1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,080 Speaker 1: All right, best time of the day I get to say, 2 00:00:02,080 --> 00:00:04,520 Speaker 1: good afternoon. Welcome now our number four. You're at home 3 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:07,280 Speaker 1: with Gary Sullivan, and well, we got a lot to 4 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:10,640 Speaker 1: cover still, so if you'd like to join us, do so. 5 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:13,640 Speaker 1: We'll talk a little bit about insulation at the bottom 6 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:15,960 Speaker 1: of the hour. And it seems like a few people 7 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:18,759 Speaker 1: might need that. All right, let's get back to the phones. 8 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 1: Annie welcome, Hey Annie, I hear Annie. Annie, any anyone? 9 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 1: All right, let's go. Let's go to Sandra. Sandra welcome, 10 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:36,479 Speaker 1: Thank you for taking my call. 11 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:41,800 Speaker 2: You bet, I have a problem with my total toilet. 12 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:45,120 Speaker 2: It has a blue ring at the water line and 13 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 2: another low blue ring lower down. And I have looked 14 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:52,760 Speaker 2: online to see what they say to do. I've tried 15 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:55,960 Speaker 2: all the things that they do, and I can't get 16 00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:56,400 Speaker 2: rid of that. 17 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 1: What have you tried so far? Oh? 18 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 2: My gonna mixtures. I can't remember. I can't remember. I 19 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:07,520 Speaker 2: just let it go. And then I heard your program 20 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:09,720 Speaker 2: when I thought you try a. 21 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 1: Product called Barkeeper's Friend. 22 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, that didn't work. 23 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:20,919 Speaker 1: Did you try a pummice stone? No, okay. I would 24 00:01:20,959 --> 00:01:23,240 Speaker 1: probably go to the hardware store and get a pummy stone. 25 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:28,120 Speaker 1: And do you do a blue cube in the back 26 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:32,600 Speaker 1: of the toilet in the reservoir or the tank a 27 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:36,920 Speaker 1: cube and you know, like a toilet bowl cleaner that's 28 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:37,840 Speaker 1: blue in color. 29 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:42,000 Speaker 2: I don't think so. 30 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:44,360 Speaker 1: Well, where do you think the blue stain's coming from? 31 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:48,200 Speaker 2: That's what I don't. I just don't know. 32 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:51,520 Speaker 1: You don't know, Okay, I thought for sure, just come 33 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:53,920 Speaker 1: you might look and lift the lid in the back 34 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:57,520 Speaker 1: and see if there isn't a little blue disk or 35 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 1: a little toilet bowl cleaner it clips on the back 36 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 1: of the tank and into the water. I'm going to 37 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 1: guess that is it. If if that doesn't, you know, 38 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:09,799 Speaker 1: I mean, it's a porcelain tank, so it really shouldn't 39 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:14,280 Speaker 1: stain deep into that. The barkeeper's friend doesn't surprise me 40 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 1: that it. 41 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:18,080 Speaker 2: Didn't take here. I'm just in there now, and I 42 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:20,800 Speaker 2: see a little blue cube of some kind. 43 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, don't do that. Don't don't use those. 44 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, and it's something that's screwed in and then it 45 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:35,799 Speaker 2: has Yeah, it goes. Well, I don't think that's part 46 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:38,520 Speaker 2: of it, because it's going into the plumbing. I mean, 47 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 2: the stuff that's going down the hole in there, is the. 48 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 1: Water blue in the tank? No, it's not h I 49 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:53,359 Speaker 1: wonder where it's coming from. I can't really answer that, 50 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:57,520 Speaker 1: but I would try a pummy stone. Have you tried 51 00:02:57,639 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 1: soft scrub? 52 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:03,360 Speaker 2: Soft scrub okay, and the plumber stone. 53 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:06,360 Speaker 1: Huh yeah, yeah, try soft scrub. If you got some 54 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 1: of that at home, give that a whirl. And if 55 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 1: nothing else works, go to the hardware store and get 56 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 1: a pumma stone. 57 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 2: Okay, thank you very much. 58 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:19,400 Speaker 1: All right, very good, thank you? All right. Yeah. By 59 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 1: the way, if you use any of those chlorination products, 60 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:25,920 Speaker 1: they can sometimes be staining the toilet. They can also 61 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:30,680 Speaker 1: hurt the flapper in the toilet. It can cause some 62 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 1: problems with warpeage on that. It's a high chlorine base 63 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 1: to product and probably something that shouldn't be used. Hey. 64 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 1: By the way, I heart Meatia and fifty five KRC. 65 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 1: We salute Cincinnati's own Procter and Gamble. Listen, if you 66 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:47,680 Speaker 1: got someone there, maybe somebody you work with, and you 67 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 1: would like for us to recognize on the air what 68 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 1: they do for a wonderful company right here in the 69 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 1: greater Cincinnati area, go ahead and text us their name 70 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 1: at five to one, eight eight one and be listening. 71 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:05,119 Speaker 1: All right, We'll take a break and promise John you'll 72 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:08,480 Speaker 1: be up first. You're a little early, there, I am, 73 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 1: I am only twelve to eleven. 74 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 3: Boy, oh, fell asleep for a second there, Danny, it's 75 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:17,480 Speaker 3: been so busy And all right, that's a little then 76 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:20,560 Speaker 3: we'll ask you to jump on board if you'd like to. 77 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:23,159 Speaker 1: Now let's go to John. Now, all right, let's go 78 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:28,920 Speaker 1: to John. Hey John, are you doing Gary good? Good? Thanks? Hey? Ay? 79 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 4: Quick question? I heard segment on a luxury vinyl tile 80 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 4: and flooring this morning. I've done a lot of rooms 81 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:37,320 Speaker 4: that I love that stuff. I mean, yeah, wos over 82 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 4: the years did you tell everybody measure twice, cut once? 83 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 4: But the very last floor I put in, I've never 84 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:47,039 Speaker 4: had this problem before. Maybe you can help me out. 85 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 4: One of the planks must have been my sock caught 86 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 4: on the corner and peeled back to where where later 87 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 4: a little bit and it's I've never had it happen 88 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:00,240 Speaker 4: and all the floors I've done, But when you look 89 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 4: at it now, you can tell that the ware layers 90 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 4: separated on that corner for maybe a couple of inches. 91 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 4: Is there any way to put that back down? 92 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:15,719 Speaker 1: So it's the actual it's not the whole plank. It's 93 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:18,599 Speaker 1: just the top coating or like the top finish. 94 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:21,679 Speaker 4: Yeah, the top finish is just a very thin piece 95 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:25,720 Speaker 4: of i'll call it a satin type plastic that goes 96 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 4: over the gids of machine. And that came up on 97 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:28,919 Speaker 4: the corner. 98 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh. 99 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 4: And I could peel the whole. I could peel it 100 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:34,719 Speaker 4: off the entire board if I wanted to. And the 101 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:37,719 Speaker 4: problem is with my luck, it's right in the middle 102 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:41,200 Speaker 4: of the room, so it's not something I can pick up. 103 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 4: But I don't know if can you put those back 104 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 4: down anyway? 105 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:47,320 Speaker 1: I just don't well, you know, just some of the 106 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 1: things that are running through my mind. I don't know. 107 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 1: I've never run into that. You wouldn't happen to know 108 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:57,279 Speaker 1: the manufacturer where you could reach out to them, would you? 109 00:05:58,279 --> 00:06:00,160 Speaker 4: I have a couple of boxes in the closet that 110 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:01,880 Speaker 4: I guess I ever thought about that. I could give 111 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:02,599 Speaker 4: them a call. 112 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:08,239 Speaker 1: I call their technical services and see. But thinking out loud, 113 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 1: do you think heat would make it it here or not? 114 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:15,719 Speaker 4: I thought about that, But I thought about putting an 115 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:18,320 Speaker 4: iron on it with with like a towel or something between. 116 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, I do like a air dryer on high. 117 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:26,160 Speaker 4: Okay, I don't want to loosen the wear layer and 118 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:27,120 Speaker 4: the tiles around it. 119 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:32,520 Speaker 1: But right right the other thing would be obviously a 120 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:39,279 Speaker 1: clear adhesive of some sort, and one of the ones 121 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:47,920 Speaker 1: that Gorilla Glue makes a clear gorilla glue, and it's 122 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:53,479 Speaker 1: not like their original gorilla glue, which expands. I don't 123 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:55,719 Speaker 1: know if you've ever used that, and it's kind of 124 00:06:55,800 --> 00:07:01,920 Speaker 1: Beiesian color, difficult to control. The gri glue clear, it's 125 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 1: crystal clear, is a non expansive glue. That might be 126 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 1: an option. I know we're kind of gambling because if 127 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:14,200 Speaker 1: it doesn't work, then we're kind of then we got 128 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:14,960 Speaker 1: a problem. 129 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:17,440 Speaker 4: Yeah, but no matter what, in the middle of the room, 130 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:19,560 Speaker 4: you see it when the sun hits it, it's just 131 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 4: a you can't I know it's there. Maybe someone who 132 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:26,120 Speaker 4: doesn't know us there won't pick up on it. But 133 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 4: you know, every time I do a project in the house, 134 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:29,880 Speaker 4: I can tell you exactly where I should have done 135 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 4: something different, and always bugs me, a really really kind 136 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 4: of bugs me. I'll tell you what. I'll call the manufacturer. 137 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:39,520 Speaker 4: I never thought about doing this, so you help me 138 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:42,080 Speaker 4: out there. If I do get a solution, i'll call 139 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 4: you back. 140 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 1: And let you yeah, please do, please do. 141 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:46,080 Speaker 4: The other others can do it as well. 142 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 1: All right, that'd be great. Thank you, mach you bet 143 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 1: bye bye, all right, the phone number five one three 144 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:56,920 Speaker 1: seven four nine fifty five hundred eight hundred eighty two 145 00:07:56,960 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 1: three eight two five five, and we'll take your calls. 146 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:03,000 Speaker 1: You're at home with Gary Sullivan right here in fifty 147 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:06,280 Speaker 1: five K see the talk station, all right, twelve eighteen 148 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 1: it is, and uh, welcome aboard at home with Gary Sullivan. 149 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 1: As I was talking earlier in this half hour, if 150 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:21,720 Speaker 1: you are living in a home right now that was 151 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 1: built in nineteen fifty, nineteen sixty, nineteen seventy, nineteen twenty, 152 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:34,560 Speaker 1: you may not know this, and you may not have 153 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 1: any insulation in your walls. Now. You may have some 154 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:42,720 Speaker 1: insulation in your attic. Well, we didn't start putting insulation 155 00:08:42,920 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 1: in walls until about nineteen seventy eight, and we didn't 156 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:52,360 Speaker 1: put much. We're going to talk about that how you 157 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 1: can actually have insulation installed in the walls of your 158 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:04,600 Speaker 1: home without taking the walls in your home down. And 159 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:09,840 Speaker 1: so that's what we'll discuss that at length. And I'll 160 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:12,280 Speaker 1: tell you when you talk about ice dams and we've 161 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:15,960 Speaker 1: had a few of those calls today. When you start 162 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:24,959 Speaker 1: talking about those, you just realize just how things can 163 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:29,520 Speaker 1: go sideways really fast when you have low temperatures. And 164 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:33,000 Speaker 1: I don't know about you, but my home was built 165 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:36,800 Speaker 1: twenty six twenty seven years ago, so I know I 166 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:40,440 Speaker 1: got insulation in the walls. I don't know if it's settled. 167 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 1: And a lot of people don't realize that you can 168 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:48,040 Speaker 1: get insulation installed inside your walls on a home that's 169 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:50,880 Speaker 1: already built. So, like I said, again, we'll have a 170 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:56,800 Speaker 1: really good discussion about that. Another thing ask yourself about 171 00:09:56,840 --> 00:10:01,200 Speaker 1: this is I think we're supposed to get near for 172 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:07,000 Speaker 1: maybe just a day or two, and would it not 173 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:11,120 Speaker 1: be a really good idea if it gets that warm 174 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:15,280 Speaker 1: and it's not all muddy to get that walk around 175 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:18,440 Speaker 1: the house to see if there was any damage to 176 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:21,120 Speaker 1: the X tier of your own And the answer is 177 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:27,640 Speaker 1: absolutely yes. And I have a whole checklist of things 178 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:32,280 Speaker 1: that you can, you know, start checking and start with 179 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:38,360 Speaker 1: the roof, and also check inside looking corners of walls 180 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:41,240 Speaker 1: on X tier walls see if there's any water stains. 181 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:45,200 Speaker 1: I'm not trying to be an alarmist, but if you 182 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:48,720 Speaker 1: had a problem with a gutter or an ice dam, 183 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:52,280 Speaker 1: or a missing shingle or a boot off a vent 184 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:56,040 Speaker 1: pipe which we had earlier today, that's where it's going 185 00:10:56,120 --> 00:10:59,440 Speaker 1: to show up, and that's where you're gonna get your answer. 186 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:04,079 Speaker 1: So keep that in mind. Let's get to Ben Ben Welcome. 187 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:08,040 Speaker 5: Hello, Yeah, hey Gary, how are you doing? 188 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:08,800 Speaker 1: Fun? And thanks? 189 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:10,600 Speaker 5: Good? 190 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:15,040 Speaker 6: So I've got a bathroom vanity that it was new 191 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:18,680 Speaker 6: with the house houses, I don't know, eighteen years old, 192 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:23,400 Speaker 6: five kids, it's it's seen a good life. It's still 193 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:26,760 Speaker 6: goodwood though it's meri lac cabinet. We want to Is 194 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:27,520 Speaker 6: there a good way to. 195 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 5: Refinish that, just to give it a newer look to it? 196 00:11:30,880 --> 00:11:35,360 Speaker 1: Well? Sure, sure, it depends what you want it to 197 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:35,800 Speaker 1: look like. 198 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:39,960 Speaker 5: We don't want to paint it. We want okay, you know, 199 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:41,520 Speaker 5: do either a new. 200 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:45,040 Speaker 6: Stain or I'd rather not send it to the bearwood. 201 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:46,920 Speaker 6: Is there another way, easier way? 202 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:50,560 Speaker 1: Well, anything that's easier it is usually not as good. 203 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:52,760 Speaker 5: Okay. 204 00:11:53,800 --> 00:11:58,440 Speaker 1: So the two really good options, to be honest with you, 205 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:04,000 Speaker 1: would be paint and then the other option is to restain. 206 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:07,480 Speaker 1: And if you restain, you're pretty much going down to 207 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:12,679 Speaker 1: the wood, which leaves you The only option, and I 208 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:15,800 Speaker 1: really wouldn't want you to do this, is to use 209 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:25,079 Speaker 1: a varnish stain. So it's not it's basically a wood 210 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:30,360 Speaker 1: stain color, but it's so thick, and you know it 211 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:34,560 Speaker 1: looks like paint. Okay, so you know. And what you 212 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:38,000 Speaker 1: would do with that then, is you would a solid 213 00:12:38,040 --> 00:12:41,079 Speaker 1: color or keep wanting to say solid color stain because 214 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:43,600 Speaker 1: it is kind of solid color. But a varnish stain 215 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:49,920 Speaker 1: is a mixture of varnish and the stain itself, So okay, 216 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:53,040 Speaker 1: that's the consistency of it. And you would you would 217 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:55,560 Speaker 1: sand it. You'd have to get all the gloss off, 218 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:57,880 Speaker 1: and you'd have to scratch up some of the existing 219 00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:02,360 Speaker 1: finish and you would literally brush this on, and like 220 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:07,640 Speaker 1: I said, it's prone to chipping, all right, but it 221 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:10,280 Speaker 1: would get you that wood tone color. You wouldn't be 222 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:12,920 Speaker 1: able to see any wood grain, but you'd get a 223 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:13,920 Speaker 1: wood tone color. 224 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:20,440 Speaker 5: Okay, Okay, So that's kind of the option. I appreciate it. 225 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:22,839 Speaker 1: You could also just get new doors for it. Have 226 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:23,679 Speaker 1: you thought about that? 227 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:26,120 Speaker 5: Yeah, we are. 228 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:29,319 Speaker 6: Contractor mentioned that, and then we just have to match 229 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:33,600 Speaker 6: the frame, or try to match the frame. 230 00:13:33,679 --> 00:13:35,720 Speaker 5: I guess color wise, yeah. 231 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:39,000 Speaker 1: And there's even some that actually do a you know, 232 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:44,360 Speaker 1: they'll have the color of the paint to match the 233 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:46,120 Speaker 1: finish they're going to put on the door, and you 234 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:48,760 Speaker 1: would they would, you know, when they install it, they'll 235 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:51,920 Speaker 1: paint that frame where some of them actually have strips 236 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:54,200 Speaker 1: where they'll glue it on that'll match the door. But 237 00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:56,960 Speaker 1: that's an option for it. Just tossing that out since 238 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:57,920 Speaker 1: we didn't discuss that. 239 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 5: Yeah, that's that's good too. Thank you. 240 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:06,480 Speaker 1: All right, very good, Thank you appreciate the call. Take care, 241 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:11,960 Speaker 1: bye bye. M Yeah, boy, I'll tell you here's another thing. 242 00:14:12,640 --> 00:14:17,640 Speaker 1: If you have a piece of furniture or a cabinet 243 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:24,040 Speaker 1: and let's say it's worn, it looks tired. It looks 244 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:28,560 Speaker 1: it looks tired. You've cleaned it, you've done everything you could, 245 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:32,160 Speaker 1: but it still looks tired. Maybe the finish has even 246 00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:37,600 Speaker 1: got a little it's called crazing where you can see 247 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:44,280 Speaker 1: like little lines in it. There's a product it's called 248 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:51,280 Speaker 1: Restore a Finish. It's made by Howard's Products, and it 249 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:56,600 Speaker 1: does exactly that. It restores the existing finish. Now, if 250 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:59,840 Speaker 1: you're doing it on a cabinet, I would take the 251 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:02,640 Speaker 1: doors off the cabinet. I wouldn't do it when it's 252 00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:06,600 Speaker 1: a vertical. I want to do that on a flat surface. 253 00:15:06,680 --> 00:15:11,240 Speaker 1: They make about eight different colors, so they make the walnut, 254 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:15,120 Speaker 1: the cherry, the golden oak, you know, et cetera, black walnut, whatever, 255 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:18,600 Speaker 1: about eight of them. You can get it online, you 256 00:15:18,640 --> 00:15:21,040 Speaker 1: can get it at the hardware store. But it's called 257 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:26,160 Speaker 1: restore Finish by hard Products, and it's literally put on 258 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:31,520 Speaker 1: and rubbed in with a cotton cloth. And I'm going 259 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:33,120 Speaker 1: to say that I'm going to use the word it 260 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:35,840 Speaker 1: melts the finish. I don't know if it melts the finish, 261 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:39,680 Speaker 1: it does soften it and almost redistribute its. And then 262 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:46,520 Speaker 1: this product has the color you know, the walnut, the cherry, 263 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:51,040 Speaker 1: and the mahogany, and it does a really great job. 264 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:55,040 Speaker 1: I've used that a number of times on old bedroom set, 265 00:15:55,240 --> 00:16:01,120 Speaker 1: a pine bedroom set of dark walnut, and you know, 266 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:05,440 Speaker 1: so it's pretty traditional and didn't want to paint it 267 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:09,000 Speaker 1: and I just used that on the surface and it 268 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:13,000 Speaker 1: did a great job. So that's another option. How can 269 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:13,960 Speaker 1: we help you, Mike. 270 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:18,360 Speaker 7: Yeah, I'm wanting to put down one of those LVP 271 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:22,760 Speaker 7: excuse me, put down a one of those free standing tubs, 272 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:24,480 Speaker 7: and I want to know I can I put an. 273 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:27,720 Speaker 8: LVP luxury vinyl plank underneath of it. 274 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:36,840 Speaker 1: The planks have a tendency. You got to be careful 275 00:16:36,920 --> 00:16:40,600 Speaker 1: with something heavy, like on an appliance. There's different qualities 276 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:44,000 Speaker 1: of it. So there's an LVT and an LVP, and 277 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:50,360 Speaker 1: LVT would be fine. An LVP plank, I would be 278 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:54,000 Speaker 1: a little concerned about it. We've had issues with some 279 00:16:54,040 --> 00:17:02,320 Speaker 1: of the less expensive lvps with refrigerators, okay, So I'd 280 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:04,160 Speaker 1: be kind of a leery of it, to be honest 281 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:09,280 Speaker 1: with you, I'd be looking at the LVT probably okay. 282 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:11,399 Speaker 7: And is that you have to glue it down or 283 00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:15,400 Speaker 7: is that floating floating? I can put like plastic down 284 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:17,080 Speaker 7: over top of the subfloor. 285 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:21,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, you just follow the the instructions on installation. But 286 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:24,040 Speaker 1: you you know, if it's a if you need a 287 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:27,239 Speaker 1: vapor barrier, you you could use that. You could use 288 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:31,240 Speaker 1: the plastic underneath. But I'd be I'd be looking definitely 289 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:34,200 Speaker 1: at the LVT for that though, at the tile. 290 00:17:34,359 --> 00:17:35,960 Speaker 5: Okay, right right, very. 291 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:40,480 Speaker 1: Good, Thank you, take care, bye bye. Also, when we're 292 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:50,240 Speaker 1: talking about even laminates and LVTs, make sure a lot 293 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:56,880 Speaker 1: of them are rated as moisture resistant, and that's not 294 00:17:56,960 --> 00:18:02,159 Speaker 1: good enough for a bathroom. You really want water proof. 295 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:07,240 Speaker 1: Or instead of water resistant or moisture resistance, you want 296 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:12,480 Speaker 1: water proof. So when you're shopping for those and they're phenomenon. 297 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:14,879 Speaker 1: If you've listened to the show, you know, I love 298 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:19,920 Speaker 1: the LVT. The LVP has a surfer, has a purpose. 299 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:24,520 Speaker 1: But and even on that tub, it might settle into 300 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 1: an LVP, especially maybe a lesser quality one. But where 301 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:32,760 Speaker 1: you get in trouble with the lvps, or at least 302 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:37,960 Speaker 1: my experience, when you get into trouble is putting a kitchen, 303 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:42,199 Speaker 1: putting a refrigerator in and then trying to slide the 304 00:18:42,240 --> 00:18:47,879 Speaker 1: refrigerator out and tearing the LVP. And I know people 305 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:50,960 Speaker 1: are saying, well, you're not supposed to do that. Yeah, 306 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:54,720 Speaker 1: I know, but people do do it. And and that's 307 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:58,199 Speaker 1: why I'm a little hesitant on that tub tub itself. 308 00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:03,440 Speaker 1: That's one of the free staying tub. Think about this, 309 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:07,160 Speaker 1: When you put water in that tub, that's one hundred 310 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:11,080 Speaker 1: pounds probably I'm just winging it. And then the way 311 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:13,520 Speaker 1: to your body. You got a lot of weight sitting 312 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:17,040 Speaker 1: on that LVP. That's why I'm a little little concerned 313 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:20,359 Speaker 1: all right, as promised, we're going to talk a little 314 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:23,400 Speaker 1: bit about insulation, and we got to talk a lot 315 00:19:23,440 --> 00:19:30,919 Speaker 1: about insulation. I on those social media accounts that I'll follow, Man, 316 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:37,439 Speaker 1: people are just well a concern. I mean, the price 317 00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:42,399 Speaker 1: the winner's been tough. And the way to fight that 318 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:47,879 Speaker 1: is if you're under insulated, is insulate. And I know 319 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:51,720 Speaker 1: it costs money, but you're paying it out anyway and 320 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:55,560 Speaker 1: you're not solving the problem. So that's coming up next 321 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:58,200 Speaker 1: as we continue. You're at home with carry solving right here. 322 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:02,240 Speaker 1: I'm fifty five k SE talk station. Well, let's talk 323 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:05,080 Speaker 1: a little insulation. And we got our man Nate Burgess 324 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:09,920 Speaker 1: joining us from USA Insulation. How you doing, Nate, Gary, 325 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:12,120 Speaker 1: How are you? Is it cold enough for you? 326 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:19,080 Speaker 8: Yeah, it's just a cold and the snow. It's just 327 00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:21,080 Speaker 8: we're just stuck in like a time warp. 328 00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:24,840 Speaker 1: It feels like I'll tell you it's it's it's only 329 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:26,960 Speaker 1: fun if you're in the insulation business. 330 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:31,000 Speaker 8: Even then we'd rather have be gone. It's just so 331 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:36,240 Speaker 8: oh out driving around and yeah, yeah. 332 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:38,639 Speaker 1: So you're gonna help us save a little money. But 333 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:43,280 Speaker 1: before we even get into all that, I just want 334 00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:50,800 Speaker 1: to I hear you here. I'm sure people appalled by 335 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:54,760 Speaker 1: their energy bill, people shocked by their energy bill, people 336 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:59,040 Speaker 1: upset about their energy bill. I get it. I got 337 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:06,119 Speaker 1: a house too, But what are you seeing when people 338 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:09,000 Speaker 1: call you people? Is it panic? Like? 339 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:13,280 Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean we we do definitely get our share 340 00:21:13,359 --> 00:21:17,760 Speaker 8: of those, which is understandable, but you know, people need 341 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:20,879 Speaker 8: to understand and I'm sure they're aware. This is some 342 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:24,880 Speaker 8: extreme cold we've been in the last really few weeks, 343 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:29,120 Speaker 8: and it's uh, you know, these older homes that aren't insulated, 344 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:32,159 Speaker 8: it's just going to magnify it even worse when you 345 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:35,240 Speaker 8: get these temperatures because you're you know, you're inducing the 346 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:37,880 Speaker 8: heat in the home and it's not containing you got 347 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:41,240 Speaker 8: the cold coming in. That's just a vicious cycle. So 348 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:44,880 Speaker 8: it's reflected on your energy bill well. 349 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:47,560 Speaker 1: And then the last couple of weekends of doing this show, 350 00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:51,080 Speaker 1: you know, the big thing that's come back into vogue 351 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:54,800 Speaker 1: is ice stamps. People are worried about ice stamps, worry 352 00:21:54,840 --> 00:22:00,760 Speaker 1: about water intrusion. And I had spoke when of snows 353 00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:04,040 Speaker 1: first started. I'm going like, pay attention to your house 354 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:08,800 Speaker 1: over the next till it warms up. Pay attention because 355 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:13,520 Speaker 1: that house is going to tell you where the problems are. 356 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:17,480 Speaker 1: If everybody on your street has snow covered roofs and 357 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:20,560 Speaker 1: you've got a half a snow covered roof and you 358 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:26,119 Speaker 1: got ice dams, that's your problem. But the cause is insulation. 359 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:27,439 Speaker 1: You don't have enough of it. 360 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:32,360 Speaker 8: Right, Yeah, And that's what I'm looking at too, driving around, 361 00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:35,879 Speaker 8: just looking at in a subdivision, I'll see snow covered 362 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:38,600 Speaker 8: roofs and then you'll see the house that where it's 363 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:41,199 Speaker 8: melting and you know, that's exactly and the you know, 364 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:45,520 Speaker 8: the ice dams and that's a shirtel sign that. 365 00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:49,480 Speaker 1: So absolutely And we had a couple of calls like 366 00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:53,520 Speaker 1: that today and so, yeah, tell us about the state 367 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:56,320 Speaker 1: of insulation. I mean, we got a lot of houses 368 00:22:56,359 --> 00:23:00,760 Speaker 1: that have had no insulation in walls and some have 369 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:07,719 Speaker 1: some you know, blown in insulation in walls. And if 370 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:10,760 Speaker 1: you've got one of those situations, you're you're probably paying 371 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:11,480 Speaker 1: more than I am. 372 00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:18,800 Speaker 8: Right, Yeah, it's uh definitely, uh you know, and even 373 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:23,240 Speaker 8: homes that are insulated that aren't that old of a house. 374 00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:26,880 Speaker 8: I mean, again, you get these extreme temperatures, I mean, 375 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:29,760 Speaker 8: well insulated homes you're gonna I mean it's bearing in 376 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:32,920 Speaker 8: all over the house. You're gonna get areas where that 377 00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:38,720 Speaker 8: cold does work its way in and you know, obviously 378 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:41,399 Speaker 8: magnifies it if you're in an older home with no 379 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:48,840 Speaker 8: insulation or poorly insulated. But yeah, it's definitely something we 380 00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:52,240 Speaker 8: can address and we can come out take a look 381 00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:56,040 Speaker 8: at the house and see what we would recommend to 382 00:23:56,640 --> 00:23:57,600 Speaker 8: get it tightened up. 383 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:01,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, now look at the whole house. I mean you 384 00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:05,560 Speaker 1: address attics, you address walls, you address everything at USA 385 00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:08,320 Speaker 1: Insulation correct. 386 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:13,920 Speaker 8: Correct, Yes, we do walls, attic, crawl spaces. Yeah, it's 387 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:15,600 Speaker 8: not much. We can't insulate. 388 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:21,400 Speaker 1: So if I call USA Insulation as you know, somebody's 389 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:22,879 Speaker 1: listening to the show and said, well, I got to 390 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:26,560 Speaker 1: address that because my house is just cold. I don't 391 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:32,840 Speaker 1: it feels drafty. What what do you do to because 392 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:36,040 Speaker 1: they don't know what's causing it, they don't know where 393 00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:39,640 Speaker 1: the dress right, kind of walk me through that process. 394 00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:41,240 Speaker 1: How do you help me out? How do you help 395 00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:42,560 Speaker 1: diagnose the issue? 396 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:46,280 Speaker 8: Well, first thing we'll look at is the sea when 397 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:49,080 Speaker 8: the homeless built. That's going to tell us if it's 398 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:53,960 Speaker 8: you know, before the mid seventies, it's it's most likely 399 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:59,119 Speaker 8: needs the walls insulated, and probably attic needs updated, we 400 00:24:59,119 --> 00:25:01,359 Speaker 8: can take a look up and the attic and you know, 401 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:04,480 Speaker 8: if it's a newer home, again we have to get 402 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:07,760 Speaker 8: our eyes on to see how it's you know, the 403 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:12,639 Speaker 8: construction and everything, and we can recommend reinsulating the side 404 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:16,720 Speaker 8: walls if we're getting drafts around the outlets and you know, 405 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:20,160 Speaker 8: just air leaks to tighten it up. But more than 406 00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:23,960 Speaker 8: likely those homes, the attic needs brought up as well. 407 00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:27,760 Speaker 8: And you know, if it's on a crawl space, we 408 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:30,840 Speaker 8: can take a look at that see if you know 409 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:34,240 Speaker 8: that needs additional insulation or there might not be any 410 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:37,800 Speaker 8: insulation in it. So it's you know, there's a host 411 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:41,440 Speaker 8: of different factors, but you know, every home is different. 412 00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:45,360 Speaker 8: But surely if it's an older home, most likely it's 413 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:49,000 Speaker 8: the walls or the key thing that would need insulated. 414 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:51,879 Speaker 1: So if you have an older home and the walls 415 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:55,720 Speaker 1: were never insulated, or maybe you have, you know, a 416 00:25:55,800 --> 00:26:00,479 Speaker 1: twenty year old home and it's drafty and maybe they 417 00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:04,240 Speaker 1: had old cellulos insulation in there and it's settled, and 418 00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:08,560 Speaker 1: that's can you address both of those needs and how 419 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:10,560 Speaker 1: do you address them? 420 00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:14,359 Speaker 8: Yeah, so obviously if it's a home that doesn't have 421 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:18,480 Speaker 8: any insulation, we fill up all the wall cavities, or 422 00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:22,760 Speaker 8: if it's a brick on block or a masonry build, 423 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:25,480 Speaker 8: we'd fill the air gap in between the two walls. 424 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:29,160 Speaker 8: But like a fairly newer home or something's twenty years 425 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:32,920 Speaker 8: old where there could be should be rolled batting in there, 426 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:36,639 Speaker 8: or even older homes where they blow existing insulation like 427 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:40,680 Speaker 8: you mentioned the cellulos. The nice thing with our injection phone, 428 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:44,840 Speaker 8: once we gain access into the wall cavity and injected 429 00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:48,920 Speaker 8: into the space, it will just compress that old insulation, 430 00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:51,960 Speaker 8: kind of pushes it out of the way, filled in 431 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:55,119 Speaker 8: all the dead air space, so it'll still seal up 432 00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:58,280 Speaker 8: the wall. And that's the thing, even though there's some 433 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:02,400 Speaker 8: insulation and it's still not stopping the air leaks where 434 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:06,840 Speaker 8: our foam air won't penetrate it once it's in the wall, 435 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:10,720 Speaker 8: so it really feels, you know, the elements from coming in, 436 00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:14,160 Speaker 8: and then you'll be able to contain much easier what 437 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:16,040 Speaker 8: you're inducing into the house. 438 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:19,919 Speaker 1: Now USA in slash, you can do this from the 439 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:22,359 Speaker 1: outside into the cavity of the wall. 440 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:27,879 Speaker 8: Correct all done from the exterior, So if it's a 441 00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:32,560 Speaker 8: brick exterior masonry, we just drill little five eighth inch 442 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:36,320 Speaker 8: size holes into the key joints of the mortar and 443 00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:40,240 Speaker 8: then basically just pressure fill that space with our foam 444 00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:44,320 Speaker 8: and then remortar grout those holes we drill, and then 445 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:48,480 Speaker 8: in anything siting aluminum vinyl, we can just take a 446 00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:51,920 Speaker 8: strip off and drill and plug behind it and then 447 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:55,280 Speaker 8: reattach the panel, so that'll conceal all the work. 448 00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:59,720 Speaker 1: Well, I'll tell you, even newer homes where there's not 449 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:02,959 Speaker 1: quid insulation or it's settled, that's got to be a 450 00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:04,920 Speaker 1: game changer for the house. 451 00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:08,040 Speaker 8: Yeah, absolutely, yeah, yeah, it really is. 452 00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:15,239 Speaker 1: Now when we do the walls, does it matter. You 453 00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:18,680 Speaker 1: said something about an airspace in there? Is there? I'm 454 00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:22,560 Speaker 1: sure the way architecture is that airspace is different depending 455 00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:25,800 Speaker 1: on the period that house was built exactly. 456 00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:29,600 Speaker 8: So if it's a brick construction, if it's like a 457 00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:34,320 Speaker 8: turn of the century brick, Unfortunately, those are the way 458 00:28:34,359 --> 00:28:38,240 Speaker 8: they're constructed. They're typically a double or even a triple brick, 459 00:28:38,360 --> 00:28:42,560 Speaker 8: and there's nine times out of ten not a consistent 460 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:46,880 Speaker 8: of enough gap that we can gain access to, so 461 00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:50,920 Speaker 8: it's pretty much a solid wall. So those we were 462 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:53,680 Speaker 8: unable to insulate. But you know, if you got something 463 00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:58,840 Speaker 8: built in the nineteen fifties or forties or sixties, you know, 464 00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:02,640 Speaker 8: something like that that they did change the construction. Instead 465 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:06,520 Speaker 8: of two layers of brick, it'll be a brick exterior obviously, 466 00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:10,200 Speaker 8: but behind that it's typically a four inch cinder block 467 00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:13,400 Speaker 8: and then they got your plaster. But in between that 468 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:16,480 Speaker 8: brick and block, there is enough of a space there 469 00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:19,880 Speaker 8: for us to inject our foam in and that kind 470 00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:23,280 Speaker 8: of wraps like a foamkoozy around the house and it 471 00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:26,760 Speaker 8: really makes a nine day difference from where it's at now. 472 00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:28,880 Speaker 8: And that's really what we specialize in. 473 00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:32,320 Speaker 1: Right, So when you look at the attics in these 474 00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:35,240 Speaker 1: older homes, how do you address those? 475 00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:42,000 Speaker 8: Well, we'll take a look in the vattic access and 476 00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:47,680 Speaker 8: just see where the insulation level is. Anything under a 477 00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:52,840 Speaker 8: foot For our area, it's as thickness. We technically undercode, 478 00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:56,320 Speaker 8: so we would recommend bringing it up. But you know 479 00:29:56,360 --> 00:29:58,680 Speaker 8: a lot of these older homes will poke our head 480 00:29:58,760 --> 00:30:02,120 Speaker 8: up there and I mean you'll see all the rafters. 481 00:30:02,240 --> 00:30:07,240 Speaker 8: The insulation's not even above that, so they're very under insulated. 482 00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:10,440 Speaker 8: Which you know, I'm sure people have all your heat 483 00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:14,479 Speaker 8: it does rise, so you're really that low in an 484 00:30:14,520 --> 00:30:18,960 Speaker 8: attic space. I mean you're basically eating the you know, 485 00:30:19,080 --> 00:30:22,720 Speaker 8: the underside of that roof. That's what creates those ice dams. 486 00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:25,320 Speaker 8: And you know, you just lose a lot of energy 487 00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:28,120 Speaker 8: with the heating just through the ceiling as well. 488 00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:31,080 Speaker 1: And do you use a fiberglass up there or what 489 00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:31,560 Speaker 1: do you use? 490 00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:35,160 Speaker 8: We do, Yes, we do a loose fill blown in 491 00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:38,760 Speaker 8: fiberglass and just would go over top of the existing 492 00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:43,160 Speaker 8: and bury the old insulation. And we recommend bringing it 493 00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:46,000 Speaker 8: up to an R forty nine, which would be a 494 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:48,040 Speaker 8: foot and a half total once we're done. 495 00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:52,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, foot and a half is what it is. Yes, Yeah, 496 00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:55,040 Speaker 1: I was thinking, all right, all right, well, I'll tell 497 00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:56,760 Speaker 1: you what. Let's take a little break and we'll come 498 00:30:56,800 --> 00:31:01,120 Speaker 1: back and talk a little bit more Before I do, though, 499 00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:06,000 Speaker 1: can brick or block you talked about the poor person 500 00:31:06,080 --> 00:31:09,520 Speaker 1: has three layers of brick? Does that have any insulating value? 501 00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:14,560 Speaker 8: I mean, I guess a little bit. 502 00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:17,840 Speaker 1: But yeah, but not enough homes. 503 00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:21,200 Speaker 8: A Yeah, they're they're they're well built, but they're they 504 00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:25,040 Speaker 8: do radiate, you know, masonry wall, they do radiate the cold. 505 00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:27,600 Speaker 8: But yeah, it's unfortunately heat. 506 00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:29,080 Speaker 1: It's like a pizza oven. 507 00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:34,280 Speaker 8: Exactly Yeah, but typically those homes we can do the 508 00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:37,920 Speaker 8: attic or even maybe a basement band Joy's job. That'll 509 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:38,680 Speaker 8: that would help. 510 00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:41,440 Speaker 1: All right, Well, take a break. When we come back, 511 00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:44,400 Speaker 1: we're going to learn a little bit about USA installations 512 00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:48,960 Speaker 1: so that you're comfortable what the payoff is and obviously 513 00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:52,400 Speaker 1: your energy bills going down. We'll discuss all that as 514 00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:54,719 Speaker 1: we continue. You're at home with Gary Salvan right here 515 00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:58,280 Speaker 1: in fifty five K see the tuck station. All right, 516 00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:01,440 Speaker 1: back in it we go twelve forty. Nate burgesse he is, 517 00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:04,240 Speaker 1: my guess, he is with USA Insulation. We've been talking 518 00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:08,600 Speaker 1: about how you can, in fact have much older homes 519 00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:14,400 Speaker 1: insulated and the need that some newer homes need additional insulation. 520 00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:19,280 Speaker 1: Nate tell us a little bit about USA Insulation. I mean, 521 00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:22,600 Speaker 1: you guys been around for a long time and have 522 00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:24,400 Speaker 1: been doing a lot of homes in our area. 523 00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:29,360 Speaker 8: Yeah, we're actually in our forty first year this year, 524 00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:34,760 Speaker 8: and when your family, family owned operated all our employees. 525 00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:40,320 Speaker 8: We don't subcontract anything. We still manufacture our injunction foam 526 00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:45,280 Speaker 8: in Ohio here and yeah, so we're definitely the full 527 00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:49,160 Speaker 8: package and it's all we do or is insulation foam 528 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:52,840 Speaker 8: in the walls, and we do these loose still fiberglass 529 00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:56,080 Speaker 8: in attic spaces, and we also have a spray foam 530 00:32:56,200 --> 00:33:01,080 Speaker 8: we do for new construction, cross spaces, poll barn. We're 531 00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:03,720 Speaker 8: well equipped to insulate pretty much anything. 532 00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:04,600 Speaker 5: Yep. 533 00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:06,600 Speaker 1: And I'm sure you've talked to a lot of people 534 00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:09,040 Speaker 1: and you've been involved in insulating a lot of older 535 00:33:09,080 --> 00:33:14,760 Speaker 1: homes and newer homes. And I guess the question is, obviously, 536 00:33:16,480 --> 00:33:20,239 Speaker 1: when they call USA Insulation, I'm not going to use 537 00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:23,280 Speaker 1: the word desperate, but they're very concerned and they know 538 00:33:23,440 --> 00:33:25,720 Speaker 1: they've got to do something in their home because the 539 00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:29,560 Speaker 1: energy bills are crippling them. And then when they call you, 540 00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:36,200 Speaker 1: they know they're going to spend money again. So what 541 00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:39,920 Speaker 1: is I guess somebody's going to have to insulate that home. 542 00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:43,200 Speaker 1: And I guess the question if I'm on that side 543 00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:46,800 Speaker 1: of the coin, I'm saying, well, what's my payback? You 544 00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:49,520 Speaker 1: tell me I'm going to my home's going to be 545 00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:52,800 Speaker 1: more comfortable. I get that, but I'm still paying you know, 546 00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:55,480 Speaker 1: what happens to my utility bill? Or what? What are 547 00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:58,240 Speaker 1: you seeing? What are people telling you after you're finished? 548 00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:03,200 Speaker 8: And I mean, I find it easier if they they're 549 00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:06,600 Speaker 8: paying these high utility bills. They don't know it or not, 550 00:34:06,840 --> 00:34:10,560 Speaker 8: I don't know, but they're they're already paying for insulation, 551 00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:12,680 Speaker 8: but they don't have it yet. They're just giving that 552 00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:16,360 Speaker 8: money the Duke Energy or the power company each month 553 00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:19,719 Speaker 8: where we can come out insulate the house and one 554 00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:23,680 Speaker 8: day they're going to reduce their energy bill. What they 555 00:34:23,719 --> 00:34:27,600 Speaker 8: say from that ultimately pace for the insulation and they're 556 00:34:27,640 --> 00:34:32,120 Speaker 8: in a more comfortable, efficient home. I mean, it really 557 00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:35,320 Speaker 8: makes a lot of sense that if it's if it's something, 558 00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:37,960 Speaker 8: you know, a house, they're going to be standing because 559 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:41,680 Speaker 8: that bill's not going to go down anytime soon unfortunately. 560 00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:45,280 Speaker 8: So it's something it's really the only way to really 561 00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:49,920 Speaker 8: to make it a more livable, comfortable space and then 562 00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:52,359 Speaker 8: really to get that energy build down. 563 00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:56,840 Speaker 1: Sure, and I know you always have a deal, which 564 00:34:57,040 --> 00:35:01,600 Speaker 1: is is kind of I pop in at this point 565 00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:05,560 Speaker 1: and to put it in perspective for somebody that doesn't 566 00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:10,080 Speaker 1: have insulation, which which drives me crazy every time I 567 00:35:10,120 --> 00:35:12,239 Speaker 1: say that, or you're like, seriously, I don't know how 568 00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:15,840 Speaker 1: you're even being able to stay in that house, all right, 569 00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:21,279 Speaker 1: and so tell me about the what the cost per month. 570 00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:22,960 Speaker 1: Is it's very interesting to you. 571 00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:26,359 Speaker 8: Well, yeah, and that's we try to make it easy 572 00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:29,360 Speaker 8: to get with with. I mean, we do offer no 573 00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:33,200 Speaker 8: interest financing and with our prices it is based on 574 00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:36,440 Speaker 8: the size of the home what we're doing. But I 575 00:35:36,480 --> 00:35:39,600 Speaker 8: mean most houses, like if they take advantage of the 576 00:35:40,239 --> 00:35:43,600 Speaker 8: no interest, we can get the monthly payment at or 577 00:35:43,680 --> 00:35:47,000 Speaker 8: around that ninety nine a month we advertise, and it's 578 00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:50,839 Speaker 8: it's just something that I mean, it can pretty much 579 00:35:51,320 --> 00:35:54,959 Speaker 8: guarantee to pay for itself, you know, if not month 580 00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:58,840 Speaker 8: after month or year after year, it does recoup the cost. 581 00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:04,239 Speaker 8: So it's uh, you know, definitely a smart thing to 582 00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:08,600 Speaker 8: get done for sure. And even even these homes, h 583 00:36:08,680 --> 00:36:12,520 Speaker 8: if they got a newer HVAC system, you know, they 584 00:36:12,600 --> 00:36:15,160 Speaker 8: still are living in a not a well insulated or 585 00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:19,279 Speaker 8: uninsulated home. You know, it's not it's not going to 586 00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:23,279 Speaker 8: work the way it's intended without insulation. So getting. 587 00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:26,759 Speaker 1: You bring up a good point. Even windows. I get 588 00:36:26,840 --> 00:36:30,879 Speaker 1: asked this question a ton of times. I need windows, 589 00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:37,399 Speaker 1: and you know i'd also need some insulation and what 590 00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:41,000 Speaker 1: should I do first? And I always go, well, the 591 00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:44,040 Speaker 1: walls are bigger than the windows. I'd start there. 592 00:36:44,239 --> 00:36:47,400 Speaker 8: Well, mean, yeah, and we're going to be a fraction 593 00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:50,359 Speaker 8: of the cost and getting new windows, and it's going 594 00:36:50,440 --> 00:36:53,160 Speaker 8: to make a bigger dent and on your heating and 595 00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:56,680 Speaker 8: cooling costs. But I mean, ideally it's it would be 596 00:36:56,760 --> 00:36:59,359 Speaker 8: nice to get it all done, but you know, which 597 00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:04,480 Speaker 8: they could still do, but you know, definitely insulation or 598 00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:08,560 Speaker 8: is the bigger component you know, to making the whole 599 00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:12,879 Speaker 8: more efficient. So that would be really a key thing 600 00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:14,040 Speaker 8: to do for sure. 601 00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:21,160 Speaker 1: So had to ask this question. I guess what I'm 602 00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:25,719 Speaker 1: saying is business exploding this year just because it just 603 00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:31,080 Speaker 1: seems like people have a difficult time planning for the future. 604 00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:33,160 Speaker 1: You know, you kind of know you need to do 605 00:37:33,239 --> 00:37:35,160 Speaker 1: and you know one year it's going to get you, 606 00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:38,520 Speaker 1: and then it happens that everybody wants it done right now. 607 00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:41,520 Speaker 1: Is that the kind of year you're experiencing a USA installation. 608 00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:46,400 Speaker 8: Yeah, yeah, we're hoping there's still a good portion of people, 609 00:37:46,440 --> 00:37:49,160 Speaker 8: which I think there will be once this weather starts 610 00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:51,800 Speaker 8: to break and you know, it gets a little nicer 611 00:37:51,840 --> 00:37:54,319 Speaker 8: out and then I think that would be a good 612 00:37:54,360 --> 00:37:58,200 Speaker 8: time going into spring to do this, to be honest 613 00:37:58,239 --> 00:38:02,480 Speaker 8: with you, but we we do year round, but you know, 614 00:38:02,520 --> 00:38:05,200 Speaker 8: a lot of these are insulating this time of year. 615 00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:08,560 Speaker 8: Like you said that, it kind of wait till it's 616 00:38:08,560 --> 00:38:12,800 Speaker 8: here and you know, and it's but it's something year round. 617 00:38:12,920 --> 00:38:15,440 Speaker 8: It'll work. It's not just a few months out of 618 00:38:15,440 --> 00:38:18,319 Speaker 8: the year. This will help just as much with the 619 00:38:18,320 --> 00:38:20,680 Speaker 8: cooling of a home. You know, it's the heating. 620 00:38:20,880 --> 00:38:26,040 Speaker 1: So it's you know that we're good talking about when's 621 00:38:26,040 --> 00:38:28,160 Speaker 1: a good time to insulate your home. It's the same 622 00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:33,319 Speaker 1: as when's a good time to plant a tree? Yesterday exactly, 623 00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:37,480 Speaker 1: mean it was yesterday. Yeah, when you get to get 624 00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:43,319 Speaker 1: it done so well, I encourage people. Really. Nate's great guy. 625 00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:45,080 Speaker 1: I've had them on the show for a long time, 626 00:38:45,440 --> 00:38:49,600 Speaker 1: and I guess in a way your product really sells itself. 627 00:38:49,640 --> 00:38:52,720 Speaker 1: How many years you say you've been doing this in Cincinnati. 628 00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:57,400 Speaker 8: Forty one years? Years? Yeah, nineteen eighty five. 629 00:38:57,680 --> 00:39:01,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, time flies. How they get a hold of day. 630 00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:06,000 Speaker 8: They Yeah, they can reach us on our website just 631 00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:11,600 Speaker 8: USA Insallation dot com or we're on social media as well. 632 00:39:12,040 --> 00:39:15,879 Speaker 8: Our number they can call it's three eight one three 633 00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:20,600 Speaker 8: six two six three eight one foam and yeah, I 634 00:39:20,640 --> 00:39:24,759 Speaker 8: mean we can schedule a free consultation with them and 635 00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:27,719 Speaker 8: come out and we'll be able to tell you exactly 636 00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:30,200 Speaker 8: what you need to get the whole more comfortable and 637 00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:31,800 Speaker 8: save money on your energy. 638 00:39:31,840 --> 00:39:35,839 Speaker 1: Bough sounds like a must do. Thank you very much 639 00:39:35,880 --> 00:39:38,040 Speaker 1: for your time today. I certainly appreciate it. 640 00:39:39,120 --> 00:39:39,319 Speaker 5: Yep. 641 00:39:39,400 --> 00:39:40,800 Speaker 8: Thanks Gary, all right. 642 00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:44,399 Speaker 1: Take care by bye. All right, there you go, Nate 643 00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:47,680 Speaker 1: Burgess from USA Installation. A lot of good information. And 644 00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:50,360 Speaker 1: you know, we talk about a lot of these things. 645 00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:52,799 Speaker 1: And of course the other hand on that is is 646 00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:56,319 Speaker 1: ventilation and maybe your rufer can help you with that 647 00:39:56,520 --> 00:39:59,000 Speaker 1: having that attic bree. Some of those old homes, you know, 648 00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:01,440 Speaker 1: they don't have soft they don't have ridge events, they 649 00:40:01,480 --> 00:40:04,920 Speaker 1: don't have insulation in walls. And to be able to 650 00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:09,080 Speaker 1: live in the modern world, boy, that's almost mandatory to 651 00:40:09,160 --> 00:40:15,480 Speaker 1: have that. And they do a good job. My experience, 652 00:40:15,520 --> 00:40:19,640 Speaker 1: this is always an interesting experience or an interesting story. 653 00:40:19,840 --> 00:40:23,719 Speaker 1: My experience. I was on, oh gosh, a lot of 654 00:40:23,840 --> 00:40:27,520 Speaker 1: job sites for them over the years, and probably twenty 655 00:40:27,600 --> 00:40:31,799 Speaker 1: years ago, I was in an old Victorian home. Can't 656 00:40:31,840 --> 00:40:34,719 Speaker 1: tell you what year it was built, I forget, but 657 00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:39,560 Speaker 1: it was an old Victorian home and this homeowner was 658 00:40:39,640 --> 00:40:44,799 Speaker 1: having USA Insulation to insulate their home. They were doing 659 00:40:44,800 --> 00:40:47,440 Speaker 1: all the walls. None of the walls were insulated. I 660 00:40:47,480 --> 00:40:49,560 Speaker 1: can't remember if the attic was in play at that 661 00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:52,040 Speaker 1: point or not, but it was. They were doing the 662 00:40:52,040 --> 00:40:57,319 Speaker 1: walls and met the homeowner before, and they do that 663 00:40:57,400 --> 00:41:00,400 Speaker 1: in a day. That's what's amazing too, for most jobs. 664 00:41:00,440 --> 00:41:02,560 Speaker 1: I mean, this is a big house. They wrapped it 665 00:41:02,680 --> 00:41:06,759 Speaker 1: up that day and I came back after watching them 666 00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:10,880 Speaker 1: for an hour or two. I came back at the 667 00:41:10,960 --> 00:41:13,240 Speaker 1: end of the day and I walked in that house 668 00:41:14,120 --> 00:41:18,400 Speaker 1: and my initial response is, oh my gosh, this house 669 00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:22,320 Speaker 1: is so quiet. And they lived on a busy road 670 00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:27,279 Speaker 1: and I had just it was that noticeable. You could 671 00:41:27,280 --> 00:41:30,400 Speaker 1: hear traffic whizzen by the house before it was insulated, 672 00:41:30,960 --> 00:41:35,399 Speaker 1: and after it was insulated, that noise was gone. Danny Boy, 673 00:41:35,480 --> 00:41:38,120 Speaker 1: thank you very much. Great day and a very busy day, 674 00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:41,240 Speaker 1: and we enjoyed it. I hope you did. Good Lord Willing. 675 00:41:41,280 --> 00:41:44,480 Speaker 1: We'll be back tomorrow for more At Home with Gary 676 00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:44,920 Speaker 1: Sullivan