don't have to worry 372 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:10,440 Speaker 6: about that on you know, Well. 373 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:13,840 Speaker 1: That's what I'm saying. There's some safety devices on them. Now, 374 00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:18,200 Speaker 1: there was always a It's all about the water pressure 375 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:23,159 Speaker 1: and the heat and all that. Normally, certainly if it's 376 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:26,480 Speaker 1: a gas water heater that gas leaks can cause explosions. 377 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:28,879 Speaker 1: We all see that on the news on occasion, so 378 00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:32,199 Speaker 1: you know when it comes into play with a gas Yeah, 379 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:36,080 Speaker 1: but really on yours, I doubt if you have an 380 00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:39,359 Speaker 1: expansion tank which is sitting on top of the water heater, 381 00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:40,080 Speaker 1: it looks like a. 382 00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:40,760 Speaker 6: No it's not. 383 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:44,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, so what that is all about if you had 384 00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:48,040 Speaker 1: real high pressure in your water heater. That's kind of 385 00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:50,399 Speaker 1: like a radiator in a car. You know, how you 386 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:54,359 Speaker 1: have that spill off area. Remember when radiators, you know, 387 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:58,920 Speaker 1: you'd overheat and right you know, Well, now they put 388 00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:02,320 Speaker 1: that reservoir where it'll catch. As the water expands and 389 00:26:02,359 --> 00:26:04,399 Speaker 1: gets hot, it catches that, so you don't have the 390 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:07,280 Speaker 1: problems with a radiator and a car. Same thing. It 391 00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:09,280 Speaker 1: works just like that with a water heater. That's what 392 00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:14,600 Speaker 1: an expansion tank is by code now, but before that 393 00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:17,199 Speaker 1: we didn't have it. The safety device was on the 394 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:20,320 Speaker 1: side of the water heater you should have usually it's 395 00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:23,520 Speaker 1: on the side maybe be about two feet from the 396 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:26,359 Speaker 1: top of the water heater. There's a little brass valve 397 00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:28,840 Speaker 1: with a little metal clip that opens it up and 398 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:34,440 Speaker 1: if there's too much pressure that yeah, this was on top, okay, 399 00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:37,119 Speaker 1: so and there's a little there's a copper line that 400 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:40,600 Speaker 1: goes down to a couple of feet off the floor probably. Yeah, 401 00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:45,160 Speaker 1: So if there's too much pressure that will trigger. It's 402 00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:49,000 Speaker 1: temperature and pressure sensitive, so it will discharge the water 403 00:26:49,520 --> 00:26:53,280 Speaker 1: to eliminate that pressure in that tank too. 404 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:56,000 Speaker 6: So well, if I opened the valve maybe two thirds 405 00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:58,840 Speaker 6: open instead of all the way. 406 00:26:59,119 --> 00:27:02,040 Speaker 1: Well, you know one of the things that occasionally you 407 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:04,680 Speaker 1: can even test those to be honest, So maybe that's 408 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:09,480 Speaker 1: something you might want to test. You can again be 409 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:13,200 Speaker 1: careful with it because the water's hot, but you should 410 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:18,639 Speaker 1: be able to take that little metal clip and not 411 00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:21,560 Speaker 1: open it up all the way because it'll lock open. 412 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:24,959 Speaker 1: But if you take it and you just pull it 413 00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:27,359 Speaker 1: up a little bit and let go, it should squirt 414 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:29,040 Speaker 1: some water and then close right away. 415 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:31,719 Speaker 6: Good. Now, it did squirt water out, but I did 416 00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:34,440 Speaker 6: raise it up all the way Okay. In fact, when 417 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:36,480 Speaker 6: I close it back down, I'm not one hundred percent 418 00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:41,920 Speaker 6: sure if it's completely closed or a little. So that's 419 00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:42,919 Speaker 6: got me a little scared. 420 00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:44,520 Speaker 1: There is that dripping at all? 421 00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:46,800 Speaker 2: Uh? 422 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:50,919 Speaker 6: It was not. Now I've got the water turned off, Okay, 423 00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:55,359 Speaker 6: want that little metal pieceure talking about the water. Some 424 00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:58,119 Speaker 6: water is still coming out a little bit, so I 425 00:27:58,160 --> 00:27:59,960 Speaker 6: have to check that again to make sure that that's 426 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:01,520 Speaker 6: closing it right. 427 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:04,199 Speaker 1: So maybe you can go all the way up and 428 00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:06,879 Speaker 1: then close it all the way down and then do 429 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:09,800 Speaker 1: a quick test to see if it opens and closes itself. 430 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:11,560 Speaker 1: If it's not that valve. 431 00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:16,600 Speaker 6: Yeah, what had me scared more than any was the explosion. 432 00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:18,879 Speaker 6: I just I was kind of visualizing the bomb. 433 00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:21,359 Speaker 1: Going off the bank. Well, you know what, better better 434 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:25,280 Speaker 1: safe than sorry, And that's really what that you know, 435 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:28,240 Speaker 1: what that valve is for. So we definitely want to 436 00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:30,359 Speaker 1: make sure that is functioning for sure. 437 00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:33,000 Speaker 6: Right, Okay, thank you, all right. 438 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:36,280 Speaker 1: Good luck, Thank you much appreciate it. Take care all right. 439 00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:38,680 Speaker 1: Uh our phone number if you'd like to join us, 440 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:41,959 Speaker 1: We've got spot for you. Boy, yesterday was busy and 441 00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:45,040 Speaker 1: by the way, yesterday show, if I must say so myself, 442 00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:48,720 Speaker 1: was pretty good and that is available by the hour 443 00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:53,320 Speaker 1: via podcast on the iHeart Apple wherever you get your podcast. 444 00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:56,480 Speaker 1: If you missed it, maybe you don't get the Saturday Show. 445 00:28:56,520 --> 00:28:59,360 Speaker 1: Take a listen. A lot of good winter information there 446 00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:02,800 Speaker 1: about your eye and a lot of good discussions. People 447 00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:09,240 Speaker 1: certainly have some issues, and I guess to sum up, 448 00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:12,680 Speaker 1: probably one of the biggest issues most people are having 449 00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:16,720 Speaker 1: right now. Doesn't mean you're having it, but the calls 450 00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:24,680 Speaker 1: the number one problem ice stams, ice dams, And there's 451 00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:29,200 Speaker 1: a little there's reasons for ice dams forming, but the 452 00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:39,120 Speaker 1: number one reason is inadequate insulation and inadequate ventilation. As 453 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:44,400 Speaker 1: a stated yesterday and even last week. If your neighborhood 454 00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:47,880 Speaker 1: and you look at all the houses and you've had snow, 455 00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:50,240 Speaker 1: I'm assuming you had snow. I know good parts of 456 00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:53,160 Speaker 1: the country have a lot of snow cover this year especially, 457 00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:59,920 Speaker 1: And if your roof is let's say half snow cover, 458 00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:05,040 Speaker 1: and everybody else's is snow covered, that and you've got 459 00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:08,680 Speaker 1: ice dams, or even if you don't have ice dams, 460 00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:16,080 Speaker 1: what that's telling you is you're inadequately insulated and probably 461 00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:24,360 Speaker 1: inadequately ventilated. And I'm talking about your attic, and that 462 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:29,600 Speaker 1: creates snow melt, which gets down over the past by 463 00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:32,719 Speaker 1: the gutters and the overhang of the house where there 464 00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:37,280 Speaker 1: is no heat underneath that, and it freezes and it 465 00:30:37,360 --> 00:30:39,920 Speaker 1: creates a dam. And then when that snow begins to melt, 466 00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:42,480 Speaker 1: it to the top of the roof because the attic's 467 00:30:42,520 --> 00:30:45,400 Speaker 1: too warm because the house heat has gotten in and 468 00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:49,520 Speaker 1: warmed the underbelly of that roof. That's what's causing your problem. 469 00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:52,880 Speaker 1: And depending on where you are, I mean, the Department 470 00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:56,480 Speaker 1: of Energy tells you pretty much how much insulation you 471 00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:58,640 Speaker 1: should have on the attic floor and how much you 472 00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:01,040 Speaker 1: should have inside the walls. And I'm mainly right now 473 00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:05,040 Speaker 1: concerned about the attic floor. And you can go to 474 00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:06,960 Speaker 1: the Department of Energy, or you can just go to 475 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:09,280 Speaker 1: the big box store and look at some rolls of insulation. 476 00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:11,240 Speaker 1: There's a map right there and it'll tell you what 477 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:13,640 Speaker 1: zone in the zone will tell you what the R 478 00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:19,880 Speaker 1: value should be. In ours. It's R forty two and 479 00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:23,720 Speaker 1: figure an R two and a half per inch of cellulos. 480 00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:26,680 Speaker 1: It's gonna get you. You know, you're gonna need somewhere 481 00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:28,760 Speaker 1: between fifteen and eighteen inches. You get up in your 482 00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:33,160 Speaker 1: attic and it's got nine inches and it's settled or 483 00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:38,840 Speaker 1: it was never updated the thickness. You need some insulation, 484 00:31:40,240 --> 00:31:42,840 Speaker 1: and you don't have to do it today, but put 485 00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:44,280 Speaker 1: it on your list to make sure you get it 486 00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:46,560 Speaker 1: done this spring, summer, or fall. We don't want to 487 00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:48,960 Speaker 1: go through another year like that, all right. Our phone 488 00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:52,400 Speaker 1: numbers eight hundred at eight two three, eight two five five. 489 00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:55,080 Speaker 1: Grab a line. You're at home with Gary Sullivan. 490 00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:58,240 Speaker 2: Help for your home is just a click away at 491 00:31:58,240 --> 00:32:03,000 Speaker 2: Garysullivan online dot com. 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You're at home with Gary Salvan 528 00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:39,759 Speaker 1: thirteen minutes before the top of the hour, and well, 529 00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:42,759 Speaker 1: we're working on our way through another weekend. Let's go 530 00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:45,879 Speaker 1: to Shelley. Shelley, welcome, Thank you. 531 00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:49,360 Speaker 7: I was listening to the segment where you had a 532 00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:51,360 Speaker 7: lot of calls about toilets. I can't remember if that 533 00:34:51,400 --> 00:34:54,680 Speaker 7: was last weekend or the one before, but I'm still 534 00:34:54,719 --> 00:34:57,800 Speaker 7: not sure that I have an answer for my problem. Okay, 535 00:34:59,239 --> 00:35:02,960 Speaker 7: the house was built in nineteen fifty five. It had 536 00:35:04,080 --> 00:35:07,759 Speaker 7: a strange, kind of odd shaped toilet, and it wasn't 537 00:35:07,840 --> 00:35:11,520 Speaker 7: very efficient, so about there was no real problem with it, 538 00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:15,560 Speaker 7: but I just decided want something more efficient and aesthetically appealing. 539 00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:18,200 Speaker 7: So I had a new toilet put in about three 540 00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:22,040 Speaker 7: years ago, American standard. And when I first had that 541 00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:28,200 Speaker 7: put in, it flushed with great power and it was quick, 542 00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:33,960 Speaker 7: and over time it's gotten slower and slower, and now 543 00:35:34,040 --> 00:35:38,359 Speaker 7: it's gone to the point of clogging. Even when there's 544 00:35:38,360 --> 00:35:41,920 Speaker 7: nothing in the toilet, it will clog, or like when 545 00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:44,400 Speaker 7: I just have washed the bowl and there's just cleanser 546 00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:48,560 Speaker 7: in there, it will it will not go down. Sometimes 547 00:35:48,600 --> 00:35:51,920 Speaker 7: I just just begin to touch the handle and it's like, oh, 548 00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:57,240 Speaker 7: it's right. The water's rising up. It's clogging and pretty instantly. 549 00:35:57,320 --> 00:36:01,000 Speaker 7: So I had a palmber come out and he said 550 00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:04,680 Speaker 7: that he would have he Well, first of all, he 551 00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:07,200 Speaker 7: called he told me to call the manufacturer se if 552 00:36:07,239 --> 00:36:15,600 Speaker 7: there's a recall. Yeah, there was not, they said. And 553 00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:18,880 Speaker 7: the lady that I talked to at America Standard said 554 00:36:19,120 --> 00:36:22,040 Speaker 7: she felt really sure it was the stack and not 555 00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:25,360 Speaker 7: at all anything to do with a toilet. Well, the 556 00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:30,160 Speaker 7: plumber told me he could take the bowl off, but 557 00:36:30,239 --> 00:36:33,120 Speaker 7: that would be four hundred dollars just to take it off. 558 00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:36,480 Speaker 7: He did eliminate the flopper, he said, No, your floppers 559 00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:39,319 Speaker 7: in great shape. But there are two other things, each 560 00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:42,800 Speaker 7: about four hundred dollars, and he wouldn't know until after 561 00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:45,040 Speaker 7: he had, you know, taken the toilet off, which is 562 00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:47,840 Speaker 7: four hundred. Then the next one, the next step he 563 00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:51,560 Speaker 7: could try to replace that piece. That'd be another four hundred, 564 00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:53,560 Speaker 7: and then if it wasn't that, he'd have to replace 565 00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:55,879 Speaker 7: the next one, which is like another four hundred. And 566 00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:58,040 Speaker 7: so by that point I'm thinking I should just bought 567 00:36:58,040 --> 00:37:00,520 Speaker 7: a new toilet. The only one of the thing he 568 00:37:00,560 --> 00:37:03,000 Speaker 7: did say is a lot of times with this hard water, 569 00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:06,080 Speaker 7: there could be a lot of you know, rust and 570 00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:09,520 Speaker 7: things building up. But to my mind, that doesn't make 571 00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:13,400 Speaker 7: sense because it's this house had the original toilet from 572 00:37:13,480 --> 00:37:16,879 Speaker 7: nineteen fifty five. They've always had rusty water. You know, 573 00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:20,960 Speaker 7: why would this happen in just three years when the 574 00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:22,000 Speaker 7: old toilet goes well? 575 00:37:22,080 --> 00:37:25,799 Speaker 1: Though the newer toilets are a little bit different than 576 00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:29,239 Speaker 1: the old toilets. I mean it's possible. I mean I'm 577 00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:31,200 Speaker 1: not there, I can't see it and all that, but 578 00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:35,799 Speaker 1: it is possible. I think it's really a process of elimination. 579 00:37:36,080 --> 00:37:39,359 Speaker 1: I don't like the whole idea of well, I can 580 00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:41,640 Speaker 1: replace this and it's four hundred, and then if it's 581 00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:43,880 Speaker 1: not that, I can replace this and it's four hundred, 582 00:37:43,880 --> 00:37:45,960 Speaker 1: and then if it's not that I can replace this, 583 00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:50,680 Speaker 1: it's four hundred. I don't know. I just I'd probably 584 00:37:50,680 --> 00:37:52,759 Speaker 1: call a plumber and tell them what you're dealing with 585 00:37:52,880 --> 00:37:56,560 Speaker 1: and see how they would resolve it. Because there's a 586 00:37:56,680 --> 00:37:59,319 Speaker 1: number of things. There's some diagnostics that's going to have 587 00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:03,319 Speaker 1: to go into that, quite honestly, Shelley, I mean, it 588 00:38:03,360 --> 00:38:12,000 Speaker 1: could be something as complicated as some debris or if 589 00:38:12,040 --> 00:38:16,640 Speaker 1: it's winter cause ice that's covering the stack on the 590 00:38:16,719 --> 00:38:20,600 Speaker 1: roof of the house. I mean that could come into play. 591 00:38:22,239 --> 00:38:24,359 Speaker 1: I you know, if it started in the fault. It's 592 00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:28,920 Speaker 1: not probably ice, but it could be leaves and twigs 593 00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:32,839 Speaker 1: that have diminished the amount of air that's going down. 594 00:38:32,920 --> 00:38:36,360 Speaker 1: It takes air and water pressure to flush a toilet, 595 00:38:36,960 --> 00:38:38,959 Speaker 1: and a lot of people always kind of forget about 596 00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:41,319 Speaker 1: the stack up on the roof. And I'm not saying 597 00:38:41,360 --> 00:38:47,200 Speaker 1: that's it. It could be. It could also be probably 598 00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:52,120 Speaker 1: not again, but they're all small possibilities as something's clogging 599 00:38:54,160 --> 00:38:57,480 Speaker 1: the toilet itself. In other words, in the line. When 600 00:38:57,520 --> 00:39:01,280 Speaker 1: you flush a toilet, it's really weird. It goes down 601 00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:04,600 Speaker 1: and then it goes straight up, and then it goes down. 602 00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:07,279 Speaker 1: It's like one hundred and eighty degree turned and then 603 00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:09,120 Speaker 1: it goes at the bottom of the toilet and goes 604 00:39:09,160 --> 00:39:13,560 Speaker 1: in the waistline that's in the floor. Okay, so crazy 605 00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:17,160 Speaker 1: things get, you know. I remember kids at home they'd 606 00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:19,200 Speaker 1: throw a little car down there or something and they 607 00:39:19,239 --> 00:39:21,920 Speaker 1: get wedged and it would flush, but it wasn't flush 608 00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:24,880 Speaker 1: like it used to. There was an you know, it 609 00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:28,080 Speaker 1: impeded that flush. It could be that when he goes 610 00:39:28,080 --> 00:39:30,960 Speaker 1: into the rust and the debris. Yes, it could be 611 00:39:31,040 --> 00:39:34,040 Speaker 1: that because that's kind of all connected to the water. 612 00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:36,359 Speaker 1: You know, Again, the water comes from the tank into 613 00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:40,919 Speaker 1: the bowl, creates velocity, causes a flush, but there's also air. 614 00:39:40,960 --> 00:39:44,279 Speaker 1: And if you look down in the toilet towards the 615 00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:47,799 Speaker 1: front where you're looking down, there's a little gap and 616 00:39:47,840 --> 00:39:51,960 Speaker 1: that's not the that's not necessarily quote the drain. That's 617 00:39:51,960 --> 00:39:54,600 Speaker 1: what they call the jet flush. And a lot of 618 00:39:54,640 --> 00:39:57,040 Speaker 1: times there's a lot of calcium that builds up there 619 00:39:57,080 --> 00:40:00,839 Speaker 1: and rust that builds up there. And quite honestly, once 620 00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:07,480 Speaker 1: you get you know, the bowl, clear clear water in there, 621 00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:09,440 Speaker 1: you can take an old toothbrush and just get in 622 00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:13,520 Speaker 1: there and just try to clean that little port out 623 00:40:13,880 --> 00:40:17,200 Speaker 1: and you might be amazed at what you are going 624 00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:19,600 Speaker 1: to clean out. I mean it'll look like sand and 625 00:40:19,640 --> 00:40:24,279 Speaker 1: calcium and rust and and that could be impeding the flush. 626 00:40:24,320 --> 00:40:28,400 Speaker 1: So you know, there's could there be other things that 627 00:40:28,440 --> 00:40:31,480 Speaker 1: are going to cost four hundred bucks? Yeah? Probably. I'm 628 00:40:31,560 --> 00:40:34,640 Speaker 1: just giving you some just common things. And I'm kind 629 00:40:34,640 --> 00:40:40,040 Speaker 1: of surprised that I just again, I wasn't there, and 630 00:40:40,080 --> 00:40:42,640 Speaker 1: I hate to knock the plumber, but you know, I'm 631 00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:46,080 Speaker 1: sure there's things that needed that might need to be replaced. 632 00:40:46,120 --> 00:40:48,400 Speaker 1: But you know, if those things weren't addressed and you 633 00:40:48,440 --> 00:40:52,640 Speaker 1: weren't talked to about that, I'd be you know, a 634 00:40:52,680 --> 00:40:53,719 Speaker 1: little apprehensive. 635 00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:58,200 Speaker 7: Mm hmm, okay, yeah, And I thought, gosh, if they're 636 00:40:58,200 --> 00:41:01,879 Speaker 7: saying that, you know it's thrust building up in three years, 637 00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:04,120 Speaker 7: does that mean I'm gonna have to replace my toilet 638 00:41:04,239 --> 00:41:05,760 Speaker 7: or you know, every three years. 639 00:41:06,320 --> 00:41:09,200 Speaker 1: No, you can be able to clean it out. But 640 00:41:09,200 --> 00:41:12,439 Speaker 1: but then again, you know, again, we don't really know 641 00:41:12,520 --> 00:41:16,080 Speaker 1: what we need to fix. And I totally agree with you. 642 00:41:16,160 --> 00:41:18,279 Speaker 1: If you're gonna go, if you're gonna get in there 643 00:41:18,320 --> 00:41:21,960 Speaker 1: and replace for four hundred dollars, replaces for four hundred dollars, 644 00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:25,439 Speaker 1: well just buy a new toilet. But then my next 645 00:41:25,520 --> 00:41:28,439 Speaker 1: question is why in the world did this happen. I mean, 646 00:41:28,920 --> 00:41:31,040 Speaker 1: I have not had this problem before. A good plumber 647 00:41:31,120 --> 00:41:33,359 Speaker 1: is going to tell you that stuff, and I just 648 00:41:34,640 --> 00:41:36,759 Speaker 1: I don't like what you're telling me about that. 649 00:41:37,800 --> 00:41:38,200 Speaker 6: Yeah. 650 00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:41,040 Speaker 7: I didn't either. Luckily it was a free estimate, so 651 00:41:41,120 --> 00:41:44,040 Speaker 7: I didn't pay anything on that day. Good, But I 652 00:41:44,080 --> 00:41:45,560 Speaker 7: do need to get it a dress. 653 00:41:45,719 --> 00:41:47,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, you're gonna have to get somebody in there that's 654 00:41:48,080 --> 00:41:51,520 Speaker 1: gonna want to fix it. And I think I would 655 00:41:51,560 --> 00:41:55,879 Speaker 1: when I call a plumber, I would tell them what 656 00:41:55,920 --> 00:41:59,680 Speaker 1: you experienced, kind of tell them what you just told me. 657 00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:03,399 Speaker 1: And I had somebody out there. I don't really want 658 00:42:03,440 --> 00:42:06,920 Speaker 1: to call another plumber, but I'm calling you because I 659 00:42:07,080 --> 00:42:11,640 Speaker 1: didn't feel good about it. Was never really diagnosed to me. 660 00:42:11,680 --> 00:42:14,359 Speaker 1: It was just like we can replace this part, this part, 661 00:42:14,400 --> 00:42:16,759 Speaker 1: this part, this part, and the bill keeps going up. 662 00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:20,080 Speaker 1: You know, can you help me? Can you help me 663 00:42:20,200 --> 00:42:23,240 Speaker 1: diagnosis and get this resolved, or I'll buy a new toilet. 664 00:42:23,360 --> 00:42:26,000 Speaker 1: I mean that's you know, I know you don't want 665 00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:28,600 Speaker 1: to do that, but you know that's the easy way out. 666 00:42:28,680 --> 00:42:32,520 Speaker 1: There's a reason this is happening, right and we just 667 00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:36,080 Speaker 1: and I'm not going to say it's not complicated, but 668 00:42:36,160 --> 00:42:38,440 Speaker 1: a trained professional should be able to diagnose it. 669 00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:41,520 Speaker 7: Okay, mat do you have time for one more quick 670 00:42:41,600 --> 00:42:42,520 Speaker 7: question about insulation? 671 00:42:43,040 --> 00:42:44,120 Speaker 1: Got about a minute and a half. 672 00:42:44,200 --> 00:42:46,520 Speaker 7: Go ahead, Okay, Okay, I think I can do it. 673 00:42:46,840 --> 00:42:49,680 Speaker 7: So there was an addition put on this home. There's 674 00:42:49,719 --> 00:42:53,799 Speaker 7: a crawl space underneath and there is no insulation. If 675 00:42:53,840 --> 00:42:56,160 Speaker 7: I didn't want to go with foam, would it be 676 00:42:56,200 --> 00:42:59,200 Speaker 7: okay just to put the pink stuff up? 677 00:42:59,239 --> 00:43:02,000 Speaker 1: You can? And where do you want to put it. 678 00:43:02,040 --> 00:43:05,399 Speaker 1: Do you want to keep the floor above warm? 679 00:43:06,040 --> 00:43:08,839 Speaker 7: Yes, this part of the house is very cold. 680 00:43:08,800 --> 00:43:10,759 Speaker 1: Okay, So what you want to do you can use 681 00:43:10,800 --> 00:43:13,840 Speaker 1: the pink stuff and get the faced pink stuff, the 682 00:43:13,880 --> 00:43:17,560 Speaker 1: one with the paper on it, and the paper goes 683 00:43:17,760 --> 00:43:20,839 Speaker 1: up towards the floor, So the paper goes against the 684 00:43:20,880 --> 00:43:24,360 Speaker 1: warmest area, which would be if it's the kitchen above. 685 00:43:24,440 --> 00:43:27,680 Speaker 1: It goes up in between the joys, paper facing up, 686 00:43:27,719 --> 00:43:32,719 Speaker 1: and there's these little spring steel wires that go in 687 00:43:32,840 --> 00:43:37,560 Speaker 1: between the joys that hold that pink insulation in place. 688 00:43:37,600 --> 00:43:41,800 Speaker 1: And that's what I would use. Okay, thank you all right, Charlie, 689 00:43:41,880 --> 00:43:45,040 Speaker 1: take care, Thank you very much, good luck. All right, 690 00:43:45,080 --> 00:43:47,120 Speaker 1: well we'll take a little break. Don I promise you'll 691 00:43:47,160 --> 00:43:49,520 Speaker 1: be up first and then Jerry. Our phone number is 692 00:43:49,560 --> 00:43:53,520 Speaker 1: eight hundred eight two three eight two five five, And 693 00:43:53,560 --> 00:43:57,120 Speaker 1: of course we're talking about your home and you're at home, Garry. 694 00:43:56,960 --> 00:44:40,440 Speaker 8: Sell them take said right with a call to Gary 695 00:44:40,520 --> 00:44:43,399 Speaker 8: Sullivan at one eight hundred eighty two three talk. 696 00:44:43,760 --> 00:44:46,320 Speaker 2: This is at home with Gary Sullivan. 697 00:45:01,040 --> 00:45:01,080 Speaker 1: No