1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:04,040 Speaker 1: KFI AM six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp, the 2 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:09,840 Speaker 1: House Whisper on demand on the iHeartRadio app. Good morning, 3 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:14,920 Speaker 1: my friend, and welcome home. I am Dean Sharp, the 4 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:20,120 Speaker 1: house Whisperer, custom home Builder, custom home Designer, and every 5 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:24,439 Speaker 1: week right here your guide to better understanding that place 6 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:27,480 Speaker 1: where you live. Whether home for you is a castle 7 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 1: or a cottage, doesn't matter to me. You know why, 8 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:33,560 Speaker 1: because good design is what makes all the difference. Every 9 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:37,720 Speaker 1: house deserves that, every house should enjoy it. And once 10 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:41,040 Speaker 1: it's at work in your home, that is when your 11 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:44,200 Speaker 1: house has a path forward toward becoming a truly, truly 12 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:47,639 Speaker 1: extraordinary home. That's my goal. My goal is to help 13 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:52,080 Speaker 1: you get exactly there, and that's what we do every week. Saturday's. 14 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 1: Saturday mornings, by the way, is when we let you, you, 15 00:00:56,960 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 1: my friend, set the agenda for the show. It is 16 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:03,600 Speaker 1: an all calls Saturday morning, as we do every Saturday morning. 17 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:08,560 Speaker 1: I was at the station here earlier this week doing 18 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 1: a meeting and somebody came up to me after the 19 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:15,120 Speaker 1: meeting and said, by the way, can I congratulate you 20 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:17,200 Speaker 1: on your show? I'm like, yeah, I mean it's not 21 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:17,960 Speaker 1: new or anything. 22 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 2: You know. 23 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:22,479 Speaker 1: But they said, I said, what do you mean? They said, well, 24 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:24,679 Speaker 1: I just I love your show, Love the show, love 25 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:29,280 Speaker 1: the Sunday Show, love your topics. Also, what a ballsy 26 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:32,160 Speaker 1: move to take calls to do an all calls show 27 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:35,840 Speaker 1: at six o'clock in the morning on Saturdays. And I'm like, oh, 28 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:38,680 Speaker 1: was that? Was that a ballsy move? Or was that 29 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:42,400 Speaker 1: just naivete on my part? When I said, yeah, we 30 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 1: should just do calls on Saturday morning? They're like, do 31 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 1: you ever run into a situation where there are no calls? 32 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:50,280 Speaker 1: I'm like, yeah, every once in a while, but that happens. 33 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:54,120 Speaker 1: That can happen at anytime, anytime, day or night. You 34 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 1: just you know, sometimes it's just that. But I said, no, usually, no, 35 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 1: just you know, you don't know our listeners. They are 36 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 1: committed to this process and people love to talk about 37 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 1: their homes. So don't prove me wrong, especially if this 38 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 1: dude is listening right now. You asked for it. Oh 39 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 1: my gosh, here I set myself up for it, all right, 40 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:19,080 Speaker 1: And let me give you the number. Phone lines are 41 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 1: open right now. Nikki is standing by, she is ready. Uh. 42 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:28,119 Speaker 1: The number is eight three three two. Ask Dean eight 43 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:33,240 Speaker 1: three three the numeral two. Ask Dean eight three three 44 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 1: two at what are you laughing about? A three three two? 45 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 1: And then you just spell out ask Dean. There you go, 46 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:43,359 Speaker 1: all right? Whatever has you scratching your head about your 47 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:48,640 Speaker 1: home today? Design? Yes, please love talking about design of 48 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:54,959 Speaker 1: your home. Construction issues absolutely, DIY inside stuff, outside stuff, 49 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:58,800 Speaker 1: landscape decor. It doesn't matter if it's happening inside your 50 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 1: property line, let's talk about it. I got you, We'll 51 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 1: put our heads together, we will get it figured out. 52 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 1: This is a safe emotional place for you. So I'm 53 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:12,520 Speaker 1: just saying, speaking of safe emotional places. Sitting across the 54 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:17,359 Speaker 1: table from me, my design partner, the co owner, co 55 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:22,919 Speaker 1: founder of House Whisperer, I'm trying to think of something 56 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 1: different to say. The person who the person whose spirit 57 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 1: animal is an elephant, the person who warms my pillow, 58 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 1: my best friend in all the world. Tina is here, 59 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 1: Welcome home. Hey, Hi, do you know how many weeks 60 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 1: it's been since you've been here? At the beginning of 61 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:48,000 Speaker 1: the show on a Saturday morning. I'm this is not 62 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 1: a reproof. I'm thrilled that you are available right here now, 63 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 1: But I'm just saying, normally this is where Sam and 64 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:59,280 Speaker 1: Heather and I are just vamping for time because there's 65 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 1: no Tina in sight. Right, guys, am I right about this? 66 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 1: We got I am how you doing good? So you 67 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 1: must be up for some reason. You're going to the gym. 68 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:19,040 Speaker 1: You're going to the gym. You are going to the gym, 69 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 1: not before. Maybe you could get me another cup of coffee, 70 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:25,040 Speaker 1: because do what tea? You know what, maybe the tea. 71 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 1: I am still I am still still wrestling with this 72 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:33,400 Speaker 1: head cold. It's not an unusual head cold. It just 73 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 1: happened to fall at the wrong time, you know. I mean, 74 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:39,360 Speaker 1: head colds take what about a week or so week 75 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:42,560 Speaker 1: to ten days to get over, and so normally if 76 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:45,440 Speaker 1: I have a head cold, you guys don't have to 77 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:48,920 Speaker 1: deal with it for more than one show or one weekend, 78 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 1: because you know, what shows up on Wednesday goes away by, 79 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:56,240 Speaker 1: you know, the following Thursday. It just so happens that 80 00:04:56,320 --> 00:05:00,360 Speaker 1: this one came on late last Friday. It was ripping 81 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:03,720 Speaker 1: and roaring through last weekend, and because it's only been 82 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:05,920 Speaker 1: a week here, it still is. I think I've turned 83 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:09,640 Speaker 1: the corner, though, but I may at some point my 84 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 1: voice may break out and may fail me, but you 85 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:17,039 Speaker 1: know that's just the way it is. Anyway, here is 86 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:20,320 Speaker 1: the point I am here for you. If you can 87 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:24,720 Speaker 1: put up with my froggy less than a resonant voice today, 88 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:28,360 Speaker 1: then you know what, we will make progress forward and 89 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:30,800 Speaker 1: we will talk about your home. I'm looking over at 90 00:05:30,839 --> 00:05:35,360 Speaker 1: the callboard. It is almost full. That's what I'm talking about. 91 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 1: Six am, Saturday morning, Southern California. You guys are up 92 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:43,719 Speaker 1: and at it. I love you, love it, love it 93 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:47,080 Speaker 1: all right, So here's the plan. We're gonna take a break. 94 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:50,360 Speaker 1: We're gonna hear some news from Heather. Oh, by the way, Heather, 95 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:53,599 Speaker 1: good morning, how you doing, Budd, good good, happy to 96 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:57,600 Speaker 1: be here. Good morning, and Sam, good morning, Good morning Dean. 97 00:05:58,279 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 1: Everybody's up and ready and everybody sounding way better than 98 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:05,080 Speaker 1: I am. So with that, let's get some news from Heather. 99 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:07,080 Speaker 1: And when we come back, we're going to the phones. 100 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:10,960 Speaker 1: Your home. Dean Sharp, the house whisper, Dean Sharp, the 101 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:13,919 Speaker 1: house whisper here to help you take your home to 102 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:17,839 Speaker 1: the next level. Thanks for joining us on the program. 103 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:21,839 Speaker 1: It is an all calls Saturday morning. And I'd mentioned 104 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 1: that I took a meeting at the station earlier this week. 105 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:27,560 Speaker 1: And somebody came up to me afterwards and said, good 106 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:31,279 Speaker 1: on you man, ballsy move for taking doing all calls 107 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:32,880 Speaker 1: shows at six in the morning. I'm like, you do 108 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:36,520 Speaker 1: not know our listeners. You don't obviously, And guess what. 109 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:39,160 Speaker 1: I just mentioned that, And now we got a board 110 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 1: with calls. There's still room for you, by the way, 111 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:45,920 Speaker 1: because I choose calls randomly. All right, I just blindfold 112 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:48,560 Speaker 1: myself and throw a dart board at the calls. Well, 113 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 1: I don't throw a dart board, throw a dart I 114 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:54,560 Speaker 1: probably shouldn't throw a dart either, because that would hurt 115 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:58,560 Speaker 1: the computer screen. But the point is there's room for you. 116 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:00,800 Speaker 1: It's not like when you all in, it gets all 117 00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:03,680 Speaker 1: set up in order. So you've got just as good 118 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:07,640 Speaker 1: a chance calling in at any time as anybody who's 119 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:11,480 Speaker 1: been in the Q waiting. But there you go. So 120 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 1: with that, and without any further ado, let's go get 121 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 1: some of these calls. I want to talk to Laura. Hey, Laura, 122 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 1: welcome home. Hi. 123 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 2: I got solar and they told me that if I 124 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 2: put in X about a panel, so I'd be good 125 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:34,240 Speaker 2: and zero. I want to owe anything to the electric company, 126 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:37,480 Speaker 2: but I do, and I owe more than even before 127 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:41,880 Speaker 2: solar And I called Edison and they said that my 128 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:45,840 Speaker 2: system wasn't producing enough. And then I called the solar 129 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:49,120 Speaker 2: company and they said, according to their records, I'm producing 130 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:52,480 Speaker 2: more than enough. And I don't know what to do. 131 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 1: Hmm, okay, huh, all right, let's all right, let's talk 132 00:07:57,920 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 1: about it, and let's talk it through a little bit. 133 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 1: Do you own your solar or do you lease yourself? 134 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:04,240 Speaker 2: I own it? 135 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:08,840 Speaker 1: And how old is the system? 136 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 2: Two years old? 137 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:13,720 Speaker 1: Just two years old? Was the system installed with a battery? 138 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:15,560 Speaker 3: No? 139 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:21,840 Speaker 1: No battery? Okayay? So and and uh and they the 140 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:25,600 Speaker 1: solar company, said that they put enough on there that 141 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:27,400 Speaker 1: should get you at the end of the year at 142 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:32,520 Speaker 1: net zero. Yes, that was the goal, okay, And it's 143 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:34,200 Speaker 1: not and it's not producing that way. 144 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:35,640 Speaker 3: No. 145 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:39,079 Speaker 1: And your solar company has come out and looked at 146 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:39,960 Speaker 1: the solar. 147 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:41,320 Speaker 3: No. 148 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:44,560 Speaker 2: When I called them, they just said, we can see 149 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:48,440 Speaker 2: from here that it's producing enough, and if and when 150 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:52,199 Speaker 2: we have someone in the area, we will come check. 151 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:54,839 Speaker 2: And they've never come. And I called them a year 152 00:08:54,880 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 2: ago and I got another bill from Edison and it's 153 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:01,640 Speaker 2: again it's it's how higher than what I was paying 154 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:02,760 Speaker 2: before Solar. 155 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:07,880 Speaker 1: Okay, all right, So so here's the thing. Just there's 156 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:11,520 Speaker 1: a couple of things to work out here, okay. Number one, Uh, 157 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:15,319 Speaker 1: it is never cool for a solar company who has 158 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:19,640 Speaker 1: installed your stuff to not you know, come around and 159 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:23,960 Speaker 1: help you through bumps along the way. Okay, not cool. 160 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:24,600 Speaker 2: Not cool. 161 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:27,440 Speaker 1: Now you own your system, if you if you lease 162 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:30,520 Speaker 1: the system, they'd still be on the hook for a 163 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:35,240 Speaker 1: guaranteed production minimum, and they'd be all over that because 164 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:37,720 Speaker 1: you know, they've they've got a financial incentive to make 165 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:41,320 Speaker 1: sure everything is doing, you know, getting it worked out right. Unfortunately, 166 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:44,520 Speaker 1: you're experiencing what a lot of people have experienced, which 167 00:09:44,559 --> 00:09:48,120 Speaker 1: is their installer, their solar installer is just nowhere to 168 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:49,800 Speaker 1: be found. I mean not that it's not that the 169 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:52,480 Speaker 1: company doesn't exist anymore. It's just that, you know, you 170 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:55,120 Speaker 1: reach out for help and they're like, yeah, okay, well okay, 171 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:57,600 Speaker 1: so we'll get to it when we get to it. 172 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:00,760 Speaker 1: It's something that a lot of people have struggled with. 173 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:05,240 Speaker 1: So I I'm gonna do say a couple of things. 174 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:09,480 Speaker 1: Number one, there are some companies out there now that 175 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:13,440 Speaker 1: do a great job, have actually wrapped their entire business 176 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:18,679 Speaker 1: around just this issue. Okay, Uh, there's one in SoCal 177 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:22,600 Speaker 1: here that I have heard really really good reports about. 178 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:26,000 Speaker 1: Now I have not used them directly because I don't 179 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:31,200 Speaker 1: need you on my system. But Energy Aid okay, I 180 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:36,320 Speaker 1: think the Yeah, the the web. The web address is 181 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:42,240 Speaker 1: get g E T dot Energy aid a I D 182 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:47,600 Speaker 1: dot net, get dot energy aid dot net. Energy Aid 183 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:52,240 Speaker 1: is a company that actually works with most solar leased 184 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:57,000 Speaker 1: companies as they're you know, one of their subcontracted maintenance companies. 185 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:00,360 Speaker 1: But Energy aids their business model is, hey, we'll set 186 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:04,400 Speaker 1: up a maintenance contract with you to make sure your 187 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:07,679 Speaker 1: system is performing perfectly. If there's anything wrong with it, 188 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:10,439 Speaker 1: get out there, do service on it, get it all 189 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:13,200 Speaker 1: worked out. So that is one resource that I can 190 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 1: give you right now, and there are a couple of 191 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:17,440 Speaker 1: other companies like it. This is the one that I've 192 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:19,959 Speaker 1: heard some of the best reports from. And you can 193 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:25,320 Speaker 1: go search for others solar maintenance services. So that's right 194 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:28,240 Speaker 1: there off the bat. Hopefully that's going to be of 195 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:30,880 Speaker 1: great benefit to you. The second thing, I just want 196 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 1: you and everybody to know that when you set up 197 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:38,280 Speaker 1: net zero solar, that does not mean that at the 198 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:41,760 Speaker 1: end of every month that you are going to be 199 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:46,160 Speaker 1: paying zero. It means that at the end of every year, 200 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:50,000 Speaker 1: the goal is for net zero. That means that like 201 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:52,400 Speaker 1: during the heavy summer months when there's lots of sun, 202 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:57,640 Speaker 1: you will be overproducing solar and more, you know, you'll 203 00:11:57,640 --> 00:12:00,120 Speaker 1: be producing more than you're using and it'll be going 204 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:03,959 Speaker 1: back to the grid at a price. And then there 205 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:06,319 Speaker 1: are some months like what we've just come through, a 206 00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:08,600 Speaker 1: lot of cloudy days, a lot of rainy days, and 207 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:13,199 Speaker 1: so on, in which you'll perhaps be underproducing and using 208 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:16,400 Speaker 1: more energy from the grid than your solar is producing. 209 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:18,280 Speaker 1: But the idea is by the end of the year, 210 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:20,600 Speaker 1: the ups and the downs, the credits and the pluses 211 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:23,319 Speaker 1: and the minuses, at the end of the year, when 212 00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:27,960 Speaker 1: you look back, you've gone to zero. That's net zero 213 00:12:28,040 --> 00:12:30,960 Speaker 1: at the end of the year. So nobody should evaluate 214 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:35,160 Speaker 1: their solar just on a single monthly basis. I just 215 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:37,679 Speaker 1: want to make sure everybody understands that you're going to 216 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:41,800 Speaker 1: have months in which that's happening. The other concern that 217 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:47,240 Speaker 1: I have, Laura, is especially for the last two years, 218 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:51,439 Speaker 1: actually a little longer than that, Edison, the power companies, 219 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:55,680 Speaker 1: you know, they keep moving the goalpost. It's just it's 220 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:59,120 Speaker 1: one of the things that has made a frustration for 221 00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:03,240 Speaker 1: people who are doing solar. Solar still saves people money. 222 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 1: Your system, absolutely, Laura, should be saving you money. If 223 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:10,440 Speaker 1: it was installed right, if it's functioning right, should be 224 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:13,160 Speaker 1: saving you money. But I want everybody to know that 225 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:17,160 Speaker 1: any solar system within the last two or three years installed, 226 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:21,400 Speaker 1: and if you're not on metering two point zero, which 227 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:24,679 Speaker 1: very few people are anymore, you've all been moved over. 228 00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:30,480 Speaker 1: Edison keeps moving the game the goalposts, and now solar 229 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 1: systems are producing and saving people less than they were before. 230 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:39,040 Speaker 1: Why Because Edison has changed the rate at which they 231 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:43,880 Speaker 1: buy back solar. During the best production hours of the day, 232 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:48,040 Speaker 1: which is the morning in which demand is low and 233 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:50,559 Speaker 1: production is high because the sun is in the sky 234 00:13:50,679 --> 00:13:54,040 Speaker 1: doing what it does, they have reduced the amount of 235 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:58,600 Speaker 1: money that they will pay you for that energy. And 236 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:03,000 Speaker 1: during peak hour, which hits at about three four o'clock 237 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:06,160 Speaker 1: until eight o'clock at night, they have jacked up the 238 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:10,160 Speaker 1: rates on energy that you are buying from them to 239 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:16,120 Speaker 1: astronomical levels. And the only way these days, in my opinion, 240 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:23,440 Speaker 1: that solar still absolutely gets it done is with the 241 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:27,320 Speaker 1: addition of a battery to the system. And that battery 242 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:29,360 Speaker 1: is a smart battery, and what it does is now 243 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:32,880 Speaker 1: we use the battery to charge up during the day 244 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:37,760 Speaker 1: when we're overproducing and Edison isn't interested in buying back 245 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:40,560 Speaker 1: our solar, And then we use that battery and we 246 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:43,480 Speaker 1: set it up to time it out so it spills 247 00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:46,960 Speaker 1: out and feeds the house during peak hours so we 248 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:49,760 Speaker 1: don't have to sort of, we don't have to pay 249 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:53,680 Speaker 1: those exorbitant rates. So solar is still a net zero 250 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:58,000 Speaker 1: proposition despite the fact that the power company keeps moving 251 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:03,720 Speaker 1: the goalpost. But pretty much now in California, a battery 252 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:09,440 Speaker 1: along with the system is a necessity in order to 253 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:11,640 Speaker 1: get the most out of your solar, and most solar 254 00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:15,360 Speaker 1: systems these days are being installed with batteries. Most reputable 255 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:19,320 Speaker 1: installers are saying that right up front, so just be 256 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:22,600 Speaker 1: aware of that. But Laura, in your case, that's something 257 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:25,640 Speaker 1: Energy Aid could help you with as well. I would 258 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:28,080 Speaker 1: give them a call, reach out to them. At least, 259 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:29,920 Speaker 1: you know, you have to pay a little bit of 260 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:31,880 Speaker 1: money for a technician to come out, but at least 261 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:34,720 Speaker 1: get them started looking at your system and get it 262 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:38,440 Speaker 1: figured out exactly where is the disconnect, where's the problem, 263 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 1: because you know your system is your system. Solar systems 264 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:46,320 Speaker 1: are very reliable and you should be. You should be 265 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:50,800 Speaker 1: in no way, shape or form spending more energy on 266 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:54,520 Speaker 1: your energy bill now for solar. With solar than you 267 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:56,880 Speaker 1: know when you didn't have it on a month a 268 00:15:56,920 --> 00:15:59,520 Speaker 1: month basis. It can go up and down, but overall 269 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:02,120 Speaker 1: in the course of the year, maybe you're not hitting 270 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:04,800 Speaker 1: your net zero anymore, but you still should be saving 271 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:07,840 Speaker 1: a ton of money. So follow up that lead and 272 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:10,480 Speaker 1: good luck and let me know how that works out. 273 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:12,960 Speaker 1: All right, Laura, thank you for the call. Appreciate that 274 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 1: great call, great questions. More of your calls when we 275 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:20,200 Speaker 1: come back your Home with Dean Sharp, the House Whisper. 276 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:24,680 Speaker 4: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 277 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:26,280 Speaker 4: KFI AM six forty. 278 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:30,040 Speaker 1: All right, one more zip of coffee. We are back 279 00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:33,960 Speaker 1: Dean Sharp, the House Whisper. Nursing my head cold, but 280 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:36,960 Speaker 1: here for you, here to help you transform your ordinary 281 00:16:36,960 --> 00:16:40,960 Speaker 1: house into an extraordinary home. I was talking to Laura 282 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:43,320 Speaker 1: about her solar and I just felt my voice just 283 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:47,680 Speaker 1: slipping away there. So I'm going to keep it, keep 284 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:50,120 Speaker 1: the throat well lubricated as much as I can. Here 285 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:52,920 Speaker 1: I've got a cup of coffee. I got a cup 286 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:56,560 Speaker 1: of ginger tea. What else can you bring me a 287 00:16:56,560 --> 00:17:00,120 Speaker 1: cup of? Just for anything warm that'll go down my gull? 288 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:03,720 Speaker 1: All right, let's it's an all called Saturday morning. I 289 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:06,760 Speaker 1: want to get back to the phones. Anything that's going 290 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:08,800 Speaker 1: on with your house. Give me a call. The number 291 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:12,480 Speaker 1: to reach me eight three three two. Ask Dean eight 292 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:16,640 Speaker 1: three three the numeral two. Ask Dean eight three three two, 293 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:21,439 Speaker 1: Ask Dean. It's just that simple. Let's talk to adel. Hey, Adele, 294 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:24,880 Speaker 1: welcome home. Hi Dean. 295 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:30,400 Speaker 3: I have a remodeling question for you. I'm rehiping house 296 00:17:31,040 --> 00:17:34,600 Speaker 3: and the contractors that I've reached out for bids have 297 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:38,800 Speaker 3: given me alternate ideas other than copper. They're talking about 298 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:43,440 Speaker 3: a product called pex p e X. I'm not familiar 299 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:46,439 Speaker 3: with that. Can you give me some advice as to 300 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:47,360 Speaker 3: what I should do? 301 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:53,000 Speaker 1: Okay? Well, Number one the biggest piece of advice. Go online, 302 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:58,440 Speaker 1: do a little research and take a look and for yourself, 303 00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:03,040 Speaker 1: because all always, always, when you're being presented with different options, 304 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:06,040 Speaker 1: you as the homeowner, at the end of the day, 305 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:09,320 Speaker 1: you're making the call, and so educate yourself the best 306 00:18:09,359 --> 00:18:12,879 Speaker 1: you can. And part of that was calling me. So 307 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:15,400 Speaker 1: I'm gonna do my best for you here. I am 308 00:18:16,119 --> 00:18:18,679 Speaker 1: a big I'm a big fan of PEX. It's not 309 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:21,480 Speaker 1: a newcomer now to the scene. It's been around for 310 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:25,919 Speaker 1: quite a while. It has been in the mainstream for 311 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:30,000 Speaker 1: well over a decade here in the States, and it's 312 00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:35,640 Speaker 1: going strong cross stranded polyethylene. That's what PEX is, and 313 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:39,320 Speaker 1: it is you know. I'm I can tell you this. 314 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:42,720 Speaker 1: I'm a huge fan. I have yet to see any 315 00:18:42,760 --> 00:18:45,440 Speaker 1: reason to change my opinion on it. And I would 316 00:18:45,520 --> 00:18:47,359 Speaker 1: say even though in the beginning, when it was first 317 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:50,520 Speaker 1: coming out, a lot of plumbers were like, no, no, no, no, 318 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:54,280 Speaker 1: go with the copper. And you can still find, you know, 319 00:18:54,480 --> 00:18:59,119 Speaker 1: debates online about say, well I prefer copper for this 320 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:02,240 Speaker 1: reason in that re and I just I'm not really 321 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:06,040 Speaker 1: buying it. Here's the thing. We used to think copper 322 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:11,000 Speaker 1: was forever, especially here in southern California. We found out 323 00:19:11,119 --> 00:19:14,520 Speaker 1: that copper lines, like underneath our slabs that are actually 324 00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:17,560 Speaker 1: touching soil are in no way, shape or form forever. 325 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:20,800 Speaker 1: They've got like a twenty twenty five year lifespan at 326 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:26,680 Speaker 1: best down underneath the slab. Now copper lines up overhead 327 00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:29,760 Speaker 1: running through the house, we'll get much more performance out 328 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:32,560 Speaker 1: of them. Pecks. Pecks, as far as we can tell, 329 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:37,880 Speaker 1: is gonna last a lifetime. It is cheaper than copper. 330 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:41,439 Speaker 1: It is easier to run than copper because it's flexible, 331 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:44,560 Speaker 1: and as a result, it can come in one hundred 332 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:49,080 Speaker 1: and five hundred foot rolls and actually make bends throughout 333 00:19:49,119 --> 00:19:52,920 Speaker 1: your house with less fittings. And the fewer fittings there 334 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:55,760 Speaker 1: are in a plumbing system, in a water supply system, 335 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:59,159 Speaker 1: and I mean the couplers and the elbows that you 336 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:02,840 Speaker 1: have to solder into copper in order to make it 337 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:08,240 Speaker 1: make turns and extend, the fewer fittings there are, the 338 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:12,280 Speaker 1: less likely there is of leaks and bursts and all 339 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:14,679 Speaker 1: of that kind of stuff. When I redid my house, 340 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:17,480 Speaker 1: I can tell you this my own home, and we've 341 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:20,959 Speaker 1: recommended this for all of our clients. When I redid 342 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:25,040 Speaker 1: my home, I plumbed it myself, and I did it 343 00:20:25,119 --> 00:20:30,760 Speaker 1: from one manifold at the main entry, with continuous runs 344 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:34,960 Speaker 1: of pecks right to every angle stop valve, under every sink. 345 00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:39,040 Speaker 1: There is not a single fitting in my attic or 346 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:42,160 Speaker 1: anywhere in my house. Because pecks can be bent at 347 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:44,720 Speaker 1: a ninety it can do everything it needs to do, 348 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:48,480 Speaker 1: and so there's no risk of any of that catching 349 00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:53,600 Speaker 1: us by surprise in the future. Minerality in water does 350 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:56,159 Speaker 1: not cling to the inside of pecks, and so it 351 00:20:56,280 --> 00:21:02,800 Speaker 1: stays clear longer, it's flexible, insulates better. Right now, you know, 352 00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:07,400 Speaker 1: half the country is frozen solid. And one of those 353 00:21:07,520 --> 00:21:11,800 Speaker 1: big issues in a freeze is that water when it freezes, 354 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:14,760 Speaker 1: just because of the nature of the water molecule, water 355 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:18,320 Speaker 1: molecules expand the volume of water by about ten percent. 356 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:21,120 Speaker 1: And so you know, anybody who's ever had a home 357 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:24,080 Speaker 1: in a really cold climate, or a mountain cabin house 358 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:26,919 Speaker 1: or anything like that knows you've got to get ready 359 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:30,160 Speaker 1: for the cold weather and for the freeze. Insulate the pipes, 360 00:21:30,320 --> 00:21:33,080 Speaker 1: keep water dripping through the pipes so it keeps moving. 361 00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:35,760 Speaker 1: And if you get caught with your pants down with 362 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:39,000 Speaker 1: the water sitting still, the pipes will freeze. And the 363 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:41,160 Speaker 1: worst part of that is not that you've got frozen 364 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:43,159 Speaker 1: water in the pipes. The worst part is that in 365 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:47,120 Speaker 1: a copper system, it'll burst because the copper can't give 366 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:52,240 Speaker 1: with it. Pecs can expand up to three hundred percent 367 00:21:53,119 --> 00:21:56,359 Speaker 1: of its diet three times its diameter in order to 368 00:21:56,400 --> 00:22:01,560 Speaker 1: accommodate that. And so there are just about no reasons 369 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:05,560 Speaker 1: why I would choose copper these days over PEX. It's 370 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:08,679 Speaker 1: way less expensive, easier to run, and I think, in 371 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:12,600 Speaker 1: the end, a better product. But that is not to 372 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:17,679 Speaker 1: say that copper is trash. Copper is the best of 373 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:21,200 Speaker 1: the best of the best that we've had before PEX 374 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:24,199 Speaker 1: comes along. And so I get it if a plumber 375 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:27,480 Speaker 1: or a contractor you know, loves their copper and they're 376 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:29,920 Speaker 1: familiar with copper, and they'll give you the best job 377 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:33,680 Speaker 1: with copper. But my opinion is PEX is the way 378 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:36,919 Speaker 1: to go. Pex A. By the way, A there are 379 00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:40,760 Speaker 1: two kinds, A and B pex A. That's the kind 380 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:43,760 Speaker 1: that performs the way that I've been talking about. 381 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:46,360 Speaker 2: Well, thank you, Dean. 382 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:48,080 Speaker 3: That will help me make my decision. 383 00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:51,200 Speaker 1: I greatly appreciate your help. Adele, Thank you so much 384 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:53,840 Speaker 1: for the question and for the call. All right, y'all, 385 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:56,720 Speaker 1: when we come back more of your calls. It's an 386 00:22:56,800 --> 00:23:00,359 Speaker 1: all calls Saturday morning. Anything going on with your home, 387 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:03,719 Speaker 1: we will put our heads together and get it solved. 388 00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:07,119 Speaker 1: Your home with Dean Sharp the house whisper, and we 389 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:10,520 Speaker 1: are backing Dean Sharp, the house whisper, here to remind 390 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:13,639 Speaker 1: you every home deserves great design. That's what we are 391 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:17,520 Speaker 1: here to help you with, including all of the stuff 392 00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:21,000 Speaker 1: that's needing maintenance and going wrong with your house. So, 393 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:25,040 Speaker 1: whether it's design issues or construction issues, guess what, I 394 00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:27,840 Speaker 1: am a custom home builder and custom home designer, and 395 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:31,800 Speaker 1: I'm here to help you with both. Waw what a deal? Anyway, 396 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:35,320 Speaker 1: It's an all call Saturday morning. Yes, I have a squeaky, 397 00:23:35,359 --> 00:23:38,800 Speaker 1: froggy voice. No, if you're just listening for the first time, 398 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:42,080 Speaker 1: this is not the frog voice that you will normally hear. 399 00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:44,760 Speaker 1: I am trying to get over my head cold, and 400 00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:47,280 Speaker 1: thanks for putting up with it. I appreciate it. Let's 401 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:49,639 Speaker 1: go back to the phones. Oh, by the way, the 402 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:52,159 Speaker 1: number to reach me if you've got an issue with 403 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:56,120 Speaker 1: your home eight three three two. Ask Dean eight three 404 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:58,920 Speaker 1: three the numeral two and then you just spell out 405 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:03,040 Speaker 1: ask Dean E three three to ask Dean. There you go. 406 00:24:03,119 --> 00:24:06,680 Speaker 1: All right, I'm gonna talk to Dennis. Hey, Dennis, welcome. 407 00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:10,320 Speaker 5: Home, Good morning, Dean. Hi, thanks for taking my call. 408 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:16,240 Speaker 5: Sure I live out on property and our water has 409 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:20,080 Speaker 5: a bad sulfur smell and taste, and I was wondering 410 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:24,080 Speaker 5: if you had a whole house water system to refer to. 411 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:32,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, so are you you're on well water? I'm assuming yes, exactly. Yeah, okay, yeah, okay, 412 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:36,840 Speaker 1: so uh I do not have one right off the cuff, 413 00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:42,679 Speaker 1: but there are there are systems out there, you know what, 414 00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:45,680 Speaker 1: This is a question I need to ask. I'm gonna 415 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:48,159 Speaker 1: I'm gonna claim ignorance here. This is a question I 416 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:52,080 Speaker 1: need to ask of Life Source because they're my favorite 417 00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:56,000 Speaker 1: general whole house water filtration system. I don't know if 418 00:24:56,000 --> 00:25:00,480 Speaker 1: they have a component. It would absolutely be worth calling 419 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:02,159 Speaker 1: them and asking them. I don't know if they have 420 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:04,480 Speaker 1: a component that deals with sulfur. I can tell you 421 00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:09,520 Speaker 1: this normal even excellent whole house and water filter systems 422 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:15,719 Speaker 1: like Life Source, a standard filter system that you know 423 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:22,760 Speaker 1: does charcoal filtration, carbon filtration and descaling sulfur is a 424 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:27,719 Speaker 1: different animal. It requires a different set of solutions the 425 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:31,800 Speaker 1: way that you deal with sulfur in water, and it 426 00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:35,360 Speaker 1: is totally solvable for you. So I want to encourage 427 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:38,879 Speaker 1: you that the way that you deal with it is 428 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:43,160 Speaker 1: you introduce an oxidizing agent into the water to either 429 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:49,080 Speaker 1: hydrogen peroxide or trace amounts of chlorine. And what that 430 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:55,080 Speaker 1: does is it converts the hydrogen sulfide gas. That's what 431 00:25:55,600 --> 00:26:00,239 Speaker 1: the sulfur is, hydrogen sulfide gas. Okay. That's what's can 432 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:02,879 Speaker 1: the rotten egg smell and the taste in the water 433 00:26:03,119 --> 00:26:05,399 Speaker 1: from well water. It's just a mineral in the water, 434 00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:10,240 Speaker 1: just the thing. And we need to convert that gas 435 00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:15,760 Speaker 1: into solid sulfur particles, okay. And what does that is 436 00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:19,520 Speaker 1: an oxidizing agent okay, which doesn't hurt you either, okay. 437 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:23,920 Speaker 1: So and then so these systems that deal specifically with sulfur, 438 00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:28,440 Speaker 1: they number one, they introduce the oxidizing agent, They turn 439 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:33,320 Speaker 1: the hydrogen sulfide gas into solid sulfur particles, and then 440 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:36,600 Speaker 1: they physically filter the particles out of the water with 441 00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:40,639 Speaker 1: a normal filtration system. So one, they convert them into particles, 442 00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:44,359 Speaker 1: and then they filter them out and wohila, the water 443 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:49,000 Speaker 1: comes through, no egg smell, no sulfur taste. So there 444 00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:54,240 Speaker 1: are specialized systems out there. I would encourage you to 445 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:56,240 Speaker 1: call life source to find out and I need to 446 00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:58,359 Speaker 1: do that too, to find out if they have that 447 00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:01,560 Speaker 1: component that they can add to their system. But I 448 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:04,520 Speaker 1: also know that if you do a search online for 449 00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:10,080 Speaker 1: sulfur removing home filter systems. You're going to find a 450 00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:14,080 Speaker 1: number of them at different price points from different companies, 451 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:16,320 Speaker 1: and then you can kind of shop it through. But 452 00:27:16,359 --> 00:27:20,840 Speaker 1: the good news is, yes they exist. They usually aren't, 453 00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:25,680 Speaker 1: you know, inexpensive, but if you've got sulfur in your water, 454 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:29,320 Speaker 1: it's well worked. I don't know anybody who wouldn't be 455 00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:31,440 Speaker 1: willing to pay just about any price to get their 456 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:34,480 Speaker 1: water tasting right and functioning right and not smelling in 457 00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:38,080 Speaker 1: the house. And it's just an unfortunate side effect sometimes 458 00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:40,479 Speaker 1: of well water that there is, you know, a good 459 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:42,520 Speaker 1: amount of sulfur in the ground. It is in no 460 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:46,440 Speaker 1: way toxic to you. It is just annoying and bad 461 00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:49,640 Speaker 1: tasting and you know, can really mess up your day. 462 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:54,200 Speaker 1: So that's how it works, and those systems are out there. 463 00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:56,360 Speaker 1: I just did a quick search right here. I came 464 00:27:56,440 --> 00:28:00,520 Speaker 1: up with five of them. So look specifically for those 465 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:04,320 Speaker 1: in your area and make some inquiries. And you know what, 466 00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:06,800 Speaker 1: this week, I'm going to check in with Life Source 467 00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:08,840 Speaker 1: as well, but call Life Source as well because it's 468 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:12,320 Speaker 1: such a fantastic system for so many other reasons. But 469 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:17,600 Speaker 1: sulfur is a specialized water filtration need, and so that's 470 00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:19,760 Speaker 1: what you need. You need an oxidizer and a filter 471 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:23,600 Speaker 1: specifically designed to take sulfur out of the water. 472 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:27,800 Speaker 5: Excellent, very good, Thank you for so much for your home. 473 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:31,600 Speaker 1: You're very welcome, Dennis. Thanks for the call, buddy. Do 474 00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:34,720 Speaker 1: we have time to well, we could start one. We've 475 00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:39,680 Speaker 1: got time to maybe start another call. So let's see 476 00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:43,760 Speaker 1: here the bumpit a bump, bump bum bum. Let's talk 477 00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:46,320 Speaker 1: to Dan Hey, Dan, welcome home. 478 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:51,120 Speaker 2: Hi Dean Hey. I live in Burbank. 479 00:28:51,120 --> 00:28:53,400 Speaker 6: I have a small house with a one car garage, 480 00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:57,000 Speaker 6: and during the pandemic, I converted it to a living 481 00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:59,960 Speaker 6: space for my teenage son. I put in a door 482 00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:02,720 Speaker 6: or in the back of the garage that leads to 483 00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:05,880 Speaker 6: the backyard, and that was fine, kind of gave him 484 00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:09,800 Speaker 6: his own kind of apartment sort of deal. Now he's 485 00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:12,680 Speaker 6: moved out and I want to use it as my office. 486 00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:16,040 Speaker 6: And I realize without having the door going in the house, 487 00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:19,680 Speaker 6: it's really inconvenient, and so I'm considering putting a door 488 00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:22,479 Speaker 6: that leads into the house. So I have a design 489 00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:26,600 Speaker 6: question and a construction question. The design question is is 490 00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:30,400 Speaker 6: there any better way to do it? I've seen people 491 00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:32,680 Speaker 6: do it. And you've got this door sitting in the 492 00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:34,920 Speaker 6: middle of a dining room wall because that's where it's 493 00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:37,440 Speaker 6: going to be in my dining room. And it just 494 00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:40,800 Speaker 6: looks really weird and funky. Is there a better maybe 495 00:29:41,920 --> 00:29:45,160 Speaker 6: the French doors or I don't know, something that looks better. 496 00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:48,000 Speaker 6: And then the construction question is, I know that's a 497 00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:50,959 Speaker 6: block wall between the house and the garage. What am 498 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:53,480 Speaker 6: I up against to put a door in that? 499 00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:57,200 Speaker 1: Okay, so it's a block wall. It's not a regular 500 00:29:57,200 --> 00:29:58,120 Speaker 1: wood stud wall. 501 00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:03,320 Speaker 6: Isn't that a requirement to have a block wall between 502 00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:07,280 Speaker 6: the house and the garage? Nope, no, no, no, I 503 00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:11,360 Speaker 6: know it's not. It's not dry walls. 504 00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:15,320 Speaker 1: It's plastered concrete. How is the house. 505 00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:18,040 Speaker 6: The forties is built in the forties. 506 00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:20,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a plaster wall, so yeah, it's concrete kind 507 00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:23,479 Speaker 1: of technically, but that's just that's just plaster, all right, 508 00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:27,800 Speaker 1: all right, my friend? Okay, yeah, great questions? Uh, if 509 00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:30,720 Speaker 1: you can hang tight because we're right up against a break. 510 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:33,480 Speaker 1: So we got it out there. Everybody's thinking about it. 511 00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:35,880 Speaker 1: I'm thinking about it. And when we come back, how 512 00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:37,960 Speaker 1: about I do my best to tackle that one. 513 00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:39,440 Speaker 6: Very good? 514 00:30:39,480 --> 00:30:39,760 Speaker 2: Thank you? 515 00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:43,480 Speaker 1: All right, You hang tight, buddy, and when we come back, 516 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:47,400 Speaker 1: we'll figure out how to get into Dan's garage from 517 00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:53,960 Speaker 1: the house as esthetically pleasing and and structurally correctly as possible. 518 00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:56,920 Speaker 1: More of your calls when we return your Home with 519 00:30:57,000 --> 00:30:58,560 Speaker 1: Dean Sharp, the house whisper. 520 00:30:59,760 --> 00:31:03,120 Speaker 4: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 521 00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:06,200 Speaker 4: KFI a M six forty