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All right, 12 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 1: we're talking home improvement and we've talked a lot about 13 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:06,840 Speaker 1: weather affecting our homes and Bill's got that issue right 14 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:08,840 Speaker 1: now with some ice dams on his house. 15 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:13,839 Speaker 2: Bill welcome, like all Gary appreciate it. 16 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 1: Yes, sir, how can we help? 17 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:19,120 Speaker 2: Well, I've got these ice dams that have collected on 18 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:22,080 Speaker 2: my roof and it's already starting to back up. I'm 19 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:25,400 Speaker 2: getting a little wetness inside, so I want to get 20 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:28,440 Speaker 2: rid of them today. That's today's project. And I was 21 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:30,440 Speaker 2: hoping to uh, I was going to take a hose 22 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:32,319 Speaker 2: and put a put some warm water on it. But 23 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:34,039 Speaker 2: A goot to give you a call and see if 24 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:35,959 Speaker 2: there's if that's a good option, or maybe there's some 25 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:37,480 Speaker 2: other options I should consider. 26 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 1: When you put a hose up there and you're even 27 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 1: with warm water, it's gonna be chilled rapidly by that 28 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 1: ice dam. Okay, so you could actually slowly create the problem, 29 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 1: you know, make it even worse. Uh, probably the best thing. 30 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 1: They're tough, and you gotta be careful too, But I get, 31 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 1: I get the whole panic thing. If there's not ice 32 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:08,359 Speaker 1: guard under those shingles, that water backs into those shingles 33 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 1: and it does get in the house. So a slower 34 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 1: melt works better. And it's actually with an ice melting compound. 35 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:19,560 Speaker 1: And probably one of the best tips that I picked 36 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 1: up years and years ago is get a pair of 37 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 1: pantyhose and some not rock salt, but ice melter calcium chloride. 38 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:29,840 Speaker 1: Put it in the legs, tie it at the waist, 39 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:32,239 Speaker 1: and lay that which will be about six or eight 40 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:35,799 Speaker 1: feet long along the top of that ice dam, right 41 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 1: from the top to the back of that ice dam. 42 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 1: That particular product will not only melt it when it 43 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:44,919 Speaker 1: you know, is below thirty twenty five degrees. I mean 44 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:47,960 Speaker 1: it melts it when it's a zero, and it also 45 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:53,520 Speaker 1: is a drying agent, so that would be the best way. 46 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:56,360 Speaker 1: It's gonna it's gonna be a little slower than you 47 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:59,080 Speaker 1: want it, but that's gonna be the best way to 48 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:03,960 Speaker 1: remove it. Ice dams you can certainly, or ice sickles, 49 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 1: you can certainly break those off, but be careful. Um, 50 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:10,079 Speaker 1: you know you don't want to be hit by one, 51 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:13,840 Speaker 1: that's for sure. But i'd use calcium chloride to start 52 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:16,959 Speaker 1: start the melting process. 53 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 2: Super okay, thank you, Garyrecid. 54 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:23,320 Speaker 1: All right, you bet, thank you. I remember many many, 55 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 1: many many years ago, had a winter where I was living, 56 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:33,320 Speaker 1: just like this winter is for many of us, and 57 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 1: there were people literally pulling the gutters off their house, uh, 58 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 1: because water was coming in the house. And one of 59 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 1: the things people don't realize is an ice dam. So 60 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 1: you got the roof that it's extending over the house, 61 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:56,040 Speaker 1: sometimes eighteen inches, sometimes a foot, sometimes two feet, and 62 00:03:56,080 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 1: there's no heat underneath that, so an ice dam can 63 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 1: actually form on the edge of the roof. Now, gutters 64 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 1: make it a lot better, right, it's catching the water 65 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 1: it's sitting in aluminum. It's like an ice cube tray 66 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:17,040 Speaker 1: and it just keeps building and building and building. But 67 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 1: that's what was going on. I'm not advocating that. I'm 68 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 1: advocating kind of melting into just as I described. Mark. 69 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:33,279 Speaker 3: Welcome, Hello, Garret there, thanks for taking my call. 70 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:34,040 Speaker 1: You're welcome. 71 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 3: I have a vent cast iron vent that runs from 72 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 3: our basement to the roof, and it seems like it's dripping. 73 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 3: We can hear it dripping inside the wall our master bedrooms, 74 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:48,039 Speaker 3: right next to the master bath. And I've got a 75 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 3: contractor over to patch the flashing on the roof around 76 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:56,719 Speaker 3: this vent pipe, but it continues. And we're thinking that 77 00:04:56,880 --> 00:05:01,640 Speaker 3: vent pipe might be corroded now, which would resultant excavating 78 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:06,040 Speaker 3: the whole while out and you know, replacing the pipe. 79 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:08,760 Speaker 3: So I'm calling to see what you think about that. 80 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 1: Well, all the things you say are possibilities. I don't 81 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:20,320 Speaker 1: know if that's what's going on. There's also is there 82 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 1: a boot on that on the top of that. 83 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:25,600 Speaker 3: Too, Mark, Yes, yes there is. 84 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:33,159 Speaker 1: Okay, the lifespan of those boots are ten years, okay, 85 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 1: so I would be suspect of the boot first. And 86 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 1: they make a donut that can actually be it's not 87 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:48,440 Speaker 1: a well it is designed to be a permit fit. 88 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:49,920 Speaker 1: I don't know if I'd want it to be a 89 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:53,640 Speaker 1: permanent fit. But right now, if I could take that donut, 90 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:58,760 Speaker 1: slide it over that pipe, compress that flange down and 91 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 1: make it snug height, if that's it, that would be wonderful. 92 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 1: If it's a flashing, that's another story. If it's broken shingles, 93 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 1: that's another story. If it's I surround the flashing and 94 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:16,279 Speaker 1: backing the water up underneath the shingles, that's another story. 95 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:19,520 Speaker 1: So there's gotta be you know, it's a process of 96 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:21,080 Speaker 1: elimination in some cases. 97 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:26,000 Speaker 3: Right Okay, that boot sounds like the first step. 98 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 1: That'd be a that'd be a good That'd be saying 99 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:30,280 Speaker 1: I'm living right, wouldn't it. 100 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:34,360 Speaker 3: We'll see, I'll call you. 101 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:37,040 Speaker 1: Back there you go, we'll celebrate. 102 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 3: And I'll sell. I say, you can tell me I 103 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:40,520 Speaker 3: told you so. 104 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 1: I hope it worked for you. 105 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:45,040 Speaker 3: Mark, Thanks, Gary? 106 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 1: All right? You bet? And uh boy, be careful. I 107 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:54,920 Speaker 1: you know those roofs, if they got snow on it, 108 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:58,840 Speaker 1: I that's a that's a that's a tough one. And 109 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:00,920 Speaker 1: there's a lot of that going on right now too. 110 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 1: I mean, one of the notes I have for today 111 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:06,680 Speaker 1: is I was putting the show together last night. I 112 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:11,040 Speaker 1: was thinking to myself, and you know, we just had 113 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 1: two three weeks of snow and below freezing and you know, 114 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 1: lousy winter weather, and what do we do to find 115 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 1: out if there's problems on the outside of our house? 116 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:27,480 Speaker 1: And I just and one of them, of course, was 117 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:32,840 Speaker 1: looking for water stains inside your house, because that's going 118 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 1: to signify something's going on outside. And I know it 119 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:39,880 Speaker 1: seems simple, but sometimes we see just a little tiny 120 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:43,840 Speaker 1: stain and what do we do? We ignore it? Right, So, no, 121 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:47,679 Speaker 1: we gotta figure out what's going on there. Ken welcome? 122 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:56,160 Speaker 1: Hey Ken, I don't know if Ken's there. Ken? Are 123 00:07:56,160 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 1: you there? No, I don't think So let's go to Mark. 124 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:06,360 Speaker 1: Mark welcome, Hey Gary, how are you doing doing fine? 125 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:06,800 Speaker 1: Thank you? 126 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:13,560 Speaker 4: Yes, sir. I have a question about regrouting ceramic tile flooring. 127 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:22,320 Speaker 4: Basically when I did the floor, well, here's my first question, 128 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 4: So grout really be kind of level with the top 129 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:26,800 Speaker 4: of the tile. 130 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:33,640 Speaker 1: No, it should be just a little under really. 131 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:38,600 Speaker 4: Okay, because a lot of this is not it's I 132 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:42,560 Speaker 4: think it's it's too it's not level with the top 133 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:44,880 Speaker 4: of the tile enough. So what it does is it 134 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:47,640 Speaker 4: gets a lot of dirt. Yeah, and then it makes 135 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 4: it makes cleaning it a little bit a lot harder 136 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:51,000 Speaker 4: and stuff. 137 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:56,280 Speaker 1: I understand that especially you know, it shouldn't be real 138 00:08:56,440 --> 00:08:58,839 Speaker 1: deep that it would hold water. And where you get 139 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:01,760 Speaker 1: a lot of discoloration and groud is you know with 140 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:04,960 Speaker 1: a mop, I mean an older mop, not not to 141 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:07,160 Speaker 1: neat new kinds where they don't use a whole lot 142 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:10,600 Speaker 1: of water, but uh, where you would get that dirty 143 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:12,080 Speaker 1: water sedling in the ground. 144 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:18,880 Speaker 4: Well, new grout stick to old grout or should you always. 145 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 1: Got to take it out. You'd be best taking it out. 146 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:28,800 Speaker 1: So so there is grout that does stick to uh grout, 147 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:32,520 Speaker 1: but you've got to have a bonding agent in the grouting. 148 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:36,640 Speaker 1: Grout is a cementatious material, and I say it a 149 00:09:36,679 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 1: lot cement don't like to stick to cement. So you 150 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:45,320 Speaker 1: can buy different grouts that have the agent in there. 151 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:47,679 Speaker 1: So you got to read the label or you got 152 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 1: to remove it. You just find straight grout, you're going 153 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:51,960 Speaker 1: to have to remove it or add a bonding agent 154 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 1: to it. What what's your way of cleaning it or 155 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:58,000 Speaker 1: what what do you what are you thinking of doing. 156 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:01,319 Speaker 3: Well. 157 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:03,720 Speaker 4: I'm too old to be calling around on my hands 158 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:09,560 Speaker 4: and knees. Is there a local companies that can do well? 159 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 1: There's different companies. I haven't used them, but there's like 160 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:16,240 Speaker 1: grout Medic, grout Doctor, grout, this and that, and they 161 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:21,720 Speaker 1: do not only clean and repair, they also paint route 162 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:25,719 Speaker 1: And don't laugh about that. That's a good solution. If 163 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:28,400 Speaker 1: you're fighting it all the time and it's older grout, 164 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:31,960 Speaker 1: they'll actually paint it and it'll last ten to fifteen years. 165 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:36,280 Speaker 1: So you might want to check with one of them. 166 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:38,959 Speaker 4: Is that the paint that comes like in a stick 167 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:43,040 Speaker 4: and you just take the top like a marker, and well. 168 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:45,400 Speaker 1: For you and I yes, but there's a little better 169 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:45,679 Speaker 1: than that. 170 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:49,760 Speaker 4: Oh okay, okay, all right. 171 00:10:49,880 --> 00:10:51,560 Speaker 1: I just just a little bit of that in a 172 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:56,400 Speaker 1: brown tile shower with brown grout. It did great. 173 00:10:57,400 --> 00:10:58,199 Speaker 3: Is there a toll? 174 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:02,280 Speaker 4: Is there a like moving toll that's that's like plug in? 175 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:07,040 Speaker 1: Uh? Yeah, there is, And it's really what you would use, 176 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:09,600 Speaker 1: is you would I was talking earlier. They're like one 177 00:11:09,679 --> 00:11:12,560 Speaker 1: hundred hundred and twenty five bucks multipurpose tool. It's like 178 00:11:12,679 --> 00:11:17,080 Speaker 1: a it's like a drumble tool on steroids. You know, 179 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:20,439 Speaker 1: it's about you know, if you made a fist to 180 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:22,920 Speaker 1: fit right in your fist, real nice, and it's got 181 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:26,760 Speaker 1: grinding stones, it's got a little saw, it's got all 182 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:29,360 Speaker 1: kinds of things. That's that's a good way to remove ground. 183 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:32,600 Speaker 4: Is there a growery moving toll that you can run 184 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:34,640 Speaker 4: like from arc frontal or. 185 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:37,840 Speaker 1: There probably is. There's also different little almost look like 186 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:42,720 Speaker 1: circular saws with a little a little masonry wheel that 187 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:45,680 Speaker 1: would do it. A round a tool would be the 188 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:46,480 Speaker 1: place to get that. 189 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:48,240 Speaker 3: Yes, it's like. 190 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:54,040 Speaker 4: A like a miniature, real tiny little circular saw. 191 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:57,600 Speaker 1: It's real tiny, well not real tiny, but it's got 192 00:11:57,600 --> 00:12:02,640 Speaker 1: like a four inch blade on it, okay versus seven 193 00:12:02,679 --> 00:12:04,400 Speaker 1: and a half to. 194 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:06,600 Speaker 4: Really redo it and do it the right way. You 195 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:09,679 Speaker 4: want to grind out all that old grout and go 196 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:10,800 Speaker 4: from New Earth. 197 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:14,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, if it's compromised, but if it's just dirty, I 198 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:17,720 Speaker 1: mean you can take I mentioned a drumal tool before 199 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:21,960 Speaker 1: I've done this myself too. Now granted maybe a handyman 200 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:25,360 Speaker 1: is going to be your answer versus somebody that's fixing tile. 201 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:28,440 Speaker 1: But a drumal tool and just get one of those 202 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:31,200 Speaker 1: little pointed stones and just run it over the surface. 203 00:12:31,559 --> 00:12:36,800 Speaker 1: You'd be surprised. That's that that dirt is probably less 204 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:40,800 Speaker 1: than one and twenty eighth of an inch below the surface. 205 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:43,960 Speaker 1: So you can just stone that out and then come 206 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:47,120 Speaker 1: back with a seiler and probably brighten it up pretty good. 207 00:12:48,679 --> 00:12:52,920 Speaker 4: Okay, Well, I have sections of it that that are uh, 208 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:56,280 Speaker 4: it's it's it's not really cracked, but it's like straight intel. 209 00:12:56,280 --> 00:12:59,120 Speaker 4: It's got to stress on it because they be the 210 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:01,720 Speaker 4: beam on a at the house that runs from the 211 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 4: front of the house to the back. It's probably like 212 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:08,880 Speaker 4: three two by tens that are nailed together. And that's right. 213 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:13,720 Speaker 1: It's got Yeah, you'll have to, you know, determine which 214 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:15,559 Speaker 1: way you're going. But if you know, if you got 215 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:17,680 Speaker 1: a lot of stress cracks and you got some missing 216 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:20,160 Speaker 1: ground and it's stayed, if you're going to go ahead 217 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:22,920 Speaker 1: and just you know, cut that out and regrout it, 218 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:25,520 Speaker 1: that may be the way you want to go. Without 219 00:13:25,559 --> 00:13:27,680 Speaker 1: seeing it's hard for me to say, but it sounds 220 00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:30,640 Speaker 1: like that's all what you're leaning. All right, thank you 221 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:32,839 Speaker 1: much for the call, appreciate it. Quick break and then 222 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:36,839 Speaker 1: back at it. 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Call eight six 259 00:15:57,880 --> 00:16:13,280 Speaker 1: six eight two two seventy twenty eight. All right, becket 260 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:16,040 Speaker 1: it We go at home with Gary Salvyn talking about 261 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:20,440 Speaker 1: your home, protecting your home, and solving some issues that 262 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:23,720 Speaker 1: we always have around the home. Thanks for joining me. 263 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:28,120 Speaker 1: Coming up, we're going to talk about fireplace safety. That'll 264 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:29,480 Speaker 1: be at the bottom of the hour. I got a 265 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:34,400 Speaker 1: CSIA certified chimney sweep. That's gonna talk about that. And 266 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:36,640 Speaker 1: Clark will be joining us at the bottom of the hour. 267 00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:38,200 Speaker 1: In the meantime, we've got Connie. 268 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:42,920 Speaker 6: Connie, welcome, Oh, thank you, Good morning, Gary morning. 269 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:48,440 Speaker 7: Well, unfortunately, I have a mice problem in my home. 270 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:51,600 Speaker 7: Lived in my home for thirty years, and I know 271 00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:55,520 Speaker 7: that it's been an issue for a long time. Okay, 272 00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:59,119 Speaker 7: I got those net tracks you know on my ceiling 273 00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:03,080 Speaker 7: and strong story short, I've just been throwing poison in 274 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:05,680 Speaker 7: the attic, thinking that would take care of it. Well, 275 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:10,399 Speaker 7: recently I had an assessment done and I'm planning to 276 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:14,800 Speaker 7: do a complete remediation, take the old insulin out of 277 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:19,280 Speaker 7: the attic, sterilize and put new insulin, and seal up 278 00:17:19,320 --> 00:17:19,840 Speaker 7: the house. 279 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:22,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, as best it's possible. 280 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:23,120 Speaker 1: The best way. 281 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:28,840 Speaker 7: Connie's and I've learned that I'm not planning to move, 282 00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:31,240 Speaker 7: but I learned that if you do want to sell 283 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:34,880 Speaker 7: your house, it won't pass inspection if there's a bunch 284 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:38,679 Speaker 7: of tracks up in your ceiling, So hopefully they weren't 285 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:40,280 Speaker 7: pulling my leg about that. 286 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:42,840 Speaker 1: Oh I think you know, I mean, think of yourself 287 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:44,920 Speaker 1: if you were buying a house. You know, the first 288 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:48,680 Speaker 1: thing you're going to want to know it does it leak? 289 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:52,359 Speaker 1: Is it infested with anything? I mean, you know it's 290 00:17:52,680 --> 00:17:55,199 Speaker 1: so yeah, it's not going to say you're not going 291 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:56,720 Speaker 1: to sell it, but you're not going to sell for 292 00:17:56,800 --> 00:17:59,760 Speaker 1: what you want to sell it for, right And. 293 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:02,680 Speaker 7: I'm part of living with the creatures. 294 00:18:02,359 --> 00:18:06,440 Speaker 1: So right now you're doing the right thing. Mice can 295 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:09,200 Speaker 1: get into a hole the size of a dime. I mean, 296 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:13,680 Speaker 1: think about that. Ice love to get into homes when 297 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:17,040 Speaker 1: it's cold outside, and it's also their breeding season, so 298 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:22,520 Speaker 1: you know, those two mice become eight, twelve, sixteen pretty fast. 299 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:25,720 Speaker 1: And so what I'm saying is it doesn't take long 300 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:29,800 Speaker 1: to have an infestation. And if they got that nice 301 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:33,840 Speaker 1: warm insulation up upstairs and in between the walls, you 302 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:34,680 Speaker 1: know where they're living. 303 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:36,439 Speaker 8: Right. 304 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:41,080 Speaker 7: So my question for you, Gary is when they put 305 00:18:41,240 --> 00:18:46,359 Speaker 7: new insulationists in, should I I don't know, you know, 306 00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:50,200 Speaker 7: what's a good type and how much? 307 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:52,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, Well, the first thing they're going to want to 308 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:54,640 Speaker 1: do is they're probably going to have to remove some 309 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:58,000 Speaker 1: of the insulation. It really depends on whether that's been 310 00:18:58,040 --> 00:19:01,240 Speaker 1: the mice bathroom for a long period of time, so 311 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:04,639 Speaker 1: they may have to remove that. When it comes to 312 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:08,560 Speaker 1: the type of insulation, you know, a blown in fiberglass 313 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:13,719 Speaker 1: would be fine, or fiberglass batting would be fined. In 314 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:18,080 Speaker 1: your area, Probably anywhere between sixteen and eighteen inches of 315 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:22,040 Speaker 1: insulation is what you're going to want. So they'll remove, 316 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:27,399 Speaker 1: they'll sterilize, they'll seal, and then it will start the 317 00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:31,280 Speaker 1: process of putting new installation there. Thank you much. Connie. 318 00:19:31,359 --> 00:19:33,520 Speaker 1: Coming up, we're going to talk about your fireplace and 319 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:36,640 Speaker 1: how safe it is. 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They 356 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:01,400 Speaker 1: do things right, don't gam but with your home protected 357 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:10,520 Speaker 1: with zal Zalapumps dot com. Well, this past week I 358 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:15,240 Speaker 1: had numerous conversation with friends and acquaintances, and one fella 359 00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:19,359 Speaker 1: was he was going on and on about how much 360 00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:23,600 Speaker 1: energy he saved, and he was burning wood in his 361 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:27,840 Speaker 1: fireplace and had a stove and split and wood, and 362 00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:30,240 Speaker 1: I thought, boy, I remember when I had a wood 363 00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:33,400 Speaker 1: burning fireplace. I just loved it and then I turn 364 00:22:33,480 --> 00:22:37,359 Speaker 1: on the news and I see as predicted. I predicted 365 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:39,640 Speaker 1: this not a heart prediction at all. We always see 366 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:43,840 Speaker 1: a lot of fires and problems like that this time 367 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:47,440 Speaker 1: of year when weather's severe. So I thought, I need 368 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:51,679 Speaker 1: to talk to Clark. And Clark is my fireplace at 369 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:55,600 Speaker 1: Chimney Expert. He has a company in my hometown, the 370 00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:59,680 Speaker 1: Chimney Care Company, a CSI certified chimney sweep and Clark, 371 00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:01,240 Speaker 1: thank you, thank you so much for spending a little 372 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:05,000 Speaker 1: bit of time with us. Thank you, no problem. Let's 373 00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:10,800 Speaker 1: talk about you know, you see it all. And I 374 00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:13,680 Speaker 1: said when I reached out to you yesterday, can we 375 00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:19,520 Speaker 1: talk a little bit about safety and safety failures that 376 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:22,280 Speaker 1: you're seeing or problems that you're seeing and you're going, 377 00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:26,240 Speaker 1: oh my gosh, we got to get that fixed. Can 378 00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:28,600 Speaker 1: you just kind of walk us through maybe with wood 379 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:30,040 Speaker 1: burning fireplaces first. 380 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:34,879 Speaker 8: Oh yes, it's funny that you you've reached out to 381 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:37,560 Speaker 8: me when you had because I have a great example 382 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:42,480 Speaker 8: from the previous night. Actually, every time there's a cold snap, 383 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:46,520 Speaker 8: especially a relatively severe one like this, especially if it's 384 00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:50,520 Speaker 8: snowing and people can't leave their houses, people tend to 385 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:55,200 Speaker 8: rely on their fireplaces for heat, whether it's supplemental. 386 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:58,320 Speaker 2: Or power goes out, and a lot of the. 387 00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:02,200 Speaker 8: Times those fireplaces are only used in circumstances like that, 388 00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:04,760 Speaker 8: so it's never thought of to have them looked at, 389 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:10,960 Speaker 8: and so people just don't know what's going on inside 390 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:14,840 Speaker 8: of the chimney system, if those flues are able to 391 00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:19,040 Speaker 8: contain the creasode and the heat. And then even more 392 00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:22,760 Speaker 8: commonly than that, a lot of people just don't realize 393 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:26,120 Speaker 8: that fireplaces have to be swept. Even if you burn 394 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:30,119 Speaker 8: the cleanest, most wealtheasoned hardwood, there's still going to be 395 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:33,080 Speaker 8: creoso build up that can ignite and cause a chimney fire. 396 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:37,199 Speaker 1: Sure, you bring up a good point chimney fires. My 397 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:40,040 Speaker 1: understanding is you can have a chimney fire and not 398 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:44,879 Speaker 1: know you had one, but then your your defense against 399 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:50,720 Speaker 1: that fire is compromised and the next chimney fire might 400 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:52,760 Speaker 1: get your house. Is that a true statement? 401 00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:57,480 Speaker 8: That's exactly right. Whether or not it's a masonry brick 402 00:24:57,520 --> 00:25:02,560 Speaker 8: and mortar fireplace or a metal fireplace system, each of 403 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:06,320 Speaker 8: those types of systems are basically designed to withstand one 404 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:10,600 Speaker 8: chimney fire. They can burn so hot that they can 405 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:15,640 Speaker 8: actually damage the masonry lining, and they can actually chimney 406 00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:20,119 Speaker 8: fires they burned around two thousand degrees that can actually 407 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:24,320 Speaker 8: retemper the stainless steel lining of a metal chimney and 408 00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:26,080 Speaker 8: can cause it the rust in the future. 409 00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:31,040 Speaker 1: So, you know, leading up to the holidays at the 410 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:34,560 Speaker 1: end of December, I would preach to people if you 411 00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:37,920 Speaker 1: have not had that chimney inspected in a couple of years, 412 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:41,040 Speaker 1: or maybe you're a young couple when you just bought 413 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:43,879 Speaker 1: the house, or you're an older couple when you downsize 414 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:46,120 Speaker 1: and just bought the house. In other words, you don't 415 00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:48,360 Speaker 1: know what in the world's going on with that chimney 416 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:53,640 Speaker 1: and fireplace. Do not burn the mule tide log, okay 417 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:58,040 Speaker 1: until that thing's inspected. And that's virtually what you're saying 418 00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:01,240 Speaker 1: about cold weather too, right. 419 00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:03,760 Speaker 8: Right, And I was going to bring that up as well. 420 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:07,720 Speaker 8: People moving, buying new houses, downsizing, whatever it may be. 421 00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:13,400 Speaker 8: Often the fireplace is overlooked in the inspection period. Usually 422 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:16,880 Speaker 8: home inspectors they're pretty open about they don't do an 423 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:20,480 Speaker 8: in depth inspection of the fireplace, but then it just 424 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:24,080 Speaker 8: kind of gets overlooked and then I come, you know, 425 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:27,040 Speaker 8: a year or two later or whatnot. Find all these 426 00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:30,480 Speaker 8: problems that could have been caught during inspection. So I'd 427 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:33,480 Speaker 8: definitely recommend having the fireplace looked at during the buying 428 00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:34,560 Speaker 8: process as well. 429 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:40,159 Speaker 1: Yeah, so, I guess the bottom line advice is, again, 430 00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:43,680 Speaker 1: if you haven't had it looked at, clean door, given 431 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:45,480 Speaker 1: it a little bit of love and over the last 432 00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:48,200 Speaker 1: two years, this is not a way to save money 433 00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:52,479 Speaker 1: on your utility bill. 434 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:52,959 Speaker 8: Right, exactly right. 435 00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:56,520 Speaker 1: So another question I get, and you brought it up. 436 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:59,720 Speaker 1: You know you can do yourself a favor by buying 437 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:04,080 Speaker 1: the right species of wood and the properly dried wood. 438 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:06,560 Speaker 1: Can you give us some ideas on that for next year? 439 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:12,119 Speaker 8: Yes, so, I would say, especially those who plan on 440 00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:15,600 Speaker 8: using a wood stove or something like that for supplemental heat, 441 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:17,600 Speaker 8: or even if you're just going to use the fireplace, 442 00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:22,119 Speaker 8: you know, on Thanksgiving and Christmas, I would start buying 443 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:27,680 Speaker 8: wood now. It's kind of hard to source seasoned wood, 444 00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:31,880 Speaker 8: especially in the middle of winter, but if you are 445 00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:36,240 Speaker 8: buying your wood supply now for next season, it doesn't 446 00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:38,800 Speaker 8: really matter seasons. They're not at this point because it'll 447 00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:42,280 Speaker 8: have all of the spring and summer and fall to 448 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:45,879 Speaker 8: be seasoning in preparation for the next burning season. And 449 00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:49,280 Speaker 8: then in terms of species of wood, I am really 450 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:53,639 Speaker 8: much less concerned with this species of wood that people 451 00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:57,800 Speaker 8: burn pine versus hardwood, as long as it is well seasoned. 452 00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:00,640 Speaker 8: I think that is by part of the most important thing. 453 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:05,320 Speaker 1: So one of the problems I think a lot of 454 00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:08,720 Speaker 1: people may have if they don't really know much about 455 00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:12,520 Speaker 1: a fireplace and they're burning it. And I'm sure you 456 00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:15,840 Speaker 1: can expand on that, is you start this fire, it's 457 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:19,480 Speaker 1: cold out here, all the kids are excited, We're gonna 458 00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:21,800 Speaker 1: have a fire in a fireplace, We're gonna watch a movie, 459 00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:25,320 Speaker 1: and the smoke starts coming down into the house. What's 460 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:27,520 Speaker 1: going on there? Right? 461 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:33,040 Speaker 8: Almost always I have found that that is a pressure issue. 462 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:38,840 Speaker 8: So the newer house is typically the more efficient. It 463 00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:44,240 Speaker 8: is just by regulation essentially. So if you have really 464 00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:47,800 Speaker 8: efficient doors and windows that are not allowing any air 465 00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:52,360 Speaker 8: into the house, any appliance, anything in the house that 466 00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:55,040 Speaker 8: needs to operate with air is going to get it 467 00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:59,160 Speaker 8: from somewhere, and the chimney is basically just an open 468 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:02,480 Speaker 8: airstack to the outside. So if you've got if your 469 00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:05,200 Speaker 8: Li've had cases where a customer's fireplace has worked for 470 00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:07,840 Speaker 8: years and then they replaced all their windows and then 471 00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:12,280 Speaker 8: they've had a bad downdraft. So in that circumstance, those people, 472 00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:15,520 Speaker 8: I would definitely recommend starting by just cracking open a 473 00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:18,120 Speaker 8: window until they've got a lot of heat going up 474 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:21,240 Speaker 8: the chimney, and usually that takes care of the problem. 475 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:26,480 Speaker 1: So you need to be attentive when you're building a fire, 476 00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:27,280 Speaker 1: I mean. 477 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:33,320 Speaker 8: Right right. One thing, especially if someone has not used 478 00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:37,000 Speaker 8: their fireplace in a long time orerever it's new house, 479 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:41,280 Speaker 8: I would probably recommend you can just go in there 480 00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:44,760 Speaker 8: and literally a lot of the time you could just 481 00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:48,040 Speaker 8: stick your hand in the fireplace and feel if there's 482 00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:50,560 Speaker 8: cold air coming down, then you want to be really 483 00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:54,600 Speaker 8: mindful of that when you're starting a fire. Sometimes even 484 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:56,520 Speaker 8: before you start a fire, if you feel cold air 485 00:29:56,520 --> 00:30:00,239 Speaker 8: coming down, you can crack a nearby window and that 486 00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:02,400 Speaker 8: might be enough to really reverse the death. 487 00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:02,880 Speaker 3: Just on. 488 00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:07,880 Speaker 1: Very good, very good. So when my buddy was telling 489 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:13,360 Speaker 1: me about the and and he was he was proud 490 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:16,320 Speaker 1: that he was splitting wood in burning wood and saving money, 491 00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:19,480 Speaker 1: and that's awesome. I mean, that's awesome. But one of 492 00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:21,479 Speaker 1: the things is in the back of my mind, I 493 00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:25,120 Speaker 1: was thinking, so how do you got any tips on 494 00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:28,960 Speaker 1: how to help circulate that heat that's coming from that 495 00:30:29,560 --> 00:30:34,880 Speaker 1: fireplace or stove to help it, you know, get around 496 00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:38,040 Speaker 1: the house that I always found that bedrooms then got 497 00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:40,480 Speaker 1: really cold and my family room was really hot. 498 00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:45,360 Speaker 8: Right, So this is going to be a question that 499 00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:48,000 Speaker 8: can it just varies based on how the house is 500 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:52,080 Speaker 8: set up? Okay, it really I mean a lot of 501 00:30:52,120 --> 00:30:56,720 Speaker 8: people have good luck just putting their central air system 502 00:30:56,800 --> 00:31:00,720 Speaker 8: on recirculate. Okay, that works for a lot of people 503 00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:03,320 Speaker 8: just to get to help get that air, that hot 504 00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:06,360 Speaker 8: air out of that room and moving around the ductwork, right. 505 00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:10,160 Speaker 8: And then some people, depending on the size and the 506 00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:12,520 Speaker 8: shape of the house, if they're just really relying on 507 00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:15,560 Speaker 8: wood heat, they just can use a box stand just 508 00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:19,320 Speaker 8: to circulate that heat out of the room. So like 509 00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:22,560 Speaker 8: my house is I heat exclusively with wood at my house, 510 00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:26,080 Speaker 8: and it's my house is only about twelve hundred square feet, 511 00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:28,480 Speaker 8: so it kind of gets the job done on its own. 512 00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:31,640 Speaker 8: But I would, yeah, let's been putting the furnace summer circulate. 513 00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:36,480 Speaker 1: So here's another question. I don't know if this is 514 00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:39,720 Speaker 1: anyone's frustration, but I can see where it would be. 515 00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:46,800 Speaker 1: So you work with a company of the chimney care company. 516 00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:51,440 Speaker 1: They do repairs, they do cleaning, they do inspections. This 517 00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:57,200 Speaker 1: time a year, are you focused more in like, well, boy, 518 00:31:57,240 --> 00:31:59,440 Speaker 1: this person really has a problem. We got to help 519 00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:02,560 Speaker 1: them out. Or in other words, is it seasonal? Obviously 520 00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:04,920 Speaker 1: this would be a problem of this would be a 521 00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:08,880 Speaker 1: time of high use in your services would be in demand. 522 00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:11,560 Speaker 1: How does that all work from a business perspective? 523 00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:17,240 Speaker 8: So I always try to communicate with our clients to 524 00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:21,080 Speaker 8: have us out in a season where they wouldn't be 525 00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:23,239 Speaker 8: using the fireplace, so if there are issues, they can 526 00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:27,120 Speaker 8: be addressed. Now, I understand that most people don't really 527 00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:31,200 Speaker 8: know how fireplaces work or have even heard that advice. 528 00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:35,440 Speaker 8: So what we basically do is we have different days 529 00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:39,680 Speaker 8: kind of blocked off during the busy season for that 530 00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:43,440 Speaker 8: for that case where someone's relying on a wood still 531 00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:46,000 Speaker 8: for heat and they have a catastrophic problem that they 532 00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:48,720 Speaker 8: weren't aware about, so that we can getat to them 533 00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:51,040 Speaker 8: and actually help correct their issue in the middle of 534 00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:54,880 Speaker 8: the winter. So it's really a little bit of both 535 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:57,600 Speaker 8: big repairs and service calls in the winter, but I 536 00:32:57,640 --> 00:33:00,480 Speaker 8: really try to recommend that people have it out in 537 00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:02,480 Speaker 8: the spring and summer, trying to get ahead of the 538 00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:04,000 Speaker 8: issue in the first place. 539 00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:06,840 Speaker 1: I totally agree. If you ever get that accomplished, we 540 00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:12,880 Speaker 1: let me know first. It's like trying to sell snowshovels 541 00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:17,040 Speaker 1: in October. It's hard to do, right, right, Yep, Yeah, 542 00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:20,520 Speaker 1: for sure, real quick, and I'm gonna let you go. 543 00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:23,840 Speaker 1: Folks listening right now, they got gas logs, and every boy, 544 00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:26,640 Speaker 1: I'm glad I'm not burning wood. I got this gas fireplace. 545 00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:27,840 Speaker 1: Do they need maintenance? 546 00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:35,560 Speaker 8: Absolutely so. With gas logs in a fireplace, exact same 547 00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:38,560 Speaker 8: rules and regulations apply as if they were burning wood. 548 00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:42,240 Speaker 8: They'll have less heat and no creas so that could 549 00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:45,240 Speaker 8: cause a chimney fire. But they could still be letting 550 00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:49,360 Speaker 8: carbon monoxide open areas of the house they're unaware of. 551 00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:52,680 Speaker 8: There could still be clearance to combustible issues that could 552 00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:56,320 Speaker 8: be fire hazards. So for sure, I would recommend annual 553 00:33:56,360 --> 00:33:59,560 Speaker 8: inspections regardless of what type of fireplace you have. 554 00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:04,080 Speaker 1: I had some dirty pilot lights and issues like that too, 555 00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:06,720 Speaker 1: So you know it burns for a little bit and 556 00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:12,720 Speaker 1: then just goes out. That doesn't sound good exactly, all right, Clark, 557 00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:14,920 Speaker 1: I promised you a quick interview and I thank you 558 00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:18,080 Speaker 1: so much for your time. Clark is with the company, 559 00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:22,719 Speaker 1: the Chimney Care Company, and your expertise is appreciated. 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We've got stand stand Welcome. 612 00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:43,720 Speaker 6: Hey, thank you, Gari. It's good to talk to you, Yes, sir, Yeah, 613 00:37:43,800 --> 00:37:46,560 Speaker 6: So I have a house that was built fifty years 614 00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:53,560 Speaker 6: ago and they put the heating air ducts underneath the 615 00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:57,319 Speaker 6: cement floor of the basement so that they could save 616 00:37:57,440 --> 00:38:04,200 Speaker 6: ceiling space in the basement, and those ducks, I believe, 617 00:38:04,239 --> 00:38:09,080 Speaker 6: are rusting out and we're getting dirt blown into the 618 00:38:09,200 --> 00:38:11,200 Speaker 6: home through those vents. 619 00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:14,160 Speaker 1: Probably losing energy too. Huh. 620 00:38:14,280 --> 00:38:14,640 Speaker 3: Yeah. 621 00:38:15,080 --> 00:38:21,880 Speaker 6: A year ago, I I took I took self leveling cement, 622 00:38:22,719 --> 00:38:26,480 Speaker 6: put a thin, thin send it out and poured it 623 00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:29,240 Speaker 6: down the drains, hoping that it would put a cement 624 00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:33,400 Speaker 6: layer on the bottom of those vents that are contacting 625 00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:38,160 Speaker 6: the ground, trying to cover up any holes that are 626 00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:42,080 Speaker 6: rusting through on those vents. At lasted a year, but 627 00:38:42,280 --> 00:38:44,640 Speaker 6: now the dirt's coming in worse than it did a 628 00:38:44,719 --> 00:38:45,160 Speaker 6: year ago. 629 00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:55,719 Speaker 1: It's a good idea. Yeah, I was impressed and I 630 00:38:55,800 --> 00:38:59,799 Speaker 1: thought I had a fix, but it wasn't a fix, right, 631 00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:05,239 Speaker 1: So where do we stand? Like, what do I do? 632 00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:13,480 Speaker 6: Yeah, well, those ducks, I think one. 633 00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:16,160 Speaker 1: Of the things I might you know, look into So 634 00:39:16,239 --> 00:39:18,600 Speaker 1: this is a crawl space that's in, isn't it? Or 635 00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:19,480 Speaker 1: is it a basement? 636 00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:23,320 Speaker 6: It's a basement and there's no crawl space. 637 00:39:23,640 --> 00:39:29,160 Speaker 1: Okay, So they weren't put in because you wanted more 638 00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:36,439 Speaker 1: or somebody wanted more headroom. So you still feel that way. 639 00:39:38,160 --> 00:39:40,920 Speaker 6: I needed I need a fix, and I'll do whatever 640 00:39:40,960 --> 00:39:42,280 Speaker 6: it is required. 641 00:39:43,239 --> 00:39:47,520 Speaker 1: Well I think that well, okay, number one, the fix 642 00:39:47,560 --> 00:39:51,560 Speaker 1: would be to say cyonara to the piping going through 643 00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:54,960 Speaker 1: the floor. Let's let's get that pipe up on the ceiling, 644 00:39:56,560 --> 00:40:01,200 Speaker 1: and you know, see what we can do in between. Joyce, 645 00:40:01,440 --> 00:40:06,399 Speaker 1: whatever hangs down, Maybe we lose you know, a half 646 00:40:06,440 --> 00:40:10,520 Speaker 1: a foot or a foot. Maybe that is your best option. 647 00:40:10,680 --> 00:40:13,440 Speaker 1: So keep that in your mind. I think that is 648 00:40:14,200 --> 00:40:19,160 Speaker 1: probably the option, because digging it up doesn't sound like 649 00:40:19,239 --> 00:40:23,200 Speaker 1: that's a real good option. Now I'm going to talk 650 00:40:23,239 --> 00:40:26,200 Speaker 1: about something I don't know if it can be used, 651 00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:28,920 Speaker 1: but since you gave me the idea when you were 652 00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:33,359 Speaker 1: talking about the concrete, in the plumbing industry, there is 653 00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:40,239 Speaker 1: a way to line clay pipes that are waistlines that 654 00:40:40,560 --> 00:40:44,440 Speaker 1: go out, you know, to the sewer systems. And in 655 00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:50,240 Speaker 1: older cities they have big, massive waste lines under old 656 00:40:50,520 --> 00:40:55,239 Speaker 1: old concrete and old old buildings for waistlines. And they're 657 00:40:55,239 --> 00:41:00,920 Speaker 1: not gonna dig this twenty inch pipe up across a 658 00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:06,120 Speaker 1: main street in a city and they can line them 659 00:41:06,360 --> 00:41:10,680 Speaker 1: all right. So there is a company in my city. 660 00:41:10,920 --> 00:41:13,279 Speaker 1: I know you're in Montana, so I don't know the 661 00:41:13,360 --> 00:41:16,239 Speaker 1: availability of this, but the name of this company is 662 00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:23,160 Speaker 1: precision pipe and they've been doing it for plumbing pipes 663 00:41:23,360 --> 00:41:26,160 Speaker 1: in Europe for fifty sixty years. They've been doing it 664 00:41:26,200 --> 00:41:29,600 Speaker 1: in the States for twenty five or thirty. And it's 665 00:41:29,760 --> 00:41:35,520 Speaker 1: literally waistline liners for waistline. It's like a giant sock. 666 00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:42,360 Speaker 1: It's got a thermal. They blow it with a blower 667 00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:45,680 Speaker 1: and expand it out and there's a thermal product in 668 00:41:45,719 --> 00:41:49,520 Speaker 1: that sock or liner which hardens like an a epoxy. 669 00:41:50,320 --> 00:41:55,200 Speaker 1: And they literally line clay old clay water pipes, old 670 00:41:55,200 --> 00:42:02,360 Speaker 1: clay waistlines, and even if they're separated. I would investigate that. 671 00:42:02,920 --> 00:42:07,480 Speaker 1: I don't see why that would not work. There could 672 00:42:07,560 --> 00:42:10,000 Speaker 1: be a good reason, but I don't know what that 673 00:42:10,040 --> 00:42:15,640 Speaker 1: would be. I think that is the three options that 674 00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:19,400 Speaker 1: I would know, and one of them I don't know 675 00:42:19,480 --> 00:42:22,359 Speaker 1: for sure if that would work, but I would investigate that. 676 00:42:25,560 --> 00:42:26,000 Speaker 6: Excellent. 677 00:42:26,320 --> 00:42:27,760 Speaker 3: That sounds like a great idea. 678 00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:31,279 Speaker 1: So yeah, I know there's a lot a lot of 679 00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:33,919 Speaker 1: companies do it. A lot of them just specialize in it. 680 00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:39,520 Speaker 1: But I think even Rota Ruter I talk about them, 681 00:42:39,560 --> 00:42:44,560 Speaker 1: I believe they do that. But I would start checking around. 682 00:42:44,640 --> 00:42:46,719 Speaker 1: Let me know how you make out, because I think 683 00:42:46,760 --> 00:42:49,960 Speaker 1: that would be that'd be a miracle answer that would 684 00:42:49,960 --> 00:42:55,440 Speaker 1: accomplish both things you're trying to do. All right, all right, 685 00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:59,200 Speaker 1: thank you much, Stan, appreciate the call. All right, let 686 00:42:59,239 --> 00:43:01,359 Speaker 1: me give you the phone. We're gonna have to take 687 00:43:01,360 --> 00:43:03,640 Speaker 1: a break and then we're gonna have Jim and Julie 688 00:43:03,640 --> 00:43:06,160 Speaker 1: and Ron. Our phone number you can grab a line 689 00:43:06,160 --> 00:43:09,640 Speaker 1: that's eight hundred eighty two three eight two five five. 690 00:43:10,760 --> 00:43:16,560 Speaker 1: Wildlife is looking at your home right now, and they're 691 00:43:16,600 --> 00:43:19,960 Speaker 1: looking to get in your attic or in your walls. 692 00:43:21,040 --> 00:43:24,480 Speaker 1: And a little tip here is if you see little 693 00:43:24,480 --> 00:43:27,520 Speaker 1: footprints up on the roof in the snow near the 694 00:43:27,640 --> 00:43:31,720 Speaker 1: vent the ridge vent, pay attention. They could be working 695 00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:33,880 Speaker 1: on that ridge event and looking for a way to 696 00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:37,560 Speaker 1: get in your home. 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