1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:04,040 Speaker 1: KFI AM six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp The 2 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:10,280 Speaker 1: House Whisper on demand on the iHeartRadio app. Good morning, 3 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:14,920 Speaker 1: my friend, and welcome home. I am Dean Sharp, the 4 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:20,080 Speaker 1: House Whisper, custom home Builder, custom home Designer, and every 5 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:24,120 Speaker 1: week for you your guide to better understanding that place where 6 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:25,000 Speaker 1: you live. 7 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:29,319 Speaker 2: Why because every home has a path forward. Once you 8 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:33,480 Speaker 2: see it, that's when everything changes. And I'm here every 9 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:36,479 Speaker 2: week to help you try and find that path forward 10 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:39,760 Speaker 2: and to make the changes that you've been wanting to 11 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 2: make but didn't know how exactly, didn't know how to 12 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:45,320 Speaker 2: put it together. And also to help you with just 13 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:49,520 Speaker 2: taking care of your home today on the show. Your 14 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:52,800 Speaker 2: calls as we always do Saturday mornings. The number to 15 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:56,560 Speaker 2: reach me eight three three two. Ask Dean. Eight three 16 00:00:56,720 --> 00:01:00,840 Speaker 2: three the numeral to ask Dean the phone lines are. 17 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:03,960 Speaker 2: They may be down at the moment. We're waiting for 18 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 2: the phone lines to come up, so just be patient 19 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:10,840 Speaker 2: with us. Hang tight, hang tight, up up up. I 20 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 2: spoke too soon. The phone lines are up. Eight three 21 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:18,320 Speaker 2: three two Ask Dean A three three the numeral two 22 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:21,680 Speaker 2: Ask Dean. Whatever has you scratching your head about your 23 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 2: home design issue? Construction question, architecture, DIY, inside stuff, outside stuff, landscape, hardscape, decor. 24 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:34,520 Speaker 2: I got you. We'll put our heads together. We will 25 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:36,920 Speaker 2: get it figured out, you and me, So give me 26 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 2: a call. We'd love to talk to you about your home. 27 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:42,080 Speaker 2: In the meantime, while we are waiting for all of 28 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:44,760 Speaker 2: that to warm up, let's say good morning to Sam. 29 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 3: Good morning, Sam, Good morning Dean. How you doing. I'm good. 30 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 2: How is our Not So Live studio audience today? They 31 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 2: are halloweened out. They had a long night here. This 32 00:01:57,200 --> 00:01:58,880 Speaker 2: is as quiet as they can get right now. 33 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 3: Oh my goodness, I'm just shocked that they're here at all. 34 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:05,760 Speaker 3: I really am. It was a fun Halloween night. 35 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:12,919 Speaker 2: That Not So Live studio audience knows how to party. Well, 36 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 2: I'm glad you're with me, my friend, taking care of 37 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:18,119 Speaker 2: all the real work while I just sit here and talk. 38 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 2: Sam is literally the second person that I've spoken to 39 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 2: human being this morning. Sam, and you there you go, 40 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:27,639 Speaker 2: So just see you're in You're in a very very 41 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 2: good company, speaking of important people to speak to. Heather Brooker, 42 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 2: good morning, how are you bright eyes? 43 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:39,919 Speaker 4: I'm good, I'm good. Well, you know I've been doing 44 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:42,079 Speaker 4: wake up call this week. So I was ready to 45 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:44,079 Speaker 4: wake up this morning. My body just naturally kind of 46 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 4: got up around four, which is annoying. 47 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:52,000 Speaker 3: Which is annoying. I know how you feel. I so 48 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 3: know how you feel. 49 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:55,080 Speaker 2: We're up at four every day around here, and I'm like, 50 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 2: why why, why? Yeah, why do you do that? 51 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 4: It was so exercize you go out for a walk, 52 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:02,800 Speaker 4: or why do you get up so early? 53 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:03,360 Speaker 5: Uh? 54 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:04,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, you know what. 55 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 2: We get up and we get our gym and stuff 56 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 2: in in the morning before the day starts, because otherwise 57 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:10,520 Speaker 2: it ain't happening. 58 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:13,799 Speaker 3: You guys are so healthy. I love that we. 59 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 2: Try to survive. We try to live. Tina is extraordinarily healthy, 60 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:21,960 Speaker 2: and I just try and keep up with her, which 61 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:26,120 Speaker 2: makes me, you know, good too. And so anyway, it 62 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 2: was a pleasure working with you yesterday morning too. I 63 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:32,800 Speaker 2: was so surprised. I'm like, yeah, I forget that, Amy, Yeah, 64 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 2: I forget Amy now she's yeah, but no, wait, we're 65 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:37,000 Speaker 2: not supposed to diss the host. 66 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 4: No, no, no, no, never, And Amy like, I honestly 67 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 4: don't know how she does it. Every day she's here 68 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 4: at three, three thirty in the morning doing wake up call, 69 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 4: and so it's I'm more than happy to help out 70 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:53,640 Speaker 4: whenever she needs a break. So she'll be back on Tuesday, though. 71 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 4: So I'll be back in on Monday and she'll be 72 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 4: back on Tuesday. But it was so nice to talk 73 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 4: to you about paint and coloring our world. And I 74 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:03,000 Speaker 4: really do glean I know I've told you this before, 75 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:05,280 Speaker 4: but I do glean a lot of information from you. 76 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 4: I pick up little nuggets and little things. And I 77 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 4: always go home and think I should do a Dean 78 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 4: recommended and then I'm like, oh, I'm tired. 79 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:16,880 Speaker 3: Then You're like, nope, nope, back to real life. No way. 80 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:19,080 Speaker 4: I think every time I go in my bathroom and 81 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:22,280 Speaker 4: my kitchen, I want to repaint it. It's just it's 82 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:23,239 Speaker 4: striving me crazy. 83 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:26,599 Speaker 3: Well, it's good to it, girl. I just need to 84 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:26,880 Speaker 3: do it. 85 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:30,480 Speaker 2: I need to do it, all right. Hey, sitting across 86 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 2: the table from me, the healthy one, uh, my design partner, 87 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:41,680 Speaker 2: the co owner and co founder of House Whisper, most importantly, 88 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:45,560 Speaker 2: my better half and my best buddy in all the world, 89 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 2: Tina is here. Welcome home, Hi there, Hi, how you 90 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:56,000 Speaker 2: do good? It's November first, I know you know you 91 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:59,000 Speaker 2: know it. Also, it is late and October disappeared. 92 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 3: It did? It was? 93 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 2: I don't even know what's happening right now. I feel 94 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:05,120 Speaker 2: like I'm gonna blink again. It's gonna be January, and 95 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 2: I'm like, Oh, did anybody give me any Christmas press? 96 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 3: I've missed Christmas? What happened? Uh? Do you know what 97 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:18,000 Speaker 3: season is? All? Yea'all? Oh, I almost didn't do it. 98 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:22,320 Speaker 3: You gotta do it, oh, y'all. I love that. I 99 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 3: don't know. I'm just kind of stuck on it. 100 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:29,279 Speaker 2: Anyway, folks, it is time to take a quick break, 101 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:33,600 Speaker 2: and when we return, we will go to the phones. 102 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:36,960 Speaker 2: If there are calls for me. I always tell you this, 103 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:40,120 Speaker 2: I've always got things to say. You know this, But 104 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:42,880 Speaker 2: you know, Saturday morning, give you a little nudge. We've 105 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 2: got room on the callboard for you right now, and 106 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 2: I would love to talk to you about your home. 107 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:51,280 Speaker 2: The number to reach me eight three three two. Ask 108 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:55,800 Speaker 2: Dean eight three three the numeral two Ask Dean eight 109 00:05:55,839 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 2: three three two, Ask Dean. It's just that simple calls 110 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:02,640 Speaker 2: all the way. You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp, 111 00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:06,279 Speaker 2: the house whisper, Dean Sharp, the house whisper here to 112 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 2: help you take your home to the next level. Good 113 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:12,400 Speaker 2: Saturday morning to you, my friend. I hope you are 114 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:16,080 Speaker 2: up doing something productive, or I hope you're up relaxing 115 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:19,120 Speaker 2: in the quiet of the morning before everybody else gets 116 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:21,520 Speaker 2: up and starts bugging you. You know how it is. 117 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 2: That's one of the reasons I get up early in 118 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 2: the morning. Why because I'm naturally a crabby person. No, 119 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:32,440 Speaker 2: I just enjoy ah the quiet of the morning before 120 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:35,840 Speaker 2: the demands start coming, and they will, they will start 121 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:40,360 Speaker 2: to come. But to Saturday mornings, nothing nothing, nothing better 122 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:43,400 Speaker 2: than sitting here talking with you about your home. It 123 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 2: is an all call Saturday. The number to reach me 124 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 2: eight three three two. Ask Dean eight three three the 125 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:54,160 Speaker 2: numeral two, ask Dean anything that's got you scratching your 126 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:56,760 Speaker 2: head about your home. Let's go to the phone, shall we. 127 00:06:56,800 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 2: I want to talk to Anne. Hey, Anne, welcome home. 128 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:05,840 Speaker 6: Muh good morning. We had a small little plastic nut 129 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:09,159 Speaker 6: brake on the inlet pipe that goes into the back 130 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 6: of our toilet tank. No one was home in for 131 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 6: about an hour and a half. It just free flooded 132 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:18,680 Speaker 6: about half the house dealing with yeah, yeah, one little 133 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:21,120 Speaker 6: bitty piece of plastic and it did a whole lot 134 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:24,800 Speaker 6: of damage. We're dealing with insurance right now, but it 135 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 6: only flooded half the house, so we're going to try 136 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 6: to do as much of the repair as possible. It's 137 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:33,160 Speaker 6: been shitting for two weeks. We know when they first 138 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:37,720 Speaker 6: came up oyster that wicked up the dry wall. We 139 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:41,440 Speaker 6: can't touch the dry wall until the asbestos abatement team 140 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:44,840 Speaker 6: comes out because they found asbestos in the glue that 141 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:48,040 Speaker 6: held down the old monolum floor and in the mud 142 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 6: that's on the. 143 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 2: Dry wall, So don't find out where is the house 144 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:56,200 Speaker 2: and how old is it. 145 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:59,040 Speaker 6: The house is in San DIMIs and it was built 146 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 6: in nineteen sixty eight. 147 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:07,160 Speaker 2: Okay, all right, and they've they've now who tested for 148 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 2: they found asbestos in the dry wall mud. 149 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:14,240 Speaker 6: They found asbestos in the dry head and in the 150 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 6: glue that held down the initial linoleum. They've floored over floor, 151 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:23,679 Speaker 6: over carpeted over floor, the layers and layers of stuff 152 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:27,600 Speaker 6: there and they've they've found asbestos. So come in and 153 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 6: do the asbestos abatement, and we're going to take the 154 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:36,040 Speaker 6: wall board twenty four inches. My two questions are is 155 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:38,559 Speaker 6: there something now that it's been sitting for two weeks 156 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:41,480 Speaker 6: and it's probably going to be another week. Is there 157 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:44,360 Speaker 6: something that we can use to treat the studs and 158 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 6: the floor boards to prevent mold, to kick the spores 159 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:53,800 Speaker 6: before they go in? And seconds? How long does it 160 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:56,960 Speaker 6: need to stay open to dry before we can get 161 00:08:57,040 --> 00:08:59,920 Speaker 6: back in and cover it up and flooring down? 162 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:09,240 Speaker 3: Okay? Well, is there something you can do? Uh? 163 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:13,320 Speaker 2: Okay, so the flooring, let me ask you, this's the flooring. 164 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:16,480 Speaker 2: Is this a raised foundation house. You're not on a slab. 165 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:18,960 Speaker 6: We're on a concrete slab. 166 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:20,400 Speaker 3: Oh, you are on a slab. 167 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:26,240 Speaker 2: Okay, Well, the problem, as you know, is the asbestos 168 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:28,200 Speaker 2: because they're just not letting you touch the thing. 169 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:29,679 Speaker 7: Right. 170 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:30,839 Speaker 3: Here's the thing. 171 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:34,320 Speaker 2: When it comes, when it comes to mold. Uh, you know, 172 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:38,599 Speaker 2: a couple of weeks, three weeks soaking wet. Uh the 173 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:41,160 Speaker 2: you know, the the air has been pretty dry and 174 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:43,160 Speaker 2: warm lately, it had you know, we're not in a 175 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:48,400 Speaker 2: real wet, moist time of year. I would just I 176 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:50,600 Speaker 2: think you're just gonna have to wait it out. I mean, 177 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 2: you can surface treat anything that you can see and touch. 178 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:55,920 Speaker 2: You can surface treat it. 179 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 1: Uh. 180 00:09:56,640 --> 00:10:00,199 Speaker 2: The stuff is ruined anyway, you know, it's all coming up. Anyway, 181 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 2: you could surface treat to prevent mold with you know, 182 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:08,720 Speaker 2: forming on the surfaces, not back in the wall cavity. 183 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:13,199 Speaker 6: When they open the walls, we want to treat the studs. 184 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:14,280 Speaker 6: We want to treat the wood. 185 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:17,320 Speaker 5: Okay, well dry wall back up? 186 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:19,600 Speaker 2: Oh yeah yeah yeah yeah. So I mean when that 187 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:22,559 Speaker 2: when that gets all opened up. Uh, you know, mold 188 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:25,480 Speaker 2: is not easy to defeat. It really isn't you know. 189 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:28,360 Speaker 2: I know there are a thousand horror stories out there, 190 00:10:28,679 --> 00:10:31,120 Speaker 2: and the thread of mold is really when it goes 191 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:34,920 Speaker 2: untreated and and just sits in a wall and then 192 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:36,840 Speaker 2: you know, it just does its thing. But you're going 193 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:38,720 Speaker 2: to open the wall up, you're gonna expose it. You're 194 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:42,240 Speaker 2: gonna get it all dried out. And a simple mixture 195 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:45,360 Speaker 2: of bleach and water, like fifty to fifty mixture of 196 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:49,079 Speaker 2: bleach and water in a small sprayer like a Hudson sprayer, 197 00:10:49,559 --> 00:10:53,520 Speaker 2: will you know, douse and take down the mold. Mold 198 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:56,679 Speaker 2: is not like the the alien from the other planet 199 00:10:56,720 --> 00:11:00,240 Speaker 2: that resists all efforts to take it out. Mold is 200 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:04,959 Speaker 2: actually very very sensitive. It has to grow in the dark, 201 00:11:05,280 --> 00:11:07,720 Speaker 2: and it has to grow where it's dark and wet, 202 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:10,800 Speaker 2: and it doesn't like any It loves water, but it 203 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:14,839 Speaker 2: does not like any other kinds of chemicals. And whether 204 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:18,480 Speaker 2: it's vinegar because vinegar has an acetic acid in it, 205 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:22,080 Speaker 2: or bleach, either one will easily take. 206 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:23,480 Speaker 3: Mold out and down. 207 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:27,440 Speaker 2: And then if for some reason the mold is thick 208 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:30,520 Speaker 2: on the wall, then you know, masking up with a 209 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:35,840 Speaker 2: respirator and brushing the walls clean. I'm guessing you're not 210 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:40,080 Speaker 2: going to have that degree of mold happening. But the 211 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:43,440 Speaker 2: point is mold is actually far far easier to deal 212 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:49,000 Speaker 2: with than most people think. It's just a threat when 213 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:51,200 Speaker 2: it gets to grow and grow and grow and never 214 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:54,520 Speaker 2: get exposed to the light and the open air. So 215 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:59,200 Speaker 2: you dry it out mold, vinegar or bleach, and the 216 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:02,920 Speaker 2: mold will be you know, done with it, really will 217 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 2: it'll be done. 218 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:07,199 Speaker 5: How long shall we leave it open before we put. 219 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:08,440 Speaker 6: A new will board up? 220 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:11,920 Speaker 2: Okay, So that's the that is the sixty four thousand 221 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:15,640 Speaker 2: dollars question, as it were, And I don't know how 222 00:12:15,679 --> 00:12:19,120 Speaker 2: to tell you an answer to that, because we're not 223 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:22,360 Speaker 2: looking for a period of time on the clock. We 224 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:27,520 Speaker 2: are looking for a moisture content in the wood. Okay, 225 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:29,920 Speaker 2: and I'm gonna double check what that is. We're gonna 226 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:31,360 Speaker 2: have to go to break and I'm gonna double during 227 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:33,440 Speaker 2: the break, I'm gonna double check what that is. But 228 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:37,000 Speaker 2: what we'll do, what should be done for the project 229 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:39,840 Speaker 2: is that once that's all opened up and it's drying out, 230 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:44,079 Speaker 2: it's gonna get dry looking and dry feeling really quickly, 231 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:47,440 Speaker 2: pretty quickly. But what we're doing is we're gonna use 232 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 2: moisture meters and we're gonna test the wood to make 233 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:53,480 Speaker 2: sure that we've got the moisture content down inside the 234 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:57,080 Speaker 2: wood to the level that it should be before you know, 235 00:12:57,240 --> 00:12:59,720 Speaker 2: you close it all back up. So I can't tell 236 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:02,440 Speaker 2: you that because I don't know how fast it's going 237 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:06,800 Speaker 2: to dry based on your weather conditions, humidity. I will 238 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:09,000 Speaker 2: tell you this though, to be encouraged, because things are 239 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 2: very dry right now. Right we're in the middle of 240 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:14,840 Speaker 2: the San Ana season here in southern California. Temperatures have 241 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:16,839 Speaker 2: been warm, we don't have a lot of moisture in 242 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 2: the air. Things are pretty dry, and so it's going 243 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:21,959 Speaker 2: to dry out quickly, especially with the fans and all 244 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:25,040 Speaker 2: of the stuff that they do to mediate all of 245 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:29,120 Speaker 2: that stuff to remediate that, so I will check and 246 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:32,280 Speaker 2: when we come back from break, and I will let 247 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:35,200 Speaker 2: you know over the air of the moisture content that 248 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:38,880 Speaker 2: is most desirable. And then the key is you just 249 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:41,160 Speaker 2: keep checking the studs and when you get to that point, 250 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:43,360 Speaker 2: then it's time to close it back up, and not 251 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:47,720 Speaker 2: a minute sooner, because we don't want again to trap 252 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:50,720 Speaker 2: moisture in the wall and invite mold to do its 253 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:54,240 Speaker 2: thing again. And thank you for your question. I'm so 254 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:56,640 Speaker 2: sorry that that happened to you. But it sounds like 255 00:13:57,120 --> 00:13:58,679 Speaker 2: you know, as soon as the asbestos is out of 256 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:00,200 Speaker 2: the way, they'll get your hand. 257 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 7: Uh. 258 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:03,760 Speaker 2: But you hang on, keep listening, and I'll let you 259 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:06,080 Speaker 2: know about the moisture content in the wood and the 260 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:08,000 Speaker 2: rest of you. We're gonna take a quick break and 261 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:10,680 Speaker 2: we'll come back to more of your calls to reach me. 262 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:13,280 Speaker 2: All you have to do is dial eight three three two. 263 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:17,520 Speaker 2: Ask Dean eight three three the numeral two. Ask Dean 264 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:19,880 Speaker 2: your home with Dean Sharp, the house Whisper. 265 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:24,320 Speaker 3: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 266 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:25,920 Speaker 3: KFI AM six forty. 267 00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:30,520 Speaker 2: Dean Sharp, the house Whisper here to help you transform 268 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 2: your ordinary house into an extraordinary home. Thanks for joining 269 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:37,160 Speaker 2: us on the program this morning. Hope your Saturday morning 270 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:39,160 Speaker 2: is going well, or if you're listening to us on 271 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:43,200 Speaker 2: the podcast, I hope you're filling the blank. Time of 272 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:47,280 Speaker 2: day is going well. Just so glad that you are 273 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:50,880 Speaker 2: here with us. It is an all calls Saturday, and 274 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:53,680 Speaker 2: so we are taking your calls. The number to reach 275 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:57,840 Speaker 2: me eight three three two. Ask Dean eight three three 276 00:14:58,280 --> 00:14:59,160 Speaker 2: the numeral two. 277 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:00,800 Speaker 3: Ask Dean. 278 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:03,040 Speaker 2: All right, Before I go to the next call, I 279 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:06,720 Speaker 2: just want to finish up with Anne's question. And had 280 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:10,480 Speaker 2: a terrible flood, a toilet leak. It leaked out all 281 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:14,640 Speaker 2: over half the house, and so she wants to make 282 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:16,960 Speaker 2: sure and she's had to wait. She's had to wait 283 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:20,960 Speaker 2: because they found asbestos in the flooring, asbestos in the 284 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:24,360 Speaker 2: drywall mud, and so they've got to wait for the abatement. 285 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:26,200 Speaker 2: So they haven't been able to open up the house 286 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:28,920 Speaker 2: and get it all aired out and get it drawing. 287 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:31,680 Speaker 2: She is concerned about mold, and I told her, once 288 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:35,120 Speaker 2: it's all opened up, a little bit of a bleach 289 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:37,800 Speaker 2: and mixed with water and Hudson spray is going to 290 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:39,800 Speaker 2: take the mold out. If you have to brush it 291 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:41,600 Speaker 2: down a little bit. That may be the case, but 292 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:44,720 Speaker 2: likely not at this point. That is just going to 293 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:49,000 Speaker 2: take mold out done. The question, though, of greatest importance 294 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:54,560 Speaker 2: is how dry does that would have to be before we, 295 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:57,720 Speaker 2: you know, close it back up again with drywall and 296 00:15:57,760 --> 00:16:01,760 Speaker 2: other things. And the answer is, and she was concerned 297 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:03,400 Speaker 2: about how long is it going to take? And I'm 298 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:05,440 Speaker 2: not sure how long it's going to take because that 299 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:08,040 Speaker 2: has to do with weather conditions and how wet the 300 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:10,600 Speaker 2: wood is and so on. Butt there is a magic number, 301 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:12,440 Speaker 2: and I told her I would double check to make 302 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 2: sure because I didn't want it was rolling around in 303 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:14,880 Speaker 2: my head. 304 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:15,560 Speaker 3: I just wanted to. 305 00:16:15,520 --> 00:16:20,160 Speaker 2: Make sure because I never want to give inaccurate information out. 306 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:23,240 Speaker 2: And the magic number is, in fact what I thought, 307 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:27,000 Speaker 2: which is fifteen percent. We're going to use moisture meters 308 00:16:27,040 --> 00:16:30,920 Speaker 2: and and we're going to measure all of those studs 309 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:33,920 Speaker 2: and the base plates of the wood, and we're looking 310 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:38,680 Speaker 2: for a moisture content of less than fifteen percent in 311 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:41,480 Speaker 2: the wood when we're there. When we get to fifteen 312 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:46,640 Speaker 2: percent or below, it is generally considered safe to put 313 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:50,880 Speaker 2: the dry wall back in to rebuild the walls. Just 314 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:57,400 Speaker 2: FYI nineteen percent. Nineteen percent is the threshold of moisture 315 00:16:57,680 --> 00:17:02,400 Speaker 2: that is necessary for moreld and mildew to be growing 316 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:06,280 Speaker 2: in the wood. So fifteen percent is several points below 317 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:08,960 Speaker 2: that threshold. So it's safe. You just need to know 318 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:11,679 Speaker 2: it's safe, because pretty much we need nineteen to twenty 319 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:15,879 Speaker 2: percent moisture trapped in the wood in order to encourage 320 00:17:16,119 --> 00:17:19,879 Speaker 2: mildew and mold growth. You get down to fifteen percent, 321 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:23,080 Speaker 2: it is for all intents and purposes, a dry wall, 322 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:25,600 Speaker 2: and you're good to rebuild. So I just wanted to 323 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:29,440 Speaker 2: follow through with that answer. All right, let's start another call, 324 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:33,360 Speaker 2: shall we. Let's talk to Holly. Hey, Holly, welcome home. 325 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:40,359 Speaker 7: Hi, Good morning's pappy post Halloween. I have a moisture problem. 326 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:43,879 Speaker 7: I have a moisture problem in the kitchen. They had 327 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:47,320 Speaker 7: alkali coming up. I'm going to need to put a 328 00:17:47,359 --> 00:17:50,720 Speaker 7: new floor, and I can't remember this proper steps to 329 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:52,720 Speaker 7: prepare the floor before it goes back down. 330 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:56,919 Speaker 3: Okay, all right? Is it a slab? Are we on 331 00:17:56,960 --> 00:17:57,680 Speaker 3: a slab? Here? 332 00:17:57,960 --> 00:17:58,320 Speaker 6: Oh? 333 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:00,520 Speaker 7: Is it a slab? Nineteen seventy two slab? 334 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:01,600 Speaker 3: Okay? 335 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:04,399 Speaker 2: And you and you're saying you've got you've got white 336 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:07,439 Speaker 2: stuff appearing on the floor is what's going on with 337 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:07,879 Speaker 2: the floor. 338 00:18:09,119 --> 00:18:15,160 Speaker 3: It has alkholi coming up, ALCOHOLI coming up, yeah, coming 339 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:18,920 Speaker 3: up through the slab, yes, okay. And what kind of 340 00:18:18,920 --> 00:18:20,919 Speaker 3: a floor we gonna put down or do we know? 341 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:25,240 Speaker 7: We're gonna put vinyl tile down. 342 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:31,560 Speaker 2: Okay, and not the plate uh so floating floor or 343 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:35,880 Speaker 2: we're gonna use an adhesive adhesive okay? 344 00:18:36,359 --> 00:18:40,120 Speaker 3: All right? So uh it's real simple in your situation. 345 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:44,000 Speaker 2: And it's unfortunate that the the the slab is kind 346 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:48,159 Speaker 2: of leeching that out, but it's not gonna be an issue, 347 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:51,160 Speaker 2: uh not if we do this right. Number one, we're 348 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 2: gonna make sure that we get the slab nice and 349 00:18:56,119 --> 00:18:58,119 Speaker 2: cleaned up on the surface so that we don't have 350 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:01,320 Speaker 2: those alkali deposits on the surface. That can be done 351 00:19:01,480 --> 00:19:06,080 Speaker 2: with a mild acid. And by mild I mean again 352 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:10,679 Speaker 2: like vinegar, vinegar and water mixed will break up because 353 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:13,600 Speaker 2: all all it is, you know, whether it be alkali, 354 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:18,720 Speaker 2: whether it be watered salts, it's it's efflorescence coming through 355 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:21,440 Speaker 2: the slab and its moisture in the slab. That's uh, 356 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:25,560 Speaker 2: that's that's coming up through the slab and leaving behind 357 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:28,960 Speaker 2: the mineral content. That was in the water. The water 358 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:32,920 Speaker 2: is evaporating and the mineral content is staying behind and 359 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:37,200 Speaker 2: forming that uh that caking on the surface. So it's 360 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:40,560 Speaker 2: just minerals, just rocks, and so all we want to 361 00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:43,119 Speaker 2: do is get it off the surface of the slab 362 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:45,879 Speaker 2: so that's not clogging up the porosity of the slab 363 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:50,679 Speaker 2: and not allowing the adhesive on the new vinyl floor 364 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:53,440 Speaker 2: to seal well to the slab instead of to them. 365 00:19:53,880 --> 00:19:58,240 Speaker 2: So a vinegar bath of mild acid, a little brushing 366 00:19:58,560 --> 00:20:01,120 Speaker 2: should clean it all up. We get it all cleaned up. 367 00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:06,120 Speaker 2: We let that cleaning process dry out. Okay, so we 368 00:20:06,280 --> 00:20:09,040 Speaker 2: give it a couple of days so that the slab 369 00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:11,760 Speaker 2: gets real dry again. And then we want to put 370 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:17,560 Speaker 2: down a really really good penetrating concrete seiler. Penetrating ceiling, 371 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:21,120 Speaker 2: not a surface sealer, because I don't again I don't 372 00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:23,320 Speaker 2: want to think on the surface of the concrete sealing 373 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:26,160 Speaker 2: up the porosity of the concrete. We want that open 374 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:30,560 Speaker 2: porous concrete for the glue to grab onto all those 375 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:35,119 Speaker 2: tiny microscopic porestes. So that's our best best adhesion for 376 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:37,840 Speaker 2: the glue. But a penetrating sealer will go down in 377 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:38,919 Speaker 2: there and what it will do. 378 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:39,960 Speaker 3: It's not a one. 379 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:44,959 Speaker 2: Cure all but a penetrating sealer will go down below 380 00:20:45,040 --> 00:20:48,760 Speaker 2: the surface of the concrete and form a relative barrier 381 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:52,240 Speaker 2: to keep moisture from wanting to creep back up and 382 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:55,760 Speaker 2: you know, and and bring its mineral content with it. 383 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:58,040 Speaker 2: And that's what's going to give us the very very 384 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:03,480 Speaker 2: best seal for the adhesive. Also would recommend, as we're 385 00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:07,199 Speaker 2: laying down the new vinyl floor, since we've had some 386 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:13,080 Speaker 2: moisture issues in the past, that we actually use an 387 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:17,000 Speaker 2: adhesive for the vinyl that is in fact rated as 388 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:21,680 Speaker 2: a water barrier. There are glues out there for standard 389 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:24,359 Speaker 2: vinyl floors that are just what they are, and there 390 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:26,960 Speaker 2: are glues out there that have extra components in them 391 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:30,239 Speaker 2: that also seal the concrete as they go down. And 392 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:32,760 Speaker 2: in your case, that's what I would strongly recommend. But 393 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:35,399 Speaker 2: that's all it's going to take. Just go through those steps, 394 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:36,320 Speaker 2: be faithful for that. 395 00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:40,440 Speaker 7: What kind of panetary seiler do I need to look 396 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:42,000 Speaker 7: for for the guide to do it? 397 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:45,280 Speaker 2: There are different brands out there, but you know, anything 398 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:48,880 Speaker 2: from like Thompson's water Seal to a penetrating sealer made 399 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:53,720 Speaker 2: by like Miracle I'm a big fan of that particular brand. 400 00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:57,199 Speaker 2: And also it's readily available. You can find it on 401 00:21:57,240 --> 00:22:00,800 Speaker 2: the shelf like in the flooring entil department at the 402 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:04,360 Speaker 2: big box stores like Home Depot or Low's. I love 403 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:08,800 Speaker 2: that brand. But yeah, penetrating sealer Thompson's water sealer will 404 00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:11,040 Speaker 2: work great as well. You just make sure you get 405 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:13,679 Speaker 2: a couple of good coats down and then let the 406 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:18,080 Speaker 2: slab dry again before you put down the vinyl adhesive. Holly, 407 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:21,000 Speaker 2: thank you for your question. I'm up against a break again. 408 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:24,200 Speaker 2: Here more of your calls when we return your home 409 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:26,080 Speaker 2: with Dean Sharp, the house Whisper. 410 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:30,040 Speaker 3: Dean Sharp, the house Whisper, here to remind you. 411 00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:35,520 Speaker 2: Every home deserves great design, especially your home. Why especially yours, 412 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:39,760 Speaker 2: because it's awful. No, no, that's not I didn't mean 413 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:43,320 Speaker 2: to say that. No, especially your home. Why Because you 414 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:46,680 Speaker 2: live there. That's why. Because you live there. A great 415 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:50,920 Speaker 2: designed home, a custom home, a home that's wrapped around you, 416 00:22:51,359 --> 00:22:55,719 Speaker 2: becomes an amplifier of your life. It becomes a tool 417 00:22:55,920 --> 00:23:00,600 Speaker 2: that your life, your best life, gets lived out and 418 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:04,960 Speaker 2: through and in. And every home deserves great design. Every 419 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:07,080 Speaker 2: home can have great design. It doesn't have to be 420 00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:09,679 Speaker 2: the big old fancy house up on the hill behind 421 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:13,679 Speaker 2: the gates. It can simply be your modest little home. 422 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:16,400 Speaker 2: And you know, Tina and I live in a modest 423 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:20,800 Speaker 2: little home and we love the way it works with us. 424 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:24,440 Speaker 2: We love the way it allows us to live. Your 425 00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:27,240 Speaker 2: home can be the same. You hang with me will 426 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:30,359 Speaker 2: help you get there. It's an all call Saturday morning. 427 00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:32,840 Speaker 2: The number to reach me. And by the way, we've 428 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:35,359 Speaker 2: got room on the callboard. Sleepy heads, We've got some 429 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:38,920 Speaker 2: folks out there who are having a Halloween candy hangover 430 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:41,960 Speaker 2: this morning. But if you've just woken up, good morning 431 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:46,360 Speaker 2: to you and join the conversation. Eight three three two 432 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:49,320 Speaker 2: Ask Dean A three three the numeral two. 433 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:50,040 Speaker 3: Ask Dean. 434 00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:52,800 Speaker 2: If you've tried calling before, as so many have and 435 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:55,320 Speaker 2: haven't been able to get through, now's a good time 436 00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:59,720 Speaker 2: just saying A three three two, ask Dean. There's room 437 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:03,480 Speaker 2: for you in this morning's conversation. All right, I want 438 00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:06,720 Speaker 2: to talk to Chip. Hey, Chip, welcome home. 439 00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:11,520 Speaker 3: Hey Deane, so hey there. 440 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:15,399 Speaker 5: My question is I've got a nineteen twenty four house, 441 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:19,040 Speaker 5: so it's one hundred years old and it basically needs 442 00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:24,000 Speaker 5: almost everything. It's up on piers, so I'm not worried 443 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:27,280 Speaker 5: about the plumbing and electrical. I'm probably just going to 444 00:24:27,359 --> 00:24:29,399 Speaker 5: do pecks for the plumbing. It's all easy to get to. 445 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:35,280 Speaker 5: But my question is about timing and contractors with roofing, siding, 446 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:39,680 Speaker 5: and windows. A couple of quick questions there. Number one, 447 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:43,439 Speaker 5: can I sheave over as best as siding or do 448 00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:47,639 Speaker 5: I have to pay to remove it? And the second 449 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:50,800 Speaker 5: question is, I've got several contractors that want to do 450 00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:52,800 Speaker 5: an all in one. They want to do the roofing, 451 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:56,600 Speaker 5: the siding, and the windows at one price. In your experience, 452 00:24:57,520 --> 00:25:01,439 Speaker 5: is that the better way to go to have? And 453 00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:06,639 Speaker 5: if not, if I do separate contractors with the windows, siding, 454 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:08,560 Speaker 5: and roof what order would. 455 00:25:08,359 --> 00:25:12,640 Speaker 3: I do them in? Okay, really really good questions. 456 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:14,880 Speaker 2: All right, So, and I'm going to start to answer, 457 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:16,720 Speaker 2: and then we're going to go to a break and 458 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:18,120 Speaker 2: then we're going to pick this up on the other 459 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:22,040 Speaker 2: side ship if that's okay with you. So when it 460 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:26,280 Speaker 2: comes to the three main company, well, let me answer 461 00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:29,960 Speaker 2: the asbestos question first. Asbestos is always a tricky issue, 462 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:35,840 Speaker 2: right if you're going over, if you're encapsulating asbestos, the 463 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:38,280 Speaker 2: general rule is that you're allowed to do exactly that 464 00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:42,199 Speaker 2: you can encapsulate the asbestos and not worry about it. 465 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:45,720 Speaker 2: And technically speaking, by the way, you know, asbestos is 466 00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:48,359 Speaker 2: a really good fire retardant, so it doesn't hurt the 467 00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:52,040 Speaker 2: house in terms of exterior sighting to have a layer 468 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:56,480 Speaker 2: of asbestos in between you and flames. So that's a thing. 469 00:25:57,240 --> 00:25:59,800 Speaker 2: The question is how much we're disturbing it in order 470 00:25:59,840 --> 00:26:03,520 Speaker 2: to do that. Okay, asbestos is only a danger to 471 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:07,760 Speaker 2: humans if we when we disturb it and we kick 472 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:10,240 Speaker 2: it up and we get it all dusted and floating 473 00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:13,240 Speaker 2: through the air, and then we breathe in that dust, 474 00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:17,320 Speaker 2: and those fibers sitting there staring at us, you staring 475 00:26:17,359 --> 00:26:21,359 Speaker 2: at it or locked inside a wall away where nobody 476 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:24,080 Speaker 2: can get to it not a problem. It is not 477 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:28,080 Speaker 2: a threat to anybody. So that's how you evaluate that. 478 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:33,000 Speaker 2: An abatement you know obviously very very expensive, and you've 479 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:36,160 Speaker 2: got to evaluate whether you want to, you know, have 480 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:40,000 Speaker 2: that in the wall again safe, whether you know, if 481 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:42,320 Speaker 2: you sell the house down the road, whether you know 482 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:44,720 Speaker 2: you want to have to be able to declare that 483 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:47,560 Speaker 2: or not. Everybody has to make their own decision about asbestos. 484 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:51,120 Speaker 2: But from a safety factor, from a one safety factor 485 00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:54,600 Speaker 2: encapsulated in a wall where no one can ever get 486 00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:57,720 Speaker 2: to it. Again, not a problem with the asbestos. Now, 487 00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:02,960 Speaker 2: the bigger questions of roof siding and windows and whether 488 00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:06,520 Speaker 2: they're best to be handled independently or an all in 489 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:09,160 Speaker 2: one with a general contractor. Who's going to handle them 490 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:12,399 Speaker 2: all that. Let's talk about that and let's do it 491 00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:14,920 Speaker 2: right on the other side of the brake. So Chip, 492 00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:18,000 Speaker 2: you hang tight, my friend. I appreciate the call, and 493 00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:20,960 Speaker 2: we'll pick it up right after this. Your Home with 494 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:22,720 Speaker 2: Dean Sharp, the house Whisperer. 495 00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:27,200 Speaker 1: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 496 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:28,840 Speaker 1: KFI AM six forty