1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:04,160 Speaker 1: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 2 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:05,760 Speaker 1: KFI AM six forty. 3 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:09,480 Speaker 2: Here we go. 4 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:19,360 Speaker 3: KFI AM six forty Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Hey, 5 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:24,079 Speaker 3: welcome to home. We are doing an all calls weekend, 6 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 3: nothing but your calls today, and I want to get 7 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:28,360 Speaker 3: back to the phone so we can get as many 8 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 3: calls in as possible. Hey, Gary, welcome home. 9 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:37,120 Speaker 4: I just inherited a seventy five year old house from 10 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:40,560 Speaker 4: my mom and I noticed that there's some TERMI droppings 11 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:44,320 Speaker 4: around and when I look for tags, I find that 12 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:47,960 Speaker 4: the last time it was fumigated was about nineteen ninety eight. 13 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:51,839 Speaker 4: They tags say that they use something called Viking, and 14 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:55,400 Speaker 4: I'm wondering is that the gold standard still or is 15 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 4: there something better these days? And what do I do 16 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 4: with the damage that's I've found. 17 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:05,640 Speaker 3: Now, I'm not familiar with every chemical process that is 18 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:08,640 Speaker 3: part of a tent fumigation, but I can tell you this, Gary, 19 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:11,960 Speaker 3: We've come such a long way in the last twenty 20 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:16,919 Speaker 3: five twenty seven years since the house was fumigated before, 21 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:20,039 Speaker 3: and you've got a lot of options. My encouragement to 22 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 3: you is that you talk to a pest control company 23 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:27,240 Speaker 3: that has, in fact in their arsenal a lot of options, 24 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 3: and you'd be surprised few of those companies are out 25 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:33,200 Speaker 3: there because a lot of pest control companies they just 26 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:35,119 Speaker 3: get into the biz. They just pick up the stuff 27 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:38,000 Speaker 3: that everybody does. They'll do a little spot treatment here 28 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 3: or there, but if anything is beyond what they're comfortable with, 29 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 3: then they'll just say, tent the house. And so you 30 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 3: tend the house, you move all the stuff out, you 31 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 3: stay out of it, and it gets fully tinted and 32 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 3: it's going to be that way for a few days, 33 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 3: and it's you know, if you're not living in the house, 34 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:58,240 Speaker 3: it's such generally empty. 35 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 4: So I'm not opposed to having attented and taking as 36 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 4: much time as they need, but. 37 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 3: I want you to know that you know there's a 38 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:11,360 Speaker 3: cost involved in that, obviously, and it may or may 39 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:15,680 Speaker 3: not be justified. So the point is this, just because 40 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 3: you find some droppings here and there doesn't mean that 41 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:21,920 Speaker 3: it is an entire whole house infestation. You need to 42 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 3: get conscientious eyes on and that's why I say I 43 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:28,799 Speaker 3: want you to go with a pest control company that 44 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:31,400 Speaker 3: has a lot of other options other than just what 45 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 3: we call the nuclear option. Which is just tenth the 46 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:37,919 Speaker 3: house and it's gone because we've come a long way. 47 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:45,120 Speaker 3: We can electrocute termites in walls. Shockingly, shockingly, Ah, I 48 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 3: did not mean to say that that way. We can 49 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 3: find termites and walls and run a current through them 50 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 3: because they've got water in their bodies, and actually electrocute 51 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 3: them through the walls to dispose of them. There are 52 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:02,840 Speaker 3: various other forms of spot treatment that are highly, highly 53 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:07,080 Speaker 3: effective that don't require tentting the house. And there's heat 54 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 3: treating a house instead of tinting. And I'm a huge 55 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:16,320 Speaker 3: fan of whole house heat treatment as opposed to tinting, 56 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:21,360 Speaker 3: just because it leaves no chemical residue, no harmful things behind. 57 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:25,040 Speaker 3: Heat treating a house is also a whole house treatment. 58 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:28,440 Speaker 3: It's sealing up the whole house using heaters and fans 59 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:31,160 Speaker 3: to bring the internal temperature of the house up to 60 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:34,239 Speaker 3: about one hundred and thirty one hundred and forty degrees. 61 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:37,120 Speaker 3: They hold it there for a few hours. That is 62 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 3: lethal to every termite everywhere inside the place. And it 63 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 3: doesn't require a tent. It's done. It starts at the 64 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 3: beginning of the day, early in the morning, and it's 65 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:51,480 Speaker 3: done and you're back in the house, or anybody could 66 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:55,440 Speaker 3: be back in the house by that evening. No chemical residue, 67 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 3: You don't have to pull stuff out, and you know, 68 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 3: and I know the house is relatively empty, but just 69 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 3: so you know, it doesn't leave behind any toxicity. It's 70 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 3: just a heat treatment, massively popular. Yeah treatment here. My 71 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 3: biggest recommendation is to find the right company. Now, Yeah, 72 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:15,800 Speaker 3: of course, I'm going to tell you that Eco La. 73 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:21,720 Speaker 3: They are my preferred pest control company for southern California's 74 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:27,080 Speaker 3: precisely because they have a full arsenal and I don't 75 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:30,039 Speaker 3: know of a pest control company that's more conscientious when 76 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 3: it comes to approaching the house. They simply don't want 77 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:37,719 Speaker 3: to do more than is necessary. And they are as 78 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 3: everybody who has the nuclear button in front of them 79 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 3: should be. They are loathed to just turn the key 80 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:48,640 Speaker 3: and press the button. But they always get the job done. 81 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:51,240 Speaker 3: And so that's the guarantee. They're going to get the 82 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:53,800 Speaker 3: job done at whatever level it needs to go. And 83 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:57,240 Speaker 3: so talk to them, Give them a call, Eco La, 84 00:04:57,440 --> 00:05:01,479 Speaker 3: Eco La, give them a call, and you know, have 85 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:05,560 Speaker 3: them consult with you about the termite situation. How extensive 86 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:08,839 Speaker 3: is it they may say, hey, Gary, we need to 87 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:12,039 Speaker 3: tent the house, or they may offer some other solutions 88 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:14,599 Speaker 3: that you might be far more comfortable with and that 89 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:18,279 Speaker 3: your wallet may actually be more comfortable with. So the 90 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:21,800 Speaker 3: moral of the story for everybody who's listening is, uh, 91 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:24,599 Speaker 3: you find the right doctor, not the one who just says, 92 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:29,960 Speaker 3: got an infected splinter. There amputation. No no, no, no no. 93 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:33,160 Speaker 3: Let's find a conscientious doctor who gets to the route, 94 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:37,160 Speaker 3: gets it done with the minimal amount of invasive surgery 95 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 3: along the way. That's the goal. Gary, Thank you for 96 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 3: your call, my friend. All right, let's talk to Julie. Hey, Julie, 97 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:45,360 Speaker 3: welcome home. 98 00:05:45,839 --> 00:05:49,160 Speaker 5: Hi Deine. We're looking at getting new windows and I 99 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:51,640 Speaker 5: love the black frame windows, but they're alwaysly a lot 100 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:54,760 Speaker 5: more expensive. So I was wondering, what are your thoughts. Honestly, 101 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 5: just if someone just adjested black frame windows in the 102 00:05:57,560 --> 00:05:59,719 Speaker 5: back of the house and kept the traditional white frame 103 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 5: one in the front. 104 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:05,960 Speaker 3: I have no general problems with that whatsoever. In fact, 105 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:08,640 Speaker 3: if you hear me talk on the show quite often, 106 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:12,040 Speaker 3: i'll talk about the tech. One of the techniques for 107 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:17,280 Speaker 3: upgrading a house without touching its traditional curb appeal is 108 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 3: to treat the facade of the house differently than the 109 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 3: backside of the house, because from the facade of the 110 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 3: house is something that is viewed from outside the house, 111 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:29,120 Speaker 3: standing on the curb in the street looking at the house. 112 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 3: Then you move into the house, you walk in, and 113 00:06:32,279 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 3: once you're past the face of the house, now we're 114 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:39,640 Speaker 3: inside the house looking out through windows into the backyard. 115 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:43,680 Speaker 3: It's a completely different experience. And so the idea of 116 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:47,559 Speaker 3: using black frame windows for the backside of the house 117 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:50,400 Speaker 3: because you love them and because they work with the 118 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 3: configuration that you're looking for, in my thinking, in most 119 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:58,400 Speaker 3: cases most cases don't quote me on this universally, but 120 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:02,160 Speaker 3: in most cases, yeah, your freedom to mix it up, 121 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 3: I would even say, depending on decor. There are times 122 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 3: when you know there are well, actually you know, I'll 123 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:10,840 Speaker 3: tell you this. We just finished designing from the ground 124 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:14,840 Speaker 3: up a new house in Studio City. Some of those 125 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:19,320 Speaker 3: windows are white traditional framed windows, some of them are 126 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:23,200 Speaker 3: dark bronze and black traditional windows, just depending on room 127 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 3: for room and the effect that we're looking for, and 128 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:28,040 Speaker 3: on some of the elevations of the house, you can 129 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:30,560 Speaker 3: see both at the same time. It all depends on 130 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:33,160 Speaker 3: whether it works with that theme. But as a general rule, 131 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 3: you know, it's kind of the mullet approach, right, all 132 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:39,720 Speaker 3: business up front and party in the back. So keep 133 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:43,080 Speaker 3: your white frame windows facing the street and do back 134 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:46,680 Speaker 3: black towards the back of the house and have a blast. 135 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:50,080 Speaker 3: I think you're completely free to do that in most cases. 136 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 3: Thanks Julie for the call. Yes, yes, it's my mullet theory. 137 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:58,080 Speaker 3: My mullet theory applies to lots of things all the time. 138 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:00,600 Speaker 3: I'm so glad you join them in this morning. There 139 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:03,040 Speaker 3: is more to come. You're listening to Home with Dean 140 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:05,520 Speaker 3: Sharp the House Whisper. Thanks for joining us on the 141 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:09,360 Speaker 3: program today, Dean Sharp the House Whisper with you, it 142 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 3: is an all calls weekend. We are just going to 143 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 3: the phones. You're setting the agenda today. The number to 144 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:19,680 Speaker 3: reach me eight three three two ask Dean, Hey, Philip, 145 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 3: welcome home. 146 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:25,880 Speaker 6: Yeah, good morning. I have a question about a bathroom. 147 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 6: We're upgrading a small second bath. It's about eight by 148 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:34,960 Speaker 6: four And for the flooring, the choice, I guess comes 149 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:38,960 Speaker 6: down through a vinyl sheeting or the twelve inch tiles. 150 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:42,199 Speaker 6: And is that a matter of just preference or is 151 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 6: one safer, easier to clean? Et cetera. Do you have 152 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 6: any comment about what's a good for It's going to 153 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:52,480 Speaker 6: be used every day, so there is a lot of traffic, 154 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:55,400 Speaker 6: and there is a shower, which we'll talk about in 155 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:58,480 Speaker 6: the second, so there might be water from time to time. 156 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:00,440 Speaker 6: Any idea is on that? 157 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:04,600 Speaker 3: Okay? Well, all right. So when you say the choices 158 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 3: come down to sheeting or twelve by twelve tie, you 159 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:10,880 Speaker 3: mean twelve by twelve vinyl tiles. 160 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:13,560 Speaker 6: So oh, ceramic or whatever? 161 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:17,840 Speaker 3: Oh okay, all right, yeah, well you know, i'm I'm 162 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:25,160 Speaker 3: The ceramic tile floor is a nicer floor than the 163 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:27,440 Speaker 3: the vinyl. It's also going to be a little bit 164 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:30,360 Speaker 3: more expensive, going to involve some more stuff to do 165 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:33,920 Speaker 3: along the way. Is this a are we going down 166 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:36,880 Speaker 3: on a slab? Are we upstairs? What's our su. 167 00:09:37,679 --> 00:09:41,000 Speaker 6: It's a one story and right now there is some 168 00:09:41,679 --> 00:09:45,960 Speaker 6: vinyl there, but it's it's an old house, so it's 169 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:49,199 Speaker 6: not on slab. It's a race foundation. 170 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:53,079 Speaker 3: Yeah, I got you, I got you. Yeah, So vinyl 171 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:55,720 Speaker 3: is going to Now what's the Let me ask you this, 172 00:09:55,840 --> 00:10:00,200 Speaker 3: what's the floor material outside? In the hallway? 173 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:03,120 Speaker 6: It's an odor like the other woman, it's an odoor home. 174 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:07,320 Speaker 6: But all the flooring is very nice and it's you know, 175 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:11,800 Speaker 6: the original from thirty nineteen thirty seven, got you all right. 176 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:14,360 Speaker 3: So here's the thing. I'm just gonna say this because 177 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:16,600 Speaker 3: I don't get to say it ahead of time before. 178 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:20,360 Speaker 3: People do this kind of stuff very often, and that is, 179 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:25,079 Speaker 3: if you're gonna go tile in there, okay, then you're 180 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:28,319 Speaker 3: gonna put down at least you know where you got 181 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:33,840 Speaker 3: your your the hardwood and the substrate underneath the bathroom floor. 182 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:37,480 Speaker 3: By the time you put down back or board and tile, 183 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:40,960 Speaker 3: then your tile is going to be up above the 184 00:10:41,080 --> 00:10:44,000 Speaker 3: level of the hardwood coming in, so you're gonna have 185 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:47,160 Speaker 3: a level change, which is not my favorite. Now there 186 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:51,280 Speaker 3: are ways around that, which is to block in between 187 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:56,760 Speaker 3: the floor joists with solid plywood, not on top of 188 00:10:56,880 --> 00:10:59,360 Speaker 3: but in between them. It's a little bit more work, 189 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:02,280 Speaker 3: but that'll allows you to lay down just the back 190 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:04,920 Speaker 3: or board and the tile and actually end up planing 191 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:07,440 Speaker 3: out with that three quarter inch flooring, which is a 192 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:10,679 Speaker 3: beautiful way to go. It's my preferred way to go. 193 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:14,200 Speaker 3: Anytime we are asked to do that and to design it, 194 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:17,640 Speaker 3: that's always what I say, because I love the idea, 195 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:21,559 Speaker 3: especially in an older home. Pushing a century home that 196 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:26,080 Speaker 3: we just transition smoothly from the top of the hardwood 197 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:28,920 Speaker 3: to the top of ceramic tile without there having to 198 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:32,359 Speaker 3: be a big step up into the bathroom. That aside, 199 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:36,120 Speaker 3: vinyl will get you there without the extra effort. And 200 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:38,840 Speaker 3: there are some really nice vinyls out there. But also 201 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:42,280 Speaker 3: in addition to nice vinyls out there, there are really 202 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:47,679 Speaker 3: nice luxury vinyl planks out there, which also is going 203 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:50,719 Speaker 3: to raise the floor only a little bit, and they 204 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:54,280 Speaker 3: interlock with each other and they float, and they might 205 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:58,000 Speaker 3: be well, they would be I think in this case 206 00:11:58,520 --> 00:12:02,959 Speaker 3: a sexier, nicer looking, completely bomb proof and water proof 207 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:07,960 Speaker 3: alternative to just sheet good vinyls. So that's my suggestion there. 208 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:11,680 Speaker 3: But for those of you who have century homes you've 209 00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:14,520 Speaker 3: got to raise foundation home and you're trying to match 210 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:18,760 Speaker 3: up a bathroom floor, think creatively about how it is 211 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:21,719 Speaker 3: that you can lay down a ceramic tile floor in 212 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:25,000 Speaker 3: a bathroom without its sticking up an inch or so 213 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:28,440 Speaker 3: above the hardwood by the time all the layers are 214 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:30,319 Speaker 3: built up. There is a way, There is a way 215 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:33,240 Speaker 3: to do it, and it's it's sheeting and blocking in 216 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:36,120 Speaker 3: between the joists as opposed to on top of it. 217 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:39,000 Speaker 3: So that's my opinion on that, Philip. What else did 218 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:39,560 Speaker 3: you have for me? 219 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:44,120 Speaker 6: Cheating and bookie? Okay? The other thing, the shower valve 220 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:46,720 Speaker 6: very hard to turn on and turn off. You have 221 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:50,000 Speaker 6: to really tighten it. Is that something that a matter 222 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:53,000 Speaker 6: of changing some parts. A plumber could do that, or 223 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:55,520 Speaker 6: do we have to take the valve out because that 224 00:12:55,559 --> 00:12:59,760 Speaker 6: would involve but breaking the tile and then inner replacing the. 225 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:05,480 Speaker 3: What's on the other side of that bathroom shower wall? 226 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:07,120 Speaker 6: Another bathroom? 227 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 3: Another bathroom? So what's immediately on the other side. Is 228 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:13,840 Speaker 3: it plaster, drywall or is it another tub? 229 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:19,320 Speaker 6: Let's see on the other side. I think it's drywall. 230 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:24,280 Speaker 3: Okay, so there is the answer to your question. An 231 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 3: old valve like that. Sometimes fixing an old valve like 232 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:32,040 Speaker 3: that is actually easier than it seems, because maybe it's 233 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:37,640 Speaker 3: just an old pressurized washer in the valve. But let's assume, 234 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:41,200 Speaker 3: just for the sake of argument, the harder problem, which 235 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:44,200 Speaker 3: is those valves are just old and they're not going 236 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:47,000 Speaker 3: to rehab Well, here is the secret. This is what 237 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:49,960 Speaker 3: we do all the time, find out what is exactly 238 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:54,120 Speaker 3: precisely on the other side of that wall. What is 239 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:57,640 Speaker 3: right behind those valves. If it's plaster or drywall, you're 240 00:13:57,640 --> 00:14:00,320 Speaker 3: in luck, because that's how we change this stuff out 241 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:04,920 Speaker 3: without tearing up the tile inside the shower area. We 242 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:07,400 Speaker 3: open up the drywall. Just a little bit of drywall 243 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 3: repair ain't nothing compared to having to redo tile in 244 00:14:10,960 --> 00:14:11,440 Speaker 3: a shower. 245 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:12,400 Speaker 2: So you. 246 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:15,400 Speaker 6: Tile, then we have to break it. 247 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:18,000 Speaker 3: You said, yeah, if you got tile, then you got 248 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:20,440 Speaker 3: to break it. But if on the backside of that 249 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:23,360 Speaker 3: wall it's dry wall, then you open that up and 250 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:26,280 Speaker 3: we get to those valves from the backside and slide 251 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:31,080 Speaker 3: new ones through the existing tile setup, and you're good 252 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:36,440 Speaker 3: to go with a minimal dry wall repair versus tearing 253 00:14:36,520 --> 00:14:40,760 Speaker 3: up everything inside the shower. Philip, thank you for the 254 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:43,880 Speaker 3: questions and for the call good luck. Give a serious look. 255 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:47,960 Speaker 3: I'm just saying a house that is pushing a century 256 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:53,080 Speaker 3: in age is worth your time and energy to fix 257 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:55,680 Speaker 3: it up right. I don't want to spend your money 258 00:14:55,680 --> 00:14:58,640 Speaker 3: for you, but it's a little bit more elbow grease 259 00:14:58,840 --> 00:15:01,960 Speaker 3: and not really a lot of cost. If you decide 260 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:05,160 Speaker 3: to go with a ceramic tile floor, and in order 261 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:08,800 Speaker 3: to get that level leveled out with the existing three 262 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:13,000 Speaker 3: quarter inch hardwood, that beautiful stuff. What we do is, 263 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 3: instead of sheeting on top of the floor joist in 264 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 3: a bathroom, we will block some edges and will sheet 265 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:24,240 Speaker 3: in between the floor joists in the bathroom. That saves 266 00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:27,760 Speaker 3: us three quarters of an inch, which means half an 267 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:29,600 Speaker 3: inch of back or board on top of that and 268 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:32,840 Speaker 3: our ceramic tile, and your brand new ceramic tile floor 269 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:37,960 Speaker 3: ends up floating out flush with the century old hardwood, 270 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:42,080 Speaker 3: and nobody will ever question that. That's how it was 271 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:45,840 Speaker 3: done on day one. It'll be beautiful, Your feet will 272 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:49,400 Speaker 3: love it, everybody will love it, and it's worth the effort. 273 00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 3: So get creative when it comes to these kinds of things. 274 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:54,960 Speaker 3: You are listening to Home with Dean Sharp, the House Whisper. 275 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:59,400 Speaker 1: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 276 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:03,400 Speaker 1: KFI AM sixty, Kay. 277 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:09,400 Speaker 3: Fine Am sixty Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. You 278 00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:13,720 Speaker 3: are Home with Dean Sharp, the House Whisperer. Hey, thank 279 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:16,560 Speaker 3: you for joining our program this morning. It is always 280 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:19,240 Speaker 3: good to be with you. It's always good to be 281 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:26,040 Speaker 3: a part of starting your weekend outright with a friendly voice. 282 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:30,360 Speaker 3: That's mine, I mean, that's my intention, that's the goal. 283 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:34,040 Speaker 3: It is an all calls weekend. We are just going 284 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:36,520 Speaker 3: to the phones. You're setting the agenda today. The number 285 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:41,000 Speaker 3: to reach me eight three three two, ask Dean, Hey Joan, 286 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:44,000 Speaker 3: welcome home, Hi, thank you. 287 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:49,320 Speaker 5: I bought an old house, probably from the thirties in 288 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:54,000 Speaker 5: northern Michigan, and I pretty much have to diy this 289 00:16:54,080 --> 00:17:01,400 Speaker 5: whole thing myself. So it's the problem, one of the 290 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:04,359 Speaker 5: problems I'm having. There's a lot of problems. But I 291 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:08,000 Speaker 5: pulled all the carpet out of the house, and it 292 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:11,040 Speaker 5: does have some hardwood flooring underneath. But when I pulled 293 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:14,119 Speaker 5: out this carpet that I think is maybe from the sixties, 294 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:19,080 Speaker 5: underneath there's about half an inch of black soot and 295 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:24,439 Speaker 5: black chunks that are like charcoali from the pad deteriorating, 296 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:29,520 Speaker 5: and I mean there's almost it's thick, and I'm wondering 297 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:31,840 Speaker 5: the best and safest way to get rid of that. 298 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:36,960 Speaker 3: Well, the safest way to get rid of it is 299 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:41,080 Speaker 3: mask up, put on your gloves, get a nice floor 300 00:17:41,119 --> 00:17:45,239 Speaker 3: scraper out there, and you know, then scrape it up, 301 00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:48,359 Speaker 3: scrape up what parts you can, get it into bags 302 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:52,120 Speaker 3: and get it out of there. It is the carpet padding. 303 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:56,199 Speaker 3: It is, especially back in the sixties and seventies was 304 00:17:56,320 --> 00:18:05,560 Speaker 3: the lowest form of easily degradable polyurethane, polyurethane kind of foam, 305 00:18:05,800 --> 00:18:11,119 Speaker 3: rubbery foam. And so as the years roll on, moisture 306 00:18:12,119 --> 00:18:16,760 Speaker 3: in the carpet, pet moisture, pet urine, I mean, every 307 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:22,200 Speaker 3: imaginable thing works, and especially like in Michigan, temperature changes 308 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:28,919 Speaker 3: and moisture humidity can just absolutely wipe out a carpet, 309 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:31,560 Speaker 3: especially a carpet that was laid down in the sixties. 310 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:32,080 Speaker 6: Wow. 311 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:32,560 Speaker 2: Wow. 312 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:37,879 Speaker 3: So anyway, yeah, it's pretty much just a mummified mess 313 00:18:38,119 --> 00:18:39,719 Speaker 3: down there, So scrape it up. 314 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:39,960 Speaker 7: Now. 315 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:43,160 Speaker 3: There may be some parts that are gooey or sticky. 316 00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:46,760 Speaker 3: App Actually that's still just the breakdown of that polyurethane. 317 00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:51,280 Speaker 3: There are adhesive removers that will help you get that 318 00:18:51,359 --> 00:18:54,520 Speaker 3: back up acetone if you just want to get something 319 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:57,760 Speaker 3: right off the shelf. Otherwise you can go with an 320 00:18:57,800 --> 00:19:00,679 Speaker 3: adhesive remover. What is the one that in fact, we 321 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:04,199 Speaker 3: were just doing this not that long ago. Here I 322 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:07,960 Speaker 3: want to say it was made by let me take 323 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:17,320 Speaker 3: a look here for you picture. No, I don't have 324 00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:24,040 Speaker 3: it here? How did I lose it? Oh? Here we go? 325 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:29,960 Speaker 3: Uh clean uh the company Clean k L E. A 326 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:36,160 Speaker 3: n Uh makes a great great adhesive remover that now 327 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:40,840 Speaker 3: you know a little bit of actone and or adhesive remover. Also, 328 00:19:41,320 --> 00:19:44,359 Speaker 3: Bostick makes the ultimate adhesive remover. That's the one that 329 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:48,760 Speaker 3: we use. Bostic b O S T I K. Bostic 330 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:52,640 Speaker 3: Ultimate Adhesive Remover. Don't over use it because I'm assuming 331 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:56,440 Speaker 3: you might want to be preserving those hardwood floors underneath, uh, 332 00:19:56,480 --> 00:19:58,600 Speaker 3: and so you don't want to over use it because 333 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:01,520 Speaker 3: it can get a little harsh. But but essentially the 334 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:05,000 Speaker 3: same material that you would use to take off fingernail polish, 335 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:07,760 Speaker 3: you know, acetone is what you want to use on 336 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:10,960 Speaker 3: the floor with the really sticky stuff. But don't don't 337 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:14,520 Speaker 3: fear the rest of it. Just mask up and get 338 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:18,600 Speaker 3: it all out of there, and then glory in those 339 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:22,680 Speaker 3: nineteen thirties hardwood floors that just might make this whole 340 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:23,560 Speaker 3: thing worthwhile. 341 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:26,560 Speaker 5: Yeah, maybe just shop back it up. 342 00:20:27,359 --> 00:20:31,280 Speaker 7: Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, Okay, anything you can do, use 343 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:33,760 Speaker 7: a floor scraper for the stuff that's really sticky and 344 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:37,480 Speaker 7: anything that's gooey, go ahead and use the adhesa remover on. 345 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:40,520 Speaker 5: Do you mind if I ask you one quick question? 346 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:42,480 Speaker 3: Sure, real quick? 347 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:47,879 Speaker 5: Okay, what's your opinion? On the Monsanto force field rushing 348 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:52,520 Speaker 5: versus plywood on a roof that's going through winter with 349 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:53,240 Speaker 5: not much. 350 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:53,639 Speaker 2: Of a pitch. 351 00:20:56,600 --> 00:21:03,960 Speaker 3: Okay, so the Monsanto roofing shield the weather shield versus 352 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:04,720 Speaker 3: just plywood. 353 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:07,800 Speaker 5: Yeah, it's like a four x eight and you don't 354 00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:10,760 Speaker 5: have to put on the you know, you don't have 355 00:21:10,840 --> 00:21:13,479 Speaker 5: to wrap it. It's all just one piece and then 356 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:15,120 Speaker 5: you just put the shingles on top of it. 357 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:19,080 Speaker 3: Yeah. It's a good material. It's a solid material. It's 358 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:23,159 Speaker 3: a solid concept. Okay, it's got to be applied exactly 359 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:29,120 Speaker 3: how they speck it. The problem with pre wrapped vapor 360 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:33,440 Speaker 3: barrier sheets of material is that people often just put 361 00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:36,240 Speaker 3: them together and they ignore the seams. There are details 362 00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:38,639 Speaker 3: about how to do the seams, and you got to 363 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:41,600 Speaker 3: do the seams. You've got to work those properly so 364 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:44,160 Speaker 3: that they're all sealed in one to the other. Otherwise 365 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:47,320 Speaker 3: you're defeating the purpose of the whole thing, you know, 366 00:21:47,359 --> 00:21:50,520 Speaker 3: being what it is. And if that's in your budget 367 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:54,640 Speaker 3: and it's something that's readily available to you, no problem. Otherwise, 368 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:59,520 Speaker 3: just laying down just standard old plywood and using any 369 00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:06,080 Speaker 3: number of overlapping seam sealed elastimeric roof membranes. It's gonna 370 00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:08,680 Speaker 3: work just fine for you, honestly, gonna work just fine, 371 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:09,280 Speaker 3: So thank you. 372 00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:14,280 Speaker 5: Don't I'm sch plywood, I mean half inch plywood. 373 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:17,240 Speaker 3: Half inch or five eights plywood. I'd prefer five eights 374 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:20,560 Speaker 3: up on a roof so that it maintains its rigidity 375 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:24,600 Speaker 3: up there and doesn't sag in between roof rafters. So 376 00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:27,320 Speaker 3: we prefer doing a roof in five eights uh, and 377 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:30,680 Speaker 3: then using you know, a self sealing membrane up there. 378 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:33,119 Speaker 3: You're gonna be fine, going to be fine. Thank you, 379 00:22:33,359 --> 00:22:37,600 Speaker 3: Thank you so much, Thank you, Joan. Thanks for the call, Michigan. 380 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:40,920 Speaker 3: That's fantastic. How about some more of your calls when 381 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:43,600 Speaker 3: we return. You are listening to Home with Dean Sharp, 382 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:46,800 Speaker 3: the House Whisper. Welcome to home, where every week we 383 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:49,320 Speaker 3: help you better understand that place where you live. I'm 384 00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:52,240 Speaker 3: Dean Sharp, the House Whisper here with you live like 385 00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:55,040 Speaker 3: I am every weekend. Or whether you are listening to 386 00:22:55,119 --> 00:22:58,160 Speaker 3: the local broadcast right here in southern California, or you're 387 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:01,199 Speaker 3: streaming us live from across the country, or if you 388 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:04,880 Speaker 3: have joined in for another episode of the House Whisper 389 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:08,440 Speaker 3: podcast I am just glad that you are here with us. 390 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:12,920 Speaker 3: Good morning to you, and welcome home. We are doing 391 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:16,480 Speaker 3: an all calls weekend. Let's talk to Dave. Hey, Dave, 392 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:17,680 Speaker 3: welcome home. 393 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:21,639 Speaker 2: My family lives in a thirty five hundred square foot 394 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:26,600 Speaker 2: a two story single family house in Orange County at 395 00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:31,200 Speaker 2: bill Lyon Home and we a year ten years ago, 396 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:36,240 Speaker 2: I spent about fifty thousand upgrading the back put, installing 397 00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:43,360 Speaker 2: a hard roof, tile floor, granite countertops, in an outdoor 398 00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:49,760 Speaker 2: kitchen with three different barbecues and sinks, and our kitchen 399 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:55,119 Speaker 2: needs a similar upgrade. We have hardwood cabinets that we like. 400 00:23:55,200 --> 00:24:00,320 Speaker 2: They're oak. We love wood. We have it's a sixty 401 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:02,600 Speaker 2: nine at home if I didn't mention that, and it's 402 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:07,679 Speaker 2: got tile countertops, and we put in the new tile 403 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:11,359 Speaker 2: and the floor when we redid the patio, but the 404 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:16,280 Speaker 2: floor is chipping. The tile was substandard. We need new flooring. 405 00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:19,320 Speaker 2: We want to replace our countertops. We want to keep 406 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:23,520 Speaker 2: the cabinetry, and we like wood so much that we'd 407 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:27,720 Speaker 2: like to go hardwood countertops. So we'd like your recommendation there. 408 00:24:28,119 --> 00:24:31,080 Speaker 3: Okay, all right, I got you. Well, good on you, 409 00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:34,959 Speaker 3: and for you know, being bold and wanting to do 410 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:38,720 Speaker 3: some cool stuff. So here is the thing for just 411 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:41,439 Speaker 3: as a general recommendation, and I'll get back to this 412 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:46,040 Speaker 3: in a second. I have no issues whatsoever with hardwood countertops, none, 413 00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:50,880 Speaker 3: zero issues. I know people all over southern California are like, oh, oh, 414 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:54,000 Speaker 3: we would never do that. That's fine, then don't do it. 415 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:57,320 Speaker 3: But I'm just telling you, as somebody who's been building 416 00:24:57,400 --> 00:25:00,880 Speaker 3: homes and designing homes for you know, almost forty years now, 417 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:04,399 Speaker 3: hardwood is a brilliant countertop. People are like, well, that 418 00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:07,960 Speaker 3: will never last up to you know, spillage and moisture. 419 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:10,480 Speaker 3: And it's like, oh, if you've ever been on a 420 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:13,560 Speaker 3: boat that has a galley in it, I guarantee you 421 00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:17,600 Speaker 3: this one thing. The countertop on that galley is hardwood. 422 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:20,080 Speaker 3: If you've ever gone into a pub and sat at 423 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:25,080 Speaker 3: a bar, the bar is hardwood. So yeah, the idea 424 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:28,440 Speaker 3: that wood doesn't hold up to abuse and or moisture 425 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:31,399 Speaker 3: is a myth. Now you got to do it right, okay, 426 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:35,840 Speaker 3: So but there you go. There's my feeling about hardwood countertops, 427 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:38,159 Speaker 3: even so much so that Tina and I half of 428 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:42,640 Speaker 3: the counters half of them in our kitchen. The specifically 429 00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:45,400 Speaker 3: the counter that the sink is in is a two 430 00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:50,960 Speaker 3: inch thick walnut, black walnut, and it just oiled, not 431 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:55,240 Speaker 3: finished with polyurethane or anything, just oiled with mineral oil. 432 00:25:55,640 --> 00:26:00,320 Speaker 3: And it's years old now, and it years in years 433 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:03,720 Speaker 3: old now and it looks like brand new and all 434 00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:05,840 Speaker 3: we have to do is just reoil it and gaboom. 435 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:10,040 Speaker 3: So anyway, now the trick for you, Dave is going 436 00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:14,400 Speaker 3: to be this. You've got you're thinking about putting hardwood 437 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:17,680 Speaker 3: floors in the kitchen. You've got oak cabinets, and you're 438 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:20,679 Speaker 3: thinking about wood. Now that as a wood lover, you 439 00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:23,840 Speaker 3: know that's a lot of wood. And so the key 440 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:25,879 Speaker 3: is this. I'm not going to tell you not to 441 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:28,760 Speaker 3: do all of that wood, but I am going to 442 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:33,320 Speaker 3: be very very specific. You need to wisely create contrast 443 00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:37,960 Speaker 3: between the floor, the cabinets and the countertops. So whatever 444 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:40,960 Speaker 3: color the ooak is of the cabinets, that's a lock, 445 00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:45,159 Speaker 3: right because they're all finished out. Whatever color that is, 446 00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:49,960 Speaker 3: you want some contrast in lightness or darkness and in 447 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:55,359 Speaker 3: intensity of color for the countertops. Number one and number 448 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:58,600 Speaker 3: two for the floor. If we go oak on oak 449 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:01,400 Speaker 3: on it. Actually the material itself is irrelevant. I would 450 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:04,080 Speaker 3: not use oak for the countertops just because oak doesn't 451 00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:08,800 Speaker 3: do as well with these things. But the floor, the 452 00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:12,200 Speaker 3: cabinet try and the counter. If you went with the 453 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:15,600 Speaker 3: same kind of style and the same general tone, you're 454 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:18,359 Speaker 3: going to end up with a wood cave. And you 455 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:20,800 Speaker 3: don't want a wood cave in your kitchen where your 456 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:24,080 Speaker 3: kitchen used to be. Okay, So in order for it 457 00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:26,320 Speaker 3: to really pop, for it to really shine, for it 458 00:27:26,359 --> 00:27:29,520 Speaker 3: to really show itself off, you just want color contrasts. 459 00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:32,560 Speaker 3: So if the cabinets are staying dark, then you want 460 00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:35,440 Speaker 3: to go lighter with the counter or vice versa. Our 461 00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:39,320 Speaker 3: cabinets in our kitchen are white. They're just they're beautiful 462 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:44,080 Speaker 3: wood cabinets, but they are white. And so the dark 463 00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:46,639 Speaker 3: wallnuts sitting on top of those cabinets, and then we 464 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:50,400 Speaker 3: have a brick style tile floor underneath them. They all 465 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:53,399 Speaker 3: just show off and compliment each other, you know, super well. 466 00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:57,240 Speaker 3: But we have done wood on wood on wood before. 467 00:27:57,320 --> 00:28:01,800 Speaker 3: But the key is contrast, heavy contrast so that you 468 00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:04,840 Speaker 3: don't get that cavy bleed out effect. 469 00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:05,399 Speaker 6: Uh. 470 00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:09,040 Speaker 3: And so there you go, and my recommendation as far 471 00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:12,080 Speaker 3: as the wood, there are several species of hardwoods that 472 00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:15,840 Speaker 3: work really, really well. You should just get yourself down 473 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:21,240 Speaker 3: to a hardwood specialty shop or lumberyard that specializes in 474 00:28:21,280 --> 00:28:24,840 Speaker 3: hardwoods and check out what they've got and the you know, 475 00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:26,800 Speaker 3: see how you guys feel about it, because it's one 476 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:29,080 Speaker 3: of the one of the fun things about picking out 477 00:28:29,119 --> 00:28:33,280 Speaker 3: hardwoods for situations like this. Every piece is different, you know, 478 00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:36,160 Speaker 3: it's not just standard lumber. And a lot of people 479 00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:39,480 Speaker 3: are wondering, like, Okay, where do I find such things? 480 00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:41,680 Speaker 3: Cause you know, I didn't see anything at the home 481 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:44,720 Speaker 3: depot or lows or at the lumber yard down the street. Now, 482 00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:46,880 Speaker 3: first of all, your lumber yard down the street may 483 00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:51,160 Speaker 3: have some, but there are shops all over southern California 484 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:56,560 Speaker 3: that specialize in these kinds of woods. Two things you 485 00:28:56,600 --> 00:29:00,320 Speaker 3: need to do. One, when you're talking about wood that 486 00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:04,320 Speaker 3: you're gonna use for finished products like countertops or furniture, 487 00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:08,440 Speaker 3: it doesn't come in it's not sold in inches by inches. 488 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:13,600 Speaker 3: It's actually sold in in quarter inches thicknesses. So if 489 00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:16,800 Speaker 3: you're looking for a two inch countertop slab, you're gonna 490 00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:20,600 Speaker 3: be looking for an eight quarter or an eight over four, okay, 491 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:24,160 Speaker 3: because that's how they're rated that way. So if you're 492 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:25,680 Speaker 3: looking for an inch and a half, it's a six 493 00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:28,120 Speaker 3: over four, and one inch is a four over four. 494 00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:31,640 Speaker 3: That's just lingo. If you walk in, speak in the lingo, 495 00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:35,320 Speaker 3: they're gonna dig you. Where do you find it? All 496 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:38,600 Speaker 3: over the place. If you're up here in eastern Ventora 497 00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:42,480 Speaker 3: County or the West Valley, then you know, get out 498 00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:45,440 Speaker 3: here to a gore and go to Canao Hardwoods. If 499 00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:50,840 Speaker 3: you're in La Bonhoff Lumber of course classic and my 500 00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:54,160 Speaker 3: buddy's over at Angel City Lumber, please go to Angel 501 00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:56,760 Speaker 3: City and check out what they've got. If down in Anaheim, 502 00:29:56,760 --> 00:29:59,560 Speaker 3: you've got a lot of choices, among which are California 503 00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:03,880 Speaker 3: Exhaust Hardwoods, and there are others. There are many, many others, 504 00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:06,959 Speaker 3: but there just gives you a sample of North Valley, 505 00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:11,600 Speaker 3: Northwest Valley, LA, and Orange County. These kinds of places 506 00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:14,800 Speaker 3: are all over the place. The last thing I'm gonna 507 00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:18,400 Speaker 3: tell you is when we do a countertop, my preference 508 00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:22,400 Speaker 3: is not to super seal the wood in terms of 509 00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:26,880 Speaker 3: like putting multiple layers of polyurethane and making it like 510 00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:31,400 Speaker 3: a bar top shiny like I said our would when 511 00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:34,320 Speaker 3: in raw the black walnut, and we just keep it 512 00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:37,800 Speaker 3: nicely oiled, water beads right on the surface. What if 513 00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:41,240 Speaker 3: it gets scratched, Dean, Well, it's two inch thick hardwood. 514 00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:44,520 Speaker 3: If you end up with a scratch or a gouge 515 00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:48,400 Speaker 3: that you're just like, uh oh, you know what, especially 516 00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:50,720 Speaker 3: if it's only been oiled, you just get out the 517 00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:54,640 Speaker 3: sand paper or a little sand er, a little palm sander, 518 00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:59,520 Speaker 3: and just gently, very very gently massage the area until 519 00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:03,880 Speaker 3: the gouge goes away, reoil it and you're back in 520 00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:07,240 Speaker 3: the game again. That has not happened to our countertop, 521 00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:10,240 Speaker 3: but you know it could. So there you go, my 522 00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:13,480 Speaker 3: friend Dave, thank you for the question, and good luck 523 00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:16,560 Speaker 3: on the kitchen. You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp, 524 00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:20,720 Speaker 3: the House Whisper on KFI. This has been Home with 525 00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:24,080 Speaker 3: Dean Sharp, the House Whisper. Tune into the live broadcast 526 00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:27,600 Speaker 3: on KFI Am six forty every Saturday morning from six 527 00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:30,680 Speaker 3: to eight Pacific time, and every Sunday morning from nine 528 00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:34,320 Speaker 3: to noon Pacific time, or anytime on demand on the 529 00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:35,760 Speaker 3: iHeartRadio app.