1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:03,920 Speaker 1: KFI AM six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp, The 2 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:09,639 Speaker 1: House Whisperer on demand on the iHeart Radio app. I'm 3 00:00:09,640 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 1: Dean Sharp, the House Whisperer, custom home Builder, custom home Designer, 4 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:17,120 Speaker 1: and your guide to better understand that place where you 5 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:21,200 Speaker 1: live today on the show Final Show of twenty twenty five. 6 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:24,600 Speaker 1: I almost said twenty twenty six, twenty twenty five final show, 7 00:00:25,239 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 1: and when we speak again next week, it will be 8 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 1: next year. So what am I doing. We're talking about trends, 9 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 1: some predictions, some movements, you know, and I'm giving you 10 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:38,960 Speaker 1: some I think solid advice about how not to get 11 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:42,120 Speaker 1: tied up and caught up in following the flighty trends, 12 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 1: but realistically talking about significant movements that are happening in 13 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:53,000 Speaker 1: the world of home design, architecture, and home construction, not trends, 14 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:57,360 Speaker 1: movements that I think are of great benefit to you 15 00:00:57,560 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 1: if you're aware of them as you are planning that 16 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 1: remodel or that change or whatever that may be. These 17 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 1: are the things that are lasting and new but going 18 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:10,319 Speaker 1: to be lasting. These are true shifts in the world 19 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:15,319 Speaker 1: of architecture and design, not some flitty, fashiony, corporate driven 20 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:17,679 Speaker 1: trends that are here today and gone tomorrow, and we're 21 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:20,000 Speaker 1: going to return to that conversation in just a bit. 22 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:22,319 Speaker 1: But middle of the show, we've got some calls on 23 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 1: the board. We still have room for your call. By 24 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:28,040 Speaker 1: the way, eight three three two, Ask Dean A three 25 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 1: three the numeral two. Ask Dean A three three two 26 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:34,880 Speaker 1: beep ask Dean uh. And we're gonna go with phones 27 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:37,200 Speaker 1: in just a second. But sitting across the table from me, 28 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:41,520 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, here she is my best friend 29 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:44,479 Speaker 1: in all the world, the person who has weathered this 30 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 1: relatively difficult year with me, the only person I want 31 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:52,559 Speaker 1: by my side during thick and thin. Tina is here. 32 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 2: Welcome home. 33 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:54,600 Speaker 1: How you doing, Bud? 34 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 2: I'm good. 35 00:01:55,720 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, I was away because I'm planning a secret trip 36 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 3: with another friend of ours, or a certain someone named 37 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:09,960 Speaker 3: Dean Sharp who's having a birthday in January. And so 38 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:13,920 Speaker 3: funny enough, we have some really good friends and the 39 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 3: wife of our good friends is also having a very 40 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:17,840 Speaker 3: special birthday. 41 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 1: She's two days older than me. 42 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 2: Yes, she's two days older. 43 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:23,680 Speaker 1: We're both born in the same year, yep, two days apart, So. 44 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 2: You're both having a very special birthday. 45 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:29,119 Speaker 1: And we both kind of wished for the same thing, 46 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:32,959 Speaker 1: which is where the purse, where the people? Well, and 47 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 1: I don't want to speak for cat, but but like 48 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:39,520 Speaker 1: I'm the guy who like makes all the plans for 49 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 1: our vacations for you know, just does all the you know, 50 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:44,880 Speaker 1: and when we host, like you know, everybody's looking to 51 00:02:44,919 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 1: me like, how are we going to do this, Dean? 52 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:47,800 Speaker 1: How are we going to set this all up? And 53 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 1: so when you said to me this year specifically, what 54 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:52,520 Speaker 1: do you want for your birthday? I'm like, you know 55 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 1: what I want. I don't want to be asked what 56 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 1: I want for my birth because number one, I'm not 57 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 1: hard to please. Okay, so it's not like, oh, you 58 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:03,880 Speaker 1: got to really do some serious research. But the thing 59 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 1: that makes me the happiest is the idea that somebody 60 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:12,440 Speaker 1: else just takes point for once and and I'm not 61 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:14,079 Speaker 1: saying you know what I mean, you know what I'm saying, 62 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 1: I know you and and just handles it and just 63 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:20,360 Speaker 1: just tell me when to show up and where to 64 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 1: be and I'm just going to be thrilled. And so 65 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:31,080 Speaker 1: Tina and the the other her corresponding partner from the 66 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 1: other couple, they have taken on the whole thing to 67 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 1: plant it out secretly. We have zero idea of what We're. 68 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:40,520 Speaker 3: Basically just going to tell them what to pack as 69 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 3: far as clothing. 70 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:43,400 Speaker 1: You know, so we are going on a little trip. 71 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, you know you're going on a trip, okay, 72 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:47,760 Speaker 3: and you know that it's going to be We know 73 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:49,640 Speaker 3: the dates, you know the dates, but you just don't 74 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 3: know where, and you don't know yet exactly what kind 75 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:53,640 Speaker 3: of clothing is. 76 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 2: Okay, but you will, we will, we will tell you. 77 00:03:57,800 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 4: So. 78 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:00,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, so this morning I had a call with my 79 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 3: buddy and we talked through I know what. 80 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 1: So that's where you were. So you're explaining, you're explaining 81 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 1: your absence from the. 82 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 2: Show mission it was very fun. 83 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:14,840 Speaker 1: Well that's that's totally an acceptable excuse. 84 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:18,840 Speaker 3: Yes, I thought you'd appreciate your tardiness. 85 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, I love you, Bud, I love you. You're the best. 86 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:24,280 Speaker 1: All right, shall we go to the phones? Is it time? 87 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 1: Let's do it? 88 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 3: Uh? 89 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:31,919 Speaker 1: Let me talk to Jill. Hey, Jill, welcome home, Jill. 90 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:37,839 Speaker 5: BIHI, yes, hi, I'm here. Do you hear me? 91 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:38,360 Speaker 4: Okay? 92 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I hear you. Just fine? How can I 93 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 1: help you? 94 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:42,719 Speaker 6: So? 95 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 5: I lived in a house that was remodeled in two 96 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 5: thousand and I live on the sand, on a little 97 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:53,559 Speaker 5: island on the water. And when we built a house, 98 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:56,840 Speaker 5: we didn't put in air conditioning. I've been told I 99 00:04:56,920 --> 00:05:00,800 Speaker 5: can't have air conditioning. There's no room there, there's no attic, 100 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 5: and I'm having problem with mildew developing on like furniture 101 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:16,160 Speaker 5: and inside cabinets and stuff. Right, yeah, okay, I'm hoping 102 00:05:16,279 --> 00:05:18,919 Speaker 5: that you have some ideas about what to do. I 103 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 5: bought a room dhubidifier, but it's too noisy. 104 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:28,120 Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, yeah, they can be that way. Okay, So 105 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 1: give me a little bit more insight. First of all, 106 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:32,839 Speaker 1: I'm just everybody is just totally curious. Where is this 107 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:34,040 Speaker 1: island that you live on. 108 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:38,120 Speaker 2: I live in Newport Beach on Ledo Island. 109 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:40,480 Speaker 1: Oh okay, okay, all right, and so you're you know, 110 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:42,920 Speaker 1: so okay, so you're here in southern California. You're living 111 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:46,440 Speaker 1: out there, and yeah, there's a you're surrounded by moisture, 112 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 1: by mist and moisture and everything. And you're also right. 113 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:55,719 Speaker 5: And the island was formed by dredging the bay to 114 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 5: make the island, and it seems to be getting worse 115 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:03,279 Speaker 5: over time. I'm thinking that the water level is rising. 116 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:07,120 Speaker 5: You know, the whole island is just sand. So okay, 117 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:11,640 Speaker 5: thinking my house is getting damper or the weather's getting 118 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 5: damper or something because it's getting worse. 119 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:17,040 Speaker 1: That might be the case. Actually it may there may 120 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:21,680 Speaker 1: be an argument for that. Hotter summers for us now 121 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 1: are are including a little bit higher humidity, especially if 122 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:28,320 Speaker 1: you're surrounded by water. So all right, So here's the 123 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:31,880 Speaker 1: thing I'm going to dispose of, a myth of what 124 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:35,039 Speaker 1: whoever told you? Now you've got I assume you've got 125 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:38,200 Speaker 1: vaulted ceilings, there's no attic and so somebody told you 126 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:41,200 Speaker 1: you can't have air conditioning. And the reason why I'm 127 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 1: pointing I'm turning back to air conditioning is because you've 128 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:49,280 Speaker 1: already tried the dehumidifier, and the dehumidifiers too noisy and 129 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:51,040 Speaker 1: so on. Now, I don't want to mess up your 130 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 1: interior decor, but I do want to open you up 131 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 1: to the possibility of an air conditioner. Air Conditioning is 132 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:02,120 Speaker 1: first and forem A lot of people may not realize this, 133 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:05,559 Speaker 1: but air conditioning was not invented to keep things cool. 134 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:10,720 Speaker 1: Air Conditioning was originally invented by William Carrier for industrial 135 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 1: uses during the Industrial Revolution in giant warehouses that were 136 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:19,400 Speaker 1: cranking out machinery that were creating all sorts of humidity 137 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 1: and moisture inside a factory, heat and moisture, which you know, surprisingly, 138 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 1: for instance, if you were a paper mill, not a 139 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:29,880 Speaker 1: good idea to have a lot of humidity inside your 140 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:33,440 Speaker 1: paper mill. So William Carrier came up with this concept 141 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:40,320 Speaker 1: of refrigerant as a dehumidifier. And I'm still surprised these 142 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 1: days how many people don't realize that their air conditioner 143 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:48,680 Speaker 1: is in fact, primarily, first and foremost a dehumidifier of 144 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:51,000 Speaker 1: air throughout the whole house. That's one of the reasons 145 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:54,080 Speaker 1: why the air feels cooler. The other is the refrigeration aspect. 146 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 1: But the point is this, there is a possible air 147 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:03,440 Speaker 1: conditioning solution for you, despite the fact that there's no attic. 148 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:05,920 Speaker 1: But I'm up against a break, Jill, so I'm gonna 149 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:08,000 Speaker 1: ask you to just hang tight with me through the 150 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:11,040 Speaker 1: break and we will discuss it right on the other side. 151 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:14,600 Speaker 1: So you stay put and everybody stay put, and we'll 152 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:17,560 Speaker 1: talk about Jill's unique situation and can she have an 153 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:19,720 Speaker 1: air conditioner And no, I'm not talking about a window 154 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:22,760 Speaker 1: air conditioner. You hang tight. 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Just so 184 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 1: you know, I didn't grow up there. I did not 185 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 1: have the the the blessing of growing up in Newport Beach. 186 00:09:57,280 --> 00:10:00,120 Speaker 1: But I was born at Hogue Memorial right dow on 187 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 1: the street from me, So I was born there near 188 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:08,880 Speaker 1: the near the humidity and the moisture. So anyway, uh So, 189 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:14,440 Speaker 1: the suggestion that I'm making for you is that you've 190 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:17,240 Speaker 1: you've got you've got mold and mildew issues showing up 191 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:19,120 Speaker 1: in the house and the cabinets. You don't have air 192 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:21,320 Speaker 1: conditioning in the house because you've got vaulted ceilings and 193 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:22,880 Speaker 1: you don't have an attic, and you've been told you 194 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:26,560 Speaker 1: can't have air conditioning. Air Conditioning is your best option 195 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:31,720 Speaker 1: for dehumidifying the house and keeping that humidity level under control, 196 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:35,319 Speaker 1: so you're not having mold and miss mildew issues, that 197 00:10:35,559 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 1: is your best option and regardless of attic space for 198 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 1: duct work, uh and sight unseen you know, I mean, 199 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:48,640 Speaker 1: I love beautiful design and I'd want to do this 200 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:53,480 Speaker 1: as artistically and as minimally as possible. But the idea 201 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:58,040 Speaker 1: of a mini split air conditioning system many splits. Many 202 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:03,480 Speaker 1: splits do not use ducts. They have an outdoor condenser 203 00:11:03,679 --> 00:11:06,520 Speaker 1: just like you would a compressor, and condenser just like 204 00:11:06,559 --> 00:11:09,440 Speaker 1: you would on the normal air conditioner. That unit outdoors. 205 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 1: It's much smaller, It's only about a foot deep and 206 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:19,240 Speaker 1: fits snugly up against the house, and then the refrigerant 207 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:22,079 Speaker 1: lines run inside to what we call a cartridge. Now, 208 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:25,920 Speaker 1: typically what people picture when they picture a mini split 209 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:29,120 Speaker 1: is a big, old white, you know, cartridge that can 210 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:31,040 Speaker 1: be mounted on the ceiling or at the top of 211 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:36,600 Speaker 1: a wall and circulate air throughout the room. Real air 212 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:40,960 Speaker 1: conditioner air quiet air conditioning, as silent and quiet as 213 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:44,560 Speaker 1: regular central air conditioning. So the fan is there, but 214 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:47,360 Speaker 1: it's super super quiet, and the noise of an air 215 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:50,600 Speaker 1: conditioner is the compressor and that's outside, just like a 216 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:53,800 Speaker 1: regular air conditioning system. But the point is it's ductless. 217 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:57,200 Speaker 1: And there are many split systems now that can use 218 00:11:57,320 --> 00:12:01,200 Speaker 1: the standard cartridge. There are ceiling mountain cartridges that look 219 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 1: like flush vents. There are all sorts of different There 220 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:08,720 Speaker 1: are units that one compressor runs three or four different 221 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:13,760 Speaker 1: cartridges in and through the house and so and even 222 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:18,320 Speaker 1: a moderate sized unit can handle nine hundred to one 223 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:20,960 Speaker 1: thousand square feet just by itself, and you could have 224 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:24,560 Speaker 1: more than one. So if that's an option, that's where 225 00:12:24,559 --> 00:12:26,840 Speaker 1: I would direct you to think about. First, you can 226 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:29,320 Speaker 1: have air conditioning in a house that doesn't have an 227 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:33,040 Speaker 1: attic because you can use a mini split system. You 228 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:35,960 Speaker 1: want to do it stylishly. You want to do it 229 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:38,000 Speaker 1: so that it's not ugly. It's not like it's a 230 00:12:38,040 --> 00:12:40,559 Speaker 1: window air conditioner or a big unit sitting in there 231 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:43,280 Speaker 1: making a lot of noise. But a mini split system 232 00:12:43,480 --> 00:12:47,360 Speaker 1: in your home could make a huge difference on the 233 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:52,440 Speaker 1: humidity levels because they are a dehumidifier first and foremost. 234 00:12:54,559 --> 00:12:57,400 Speaker 5: And if I had one of those, what would be 235 00:12:57,559 --> 00:13:01,839 Speaker 5: the matchimum temperature that I could run it out because 236 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:04,320 Speaker 5: I would have to run it all the time right 237 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:06,120 Speaker 5: in the summer. 238 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:08,400 Speaker 1: Well, you wouldn't have to run it all the time 239 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:10,960 Speaker 1: in the summer because again, just like most people with 240 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 1: an air conditioner, you could run it at any level 241 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:18,200 Speaker 1: of temperature that you want. But the longer you run it, 242 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:20,600 Speaker 1: and these are very economical units, by the way, very 243 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:26,000 Speaker 1: very energy efficient units, the longer you run it, the 244 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:28,160 Speaker 1: more it dries out the air, even though it's not 245 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:31,480 Speaker 1: fighting hard to lower the temperature in the house. So 246 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:34,000 Speaker 1: that's the nice thing about That's why I love the 247 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:37,439 Speaker 1: idea of a unit that can run long and low, 248 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:40,800 Speaker 1: because it really has an opportunity to dry the air 249 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:43,680 Speaker 1: out and that's our first and foremost goal in your situation, 250 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:46,559 Speaker 1: and it's going to keep the house super comfy, regardless 251 00:13:46,559 --> 00:13:50,000 Speaker 1: of the temperature outside. Jill, I got to go. We're 252 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:53,160 Speaker 1: up against another break. Thank you for your call. Take 253 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:55,640 Speaker 1: a look at many split air conditioners and all of 254 00:13:55,679 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 1: their options. I don't think you'll be disappointed, and I 255 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:00,840 Speaker 1: think you have an option there. All right, y'all more 256 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:03,880 Speaker 1: when we return your Home with Dean Sharp the house whisper. 257 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:08,319 Speaker 7: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 258 00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:09,959 Speaker 7: KFI AM six forty. 259 00:14:11,679 --> 00:14:13,560 Speaker 1: Tina and I were just having a we're just having 260 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:17,240 Speaker 1: a pep talk about the year. It's been a hard year. 261 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:18,760 Speaker 1: It's been a hard year. But you know what, we're 262 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:24,720 Speaker 1: still here. We're still stand in, standing tall, and it's 263 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:28,320 Speaker 1: hard to imagine life at this point throwing us, throwing 264 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 1: much more at us, that's going to take us out, 265 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:32,480 Speaker 1: and I don't think it's going to happen. So you 266 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 1: know what, we're rejoicing and thankful and grateful, and we're 267 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:38,000 Speaker 1: going to take the next few days and just continue 268 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:42,520 Speaker 1: to appreciate all that we have and appreciate things like 269 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 1: the fact that I can sit here with you and 270 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:49,680 Speaker 1: have meaningful conversations about your home. Speaking of that, it's 271 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:53,960 Speaker 1: middle of the show. We're taking calls and I want 272 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:58,480 Speaker 1: to get to let's see, just throw a dart board 273 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:02,040 Speaker 1: at the callboard. Let's talk to Frank. How about Frank? Hey, Frank, 274 00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:03,560 Speaker 1: welcome home. 275 00:15:05,240 --> 00:15:09,280 Speaker 6: Hello, Hello, yeah, hello, are you there? 276 00:15:09,760 --> 00:15:11,520 Speaker 1: I am still here? 277 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:16,480 Speaker 6: Okay, good, good good. I live in Canyon Lake, which 278 00:15:16,520 --> 00:15:19,160 Speaker 6: is basically the desert, right so, and I have this 279 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:21,920 Speaker 6: huge porch in the front of my house. It goes 280 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:23,880 Speaker 6: along the front and then in the side. And I 281 00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:27,600 Speaker 6: have two problems. One is the original coating. It was 282 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:29,800 Speaker 6: built in ninety two, so the original coating on the 283 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:35,000 Speaker 6: porch credit's cracking. It's you know, like a tar based 284 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:38,640 Speaker 6: coating whatever it is. So it's cracking, so it leaks 285 00:15:38,680 --> 00:15:41,600 Speaker 6: and goes down into the garage, and I, you know, 286 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:44,840 Speaker 6: so I want to replace that. But the other problem 287 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:48,320 Speaker 6: is that when the water gets on the porch, it 288 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:53,360 Speaker 6: collects before it goes over to the scuffers, and so 289 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:56,760 Speaker 6: it's been suggested that what I do is take up 290 00:15:56,800 --> 00:16:01,160 Speaker 6: all the old plywood because it's probably war for whatever underneath. 291 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:06,320 Speaker 6: So I was thinking to take all that out and 292 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:09,120 Speaker 6: then slope it so that the water drains better to 293 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:12,560 Speaker 6: the scuppers. And then that's one thing I was thinking 294 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 6: of doing. But also my big question is what is 295 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:19,440 Speaker 6: the best coating to put on the outside porch because 296 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:22,360 Speaker 6: it's in the you know, basically in the desert, and 297 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:24,000 Speaker 6: that's how I wanted to put something that's going to 298 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:26,800 Speaker 6: last and look good. 299 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:31,680 Speaker 1: Got you? Got you? Okay? So okay, so a couple 300 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:33,880 Speaker 1: of things. So you're you're calling it a porch, but 301 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:36,000 Speaker 1: you say that there's a garage underneath it, so it's 302 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:42,200 Speaker 1: a waterproofed deck area. Yes, yeah, yeah, okay, gotcha. Okay, 303 00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:45,480 Speaker 1: So first of all, your idea about you know, at 304 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:50,000 Speaker 1: this point, it's cracked there's leaks, and if water is 305 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:53,520 Speaker 1: puddling and not moving towards the scuppers where the water 306 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:57,800 Speaker 1: needs to go, absolutely, without question, sounds like it's time 307 00:16:57,840 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 1: to tear it all up, pull it all out. It's 308 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:01,960 Speaker 1: not that big of a deal, strip it all back 309 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:04,080 Speaker 1: and uh and by the way, you might want to 310 00:17:04,080 --> 00:17:05,480 Speaker 1: wait till winter is over. 311 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:09,320 Speaker 6: Uh so that yeah, yeah, tomorrow. 312 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:12,919 Speaker 1: Yeah, don't get caught with your pants down with the 313 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:20,200 Speaker 1: fact that right exactly. So, uh yeah, pull it all 314 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:24,840 Speaker 1: out and now you you I would have a conversation 315 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:27,320 Speaker 1: with now you can do it one of two ways. 316 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:29,960 Speaker 1: I might want to have a conversation with a decking 317 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:33,639 Speaker 1: company who's gonna, you know, redeck it for you, uh, 318 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:37,680 Speaker 1: and ask them, do you think I need to pull 319 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:41,080 Speaker 1: the plywood and then actually, you know, put some furring 320 00:17:41,119 --> 00:17:45,439 Speaker 1: strips into actually slope the plywood deck, or can you 321 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:48,840 Speaker 1: guys do a sufficient build up when you're putting down 322 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:52,199 Speaker 1: the new material so that you get the sufficient slope 323 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:54,320 Speaker 1: at the end of the day. I don't really care 324 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:57,080 Speaker 1: which way it is one or the other. I just 325 00:17:57,119 --> 00:18:01,000 Speaker 1: want to know what's the preference, because what we're looking 326 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:04,399 Speaker 1: for is a minimum of one eighth but now that 327 00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:06,440 Speaker 1: it's outside and exposed, what I really want is a 328 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:09,080 Speaker 1: quarter of an inch per foot slope, because that's the 329 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:12,120 Speaker 1: equivalent of a flat, flat roof. Quarter of an inch 330 00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:15,200 Speaker 1: per foot of slope. You're not going to have any pooling. 331 00:18:15,359 --> 00:18:17,520 Speaker 1: If that's the case, nice and flat quarter of an 332 00:18:17,520 --> 00:18:20,439 Speaker 1: inch per foot slope down into the scuppers. Now, as 333 00:18:20,480 --> 00:18:24,480 Speaker 1: far as the material goes, you really have options this. 334 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:28,240 Speaker 1: The standard material to use would be fiberglass layers and 335 00:18:28,359 --> 00:18:32,440 Speaker 1: resins and and those If you talk to decking companies, 336 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:37,800 Speaker 1: waterproofing balcony companies, they're gonna you know, there are various formulations, 337 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:40,320 Speaker 1: but they all basically amount to the same thing. A 338 00:18:40,359 --> 00:18:44,159 Speaker 1: really good waterproofing layer, multiple layers of fiberglass and resin 339 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:48,560 Speaker 1: that go down and vinyl, you know, liquid vinyl that 340 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:52,359 Speaker 1: bonds it all together, and you'll have a really good 341 00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:58,080 Speaker 1: new balcony space that's really well water sealed. Then, since 342 00:18:58,119 --> 00:19:00,199 Speaker 1: it is an extension of the house and not just 343 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:04,480 Speaker 1: a roof area, then because of the conditions out in 344 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:06,320 Speaker 1: Canyon Lake, and I know Canyon Lake. I have a 345 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:09,760 Speaker 1: very dear friend friends who live in Canyon Lake. With 346 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:12,800 Speaker 1: you out there, well, yeah, just a little bit north 347 00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:16,480 Speaker 1: of Temecula, and it's warm, to say the least during 348 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:22,399 Speaker 1: the summer. Sun not rain. Sun Light is the enemy 349 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:26,679 Speaker 1: of roofing, Okay, it's the enemy of your waterproof decking. 350 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:31,919 Speaker 1: So you could just waterproof it and leave it with 351 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:34,960 Speaker 1: its own UV resistant finish. But what I would be 352 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:38,439 Speaker 1: tempted to do is put some kind of a floating 353 00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:42,280 Speaker 1: deck on top of it. Whether you decided to tile it. Okay, 354 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:45,439 Speaker 1: you could put exterior grade tiles out there, because the 355 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:48,320 Speaker 1: water would shut off the tiles. Whatever would soak through 356 00:19:48,359 --> 00:19:51,520 Speaker 1: the grout would soak in and hit that waterproofing layer 357 00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:54,200 Speaker 1: and move out as well and not be a problem. 358 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:58,879 Speaker 1: You could put a floating wood or wood composite decking 359 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:01,920 Speaker 1: material out there that probably be the simplest and quickest 360 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:05,560 Speaker 1: and least expensive, not connected to the deck. So we're 361 00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:08,360 Speaker 1: not talking about putting holes down in the waterproofing material. 362 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:11,040 Speaker 1: We're talking about actually just suspend, you know, having it 363 00:20:11,119 --> 00:20:15,800 Speaker 1: laid out there on sleepers, which would basically be like 364 00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:21,719 Speaker 1: a pressure treated two by fours underneath laying flat that 365 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:24,800 Speaker 1: you would put this decorative decking material on. The water 366 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:27,359 Speaker 1: would shoot right through the deck boards, hit the waterproof 367 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:30,159 Speaker 1: layer and head back out to the scuppers and then 368 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:34,080 Speaker 1: you'll have a decorative layer that you'll love. You'll have 369 00:20:34,119 --> 00:20:37,720 Speaker 1: the waterproof layer underneath, and most importantly, that decorative layer 370 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:41,800 Speaker 1: is actually blocking ninety nine percent of all the UV 371 00:20:42,119 --> 00:20:45,520 Speaker 1: light from the sun that would break down and prematurely 372 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:49,359 Speaker 1: age the waterproofing. And that's what that'd be. My goal 373 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:53,200 Speaker 1: with that deck balcony area is to make it both 374 00:20:53,359 --> 00:20:59,560 Speaker 1: esthetically pleasing and long term lasting for the waterproofing layer underneath. 375 00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:01,720 Speaker 1: And the key that would be to put them both together. 376 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:04,440 Speaker 1: And this is an area where the best possible aesthetic 377 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:08,600 Speaker 1: design and the best possible build of the waterproof layer 378 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:14,840 Speaker 1: actually compliments each other for the longest term, longest lasting product. 379 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:18,119 Speaker 1: Does that make sense, Yeah, it makes sense. 380 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:22,200 Speaker 6: Okay, So that would be I see I see online 381 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:26,679 Speaker 6: a lot of times. You know, these new coatings that 382 00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:29,480 Speaker 6: you can put out there. You just brush them on, 383 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:32,200 Speaker 6: but I just I wasn't sure if they're even last 384 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:36,440 Speaker 6: or you know, yeah, there are. 385 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:40,800 Speaker 1: Coatings, there are coatings, there's patches. You could always give 386 00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:44,240 Speaker 1: it a try, but at the end of the day, 387 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:47,280 Speaker 1: my recommendation would be, if it's that far gone to 388 00:21:47,359 --> 00:21:49,199 Speaker 1: have a pro it's not gonna cost that much to 389 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:53,399 Speaker 1: do to have a pro actually give you that waterproof 390 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:55,800 Speaker 1: base and then for you to take it from there 391 00:21:56,320 --> 00:22:00,359 Speaker 1: and put an esthetic protective layer on top to block 392 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:03,160 Speaker 1: the sun and to make it, you know, ten times 393 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:07,399 Speaker 1: more attractive than just the waterproofing of a deck coding. 394 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:10,960 Speaker 1: And so it's a win win situation that basically you'll 395 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:13,840 Speaker 1: do this now and twenty years from now you'll still 396 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:15,840 Speaker 1: be like, yeah, it's all it's all great out there, 397 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:18,800 Speaker 1: you know, because if the sun cannot get to that 398 00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:23,640 Speaker 1: waterproof layer, it will not break down prematurely. That waterproof 399 00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:27,840 Speaker 1: layer could sit there for decades upon decades and handle water, 400 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:32,639 Speaker 1: just not UV sunlight. And that's the key. Frank. Thanks 401 00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:36,440 Speaker 1: for your question, buddy, I appreciate it, and good luck 402 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:39,680 Speaker 1: on that when we return more of your calls your 403 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:42,120 Speaker 1: Home with Dean Shark, the House Whisper. 404 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:46,520 Speaker 7: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 405 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:50,720 Speaker 7: KFI AM six forty. 406 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:54,199 Speaker 1: I'm here to remind you every home deserves great design, 407 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:56,560 Speaker 1: especially yours. So I hope you keep listening because I'm 408 00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:58,520 Speaker 1: going to help you get there. That's what we do 409 00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:02,240 Speaker 1: every week right here. We take that home, that house 410 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:05,240 Speaker 1: that you're living in that ordinary house and I help 411 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:08,520 Speaker 1: you make it an extraordinary home. We are going to 412 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:13,040 Speaker 1: be returning to our conversation about new movements for you 413 00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:16,440 Speaker 1: to be aware of, real movements, not trends or fads 414 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:19,800 Speaker 1: for twenty twenty six, but real movements in the design 415 00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:23,920 Speaker 1: and architectural world that you should be aware of. We're 416 00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:27,000 Speaker 1: returning to that conversation in just a bit, but right 417 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:30,359 Speaker 1: now it's my last shot at taking some calls, and 418 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:32,399 Speaker 1: so I'm going back to the phones. I want to 419 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:34,880 Speaker 1: talk to Carrie. Hey, Carrie, welcome home. 420 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:39,480 Speaker 4: Hi, Hi jan thanks for taking my call. I just 421 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:42,560 Speaker 4: have a quick question regarding a previous color that you 422 00:23:42,640 --> 00:23:44,439 Speaker 4: have with Jill from Newport Pach. 423 00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:45,080 Speaker 1: Yeah. 424 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:48,680 Speaker 4: I live up in Vancouver, Washington, so it's really cold 425 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:50,920 Speaker 4: and rainy up here. But I have the same problem 426 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:54,880 Speaker 4: as Jill, so I was curious what options I might have. 427 00:23:55,359 --> 00:23:58,879 Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, so you have the same problem, meaning that 428 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:02,639 Speaker 1: you've got moisture and mildew issues inside the house, but 429 00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:07,000 Speaker 1: for a very different reason, for the opposite reason. Actually 430 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:11,840 Speaker 1: you've got you've got cold, rainy weather up there. Jill's 431 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:16,800 Speaker 1: got a lot of moisture coming in from the ocean. Yeah, 432 00:24:17,119 --> 00:24:20,200 Speaker 1: so all right, so remind me how cold it gets 433 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:22,639 Speaker 1: in Vancouver during the winter. 434 00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:27,600 Speaker 4: Right now, it's like thirty nine to forty four degrees outside. 435 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:34,639 Speaker 1: So not crazy cold, but not southern California cold either. Okay, right, okay, 436 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:37,639 Speaker 1: So here's the thing for everybody who lives in a 437 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:43,280 Speaker 1: cold climate. Okay, the same kind of mold and moisture 438 00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:48,679 Speaker 1: issues can plague you. Typically though, that comes from the 439 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:51,640 Speaker 1: fact that the house is all sealed up and you've 440 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:55,000 Speaker 1: got all sorts of moist things happening inside the house. 441 00:24:55,040 --> 00:25:00,000 Speaker 1: We're taking hot, steamy showers, we're walking around our own 442 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:05,200 Speaker 1: and body heat is losing moisture into the air, our 443 00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:08,280 Speaker 1: breath is putting moisture into the air. There's like one 444 00:25:08,359 --> 00:25:12,120 Speaker 1: hundred different ways that moisture is being added to the 445 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:16,360 Speaker 1: interior environment. And it's all locked in place because we're 446 00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:20,399 Speaker 1: keeping the doors and windows shut. So for homes that 447 00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:23,960 Speaker 1: are in extreme cold, and I wouldn't say yours is extreme, 448 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,280 Speaker 1: but it's cold enough for homes that are built in 449 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:30,480 Speaker 1: cold environments, there are some solutions. Now, I'm going to 450 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:32,840 Speaker 1: give you a couple of shoot from the hip solutions 451 00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:37,600 Speaker 1: at least one, and then I'll give you a bigger one. 452 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:41,399 Speaker 1: So let's start with the longer term solution. You could 453 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:47,800 Speaker 1: look into heat recovery ventilators hrvs. Okay, Now, they come 454 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:52,119 Speaker 1: in various shapes and sizes. Some of them are simply well. 455 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:55,600 Speaker 1: In cold weather homes, we would install a heat recovery 456 00:25:55,720 --> 00:26:01,040 Speaker 1: ventilator as a bathroom fan instead of your typical bathroom fan. 457 00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:03,960 Speaker 1: Typical bathroom fan just takes air out of the bathroom 458 00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:06,320 Speaker 1: pushes it outside because you know, keeps it from being 459 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:12,160 Speaker 1: overly moist. A heat recovery ventilator actually pushes air out, 460 00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:18,440 Speaker 1: moist air out, brings outside air in to the house, okay, 461 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:22,000 Speaker 1: which in cold weather, the outside air is much much 462 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:26,760 Speaker 1: drier than in terms of humidity. That's why the snow remains. 463 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:30,040 Speaker 1: It's much drier than the inside air of the house. 464 00:26:30,080 --> 00:26:32,719 Speaker 1: So the real key is to bring some of that 465 00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:37,200 Speaker 1: cold outside air in. Now, a heat recovery ventilator brings 466 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:40,160 Speaker 1: it in, but takes the heat out of the air 467 00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:42,280 Speaker 1: that's leaving and puts it back in the house. So 468 00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:44,880 Speaker 1: you don't actually make the house colder with a heat 469 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:49,680 Speaker 1: recovery ventilator, but you're bringing dry outside air in without 470 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:53,520 Speaker 1: the windows being open and freezing your toukus off and 471 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:56,119 Speaker 1: at the same time we're pulling moisture out of the house. 472 00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:59,520 Speaker 1: So long term solution. They come in various shapes and sizes. 473 00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:03,359 Speaker 1: They come in bathroom vent sizes. You can also add 474 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:06,160 Speaker 1: one to your heating and air conditioning system as well. 475 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:08,879 Speaker 1: That'd probably be like a fifteen hundred dollars AD, but 476 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:13,720 Speaker 1: it could make a radical difference. Those come in very side, 477 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:17,000 Speaker 1: So that's something for you to think about long term. Okay, 478 00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:24,920 Speaker 1: short term, here's a trick. The trick is this to 479 00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:29,359 Speaker 1: open up the house to cold air for a certain 480 00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:35,120 Speaker 1: period of time. Now, this is what we call shock ventilation, Okay, 481 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:37,919 Speaker 1: not what you would think, which is like, Okay, Dean's 482 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:41,119 Speaker 1: advocating that I should leave a window. It's thirty degrees outside, 483 00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:43,320 Speaker 1: and he wants me to leave a window open, okay 484 00:27:43,359 --> 00:27:45,680 Speaker 1: all day. I don't want you to do that because 485 00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:49,240 Speaker 1: that's counterproductive leaving the window open. Because there's two Okay, 486 00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:51,359 Speaker 1: let me back up real quick. There are two things 487 00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:56,360 Speaker 1: that get heated in your house, the air and the 488 00:27:56,359 --> 00:27:58,760 Speaker 1: things that we call thermal mass in other words, the 489 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:03,480 Speaker 1: stuff the wall, the studs in the walls, your kitchen, cabinets, 490 00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:07,399 Speaker 1: you your furniture. Okay. So if you leave a window 491 00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:11,600 Speaker 1: open all day long, then what we're doing is, yes, 492 00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:14,840 Speaker 1: we're letting in cool, dry air, but we're also cooling 493 00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:17,399 Speaker 1: off all of that stuff. Okay. 494 00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:18,359 Speaker 7: Uh. 495 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:21,119 Speaker 1: And that's not good because that was because when the 496 00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:23,520 Speaker 1: house heats back up, if the wall is cold, just 497 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:26,719 Speaker 1: like the side of a cold glass, you know that 498 00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:30,399 Speaker 1: you pour soda in, Yeah, water's going to condensate on 499 00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:34,280 Speaker 1: those surfaces. We want to keep the stuff warm, okay, 500 00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:36,040 Speaker 1: So that's why we're not going to leave a window 501 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:39,240 Speaker 1: open all day long. But but if the house is 502 00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:43,240 Speaker 1: nice and cozy, warm, and for a particular period of time, 503 00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:47,400 Speaker 1: and I mean five to ten minutes, okay, five to 504 00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:51,680 Speaker 1: ten minutes, you throw open every window you can, okay 505 00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:56,440 Speaker 1: for five to ten minutes. That's called shock ventilation. So 506 00:28:56,480 --> 00:29:01,160 Speaker 1: what we're doing is we're allowing that drop outside air 507 00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:06,080 Speaker 1: to barrel in and replace the moist inside air. Okay. 508 00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:08,960 Speaker 1: So the air is gonna get cold, but it won't 509 00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:11,720 Speaker 1: be long enough for the stuff to cool down. And 510 00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:15,280 Speaker 1: then you just close the windows up and bring everything 511 00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:18,880 Speaker 1: back up to temperature, you'll see a radical reduction in 512 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:23,560 Speaker 1: interior humidity. By shock ventilating the house. So I know 513 00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:25,800 Speaker 1: that's a thing, and it may not be the most 514 00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:29,280 Speaker 1: pleasant thing to think about. But in lieu of having 515 00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:32,920 Speaker 1: heat recovery ventilators installed, or you know, in the meantime, 516 00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:36,440 Speaker 1: while you're still thinking that, through shock ventilate the house. 517 00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:38,960 Speaker 1: Throw open all the windows for five to ten minutes, 518 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:41,040 Speaker 1: close them back up again. Do that a couple of 519 00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:45,200 Speaker 1: times a day. Your humidity will drop radically. And Carrie, 520 00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:48,240 Speaker 1: thank you. So you are so very welcome, and thanks 521 00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:52,080 Speaker 1: for calling from Vancouver. We are at the end of 522 00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:54,600 Speaker 1: a segment. When we come back, we're going to return 523 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:58,200 Speaker 1: to our conversation on the movements that we expect to 524 00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:01,440 Speaker 1: see in twenty twenty six. Home with Dean Sharp, The 525 00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:05,560 Speaker 1: House Whisper. This has been Home with Dean Sharp, The 526 00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:08,800 Speaker 1: House Whisper. 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