1 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:18,560 Speaker 1: All right, weekends here, welcome aboard at Home with Carrie Selvin. 2 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: This hours brought you by Roto Ruter and they do 3 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:25,320 Speaker 1: the plumbing and the water clean up, a company that's 4 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 1: been trusted recommended for generations coast to coast. Rota Ruter 5 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:34,080 Speaker 1: fixes clogged drains, leaky faucets, in running toilets, repair and 6 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:38,440 Speaker 1: replace water heaters, garbage disposals, some pumps, water softeners, the works. 7 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:42,120 Speaker 1: It's one eight hundred Get Roto and we thank them 8 00:00:42,159 --> 00:00:45,720 Speaker 1: for sponsoring this hour of the show. And uh, let's 9 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:48,440 Speaker 1: talk a little bit about your home. What do you say. 10 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 1: Our phone number is eight hundred eight two three eight 11 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 1: two five five and feel free to grab a line. 12 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:58,280 Speaker 1: A lot to chat about. Yesterday we got into a 13 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:02,320 Speaker 1: lot of discussions about toilets, and I'm always saying how 14 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 1: challenging plumbing can be. When the weather gets cold and 15 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:12,000 Speaker 1: we're inside, it gets more use. And I'd kind of 16 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:15,039 Speaker 1: like to go through that again, just a couple of 17 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:19,600 Speaker 1: the things, just the real basic parts of you know, 18 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 1: how to fix minor plumbing and just kind of chat 19 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:28,679 Speaker 1: a little bit about that. So let's just take an 20 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:33,560 Speaker 1: example of the toilet quote. We get this call a 21 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:38,399 Speaker 1: lot flushing itself and what's causing that, and really what's 22 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 1: causing that is leakage from the closet where the flapper 23 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 1: is like a plug over the water savor valve, and 24 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 1: when you flush, you press it down, the flapper goes up, 25 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 1: the water goes from the closet to the bowl, and 26 00:01:56,480 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 1: so it's a transfer of water with force and moves 27 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 1: the wast into toilet. We'll get into that if that 28 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 1: particular process doesn't work. But if that happens and everything's 29 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 1: working fine, and then you're kind of sitting in the 30 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 1: family room or in the bedroom and you hear the 31 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 1: toilet just kind of turn on, not really flush, it 32 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 1: just kind of turns on, and you hear it, and 33 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 1: you say, what, it sounds like the toilet's flushing itself. 34 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:31,679 Speaker 1: What's going on there? Well, what's going on is that 35 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 1: water that flapper is just not seating properly, and that 36 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:38,520 Speaker 1: water is leaking down into the bowl. And then the 37 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:41,679 Speaker 1: valve with the float is calling for water, so it 38 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 1: turns on and it fills up the closet. So we're 39 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:49,680 Speaker 1: wasting water to begin with. Annoying for sure, and you 40 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:52,200 Speaker 1: can always tell if that's happening. You can run just 41 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:54,959 Speaker 1: a you just get a little food dye and put 42 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:57,920 Speaker 1: it in the back of the tank in the closet, 43 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:01,679 Speaker 1: and you'll see that water from that closet transfer into 44 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:04,560 Speaker 1: the bowl. It'll start turning the bowl the color of 45 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:08,880 Speaker 1: the food coloring. So it's transferring without you ever touching 46 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 1: the lever. So I was talking about yesterday. A lot 47 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:17,519 Speaker 1: of people don't realize the flappers aren't what they used 48 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 1: to be. If you will, and there's chlorine in the water, 49 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:27,520 Speaker 1: that chlorine, it doesn't disintegrate it, but it compromises the flappers, 50 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 1: and sometimes they just don't lay as flush as they 51 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 1: do when they're new. And in a lot of cases, 52 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 1: the lifespan of a flapper, if you've noticed you've been 53 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 1: changing them more and more, like a year and a 54 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 1: half and you're replacing them that never used to happen. 55 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 1: I mean, they last like ten years. And there are 56 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 1: some chlorine resistant flappers. I know you never knew that interesting. 57 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:55,200 Speaker 1: One of them is called a quirky. It's a red one. 58 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 1: I would encourage you, if you're having that issue, to 59 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:02,520 Speaker 1: go ahead and change that out to a corky and 60 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:07,560 Speaker 1: see if that doesn't stop. Other things that make I 61 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 1: guess the toilet run maybe not shut off is that 62 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 1: that flapper doesn't seed all the way. Water maybe could 63 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:20,279 Speaker 1: be running over into the overflow tube, or that little 64 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:23,400 Speaker 1: tiny hose that goes into the overflow tube is down, 65 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:27,359 Speaker 1: you know, maybe a couple inches down into that overflow tube, 66 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 1: and that will keep it running and running and running. 67 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:33,160 Speaker 1: That overflow tube should have the hose going into it 68 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:36,120 Speaker 1: just in like the top quarter inch, and the water 69 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 1: line on the outside of that overflow tube it should 70 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:42,960 Speaker 1: be about you know, an inch from the top. And 71 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:45,200 Speaker 1: if those things are a little bit out of kilter, 72 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 1: quite honestly, it's gonna keep running now. Kind of. The 73 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:56,000 Speaker 1: other thing which kind of start our conversation yesterday is 74 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 1: when you have the toilet and you flush the toi 75 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:04,480 Speaker 1: and it doesn't remove all the waste. What that will 76 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:09,120 Speaker 1: usually be a sign of is you're just not getting 77 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:14,159 Speaker 1: quick enough trainsfer of the water from the closet to 78 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:18,160 Speaker 1: the bowl. And there's two main areas I'd like you 79 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 1: to take a look at. The first one would be 80 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:29,520 Speaker 1: underneath the rim of the toilet. There are little holes 81 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:32,400 Speaker 1: where the water would come from the closet go into 82 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:35,280 Speaker 1: the rim of the toilet and come out those holes 83 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:40,599 Speaker 1: and create the flush, and they get calcified, they get 84 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:44,000 Speaker 1: hard water deposits in they kind of plug up those holes, 85 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:47,599 Speaker 1: and well, then you've got a problem, right, You're not 86 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:51,520 Speaker 1: getting enough oomph to remove all the way. So if 87 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:55,960 Speaker 1: you take a compact mirror something along those lines underneath 88 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 1: that rim, take a look and if they're calcified or clogged, 89 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 1: a paper clip, kind of clean them out with that, 90 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:08,479 Speaker 1: or maybe a little twist drill bit between your index 91 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:11,680 Speaker 1: finger and your thumb, just kind of twist that around 92 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:13,640 Speaker 1: a little bit and see if we can clean out 93 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:19,760 Speaker 1: those holes. And then down at the bottom there's a 94 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:23,080 Speaker 1: jet vent, so you look down into the toilet. Down 95 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:27,760 Speaker 1: at the bottom there's a little hole. Those also get 96 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:33,200 Speaker 1: an accumulation of hard water deposits and you don't get 97 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:37,480 Speaker 1: that propulsion to move all the waste out that air. 98 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:40,719 Speaker 1: And there's a couple of things you can do. You 99 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 1: can try, I mean, plumbers used to use moradic acid. 100 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:46,359 Speaker 1: I'm not going to recommend a homeowner be messing with that. 101 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:50,800 Speaker 1: You can try a product like CLR, which is I 102 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:54,760 Speaker 1: think a hydrochloric acid. I believe I could have that wrong, 103 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:58,360 Speaker 1: but it's a lighter acid. You just pour a quard 104 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:00,599 Speaker 1: of that in there. Let's sit overnight and flush and 105 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:03,600 Speaker 1: see if that helps. You can also put a rubber 106 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:07,880 Speaker 1: glove on and take like a take like a toothbrush, 107 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:11,600 Speaker 1: an old toothbrush, and use the handle and just clean 108 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 1: and you know, jab that handle a toilet toothbrush into 109 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:22,040 Speaker 1: that little hole into toilet and you'll probably remove a 110 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:26,080 Speaker 1: lot of gunk. I mean, I'm just talking about crystals 111 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 1: or it almost looked like sand, and it'll clean that 112 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:32,680 Speaker 1: out real nice. In a lot of cases, take care 113 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:35,960 Speaker 1: of your problem. So it was you know, we had 114 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,480 Speaker 1: quite a few calls, and that means there's probably quite 115 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:40,320 Speaker 1: a few people with that problem right now, and I 116 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 1: just wanted to take the opportunity to address those issues 117 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:52,640 Speaker 1: and hopefully save you some you know, some angst and 118 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:56,119 Speaker 1: give you some information and maybe how you can fix 119 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 1: those problems. So having said that, let me give you 120 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 1: the phone number. I invite you to join us. Love 121 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:05,840 Speaker 1: to talk to you about maybe your home projects, or 122 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 1: maybe a problem you're having, or maybe a project you're 123 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:13,679 Speaker 1: going to tackle next year. And one of the things 124 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:16,320 Speaker 1: to also be thinking about this time of year in 125 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:18,800 Speaker 1: this you know, this month and the next month I 126 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 1: usually try to talk about it is you know, we 127 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:25,760 Speaker 1: have we're indoors, maybe a lot of people in the house, 128 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:30,480 Speaker 1: maybe a lot of gifts will be exchanged, and dot gonet. 129 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:34,480 Speaker 1: We're running out of room in our home, so kind 130 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:38,240 Speaker 1: of going through and you know, purging some of the 131 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:42,119 Speaker 1: items we have in our home, maybe getting the garage 132 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:45,560 Speaker 1: a little bit more organized, maybe the basement a little 133 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:49,800 Speaker 1: bit more organized, maybe the storage closets a little bit 134 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:55,080 Speaker 1: more organized. I don't know about you, but about a 135 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 1: year ago I got into this heaven area some shelving 136 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:05,040 Speaker 1: with leftover paint so that I, you know, I didn't 137 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:07,439 Speaker 1: want to get rid of it and then have to 138 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:11,199 Speaker 1: touch up a wall or something along those lines. And 139 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:13,320 Speaker 1: then I probably had more cans of paint than I 140 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:16,120 Speaker 1: had rooms in the house, which was telling me I 141 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:19,840 Speaker 1: probably had a history of colors and leftover paint and 142 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 1: it was time to kind of get down in there 143 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:27,199 Speaker 1: and decide what was still viable, what was not viable, 144 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:32,240 Speaker 1: and then you know, maybe repurpose that paint. There's several 145 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:36,600 Speaker 1: organizations that do that. If it's an oil based paint, 146 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:42,160 Speaker 1: it's a little harder to give away. Usually you can 147 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:46,320 Speaker 1: drop it off at your county maybe for a hazardous 148 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:52,920 Speaker 1: materials drive. And I did that and it quite honestly 149 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:57,760 Speaker 1: was amazing how much space that saved. And then I 150 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:01,319 Speaker 1: took the ones that were viable and got my sharpie 151 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:04,440 Speaker 1: out and if it wasn't on the top of the can, 152 00:10:04,559 --> 00:10:07,120 Speaker 1: the room and the approximate date and the color and 153 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:10,000 Speaker 1: all that information it was. 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You know I 204 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:29,960 Speaker 3: have I have popcorn ceilings at trail level house, all 205 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:32,200 Speaker 3: over the house, and I'm trying to get rid of it. 206 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:38,319 Speaker 3: I mean, I'm guessing without without having to move all 207 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:41,480 Speaker 3: the heavy furniture. So the easiest way to do that 208 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:44,760 Speaker 3: without making a mess all over the house. Do you 209 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:47,200 Speaker 3: have anything. 210 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:51,400 Speaker 1: Well with those two qualifications, don don't do it. Okay, 211 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:53,640 Speaker 1: that's because. 212 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:55,079 Speaker 3: But I kind of figured that. I kind of figured 213 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:55,720 Speaker 3: you would say that. 214 00:13:56,520 --> 00:13:59,640 Speaker 1: Hear it from you, Yeah, it's you know. So let 215 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:02,880 Speaker 1: me just give you a couple options. Okay. First of all, 216 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:06,880 Speaker 1: it is a real messy job if you're going to 217 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:07,679 Speaker 1: remove it. 218 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:10,680 Speaker 3: I actually did that. I actually did that in a 219 00:14:10,679 --> 00:14:12,880 Speaker 3: small room in a closet upstairs. 220 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:13,280 Speaker 4: Right. 221 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:16,240 Speaker 3: It took me all day because I did make a mess, 222 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:17,760 Speaker 3: but I was able to clean it up and paint 223 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:22,960 Speaker 3: it everything. But it wasn't easy. Yeah, it's hard, modern 224 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:23,840 Speaker 3: method or whatever. 225 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:26,960 Speaker 1: Well, you know there there is an option. In fact, 226 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:30,000 Speaker 1: actually we hit somebody on yesterday where it was a 227 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:34,000 Speaker 1: drywall company and one of the things they do is 228 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:37,480 Speaker 1: they clean up popcorn ceilings and they usually take a 229 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:41,800 Speaker 1: look at it depends on how thick the popcorn, the surfaces, 230 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:45,320 Speaker 1: how rough it is, and an option that some people do, 231 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:49,600 Speaker 1: again it's still messy, they'll put drywall right on top 232 00:14:49,640 --> 00:14:49,960 Speaker 1: of it. 233 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:53,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, so that's what I did. Actually, I mean I 234 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:55,600 Speaker 3: didn't put the drywall. I could take it out. I 235 00:14:55,640 --> 00:14:57,080 Speaker 3: was able to take it out. You know, I just 236 00:14:57,200 --> 00:14:59,000 Speaker 3: like a you know, like a home improvement book. I 237 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:02,080 Speaker 3: look at it. Whatever I just put, you know, I 238 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:05,760 Speaker 3: painted it all w It works really good. But I 239 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:07,320 Speaker 3: don't want to sell the house to have to just 240 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:08,680 Speaker 3: remove the popcorn ceiling. 241 00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:09,560 Speaker 4: That's my issue. 242 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:12,520 Speaker 3: Is it going to cost a lot to professionals to do. 243 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:15,680 Speaker 1: It or well, you know, I don't know exactly what 244 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 1: the costs would be in the size, but you know, 245 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:20,800 Speaker 1: it's a it'll be more of an investment than just 246 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:23,040 Speaker 1: painting it, because you know, you know what kind of 247 00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:26,040 Speaker 1: job that is. Now, there is one other thing, in 248 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:31,400 Speaker 1: all seriousness, there is a semi clean way of not 249 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:35,920 Speaker 1: removing it, but hiding it. There is a there's a 250 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:44,960 Speaker 1: company called Decorative Ceiling Tiles. All right, Decorative Ceiling Tiles, 251 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:47,960 Speaker 1: and it's a dot com. You can take a look 252 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:53,040 Speaker 1: at it. And they have literally thousands of different types 253 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:58,960 Speaker 1: of ceiling tiles, some as as thin as maybe three 254 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:04,000 Speaker 1: sheets of paper. Oh wow, it can be put up 255 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 1: with little tiny breads. There's not tracks. Wow. They also 256 00:16:08,520 --> 00:16:13,280 Speaker 1: have some colored I'm gonna use the word styrofoam. It's 257 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:16,120 Speaker 1: not styrofoam, but it's like a styrofoam. It's about an 258 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:18,600 Speaker 1: inch and a half thick, and it can look like 259 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:22,440 Speaker 1: a tiled ceiling. I mean, it's very attractive. There's some 260 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:26,760 Speaker 1: thin ones that look like pewter, look like copper. Anyway, 261 00:16:27,080 --> 00:16:30,880 Speaker 1: if you go to Decorative Ceiling Tiles dot com, all 262 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:34,000 Speaker 1: these tiles, I mean, these tiles aren't designed to just 263 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:38,440 Speaker 1: hide popcorn ceilings. They're actually used as a decorative finish 264 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:42,600 Speaker 1: over ceilings. Like if you had an office in your 265 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:44,400 Speaker 1: house and it was a nice house and you wanted 266 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:48,000 Speaker 1: to have like a copper ceiling, you could buy these 267 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:51,520 Speaker 1: thin piece they're plastic, they're thin. They're put up with 268 00:16:51,680 --> 00:16:55,840 Speaker 1: breads or a dolloup of glue and you go it 269 00:16:55,920 --> 00:17:00,960 Speaker 1: right to the drywall and it's beautiful. So that and 270 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:04,240 Speaker 1: it's inexpensive. So that is. You know, if you're saying 271 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:07,080 Speaker 1: I'm looking for something that's new and exciting and maybe 272 00:17:07,119 --> 00:17:09,720 Speaker 1: you could help me, you know that would be it. 273 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:16,560 Speaker 1: It's not removing anything, and it's it's hiding it basically. 274 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:18,960 Speaker 1: You know, it's so thin you don't have to change 275 00:17:19,119 --> 00:17:22,280 Speaker 1: light fixtures or anything along those lines. Take a look 276 00:17:22,320 --> 00:17:24,120 Speaker 1: at that. That might be something you're looking for. 277 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:27,359 Speaker 3: So last question is what is the purpose of the 278 00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:30,200 Speaker 3: pop corncer? Was that like soneproofing in the old days? 279 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:30,920 Speaker 3: What was it for? 280 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:34,840 Speaker 1: It was about saving dollars. It was literally about savad 281 00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:37,080 Speaker 1: dolls when they were building the houses, and a lot 282 00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:39,600 Speaker 1: of it happened in the nineties when the housing boom 283 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:44,920 Speaker 1: was going on, and you know, skilled craftsmen were not 284 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:48,080 Speaker 1: necessarily overly plentiful. There was so much work to do, 285 00:17:48,119 --> 00:17:52,119 Speaker 1: and they didn't have to finish the ceilings. They didn't 286 00:17:52,119 --> 00:17:54,679 Speaker 1: have to. They start doing it on walls too, So 287 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:59,560 Speaker 1: they would tape and then rather than mudding and sanding 288 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:02,199 Speaker 1: and then remutting and then priming and all that, they 289 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:07,080 Speaker 1: would take topping compound basically in paint and mixture with 290 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:11,440 Speaker 1: small styrofoam beats and they would literally hang the drywall, 291 00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 1: tape it and just blow this over the surface and 292 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:14,600 Speaker 1: they were done. 293 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:17,639 Speaker 3: All right. Hey, thank you, sir, appreciate it. 294 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:20,680 Speaker 1: You're quite welcome. Thank you for the call. Take care. 295 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:25,120 Speaker 1: I mean, that is amazing. But there is By the way, 296 00:18:25,119 --> 00:18:29,280 Speaker 1: we do we podcast different interviews we do when we 297 00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:32,760 Speaker 1: podcast each hour of the show, it's always available to you, 298 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:34,480 Speaker 1: and I encourage you to kind of take a look. 299 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:37,640 Speaker 1: They're titled very nicely on what we're going to discuss 300 00:18:37,720 --> 00:18:40,240 Speaker 1: in that hour. You can get it at the iHeart 301 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:44,439 Speaker 1: app and microphone a little magnifying glass. Just click on 302 00:18:44,480 --> 00:18:47,960 Speaker 1: that podcast At Home with Gary Sullivan and we had 303 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:51,800 Speaker 1: a drywall company on there and they were talking about 304 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:54,920 Speaker 1: what they do and they just hang new drywall directly 305 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:58,439 Speaker 1: over it because it is a chore and it is 306 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:01,960 Speaker 1: messy if you're going to scrape that off, and whether 307 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:06,520 Speaker 1: it's painted or unpainted also adds to the complexity of 308 00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:09,760 Speaker 1: the job. All Right, music's playing Bill. You'll be up 309 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:12,280 Speaker 1: first if you'd like to join us. 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Happy to take your calls, our phone number 354 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:13,680 Speaker 1: is eight hundred eight two three eight two five five bill. 355 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:17,600 Speaker 4: Welcome, Yes, sir, that time caller? 356 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:19,640 Speaker 1: All right, welcome, All. 357 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:23,399 Speaker 4: Right, I listened to the program yesterday and heard the 358 00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:26,960 Speaker 4: you know, the the old fashioned flapper at the flapper 359 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:30,640 Speaker 4: at our flapper years and years ago. I'm eighty one 360 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:36,440 Speaker 4: years old. Forty years ago, I had a grocery shopping 361 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:43,320 Speaker 4: bag full of flappers and my neighbor down the road said, Ken, 362 00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:46,720 Speaker 4: why don't you get the bell system? And I said, 363 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:50,200 Speaker 4: what the hell is a bell system? And he said, 364 00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:53,480 Speaker 4: it's it. It works just you don't have to change 365 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:57,640 Speaker 4: anything in there. Your flesh bow stays the same. All 366 00:22:57,680 --> 00:23:00,800 Speaker 4: you do is put that little ring around the bottom 367 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:04,560 Speaker 4: and make sure you get a red one. And an 368 00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:08,359 Speaker 4: idiot five year old kid can hook it up. And 369 00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:13,520 Speaker 4: I haven't had. I've changed the rubber ring maybe twice 370 00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:18,000 Speaker 4: in forty years. Mmm, and it don't leak. 371 00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:21,600 Speaker 1: Now there's all kinds. Let me ask you a question, Bill, 372 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:25,199 Speaker 1: Is this the one where when you're calling it a 373 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:27,800 Speaker 1: bell system, it's it does look like a bell, and 374 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:30,919 Speaker 1: at the bottom of it there's a rubber washer that 375 00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:34,000 Speaker 1: just goes up and down and then closes off that 376 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:38,160 Speaker 1: clo dream No, okay. 377 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:40,760 Speaker 4: You call you call it. In this part of the country, 378 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:43,720 Speaker 4: we call it the flesh vow. Okay, the pless you 379 00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:47,760 Speaker 4: call them the closet. Okay. Now, at the bottom of 380 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:52,119 Speaker 4: the closet there where the flapper fits in the hole, 381 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:56,560 Speaker 4: there is a lip and that rubber ring that's around 382 00:23:56,680 --> 00:24:00,600 Speaker 4: that lip and stays stationary, okay, and the the bell 383 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:03,560 Speaker 4: goes up and down and the weight of the water 384 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:09,000 Speaker 4: seals that and it worked. I mean, I'm I'm forty 385 00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:09,480 Speaker 4: years in. 386 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:13,359 Speaker 1: Well that's great. 387 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:16,560 Speaker 4: Well yeah, but I mean it can be picked up 388 00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:20,480 Speaker 4: at lows and it's very very simple. It's back in 389 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:24,800 Speaker 4: back in the day, it was about up two dollars. 390 00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:27,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, and I don't know what it will be now 391 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:29,040 Speaker 1: right right. 392 00:24:28,840 --> 00:24:33,240 Speaker 4: But it's real, real simple to I mean really, I'm 393 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:36,320 Speaker 4: not a plumber. Yeah, and I made a heck of 394 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:38,840 Speaker 4: a lot of plastic pipe in my lifetime, but I'm 395 00:24:38,840 --> 00:24:44,040 Speaker 4: not a plumber. But uh, anybody can hook it up. 396 00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:46,000 Speaker 4: It's really really simple to do. 397 00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:48,680 Speaker 1: Yeah. I think that one of the things that's kind 398 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:51,119 Speaker 1: of the newer version or it's not really a version 399 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:54,080 Speaker 1: of that. But at the end of that conversation, because 400 00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:57,800 Speaker 1: we had several conversations about you know, the leaky flapper, 401 00:24:57,840 --> 00:25:01,480 Speaker 1: et cetera, and how Chureen's eating them up road Master, 402 00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:04,679 Speaker 1: I'm gonna guess probably fifteen years ago came out with. 403 00:25:05,359 --> 00:25:09,840 Speaker 1: It has a ring. It is an aluminum ring, and 404 00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:16,199 Speaker 1: inside that is in a POxy type putty and you 405 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:19,560 Speaker 1: peel a little plastically off and you just press that 406 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:23,159 Speaker 1: down and it's all one piece and it's tilted, and 407 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:25,399 Speaker 1: I like I like the fact that it's tilted a 408 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:29,399 Speaker 1: little bit because that flapper again then has a little weight. 409 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:34,280 Speaker 1: You've kind of cleaned up that rim and I've had 410 00:25:34,320 --> 00:25:38,240 Speaker 1: tremendous luck with that. That's kind of a not quite 411 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:41,200 Speaker 1: the same thing, but along the same version. I mean, basically, 412 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:43,640 Speaker 1: we're looking for a plug, right, I mean, we're gonna 413 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:44,760 Speaker 1: plug that thing up. 414 00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:50,320 Speaker 4: Yeah, and just just that that rubber that red rubber 415 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:52,520 Speaker 4: ring that you put on there, and they're a little 416 00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:54,760 Speaker 4: tiny lip down there at the bottom, right, and you 417 00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:58,280 Speaker 4: kind of have to expand that rubber lip that rubber 418 00:25:58,359 --> 00:26:01,159 Speaker 4: ring just a little bit so it's over it, sure, 419 00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:02,800 Speaker 4: and it goes down flat. 420 00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:06,600 Speaker 1: Sure. Sure, Well that's what we got to do. We 421 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:09,680 Speaker 1: got to plug her up. And I appreciate your comments 422 00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:13,760 Speaker 1: on that, and you know, it's another option for a 423 00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:16,560 Speaker 1: lot of people. You've obviously had some tremendous luck with it, 424 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:20,480 Speaker 1: so I'm all for that, I mean, I got tired 425 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:25,240 Speaker 1: of replacing the flappers on mine, and I started learning 426 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:27,359 Speaker 1: a little bit about the quality of flappers over the 427 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:30,199 Speaker 1: last thirty years and found out, well, they're not what 428 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:33,760 Speaker 1: they used to be, and with the chlorine in the water, 429 00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:37,600 Speaker 1: how it was kind of compromising some of those flappers. Again, 430 00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:41,159 Speaker 1: you mentioned the red one. The flapper I got was 431 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:43,119 Speaker 1: a red one. It was called a quirky. It was 432 00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:48,160 Speaker 1: chlorine resistant, and that kind of solved my problems when 433 00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:52,320 Speaker 1: I was talking to the person regarding the flapper that 434 00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:56,520 Speaker 1: they were having problems on that outlet where he was 435 00:26:56,560 --> 00:27:01,280 Speaker 1: talking about putting that rubber ring on. The old ones 436 00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:05,159 Speaker 1: were brass. Of course, now they're plastic or nylon, and 437 00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 1: you get a little chip and nose, and you can 438 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:10,040 Speaker 1: have the best flapper in the world, and if it's 439 00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:13,600 Speaker 1: not smooth, it's not gonna seat. And that fluid Master 440 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:16,119 Speaker 1: with a kind of gluing a new ring on in 441 00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:21,440 Speaker 1: heavny apparatus, all one piece, with the fluid Master flapper 442 00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:24,399 Speaker 1: untilded down, that seemed to solve a lot of problems 443 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:28,560 Speaker 1: for me also. So anyway, we've got some answers to 444 00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:30,960 Speaker 1: a problem, and that's what it's all about. Let me 445 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:33,000 Speaker 1: give you the phone number you can join us. It's 446 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:37,239 Speaker 1: eight hundred eight two three eight two five five and 447 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:39,720 Speaker 1: happy to talk to you about your home project. A 448 00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:42,919 Speaker 1: little maintenance, little repair for those folks that got a 449 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:45,000 Speaker 1: little snow in the past week. And I think I 450 00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:47,240 Speaker 1: had read that the forty eight percent of the condon 451 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:50,680 Speaker 1: the United States has got snow on the ground. Maybe 452 00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:52,760 Speaker 1: you do, maybe you don't. But if you had a 453 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:56,040 Speaker 1: little snow and you use a little rock salt, or 454 00:27:56,080 --> 00:27:59,400 Speaker 1: you use a little ice melter, if you get above freezing, 455 00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:02,840 Speaker 1: sweep it off, kind of hose it down. Don't let 456 00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:08,200 Speaker 1: that residue just sit on concrete because with a little 457 00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:14,040 Speaker 1: drizzle and maybe a little fog and moisture, it reactivates. 458 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:17,200 Speaker 1: That creates a very caustic solution on that concrete. And 459 00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:20,080 Speaker 1: quite honestly, we get a lot of calls on crack 460 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:22,520 Speaker 1: concrete that's not going to really cause a crack, but 461 00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:25,680 Speaker 1: what's going to causes what they call spawling. And that's 462 00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:28,679 Speaker 1: where the surface I called driveway acne. It's where the 463 00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:31,560 Speaker 1: surface kind of starts popping up. And we'll get a 464 00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:34,439 Speaker 1: lot of calls in the springtime and I'll say a 465 00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:37,760 Speaker 1: good bit of those can be traced back to the 466 00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:41,560 Speaker 1: winter and what you used on the concrete and whether 467 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:46,040 Speaker 1: you remove that residue or not. If you used on 468 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:50,760 Speaker 1: a sidewalk or a stoop going into your home, If 469 00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:55,000 Speaker 1: you got carpet right inside that door, boy, you better 470 00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:57,080 Speaker 1: be doing a lot of vacuum on a daily basis. 471 00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:58,920 Speaker 1: If you've got people going in and out of that door. 472 00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:03,920 Speaker 1: If you've got wood flow or uh LVP or LVT 473 00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:10,160 Speaker 1: tile or a laminate floor, well I get a good 474 00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:12,440 Speaker 1: you know, we talk about the Jaws cleaners. They got 475 00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:16,560 Speaker 1: a hardwood floor cleaner. Get that residue off because it's 476 00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:19,760 Speaker 1: a grit. It's you know, it's not going to be 477 00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:24,240 Speaker 1: noticeable right away, but whenever you uh, you know, if 478 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:26,920 Speaker 1: you took salt and shook it on a wood floor 479 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:30,200 Speaker 1: and everybody kept walking on for a while, you start 480 00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:33,800 Speaker 1: doing damage to the floor and that residue kind of 481 00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:37,560 Speaker 1: the same thing. So you know, I'll let you be 482 00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:39,520 Speaker 1: the judge if that's a problem or not. A lot 483 00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:42,640 Speaker 1: of it is depending on how your house is set up. 484 00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:46,640 Speaker 1: Where people enter your home, where your family enters a home, 485 00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:49,520 Speaker 1: where the guests enter the home and the type of 486 00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:52,000 Speaker 1: floor that's underneath it. But you know, if you have 487 00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:55,560 Speaker 1: some you know, like a varney finish on a wood 488 00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:58,200 Speaker 1: floor or an engineered wood floor and it had a 489 00:29:58,360 --> 00:30:01,400 Speaker 1: you know, factory finish on there, and you're dragging in 490 00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:04,840 Speaker 1: road salt on your shoes and stuff like that and 491 00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:08,960 Speaker 1: not taking your shoes off, you will compromise that finish 492 00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:11,160 Speaker 1: over time, so we can get in the habit of 493 00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:16,240 Speaker 1: maybe taking our shoes off or cleaning that residue, probably 494 00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:19,920 Speaker 1: on a daily basis, until you get to resdue cleaned 495 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:23,680 Speaker 1: up outside. All right, feel free to join us. It's 496 00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:27,120 Speaker 1: eight hundred eight two three A two five five and 497 00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:31,520 Speaker 1: happy to take those calls. Also, we had a lot 498 00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:34,600 Speaker 1: of wind and cold temperatures and a lot of parts 499 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:37,720 Speaker 1: of the country, and I hope you paid attention to 500 00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:43,280 Speaker 1: your house. On windy days. You can really start telling 501 00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:47,120 Speaker 1: where those drafts are. And a lot of times, once 502 00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:51,480 Speaker 1: you know where they're coming from, easy to address. It 503 00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:56,240 Speaker 1: takes time, I get that, but you know, getting them 504 00:30:56,280 --> 00:31:00,280 Speaker 1: taken care of is certainly key. I had two is 505 00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:03,200 Speaker 1: in my home. One was actually in a pantry connected 506 00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:06,480 Speaker 1: to the kitchen and there was a trap or an 507 00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:10,200 Speaker 1: access door going into the attic in the pantry. The 508 00:31:10,280 --> 00:31:14,000 Speaker 1: other one was in a bedroom closet in our bedroom 509 00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:16,920 Speaker 1: and when that closet door was left open, and it 510 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:20,880 Speaker 1: had an access panel in the ceiling. And it's an 511 00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:24,720 Speaker 1: access panel basically is a piece of plywood over a hole. 512 00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:29,160 Speaker 1: You get a windy day, you can feel cold air 513 00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:33,800 Speaker 1: coming down through that access panel very easily. A little 514 00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:39,000 Speaker 1: weather stripping foam tape comes in a coil, put it 515 00:31:39,040 --> 00:31:43,640 Speaker 1: on the plywood where it sits on the ledge. That'll 516 00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:46,120 Speaker 1: help seal that out if you want to do that, 517 00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:48,800 Speaker 1: and then come back with a piece of plexiglass with 518 00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:52,760 Speaker 1: some either more tight or some foam weather stripping on 519 00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:57,800 Speaker 1: that and use you know, maybe six eight nine screws, 520 00:31:57,840 --> 00:32:00,920 Speaker 1: small screws and just take a piece of plexiglass with 521 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:05,240 Speaker 1: that tape up there up against the trim boards. Man, 522 00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:08,480 Speaker 1: you can you can seal that up really nice, really 523 00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:13,320 Speaker 1: inexpensively and really eliminated draft. You'll be more comfortable in 524 00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:17,160 Speaker 1: saving you a little money on your on your heating also, 525 00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:20,360 Speaker 1: So that might be an option for you. All right, 526 00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:22,480 Speaker 1: grab a line, happy to chat with you, and you're 527 00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:24,320 Speaker 1: at home with Gary Sullivan. 528 00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:27,479 Speaker 2: Helm for your home is just a click away at 529 00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:32,320 Speaker 2: Garysullivan online dot com. This is at Home with Gary Sullivan. 530 00:32:48,240 --> 00:32:49,920 Speaker 1: Well, I talk about a lot of products you can 531 00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:52,600 Speaker 1: make your life easier, and I use and love tear Mender. 532 00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:56,120 Speaker 1: It repairs tears and all types of clothing, fabrics, leather, 533 00:32:56,320 --> 00:32:59,520 Speaker 1: even buttons. 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And I'm 575 00:35:20,719 --> 00:35:24,399 Speaker 1: talking about Jaws products, and what we're going to talk 576 00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:33,400 Speaker 1: about is using their wood and composite floor care, so 577 00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:40,960 Speaker 1: really traditional mopping on new wood and the composite floors, 578 00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:45,080 Speaker 1: which I'll call the LVT, and exposing them to a 579 00:35:45,120 --> 00:35:48,480 Speaker 1: lot of moisture. There's two types of those types of 580 00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:54,480 Speaker 1: products too. Their waterproof and water resistant, two different, totally 581 00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:58,160 Speaker 1: different things. Most of them are water resistant unless you 582 00:35:58,239 --> 00:36:00,560 Speaker 1: buy them specifically to be water proof for like a 583 00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:06,920 Speaker 1: basement or a bathroom. And the easy way to do 584 00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:09,120 Speaker 1: is and we use this at our home when I 585 00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:12,200 Speaker 1: was talking about the residue we drag in during the 586 00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:15,440 Speaker 1: wintertime and how that can be damaging to a floor. 587 00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:21,120 Speaker 1: And you want a and this is really important regardless 588 00:36:21,200 --> 00:36:25,160 Speaker 1: of what type of product you use. You want to 589 00:36:25,280 --> 00:36:30,360 Speaker 1: find a pH neutral product. That's very important because you 590 00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:33,600 Speaker 1: don't know what type of finish is really on those floors, 591 00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:37,200 Speaker 1: and a lot of times you'll buy a cleaner and 592 00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:41,160 Speaker 1: they'll become a white haze on there because it's reacting 593 00:36:41,239 --> 00:36:46,240 Speaker 1: to the finish that's on that floor. And the Jaws 594 00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:50,759 Speaker 1: Hardwood Floor Cleaner, and you can use a microfiber mop 595 00:36:50,920 --> 00:36:53,040 Speaker 1: they have that, or you can get on your hands 596 00:36:53,080 --> 00:36:57,440 Speaker 1: and knees and use a microfiber cloth. It'll be a 597 00:36:57,600 --> 00:37:03,600 Speaker 1: streak free number one, it will not affect the finish 598 00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:09,800 Speaker 1: on the existing floor. It'll be low moisture cleaning and 599 00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:14,120 Speaker 1: you literally spray and wipe, and it'll also clean up 600 00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:18,239 Speaker 1: the dirt and the salt that's tracked in during the 601 00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:20,360 Speaker 1: holiday season and when you start having a lot of 602 00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:24,919 Speaker 1: guests over. So you can check it out for yourself again, 603 00:37:24,960 --> 00:37:27,239 Speaker 1: it's the Jaws Hardwood Floor Cleaner. They have all kinds 604 00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:31,719 Speaker 1: of wonderful products of pH neutral. It's Jaws Cleans dot com. 605 00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:36,680 Speaker 1: Jaws Cleans dot com, and they're also running a sale. 606 00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:40,800 Speaker 1: It's twenty percent off. Just use the code Gary. I 607 00:37:40,840 --> 00:37:42,680 Speaker 1: don't know if think any more of those catty kits 608 00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:46,480 Speaker 1: or not, which comes with about six different cleaners. It's 609 00:37:46,520 --> 00:37:48,640 Speaker 1: an awesome deal. But I don't know if I haven't 610 00:37:48,640 --> 00:37:50,520 Speaker 1: looked up to see if they still have some left. 611 00:37:50,960 --> 00:37:55,320 Speaker 1: If they do, grab that that you'll get a good experience, 612 00:37:55,760 --> 00:37:58,840 Speaker 1: I assure you. So that'll be our tip. Getting rid 613 00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:02,080 Speaker 1: of that residue always a good idea. All right, So 614 00:38:02,239 --> 00:38:05,759 Speaker 1: other things I was talking about earlier when we get 615 00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:09,319 Speaker 1: started about just kind of cleaning making room in the house, 616 00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:13,360 Speaker 1: cleaning up some of the storage. Donate this, pitch that, 617 00:38:14,120 --> 00:38:19,839 Speaker 1: keep this, you know, the drill containers always a good 618 00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:23,560 Speaker 1: idea versus cardboard boxes if you're storing near a cross 619 00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:26,759 Speaker 1: space or in a basement. Not a big fan of 620 00:38:26,840 --> 00:38:29,879 Speaker 1: storing things in the attic, And especially when you take 621 00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:34,279 Speaker 1: down decorations and you got those lights. Remember even though 622 00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:38,439 Speaker 1: that attic is ventilated, because it still gets very warm 623 00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:41,879 Speaker 1: in the summertime, if you've got ninety degrees outside, even 624 00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:46,080 Speaker 1: with good ventilation maybe one hundred and ten, no ventilation 625 00:38:46,239 --> 00:38:50,600 Speaker 1: maybe one hundred and forty. So i'd keep things out 626 00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:56,080 Speaker 1: of the attic. But you know, kind of purging and 627 00:38:56,480 --> 00:38:59,759 Speaker 1: getting rid of some old stuff. For whatever you're saying, 628 00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:03,200 Speaker 1: say that's a good idea to do this time of 629 00:39:03,239 --> 00:39:06,359 Speaker 1: the year. Other thing is if the mowing season has ended. 630 00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:09,160 Speaker 1: Since we're talking about a lot of snow cover throughout 631 00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:11,520 Speaker 1: the United States, I would assume in many parts of 632 00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:17,160 Speaker 1: the country mowing season has ended, so properly, storing that 633 00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:20,920 Speaker 1: mower might be a really, really good idea. If you've 634 00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:24,719 Speaker 1: got a plastic tank, I know there's fuel stabilizers you 635 00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:28,480 Speaker 1: can use those. Maybe a little old school, I still 636 00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:31,600 Speaker 1: run all the gas out of the system, and I've 637 00:39:31,880 --> 00:39:35,759 Speaker 1: never ever had problems after I've done that. A lot 638 00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:38,959 Speaker 1: of people say it'll mess up the gaskets, and maybe 639 00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:43,080 Speaker 1: it does, but maybe you should use the fuel stabilizer. 640 00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:45,839 Speaker 1: Some people say yes, other people say run the gas 641 00:39:45,920 --> 00:39:50,920 Speaker 1: out your call, But do not just store that lawnmower 642 00:39:51,360 --> 00:39:53,880 Speaker 1: with gas in it that doesn't have a stabilizer in it, 643 00:39:54,560 --> 00:39:57,120 Speaker 1: or it's not going to start in the spring for you. Also, 644 00:39:57,239 --> 00:39:59,640 Speaker 1: a good time as you're doing is to clean the mower, 645 00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:02,880 Speaker 1: clean the underside of the deck, maybe change out the 646 00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:08,399 Speaker 1: spark plug, maybe lubricate, maybe get the blade sharpened. Those 647 00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:11,719 Speaker 1: are the things you definitely want to do this time 648 00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:15,120 Speaker 1: of year as you kind of call quits for the mowing. 649 00:40:15,239 --> 00:40:20,080 Speaker 1: Season and I'm all about that. The leaves are up 650 00:40:20,120 --> 00:40:22,160 Speaker 1: and the grass has been cut and I'm finished. 651 00:40:22,200 --> 00:40:23,360 Speaker 3: So do that. 652 00:40:23,840 --> 00:40:26,600 Speaker 1: Also, while you're storing out again, we're always starting to 653 00:40:26,680 --> 00:40:29,040 Speaker 1: walk around the home. I implore you to do this 654 00:40:29,320 --> 00:40:33,760 Speaker 1: because during the wintertime and you get a lot of snow, 655 00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:37,960 Speaker 1: a lot of ice, a lot of rain, making sure 656 00:40:38,040 --> 00:40:40,520 Speaker 1: you're pulling all that water away from the house is 657 00:40:41,120 --> 00:40:48,000 Speaker 1: really really key to having a healthy home. A dry basement. 658 00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:53,080 Speaker 1: Wet basements they breed mold and that is very unhealthy. 659 00:40:54,160 --> 00:40:57,960 Speaker 1: So when you check the down spout, you make sure 660 00:40:58,040 --> 00:41:01,799 Speaker 1: that down spout is pulling the water, whether it's underground 661 00:41:02,640 --> 00:41:04,840 Speaker 1: or whether it's on the surface. You want that about 662 00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:08,000 Speaker 1: six feet away from the foundation. You want to have 663 00:41:08,120 --> 00:41:10,799 Speaker 1: a grade there where you're taking that water away. That's 664 00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:15,200 Speaker 1: critically important. If you have a downspout and you have 665 00:41:15,280 --> 00:41:18,240 Speaker 1: an underground pipe that's supposed to take that water away 666 00:41:19,120 --> 00:41:23,000 Speaker 1: and it's no longer lined up, so you're spilling half 667 00:41:23,120 --> 00:41:26,960 Speaker 1: that water right on the foundation. I can almost assure 668 00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:30,239 Speaker 1: you at some point you're going to have water in 669 00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:35,279 Speaker 1: that basement, and depending on how long you let it go, 670 00:41:35,680 --> 00:41:39,560 Speaker 1: really gets into a point of you know, is it 671 00:41:39,680 --> 00:41:42,879 Speaker 1: correctible or are we looking at a big waterproofing job. 672 00:41:43,040 --> 00:41:46,359 Speaker 1: But I'm telling you the grating in the groundwater moving 673 00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:49,560 Speaker 1: that away from the foundation is so key. And if 674 00:41:49,600 --> 00:41:52,280 Speaker 1: you know where that water is going when it's underground 675 00:41:52,320 --> 00:41:55,719 Speaker 1: and in that pipe, is it going you know, to 676 00:41:55,920 --> 00:41:59,040 Speaker 1: a storm sewer, is it going out the back of 677 00:41:59,120 --> 00:42:03,439 Speaker 1: the yard into a creek? Knowing where it's taking that water, 678 00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:08,839 Speaker 1: and knowing that that pipe is opened, not impeded by 679 00:42:09,040 --> 00:42:13,320 Speaker 1: leaves or acorns from the squirrels, making sure there's snow, 680 00:42:13,360 --> 00:42:17,239 Speaker 1: knot and ice not packed on the outlet, which is 681 00:42:17,280 --> 00:42:20,120 Speaker 1: holding that water in that pipe and causing it to 682 00:42:20,239 --> 00:42:22,520 Speaker 1: back up and causing it to put the water on 683 00:42:22,640 --> 00:42:26,280 Speaker 1: the foundation. That's so much where we get in troubles. 684 00:42:27,080 --> 00:42:30,960 Speaker 1: And I've said it many times in our basement, a 685 00:42:31,040 --> 00:42:33,359 Speaker 1: lot of people will say, oh, I got a leak, 686 00:42:33,440 --> 00:42:37,160 Speaker 1: But it's where the floor meets the wall, and I'm 687 00:42:37,200 --> 00:42:41,000 Speaker 1: gonna put calking in there. It's not gonna work, okay, 688 00:42:41,840 --> 00:42:45,920 Speaker 1: the water pressure will destroy that calking. And there is 689 00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:49,319 Speaker 1: a natural seam there. Those are two separate pores. It's 690 00:42:49,440 --> 00:42:53,160 Speaker 1: not a crack. It's literally where the wall is meeting 691 00:42:53,239 --> 00:42:57,800 Speaker 1: the floor. So really the way you correct. It is 692 00:42:58,080 --> 00:43:00,360 Speaker 1: lower the water table when you lower the water table 693 00:43:00,440 --> 00:43:04,759 Speaker 1: by getting that water away from the foundation. It really is. 694 00:43:04,920 --> 00:43:09,239 Speaker 1: It really is that easy. So give that a little look. 695 00:43:09,400 --> 00:43:12,320 Speaker 1: As we start getting into the colder folder months and 696 00:43:13,040 --> 00:43:16,120 Speaker 1: maybe you have snow packed around the foundation. That's not good, 697 00:43:17,239 --> 00:43:20,000 Speaker 1: all right. You can make your home safer by keeping 698 00:43:20,040 --> 00:43:23,520 Speaker 1: that basement nice and dry. And also, you know there's 699 00:43:23,560 --> 00:43:26,600 Speaker 1: a lot of airborne particles that are not healthy inside 700 00:43:26,600 --> 00:43:28,239 Speaker 1: our home. And that's why I always talk about the 701 00:43:28,280 --> 00:43:32,160 Speaker 1: easy Breed violation system. And right now, Easy Breathe is 702 00:43:32,239 --> 00:43:35,400 Speaker 1: giving you two free UMDI stats to control humidity in 703 00:43:35,520 --> 00:43:39,239 Speaker 1: your home with an easy Breed purchase. Check it out 704 00:43:39,280 --> 00:43:43,040 Speaker 1: for yourself. 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