1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:03,920 Speaker 1: Kf I am six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp, 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:07,720 Speaker 1: The House Whisper on demand on the iHeart Radio app 3 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:14,640 Speaker 1: Welcome Home. I'm Dean Sharp, the house Whisper, custom home Builder, 4 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:18,319 Speaker 1: custom home designer, and your guide to better understand that 5 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:22,120 Speaker 1: place where you live today. On the show, it's your calls. 6 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:25,639 Speaker 1: The number to reach me eight three three two. Ask 7 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:29,200 Speaker 1: Dean eight three to three the numeral to ask Dean 8 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:32,920 Speaker 1: whatever as you scratch in your head about your home design, construction, 9 00:00:33,159 --> 00:00:36,920 Speaker 1: DIY inside outside, I got you. We'll put our heads 10 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:41,199 Speaker 1: together and get it figured out. Let's get to it. Hey, Wayne, 11 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:42,320 Speaker 1: Welcome home? 12 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:46,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, Ban, Thanks got a question. I me a total 13 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 2: house rebuild. And in the rebuild, the guys doing inslation 14 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:55,720 Speaker 2: put in ceiling which I'm not sure if I should 15 00:00:56,400 --> 00:00:58,760 Speaker 2: call him on it or not. There's a vaulted ceiling 16 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 2: in the house, but the bedrooms and kitchen are all 17 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 2: lower I mean eight foot ceilings, and they put insulation 18 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:10,319 Speaker 2: in the ceilings of all the rooms except the kitchen, 19 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:13,440 Speaker 2: where they put it in the rafters by the roof instead. 20 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:17,760 Speaker 2: Is that a problem? Does that affect heating and cooling 21 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 2: or what? 22 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:21,560 Speaker 1: Okay, so the ceiling in the kitchen is an eight 23 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 1: foot ceiling. Yeah, so they didn't put the insulation in 24 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:27,600 Speaker 1: the ceiling. They put it up in the rafters. Did 25 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:28,480 Speaker 1: they explain why? 26 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:29,119 Speaker 3: No? 27 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:34,440 Speaker 1: Okay? And that area, the area directly above the kitchen, 28 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 1: that area of attic, does it connect to other areas 29 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 1: of attic open attic space? 30 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:43,480 Speaker 2: The attic is all connected. Yeah, it connected all across 31 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:46,040 Speaker 2: the bedrooms in the kitchen, it's all like attic area. 32 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:48,440 Speaker 1: All right. So if I crawl through the attic or 33 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:50,280 Speaker 1: walk through the attic, whatever the case may be, if 34 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 1: I get up in the attic, then I've got insulation 35 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:57,040 Speaker 1: down on the floor of the attic until I get 36 00:01:57,080 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 1: over the kitchen then and all of a sudden, it's 37 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 1: up above in the roof raft right, you're correct, Yeah, 38 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:05,559 Speaker 1: that's not that's not cool. Oh what is that's the fact? 39 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 3: How does that change things? 40 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 1: Well, what it is is that your attic is an 41 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:14,280 Speaker 1: unconditioned space. Okay. The whole reason we're insulating on the 42 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:19,280 Speaker 1: surface of the ceiling is that we want to keep 43 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:23,359 Speaker 1: the conditioned space, the conditioned air, meaning whatever we've heated 44 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:25,840 Speaker 1: or whatever we've cooled in the house. We want to 45 00:02:25,919 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 1: keep those temperatures there, okay, and so, and not in 46 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 1: the attic. We don't share conditioned temperatures, you know, controlled 47 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:38,520 Speaker 1: temperatures with the attic space. It's it's cut off. It's 48 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:42,239 Speaker 1: a separate space. It's technically kind of outside the house 49 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:47,240 Speaker 1: in essence, So we need that diaphragm of insulation to 50 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:49,920 Speaker 1: be complete over the whole thing, and so as it 51 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 1: is right now, That's why I asked if it was 52 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 1: if it's been isolated in the attic with other walls 53 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:58,079 Speaker 1: and things in the attic, then if the if the 54 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:01,639 Speaker 1: kitchen area or the area above the kitchen is isolated 55 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 1: from the rest of the attic space, then that could 56 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:07,959 Speaker 1: be fine because what we ultimately need is insulation above 57 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:12,160 Speaker 1: the kitchen. But the fact that the kitchen ceiling has 58 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: that heat and cool that's down below in there can 59 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:21,840 Speaker 1: just soak right through unimpeded by insulation into the attic 60 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 1: and vice versa. It's essentially it's a hole. It's a 61 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 1: hole in your insulation. And so so that insulation needs 62 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 1: to be down over the kitchen ceiling as well, period 63 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:35,880 Speaker 1: because you need a blanket of insulation that seals up 64 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 1: the house. So it's kind of a hole in the 65 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:40,760 Speaker 1: hull of the boat. The fact that the insulation is 66 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 1: up in the in the rafter space above the kitchen. 67 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:47,800 Speaker 1: That's meaningless. It's not doing anything up there. Okay, It's 68 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 1: just it's literally not doing anything. It needs to be 69 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:53,600 Speaker 1: down on the surface with the rest of the insulation 70 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 1: in the app good. Okay, thanks, I'll get them the change, 71 00:03:56,960 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 1: get them on it. Thanks Wayne. Question Bertie, I want 72 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 1: to talk to Richard. Hey, Richard, welcome home, Good morning. 73 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 4: I just had a question on whether the foundations that 74 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:12,360 Speaker 4: are left after a home fire can be reused. 75 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:17,040 Speaker 1: That is a really really good question. Is that just 76 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 1: a curiosity or do you have a foundation that is 77 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:23,599 Speaker 1: in question yourself. 78 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 4: It's a curiosity professional and personal. 79 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 1: They are always exceptions to every rule. So I'll just 80 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 1: start by saying that, And there is a I'm sure 81 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:42,520 Speaker 1: there are a handful of foundations out there that might 82 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 1: be salvaged from this disaster, even though the house above 83 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:53,920 Speaker 1: them was burnt to the ground. However, I think the 84 00:04:54,120 --> 00:05:00,600 Speaker 1: proper expectation is that to know the foundations underneath the 85 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:03,479 Speaker 1: house when it has burnt to the ground, especially in 86 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:07,960 Speaker 1: a mass fire event like this, are very very likely 87 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:11,640 Speaker 1: not going to be saved. And there's a couple of 88 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:16,600 Speaker 1: reasons why. Number one, there is no, it's not it 89 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:18,720 Speaker 1: has nothing to do with the fact that that you know, 90 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:22,080 Speaker 1: they didn't catch on fire. But if you take a 91 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:26,640 Speaker 1: look at concrete, concrete is actually not affected by flame 92 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:33,360 Speaker 1: per se, but concrete is affected by high heat. And 93 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:37,320 Speaker 1: when an entire house is burning to the point where 94 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 1: it's all coming down, the heat inside that zone is intense. 95 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 1: You know, fifteen hundred degrees plus is easily easily achieved. 96 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:52,800 Speaker 1: And when you think about the components of concrete, concrete 97 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 1: is a is a recipe. It is a cement that 98 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:02,839 Speaker 1: is the actual you know, adhesive binder in concrete cement 99 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:09,600 Speaker 1: Portland cement. And then you've got large aggregates like gravel 100 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:15,640 Speaker 1: three quarter inch gravel and sand, and it's the sand 101 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:21,240 Speaker 1: inside the concrete that at high temperatures turns to glass. 102 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:25,240 Speaker 1: As we all know, if you melt sand down, you 103 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:27,599 Speaker 1: can turn it to glass. So there is a there's 104 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:32,279 Speaker 1: a process that when concrete is exposed to extreme heat 105 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:37,560 Speaker 1: in which the concrete actually becomes siliconized. It actually, even 106 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:40,400 Speaker 1: though it looks the same as it did before, it 107 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:45,239 Speaker 1: has actually changed its chemical structure, and it's become more brittle. 108 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:50,280 Speaker 1: The sand, which originally was a fine aggregate inside the cement, 109 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:55,120 Speaker 1: is now a glassy component inside the cement. So that's 110 00:06:55,320 --> 00:07:00,120 Speaker 1: one reason why a lot of the foundation's most I 111 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:02,279 Speaker 1: would say, of the foundations in the houses that are 112 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:05,120 Speaker 1: burnt down are not going to be reusable. And the 113 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:09,279 Speaker 1: second reason is that under again that high heat, any 114 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:14,280 Speaker 1: lines of value that are running underneath that concrete, like 115 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:19,840 Speaker 1: plastic abs, drain lines coming off of toilets and sinks 116 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:25,240 Speaker 1: and so on, any electrical lines, even though the conduits 117 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 1: themselves probably were unaffected, but those conduits heat up, the 118 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:35,160 Speaker 1: conductors inside those conduits will absolutely have to be tested 119 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:39,040 Speaker 1: and replaced. And the chances are the damage of the 120 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:43,080 Speaker 1: lines that are running underneath the slab are such that 121 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 1: we'd have to even if the slab was in perfect shape, 122 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:48,520 Speaker 1: we'd have to saw cut the slab open in order 123 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:51,960 Speaker 1: to run new lines, or you know, we wouldn't be 124 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:54,600 Speaker 1: yanking out the old ones, we'd just be running new lines. 125 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 1: And by the time we have dealt with the fact 126 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:01,000 Speaker 1: that the slab has changed its chemical compass position somewhat 127 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:03,920 Speaker 1: and we've got to make a lot of sock cuts 128 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:06,120 Speaker 1: in it in order to get new drain lines or 129 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 1: pull old ones out of the way. Now we've pretty 130 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:14,360 Speaker 1: much messed up this slab in extreme So that's why 131 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 1: I'm saying, by and large, it will be more cost 132 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:24,400 Speaker 1: effective and wiser from a structural perspective to just pull 133 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 1: most of those slabs, scrape the lot, and restart from new. 134 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:30,920 Speaker 1: Does that help understand the situation? 135 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:32,439 Speaker 3: Certainly does? 136 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:36,040 Speaker 1: All right, Richard, thank you for your call, sir. All right, 137 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:39,520 Speaker 1: more great stuff on the way. You're listening to Home 138 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:43,320 Speaker 1: with Dean Sharp, the house Whisper. Dean Sharper, the house 139 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:46,160 Speaker 1: whisper here to help you take your home to the 140 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:49,680 Speaker 1: next level. It's an all calls show today. Let's get 141 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:54,000 Speaker 1: back to the phones. Let's talk to Rose A Rose, 142 00:08:54,880 --> 00:08:55,800 Speaker 1: welcome home. 143 00:08:55,880 --> 00:08:56,520 Speaker 3: Good morning. 144 00:08:56,880 --> 00:08:59,840 Speaker 5: We did the horrible mistake of buying a salt water 145 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:04,280 Speaker 5: system soft water system for our whole house instead of 146 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:09,400 Speaker 5: the life source water that you guys advertise we have. 147 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:16,560 Speaker 5: On the upstairs baster bathroom, there's some used to look 148 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:19,559 Speaker 5: like charcoal that used to sit at the bottom of 149 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:23,840 Speaker 5: the toilet bowl. Now it just looks like lint that's 150 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:27,400 Speaker 5: kind of floating around and eventually makes it to the bottom. 151 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:27,680 Speaker 3: Of the bowl. 152 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:31,280 Speaker 5: I know it's not the toilet because we remodeled that bathroom. 153 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:33,600 Speaker 5: We thought, well, maybe it's the toilet that it's not, 154 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:38,800 Speaker 5: and it's also now starting to happen to the downstairs bathroom. 155 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:40,240 Speaker 5: Any idea what that might be. 156 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:46,720 Speaker 1: A couple guesses, but you're probably suspecting the culprit is 157 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:50,959 Speaker 1: the water softener, and I would guess that it's probably 158 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:53,679 Speaker 1: that as well. Okay, there's a few things that can 159 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 1: happen with a water softener, modern water softener, especially that 160 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:02,280 Speaker 1: some goes wrong with it. It can actually do that. 161 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:04,960 Speaker 1: It's strange because people are like, you know what, there's 162 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:07,640 Speaker 1: residue in my toilet and I have softened water. I 163 00:10:07,679 --> 00:10:09,959 Speaker 1: don't think that's supposed to happen. You're right, it's not 164 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:14,640 Speaker 1: supposed to happen with a water softener. But sometimes things 165 00:10:14,679 --> 00:10:18,360 Speaker 1: can go wrong. Here's the most likely thing. And you know, 166 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:20,640 Speaker 1: I don't know for certain, because you got to call 167 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:23,000 Speaker 1: your water softer company and say, hey, come and check 168 00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:27,400 Speaker 1: this out. It's not just salt interacting inside a water 169 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:31,680 Speaker 1: soft a modern water softener. Most modern water softeners also 170 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 1: have a resin bead bed and you're like, okay, it's 171 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:39,679 Speaker 1: I don't want to waste your time or anybody else's 172 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:43,520 Speaker 1: time explaining exactly what that looks like. But just suffice 173 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:46,480 Speaker 1: it to say, it's not something that you replenish in 174 00:10:46,559 --> 00:10:50,440 Speaker 1: a water softener. You're just in charge of replenishing the salt. 175 00:10:50,559 --> 00:10:55,480 Speaker 1: But a resin bead bed or chamber are these little 176 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 1: tiny resinous beads. They actually look like what are they? 177 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:04,000 Speaker 1: They look like salmon row in other words, salmon at 178 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:07,200 Speaker 1: fish eggs. They look like fish eggs, and they're usually 179 00:11:07,679 --> 00:11:11,439 Speaker 1: kind of brown and or black in color, and they're resinans, 180 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:15,480 Speaker 1: and they're used to attract mineralization to them. It's like 181 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:19,720 Speaker 1: another layer of attracting minerals out of the water. But 182 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:24,280 Speaker 1: for some reason, sometimes a water softener can leak their 183 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:28,920 Speaker 1: resin beads into the water, and as a result, you 184 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:32,000 Speaker 1: either find little fish eggs floating in your toilet, but 185 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:35,520 Speaker 1: most often once they get out in the open water areas, 186 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:40,000 Speaker 1: they dissolve and then they leave their sticky, little kind 187 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:45,280 Speaker 1: of either rust or charcoal color residue on toilet bowls 188 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:47,920 Speaker 1: or at the bottom of the bowl or whatever. So 189 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:50,720 Speaker 1: that's my first guest. I could be wrong about that, 190 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:54,679 Speaker 1: But my first guess is that there's probably a resin 191 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:58,000 Speaker 1: bead issue with the water softener that you know, maybe 192 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:01,040 Speaker 1: an O ring failed, maybe something, and it's leaking its 193 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 1: resin beads into the water supply there. And so yeah, 194 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:09,280 Speaker 1: you should get that checked out because that can happen. 195 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:11,520 Speaker 1: So if you find fish eggs in your toilet, no, 196 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:16,000 Speaker 1: you are not growing trout. You are you probably have 197 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:18,080 Speaker 1: a water softener that needs some servicing. 198 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 3: Okay. 199 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:20,920 Speaker 5: I know when we first got it, they came back 200 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:23,960 Speaker 5: out again and said, yeah, we just did some adjustments 201 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:25,760 Speaker 5: and then it went away for a while, and then 202 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:28,439 Speaker 5: it came back again. And we've had this problem. 203 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:32,000 Speaker 1: For for a year now, okay, so that if they 204 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:34,400 Speaker 1: made some difference then it came back a yeah, so 205 00:12:34,559 --> 00:12:37,440 Speaker 1: it is a it is the water softener then, and 206 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:41,640 Speaker 1: it probably is the resin something in the resin reservoir. 207 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:43,599 Speaker 5: All right, we'll give them a call. Can ask you 208 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:45,000 Speaker 5: just one more quick. 209 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:46,280 Speaker 1: Question, real quick? 210 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:50,360 Speaker 5: Sure, do you have a name of a seiler for 211 00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:56,360 Speaker 5: a sill granite sink something more restore it to restore? 212 00:12:56,440 --> 00:12:58,120 Speaker 1: Okay, a granite sink. 213 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:01,359 Speaker 5: Still granite to grant that black. 214 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:04,920 Speaker 1: Grant sync yeah, not off the top of my head. 215 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:06,200 Speaker 2: Uh so. 216 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:08,600 Speaker 1: But I'm gonna advise that you do the same thing 217 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:11,600 Speaker 1: that I do, which is when when we run into 218 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:16,680 Speaker 1: those situations, because products change over all the time. It don't. 219 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:18,960 Speaker 1: I wouldn't go to the big box stores in the 220 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:21,400 Speaker 1: tile aisle because they're just going to point you to 221 00:13:21,640 --> 00:13:26,600 Speaker 1: a standard thing. Find your local custom tile and stone 222 00:13:26,640 --> 00:13:29,960 Speaker 1: shop and go in there and say, here's my situation, 223 00:13:30,160 --> 00:13:32,920 Speaker 1: what's the best sealer or restore for that. They've got it, 224 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:34,960 Speaker 1: They've got they got you covered. So you talk to 225 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:39,400 Speaker 1: those experts in the point in the right direction. Rose, 226 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:41,520 Speaker 1: thank you so much for your call, Thanks for listening 227 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:44,959 Speaker 1: to the program. Love it. Okay, a quick break and 228 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:47,920 Speaker 1: then more of your calls. You're listening to Home with 229 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:52,560 Speaker 1: Dean Sharp, the House Whisper. You're listening to Home with 230 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:55,520 Speaker 1: Dean Sharp on demand from kf I A M six 231 00:13:55,640 --> 00:14:00,600 Speaker 1: forty Dean Shark, the House Whisper here to mind you 232 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:04,640 Speaker 1: the design matters most. We've been taking your calls today. 233 00:14:04,679 --> 00:14:06,439 Speaker 1: We still have some more to go. Let's get back 234 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:10,840 Speaker 1: to the phones. Antonio. Welcome home, Oh. 235 00:14:10,679 --> 00:14:12,960 Speaker 2: Thank you, welcome home, Thank you. 236 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:14,719 Speaker 1: You're welcome. How can I help you regallin. 237 00:14:14,760 --> 00:14:18,720 Speaker 6: A small detectors and carbon monoxide, and I wanted to 238 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:20,720 Speaker 6: find out if it's the best place to put them 239 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:23,440 Speaker 6: if I buy it the combination of both or buy 240 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:28,640 Speaker 6: them separately and put one inside the bedrooms like a 241 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:31,960 Speaker 6: small detector, and then the carbon manaxa on the outside 242 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:34,920 Speaker 6: of the of the each bedroom. Uh. 243 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:37,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, you don't have to put a carbon monoxide detector 244 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:42,200 Speaker 1: on the outside of each bedroom. That's more than you need. Currently, 245 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:46,160 Speaker 1: in southern California and most municipalities, the code is going 246 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:51,400 Speaker 1: to be a smoke detector inside each bedroom, just inside 247 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:55,640 Speaker 1: the door of each bedroom, a smoke detector in the 248 00:14:55,680 --> 00:15:02,520 Speaker 1: hallway leading to the bedrooms. Okay, okay, a carbon monoxide 249 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:07,680 Speaker 1: detector centrally located on each floor of the house. So 250 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:10,360 Speaker 1: typically what people do when they want to just be 251 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:13,200 Speaker 1: most efficient with their cash is they'll buy a regular 252 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:16,680 Speaker 1: smoke detector and put those inside each of the bedrooms, 253 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:21,280 Speaker 1: and then they'll take a smoke detector slash carbon monoxide 254 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:26,480 Speaker 1: combo detector and put that as the hallway smoke detector 255 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 1: on each floor outside the bedroom doors, and that will 256 00:15:30,280 --> 00:15:33,840 Speaker 1: get you covered. Oh okay, I appreciate it. 257 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:34,440 Speaker 2: Now. 258 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:36,040 Speaker 3: One last questions possible. 259 00:15:37,160 --> 00:15:40,320 Speaker 6: How can you determine you know, they have the conservation 260 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:44,840 Speaker 6: faucets or fixtures nowadays, where you know you have to 261 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:47,360 Speaker 6: find out how many gallons of water you spend on 262 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:48,280 Speaker 6: the facets. 263 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:52,480 Speaker 3: How can you determine if that one is under the guidelines? 264 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:56,720 Speaker 1: Oh, everything that is being everything that is being sold 265 00:15:56,840 --> 00:16:01,960 Speaker 1: in stores now legally is under the guidelines. I guarantee it, 266 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:07,800 Speaker 1: unless your city has extra stringent guidelines. So the best 267 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:11,920 Speaker 1: thing to do is simply if you're wondering and you're worried, 268 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:16,760 Speaker 1: is call your local city building department and say, hey, 269 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:21,640 Speaker 1: for our city, what are the regulations for my toilet 270 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:24,760 Speaker 1: as far as how many gallons can my toilet use? 271 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:28,200 Speaker 1: How many gallons per minute can my showerhead be? How 272 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:30,880 Speaker 1: many gallons per minute can my faucets be? They will 273 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:32,680 Speaker 1: tell you straight out. They'll be like, it's going to 274 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:34,400 Speaker 1: be this three and a half gallons per minute, but 275 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:37,560 Speaker 1: one and a half gallons per flush, so on. And 276 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:41,200 Speaker 1: then you can just go shopping and on the side 277 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:43,760 Speaker 1: of every single fixture that you buy, you're going to 278 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:47,120 Speaker 1: see the gallons per minute for that fixture, so that 279 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:50,960 Speaker 1: you end up getting the right one. I see appreciate that, buddy. 280 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:54,280 Speaker 1: Thank you so much. Let's talk to David A. David, 281 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:55,400 Speaker 1: welcome home. 282 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:59,120 Speaker 3: Thank you, Jean. I'm in Venice Beach. I live in 283 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:01,760 Speaker 3: an apartment. I feel like I represent all the apartment 284 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:04,679 Speaker 3: renters who don't usually own a home. And the building 285 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:07,240 Speaker 3: I live in was built in nineteen twelve. There's three 286 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:09,520 Speaker 3: stories and I'm on the top floor the three stories, 287 00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:13,280 Speaker 3: and about seven or eight months ago the levelode replaced 288 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:15,639 Speaker 3: the water heater and since then it wakes me up 289 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:18,080 Speaker 3: at night because of I guess people taking a shower, 290 00:17:18,560 --> 00:17:21,600 Speaker 3: because the pipes are banging for between five and twenty 291 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:24,520 Speaker 3: seconds sometimes during the week. And I was wondering how 292 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:26,560 Speaker 3: I can explain to my landlord, whis I'm sorry to say, 293 00:17:26,600 --> 00:17:29,440 Speaker 3: but lazy doesn't want to admit that it's just bothering 294 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:32,040 Speaker 3: and keeping me awake. So how does it make such 295 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:34,200 Speaker 3: a noise that I think it's pipe expanding? Do their 296 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:37,240 Speaker 3: rub against something? And what can I say? 297 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:40,520 Speaker 1: I don't know what you can say with a lazy 298 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:44,720 Speaker 1: landlord who doesn't want to do anything, but you can 299 00:17:44,760 --> 00:17:47,959 Speaker 1: talk to him about the problem though, And so are 300 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:51,280 Speaker 1: we talking about So there's two kinds of noise that 301 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:55,440 Speaker 1: people sometimes experience when it comes to their hot water 302 00:17:55,520 --> 00:18:00,600 Speaker 1: systems or there's just water in general. Number one is, Uh, 303 00:18:00,840 --> 00:18:03,760 Speaker 1: there is this there's a like a what a lot 304 00:18:03,760 --> 00:18:07,080 Speaker 1: of people describe as a creeping or clicking sound like 305 00:18:10,119 --> 00:18:14,200 Speaker 1: that happens when when hot water is being used. Uh. 306 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:18,280 Speaker 1: And then there's that banging sound literally like you know 307 00:18:18,359 --> 00:18:22,160 Speaker 1: this banging sound. Which of the two are you experiencing? 308 00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:25,119 Speaker 3: It's a mix between the two. It's the sound is 309 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:27,439 Speaker 3: like the banging, but the space between the bang is 310 00:18:28,119 --> 00:18:31,880 Speaker 3: more space are like dum dum dum dum dum dum 311 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:34,480 Speaker 3: dum tum or sometimes slower it slows down. 312 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:38,359 Speaker 1: All right, So what you get is, uh, is the 313 00:18:38,359 --> 00:18:44,040 Speaker 1: the new it's weird. Plumbing systems are even really well 314 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:49,320 Speaker 1: designed systems. Uh. They are. Essentially, it turns out sometimes 315 00:18:49,359 --> 00:18:52,560 Speaker 1: like a giant a giant instrument. You know, you got 316 00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 1: a lot of pipes and you got stuff flowing through it, 317 00:18:56,720 --> 00:19:00,560 Speaker 1: and depending on the twists and the turn that it 318 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:03,919 Speaker 1: makes and so on, you get weird noises out of pipes. 319 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:08,600 Speaker 1: Sometimes most common is what we call water hammer, okay, 320 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:12,359 Speaker 1: and that's that thudding sound. And you could be in 321 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:15,520 Speaker 1: a building for you know, one hundred years and not 322 00:19:15,720 --> 00:19:18,520 Speaker 1: have water hammer, and then all of a sudden, you know, 323 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:22,919 Speaker 1: somebody changes out the water heater, changes the pressure relationship 324 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:25,200 Speaker 1: of the building, maybe the water heat. Maybe the new 325 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:29,440 Speaker 1: water heater is out putting hotter water than the previous one. 326 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:34,680 Speaker 1: Maybe it's putting it out at slightly a different pressure 327 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:37,440 Speaker 1: or flow level. There could all be all these little 328 00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:39,920 Speaker 1: subtle changes, and all of a sudden, now we're getting 329 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:45,280 Speaker 1: water hager hammer. Fortunately in most cases it's a pretty 330 00:19:45,359 --> 00:19:49,200 Speaker 1: simple fix. And that is and you could tell your 331 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:52,560 Speaker 1: landlord says, hey, you put in the new water heater, 332 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:56,600 Speaker 1: but now we're getting water hammer really bad in the house. 333 00:19:56,680 --> 00:20:01,440 Speaker 1: Would you please have a water hammer a yester installed 334 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:04,679 Speaker 1: near the water heater. And what a water hammer arrestor is. 335 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:07,560 Speaker 1: It's literally it's an extension of the pipe. You know, 336 00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:10,879 Speaker 1: it inserts. It could insert, for instance, in between the 337 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:14,280 Speaker 1: water heater hoses and the hot water line feed for 338 00:20:14,359 --> 00:20:17,639 Speaker 1: the rest of the building. And it's literally got a 339 00:20:17,680 --> 00:20:21,520 Speaker 1: little kind of a column sticking out from it. And 340 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:25,320 Speaker 1: inside that column is essentially a shock absorber for water. 341 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:29,480 Speaker 1: There's a big spring and a diaphragm and as that 342 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:33,840 Speaker 1: water comes unevenly flowing through the pipes and that vibration 343 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:37,879 Speaker 1: starts to form. This thing will receive a lot of 344 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:42,160 Speaker 1: that vibration into itself and not send it knocking down 345 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:45,080 Speaker 1: through the pipes. Now, sometimes it takes more than one, 346 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:48,159 Speaker 1: and sometimes it's a great idea to install them in 347 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:52,480 Speaker 1: different locations. But a you know, a water hammer arrestor. 348 00:20:53,359 --> 00:20:55,080 Speaker 1: I mean you can get a two pack of them 349 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:59,280 Speaker 1: for like twenty five dollars, so and they're an easy 350 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:03,000 Speaker 1: install okay, And so that would be I think that 351 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 1: would be my first line of approach to your landlord, 352 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:10,679 Speaker 1: who obviously doesn't want to do a whole lot that often, 353 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:14,080 Speaker 1: just say, listen, it is a problem, and a lot 354 00:21:14,119 --> 00:21:16,760 Speaker 1: of us hear it, and I don't want to be, 355 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:20,159 Speaker 1: you know, complaining about it. But honestly, ever since the 356 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:23,280 Speaker 1: new water here went in, we're hearing this thing. And 357 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:27,320 Speaker 1: so you know, there's an I'm told there's an easy 358 00:21:27,359 --> 00:21:31,959 Speaker 1: fix for it. You know, could you please step forward 359 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:36,280 Speaker 1: and deal with that. And if it's an easy, inexpensive fix, 360 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:38,400 Speaker 1: you know, maybe he'll move on it, maybe he'll he'll 361 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:42,399 Speaker 1: shift and make it happen. But that's ultimately what that is, 362 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:45,160 Speaker 1: my friend, and it and do you happen to have 363 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:48,920 Speaker 1: our laundry facilities in each apartment. It's an old apartment building, 364 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:51,919 Speaker 1: so I'm guessing not. But do you do you have 365 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:53,600 Speaker 1: like a washer drive in your unit? 366 00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:55,160 Speaker 3: No, no one does. 367 00:21:55,520 --> 00:22:00,080 Speaker 1: Okay, no one does. Another place where you might be 368 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:04,160 Speaker 1: able to help yourself with this is you could install 369 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:08,440 Speaker 1: one of these you know, twelve fifteen dollars water hammer devices, 370 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:12,639 Speaker 1: like underneath your sink in the kitchen, Okay, because anywhere 371 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:16,200 Speaker 1: they are located anywhere along the lines, or underneath the 372 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:18,720 Speaker 1: sink in the bathroom, or get a couple of them, 373 00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:23,080 Speaker 1: put one in each place anywhere on that system where 374 00:22:23,119 --> 00:22:27,760 Speaker 1: these shock absorbers are. They will help mute the vibration. 375 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:31,120 Speaker 1: So ask your landlord first. But maybe you go out 376 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:35,480 Speaker 1: and pop a couple underneath your own sinks and see 377 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:36,400 Speaker 1: if that helps as well. 378 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:41,040 Speaker 3: Fantastic. I love that information. Thank you so much, David. 379 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:44,880 Speaker 1: You are so welcome. Okay, a quick break and then 380 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:48,560 Speaker 1: more of your calls. You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp, 381 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:52,679 Speaker 1: the house whisper. Dean Sharp, the house whisperer, here to 382 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:57,000 Speaker 1: help you transform your ordinary house into an extraordinary home. 383 00:22:57,040 --> 00:23:00,440 Speaker 1: We're doing that today by taking your calls let's get 384 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:03,880 Speaker 1: back to the phones. I want to talk to Rod. Hey, Rod, 385 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:04,640 Speaker 1: welcome home. 386 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:08,960 Speaker 4: Okay. I have a question regarding peers or footing. So 387 00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:12,639 Speaker 4: it's underneath the house. My house obviously has a crowned 388 00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:15,920 Speaker 4: cross space, and I was down there doing something else 389 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:19,200 Speaker 4: because I had a leak on my refrigerator. And when 390 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:20,760 Speaker 4: I was down there, I noticed that one of the 391 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:24,520 Speaker 4: footings and the piers they were like moved over to 392 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:27,840 Speaker 4: the left and pretty close to I don't know how 393 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:32,120 Speaker 4: close to maybe coming off from holding the beam. But 394 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:34,119 Speaker 4: then I noticed that it wasn't only that one. There 395 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:36,320 Speaker 4: was three more like that. But it looks like they're 396 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:39,640 Speaker 4: all moved in the same direction, almost like it's almost say, 397 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:42,960 Speaker 4: the same distance. They're not leaning, they're not you know, 398 00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:45,679 Speaker 4: there just seemed to be somebody just shifted them to 399 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:48,199 Speaker 4: the left. So I called the company to come and 400 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:51,040 Speaker 4: look at it, and they said that there's really you know, 401 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:52,840 Speaker 4: the house is not going to come down. There's really 402 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:55,840 Speaker 4: not much that needs to be done. They said, we 403 00:23:55,880 --> 00:23:58,240 Speaker 4: have a minimum of three thousand dollars to do the work, 404 00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:00,159 Speaker 4: and you don't really need it, said, you know what 405 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:01,399 Speaker 4: you need to do, and then he looked at me, 406 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:03,040 Speaker 4: and he says, you could probably go underneath the house 407 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:05,600 Speaker 4: and do yourself with just take a car jack lift him. 408 00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:11,000 Speaker 4: And I would recommend you put sister footings. You said, So, 409 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:15,119 Speaker 4: I don't know if it's something that I should be 410 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:17,360 Speaker 4: concerned about or what can I do about this? 411 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:20,600 Speaker 1: All right? My friends? So who did you call to 412 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:23,480 Speaker 1: come out? Who came and looked at it? A foundation company? 413 00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:28,480 Speaker 4: Yeah, they do foundation repair. And he came inside the 414 00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:30,159 Speaker 4: house and he did a plumbing saying, you know that 415 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:33,800 Speaker 4: he plumbed the house that he said everything was fine 416 00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:36,760 Speaker 4: inside the house. I think in the living room area, 417 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:39,000 Speaker 4: he said there was a it was off by like 418 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:41,400 Speaker 4: about a quarter inch, and he said that that's fine. 419 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:43,600 Speaker 4: He says, a lot of people would would love to 420 00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:46,760 Speaker 4: have a quarter inch. You know, the house under under house? 421 00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:50,040 Speaker 1: How old is your hot rod? How old is the house? 422 00:24:50,359 --> 00:24:52,920 Speaker 4: It's pretty old. It was really nineteen thirty eight. 423 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:54,600 Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, you know, I. 424 00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:57,600 Speaker 4: Think I've been here with all, you know, the earthquakes 425 00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:00,200 Speaker 4: that we had since since the North's earthquake. So I 426 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:02,480 Speaker 4: don't know if that has happened with the earthquakes. You know, 427 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:05,320 Speaker 4: I've never begune underneath the house till recently and that's 428 00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:07,199 Speaker 4: when I noticed. So who knows how long that's been 429 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:07,560 Speaker 4: like that. 430 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:12,159 Speaker 1: Yeah, well, here's the thing. First of all, that's great news. 431 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:14,840 Speaker 1: And if a foundation company has looked under your house 432 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:18,320 Speaker 1: and has literally said to you, listen, you don't need us, 433 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:22,200 Speaker 1: you could fix this yourself, then you know, I would 434 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:24,520 Speaker 1: take that as great news. I would not look at 435 00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:27,320 Speaker 1: a stack in the mouth, you know, And I think 436 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:30,480 Speaker 1: I think they're absolutely right if they've looked at the 437 00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:34,880 Speaker 1: overall footings. You know, it's a post and beam set 438 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:37,920 Speaker 1: up underneath your house, the subfloor. There's beams that are 439 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:42,359 Speaker 1: holding up the floor joists, and there are posts going 440 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:45,760 Speaker 1: down to concrete piers that are holding up the beams, 441 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:49,680 Speaker 1: and quite often in an older home and twenties home, 442 00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:56,399 Speaker 1: in nineteen thirties home, those posts are barely barely attached 443 00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:59,200 Speaker 1: to the beams that they're holding up, and barely attached 444 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:02,680 Speaker 1: to the to the piers that are that they're sitting on, 445 00:26:03,119 --> 00:26:06,359 Speaker 1: usually with a couple of nails, a toenail into each one, 446 00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:10,800 Speaker 1: sometimes not at all, or sometimes the nail has rusted 447 00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:14,639 Speaker 1: out and so over. You know, what are we talking about? 448 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:21,520 Speaker 1: Ninety years of earthquakes, of vibrating that foundation. Sometimes those 449 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:24,840 Speaker 1: piers can can just literally the vibration of the ground 450 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:28,680 Speaker 1: can cause them to shift left, shift right and either 451 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:31,320 Speaker 1: take the posts with them or not. So here is 452 00:26:31,359 --> 00:26:33,760 Speaker 1: the thing that I would say, if you've got concern 453 00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:37,520 Speaker 1: about it, then they're absolutely right. You could get under 454 00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:40,440 Speaker 1: there and switch them out. You can put a little 455 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:44,520 Speaker 1: carjack underneath the beam, make sure it's supported, switch out 456 00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:47,480 Speaker 1: the post, or slide the post over onto the pier better. 457 00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:50,600 Speaker 1: Or you could replace the piers and the posts with 458 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:54,359 Speaker 1: what and this is what I would do with positive 459 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:57,560 Speaker 1: connecting hardware. Okay. So in other words, if you go 460 00:26:57,640 --> 00:26:59,680 Speaker 1: down to like a place like a big box store, 461 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:04,800 Speaker 1: like home depot right now, look in the building supply department, 462 00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:08,560 Speaker 1: right the building materials department, you'll find concrete piers very 463 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:11,119 Speaker 1: much like the ones that are underneath your home, except 464 00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:15,320 Speaker 1: they've got metal galvanized straps coming out of them, okay, 465 00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:20,640 Speaker 1: straps that get positively nailed into the posts that they support. 466 00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:23,040 Speaker 1: And then if you go over to the hardware section, 467 00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:25,800 Speaker 1: you can find that same kind of strapping material in 468 00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:29,440 Speaker 1: a T form, a T shaped strap that would go 469 00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:33,000 Speaker 1: the top of the tee would get nailed in along 470 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:36,560 Speaker 1: the beam that the post is holding up, and the 471 00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:40,480 Speaker 1: bottom of the tee would would stretch down and actually 472 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:43,199 Speaker 1: connect the top of the post. That's the kind of 473 00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:48,000 Speaker 1: hardware that we install by code these days for post 474 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:53,600 Speaker 1: and peer connections. And that's going to guarantee that whatever 475 00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:58,200 Speaker 1: vibration happens in the future earthquakes, that that post, that peer, 476 00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:01,399 Speaker 1: and that beam are all going to stay together and 477 00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:04,479 Speaker 1: nothing's going to fall off or shift sideways. That's all 478 00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:08,000 Speaker 1: I would recommend. My main concern was going to be, hey, 479 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:10,439 Speaker 1: have you had a foundation company look at it? Have 480 00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:13,840 Speaker 1: they put a level on your floors? And they're absolutely right, 481 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:16,000 Speaker 1: And you're living in a nineteen thirty eight house, and 482 00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:18,560 Speaker 1: if you've got one room that might be a quarter 483 00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:21,640 Speaker 1: of an inch over the course of the room out 484 00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:28,159 Speaker 1: of level. That's wonderful. Just that, that's wonderful to just 485 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:30,000 Speaker 1: get under there and add some hardware. 486 00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:34,919 Speaker 4: Okay, So i'd use you a regular car. 487 00:28:34,920 --> 00:28:39,360 Speaker 1: Jack, yeah, if it'll rely, if it's got a high 488 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:43,040 Speaker 1: enough reach. And here's the thing though, use a you 489 00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:46,240 Speaker 1: bring a carjack underneath because they're pretty easy to manipulate 490 00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:48,400 Speaker 1: underneath the house. If it's got a high enough reach. 491 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:50,320 Speaker 1: What you want to do is you want to bring 492 00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:55,480 Speaker 1: in a plank of you know, maybe like a two 493 00:28:55,520 --> 00:28:59,600 Speaker 1: by twelve that's three or four feet long that you 494 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:01,960 Speaker 1: set the carjack in. So what you don't want to 495 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:04,200 Speaker 1: do is you put the carjack in the dirt under 496 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:06,880 Speaker 1: there and start putting pressure on it, because it's just 497 00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:09,800 Speaker 1: going to push the wheels down into the dirt. So 498 00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:13,200 Speaker 1: put the carjack on a plank so that you're kind 499 00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:16,880 Speaker 1: of sitting on a ski as it were, and then 500 00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:19,160 Speaker 1: you can jack up and you don't need to crank 501 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:22,040 Speaker 1: it up like lifting up the house. Okay. All you 502 00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:24,520 Speaker 1: need to do is get it high enough up there 503 00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:27,280 Speaker 1: so that you hear that little bit of tension form 504 00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:31,479 Speaker 1: so that when you move the post over or remove 505 00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:35,440 Speaker 1: it or replace it, that you know that the beam 506 00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:37,920 Speaker 1: isn't going to shift down at all. 507 00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:41,480 Speaker 4: Great, okay, well, I'm glad to hear that, and I'm 508 00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:42,840 Speaker 4: going to see if I could give it a try. 509 00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:45,080 Speaker 4: If not, maybe have to hire a handyman or something. 510 00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:46,640 Speaker 4: Failed me out here, all. 511 00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:50,760 Speaker 1: Right, my friend, good luck with that, great question. You 512 00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:53,840 Speaker 1: are very very welcome. Ron. Okay, let's take a quick 513 00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:56,760 Speaker 1: break and then back to the phones. You're listening to 514 00:29:56,840 --> 00:30:00,920 Speaker 1: Home with Dean Sharp the House Whisper. You're listening to 515 00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:04,680 Speaker 1: Home with Dean Sharp on demand from KFI AM six 516 00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:05,080 Speaker 1: forty