1 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:33,520 Speaker 1: All right, this weekend Welcome, you're at home with Gary 2 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:36,199 Speaker 1: Selvin said, has brought you by What and Forget? Have 3 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:40,280 Speaker 1: you tried to Forget Exterior Window and Screen Cleaner. I'll 4 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:43,120 Speaker 1: tell you what. It cleans windows right through the screens 5 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:46,479 Speaker 1: and cleans the screens. One bottle can clean up the 6 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:49,479 Speaker 1: thirty six windows. You just connected to a hose and 7 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:53,320 Speaker 1: go and kind of the same great nozzle the Wit 8 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 1: and Forget outdoor has, but it's called Wed and Forget 9 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 1: Exterior Window and Screen Cleaner. 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I've got an 18 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:31,360 Speaker 2: aggregate driveway, okay, and I do need to sell it. 19 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 2: Some of my neighbors have sealed theirs and they tend 20 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:45,680 Speaker 2: to be very slick and I have kind of a 21 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 2: steep driveway. It's not very long, but it's got a 22 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 2: good little slope to it. So is there a good 23 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 2: sealer that I should use that is not going to 24 00:01:57,280 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 2: leave it slick? And when's the right time to do that? 25 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 1: So, first of all, when you say an aggregate driveway, 26 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,800 Speaker 1: you're talking about an exposed aggregate. In other words, it 27 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 1: looks like stones on the top, correct, Okay, okay, Well yeah, 28 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 1: the reason it's slick is there is, first of all, 29 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 1: stones and the ceilers don't penetrate stone all that. Well, 30 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:25,919 Speaker 1: that's number one. Number two is the other fella. I 31 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 1: don't know if you heard me talk about a penetrating 32 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:34,240 Speaker 1: concrete ceiling that you can't even tell it's on the 33 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:38,280 Speaker 1: driveway itself. You can't use that on an exposed aggregate. 34 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:44,080 Speaker 1: So what you need is you need a seiler that 35 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 1: you would use like for stamped concrete or exposed aggregate, 36 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 1: and it's a solid it lays on the surface. The 37 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 1: ceiling actually stays on the surface, which in a lot 38 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:59,960 Speaker 1: of cases is slick. Now, there is a non slip 39 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:05,400 Speaker 1: a solid coat sealer and it's called track Safe t 40 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:12,519 Speaker 1: R A C S A f E. And the manufacturer 41 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 1: of that, I think you can get it on their website. 42 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:19,080 Speaker 1: I believe you can get it on whom Depot's website, 43 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:22,880 Speaker 1: maybe even Low's website, but not in the stores. It's 44 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:29,400 Speaker 1: DICE Coatings. It's d A i C ch Coatings dot com, 45 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 1: d AI Chcoatings dot com. It's called track safe and 46 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 1: you can put it on with a roller. You can't 47 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 1: just spray it on. But it's a slip resistance. You 48 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 1: can use that on concrete, garage floors, exposed aggregates, stamp concrete. 49 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 1: You could use it on ceramic tiel on a bathroom. 50 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:52,400 Speaker 1: But it is a slip resistance sealer. 51 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 2: Okay, all right, just what I needed. Thank you very much. 52 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 1: You're quite welcome. Thank you, Take care bye bye. Be 53 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:05,080 Speaker 1: mindful too, if you're using a solid color seiler and 54 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:11,160 Speaker 1: you have to on some particular projects exposed to aggregate. I 55 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:16,919 Speaker 1: mentioned stamp concrete. I mentioned when something is a coating 56 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 1: like that particular product would be not a penetrant that 57 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 1: would be built into the concrete. It would be absorbed 58 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:30,280 Speaker 1: into the concrete. Sun will break that down over time, 59 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 1: and it'll break it down in a couple two three years, 60 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:37,600 Speaker 1: So you have to stay in front of it. Okay, 61 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 1: you can't miss six years and then come back, because 62 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:45,279 Speaker 1: what will happen is it'll start doing It'll bleach out 63 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:49,480 Speaker 1: the stone, and especially in stamp concrete, it'll really bleach 64 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:54,479 Speaker 1: out the pigmentation. Or if you have a semi or 65 00:04:54,560 --> 00:05:00,599 Speaker 1: a semi transparent concrete stain and then used a usually 66 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:04,520 Speaker 1: a non penetrant seiler on top of that makes it pop. 67 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:10,320 Speaker 1: It's a gloss or track safe. Again it's on the surface, 68 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:16,359 Speaker 1: and once that it has some UV protection, but you know, 69 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:18,680 Speaker 1: again it's on the surface and it's clear, so I 70 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:23,280 Speaker 1: can't have too much and it starts just slowly, quietly 71 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 1: bleaching out that color. It will be three years and 72 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:33,719 Speaker 1: it'll start looking not tattered, but it'll look tired. And 73 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:36,360 Speaker 1: when you put the new coat of ceiling on there, man, 74 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:41,200 Speaker 1: it'll just pop again. So when you get to a 75 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 1: point where it's starting to look like, wow, that colorant 76 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:47,880 Speaker 1: and it's really kind of just very dull, and it's 77 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:51,359 Speaker 1: you know, it's time for it's time for another coat 78 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:55,360 Speaker 1: or two of that celant, and it will bring that 79 00:05:55,760 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 1: color in that pizazz back almost immediately as you're applying. 80 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:06,240 Speaker 1: It's it's really wonderful how that works when you just 81 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:09,280 Speaker 1: when you think, oh gosh, wait, way too long, it'll 82 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:11,840 Speaker 1: just pop and bring it, bring it right back. So 83 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:16,279 Speaker 1: keep that in mind. But most of your concrete seales 84 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:19,840 Speaker 1: that there's not color really involved, and it's just a 85 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:25,480 Speaker 1: broom finish concrete. Uh, you just use a penetrating finish. Again, 86 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:28,680 Speaker 1: about three to three years really alive. Maybe five on 87 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:32,440 Speaker 1: a vertical surface or something like that with crowding or 88 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:37,160 Speaker 1: you know, brick or something along those lines, maybe five years. 89 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:41,039 Speaker 1: But on a driveway you can figure about three. And 90 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:45,240 Speaker 1: that's a good rule of thumb. And I tell people 91 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 1: you might be thinking, right now, why do I need that? Well, 92 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:52,480 Speaker 1: I'll tell you if you live in a normal in 93 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 1: a northern climate, you really need it, just because of 94 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:58,039 Speaker 1: the snow and ice and road salt that can be 95 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:02,640 Speaker 1: dragged in on your driveway, which is very corrosive. You know, 96 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:05,320 Speaker 1: when it drives, there's a white powder over the driveway 97 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:08,039 Speaker 1: and then every morning you get a morning do or 98 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:11,960 Speaker 1: you get a little winter drizzle and it reactivates that 99 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:19,080 Speaker 1: and it becomes very caustic and it's something you really 100 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 1: don't want. I've seen brand new driveways have pot marks 101 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:30,360 Speaker 1: all over it, and there's nothing more sickening than spending 102 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:33,160 Speaker 1: you know, the cost of a new driveway or a 103 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:37,440 Speaker 1: new driveway apron and then all of a sudden, you know, 104 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:39,840 Speaker 1: you got all these pot marks over it. And it 105 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:43,680 Speaker 1: could be the type of mix they use on the concrete, 106 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:49,920 Speaker 1: but normally, normally it is just you know, you just 107 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:53,680 Speaker 1: let that salt corrode that driveway and it was not 108 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:59,560 Speaker 1: properly protected. So thanks for the call. I appreciate. Let's 109 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 1: go to Joe. 110 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:08,960 Speaker 2: Welcome h Gary. A quick question about gas fireplaces. 111 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 3: Since I've never burned wood in it, and since there's 112 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:15,520 Speaker 3: no crease, O, do I need to have the chimney 113 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:17,560 Speaker 3: clean on an annual basis? 114 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 1: Not necessarily on an annual basis, I would have it 115 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:24,600 Speaker 1: inspected occasionally, just to make sure there's you know, it's 116 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:29,720 Speaker 1: in good shape because there's other things that causes liners 117 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:34,480 Speaker 1: to crack or depending in some gas fireplaces, just depending 118 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:38,000 Speaker 1: on what the inside part of that chimney looks like. 119 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:43,560 Speaker 1: Sometimes they're just almost like they can rust and cause problems. 120 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:45,760 Speaker 1: But you know, I wouldn't do it every year or two, 121 00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:48,640 Speaker 1: but I haven't inspected, you know, maybe every three or 122 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:49,200 Speaker 1: four years. 123 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:51,960 Speaker 2: That sounds great. Thanks for the help. 124 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:55,679 Speaker 1: You're quite welcome. Thank you. Take care, you know, by 125 00:08:55,720 --> 00:08:57,360 Speaker 1: the way, that brings up a good question. A lot 126 00:08:57,360 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 1: of people asked me, you know, like, do I have 127 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:04,320 Speaker 1: to do any may it's annually on a gas fireplace. Yeah, yeah, 128 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:06,520 Speaker 1: you do. One of the things you might want to 129 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:10,280 Speaker 1: do is just take a look at the flame. What 130 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 1: color is it if you've if you've got a good 131 00:09:13,520 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 1: combination of a blue flame and a yellow flame, that's perfect. 132 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:19,360 Speaker 1: If you got an orange flame, or it's just you know, 133 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:23,680 Speaker 1: if it doesn't have any blue, it could be burning 134 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:28,840 Speaker 1: a little dirty. And I would also worry about just 135 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 1: cleaning the glass with a regular fireplace glass cleaner, wipe 136 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:38,599 Speaker 1: away that white film that's just caused by mineral mineral deposits, 137 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:44,040 Speaker 1: and don't move the logs unless it's absolutely necessary. And 138 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:48,040 Speaker 1: here's why. If you start seeing a lot of soot 139 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 1: on the logs themselves, that's telling me it's not burning 140 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:54,960 Speaker 1: real clean, and you should probably have somebody take a 141 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:58,280 Speaker 1: look at the gas logs. But if there's just a 142 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:01,160 Speaker 1: little soot on there a paint brush, you don't have 143 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:04,720 Speaker 1: to touch the logs in terms of, you know, changing 144 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:09,680 Speaker 1: the way they're stacked, because that's important, but just taking 145 00:10:09,679 --> 00:10:12,079 Speaker 1: a paintbrush and dusting a little bit that's soot off 146 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:16,160 Speaker 1: will do a really good job. So don't bump the logs, 147 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:21,000 Speaker 1: don't rearrange the ceramic logs. 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Call one 206 00:13:49,240 --> 00:14:04,560 Speaker 1: eight hundred, get roto or go to rotrouter dot com today. 207 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:14,720 Speaker 5: All right, back at it. 208 00:14:14,760 --> 00:14:17,120 Speaker 1: We go, by the way on gas fireplaces, a lot 209 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:20,120 Speaker 1: of times we don't even think about needing a professional service. 210 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:22,720 Speaker 1: And I'd mentioned a couple of things, so I was 211 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:25,960 Speaker 1: just looking at professional inspections. You know, what does it 212 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:29,520 Speaker 1: entail and when you should really call a professional. So 213 00:14:29,560 --> 00:14:33,240 Speaker 1: I thought i'd quickly go through those. Number one we mentioned, 214 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:38,040 Speaker 1: and that is the flame is yellowing. It's not a 215 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:41,800 Speaker 1: really bright blue at the base of the burner. And 216 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:46,760 Speaker 1: the pilot light you should have it inspected. Smell gas, 217 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 1: of course, soot on the logs that's heavy, or soot 218 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:54,480 Speaker 1: on the glass, not just that white haze, but actually 219 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:57,640 Speaker 1: black soot. And I said that too. It's probably a 220 00:14:57,680 --> 00:15:01,640 Speaker 1: bad oxygen mix maybe, and it's burning a little dirty, 221 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:04,680 Speaker 1: so that would be a reason the pilot light keeps 222 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:09,600 Speaker 1: going out. That's certainly a reason, and you should really 223 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:13,600 Speaker 1: have it served, you know, serviced. If it's over three years, 224 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:16,320 Speaker 1: you definitely should have it service. And what are they 225 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:19,000 Speaker 1: going to check for you? Well, they're going to check 226 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:21,120 Speaker 1: a couple of things. We'll just check the gas pressure. 227 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:27,920 Speaker 1: That makes a big difference, burner alignment, safety sensors, carbon 228 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:31,280 Speaker 1: monoxide levels, and the proper stacking of the logs of 229 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:36,120 Speaker 1: the guests fireplace. All right, let's get back to the funds. Karen, welcome. 230 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:43,120 Speaker 6: Oh hey, this is about a Napoleon fireplace. Insert. So 231 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:49,400 Speaker 6: we burned wood and we burned the sawdust bricks and 232 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:53,080 Speaker 6: it's got a firesh We had a clean the chimney 233 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:55,360 Speaker 6: and the whole thing last year. The first fire I 234 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:58,160 Speaker 6: did this year went fine. The second one, the fire 235 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:00,960 Speaker 6: wash did not operate. I don't know, and I don't 236 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:02,520 Speaker 6: I never looked in there. I don't know if it's 237 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:05,240 Speaker 6: a postal operate every time you do a fire, or 238 00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:06,560 Speaker 6: if it just wasn't hot enough. 239 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:08,840 Speaker 1: Well, tell me what a firewash is. I have not 240 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:09,680 Speaker 1: heard that term. 241 00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 6: Well, when you look inside the you know you've got 242 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:17,200 Speaker 6: your it's lined with the fire bricks. On the very 243 00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:21,400 Speaker 6: top is a metal a flat metal thing with holes 244 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:23,760 Speaker 6: all the way down both sides, and so when the 245 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:27,760 Speaker 6: fire is operating, fire goes through that and it washes 246 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:29,760 Speaker 6: it kind of like circulates the hole. 247 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:35,640 Speaker 1: And you were concerned about the firewash. For what reason? 248 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:39,400 Speaker 6: It didn't operate this last time. And I don't know 249 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:42,120 Speaker 6: if it only operates when it's super hot. We've had 250 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:43,560 Speaker 6: this for over ten years, and I don't know why 251 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:45,040 Speaker 6: I didn't. Well, it's because I have to get down 252 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:46,040 Speaker 6: on the floor to look in there. 253 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:47,920 Speaker 3: Yeah it is, but it's just. 254 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:54,880 Speaker 1: There probably probably, I think that's where you're going to 255 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:57,320 Speaker 1: fight your answer. I don't have that answer. Whether it 256 00:16:57,360 --> 00:17:01,640 Speaker 1: operates every time? Is it Does it operate mainly when 257 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:08,880 Speaker 1: the when the sawdust pellets or log is burning, Yeah, 258 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:13,359 Speaker 1: that's when it operates. My guess it is heat controlled. 259 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:16,400 Speaker 1: My guess is it is he controlled. But I don't 260 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:21,440 Speaker 1: know that for certain. So I would check your manual, though, 261 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:25,480 Speaker 1: I really would read that to just be more familiar 262 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:27,439 Speaker 1: with it. I hear you, I hear you. 263 00:17:27,520 --> 00:17:30,280 Speaker 6: I know, all right, appreciate. 264 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:32,920 Speaker 1: It, all right, thank you much, thank you. 265 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:34,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, I. 266 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:38,639 Speaker 1: Don't really know the answer to that. I've not really 267 00:17:38,720 --> 00:17:40,760 Speaker 1: heard that term, to be honest with you. I had 268 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:43,840 Speaker 1: a pellet stove, which is to compress sawdust. 269 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:44,200 Speaker 7: Also. 270 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:48,560 Speaker 1: I had that for years, probably for ten years. I 271 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:52,080 Speaker 1: have a guest log set now and I've burned would 272 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:58,080 Speaker 1: so I've done all three and I really love if 273 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:00,320 Speaker 1: I had my choice between all of them. Back in 274 00:18:00,359 --> 00:18:05,680 Speaker 1: the day, I probably enjoyed the pellet stove more than 275 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:10,040 Speaker 1: any Certainly the pure wood was best, but there's work 276 00:18:10,119 --> 00:18:13,840 Speaker 1: involved there, splitting the wood, getting the wood, stacking the wood, 277 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:18,200 Speaker 1: bringing the wood in. The pellets were easy, self loading, 278 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:22,760 Speaker 1: gave off great heat, didn't quite have the ambiance maybe 279 00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:26,160 Speaker 1: as you know logs burning, and didn't have the crackle 280 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:32,520 Speaker 1: pop and all the nice sounds, but it was it 281 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:37,080 Speaker 1: was very convenient and gave great warmth. The gas fireplaces, 282 00:18:37,359 --> 00:18:40,399 Speaker 1: it's nice, I would say, when we have a gas fireplace, 283 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:45,280 Speaker 1: maybe maybe on that first couple cold nights, certainly during 284 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:49,119 Speaker 1: the holidays when you have people over, they're very nice. 285 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:54,200 Speaker 1: But the pellet stove kind of covers all your bases, 286 00:18:54,240 --> 00:18:59,720 Speaker 1: if you will. And I understand just from reading articles 287 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:06,760 Speaker 1: woodstoves are all the rage again, so that's you know, 288 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:10,880 Speaker 1: that's nice. I love a wood stove if I can. 289 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:13,199 Speaker 1: It's just work. You just got to be prepared for 290 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:17,400 Speaker 1: the work all right. As promised, Paul Abrams, Rotor Router 291 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:19,680 Speaker 1: will be joining us. We're going to talk about some 292 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:24,879 Speaker 1: fall maintenance you definitely should do around your home, winter maintenance, 293 00:19:25,520 --> 00:19:29,680 Speaker 1: and a very busy week the folks at will have 294 00:19:30,359 --> 00:19:34,159 Speaker 1: this week, especially after Thursday. We'll continue. 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Paul, welcome again to that home with Gary Sullivan. 343 00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:48,320 Speaker 3: Good to see you. 344 00:22:48,359 --> 00:22:50,640 Speaker 1: Gary, Yes, sir, how you doing all right? 345 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:54,920 Speaker 3: You know you were talking about that gloominess and yeah, 346 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:57,439 Speaker 3: I'm out of hibernation. I'm waiting for the sun to 347 00:22:57,440 --> 00:22:59,840 Speaker 3: come out and I'm going to finish all my winter rising. 348 00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:04,600 Speaker 1: Well, let's talk a little bit about that, because Rotor 349 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:07,120 Speaker 1: Ruter what a legacy name. I know you guys are 350 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:10,679 Speaker 1: throughout the United States and you know that name. Just 351 00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:13,400 Speaker 1: when we start talking about plumbing and pipes, that name 352 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:17,200 Speaker 1: just pops in many of our heads. And on your website, 353 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:19,200 Speaker 1: I've said this main time, paulse You've got a really 354 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:24,000 Speaker 1: informative website that talks about what to do in the 355 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:26,480 Speaker 1: fall and what to do in the winter. And let's 356 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:28,919 Speaker 1: just go through some of those fall maintenance tips if 357 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:29,560 Speaker 1: you don't mind. 358 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:34,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, sure, well you said it. I mean, we've got 359 00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:37,280 Speaker 3: so much information at rotoroter dot com. If you miss 360 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:40,160 Speaker 3: something that Gary and I talk about today, go there 361 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:43,680 Speaker 3: search winter Rising and you'll find all kinds of blogs 362 00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:48,119 Speaker 3: and videos and things like that. But yeah, if I 363 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:50,760 Speaker 3: had to say, you know, the the number one thing 364 00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:55,040 Speaker 3: that causes problems is is frozen pipes, and it's usually 365 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 3: that outdoor faucet. So everybody listening go out there after 366 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:03,840 Speaker 3: the US disconnect your outdoor hoses for sure, before you 367 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:07,040 Speaker 3: cover them up with a foam insulation kit, wash them 368 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:09,080 Speaker 3: for a few minutes and make sure they aren't dripping 369 00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:11,640 Speaker 3: because if they are, you might have a leak there, 370 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:15,320 Speaker 3: and it's best to fix that before winter arrives. 371 00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:18,600 Speaker 1: For sure. For sure. Yeah, I've been preaching that since 372 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:23,280 Speaker 1: probably about mid September. You know, it's so important. I mean, 373 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:26,479 Speaker 1: you know, there's two different types of faucets, and some 374 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:30,199 Speaker 1: people think that frostproof faucet prevents everything. But if that 375 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:33,400 Speaker 1: garden hose is attached to it and there's water in it, 376 00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:35,960 Speaker 1: it's just back flowing back into that pipe, and you're 377 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:37,439 Speaker 1: going to have a problem for sure. 378 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:42,200 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, you know, I've got those frostproof hose beds 379 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:44,920 Speaker 3: in my home and I don't have the disconnects down 380 00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:47,320 Speaker 3: in the basement that I have to drain out. But 381 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:50,159 Speaker 3: I know a lot of people do. People forget to 382 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:53,199 Speaker 3: do that. And if you've got those, you know, go 383 00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:57,200 Speaker 3: shut that valve off, go outside and drain it out, 384 00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:00,320 Speaker 3: Let all the water get out of the system. Then 385 00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:03,440 Speaker 3: cover it with a with a foam insulation kit, and 386 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:07,800 Speaker 3: you know, rest easy this winter without that extra worry 387 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:10,640 Speaker 3: of sure of a frozen pipe bursting. 388 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:13,600 Speaker 1: You know, heaven doing you know, doing this show for 389 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:17,600 Speaker 1: like thirty nine years, Paul I always equate winter time 390 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:22,159 Speaker 1: with water heater questions. Now, the water heater for the 391 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:25,879 Speaker 1: most parts inside a home, what what what do we 392 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:29,199 Speaker 1: have to do if anything? Or is that just I know, 393 00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:31,640 Speaker 1: when it gets cold outside, it's tough on plumbing. 394 00:25:33,119 --> 00:25:35,399 Speaker 3: It is, you know, it's the it's that elephant in 395 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:37,679 Speaker 3: the room that we all want to ignore. We know 396 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:41,000 Speaker 3: it does its job, makes a little rumble here and there, 397 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:44,040 Speaker 3: but for the most part, it's awfully dependable, your water heater. 398 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:46,320 Speaker 3: So you know, let's give it a little love. This 399 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:49,800 Speaker 3: is a good time of year to go check it out. Uh, 400 00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:52,600 Speaker 3: you know, feel around the pipes going in the inlet, 401 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:56,160 Speaker 3: the outlet, make sure there's no leaks up there. Look 402 00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:59,359 Speaker 3: around the base of it if you uh, if you 403 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:02,240 Speaker 3: see any water around the floor that could have been 404 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:05,159 Speaker 3: coming out of that That tube that runs down the 405 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:08,720 Speaker 3: side of your water heater is connected to your temperature 406 00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:12,919 Speaker 3: and pressure relief valve. And if that thing's burping and 407 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:15,520 Speaker 3: shooting water out, that means your heater is either getting 408 00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:19,040 Speaker 3: too hot or it's developing too much pressure in the tank. 409 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:21,640 Speaker 3: And you want to deal with that before winter too. 410 00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:25,600 Speaker 3: But you know, it's a great time faul to drain down, 411 00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:28,800 Speaker 3: flush out the sediment that accumulates in the bottom of 412 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:32,080 Speaker 3: your water heater, so that you'll find instructions at rotorator 413 00:26:32,119 --> 00:26:34,080 Speaker 3: dot com on how to do that. There are great 414 00:26:34,119 --> 00:26:36,920 Speaker 3: YouTube videos showing you how to do that. But you'll 415 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:39,639 Speaker 3: save yourself a lot of trouble and extend the life 416 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:43,480 Speaker 3: of that water heater by draining that that sediment out 417 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:44,320 Speaker 3: of the bottom of it. 418 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:47,040 Speaker 1: Every year, you know, we talk about that, and sometimes 419 00:26:47,119 --> 00:26:49,440 Speaker 1: you can just drain off like two or three gallons 420 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:54,080 Speaker 1: and remember that water's hot, and you know it'll be 421 00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:58,160 Speaker 1: kind of you know, rusty colored or something along those lines, 422 00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:00,199 Speaker 1: that it'll be clear and you're probably good to go. 423 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:02,760 Speaker 1: One caution I've used in the past. I don't know 424 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:05,639 Speaker 1: how you feel about this if you're somebody that's listening 425 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:09,080 Speaker 1: right now and not how water heater is, or the 426 00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:12,320 Speaker 1: water heater is twelve years old and you've never drained it. 427 00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:16,080 Speaker 1: Sometimes that sentiment's kind of holding the water heater together. 428 00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:20,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, you're right, they say eleven years is 429 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:25,760 Speaker 3: the life expectancy of a typical conventional water heater. Yeah, 430 00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:28,320 Speaker 3: if you've never done it before, you're right, Garrey, you 431 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:31,879 Speaker 3: might be inviting some problems starting that ten or twelve 432 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:34,359 Speaker 3: years into the life of your water heat. Oh boy, 433 00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:36,800 Speaker 3: if it broke, don't fix it at that point. 434 00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:39,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's great to start out doing that and keep 435 00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:42,879 Speaker 1: doing it, but boy, if you haven't done anything, it 436 00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:45,639 Speaker 1: might be a little more cautious. How about the some pump. 437 00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:49,199 Speaker 1: We've had some decent rains at least where we're at 438 00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:53,320 Speaker 1: testing them. If you haven't had a lot of rain, 439 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:55,159 Speaker 1: probably a real good idea. 440 00:27:56,720 --> 00:27:59,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, and you know that's some pump. You know, if 441 00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:01,600 Speaker 3: you're getting heavy rain the fall, you can get down 442 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:04,120 Speaker 3: and watch it. If there's water coming into the pit, 443 00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:08,720 Speaker 3: you want to see if that pump's turning itself on, 444 00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:11,800 Speaker 3: draining most of the water out of the pit, and 445 00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:15,320 Speaker 3: then turning itself off again without any trouble. And if 446 00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:17,080 Speaker 3: you don't have water in the pit right now, you 447 00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:19,520 Speaker 3: can run a garden host through the basement window works, 448 00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:22,239 Speaker 3: get a five gallon bucket and pour it in that 449 00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:26,240 Speaker 3: pit and make sure the pump's doing its thing. And 450 00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:30,960 Speaker 3: if it isn't, or if it's hot nothing, something's off 451 00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:33,639 Speaker 3: running too long. I've had one to do that before. 452 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:37,720 Speaker 3: It's a good time to get it, get it taken 453 00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:40,520 Speaker 3: care of before winter because before you know it, we're 454 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:42,920 Speaker 3: going to have the spring falls and there's going to 455 00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:45,400 Speaker 3: be a lot of ground water seeping in the basement 456 00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:47,920 Speaker 3: walls and floors. Oh yeah, and you want that some 457 00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:50,200 Speaker 3: pump to be working when it's time for it to. 458 00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:53,680 Speaker 1: Be working, No doubt about that, No doubt about that. 459 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:57,120 Speaker 1: And before long it's also going to be hard freeze times. 460 00:28:57,120 --> 00:29:01,680 Speaker 1: And I know you started out talking about frozen pipes, 461 00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:05,960 Speaker 1: and gosh know, I can just imagine just how busy 462 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:08,760 Speaker 1: you get on a day where it's ten below zero 463 00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:13,400 Speaker 1: and pipes are freezing. Give me some areas, or give 464 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:17,920 Speaker 1: my listeners some areas where to inspect looking for pipes 465 00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:20,600 Speaker 1: that are exposed. If you've lived in a house for 466 00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:24,280 Speaker 1: thirty years, you probably know where it's vulnerable. But where 467 00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:27,800 Speaker 1: should we be looking for pipes that could freeze? 468 00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:33,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, any pipes that are exposed to the 469 00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:37,080 Speaker 3: elements are a little colder with those outside walls. We 470 00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:39,400 Speaker 3: talked about the hose bitch, the ones that are connected 471 00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:42,120 Speaker 3: to hose bitch. Once you've taken care of those, if 472 00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:44,720 Speaker 3: you've got a crawl space, or if you've got pipes 473 00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:48,760 Speaker 3: running through your garage or your attic like that, in Florida. 474 00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:53,560 Speaker 3: You'll want to take a look at those and know 475 00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:58,280 Speaker 3: the difference between a water supply pipe, which is usually copper, 476 00:29:58,360 --> 00:30:01,680 Speaker 3: it might be pecks and could even be cast iron, 477 00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:07,280 Speaker 3: and a drain pipe, which is usually PVC or there's 478 00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:10,400 Speaker 3: usually a larger diameter pipe. That's the easy way to 479 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:13,080 Speaker 3: know the difference, right. You know, if we've seen people 480 00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:18,520 Speaker 3: gary that they think they've insulated their pipes and look 481 00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:20,600 Speaker 3: at that cross base or looking under a pier and 482 00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:23,200 Speaker 3: beam home and find out they put pipe insulation around 483 00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:27,240 Speaker 3: a drain line, but they've neglected their water supply pipes. 484 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:31,200 Speaker 3: And if drain lines are pitched properly, you usually don't 485 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:34,320 Speaker 3: have to worry about those freezing o. There are always exceptions, 486 00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:37,760 Speaker 3: but it's the water supply pipes that there's copper lines 487 00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:42,000 Speaker 3: especially that will and see PVC in those things, you 488 00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:44,360 Speaker 3: want to make sure you've got good insulation on them. 489 00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:49,040 Speaker 3: If you've got a pipe that is especially vulnerable, you 490 00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:54,160 Speaker 3: can run thermostat controlled heat tape or heat cable that 491 00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:56,480 Speaker 3: will keep that pipe from freezing. I've got one right 492 00:30:56,520 --> 00:31:01,240 Speaker 3: now running on my backflowsalve outside right connected to my 493 00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:03,440 Speaker 3: sprinkler system. Because they're not going to be able to 494 00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:06,440 Speaker 3: get to me until for another week or so, and 495 00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:09,960 Speaker 3: we're already getting it dipping into freezing temperatures and that's 496 00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:11,440 Speaker 3: all it takes to do damage. 497 00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:14,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a good point. And you know, I guess 498 00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:17,040 Speaker 1: those vulnerabilities are different in different areas too. You were 499 00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:20,560 Speaker 1: talking about Florida, and I'm not in Florida, so I 500 00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:24,520 Speaker 1: forget about that. They get freezing cold temperatures sometimes too, 501 00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:28,040 Speaker 1: and the protection on those pipes isn't quite as great 502 00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:32,200 Speaker 1: in the Midwest, where I am a little different ball game. 503 00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:36,360 Speaker 1: But you get some older housing, no insulation in walls, 504 00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:40,960 Speaker 1: and you know, block construction, and that copper pipes running 505 00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:44,880 Speaker 1: right along that block underneath the kitchen sink. That that's 506 00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:46,480 Speaker 1: vulnerability of its height. 507 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:49,920 Speaker 3: Oh gosh. Yeah. And what you have to think about 508 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:52,520 Speaker 3: is when it when a pipe freezes, you know, it 509 00:31:52,640 --> 00:31:55,640 Speaker 3: creates pressure. There's an ice block in there, and it 510 00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:58,720 Speaker 3: creates pressure, and that pressure's got to give somewhere. And 511 00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:00,920 Speaker 3: that's why they tell you, you know, you leave your 512 00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:07,480 Speaker 3: leave your least some thinks trickling during extreme cold periods 513 00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:10,479 Speaker 3: it leaves the pressure. So if you get something freezing, 514 00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:12,920 Speaker 3: that pressure is going to go somewhere, and often it's 515 00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:14,920 Speaker 3: out the side of the pipe wall. Yeah. 516 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:19,800 Speaker 1: First, yeah, yeah, I was just gonna say, even if 517 00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:22,880 Speaker 1: you have one of those situations that I just described, 518 00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:27,280 Speaker 1: you know, leaving the cabinet doors opened, and you know, 519 00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:29,960 Speaker 1: if you don't have any foam sleeves around that copper, 520 00:32:30,080 --> 00:32:34,160 Speaker 1: that's something you can do today because we always love 521 00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:35,160 Speaker 1: to put that off. 522 00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:38,960 Speaker 3: The box, doores and uh, you know, keep some of 523 00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:41,320 Speaker 3: that stuff ranging never know when you're gonna need it. 524 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:44,680 Speaker 1: I know folks call rotor ruter when they have plumbing 525 00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:49,280 Speaker 1: problems and also drain problems. Is there any drain maintenance 526 00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:53,520 Speaker 1: a homeowner can do anytime of the year. Yeah, things 527 00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:54,920 Speaker 1: are just running a little slow. 528 00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:59,360 Speaker 3: Sure when things are slow, Uh, you know, you think 529 00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:02,880 Speaker 3: about your house, which drains typically run slow. The shower 530 00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:06,000 Speaker 3: drain in my house runs slow from time to time, 531 00:33:06,720 --> 00:33:08,840 Speaker 3: and me and my wife has longer hair and boy, 532 00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:12,440 Speaker 3: but it seems like, you know, every six months or so, 533 00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:14,240 Speaker 3: I got a slow drain in there. So you can 534 00:33:14,280 --> 00:33:17,320 Speaker 3: get one of those little you know, the little plastic 535 00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:20,400 Speaker 3: drain widgets that you put down in there, even put 536 00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:23,280 Speaker 3: a hook in a metal coat hanger, push it down 537 00:33:23,320 --> 00:33:26,360 Speaker 3: in that pipe. Twist it around a few times. Go fishing, 538 00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:29,560 Speaker 3: I say, pull back, and you'll be surprised what you 539 00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:32,920 Speaker 3: catch down there. Do that two or three times until 540 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:35,400 Speaker 3: nothing else is coming up. That takes care of it. 541 00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:39,360 Speaker 3: And then after you've cleaned it. There's a lot of 542 00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:44,040 Speaker 3: these bioins. I'm drain care products aren't caustic and and 543 00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:48,680 Speaker 3: and you know with the fumes and everything, they're natural products. 544 00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:52,880 Speaker 3: And those that you introduced good bacteria down into the pipes, 545 00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:55,640 Speaker 3: and it eats away a lot of that gunk. Doesn't 546 00:33:55,640 --> 00:33:59,480 Speaker 3: work instantly, but you leave it sitting there overnight, it 547 00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:01,000 Speaker 3: works meles sure. 548 00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:03,920 Speaker 1: And we put so much of that gunk in there ourselves. 549 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:07,080 Speaker 1: I mean, our toothpaste has gel in it, our shaving 550 00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:10,560 Speaker 1: cream is gelling it, our hairspray has geling it. Everything 551 00:34:10,560 --> 00:34:12,680 Speaker 1: we use in a bathroom has gel in it. That 552 00:34:12,719 --> 00:34:15,960 Speaker 1: makes inside of those pipes nice and tacky, and it 553 00:34:16,120 --> 00:34:19,320 Speaker 1: kind of collects things. And you're right, those enzyme products 554 00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:22,120 Speaker 1: do a pretty good, pretty good job. I've used one 555 00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:27,920 Speaker 1: called Drainbow. Just put the plug in the vanity bowl 556 00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:30,160 Speaker 1: and put some warm water in there and pour some 557 00:34:30,239 --> 00:34:32,120 Speaker 1: of the drain bow in there. Let's sit about ten 558 00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:35,120 Speaker 1: minutes it activates it and pull the plug and let's 559 00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:35,640 Speaker 1: sit over. 560 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:40,560 Speaker 3: Yes, great products. You know this week of always you 561 00:34:40,680 --> 00:34:44,720 Speaker 3: mentioned at the top, we're coming into Thanksgiving and plumbers 562 00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:47,160 Speaker 3: called brown Friday. It's the busiest day of the year 563 00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:50,840 Speaker 3: for Roto Rooter and most plumbing companies in most markets 564 00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:54,839 Speaker 3: because drains just get overloaded. You get a house full 565 00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:59,680 Speaker 3: of guests and they're taking extra showers, they're they're flushing 566 00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:03,080 Speaker 3: the toilet more often, right, run in the disposal, and 567 00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:06,080 Speaker 3: making a big meal in the kitchen. All those things 568 00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:09,080 Speaker 3: come together. It's a perfect storm for your drain system. 569 00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:13,560 Speaker 3: And that's why so many drains back up on Thanksgiving 570 00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:15,280 Speaker 3: and the Friday after. 571 00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:18,600 Speaker 1: So if I have twenty potatoes to appeel on Thursday, 572 00:35:18,640 --> 00:35:20,520 Speaker 1: I don't take all the scraps and shut them down 573 00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:21,239 Speaker 1: the disposal. 574 00:35:22,719 --> 00:35:24,759 Speaker 3: It happens every year and every time. 575 00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:29,200 Speaker 1: All right, Well, we've been preaching a little bit of 576 00:35:29,239 --> 00:35:32,799 Speaker 1: that too. One thing I will say, and I think 577 00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:37,239 Speaker 1: it was in I don't know, one of our conversations, 578 00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:40,799 Speaker 1: or it was in one year commercials or something, but 579 00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:44,880 Speaker 1: I've really latched onto this, and that is if you 580 00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:49,160 Speaker 1: are not comfortable doing plumbing, and we all got to 581 00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:51,200 Speaker 1: know where our strengths or you don't have the time 582 00:35:51,239 --> 00:35:55,320 Speaker 1: to do it, to create kind of an ongoing list, 583 00:35:55,520 --> 00:36:02,560 Speaker 1: almost like a shopping list. You know, vanity sink, slow drip, 584 00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:06,920 Speaker 1: toilet flushes itself. In other words, when you call rotor 585 00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:12,080 Speaker 1: Ruter if you have multiple small jobs, very very efficient 586 00:36:12,080 --> 00:36:15,239 Speaker 1: at getting that taken care of and save yourself a 587 00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:16,520 Speaker 1: little money at the same time. 588 00:36:17,719 --> 00:36:21,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, create a punch list because you get second job discount, 589 00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:25,800 Speaker 3: third job discount, fourth job discount. So you know, rather 590 00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:29,000 Speaker 3: than pay you know, oh, let's just have him deal 591 00:36:29,040 --> 00:36:32,520 Speaker 3: with this one issue. It actually saves you money. Sure 592 00:36:32,560 --> 00:36:35,480 Speaker 3: while at plumber's in your house to have ving knock 593 00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:38,040 Speaker 3: got any of the problems that you that you're worried about, 594 00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:40,719 Speaker 3: that you're dealing with it, it's a lot less expensive 595 00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:41,560 Speaker 3: in the long run. 596 00:36:42,680 --> 00:36:46,520 Speaker 1: Very good, Paul, thanks for joining us today. A happy Thanksgiving. 597 00:36:46,560 --> 00:36:49,640 Speaker 1: I hope you're not too busy Friday. And again, folks, 598 00:36:49,719 --> 00:36:53,320 Speaker 1: that website is rotoreruter dot com. You can get a 599 00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:57,200 Speaker 1: lot of good information. Schedule a visit with Rotor Ruter 600 00:36:57,320 --> 00:37:00,200 Speaker 1: to your home if you'd like. And Paul, thanks again. 601 00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:03,720 Speaker 3: My pleasure, Gary, Happy Thanksgiving everyone. 602 00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:06,279 Speaker 1: Thank you take care. All right, very good, Thank you 603 00:37:06,360 --> 00:37:09,200 Speaker 1: very much, Paul. I enjoy the conversation we have throughout 604 00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:12,600 Speaker 1: the years, and they do a great, great job for you. 605 00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:15,839 Speaker 1: Get a lot of compliments about the folks at Rotor Router. 606 00:37:16,520 --> 00:37:19,399 Speaker 1: All right, your call's next, so grab a line. They're 607 00:37:19,560 --> 00:37:22,719 Speaker 1: wide open right now. It's eight hundred eight two three 608 00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:26,880 Speaker 1: eight two five to five. You're at home with Gary Sullivan. 609 00:37:28,160 --> 00:37:30,719 Speaker 4: Help for your home is just a click away at 610 00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:43,600 Speaker 4: Garysullivan online dot com. 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All right, 649 00:40:09,800 --> 00:40:13,560 Speaker 1: back at it we go rotoruter dot com. Easy website 650 00:40:13,600 --> 00:40:16,120 Speaker 1: to remember when it pass that along once again, and 651 00:40:16,160 --> 00:40:22,200 Speaker 1: then we'll get to the calls here and Bill welcome, Hi. 652 00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:24,360 Speaker 7: Thank you, Yes, sir, Hey, I've got a question about 653 00:40:24,480 --> 00:40:29,920 Speaker 7: roof Max. That product. Does that work? It's you know, 654 00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:33,200 Speaker 7: it talks about extending your roof for years and I 655 00:40:33,239 --> 00:40:37,040 Speaker 7: haven't seen I don't think it's been around for fifteen years. 656 00:40:37,040 --> 00:40:39,040 Speaker 7: How do I know if that really works? 657 00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:42,439 Speaker 1: I guess you don't take on it. Yeah, well, first 658 00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:45,560 Speaker 1: of all, when you say extend your roof for years, 659 00:40:46,520 --> 00:40:51,000 Speaker 1: it does. But it's in steps and does it work? Yes? 660 00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:55,000 Speaker 1: Does it work on all roofs? They have to determine 661 00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:59,879 Speaker 1: how far gone, the roof is and so the way 662 00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:03,600 Speaker 1: what was invented was there's not as much asphalt and 663 00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:07,400 Speaker 1: shingles as there used to be. Okay, the shingles are smaller, 664 00:41:07,640 --> 00:41:11,040 Speaker 1: they're more brittle, and if you got a thirty year roof, 665 00:41:11,560 --> 00:41:16,879 Speaker 1: my thirty year roof lasted twenty three years. And if 666 00:41:16,920 --> 00:41:20,360 Speaker 1: at about year eighteen, I would have called roof Max. 667 00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:24,080 Speaker 1: And back then I don't think roof Max was in business. 668 00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:27,279 Speaker 1: But they've been out there now for about I don't 669 00:41:27,360 --> 00:41:29,840 Speaker 1: I really don't know, but I'm gonna guess around eight years. 670 00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:36,600 Speaker 1: And what they'll do is they'll determine this roof still 671 00:41:36,840 --> 00:41:40,480 Speaker 1: got it. It's definitely where and it's lost some of 672 00:41:40,520 --> 00:41:44,960 Speaker 1: its protection from the sun. That's the granular protection which 673 00:41:45,160 --> 00:41:49,879 Speaker 1: keeps the shingle away from the UV rays of the sun, 674 00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:52,720 Speaker 1: which really breaks down, dries out the shingle, makes it brittle. 675 00:41:53,560 --> 00:41:57,840 Speaker 1: So they created a product where you spray this on 676 00:41:58,520 --> 00:42:04,760 Speaker 1: and it will rejuvenate to shingle and it will almost 677 00:42:04,840 --> 00:42:10,000 Speaker 1: like a glue, hold down the existing grains of protection 678 00:42:10,360 --> 00:42:13,680 Speaker 1: on the shingle and that'll give you about another five 679 00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:14,800 Speaker 1: years worth of life. 680 00:42:16,239 --> 00:42:19,360 Speaker 8: And they've got a ten year old roof and I 681 00:42:19,440 --> 00:42:22,719 Speaker 8: plucked in a lot of debris in the first ten 682 00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:27,800 Speaker 8: years in my gutter, and I think that's pretty normal. 683 00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:30,800 Speaker 7: However, I was thinking, I don't want to wait too long. 684 00:42:31,680 --> 00:42:33,120 Speaker 7: Maybe ten years is too soon. 685 00:42:33,560 --> 00:42:36,279 Speaker 1: Yeah, well it might be. I wouldn't know until they 686 00:42:36,480 --> 00:42:39,080 Speaker 1: inspected or I inspected it, but they would take a 687 00:42:39,120 --> 00:42:42,320 Speaker 1: look at it. Is it a thirty year shingle guarantee 688 00:42:42,440 --> 00:42:42,960 Speaker 1: or what is it? 689 00:42:43,280 --> 00:42:45,920 Speaker 7: No, no, I'm sure it's a builder special. It's probably 690 00:42:45,960 --> 00:42:47,719 Speaker 7: a twenty twenty year. 691 00:42:48,040 --> 00:42:50,560 Speaker 1: Well, then ten years probably wouldn't be too much. I mean, 692 00:42:50,560 --> 00:42:54,000 Speaker 1: nobody really gets the warranty out. That's why now they're 693 00:42:54,040 --> 00:42:57,799 Speaker 1: playing games calling a limited lifetime warranty. Well, what's that mean? 694 00:42:57,880 --> 00:43:01,000 Speaker 1: I don't know. So Bill, I'll tell you this. It 695 00:43:01,400 --> 00:43:04,799 Speaker 1: will work. It's not for everybody, and I always say that, 696 00:43:05,480 --> 00:43:08,799 Speaker 1: but it's an option, all right. So if if you're 697 00:43:08,840 --> 00:43:12,840 Speaker 1: showing signs aware and you want to get to that warranty, 698 00:43:14,160 --> 00:43:16,560 Speaker 1: they will come out and say, yeah, yeah, we can 699 00:43:16,920 --> 00:43:22,080 Speaker 1: save this, and it's five years at about twenty five 700 00:43:22,200 --> 00:43:24,880 Speaker 1: percent of the cost of a new roof. At the 701 00:43:24,960 --> 00:43:27,040 Speaker 1: end of five years, you can do another five years. 702 00:43:27,320 --> 00:43:31,080 Speaker 1: You can do it three times. So by the time 703 00:43:31,120 --> 00:43:33,760 Speaker 1: you have it applied, you're welcome. 704 00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:35,640 Speaker 7: Thank you, I appreciate it. 705 00:43:35,760 --> 00:43:38,040 Speaker 1: You bet take care. By the time you have it 706 00:43:38,280 --> 00:43:41,719 Speaker 1: applied three times, you've got about eighty percent of the 707 00:43:41,760 --> 00:43:45,640 Speaker 1: price of a roof covered. So if you know you're 708 00:43:45,680 --> 00:43:47,319 Speaker 1: just gonna be there a couple of years, maybe that's 709 00:43:47,360 --> 00:43:49,800 Speaker 1: something you want to do. My check with your insurance 710 00:43:49,840 --> 00:43:52,279 Speaker 1: company too, to make sure they're going to cover that 711 00:43:52,440 --> 00:43:56,359 Speaker 1: as a roof. Still, you know, cover that from an 712 00:43:56,360 --> 00:44:00,759 Speaker 1: insurance standpoint. Getting some different information on that all right, 713 00:44:00,880 --> 00:44:03,680 Speaker 1: Easy Breed Ventilation system. You hear me talk about it 714 00:44:03,719 --> 00:44:06,160 Speaker 1: all the time. It creates air exchanges from the lowest 715 00:44:06,239 --> 00:44:09,439 Speaker 1: level of the home, removes the most of the polluted air, 716 00:44:09,560 --> 00:44:13,040 Speaker 1: the moist air, and of course when it removes it, 717 00:44:13,040 --> 00:44:16,960 Speaker 1: it brings in cleaner, dryer air, makes it healthier. And 718 00:44:17,080 --> 00:44:18,920 Speaker 1: right now you can get two hundred and fifty dollars 719 00:44:18,920 --> 00:44:21,880 Speaker 1: off to do it yourself kit the entire month of November. 720 00:44:22,520 --> 00:44:25,600 Speaker 1: It's easy Breathe. I'll also give you two humidistats so 721 00:44:25,640 --> 00:44:28,440 Speaker 1: you can check the humidity in your home. It's easy 722 00:44:28,560 --> 00:44:32,120 Speaker 1: Breathed dot Com. We'll continue with your calls. Ron You'll 723 00:44:32,160 --> 00:44:36,400 Speaker 1: be a first year at home with Gary Sullivan. 724 00:44:40,920 --> 00:44:44,240 Speaker 4: Home Improvement one oh one with Gary Sullivan every weekend. 725 00:44:44,400 --> 00:44:47,080 Speaker 4: Classes began at one eight hundred and eighty two three 726 00:44:47,280 --> 00:44:49,960 Speaker 4: Top you are at home with Gary Sullivan 727 00:45:00,120 --> 00:45:02,520 Speaker 5: The publica