1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:04,080 Speaker 1: KFI AM six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp the 2 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:08,520 Speaker 1: house Whisper on demand on the iHeartRadio app. Today. On 3 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:12,120 Speaker 1: the program, we are talking. We are giving our official 4 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: welcome to Spring, talking about Spring and all of the 5 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:21,080 Speaker 1: design and you know renovation potential that Spring brings with it. 6 00:00:21,079 --> 00:00:22,680 Speaker 1: This is the time of year that people are gearing 7 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:25,240 Speaker 1: up to do whatever it is that they plan on doing. 8 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:28,280 Speaker 1: I want to get to you before you finalize your plans, 9 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:30,640 Speaker 1: because I want to make sure that your plans are 10 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 1: getting you the most bang for your buck, the most changed, 11 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 1: the most you know effect for transforming your ordinary house 12 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 1: into an extraordinary home. And the first step along this 13 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:48,559 Speaker 1: path has been this discussion of bringing more of the 14 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 1: outside inside the house, bringing more natural light, bringing more 15 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:56,560 Speaker 1: vista and more view. I have just a few more 16 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 1: things to say on that particular subject, and then we'll 17 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 1: move on to the next one. In fact, what we 18 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:04,040 Speaker 1: need to do is I need to remind you that 19 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:07,640 Speaker 1: we're about to go to the phones, and so now 20 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:09,760 Speaker 1: is the time mid show that we're going to be 21 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:11,160 Speaker 1: going to the phones. And I will give you the 22 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:14,200 Speaker 1: number once again, the number to reach me eight three 23 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 1: three two. Ask dean A three three the numeral two, 24 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:22,679 Speaker 1: ask Dean eight three three two, and then you just 25 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:26,120 Speaker 1: spell out ask Dean. We'll be going to the phones 26 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:29,640 Speaker 1: right after the next break. Phone lines are open right now. 27 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:32,559 Speaker 1: Got some calls on the board. There's room for you 28 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:34,920 Speaker 1: call in. You can listen to the show while you're 29 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 1: in the queue. So we're going there next. So give 30 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:40,480 Speaker 1: me a call. Anything having to do with your home. 31 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:44,840 Speaker 1: I'm talking about views and vistas and springtime stuff when 32 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 1: it comes to calls. As always, Uh, you've got the 33 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 1: steering wheel. You can talk to me about anything that's 34 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:56,520 Speaker 1: got you scratching your head. Okay, back to views in vistas. 35 00:01:57,200 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 1: I gave you this story, this anecdotal story from earlier 36 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 1: in my design career about a view property that I 37 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 1: went so far as to suggest that we excavate the 38 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:12,079 Speaker 1: rear yard down a little bit so that it increased 39 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:15,640 Speaker 1: the angle of view from the house itself so they 40 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:20,079 Speaker 1: could take advantage of this beautiful ocean view that it had, 41 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:22,240 Speaker 1: that the property had, but the house didn't have because 42 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 1: the house was set too far back from the edge 43 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 1: of the hillside. So that actually happened, by the way, 44 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 1: and the estimated savings on that project was about a 45 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:39,080 Speaker 1: million and a half dollars of estimated savings that you know, 46 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 1: the owner had the freedom to spend in other ways. 47 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 1: And man, what a dynamic. Not only did we get 48 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 1: the view from the living room, dining room, and family 49 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:52,200 Speaker 1: room areas permanent, so you enjoyed it inside the house, 50 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 1: but we three dimensionalized this otherwise kind of you know, 51 00:02:56,960 --> 00:03:00,520 Speaker 1: just flat regular old backyard rear yard space. Gave it 52 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 1: multiple dimensions of down and up along the way and 53 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:08,639 Speaker 1: radically changed the rear yard and made it more exciting 54 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 1: now on a much smaller scale, and in the opposite 55 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: direction you've got, nigga. I'll just use my little cottage 56 00:03:16,919 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 1: as an example. We're sitting on a little under a 57 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:24,640 Speaker 1: third of an acre, and our house, if you have 58 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 1: listened to the show for any length of time, was 59 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 1: a nine hundred and forty square foot house when we 60 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 1: bought it, sitting on a third of an acre. We 61 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:33,079 Speaker 1: bought it because you know, it's a good sized piece 62 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 1: of property for a suburban neighborhood like ours, and so 63 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 1: we loved the property and we wanted to take advantage 64 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 1: of that space. We don't need a big house. We 65 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 1: designed huge houses for other people, and Tina and I 66 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:50,280 Speaker 1: really just like coming home to our little snug cottage 67 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 1: and just hanging out. And that's enough. We did expand 68 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 1: into the garage area, and so our house is now 69 00:03:57,360 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 1: a whopping thirteen hundred and I think eighty square feet 70 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 1: officially thirteen hundred and eighty square feet. And then we've 71 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:07,360 Speaker 1: got the rest of the property. Now, if you were 72 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 1: to be with me on the day that we first 73 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:12,200 Speaker 1: bought the house or saw the house, we walked down 74 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:15,320 Speaker 1: in the backyard, not only was neglected, full of crabgrass 75 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:18,719 Speaker 1: and just three foot tall weeds, but the backyard was 76 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:24,040 Speaker 1: just flat. And I say flat, you know, with air 77 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 1: quotes around it. Flat is a relative term. It just 78 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:31,920 Speaker 1: meant that this backyard was on one single plane. It 79 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 1: appeared to be flat, and I guess you could say 80 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:38,240 Speaker 1: in terms of the plane of the yard, the plane 81 00:04:38,279 --> 00:04:42,280 Speaker 1: of the yard was flat, but the yard was not level. 82 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 1: It had this ever so subtle slope to it. Nothing 83 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:49,480 Speaker 1: that you would have actually thought if you would walk 84 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:51,480 Speaker 1: from the house to the back fence, that you were 85 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 1: felt like you were going uphill. You would not have 86 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:58,120 Speaker 1: perceived it. But it's a pretty good stretch of property. 87 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:00,719 Speaker 1: And the fact of the matter is I threw a 88 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:05,120 Speaker 1: surveyor's transit on it, like first week, and realized that 89 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:07,599 Speaker 1: the you know, the back fence, the bottom of the 90 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 1: back fence was five feet higher than the slab of 91 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 1: the of the house five feet. So what that meant 92 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:20,159 Speaker 1: was that we could either just keep at this kind 93 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:27,640 Speaker 1: of flat, boring plane, or we could stairstep this rear 94 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:31,599 Speaker 1: yard and create lots of three dimensionality to the yard, 95 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:35,359 Speaker 1: because the more interesting my yard becomes, the more important 96 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:37,839 Speaker 1: it is to the house. Because I have no view, 97 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:41,719 Speaker 1: no view. I've got no ocean view, no mountain view, 98 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 1: you know, nothing but power poles and neighbors roofs okay, 99 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:49,240 Speaker 1: like so many of you. So I took advantage of 100 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:53,000 Speaker 1: the fact that there it was, in fact an elevation difference. 101 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:56,159 Speaker 1: And whatever the elevation difference is at any house, it 102 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 1: can all be taken advantage of. And so now you 103 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:02,159 Speaker 1: come out of our house, and the first level, of course, 104 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:04,359 Speaker 1: is that slab level. You just walk right out. You 105 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:06,839 Speaker 1: walk right out, and we've got a deck area and 106 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:09,279 Speaker 1: a little bridge that goes over a stream, and the 107 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 1: stream is cut down. So not only do you come out, 108 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:14,680 Speaker 1: but you're also there's a sense of a little bit 109 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:18,680 Speaker 1: of down below, and then up two or three steps 110 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 1: and we get to where the bird feeders are and 111 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:25,160 Speaker 1: what we call the bird theater. Up a couple three steps, 112 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:28,640 Speaker 1: and we get to where the dining deck is, and 113 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:34,400 Speaker 1: the henhouse and the garden room shed, which is our 114 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:38,039 Speaker 1: fun little clubhouse for me and Tina. Up three or 115 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 1: four more steps to walk into the studio that I'm 116 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:44,360 Speaker 1: sitting in right now, and two or three more steps 117 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:47,040 Speaker 1: up to a guesthouse in the back corner of the property. 118 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 1: So there is this sense of destination and elevation in 119 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 1: a yard. And I didn't bring in soil. I didn't 120 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 1: change anything. All I did was cut into tiers terraces 121 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 1: the property that was already here. We took a little 122 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:04,839 Speaker 1: bit of soil out, actually not so much out, We 123 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:07,320 Speaker 1: just redistributed it. So the fact of the matter is 124 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:12,920 Speaker 1: that this otherwise flat, boring yard we cut into terraces 125 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:16,000 Speaker 1: early on, long before we did anything with them. Really, 126 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:18,840 Speaker 1: we cut into terraces, and then we started kind of 127 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:21,520 Speaker 1: massaging it, and it has become sort of the defining 128 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:25,440 Speaker 1: factor of our yard, and it has made it a 129 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 1: garden full of little destinations everywhere. And now because of that, 130 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 1: these vistas outside our dining room and living room area 131 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 1: and entryway we've opened up with glass windows. We have 132 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:44,120 Speaker 1: not expanded the square footage of our house zero percent, 133 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:47,680 Speaker 1: but as you were hearing Tina talking about earlier, we've 134 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:50,840 Speaker 1: opened that up. And now these are things that we 135 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:53,920 Speaker 1: can take in and that make our little house feel 136 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 1: a whole heck of a lot larger. If you have 137 00:07:56,840 --> 00:07:59,400 Speaker 1: a great view, you capture it. If you have no view, 138 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:02,240 Speaker 1: we ate it all right. More on this when we 139 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:04,680 Speaker 1: return to the subject. But right after the break here 140 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:08,239 Speaker 1: we're going to the phones. Eight three three two. Ask 141 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:11,800 Speaker 1: Dean A three three the numeral two. Ask Dean your 142 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:15,440 Speaker 1: calls up next your Home with Dean Sharp, the house whispering. 143 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:19,480 Speaker 2: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 144 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:21,400 Speaker 2: KFI AM six forty. 145 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:25,640 Speaker 1: Talking about springtime. It's the first weekend of spring. Spring 146 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:29,560 Speaker 1: rolled in Friday morning at about seven forty six am, 147 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:33,880 Speaker 1: well actually right at seven forty six am, and uh, 148 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 1: we are kind of a shotgun blast of all sorts 149 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:39,679 Speaker 1: of general design principles for you to be thinking about 150 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:42,600 Speaker 1: as you are planning whatever spring changes to your home. 151 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:45,080 Speaker 1: We're going to get back to that in just a bit, 152 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:47,800 Speaker 1: but right now, middle of the show, time to go 153 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:50,840 Speaker 1: to the phones. I want to talk to Scott. Hey, Scott, 154 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:51,520 Speaker 1: welcome home. 155 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:54,200 Speaker 3: Hey, how you doing, Dean? 156 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:56,400 Speaker 1: I am well night. How can I help you? 157 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 3: My aunt's ninety six. She's listening to program at least 158 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:03,360 Speaker 3: for ten years, and I've been part of that about 159 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:07,200 Speaker 3: six So removing mold today, and you have a program 160 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:11,800 Speaker 3: last year on black mold about making a paste with 161 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:21,200 Speaker 3: baking soda and mixing that with hydrogen peroxide. Is there 162 00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:23,440 Speaker 3: anything else to put in it? I mean, it's working. 163 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:25,520 Speaker 3: I don't know if it's because of the brace of 164 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:29,560 Speaker 3: action of the bicarbonate or if it's the hydrogen peroxide. 165 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:33,760 Speaker 3: It is working on a deck in the backyard near 166 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:38,760 Speaker 3: the pool that's at about eight foot high, but the 167 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:42,800 Speaker 3: bicarbonate comes back, hits me in the face. Is there 168 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:45,120 Speaker 3: any way to make it more creamy something that you 169 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:50,640 Speaker 3: might suggest? 170 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:56,079 Speaker 1: Yeah, I hadn't really thought about that. I'm going to 171 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:58,160 Speaker 1: have to give that some thoughts, Scott. But I would 172 00:09:58,240 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 1: just increase the you know, I would increase the level 173 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:10,280 Speaker 1: of of the powder so that it's pastier. That's that's 174 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:12,800 Speaker 1: the only suggestion I can give you. I've never nobody's 175 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:16,560 Speaker 1: ever asked me to make it creamier for them. 176 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,079 Speaker 3: I just try to get this stick a little better 177 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:22,360 Speaker 3: so it doesn't come back and get between. Yes, I 178 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:23,600 Speaker 3: could wear safety goggles. 179 00:10:23,679 --> 00:10:24,560 Speaker 4: They have glasses on. 180 00:10:24,679 --> 00:10:27,800 Speaker 1: But anyway, how are you applying it? 181 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:27,960 Speaker 3: How? 182 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:30,000 Speaker 1: How how are you applying. 183 00:10:29,679 --> 00:10:31,800 Speaker 3: It a sponge? 184 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 1: Okay, all right, I got you, and I'm rubbing, and 185 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:41,080 Speaker 1: I'm rubbing. Okay. Now outdoors, Now this might sound counterintuitive, 186 00:10:41,080 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 1: it might be going in the different direction, but you know, outdoors, uh, 187 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:49,800 Speaker 1: you could you could eliminate that whole thing, and if 188 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:52,840 Speaker 1: you wanted, and just do some straight spray downs, like 189 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:56,720 Speaker 1: with a Hudson sprayer with you know, a mixture of 190 00:10:57,800 --> 00:11:02,680 Speaker 1: bleach and water or vinegar and water, and so because 191 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:04,160 Speaker 1: you can hit it more often, you don't have to 192 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:07,520 Speaker 1: worry about the fumes so much. Outdoors. I don't know 193 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:11,280 Speaker 1: if that helps or makes it worse. But as opposed 194 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:14,440 Speaker 1: to the paste, outside, you could just Hudson spray it, 195 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:17,080 Speaker 1: maybe a little bit more frequently, and but that's actually 196 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:18,920 Speaker 1: a little bit more of a potent mixture and it'll 197 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:19,600 Speaker 1: kill it faster. 198 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:25,680 Speaker 3: Okay, thank you. Very much. Appreciate you. 199 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:30,360 Speaker 1: All right, Scott, thank you. Thank your aunt for listening 200 00:11:30,880 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 1: for as long as she has. Tell her I'm very sorry, 201 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:38,600 Speaker 1: but I'm glad she's been one of our twelve listeners. 202 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:42,280 Speaker 1: That is. That's awesome. Do we have time to start 203 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:46,559 Speaker 1: another one? Sure we will. Let's talk to Doug. Hey, Doug, welcome. 204 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:50,400 Speaker 4: Home, Hey Dan, thanks for taking my call. 205 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:54,640 Speaker 1: Yeah man, yep, yep. 206 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:58,080 Speaker 4: Okay, so you have well before I start my question. 207 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:03,520 Speaker 4: Your show is awesome. It should be a must listen 208 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:06,960 Speaker 4: for anyone who owns a home. So you had a 209 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:11,640 Speaker 4: show sometime back regarding mosquitos and an additive you can 210 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:15,480 Speaker 4: put in the water around your house that kind of 211 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:21,200 Speaker 4: gets rid of the mosquitos. If you remember that, I'd 212 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:22,840 Speaker 4: like you to elaborate if you can. 213 00:12:23,559 --> 00:12:28,599 Speaker 1: Okay, So you might be conflating a couple of ideas, 214 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:32,440 Speaker 1: but let me let me, let me get started on it. 215 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:35,880 Speaker 1: First of all, Well, you know what, here's the thing. 216 00:12:36,440 --> 00:12:40,920 Speaker 1: We are right up against a break, and so I'm 217 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:42,640 Speaker 1: going to do half of this now, or a little 218 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:44,040 Speaker 1: bit of it now, and we'll do the other half 219 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:45,480 Speaker 1: on the other side of the break, if you can 220 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:48,200 Speaker 1: hang on, Doug. But first off. First lesson with water 221 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:52,000 Speaker 1: around the house is to you don't have to add 222 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:54,440 Speaker 1: anything to your water to keep mosquitoes out of it. 223 00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:58,160 Speaker 1: What you have to do is to agitate the water. Okay, 224 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:03,680 Speaker 1: agitate the water. In other words, a female mosquito needs 225 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:08,880 Speaker 1: still stagnant water to lay her eggs. She will not 226 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:13,240 Speaker 1: land and lay her eggs if the water is agitated. 227 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:15,840 Speaker 1: And even if she does lay the eggs, if the 228 00:13:15,880 --> 00:13:19,000 Speaker 1: water gets agitated, the eggs don't take the way they should. 229 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:21,920 Speaker 1: So in order to shut down the mosquito population from 230 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:26,160 Speaker 1: replicating itself, you need to agitate water. We can talk 231 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:28,400 Speaker 1: about that and the other thing right on the other 232 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:30,640 Speaker 1: side your Home with Dean Sharp, the house whisper. 233 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:34,600 Speaker 2: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 234 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:36,240 Speaker 2: KFI Am six forty. 235 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:39,000 Speaker 1: We're talking about our Welcome to Spring. This is the 236 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:43,840 Speaker 1: first weekend of Spring twenty twenty six, and we're doing 237 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:49,440 Speaker 1: spring related ideas and inspirations and hoping to catch you 238 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:52,800 Speaker 1: before you finalize all of your plans, just to make 239 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:55,520 Speaker 1: sure you've checked these boxes and that you're thinking along 240 00:13:55,600 --> 00:13:58,120 Speaker 1: these lines could save you a lot of money and 241 00:13:58,520 --> 00:14:01,679 Speaker 1: make the transformation of your home that much more complete, 242 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:03,559 Speaker 1: and we're going to return to that in just a bit. 243 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:05,160 Speaker 1: But right now we're in the middle of the show. 244 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:08,480 Speaker 1: We're taking calls. I've got Doug on the line. Doug, 245 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:12,560 Speaker 1: you still with me, Bud, I'm here, Okay. So Doug 246 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:16,840 Speaker 1: called me because I had he'd heard me talk about 247 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:20,840 Speaker 1: a mosquito control in your yard before, and so I 248 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:25,440 Speaker 1: wanted to clarify. There were two things. One that he 249 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:27,440 Speaker 1: thought I had said that there's something to put in 250 00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:30,760 Speaker 1: your water to keep mosquitoes out of the yard. Not 251 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:34,520 Speaker 1: exactly there. It was kind of a conflation of two ideas. 252 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:36,600 Speaker 1: So the first thing is this first thing is this 253 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:40,840 Speaker 1: the best and first defense against having too many mosquitoes 254 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:43,320 Speaker 1: in your yard or anywhere near your property is to 255 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:48,440 Speaker 1: get rid of standing water, stagnant standing water. Female mosquitos 256 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:52,280 Speaker 1: primarily require stagnant still water to lay their egg. Now, 257 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:54,440 Speaker 1: it can be a very very small bit of water, 258 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:57,280 Speaker 1: because mosquitos are very small. So a little bit of 259 00:14:57,320 --> 00:15:01,560 Speaker 1: water ponding here or there, that's enough. A bird feeder 260 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:05,240 Speaker 1: that has, you know, a bird bath, okay, And you think, okay, 261 00:15:05,240 --> 00:15:08,120 Speaker 1: wait a second, I want a bird bath for the birds, 262 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:11,480 Speaker 1: and what about you know, am I causing a mosquito problem. Well, 263 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:14,880 Speaker 1: here's the thing. If you've got water in your backyard, 264 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:18,440 Speaker 1: then agitate it. That's all I'm saying. You don't have 265 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:20,960 Speaker 1: to worry about the pool. Mosquitoes are not laying their 266 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:23,760 Speaker 1: eggs in the pool because of the chlorine and the 267 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:27,440 Speaker 1: disinfectants in the pool water. But regular water, like a 268 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:30,800 Speaker 1: bird bath somewhere in the yard. All we have to 269 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:33,120 Speaker 1: do is get ourselves one of these cheap little and 270 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:36,720 Speaker 1: you can pick them up on Amazon, These little solar bubblers. 271 00:15:37,160 --> 00:15:40,440 Speaker 1: They float on top of the water. They have a 272 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:43,480 Speaker 1: tiny little pump built inside them, and all they do 273 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:45,320 Speaker 1: is spur it up a little bit of water. They 274 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:47,640 Speaker 1: turn the bird bath into a tiny little fountain. But 275 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:51,200 Speaker 1: most importantly, they agitate the water, the surface of the water. 276 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:55,360 Speaker 1: And now there are a couple of breeds of mosquitos 277 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:57,920 Speaker 1: I am told that can lay their eggs in the 278 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:01,200 Speaker 1: calm areas of streams and creeks or marshes, but still 279 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:04,920 Speaker 1: they avoid moving water. So if you don't want mosquitoes 280 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:08,600 Speaker 1: breeding in your backyard, then get rid of the still water. 281 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:12,880 Speaker 1: So that's step one. Still water is a breeding ground 282 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:17,560 Speaker 1: for mosquitoes. However, there is a second tool that we 283 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:20,400 Speaker 1: use that I recommend for all of my clients, that 284 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:22,600 Speaker 1: Tina and I use. In fact, we've had it on 285 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:25,760 Speaker 1: hold during the winter, but right now this week, literally 286 00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:29,680 Speaker 1: Doug during the previous break, we were looking at each 287 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:31,440 Speaker 1: other thinking, you know what we got to re up 288 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:34,800 Speaker 1: this now. One of our sponsors, one of our partners 289 00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:40,120 Speaker 1: here on the show, Ecola Eco la e Cola Ecola, 290 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:45,120 Speaker 1: however you want to pronounce it, pest control. They have 291 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:49,480 Speaker 1: the most effective mosquito control system that I have come 292 00:16:49,520 --> 00:16:53,240 Speaker 1: across in years and years and years. And what it is, 293 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:58,200 Speaker 1: it is an invitation to female mosquitos to lay their 294 00:16:58,240 --> 00:17:02,560 Speaker 1: eggs in still water. Are these little containers that are 295 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:05,199 Speaker 1: essentially they're kind of traps. They're not really traps for 296 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:07,639 Speaker 1: the female, but they are these little containers that we 297 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:09,679 Speaker 1: place around our yard. I think we have four. Do 298 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:10,520 Speaker 1: we have four of them? 299 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:11,040 Speaker 3: Four? 300 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:14,760 Speaker 1: I think total for the property for maybe it all 301 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:18,679 Speaker 1: depends on the size of your property. And there is 302 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:24,679 Speaker 1: an ingredient inside this water that basically shuts down the 303 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:28,880 Speaker 1: replication process. Okay, and so you're invite and here's the thing. 304 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:31,760 Speaker 1: It is something that gets on the legs of the 305 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:35,080 Speaker 1: female while she's there laying her eggs, and then she 306 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:38,399 Speaker 1: goes off even into the neighbor's yards, because you have 307 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:41,680 Speaker 1: no control over whether your neighbor has got stagnant water 308 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:46,560 Speaker 1: laying around. She goes into those little puddles and areas 309 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:50,320 Speaker 1: to lay her eggs there, and she actually brings this 310 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:56,080 Speaker 1: with her and makes those puddles, you know, egg proof 311 00:17:56,240 --> 00:17:59,480 Speaker 1: as well. So this literally, by you having it in 312 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:02,960 Speaker 1: your yard, you're affecting you and your neighbors. Now, it 313 00:18:03,119 --> 00:18:09,359 Speaker 1: is safe. It's that's the stuff, So it's safe. It's 314 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:12,720 Speaker 1: safe to have it. It's safe to have this in 315 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:15,359 Speaker 1: your pond if you've got fish. It's safe for pets. 316 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:17,879 Speaker 1: It's safe for kids. And when I say safe, I 317 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:21,360 Speaker 1: mean it's not accessible to them. And uh, and nobody's 318 00:18:21,359 --> 00:18:23,760 Speaker 1: gonna get hurt by it. Okay. It is a very 319 00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:28,800 Speaker 1: very uh, very very complex kind of setup. But but 320 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:31,760 Speaker 1: it's simple the way it works, okay, And it's simply that. 321 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:36,000 Speaker 1: And so I would encourage you go to the Eco 322 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:40,000 Speaker 1: l A website and you'll see, uh, the system that 323 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:42,840 Speaker 1: they use, and you can do some research on it yourself. 324 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:46,840 Speaker 1: But let me tell you, it works marvelously. And they'll 325 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:49,679 Speaker 1: they'll come out every month and uh and re up it. 326 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:52,600 Speaker 1: They'll check the levels and they'll refill and and do 327 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:55,040 Speaker 1: all of that kind of stuff. And they'll move them around, 328 00:18:55,119 --> 00:18:58,240 Speaker 1: if you know, as they get used to your yard 329 00:18:58,280 --> 00:19:01,320 Speaker 1: to figure out the most effective spots. They're not unattractive. 330 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:04,600 Speaker 1: They kind of look like landscape outdoor landscape speakers, and 331 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:06,800 Speaker 1: so they just blend in and they and they kind 332 00:19:06,800 --> 00:19:09,399 Speaker 1: of go away. It's not a big deal. And no, 333 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:13,800 Speaker 1: you're not unnecessarily attracting mosquitos into your yard either. Okay, 334 00:19:13,880 --> 00:19:16,520 Speaker 1: you're just dealing with the ones that are there shutting 335 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:19,560 Speaker 1: it down, and you're lowering the mosquito population for you 336 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:23,560 Speaker 1: and the areas around you. And that is significant. It's 337 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:28,960 Speaker 1: really really significant. It's not a repellent, and it is 338 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:32,120 Speaker 1: a I forget the exact term what it is. It's 339 00:19:32,119 --> 00:19:35,720 Speaker 1: a something side, but it's for the eggs and the 340 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:41,159 Speaker 1: mosquito's carried, and it's just targeted at mosquitos and mosquitoes alone, 341 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:44,359 Speaker 1: and it doesn't affect anybody else in any other way 342 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:47,159 Speaker 1: to my knowledge. So check it out. Go on to 343 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:50,160 Speaker 1: the Eco LA website. You'll see what it is. They 344 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:52,840 Speaker 1: service like all of southern California, so if you're in 345 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:55,919 Speaker 1: so Cal you can get them over. They're they're my 346 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:59,680 Speaker 1: favorite pest control company, very very conscientious folks, always looking 347 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:04,600 Speaker 1: for cleaner, greener ways of dealing with pest management. And 348 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:08,600 Speaker 1: there you go, an unexpected Eco La commercial right here 349 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:10,520 Speaker 1: in the middle of the show, in order to answer 350 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:13,400 Speaker 1: Doug's question, how was that? Doug? Is that get you going? 351 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:17,199 Speaker 4: Thank you? Think that's great. That's exactly what I remember 352 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:19,959 Speaker 4: you talking about, and I couldn't remember when it was 353 00:20:20,040 --> 00:20:23,200 Speaker 4: to look up to follow up on it, so I'm 354 00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:25,280 Speaker 4: going to do that. I'm going to go to their website. 355 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:29,000 Speaker 4: I appreciate your hell and can I also mentioned related 356 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:32,520 Speaker 4: to your show today, I just finished a complete remodel 357 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:37,159 Speaker 4: of my home and my family room faces the south 358 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:39,880 Speaker 4: and we took out this pretty much the whole south 359 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:44,639 Speaker 4: wall and put in a stackable sliding glass door so 360 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:48,560 Speaker 4: we can open up that whole back back wall to 361 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:53,800 Speaker 4: our patio area and it's awesome. So for your listeners today, 362 00:20:55,119 --> 00:20:58,760 Speaker 4: I would advise that as well. So thank you d Doug. 363 00:20:59,280 --> 00:21:02,480 Speaker 1: You are my Stele guru baby, and the check is 364 00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:03,000 Speaker 1: in the mail. 365 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:07,520 Speaker 4: Thanks all right, okay, thank you. I love the show. 366 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,280 Speaker 1: Thank you, bro, Thanks you well, all right, we'll talk soon. 367 00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:13,640 Speaker 1: All right, y'all, there you go, there you go, living proof. 368 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:16,720 Speaker 1: Doug's loving it. He's loving his new place. Uh and 369 00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:20,640 Speaker 1: uh Ecola is loving the fact that I'm throwing them 370 00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:23,840 Speaker 1: some free advert bucks here right on the air. All right, 371 00:21:23,880 --> 00:21:26,760 Speaker 1: when we come back, more of your calls. We'll take 372 00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:28,679 Speaker 1: a couple more calls and then we'll get back to 373 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:32,600 Speaker 1: our Welcome to Spring your Home with Dean Sharp the 374 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:33,440 Speaker 1: house Whisper. 375 00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:37,560 Speaker 2: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 376 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:39,120 Speaker 2: KFI AM six forty. 377 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:42,320 Speaker 1: Our home deserves great design. You can have it. It 378 00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:46,080 Speaker 1: does not have to break the bank. It's just about you, 379 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:48,200 Speaker 1: know what it's really I hate to say it this way, 380 00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:51,120 Speaker 1: put it on you, but it's the truth. It's really 381 00:21:51,119 --> 00:21:54,639 Speaker 1: about you. It's about you and uh your commitment to 382 00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:58,040 Speaker 1: seeing what is possible with your house. And I'm here. 383 00:21:58,160 --> 00:22:00,560 Speaker 1: It's on me. I'm here to help you see it 384 00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:03,879 Speaker 1: better and help you tell you what to see, what 385 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:06,359 Speaker 1: to be looking for, how to see your home so 386 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:08,040 Speaker 1: you can make the most out of it. That's what 387 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:12,080 Speaker 1: we do here every single weekend, every week here on 388 00:22:12,119 --> 00:22:15,119 Speaker 1: the program and the podcast, Happy to be here with 389 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:18,520 Speaker 1: you talk about this all important thing that we both 390 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:21,119 Speaker 1: call home. We're going to return to our discussion of 391 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:25,200 Speaker 1: spring in just a few moments, but first I want 392 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:30,520 Speaker 1: to finish up our caller section up by talking to Sharon. Hey, Sharon, 393 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:31,720 Speaker 1: welcome home. 394 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:39,520 Speaker 5: Hey Deane, lovely to meet you today. I have Oh, 395 00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:43,800 Speaker 5: thank you. I have a PAVR walkway next to my 396 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:48,879 Speaker 5: garage leading to the backyard, and the walkway slopes towards 397 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:53,640 Speaker 5: the garage in one specific area. In that area there 398 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:56,280 Speaker 5: is water intrusion into the garage when it rains. 399 00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:57,080 Speaker 3: Ah. 400 00:22:57,160 --> 00:23:01,600 Speaker 5: Yeah, So my question is, yeah, what kind of contractor 401 00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:03,920 Speaker 5: do I contact for inspection and repair? 402 00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:07,080 Speaker 1: Okay? When did you have your pavers put. 403 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:10,680 Speaker 5: In about two years ago? 404 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 1: And who did them? 405 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:17,960 Speaker 5: An? Do you want the name of the contractor? 406 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:22,119 Speaker 1: You don't have to give you the name of the contractor. Okay, 407 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:26,120 Speaker 1: it's only two years old. Yeah, it's only two years old. 408 00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:30,000 Speaker 1: And they're pavers. That's the good news. Okay, that's double 409 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:34,439 Speaker 1: good news. One, it's only been two years. Two they're pavers. Pavers, 410 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:39,080 Speaker 1: are you know? They're they're interlocking, but they're not cemented 411 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:43,160 Speaker 1: into place. And so this was an oversight as far 412 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:47,240 Speaker 1: as planning in terms of the necessary drainage and slope it. 413 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:51,040 Speaker 1: And so I would call your paving contractor and say, hey, 414 00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:53,760 Speaker 1: come on out and take a look at this, because 415 00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:57,159 Speaker 1: the paving that you put in right here when it 416 00:23:57,280 --> 00:24:02,480 Speaker 1: rains is washing water right in through underneath the garage 417 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:06,160 Speaker 1: plate and into my garage. And we need to resolve 418 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:09,040 Speaker 1: this now. Maybe you know, I'm not looking at the 419 00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:12,160 Speaker 1: paving that's up against your garage. I don't know if 420 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:15,840 Speaker 1: there's an opportunity to adjust its slope so that it 421 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:20,320 Speaker 1: can slope away from the garage, which is a universal rule. 422 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:24,200 Speaker 1: If you can, you must do that. Okay. I want 423 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:27,840 Speaker 1: you to be really clear that you would call the 424 00:24:27,840 --> 00:24:30,360 Speaker 1: pit Yeah, so. 425 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:32,719 Speaker 5: They could redo the slope if necessary. 426 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:36,240 Speaker 1: Yes, they can reset because they set it to begin with, 427 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:38,919 Speaker 1: So they can reset the slope, maybe raise the slope 428 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:43,240 Speaker 1: and get some natural on grade water rushing away from 429 00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:46,720 Speaker 1: the garage. If not, if if they if they say, 430 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:49,159 Speaker 1: well listen, here's the situation. This is the low spot 431 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:52,840 Speaker 1: of the yard. And then you know, then you say, okay, well, 432 00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:55,880 Speaker 1: then why did we not put in a drain right 433 00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:59,920 Speaker 1: here just outside of the garage wall. If we knew 434 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:02,159 Speaker 1: that this was going to be the low spot and pooling. 435 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:04,000 Speaker 1: I'm not talking about pointing the finger. I'm just saying, 436 00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:06,320 Speaker 1: you call the paving company and say, hey, guess what, 437 00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:11,040 Speaker 1: after two years of working with your lovely paving that 438 00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:13,760 Speaker 1: you put in, I've got one trouble spot and here's 439 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:16,160 Speaker 1: the problem. And so I need you to come out 440 00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:19,359 Speaker 1: and deal with this. Because it's low it's sending water 441 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:23,320 Speaker 1: into the garage. Either readjust the paving here. And that's 442 00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:25,600 Speaker 1: the nice thing about the pavers. They can pull them up, 443 00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:28,640 Speaker 1: they can adjust the slope of the ground underneath them, 444 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:32,159 Speaker 1: they can reset them at a different slope in theory, 445 00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:35,639 Speaker 1: and again I haven't seen that particular situation. If this 446 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:38,239 Speaker 1: is literally the low spot of the garage, I mean 447 00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:40,959 Speaker 1: the low spot of the yard, and there's no avoiding 448 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:44,320 Speaker 1: the collection of water here, then the other alternative should 449 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:47,480 Speaker 1: have that should have been applied is there should be 450 00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:49,560 Speaker 1: a drain right there in the middle of the paving 451 00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:52,960 Speaker 1: right there to grab that water so that it doesn't 452 00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:56,359 Speaker 1: wash up against the garage wall, slide under the plate 453 00:25:56,520 --> 00:26:00,159 Speaker 1: and get inside the garage. Either way, we changed to 454 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:07,680 Speaker 1: pitch so that water gravitates naturally away, or we add drainage, 455 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:11,440 Speaker 1: adequate drainage there to catch it. If it's a catch 456 00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:13,399 Speaker 1: base in any way, we want to catch it, and 457 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:16,720 Speaker 1: then the drains carried away off to the curb or 458 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:19,800 Speaker 1: connected to the rest of the yard drain system or 459 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:22,439 Speaker 1: what have you. There is always an answer. That's the 460 00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:26,320 Speaker 1: good news, Sharon. Even if and when you first started 461 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:29,560 Speaker 1: talking about sloping towards the garage, you know, the biggest 462 00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:32,040 Speaker 1: nightmare that we normally have to face that I get 463 00:26:32,119 --> 00:26:35,120 Speaker 1: questions about, is that here's a house that's set down 464 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:39,480 Speaker 1: from the street and the driveway leading to the garage 465 00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:42,720 Speaker 1: is like a slope, like a hill down right straight 466 00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:47,280 Speaker 1: down to the garage door. And those homes in those situations, 467 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:50,760 Speaker 1: you know, during heavy rains, they're sandbagging the garage door. 468 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:53,560 Speaker 1: I mean, because it's a massive slope right to the 469 00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:57,760 Speaker 1: garage door in that situation, will go so far as 470 00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:00,480 Speaker 1: to put in a linear drain all all the way 471 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:05,119 Speaker 1: across that entire garage door opening, so that all the 472 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:08,400 Speaker 1: water that's running down the driveway falls into that linear drain. 473 00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:10,640 Speaker 1: And if that drain is lower than all the other 474 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:14,280 Speaker 1: drains in the yard, even then that linear drain can 475 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:18,320 Speaker 1: pour into a little reservoir with a sump pump in 476 00:27:18,359 --> 00:27:21,720 Speaker 1: the bottom that activates automatically and the water can be 477 00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:24,440 Speaker 1: pumped up and out and onto the curb. So there 478 00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:28,600 Speaker 1: is always always a solution here, but let's start with 479 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:31,520 Speaker 1: the simplest possible one, which is, hey, guys, why don't 480 00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:35,280 Speaker 1: you reset this area of my paving so that it 481 00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:40,520 Speaker 1: slopes away from my garage not toward it. 482 00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:42,840 Speaker 5: Beautiful? Thank you so much, Jane. 483 00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:47,280 Speaker 1: You are very very welcome, and congratulations on the pavers. 484 00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:53,040 Speaker 1: Pavers are a great choice for driveways, for pathways, for 485 00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:58,320 Speaker 1: deck areas, just because they are so old school. They're basically, 486 00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:02,040 Speaker 1: you know, a modern day version of cobblestone streets, you know. 487 00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:03,879 Speaker 1: And I just got back from spending a couple of 488 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:08,240 Speaker 1: weeks in Europe, and it is a joy as an 489 00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:11,679 Speaker 1: architectural designer to walk through the streets of Europe and 490 00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:15,640 Speaker 1: know that we're walking on streets that were paved, oh, 491 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:19,800 Speaker 1: you know, eleven hundred years ago, and that they're still functioning. 492 00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:22,840 Speaker 1: Not that they haven't changed, but the fact is that. 493 00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:25,639 Speaker 1: And you see these projects all over the place in 494 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:28,919 Speaker 1: Europe where new sewers have to go in, or plumbing 495 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:32,000 Speaker 1: lines have new groundwork has to be done, and all 496 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:34,280 Speaker 1: they have to do is go in and lift up 497 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:38,480 Speaker 1: a section a strip of cobblestones and do the work 498 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:40,160 Speaker 1: that they need to do, and then they put them 499 00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:43,360 Speaker 1: right back down again, and no one is any the 500 00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:45,840 Speaker 1: wiser when it's all said and done. And the same 501 00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:49,520 Speaker 1: is true for driveways and backyards and such that have. 502 00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:54,280 Speaker 1: You know, the paving systems put into them, they'll last forever, 503 00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:58,360 Speaker 1: they'll move with the ground, they won't crack because they 504 00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:01,640 Speaker 1: move with the ground, and they completely serviceable in the 505 00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:04,040 Speaker 1: long run. You can do things like what we're talking about. 506 00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:07,440 Speaker 1: You and I change the pitch if possible to correct 507 00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:13,920 Speaker 1: drainage issues without having to pay for a new deck area. Sharon, 508 00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:16,640 Speaker 1: thanks for the call. When we come back more on 509 00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:19,800 Speaker 1: Spring Your Home with Dean Sharp, The House Whisper. 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