1 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 1: All right, another weekend getting a few things done around 2 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 1: at home. Thanks for joining me. You're at home with 3 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:41,240 Speaker 1: Gary Sullivan and this hour is sponsored by easy Breathe. 4 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 1: Right now you can get twenty percent off your own 5 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:49,480 Speaker 1: Easy Breathe ventilationship system is the word for the entire 6 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:54,280 Speaker 1: month of January. We had Andre Lacroix on last weekend 7 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:58,640 Speaker 1: talking about indoor polluted air. If you miss that, you 8 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 1: can pick up that podcast. It's on the iHeart app 9 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:06,080 Speaker 1: and right now it's twenty percent off. 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When I've got 19 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 1: this earlier this week, he wasn't scheduled to be on. 20 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:52,400 Speaker 1: It was earlier this week I got this article on 21 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 1: falls and my wife's sister had fallen about a week ago, 22 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:04,560 Speaker 1: so this was very, very timely for us. And because 23 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 1: falling is if you fallen and hurt yourself, it's traumatic 24 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 1: and you can get hurt and in some cases it 25 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:19,680 Speaker 1: can be the beginning of your demise. So protecting ourselves 26 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 1: from falling and this thing is such a versatile product. 27 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 1: There was one that was similar to this, not by Dish, 28 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 1: but by a company out of the Northeast, and it 29 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 1: started as a commercial product and it was used on stages. 30 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:41,400 Speaker 1: That's why I asked that question, performance stages and big 31 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:46,520 Speaker 1: colisseums and things like that, and they were trying to 32 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 1: get into the do it yourself market and it vanished 33 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:54,359 Speaker 1: from that, and strictly a commercial product was the direction 34 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:57,919 Speaker 1: they stayed at. And when Peter came up with that product, 35 00:02:58,040 --> 00:02:59,640 Speaker 1: kind of thought about, kind of knew a little bit 36 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:00,359 Speaker 1: about it. 37 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 2: But. 38 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 1: It is very inviting if you have concerns, and I 39 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:11,760 Speaker 1: think we all have a little bit of concern of 40 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 1: falling and making our homes more safe certainly should be 41 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:20,360 Speaker 1: always on the top of our mind. All right, again, 42 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 1: we're nine minutes after the top of the air. Again, 43 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:24,519 Speaker 1: if you'd like to join US ATS eight hundred and 44 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:28,360 Speaker 1: eight two three eight two five five And let's go 45 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:31,799 Speaker 1: to Gary in Saint Louis, Gary, welcome O. 46 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 3: Yes, question on a toilet, the lower part, you know, 47 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 3: the visits China, can. 48 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:43,920 Speaker 1: That wear out? Well? The finish can become compromised. What 49 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 1: do you mean by what now? 50 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:49,320 Speaker 3: Can it like slowly clog up or something like that? 51 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 3: Or good calcium? 52 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:57,240 Speaker 1: Sure? Sure depends on how har I'm sorry. 53 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 3: Our toiler is not fully flushing. 54 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:03,839 Speaker 1: Okay, So there's a couple of things. Usually when a 55 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:07,920 Speaker 1: toilet doesn't remove the waste or flush properly, it's a 56 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 1: volume of water issue. It can also be an air 57 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 1: issue from the stackpipe, but it's usually a volume of water. 58 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:18,920 Speaker 1: So depending on how old the toilet, there's two areas 59 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:23,680 Speaker 1: of concern, Gary. Uh. The first area is underneath the 60 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:28,359 Speaker 1: rim of the toilet. On older toilets, especially, there's a 61 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:34,839 Speaker 1: series of holes and when you flush, it releases the flapper. 62 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:37,680 Speaker 1: The water goes from the tank, it goes to the bowl, 63 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:39,919 Speaker 1: and the volume of water and the speed of the 64 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:44,640 Speaker 1: water creates the flush. And if those holes, you know, 65 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:47,719 Speaker 1: get lined up, twenty percent of those holes, thirty percent 66 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:50,280 Speaker 1: of those holes fifty percent of those holes. It's going 67 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:52,680 Speaker 1: to minimize the force and the volume of water to 68 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:57,839 Speaker 1: create a good flush. So taking a compact mirror and 69 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:01,839 Speaker 1: running it underneath the you know, of that toilet, you'll 70 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 1: be able to see what's clogged up and you can 71 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 1: you know, free that up with I use a little 72 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:14,479 Speaker 1: tiny twist drill bit with my forefinger and thumb and 73 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 1: just clean those ports out. 74 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 3: Question, I'm not sure where you're talking about ports? Are 75 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:25,800 Speaker 3: you talking about down round the legs ring? 76 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 1: No, talking about the rim right that the toilet seat 77 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:30,520 Speaker 1: sits on. 78 00:05:33,839 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 3: We're not talking about the tank to the lower part right, 79 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:38,600 Speaker 3: We're not talking about the upper I think it was 80 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:42,720 Speaker 3: being the upper tank and the lower toilet, So so 81 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:43,840 Speaker 3: what are you talking about? 82 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 1: So what I'm talking about is the water that's going 83 00:05:47,279 --> 00:05:51,360 Speaker 1: from that tank to the bowl. The way it gets 84 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:56,320 Speaker 1: there is underneath the rim of the toilet where the 85 00:05:56,400 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 1: toilet lid sits on. Underneath that rim are the ports 86 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:06,039 Speaker 1: that that water comes out of. Those get clogged, So 87 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:09,839 Speaker 1: just double check them and make sure you know that 88 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:13,360 Speaker 1: they're not clogged. Another little experiment just to make sure 89 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:16,159 Speaker 1: next time you flush. And it's a real lazy flush. 90 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 1: Have a bucket of water there and just pour that 91 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 1: in and see if that doesn't rectify it. 92 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, I see what you mean. And I always by 93 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:29,240 Speaker 3: pass the little ports right now, And can I clean 94 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:29,960 Speaker 3: out the sports? 95 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:33,600 Speaker 1: You say, yes, a little twist, drill bit. It's probably 96 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:36,600 Speaker 1: less than a sixteenth of an inch to see if 97 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:38,920 Speaker 1: they're clogged. If you have a compact mirror or a 98 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 1: little small mirror just running underneath the rim of that, 99 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:43,680 Speaker 1: and you'll be able to look right into that mirror, 100 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:45,720 Speaker 1: you'll be able to see if they're clogged or not. 101 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:48,520 Speaker 3: Well, it seems like I good plenty of water, but 102 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:49,479 Speaker 3: it just doesn't. 103 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:52,240 Speaker 1: All go down. Okay. So then the next part to 104 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:55,440 Speaker 1: look at is down at the bottom at the flush jet. 105 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:58,919 Speaker 1: The flush jet is and we're down now on the 106 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:03,640 Speaker 1: base of the toylet. We're looking into the toilet. We 107 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 1: see the water, and then the toilet that's closest to you. 108 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:12,600 Speaker 1: Underneath there there's usually a port about the size of 109 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 1: I don't know, quarter half dollar, and that creates the air. 110 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 1: You know. It's like thinking of a gas can when 111 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:25,440 Speaker 1: you're pouring a gas out of gas can. If you 112 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:29,160 Speaker 1: don't open up the vent, it doesn't come out very 113 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:33,760 Speaker 1: smoothly and at that Yeah, so down at the base 114 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 1: of the toilet, it could be I mean they're in 115 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:39,880 Speaker 1: different places. It could be the one closest to you, 116 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:43,720 Speaker 1: and it's down at the bottom of the toilet. There's 117 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:47,480 Speaker 1: a little opening and about the size again of a quarter. 118 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 1: You can just get like an old toothbrush or something 119 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 1: like that and just you know, shut off the water 120 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 1: and get that toothbrush and just keep ramming it back 121 00:07:56,640 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 1: into that opening. And you're probably gonna take out all 122 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:04,880 Speaker 1: kinds of mineral deposits and things like that which could 123 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:09,400 Speaker 1: be impeding the force. In other words, you get in 124 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:11,400 Speaker 1: the water, but you don't have the force, and that 125 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:16,680 Speaker 1: jet flush, you know, probably needs to be cleaned out. 126 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 1: Back in the days, a lot of plumbers are using 127 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:22,880 Speaker 1: erratic acid and put it in overnight. Let's sit. I 128 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:26,640 Speaker 1: don't recommend homeowners doing that. I would rather see you 129 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:30,240 Speaker 1: take it out manually with an old, old toothbrush or something. 130 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 4: Sure, right, we. 131 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:36,360 Speaker 3: Are talking about below the seat and the room on 132 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:39,319 Speaker 3: the top edge of the bottom. 133 00:08:38,920 --> 00:08:41,640 Speaker 1: Part of the toilet, right right right right, all the 134 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:43,199 Speaker 1: way down at the bottom of the water. 135 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:46,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, all the way at the bottom of the water. 136 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:51,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, and when you get down at the very bottom 137 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:54,480 Speaker 1: you'll see again that opening and that's where you're going 138 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:59,719 Speaker 1: to put that toothbrush and you know, really clean that out. 139 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:02,280 Speaker 1: It might be that the toilet is just really old. 140 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:06,080 Speaker 1: It could be that there's a some debris in the 141 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:08,520 Speaker 1: vent that's actually on the roof of the house. I mean, 142 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 1: there's multiple things it can be, but the two I 143 00:09:12,559 --> 00:09:17,880 Speaker 1: gave you are usually if it's a hard water issue, 144 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:20,800 Speaker 1: that's probably it. Now. One other thing before I let 145 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:24,520 Speaker 1: you go, Gary, is it could be but rarely is 146 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:30,240 Speaker 1: a blockage in the in the line itself. So when 147 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:34,800 Speaker 1: you flush a toilet to get to the main waistline, 148 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:40,120 Speaker 1: that water goes. It's molded right into the porcelain toilet 149 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:44,520 Speaker 1: itself is the trap, and it goes straight up and 150 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:48,920 Speaker 1: goes straight down, goes down where the toilet's mounted in 151 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:53,560 Speaker 1: the floor to the waistline. And if that trap that's 152 00:09:53,679 --> 00:09:58,080 Speaker 1: in the toilet, molded into the toilet is clogged with 153 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:00,679 Speaker 1: any number of things. I've had it where kids threw 154 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 1: a dixie cup down there and it worked as a 155 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:07,280 Speaker 1: diaphragm and it wouldn't toil, it wouldn't flush properly or 156 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:10,960 Speaker 1: a little you know, toy car and anything that could 157 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:15,000 Speaker 1: get lodged in there that could certainly be an impingement 158 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:18,000 Speaker 1: to getting it flushed also. So I hope those tips 159 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:20,200 Speaker 1: help you, Gary, and thank you very much for calling. 160 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:22,840 Speaker 1: We'll take a break. Joe In you'll be first, and 161 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:26,679 Speaker 1: then Ron we'll continue. 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Well, I do smelt in the car 207 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:29,280 Speaker 6: and it smells like it's horrible. So what is this 208 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:30,079 Speaker 6: packet about? 209 00:13:31,640 --> 00:13:35,800 Speaker 1: So there's there's two different products I want you to 210 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:38,280 Speaker 1: look at. I have used the AQM. So there's a 211 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:44,840 Speaker 1: QM and one called Mom's m o MS. The AQM 212 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:48,720 Speaker 1: it is a little packet. It's probably about half the 213 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:52,800 Speaker 1: size of a pack of cigarettes, and it's in a 214 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:55,600 Speaker 1: little foil container. You take it out and you wet 215 00:13:55,600 --> 00:13:59,760 Speaker 1: the packet, okay, and then you clip it on to 216 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:02,640 Speaker 1: a little fan. It could be a little tiny three 217 00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:05,200 Speaker 1: inch fan or whatever that you could put in your car. 218 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:10,280 Speaker 1: Then do it at night and the AQM it'll have 219 00:14:10,360 --> 00:14:16,360 Speaker 1: a little bit of chlorine dioxide which will oxidize the smell. 220 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:21,000 Speaker 1: It works, Joanne, because a lot of people have told 221 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:24,000 Speaker 1: me you can't get smoke smell out of a car, 222 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:27,400 Speaker 1: and you can. It might and you could put that 223 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:31,160 Speaker 1: in that car, turn off the fan pulled out, put 224 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:35,080 Speaker 1: it in there every night for a week and you'll 225 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:36,200 Speaker 1: eliminate that smell. 226 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:39,400 Speaker 2: And you just with the packet. 227 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:40,760 Speaker 1: What kind of fan do you? 228 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:44,400 Speaker 4: I mean you can't plug your fan in on that line? 229 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:47,200 Speaker 1: Well, you don't plug it into the you know, if 230 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:49,600 Speaker 1: you're if you've got a garage, you could plug it 231 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:51,560 Speaker 1: into an outlet and put a little fan in there. 232 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:56,160 Speaker 4: Okay, and he has to have a fan. 233 00:14:56,000 --> 00:15:00,480 Speaker 1: Though, huh yes with that with the moms, you don't. 234 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:04,920 Speaker 1: They also make one eliminator odor eliminator which does a 235 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:08,880 Speaker 1: really good job also on tobacco smells. The King b 236 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:11,680 Speaker 1: On that is the a q M. But go to 237 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:14,640 Speaker 1: their website and just read about those three products. Joanne 238 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:18,600 Speaker 1: or call them. Uh. It's a family owned business, so 239 00:15:18,640 --> 00:15:22,280 Speaker 1: they're very receptive to phone calls. Give them a call 240 00:15:22,400 --> 00:15:26,480 Speaker 1: Monday or Tuesday. The website, maybe you've been there. It's 241 00:15:26,560 --> 00:15:31,080 Speaker 1: O d O r xit dot com. If you call them, 242 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:36,000 Speaker 1: it's eight seven seven O d O r x T. 243 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:40,600 Speaker 2: Unfortunately, Gary, I am driving right now as I know 244 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:43,440 Speaker 2: whether they I could give my email address and give 245 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:46,760 Speaker 2: me this information. Is that possible or test me or something? 246 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:50,120 Speaker 1: It would be just easy. Just remember odor and then 247 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:54,480 Speaker 1: X IT letter x IT oder exit. 248 00:15:56,200 --> 00:16:01,520 Speaker 2: Okay, Well, thank you, all right, have a nice dating love, thank. 249 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:04,640 Speaker 1: You, bye bye. Yeah, we don't need you to pull 250 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:08,520 Speaker 1: over and right down the odor exit. He's easy to remember, so, 251 00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:12,640 Speaker 1: but getting red smoke oders is hard. I've hit you 252 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:16,000 Speaker 1: in the car industry. Tell me they can't get odors 253 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:17,960 Speaker 1: out of a car, and I had them try this 254 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 1: in it It works, It works, It does the job. 255 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:23,400 Speaker 1: If you'd like to join us, it's eight hundred eight 256 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:27,200 Speaker 1: two three eight two five five and Ron welcome. 257 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:34,320 Speaker 6: Good morning morning. I have a crawl space question. It 258 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:41,600 Speaker 6: is an encapsulated crawl space. The UH a light coating 259 00:16:41,720 --> 00:16:47,320 Speaker 6: of snow melt from the foundation out say twelve to 260 00:16:47,320 --> 00:16:55,400 Speaker 6: eighteen inches. I've had three insulation contractors out for another 261 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:59,280 Speaker 6: project and they've all looked at it and say it 262 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:02,680 Speaker 6: appear to be fine, and the phones there in place. 263 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:09,160 Speaker 6: They can find no reason for heat escaping and melting 264 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:12,720 Speaker 6: that snow. Do you have any ideas. 265 00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:14,919 Speaker 1: Is the snow on the outside of the foundation or 266 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:16,959 Speaker 1: is the snow blown into the cross space? 267 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:21,040 Speaker 6: The snow is on the outside. 268 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:24,200 Speaker 1: Okay, and it's just around the foundation. Is the only 269 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:29,120 Speaker 1: place that snow's melted, right, I would think it has 270 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:34,440 Speaker 1: nothing to do with your cross space. Really, Yeah, I 271 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:38,560 Speaker 1: don't know how the house is positioned, you know, like 272 00:17:38,720 --> 00:17:42,159 Speaker 1: my backyard, it doesn't you know, it's always it's sunny 273 00:17:42,160 --> 00:17:45,280 Speaker 1: back there, but the snow always melts much much slower 274 00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:48,119 Speaker 1: than the front yard because the facing in the front 275 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:52,439 Speaker 1: yard is southwest. The facing in the back has got 276 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:55,760 Speaker 1: a bigger tree than we do in the front yard. 277 00:17:55,840 --> 00:18:00,159 Speaker 1: It also faces the northeast. And the last part that 278 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:04,280 Speaker 1: snow ever melts is right up against the house in 279 00:18:04,359 --> 00:18:08,359 Speaker 1: the backyard. And so I would think it had something 280 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:10,200 Speaker 1: to do with the placing. You know, cross space is 281 00:18:10,240 --> 00:18:14,200 Speaker 1: pretty much underground, so it's not like it's warming all 282 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:17,760 Speaker 1: the ground up to you know, melt the snow, unless 283 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:20,919 Speaker 1: there's some vent like a dryer vent or something along 284 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:24,280 Speaker 1: those lines where it's throwing out some heat. I just 285 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:26,320 Speaker 1: think it's the positioning of the house. 286 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:32,480 Speaker 6: That this is all the way around the house, that 287 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:38,280 Speaker 6: there are no trees, no shade well in the winter 288 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:38,800 Speaker 6: at all. 289 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:41,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, you know another thing it could be. We're gonna 290 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:43,520 Speaker 1: run out of times, so I'm rushing you a little bit. 291 00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:46,840 Speaker 1: What it could be is if the sun is out 292 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:51,280 Speaker 1: in that concrete foundation, you know, it's extends up a 293 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:55,720 Speaker 1: little bit, it's going to absorb heat more so than 294 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:59,680 Speaker 1: the ground. So it could be just the radiation of 295 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:04,199 Speaker 1: the you know, of the sun off the concrete just 296 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:08,359 Speaker 1: causing that melt right around the foundation, especially, says since 297 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:11,479 Speaker 1: she says all the way around where the foundation is, 298 00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:13,800 Speaker 1: it might just be holding the heat and it's a 299 00:19:13,880 --> 00:19:17,679 Speaker 1: little bit warmer than the ground temperature just outside. 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All right, Mary, welcome. 371 00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:03,040 Speaker 2: Good after I have two questions on behalf of my daughter. 372 00:24:04,119 --> 00:24:08,360 Speaker 2: So they are finding their glasses if they're being washed 373 00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:12,800 Speaker 2: through the dishwasher, are becoming etched. So they took the 374 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:19,879 Speaker 2: silter out, cleaned that, and they're using the right kind 375 00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:23,959 Speaker 2: of detergent, and they still don't know what's going on. 376 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:28,920 Speaker 1: Well, when you say etched, it's showing water stains on. 377 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:34,800 Speaker 2: It, not water stains, so like little tiny scratches. 378 00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:41,280 Speaker 1: I don't know what would because in that I mean, 379 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:45,199 Speaker 1: I don't know what would be cause of scratches. 380 00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:51,919 Speaker 2: They had the They had a plumber out and he 381 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:56,640 Speaker 2: was kind of puzzled. And the first plumber he recommended 382 00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:05,760 Speaker 2: the Cascade Platinum Plus and yeah, yeah, I do that too, 383 00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:12,440 Speaker 2: but they're still having problems and we just don't know. 384 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:15,520 Speaker 2: You at first I thought it could either soften their 385 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:18,000 Speaker 2: or their hot water capture. 386 00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:22,960 Speaker 1: I don't think so. I mean, think about this scratching glass. 387 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:25,720 Speaker 1: What's gonna scratch glass? When you said that, I thought 388 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:30,320 Speaker 1: that's weird. It doesn't make sense. Jesu's probably hard water deposits. 389 00:25:30,359 --> 00:25:34,080 Speaker 1: That's why I asked, so, so what scratches glass? Well, 390 00:25:34,119 --> 00:25:42,240 Speaker 1: if we loaded it wrong, that could scratch glass. Hard 391 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:47,040 Speaker 1: water deposits are not going to scratch glass. It's going 392 00:25:47,119 --> 00:25:51,920 Speaker 1: to create you know, hard water spots on the glasses. 393 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:55,280 Speaker 1: It's not going to crack it or you know, scratch 394 00:25:55,320 --> 00:26:00,239 Speaker 1: it or anything along those. I just don't know what 395 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:03,760 Speaker 1: would really scratch glass. That could scratch glass in a 396 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:09,040 Speaker 1: in a dishwasher, I have it baffles me. I have 397 00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:09,600 Speaker 1: no idea. 398 00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:13,840 Speaker 2: Okay, yeah, I thought a mighty have something to do 399 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:16,240 Speaker 2: with their hot water, which they just got a new 400 00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:17,280 Speaker 2: tank replaced it. 401 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:20,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't think so. I mean, I really don't 402 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:25,720 Speaker 1: think so. Again, even if there was hard water debris, 403 00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:31,679 Speaker 1: I don't think it would scratch it. I could be wrong. 404 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:35,400 Speaker 1: I just don't believe it would scratch it. I'm gonna 405 00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:37,120 Speaker 1: have to do a little research on it and see 406 00:26:37,119 --> 00:26:39,400 Speaker 1: what else it could be. That's about the only thing 407 00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:41,920 Speaker 1: I can quite honestly even think about. When you first 408 00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:44,320 Speaker 1: said it, I was going to the you know, the 409 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:46,399 Speaker 1: Latinum plus two say, well, are you probably need a 410 00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:49,399 Speaker 1: wedding agent or rinsing agent blah blah blah blah blah. 411 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:55,800 Speaker 1: But you know, it sounds like that, wasn't it. Okay, 412 00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:59,720 Speaker 1: If anybody's gotta got an idea that they're welcome to 413 00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:01,480 Speaker 1: share and keep listening. 414 00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:08,280 Speaker 2: Mary, I would appreciate that. So the next question is 415 00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:13,000 Speaker 2: the endo rod in hot water tank? Is that in 416 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:15,639 Speaker 2: every single hot water tank. 417 00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:22,879 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a sacrificial rod so that if you you know, 418 00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:26,400 Speaker 1: have different minerals in, it'll teck the rod rather than 419 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:26,879 Speaker 1: the tank. 420 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:32,520 Speaker 2: Well, so my question is, I was, since I have 421 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:35,720 Speaker 2: children that have been replacing their tanks that seems more 422 00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:42,840 Speaker 2: frequently than they should, I was wondering if that needs 423 00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:45,720 Speaker 2: to be replaced. I was watching this old house and 424 00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:48,760 Speaker 2: I saw them doing it, and so that was my 425 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:51,760 Speaker 2: question to you, would that be a step that they 426 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:55,439 Speaker 2: should take on a regular basis that. 427 00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:59,840 Speaker 1: I've never replaced the nano grod. My tanks last anywhere 428 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:04,439 Speaker 1: from you know, ten to sixteen years. I think the 429 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:07,520 Speaker 1: average lifespan of a tank now is around twelve years. 430 00:28:09,119 --> 00:28:14,000 Speaker 1: Usually when in a node rod is going bad, you'll 431 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:18,399 Speaker 1: get a sulfur smell in your water, so you'll know 432 00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:25,400 Speaker 1: there's a problem. But I don't think. I don't think 433 00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:31,440 Speaker 1: there's a need to replace them, just to be replacing them. 434 00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:35,800 Speaker 1: When they do replace them. It's kind of interesting. They 435 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:40,080 Speaker 1: make them in different metals. They make a magnesium, they 436 00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:44,480 Speaker 1: make an aluminum. If they smell, the magnesium is more 437 00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:48,040 Speaker 1: likely and you can replace it with an aluminum. One. 438 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:55,959 Speaker 1: Glass line tanks aren't nearly as bad, But no, I 439 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:58,400 Speaker 1: don't think that would be what I would say. How 440 00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:00,080 Speaker 1: many years are they getting out of their tank? 441 00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:08,280 Speaker 2: One family is getting about every eight years, eight to 442 00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:12,840 Speaker 2: ten years at the most, and they have very hard 443 00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:15,040 Speaker 2: water where they live. But they do also have a 444 00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:17,000 Speaker 2: soft Oh. 445 00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:18,800 Speaker 1: They do have a software. 446 00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:25,560 Speaker 2: Yes, the other family not quite as often. But I 447 00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:31,440 Speaker 2: was telling them about releasing the sediment draining it, which 448 00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:35,000 Speaker 2: they've never done, right, But that is something to be done. 449 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:38,280 Speaker 1: Yep. And a little caution there too. Mary not trying 450 00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:41,480 Speaker 1: to be a downer here, but if it's not been 451 00:29:41,920 --> 00:29:44,040 Speaker 1: if it's a new tank or within a year or two, 452 00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:48,320 Speaker 1: I would recommending flushing a tank out annually, especially if 453 00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:53,040 Speaker 1: you have real hard water. I also caution people if 454 00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:55,400 Speaker 1: you've got a ten year old tank and you've never 455 00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:59,320 Speaker 1: flushed that water and never flushed that tank out, be 456 00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:04,120 Speaker 1: very careful because sometimes those whole hard water deposits are 457 00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:08,840 Speaker 1: literally holding your tank together. So you know, I've had 458 00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:10,920 Speaker 1: people where they drained the tank that was ten years 459 00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:12,840 Speaker 1: old and then all of a sudden it starts leaking. 460 00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:18,520 Speaker 1: But certainly that's good advice. When it comes to maintenance, 461 00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:22,520 Speaker 1: I would say draining the tank, or even if you 462 00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:27,320 Speaker 1: don't drain it, just with that valve at the bottom 463 00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:30,200 Speaker 1: of the tank, just you know, taking off two three 464 00:30:30,280 --> 00:30:33,680 Speaker 1: gallons of water and if it's brown, you know, do 465 00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:36,360 Speaker 1: it to it clears up, the water clears up. That's 466 00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:43,240 Speaker 1: good maintenance. Making sure that you know, you don't put 467 00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:48,680 Speaker 1: it on real super high and making sure that your 468 00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:54,440 Speaker 1: water pressure is you know, good in stable. What I 469 00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:56,920 Speaker 1: mean by that is you know your water pressure around 470 00:30:56,960 --> 00:31:00,320 Speaker 1: fifty sixty, that's great. If you've got real high water 471 00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:03,840 Speaker 1: pressure over eighty that that can be problematic for a tank. 472 00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:08,440 Speaker 1: So there's not a lot of maintenance on them. Those 473 00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:12,560 Speaker 1: it would be two or three good maintenance Tipso, and 474 00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:13,000 Speaker 1: how do. 475 00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:14,560 Speaker 2: You check your water pressure? 476 00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:18,840 Speaker 1: Well, you can get a little gauge that would not 477 00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:22,400 Speaker 1: be installed near the tank at all. You would use 478 00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:25,800 Speaker 1: an outdoor faucet. You would screw this gauge on. You 479 00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:28,800 Speaker 1: turn the outdoor faucet on and it'll tell you what 480 00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:33,040 Speaker 1: your pounds per square inch of water pressure is. And 481 00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:36,160 Speaker 1: you know, you definitely if you got copper pipe, you 482 00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:39,960 Speaker 1: want to keep it under eighty Have you gotten maybe 483 00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:45,960 Speaker 1: plastic pipe, maybe under sixty five somewhere around that is ideal. 484 00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:49,280 Speaker 1: So you know, making sure you have good water pressure, 485 00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:52,680 Speaker 1: clean it out occasionally, and don't run it too high. 486 00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:56,560 Speaker 1: It's a you know, a regular factory setting. It really 487 00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:59,880 Speaker 1: can't be adjusted too much anymore. So that's not as 488 00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:03,720 Speaker 1: big of an issue. But those there's really not that 489 00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:06,600 Speaker 1: much maintenance on it. There really isn't. You know. Hard 490 00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:10,240 Speaker 1: water deposits are really tough. But you said to one 491 00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:14,000 Speaker 1: head of softener, and that certainly increases the life of 492 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:16,040 Speaker 1: those tanks. 493 00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:22,640 Speaker 2: Increases the life, right, Okay? And how what is the 494 00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:25,280 Speaker 2: temperature of a tank? Is usually like one twenty? 495 00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:29,440 Speaker 1: Is that yeah? Yeah, somewhere around that area. Yeah, that's 496 00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:31,800 Speaker 1: where you want to keep it and next time they 497 00:32:31,880 --> 00:32:35,240 Speaker 1: invest I mean, I'm serious, the water tanks themselves, I 498 00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:37,640 Speaker 1: mean eight years. I would say that's a little premature, 499 00:32:37,720 --> 00:32:40,880 Speaker 1: but yeah, twelve, fourteen, fifteen years out of it, that's 500 00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:42,760 Speaker 1: what you're going to get out of a water tank. 501 00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:46,960 Speaker 1: In most cases, there's some that are, you know, better 502 00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:52,360 Speaker 1: qualities than others, so you know, next time when it fails, 503 00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:54,800 Speaker 1: maybe trying to get the you know, the best quality 504 00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:59,000 Speaker 1: you can get might be ideal too. All right, Mary, 505 00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:00,920 Speaker 1: thank you much for the call. Oh, I appreciate it. 506 00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:03,200 Speaker 1: We got lines open. If you'd like to join us, 507 00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:07,320 Speaker 1: do so. It's eight hundred eight two three eight two 508 00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:11,640 Speaker 1: five five. 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You 555 00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:18,000 Speaker 1: know this time of year it gets I don't know, 556 00:36:18,280 --> 00:36:22,040 Speaker 1: maybe you're going through the same thing. It's a it's 557 00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:25,920 Speaker 1: you know, the holidays behind us and it's winter, and 558 00:36:26,360 --> 00:36:29,440 Speaker 1: are you motivated to tackle some of those projects around 559 00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:32,120 Speaker 1: your home? Or I used to call this time of 560 00:36:32,160 --> 00:36:37,160 Speaker 1: the year this This isn't about projects, this is about repairs. 561 00:36:37,640 --> 00:36:39,799 Speaker 1: It seems like we get a lot of repairs, a 562 00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:42,799 Speaker 1: lot of problems this time of year. And that's where 563 00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:45,960 Speaker 1: we find ourselves talking about a lot And that's okay too. 564 00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:49,160 Speaker 1: You got to make the repairs again. It's eight hundred 565 00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:52,040 Speaker 1: eighty two three eight two five five. Let's go to 566 00:36:52,120 --> 00:36:53,760 Speaker 1: Dean Dean, Welcome. 567 00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:58,600 Speaker 4: Good morning, Jerry. I just built the house with a 568 00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:02,400 Speaker 4: nine foot basement and the conversation on all four windows 569 00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:04,879 Speaker 4: in the basement. I was just wanting to know how 570 00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:06,800 Speaker 4: I would relieve that problem. 571 00:37:08,080 --> 00:37:09,759 Speaker 1: How long has that house been built? 572 00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:14,200 Speaker 4: Just three months? 573 00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:18,000 Speaker 1: Oh? Okay, all right, Well here's the good news. A 574 00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:22,640 Speaker 1: house almost takes a year to dry out after being built. 575 00:37:23,520 --> 00:37:26,839 Speaker 1: Think about it, and I'm going to help you prove 576 00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:30,400 Speaker 1: that that's the problem. Got all the wood, and of 577 00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:33,840 Speaker 1: course wood has moisture in it. You got all the 578 00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:36,319 Speaker 1: dry wall, and you watch them do that with all 579 00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:39,200 Speaker 1: the topping compounds and moisture, and you got paint and 580 00:37:39,239 --> 00:37:42,200 Speaker 1: they got water in that and a lot of moisture 581 00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:45,759 Speaker 1: was in the home. Part of it was probably left 582 00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:51,359 Speaker 1: maybe uncovered it sometimes and that has moisture. And when 583 00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:55,840 Speaker 1: you get to wintertime, Dean, you know, temperatures are cold 584 00:37:55,880 --> 00:38:03,640 Speaker 1: out and materials even inside the home. Our winter air 585 00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:09,640 Speaker 1: is very very dry. But when you have a newer 586 00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:13,040 Speaker 1: home and we got this moisture plus in a basement, 587 00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:17,080 Speaker 1: I think it's something like, you know, eight to twelve 588 00:38:17,239 --> 00:38:21,360 Speaker 1: gallons of water vapor will come through those walls in 589 00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:26,960 Speaker 1: the course of a day. And your basement is the 590 00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:33,360 Speaker 1: coldest part of the house. It's underground, and moisture and 591 00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:41,319 Speaker 1: condensation is heavy air the basement and when it hits 592 00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:46,440 Speaker 1: and your basement still, you know, warmer than outside. And 593 00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:52,480 Speaker 1: when it hits the cold window anything that's cold, hard 594 00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:59,040 Speaker 1: and slick and glasses that you know, that's where condensation 595 00:38:59,200 --> 00:39:02,799 Speaker 1: will occur. So here's what I want you to do. 596 00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:05,200 Speaker 1: I don't if you don't have one, get one of these. 597 00:39:05,280 --> 00:39:11,360 Speaker 1: It's a it's a humidity guide. It's just like a thermometer. 598 00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:15,440 Speaker 1: If you will, you can get one that's probably you know, 599 00:39:15,880 --> 00:39:18,960 Speaker 1: about the size of a hockey puck, right there might 600 00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:21,560 Speaker 1: be ten to fifteen bucks, and it'll tell you what 601 00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:26,440 Speaker 1: your humidity is in your basement. I'd get two of them. 602 00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:30,080 Speaker 1: I put one in the living quarters upstairs too. And 603 00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:36,239 Speaker 1: when it's wintertime right now, the ideal indoor humidity when 604 00:39:36,239 --> 00:39:41,960 Speaker 1: it's freezing outside should be around thirty five percent, and 605 00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:46,719 Speaker 1: lower if it's zero degrees outside, so thirty five if 606 00:39:46,760 --> 00:39:49,560 Speaker 1: it's zero outside, you want to be around thirty percent 607 00:39:49,680 --> 00:39:53,880 Speaker 1: or just a little bit below that. My guess is 608 00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:57,160 Speaker 1: the humidity in your basement's running about fifty to sixty 609 00:39:57,200 --> 00:40:01,760 Speaker 1: percent right now. And if it's running fifty percent sixty 610 00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:06,160 Speaker 1: percent and it's twenty five degrees outside, your windows are 611 00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:09,959 Speaker 1: going to sweat and and it's just going to take 612 00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:14,320 Speaker 1: time to get that air dry. You can run a 613 00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:18,960 Speaker 1: do umidify if you want, but aventurely, I think this 614 00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:20,359 Speaker 1: will just clean itself up. 615 00:40:22,800 --> 00:40:26,000 Speaker 4: I have the do humidifier in there now, and yeah, 616 00:40:26,040 --> 00:40:27,000 Speaker 4: it's not doing the trick. 617 00:40:28,400 --> 00:40:32,399 Speaker 1: You have the do you meidifier in Yes? How long 618 00:40:32,440 --> 00:40:35,440 Speaker 1: you've been running it? 619 00:40:35,640 --> 00:40:36,120 Speaker 4: Months? 620 00:40:36,560 --> 00:40:43,480 Speaker 1: Okay, Well, let's I'm just telling you that that that 621 00:40:43,640 --> 00:40:45,360 Speaker 1: is what it is, though you got a lot of 622 00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:48,600 Speaker 1: humidity down there, how much it's it's not pulling much 623 00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:53,759 Speaker 1: moisture at all out of there, like. 624 00:40:53,800 --> 00:40:56,759 Speaker 4: The whole day and next day it's I'm empty it. 625 00:40:57,200 --> 00:40:59,759 Speaker 1: Yeah, well for the winter time, that's a lot. I 626 00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:03,000 Speaker 1: could run mind right now and get nothing. So the 627 00:41:03,080 --> 00:41:05,920 Speaker 1: other option is are they glass block windows or are 628 00:41:05,920 --> 00:41:12,920 Speaker 1: they just wind out windows, slide windows, slide windows. So 629 00:41:13,320 --> 00:41:18,000 Speaker 1: another thing it could be is it could just be 630 00:41:19,239 --> 00:41:24,200 Speaker 1: you know, inefficient windows. I mean, that's an option. If 631 00:41:24,239 --> 00:41:27,560 Speaker 1: they're leaking and hitting the basement temperature which is damp 632 00:41:27,719 --> 00:41:33,160 Speaker 1: and it's warm, then that could be creating the condensation 633 00:41:33,280 --> 00:41:36,360 Speaker 1: on that window also, so maybe you get one of 634 00:41:36,400 --> 00:41:40,359 Speaker 1: those little storm window kits which are plastic, where you'd 635 00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:43,880 Speaker 1: tape the plastic up. See if that stops it. It 636 00:41:43,880 --> 00:41:46,920 Speaker 1: would stop it if you had high humidity in the basement, 637 00:41:47,120 --> 00:41:49,319 Speaker 1: or if you had a leak in that window, but 638 00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:51,920 Speaker 1: it would stop it. Or you can just keep playing 639 00:41:51,960 --> 00:41:54,799 Speaker 1: with your find out what your humidity level is and 640 00:41:54,840 --> 00:41:56,680 Speaker 1: see if we can get that under control. 641 00:41:58,160 --> 00:42:00,200 Speaker 4: We'll just find out what the humanism level is by 642 00:42:00,280 --> 00:42:02,960 Speaker 4: one of those hockey pots that got home depot or. 643 00:42:03,480 --> 00:42:07,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, wherever, just see where it is. It should be 644 00:42:07,239 --> 00:42:10,440 Speaker 1: about on a daylight today, about thirty five percent is 645 00:42:10,440 --> 00:42:11,759 Speaker 1: what you're looking at. 646 00:42:13,200 --> 00:42:15,920 Speaker 4: Okay, oh, thanks for so all. 647 00:42:15,960 --> 00:42:19,480 Speaker 1: Right, very good, Thanks Dean. And again if you get 648 00:42:19,520 --> 00:42:21,719 Speaker 1: it it says thirty five percent, then you got to 649 00:42:21,719 --> 00:42:23,080 Speaker 1: really look at the window and see if you got 650 00:42:23,080 --> 00:42:25,440 Speaker 1: a leak or find it. Where is that source of 651 00:42:25,520 --> 00:42:30,000 Speaker 1: moisture coming from, you know, right by that window. The 652 00:42:30,040 --> 00:42:32,200 Speaker 1: window would be the issue. But I'm telling you with 653 00:42:32,320 --> 00:42:38,800 Speaker 1: windows sweating, oh my gosh, I would say eighty percent 654 00:42:38,840 --> 00:42:41,720 Speaker 1: of the time, it's not the fall of the window. 655 00:42:42,920 --> 00:42:47,120 Speaker 1: It's the humidity level is high. And you go read 656 00:42:47,160 --> 00:42:52,560 Speaker 1: about it. Anything that talks about new construction and building 657 00:42:52,600 --> 00:42:55,680 Speaker 1: a home, they'll tell you a year. I don't know 658 00:42:55,680 --> 00:42:58,000 Speaker 1: if it's really a year. It might be more like, 659 00:42:58,239 --> 00:43:02,799 Speaker 1: in my opinion, more like six to eight months. But 660 00:43:03,320 --> 00:43:07,480 Speaker 1: I'll bet you that house has just got a lot 661 00:43:07,480 --> 00:43:10,640 Speaker 1: of water vapor in it. And how many times have 662 00:43:10,800 --> 00:43:14,960 Speaker 1: we said, you know it cooled that damp air, that's 663 00:43:15,000 --> 00:43:17,560 Speaker 1: where that settles. In fact, in the winter time, like 664 00:43:17,600 --> 00:43:20,440 Speaker 1: in my home, I can have higher humidity in a 665 00:43:20,520 --> 00:43:23,759 Speaker 1: basement during the summer, but in the winter time I 666 00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:28,160 Speaker 1: have a humidifier I'm putting moisture in the air, and 667 00:43:28,200 --> 00:43:30,359 Speaker 1: in fact, I found out the other day that it 668 00:43:30,480 --> 00:43:32,840 Speaker 1: wasn't doing it. I actually had to replace the little 669 00:43:32,880 --> 00:43:37,960 Speaker 1: copper line going to the humidifier. It was calcified up. 670 00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:41,600 Speaker 1: It wasn't getting the water through the pad because I 671 00:43:41,680 --> 00:43:43,759 Speaker 1: walked down to check the humidity in the basement and 672 00:43:43,800 --> 00:43:46,120 Speaker 1: it was twenty five percent of Oh, something's all with 673 00:43:46,200 --> 00:43:50,000 Speaker 1: THEMIDI fire. All right, we got plenty of time to 674 00:43:50,040 --> 00:43:51,960 Speaker 1: take your calls. If you'd like to join us. Love 675 00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:55,200 Speaker 1: to talk to you. It's eight hunder it eight two three, 676 00:43:55,640 --> 00:43:58,480 Speaker 1: eight two five five. We'll continue with your calls. 677 00:43:58,520 --> 00:45:07,880 Speaker 8: You're at home with Gary Sullivan's. 678 00:44:34,239 --> 00:44:37,480 Speaker 5: The weekend and you have fixed questions. Give Gary a 679 00:44:37,520 --> 00:44:40,600 Speaker 5: call at what eight hundred eight two three talk. This 680 00:44:41,200 --> 00:44:42,960 Speaker 5: is at home with Gary Sullivan.