1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,640 Speaker 1: All right, best time of the day I get to 2 00:00:01,680 --> 00:00:06,560 Speaker 1: say good afternoon, and well, welcome now our number four 3 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:09,800 Speaker 1: at home with Garry Sullivan. As we take your calls 4 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 1: regarding your home projects, feel free to jump on board. 5 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 1: It's eight hundred eighty two three eight two five five. 6 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:19,840 Speaker 1: As I am during the break kind of watching the 7 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:25,360 Speaker 1: end of our leaf season. You know, it's not raining 8 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:27,440 Speaker 1: leaves where I am, and there's a little trickle here 9 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:30,159 Speaker 1: and there, but a good reminder of the leaves have 10 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:35,800 Speaker 1: fallen and you've just ignored it. And I'm talking about 11 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:41,320 Speaker 1: on the roof in the gutters. Don't don't you're There's 12 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:43,599 Speaker 1: a couple of things I want you to really kind 13 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:49,920 Speaker 1: of tune into as we kind of go over the 14 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:53,840 Speaker 1: next month or so, and that is the gutters, the 15 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 1: down spouts, and water in general. Make sure that water 16 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:05,680 Speaker 1: is captured from the roof and moved away six feet 17 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 1: from your foundation. How that's done depends on your house, 18 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:15,679 Speaker 1: but it starts with a good guttering system. And there's 19 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:19,120 Speaker 1: just so many bad things that can happen without the 20 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 1: gutters being clean and without them being properly fastened and 21 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 1: not having the proper slope on them, because that water 22 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:34,559 Speaker 1: will then spill out over the front of the gutter 23 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:38,560 Speaker 1: or behind the gutter, which will do multiple things. It'll 24 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:42,640 Speaker 1: cause erosion around the foundation, It'll let water into the 25 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:47,040 Speaker 1: cross base or basement. It'll rot the facia or the softs, 26 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:56,280 Speaker 1: and that obviously can all become expensive. That's how wildlife 27 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 1: gets inside our attics. In a lot of cases, that 28 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 1: would get soft and rotted. I found the down spout 29 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 1: at my home the other day that just didn't line 30 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 1: up with the pipe that went underground. It was lined 31 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:13,079 Speaker 1: up maybe seventy percent of the way, but not all 32 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:15,920 Speaker 1: of it, which means that water would pour right on 33 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:19,680 Speaker 1: the foundation and it would be excessive and it has 34 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 1: a potential to cause a problem. The reason I'm talking 35 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 1: about that right now is because if you live in 36 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 1: an area where most of the leaves have fallen, there's 37 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 1: probably quite a few of them that have collected in 38 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:40,079 Speaker 1: your gutter, and you're probably unless you're really cueued into 39 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:46,240 Speaker 1: home maintenance or you have gutter protection devices on the gutters, 40 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:50,160 Speaker 1: you probably just ignored it, not even thinking about it. 41 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 1: So I'm here to be that guy. So don't ignore it. 42 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:59,320 Speaker 1: If you if you got to get it cleaned out, 43 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:02,799 Speaker 1: you were. Somebody's got to get it cleaned out and 44 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:07,079 Speaker 1: do so. Don't wait if you'd like to get the 45 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 1: gutter brush that slides right in. They got a sale 46 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:12,440 Speaker 1: going on. The coat is Gary thirty and it ends 47 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 1: on the twenty fourth. It's their fall clearance. Is the 48 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:18,280 Speaker 1: best pressure're going to get on it? Do the little 49 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:21,360 Speaker 1: house for a couple hundred bucks. All right, let's go 50 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 1: to Christina. Christina welcome. 51 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 2: Yes, I have a patio chair and I think it's 52 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:35,560 Speaker 2: made out of aluminum. And the leg broke off and 53 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 2: I put some you put some JB. Well held on 54 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 2: it and it held for a little while and my 55 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:45,200 Speaker 2: but but not for long. My question is is do 56 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:48,480 Speaker 2: I need to get that uh welded? And if I do, 57 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 2: what kind of welder do I need? 58 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 1: Umm? Yeah, I mean something like that is going to 59 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 1: be better than you know, any type of glue, because 60 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 1: is it too? I mean is it square? Is it round? 61 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 1: And how thick is. 62 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 2: No, it's kind of a sort of a flat kind 63 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,360 Speaker 2: of leg. It's just kind of flat. 64 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:16,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, but where where it connects to the next piece 65 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 1: it's Is it hollow in the center? 66 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:22,240 Speaker 3: No, it's solid solid. 67 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:26,400 Speaker 1: What kind of JB weld product did you use Did 68 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:27,400 Speaker 1: you use their epoxy? 69 00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:32,480 Speaker 2: I knew you were going to ask me that. Well, 70 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:35,360 Speaker 2: my husband was one that actually fixed it, so I'm 71 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:36,120 Speaker 2: not really sure. 72 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 1: We're kind of use. 73 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:41,440 Speaker 2: We usually just get the regular regular stuff, you know. 74 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:43,920 Speaker 1: I think if I was going to try it, And 75 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:49,120 Speaker 1: there's also to answer your question, you might check with 76 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:54,719 Speaker 1: some people that do small engine repair, you know, lawnmowers 77 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:58,240 Speaker 1: and things like that, they very well may have the 78 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:03,600 Speaker 1: ability to weld that for you. I I don't even 79 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 1: know about welding and aluminum, I you know, steel, Yes, 80 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:12,520 Speaker 1: I'm but I would check like a small engine repair 81 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:17,040 Speaker 1: and see if they have something that they can help 82 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:19,040 Speaker 1: you with. If you want to try and a POxy 83 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 1: and it's solid, there's a product out called a PC 84 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:31,720 Speaker 1: seven and it's a resinant, a hardener, and it's like 85 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:38,440 Speaker 1: a paste and I think JB Weld has kind of 86 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:41,479 Speaker 1: a paste type of POxy too. You need something that's 87 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:45,480 Speaker 1: got some guts to it. Okay, even though it's it's 88 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:47,919 Speaker 1: it's flush, it's got to be clean, it's got to 89 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:52,080 Speaker 1: be smooth. And then like a PC seven or a 90 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:58,280 Speaker 1: JB Weld a POxy it's almost like about the consistency 91 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:01,200 Speaker 1: of playto okay, and then hardens where you can even 92 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:06,240 Speaker 1: drill it. So it definitely hardens then. But if you 93 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 1: used a regular liquid, my guess is that's probably why 94 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:11,239 Speaker 1: it failed. It probably wasn't strong enough. 95 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:13,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, probably not. 96 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:14,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, And then I was going. 97 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:16,600 Speaker 2: To ask you if you knew of a product that 98 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 2: we could try before we. 99 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:19,279 Speaker 3: Had to go to a welder. 100 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:22,279 Speaker 1: Yeah, just call around see how much they would cost. 101 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:25,000 Speaker 1: You might be surprised. That may not be that much. 102 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:29,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, it's finding one though. 103 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:34,040 Speaker 1: As the thing, Yeah, whenever I needed something welded, there 104 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:37,080 Speaker 1: was a little lawnmower shop not far from my house. 105 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 1: I'd bring it up there and they would weld it 106 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 1: and it you know, I can't remember the exact price, 107 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:45,520 Speaker 1: but you know I had you know, builds in a 108 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:48,280 Speaker 1: wallet to take care of it. So it wasn't that expensive. 109 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 3: Yeah. 110 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:52,839 Speaker 2: Well, well, thank you for that suggestion, because I would 111 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:55,479 Speaker 2: have never thought of it. That's the reason, that's the 112 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:57,520 Speaker 2: reason why we call you. 113 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:05,080 Speaker 1: All right, Well, call any time. You're quite welcome. Speaking 114 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:07,360 Speaker 1: of you know, some of the products that are out 115 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 1: there in the adhesive line, there's some there's some really 116 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 1: good products out there, but all adhesives. And I've been 117 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:21,680 Speaker 1: in the hardware industry slash home improvement for my whole life, 118 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:28,400 Speaker 1: and after a while, especially glues and adhesives, I think 119 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 1: if they got something unique and it's got a nice 120 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:41,400 Speaker 1: little story to tell about the adhesive, then everybody, everybody's 121 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:48,040 Speaker 1: brain goes that'll do everything, and not so much they 122 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:53,360 Speaker 1: really don't. There's a lot of adhesives that are very different, 123 00:07:54,920 --> 00:08:02,080 Speaker 1: and there's different adhesives for different things. And JB. Welld 124 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:04,960 Speaker 1: is a gorilla glue is a great one. JB. Well 125 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:08,960 Speaker 1: those are brand names, and you know, even though like 126 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:12,120 Speaker 1: gorilla glue, and I think JB. Weld started out with 127 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:15,520 Speaker 1: one product and advertised it and got a great name, 128 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 1: and it is a great glue, but it's it's it's 129 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:22,520 Speaker 1: not it's it's maybe an all purpose glue. That's usually 130 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:26,200 Speaker 1: where it starts. Then they get into specific glues, and 131 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:29,800 Speaker 1: that's that's where the good stuff is when it's really 132 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:34,679 Speaker 1: featured for a particular job. I mentioned the PC seven 133 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 1: quite us. I forget even who the manufacturer that is. 134 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:41,360 Speaker 1: I've used that numerous times. It's almost like a real 135 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:45,520 Speaker 1: thick paste with a resinant, a hardener, a true epoxy, 136 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 1: and that stuff is just work great. I've used it 137 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:53,839 Speaker 1: on all kinds of things. It's phenomenal in fact. And 138 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:58,040 Speaker 1: I've used the the JB well to POxy where it's 139 00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:01,760 Speaker 1: almost like a little clay bird. Half of it resent, 140 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:05,520 Speaker 1: half of a hardened equal parts. Mesh it together and 141 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:08,439 Speaker 1: put that putty in there and push down on a 142 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:12,800 Speaker 1: clamp it and manutes like steel. All right, we'll take 143 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:15,080 Speaker 1: a break. We'll come back and get your questions answered. 144 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 1: It's eight hundred eighty two three eight two five five 145 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 1: by the way, at the bottom of the hour. Yep, 146 00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:26,000 Speaker 1: we're gonna have Nate in from USA Insulation. And why 147 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:28,880 Speaker 1: why in the world have you not looked into that. 148 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:35,400 Speaker 1: There's so many projects that are complicated in homes. This 149 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:40,199 Speaker 1: one is a no brainer. You know, homes walls weren't 150 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:47,200 Speaker 1: insulated prior to nineteen seventy six seventy seven. And if 151 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:49,680 Speaker 1: you live in one of those older homes and you've 152 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 1: never done anything about it, I don't have to tell 153 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:57,600 Speaker 1: you you're paying through the nose on energy. We can end 154 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:03,680 Speaker 1: that today and the money will probably be balanced out 155 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:07,480 Speaker 1: between what's not going The energy company would go to 156 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:11,320 Speaker 1: USA insallation for a limited time and then you reap 157 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 1: the rewards. All right, that's uh, that's what we'll do 158 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:16,640 Speaker 1: at the bottom of the air. But in the meantime 159 00:10:16,679 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 1: your calls. You're at home with Gary Salvan right here 160 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:22,880 Speaker 1: in fifty five care see the talk station? All right? 161 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:25,800 Speaker 1: Back at it, we go at home with Gary salvn. 162 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:29,760 Speaker 1: You know an energy waster, it's it's it's small, but 163 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:33,560 Speaker 1: I just noticed it in my house the other day. 164 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:36,880 Speaker 1: I don't like cow is all the chargers that just 165 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:41,760 Speaker 1: stay plugged in. I've looked that up, Danny. You you 166 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:43,800 Speaker 1: ever looked at up and see how much they draw? 167 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:46,520 Speaker 1: I don't even know, but I know I haven't. I've 168 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:50,480 Speaker 1: read many many times that they're they're they're a big waste. 169 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:54,679 Speaker 1: And during one of the breaks I saw there was 170 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:58,040 Speaker 1: there was a power strip and I have four or 171 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:02,040 Speaker 1: five chargers plugged in. It's like that's not good. So 172 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:05,440 Speaker 1: that those are little things that can add up the 173 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:10,400 Speaker 1: big things too. It's not just all insulation and ventilation. 174 00:11:12,040 --> 00:11:14,600 Speaker 1: Another thing this time of year, I was talking about 175 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:21,320 Speaker 1: water being a problem. We're talking about saving saving energy. 176 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:27,280 Speaker 1: Get if he gets some time. We're always talking about 177 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:30,160 Speaker 1: getting some time. But it's our homes are the biggest 178 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:33,559 Speaker 1: investment we'll make. And I'm not a big fan of 179 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:38,320 Speaker 1: jumping up and climbing in the attic, but if you 180 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:42,600 Speaker 1: can do it yourself, if you can't get a handyman 181 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:47,840 Speaker 1: up there. When that fella called earlier and was talking 182 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:52,320 Speaker 1: about mold that he had found on the inside of 183 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:59,160 Speaker 1: the attic on the wall, realize the the ventilation fan 184 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:02,240 Speaker 1: was vented in the attic. Sometimes when you get in 185 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:04,800 Speaker 1: these areas, you know where you could live in a 186 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:09,560 Speaker 1: house twenty years and never going in an attic. You 187 00:12:09,559 --> 00:12:12,120 Speaker 1: could live in a home where you can't get into 188 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:15,520 Speaker 1: an attic. You can live in a home where you 189 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:17,319 Speaker 1: have the air handler you gotta get up there and 190 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:21,640 Speaker 1: change the filter in the attic. I mean, there's all kinds, 191 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:24,000 Speaker 1: but a lot of times, I think it's safe to 192 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:27,040 Speaker 1: say most homeowners aren't going to get up in the attic, 193 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:29,040 Speaker 1: not going to look around in the attic, but get 194 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:33,080 Speaker 1: somebody up there or a service person maybe to look 195 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:35,200 Speaker 1: and see what's going on in the attic, because there's 196 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:39,000 Speaker 1: a couple of things. Number One, do you have enough 197 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:42,200 Speaker 1: insulation in the attic? We were talking about USA insulation 198 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:44,640 Speaker 1: going to be on here in about ten minutes and 199 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:49,360 Speaker 1: talking a little bit about insulating. But if you don't 200 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:53,680 Speaker 1: have foam insulation, you're ink maybe got fiberglass insulation, and 201 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:59,280 Speaker 1: maybe it's not uniformly coating the floor of the attic. 202 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:04,000 Speaker 1: That's problematic. You're probably not getting the energy savings you 203 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:07,600 Speaker 1: should have. And also if you look in the attic 204 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:11,920 Speaker 1: and you have soft e vents and your home is ventilated, 205 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 1: and don't think your home is ventilated just because they 206 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:21,160 Speaker 1: put some vents on your roof, because it's a system, 207 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:25,400 Speaker 1: and the system starts at the bottom on the soffit 208 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:30,199 Speaker 1: under the gutters. You see those screens, you see those louvers, 209 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 1: Maybe that's bringing air into the attic. That's forcing air 210 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:38,079 Speaker 1: out of the attic because hot air rises and it 211 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:40,920 Speaker 1: can't rise and move unless you're bringing air in, and 212 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:44,319 Speaker 1: those soffits bring the air in and pushes the warm 213 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:47,920 Speaker 1: air out. Warm air could be forty degrees, it could 214 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:50,959 Speaker 1: be one hundred and forty degrees, depends what the temperature 215 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:56,880 Speaker 1: is outside. It's called convection. And if you can lower 216 00:13:57,120 --> 00:14:01,040 Speaker 1: or you can keep that attic at a dec reasonable 217 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:03,800 Speaker 1: temperature in the summertime, if you can get it. You know, 218 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:06,880 Speaker 1: ten degrees warmer than the outside air. You're in business, 219 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:12,360 Speaker 1: and if it's warm in the attic and it's freezing 220 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:16,079 Speaker 1: cold outside, you want to move that damp, wet air 221 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:22,640 Speaker 1: out so it's still cooler. It's convection still works. Now, 222 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:29,120 Speaker 1: if those louvers down or venting softed venting I said, 223 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:34,280 Speaker 1: louvers or screens, or sometimes there's round plugs with loovers 224 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:37,840 Speaker 1: in it. If those are clogged because somebody a long 225 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 1: time ago didn't know what they were doing. When they're 226 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:46,080 Speaker 1: insulating and they insulated over those, you don't have any insulation, 227 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:50,480 Speaker 1: or you don't have any ventilation in your attic, and 228 00:14:50,520 --> 00:14:53,680 Speaker 1: then your insulation has got more to do and it 229 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:56,000 Speaker 1: probably not going to get the job done for you. 230 00:14:56,160 --> 00:15:00,960 Speaker 1: Ventilation and insulation you need them both. And you get 231 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:02,920 Speaker 1: somebody up in the attic, they look and maybe you 232 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:06,560 Speaker 1: got baffles and those soffits are protected from insulation from 233 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:11,720 Speaker 1: covering them up. Wonderful, wonderful. Maybe you can move one 234 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:15,920 Speaker 1: of those baffles away. Maybe somebody painted over those soft 235 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:19,840 Speaker 1: e vents. Maybe there's been spider webs in there and 236 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 1: it's clogging up the ports. I don't know, but if 237 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:28,840 Speaker 1: they're clogged or blocked, you don't have adequate ventilation period. 238 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:32,440 Speaker 1: And then also look for other things like he found mold. 239 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:35,320 Speaker 1: I'm not saying you've got mold, but if you're not 240 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:37,040 Speaker 1: up there, how do you know you don't have mold. 241 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:41,320 Speaker 1: Underside are roofs, that's a place you'll find mold. Occasionally 242 00:15:42,520 --> 00:15:46,400 Speaker 1: you might find venting. That's a venting hose or pipe 243 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:49,800 Speaker 1: that's just laying on top of insulation. That's horrible. That 244 00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:53,080 Speaker 1: insulation will be wet, it'll be molding. Maybe you see 245 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:56,520 Speaker 1: some wild life has lived in the attic. That's not healthy. 246 00:15:57,840 --> 00:16:02,200 Speaker 1: That's soiled insulation that should be And again, if you 247 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:05,040 Speaker 1: never go up there, I get it out of side, 248 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:09,360 Speaker 1: out of mind. But if you get into exploring that 249 00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:14,840 Speaker 1: sometimes not all the time, but sometimes you're going to 250 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:17,960 Speaker 1: find some issues up there that really should be addressed. 251 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:23,960 Speaker 1: And one of the things I've thought about doing, maybe 252 00:16:24,040 --> 00:16:27,880 Speaker 1: you have one of these weather stations where it says 253 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:33,360 Speaker 1: indoor humidity, outdoor humidity, indoor temperature, outdoor temperature, and you 254 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:36,360 Speaker 1: got these old weather station box that sits outside in 255 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:41,320 Speaker 1: the panel inside your house. I've recommended from people when 256 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:45,760 Speaker 1: they don't know really what their temperatures and where their 257 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:50,000 Speaker 1: humidity is. Is to get one of those, and quite honestly, 258 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:52,760 Speaker 1: maybe you put one in the basement and one in 259 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:58,760 Speaker 1: the attic. It will enlighten you of how hot that 260 00:16:58,880 --> 00:17:03,000 Speaker 1: attic is, and if that ventilation is working properly in 261 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:06,320 Speaker 1: the winter, how humid that is. It should be as 262 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:09,720 Speaker 1: dry as it is outside. But if it's you know, 263 00:17:10,119 --> 00:17:15,080 Speaker 1: fifty percent humidity in that attic and it's twenty degrees outside, 264 00:17:15,359 --> 00:17:19,840 Speaker 1: you very well have condensation, and you very well have 265 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:24,919 Speaker 1: some moisture which will eventually get you to have some mold. 266 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:28,920 Speaker 1: So something to check. Get somebody in that attic and 267 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:31,720 Speaker 1: take a look around to see what's going on there. 268 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:35,119 Speaker 1: All right, Danny, I can hear you loud and clear, 269 00:17:37,119 --> 00:17:40,000 Speaker 1: And so anyway, we're going to have Nate on from 270 00:17:40,119 --> 00:17:42,119 Speaker 1: USA and Slation. We're going to talk about that a 271 00:17:42,119 --> 00:17:45,320 Speaker 1: little bit further. In the meantime, we got Randy Randy welcome. 272 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:52,480 Speaker 3: Hey, thanks Garry Met. I have some doors, exterior doors 273 00:17:52,520 --> 00:17:56,080 Speaker 3: that we put new weather stripping in, but I'm still 274 00:17:56,119 --> 00:18:00,359 Speaker 3: seeing gaps all the way around, and I'm just hereious. 275 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:02,919 Speaker 3: Is that an adjustment that needs to be made to 276 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:05,280 Speaker 3: the hinges? Or how do you seal that off? 277 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:09,439 Speaker 1: Well, let me ask you, this is the door sag 278 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:11,159 Speaker 1: at all? In other words, is the gap at the 279 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:13,119 Speaker 1: top and then the bottom or is it just a 280 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:15,240 Speaker 1: gap straight down and it's a quarter inch? 281 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:21,119 Speaker 3: It's a gap straight down on the long side of 282 00:18:21,119 --> 00:18:26,280 Speaker 3: the door, you know, opposite of the hinges and really 283 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:28,920 Speaker 3: at the top and bottom. But it doesn't it's probably 284 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:31,320 Speaker 3: closer to an eighth than it is. 285 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:33,800 Speaker 1: A quarter Okay, okay, So what type of weather strip 286 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:37,640 Speaker 1: light through it? Yeah, well we got to correct that. 287 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:40,240 Speaker 1: There's ways to correct it. It's you can you can 288 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:45,000 Speaker 1: try tightening the hinges, but probably not. It's probably just 289 00:18:46,359 --> 00:18:50,600 Speaker 1: something is either moved or that door is undersized for 290 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:54,440 Speaker 1: for whatever reason, I don't know. But you can try 291 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:56,840 Speaker 1: tightening hinges, but I don't think that's going to be 292 00:18:56,880 --> 00:19:00,400 Speaker 1: the problem. What type of weather stripping did you use 293 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:00,920 Speaker 1: on there? 294 00:19:03,359 --> 00:19:06,840 Speaker 3: It's the ones I got from home depot that was 295 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:12,920 Speaker 3: the premium. I want to say it's like a vinyl 296 00:19:13,119 --> 00:19:16,600 Speaker 3: you know, not it's it's squishy like foam, but it 297 00:19:16,680 --> 00:19:19,000 Speaker 3: has a little bit of texture, a little bit of 298 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:21,440 Speaker 3: texture to it. Is I think it's probably a vinyl one. 299 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:26,719 Speaker 1: Okay, So is there. Is it a self stick or 300 00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:29,200 Speaker 1: is it on a rigid frame. 301 00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:32,639 Speaker 3: Or no, sir, it's on a rigid frame kind of 302 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:36,560 Speaker 3: like a wiper blade hat. Okay, that goes into the slot. 303 00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:40,640 Speaker 1: Okay, so it is does it go on the doors? 304 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:46,800 Speaker 1: It go on the jam the jam okay, and then 305 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:49,919 Speaker 1: your door would close on that. So it sounds to me, 306 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:53,960 Speaker 1: could we build that out or does it sit in 307 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:54,879 Speaker 1: a little track. 308 00:19:56,680 --> 00:19:59,280 Speaker 3: It's it's in a track, so we. 309 00:19:59,280 --> 00:20:01,760 Speaker 1: Can't build out that weather stripping. Does it come with 310 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:08,720 Speaker 1: a bigger So it really wasn't a it wasn't made 311 00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:12,560 Speaker 1: for that branded door, right, it's a universal weather stripping. 312 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:16,480 Speaker 3: That's correct, Yes? Or yeah? And I tried putting an 313 00:20:16,520 --> 00:20:22,440 Speaker 3: adhesive lawn on top of it. Yeah, it didn't last 314 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:24,600 Speaker 3: very long. It just kind of peeled off. 315 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:29,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, So I think, you know, I don't have a 316 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:33,480 Speaker 1: quick answer for you. However, you know, we got to 317 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:36,280 Speaker 1: work on something I don't I don't think that it's 318 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:45,439 Speaker 1: the proper size weather stripping. There's some that are a 319 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:47,640 Speaker 1: little thicker. Now, I don't know if it's the same 320 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:51,520 Speaker 1: tracking that can fit in on the inside where the 321 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:58,000 Speaker 1: hinges are on the door is usually the manufacturer name 322 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:02,639 Speaker 1: of the door itself. Okaya might even have a model 323 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:05,439 Speaker 1: number on quite honestly, I can't remember, but I know 324 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:09,359 Speaker 1: it's got the manufacture plate on there, and i'd go 325 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:12,439 Speaker 1: to their website not try and get one that is 326 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:17,040 Speaker 1: not a universal one. And it probably comes in different 327 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:20,919 Speaker 1: sizes too. That that little seal I know comes in 328 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:25,760 Speaker 1: different thicknesses in a lot of cases, as does all 329 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:28,240 Speaker 1: the stick on stuff and everything else. I think that's 330 00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:30,760 Speaker 1: the only way you're going to solve the problem. I 331 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:33,840 Speaker 1: don't think it's the hinges. I don't think that the 332 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:36,560 Speaker 1: door would be undersized for that. I think we just 333 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:40,320 Speaker 1: got the wrong weather stripping, okay. 334 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:43,120 Speaker 3: And then along those lines on the hinges, I've got 335 00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:47,600 Speaker 3: a couple that I've tried putting little shavings of wood 336 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:52,119 Speaker 3: where the screws won't bite. Is there any other product 337 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:55,600 Speaker 3: or tip you have for getting screws to bite? 338 00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:59,280 Speaker 1: Yep, there's a thing you'll find in almost every hardware store, 339 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:01,880 Speaker 1: even THO. If it has a name, I'm sure it does. 340 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:04,080 Speaker 1: I don't know what it's called though. It's a little 341 00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:09,159 Speaker 1: strip of aluminum and I'm talking little. Maybe it's an 342 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:13,119 Speaker 1: inch and a half long and maybe three aces of 343 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:15,640 Speaker 1: an inch wide, and it's got little teeth on it. 344 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:18,159 Speaker 1: And you take that little strip and you fold it 345 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:21,119 Speaker 1: in half and you insert it into the hole and 346 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:25,280 Speaker 1: you run your screw into there, and it expands and 347 00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:28,880 Speaker 1: those teeth bite on the inside of the wood. That's 348 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:34,720 Speaker 1: option one. Option two, take a toothpick, break it in 349 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:37,080 Speaker 1: a couple pieces, and put a little wood glue in 350 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:40,680 Speaker 1: the hole and stick those toothpicks in there, wait till 351 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:45,600 Speaker 1: it dries, and run the screw in that. And the 352 00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:48,040 Speaker 1: third option is really cool. If you get a wood 353 00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:52,679 Speaker 1: golf tee and they're tapered, and take a hammer and 354 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:57,640 Speaker 1: just kind of tap it in gingerly. Take a real 355 00:22:58,119 --> 00:23:01,840 Speaker 1: flat maybe like a hack salt blade, and just cut 356 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:06,040 Speaker 1: that off flush, and then drill a pilot hole in there. 357 00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:08,160 Speaker 1: I forgot to tell you to put glue in there 358 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:10,919 Speaker 1: when you put the golf tea in there, cut it flush, 359 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:13,679 Speaker 1: drill a little pilot hole in there, and run your 360 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:16,160 Speaker 1: screw into that. Any of those three will work. 361 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:20,600 Speaker 3: Ah okay, all right, all right, great washer, appreciate the help. 362 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:24,400 Speaker 1: All right, Randy, thanks, take care, bye bye. All right, 363 00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:26,359 Speaker 1: we'll take a little break and then we'll talk to 364 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:31,360 Speaker 1: our friend Nate from USA Insulation, and we'll continue our 365 00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:34,760 Speaker 1: talk about saving money and how in the world are 366 00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:37,840 Speaker 1: there still homes without insulation in the walls? You're paying 367 00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:41,439 Speaker 1: way too much, so we'll correct that problem for you. 368 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:44,960 Speaker 1: That's next at home with Gary Salvin right here on 369 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:48,120 Speaker 1: fifty five care see the talk station. All right, well, 370 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:52,000 Speaker 1: it's time to protect our home from cold weather. In 371 00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:55,520 Speaker 1: the last week or two, we've certainly had some changes 372 00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:59,400 Speaker 1: take place, and when the weather changes, we bring in 373 00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:03,160 Speaker 1: our friend Nate Berg just in he is with USA Insallation. Nate, 374 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:06,200 Speaker 1: how in the world are you doing well? 375 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:06,480 Speaker 3: Gary? 376 00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:12,440 Speaker 1: Are you doing doing fine? Boy? I was talking about 377 00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:17,119 Speaker 1: your product, USA Insulation about an hour ago, and I 378 00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:21,480 Speaker 1: was telling people, I just don't understand if there's ever 379 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:28,800 Speaker 1: a no brainer project for a home prior to having 380 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:31,119 Speaker 1: that home, you know, if the home was built prior 381 00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:37,000 Speaker 1: to like nineteen seventy six, you're you're just you're burning money. 382 00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:39,119 Speaker 1: You're just I don't know how you do that. And 383 00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:41,600 Speaker 1: you got the answer for that, and you've been doing 384 00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:42,720 Speaker 1: it for a long time. 385 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:46,240 Speaker 4: Right the hour and our fortieth year this year. 386 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:50,280 Speaker 1: Holy cow, and they're still homes. 387 00:24:50,359 --> 00:24:53,040 Speaker 4: Yeah, absolutely, I guess. 388 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:56,199 Speaker 1: You can find some problems that are newer homes that 389 00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:59,000 Speaker 1: are improperly insulated in the walls too though. 390 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:03,080 Speaker 4: Right right, Yeah, and you know, if it's fairly newer 391 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:06,359 Speaker 4: within the last twenty years, odds are you know, the 392 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:10,000 Speaker 4: attic needs updated. So we definitely recommend that and take 393 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,000 Speaker 4: a look up there. And you know some of those 394 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:16,040 Speaker 4: homes need the walls or insulate as well too. But yeah, 395 00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:20,359 Speaker 4: we've then we do crawl spaces basements, so we do 396 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:21,879 Speaker 4: all types of insulation. 397 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:25,439 Speaker 1: Yeah, I was talking about joist pockets again today because 398 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:27,719 Speaker 1: that's a big money waster and a lot of homes 399 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:32,200 Speaker 1: and you guys can do just that project correct. 400 00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:35,560 Speaker 4: Correct, And we have a spray pome for that, and 401 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:39,159 Speaker 4: so we can air seal around the perimeter, you know, 402 00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:41,680 Speaker 4: the crawl space or basement and that does make a 403 00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:42,600 Speaker 4: nice improvement. 404 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:46,760 Speaker 1: So this is interesting because this is something we haven't 405 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:49,560 Speaker 1: talked about. We'll get back to all the other things, folks, 406 00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:52,239 Speaker 1: if you're listening to us. I guess I'm rambling a 407 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:55,360 Speaker 1: little bit, but I just amazed that people don't take 408 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:59,760 Speaker 1: advantage of the service that you offer when you're talking 409 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:01,840 Speaker 1: to crawl space, because I get a lot of calls 410 00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:06,840 Speaker 1: on crawl space cold damp. Do I insulate the underside 411 00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:11,120 Speaker 1: of the floor above the cross space it's the kitchen, 412 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:15,000 Speaker 1: Or do I do the concrete walls? And you said 413 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:19,439 Speaker 1: a spray foam. I've talked about foam panels. I know 414 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:23,600 Speaker 1: they're not in the same category of effectiveness. Can you 415 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:26,919 Speaker 1: spray foundation walls in a cross space? 416 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:31,440 Speaker 4: Yeah, that's what really code now for new construction. They 417 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:34,080 Speaker 4: no longer spray the underside of the crawl space. I 418 00:26:34,119 --> 00:26:37,240 Speaker 4: mean what they found over the years that just inhibits 419 00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:42,080 Speaker 4: mold and just issues. So and you know what they 420 00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:45,600 Speaker 4: put up there is usually a fiberglass batting so eventually, 421 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:49,200 Speaker 4: with gravity, it's going to fall down. So the way 422 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:53,000 Speaker 4: to do it now is we spray the exposed crawl 423 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:56,760 Speaker 4: space perimeter and we do a closed cell about an 424 00:26:56,760 --> 00:26:59,960 Speaker 4: inch and a half thick spray foam, and we spray 425 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:04,560 Speaker 4: from the dirt floor to the bandboard and encapsulate that perimeter. 426 00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:06,440 Speaker 4: And you're not going to get any of those elements 427 00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:09,680 Speaker 4: leaking in from the outside, you know, which is what's 428 00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:13,400 Speaker 4: making that floor cold this time of years. Really really, man, 429 00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:15,280 Speaker 4: you're not going to have mold or you know, it's 430 00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:18,280 Speaker 4: a waterproofoam just really cleans it up down there as well. 431 00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:22,960 Speaker 1: Right, well, I know one of the buzzwords, and it's 432 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:26,520 Speaker 1: been for a while is a whole home encapsulation, be 433 00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:31,879 Speaker 1: it the attic or the crawl space, and that's just 434 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:35,600 Speaker 1: a direction that's going. And it is a cleaner, healthier 435 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:39,600 Speaker 1: home that way. And obviously the tighter we get it. 436 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:43,800 Speaker 1: You know, we sometimes we have to have ventilation added also, 437 00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:47,520 Speaker 1: but my goodness, you can really have a very very 438 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:51,520 Speaker 1: healthy home and one that doesn't smell, minimizing the old 439 00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:52,720 Speaker 1: growth and everything else. 440 00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:56,560 Speaker 4: All right, Yeah, and if you're building a home, I 441 00:27:56,720 --> 00:28:00,760 Speaker 4: just came from appointment this morning where they're son was 442 00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:03,720 Speaker 4: actually going to be building a new house and he 443 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:07,080 Speaker 4: was interested possibly in the spray phone and it. You know, 444 00:28:07,119 --> 00:28:09,280 Speaker 4: it's really you got one shot to do it, right, 445 00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:12,119 Speaker 4: and that's when you're building it. We can spray the 446 00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:18,959 Speaker 4: whole structure and you know, you're in a very efficient environment, 447 00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:22,479 Speaker 4: and it's just really the way to do it. It just 448 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:24,840 Speaker 4: be very easy to eat and cool year round. And 449 00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:27,879 Speaker 4: people are extremely happy with the spray phone. 450 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:31,560 Speaker 1: You know, my daughter, she lives in Charlotte Nate and 451 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:35,400 Speaker 1: she bought an or bungalow, and it was a good 452 00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:40,200 Speaker 1: sized bungalow. It's probably built, you know, forties fifties, and 453 00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:43,200 Speaker 1: her and her husband had that house literally torn down 454 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:48,280 Speaker 1: to the foundation and extended it. You know, property down there, 455 00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:52,400 Speaker 1: it's just boom city and upgrades left and right. And 456 00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:55,320 Speaker 1: when she was doing it, and you know they were 457 00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:58,680 Speaker 1: doing they knew what they were doing. And they got 458 00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:04,120 Speaker 1: to the end and her contractor was pushing her to 459 00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:09,600 Speaker 1: foam insulate everything as they built, and she was, you know, 460 00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:13,320 Speaker 1: that's that insulation isn't the sexiest thing to sell, right 461 00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:19,040 Speaker 1: it's two thousand more And I go, I'm telling you 462 00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:23,840 Speaker 1: right now, do it, do it, do it, do it 463 00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:24,360 Speaker 1: it is. 464 00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:29,440 Speaker 4: And spend money to save money. But it's easily over. 465 00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:33,000 Speaker 1: The She she brings it up all the time and 466 00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:36,560 Speaker 1: this is probably I don't know, six years ago now 467 00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:38,480 Speaker 1: and she goes, this is the best thing we ever 468 00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:42,600 Speaker 1: didde to it. 469 00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:42,960 Speaker 3: Yeah. 470 00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:47,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, So let's let's take a step back because of 471 00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:49,560 Speaker 1: getting a little bit off the track. But I want 472 00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:52,640 Speaker 1: to let everybody know. I'm sure some of the reasons 473 00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:56,080 Speaker 1: we're all ask you what some of the reasons are 474 00:29:56,160 --> 00:30:00,160 Speaker 1: why people don't insulate the walls of a home that 475 00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:05,120 Speaker 1: is an older home where you're very very drafty. Is 476 00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:08,920 Speaker 1: it that they don't know that you can do that 477 00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:10,600 Speaker 1: on a home that's already built. 478 00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:14,080 Speaker 4: We run into that. It's kind of a mixed bag. 479 00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:17,040 Speaker 4: I mean, some people know they want to do it, 480 00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:20,640 Speaker 4: it just other things take precedence and you know, the months, 481 00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:23,760 Speaker 4: years go on and it's just one of those things. 482 00:30:24,160 --> 00:30:26,880 Speaker 4: Just get it done and once it's done, it easily 483 00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:27,880 Speaker 4: recoups the cost. 484 00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:28,520 Speaker 1: Right. 485 00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:32,560 Speaker 4: But again, you're going to have certain individuals, you know, 486 00:30:32,600 --> 00:30:36,440 Speaker 4: they'll buy an older home. They don't realize it's not insulated, 487 00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:39,320 Speaker 4: and of course, once the temperatures change they find out 488 00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:39,960 Speaker 4: pretty quick. 489 00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:41,560 Speaker 1: You get your first bill, you'll know. 490 00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:47,600 Speaker 4: Yes, yes, so, but yeah, I mean they're you know, 491 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:50,880 Speaker 4: there's not much we're not able to insulate or reinsulate. 492 00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:54,680 Speaker 4: So it's definitely definitely a smart thing to get done, 493 00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:57,560 Speaker 4: especially if it's a home you know you're going to 494 00:30:57,600 --> 00:30:58,920 Speaker 4: be standing for a little while. 495 00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:04,760 Speaker 1: Sure, is it safe to say that the money you save, 496 00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:08,240 Speaker 1: and I'm sure it's sizable, depending on how the house 497 00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:12,600 Speaker 1: is constructed and stuff. Maybe thirty percent, I don't know, 498 00:31:13,280 --> 00:31:19,600 Speaker 1: But the money that you'll be giving to the energy company. 499 00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:23,920 Speaker 1: Obviously you'll be paying if you hit the insulation in 500 00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:27,840 Speaker 1: you save the energy, you're pretty much it's gonna pay 501 00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:30,040 Speaker 1: itself off in five years and then you get to 502 00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:32,520 Speaker 1: keep all the all the money, right. 503 00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:36,440 Speaker 4: Yeah, well you could sell this for me, Gary, That's exactly. 504 00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:40,280 Speaker 4: That's exactly what I tell people, and it's the truth. Yeah, 505 00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:43,000 Speaker 4: it's really if you look at it and the grand 506 00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:45,960 Speaker 4: scheme of things, that's money you're already spending. Given it 507 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:48,800 Speaker 4: to the power company, you know, why not put it 508 00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:52,000 Speaker 4: back towards the home with the insulation, and like you 509 00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:55,240 Speaker 4: were saying, once it's paid off just through your savings, 510 00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:58,680 Speaker 4: it's it's you get to keep the insulation. The savings 511 00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:01,240 Speaker 4: are their lifetime of a home, and that's more money 512 00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:03,320 Speaker 4: in your pocket. So it's a one win. 513 00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:06,520 Speaker 1: Well, you've been apprecing it for years, and I've been 514 00:32:06,560 --> 00:32:10,480 Speaker 1: talking about USA insulation for over twenty years because your 515 00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:14,000 Speaker 1: reputation in the savings, I mean, you can't beat it. 516 00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:16,440 Speaker 1: Let's take a quick break. We'll tell everybody they're probably 517 00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:18,560 Speaker 1: looking at their house and go like, and how we 518 00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:22,720 Speaker 1: getting that insulation in those walls. That's what we'll do next. Nate, 519 00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:25,959 Speaker 1: He's from USA Insulation. He's my guest, and you're at 520 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:28,640 Speaker 1: home with Gary Salvin right here in fifty five care 521 00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:34,080 Speaker 1: Ce Detok Station. Hey Burgess, he is UASA Insulation, and 522 00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:39,800 Speaker 1: we've been talking about FOAE inslation, FOE insulation in new homes, 523 00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:43,480 Speaker 1: encapsulation and cross spaces, addics, and now we're going to 524 00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:47,360 Speaker 1: go to I guess is your typical customer? Correct me 525 00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:52,560 Speaker 1: if I'm wrong living an older home? Energy bills killing them, 526 00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:56,840 Speaker 1: it's allowed in the house, it's drafty, it's cold, it's 527 00:32:56,880 --> 00:33:00,000 Speaker 1: too hot in the summer. And is that your typical? 528 00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:02,800 Speaker 4: It's all the above, all. 529 00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:05,800 Speaker 1: The above, all right. So if I'm sitting in a 530 00:33:05,880 --> 00:33:09,680 Speaker 1: home that was built in nineteen, you know, thirty eight, 531 00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:12,920 Speaker 1: and it's a brick home, we're built in nineteen fifty. 532 00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:15,640 Speaker 1: Even if it's a little cape cod and just like 533 00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:18,560 Speaker 1: the house I grew up in, there's no insulation in 534 00:33:18,560 --> 00:33:21,240 Speaker 1: those walls. How do you get the insulation in the walls? 535 00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:26,120 Speaker 4: So any masonry construction we just drill. Actually it's all 536 00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:29,320 Speaker 4: done from the exterior. We drill little five eighth inch 537 00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:32,200 Speaker 4: pinky sized holes right in the key joints of the mortar, 538 00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:35,680 Speaker 4: and then we gain access to that cavity or wall 539 00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:39,360 Speaker 4: seam and then just a series of holes and then 540 00:33:39,680 --> 00:33:42,240 Speaker 4: they basically pressure fill that cavity, fill it up with 541 00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:45,920 Speaker 4: our foam, and then we'll remortar grout those joints, and 542 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:47,200 Speaker 4: that conceals all the work. 543 00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:50,080 Speaker 1: What happens if you got like vinyl sighting. Some of 544 00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:51,920 Speaker 1: those homes have vinyl sighting. 545 00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:56,400 Speaker 4: On, right, so that's a little different procedure. What we 546 00:33:56,520 --> 00:33:59,320 Speaker 4: do is we'll actually remove just a middle strip of 547 00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:02,640 Speaker 4: the vinyl panel and then we'll drill one two inch 548 00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:05,040 Speaker 4: diameter holes a little bigger hole, and then I'll run 549 00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:09,160 Speaker 4: a flexible hose bottom to top, inject our insulation in, 550 00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:13,160 Speaker 4: and then we'll plug the hole and reattach the panels. 551 00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:14,800 Speaker 4: That conceals all both all the work. 552 00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:21,400 Speaker 1: Wow. So it foam is under pressure, so it's going 553 00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:24,719 Speaker 1: wherever there's voids, right exactly. 554 00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:27,760 Speaker 4: So it's we're not just drilling holes hoping it's filling 555 00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:31,279 Speaker 4: everything up. I mean, we're actually pushing the product with 556 00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:34,520 Speaker 4: compressed air. So it is looking for all the nooks 557 00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:37,799 Speaker 4: and creamies. And that's what's really separates this from conventional 558 00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:41,040 Speaker 4: blowing and just I mean, you know, this is looking 559 00:34:41,160 --> 00:34:46,279 Speaker 4: for all those crevices and volids, and it really makes 560 00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:48,880 Speaker 4: a difference with the coverage. 561 00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:52,640 Speaker 1: No worry, I mean goes around wires and pipes and 562 00:34:52,680 --> 00:34:55,840 Speaker 1: everything else. Correct, Yeah, just. 563 00:34:55,160 --> 00:35:00,040 Speaker 4: Just basically yep, just encapsulates any wiring, piping and the 564 00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:03,600 Speaker 4: foam itself. It's unlike a spray foam, which you know, 565 00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:06,120 Speaker 4: once that's set up gets pretty hard. That's to get 566 00:35:06,239 --> 00:35:10,239 Speaker 4: softer material. So if you needed access to the wall 567 00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:13,719 Speaker 4: once it's phoned, it's really not a problem to uh, 568 00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:17,000 Speaker 4: you know, cut into or you can push wires cables 569 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:19,040 Speaker 4: through it if you have to run something through the wall. 570 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:26,040 Speaker 1: Is there a there's gaps in most every home, half 571 00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:27,080 Speaker 1: the homes all over? 572 00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:33,720 Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, pretty much. I mean yeah, pretty much every 573 00:35:33,719 --> 00:35:37,360 Speaker 4: home is going to have, you know, gaps and voids. 574 00:35:38,200 --> 00:35:39,600 Speaker 4: We should be able to get. 575 00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:46,160 Speaker 1: To interesting So is it about the R value that's 576 00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:48,520 Speaker 1: going in there or is it more about just eliminating 577 00:35:48,520 --> 00:35:49,560 Speaker 1: the draft? 578 00:35:50,560 --> 00:35:53,800 Speaker 4: Just eliminating the draft really, I mean the R value 579 00:35:53,840 --> 00:35:58,360 Speaker 4: on paper, it can be comparable to you know, conventional 580 00:35:58,440 --> 00:36:03,240 Speaker 4: insulation like a perch. But the thing is with foam, 581 00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:05,680 Speaker 4: it's an air barrier. You're not going to get that 582 00:36:05,760 --> 00:36:10,040 Speaker 4: with you know, conventional blowing material or even roll batting right. 583 00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:13,560 Speaker 4: And then again the other factor is the coverage of it. 584 00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:17,320 Speaker 4: I mean you get a complete fill within the cavity, 585 00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:20,759 Speaker 4: which you just can't achieve with conventional insulation. 586 00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:23,799 Speaker 1: Well, it seems like a lot of energy companies we're 587 00:36:23,800 --> 00:36:29,080 Speaker 1: always talking about, you know, wanting you know, where are 588 00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:30,640 Speaker 1: we getting all this energy? 589 00:36:32,200 --> 00:36:32,399 Speaker 4: Right? 590 00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:37,840 Speaker 1: So, is there is there any discounts by putting something 591 00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:40,280 Speaker 1: like a foam installation in a home, even a newer 592 00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:43,040 Speaker 1: home like an attic or something along those lines. 593 00:36:44,640 --> 00:36:47,760 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean they do have a federal tax credit 594 00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:52,880 Speaker 4: for an insulation improvements or adding insulation to an existing home, 595 00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:56,240 Speaker 4: so you would get a percentage back if done before 596 00:36:56,239 --> 00:37:00,520 Speaker 4: the end of the year. And yeah, as far as 597 00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:03,759 Speaker 4: utility savings, I mean you're going to see if it's 598 00:37:03,880 --> 00:37:06,240 Speaker 4: lacking up in an attic and we you know, add 599 00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:08,920 Speaker 4: more R value up there. It's going to make an improvement, 600 00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:11,920 Speaker 4: you know, on the heating costs, so as well as 601 00:37:11,920 --> 00:37:12,640 Speaker 4: air conditioning. 602 00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:16,920 Speaker 1: In the stommer, the text credits the energy text credit 603 00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:19,360 Speaker 1: any word on twenty twenty six. If it ends at 604 00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:20,600 Speaker 1: the end of the year, I better. 605 00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:24,839 Speaker 4: Get going, Yeah, exactly. So there's as far as we 606 00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:28,040 Speaker 4: I mean, it's definitely locked in for this for twenty five. 607 00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:31,960 Speaker 4: They're supposed to have it for twenty six, but they 608 00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:37,200 Speaker 4: can always change, you know, the stipulation and percentages. So 609 00:37:38,160 --> 00:37:41,520 Speaker 4: if it is something someone's interested in doing, it would 610 00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:44,120 Speaker 4: make sense just the lock and in for this tax year, 611 00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:46,799 Speaker 4: so you know you're getting it. Then you're kind of 612 00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:49,879 Speaker 4: taking a chance. As far as going into the new year. 613 00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:52,879 Speaker 1: Well, i'll tell you what. The cold weather's here. We're 614 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:57,480 Speaker 1: kind of seeing that right now. And there's a lot 615 00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:00,279 Speaker 1: a lot of forecasts that's say it's going to be 616 00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:02,520 Speaker 1: a cold winner. But it seems like every year they 617 00:38:02,520 --> 00:38:04,680 Speaker 1: say it's going to be a cold winter because right 618 00:38:04,920 --> 00:38:08,520 Speaker 1: winners are cold it is, and or. 619 00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:11,280 Speaker 4: We got Ohio weather. It's just it is up and down. 620 00:38:11,480 --> 00:38:15,240 Speaker 4: So you'll be prepared year round with the insulation. But yeah, 621 00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:19,000 Speaker 4: it's definitely around the corner, if not already here. 622 00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:22,759 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, so real quick, and I'll let you go. 623 00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:25,920 Speaker 1: If you have maybe a home that was built in 624 00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:28,600 Speaker 1: the eighties and you've got a couple of drafty spots 625 00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:33,160 Speaker 1: in your home, how do you address that? And can 626 00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:36,960 Speaker 1: you have the foam inslation inserted where there's already maybe 627 00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:38,520 Speaker 1: like cellulose insallation. 628 00:38:39,520 --> 00:38:42,560 Speaker 4: Right, yeah, and then we can I mean, that's what's 629 00:38:42,680 --> 00:38:45,320 Speaker 4: nice way. Once we apply the foam into the cavity, 630 00:38:45,640 --> 00:38:50,480 Speaker 4: it's going to push out all the existing insulation, compress 631 00:38:50,520 --> 00:38:53,640 Speaker 4: any fiberglass, batting or cellulos, just putting it out of 632 00:38:53,640 --> 00:38:57,000 Speaker 4: the way, filding all the empty crevices and voids. And 633 00:38:57,040 --> 00:38:59,439 Speaker 4: that's something we'd have to look at on a case 634 00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:02,000 Speaker 4: by case asis with the home. If they're just certain 635 00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:04,680 Speaker 4: areas we can measure, you know, give them a price 636 00:39:04,719 --> 00:39:07,399 Speaker 4: for that or for a whole house. We will see 637 00:39:07,440 --> 00:39:08,040 Speaker 4: what would. 638 00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:12,160 Speaker 1: Be beast Well, you do good work. It pays for 639 00:39:12,200 --> 00:39:15,680 Speaker 1: itself down the road. And I know a lot of 640 00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:19,200 Speaker 1: these jobs can be done in a day, so people 641 00:39:19,200 --> 00:39:22,040 Speaker 1: will have job we can do. It's gonna get cold. 642 00:39:22,239 --> 00:39:23,800 Speaker 1: How do they get a hold of you real quick? 643 00:39:25,239 --> 00:39:27,520 Speaker 4: They can reach us at our phone number. It's gonna 644 00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:31,040 Speaker 4: be five one three three eight one thirty six twenty 645 00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:32,840 Speaker 4: six three eight one phone. 646 00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:38,040 Speaker 1: Very good. Thank you so much, Nate, Thank you, Gary, 647 00:39:38,160 --> 00:39:41,560 Speaker 1: all right, take care, all right, how about that, let's 648 00:39:41,560 --> 00:39:43,759 Speaker 1: get on the stick. It's gonna get cold. No sense 649 00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:46,799 Speaker 1: in messing around with that, Danny boy, Thank you very much. 650 00:39:47,600 --> 00:39:50,359 Speaker 1: Kind of okay today. I think we did well. We'll 651 00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:53,440 Speaker 1: continue tomorrow for more at Home with Gary Sullivan