1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:04,160 Speaker 1: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 2 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:05,680 Speaker 1: KFI AM six forty. 3 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:12,000 Speaker 2: Good morning and welcome home. I am. 4 00:00:12,119 --> 00:00:15,560 Speaker 1: I was underneath the desk taping up a microphone cable 5 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:19,639 Speaker 1: just fell down. I'm like, oh no, so I was nearby, 6 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:22,239 Speaker 1: but not as close as I needed to be. I 7 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 1: am Dean Sharp, the house Whisper Live Radio. Welcome custom 8 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:29,200 Speaker 1: home Builder, custom home Designer, and your guide to better 9 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:33,600 Speaker 1: understanding that place where you live. Good Saturday morning to you. 10 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:37,040 Speaker 1: It's just a few minutes after seven o'clock. The sun 11 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:40,360 Speaker 1: is coming up. There's a breeze blowing, maybe kind of 12 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 1: a gusty one where I'm sitting, But it looks to 13 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 1: be a beautiful weekend here, not too hot, not too cold, 14 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:51,600 Speaker 1: a lovely winter saturday in southern California. 15 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:54,800 Speaker 2: I hope wherever you are, that the weather is treating you. 16 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:58,279 Speaker 1: As well, and that you've got some good plans for 17 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:02,000 Speaker 1: the weekend. Are As we always do, having an all 18 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:05,679 Speaker 1: call Saturday morning, nothing but your calls, and you know, 19 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 1: a little yaking on my part about where I just 20 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:11,320 Speaker 1: spent my birthday. But apart from that, your calls eight 21 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:13,920 Speaker 1: three to three to ask Dean is the number to 22 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:17,479 Speaker 1: reach me eight three to three, the numeral two. Ask Dean, 23 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:19,479 Speaker 1: let's get back to the phones. I want to talk 24 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:21,759 Speaker 1: to Brian. Hey, Brian, welcome. 25 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:29,200 Speaker 3: Home, Good morning Dean. Happy belated New Year and birthday 26 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 3: to you. 27 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:32,160 Speaker 2: Well, thank you very much, sir. How can I help you. 28 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:37,560 Speaker 3: A general question. I listened mostly to your podcast and 29 00:01:37,959 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 3: I recalled hear you speaking there about solar power for 30 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 3: the home, and I'm just curious as to I mean, 31 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 3: in general, do you recommend it for everybody and then 32 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:55,360 Speaker 3: just the you know, the payback on the investment and 33 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 3: just issues that might come up with it. Kind of 34 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 3: the best way to go about it from your point 35 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 3: of view. 36 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 1: Okay, Yeah, really good question, Brian, Really good question. So 37 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:09,640 Speaker 1: we are actually going to be doing a solar show 38 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 1: in the first part of this year, by the way, 39 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:14,800 Speaker 1: and I don't think I did one last year, so 40 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 1: you may have caught me on that one. I am 41 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:21,680 Speaker 1: all about solar. Solar energy for a home is a 42 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 1: great idea. Now Here in California, solar has been through 43 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:29,360 Speaker 1: a lot. It's been through a lot because there was 44 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:33,239 Speaker 1: a boom of solar for a few years. That's because 45 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 1: there were so many federal tax credits in place that 46 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:43,799 Speaker 1: made installation and initial costs so affordable, and as a result, 47 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:46,680 Speaker 1: lots of people were getting solar with solar, solar, solar 48 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 1: everywhere we looked. But still the vast majority of homes 49 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:55,520 Speaker 1: in any region in the US still do not have solar. 50 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 1: And there's been a lot of misinformation in the press 51 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 1: about solar because the tax credits went away, and the 52 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 1: people are like. 53 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:05,280 Speaker 2: Well, it's not affordable anymore, and it's just you know, 54 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:07,799 Speaker 2: I mean, Okay, here's the thing. 55 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 1: Bottom line, Solar energy saves you money, either saves you 56 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:19,400 Speaker 1: money today, starting today, or very very shortly thereafter will 57 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 1: save you money. 58 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:20,960 Speaker 2: Okay. 59 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:23,919 Speaker 1: The goal of solar is simply to utilize the power 60 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:28,320 Speaker 1: of the sun to supplement power to your home. The 61 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:32,120 Speaker 1: ideal solar setup on your home is what we call 62 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:36,200 Speaker 1: a net zero system. That is a system that produces 63 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:39,800 Speaker 1: enough energy throughout the course of the year. Now, of course, 64 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 1: they're going to be cloudy, rainy days in which you 65 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 1: are using energy more energy from the grid than you 66 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:48,760 Speaker 1: are from your solar system. And then there are other days, 67 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:51,720 Speaker 1: you know, bright, warm, sunny days in which you are 68 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 1: generating more energy than you're actually using and that actually 69 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 1: happens unevenly through the course of the day as well. Okay, 70 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 1: so the key to solar in twenty twenty six is 71 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 1: enough panels that you will get net zero effect at 72 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 1: the end of the year. So after the highs and 73 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 1: the lows, the credits and the payouts, at the end 74 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 1: of the year, the goal is we've paid nothing for electricity. 75 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:21,040 Speaker 1: Tina and I have a net zero system on our home. 76 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:28,680 Speaker 1: We have solar absolutely. I am a huge proponent of it. Now, 77 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 1: there are different ways of going about getting solar. There 78 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:37,279 Speaker 1: are specialized loans, there are leases, or you can just 79 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:38,320 Speaker 1: buy it outright. 80 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 4: Now. 81 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:42,280 Speaker 1: The payoff, the payback the ROI when you buy your 82 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:47,360 Speaker 1: solar outright, that changes depending on the climate in terms 83 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:50,880 Speaker 1: of how much the system it will cost you and 84 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:54,839 Speaker 1: how much savings it generates. Usually it's around six to 85 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:59,600 Speaker 1: seven years the payback for the solar. But I want 86 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 1: to make it really clear, a net zero system or 87 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:06,679 Speaker 1: any solar system is saving you money. And here's the thing. Uh, 88 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 1: some households don't generate I don't use a lot of electricity, 89 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 1: and I think right now, and if you're a solar 90 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 1: installer out there listening, you know, please don't send me 91 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:22,120 Speaker 1: a bunch of emails. I'm gonna say an approximation. My 92 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:24,720 Speaker 1: experience is in southern California right now that if you're 93 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 1: if your power bill is less than let's say one 94 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:32,680 Speaker 1: sixty or one hundred and fifty dollars a month, then 95 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:38,359 Speaker 1: solar once it gets installed, is not going to save 96 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 1: you a lot of money right up front. However, you 97 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:47,240 Speaker 1: got to think about this. For the last decade plus, 98 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 1: nearly two decades, electricity in California has gone up anywhere 99 00:05:55,080 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 1: between you know, three and eight percent per year year, okay, 100 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:06,760 Speaker 1: without any change in that. And so if you figure 101 00:06:06,839 --> 00:06:08,600 Speaker 1: that you're going to put in a solar system that 102 00:06:08,839 --> 00:06:14,280 Speaker 1: basically matches your electricity spend right now, and you imagine 103 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 1: that your electricity bill keeps going up eight percent per 104 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 1: year for the next you know, five, ten, twenty years. 105 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:24,960 Speaker 1: That's the life the light the estimated life of most 106 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:28,599 Speaker 1: systems twenty to twenty five years. Then the savings down 107 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 1: the road is tremendous because everybody else is paying astronomical 108 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:36,800 Speaker 1: electricity prices compared to what we were paying a decade ago, 109 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 1: and you're paying still exactly the same. So it's a 110 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:45,840 Speaker 1: conversation to have with a solar company. They are happy 111 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:48,400 Speaker 1: to have them with you to do an analysis to 112 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:51,320 Speaker 1: let you know where the savings will come, how it 113 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:54,760 Speaker 1: will come, how much solar your roof can handle, your 114 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:57,440 Speaker 1: property can handle, where they're going to place the panels, 115 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:01,840 Speaker 1: and so on, and these the current systems in California. 116 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:07,039 Speaker 1: The critical aspect is having a battery system as well 117 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:09,840 Speaker 1: having a battery attached. And we have two batteries on 118 00:07:09,880 --> 00:07:12,040 Speaker 1: our house plus our net zero system. And what that 119 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:17,680 Speaker 1: allows is while we are overproducing in the morning hours, 120 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 1: like right now, we are overproducing electricity, sun is up, 121 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 1: the panels are collecting. We are not using anywhere near 122 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:27,920 Speaker 1: the amount of power that the panels are actually pumping out. 123 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 1: And normally in older systems without a battery, that that 124 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 1: energy is just being sold back to the grid. But man, 125 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 1: they charge you twenty five cents of kilowatt and they'll 126 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:44,080 Speaker 1: buy your electricity back from you at like three cents 127 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 1: of kilowatt, So. 128 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:46,239 Speaker 2: It's not a good deal. Okay. 129 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:49,920 Speaker 1: However, in our case, our batteries are what are being 130 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:53,000 Speaker 1: charged right now and later on this afternoon when we 131 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 1: hit peak hours at like let's say four o'clock to 132 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:03,080 Speaker 1: eight or nine o'clock tonight when our batteries discharge into 133 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 1: the house and peak hours where Southern California Edison is 134 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:11,120 Speaker 1: paying is charging me over fifty cents a kill a watt. 135 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:14,720 Speaker 1: I'm using zero kill a watts because I'm running off 136 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:17,160 Speaker 1: my batteries and that's how the savings work. So a 137 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:20,400 Speaker 1: good solar system with a backup battery, and also the 138 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:26,640 Speaker 1: backup battery is automatic you know, blackout brownout protection because 139 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:29,640 Speaker 1: it kicks in whenever the power goes down and we 140 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 1: don't even notice it around here. So that you know what, Brian, 141 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:35,640 Speaker 1: I haven't given you a chance to respond to what 142 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:38,400 Speaker 1: I just said. If you can hang tight through the break, 143 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:41,199 Speaker 1: we'll pick this conversation up right on the other side 144 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:44,320 Speaker 1: because we're up against the break. Your home with Dean 145 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:47,800 Speaker 1: Sharp the House Whisper go nowhere more of your calls 146 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:52,199 Speaker 1: when we return on Keen Sharp the House Whisper Here 147 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:54,440 Speaker 1: to help you take your home to the next level. 148 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:57,640 Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us on the program today. We are 149 00:08:57,679 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 1: doing an all call Saturday, like we do Saturday morning. 150 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:03,080 Speaker 1: Your calls you get to set the agenda for the 151 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:06,000 Speaker 1: show today. It's all about you. And what's going on 152 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:09,320 Speaker 1: with your home. I have Brian on the line, carried 153 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:12,040 Speaker 1: over from last segment because he asked me a question 154 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:16,679 Speaker 1: about solar, and so I was explaining basically what a 155 00:09:16,760 --> 00:09:20,200 Speaker 1: twenty first century and twenty twenty six solar system is 156 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:24,200 Speaker 1: for a home and whether or not I find it useful. 157 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:29,600 Speaker 1: I absolutely do. The payout, the return on investment. It 158 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:32,120 Speaker 1: varies depending on how big your system is, how much 159 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:34,120 Speaker 1: it's going to generate, and that kind of thing. But 160 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:41,439 Speaker 1: as a general rule, just generally speaking, solar is always, always, 161 00:09:41,679 --> 00:09:46,520 Speaker 1: always a good idea getting off the grid, lowering your bills. 162 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:50,840 Speaker 1: Long term, worst case scenario, solar will take care of 163 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:55,280 Speaker 1: you tomorrow even more than it takes care of you today, 164 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:57,920 Speaker 1: and that's one of the big advantages of it. Now, 165 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:00,280 Speaker 1: there are all sorts of ways in which it should 166 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 1: be installed for a home. I don't like solar on 167 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:06,120 Speaker 1: the front of a house. It's not my thing because 168 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:09,720 Speaker 1: I don't like to disrupt the esthetic, the street and 169 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:12,240 Speaker 1: curb appeal of a front of a house with solar panels. 170 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:16,960 Speaker 1: Sometimes it can be done, you know well enough. I've 171 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:22,000 Speaker 1: got extra panels on my house simply specifically because I 172 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:24,240 Speaker 1: won't put any on the front, so we've got to 173 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:27,280 Speaker 1: do a better job collecting on the backside, because I 174 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:31,199 Speaker 1: didn't want to change the curb appeal, but as an 175 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:33,439 Speaker 1: overall concept, even though a lot not a lot of 176 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:36,320 Speaker 1: people talk about it these days, because you know, the 177 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:39,320 Speaker 1: administration is repealed the solar tax credit, and a lot 178 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:41,440 Speaker 1: of people are under the myth that well, now it's 179 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:43,440 Speaker 1: not affordable and it's not going to save you money. 180 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:44,720 Speaker 2: That's not true, not true. 181 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:47,959 Speaker 1: It just makes getting into it a little a little 182 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:51,600 Speaker 1: more challenging for some people, but it works. 183 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:54,040 Speaker 2: Brian, did that answer your question? Do you have any 184 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:55,640 Speaker 2: other follow ups on that? 185 00:10:57,280 --> 00:10:59,599 Speaker 3: Yes, Stane, thanks Thick, you pretty much nailed it. I 186 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:03,440 Speaker 3: guess just in generally my history, I live alone, so 187 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:06,240 Speaker 3: my bills have been under one hundred and fifty dollars 188 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:08,720 Speaker 3: a month, and a lot of a lot of time 189 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:11,040 Speaker 3: installers have said, oh, well it's not worth it for 190 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:14,640 Speaker 3: you then at this point, but unless it was last 191 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:17,520 Speaker 3: month with Christmas, then it spiked way over that. But 192 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:23,200 Speaker 3: I'm just in general, do you think purchase is the 193 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:25,200 Speaker 3: best way to go if you can afford it or 194 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:27,520 Speaker 3: does it depend on a number of factors? 195 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:30,080 Speaker 1: It really does depend on a number of factors. I'll 196 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:33,120 Speaker 1: tell you right now. We did not purchase our system. 197 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:34,360 Speaker 2: We leased it. 198 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:38,560 Speaker 1: We are leasing our system because our concern was not 199 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:42,360 Speaker 1: resale on the house, because you know, I don't ever 200 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:45,679 Speaker 1: plan on selling this house. Ever, I'm not concerned about it. 201 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:47,720 Speaker 1: And by the way, resale isn't even an issue with 202 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:51,160 Speaker 1: leases because the leases can transfer. But here's my thing 203 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:58,160 Speaker 1: about lease. It was zero dollars getting my solar system. 204 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:01,120 Speaker 1: What we were concerned about was knocking out our electricity bill. 205 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:03,760 Speaker 1: That was the whole key. I don't really care that 206 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 1: I don't technically own the panels up on my roof. 207 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:09,720 Speaker 1: By the way, when my lease expires in I don't 208 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:11,520 Speaker 1: know however many years it's going to be. It's a 209 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:13,960 Speaker 1: twenty plus year system. When the lease expires, I have 210 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:17,280 Speaker 1: the option for a relatively small amount of money of 211 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:20,040 Speaker 1: just you know, purchasing the panels, or I can tell 212 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:23,760 Speaker 1: the company come and take them, or I can re 213 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:27,280 Speaker 1: up a lease and get brand new, more efficient panels. 214 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:30,080 Speaker 1: But the thing I love about a lease situation in 215 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:34,840 Speaker 1: our case is that they are constantly monitoring my system 216 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:38,280 Speaker 1: because they're on the hook in a lease for a 217 00:12:38,520 --> 00:12:43,840 Speaker 1: guaranteed amount of production throughout the year. And so what 218 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:46,760 Speaker 1: will happen is, you know, a few months will go 219 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 1: by and I'll get a call from my leasing company saying, 220 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:52,280 Speaker 1: you know what, we were checking out your system and 221 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:55,360 Speaker 1: it looks like panel fourteen may not be producing the 222 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:57,600 Speaker 1: way we want. There might be something wrong with the inverter, 223 00:12:57,800 --> 00:12:59,480 Speaker 1: or it just needs a check up. Where is it 224 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:01,880 Speaker 1: okay if we send somebody out and I'm like, yeah, 225 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:05,720 Speaker 1: send them out, so they are on the line, on 226 00:13:05,760 --> 00:13:10,000 Speaker 1: the hook financially to keep my system functioning smoothly. And 227 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:14,200 Speaker 1: it was zero down, zero money, and yeah, we make 228 00:13:14,280 --> 00:13:17,680 Speaker 1: a monthly lease payment, but that monthly lease payment is 229 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:22,800 Speaker 1: considerably smaller than my electric bill. And so it's just 230 00:13:22,880 --> 00:13:26,320 Speaker 1: savings every single year. Now, if you can buy it outright, 231 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:29,679 Speaker 1: that's great too, and you can also have companies monitoring 232 00:13:29,679 --> 00:13:32,160 Speaker 1: your system that way. But we just like the idea 233 00:13:32,280 --> 00:13:36,439 Speaker 1: that you know, this equipment is essentially somebody else's responsibility 234 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:40,120 Speaker 1: and all we get out of it is no electric bill. 235 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:44,840 Speaker 3: Awesome, that sounds perfect. 236 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:49,640 Speaker 1: So the moral of the story, Brian, is a call 237 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:54,080 Speaker 1: a reputable solar company and or two or three and 238 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:57,280 Speaker 1: let them, you know, have a conversation with you about 239 00:13:57,280 --> 00:14:01,319 Speaker 1: what your options are and about what's best and most 240 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:05,360 Speaker 1: feasible for you. But investigating solar for your home is 241 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:07,520 Speaker 1: never a bad idea, And like I say, dreaming and 242 00:14:07,559 --> 00:14:10,440 Speaker 1: window shopping is always free. Solar companies will bend over 243 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:13,800 Speaker 1: backwards to give you all the information necessary because they 244 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:16,360 Speaker 1: would love to install solar on your house, and at 245 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:19,240 Speaker 1: the same time, they'll be very honest with you that, yeah, 246 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:21,960 Speaker 1: if you're under a certain level, maybe the payoff right 247 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:25,640 Speaker 1: now is is not too huge. You know, it may 248 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:27,640 Speaker 1: just be a swap. It's like we're gonna put solar 249 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:31,320 Speaker 1: on your roof and your least payment is going to 250 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:34,760 Speaker 1: be the same as what you're paying in your electricity bills. 251 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:38,040 Speaker 1: So your electricity isn't going to drop today or this 252 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:41,840 Speaker 1: month or this year, but starting next year, it'll start dropping, 253 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:45,600 Speaker 1: and it'll keep dropping and keep dropping compared to the 254 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:48,200 Speaker 1: power bill, because the power bill keeps going up and 255 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:51,760 Speaker 1: up and up, but the solar system keeps producing the 256 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:55,160 Speaker 1: energy that it was designed to do. So that's that's 257 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:57,200 Speaker 1: my view towards solar. I think it's a good idea 258 00:14:57,240 --> 00:15:00,240 Speaker 1: for everybody if you can work it into your architect sure, 259 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:03,840 Speaker 1: and if you can find a way to acquire it, 260 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:06,560 Speaker 1: you know, without breaking the bank. And so I don't 261 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:09,640 Speaker 1: I think ownership of a solar system is overrated in 262 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:13,600 Speaker 1: general because the key is the goal is for most people, 263 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:15,560 Speaker 1: let's just get rid of the power bill. All right, 264 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:19,880 Speaker 1: We've got more on the way, more calls on the board. 265 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:22,680 Speaker 1: We will go back to the phones when we come back. 266 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:27,400 Speaker 1: Your Home with Dean Sharp the House Whisper. You're listening 267 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:31,040 Speaker 1: to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from KFI AM 268 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:36,440 Speaker 1: six forty Dean Sharp the House Whisper here to transform 269 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:42,080 Speaker 1: your ordinary house into an extraordinary home. Thank you for 270 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:44,680 Speaker 1: joining us on the program today. Hey, tomorrow's big show. 271 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:49,240 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be talking about what I've come to term 272 00:15:49,480 --> 00:15:53,360 Speaker 1: the four kinds of houses that are out there. And 273 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:57,600 Speaker 1: by that I don't mean four styles of houses. It's 274 00:15:57,640 --> 00:16:00,520 Speaker 1: my own unique categorization of homes. I gonna want to 275 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:03,160 Speaker 1: miss it. It would be get a great conversation. Well here, 276 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:06,520 Speaker 1: that twinkling clicking in the background, that's because a beagle 277 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:10,520 Speaker 1: has just entered the studio with beagle claws on our 278 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:13,880 Speaker 1: hard floor and is just clicking away. Hi Sam, how 279 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:17,200 Speaker 1: you doing, Bud? How you doing. Okay, cool it with 280 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:19,960 Speaker 1: the feet. Okay, try and pull those claws back in. 281 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:22,040 Speaker 1: I know you're not a cat. Oh, he just wants 282 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:25,160 Speaker 1: a He just wants a little belly rub here. That 283 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:29,280 Speaker 1: might calm him down. Also, she didn't click her way 284 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:33,920 Speaker 1: in here. She came in quite silently. But your favorite 285 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:38,520 Speaker 1: house whisper actually has just entered the studio. Tina is here. 286 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:45,000 Speaker 2: Oh, well, welcome home. Where have you been doing morning things? 287 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:51,040 Speaker 1: I promised everybody you would promised everybody you would show up, 288 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:52,920 Speaker 1: So here you are. 289 00:16:54,600 --> 00:17:00,680 Speaker 2: That might excuse yourself. It's good to say. Are you 290 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:04,840 Speaker 2: good to be seen? All right? Good morning? Any words 291 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:06,720 Speaker 2: of wisdom for everybody out there? Before I go back 292 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:11,560 Speaker 2: to the phones, keep listening. There you go. Oh, I 293 00:17:11,600 --> 00:17:12,600 Speaker 2: put her on the spot. 294 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:16,919 Speaker 1: She's like, wow, all right, babe, good to see you. 295 00:17:17,160 --> 00:17:21,640 Speaker 1: Thanks for the coffee. Appreciate coffee, and two bananas to breakfast. 296 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:22,320 Speaker 2: Bananas. 297 00:17:22,640 --> 00:17:27,720 Speaker 1: I like my bananas a little unripe, a little on 298 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:30,760 Speaker 1: the green side. I'm not a sweet freak when it 299 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:33,159 Speaker 1: comes to well that's not a sweet freak in general. 300 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:37,480 Speaker 1: But I like a partially green banana, a banana that's 301 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:40,840 Speaker 1: hard to peel, just because you know, I like that starchy. 302 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:44,360 Speaker 1: That's the sugar mixed with the kind of the starchy 303 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:49,600 Speaker 1: vibe in the banana. An overly ripe banana, soft mushy, 304 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:53,840 Speaker 1: just and I'm like, no, no, nope, somebody pass pass 305 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:57,720 Speaker 1: on that a good green banana, not fully green. I'm 306 00:17:57,760 --> 00:18:02,359 Speaker 1: not weirdo, well, not in that way, but a good 307 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:07,280 Speaker 1: partially green banana is the perfect breakfast banana. Okay, let's 308 00:18:07,359 --> 00:18:12,560 Speaker 1: go back to the phones. Everybody really needed to hear that. Uh. 309 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:19,040 Speaker 1: Let's uh, let's talk to Lewis. Hey, Lewis, Welcome home. Hello, Hi, 310 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:22,360 Speaker 1: how you doing good? 311 00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:23,960 Speaker 2: How can I help you? My friend? 312 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:27,880 Speaker 5: Well, you know, I've been listening to you for quite 313 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:32,359 Speaker 5: a while, you know, and I'm raised in construction and 314 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:38,600 Speaker 5: I've you know, done several several facets of it. My 315 00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:41,600 Speaker 5: background initially is in plast dream and then I as 316 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:44,400 Speaker 5: I went to college, I worked for a general contractors 317 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:49,080 Speaker 5: because you know, I'm just curious. So anyway, what I 318 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:52,600 Speaker 5: thought might be interesting to talk about acrylic stuccos, and 319 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:57,960 Speaker 5: the usaysm uh and you know there is some definitely 320 00:18:58,000 --> 00:18:59,639 Speaker 5: really good points about that. 321 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:03,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, So now are you talking about an entire acrylic 322 00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:08,280 Speaker 1: stucco system or simply acrylic top coats for existing stucco homes. 323 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:12,040 Speaker 5: Oh, I say, here's the top coats. 324 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:13,000 Speaker 2: Okay. 325 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:18,640 Speaker 1: Acrylic stuccos are specialized stuccos. They have an elast americ 326 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:22,960 Speaker 1: quality to them, and so they're they're now they're more 327 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:27,240 Speaker 1: expensive than traditional stucco top coats for a house. But 328 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:31,160 Speaker 1: if if it's if it's something that you're looking at 329 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:33,440 Speaker 1: and can afford, and it's time to restuccle the home 330 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:38,080 Speaker 1: or refresh the home versus just your typical coat of paint, 331 00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:42,280 Speaker 1: and acrylic stucco finish gives you that refinish uh and 332 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:45,679 Speaker 1: in a way that the elast americ quality of it, 333 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:51,159 Speaker 1: the the the rubbery quality of the acrylic top coat 334 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:56,960 Speaker 1: is is really nice. In terms of bridging cracks. The 335 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:59,639 Speaker 1: stucco can crack, and quite often we're never going to 336 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:02,600 Speaker 1: see the crack because the top coat is bridging that, 337 00:20:03,119 --> 00:20:07,080 Speaker 1: and so it's a relatively crack free. It's not absolute guarantee, 338 00:20:07,119 --> 00:20:10,639 Speaker 1: but it's a relatively crack free. The color consistency it 339 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:15,040 Speaker 1: holds it that they have excellent UV resistance, So whatever 340 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:19,800 Speaker 1: color is picked, you're not repainting the house again. You're 341 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:24,560 Speaker 1: putting that color into the the acrylic top coat. It's 342 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:28,600 Speaker 1: got great weather resistance, it's got great fire resistance because 343 00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:33,240 Speaker 1: it is a considerably thicker layer. Uh, And so yeah, 344 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:36,080 Speaker 1: there are a lot of pluses to it, and as 345 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:38,320 Speaker 1: a result, a lot of people are looking at it 346 00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:43,520 Speaker 1: these days. The whole house system. If if you're completely 347 00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:45,760 Speaker 1: restuc going the house, or for some reason you've got 348 00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:48,960 Speaker 1: a strip stucco off a house down to bare studs. 349 00:20:49,560 --> 00:20:54,760 Speaker 1: Full acrylic systems these days are fascinating because instead of 350 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:58,399 Speaker 1: the stucco scratch coat and having to put wire lath 351 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:01,520 Speaker 1: on the house and having to do that, build up, 352 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:09,800 Speaker 1: solid rigid insulation panels can be fixed to the outside studs, 353 00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:13,600 Speaker 1: which adds another layer of insulation, another layer of sound insulation. 354 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:16,800 Speaker 1: And then on top of those insulation panels, you tape 355 00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:18,919 Speaker 1: the joints of the panels much like you would do 356 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:23,960 Speaker 1: tile work inside the house. And then an acrylic base coat, 357 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:27,760 Speaker 1: and then fiberglass mesh on top of that, and then 358 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:30,879 Speaker 1: an acrylic top coat, and these stucco systems, now, this 359 00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:33,040 Speaker 1: is what we would call kind of the new twenty 360 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:40,920 Speaker 1: first century stucco system, crack free, greater sound protection, less 361 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:42,919 Speaker 1: weight on the house, I mean, there's a lot of 362 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:46,120 Speaker 1: advantage to it, but most people who are listening would 363 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:51,199 Speaker 1: be considering it in terms of redoing or repainting the 364 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:53,440 Speaker 1: outside of the house. Should I put some acrylic top 365 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:55,880 Speaker 1: coat on, or if you want to change the stucco 366 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:58,720 Speaker 1: finish on your house from the rough thing that it 367 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:02,119 Speaker 1: is to something smooth or a different style. It's totally 368 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:06,040 Speaker 1: an option. It's absolutely totally a viable option, and everybody 369 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:10,240 Speaker 1: who's in that place with their house should look into it. 370 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:15,800 Speaker 5: You know. The most common way is, say, if you 371 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:19,080 Speaker 5: have a new construction and you you go with the 372 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:23,440 Speaker 5: typical last scratch and brown, they'll do a base coat 373 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:26,600 Speaker 5: with the mesh and the acrylic cement on top of 374 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:30,240 Speaker 5: that again, and that seems to be helped. It's no, 375 00:22:31,359 --> 00:22:36,320 Speaker 5: it's not guarantee of any cracking, but it cuts it 376 00:22:36,359 --> 00:22:38,520 Speaker 5: down I'd say at least by ninety five percent. 377 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:44,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, absolutely, yeah, And cracking is the biggest concern 378 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:46,159 Speaker 1: that most people have for their stucco finish on the 379 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:50,000 Speaker 1: outside of the house. And I gotta say these days especially, 380 00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:53,720 Speaker 1: we actually get more cracking in a lot of cases 381 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:55,679 Speaker 1: than we used to because. 382 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:58,080 Speaker 2: People rush it. Stucco contractors rush it. 383 00:22:58,160 --> 00:23:00,840 Speaker 1: You know, you gotta you put up you Typically you 384 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:03,560 Speaker 1: should be putting up the scratch coat and then letting 385 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:06,240 Speaker 1: it sit for days and days, and then the brown 386 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:09,040 Speaker 1: coat and letting it sit for days and days, and 387 00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:11,520 Speaker 1: then finally the top coat. But people want to come in, 388 00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:13,040 Speaker 1: they want to blow through a house, they want to 389 00:23:13,080 --> 00:23:15,080 Speaker 1: get the whole thing done in a weekend. And it 390 00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:20,320 Speaker 1: all looks fine at first, but as that concrete its material, 391 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:25,560 Speaker 1: the cementious material finds its own and cures, and there's 392 00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:30,080 Speaker 1: expansion and contraction, especially around the corners of doors and windows. 393 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:32,800 Speaker 1: Then all of a sudden we get spider cracking, and 394 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:35,280 Speaker 1: people complain about the fact that the hit is brand 395 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:38,159 Speaker 1: new stucco, why is it cracking. That's why we wait 396 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:41,639 Speaker 1: in between layers and put those coats on carefully. But 397 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:47,399 Speaker 1: you're absolutely right that the acrylic mesh and finish on 398 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:51,760 Speaker 1: top of that base system goes a long, long long 399 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:54,760 Speaker 1: way to reducing cracking, especially on a smooth coat finish 400 00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:57,959 Speaker 1: for a house, which is our biggest concern because spider 401 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:01,960 Speaker 1: cracks aren't necessarily easy to see in a rough sand 402 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:05,800 Speaker 1: coat and or you know, really rough coat stucco because 403 00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:08,920 Speaker 1: the texture hides them away. But a smooth coat stucco 404 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:13,000 Speaker 1: finish on a house, every little crack is very, very apparent. 405 00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:16,800 Speaker 1: So yeah, it's it's a good thing, Lewis. And it 406 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:20,399 Speaker 1: is of course more expensive than a typical finish. But 407 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:24,919 Speaker 1: the question is is that greater expent worth it in performance? 408 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:27,720 Speaker 1: I think so. I think it totally is, Lewis. Thanks 409 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:29,879 Speaker 1: for the call, Bud. All right, more of your calls 410 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:33,399 Speaker 1: when we return. You are home with Dean Sharp, the 411 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:36,760 Speaker 1: house Whisper. Dean Sharp, the house Whisper here to remind 412 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:40,199 Speaker 1: you every home deserves great design. Thanks for joining us 413 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:43,000 Speaker 1: on the program. It's an all calls Saturday morning. It's 414 00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:46,280 Speaker 1: time to go back to the phones. I want to 415 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:49,240 Speaker 1: talk to Tiger. Hey, Tiger, welcome home. 416 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:54,919 Speaker 4: Hiding. So I'm actually renting out this house out in 417 00:24:55,040 --> 00:25:00,320 Speaker 4: Huntington Beach, California. So my issue is to live room 418 00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:04,720 Speaker 4: has this really dark corner, and I believe I've done 419 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:08,040 Speaker 4: all the many of the usual suspects like setting up lights, 420 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:12,159 Speaker 4: furniture and whatnot, and that helped a lot, but it's 421 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:16,440 Speaker 4: still pretty dark, and especially during the day, it seems 422 00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:20,480 Speaker 4: a little depressing. What I noticed was when I when 423 00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:25,439 Speaker 4: I turn on the ceiling lights. It obviously it's right, 424 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:29,800 Speaker 4: but it almost looks better. So my question is, is 425 00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:34,320 Speaker 4: there a guideline to use LED lighting to supplement daylight 426 00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:35,560 Speaker 4: and situations like this? 427 00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:37,639 Speaker 3: Uh? 428 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:40,159 Speaker 1: Is there a guideline? Are you meaning, like you know, 429 00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:44,000 Speaker 1: keeping the Are there recess can lights in the in 430 00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:44,840 Speaker 1: in this room? 431 00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:46,600 Speaker 3: Yes? 432 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:49,080 Speaker 2: Okay? Uh? 433 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:54,040 Speaker 1: Well here's an idea. How close to this this is it? 434 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:59,200 Speaker 1: This dark corner is the nearest uh ceiling recess canlight? 435 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:03,480 Speaker 3: It's about three feet I would say. 436 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:08,560 Speaker 1: Okay, all right, so I know you're renting, but if 437 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:12,560 Speaker 1: it really bugs you, then you could you would consider 438 00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:14,560 Speaker 1: And how many recess can lights, by the way, are 439 00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:15,800 Speaker 1: there in the ceiling in here? 440 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:20,040 Speaker 4: There's four and I think there are maybe about eleven 441 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:22,080 Speaker 4: towelve feet apart, so like a square? 442 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:25,120 Speaker 2: How often do you use those can lights at night? 443 00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:31,119 Speaker 4: I don't use them at My fiance uses it, so 444 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:32,840 Speaker 4: I'll see pretty often. 445 00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:33,719 Speaker 2: Okay. 446 00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:38,200 Speaker 1: So I mean here's the thing. You know, it always 447 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:40,280 Speaker 1: feels a little awkward to have lights on during the 448 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:43,399 Speaker 1: day because it just feels like, you know, why should 449 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:46,720 Speaker 1: we have to do this? But you know you're renting, 450 00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:49,359 Speaker 1: you know I could so so here's the thing. Number 451 00:26:49,359 --> 00:26:53,439 Speaker 1: one for a living room. I hate using recess can 452 00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:56,920 Speaker 1: lights as general downlighting in the living room because it's 453 00:26:56,960 --> 00:26:58,960 Speaker 1: the worst kind of light. Yes, it adds light to 454 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:01,120 Speaker 1: the living room, but it's the worst kind of light. 455 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:06,080 Speaker 1: It washes everything out. It's direct overhead light. So I 456 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:09,960 Speaker 1: would prefer and do prefer to design into a living 457 00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:14,800 Speaker 1: room scenario opportunities for floor lamps to do the lighting, 458 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:19,240 Speaker 1: floor lamps, table lamps, whatever the case may be. You 459 00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:22,040 Speaker 1: can move them around. You can you know, create better 460 00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:25,880 Speaker 1: more romantic, just more pleasant lighting. And I don't mean 461 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:28,600 Speaker 1: like makeout lighting. I just mean romance as opposed to 462 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:32,359 Speaker 1: utility lighting, like warehouse lighting. Tina just grabbed my hand. 463 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:38,040 Speaker 1: She's like, oh, we can have romantic lighting. So so 464 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:42,240 Speaker 1: here's a thought, and it's a wacky thought, but here's 465 00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:45,920 Speaker 1: a thought. If you were to, you know, get on 466 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:51,200 Speaker 1: a little step ladder and take the three other led 467 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:54,560 Speaker 1: lights that are in this room that aren't near the 468 00:27:54,640 --> 00:28:00,200 Speaker 1: dark corner, and simply unscrew the bulb or disconnect them. 469 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:02,959 Speaker 1: In other words, you open up the trim and just 470 00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:06,000 Speaker 1: unplug them so that they don't turn on when you 471 00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:08,919 Speaker 1: throw the switch, but keep the one that's nearest the 472 00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:12,080 Speaker 1: dark corner connected so that the switch for this room 473 00:28:12,119 --> 00:28:18,119 Speaker 1: now is only lighting up that one light in the 474 00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:20,720 Speaker 1: corner or the one that's nearest to the corner. Now 475 00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:23,320 Speaker 1: you're going to supplement and just make a plan to 476 00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:26,760 Speaker 1: use area lighting for the living room at night and 477 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:30,520 Speaker 1: use lamps in their various forms in order to make 478 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:34,639 Speaker 1: better lighting at night. And then now it's a tiny investment, 479 00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:40,120 Speaker 1: but you take that one can that's left, that one 480 00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:44,320 Speaker 1: can light, take remove the trim, which you can just do. 481 00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:45,960 Speaker 1: You go up there, you can just pull the trim 482 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:48,200 Speaker 1: down that They come in two pieces. There's the housing 483 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:50,400 Speaker 1: that's embedded in the ceiling and then there's the trim. 484 00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:54,520 Speaker 1: Those trims are replaceable. There's a bunch of different trims 485 00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:57,360 Speaker 1: for that kind of a can light. And if you 486 00:28:57,400 --> 00:28:59,760 Speaker 1: were to take that trim down to your local lighting 487 00:28:59,760 --> 00:29:02,680 Speaker 1: stone or the big box center, you're looking for a 488 00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:07,280 Speaker 1: trim that fits the same scenario. You could for let's 489 00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:12,720 Speaker 1: say thirty forty dollars, purchase a gimbal trim gimbal meaning 490 00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:17,880 Speaker 1: a directional trim, okay, one that doesn't just go straight down, 491 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:22,200 Speaker 1: but one that can be pointed, and then put that 492 00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:24,880 Speaker 1: new gimbal trim in. I know it's money spent on 493 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:26,600 Speaker 1: a house, it is in yours, but it's then at 494 00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:31,040 Speaker 1: thirty forty bucks put that trim in and instead of 495 00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:35,120 Speaker 1: it just lighting the floor, you point that trim towards 496 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:40,400 Speaker 1: the dark corner the walls, and then turn that light 497 00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:42,800 Speaker 1: on and have it on during the day. Two things 498 00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:46,920 Speaker 1: happen here. One nobody necessarily picks up on the fact 499 00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:50,320 Speaker 1: that the light is on because it's pointed away from everybody, 500 00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:54,120 Speaker 1: and since it's pointed into the corner, you're not picking 501 00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:58,240 Speaker 1: up the actual glare of the light itself. And two, 502 00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:00,920 Speaker 1: the most important thing happens for the room, which is 503 00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:04,680 Speaker 1: not lighting the floor per se, but brightening the walls. 504 00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:08,880 Speaker 1: And so that would be something as wacky as I am, 505 00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:12,480 Speaker 1: that I would that I might try to manipulate, turn 506 00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:14,520 Speaker 1: off the rest of the lights, have that one on 507 00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:19,600 Speaker 1: and have it wash the walls. Either that or you 508 00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:23,280 Speaker 1: buy a floor lamp, a low lying floor lamp that's 509 00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:27,400 Speaker 1: designed to wash up on two walls, and have that 510 00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:29,640 Speaker 1: sitting at the base of those dark walls so that 511 00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:33,920 Speaker 1: those walls brighten up. It's a rental and so that's 512 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:38,080 Speaker 1: my that's my super weird creative idea about how you 513 00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:41,480 Speaker 1: can brighten up that corner without doing anything else that 514 00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:43,760 Speaker 1: you know that you're not allowed to do or that 515 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:45,200 Speaker 1: you wouldn't want to spend money doing. 516 00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:46,040 Speaker 2: How does that sound? 517 00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:52,160 Speaker 4: Yeah, that sounds great. One, What do you recommend, like 518 00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:55,480 Speaker 4: the maximum brightness? Is it go as bright as possible 519 00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:57,880 Speaker 4: or just find a good balance in between. 520 00:30:58,920 --> 00:30:59,800 Speaker 2: What I recommend? 521 00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:00,560 Speaker 3: That? Really? 522 00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:03,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, really really good question, because because the amount of 523 00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:06,000 Speaker 1: light in that corner is going to change throughout the day, 524 00:31:06,080 --> 00:31:08,920 Speaker 1: so and whenever you want to be in the room, 525 00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:11,560 Speaker 1: you might want to balance it out exactly. So what 526 00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:14,640 Speaker 1: I recommend is in addition to what I just recommended, 527 00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:17,080 Speaker 1: or whether you get an independent lamp at the foot 528 00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:19,440 Speaker 1: of the wall, or whether you do the down light 529 00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:21,680 Speaker 1: trick that I was saying. If you do the down 530 00:31:21,760 --> 00:31:26,880 Speaker 1: light trick, then you know, spend another fifteen dollars on 531 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:30,040 Speaker 1: a dimmer switch for that room, and then you can 532 00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:34,080 Speaker 1: control the intensity of that light or a dimmer cord 533 00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:36,400 Speaker 1: for a lamp that you might put in the bottom 534 00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:39,400 Speaker 1: so that you can adjust it to its proper intensity 535 00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:42,680 Speaker 1: depending on the time of day that it is lighting. 536 00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:45,600 Speaker 1: My friends, it's all theater and so you want as 537 00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:48,080 Speaker 1: much control over it as possible. We put in dimmer 538 00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:51,200 Speaker 1: switches on every lighting circuit that we ever design into 539 00:31:51,320 --> 00:31:56,160 Speaker 1: a house so that the homeowner has complete control over 540 00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:59,600 Speaker 1: the effect of the lights in the room day or night. Tiger, 541 00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:02,440 Speaker 1: thanks for your question, Bud, really appreciate it. Guess what 542 00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:05,720 Speaker 1: here we are at the end of another couple hours together. 543 00:32:06,520 --> 00:32:09,280 Speaker 1: It just flies by, does it not. We are back 544 00:32:09,320 --> 00:32:13,400 Speaker 1: here tomorrow morning, live from nine to noon for the 545 00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:16,800 Speaker 1: big show on Sunday. 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