1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:04,080 Speaker 1: KFI AM six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp the 2 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:09,480 Speaker 1: house Whisper on demand on the iHeartRadio app, Custom home Builder, 3 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:13,960 Speaker 1: Custom Home Designer, and every week your guide to better 4 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:18,000 Speaker 1: understanding that place where you live. You know what, whether 5 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:22,319 Speaker 1: your home is a castle or a cottage, it matters not. 6 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:26,639 Speaker 1: You know why, because luxury does not a great homemake. 7 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:31,920 Speaker 1: It is design that matters most. Good design makes all 8 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:36,640 Speaker 1: the difference in every home on every level. Every house 9 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:41,040 Speaker 1: deserves it, every house should enjoy it, because once good 10 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:43,680 Speaker 1: design is at work, every house has a path forward 11 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:46,599 Speaker 1: toward becoming a great home. And that's what we are 12 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:51,080 Speaker 1: all about here on the program every single week for you. 13 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 1: Today on the show, well, I'm going to issue a 14 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:58,639 Speaker 1: couple of warnings about dealing with your leaks or your 15 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:01,880 Speaker 1: drainage issues. So I want you to stay with me 16 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:05,959 Speaker 1: on that and listen up, because as the sun breaks 17 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:10,119 Speaker 1: out again, now is the time to get on this 18 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 1: and to deal with the aftermath of what the water 19 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:18,959 Speaker 1: has done improperly on your property. And today we're going 20 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:22,679 Speaker 1: to be talking specifically about what I want you to 21 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:26,520 Speaker 1: be doing in the aftermath of this atmospheric river so 22 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:29,200 Speaker 1: that it doesn't happen again, all right, So lots of 23 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:33,040 Speaker 1: good advice, lots of good counsel, even some design direction today, 24 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 1: especially when it comes to gutters. All of that is 25 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 1: where we're going with the show today, So don't go anywhere. 26 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:44,399 Speaker 1: It's worth every minute, I promise, And of course we're 27 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 1: going to be taking calls if we get calls today. 28 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 1: The number to reach me eight three to three to 29 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 1: ask Dean A three three The numeral to ask Dean 30 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:59,240 Speaker 1: A three three to ask Dean. If you've got design questions, 31 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 1: construction issues, landscape DIY decor whatever has you scratching your 32 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:07,000 Speaker 1: head about your home. I got you. That's what I'm 33 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 1: here for. We'll put our heads together and we will 34 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:13,919 Speaker 1: get it figured out. Eight three three two ask Dean. 35 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 1: That's the number to reach me. The phone lines are 36 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:19,560 Speaker 1: open right now. We'll be going to the phones just 37 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 1: a little bit later in the show as the calls 38 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 1: build up, but you can call now, jump into the 39 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 1: queue and you'll listen to the show while you wait. 40 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 1: All right, sitting across the table from me, there she is, 41 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 1: my design partner, my better half, my best buddy in 42 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:41,680 Speaker 1: all the world. Tina is here. Welcome home. How you 43 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:45,480 Speaker 1: do great. I love the rain, yep, you do. I do, 44 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 1: so do I And we need it, yes we do. 45 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:50,919 Speaker 1: I know that it can cause some issues, but that's 46 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:54,840 Speaker 1: why we're here right exactly. But you know, it's always 47 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 1: I don't know what it is in southern California. It's 48 00:02:57,480 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 1: always feast or famine, right, It's like no rain, zero zilch, 49 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 1: and then we get too much too quick. But hey, 50 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:09,840 Speaker 1: great stuff on the way. You're listening to Home with 51 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 1: Dean Sharp the House Whisper. 52 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 2: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 53 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 2: KFI Am sixty. 54 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 1: I don't want to make a big issue out of it. 55 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 1: I know we tend to overreact. I just want to 56 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 1: be clear on this. We tend to overreact to rain 57 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 1: in Southern California, any weather that isn't just sunshine and warmth, 58 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 1: and you know, it's it's kind of fun, isn't it. 59 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 1: There are real things that happen to homes when it rains, leaks, 60 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:45,720 Speaker 1: drainage issues and so on. And I would say probably 61 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:49,200 Speaker 1: here in Southern California, perhaps we have more of those 62 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 1: issues than the rest of the country in many many ways. 63 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 1: Why because we don't normally worry about it. And so 64 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 1: when systems are installed and we're not exactly clear on 65 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 1: the fact that they've been done in a substandard way. 66 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 1: You know, you can go several years without even realizing 67 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:10,840 Speaker 1: that it's a problem until a big one hits and 68 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 1: then you realize, wait, that why isn't this working the 69 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:17,840 Speaker 1: right way? So that's what we're here to talk about today. 70 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:20,480 Speaker 1: You can get this product, and I promised I would 71 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 1: talk about it a little bit. Quick dam d Am, 72 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:26,719 Speaker 1: quick dam you know, as in the thing that holds 73 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:32,719 Speaker 1: back water. It's a fantastic company and an innovative company. 74 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:36,120 Speaker 1: And what they've really done is they've taken taken diaper 75 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 1: technology and expanded it to the home level. And what 76 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 1: I mean by that is, if you've never seen a 77 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:47,000 Speaker 1: quick damn product before, they are essentially what they call 78 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 1: sandless sand bags. Okay, So instead of running down to 79 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 1: you know, the hardware store or wherever you you know, 80 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:58,719 Speaker 1: the builder supply and getting a bunch of empty bags 81 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:01,679 Speaker 1: and then getting a bunch of sand and putting hundreds 82 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 1: of pounds of sand bags all around your property and 83 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:09,279 Speaker 1: the backbreaking labor that that is, the quick damn sandless 84 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:12,840 Speaker 1: sand bag. You'll walk out of the store with, you know, 85 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:16,839 Speaker 1: ten of them, twelve of them, you know, underneath your arm, 86 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:20,440 Speaker 1: weighing less than a pound in a small plastic package. 87 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:24,279 Speaker 1: And you get home and when the rain starts to come, 88 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:27,840 Speaker 1: you take them out of the package, depending on the 89 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 1: size that you bought, and they come in various sizes. 90 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 1: They come everything from twenty four inch long kind of 91 00:05:34,279 --> 00:05:40,640 Speaker 1: sandbag sized bags to seventeen foot long tubes that go 92 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:43,600 Speaker 1: in front of your garage door right long enough for 93 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:46,120 Speaker 1: a single bag to go all the way across the 94 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:49,159 Speaker 1: entry to the garage door. And oh, by the way, 95 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 1: not a sponsor of the show. This has just Dean 96 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:53,479 Speaker 1: giving you some insight in a product that is in 97 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:57,600 Speaker 1: no way financially connected to the program whatsoever. I just 98 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:01,200 Speaker 1: we've used them again and again. They're very very effective 99 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:04,159 Speaker 1: and for the homeowner, very very efficient as far as 100 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:07,480 Speaker 1: not killing yourself to get it done. The key is 101 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:11,920 Speaker 1: that these bags have a powder inside them, a crystaline 102 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:17,359 Speaker 1: powder that becomes gelatinous when water hits them. And so 103 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:19,560 Speaker 1: the point is, that's why I said, it's kind of 104 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:22,520 Speaker 1: like a diaper for your home. The point is they're 105 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:25,120 Speaker 1: super lightweight. You just go to the store, grab a 106 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:27,400 Speaker 1: couple of boxes of them, bring them home. If you 107 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 1: need to use them, you roll them out, you wait 108 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:31,120 Speaker 1: for the water to come, because as soon as the 109 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:34,559 Speaker 1: water hits them, they start to absorb it and they 110 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:38,360 Speaker 1: swell up, and then now you have essentially a water 111 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:42,920 Speaker 1: filled sand bag across the threshold of the back door 112 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:45,279 Speaker 1: or wherever it is that you're trying to divert water, 113 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 1: and they will hold that water indefinitely, definitely through the 114 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:51,960 Speaker 1: end of the stormy week or so. So they're a 115 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:55,240 Speaker 1: very very effective product, and I strongly recommend them for 116 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:58,440 Speaker 1: those of you who are not in the mood to 117 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 1: go out and be lifting heavy sand bags around and 118 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 1: tossing them around, especially in the middle of a rainstorm. 119 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 1: So quick dam is the product. Right now you walk 120 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:12,920 Speaker 1: into your local I think Low's home depot, local hardware store, 121 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:15,920 Speaker 1: local builders supply. If they know what they're doing, they're 122 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:17,880 Speaker 1: the first thing you're going to see as you walk in. 123 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:20,360 Speaker 1: In fact, I walked into our local home depot the 124 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 1: other day and there they were right up front, because 125 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:25,480 Speaker 1: everybody knew the rain was coming, so you should see 126 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:29,560 Speaker 1: them right as you walk in. Orange and black packaging quickdam, 127 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:32,640 Speaker 1: and just realize that there are various sizes and kind 128 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:35,640 Speaker 1: of size up what it is that you would be thinking. Essentially, 129 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 1: however many sand bags you'd end up using, that's what 130 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:41,360 Speaker 1: you were going to use in terms of quick dam. 131 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:43,640 Speaker 1: Not as cheap as a sand bag, because a sand 132 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:45,960 Speaker 1: bag is less than a buck for the bag, and 133 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 1: then the sand also very inexpensive, and the quick dam 134 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:52,000 Speaker 1: obviously you're going to be paying a few bucks for 135 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:56,480 Speaker 1: per bag, but well worth you not straining yourself or 136 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 1: breaking yourself open. All right, Okay, when we come back, 137 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 1: let's talk about leaks in your home and what is 138 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:07,120 Speaker 1: not quite as obvious as it seems, and that is 139 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:10,600 Speaker 1: tracking down where it's coming from, that and so much 140 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 1: more Your Home with Dean Sharp, the House Whisper. 141 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:17,720 Speaker 2: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 142 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 2: KFI AM six forty. 143 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 1: Welcome to the program. Wherever you are, I hope you 144 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:26,800 Speaker 1: are taking the lighter side of it and just embracing 145 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:29,880 Speaker 1: that this is a great entry way into the holiday 146 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:32,920 Speaker 1: season for all of us. But you know, weather causes problems, 147 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:37,400 Speaker 1: and here in so cal we are talking about the 148 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:42,120 Speaker 1: aftermath of leaks and drainage issues that were proven out. 149 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 1: Even as we speak, as the rain continues to come 150 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:47,640 Speaker 1: down here and what are we going to do about it. Also, 151 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:50,440 Speaker 1: we'll be going to the phones in a bit if 152 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:53,560 Speaker 1: we've got some calls coming up. The number to reach 153 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:56,760 Speaker 1: me eight three to three two ask Dean eight three 154 00:08:56,800 --> 00:09:00,480 Speaker 1: to three the numeral two ask Dean eight three to 155 00:09:00,559 --> 00:09:03,360 Speaker 1: three to ask Dean. You can call me about anything 156 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:05,679 Speaker 1: you want to talk about regarding your home. I'm talking 157 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:09,439 Speaker 1: rain and leaks and drainage and gutters today, but you 158 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:12,200 Speaker 1: are free to set the agenda when it comes to 159 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:16,920 Speaker 1: your call, anything at all, No apologies, whatever has got 160 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:18,839 Speaker 1: you scratching your head about your home eight three to 161 00:09:18,920 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 1: three to ask Dean. Okay, let us move forward now 162 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:29,640 Speaker 1: with this conversation on leaks and drainage. How do you 163 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 1: track down a leak? Well, here is the thing, the 164 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:37,000 Speaker 1: number one thing that I want you to understand is 165 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:40,880 Speaker 1: that to wherever the leak is coming through into the 166 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:45,280 Speaker 1: interior of your home. Don't assume that it's just as 167 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:47,920 Speaker 1: simple as well, it's right above it. It's right above that, 168 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:49,920 Speaker 1: right you know, that's where we would go up onto 169 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:52,880 Speaker 1: the roof and figure out where the leak is yeah, 170 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:58,560 Speaker 1: not really Usually the case, water, by the way, has 171 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:02,920 Speaker 1: an extremely high surface tension. And what does that mean? 172 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:07,000 Speaker 1: That seemed a little science d What does that mean? 173 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 1: It means that water clings to things. If you haven't noticed, 174 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:14,040 Speaker 1: it can cling, and it can run a great distance 175 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:17,880 Speaker 1: before it actually builds up enough weight for gravity to 176 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:21,079 Speaker 1: overcome its own surface tension and make it drip down. 177 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:24,400 Speaker 1: And what does that mean in regards to a roof leak. 178 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:27,320 Speaker 1: It simply means that the water could be coming from 179 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:34,199 Speaker 1: a significantly you know, a large distance away from where 180 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:37,360 Speaker 1: the leak has actually managed to find its way through 181 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 1: the dry wall and dripping into your home. So what 182 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:46,800 Speaker 1: do we do, Well, if we can't get direct access overhead, 183 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:49,160 Speaker 1: then we got to open up the drywall. It's a 184 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:51,360 Speaker 1: good idea to open up the dry wall anyway where 185 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:54,080 Speaker 1: the leak is because that little section of dry wall, 186 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:57,960 Speaker 1: unless it's just been a trickle, I mean just a trickle, 187 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:02,040 Speaker 1: but chances are given an exposure, that section of drywall 188 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:06,000 Speaker 1: is really messed up. Now soft mushy Okay. Drywall is 189 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:09,760 Speaker 1: made of gypsum. Gypsum is the softest mineral on the 190 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:14,800 Speaker 1: planet and once it had and it does a fantastic 191 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:21,360 Speaker 1: job of being our wall surface materials considering. But once 192 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:24,520 Speaker 1: it's wet, uh yeah, it's pretty much done. When the 193 00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:27,839 Speaker 1: paper is wet on both sides and the Egyptian has 194 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:32,760 Speaker 1: been completely soaked, it's lost its adhesive bonds and as 195 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:36,040 Speaker 1: a result, it needs to be replaced. So tracking down 196 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:39,160 Speaker 1: a leak, step one it would be to open up 197 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:42,120 Speaker 1: a section of the drywall where the leak has been 198 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:45,400 Speaker 1: intruding into the room, assuming that you're going to have 199 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 1: to cut it open and replace it anyway. And it 200 00:11:47,559 --> 00:11:50,480 Speaker 1: doesn't mean the whole sheet, it just means the affected area. 201 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:54,760 Speaker 1: That's number one. Number two we want to follow along 202 00:11:54,920 --> 00:12:00,160 Speaker 1: from that point. Horizontal members. Horizontal members you know your roof, 203 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:02,080 Speaker 1: are your ceiling in the room, let's start with that 204 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:05,640 Speaker 1: is made up of ceiling joist and those if you 205 00:12:05,640 --> 00:12:08,800 Speaker 1: don't have a vaulted ceiling, those ceiling joysts are running flat. 206 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:11,600 Speaker 1: And the fact of the matter is that water could 207 00:12:11,640 --> 00:12:15,680 Speaker 1: be tracking along the line of that ceiling joist, either 208 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:19,040 Speaker 1: on top or where it joins the dry wall, for 209 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:22,679 Speaker 1: several feet before it actually pools puddles and decides to 210 00:12:22,679 --> 00:12:25,640 Speaker 1: make it through down into the room. So we want 211 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:31,319 Speaker 1: to look along those horizontal members, and very likely we 212 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:36,280 Speaker 1: want to look for culprits upslope, because your roof is sloped. 213 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:38,760 Speaker 1: Even those of you who have a flat roof, there 214 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:41,400 Speaker 1: is a slope to it. Flat is a relative term, 215 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:45,240 Speaker 1: meaning that we don't perceive the slope, but flat roofs 216 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:47,880 Speaker 1: are sloped at one quarter of an inch per foot. 217 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 1: You're gonna hear me say that again and again through 218 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:53,400 Speaker 1: the show today because it applies to all drainage. It's 219 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:56,439 Speaker 1: the minimum pitch of all of your sewer lines, it's 220 00:12:56,480 --> 00:13:01,040 Speaker 1: the minimum recommended pitch of all of outside lies, and 221 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:05,120 Speaker 1: it's also the minimum pitch of any effective roofing material 222 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:09,360 Speaker 1: and roofing substrates. So one quarter of an inch per foot. 223 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:14,240 Speaker 1: In other words, for every foot of horizontal travel, the 224 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:19,000 Speaker 1: roof has to drop in slope one quarter of an inch. Okay, 225 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:23,599 Speaker 1: that means the roof will drop one inch every four feet. 226 00:13:23,840 --> 00:13:26,880 Speaker 1: Right there you go, So you understand how that works out. 227 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:30,600 Speaker 1: So we want to look up slope. We want to 228 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:37,120 Speaker 1: look for penetrations, like anything that is moving through the roof. 229 00:13:37,920 --> 00:13:41,640 Speaker 1: Vents coming up from plumbing. That's a penetration through the roof. 230 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:46,160 Speaker 1: Anything that has required the roof to break open and 231 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:50,199 Speaker 1: not have a continuous layer of roofing shingles or tiles 232 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:53,000 Speaker 1: or whatever it is that you have there. So anything 233 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:59,040 Speaker 1: penetrating the roof upslope in the close vicinity of the 234 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:02,520 Speaker 1: leak is a likely suspect. It doesn't mean you have 235 00:14:02,559 --> 00:14:05,320 Speaker 1: to arrest them immediately, but they are a person of 236 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:07,400 Speaker 1: interest at this point. Let's just put it that way 237 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:10,559 Speaker 1: when we're tracking down leaks. So if we've got a 238 00:14:10,679 --> 00:14:13,640 Speaker 1: vent from a bathroom, one of those pipes running up 239 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:16,760 Speaker 1: through your bathroom, through your attic and out into the roof, 240 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:22,400 Speaker 1: if we have a chimney, chimneys are notorious for masonry chimneys, 241 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:25,880 Speaker 1: especially for this, If we have a skylight, any of 242 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:29,840 Speaker 1: these things, Okay, that's what we're looking for. Likely culprits 243 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:32,800 Speaker 1: upslope and we want to look for signs of moisture 244 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:36,560 Speaker 1: penetration at those places, because, let's face it, it's not 245 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:40,440 Speaker 1: a guarantee, but it is not the most common thing 246 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:44,400 Speaker 1: for a field of well laid roofing material to just 247 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:48,520 Speaker 1: start leaking right in the middle of that field. That field, 248 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:56,160 Speaker 1: uninterrupted is an awfully, awfully good, you know, barrier against 249 00:14:56,440 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 1: rain and moisture unless it's just gotten to the age 250 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:03,880 Speaker 1: now where it's cracking or there are broken shingles or 251 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:07,440 Speaker 1: missing shingles. But that's what we're looking for. That we're 252 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:13,760 Speaker 1: looking for the most likely culprit and usually penetrations flashing areas. Okay, 253 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:17,600 Speaker 1: a flashing, by the way, is the metal that would 254 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:21,800 Speaker 1: surround the thing that is going through the roof, the pipe, 255 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:26,040 Speaker 1: the metal, you know, that's surrounding the pipe. Flashing l 256 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:31,600 Speaker 1: flashings around fireplaces and so on. Skylight's the same flashings 257 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:34,760 Speaker 1: are there to transition, to create kind of a curb, 258 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 1: as it were, between the object that's moving through the 259 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:43,760 Speaker 1: roof and the rest of the roofing materials and flashing, 260 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 1: by the way, technically it's a vulnerability, but in a 261 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:50,840 Speaker 1: well laid roof where all the flashings are done properly. Also, 262 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:53,680 Speaker 1: those are not to be of concern to you. But 263 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:57,560 Speaker 1: if we've got a leak, then we have to identify 264 00:15:57,880 --> 00:16:01,040 Speaker 1: the most likely suspects, right, that's the whole point. So 265 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:03,960 Speaker 1: it's just like, you know, what do the cops say 266 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:08,480 Speaker 1: when a family member is murdered. It's almost always you know, oh, 267 00:16:08,520 --> 00:16:11,360 Speaker 1: it's the husband, it's the husband or the wife. Right, 268 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:14,760 Speaker 1: it doesn't mean you've even got evidence of that first, 269 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:19,280 Speaker 1: but that's where you look first because statistically that's the case. 270 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 1: So statistically, when it comes to roof leaks, we're looking 271 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:29,360 Speaker 1: for these penetrations, vents, chimneys, skylights, and then we move 272 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:34,360 Speaker 1: on to broken shingles, defective flashings and the like. Makes sense, 273 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:38,040 Speaker 1: all right, how do you know your roof needs replacing? 274 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:40,680 Speaker 1: We'll talk about that on the other side. Your Home 275 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:42,760 Speaker 1: with Dean Sharp, the House Whisper. 276 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:46,920 Speaker 2: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 277 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:48,440 Speaker 2: KFI AM six forty. 278 00:16:48,680 --> 00:16:54,520 Speaker 1: Every home deserves great design, every home, especially yours. Why 279 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:57,160 Speaker 1: because you live there and I like you? What can 280 00:16:57,240 --> 00:17:04,360 Speaker 1: I say? Hey, A you all right? We are we're 281 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:08,000 Speaker 1: talking about kind of builder stuff today. I'm gonna you know, 282 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:10,720 Speaker 1: you know, there are two people who live inside me. 283 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:15,800 Speaker 1: There's a builder and then there's the artist and the designer. 284 00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:19,919 Speaker 1: And sometimes they hold hands and just skip down the 285 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:23,960 Speaker 1: street happily together, and other times they're fighting for the microphone. 286 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:27,000 Speaker 1: And the designer would really like to have a conversation 287 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:29,240 Speaker 1: about gutters today, And I'm gonna try and carve out 288 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:33,760 Speaker 1: some time so that he can give you some advice 289 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:38,320 Speaker 1: on the role of gutters in the essential esthetic of 290 00:17:38,359 --> 00:17:42,359 Speaker 1: your home. Gutters are an immensely practical thing. And the 291 00:17:42,359 --> 00:17:44,920 Speaker 1: builders like, yeah, yeah, they are, and we're going to 292 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:47,560 Speaker 1: talk about them getting clogged and draining properly. All right, 293 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:52,440 Speaker 1: just calm down, calm down, all of that and more 294 00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:54,440 Speaker 1: as we go. But where did I leave you hanging 295 00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:57,240 Speaker 1: last time? Right on the other side of the break, 296 00:17:57,359 --> 00:18:01,720 Speaker 1: I know, I remember we were talking talking about or 297 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:04,120 Speaker 1: I asked the question, how do you know if your 298 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:08,359 Speaker 1: roof needs replacing? Okay, this is always a question that 299 00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:12,960 Speaker 1: comes up following some minor leaks or some questions. A 300 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:15,119 Speaker 1: lot of people did not have any leaks or not 301 00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:17,320 Speaker 1: having any leaks right now, and you didn't have a 302 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:20,200 Speaker 1: single leak during the storm. But you're gonna find rock 303 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:25,520 Speaker 1: granules on the ground around just directly under the edge 304 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:29,760 Speaker 1: of the roof. Eeve little line of granules, not just water, 305 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:33,400 Speaker 1: but like tiny granules of rock. And you're gonna ask 306 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:38,240 Speaker 1: yourself the question did that come off my asphalt composition 307 00:18:38,359 --> 00:18:41,640 Speaker 1: shingle roof? And the answer is yes, it did, Yes 308 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:45,639 Speaker 1: it did. And the question of how much how many 309 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:48,960 Speaker 1: granules or how much rock is there is a fair 310 00:18:49,119 --> 00:18:53,879 Speaker 1: question in regards to does this mean it's time for 311 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:56,720 Speaker 1: the roof to get replaced or to get looked at. 312 00:18:56,840 --> 00:19:00,760 Speaker 1: So we've got those issues, So how do you know? Okay, well, 313 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:05,920 Speaker 1: obviously number one, multiple leaks, multiple leaks. Okay, now we're 314 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:10,960 Speaker 1: talking whole roof replacement here. Okay, so one leak does 315 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:14,960 Speaker 1: not justify the replacement of an entire roof. I'm never 316 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:18,080 Speaker 1: going to give you that advice. One leak justifies the 317 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:22,600 Speaker 1: repair of that leak. But if the roof is leaking 318 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:29,240 Speaker 1: in multiple locations, that that is an indication that as 319 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:32,560 Speaker 1: a whole, whether it's a failure of the tiles on 320 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:35,919 Speaker 1: top the shingles are the tiles on the top surface 321 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:40,719 Speaker 1: of the roof, or the vapor barrier and under layment 322 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:43,159 Speaker 1: or roofing paper, whatever it is that you want to 323 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:46,320 Speaker 1: call it. And just understand that roofs have essentially two 324 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:50,160 Speaker 1: components to them. Okay, two major components. A third component 325 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:54,400 Speaker 1: would be flashings that we've already discussed, but the main 326 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:59,960 Speaker 1: components are the decorative of finished shingle and or tile 327 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:01,800 Speaker 1: that you look at when you look up on your 328 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:04,359 Speaker 1: roof and say, oh, that's my roof, and of course, 329 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:07,560 Speaker 1: those tiles go a long way to protecting the roof. 330 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:11,360 Speaker 1: They are a major part of that. However, they are 331 00:20:11,359 --> 00:20:16,240 Speaker 1: not the primary thing that water seals your roof from 332 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:19,840 Speaker 1: the weather. The primary thing is the underlayment, whether it 333 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:23,520 Speaker 1: was double sheets of a builder's felt. And by the way, 334 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:26,200 Speaker 1: that's very old school now, and you will never hear 335 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:30,280 Speaker 1: me recommend that as a roofing underlayment. Ever. Ever, used 336 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:32,360 Speaker 1: to be the only thing we had, and so that's 337 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:34,600 Speaker 1: what we would do. We would roll out this asphalt 338 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:39,000 Speaker 1: embedded thick roofers felt. And I'm sure you've all seen 339 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:41,280 Speaker 1: it in the past, and there are roofers out there 340 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:45,080 Speaker 1: who are still using it. And I suppose, I suppose, 341 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:50,520 Speaker 1: in a budget crunch that there are homeowners that opt 342 00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:53,600 Speaker 1: for it because the roofer presses them and says, listen, 343 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:55,720 Speaker 1: it's just the least expensive way to do it, and 344 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:59,760 Speaker 1: it'll hold for a while, and yeah, okay, all right, 345 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:03,639 Speaker 1: but understand, there are some materials out there now that 346 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:07,919 Speaker 1: are so much better and nominimally. Nominimally I added an 347 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:15,960 Speaker 1: extra syllable there, nominally nominally more expensive, not much more 348 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:19,719 Speaker 1: expensive than the roofers felt. And I'm talking about self 349 00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:25,560 Speaker 1: ceiling bitamois. Okay, that's a technical term that just means 350 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:32,840 Speaker 1: rubberized self ceiling, stretchable rubberized membranes that roll out onto 351 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:34,520 Speaker 1: the roof. Now, it used to be back in the 352 00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:37,240 Speaker 1: day that was a luxury thing and a very very 353 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:40,439 Speaker 1: expensive thing, because these were thick piece of material and 354 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:42,879 Speaker 1: we would have to torch them down. In other words, 355 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:47,080 Speaker 1: we'd roll one sheet and overlap it on another sheet, 356 00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:48,960 Speaker 1: and then we'd have to come along with a roofer's 357 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:51,240 Speaker 1: torch and melt them into each other. And those still 358 00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:56,480 Speaker 1: exist for the thickest possible barrier connections, but they're actually 359 00:21:56,600 --> 00:22:00,000 Speaker 1: far less less common these days, far less common because 360 00:22:00,359 --> 00:22:02,600 Speaker 1: now we've got you know, like companies like W. R. 361 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:05,520 Speaker 1: Grace and Owen's Corning. They've come out with these fantastic 362 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:09,960 Speaker 1: roof membranes self ceiling around the nails that you put 363 00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:14,000 Speaker 1: in them to hold them down. Yeah, and very stretchy, 364 00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:17,879 Speaker 1: and and they seal on top of each other with 365 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:21,320 Speaker 1: their own adhesive strips just as well as any torchdown 366 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:27,080 Speaker 1: melting a situation never did so in an underlayment situation. 367 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:29,760 Speaker 1: By the time you get all of this laid down, 368 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:34,960 Speaker 1: sealed around the flashings. Before a single shingle has been 369 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:38,840 Speaker 1: put onto the roof, before a single decorative tile has 370 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:42,200 Speaker 1: been laid onto the roof, that roof is one hundred 371 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:46,520 Speaker 1: percent dried in, one hundred percent water tight, and will 372 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:50,480 Speaker 1: remain as such. And really it's such an effective barrier. 373 00:22:50,560 --> 00:22:54,240 Speaker 1: You could make the argument, although no roofing company ever 374 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:56,280 Speaker 1: will say it this way, but I'll say it this way. 375 00:22:56,880 --> 00:22:59,320 Speaker 1: You could make the argument that at this point, the 376 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:03,600 Speaker 1: shingles and the tiles on top, their main job is 377 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:09,199 Speaker 1: to keep the sunlight from breaking down the real waterproof membrane, okay, 378 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:12,119 Speaker 1: because UV light is the biggest enemy of the roof, 379 00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:16,600 Speaker 1: not water. So that's what a roof is made out of. 380 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:20,560 Speaker 1: And when multiple leagues start to pop up, that's what 381 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:23,560 Speaker 1: makes you think, okay, maybe the underlayman is failing. When 382 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:26,960 Speaker 1: the underlayman fails, then it's time to replace more on 383 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:30,320 Speaker 1: this right on the other side, your Home with Dean Sharp, 384 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:33,439 Speaker 1: the House Whisper. This has been Home with Dean Sharp, 385 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:36,680 Speaker 1: the House Whisper. Tune into the live broadcast on KFI 386 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:39,880 Speaker 1: AM six forty every Saturday morning from six to eight 387 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:43,120 Speaker 1: Pacific time, and every Sunday morning from nine to noon 388 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:47,720 Speaker 1: Pacific time, or anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app.