1 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:33,640 Speaker 1: Well the weekends upon us. Welcome aboard. You're at home 2 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:35,960 Speaker 1: with Gary Sullivan. This I was brought to you by 3 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:40,120 Speaker 1: Solar Pumps Zalor. It is the industry gold standard to 4 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:44,159 Speaker 1: some pumps and battery backups. And if you're anything like 5 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:46,720 Speaker 1: my house, those Dolar pumps had to work out over 6 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:49,800 Speaker 1: the last few days. And make sure you test your 7 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:54,320 Speaker 1: some pump systems regularly. Make sure you're you know, working 8 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 1: the batteries, charge of pump, scout electricity. Those are simple things. 9 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 1: But boy, when you need some pump, you need it, 10 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:03,600 Speaker 1: and you need it now. And like I said, Zalor 11 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:06,600 Speaker 1: is the gold standard. It's z O E L L 12 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:09,919 Speaker 1: E R Pumps dot Com. And we'll take your calls 13 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:12,319 Speaker 1: talking a little home improvement today. Let me give you 14 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:15,480 Speaker 1: the number. Fill up the lines. It should be busy. 15 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 1: It's eight hundred eight two three a two five five 16 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:22,960 Speaker 1: eight hundred eight two three eight two five five. All right, 17 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:25,759 Speaker 1: grab those lines. Danny boy is ready to take your calls. 18 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:29,120 Speaker 1: Did you notice where I'm at? We had a tremendous 19 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:31,679 Speaker 1: amount of rain. We probably had four inches. I guess 20 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:34,400 Speaker 1: where I'm at, somewhere around about six or seven in 21 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:38,320 Speaker 1: my area. Yeah, no kidding, yo, yeah, ooh, I hope 22 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:41,240 Speaker 1: we didn't have that much. I did get outside, man, 23 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 1: I did some work around the outside of the house. 24 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:47,200 Speaker 1: The one thing I noticed, maybe you may have found 25 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 1: the same thing to be true. I think the new 26 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 1: phrase I'm dealing with in the last probably six months, 27 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:56,520 Speaker 1: your house is telling you stuff. I did it a 28 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 1: lot during four weeks of when we had snow and 29 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 1: ice and cold weather and everything. Well, it's telling me 30 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 1: something right now too. As I walked around the house yesterday, 31 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:10,680 Speaker 1: started seeing wash out of some areas where there was mulch, 32 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:16,040 Speaker 1: and so it's telling me maybe those gutters Gary that 33 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:18,240 Speaker 1: you think are so clean, I don't know, maybe they 34 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 1: were overflowing. Also one of the trends is larger gutters 35 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:26,639 Speaker 1: on homes. When I started to show years ago, there 36 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:28,680 Speaker 1: used to be like four inch gutters on our home, 37 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:33,079 Speaker 1: and I'd say, over the last thirty years or so, 38 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 1: it's five inch gutters. And now I'm hearing I'm seeing 39 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 1: people put six inch gutters on their home. Seems we 40 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:45,480 Speaker 1: get more gully washers than we used to have. And 41 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 1: the evidence of mulch or some soil being eroded away 42 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 1: from the rains is kind of telling me that could 43 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:58,440 Speaker 1: be true. Another thing I noticed, and I'm feel pretty 44 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 1: good that somebody's gonna ask this question sday. So we'll 45 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:03,960 Speaker 1: nip it in the bud right at the beginning. And 46 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 1: that is so in the back of our house, we 47 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:09,640 Speaker 1: have a screen porch, so it's got a roof on. 48 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:13,079 Speaker 1: It's sure when it rains, it gets some moisture in there. 49 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 1: I don't have glass, it's just screens. And that floor 50 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:23,520 Speaker 1: was there was puddles on this concrete floor. It's got 51 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:28,680 Speaker 1: stamped concrete inside the porch. And there was so much water. 52 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:30,680 Speaker 1: You know, if there was a three year old kid 53 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 1: in our house, opened the door and he would have 54 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 1: sat there with his boots and splashed, splashed away. That's 55 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 1: how much water. And my wife had said, wow, I've 56 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 1: never seen that much water get into the screen porch. 57 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 1: I go, oh, contraire, I don't think it's rain water, 58 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:52,520 Speaker 1: And she was, what is it condensation? So think about that. 59 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 1: We've had some cold weather, maybe in your neglar wood's 60 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 1: the same thing. That concrete slab is cold. I don't 61 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 1: care how hot it is. If it's in a shady area, 62 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 1: it is because it has a roof see this under 63 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 1: car ports also, and that concrete is so cold, and 64 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 1: then all of a sudden it gets in the upper seventies. 65 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:16,560 Speaker 1: It's very humid because we had all the rain and cold, 66 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:25,400 Speaker 1: slick surfaces cannot hold the amount of humidity. Because it's cold. 67 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 1: Warmer temperatures hold more humidity. It's relative humidity, and that 68 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:36,160 Speaker 1: relative humidity is real high. It's warm, and it's coming 69 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:38,920 Speaker 1: in contact with that floor. I don't know how cold 70 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:43,560 Speaker 1: it was, but save forty five to fifty degrees, and 71 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:47,080 Speaker 1: that was just squeezing the moisture right out of that air. 72 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:52,279 Speaker 1: And it stayed wet all day yesterday and last night. 73 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:56,560 Speaker 1: I looked this morning and there's still areas even though 74 00:04:56,800 --> 00:05:00,360 Speaker 1: you know it was cold last night, still areas where 75 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:03,479 Speaker 1: it's wet. Not as wet as it was. But now 76 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:06,480 Speaker 1: we're supposed to have some more rain. We'll see. But anyway, 77 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:10,720 Speaker 1: if you have even in a garage and you don't 78 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:14,760 Speaker 1: have an insulated garage door, you might have experienced the 79 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 1: same thing in the garage. It's very possible. So you know, 80 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:23,279 Speaker 1: just be mindful that that's an option. You know that 81 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:26,719 Speaker 1: that might not be a leak. It's an option. We 82 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:30,160 Speaker 1: also if you got to crack the windows yesterday at 83 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:35,599 Speaker 1: a lot of that humity inside your home, maybe the 84 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 1: showers going, maybe you didn't turn on the fan, maybe 85 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:42,760 Speaker 1: the windows are sweating. Probably saw some of that also, 86 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 1: and checking that indoor home humidity might be a good idea. 87 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 1: As warm as it is right now, you can comfortably 88 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:53,320 Speaker 1: probably live up to about fifty percent inside your home. 89 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 1: So these things are always flexing and good that they do. 90 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:03,480 Speaker 1: Good that they do. But sometimes it throws us a curveball, 91 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:06,760 Speaker 1: that's for sure. All right. Well, to kick things off, 92 00:06:06,839 --> 00:06:09,479 Speaker 1: we have Brian, who may not have any of these 93 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:13,120 Speaker 1: problems because he's in southern California. Brian, welcome. 94 00:06:15,279 --> 00:06:15,680 Speaker 2: That's right. 95 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 3: I don't need any gutters. There's not much rain out here. 96 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:20,520 Speaker 1: That's right, boy. You guys are dry. 97 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:23,040 Speaker 3: I got a question for you though. Put a new 98 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:26,880 Speaker 3: roof on my mom's house about thirty eight hundred square 99 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:30,120 Speaker 3: feet in an architectural shingle, which made it look like 100 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:33,400 Speaker 3: a shake roofs since they're outlawed here in California, and 101 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:36,200 Speaker 3: it looks great. My question to you is are there 102 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:42,720 Speaker 3: any federal websites for rebates from REBA new roofs. 103 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:45,119 Speaker 1: On new roofs from the manufacturer. 104 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:49,039 Speaker 3: Well, I don't. I don't know if it's from the manufacturer. 105 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:51,080 Speaker 3: Is there a federal rebate we can put on a 106 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:55,280 Speaker 3: Corning it's called a cool roof with the requirement out 107 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:56,039 Speaker 3: in California. 108 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's got particles on there, so diminishes solar heat. 109 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, exactly right. So yeah, I found the city rebate, 110 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:06,919 Speaker 3: but I didn't say anything. 111 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm not familiar with it. And again, you know, 112 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:13,600 Speaker 1: the end of the year wasn't you know, too long ago, 113 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:19,560 Speaker 1: and there was several rebates or tax credits that expired. 114 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 1: But to be honest with you, Brian, I'm not familiar 115 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 1: with one that was on roofing. Now they may have. 116 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:31,280 Speaker 1: What I would do is on Corning's website there's probably 117 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:35,920 Speaker 1: a you know, email to customer support. I would write them. 118 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 1: It'll probably be easier to get an answer from then. 119 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:46,000 Speaker 1: Rather than going to the you know, the Energy Department's 120 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:48,840 Speaker 1: website on something like that, i'd go right to Corning. 121 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:51,040 Speaker 1: I don't recall here in one. I know there was 122 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:54,240 Speaker 1: one on installation. I know there was one on some 123 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:57,320 Speaker 1: windows and things like that, but I don't recall one 124 00:07:57,360 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 1: on roofing. 125 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:02,640 Speaker 3: Okay, I will do that, but I'll tell you when 126 00:08:02,640 --> 00:08:04,920 Speaker 3: I was doing the roof, and I'm passed away a 127 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:07,160 Speaker 3: couple of years ago. We own the house now, but 128 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:10,640 Speaker 3: instead of doing just an asphalt sing flat, I did 129 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:13,640 Speaker 3: the architectural which really made a difference in the appearance. 130 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:17,800 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, look at it. Yeah, they're beautiful. In fact, 131 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:22,680 Speaker 1: there's even some metal roofing companies now that have duplicated 132 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:27,880 Speaker 1: or replicated that shingled look. And I've had a architectural 133 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:31,640 Speaker 1: shingle on my house. Let's see, it went for about 134 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:33,640 Speaker 1: twenty two to twenty three years. I just had re 135 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:38,000 Speaker 1: roofed with another Corning architectural shingle. There are beautiful roofs, 136 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,679 Speaker 1: and the wind ratings keep getting higher and all that 137 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:43,839 Speaker 1: good stuff. And let your insurance company know that you 138 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 1: put a new roof on too. There might be a 139 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:47,000 Speaker 1: savings there. 140 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:50,240 Speaker 3: Okay, well, thank you Eric for the advice. 141 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:50,959 Speaker 2: I have a great day. 142 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:53,360 Speaker 1: All right, you do the same, thank you. All right, 143 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:57,040 Speaker 1: we'll take a little break in Scott Berline are We're 144 00:08:57,040 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 1: going to garden with Scott. That's the name of the show, 145 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:03,680 Speaker 1: no kidding. So we will do just that and we 146 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 1: will continue. You're at home with Gary Sullivan. 147 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 4: It's the weekend and you have fixed questions. 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We toured the factory, 178 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:06,960 Speaker 1: the innovation building where they trained plumbers. We got to 179 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:10,480 Speaker 1: see the attention to detail on every pump they manufacturer, 180 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:13,960 Speaker 1: and of course the innovation behind it. Zalor's a four generation, 181 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:17,160 Speaker 1: family owned company, and you can tell their people truly care. 182 00:11:17,559 --> 00:11:20,480 Speaker 1: They care about quality, and that's why so many plumbers 183 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:23,199 Speaker 1: recommend Zalor, and I do too. If you need a 184 00:11:23,280 --> 00:11:25,360 Speaker 1: some pump, grinder pump, you can't go wrong with a 185 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:28,880 Speaker 1: Zalar pump. As your plumber, though, agree, Dollar Pumps dot 186 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:50,200 Speaker 1: com all right, we're nineteen minutes after the top of 187 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:54,319 Speaker 1: they are. Hey, let's garden with Scott Berline. Hi Scott, 188 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:54,800 Speaker 1: how are you. 189 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 6: I'm pretty good? 190 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 1: How are you? I am fine? I am fine. Tell 191 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:03,920 Speaker 1: me about old rain. I mean, is that putting our 192 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:07,440 Speaker 1: landscaping in reverse? Or is it moving it forward? Is 193 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:08,679 Speaker 1: it good or is it bad? 194 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:11,800 Speaker 7: You know, this time of year, everything's mostly still dormant, 195 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:14,920 Speaker 7: so you know, it was a lot all at once. 196 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:18,480 Speaker 7: But that's pretty usual actually for this time of year 197 00:12:18,520 --> 00:12:21,320 Speaker 7: for these kinds of things to happen, so everything's mostly 198 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:22,360 Speaker 7: adapted to it. 199 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:26,880 Speaker 1: It's interesting though. We talked a little bit about this 200 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:34,040 Speaker 1: on your show. The grass it has risen. I mean 201 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:36,480 Speaker 1: I can tell that the grass has actually grown. Not 202 00:12:36,559 --> 00:12:39,800 Speaker 1: only has it turned green, it's actually grown a little bit. 203 00:12:39,880 --> 00:12:41,200 Speaker 1: I'm not mowing today either. 204 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:45,200 Speaker 7: Yeah, it's time to see if that mower starts. 205 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:48,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, yep, I think that goes on your list. I 206 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:49,960 Speaker 1: should have done that yesterday. 207 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:52,120 Speaker 7: Yeah, for sure, you know, because you know what happens. 208 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:54,520 Speaker 7: I think we talked about this last time. You know, 209 00:12:55,240 --> 00:12:58,400 Speaker 7: you wait until you need it, and then then you're 210 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:01,559 Speaker 7: in the shop with other you know, knuckle heads that 211 00:13:01,679 --> 00:13:03,280 Speaker 7: haven't you gotten it fixed? 212 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:05,360 Speaker 1: And we'll try and get that to you in April, sir. 213 00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:11,760 Speaker 7: And meanwhile, you're string trimming your front yard if that 214 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:14,920 Speaker 7: motor starts, yeah yeah, yeah, I. 215 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:17,880 Speaker 1: Also notice, and this is a good thing. I guess 216 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:22,920 Speaker 1: we're talking about pruning. Also, looking out the office window 217 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:27,880 Speaker 1: yesterday and you know, the bushes and everything obviously are 218 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:31,800 Speaker 1: still very dormant. But this morning when I looked out, 219 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:37,120 Speaker 1: got these little lilac bushes just outside the window and 220 00:13:37,160 --> 00:13:38,720 Speaker 1: they're all green buds now. 221 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:41,840 Speaker 6: Big fact. Yeah, yeah, ready to go. 222 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:44,079 Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, like overnight. 223 00:13:44,559 --> 00:13:49,960 Speaker 7: Yeah, the warm temperature and that moisture, and they're just 224 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:51,760 Speaker 7: looking forward to spring, just like we are. 225 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:52,720 Speaker 6: Yeah. 226 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:56,000 Speaker 1: Now with that rain, you heard me talking about condensation 227 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:57,000 Speaker 1: and humidity. 228 00:13:57,240 --> 00:13:58,479 Speaker 6: That was very interesting. 229 00:13:58,559 --> 00:14:02,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, does so how's mother nature work with that? I 230 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:07,319 Speaker 1: know we got you know, we got warm air with humidity. 231 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:10,560 Speaker 1: We don't you know, most of the cold would be 232 00:14:10,679 --> 00:14:15,319 Speaker 1: like concrete and pavers with you know, where it retains 233 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:18,839 Speaker 1: the cold. But then we also have diseases that get 234 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:23,800 Speaker 1: on bushes and trees. How's that rain and high humidity 235 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:26,440 Speaker 1: play into some of our landscaping? 236 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:29,760 Speaker 7: Not so much right now, because things are dormant leaves 237 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:33,840 Speaker 7: aren't out, you know, buds aren't open. It with some 238 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:36,600 Speaker 7: of the fruit trees, you've got to hit that timing 239 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:42,960 Speaker 7: for fungicides just exactly right. You know what's it called. 240 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:45,880 Speaker 7: Brian helped me out here with the all the rose 241 00:14:46,160 --> 00:14:52,000 Speaker 7: family plants get and the cook fireblight fire blight. That's 242 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 7: one where the fungus comes in through the spores come 243 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:58,720 Speaker 7: in through the flower. So when the plants are flowering, 244 00:14:58,760 --> 00:15:01,000 Speaker 7: you got to hit it right now with aside or 245 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:04,680 Speaker 7: you're just going to get it right now. Not such 246 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:08,080 Speaker 7: not quite an issue yet, but that's you know, right 247 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:08,840 Speaker 7: around the corner. 248 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:14,120 Speaker 1: I used to get rust on like crab apple trees. 249 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:16,560 Speaker 6: Yeah, I get it on my cars. 250 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:19,800 Speaker 1: Ron used to give me the spring and said, you 251 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:21,520 Speaker 1: got to hit it right at the right time. And 252 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:24,200 Speaker 1: you know what I did, No, I'd always screw it up. 253 00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:26,760 Speaker 1: Oh you know you know how I got rid of it? 254 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:30,160 Speaker 1: Cut down the crab apple. Well I did eventually do that, Yes, sir, 255 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:32,720 Speaker 1: I did it with my pressure washer. 256 00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:36,880 Speaker 7: No kidding, Well, you know that's sticking outside the box. 257 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:40,400 Speaker 1: You didn't say it was good. 258 00:15:39,840 --> 00:15:41,520 Speaker 6: You know, I don't know. I never tried it. 259 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:43,800 Speaker 7: I've never read anything about it in any of my 260 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:44,600 Speaker 7: gardening books. 261 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:47,680 Speaker 1: Well, it was just an electric pressure washer. I'm here 262 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 1: to sell this. I'm just telling you. It worked. It 263 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:53,960 Speaker 1: knocked off, you know, all the little rusty fuzz and everything. 264 00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:57,400 Speaker 1: So basically what it did. It didn't kill the tree, 265 00:15:57,440 --> 00:16:00,240 Speaker 1: it didn't defoliate it, so that was good. And it 266 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:02,240 Speaker 1: kept the rust off the car, and it kept the 267 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:05,480 Speaker 1: rust off of the sidewalks, and so I was happy 268 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:07,240 Speaker 1: since I missed the spray time. 269 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:10,840 Speaker 7: Yeah, well, and I imagine your spray time, even with 270 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:12,960 Speaker 7: the pressure washer, has to be exactly right. 271 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:16,400 Speaker 1: Well, it's just how the when you can't stand it anymore? 272 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:17,600 Speaker 6: Yeah, you know. 273 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:20,480 Speaker 7: That's one of the things people say in gardening is 274 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:22,400 Speaker 7: like when is the right time to prune? And you're 275 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:25,160 Speaker 7: like when you're out there with your saw and you 276 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:27,200 Speaker 7: spot something's bothering you enough, you know. 277 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:30,440 Speaker 1: Ye. Yeah, Well, I guess the other big thing is 278 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:33,360 Speaker 1: I can imagine anybody who was in the landscaping business 279 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:35,280 Speaker 1: got a call in the last three days, hey I'm 280 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 1: ready to go. Oh yeah, and I got to thinking, 281 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:43,200 Speaker 1: you know, landscaping, edging beds, adding mulgs, doing all that 282 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:47,000 Speaker 1: good stuff. What is the best time to do that 283 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:49,840 Speaker 1: or can it be too early because the amount of moisture. 284 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:52,760 Speaker 7: Well, yeah, mulching you don't want to do now in 285 00:16:52,800 --> 00:16:56,880 Speaker 7: this area because it just will trap the water, the 286 00:16:56,920 --> 00:16:58,920 Speaker 7: excess water in your soil. 287 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:02,000 Speaker 6: So if you have a chance to let that soil. 288 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:05,199 Speaker 7: Air out more, you don't want to use that much 289 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:07,919 Speaker 7: mulch anyway. People get way too deep with it. You 290 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:10,760 Speaker 7: only want a couple inches or three at the most 291 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:14,640 Speaker 7: in my opinion. But you know, if you can wait 292 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:19,080 Speaker 7: aesthetically till we get to June and it starts to 293 00:17:19,119 --> 00:17:22,720 Speaker 7: dry out maybe late May, that's much better for your 294 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:25,080 Speaker 7: soil and your plants than getting out there on the 295 00:17:25,080 --> 00:17:28,840 Speaker 7: first nice day and mulching because it's the only only 296 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:29,840 Speaker 7: thing you can think of to do. 297 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:34,719 Speaker 1: That's well, that's true. The tulips will be popping. 298 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:38,000 Speaker 7: Yeah at the zoo since an zoo where I work. 299 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:42,000 Speaker 7: They're about three or four inches tall right now. Yeah. 300 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:45,440 Speaker 1: Oh, the displays you guys have down there just absolutely stunning, 301 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:48,200 Speaker 1: it really is. You can get a picture every year there. 302 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:48,920 Speaker 6: Yeah. 303 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:51,480 Speaker 7: Before I started working there, I didn't think much about 304 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:55,280 Speaker 7: tulips at all. And you know, when you see masses 305 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:58,280 Speaker 7: of tulips and the way it catches the light. Oh, 306 00:17:58,320 --> 00:17:59,240 Speaker 7: it's fantastic. 307 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:02,360 Speaker 1: And you got it right at the entrance way. If 308 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:05,840 Speaker 1: people in our greater Cincinnati area haven't been down there, 309 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:09,399 Speaker 1: you know, just go down there and you know, you 310 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:11,639 Speaker 1: don't need I shouldn't say you don't even have to 311 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:14,119 Speaker 1: go into the zoo. But they got this huge display 312 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:17,359 Speaker 1: at the front gates. It's just stunning. Yeah. 313 00:18:17,520 --> 00:18:20,440 Speaker 7: Mostly through the month of April, the tulips are are 314 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:23,240 Speaker 7: are looking good. You know, hit or miss, depending on 315 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:25,840 Speaker 7: the weather this way or that way, but usually you 316 00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:27,879 Speaker 7: can count on April and mid April for the peak. 317 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:29,919 Speaker 6: It's funny, you know. 318 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:32,480 Speaker 7: I give a lot of tours and we'll get to 319 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:35,800 Speaker 7: you know, master gardening groups or garden clubs that tend 320 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:38,840 Speaker 7: to be older people. And over and over again I hear, 321 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:42,160 Speaker 7: you know, from them, Oh, you know, I haven't been 322 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:44,760 Speaker 7: to the zoo in years since my kids grew up, 323 00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:48,480 Speaker 7: and and and they remark, you know, I don't know 324 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:51,080 Speaker 7: what I've been missing, how it's changed, how much the 325 00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:53,920 Speaker 7: h the gardens have made it so much more beautiful. 326 00:18:54,240 --> 00:18:56,600 Speaker 1: It sure is. We go there a lot just to 327 00:18:56,680 --> 00:18:59,920 Speaker 1: walk through, and it's a good walk. It's a hilly walk. 328 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:04,440 Speaker 1: Which is good too. And it's absolutely beautiful. So well, 329 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:08,720 Speaker 1: I'm gonna make sure my lawnmower works. I put the 330 00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:12,160 Speaker 1: snowblower away. That's a curse. Probably shouldn't have done that. 331 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:15,600 Speaker 7: Did you know that this is National termite Awareness Week? 332 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:19,440 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, we'll start seeing those. Yep, they'll start swarming. 333 00:19:20,080 --> 00:19:22,760 Speaker 1: I'll be aware of that too. Thank you. You're welcome, 334 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 1: all right, Scott, Thanks, take care all right. We'll continue 335 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:29,720 Speaker 1: with your calls at eight hundred eight two three, eight 336 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:33,080 Speaker 1: two five five talking about your home and you're at 337 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:34,720 Speaker 1: home with Gary Sullivan. 338 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:44,840 Speaker 4: Takes it right with a call to Gary Sullivan at 339 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:48,520 Speaker 4: one eight hundred eight two three talk. 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Matt Welcome, Hi, 383 00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:37,639 Speaker 1: Hi Gary, Yes, sir. 384 00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:43,080 Speaker 2: I'm in northern Kentucky. I'm finish in a basement for 385 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:47,320 Speaker 2: my daughter. All right, So I put on the exterrier board, 386 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:51,719 Speaker 2: concrete walls, I put the phone you lar and uh, 387 00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:54,879 Speaker 2: and then I'm framing the walls up. But I'm a 388 00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:58,080 Speaker 2: little confused. Am I allowed to leave a gap between 389 00:22:58,160 --> 00:23:03,399 Speaker 2: my framed walls? I play? I'm putting uh, fiberglass insulation, 390 00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:07,080 Speaker 2: but I get a little confused looking online. 391 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:11,800 Speaker 1: So yeah, well yeah, And the reason you're probably getting 392 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:15,800 Speaker 1: different answers is because we keep changing what we think 393 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:19,359 Speaker 1: we should do. Is it a block foundation or is 394 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:20,360 Speaker 1: it a pord foundation? 395 00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:27,679 Speaker 2: The Pord foundation, okay, and most of it is, I 396 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:30,320 Speaker 2: should most of it's underground, you know, of course, I know, 397 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:33,879 Speaker 2: probably two or three feet four feet up up high, right, 398 00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:38,800 Speaker 2: and uh so I put on one wall where it 399 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:44,120 Speaker 2: was the foundation was completely exposed. On most I put 400 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:47,480 Speaker 2: inch and a half fomular. On the other wall, where 401 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:49,240 Speaker 2: it was mostly buried, I put one inch. 402 00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:54,600 Speaker 1: Tell me about fomular. Is these foam panels or what's 403 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:55,880 Speaker 1: what do you call them? Formula? 404 00:23:56,280 --> 00:23:58,960 Speaker 2: It's that Richard foam insulation from uh. 405 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:02,760 Speaker 1: Okay, ohone's scorning. Okay, yeah, And you're putting that up 406 00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:04,800 Speaker 1: on the above grade area. 407 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:09,200 Speaker 2: Well, I'm putting it on from floor to ceiling. Okay, 408 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:14,680 Speaker 2: all right, my question, okay, go ahead. 409 00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:16,720 Speaker 1: So what is the R value on that? Do you know? 410 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:22,560 Speaker 2: Offn the R value on the inch and a half 411 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:27,879 Speaker 2: is seven point five. On a one inch it's five. 412 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:35,439 Speaker 1: Okay, So you can put fiberglass insulation on there, you know, 413 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:39,000 Speaker 1: if you it depends if you put it right up 414 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:43,280 Speaker 1: the studs, right up against the wall and then put 415 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:45,200 Speaker 1: the panels in, or even if you go over. I 416 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:48,000 Speaker 1: don't think you need to leave a big gap there. 417 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:51,879 Speaker 1: But if you put it up you know, I'm not 418 00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:55,080 Speaker 1: going to even say snug, but up against it. If 419 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:59,960 Speaker 1: you go with the fiberglass insulation, it should be an unfaced, 420 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:05,240 Speaker 1: non vapor barrier insulation, because really what we're trying to 421 00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:11,199 Speaker 1: do is we're trying to not trap moisture in the 422 00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:16,080 Speaker 1: wall so as we have ground moisture as radiating through 423 00:25:16,119 --> 00:25:20,400 Speaker 1: the concrete wall. If we got a vapor barrier there, 424 00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:24,720 Speaker 1: I mean, I remember forty years ago they wrap basements 425 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:28,720 Speaker 1: in plastic formula plastic on the outside of the studs, 426 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:33,000 Speaker 1: and what started happening is the insulation would start getting 427 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:36,760 Speaker 1: moldy because your foundation was always breathing, it was allowing 428 00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:40,280 Speaker 1: moisture in. It couldn't get out insulation to get wet. 429 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:43,320 Speaker 1: It would be get moldy and it would become a 430 00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:48,639 Speaker 1: very unhealthy home. So yep, so we're allowing Okay, so yeah, I. 431 00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:52,879 Speaker 2: Got about a half inch simply because that makes it 432 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:59,240 Speaker 2: easier to plumb my wall up. Yeah, okay, So this 433 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:02,760 Speaker 2: installation going to go in and it will not touch 434 00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:06,159 Speaker 2: the foamular right, And I didn't know if that was 435 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:09,320 Speaker 2: leaving a area for moisture too. 436 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:14,160 Speaker 1: Well, yes, Well what they wanted to do is they 437 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:16,679 Speaker 1: wanted to breathe. They want that wall to breathe and 438 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:19,800 Speaker 1: not hold moisture. So if you have a little bit 439 00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:23,720 Speaker 1: of space here that that that that's fine. In fact, 440 00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:26,600 Speaker 1: it will just go up and go over the wall 441 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:30,080 Speaker 1: and dispense into the into the basement, just like it's 442 00:26:30,119 --> 00:26:33,280 Speaker 1: doing now. And if we you know, if you have 443 00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:35,120 Speaker 1: to call me in three years and you say, boy, 444 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:37,240 Speaker 1: my basement is really humid, I wish I would have 445 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:40,840 Speaker 1: blocked that. No, no, you don't want to block because 446 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:43,720 Speaker 1: you'd had mold behind a wall. We need to control 447 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:46,840 Speaker 1: the water vapor inside the basement. It's okay to let 448 00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:50,119 Speaker 1: that come in. That's where we've controlled it. And it 449 00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:52,320 Speaker 1: used to be code that used to have to put 450 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:55,440 Speaker 1: a vapor barrier up and everything else. And I think 451 00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:58,280 Speaker 1: most of that's been all repealed now. But yeah, you 452 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:00,400 Speaker 1: want that wall to breathe. 453 00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:04,920 Speaker 2: Okay, so do not put any vapor barrier. And I 454 00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:10,920 Speaker 2: saw on a a Owens Corning video that they get 455 00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:13,840 Speaker 2: exactly what I'm doing and then put a follow your 456 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:16,359 Speaker 2: Dane she plastic on it. 457 00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:17,000 Speaker 1: Yeah. 458 00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:18,200 Speaker 2: I didn't think that was right. 459 00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:23,800 Speaker 1: No, it's definitely not. In fact, I got that information literally, 460 00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:27,320 Speaker 1: it's twenty five years ago. I stopped at an Owens 461 00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:32,440 Speaker 1: Corning booth at the builder Show and I said, why 462 00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:35,320 Speaker 1: are we telling people to use vapor breders. It does 463 00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:37,560 Speaker 1: not make sense to me because we've got all these 464 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:40,960 Speaker 1: problems to go well, because it's still coding. And the 465 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:45,359 Speaker 1: person at the Owens Corning booth said to me, you 466 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:49,359 Speaker 1: can put up the fiberglass insulation even with a vapor 467 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:53,680 Speaker 1: barrier the paper face. Use the staple gun to the studs, 468 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:56,600 Speaker 1: then take a box knife and cut through the vapor 469 00:27:56,640 --> 00:28:02,520 Speaker 1: barrier and let that breathe. So I go by that. 470 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:09,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, because yeah, it's hard to find our thirteen unfaced fiberglass. 471 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:10,840 Speaker 2: So that's what I'll do. 472 00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:13,399 Speaker 1: I'll test use a box knife and just cut through that, 473 00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:17,119 Speaker 1: all right, all right, man? 474 00:28:17,359 --> 00:28:18,560 Speaker 2: To do I appreciate it. 475 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:22,840 Speaker 1: Here quite welcome, Thank you, bye bye, all right again. 476 00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:25,080 Speaker 1: Our phone number is eight hundred and eight two three 477 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:28,240 Speaker 1: eight two five five. I'm shocked at that's still on 478 00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:33,280 Speaker 1: the website. That's kind of troubling to me. The basements 479 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:37,040 Speaker 1: are complicated. So the rule of thumb, basically for everybody 480 00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:41,920 Speaker 1: to know is if it's above grade, a vapor barrier 481 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:47,920 Speaker 1: is is fine. So if you use let's say you 482 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:52,400 Speaker 1: got the family room wall and you're building a home, 483 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:57,920 Speaker 1: you're going to put in a vapor barrier, okay, because 484 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:00,960 Speaker 1: it's above grade. It's above ga. There's not all that 485 00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:05,360 Speaker 1: ground moisture plain into the issue. If you go into 486 00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:14,280 Speaker 1: a new home being built, you'll see these panels of insulation. 487 00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:19,000 Speaker 1: It's got a vapor barrier on it. It's usually right 488 00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:24,719 Speaker 1: against the concrete, but it stops when it gets below 489 00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:30,920 Speaker 1: grade and there is no insulation because that water vapor 490 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:35,160 Speaker 1: is going to come through. It's also a controlled temperature 491 00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:39,280 Speaker 1: below you know, frost line and stuff, and so it's 492 00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:42,280 Speaker 1: probably a way to save a little money too. But 493 00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:46,000 Speaker 1: if you want to put insulation on that and create 494 00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:48,440 Speaker 1: a buffer and keep it a little warm because it's 495 00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:51,400 Speaker 1: still you know, fifty some degrees on the outside of 496 00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:55,200 Speaker 1: that wall. You can put insulation, just don't put a 497 00:29:55,280 --> 00:30:01,360 Speaker 1: vapor barrier in. Let that vapor water vapor not become 498 00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:04,360 Speaker 1: trapped behind the wall. You don't want that to happen. 499 00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:10,120 Speaker 1: Let it find its way into the area of the basement, 500 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:15,640 Speaker 1: and there's ways to disperse that. We talk about er 501 00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:19,800 Speaker 1: exchange units like the easy Breathe, we talk about dehumidification, 502 00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:23,800 Speaker 1: and even in a cross space, the same type of 503 00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:30,760 Speaker 1: situation arises. Another thing. If you're thinking about insulating a basement, 504 00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:35,040 Speaker 1: it's not always just the walls. Think about what's above 505 00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:37,400 Speaker 1: that basement. If you're going to turn that into a 506 00:30:37,520 --> 00:30:42,200 Speaker 1: nice family room or a little little you know, TV room, 507 00:30:42,280 --> 00:30:45,200 Speaker 1: you know, or music is going to play down there, 508 00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:50,520 Speaker 1: think about insulation in the ceiling, maybe a sound deadening insulation. 509 00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:54,960 Speaker 1: You know, if your master bedroom is directly above that 510 00:30:55,120 --> 00:31:00,680 Speaker 1: basement and you got kids in the house, you might 511 00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:04,400 Speaker 1: be thankful that you put a sound barrier insulation in there. 512 00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:08,840 Speaker 1: But the walls absolutely no vapor barrier on there. Let's 513 00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:11,680 Speaker 1: control the problem once it's in the house and there's 514 00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:17,840 Speaker 1: you know, there's always water passing through that concrete, and boy, 515 00:31:18,240 --> 00:31:20,360 Speaker 1: that brings up another thing. I mean I was saying 516 00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:22,480 Speaker 1: how much rain we had. If you had a lot 517 00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:25,360 Speaker 1: of rain, or you will have a lot of rain 518 00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:28,040 Speaker 1: this spring and you have a basement or cross space, 519 00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:32,760 Speaker 1: we need to talk about that. And if you have 520 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:36,640 Speaker 1: questions of I know the basement only leaks when it rains, 521 00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:41,320 Speaker 1: no kidding, but why is it leaking? We got to 522 00:31:41,360 --> 00:31:45,280 Speaker 1: go through all that for sure. Sometimes just a patch 523 00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:49,840 Speaker 1: is not what you want to do. So there's all 524 00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:52,760 Speaker 1: kinds of patches out there that will stop running water. 525 00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:57,760 Speaker 1: But the question I always ask, where's that water going? 526 00:31:58,560 --> 00:32:02,440 Speaker 1: Remember water takes a path of least resistance. We'll take 527 00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:04,760 Speaker 1: your calls next. Let me give you the phone number 528 00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:07,000 Speaker 1: you can grab a line to. Anyboy's ready to answer 529 00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:11,560 Speaker 1: the phone. It's eight hundred eight two three A two 530 00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:14,320 Speaker 1: five five. You're at home with Gary Sullivan. 531 00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:17,520 Speaker 4: Help for your home is just a click away at 532 00:32:17,560 --> 00:32:22,760 Speaker 4: Garysullivan online dot com. 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Come to otor exit dot 567 00:34:35,560 --> 00:35:07,920 Speaker 1: com for the best pricing, combos and service. Well, if 568 00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:11,319 Speaker 1: your area had a lot of rain, one thing we 569 00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:15,000 Speaker 1: need to really take a look at as we quickly 570 00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:16,719 Speaker 1: take a walk around the home to see if you 571 00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:20,480 Speaker 1: have any washed out areas. Maybe you got some landscaping 572 00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:24,799 Speaker 1: beds with mulch. You'll quickly see what went on when 573 00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:28,879 Speaker 1: the heavy downpours hit in your area. Because you'll see 574 00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:31,399 Speaker 1: the flow of the water where it's actually washed out 575 00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:36,359 Speaker 1: some mulch, and then you need to take action. In 576 00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:41,400 Speaker 1: other words, if you have a sunp well and you 577 00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:44,080 Speaker 1: have a pump, you've got a discharge pipe on the 578 00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:48,000 Speaker 1: outside of the home. Maybe it goes out in the yard, 579 00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:52,760 Speaker 1: probably not probably goes down into a pipe in the ground, 580 00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:59,279 Speaker 1: little bushing type where the pipe is maybe an inch 581 00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:01,319 Speaker 1: at the top, and maybe it's going into a three 582 00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:04,640 Speaker 1: or four inch pipe. If that isn't lined up, it's 583 00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:08,160 Speaker 1: pumping that water right onto the landscaping bed, right against 584 00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:12,040 Speaker 1: the foundation, which is horrible because it's gonna find its 585 00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:14,000 Speaker 1: way back into some point and that some pump's just 586 00:36:14,080 --> 00:36:18,239 Speaker 1: gonna keep running and running and running. Or if that 587 00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:22,080 Speaker 1: pipe would be broken underground, that's gonna that landscaping bed 588 00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:27,160 Speaker 1: is just gonna be a quagmar. So looking at that 589 00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:30,920 Speaker 1: area to see if there is a problem. Looking at 590 00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:35,839 Speaker 1: an area maybe where a gutter overflowed and landed on 591 00:36:35,880 --> 00:36:39,200 Speaker 1: a patio and then the landscaping beds on the side, 592 00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:43,600 Speaker 1: and you see these washed out areas through the mulch, 593 00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:48,200 Speaker 1: that's probably telling you that that gutter up there is 594 00:36:48,239 --> 00:36:53,200 Speaker 1: clogged or it rains so hard it overwhelmed the gutter 595 00:36:53,640 --> 00:36:58,880 Speaker 1: possibility and it washed that mulch out. Because the patio 596 00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:02,759 Speaker 1: is tilting the right way, hopefully away from the house. Now, 597 00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:06,320 Speaker 1: if it's washing towards the house, that's a bigger problem. 598 00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:09,919 Speaker 1: So grating when we talk about grading, how we keep 599 00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:13,840 Speaker 1: our basements dry and our house dry, about having slope 600 00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:17,440 Speaker 1: away from the house, that's so important, But it's just 601 00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:22,400 Speaker 1: not the ground grating. I mean, think about your own house. 602 00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:25,880 Speaker 1: How many hard scapes do you have that are near 603 00:37:27,360 --> 00:37:37,000 Speaker 1: the foundation? Maybe the front sidewalk, maybe the driveways tilting 604 00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:40,960 Speaker 1: towards the foundation. Maybe a sidewalk that goes to the 605 00:37:41,040 --> 00:37:45,040 Speaker 1: back of the house that's tilting towards the foundation. Maybe 606 00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:49,560 Speaker 1: the patio as I just described, isn't tilting to the yard, 607 00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:55,360 Speaker 1: it's tilting against the foundation. That too, is grading. In 608 00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:59,120 Speaker 1: other words, if you've got to gut her overflowing as 609 00:37:59,160 --> 00:38:01,720 Speaker 1: I described an and the patio and is going towards 610 00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:05,279 Speaker 1: the house, and that's a problem. I mean, that can 611 00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:09,280 Speaker 1: make that basement leak, can raise that water table beneath 612 00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:11,680 Speaker 1: the floor and have it come between the seam and 613 00:38:11,719 --> 00:38:16,320 Speaker 1: the floor and the wall. And when that happens. Obviously 614 00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:18,399 Speaker 1: there's a little state of panic. But the first thing 615 00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:23,960 Speaker 1: you gotta do is figure out wise this happening. And 616 00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:25,560 Speaker 1: all of a sudden you'll see between the wall and 617 00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:28,080 Speaker 1: the floor there's a seam there, you know, wall, this 618 00:38:28,080 --> 00:38:34,239 Speaker 1: thing's cracked, it's not. There are two separate pores. And 619 00:38:34,239 --> 00:38:37,640 Speaker 1: what you're doing is you're just focusing so much of 620 00:38:37,680 --> 00:38:41,200 Speaker 1: that water onto that foundation. That water table's rising and 621 00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:45,560 Speaker 1: it's weeping through that natural So patching it is not 622 00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:52,839 Speaker 1: the answer. The answer you'll find is outside. And if 623 00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:56,640 Speaker 1: we can redirect that water off that patio, or we 624 00:38:56,680 --> 00:38:59,120 Speaker 1: can make sure those gutters are taking all that water 625 00:38:59,719 --> 00:39:04,640 Speaker 1: out and away from the house, that's the answer. And 626 00:39:04,680 --> 00:39:07,040 Speaker 1: I can help you with that. I mean, you can 627 00:39:07,080 --> 00:39:13,440 Speaker 1: do concrete lifting. You can actually make that patio improve 628 00:39:13,480 --> 00:39:17,799 Speaker 1: its grade by using like mud jacking, slab jacking where 629 00:39:17,840 --> 00:39:21,600 Speaker 1: they drill holes into that slab pump with somementatious material 630 00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:27,480 Speaker 1: beneath it and control and lift that patio to get 631 00:39:27,480 --> 00:39:33,040 Speaker 1: a positive grade. Because if you don't correct it that way, 632 00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:39,280 Speaker 1: it's a forever problem. And again, if you find areas 633 00:39:39,400 --> 00:39:43,200 Speaker 1: like a lot of homes that are built maybe fifty 634 00:39:43,239 --> 00:39:45,279 Speaker 1: plus years ago, maybe even more than that. You got 635 00:39:45,320 --> 00:39:49,440 Speaker 1: a sidewalk that meanders from the garage or the driveway 636 00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:52,520 Speaker 1: all the way to the backyard, maybe to the patio, 637 00:39:53,239 --> 00:39:56,120 Speaker 1: and that was poured right when that house was built 638 00:39:56,200 --> 00:40:00,480 Speaker 1: years ago. And of course the backfill is you know, 639 00:40:00,640 --> 00:40:06,000 Speaker 1: it's settling, has settled, or continues to settle. And also 640 00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:10,120 Speaker 1: that sidewalks tilting right against that foundation, that's working almost 641 00:40:10,160 --> 00:40:13,080 Speaker 1: as a culvert. As it rains real heavy. Even if 642 00:40:13,120 --> 00:40:16,879 Speaker 1: the gutters aren't spilling water over, it's catching that water 643 00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:21,640 Speaker 1: and is pulling it right up against the foundation again 644 00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:27,719 Speaker 1: raising the water table, causing problems. So we talked about 645 00:40:27,719 --> 00:40:30,440 Speaker 1: picking up the pieces from winter and then we go 646 00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:33,879 Speaker 1: into spring. What are we talking about. We're talking about 647 00:40:34,160 --> 00:40:38,480 Speaker 1: basement leaks, cross baces leaks. Had a friend of mine, 648 00:40:38,520 --> 00:40:42,280 Speaker 1: I'm talking the other day and he's talking about a squirrel. 649 00:40:43,080 --> 00:40:47,799 Speaker 1: Asked a great question, squirrel getting into the attic, not 650 00:40:47,920 --> 00:40:51,839 Speaker 1: at his house, but he said this hole was the 651 00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:55,040 Speaker 1: size of like a NERF football. And he goes that 652 00:40:55,160 --> 00:40:59,560 Speaker 1: squirrel was going up a down spout and going into 653 00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:03,640 Speaker 1: the attic. And of course that can be caused by 654 00:41:03,640 --> 00:41:06,280 Speaker 1: all kinds of things. Maybe the gutters are clogged. Maybe 655 00:41:06,320 --> 00:41:10,239 Speaker 1: the facia board is dry rotted. Maybe the squirrels just 656 00:41:10,760 --> 00:41:13,200 Speaker 1: scratch their way into the attic. And he goes, how 657 00:41:13,239 --> 00:41:15,960 Speaker 1: do they know? How do they know to climb up 658 00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:18,640 Speaker 1: that down spout and find that hole and get into 659 00:41:18,680 --> 00:41:22,200 Speaker 1: the house. I don't know. I told them the squirrels 660 00:41:22,239 --> 00:41:24,799 Speaker 1: have nothing else to do except eat, drink and look 661 00:41:24,840 --> 00:41:28,840 Speaker 1: for a place to live. But that's a big problem 662 00:41:28,840 --> 00:41:32,000 Speaker 1: if that's happening at your house. And this is really 663 00:41:33,239 --> 00:41:37,279 Speaker 1: a flash point of time where this happens. This is 664 00:41:37,360 --> 00:41:40,640 Speaker 1: the time they love to find a nice place to 665 00:41:40,719 --> 00:41:47,560 Speaker 1: live this spring in your attic. And if you hear things, ummm, 666 00:41:48,760 --> 00:41:50,480 Speaker 1: you have to take care of it. If you hear 667 00:41:50,520 --> 00:41:55,600 Speaker 1: scratching behind the wall or up in the attic, again, 668 00:41:57,120 --> 00:42:01,560 Speaker 1: don't just patch the hole, because then they're stuck in 669 00:42:01,680 --> 00:42:05,319 Speaker 1: your attic. And believe it or not, they don't want 670 00:42:05,320 --> 00:42:08,040 Speaker 1: to stay there forever. They're gonna go forage for food 671 00:42:08,160 --> 00:42:12,400 Speaker 1: and get water and all kinds of stuff, and they're gonna, 672 00:42:12,680 --> 00:42:15,400 Speaker 1: they're gonna, they're gonna get out of that attic. And 673 00:42:15,680 --> 00:42:17,759 Speaker 1: if you patch that hole, it might be through your 674 00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:22,080 Speaker 1: living quarters and you don't want that to happen. And 675 00:42:22,120 --> 00:42:26,440 Speaker 1: these aren't extreme cases that I'm talking about. These are 676 00:42:26,520 --> 00:42:30,960 Speaker 1: things that happen all the time. Right now, if you 677 00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:35,680 Speaker 1: have experienced water in your basement, and I know it 678 00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:39,640 Speaker 1: only happens when it rains, because it's telling you something, 679 00:42:40,560 --> 00:42:44,560 Speaker 1: and it's probably telling you you have excessive amounts of 680 00:42:44,680 --> 00:42:49,200 Speaker 1: water around that foundation, and how do we get rid 681 00:42:49,239 --> 00:42:52,080 Speaker 1: of that. I'm not gonna say it's gonna solve all 682 00:42:52,080 --> 00:42:57,200 Speaker 1: your problems, but that's where it's showing up. So the 683 00:42:57,320 --> 00:43:02,640 Speaker 1: grating we just covered that. If if you're raining like 684 00:43:02,719 --> 00:43:05,560 Speaker 1: crazy and you get out there in the morning and 685 00:43:05,600 --> 00:43:09,120 Speaker 1: take a look and there's groundwater that's just pulling right 686 00:43:09,160 --> 00:43:12,040 Speaker 1: along the foundation, you gotta find out what's going on. 687 00:43:12,600 --> 00:43:15,280 Speaker 1: How'd that water get there? Is there a little dips 688 00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:18,799 Speaker 1: in the terrain around the foundation, is the grating bed, 689 00:43:18,920 --> 00:43:21,920 Speaker 1: is the gutter's overflowing? You gotta correct the problems on 690 00:43:21,960 --> 00:43:25,160 Speaker 1: the outside. I've seen it where the downspout just didn't 691 00:43:25,160 --> 00:43:27,640 Speaker 1: line up with the pipe that goes underground to take 692 00:43:27,680 --> 00:43:34,600 Speaker 1: that water away from the house. So before you freak out, 693 00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:44,080 Speaker 1: waterproofing companies, excavators, your shovels, top soilers, all kinds of 694 00:43:44,120 --> 00:43:48,520 Speaker 1: things where you can work on diversion. Now, if there's 695 00:43:48,560 --> 00:43:51,759 Speaker 1: some bigger, bigger problems, that's when you get into it. 696 00:43:51,840 --> 00:43:55,560 Speaker 1: A good waterproofing company, but there's some little things that 697 00:43:55,680 --> 00:43:58,759 Speaker 1: might save you a big expense. And nine out of 698 00:43:58,800 --> 00:44:02,719 Speaker 1: ten times, say ninety nine percent of the time, it's 699 00:44:02,800 --> 00:44:04,759 Speaker 1: not something in a can that's going to take care 700 00:44:04,800 --> 00:44:08,000 Speaker 1: of the problem. All right, we're gonna take your calls 701 00:44:08,080 --> 00:44:10,400 Speaker 1: in the next half hour, and then we're gonna talk 702 00:44:10,440 --> 00:44:12,680 Speaker 1: about outdoor cleaning. We got a lot to cover today. 703 00:44:12,719 --> 00:44:15,799 Speaker 1: No kid can grab a line. It's eight hundred eight 704 00:44:15,840 --> 00:44:19,800 Speaker 1: two three eight two five five and you're at home 705 00:44:20,200 --> 00:44:21,200 Speaker 1: with Garry Sullivan. 706 00:44:47,280 --> 00:44:49,440 Speaker 4: Start a project and don't know how to finish it. 707 00:44:49,600 --> 00:44:52,279 Speaker 4: Call Gary at one eight hundred eighty two three talk. 708 00:44:52,440 --> 00:44:54,640 Speaker 4: You're at home with Gary Solivan 709 00:45:03,320 --> 00:45:08,360 Speaker 3: That distin