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Speaker 1: KFI AM six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp The

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Speaker 1: House Whisper on demand on the iHeart Radio app. Good morning,

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Speaker 1: my friend, and welcome home. I am Dean Sharp, the

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Speaker 1: House Whisper, Custom home Builder, custom home Designer, and every

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Speaker 1: week your guide to better understand that place where you live.

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Speaker 1: Whether home for you is a castle or a cottage,

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Speaker 1: doesn't matter to me. You know why, because luxury does

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Speaker 1: not a great homemake. It is design that matters most.

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Speaker 1: And I invite you to think of it this way.

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Speaker 1: New parts for a home, that's home repair, and we

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Speaker 1: talk a lot about that. We'll probably be talking a

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Speaker 1: good amount about that today. New paint, that's home maintenance.

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Speaker 1: New design, though m that is the true definition, at

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Speaker 1: least in my book of home improvement. Good design makes

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Speaker 1: all the difference. Every house deserves it, every house should

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Speaker 1: enjoy it, because once good design is at work, every

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Speaker 1: else has a path forward toward becoming a great home.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us on the program today. How is

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Speaker 1: your Thanksgiving? Let's talk about that a little bit. Give

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Speaker 1: me a call, tell me how Thanksgiving went, and how

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Speaker 1: the home is holding up, and what your prospects for

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Speaker 1: the rest of the holidays are of course. Today it's

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Speaker 1: an all call Saturday morning. Your calls the number to

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Speaker 1: reach me eight three three two. Ask Dean eight three three,

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Speaker 1: the numeral two, and then you just spell out ask

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Speaker 1: Dean eight three three to ask Dean anything you want

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Speaker 1: to talk about regarding your home. Whatever's got you scratch

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Speaker 1: in your head? Design, construction, diy stuff inside, outside, landscape, decor.

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Speaker 1: I got you. We'll put our heads together. We will

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Speaker 1: get it figured out. So give me a call. Pull

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Speaker 1: yourself some coffee, Slap yourself across the face couple of times.

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Speaker 1: Wake up, get out of that food, Koma. Let's talk

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Speaker 1: about your home. Nikki is standing by. The phone lines

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Speaker 1: are open. We are ready for you. And as soon

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Speaker 1: as the phones the call star rolling in, we will

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Speaker 1: go to it. In the meantime, let's say good morning

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Speaker 1: to Sam. Hey Sam, how's going on?

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Speaker 2: Good morning, Dean. Happy Thanksgiving. I hope you had a

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Speaker 2: wonderful Thanksgiving.

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Speaker 1: We did, we did. It was very chill, very quiet

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Speaker 1: this year. But you know, we we made ourselves a

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Speaker 1: little meal. Have made a few pies that got a

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Speaker 1: little out of hand at one point, and then uh,

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Speaker 1: and then we took those pies over to my brother

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Speaker 1: in law's house and joined them for their Thanksgiving feast

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Speaker 1: for dessert, and it was a good time was had

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Speaker 1: by all. And we may have I'm not confirming this,

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Speaker 1: but we may have been over at the Magic Kingdom yesterday,

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Speaker 1: spending the day after Thanksgiving insanely at Disneyland. But actually

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Speaker 1: that was a good time too, So we had a

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Speaker 1: we had a good time. I heard that you went

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Speaker 1: to enchant out in.

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Speaker 2: Uh Santa Anita at Sam Conway's favorite stomping ground.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Conway and I were talking about it

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Speaker 1: last week and I was thinking, wow, I've never heard

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Speaker 2: This was the first year, right, Yeah. It was really fun.

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Speaker 2: Brought the kids out there. We had a really fun

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Speaker 2: time that had an ice slide, ice skating, great food,

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Speaker 1: It was really fun. It was a great time. And

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Speaker 1: it's all lit up at night, like amazing lights, just

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Speaker 1: very festive and holiday, right, It is beautiful. They also

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Speaker 1: have a very nice Ferris Wheel. It was a lot

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Speaker 1: Sam confirms it just class act. I mean, fun for

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Speaker 1: the whole family. So if you like that, kind of

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Speaker 1: like disconso Garden La Zoo night walk with the lights everywhere.

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Speaker 1: you said the food was like top notch.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it was really good. Mac and cheese with brisket on.

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Speaker 2: It was great. They had a lot of different options.

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Speaker 2: It's some great dessert options and a turkey leg. We

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Speaker 2: walked out with the turkey leg and a turkey leg.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, all right.

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Speaker 2: All the kids loved it. It was it was both

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Speaker 2: barbaric and regal at the same time. That's the thing

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Speaker 2: with turkey legs. People, you either love it or hate

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Speaker 1: Oh is it Heather? It's Heather, Hey, Heather Brooker, Hi girl.

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Speaker 4: Speaking of turkey legs, I also am a turkey leg advocate.

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Speaker 1: Oh I thought you were gonna make fun on my legs. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: speaking of turkey legs, it's taking legs. Don't never wear

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Speaker 4: One of my favorite things to do is when my

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Speaker 4: husband and my daughter go on the Credit Coaster at

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Speaker 4: Disneyland and I will go and get a turkey leg

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Speaker 4: and then when they get off, we'll all kind of

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Speaker 1: It's a good time. We love a turkey leg moment,

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Speaker 1: you know what. I agree. And if you're looking for

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Speaker 1: food at Disneyland, that is actually not completely unhealthy other

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Speaker 1: But apart from that, it really it is an actual

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Speaker 1: And I was your Thanksgiving.

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Speaker 4: It was so good, it was so nice. I went

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Speaker 4: to New York with my whoa. Yeah, yes, I've been

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Speaker 4: I flew back Thursday, Thursday afternoon because I had to

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Speaker 1: Otherwise I'd still be there. Otherwise I'd still be there

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Speaker 1: Where in New York? Where in New York?

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Speaker 4: So we went to We stayed in Midtown East, not

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Speaker 4: And we actually started our trip in Massachusetts. I'm one

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Speaker 4: We saw David Swimmer from Friends just randomly walking by.

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Speaker 1: It was really just a fun time with my family,

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Speaker 1: Tena and I loved New York and we love New

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Speaker 1: all very cosmopolit we just love we love being in

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Speaker 4: There is something very It's like, we don't have seasons

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Speaker 4: all this beautiful weather that we have. But every once

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Speaker 1: This is what fall is like. Absolutely, well, i'll tell you,

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Speaker 1: you know what, after the news and the break, I'll

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Speaker 1: tell you about the the little season starter that we're

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Speaker 1: going to be doing. Yay, that's coming up here. But yeah,

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Speaker 1: New York in the fall it's awesome. I think we're

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Speaker 1: looking forward. It's been too long since I've been back. Well,

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Speaker 1: this is your sign you gotta go. Yes, that's exactly it.

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Speaker 1: That's confirmation. Speaking of Tina sitting across the table from me,

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Speaker 1: very quickly, my design partner, my better half, my best

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Speaker 1: friend in all the world. Tina is here. Welcome home. Hey, Hi,

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Speaker 1: how you do. I'm good. Let's go to the news. Okay,

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Speaker 1: more great stuff on the way. You're listening to Home

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Speaker 1: with Dean Sharp, the house Whisper, Jean Sharp, the house

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Speaker 1: Whisper here to help you take your home to the

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Speaker 1: next level. Thanks for joining us on the program today.

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Speaker 1: Here this Saturday morning, right after Thanksgiving? Is it the

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Speaker 1: twenty ninth? It is? It's the twenty ninth of November.

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Speaker 1: It's only one day left and then man, Monday, We're

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Speaker 1: into December and we are on the road. Are we

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Speaker 1: not today? Correct me if I'm wrong? Heather, you know this.

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Speaker 1: This is today. Yesterday was Black Friday. Today is Small

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Speaker 1: Business Saturday, isn't it? That is correct? Small Business Saturday.

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Speaker 1: This is the day after you have raped and pillaged

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Speaker 1: all the major chain stores for the deals that you

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Speaker 1: take the money that you've got left and go invested

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Speaker 1: in your community. Go invested in small businesses all around.

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Speaker 1: Go buy some artisanal cheese, Go buy go buy some

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Speaker 1: really good, beautiful things, lovely things for the holidays from

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Speaker 1: local business owners who are just working hard to not

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Speaker 1: be a part of the community. I love on every Thanksgiving,

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Speaker 1: well at least every Thanksgiving I think for the last

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Speaker 1: could be longer. But our local coffeehouse, the one that's

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Speaker 1: Is it the Turkey Dash? Yeah, which is just a

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Speaker 1: Thanksgiving morning and a thousand plus people sign up for

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Speaker 1: it and show up and run. It's just the greatest thing.

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Speaker 1: So anyway, just a reminder of everybody small business Saturday today,

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Speaker 1: get out there and support local in your community. So

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Speaker 1: many people, especially in California, Southern California, complain, Yeah, we

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Speaker 1: we don't really have a sense of community. Well, you

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Speaker 1: know what, invest in all these little places, get to

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Speaker 1: know you. You want to not to, you know, run

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Speaker 1: the risk of sounding like I'm on cheers here, but

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Speaker 1: we've established it with tens of businesses. I feel just

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Speaker 1: there's nothing like community when it comes to you know,

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Speaker 1: living in a place. It's just the best thing ever.

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Speaker 1: All Right, that's my plug there it is. Here's the

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Speaker 1: thing I want to tell you, guys. I've got a

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Speaker 1: bunch of stuff to talk to you about this morning.

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Speaker 1: And I'll tell you why I do. Because I had

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Speaker 1: my suspicions that we might be low on calls today

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Speaker 1: because people are still in their food comas and now

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Speaker 1: you're in your shopping coma. But I'm just letting you know.

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Speaker 1: The phone lines are open right now. They're wide open.

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Speaker 1: Nikki is standing by ready to take your call. I

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Speaker 1: am ready to talk to you about whatever's going on

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Speaker 1: with your home. If you've tried to call in in

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Speaker 1: the past and gotten frustrated because you haven't gotten through,

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Speaker 1: now would be a perfect time because the phone lines

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Speaker 1: are completely open. The number to reach me eight three

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Speaker 1: And we're back, Dean Sharp, the House Whisper, here to

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Speaker 1: I was gonna start talking to you about the Stall House.

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Speaker 1: this morning, if all I can, But we have to

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Speaker 1: Let's talk to Doug. Hey, Doug, welcome home, Hey Jean.

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Speaker 3: Uh, I got kind of a deal going on here.

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Speaker 3: I I have a down spout that comes down, goes

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Speaker 3: guess with this heavy rain, it must have rained more

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Speaker 1: Okay, so let me ask you where the down spout

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Speaker 3: Yeah, there's a fitting there around around fitting.

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Speaker 1: And where is it spraying up? Is it spray is?

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Speaker 1: But do we want that to be the case? No,

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Speaker 1: some calking would not hurt and it's not going to

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Speaker 1: What you do is you're going to put that fitting

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Speaker 1: It's just going to seal that seam and that may

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Speaker 3: Yeah. I was a little bit concerned about taking the

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Speaker 1: Oh I see this, So the stucco is kind of

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Speaker 1: That's about the best that's going to happen at that point,

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Speaker 3: So just run a router down through it through another

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Speaker 1: Past that, yeah, or or from the terminus point out

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Speaker 1: it without tearing everything up. Doug. Thanks for the call,

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Speaker 1: my friend. Good luck with that. More of your calls

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Speaker 1: when we return your home with Dean Sharp the house Whisper.

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Speaker 1: Dean Sharp, the house Whisper, here to remind you that

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Speaker 1: every home deserves great design, every home, especially yours. Why

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Speaker 1: because you're there. We are doing an all call Saturday morning.

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Speaker 1: I took a little nudging, but I got calls on

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Speaker 1: the board, so I am going forward. Let's talk to Kathy. Hey, Kathy,

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Speaker 1: welcome home.

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Speaker 6: Oh Hidane, thank you so much. I'll for taking my call. Okay,

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Speaker 6: the toilet, why is it not flushing?

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Speaker 5: Right?

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Speaker 6: I have a one point two gallon tank. I don't

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Speaker 6: know if I should have war but it's just so sluggish.

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Speaker 6: It will barely like flesh. And this is about like

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Speaker 6: the third toilet we've had. And yeah, I'll just sude. Hello.

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Speaker 1: H So, all right, all right, Kathy, when you say

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Speaker 1: it's sluggish, is it not filling? Uh? Is it is?

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Speaker 1: The tank filling?

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Speaker 6: Yeah, the tank is filling. And but like like when

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Speaker 6: you flush it, it's just like there's like no power.

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Speaker 6: My husband actually cleaned out, you know, the parts where

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Speaker 6: the water comes in and then it goes out. He's

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Speaker 6: cleaned it with a screwdriver, and you know, but I

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Speaker 6: thought it was maybe hard water, you know, you know,

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Speaker 6: I live in SoCal here.

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Speaker 1: So okay, so here's the thing. The the it's very

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Speaker 1: doubtful that it's a hard water issue with the toilet. Now,

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Speaker 1: the bowl isn't being cleaned with every flush. Maybe that's

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Speaker 1: a hard water issue, because here's the thing, Kathy. Unbeknownst

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Speaker 1: to most people, eighty percent of the water that's in

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Speaker 1: the toilet tank you never see come down the side

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Speaker 1: of the bowl when you flush it. Okay, that is

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Speaker 1: not We're most Only a little bit of the water

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Speaker 1: comes down the side of the bowl through the spray

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Speaker 1: jets along the side, okay, And sometimes an older toilet

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Speaker 1: in a hard water condition, it can get calcification build

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Speaker 1: up there and those jets aren't allowing the water to

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Speaker 1: go down, and so people complain that the bowl is

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Speaker 1: not getting clean, it's not getting cleaned. Well, there's hardly

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Speaker 1: any water coming down the side of the bowl. That's

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Speaker 1: one thing that doesn't actually affect the flushing though, the

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Speaker 1: actual flushing away of the water. The flushing away of

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Speaker 1: the water has to do with is the tank full

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Speaker 1: when you and when you pull the handle, does the

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Speaker 1: flapper come up all the way and does all that

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Speaker 1: water in the tank rush out of the tank? And

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Speaker 1: if it does, then it's rushing into the toilet, and

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Speaker 1: then the toilet is overflowing in the back as it

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Speaker 1: should and taking everything with it down the drain. If

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Speaker 1: that is being sluggish. If that's sluggish, then one you

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Speaker 1: make sure that the flapper is being opened up all

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Speaker 1: the way when you when you when you press down

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Speaker 1: the handle right. If it's not, you need to adjust

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Speaker 1: the chain connection to the flapper so that when you

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Speaker 1: push the handle down, the flapper comes up all the

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Speaker 1: way really fast. Okay, so all that water can rush out.

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Speaker 1: If that's not the case, then it may be time

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Speaker 1: to actually take the toilet off of its off of

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Speaker 1: its bolts and actually have a plumber snake that line,

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Speaker 1: because I'm wondering whether or not you've actually got build

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Speaker 1: up in the line that's just not allowing the water

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Speaker 1: to rush out the drain fast enough.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 6: Well, it's not a flapper. I have that other thing that,

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Speaker 6: you know, a taller thing. I don't know what. It's

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Speaker 6: called a fluid master or something like that. It's not

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Speaker 6: the it's not a flapper one. I don't think it's

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Speaker 6: it's that, you know, we have that other thing.

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Speaker 1: Okay, but there's always a flapper. There's always a gasket

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Speaker 1: that seals the hole at the bottom of the tank

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Speaker 1: that it opens up. I'm not talking about the fill valve.

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Speaker 1: You have a fluid master phill valve, a flow master

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Speaker 1: fill valve. I'm talking about the actual gasket at the

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Speaker 1: bottom that has to open up big and wide to

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Speaker 1: allow all that water to rush out of the tank.

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Speaker 6: Okay, so maybe like just look at.

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Speaker 1: That, Yes, take a look at that. And if it's

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Speaker 1: not that, and if the water is rushing out of

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Speaker 1: the tank, just fine, or at least the flapper is

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Speaker 1: allowing it to move out of the tank. Maybe there's

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Speaker 1: a clog inside the toilet, very very rare, super super rare,

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Speaker 1: that there's a clog in the toilet. More likely the

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Speaker 1: drain needs some attention, needs some rootering, and because the

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Speaker 1: drain itself may be not allowing the water to escape

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Speaker 1: from the toilet fast enough to do its job.

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Speaker 6: Out altogether, take the whole toilet out and road or

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Speaker 6: that the drain.

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Speaker 1: Yes, exactly, rooter the drain out, and if if it's not,

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Speaker 1: the other elements. But it sounds like the tank's filling up, okay,

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Speaker 1: Just a question of whether the handle is adjusted to

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Speaker 1: the flapper so that it's letting the flapper come up

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Speaker 1: all the way, because it's just got to open up

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Speaker 1: its mouth, really fast, and that's when all their water

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Speaker 1: rushes out with force, out of the tank. Kathy, thank

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Speaker 1: you for your call. I'm up against a break. Good

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Speaker 1: luck with that. It's going to be one of the two.

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Speaker 1: It's either going to be the flapper or it's going

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Speaker 1: to be time to rooter out the drain a little bit,

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Speaker 1: call a plumber out and have them do some work there.

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Speaker 1: We will answer more of your calls when we return.

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Speaker 1: You are Home with Dean Sharp, the house Whisper.

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