1 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:34,600 Speaker 1: Well, the weekend's upon us. Welcome. You're at home with 2 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:37,479 Speaker 1: Gary Salivan taking it through another weekend. Thanks for joining 3 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:40,200 Speaker 1: me and our phone number if you'd like to grab 4 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 1: a line, it's eight hundred eight two three eight two 5 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:47,800 Speaker 1: five five. Feel free to get on board chat about 6 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:51,839 Speaker 1: your project. Don't forget the easy Breed ventilation system is 7 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:54,920 Speaker 1: on sale twenty percent off the entire month of January. 8 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 1: You'll get twenty percent off plus two free ministats with 9 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:05,760 Speaker 1: every purchase. We've been talking a lot about ventilation in 10 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:08,560 Speaker 1: our homes and how dog gone important it is, and 11 00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:11,679 Speaker 1: even in the attic when we you know, a lot 12 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:15,000 Speaker 1: of times we'll talk about insulation to save money, and well, 13 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:17,039 Speaker 1: I don't think we can ever quit talking about that. 14 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 1: Ventilate and insulate, Insulate and ventilate. That's the key. That 15 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 1: is the key to driving down fuel bills. That is 16 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:31,640 Speaker 1: the key for having a healthy home. So insulate, ventilate, 17 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 1: and quite honestly, we're talking a lot about that also 18 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 1: with crawl spaces. Now, ventilate and insulate. And you know, 19 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:46,240 Speaker 1: when you think about a cross space, I think it's 20 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 1: something like seventy percent of the pollutants that enter our home. 21 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:56,520 Speaker 1: Quite honestly originate in the basement or the cross space. 22 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 1: So when you put a ventilation exchange unit, it's exchanging 23 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 1: the air. It's not filtering the air. It's not just 24 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:08,520 Speaker 1: string up the air's pulling air out of your house. 25 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 1: And we're always bringing in air. We got leaks around 26 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 1: our doors and our windows, and we're in and out 27 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 1: of the house. We always have a fresh supply of air. 28 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 1: So but you got to get the old stuff out. 29 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:25,120 Speaker 1: You just can't stir it up. And you know, when 30 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:28,639 Speaker 1: I was talking about ventilating and having an andre On 31 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 1: who is an indoor air quality specialist, yesterday, it's really 32 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 1: interesting how he's talking about a stack effect. In other words, 33 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 1: the basement's always prime Suspect number one. Air is kind 34 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:46,080 Speaker 1: of heavier, it's damper, it's cooler, but it builds on it. 35 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:50,120 Speaker 1: It builds on it. If we're not ventilating that it 36 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 1: gets to the first floor, it gets to the second floor, 37 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:56,240 Speaker 1: it gets to the attic, and then maybe some of 38 00:02:56,280 --> 00:03:00,400 Speaker 1: it can escape. We use our bathroom fans, some of 39 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:03,399 Speaker 1: it can escape. We cook and use the fan there 40 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 1: that some of it escapes. And those are codes. But 41 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 1: the whole house ventilation, which is becoming critical is not 42 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 1: by code yet, so you may may I want to 43 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:22,079 Speaker 1: look into that. In fact, I periodically remind everybody. If 44 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 1: you can't physically do it, find somebody that can. But 45 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 1: get up in your attic. We had a call yesterday, 46 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 1: remember that Danty. There was raccoons in your attic, in 47 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:41,240 Speaker 1: mice and of course you know it wasn't a healthy 48 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 1: environment up there. They were living there. So that's the bedroom, 49 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 1: the bathroom and everything. And get up there, see what's 50 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 1: going on in your attic. Measure the thickness of your insulation. 51 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:59,120 Speaker 1: Make sure that the ventilation on the sides at the 52 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:02,119 Speaker 1: end of the roof, if you will the overhang, you'll 53 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 1: be able to see it from up there. Make sure 54 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:08,440 Speaker 1: it's not covered with insulation from when that would get 55 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 1: into the attic, because if that ventilation is blocked by 56 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:19,560 Speaker 1: whatever boxes you're storing up there or insulation, that's a 57 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 1: big no no. You might have the great, balanced, good 58 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:30,360 Speaker 1: ventilation system, but you got boxes on it and it's 59 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 1: impeding it, it's not working, and then you know if 60 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 1: you don't have enough insulation, of course, where you're just 61 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:42,520 Speaker 1: wasting money. Apartment of Energy assigns and our value for 62 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:48,159 Speaker 1: side walls and for attic floors. And I know in 63 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:50,600 Speaker 1: my area is like an R forty two, which is 64 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:56,040 Speaker 1: if you two and a half our value points, if 65 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:58,720 Speaker 1: you will per inch of thickness, do the math, you 66 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:02,360 Speaker 1: need about sixteen seven ten inches of insulation. If you're 67 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:07,599 Speaker 1: sitting there with ten, you're throwing money away. And you will. 68 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:13,280 Speaker 1: I guarantee you this. You will notice a difference. And 69 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:15,240 Speaker 1: I don't know what you keep your home at. I 70 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:22,919 Speaker 1: just looked at mine. Sixty seven degrees. That's chili, but 71 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:25,760 Speaker 1: it's not draft. That's where we purposely put it during 72 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:30,680 Speaker 1: the day. Some people say you're nuts. Other people might 73 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:34,040 Speaker 1: have seventy four, and people are saying to you, you're nuts. 74 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:37,520 Speaker 1: It doesn't matter. That's your choice. You put it whatever 75 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 1: you wanted at, but it's still costing you money. No 76 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 1: matter what you're heating into, whether it's sixty seven or 77 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:48,920 Speaker 1: whether it's seventy four. And you want to keep that 78 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:53,920 Speaker 1: heat that you paid for in the house. You don't 79 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 1: want to be in weeping outside around the doors or 80 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:02,640 Speaker 1: around the windows. You certainly don't want to be blocked 81 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:06,719 Speaker 1: because your register vents have a you know, a sofa 82 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:11,760 Speaker 1: over it. Or your air fielder is dirty and it's clogged. 83 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:16,080 Speaker 1: You want to pay for it and enjoy it and 84 00:06:16,279 --> 00:06:18,760 Speaker 1: keep it in the house the heat of air. Keep 85 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:21,599 Speaker 1: it in the house as long as you can. All right, 86 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:24,919 Speaker 1: Our phone number if you'd like to jump on board, 87 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 1: it's eight hundred eight two three eight two five five. 88 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:34,799 Speaker 1: We got a lot of toilet questions we were talking 89 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:37,479 Speaker 1: about today, and somebody asked, you know, a regular cleaner 90 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:41,120 Speaker 1: to get oh, not necessarily scratches, but we had that 91 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:44,680 Speaker 1: question two stains off porcelain. And I was talking about 92 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:47,839 Speaker 1: the barkeeper's friend, and then I spoke about a Jaws cleaner. 93 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:51,240 Speaker 1: I had a couple of emails already on that. It 94 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:54,640 Speaker 1: was a cream cleanser. Is what's called. It's Jaws Jaws 95 00:06:54,800 --> 00:07:00,680 Speaker 1: cleans dot com and it's the cream cleanser. You've heard 96 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:04,599 Speaker 1: me talk about Jaws products, but this is a it's 97 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 1: a little bit different than the rest of their line. 98 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:10,720 Speaker 1: Rest of the Jaws means just add water system. So 99 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:15,680 Speaker 1: it's a glass cleaner, grease cleaner, hardwood floor cleaner. You 100 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:18,560 Speaker 1: literally fill the bottle up when you're when you're finished 101 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:21,320 Speaker 1: it with water and you put this little cartridge in 102 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:24,360 Speaker 1: the neck it's about the size of royal quarters and 103 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 1: you put the spray head back in and you're good 104 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 1: to go. And this is not functions like that to 105 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 1: cream cleanser. It is a liquid, has a little bit 106 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:43,240 Speaker 1: of an abrasive, but it is wonderful for cleaning porcelain, 107 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:47,320 Speaker 1: porcelain sink stain, the steel sinks. And I think one 108 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:50,640 Speaker 1: of the things I mentioned is getting a burnt food 109 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 1: off a glass range top like a halogen burners, and 110 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:00,280 Speaker 1: that's a problem with a lot of stovetops on not 111 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:03,960 Speaker 1: just saying a glass type, but anything like that. Burnfood 112 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:07,920 Speaker 1: Boy does a really good job of cleaning, that's for sure. 113 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:14,040 Speaker 1: And when we were talking about saving energy dollars, something 114 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:16,840 Speaker 1: we haven't talked about a while, and we've had, or 115 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:20,320 Speaker 1: I have in our area, we've had some cold days. 116 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:24,600 Speaker 1: December was pretty dog on cold. January has been pretty 117 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:30,320 Speaker 1: dog on warm. But if you've got older windows, I 118 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:32,880 Speaker 1: always bring this up because I still think it's one 119 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:38,000 Speaker 1: of the most underused and people don't know about this product. 120 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:43,840 Speaker 1: It's called stop Draft. There's probably other products that have 121 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 1: a name similar to that that are out on the market, 122 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:53,760 Speaker 1: but this product is designed to calck your windows. Closed, 123 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:56,679 Speaker 1: but it's a double hung. You've got a seam at 124 00:08:56,720 --> 00:09:00,240 Speaker 1: the top where they lock. You got the sides. This 125 00:09:00,320 --> 00:09:05,640 Speaker 1: is a clear calcking that is removable, so you eliminate 126 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:09,120 Speaker 1: the draft. And if you want to eliminate the draft 127 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:15,000 Speaker 1: with the stop draft and then put plastic on the windows, bingo, bingo, 128 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:19,480 Speaker 1: you'll save You'll first you'll eliminate probably a pretty bad 129 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 1: draft if it's older windows, and you'll be saving money. 130 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 1: And then come spring, you take the plastic off and 131 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:32,120 Speaker 1: you literally pick at the top of them, of the calking, 132 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 1: and it pulls right off, almost pulls off like tape. 133 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:41,440 Speaker 1: So that can be a pretty good energy saving tip 134 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:44,280 Speaker 1: if you want to give that a try. If you 135 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 1: have old windows, if you have windows where you can 136 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:52,040 Speaker 1: hear them rattle, they're not energy efficient. Okay, so uh 137 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:54,679 Speaker 1: that's a tip. That's a call for a little bit 138 00:09:54,679 --> 00:09:56,400 Speaker 1: of help. All right, let me give you the phone 139 00:09:56,480 --> 00:09:58,679 Speaker 1: number one more time. We'll come back and take some calls. 140 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 1: It's eight hundred A two three A two five five. 141 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:04,920 Speaker 1: You're at home with Gary Sullivan. 142 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:08,360 Speaker 2: Help for your home is just a click away at 143 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 2: Garysullivan online dot com. This is at Home with Gary Sullivan. 144 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:32,480 Speaker 1: Recently, I visited the Dollar Pump Company in Louisville. 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Go ahead, there's a line open 183 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:48,840 Speaker 1: if you want to grab it. 184 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:54,079 Speaker 3: Eric, Welcome, Thank you, thanks for having me. So I'm 185 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:56,600 Speaker 3: going to be building the house out of some shipping 186 00:12:56,600 --> 00:13:01,000 Speaker 3: containers and I've already decided I'm doing spray foam to insulate. 187 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 3: And I saw something where there was a concern for 188 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:09,679 Speaker 3: condensation building up and it was suggested to put the 189 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:13,760 Speaker 3: foam on the outside of the container. And I was 190 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:15,439 Speaker 3: just wanting to get your input on that. 191 00:13:16,280 --> 00:13:20,840 Speaker 1: We did they talk to you about whether it's closed 192 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:24,920 Speaker 1: cell phone or or open cell phone, because there's two 193 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:28,360 Speaker 1: types of pham and and you would want to use 194 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:33,319 Speaker 1: a closed cell phone. So being a container, it's steel, 195 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:38,920 Speaker 1: it's subject to condensation. So what they're telling you is 196 00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:41,640 Speaker 1: if you did it on the outside, and sometimes that's 197 00:13:41,679 --> 00:13:46,400 Speaker 1: not practical, if you did it on the outside, uh, 198 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:51,079 Speaker 1: and you did your closed cell you know that that 199 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:53,520 Speaker 1: would be fine. It'd be like putting a huggy over 200 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:57,400 Speaker 1: a glass ice water on a hot summer day, right, 201 00:13:57,480 --> 00:14:00,800 Speaker 1: It's not gonna sweat anything, makes sense, And so that's 202 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:04,080 Speaker 1: why they're suggesting that. But yeah, one thing you don't 203 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:07,040 Speaker 1: want to use and I've seen people do that and 204 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:10,240 Speaker 1: it's a Mays steak. It's a big mistake, as they'll 205 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:13,640 Speaker 1: use fiberglass and they'll put it on the inside and 206 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:19,840 Speaker 1: it'll get moldy because those containers obviously are pretty water 207 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:22,880 Speaker 1: tight if it's a good container. Especially a lot of 208 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:26,920 Speaker 1: people get one time containers where it's it's not old 209 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:31,080 Speaker 1: at all, and you know, I mean, that thing will 210 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:34,080 Speaker 1: sweat like crazy and then you'll have a mold issue. 211 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:36,560 Speaker 1: So I agree, using a close cell phone on the 212 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:37,760 Speaker 1: outside to be fine. 213 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:40,480 Speaker 3: Sounds great. Thank you very much. 214 00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:44,600 Speaker 1: All right, you're welcome, Thank you, take care and other things. 215 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:48,440 Speaker 1: With container homes, you know, those things are becoming really popular. 216 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 1: I saw my first container home. I bet it was 217 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:56,160 Speaker 1: fifteen years ago. They've probably been around much longer than 218 00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:58,360 Speaker 1: that in different parts of the country. But I went 219 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:01,280 Speaker 1: and looked at one at a and a home show, 220 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:07,960 Speaker 1: and you know, people would make they'd make jokes about 221 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:11,120 Speaker 1: a container home. But if you see containers' homes, you 222 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:16,480 Speaker 1: can use three or four containers, and they're not always cheaper, 223 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:19,400 Speaker 1: but you know, they're kind of tiny homes. But if 224 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:21,520 Speaker 1: you use three of them, you can get a decent 225 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:29,360 Speaker 1: sized container. Home and very very energy efficient, so much so. 226 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:33,240 Speaker 1: Is one of the things you do not want is 227 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:40,840 Speaker 1: short in that building process is ventilation and co detectors 228 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:47,280 Speaker 1: and small and smoke alarms. Those three insulation, that's four 229 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:55,520 Speaker 1: now are must. All right, let's go to Matt. Matt welcome, Hey. 230 00:15:55,360 --> 00:16:00,120 Speaker 4: Garry, thanks for taking my call. I love your show. Well, 231 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:08,480 Speaker 4: my wife is blaming fresh mushrooms for the smell in her refrigerator. 232 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:11,360 Speaker 4: Now she's cleaned it all out, wiped it all down, 233 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:15,160 Speaker 4: but she says it still has a rotten smell. 234 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:20,800 Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know. I don't know if 235 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:26,040 Speaker 1: mushrooms really smell. I don't think so either, But it 236 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:29,120 Speaker 1: is a fungus. I mean, mushrooms are a fungus, so 237 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:32,600 Speaker 1: I guess they could. I don't know that much about mushrooms. 238 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:37,000 Speaker 1: I guess I have mushrooms in my refrigerator all the time, 239 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:41,600 Speaker 1: and I know if you store them in a paper bag, 240 00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:47,760 Speaker 1: and i've they'll last a long time. They will, you know, 241 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:52,040 Speaker 1: it'll absorb the moisture of the bag. I've also even 242 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:55,240 Speaker 1: in little plastic sandwich bags. They don't last as long 243 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:58,480 Speaker 1: as they would in a paper bag. But I've never 244 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:04,000 Speaker 1: had the problem, I would. Can you smell them at all? 245 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:11,879 Speaker 4: No? I can't. Yeah, but it's driving her or not. 246 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:15,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, And I'm not making fun of anybody. I'm just 247 00:17:15,320 --> 00:17:20,560 Speaker 1: telling you are we're wired differently. I mean some people 248 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:27,240 Speaker 1: can detect things immediately and other people h telling the 249 00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:29,680 Speaker 1: story when in a multi basement one time and there 250 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:32,240 Speaker 1: was like eight of us and I thought five of 251 00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:36,399 Speaker 1: us were going to die on the spot. So and 252 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:38,280 Speaker 1: the other three are looking like, what do you look? 253 00:17:38,359 --> 00:17:43,720 Speaker 1: What do you What's going on? So? I guess have 254 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:48,040 Speaker 1: you guys been traveling or anything or had power off 255 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:52,879 Speaker 1: in the house? Okay, all right, because what happens sometimes 256 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:56,520 Speaker 1: is when you travel and there gets to be a 257 00:17:56,560 --> 00:18:00,879 Speaker 1: power outage and something spoils in a refrigerator and it 258 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 1: leaches into Okay, all right, So I mean I can 259 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:08,080 Speaker 1: give you some ideas to get rid of the smell. 260 00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:10,639 Speaker 1: I mean I would. I do always have a box 261 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:15,359 Speaker 1: that like baking so to open in the refrigerator where 262 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:20,119 Speaker 1: that would absorbed smells activated charcoal. All else fails. You 263 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:25,119 Speaker 1: hear me talk about the odor eliminator. Yeah, yeah, and 264 00:18:25,320 --> 00:18:29,439 Speaker 1: that works real good too, But yeah, I don't know 265 00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:31,720 Speaker 1: as she smells it she smells it. She's not making 266 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:32,400 Speaker 1: it up, but. 267 00:18:33,320 --> 00:18:39,840 Speaker 4: Yeah, she's yeah. So she makes me throw out perfectly good, 268 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:42,800 Speaker 4: good mushrooms. I'm like, well, I ate them yesterday. They 269 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:43,720 Speaker 4: were fine. 270 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:48,160 Speaker 1: I have had a spoil, you know, forgot they were 271 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 1: in there. But they the only reason I found them 272 00:18:53,119 --> 00:18:55,960 Speaker 1: is I going to use them, and I was digging 273 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:58,800 Speaker 1: and I can't use these because they were mushy. But 274 00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:01,720 Speaker 1: they had no odor. I mean I didn't. I didn't 275 00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:04,880 Speaker 1: smell any odor. So maybe it could have been something 276 00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:09,760 Speaker 1: else that you know is causing that odor. So maybe 277 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:13,480 Speaker 1: UH as the eliminator and that would eliminate the odor. 278 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:18,080 Speaker 1: Or baking soda will also help with control odors in 279 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:19,000 Speaker 1: a refrigerator. 280 00:19:20,280 --> 00:19:22,720 Speaker 4: I think we'll try the baking soda first and then 281 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:23,480 Speaker 4: I'll go from there. 282 00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:27,360 Speaker 1: Very good. Thank you much appreciate the call. 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Maintenance is so violently important and just 331 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:57,200 Speaker 1: knowing what's going on in the environment of your home. 332 00:22:57,280 --> 00:23:02,359 Speaker 1: I talk about weather a lot because other effects, different 333 00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:06,560 Speaker 1: things that happen around the home. You notice today, And 334 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:09,800 Speaker 1: if you know what we discussed today and look at 335 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:13,159 Speaker 1: a weather map, you would say it's cold out. I 336 00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:15,360 Speaker 1: don't know why, but we talk a lot of plumbing 337 00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:20,320 Speaker 1: and toilets. When it's cold out. Water ears. But another 338 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:22,720 Speaker 1: thing that's taken place in your home, and I don't 339 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:25,520 Speaker 1: know if you checked this today or pay any attention 340 00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:28,600 Speaker 1: to it, or found your home wasn't as comfortable as 341 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:33,800 Speaker 1: it was. I told you where we put our thermostat, 342 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:37,440 Speaker 1: and other people would put their thermostats, you know, a 343 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:41,160 Speaker 1: little higher maybe, but if you have the proper humidity 344 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:45,080 Speaker 1: in your home, you can live with maybe a little 345 00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:50,119 Speaker 1: lower temperature. You'd be more comfortable. If you got twenty 346 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:53,160 Speaker 1: percent humidity in your home and you're heating at seventy four. 347 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:55,679 Speaker 1: I would venture to guess that you could heat it 348 00:23:55,720 --> 00:23:59,040 Speaker 1: at seventy if you hit thirty five percent humidity in 349 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:02,920 Speaker 1: your home. But you can also see what's going on 350 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:07,960 Speaker 1: in your home and kind of be a pretty good 351 00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:12,560 Speaker 1: gauge on where the humidity level in your home is. 352 00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:14,800 Speaker 1: I mean, it's drier in the winter. We all know that. 353 00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:19,399 Speaker 1: Talk about chapped cheeks and lips, and you know it's cold, 354 00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:22,640 Speaker 1: and it's there's not an abundance of moisture in the air, 355 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:27,560 Speaker 1: and once it gets below forty percent, your skin doesn't 356 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:31,600 Speaker 1: necessarily like it. But inside our homes, we don't want 357 00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:34,480 Speaker 1: it at fifty percent of humidity in a winter or 358 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:39,719 Speaker 1: the windows will be sweating. So usually in a home 359 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:43,919 Speaker 1: with humidification, you're gonna be and you want to be 360 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:48,760 Speaker 1: around thirty five percent in the wintertime. If you're living 361 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:55,639 Speaker 1: in a home any humidification or the humidity inside your 362 00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:58,920 Speaker 1: home is twenty twenty five percent and there is no 363 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:04,159 Speaker 1: mechanical humidification inside your home, you're going to notice things. 364 00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:07,159 Speaker 1: And one of the things you're going to because it's dry, 365 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:11,480 Speaker 1: and what do we have a lot of in our 366 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:17,959 Speaker 1: homes wood And when that air gets dry over a 367 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:22,000 Speaker 1: period of time, our building materials in our home, our 368 00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:30,040 Speaker 1: wood gets dry, drywall maybe dry. Maybe we got some 369 00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:32,479 Speaker 1: tugging on our ceilings. You never think about that, but 370 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:35,959 Speaker 1: we probably do. If your attic is insulating, it's got 371 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:39,920 Speaker 1: a warm blanket. But then we got some exposed trusses, 372 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:42,919 Speaker 1: there's gets to be a battle of tugging and pulling. 373 00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:46,600 Speaker 1: So if you got some crown molding, you may start 374 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:49,919 Speaker 1: seeing gaps between the crown molding and the ceiling when 375 00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:55,439 Speaker 1: it's real dry and cold, or maybe your baseboards, or 376 00:25:55,520 --> 00:26:01,800 Speaker 1: maybe just the dry wall itself in the ceiling. But 377 00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:05,920 Speaker 1: if you start having those gaps, now's the time of 378 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:12,680 Speaker 1: the year to make that repair. So again, usually this 379 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:18,679 Speaker 1: becomes evident when you have a crown molding against a 380 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:24,119 Speaker 1: ceiling and you can just you'll just see the paint 381 00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:29,520 Speaker 1: film or that gap that was a about as thick 382 00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:33,920 Speaker 1: as your fingernail is now you know, five times at 383 00:26:36,359 --> 00:26:40,560 Speaker 1: and it's easy enough to do. I mean, there's there's 384 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:46,639 Speaker 1: no uh big mystery on how you're gonna fill it. 385 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:52,280 Speaker 1: You're not gonna fill with a patching compound. It's too 386 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:57,919 Speaker 1: thick to or open or the crevices too wide to 387 00:26:57,960 --> 00:27:02,160 Speaker 1: fill it with paint. And really what you should use 388 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:05,440 Speaker 1: now And I say now is the time actually now 389 00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:10,480 Speaker 1: through the next month and a half is the perfect time. 390 00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:14,119 Speaker 1: If you live in a cold weather climate especially, this 391 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:18,960 Speaker 1: probably is not a problem in Florida. It's probably got 392 00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:22,280 Speaker 1: plenty of humidity. But if you're up in Boston, this 393 00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:27,760 Speaker 1: very well could be a problem or Montana. So if 394 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:30,080 Speaker 1: you have that gap, what you want is you want 395 00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:34,879 Speaker 1: something that would be paintable. You want something that would 396 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:44,399 Speaker 1: be has good adhesion, has good flexibility, because the same 397 00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:48,679 Speaker 1: thing's going to go through the process next year. And 398 00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:52,960 Speaker 1: I'm not saying once you fix that, you'll never have 399 00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:55,080 Speaker 1: that problem again, That's not what I'm saying at all. 400 00:27:56,600 --> 00:28:00,600 Speaker 1: So what you're looking for is an acrylic water base 401 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:09,600 Speaker 1: calking that is siliconized pure silicone has good flexibility, but 402 00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:12,280 Speaker 1: you can't paint it, so when you want it to 403 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:17,199 Speaker 1: be paintable too, So I would clock it with a 404 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:23,000 Speaker 1: an acrylic siliconized clocking. And you know, if you've got 405 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:26,000 Speaker 1: white ceilings and you got white calking and it's just 406 00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:29,840 Speaker 1: a small bead, you're probably not going to run in 407 00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:33,080 Speaker 1: any problems anyway. You're probably not gonna have to paint it. 408 00:28:34,119 --> 00:28:38,160 Speaker 1: But if you have to paint it, it's paintable. And 409 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:41,640 Speaker 1: like I said, right now, over the next couple of 410 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:44,840 Speaker 1: months is a great time to tackle that project, all right. 411 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:47,600 Speaker 1: Our phone numbers eight hundred eight two three eight two 412 00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:49,560 Speaker 1: five five you can grab a line, Tom. 413 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:54,840 Speaker 6: Welcome Hello Gary. Yes, sir, oh, here are some big 414 00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:57,920 Speaker 6: energy saving tips. So I'd say if your house is 415 00:28:57,960 --> 00:28:59,880 Speaker 6: ever twenty years old, you should go out there with 416 00:28:59,880 --> 00:29:04,600 Speaker 6: a flashlight and look at your stop event, especially if 417 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:08,120 Speaker 6: you've got the little square rectangular ones. They get clogged 418 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:13,680 Speaker 6: up really easy. Another thing that's really easy to save 419 00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:16,280 Speaker 6: on is put a hot water heater blanket around your 420 00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:17,080 Speaker 6: hot water tank. 421 00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:18,120 Speaker 1: Yeah. 422 00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:20,640 Speaker 6: Also, you know kind. 423 00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:23,240 Speaker 1: Of got away from that. To be honest with you, Tom, 424 00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:27,840 Speaker 1: I think with some of your newer tanks, I think 425 00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:30,320 Speaker 1: they're pretty I mean, you can use them. I don't 426 00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:33,040 Speaker 1: think you're gonna hurt anything. But I don't know. Some 427 00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:36,720 Speaker 1: of the gas ones now with the energy star rating 428 00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:40,560 Speaker 1: are pretty dog on good. I wonder if that tip 429 00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:42,600 Speaker 1: still holds well. 430 00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:45,240 Speaker 6: I got a hot water heater. It cost me fifteen 431 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:48,360 Speaker 6: and I put a blanket around it anyway, and I 432 00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:50,360 Speaker 6: still put my hand behind it and you can feel 433 00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:51,000 Speaker 6: the heat different. 434 00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:53,360 Speaker 1: I'm to look into that and see if I can 435 00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:55,680 Speaker 1: get some date on that I have. I used to 436 00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:58,400 Speaker 1: talk about that all the time, and I haven't really 437 00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:02,320 Speaker 1: talked about it lately, so appreciate your input on that. 438 00:30:03,320 --> 00:30:06,560 Speaker 6: It's like adding insulation your attic. It's just another layer. 439 00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:13,360 Speaker 6: It's pretty cheap energy costs going through the roof. Another 440 00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:15,600 Speaker 6: thing to look at is if you've got soft events 441 00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:18,880 Speaker 6: and a gable ridge vent, you need to close off 442 00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:22,600 Speaker 6: your gable end vents as rectangular ones on your peaks. 443 00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:27,480 Speaker 6: Uh huh. That causes more air to be drawn in 444 00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:28,840 Speaker 6: through the bottom soppets. 445 00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:32,800 Speaker 1: Well, yeah, I'm sure you've heard me say how many 446 00:30:32,880 --> 00:30:38,440 Speaker 1: roofs are improperly ventilated, And that's the number one cause yeah, 447 00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:40,960 Speaker 1: often you know that that if you've got a ridge 448 00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:44,720 Speaker 1: vent and you got gable vents, even in the heat 449 00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:47,600 Speaker 1: of the summer, it's pulling that air right through that 450 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:49,960 Speaker 1: gable right up to the ridge vent, and you're not 451 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:54,000 Speaker 1: getting that lift of the real hot air out through 452 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:58,320 Speaker 1: the ridge vent, which is like a chimney effect. 453 00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:01,320 Speaker 6: When I'm driving around different town areas around town, I 454 00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:03,600 Speaker 6: notice a lot of people have power vents and they 455 00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:07,520 Speaker 6: have the shoe box vents right next to all and stop. Yeah, 456 00:31:07,560 --> 00:31:10,640 Speaker 6: and you're not the mixed different vents. 457 00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:14,800 Speaker 1: Well, like I said, seventy some percent the last article 458 00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:19,920 Speaker 1: I read improperly ventilated homes, and you're naming all the 459 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:23,600 Speaker 1: number one and number two and number three culprits. 460 00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:26,920 Speaker 6: Yeah. I'm still a big fan of the hot water 461 00:31:27,040 --> 00:31:30,840 Speaker 6: heater timer that recirculates your water so you're not wasting 462 00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:33,440 Speaker 6: gallons and gallons waiting for your water to get to 463 00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:34,120 Speaker 6: the faucet. 464 00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:37,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, my weighted on mine for a minute before I 465 00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:41,520 Speaker 1: had one. It took a minute to get hot water 466 00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:42,720 Speaker 1: to the shower in the morning. 467 00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:47,120 Speaker 6: Hey, you're wasting water to replace the water you're taken out, 468 00:31:47,160 --> 00:31:49,200 Speaker 6: and then finally you got to reheat all that water 469 00:31:49,280 --> 00:31:51,920 Speaker 6: you just took out unnecessarily. 470 00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:54,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, well, thanks Tom. I do want to add something 471 00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:57,960 Speaker 1: to that too, on that recirculating one, if you are 472 00:31:58,040 --> 00:32:00,680 Speaker 1: what Tom says is very correct. I kind of forgot 473 00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:04,160 Speaker 1: about that. Also, we've talked about yesterday, I talked about 474 00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:06,680 Speaker 1: the start of my fortieth year doing the show, And 475 00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:10,080 Speaker 1: over the years we get on tangents that maybe go 476 00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:12,560 Speaker 1: for five or ten years, and then we don't talk 477 00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:15,440 Speaker 1: about it anymore. I don't know why. It just like 478 00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:18,800 Speaker 1: whether it's an interest thing or whether I just forget 479 00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:20,600 Speaker 1: to talk about it. But I think it's an interest thing. 480 00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:24,760 Speaker 1: But if I love that, Tom calls up and throws 481 00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:26,880 Speaker 1: these tips out every now and then because it jogs 482 00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:31,080 Speaker 1: my memory. So if you to explain what he's saying about. 483 00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:32,920 Speaker 1: If you get up in the morning, you turn a 484 00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:36,720 Speaker 1: shower on and it's ice cold, and you're standing there, 485 00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:40,200 Speaker 1: and you're standing there, and you're standing there, and it 486 00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:44,280 Speaker 1: takes a minute for that water warm up. It's a 487 00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:51,959 Speaker 1: couple of gallons of water, and plus you're standing there, 488 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,120 Speaker 1: and that's not real comfortable. You want that shower to 489 00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:56,320 Speaker 1: be warm. There's a time really goes on top of 490 00:32:56,360 --> 00:33:00,960 Speaker 1: your water here that recirculates that water, and you can 491 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:02,920 Speaker 1: set it like you know, I don't know morning showers, 492 00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:06,000 Speaker 1: what six am to eight am, And you turn that 493 00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:09,000 Speaker 1: timer to do that, and you'll go to that shower 494 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:11,600 Speaker 1: and you'll turn it on and bingo, you have hot water. 495 00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:17,600 Speaker 1: You might wait two seconds. If that it's pretty slick, 496 00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:23,840 Speaker 1: it'll go underneath the underneath like a vanity that's right 497 00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:26,800 Speaker 1: next to the shower. The other part of it, the mixing, 498 00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:30,520 Speaker 1: and ask your plumber about it, or maybe it's something 499 00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:35,000 Speaker 1: you'd feel comfortable in stalling. Probably the biggest or one 500 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:41,400 Speaker 1: of the largest manufacturers, Grunfro g r U n FO. 501 00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:44,320 Speaker 1: But that's a nice little I'll call it a little 502 00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:46,560 Speaker 1: bit of a luxury. It does save you a little 503 00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:51,880 Speaker 1: something something on water and also heating the water recirculating. 504 00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:54,640 Speaker 1: There might be a little waste on the heating of 505 00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:57,280 Speaker 1: the water because you're pulling cold back in. But whatever, 506 00:33:58,080 --> 00:34:01,239 Speaker 1: I call it a little bit of a luxury and 507 00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:04,640 Speaker 1: enjoy mine. 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You know, we always gather stuff, 554 00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:09,800 Speaker 1: and as we gather stuff, we should eliminate stuff I have. 555 00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:14,080 Speaker 1: We're on that deal right now. I mean, the grandkids 556 00:37:14,120 --> 00:37:19,200 Speaker 1: have past all the little toy tyke fun things that 557 00:37:19,239 --> 00:37:23,640 Speaker 1: we used to have in the basement. So just just eliminating, 558 00:37:23,760 --> 00:37:27,799 Speaker 1: just eliminating donating this one's a keeper, and this one 559 00:37:27,840 --> 00:37:32,560 Speaker 1: we donate, and this one we trash and looking for storage, 560 00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:36,120 Speaker 1: looking for more room in our homes. That's as your 561 00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:41,480 Speaker 1: family grows or shrinks. It's a constant change, and so 562 00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:45,040 Speaker 1: should our contents should be a change. All right, let's 563 00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:54,560 Speaker 1: get to Bob Bob Welcome. Hey, Bob, Oh Bob Bob 564 00:37:54,600 --> 00:37:59,759 Speaker 1: Bob Bob doesn't sound like Bob's there. We'll try Mark, 565 00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:03,920 Speaker 1: Mark Welcome, Hi Gary. 566 00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:05,920 Speaker 7: I get your show on a two hour delay. Some 567 00:38:06,239 --> 00:38:09,000 Speaker 7: just now here in the caddle about the American Standard 568 00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:13,200 Speaker 7: Champion toilet. I called about this several months ago, and 569 00:38:13,680 --> 00:38:16,719 Speaker 7: my experience, I was having the same problem with the 570 00:38:16,719 --> 00:38:21,000 Speaker 7: phantom flushes. But when I called, they sent me out 571 00:38:21,040 --> 00:38:24,399 Speaker 7: a whole new flush valve, and when I replaced it, 572 00:38:24,719 --> 00:38:26,080 Speaker 7: I haven't had the problems. 573 00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:27,239 Speaker 1: Well, super. 574 00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:30,640 Speaker 7: I had a dickens of a time getting the old 575 00:38:30,680 --> 00:38:34,520 Speaker 7: one out because our plumber didn't have the threads lined 576 00:38:34,640 --> 00:38:37,719 Speaker 7: up quite right. I had trouble with that, But once 577 00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:41,040 Speaker 7: I got the old one off, it wasn't too bad 578 00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:44,839 Speaker 7: getting the new one on and it's been fine since then. 579 00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:48,759 Speaker 1: Great, great, Yeah, I didn't know they were to that 580 00:38:48,840 --> 00:38:52,560 Speaker 1: point of replacing the entire flush valve. I know for 581 00:38:52,600 --> 00:38:57,160 Speaker 1: a long time they would replace that washer the blue one. 582 00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:00,480 Speaker 1: But that's good to know. I really appre shot your 583 00:39:00,520 --> 00:39:00,960 Speaker 1: calling it. 584 00:39:02,520 --> 00:39:05,400 Speaker 7: Yeah, just have a receipt with the number on it 585 00:39:05,480 --> 00:39:07,560 Speaker 7: and they should take care of it. 586 00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:11,680 Speaker 1: Yeah. Well that's another reason that I was making, uh, 587 00:39:12,120 --> 00:39:14,560 Speaker 1: you know, different things for the show right before New 588 00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:18,440 Speaker 1: Year's and so you know, that was one of my 589 00:39:19,040 --> 00:39:21,319 Speaker 1: on the list. We need to do this. We need 590 00:39:21,360 --> 00:39:27,120 Speaker 1: to keep receipts. And because you can save yourself some 591 00:39:27,239 --> 00:39:30,360 Speaker 1: money if you keep good files, there's to always be 592 00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:35,320 Speaker 1: a real stickler for keeping manuals. They've some some manufacturers 593 00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:39,400 Speaker 1: have started putting QR codes on appliances and things that 594 00:39:39,520 --> 00:39:41,960 Speaker 1: you can get the manual real quick now on your phone. 595 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:47,319 Speaker 1: But manuals, receipts, those are critical to uh, you know, 596 00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:50,400 Speaker 1: to getting the manufacturer to take care of the product 597 00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:51,040 Speaker 1: they created. 598 00:39:52,440 --> 00:39:55,040 Speaker 7: Yes, because most of the companies I've dealt with are 599 00:39:55,080 --> 00:39:56,160 Speaker 7: really good about that. 600 00:39:56,480 --> 00:39:58,279 Speaker 1: Absolutely, I'm going that's another one. 601 00:39:58,360 --> 00:40:02,359 Speaker 7: I called them about it problem and I didn't have 602 00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:06,359 Speaker 7: the information about the model number. They already had it. 603 00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:08,439 Speaker 1: Apparently, Oh wow. 604 00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:13,279 Speaker 7: Yeah, and they knew what model number we had and everything. 605 00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:18,319 Speaker 1: That's nice. That's nice, very good. Thank you much, Mark. 606 00:40:18,360 --> 00:40:21,120 Speaker 1: I appreciate for the update. I really do. Thank you. 607 00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:26,480 Speaker 1: All right, And yeah, we were talking about the American Standard. 608 00:40:26,960 --> 00:40:29,440 Speaker 1: I think it's a Champion toilet. They kind of have 609 00:40:29,520 --> 00:40:34,120 Speaker 1: flush issues with the mechanism and the washer needs to 610 00:40:34,160 --> 00:40:37,040 Speaker 1: be replaced. I had all that, I said, asked him 611 00:40:37,080 --> 00:40:40,000 Speaker 1: to call American Standard. I don't think they're going to 612 00:40:40,040 --> 00:40:42,960 Speaker 1: replace your toilet. They'll replace that washer, but it'll be 613 00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:45,759 Speaker 1: an ongoing thing. Now it sounds like they're replacing the 614 00:40:46,440 --> 00:40:49,600 Speaker 1: flush velvet itself, so that that's good. And he seemed 615 00:40:49,680 --> 00:40:54,720 Speaker 1: very happy that he had taken care of his particular problem. 616 00:40:54,880 --> 00:40:59,279 Speaker 1: So Ray, Ray, that's all good. That's all good. So 617 00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:04,760 Speaker 1: as I was talking just about the storage and downsizing, 618 00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:09,680 Speaker 1: you know, the contents of our house important, but also 619 00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:13,880 Speaker 1: where you're storing it important. Not up in the attic. 620 00:41:14,320 --> 00:41:19,480 Speaker 1: I've mentioned that several times, and I ask you really 621 00:41:19,719 --> 00:41:23,759 Speaker 1: not to do that, especially Christmas decorations. They're terrible in 622 00:41:23,800 --> 00:41:29,080 Speaker 1: the attic. Attic temperatures one and thirty and forty because 623 00:41:29,160 --> 00:41:32,680 Speaker 1: wires are not designed to endure that type of heat. 624 00:41:34,680 --> 00:41:37,840 Speaker 1: Also getting up in the attic, I mean it's a 625 00:41:37,840 --> 00:41:42,320 Speaker 1: great place to hide stuff. But you know, in between 626 00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:47,480 Speaker 1: the the rafters, the joyst and all that drywall, and 627 00:41:47,680 --> 00:41:52,920 Speaker 1: accidents happen, and it's just not a place in the 628 00:41:52,960 --> 00:41:56,880 Speaker 1: Basement's a good place, but don't be storing stuff if 629 00:41:56,920 --> 00:42:03,120 Speaker 1: you can avoid it. In cardboard box they absorb moisture. 630 00:42:03,200 --> 00:42:05,719 Speaker 1: And you've heard me this weekend just talking a lot 631 00:42:05,800 --> 00:42:11,719 Speaker 1: about moisture and indoor air quality, and that actually is 632 00:42:11,760 --> 00:42:15,840 Speaker 1: the beginning of indoor air quality going downhill. You know, 633 00:42:15,880 --> 00:42:20,200 Speaker 1: a lack of ventilation, and you know the amount of 634 00:42:20,239 --> 00:42:22,919 Speaker 1: moisture goes through our basement walls. I mean you can't 635 00:42:22,960 --> 00:42:25,400 Speaker 1: see it. You can sometimes smell it, you can sometimes 636 00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:27,880 Speaker 1: feel it, but you can't see it, but it's there, 637 00:42:28,120 --> 00:42:32,160 Speaker 1: and then it mixes and is absorbed by cardboard boxes 638 00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:36,439 Speaker 1: and you get that smell. So and if you put 639 00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:39,680 Speaker 1: it on the floor, you're basically in some cases creating 640 00:42:39,719 --> 00:42:42,960 Speaker 1: a vapor barrier. In that box will be falling apart 641 00:42:43,040 --> 00:42:45,719 Speaker 1: by the time you unload it next year. So it's 642 00:42:45,760 --> 00:42:49,680 Speaker 1: got to be up on shelves and or it should 643 00:42:49,760 --> 00:42:53,279 Speaker 1: be quite honestly, the best way. And I laughed when 644 00:42:53,320 --> 00:42:57,120 Speaker 1: they first came out as the plastic tubs, and it 645 00:42:57,239 --> 00:42:59,279 Speaker 1: was like, oh, something else to spend our money on. 646 00:43:00,600 --> 00:43:04,279 Speaker 1: But that's the way to store it. Plastic tubs elevated 647 00:43:04,920 --> 00:43:10,680 Speaker 1: on shelving in a basement. That's where a lot of 648 00:43:10,680 --> 00:43:12,839 Speaker 1: storage takes place in our house, that's where most all 649 00:43:12,880 --> 00:43:16,759 Speaker 1: of it is. They also make very flat storage containers 650 00:43:16,760 --> 00:43:22,120 Speaker 1: that can slide underneath the bed. That's using the cube, right, 651 00:43:22,200 --> 00:43:29,000 Speaker 1: and that's good news. I've already created a little and 652 00:43:29,160 --> 00:43:33,319 Speaker 1: old chest of drawers and put little plastic sliders on 653 00:43:33,360 --> 00:43:38,840 Speaker 1: it and use that instead of a plastic tub something 654 00:43:38,880 --> 00:43:43,000 Speaker 1: that wasn't being used. Just use the drawer underneath the bed. Perfect. 655 00:43:44,360 --> 00:43:47,880 Speaker 1: And then in the garage, look up, look up away 656 00:43:47,880 --> 00:43:50,399 Speaker 1: from the garage door where it comes back, look up 657 00:43:51,239 --> 00:43:55,440 Speaker 1: beyond the door opener. But using the cube for bikes 658 00:43:55,440 --> 00:43:58,720 Speaker 1: and things like that is a perfect use of space. 659 00:44:00,239 --> 00:44:03,440 Speaker 1: The music's playing, so uh, Danny boy, thank you very 660 00:44:03,560 --> 00:44:07,040 Speaker 1: much for today. I appreciate it. And uh some good 661 00:44:07,080 --> 00:44:09,200 Speaker 1: calls today. I think we all learned a little bit. 662 00:44:09,360 --> 00:44:12,560 Speaker 1: I never felt I'll learn something each and every weekend. 663 00:44:13,040 --> 00:44:16,080 Speaker 1: So that brings us to next weekend. Good Lord willing, 664 00:44:16,160 --> 00:44:19,319 Speaker 1: Danny and I'll both be here for more at home 665 00:44:19,320 --> 00:44:20,200 Speaker 1: with Gary Sullivan. 666 00:44:47,480 --> 00:44:50,960 Speaker 2: He's the weekend and you have fixed questions, Get Gary 667 00:44:50,960 --> 00:44:53,120 Speaker 2: a call and what eight hundred and eighty two three 668 00:44:53,480 --> 00:44:56,560 Speaker 2: talk this He's at home with Gary Sullivant 669 00:45:00,239 --> 00:45:04,000 Speaker 4: Foot