1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:02,840 Speaker 1: All right, two weekends upon us. Welcome aboard. You were 2 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:05,160 Speaker 1: at home with Gerry Sullivan. This I was brought to 3 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:07,520 Speaker 1: you by Wet and Forget the new Wet and forget 4 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:10,440 Speaker 1: shower and bathroom cleaner. Mold and mildew cleaner comes in 5 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:13,600 Speaker 1: an easy to store a bottle and takes care of 6 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 1: ninety nine point ninety percent of the bacteria in viruses, 7 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:21,480 Speaker 1: including the COVID nineteen and you can check that out. 8 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:25,079 Speaker 1: It wentforget dot com or wherever it's sold, which is 9 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 1: pretty much everywhere. All right, Well, how you doing another weekend, 10 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 1: getting a few things done around the home or maybe not. 11 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:36,880 Speaker 1: I know. The big story this week is course weather, weather, 12 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:39,560 Speaker 1: weather all through the central part of the United States. 13 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 1: We again like two hundred fifty thousand families or something 14 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:47,280 Speaker 1: like that affected by this storm. A lot of snow, 15 00:00:48,159 --> 00:00:52,280 Speaker 1: a lot of ice, a lot of cold weather, which 16 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 1: is tough on our homes. And where I'm at, our 17 00:00:56,160 --> 00:01:00,880 Speaker 1: flagship stations right out of Cincinnati, Ohio. We've got about 18 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:04,480 Speaker 1: eight inches of snow and we've got about the probably 19 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:07,000 Speaker 1: about four or five more inches coming. So it's going 20 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:08,560 Speaker 1: to be a snowy day and then it's going to 21 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:12,480 Speaker 1: get wind chills down below zero, like fifteen below. So 22 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:15,840 Speaker 1: we do have a lot to talk about, and we 23 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 1: do have some safety tips we want to pass along, 24 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 1: and we do want to take your calls. So if 25 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:25,080 Speaker 1: you've got a question regarding just maintenance or a little 26 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:29,839 Speaker 1: bit of concern, garage, door openers, power failure will cover 27 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:33,480 Speaker 1: it all. It's eight hundred eighty two three eight two 28 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 1: five five above and beyond the snow. I really do 29 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 1: want to talk about the space heaters and supplemental heating 30 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:46,840 Speaker 1: in the house because quite honestly, it gets abused a lot. 31 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:50,200 Speaker 1: Never ever, ever, ever, ever, ever ever ever did I 32 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 1: say ever, yeah, ever, try to heat your home with 33 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 1: your stove. Don't do that. That's just not a not 34 00:01:57,440 --> 00:02:00,360 Speaker 1: going to have a good outcome. So let's stay away 35 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:06,120 Speaker 1: from that. Any fuel burning appliances probably shouldn't use those 36 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 1: on the inside the home generators Nope, they don't go 37 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:14,640 Speaker 1: inside the home either. But a smart space heater, and 38 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:18,360 Speaker 1: if you're smart to use it properly, keep it coming 39 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 1: in the middle of the room, away from furniture, away 40 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:23,959 Speaker 1: from curtains. That makes sense, right, Betting papers clutter or 41 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:28,079 Speaker 1: anything like that. At least a three foot clearance, make 42 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:34,400 Speaker 1: sure it's stable. Place it on a hard surface, you know, 43 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 1: not a real cushy carpeting or anything along those lines. 44 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:41,920 Speaker 1: Certainly never on a better accouch or anything like that. 45 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:45,080 Speaker 1: It can tip over, trap the heat, create a fire. 46 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 1: Most heaters, but not all heaters I'm talking about electric 47 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:55,919 Speaker 1: heaters have safety tipover switches. In other words, it gets 48 00:02:56,000 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 1: knocked over, it just shuts off. If if you're buying 49 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 1: one today, make sure it has that feature. If you 50 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:08,639 Speaker 1: have one and you don't know if it has that feature, 51 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:14,240 Speaker 1: test it, plug it in ribbons, get hot, turn it 52 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 1: on its side, and see if it shuts off. If 53 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 1: it doesn't, don't use it. And one thing that gets 54 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:26,919 Speaker 1: abused more than anything, and it's right there in the manual. 55 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 1: So if you buy one, read the manual. A lot 56 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:32,920 Speaker 1: of really good safety information there. If you got an 57 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 1: old one, remember this, plug that heater directly into the wall. 58 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 1: You don't use extension chords with those, you don't use 59 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 1: power strips. Those can be potential firestarters. And in the 60 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 1: manual of a you know, supplemental heater that you're going 61 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:55,240 Speaker 1: to use, is going to tell you that. And of 62 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 1: course we all know the ones that don't leave them unattended. 63 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:01,920 Speaker 1: It's not your furnace. It is a space. If you're 64 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:04,160 Speaker 1: gonna leave the room for you know, go take a 65 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:06,560 Speaker 1: shower or something, or go sleep me turn it off. 66 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 1: If you have small kids and pets, you have to 67 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:16,360 Speaker 1: create some sort of physical barrier around that. Don't put 68 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:20,440 Speaker 1: it in bathrooms, don't put it in damp areas unless 69 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:23,760 Speaker 1: that heater is specifically rated for that. And what it'll 70 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:27,080 Speaker 1: have is it'll have a plug which with a ground 71 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 1: false circuit interrupt where it just cut off right away. 72 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 1: But you can just imagine. I always say these safety tips, 73 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 1: you know what they are. They're a collection of mistakes. 74 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:45,200 Speaker 1: That's what creates safety features. And this next safety feature 75 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:48,040 Speaker 1: is one that is, you know, so much common sense, 76 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:51,680 Speaker 1: but somebody did it or wouldn't be on the safety 77 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 1: feature list. And here you go Danny. Since Danny had 78 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 1: a little plunge into the snow today, but he's okay, 79 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:03,240 Speaker 1: he's okay. Closer a little wet. Do not dry your 80 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:06,679 Speaker 1: clothes on a space here. You would think that's pretty 81 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 1: common sensical, but like I said, there are a collection 82 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:13,719 Speaker 1: of mistakes that means somebody tried it. Always check the cord. 83 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 1: Make sure it's not frey cracked, warmed, and if it is, 84 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 1: of course quit using it. Make sure you have smoke alarms. 85 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:27,160 Speaker 1: And here's some big red flags for you. No open 86 00:05:27,279 --> 00:05:32,000 Speaker 1: flames indoors except if you're burning wood in a fireplace 87 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 1: and you had your chimney cleaned earlier in the year 88 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:40,440 Speaker 1: and you're feeling good about it. Okay, But kerosene heaters 89 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:46,640 Speaker 1: or anything not a fan of umm so um, those 90 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:49,599 Speaker 1: are probably pretty much what I can think of. And 91 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:54,040 Speaker 1: if you've got a couple to jump on board and 92 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:58,760 Speaker 1: share those, I'd appreciate that, all right, talking a little 93 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 1: home improvement, talking about the cold weather. Got plenty of tips, 94 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 1: plenty of safety tips, plenty of things to talk about. 95 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:08,159 Speaker 1: But I invite you to join us. Our phone number 96 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:11,360 Speaker 1: is eight hundred eighty two three eighty two five five 97 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:14,279 Speaker 1: and Scott welcome. Hello. 98 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 2: Yes, sir, I had a question. I had some water 99 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:21,840 Speaker 2: damage and I've been looking on the internet firm as 100 00:06:21,839 --> 00:06:28,600 Speaker 2: a preventive measure to prevent mold inside the wall. I've 101 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:31,240 Speaker 2: been looking for something to put in there, but everything 102 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:33,240 Speaker 2: seems it seems like everything you would have to like 103 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:37,039 Speaker 2: spray on the surface or paint on the surface is 104 00:06:37,279 --> 00:06:40,160 Speaker 2: do you know of anything that, say, you could drill 105 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 2: a small hole in the sheet rock and stick like 106 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:45,560 Speaker 2: one of those plastic tubes from an aerosol can and 107 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:46,520 Speaker 2: spray it in there. 108 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:49,479 Speaker 1: You're close, but I haven't seen one that would really 109 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:53,560 Speaker 1: work in the wall cavity they have I think it's 110 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:57,800 Speaker 1: conchromium as the brand name. They make a fogger, like 111 00:06:57,839 --> 00:07:00,960 Speaker 1: if you had a cross space or something. But it's 112 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:03,320 Speaker 1: not like a little tube. I mean, it's kind of 113 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 1: like the size of a half dollar and it just 114 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:07,720 Speaker 1: creates a mister or a fog. 115 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 2: Okay, And it was con chromium. 116 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:14,920 Speaker 1: Con chromium yeah, C O N C R U M 117 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:19,200 Speaker 1: B I A N. I think not my strong. 118 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:27,520 Speaker 2: Suit mine either, Okay. Well, something that will just at 119 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:31,120 Speaker 2: least get me to the right right word. Okay, And 120 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:35,240 Speaker 2: but that would that would be something I mean, yeah. 121 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:38,920 Speaker 1: I mean, I again, I think introducing that, especially if 122 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:41,280 Speaker 1: there's insulation that wall is going to be a challenge. 123 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:43,520 Speaker 2: There isn't it's an interior wall. 124 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, So so tell me about was it a flood 125 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:49,520 Speaker 1: in the or did it get down in the wall, 126 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:51,400 Speaker 1: did it go on the floor and go up onto 127 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:52,640 Speaker 1: the dry war it. 128 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 2: Was it was on the on the floor. It was puddling, 129 00:07:56,880 --> 00:07:58,920 Speaker 2: but it wasn't like an two or three inches deep, 130 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 2: but the or was wet. It got this sheet rock wet. 131 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 2: Maybe it damp up to maybe a foot off the floor. 132 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:07,680 Speaker 3: Yeah. 133 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:11,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, and we've had, like you know, i'dve amit of 134 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:13,240 Speaker 2: fire and fans going for a couple of weeks now 135 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:15,920 Speaker 2: and yeah, I think we've gotten about as dre as 136 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:19,080 Speaker 2: we kind of with that. But I'm just looking for something, 137 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:19,600 Speaker 2: you know. 138 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:25,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, so remember the old growth or the live mold 139 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:32,120 Speaker 1: colony that's reproducing mold spores is active when it's wet. 140 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:37,679 Speaker 1: When you take the moisture away, the colony becomes inactive, 141 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:43,319 Speaker 1: which can be reactivated with like real high humidity or 142 00:08:43,320 --> 00:08:45,839 Speaker 1: water vapor or anything like that. I don't know if 143 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:48,000 Speaker 1: when you were doing the research on there, if you 144 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:51,640 Speaker 1: read anything or ran across the thing called a moisture meter, 145 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:55,560 Speaker 1: which has pro but. 146 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:58,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's kind of what you're talking. Is that what 147 00:08:58,200 --> 00:08:59,800 Speaker 2: they use like to test moisture in wood? 148 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:02,240 Speaker 1: And yes, yeah, so you can stick that in the 149 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:06,520 Speaker 1: dry one. You can get a moisture reading behind that wall. 150 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:11,080 Speaker 1: I forget the exact parameters, but I would say, you know, 151 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:14,320 Speaker 1: if you're down twelve ten percent or something, you're probably 152 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:18,960 Speaker 1: good to go. And how long was it wet? That's 153 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:20,040 Speaker 1: another thing we got. 154 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:21,400 Speaker 2: We got to it immediately. 155 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:28,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, so you're probably okay. There's also some there's mold 156 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:31,440 Speaker 1: spores everywhere, okay, whether you got you know, a flood 157 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:35,320 Speaker 1: or not. But there is one I think it's called 158 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:39,120 Speaker 1: five minute Mold Test kit. And what it does is 159 00:09:39,160 --> 00:09:45,560 Speaker 1: it test for dangerous molds, not necessarily. Not necessarily, it's 160 00:09:45,559 --> 00:09:47,960 Speaker 1: not going to pick up like a penicillium or anything. 161 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:50,400 Speaker 1: And so if I had just a little bit of 162 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:54,079 Speaker 1: penicillium and it went dormant, I'm really not going to 163 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:57,920 Speaker 1: give it much concern because it sounds like you addressed 164 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:01,640 Speaker 1: it immediately and probably under control, probably never got to 165 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:04,640 Speaker 1: the point of being a dangerous type mold. But for 166 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:06,880 Speaker 1: the sake of feeling better, I think they're about thirty 167 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:11,360 Speaker 1: five forty bucks. You can just it's almost like like 168 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:15,280 Speaker 1: a little plastic like a pregnancy test, and it would 169 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:17,400 Speaker 1: have a line if it's a dangerous mold, two lines 170 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:19,439 Speaker 1: if it's not, or whatever. I forget. 171 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:21,320 Speaker 2: Is that one of those things that you like hang 172 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:22,920 Speaker 2: in the room fir certain amount of time. 173 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:26,600 Speaker 1: Now, Actually, just there's a swab and you go to 174 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:28,680 Speaker 1: the top of like a door frame or something where 175 00:10:28,679 --> 00:10:29,959 Speaker 1: there's some desks dust. 176 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:31,480 Speaker 2: Oh, I see, just. 177 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:33,880 Speaker 1: And you insert that. It gives you, you know, five 178 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:36,520 Speaker 1: minutes to give you a reading. My guess is you're 179 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:38,920 Speaker 1: probably all right. I mean, if you want to, you know, 180 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:41,480 Speaker 1: for probably eighty bucks, you can get a five minute 181 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:43,760 Speaker 1: mold test kit, you probably get a moisture meter, and 182 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 1: you probably feel a lot better about life. 183 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:50,439 Speaker 2: Okay, all right, all right, all right, gives me something 184 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:52,920 Speaker 2: to do, very good scale. 185 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:55,840 Speaker 1: Okay, thank you, thank you, thank you much. Appreciate it. 186 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:58,240 Speaker 1: All right. If you'd like to jump on board, please do. 187 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:01,560 Speaker 1: Our phone number is eight hundred eight two three eight 188 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:05,040 Speaker 1: two five five. 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All right, we're talking 232 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:53,400 Speaker 1: about your home maintenance repair and I'm not gonna say 233 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:58,280 Speaker 1: protecting it from cold weather, but protecting yourself and also 234 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:02,080 Speaker 1: just trying to be more comfortable. And I know a 235 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:05,240 Speaker 1: lot of folks right now. You know a foot of snow, 236 00:14:05,280 --> 00:14:09,880 Speaker 1: two feet of snow, huge huge storm, You've all heard 237 00:14:09,920 --> 00:14:12,200 Speaker 1: about it. And now the next thing on the backside 238 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:15,800 Speaker 1: of that is really really cold temperatures and some wind 239 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 1: and you know below zero you know windshiel factors and 240 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:23,800 Speaker 1: all that good stuff. But one of the places where 241 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:30,760 Speaker 1: I guess our homes are drafty and maybe something you 242 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 1: do want to especially if you already have the supplies. 243 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:36,640 Speaker 1: I'm not you got two feet of snow. I'm not 244 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:39,280 Speaker 1: asking to go run out to the hardware store. Really 245 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:41,720 Speaker 1: probably not even supposed to be on the roads. But 246 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:45,000 Speaker 1: if you do have, or maybe after you experience this, 247 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:48,240 Speaker 1: maybe it's something you want to address. I've talked about 248 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:51,720 Speaker 1: it in the past, going into the colder months of 249 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:54,480 Speaker 1: the year, and of course it's never really an emergency 250 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:59,760 Speaker 1: until it's an emergency, right, And that is the drafty windows. 251 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:03,720 Speaker 1: I think the new windows, old windows. Obviously old windows 252 00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:06,360 Speaker 1: are going to be more draftier than new windows. But 253 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:12,720 Speaker 1: when you start having windshill and wind, you know, some 254 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:16,560 Speaker 1: good windows can even become drafty. And there is a 255 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:23,000 Speaker 1: there is a clawking. I've talked about it often, and 256 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:25,360 Speaker 1: there's there's also something might be a little bit easier. 257 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:27,440 Speaker 1: I do want to talk about you can really seal 258 00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:32,000 Speaker 1: up those windows. And you've all seen you know, plastic, 259 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:35,520 Speaker 1: you've seen the shrink wrap plastic that can be applied 260 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:37,560 Speaker 1: over the window and hit it with a hair dryer 261 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:40,120 Speaker 1: and it creates a you know, an air pocket in 262 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:44,800 Speaker 1: between and eliminates a draft. They're they're outstanding. But if 263 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:47,520 Speaker 1: you want to taking the next step before you put 264 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:51,200 Speaker 1: that plastic up, there's a product it's been around forever. 265 00:15:52,280 --> 00:15:56,600 Speaker 1: It's called more Tight, and more Tight is like a 266 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:01,360 Speaker 1: It's like a ball of cord or a ball of string, 267 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:06,320 Speaker 1: only it's made of clay. And I would. 268 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:12,480 Speaker 6: Say maybe each so the cord or the string, if 269 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:17,080 Speaker 6: you will, maybe three sixteenths of an inch, and there's 270 00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:19,960 Speaker 6: they're side by side, so there's probably like. 271 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:22,080 Speaker 1: Five of them. So you can peel off two, you 272 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:24,840 Speaker 1: can peel off three, you can peel off one, and 273 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:29,240 Speaker 1: it's it's just like a quarter a string and you 274 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:32,720 Speaker 1: can just pack it into the seams of the windows. 275 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:36,040 Speaker 1: Where would that be, Well, if you got a ventilation, 276 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:38,520 Speaker 1: double hung window, maybe right where the locks are on 277 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:41,040 Speaker 1: the back side of that, maybe on the sides wherever 278 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:43,800 Speaker 1: you feel that draft. You can kind of plug that 279 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:50,360 Speaker 1: up very easily. Removed come springtime, and you can put 280 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:53,280 Speaker 1: the after you seal that up with that kind of 281 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:57,960 Speaker 1: like roping or cord. It's like a clay material, so 282 00:16:58,040 --> 00:17:01,520 Speaker 1: it's like calking, and then you can put the plastic 283 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:04,480 Speaker 1: over there and pull. You'll really eliminate a lot of draft. 284 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:13,040 Speaker 1: There's also a calking too, called stop draft, and it's 285 00:17:13,080 --> 00:17:16,680 Speaker 1: clear and it is calking. You can do the exact 286 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:19,440 Speaker 1: same thing as you would with a more tight then 287 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:23,480 Speaker 1: cover the window with plastic, again eliminating that draft, saving 288 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:29,680 Speaker 1: energy costs, also making yourself more comfortable springtime. You take 289 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:33,000 Speaker 1: the plastic down, you peel off the stop draft or 290 00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:35,679 Speaker 1: one called peel away also, and you just peel it 291 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 1: away and you're ready to go. You're ready to go 292 00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:44,640 Speaker 1: in the springtime, and you know it is really that easy, 293 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:49,480 Speaker 1: and by eliminating that draft perfect Another place that course 294 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:52,080 Speaker 1: is the door. We all talk about thresholds, we talk 295 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:57,680 Speaker 1: about door sweeps and things like that. Don't have one 296 00:17:57,760 --> 00:18:00,760 Speaker 1: on your door, don't have one down in a workshop. 297 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:05,200 Speaker 1: A tower works real well, not like you're going to 298 00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:07,520 Speaker 1: have maybe a lot of visitors in the middle of 299 00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:11,680 Speaker 1: a snowstorm. So get a blanket or get a towel 300 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:13,919 Speaker 1: and just put it at the base of the door. Again, 301 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:19,520 Speaker 1: it will eliminate that draft and you will be a 302 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:26,440 Speaker 1: lot more comfortable. So something to consider and remember. Many 303 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:30,200 Speaker 1: times during the fall I said about different things about 304 00:18:30,320 --> 00:18:34,399 Speaker 1: lubrication of different items inside your house. 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Thirty three minutes after the top of they 353 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:46,920 Speaker 1: are talking about, well, making yourself a little bit more 354 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:52,159 Speaker 1: comfortable inside your home. Some real basics. We talked about 355 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:56,080 Speaker 1: this also many many times. But again it's been a while, 356 00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:59,760 Speaker 1: maybe since your area experienced some really cold temperatures or 357 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:05,639 Speaker 1: maybe a lot of winter weather on outside walls of 358 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:09,119 Speaker 1: your home. We tuck just talked about ceiling up windows 359 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:12,320 Speaker 1: and you know, using just even towels or blankets at 360 00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:17,240 Speaker 1: the base of doors. But another area of drafts is, 361 00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:21,560 Speaker 1: you know, the the the exterior walls of your home. 362 00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:24,399 Speaker 1: You don't have to worry about the interior walls, but 363 00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:29,080 Speaker 1: the exterior walls inside your home, there's probably some switch plates, 364 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:36,919 Speaker 1: there's probably some outlets, and there may be insulation in 365 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:40,720 Speaker 1: those walls. Where there may not be insulation in those 366 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:45,600 Speaker 1: walls depends on how old the home is, but there's 367 00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:48,160 Speaker 1: a little tiny pads. Maybe you have him in your home. 368 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:54,320 Speaker 1: I mean I remember putting him in a home I'll 369 00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:59,119 Speaker 1: say thirty years ago. And now a lot of people 370 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:03,800 Speaker 1: have all already done that, but they don't last forever. 371 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:06,840 Speaker 1: Number one. Number two is maybe you just bought a 372 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 1: home and you've had some mild winners and you never 373 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:15,080 Speaker 1: really realize that there was a draft that comes through 374 00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:22,480 Speaker 1: your duplex outlet on a next tier wall and or 375 00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:26,600 Speaker 1: a switch and a little test here is just go, 376 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:30,000 Speaker 1: you know, to a next tier wall inside your home, 377 00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:34,240 Speaker 1: take off that switch plate and put your hand there 378 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:38,359 Speaker 1: and see if you feel a real strong draft coming 379 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:40,560 Speaker 1: in there. Now, when you take that plate off, you 380 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:46,320 Speaker 1: might see a little sponge type of weather stripping that 381 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:49,879 Speaker 1: goes over the outlets and it helps seal that up 382 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:53,879 Speaker 1: because when that box is put in the electoral box, 383 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,600 Speaker 1: there might be insulation around it, there may not be. 384 00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:01,360 Speaker 1: And if there is not, that little weather stripping pad there, 385 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:04,800 Speaker 1: you put your hand there and I remember the first 386 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:07,320 Speaker 1: time I replaced them, and again it's been years and 387 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:10,639 Speaker 1: years ago. You literally feel it. You could feel the 388 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:16,840 Speaker 1: wind blowing in. I mean it's significant. And that's another 389 00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:19,120 Speaker 1: good way to just kind of tighten that house up 390 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:23,040 Speaker 1: just a little bit more. Grabbing them at the hardware 391 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:28,600 Speaker 1: store easy to do and save yourself a little energy 392 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:33,240 Speaker 1: box also, and this is a very very good tip, 393 00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:37,879 Speaker 1: and that is we just got finished holiday and the 394 00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:39,879 Speaker 1: holidays we had a lot of people went home. I 395 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:44,080 Speaker 1: talk about how long filters it would last in your 396 00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:47,919 Speaker 1: air handler and the flat panel ones. You can't do 397 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:51,720 Speaker 1: this enough. I'm dead serious. When it's cold out, the 398 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:55,280 Speaker 1: flat panel filters should be changed about every thirty days. 399 00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:59,800 Speaker 1: Most people buy pleated filters. Now they come in vary 400 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:05,440 Speaker 1: degrees of effectiveness, but let's not worry about that right now. 401 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:08,280 Speaker 1: Let's just say if you have a pleated filter, most 402 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:10,520 Speaker 1: people or anything you look up, it's gonna tell you, oh, 403 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:14,520 Speaker 1: you change it every ninety days, and right now I say, bunk. 404 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:19,040 Speaker 1: We just got finished. Like I said, the holidays, we've 405 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:21,120 Speaker 1: had a lot of traffic inside our home. We start 406 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:24,600 Speaker 1: up a lot of dust. Those filters have a tendency 407 00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:29,119 Speaker 1: to I'm not gonna say clog up, but get dirtier 408 00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:34,520 Speaker 1: quicker this time of year, and we are really demanding 409 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:38,720 Speaker 1: the heat, the air that we heat to be distributed 410 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:45,080 Speaker 1: properly throughout the house. And so if it's been sixty days, 411 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:49,240 Speaker 1: maybe you replaced it right before Thanksgiving, get that changed, 412 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:54,560 Speaker 1: because again you're heating the air, you're distributing it through 413 00:25:54,600 --> 00:26:01,560 Speaker 1: the house. If the filter is just minimally clogged, you 414 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:04,400 Speaker 1: know it's halfway through its lifespan, get a new one 415 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:07,200 Speaker 1: in there. Just get a new one in there. Then 416 00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:12,320 Speaker 1: you will get distribution of that heated air throughout the 417 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:18,960 Speaker 1: house much quicker and easier. So that's a very easy 418 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:21,680 Speaker 1: thing to do too. I'm just giving you easy tips 419 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:26,200 Speaker 1: to help you be more comfortable inside your home. Here's 420 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:29,119 Speaker 1: another thing. I was, you know, watching all the reports 421 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:32,720 Speaker 1: because there's so many, you know, people involved with the 422 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:35,879 Speaker 1: I think they said it's like a two thousand miles 423 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:41,119 Speaker 1: storm to the central Southeast area and now in the northeast. 424 00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:47,160 Speaker 1: There's just so many people affected and concern on power outages. 425 00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:52,879 Speaker 1: And one of the things I was thinking about is 426 00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:59,800 Speaker 1: people's cars in the garage. And you know, certainly if 427 00:26:59,840 --> 00:27:02,320 Speaker 1: it's it's really bad weather, nobody's going out anyway. But 428 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:06,960 Speaker 1: if we start having power failures and you want to 429 00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:09,280 Speaker 1: get out of your house tomorrow the next day, and 430 00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:12,879 Speaker 1: all of a sudden you don't have power in the 431 00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:18,840 Speaker 1: garage door doesn't go up, what do you do? First 432 00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:22,040 Speaker 1: thing everybody should know is there is a release point 433 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:25,080 Speaker 1: for that garage door opener where you can disengage it 434 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:31,280 Speaker 1: and you can manually pull that door up. The different 435 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:34,480 Speaker 1: garage doors are going to have a it's going to 436 00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:38,400 Speaker 1: have a like a little wood t handle or plastic 437 00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:42,760 Speaker 1: tea handle tied to a rope, and you'll disengage that 438 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:47,720 Speaker 1: door opener and then you will lift that door up 439 00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:52,600 Speaker 1: so you can get out without power. On some of 440 00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:56,840 Speaker 1: the older door openers, there's a just a metal t 441 00:27:57,080 --> 00:27:59,440 Speaker 1: handle way up top and no rope and you can 442 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:04,359 Speaker 1: disengage there. Some of the newer ones, and when I 443 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:07,000 Speaker 1: say newer ones, I'm gonna say in the last I 444 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:11,480 Speaker 1: don't know, ten fifteen years, they have a they have 445 00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:17,000 Speaker 1: a battery backup where if there's a power failure, your 446 00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:22,439 Speaker 1: door will still go up. Now, those batteries don't last forever. 447 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:28,240 Speaker 1: And if the battery is dead or was dead, and 448 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:31,679 Speaker 1: maybe you got a two single car garages and you 449 00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:34,480 Speaker 1: only use the one, you can swap out those batteries 450 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:38,320 Speaker 1: very easy to do. It's not like a D cell 451 00:28:38,360 --> 00:28:41,880 Speaker 1: battery or a C cell battery. It's pretty much about 452 00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:47,600 Speaker 1: a i'd say inch and a half man two inch 453 00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:50,200 Speaker 1: by two inch two inches hide, two inches wide, two 454 00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:54,920 Speaker 1: inches long, two terminals. So you can swap them out 455 00:28:54,960 --> 00:29:00,680 Speaker 1: real easy. And that's another thing that you may run into. 456 00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:02,600 Speaker 1: And I'm just throwing it out there in case you 457 00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:05,480 Speaker 1: need it. All right, let's go to Jay Jay. Welcome, 458 00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:08,920 Speaker 1: Hey Gary, Good morning, Good morning. 459 00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:11,040 Speaker 2: See. 460 00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:16,720 Speaker 7: I've got casement windows. They're about about fifteen years old, 461 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:20,760 Speaker 7: a wood frame, and I've got a couple the ones 462 00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:23,760 Speaker 7: that open at the bottom of the window. I'm getting 463 00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:28,560 Speaker 7: a little bit of frost or fog across the bottom, right, 464 00:29:29,280 --> 00:29:36,640 Speaker 7: and it's only in the bedroom, bathroom and living room, right, 465 00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:41,920 Speaker 7: And I don't feel any draft coming in. 466 00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:45,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, And I'm wondering what to do about that. 467 00:29:46,360 --> 00:29:49,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, so real common. I even found a little a 468 00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:54,800 Speaker 1: bit of that at my house last night also, So 469 00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:59,240 Speaker 1: first of all, it's probably not the window's fault. You 470 00:29:59,360 --> 00:30:04,680 Speaker 1: may have where it's pretty tight that there's not a 471 00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:07,400 Speaker 1: draft coming in. There's always some draft, but you know, 472 00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:11,440 Speaker 1: not significant. How cold is it where you're at. 473 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:15,560 Speaker 7: As minus thirteen this morning? 474 00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:18,120 Speaker 1: All right, so do you have any idea where your 475 00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:27,200 Speaker 1: home humidity is? It's about twenty okay, yeah, that's that's 476 00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:29,160 Speaker 1: interesting because I was going to say, well, you're probably 477 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:31,160 Speaker 1: going to have to have your humidity down to about 478 00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:42,160 Speaker 1: twenty percent. So condensation occurs on hard, slick, cold surfaces, 479 00:30:42,760 --> 00:30:46,440 Speaker 1: So that's a window, whether it's you know, insulated well 480 00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:50,160 Speaker 1: or not. And when we have a bathroom, even if 481 00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:52,680 Speaker 1: we're running the fan a half hour after a shower 482 00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:58,600 Speaker 1: or something, the rooms you called we were perfect, that's 483 00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:02,480 Speaker 1: where we're going to have the mostionmidity, and that condensation's 484 00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:06,680 Speaker 1: gonna occur. Usually, your home humidity when it's thirty two 485 00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:10,680 Speaker 1: degrees outside can comfortably sit at forty percent. You'll never 486 00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:13,680 Speaker 1: find a water droplet on your window. When you get 487 00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:19,000 Speaker 1: into the minus thirteens or even the zeros, home humidity 488 00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:22,480 Speaker 1: almost is gonna be in the twenty five twenty percent, 489 00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:25,920 Speaker 1: and you could still have a little ribbon of condensation. 490 00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:30,920 Speaker 1: So you know, I guess when I say, you know, 491 00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:34,400 Speaker 1: what can you do? You know i'd really watch my 492 00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:37,160 Speaker 1: humidity level in the bathroom. In other words, run that 493 00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:40,959 Speaker 1: fan if somebody's showering, run it during the shower, and 494 00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:44,360 Speaker 1: run it for you know, a half hour an hour afterwards. 495 00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:48,800 Speaker 1: Let's let's get that air water vapor out of the 496 00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:52,360 Speaker 1: house as soon as we can. When we're cooking, run 497 00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:57,480 Speaker 1: the fan over the over the stove. So I know 498 00:31:57,560 --> 00:32:01,400 Speaker 1: it sounds weird because twenty degree per humidity is not 499 00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:06,000 Speaker 1: very comfortable. I mean, usually in the wintertime it'd be 500 00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:09,760 Speaker 1: nice to have it up to thirty percent at the minimum. 501 00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:13,480 Speaker 1: But when it's really super cold out there, that little 502 00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:15,840 Speaker 1: ribbon of moisture is probably not going to really do 503 00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:18,760 Speaker 1: any damage or anything. You know. I feels like that, 504 00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:21,920 Speaker 1: you know, all the time. Then you could have some 505 00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:26,120 Speaker 1: wood rod et cetera, et cetera. So that's a quick answer. 506 00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:28,920 Speaker 1: The other part of that is, even though the windows 507 00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:32,440 Speaker 1: are maybe relatively new, the plastic in front of the 508 00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:36,400 Speaker 1: window will create create that dead air space. It'll eliminate 509 00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:41,000 Speaker 1: that hard, slick, cold surface because it'll create an air 510 00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:47,160 Speaker 1: pocket that'll eliminate it. Also. Okay, does that help. 511 00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:49,840 Speaker 3: You, Gary? All right, Yeah, appreciate it. 512 00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:53,720 Speaker 1: Very good, Thank you. All right, those phone lines are open, 513 00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:57,520 Speaker 1: happy to chat with you about maybe something that's uh well, 514 00:32:57,600 --> 00:33:00,720 Speaker 1: just kind of bugging you on this weekend. We don't 515 00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:03,760 Speaker 1: have to do anything major. Also got some tips on 516 00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:09,720 Speaker 1: you know, some frozen pipes, water and pipes that freezes. 517 00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:13,240 Speaker 1: That's a big old problem. We'll talk about that. We'll 518 00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:15,960 Speaker 1: take your calls. It's eight hundred and eight two three 519 00:33:16,280 --> 00:33:19,400 Speaker 1: eight two five five. You're at home with Garry Sullivan. 520 00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:22,760 Speaker 4: Help for your home is just a click away at 521 00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:27,520 Speaker 4: Garysullivan online dot com. 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We got some 560 00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:18,920 Speaker 1: snow going on, and I know, just a little bit. 561 00:36:19,120 --> 00:36:22,320 Speaker 1: Many people have ice, many people have sleep, many people 562 00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:26,160 Speaker 1: have snow, many people have really cold temperatures, and so 563 00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:30,080 Speaker 1: we're kind of dedicating this show to giving some tips 564 00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:33,879 Speaker 1: of well, you know, just keeping you safe, keeping you 565 00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:39,239 Speaker 1: comfortable in your home, and trying to prevent you know, 566 00:36:39,640 --> 00:36:41,520 Speaker 1: I don't want to say it disaster. I'm not trying 567 00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:43,600 Speaker 1: to hype this thing up. I just don't want to 568 00:36:43,640 --> 00:36:47,359 Speaker 1: have people have bad things happen. And one of those 569 00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:51,120 Speaker 1: things is frozen pipes when he gets super cold. And 570 00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:55,520 Speaker 1: the big question is why are frozen pipes such a 571 00:36:55,840 --> 00:36:59,960 Speaker 1: serious problem? So we don't get water through the spicott 572 00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:05,200 Speaker 1: need to take that shower today or whatever. Well, simply 573 00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:10,520 Speaker 1: when water freezes, if that pipe is not insulated and 574 00:37:10,640 --> 00:37:17,320 Speaker 1: not protected and it's you know, susceptible to below freezing temperatures, 575 00:37:17,800 --> 00:37:21,680 Speaker 1: the water in the pipes can freeze, and when it freezes, 576 00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:27,440 Speaker 1: it expands, and the expansion of that water puts pressure 577 00:37:27,520 --> 00:37:32,600 Speaker 1: on the pipes, pressure on the fittings, the joints in 578 00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:37,080 Speaker 1: the pipe, and that can cause the pipe to crack 579 00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:41,319 Speaker 1: or burst. And a lot of times it's out of sight, 580 00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:44,720 Speaker 1: maybe up in an attic, maybe in a basement, maybe 581 00:37:44,719 --> 00:37:52,320 Speaker 1: in a cross space. And well, if the pipe cracks 582 00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:56,480 Speaker 1: or burst, it relieves that pressure in water, because I'm 583 00:37:56,520 --> 00:38:01,200 Speaker 1: sure the water is still on will start in a 584 00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:06,880 Speaker 1: flood inside your home. So that's why we need to 585 00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:15,080 Speaker 1: be really tuned in on exterior walls. If there's pipes 586 00:38:15,160 --> 00:38:21,640 Speaker 1: underneath a kitchen sink or a vanity is that wall insulated. 587 00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:24,880 Speaker 1: Is it a newer home? Maybe leave the doors open. 588 00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:30,719 Speaker 1: Certainly run the water both cold and hot. A trickle, 589 00:38:30,840 --> 00:38:34,080 Speaker 1: that's all it needs to be. If it's a single handle, 590 00:38:34,239 --> 00:38:38,440 Speaker 1: just center, just neutral, and you'll get a mix of 591 00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:42,000 Speaker 1: water and just drips, just drips. So you know, running 592 00:38:42,040 --> 00:38:45,719 Speaker 1: water is harder, it takes longer to freeze. So I 593 00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:49,000 Speaker 1: want to pass that along. If you have a frozen pipe, 594 00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:51,880 Speaker 1: you do not attack it with a propane torch, no 595 00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:58,799 Speaker 1: open flames, heating pads, maybe a heat gun, hair dryer, patience, 596 00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:02,719 Speaker 1: that's what it's going to take. And then after we 597 00:39:02,960 --> 00:39:06,200 Speaker 1: saw that, then of course we got to correct correct 598 00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:09,120 Speaker 1: a problem. And sometimes a couple of bucks for those 599 00:39:09,160 --> 00:39:12,680 Speaker 1: foam pipe sleeves can be the answer. Sometimes a heat 600 00:39:12,760 --> 00:39:16,080 Speaker 1: lamp underneath the cabinet can be the answer. All right, 601 00:39:16,160 --> 00:39:17,160 Speaker 1: let's go to run Ron. 602 00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:24,439 Speaker 3: Welcome, good morning morning. I have a couple of comments 603 00:39:24,960 --> 00:39:28,440 Speaker 3: on the gas logs that you talked about yesterday. 604 00:39:28,640 --> 00:39:31,279 Speaker 1: Yeah, yes, yeah, uh. 605 00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:39,800 Speaker 3: Mine has a pilot light. There is no electricity running 606 00:39:39,880 --> 00:39:44,080 Speaker 3: to it. It has a push button igniter for the 607 00:39:44,160 --> 00:39:47,120 Speaker 3: pilot light. That's like you have on a gas girl 608 00:39:48,080 --> 00:39:53,680 Speaker 3: uses a busy effect and generates a spark and starting going, 609 00:39:54,640 --> 00:40:03,400 Speaker 3: I have a remote with a thermostat included has a 610 00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:09,080 Speaker 3: battery powered hand held remote and a battery powered receiver 611 00:40:09,320 --> 00:40:16,960 Speaker 3: that connects to the log works great. I use it 612 00:40:17,080 --> 00:40:23,879 Speaker 3: a lot. It gets cleaned and tuned up every fall 613 00:40:24,120 --> 00:40:30,160 Speaker 3: this life. My furnace does, and it's probably thirty years 614 00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:36,239 Speaker 3: old and still works. Great technician when he was out 615 00:40:36,239 --> 00:40:40,520 Speaker 3: here last fall, he looked at the flame on it says, hey, 616 00:40:40,560 --> 00:40:43,680 Speaker 3: your furnace is ninety eight percent efficient, and I think 617 00:40:43,760 --> 00:40:46,399 Speaker 3: this lag is even better than that. 618 00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:50,759 Speaker 1: Good for you. Yeah, I learned a lot on that 619 00:40:50,840 --> 00:40:54,640 Speaker 1: particular call. I got to admit ron I was like, now, 620 00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:58,920 Speaker 1: why is this question so hard? Well, doing some research 621 00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:02,279 Speaker 1: after I got off, I realized why that question got 622 00:41:02,320 --> 00:41:05,440 Speaker 1: so hard is because so much of it depends on 623 00:41:06,320 --> 00:41:10,359 Speaker 1: how old those logs are. Because the really answer and 624 00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:15,279 Speaker 1: the answer was simple, can I light the logs with 625 00:41:15,520 --> 00:41:19,040 Speaker 1: a match or you know, one of those electric igniters? 626 00:41:19,760 --> 00:41:22,440 Speaker 1: And I'm going, yeah, but how do we get the 627 00:41:22,560 --> 00:41:26,080 Speaker 1: little you know, the gas to the logs. I was 628 00:41:26,160 --> 00:41:29,959 Speaker 1: just kind of just you know, a roadblock inside the brain. 629 00:41:30,040 --> 00:41:33,160 Speaker 1: But when I when I started doing the research on it, 630 00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:37,480 Speaker 1: the answer is yes you can, maybe you can, and 631 00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:41,440 Speaker 1: no you can't. And it all depends on the type 632 00:41:41,480 --> 00:41:45,960 Speaker 1: of electronic ignition. You know, if there's no standing pilot light, 633 00:41:46,239 --> 00:41:49,280 Speaker 1: it requires electricity or the battery backup. 634 00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:51,080 Speaker 6: You know. 635 00:41:51,200 --> 00:41:54,439 Speaker 1: If it's and it sounds like you have the Millie 636 00:41:54,520 --> 00:41:59,600 Speaker 1: vault system, the pilot flame generates its own little electrical 637 00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:05,200 Speaker 1: current and that'll ignite the logs manually, and then the 638 00:42:05,239 --> 00:42:08,359 Speaker 1: old ones. You know, if you have a standing pilot light, 639 00:42:09,480 --> 00:42:11,759 Speaker 1: you know, and you turn the gas on, boom, you know, 640 00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:16,280 Speaker 1: it lights the logs. So anyway, I appreciate you following 641 00:42:16,360 --> 00:42:18,799 Speaker 1: up on that, but I was a little bit embarrassed, like, 642 00:42:18,960 --> 00:42:26,200 Speaker 1: why is this so difficult, because there's different types exactly. 643 00:42:26,560 --> 00:42:28,960 Speaker 6: There's a whole variety of setups, some old. 644 00:42:28,840 --> 00:42:32,799 Speaker 1: School fancy Okay, all right, he dropped off. All right, 645 00:42:32,880 --> 00:42:38,799 Speaker 1: well we will continue anyway. Anyway, that's safety. It was 646 00:42:38,840 --> 00:42:42,920 Speaker 1: pretty interesting to call this lady that called with that question. 647 00:42:43,239 --> 00:42:45,040 Speaker 1: Her and her kids were on a group texts and 648 00:42:45,040 --> 00:42:49,319 Speaker 1: they were asking different things to do about safety and 649 00:42:49,440 --> 00:42:54,040 Speaker 1: comfort inside their home when this winter storm would come on, 650 00:42:54,719 --> 00:42:59,239 Speaker 1: and that's what prompted up the call. And he's right 651 00:42:59,800 --> 00:43:04,600 Speaker 1: and important as it is to have a furnace tune up. 652 00:43:05,200 --> 00:43:09,160 Speaker 1: If you have gas logs, yeah, guess log tune up annually. 653 00:43:09,440 --> 00:43:12,399 Speaker 1: Real good idea because you know if that pilot light 654 00:43:13,160 --> 00:43:16,040 Speaker 1: or if that pilot or thermal couple. Thermal couples can 655 00:43:16,080 --> 00:43:19,800 Speaker 1: be replaced. But you know, if the pilot lights get dirty, 656 00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:22,359 Speaker 1: you know, it can burn the gas for a while, 657 00:43:22,440 --> 00:43:24,760 Speaker 1: you have an ice fire going, then it'll just stop. 658 00:43:25,640 --> 00:43:29,239 Speaker 1: So it too needs maintenance, just like everything else in 659 00:43:29,280 --> 00:43:31,600 Speaker 1: our home. Everything needs a little bit of maintenance. 660 00:43:32,200 --> 00:43:34,080 Speaker 5: Taking your calls regarding your home. 661 00:43:34,160 --> 00:43:37,799 Speaker 1: Our phone number is eight hundred eight two three eight 662 00:43:37,840 --> 00:43:41,320 Speaker 1: two five five year at home with Gary Sullivan. 663 00:44:09,840 --> 00:44:12,080 Speaker 4: Weekends, I mean a never ending list of things to 664 00:44:12,120 --> 00:44:14,640 Speaker 4: do around your home. 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