1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:03,920 Speaker 1: KF I am six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp, 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:10,440 Speaker 1: the House Whisper on demand on the iHeartRadio app. Good morning, 3 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:16,280 Speaker 1: my friend, and welcome home. I am Dean Sharp, aka 4 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:21,480 Speaker 1: the house Whisper, custom home Builder, custom home Designer, and 5 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:25,000 Speaker 1: your guide to better understanding that place where you live. 6 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:30,160 Speaker 1: Every week right here, Saturday Mornings is always is always. 7 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:35,519 Speaker 1: Saturday Mornings is always a bad grammar morning. Saturday Mornings 8 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:41,559 Speaker 1: are always and all calls morning. That means that you're 9 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,199 Speaker 1: in charge of the show today. Whatever it is that 10 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:47,840 Speaker 1: has got you scratching your head about your home, give 11 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:50,320 Speaker 1: me a call. We'll put our heads together and we 12 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:52,200 Speaker 1: will work it out. The number to reach me eight 13 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:57,200 Speaker 1: three three two. Ask Dean A three three the numeral two, 14 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 1: and then you just spell out ask Dean. All right, 15 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 1: while you are calling in, I am going back to 16 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:07,119 Speaker 1: the phones. Let's talk to Rudy. Hey Rudy, welcome home. 17 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:10,279 Speaker 2: Hey Dean, how you doing, buddy? 18 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:12,280 Speaker 3: I am well, sir, How are you? 19 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:16,720 Speaker 2: I'm doing great? Thanks for taking my call today. I 20 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:18,680 Speaker 2: was hoping i'd get in. I tried calling one time 21 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:20,720 Speaker 2: and I had to go to work, so I had 22 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:23,200 Speaker 2: to get off the line. I was kind of bummed out, 23 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:26,880 Speaker 2: But anyway, thanks for taking my call today. I have 24 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:31,080 Speaker 2: a question. I have a home up in northern California, 25 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:35,600 Speaker 2: about thirty miles back from Chico and a small town 26 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:40,120 Speaker 2: called Bigs And what I have there is a siding 27 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:44,679 Speaker 2: on the home looks like a regular wood siding, but 28 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 2: like a one by twelve, but it's it's like a credboard. 29 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 2: Do you know what kind of what material that might be? 30 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:58,440 Speaker 1: Uh? Yeah, you know how old the house is. 31 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 2: It's like I think it's like fifty almost as nineteen sixty. 32 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:07,280 Speaker 2: I bought it, like this is our second year there. 33 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 2: We moved up there, you know, a couple of years ago. 34 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 2: And the water's coming over like a flat add on. 35 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:16,639 Speaker 2: I'm going to put a gutter up to stop the problem. 36 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:20,079 Speaker 2: It's only in a few areas that the it's starting 37 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:23,240 Speaker 2: to like, you know, like pop out from the side 38 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:27,959 Speaker 2: of the wall. Yeah, but what I can't. I've gone 39 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 2: to the home depot because I'm a I'm a roofing guy, 40 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:32,519 Speaker 2: and I'm there, you know all the time, and I've 41 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:35,120 Speaker 2: looked around. I don't see any wood like that or 42 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 2: like a credboard type fighting like that. 43 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 3: Yeah. 44 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:43,839 Speaker 1: Uh you know, it's because because we don't use it. 45 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 2: It's just it's just an old gig, right, it. 46 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 3: Is an old gig, it really is. 47 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:53,640 Speaker 1: And uh uh it has They have failed more often 48 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:56,640 Speaker 1: than than any of us can count, you know, uh, 49 00:02:56,680 --> 00:03:00,400 Speaker 1: And so okay, that's why. And it's just in honestly, 50 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:04,160 Speaker 1: it's just not worth replacing, uh, I mean with the 51 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:07,280 Speaker 1: same stuff, and you can't. It's just not around. So 52 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 1: what what do you think and what do you what 53 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:11,799 Speaker 1: are you considering for options? 54 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:15,240 Speaker 2: What what would you know? That's what the other question 55 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 2: I was going to ask you what what would you 56 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 2: think would be a good uh replacement for that? Another 57 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:26,760 Speaker 2: go back with another sighting or uh because obviously, uh, 58 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:29,960 Speaker 2: it's only in a few areas, uh that this has happened. 59 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 2: One area is because my goats got to it and 60 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 2: started chewing on the side of the house, but luckily 61 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:39,000 Speaker 2: they're pinned off in another part of the pasture there. 62 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 2: But uh, but the other part is because of the 63 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 2: rain coming down and you know, hitting the side of 64 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 2: the house and making it tight. It's got kind of 65 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 2: bubble mouth, right right. Do you think Kate, remove all 66 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:56,040 Speaker 2: that side there that it's on and replace it with 67 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 2: another sighting. 68 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:00,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean that's really I mean, here's the thing, 69 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:03,560 Speaker 1: it's really a design decision at this point. If you're 70 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:07,480 Speaker 1: not going to reside the whole house, Okay, if you're 71 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:09,680 Speaker 1: not going to reside the whole house, then you're gonna 72 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:11,800 Speaker 1: have to take it in sections. I guarantee you you 73 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 1: eventually will reside the whole house though. 74 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 2: Okay, no, I've once I started seeing this, I just said, 75 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 2: you know what, eventually that's all going to fail at 76 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:26,640 Speaker 2: some point in time, you know. So what what what 77 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:28,640 Speaker 2: would your recommendation be? What do you think is like 78 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:31,840 Speaker 2: a good long time six type of a sighting for. 79 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:34,440 Speaker 1: Well, yeah, I mean if you were gonna if you 80 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:38,719 Speaker 1: were going to if you want to keep the siding 81 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:41,120 Speaker 1: look on the house, which I'm just I'm just going 82 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 1: to assume sight unseen that it's the best look for 83 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:43,920 Speaker 1: the house. 84 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:44,760 Speaker 3: If you're going to keep. 85 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 1: Siding look, then uh that I then I would use 86 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:51,919 Speaker 1: like a Hardy I'd use a Hardy, a fiber cement 87 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:56,080 Speaker 1: in you know, uh cementious fiber sighting like James Hardy 88 00:04:56,279 --> 00:05:04,040 Speaker 1: hardyboard siding. And especially you're in Biggs, you know, northern California. 89 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 1: You know, I don't have to tell you how nasty 90 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:11,599 Speaker 1: fire can do to a house. And you know you're 91 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:14,800 Speaker 1: not that far away from Chico and Paradise and and 92 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 1: so exactly so sighting that is here the advantage of 93 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 1: hardy sighting number one, it's great material. Number two, it 94 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 1: takes paint like just like nothing, I mean it just 95 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 1: it loves paint. Number three, even unfinished, it's already completely 96 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 1: you know, waterproofed and uh and water embedded. The goats 97 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:41,560 Speaker 1: are never gonna eat it. Nothing's ever gonna eat it 98 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:47,599 Speaker 1: because it's it's concrete embedded. It is entirely fire resistant. 99 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 1: It doesn't age and crack with age because it's not 100 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:57,120 Speaker 1: wood that doesn't have a grain pattern in it. And 101 00:05:57,760 --> 00:06:00,600 Speaker 1: the other reason for you is if you just if 102 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:03,719 Speaker 1: you just make the decision, Okay, eventually my house is 103 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:07,360 Speaker 1: gonna be hardyboard siding. Then you can start replacing sections 104 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:10,240 Speaker 1: of it. And the cool thing about hardy siding is 105 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:14,800 Speaker 1: the dimensionality of it hasn't changed in decades. They add 106 00:06:14,839 --> 00:06:17,200 Speaker 1: new materials all the time, but they don't change out 107 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 1: the old ones. And that means that five years from now, 108 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:22,920 Speaker 1: when you do another section of the old crud, the 109 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 1: new siding is gonna match right on the money. It's 110 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:28,280 Speaker 1: gonna be the exact same stuff. And as soon as 111 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 1: you painted up, nobody's gonna know that it's nine years 112 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:32,040 Speaker 1: newer than. 113 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:32,719 Speaker 3: The old stuff. 114 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:37,279 Speaker 1: Got it, And eventually you can change out the house 115 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:39,680 Speaker 1: and uh and nothing is mismatched. 116 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:43,960 Speaker 2: There you go, Okay, So that's well, thanks for that advice, 117 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,359 Speaker 2: because uh, I was deciding, you know what, I go, 118 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:48,920 Speaker 2: I don't see this stuff anywhere I go. I'm gonna 119 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:52,880 Speaker 2: ask Dean to hence your program, and uh, I just 120 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:54,919 Speaker 2: kind of go, I don't. I think that stuff's just 121 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:55,760 Speaker 2: obsolete now. 122 00:06:55,839 --> 00:06:56,680 Speaker 4: So it is. 123 00:06:57,120 --> 00:07:00,280 Speaker 1: It is, and and and good writtens, good writtens it 124 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:02,560 Speaker 1: so yeah, yeah, go for the you know, check it out. 125 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:03,280 Speaker 3: Go online. 126 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:06,320 Speaker 1: They sell it at the depot as well, but there's 127 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:10,520 Speaker 1: only home Deep only has a couple of different versions 128 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:14,080 Speaker 1: of it, and heart Hardy's got a whole slew of 129 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 1: siting options for you, everything from bat and board to 130 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:20,760 Speaker 1: uh you know, full on ship lap and lapboard siding. 131 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:25,240 Speaker 1: So go on their website James Hardy dot com. Check 132 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:28,480 Speaker 1: out the sighting. You're gonna be impressed it. It's it's 133 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:30,880 Speaker 1: pretty unforgiving. I mean, you got to install it very 134 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 1: carefully because unlike wood, you know, you don't get to 135 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 1: tweak it and bend it and shim it, and you know, 136 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 1: but when it's on, it's on and it's not coming 137 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 1: off right on. 138 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:43,400 Speaker 2: Thank you Jean so much. 139 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:44,040 Speaker 5: I appreciate it. 140 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:45,960 Speaker 2: I've been trying to want to ask you this question 141 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:49,160 Speaker 2: and I finally got in. Man. Thanks a lot, Buddy, Hi, Rudy, 142 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 2: and I love your show man. 143 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:54,640 Speaker 1: Thanks for your energy for your question. Uh, that's great, man, 144 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 1: everybody's got such good energy this morning. Sam, what's the deal? 145 00:07:59,200 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 3: Something in the water? 146 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 1: Something in the water today? All right, when we come back, 147 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:07,360 Speaker 1: more of your calls. Your home with Dean Sharp, the 148 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 1: house whisper. Dean Sharp, the house whisper here to help 149 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:14,720 Speaker 1: you take your home to the next level. That's what 150 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:17,720 Speaker 1: I'm all about, helping you out. I'm glad that you 151 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:21,160 Speaker 1: are on the program with me today. As always, every 152 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 1: week we're talking about your home, and every Saturday Sunday 153 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 1: is the big show. I always bring a topic and 154 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 1: an agenda for you so that through the course of 155 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:33,680 Speaker 1: the year we cover just about everything we can, the 156 00:08:33,760 --> 00:08:38,520 Speaker 1: whole gambit of your home. Tomorrow on the show, we'll 157 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:43,520 Speaker 1: be talking about bringing some wild beasties into your yard. No, 158 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:46,840 Speaker 1: the good kind wild birds and bees. 159 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:47,640 Speaker 3: Okay. 160 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 1: In fact, you know I get asked every year. Somebody 161 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:54,040 Speaker 1: always sends me at least one or two, you know, 162 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:55,559 Speaker 1: kind of annoying emails. 163 00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:59,080 Speaker 3: I'm just gonna be honest. They're annoying because they're like, 164 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:01,120 Speaker 3: I thought you were supposed to be talking about homes 165 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:02,160 Speaker 3: every year. What is this? 166 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:07,240 Speaker 1: What this show talking about birds and bees? Well, the 167 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:13,000 Speaker 1: cutting edge of home design that has now taken full 168 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:17,840 Speaker 1: root amongst architects and designers is what we call biophilic design. 169 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:22,520 Speaker 1: Biophilic design simply means we're not fighting nature anymore. We 170 00:09:22,559 --> 00:09:27,840 Speaker 1: are working with it. And so is it critical that 171 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:33,080 Speaker 1: you have bees in your backyard on your flowers in 172 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:36,080 Speaker 1: terms of whether your house stands up or not? No, 173 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:40,000 Speaker 1: no it's not. But I'll tell you what. From my perspective, 174 00:09:41,520 --> 00:09:45,839 Speaker 1: the bee and the bird is a litmus test of 175 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:51,680 Speaker 1: how well your property actually nests itself into the natural 176 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:56,040 Speaker 1: world around it and cooperates with it. And that's what 177 00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:58,600 Speaker 1: we need. We need more and more houses to be 178 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 1: less and less ste places and healthier places. Healthier places 179 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:08,480 Speaker 1: for nature equates to healthier places for human beings because 180 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:12,120 Speaker 1: we are believe that or not a part of nature. 181 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:15,199 Speaker 1: We're just the only species on the planet that likes 182 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:19,280 Speaker 1: to imagine that we're not. And so the healthier our 183 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:24,720 Speaker 1: properties are in cooperation with nature, the healthier we are. 184 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:27,120 Speaker 1: And we'll be talking about that tomorrow. So you're not 185 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:28,839 Speaker 1: gonna want to miss the big show. I'm going to 186 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:32,760 Speaker 1: have a couple of my favorite b experts in here 187 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:35,920 Speaker 1: with me. I'm going to have Richard armor Ding from 188 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:39,360 Speaker 1: wild Birds Unlimited. We're going to talk about how to 189 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:44,320 Speaker 1: feed birds without attracting rodents and is it possible? So 190 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:48,280 Speaker 1: so doable. I've proven it out in my own yard 191 00:10:48,679 --> 00:10:53,199 Speaker 1: as well, and so these are well tested theories and tips. 192 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:54,600 Speaker 3: You're not going to want to miss it. Okay. 193 00:10:54,640 --> 00:10:56,880 Speaker 1: It does not mean that you're going to have a 194 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:01,160 Speaker 1: herd of rats in your yard because you decided to 195 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:06,040 Speaker 1: have songbirds. Not the case whatsoever. So all right, don't 196 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:11,480 Speaker 1: miss tomorrow's show. That's the lesson. Today's show, as always, 197 00:11:11,679 --> 00:11:15,440 Speaker 1: is an all Calls Saturday morning. Your calls determine what 198 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:18,760 Speaker 1: it is that I'm talking about. So let's go back 199 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:22,000 Speaker 1: to the phones, shall we. I want to talk to Mike. Hey, Mike, 200 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:23,000 Speaker 1: welcome home. 201 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:29,439 Speaker 4: Hey Dan, I have a question for you. I live 202 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:34,560 Speaker 4: in a six story apartment. We're part of an hoa 203 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:38,480 Speaker 4: and in all of our apartments we have big, large 204 00:11:38,559 --> 00:11:42,360 Speaker 4: window window areas in every room and it's surrounded by 205 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:47,720 Speaker 4: a pre cast building, but it's about thirty years old. 206 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:53,320 Speaker 4: We noticed about maybe six years ago large bubbling coming 207 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:57,280 Speaker 4: out in the paint all over the building. And it's 208 00:11:57,320 --> 00:12:01,320 Speaker 4: not like localized by the windows. But after a rain, 209 00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:05,760 Speaker 4: we'll get big sacks of water and then you know, 210 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:08,560 Speaker 4: after a while, they sometimes they go away. But when 211 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:10,800 Speaker 4: it gets hot, I think the moisture under there makes 212 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:15,480 Speaker 4: it bubble again. And we've we've we've had it repainted, 213 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:20,600 Speaker 4: but it happens again, and sometimes it's getting worse, and 214 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:22,600 Speaker 4: we think it's something to do with, you know, at 215 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:25,640 Speaker 4: the windows. Maybe there's some kind of a waterproofing. I'm 216 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:28,120 Speaker 4: just wondering if you've ever seen anything like that or 217 00:12:28,559 --> 00:12:30,040 Speaker 4: have any ideas well. 218 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:33,360 Speaker 1: You tell me, okay, so make sure I heard you properly. 219 00:12:33,640 --> 00:12:37,000 Speaker 1: You tell me that it's not isolated to around the windows, 220 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:38,240 Speaker 1: that it's just happening. 221 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:41,520 Speaker 4: It's not okay, yeah it I mean it might be 222 00:12:41,559 --> 00:12:45,160 Speaker 4: coming in, but it's traveling in areas that are maybe 223 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:47,240 Speaker 4: five feet away from the windows, or you know, it 224 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:50,160 Speaker 4: might be if there's like a metal there's like a 225 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:52,480 Speaker 4: metal break and somehow it gets under there. Also. 226 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:58,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, well, let me ask you how recently was 227 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:00,800 Speaker 1: it repainted and did you do you have anything to 228 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:02,880 Speaker 1: do with that? It's the ho A. Do you know 229 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:06,360 Speaker 1: who they hired and what efforts were taken when the 230 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:08,119 Speaker 1: when the place was repainted. 231 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:12,880 Speaker 4: So I don't have anything, I'm I don't. I'm not 232 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 4: one of the main guys in the HOA. But they said, 233 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:18,280 Speaker 4: you know, they had a guy out, they had a 234 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:21,560 Speaker 4: licensed contractor out. They used it on I guess it 235 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:25,400 Speaker 4: was a last American paint and it was two years ago. 236 00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:28,720 Speaker 4: But yeah, it's gotten worse. So that's that's. 237 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:34,160 Speaker 1: What That's what I expected to hear you say. Uh, okay, 238 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:39,960 Speaker 1: So here's the thing. If it's happening randomly all over 239 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:43,480 Speaker 1: the place, Uh, then no, it's not window failure. It's 240 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:47,360 Speaker 1: not stucco failure. Uh. It was I hate to say, 241 00:13:47,679 --> 00:13:50,720 Speaker 1: a bad paint job. It was a bad paint job. 242 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:51,240 Speaker 4: Uh. 243 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:57,040 Speaker 1: Elast Americ paint has a or a latex rubberized quality 244 00:13:57,080 --> 00:14:01,760 Speaker 1: to it and uh and the promise of elastomeric paint, 245 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:04,640 Speaker 1: by the way, nothing wrong with it per se, but 246 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:07,000 Speaker 1: the promise of it is that you know, it bridges 247 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:11,839 Speaker 1: gaps so when stucco cracks, it doesn't show through. It's 248 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:14,720 Speaker 1: a little bit thicker paint. So a lot of elastomeric 249 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:17,880 Speaker 1: paints have longer warranties and so on. But at the 250 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:20,120 Speaker 1: end of the day, my friend, at the end of 251 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:23,600 Speaker 1: the day, paint is paint, and paint is only as 252 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:26,040 Speaker 1: good as the prep work and the primer and the 253 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:32,600 Speaker 1: base that it is clinging to. Okay, and famously, famously unfortunately, 254 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:38,360 Speaker 1: the world is full Southern California is full of painting 255 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:44,960 Speaker 1: contractors who maximize their profits by minimizing the prep work 256 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:48,200 Speaker 1: they do on a building before paint, and a good 257 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:51,960 Speaker 1: paint job. I appreciate all the different formulations of paint, 258 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:55,920 Speaker 1: and there are definitely way better and way worse paints 259 00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:58,880 Speaker 1: in the world, But at the end of the day, 260 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:03,000 Speaker 1: I would rather their hand a painter a cheap paint 261 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:07,560 Speaker 1: who I know is going to do ninety percent of 262 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:10,120 Speaker 1: the labor in prep work before he puts on that 263 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:16,520 Speaker 1: cheap paint, then hand a fly by Night place licensed 264 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:21,160 Speaker 1: or not a very expensive, high quality paint. But we 265 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:23,800 Speaker 1: don't do the prep work because what's happening is the 266 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:28,000 Speaker 1: elastimeric paint is proving its strength. It's literally water is 267 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:32,960 Speaker 1: getting underneath, separating that coat of lastimeric paint from the 268 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:36,320 Speaker 1: stucco underneath. That should never happen on a good prepped 269 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:40,000 Speaker 1: paint job. There's no good bond between that coat of 270 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:45,560 Speaker 1: elastimeric and whatever it was that was underneath. Whether they powerwashed, 271 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:51,480 Speaker 1: whether they opened up the porosity of the existing paint, 272 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:55,480 Speaker 1: whether they scraped it well enough, whether or not they 273 00:15:55,520 --> 00:15:58,480 Speaker 1: primed it well enough, I have no idea, but I'm 274 00:15:58,480 --> 00:16:02,040 Speaker 1: telling you it's not clinging to the building, and so 275 00:16:02,280 --> 00:16:05,440 Speaker 1: moisture naturally gets inside stucco. There's no way to keep 276 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:06,760 Speaker 1: moisture out of stucco. 277 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:07,320 Speaker 3: Okay. 278 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:13,400 Speaker 1: Stucco is not the waterproof layer of your apartments building 279 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:16,640 Speaker 1: or any house. It is the vapor barrier on the 280 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:20,960 Speaker 1: back side of the stucco that ultimately is the is 281 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:24,920 Speaker 1: the barrier from moisture attrusion into the building. Stucco is 282 00:16:25,040 --> 00:16:28,280 Speaker 1: just cement. It's vertical cement, and it will pick up 283 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 1: moisture and when that moisture wants to move out, it 284 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:36,440 Speaker 1: will push from the backside and it's pushing that elast 285 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:38,520 Speaker 1: america off. And those bubbles are for me because the 286 00:16:38,520 --> 00:16:42,000 Speaker 1: elast america is holding you know, it's holding its little 287 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:46,640 Speaker 1: rubberized membrane, but it is uh, it's it's coming off. 288 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:48,040 Speaker 3: And the only X. 289 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:50,760 Speaker 4: One I mean, we have to sand blast? Do we 290 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 4: have to sand blast all the way down to the 291 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:54,440 Speaker 4: to the bear stucco? 292 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:57,040 Speaker 1: Well, I don't know that you necessarily have to sand 293 00:16:57,040 --> 00:17:00,600 Speaker 1: blast to the bear stucco. But the problem with elastomeric paint, 294 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:03,280 Speaker 1: now that it's on and it's not adhering, it's probably 295 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:05,639 Speaker 1: gonna have to come off. Yeah, it's probably gonna have 296 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:11,439 Speaker 1: to come off. Yeah, I'm sorry, sorry for delivering that 297 00:17:11,480 --> 00:17:14,760 Speaker 1: bad news, but man, all it takes is one substandard 298 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:18,439 Speaker 1: paint job for to really mess up a whole building. 299 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:22,480 Speaker 4: Really great, all right, Well I appreciate your take on it. 300 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:23,160 Speaker 4: Thank you so much. 301 00:17:23,359 --> 00:17:26,439 Speaker 1: All right, buddy, good luck with that. Sorry for the 302 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:29,360 Speaker 1: bad news. All right, y'all, more of your calls when 303 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:32,040 Speaker 1: we return your Home with Dean Sharp the House Whisper. 304 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:36,440 Speaker 2: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 305 00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:38,280 Speaker 2: KFI AM six forty. 306 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:43,200 Speaker 1: Dean Sharp, the house whisper here to transform your ordinary 307 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:46,240 Speaker 1: house into something truly extraordinary. 308 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:47,040 Speaker 3: Can that be done? 309 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:47,199 Speaker 4: Oh? 310 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:50,359 Speaker 1: Yes it can be. Oh yeah, yeah, thanks for joining 311 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:52,480 Speaker 1: us on the program. I'm glad that you are here. 312 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:56,960 Speaker 1: That's exactly what my aim is every single week that 313 00:17:57,040 --> 00:17:59,120 Speaker 1: I come to you and we sit down to have 314 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:02,040 Speaker 1: this talk of this all important thing you call home, 315 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:05,359 Speaker 1: and that is to make it the best home it 316 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:11,360 Speaker 1: possibly can be. And every home has room for tremendous improvements, 317 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:14,560 Speaker 1: some more than others. Oh yeah, skuy's the limit on 318 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:18,919 Speaker 1: some Maybe that's your house, maybe it's not, but I'm 319 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:22,119 Speaker 1: here to help. Nonetheless, it's an all call Saturday morning. 320 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:25,920 Speaker 1: We're taking your calls. You set the agenda, and let's 321 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:28,600 Speaker 1: go back to the phones. I want to talk to Scott. Hey, Scott, 322 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:29,560 Speaker 1: welcome home. 323 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:34,520 Speaker 3: Hidine, Good morning, sir. How can I help you? 324 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:37,960 Speaker 5: Oh I'm sorry, I didn't know you could hear me. Listen. 325 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:41,480 Speaker 5: I've got a two story house. My air handler's in 326 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:46,480 Speaker 5: the garage. The upstairs is seventy eight degrees and the 327 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:49,639 Speaker 5: downstairs is seventy one. So my question to you is 328 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:52,439 Speaker 5: I've got only one return line, and that's at the 329 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:54,960 Speaker 5: bottom of the house. Do I do a mini split? 330 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:59,520 Speaker 5: Do I do another whole air conditioner for the upstairs? 331 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:02,360 Speaker 3: How old is the AC system? 332 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:06,600 Speaker 5: Is toxically twelve years old? 333 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:15,480 Speaker 1: Okay, so it's not old old, but it's not new either. Okay, well, okay, 334 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:20,159 Speaker 1: I mean your least expensive approach would probably be to 335 00:19:21,359 --> 00:19:25,879 Speaker 1: do a mini split system for upstairs. It wouldn't be 336 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:30,960 Speaker 1: a bad idea another way to I mean, here's the thing, 337 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:35,720 Speaker 1: two story home. Okay, hot air rises, cold air descends. 338 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:39,840 Speaker 1: The fact of the matter is these days, we don't 339 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:44,960 Speaker 1: install an AC system without it being a dual zone 340 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:47,680 Speaker 1: system for a two story house. And that means one 341 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:53,280 Speaker 1: system can have two different zones with motorized dampers, and 342 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:56,560 Speaker 1: even though there's one thermostat for the house, there are 343 00:19:56,640 --> 00:20:02,520 Speaker 1: temperature sensors in each zone. And ultimately the AC will 344 00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:07,440 Speaker 1: close off the second the first floor and open up 345 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:12,000 Speaker 1: the registers upstairs until it gets to the temperature that 346 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:15,399 Speaker 1: you want, and then it'll close those down and top 347 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:17,639 Speaker 1: off the downstairs and keep it going as if they 348 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:21,560 Speaker 1: were two systems. Now, you could add a system, for sure, 349 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:24,600 Speaker 1: you could definitely add another system, but I would talk 350 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:27,199 Speaker 1: to an HVAC contractor and say, okay, what are my 351 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:29,760 Speaker 1: options here as far as cost goes. Should I add 352 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:32,960 Speaker 1: another system? Can I handle the upstairs with just a 353 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:35,639 Speaker 1: mini split if it was done right? Of course, there 354 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:37,960 Speaker 1: are esthetic concerns with mini splits, so you've got to 355 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:41,680 Speaker 1: be okay with that, meaning that the cartridges are visible 356 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:46,360 Speaker 1: either in the ceiling or on the walls. Or if 357 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:50,960 Speaker 1: we replace the existing system with a more modern efficient 358 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:55,520 Speaker 1: system with dual zoning, can I get the best bang 359 00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:57,880 Speaker 1: for the buck out of that. I would explore all 360 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 1: three of those options and see which one and hit 361 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:03,359 Speaker 1: your price point. All three, in theory will get the 362 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:08,640 Speaker 1: job done. My preference, of course, would be a higher efficiency, 363 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:13,840 Speaker 1: quiet running all day at a very very low speed, 364 00:21:14,280 --> 00:21:17,760 Speaker 1: dual zone system. For you, that is the smartest AC 365 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:20,879 Speaker 1: system going into the future, There's no question about it. 366 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:26,440 Speaker 5: Is there any particular brand that you would recommend for 367 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:30,360 Speaker 5: your option for having the fill zone? 368 00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:33,320 Speaker 3: No, not particularly. I mean, I mean, here's the thing. 369 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:38,200 Speaker 1: I'm a big fan of Carrier, Okay, I love Carrier systems, 370 00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:43,520 Speaker 1: Lenux system I mean, the little unknown fact is that 371 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:47,840 Speaker 1: of the sixty to seventy brands of air conditioner out there. 372 00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:54,040 Speaker 1: They're all made by five manufacturers, and they're varying degrees. 373 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:56,960 Speaker 1: But here's the thing. It's kind of similar to what 374 00:21:57,000 --> 00:22:01,040 Speaker 1: I said to our previous caller about paint. An air 375 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:04,960 Speaker 1: conditioning system is not a plug and play appliance. It's 376 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:06,800 Speaker 1: not like, oh, you buy a fridge, you bring it home, 377 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:09,280 Speaker 1: you plug it in, and boom. Everything that that fridge 378 00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:11,959 Speaker 1: is came from the manufacturer and they're responsible for all 379 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:14,639 Speaker 1: of its quality of function. All you do is plug 380 00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:18,560 Speaker 1: it in. An AC system is really the quality of 381 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:21,200 Speaker 1: a system comes down to the quality of the install 382 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:24,400 Speaker 1: It really does the design of the system, how well 383 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:30,320 Speaker 1: it's installed. And so yeah, a moderately priced, not the 384 00:22:30,359 --> 00:22:34,199 Speaker 1: best equipment in the world, system that is expertly installed 385 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:37,760 Speaker 1: by a really good installer will do better for you 386 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:41,840 Speaker 1: and outlast the most expensive equipment in the world that 387 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:44,679 Speaker 1: was just kind of thrown in, you know, sort of 388 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:50,000 Speaker 1: half asked. So, if that makes sense, I like Carrier, 389 00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:54,040 Speaker 1: just as a I mean, William Carry invented air conditioning, 390 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:58,040 Speaker 1: and that company has stayed at the forefront of it 391 00:22:58,160 --> 00:23:03,199 Speaker 1: for its entire life space. However, there's a lot of 392 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:08,000 Speaker 1: good air conditioners out there. I prefer whatever brand the 393 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:12,800 Speaker 1: company is using, I prefer factory certified technicians. And that 394 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:16,640 Speaker 1: means that that brand has a certification program that they 395 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:19,320 Speaker 1: require out of their installers, and you're going to generally 396 00:23:19,359 --> 00:23:24,359 Speaker 1: find the best installers are factory certified installers for that brand. 397 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:28,360 Speaker 1: So whatever the brand is, go for a certified installer 398 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:31,119 Speaker 1: they should be. If they are, they'll be advertising it 399 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:34,679 Speaker 1: for sure. And then go that. But to just to 400 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:39,560 Speaker 1: carefully interview your HVAC company far more important ultimately than 401 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:41,120 Speaker 1: the particular brand of equipment. 402 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:44,439 Speaker 5: If I can throw one more, if I do go 403 00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:48,159 Speaker 5: with a mini split, how about the ceiling cassettes. 404 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:49,840 Speaker 3: Are fine? 405 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:53,439 Speaker 1: Yeah, no, no, no, they're fine, They're fine. I prefer 406 00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:56,360 Speaker 1: them these days. When many splits first came out, they 407 00:23:56,480 --> 00:23:59,119 Speaker 1: just were all the wall mounted units, and you know, 408 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:01,720 Speaker 1: and again they are on one wall, so they're not 409 00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:03,879 Speaker 1: in the center of the room, so they are not 410 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:07,359 Speaker 1: quite as efficient. Plus you know, they're that big old 411 00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:09,640 Speaker 1: thing hanging off the side of the wall. The ceiling 412 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:13,600 Speaker 1: cassette that mounts that's far less intrusive, and you can 413 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:15,800 Speaker 1: get it closer to the center of the room, and 414 00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:19,880 Speaker 1: the ceiling is ultimately a more efficient way to go 415 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:23,639 Speaker 1: and a more aesthetically or I should say, a less 416 00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:27,240 Speaker 1: aesthetically intrusive way to go. So the builder in me 417 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:32,920 Speaker 1: and the designer in me are are happier with ceiling cassettes. 418 00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:36,040 Speaker 5: All right, den I thank you so much. 419 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:38,600 Speaker 1: Scott, great, thanks for them, Thanks for the oh, thank 420 00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:40,880 Speaker 1: you so much. Thanks for the question. Good luck, good 421 00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:45,240 Speaker 1: luck on that. Yeah, the uh excuse me, just so 422 00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:49,639 Speaker 1: you all know, you know, the future of air conditioning. 423 00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:53,959 Speaker 1: Smart air conditioning are electronically controlled dampers that open up 424 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:57,280 Speaker 1: one part of the house, handle it, and then close 425 00:24:57,320 --> 00:24:59,760 Speaker 1: off and handle the rest of the house. So you've 426 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:02,200 Speaker 1: got and upstairs and a downstairs. You gotta to treat 427 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:05,760 Speaker 1: them as two separate zones. You have to old school 428 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:08,840 Speaker 1: way of doing it, the expensive way, old school way 429 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:11,120 Speaker 1: of doing it was to put in two units, one 430 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:13,160 Speaker 1: for the upstairs and one for the down You don't 431 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:15,200 Speaker 1: have to do that anymore. You can have a single 432 00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:20,320 Speaker 1: high efficiency unit with electronically controlled damper, far more efficient, way, 433 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:23,880 Speaker 1: less expensive, just a better way to go that will 434 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:26,200 Speaker 1: do an even better job of doing that. In fact, 435 00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:28,040 Speaker 1: you have a large enough area you can put in 436 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:31,800 Speaker 1: multiple zones upstairs or down to say, You've got like 437 00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:34,879 Speaker 1: a bedroom that faces a south facing wall, and that 438 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:37,919 Speaker 1: bedroom is always getting overblown, but the rest of the 439 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:40,680 Speaker 1: same floor that it's on not so bad. You can 440 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:44,920 Speaker 1: call that bedroom a zone, have a temperature sensor in it, 441 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:48,359 Speaker 1: and just top off the bedroom. You can isolate the 442 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:50,840 Speaker 1: whole rest of the house. Top off the bedroom to 443 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:53,040 Speaker 1: the right temperature, and then get back to heating and 444 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:55,639 Speaker 1: cooling the rest of the house. That's smart air conditioning. 445 00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:58,320 Speaker 1: All right, when we come back, more of your calls 446 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:01,919 Speaker 1: your home Dean Sharp, the house whisper, Kean Sharp, the 447 00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:07,240 Speaker 1: house Whisper. Here to remind you it's time to make 448 00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:12,960 Speaker 1: your home a great home. Yeah, it's springtime. This is 449 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:16,720 Speaker 1: when projects start to bubbling up in our minds. The 450 00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:22,080 Speaker 1: honeydew list explodes and grows. It's all good, it's all good. 451 00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:25,439 Speaker 1: I'm glad you're motivated. I'm glad you're moving forward with 452 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:31,400 Speaker 1: all of that. I just want to emphasize that, make 453 00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:34,479 Speaker 1: sure that good design is a part of whatever madeor 454 00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:37,520 Speaker 1: undertaking you're about to go through, because you know what, 455 00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:41,919 Speaker 1: just throwing money and sweat equity at a project in 456 00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:45,440 Speaker 1: your home does not guarantee that it is a transformative thing. 457 00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:46,320 Speaker 3: Okay. 458 00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:50,040 Speaker 1: It is design that lays at the foundation of all 459 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:54,000 Speaker 1: that you do. In fact, the best design energies possible 460 00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:59,560 Speaker 1: are what's going to maximize every dollar spent on your project. 461 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:03,040 Speaker 1: So I just want you to think about that. It 462 00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:09,200 Speaker 1: is not common for mainstream American homeowners to be thinking 463 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:13,639 Speaker 1: about the importance the pre eminence of design. We just 464 00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:16,440 Speaker 1: haven't been trained to think that way. But it doesn't 465 00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:20,120 Speaker 1: mean that it's not true. It is, in fact, very 466 00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:25,239 Speaker 1: very true. The best design can accomplish eighty percent of 467 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:27,680 Speaker 1: what you're looking to do, regardless of whether you build 468 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:31,359 Speaker 1: it in paper or plastic or platinum. Okay, that's what 469 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:35,080 Speaker 1: I like to say, and it's true. The best design 470 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:38,920 Speaker 1: does not rely on the expense of the materials. It's 471 00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:43,760 Speaker 1: just the flow, the look, the angle that's all achieved 472 00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:47,320 Speaker 1: in the design process. And then then you pick the 473 00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:49,520 Speaker 1: materials that fit your budget and it's going to be 474 00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:51,760 Speaker 1: an outstanding project, I promise you. 475 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:52,440 Speaker 5: Well. 476 00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:55,840 Speaker 1: It's an All Calls Saturday morning, and we're going to 477 00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:58,720 Speaker 1: finish up here last segment of the show Man It 478 00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:01,400 Speaker 1: flies by. Don't miss tomorrow show by the way, Big 479 00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:05,800 Speaker 1: Show Tomorrow on Birds, Backyard Birds, and bees and their 480 00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:10,240 Speaker 1: relationship to our home, the litmus tests that they are 481 00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:12,880 Speaker 1: for our houses, plus the fact that we want them. 482 00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:15,920 Speaker 1: We want them closer to us, not bees. I don't 483 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:17,760 Speaker 1: want bees landing on you or anything like that, but 484 00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:22,960 Speaker 1: especially birds because it lowers your blood pressure, improves your 485 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:25,439 Speaker 1: heart health and your mental health as well. We'll talk 486 00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:28,120 Speaker 1: about all of that with our spirts tomorrow. Don't miss 487 00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:30,800 Speaker 1: the show from nine to noon. For now, let's go 488 00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:33,399 Speaker 1: back to the phones. I want to talk to Steve. Hey, Steve, 489 00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:34,120 Speaker 1: welcome home. 490 00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:37,840 Speaker 6: Hi Dan, thanks for taking my call on the second 491 00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:42,520 Speaker 6: time caller. The question I have is I've got a 492 00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:48,520 Speaker 6: single story nineteen twenties bungalow has a flat roof. The 493 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:54,200 Speaker 6: attic is very very shallow, and the house is uninsulated, 494 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:58,320 Speaker 6: and it does warm up very quickly with the sun. 495 00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:02,640 Speaker 6: It's the South with exposure on the walls. The windows 496 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:06,360 Speaker 6: are huge. The question I had is I want to 497 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:12,240 Speaker 6: put in the blown in cellulose or some kind of 498 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:17,000 Speaker 6: insulation in the attic. It is so shallow it's even 499 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:20,320 Speaker 6: almost impossible to get it up there. But even if 500 00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:24,120 Speaker 6: I did, my concern is if there's ever a leak 501 00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:26,800 Speaker 6: in the roof or anything, I could never get this 502 00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:27,880 Speaker 6: insulation out. 503 00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:34,000 Speaker 3: Well, yeah, I feel you. I feel you. 504 00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:38,320 Speaker 1: Unfortunately, your home wasn't really designed with insulation in mind, 505 00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:47,040 Speaker 1: was it back in the twenties. Nevertheless, nevertheless, the blown 506 00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:52,160 Speaker 1: in cellulose is absolutely, without questioning, your best option. Okay, 507 00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:55,440 Speaker 1: the only other option would be to actually do a 508 00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:59,840 Speaker 1: build up on your flat roof of rigid foam insulation 509 00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:03,280 Speaker 1: outside on the flat roof, But that means a full reroofing, right, 510 00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:07,760 Speaker 1: and the blown in cellulose would be a lot less expensive. Now, 511 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:11,280 Speaker 1: a professional insulation company they can figure it out. They 512 00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:15,080 Speaker 1: can work it back there and get almost everything filled. 513 00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:18,400 Speaker 1: And you're right, but that you know, if it was 514 00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:21,280 Speaker 1: my place, I would just tell you this, hey, take 515 00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:24,320 Speaker 1: care of the flat roof and blow in that insulation 516 00:30:24,520 --> 00:30:29,440 Speaker 1: because it is worth It's worth way, way more than 517 00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:31,440 Speaker 1: what you're going to spend to do it in your 518 00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:34,960 Speaker 1: ultimate comfort and heating and air conditioning bills, in all 519 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:39,320 Speaker 1: of that energy efficiency for the house, it's an excellent start. 520 00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:44,640 Speaker 6: Yeah. Well, the other thing is my ceilings are curved 521 00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:47,880 Speaker 6: on the corners, so it seems like the attic air 522 00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:52,960 Speaker 6: has a way to filter down through the exterior walls, 523 00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:59,000 Speaker 6: so that's another thing, but that probably makes the house 524 00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:01,960 Speaker 6: worse in terms of insulation. 525 00:31:03,840 --> 00:31:08,240 Speaker 1: That's possible. Yeah, so you've got radius corners. That means 526 00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:10,760 Speaker 1: that there are some voids there as well. Yeah, I mean, 527 00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:14,240 Speaker 1: it is a it's a problematic situation unless one day 528 00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:17,280 Speaker 1: you save up and just decide to insulate the walls 529 00:31:17,360 --> 00:31:20,280 Speaker 1: by you know, puncturing the house every sixteen inches or 530 00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:24,520 Speaker 1: so on center and either bowlowing in spray foam or 531 00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:27,920 Speaker 1: what have you. So yeah, I mean, there's just no 532 00:31:28,160 --> 00:31:31,600 Speaker 1: easy answer for that, Steve, other than making the decision 533 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:36,080 Speaker 1: to not insulate. And you know you've lived that dream before, 534 00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:41,600 Speaker 1: so you know, I'll tell you this blown in cellulose 535 00:31:41,840 --> 00:31:45,640 Speaker 1: insulation because of the bor rates that it's coded with, 536 00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:50,080 Speaker 1: it has a moisture and mold resistance. I'm not saying 537 00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:54,080 Speaker 1: it's absolutely moisture and mold proof, but it's really really 538 00:31:54,120 --> 00:31:56,680 Speaker 1: moisture and mold resistance. So even if there was a 539 00:31:56,760 --> 00:31:59,840 Speaker 1: leak doesn't mean that you're having to yank everything out. 540 00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:03,880 Speaker 1: The stuff holds up well. It really does hold up well, 541 00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:07,480 Speaker 1: So again I would encourage you to go for it. 542 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:11,200 Speaker 6: How about the blown in fiberglass, would that make a difference. 543 00:32:11,920 --> 00:32:14,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm not a big fan of blown in fiberglass, 544 00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:16,640 Speaker 1: to be honest, I mean, personally, I find that the 545 00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:23,239 Speaker 1: cellulose holds up better fiberglass. Strangely enough, even though we 546 00:32:23,320 --> 00:32:26,320 Speaker 1: hate the idea of like those fiberglass particles on our skin, 547 00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:30,760 Speaker 1: rodents would much rather nest in fiberglass insulation than in 548 00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:34,040 Speaker 1: cellulose borate insulation. They just don't like it. They don't 549 00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:36,880 Speaker 1: like it at all. So again, there's a best control 550 00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:40,560 Speaker 1: element to the cellulose. With the borates, there's a moisture 551 00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:44,400 Speaker 1: issue to the It's just in my opinion, it's a 552 00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:45,680 Speaker 1: better blown in insulation. 553 00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:49,720 Speaker 6: Great, great, Thank you very much. This is really helpful. 554 00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:52,200 Speaker 1: All right, Steve, thank you so much for the call. 555 00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:54,480 Speaker 1: Thanks for your second call. Appreciate it. I'm glad that 556 00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:56,680 Speaker 1: you keep coming back for more. It's a good sign. 557 00:32:56,800 --> 00:33:00,320 Speaker 1: It's a good sign. All right, folks, here we are. 558 00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:03,720 Speaker 1: I think we have reached the end. We've still got 559 00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:06,360 Speaker 1: some calls on the board, but we're too late in 560 00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:08,000 Speaker 1: the show to be able to take it. So I'll 561 00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:10,120 Speaker 1: tell you this. If you call, if I didn't get 562 00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:12,680 Speaker 1: to your call today, if you call back tomorrow during 563 00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:16,320 Speaker 1: the big show, you just let our screener know, hey, 564 00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:19,520 Speaker 1: I was on hold yesterday, but I didn't get on, 565 00:33:19,600 --> 00:33:21,600 Speaker 1: and we will give you a fast pass right to 566 00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:23,520 Speaker 1: the front of the line. That's how we treat our 567 00:33:23,560 --> 00:33:28,320 Speaker 1: friends here with respect and love and encouragement. So there 568 00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:31,480 Speaker 1: you go, thanks to all of our great callers today, 569 00:33:31,560 --> 00:33:34,280 Speaker 1: thanks to Sam on the board, It's going to be 570 00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:38,760 Speaker 1: a lovely day. Go Dodgers number three win hopefully today, 571 00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:41,719 Speaker 1: and we'll be right back here tomorrow morning for our 572 00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:44,240 Speaker 1: big show. Let's talk about birds and bees and how 573 00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:47,280 Speaker 1: they relate to your home and how to do them right. 574 00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:50,600 Speaker 3: All of that and more tomorrow from nine to noon. 575 00:33:50,680 --> 00:33:53,960 Speaker 1: Until then, get out there today and get busy building 576 00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:59,800 Speaker 1: yourself a beautiful life. We'll see you tomorrow. This has 577 00:33:59,880 --> 00:34:03,440 Speaker 1: been Home with Dean Sharp, the House Whisper. 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