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And grab a line 21 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 1: different things. As we look forward to colder weather, things 22 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 1: that you might start tackling. I mentioned this yesterday. You know, 23 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 1: when we get to the cooler weather, probably in a 24 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 1: lot of parts of the country, it'll become rainy, snowy 25 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 1: in northern climates. But check the window wells, in dry 26 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 1: wells around your home storm drains, make sure there's no 27 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:16,240 Speaker 1: debris that could be blocking them. In a window well. 28 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:22,280 Speaker 1: Sometimes there's a drain in them, sometimes not check and 29 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 1: make sure check and see if there is a drain. 30 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 1: If there's no drain, you might want to put to 31 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:29,640 Speaker 1: use a window well cover to minimize the amount of 32 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 1: water that gets in them. If it's got a drain, 33 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 1: just make sure that that water can get to that 34 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:40,800 Speaker 1: drain and you know, get that water out of that 35 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 1: window well. So that'd be definitely one thing I would 36 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 1: take a look at. I've been preaching a lot about gutters. 37 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 1: We'll hear from Randy Schreiber from gutter Brush today, and 38 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 1: how very very important to fall that we keep those 39 00:02:55,480 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 1: gutters clean and free flowing. Talk about crews that get 40 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 1: into your attic. A lot of times that's from water 41 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 1: that's spilling over gutters from the back onto the soft boards, 42 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:13,640 Speaker 1: causing rot squirrels into the attic. Big problem water that's 43 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 1: spilling over the front of the gutters, laying along the 44 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:22,160 Speaker 1: foundation causing hydrostatic pressure, especially in areas where there's very 45 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:26,079 Speaker 1: heavy soil. Not so much of an issue with sandy soil, 46 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:30,960 Speaker 1: but heavy sowher it holds that water creates a lot 47 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 1: of pressure can crack foundations. So clear and free flowing 48 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:41,240 Speaker 1: is what you want those to be. And also while 49 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:44,040 Speaker 1: you're cleaning them and checking those out, take a look 50 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:46,960 Speaker 1: at the down spouts. If you got pipes that go 51 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:51,600 Speaker 1: underground from the down spout, make sure that down spout 52 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 1: in the pipe with a fitting that's coming up from 53 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:58,720 Speaker 1: the ground are aligned. Every year, I have at least 54 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 1: one or two that are a little bit out of alignment, 55 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:06,720 Speaker 1: and after I align them, I'd give it a couple 56 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:08,720 Speaker 1: of years and they may very well be out of 57 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:13,120 Speaker 1: alignment again. So it is something that requires you to 58 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:17,280 Speaker 1: take a look at pretty much on an ongoing basis. 59 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 1: So let's get that you know on your list. Also 60 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 1: as we go. Inside mentioned yesterday about just simple little 61 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:32,240 Speaker 1: things like changing the filter if it's been a while, 62 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 1: maybe since springtime of changing your indoor air handler's furnest 63 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:44,600 Speaker 1: filter or air handler filter. We strongly encourage you going 64 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:51,279 Speaker 1: and replacing that going into the colder months. And there's 65 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:54,560 Speaker 1: several different kinds, usually an inch thick, but there are 66 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:57,600 Speaker 1: some two inch, there are some four inch. There's some 67 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 1: flat filters, there's some pleat it filters. Pleated filters a 68 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:06,120 Speaker 1: little bit more surface room, so do a little bit better. 69 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:09,320 Speaker 1: You can get them where they have a very high 70 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:17,120 Speaker 1: nerve rating, where it'll actually filter out viruses. So I 71 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 1: don't know if you need that, and we'll let you decide, 72 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:26,039 Speaker 1: but stay away from the flat panel filters. Sure you 73 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:28,760 Speaker 1: can get them for a buck, but they're not all 74 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 1: that efficient. A pleated filter it comes in different nerve 75 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 1: ratings anywhere really, probably from five to an eight to 76 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 1: an eleven to thirteen, and of course to hire the 77 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 1: number of the more small particles that it does filter out. 78 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 1: So if you'd like to join us talk about those issues, 79 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:50,400 Speaker 1: feel free to grab a line. We've got them wide 80 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:54,160 Speaker 1: open this morning. It's eight hundred eighty two three eight 81 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:58,600 Speaker 1: two five five, and we'll talk about your home project. 82 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:01,840 Speaker 1: I asked this question last week, and i'll ask it 83 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:10,160 Speaker 1: again because it bears asking again. We hear people are 84 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:16,240 Speaker 1: friends social media, a lot of people very very concerned 85 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:19,320 Speaker 1: about their energy bills, and it should be. I mean, 86 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:22,960 Speaker 1: some of these have been up twenty twenty five until 87 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 1: somebody thirty percent. And my question is, I know we 88 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 1: all don't like it, but what are you doing about it? 89 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:35,360 Speaker 1: There's a lot of things we can do about it 90 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:41,239 Speaker 1: in terms of conserving energy, but what are you doing 91 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:44,280 Speaker 1: about it? Have you gotten up in that attic and 92 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:48,680 Speaker 1: check to see how much insulation you actually have in 93 00:06:48,720 --> 00:06:53,359 Speaker 1: your attic? In my area, I'm supposed to have eighteen 94 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:58,360 Speaker 1: inches of insulation. You can find out what the RT 95 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:02,720 Speaker 1: value is given to you by the Department of Energy 96 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 1: and for an R one, just figure about two and 97 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:12,640 Speaker 1: a half inches of fiberglass insulation. If you're supposed to 98 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:16,040 Speaker 1: have eighteen inches, then you have eight you're missing a boat. 99 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:21,840 Speaker 1: Ventilation all the way around the house is ventilated properly. 100 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:24,840 Speaker 1: I know you can see the vent screens underneath the 101 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 1: you know, the face you're bored and the softs by 102 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 1: the gutters. But on the underside of that is there 103 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:36,920 Speaker 1: a penetrations through that board into the attic where Eric 104 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:42,559 Speaker 1: can actually flow into the attic or have they never 105 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:47,040 Speaker 1: been there? Have they been painted over, have cobwebs clogged them? 106 00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:54,360 Speaker 1: Has insulation been blown over them? We need ventilation, and 107 00:07:54,440 --> 00:08:00,160 Speaker 1: your house very well may need insulation. But again, I 108 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:04,680 Speaker 1: guess I'll go back to that, just crabbing about the 109 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:07,760 Speaker 1: the energy bill. Let's do something about it. At least, 110 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 1: let's have a conversation about it and see if we can, 111 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 1: you know, help you out a little bit. It's all 112 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 1: kind of small things which add up to big things, 113 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 1: and the big things certainly should be addressed immediately. I 114 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:29,440 Speaker 1: had a friend of mine actually in an older house, 115 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:33,760 Speaker 1: and he has really been getting socked with some big 116 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:37,440 Speaker 1: sized bills, and got him in the abdicated four inches 117 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:43,680 Speaker 1: of insulation up there, and based on the edge of 118 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 1: the home, he had nothing in the walls. Whereas my 119 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:54,360 Speaker 1: bill might have been two hundred bucks's morenette probably in 120 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 1: the upper two hundreds, his was close to nine hundred, 121 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:04,440 Speaker 1: and my house was larger. That's how much of a 122 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:09,520 Speaker 1: difference it can make. So again, if you're unsure what 123 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:13,000 Speaker 1: you have, you or someone is going to have to 124 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:15,439 Speaker 1: get up there and just do a once over in 125 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:18,400 Speaker 1: the attic and see how much inslation you have. And 126 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:21,000 Speaker 1: there's all kinds of other things. We'll talk about some 127 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:25,160 Speaker 1: of those today, and if you've got a question, you 128 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:29,520 Speaker 1: can certainly call us. But little things just like cleaning 129 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:35,920 Speaker 1: the coils on your refrigerator every six months, that can 130 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:42,720 Speaker 1: save you nickels and dimes maybe more, and uh not 131 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:47,360 Speaker 1: that difficult to do. So our phone numbers five to one, three, seven, 132 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:50,640 Speaker 1: four nine, No, it's not. 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All right back, 176 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:46,560 Speaker 1: get it We go at home with Gary Sullivan as 177 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:50,280 Speaker 1: we chat about your home projects, maintenance or repair. Feel 178 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:53,280 Speaker 1: free to join us. Our number is eight hundred eight 179 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:57,160 Speaker 1: two three eight two five five and Rand Welcome. 180 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:00,680 Speaker 3: Good morning, Gary. How are you this weekend? 181 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:02,240 Speaker 1: Just live in the dream? Ran? 182 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:05,080 Speaker 3: How about you and the same thing up there in 183 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:08,319 Speaker 3: northern Idaho? I was sharing that what I've got is 184 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:10,720 Speaker 3: that we've got a cedar fence. It's actually in my school, 185 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:12,200 Speaker 3: but a lot of them. What we're talking about here, 186 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:14,760 Speaker 3: I'm sure we'll apply to homes too. The cedar fence 187 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:16,800 Speaker 3: we put in about four years ago, and we were 188 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:19,120 Speaker 3: gonna let it be kind of natural. What natural turns 189 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:22,800 Speaker 3: into is just an ugly gray thing. So we've powerwashed it. 190 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:24,960 Speaker 3: And what we're doing now is we're kind of looking 191 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:28,120 Speaker 3: at it compared to analysis with my students. I'm saying, Okay, 192 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:32,960 Speaker 3: we can use uh oil based water based, or we'll 193 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:36,720 Speaker 3: comparing those against boiled in seed oil pros and cons 194 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:39,840 Speaker 3: of those. And have you ever heard of show shoogy 195 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:45,679 Speaker 3: bond preservation of wood? No, it's a Japanese method where 196 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:48,400 Speaker 3: you burn the wood and then scrape it down, wash 197 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:55,040 Speaker 3: it and and yeah that's uh. But that's that makes 198 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:57,360 Speaker 3: some of the administrators above me a little nervous when 199 00:13:57,360 --> 00:13:59,240 Speaker 3: I put a bunch of torches in kids' hands around 200 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:01,760 Speaker 3: to school. So we're kind of we're kind of we're 201 00:14:01,840 --> 00:14:04,600 Speaker 3: kind of leaning away from that one, but looking towards 202 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:07,560 Speaker 3: the board the world lind seed versus another stain, and 203 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:09,400 Speaker 3: we just wanted to think about some of the pros 204 00:14:09,440 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 3: and cons of back. Can you help me with that? 205 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:16,520 Speaker 1: Sure? Sure? First, starting with a linden seed oil, of course, 206 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:19,960 Speaker 1: from the flax seed. Many people, you know, the farmers 207 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:22,280 Speaker 1: and everything years ago, that's what they use. That's what 208 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:27,120 Speaker 1: about what we had I used. I read a book 209 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:29,480 Speaker 1: one time. It was it was an interesting book that 210 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:32,800 Speaker 1: one of the problems with farms back then was when 211 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 1: we even just used linseed oil on our homes and 212 00:14:35,320 --> 00:14:38,640 Speaker 1: fences and everything, cows would come up and start licking 213 00:14:38,640 --> 00:14:39,360 Speaker 1: the farmhouse. 214 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:44,520 Speaker 3: So I've heard it attracts insects too. Yeah, that's the 215 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:45,120 Speaker 3: other part. 216 00:14:45,280 --> 00:14:48,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'll tell you that the boiled linseed oil right now, 217 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:51,680 Speaker 1: at this point, with the technology, i'd put a line 218 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:54,160 Speaker 1: through it. So let me just give you the cons. Okay, 219 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:58,560 Speaker 1: boiled lindseeed has very little UV protection, which is the 220 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:03,600 Speaker 1: reason that that cedar terms of that gray color, it 221 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:06,360 Speaker 1: can you know, hold up against the insects and all that, 222 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:10,360 Speaker 1: but the UV raises the sun really bleached that out. 223 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:15,360 Speaker 1: Linseed oils you could jokingly say it attracts cows, but 224 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:18,800 Speaker 1: it also attracts mold sports it is a food source 225 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:23,920 Speaker 1: for mold, and and that linse oil is an organic material, 226 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:26,720 Speaker 1: so the mold spores will get on there and literally 227 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:30,880 Speaker 1: just start growing mold to break that fence down. But 228 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:34,160 Speaker 1: you know, it does do some protection, but it's not 229 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:37,680 Speaker 1: going to keep that good color you want. It's you know, 230 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:40,760 Speaker 1: if you have a I know you're probably pretty probably 231 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:43,600 Speaker 1: where you're at, But you know, if you had a 232 00:15:43,640 --> 00:15:46,520 Speaker 1: more moist climate, I think it would be moldier in 233 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:50,120 Speaker 1: heck all the time. So you can do so much better. 234 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:52,280 Speaker 1: I'd really rather just kind of take a look at 235 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:59,800 Speaker 1: your your your water based stains versus your solvent based stains. 236 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:08,440 Speaker 1: And solvent based stains they penetrate would the best. Okay, 237 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:14,200 Speaker 1: now they're not as good again of blocking the ultraviolet 238 00:16:14,280 --> 00:16:19,760 Speaker 1: rays of the sun. So you give one and take 239 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:22,760 Speaker 1: away the other. So you get a little better penetration 240 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:26,720 Speaker 1: into the wood and you don't get as longer a 241 00:16:26,760 --> 00:16:29,680 Speaker 1: life out of it because it's going to fade and 242 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:35,040 Speaker 1: it will it will look worse, quicker. The water bass 243 00:16:35,640 --> 00:16:38,880 Speaker 1: it doesn't penetrate the wood as good as you'd like 244 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:43,080 Speaker 1: it to. But we can help that. First of all, 245 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:49,280 Speaker 1: cedar would allow penetration a little bit better than maybe 246 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 1: some other woods. All Right, you can also help that. 247 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:58,840 Speaker 1: There's a product called deck wash or deck brightener. May 248 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:01,080 Speaker 1: have seen it in hardware doors, and what it is. 249 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:08,600 Speaker 1: It is a moldoxolic acid which opens up the pores 250 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:14,119 Speaker 1: of the wood, which allows the water based paints or 251 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:18,320 Speaker 1: water based stains and paints to penetrate into that wood 252 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:21,240 Speaker 1: much better than if you did not use it. I 253 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:23,800 Speaker 1: like to refer to it. It's like the meratic acid 254 00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:29,000 Speaker 1: for wood, only it's not moradic acid. It's like solic acid. 255 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:34,639 Speaker 1: And your water base, be it paints, solid color stains 256 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:40,159 Speaker 1: or semi transparent stains, has the best resistance to the 257 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:45,560 Speaker 1: ultraviolet light. So it's going to stay that color longer. 258 00:17:46,720 --> 00:17:49,720 Speaker 1: How much longer can't really say because it's going to 259 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:54,240 Speaker 1: vary from different locations on the property, probably depending on 260 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:58,399 Speaker 1: sun direct sunlight and everything else. And also the color 261 00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:03,639 Speaker 1: the darker this semi transparent stain you use, the longer 262 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:06,399 Speaker 1: it's gonna last because it's got more solids in it. 263 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 1: So in a nutshell, that's kind of now that you 264 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:16,200 Speaker 1: can get into all kinds of things now rand where 265 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:23,080 Speaker 1: they even have modified penetrating stains where it's a combination 266 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:28,440 Speaker 1: of oil and water, which is pretty unique stuff. Too. 267 00:18:28,560 --> 00:18:32,879 Speaker 1: I know Sherman Williams has their own brand and modified 268 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:37,040 Speaker 1: semi transparent where it does have water and oil in it, 269 00:18:37,560 --> 00:18:40,600 Speaker 1: I would still use the oxalic acid for good penetration. 270 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:44,639 Speaker 1: You get extra penetration there, you got good block with 271 00:18:44,760 --> 00:18:47,880 Speaker 1: the sun. That's probably the you know. I'd go either 272 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:51,000 Speaker 1: the straight water base or maybe the modified acrylics. 273 00:18:52,280 --> 00:18:54,840 Speaker 3: Well, and there's practical life skills class I teach. I've 274 00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:57,760 Speaker 3: got new kids in it every every year, so as 275 00:18:57,800 --> 00:19:00,720 Speaker 3: I think about it, even if your water, I think 276 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:04,159 Speaker 3: if I recall correctly, correctly water based would need to 277 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:05,200 Speaker 3: be applied more often. 278 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:09,399 Speaker 1: Well, I don't know if it'd be need to be 279 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:12,159 Speaker 1: replied more often at this point because it's going to 280 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:17,960 Speaker 1: look better longer. It's mainly the penetration into the wood. 281 00:19:18,840 --> 00:19:20,679 Speaker 1: I hope that helps. Ran. 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Our phone 326 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:26,280 Speaker 1: number is eight hundred eighty two three eight two five five. 327 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:30,840 Speaker 1: I will say that weather stripping and calocking goes a 328 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:33,919 Speaker 1: long way to helping you on your energy bill. Is 329 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:36,480 Speaker 1: it gonna bring it back to where it was? Probably not? 330 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:41,480 Speaker 1: Is it gonna help? Sure? And different things to look 331 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:47,520 Speaker 1: when you're outside is really take a look at any joints, 332 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:52,359 Speaker 1: joints in sighting, joints around the house, joints around doors, 333 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:57,560 Speaker 1: joints around windows, any penetration going through the envelope of 334 00:22:57,600 --> 00:23:03,040 Speaker 1: the house, those are all places. Certainly, air can transfer 335 00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:07,920 Speaker 1: cold air into a warmhouse. Warm air escaping from a warmhouse, 336 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:16,000 Speaker 1: and by tightening that up certainly will help conserve energy. 337 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:18,720 Speaker 1: If you get a cold draft going into your home, 338 00:23:19,359 --> 00:23:21,280 Speaker 1: it's going to take a little bit more work for 339 00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:26,119 Speaker 1: your furnace to satisfy that thermostat. It's going to run longer, 340 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:33,959 Speaker 1: and it's gonna cost you more. The problem with calking, 341 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:37,120 Speaker 1: a lot of us can observe that maybe we are 342 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:40,000 Speaker 1: missing a little calking around a window or you know, 343 00:23:40,080 --> 00:23:45,480 Speaker 1: a door jam or something something along those lines. But 344 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:49,520 Speaker 1: the cold action, well, it can be a project in 345 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:53,840 Speaker 1: some cases because the old calking has to be removed, 346 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:58,280 Speaker 1: and that's probably the biggest part of that job. To 347 00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:02,960 Speaker 1: be honest, you just can't smear it over the surface 348 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:08,520 Speaker 1: of your existing calking. It's not gonna look good. Number one, 349 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:11,840 Speaker 1: it's gonna be a thin layer. Adhesion is probably on 350 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:14,919 Speaker 1: the old calking, which isn't going to be good. The 351 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:19,800 Speaker 1: way calking works is it goes into the crevice. You 352 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:23,879 Speaker 1: don't have to fill the crevice, but you have to 353 00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:28,800 Speaker 1: get the calking into the crevice enough so that adhesion 354 00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:34,600 Speaker 1: can take place on both sides of that calking bead 355 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:42,360 Speaker 1: to the interior sides of the crevice. And that adhesion 356 00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:48,080 Speaker 1: is what's going to keep out you know, cold temperatures, water, 357 00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:52,639 Speaker 1: and then as you go through the cycle of the seasons, 358 00:24:53,359 --> 00:24:57,640 Speaker 1: the hot, the cold, the medium the hot the cold medium, 359 00:24:57,680 --> 00:25:03,440 Speaker 1: there's gonna be some flexing that takes place, so adhesion becomes. 360 00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:12,080 Speaker 1: Preparation of the seam obviously is important. The way the 361 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:17,600 Speaker 1: calking is applied is important, and then the type of 362 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:24,840 Speaker 1: calking that is applied can also be important. For instance, 363 00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:27,560 Speaker 1: if you have wood windows, then you have wood sighting. 364 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:36,959 Speaker 1: A good acrylic siliconized cocking will be fine. It's the 365 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:40,920 Speaker 1: same substrate. It's going to expand and contract at about 366 00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:48,320 Speaker 1: the same means. But if you get into wood windows 367 00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:57,120 Speaker 1: and brick, aluminum windows and wood, in other words, mixed substrates, 368 00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:01,320 Speaker 1: you got a little bit more pulling action, a little 369 00:26:01,359 --> 00:26:05,080 Speaker 1: bit more flexing, a little bit different because of the substrates. 370 00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:08,199 Speaker 1: One may expand much more and the other pulling it 371 00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:13,879 Speaker 1: away from that other substrate and putting pressure on that seam. 372 00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:20,240 Speaker 1: And though the acrylic siliconized colocking has a very good adhesion, 373 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:27,119 Speaker 1: it is painable. It has some flexibility because of the 374 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:34,960 Speaker 1: silicone in it. When it's mixed substrates, there's maybe a 375 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:40,640 Speaker 1: better cocking to use, and one of those would be 376 00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:46,280 Speaker 1: a eurethane, probably about three times more expensive. It's up 377 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:51,000 Speaker 1: to you. I'd be fine if you use the acrylic siliconized, 378 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:54,879 Speaker 1: but if you're really want to be one and done, 379 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:57,960 Speaker 1: maybe you should take a look at the euthane for 380 00:26:58,119 --> 00:27:05,480 Speaker 1: mixed substrates, would brick, wood, vinyl that type of situation. 381 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:09,000 Speaker 1: Your thane is paintable, silicon, for the most part, is 382 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:15,159 Speaker 1: not though you can buy paintable silicone. Your thane probably 383 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:23,879 Speaker 1: has your best flexibility, has your best flexibility and length 384 00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:28,440 Speaker 1: of service. I guess to you because it's got great adhesions, 385 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:31,720 Speaker 1: got great flexibility, and bingo, that's what you're looking for. 386 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:38,679 Speaker 1: But ignoring it again, it's just another thing. I know. 387 00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:44,320 Speaker 1: It's another thing that's going to keep those utility bills high. 388 00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:48,000 Speaker 1: As if you have areas where you have missing clocking 389 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:54,520 Speaker 1: around windows or any penetration, and not only the cold 390 00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:59,840 Speaker 1: air invading your home, but you also have a port 391 00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:05,800 Speaker 1: now for insects, port for water. Water gets down in 392 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:10,239 Speaker 1: there beside inside the walls. That's a problem. So that 393 00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:15,240 Speaker 1: little depends what type we get. Two dollars or five 394 00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:22,000 Speaker 1: dollars tube of calking serves a very very strong line 395 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,640 Speaker 1: of defense against the things we want to keep out 396 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:29,160 Speaker 1: of our house. And how long should they laugh? Welly, 397 00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:33,040 Speaker 1: it depends. But a good flexibility any of your thing 398 00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:35,920 Speaker 1: will last you a good long time. It really will. 399 00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:41,680 Speaker 1: And we talked about with ron Kruger occasion how animals 400 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:45,360 Speaker 1: get into the attic and it's usually usually because of 401 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:49,560 Speaker 1: lack of maintenance around the gutter areas. So that's another 402 00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:54,280 Speaker 1: area to look at. The sofa boards, the facia boards 403 00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:59,280 Speaker 1: where they abut. Make sure those nice and cocked, nice 404 00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:05,520 Speaker 1: and tight, keeping water out, cold temperatures out, also keeping 405 00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:09,640 Speaker 1: a warm weather inside our home. So check for weather 406 00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:14,640 Speaker 1: tightness really on all surfaces and components on the extier 407 00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:19,840 Speaker 1: of your home. And also check for the deterioration of paint. 408 00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:24,040 Speaker 1: And we still probably got a lot of you still 409 00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:28,560 Speaker 1: have maybe another month or two to paint outside. And 410 00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:32,480 Speaker 1: taking that inspection. Now, paint that is worn, paint that 411 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:38,400 Speaker 1: is peeling, paint that just doesn't look as intact as 412 00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:41,560 Speaker 1: it did when it was new. We don't have to 413 00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:46,120 Speaker 1: change the color, but paint is a ceiling. The reason 414 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:50,479 Speaker 1: we paint is to protect the substrates. Some of us 415 00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:54,440 Speaker 1: paint have changed the colors and that's fine, but take 416 00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:57,920 Speaker 1: a look at that particular area and while you're out there, 417 00:29:57,960 --> 00:30:03,560 Speaker 1: really kind of getting off the whole, you know, tightening 418 00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:08,200 Speaker 1: up your home, protecting substrates, and also take a look 419 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:11,280 Speaker 1: at areas where really adding color or adding some curve 420 00:30:11,360 --> 00:30:14,600 Speaker 1: appeel is a nice addition to your home. I don't 421 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:21,440 Speaker 1: know where you stand on exposed foundation, whether you have 422 00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:24,640 Speaker 1: vinyl sighting on your home, or whether you have a 423 00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:27,680 Speaker 1: brick on your home or wood on your home. The 424 00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:34,320 Speaker 1: amount of foundation that is exposed, in other words, it's 425 00:30:34,360 --> 00:30:38,640 Speaker 1: above grade. You know, if you got a foot or 426 00:30:38,640 --> 00:30:42,280 Speaker 1: two foot or foot and a half, probably not a 427 00:30:42,280 --> 00:30:46,120 Speaker 1: big deal at all. If you got six or eight 428 00:30:46,160 --> 00:30:49,680 Speaker 1: feet of exposed foundation. Maybe you're on a slope or 429 00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:55,760 Speaker 1: a hillside and you've got vinyl sighting or brick or whatever, 430 00:30:57,440 --> 00:31:02,000 Speaker 1: and you got to go from the the grade level 431 00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:08,240 Speaker 1: to the finished siding or brick and it's six and 432 00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:11,360 Speaker 1: a half feet tall. That's not a real good look. 433 00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:16,320 Speaker 1: In fact, some hoa's don't even allow you to have 434 00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:20,040 Speaker 1: more than a foot and a half of exposure. So 435 00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:21,960 Speaker 1: if you're looking at a new construction, you might check with 436 00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:27,200 Speaker 1: your HOA, see what that needs to be, See if 437 00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:29,600 Speaker 1: there is a limit, see if there is anything addressed there. 438 00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:35,040 Speaker 1: But I gotta buy this one subdivision relatively new. They've 439 00:31:35,080 --> 00:31:40,480 Speaker 1: got concrete foundations. I'm gonna say they're exposed ten feet 440 00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:48,320 Speaker 1: in some areas and looks very unfinished. And you know, 441 00:31:48,360 --> 00:31:52,080 Speaker 1: over time, the people that moved in there, you know, 442 00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:56,400 Speaker 1: start adjusting to the house payment. It's some finances together 443 00:31:56,440 --> 00:31:59,680 Speaker 1: are going to look to do something with that, and 444 00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:03,600 Speaker 1: there's many things to do. You can paint it, but eh, 445 00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:08,760 Speaker 1: there's some really neat type of sighting that looks like rock. 446 00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:13,640 Speaker 1: There's some very decorative siding. There's even a spray, it's 447 00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:18,960 Speaker 1: a polyspray where it's textured. It almost looks like stucco 448 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:26,440 Speaker 1: comes in different colors, very very attractive. So there's ways 449 00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:30,800 Speaker 1: that's stark concrete. I mean, I'm not making fun of it. 450 00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:36,040 Speaker 1: I just think it looks unfinished, but I think it's 451 00:32:36,080 --> 00:32:41,760 Speaker 1: a There are different some manufactured stone that literally clips 452 00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:46,720 Speaker 1: on a railing that really looks cool, and it's an 453 00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:50,400 Speaker 1: investment in your house, there's no question about that. But 454 00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:54,440 Speaker 1: that might be something from curb Appeal. As we were 455 00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:58,400 Speaker 1: talking about, you know, dressing things up, that might be 456 00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:01,640 Speaker 1: something you might want to consider. 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Plenty of 506 00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:10,720 Speaker 1: time to still get a lot of that done unless 507 00:36:10,760 --> 00:36:15,080 Speaker 1: the weather doesn't about face on us, but also concentrating 508 00:36:15,080 --> 00:36:19,600 Speaker 1: about things that you're going to need to do as 509 00:36:19,640 --> 00:36:23,440 Speaker 1: we move forward into the cooler weather. And one of 510 00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:27,160 Speaker 1: the things we haven't talked much about this year and 511 00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:31,239 Speaker 1: is always a really, really really top end conversation of 512 00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:36,080 Speaker 1: the show is mold, mildew, and humidity inside our home. 513 00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:40,040 Speaker 1: Right now, I looked at humidity level when my home 514 00:36:40,160 --> 00:36:44,120 Speaker 1: is fifty percent, is absolutely like perfect for this time 515 00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:47,319 Speaker 1: a year, and the type of weather we're having, it 516 00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:50,640 Speaker 1: is just perfect. But before long, you know, and in 517 00:36:50,680 --> 00:36:54,440 Speaker 1: the summertime, you know, you can struggle getting it below 518 00:36:54,640 --> 00:36:57,120 Speaker 1: sixty five percent, and in the winter time you can 519 00:36:57,160 --> 00:37:01,040 Speaker 1: struggle to get at about twenty five percent. So I'm 520 00:37:01,040 --> 00:37:04,720 Speaker 1: not telling you really to activate any changes yet, because 521 00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:08,360 Speaker 1: you know, the weather really hasn't changed dramatically in a 522 00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:11,719 Speaker 1: lot of parts of the country. But start to prepare, 523 00:37:11,920 --> 00:37:16,520 Speaker 1: starting to think, starting to not forget to do some things, 524 00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:19,399 Speaker 1: and one of those is, you know, as we get 525 00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:23,880 Speaker 1: into really you know, colder weather, and I was asking you, 526 00:37:24,520 --> 00:37:27,600 Speaker 1: what are you doing about that energy build what things 527 00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:32,880 Speaker 1: are you incorporating in the wintertime when your house gets 528 00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:35,880 Speaker 1: really dry and you're running twenty twenty five percent umidity 529 00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:40,239 Speaker 1: in your house, you're probably turning that heat up a 530 00:37:40,280 --> 00:37:43,160 Speaker 1: little higher than it needs to be just because it's 531 00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:47,880 Speaker 1: so dog gone dry. And maybe you're you know a 532 00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:53,560 Speaker 1: household that has a humidifier where you're actually putting moisture 533 00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:58,520 Speaker 1: into the air, not now, but in the wintertime, and 534 00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:01,440 Speaker 1: it's usually on the side of the duckwork, down by 535 00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:05,719 Speaker 1: the air handler or up by the air handler, and 536 00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:11,239 Speaker 1: there's a there's a a media filter in there, not 537 00:38:11,360 --> 00:38:16,480 Speaker 1: to filter out anything, but to hold moisture that is 538 00:38:16,520 --> 00:38:20,680 Speaker 1: then recirculated into the home. So again, if you're having 539 00:38:20,719 --> 00:38:24,319 Speaker 1: twenty twenty five percent in winter time, if we can 540 00:38:24,360 --> 00:38:28,280 Speaker 1: get some moisture up into that house where you're sitting 541 00:38:28,280 --> 00:38:32,719 Speaker 1: at around thirty five forty percent, you know, it's the 542 00:38:32,719 --> 00:38:35,759 Speaker 1: opposite of summer. You're going to feel a lot more comfortable. 543 00:38:36,960 --> 00:38:40,000 Speaker 1: You're probably going to not have to be running that 544 00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:45,319 Speaker 1: furnace on super high, so you'll save money. And so 545 00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:47,960 Speaker 1: if you have a humidifier, if you don't have one, 546 00:38:48,040 --> 00:38:51,000 Speaker 1: maybe that's been a problem in the past, and maybe 547 00:38:51,040 --> 00:38:55,680 Speaker 1: that's something you're thinking about investing in. And again this 548 00:38:55,800 --> 00:39:00,480 Speaker 1: is strictly for winter months, so we're looking forward right now. 549 00:39:00,520 --> 00:39:04,279 Speaker 1: Your home humidity should be I don't know, fifty to 550 00:39:04,280 --> 00:39:08,520 Speaker 1: fifty five percent, be perfect. If it's down the forty 551 00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:10,880 Speaker 1: it ain't gonna hurt you and you're not gonna do 552 00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:13,759 Speaker 1: much about it. It's probably not going to be lower 553 00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:19,680 Speaker 1: net anyway. But in the winter time, ballgame shifts. Cold 554 00:39:19,719 --> 00:39:23,600 Speaker 1: weather doesn't holds much moisture. So you can have a 555 00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:27,400 Speaker 1: house with a humidity level of twenty twenty five percent, 556 00:39:27,520 --> 00:39:31,759 Speaker 1: and if we can add moisture with a humidify perfect, 557 00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:34,840 Speaker 1: let's get that up to around thirty five forty percent. 558 00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:40,279 Speaker 1: If you already have one, there's some little maintenance you 559 00:39:40,280 --> 00:39:46,160 Speaker 1: got to do. One of the things you want to 560 00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:49,439 Speaker 1: do is you want to change that pad. It's there's 561 00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:53,040 Speaker 1: like a little hood that you can pull out. They're 562 00:39:53,120 --> 00:39:57,800 Speaker 1: usually about ten inch by ten inch, and that pad 563 00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:06,200 Speaker 1: goes into the humidify and there's a quarter inch a 564 00:40:06,239 --> 00:40:09,440 Speaker 1: soft copper line that goes in drips water over that 565 00:40:09,560 --> 00:40:15,720 Speaker 1: pad and that stays wet. It helps circulate some moisture 566 00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:20,080 Speaker 1: through the house. If that pad has not been changed, 567 00:40:21,360 --> 00:40:25,040 Speaker 1: it's probably having water drip over it. It's probably calcifying, 568 00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:27,799 Speaker 1: and you probably got a ten inch by ten inch 569 00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:30,960 Speaker 1: rock which is doing nothing but costing you money. It's 570 00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:34,719 Speaker 1: not holding water. The water's dripping over that pad, not 571 00:40:34,840 --> 00:40:37,720 Speaker 1: being absorbed by that pad and going right down the drain, 572 00:40:37,880 --> 00:40:42,799 Speaker 1: So that pad needs to be replaced. And then that 573 00:40:42,880 --> 00:40:47,120 Speaker 1: little drain at the bottom of the humid afire, if 574 00:40:47,160 --> 00:40:50,800 Speaker 1: you have an old pad in there's probably clogged. Pouring 575 00:40:50,880 --> 00:40:53,399 Speaker 1: some water down in there and seeing if it goes 576 00:40:53,440 --> 00:40:56,640 Speaker 1: out into the floor drain is a good way to 577 00:40:56,719 --> 00:41:03,719 Speaker 1: make sure you're getting good flow through that pipeline. It 578 00:41:03,760 --> 00:41:06,479 Speaker 1: can be replaced. It's a rubber tubing, it's a clear 579 00:41:06,520 --> 00:41:11,719 Speaker 1: plastic tubing. Just allow that water excess water to move 580 00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:16,399 Speaker 1: on out after you replace the pan and the other 581 00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:20,879 Speaker 1: maintenance thing that you're gonna want to do with that umidifire. 582 00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:26,200 Speaker 1: As you turn the water on, you follow that little 583 00:41:26,280 --> 00:41:28,759 Speaker 1: quarter inch soft copper pipe and it'll go up to 584 00:41:31,320 --> 00:41:34,719 Speaker 1: a pipeline a water line and there'll be a little 585 00:41:34,800 --> 00:41:39,040 Speaker 1: valve up there. Turn that on. Not now, when it 586 00:41:39,080 --> 00:41:42,759 Speaker 1: gets cold and you're humidity in your house gets down 587 00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:47,799 Speaker 1: into the region of thirty percent, turn that on and 588 00:41:48,719 --> 00:41:51,280 Speaker 1: again you could test it now and get that changed 589 00:41:53,800 --> 00:41:56,680 Speaker 1: and make sure that water is flowing. And then there's 590 00:41:56,719 --> 00:42:00,200 Speaker 1: a damper on the side. It's mark summer winter. You 591 00:42:00,239 --> 00:42:02,560 Speaker 1: would then flip that the winter. When should you use 592 00:42:02,600 --> 00:42:07,480 Speaker 1: it again? When weather starts being you know, freezing, and 593 00:42:07,560 --> 00:42:10,759 Speaker 1: your humility level starts getting below thirty five percent, it's 594 00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:15,400 Speaker 1: time to engage it. You need some more moisture. So 595 00:42:16,320 --> 00:42:21,760 Speaker 1: something I would consider again the fans on the furnaces. Again, 596 00:42:21,800 --> 00:42:24,160 Speaker 1: I tell you, in the summertime, when the air conditioners on, 597 00:42:24,280 --> 00:42:30,359 Speaker 1: you put the fan on on. Let me think that's 598 00:42:30,400 --> 00:42:33,319 Speaker 1: real slow, Okay, when it's on air conditioning, you put 599 00:42:33,360 --> 00:42:39,919 Speaker 1: it on auto. It only blows when it's blowing. It's 600 00:42:39,960 --> 00:42:47,360 Speaker 1: only blowing the air conditioning. And when you're heating the house, 601 00:42:48,239 --> 00:42:50,319 Speaker 1: you can go ahead and run it all the time. 602 00:42:50,400 --> 00:42:54,120 Speaker 1: You can put it on and circulating that moisture from 603 00:42:54,160 --> 00:43:00,479 Speaker 1: the humidifire and again trying to balance that marker down 604 00:43:00,560 --> 00:43:02,560 Speaker 1: thirty five percent. That's kind of where you want to 605 00:43:02,600 --> 00:43:04,960 Speaker 1: be in the winter time, you might struggle to get 606 00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:07,879 Speaker 1: it there in your house, and again it depends how 607 00:43:07,880 --> 00:43:10,919 Speaker 1: weather stripped it is and how much draft you have 608 00:43:12,000 --> 00:43:15,799 Speaker 1: from the cold air outside. 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