1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:03,920 Speaker 1: Kf I am six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp, 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:09,640 Speaker 1: The House Whisper on demand on the iHeartRadio app. Good morning, 3 00:00:09,680 --> 00:00:14,400 Speaker 1: my friend, and welcome home. I'm Dean Sharp, the house Whisper, 4 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 1: custom home Builder, custom home designer, and your guide to 5 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 1: better understanding that place where you live. Every week, it 6 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 1: is the first Saturday of twenty twenty six, is it not? Yes, 7 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:32,440 Speaker 1: it is today. On the show, we are taking your calls. 8 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:35,560 Speaker 1: It's an all call Saturday morning. As we do, the 9 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:39,440 Speaker 1: number to reach me eight three three two. Ask Dean 10 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:43,320 Speaker 1: A three three the numeral two, Ask Dean A three 11 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:47,880 Speaker 1: three two, and then you just spell out ask Dean 12 00:00:48,159 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 1: anything regarding your home design, construction, DIY, questions, how to 13 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:58,240 Speaker 1: do this, how to fix that? What should my home 14 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:01,520 Speaker 1: look like? How can I help? But anything you want 15 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:05,400 Speaker 1: to talk about regarding your home, inside, outside, landscape decor, 16 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 1: whatever the case may be. Give me a call. There's 17 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:10,840 Speaker 1: room on the board for you. It's a quiet you know, 18 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:14,800 Speaker 1: New Year's of course. I was expecting, actually I was 19 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:17,320 Speaker 1: expecting maybe we wouldn't have any calls today, and I'm 20 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 1: glad that we have some rolling in just saying traffic's 21 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:24,759 Speaker 1: light here on the call freeway, so there's room for you, 22 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 1: all right. I was talking to Randy about his hardwood 23 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:32,880 Speaker 1: floor situation. He had a hardwood floor buckle on him, 24 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:34,479 Speaker 1: and we were talking about how to get that thing 25 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:38,839 Speaker 1: laid back down, and specifically, I promised Randy I would 26 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 1: explain this. We were talking about cutting this all important 27 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:47,960 Speaker 1: expansion gap around the floor, which wasn't done when it 28 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:51,080 Speaker 1: was installed. And as a result, he's got the buckle. 29 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:53,200 Speaker 1: Now if he fixes the buckle, he's going to need 30 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 1: that extension, that expansion gap around the outside. And what 31 00:01:56,400 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 1: is the right way to cut that. We're only talking 32 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 1: about coming in a quarter inch plus from the edge 33 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 1: of the floor. So a regular circular saw is not 34 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:10,360 Speaker 1: going to get it done, not even a tiny little 35 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 1: paneling saw, because this spinning blade on a circular saw 36 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 1: is inset from the edge of its guide table much 37 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 1: much further than a quarter of an inch, and so 38 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:23,079 Speaker 1: you're not gonna be able to lay down a circular 39 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:27,080 Speaker 1: saw there. And the tool that is the tool to use. Now, 40 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 1: you could use a grinder, an open wheel grinder. The 41 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:32,079 Speaker 1: problem with that is if you are not a master 42 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 1: of the open wheel grinder, then one little bit of 43 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:41,079 Speaker 1: pressure in the wrong place and it just runs right 44 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:44,120 Speaker 1: across the floor and leaves a gash in the floor 45 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 1: and you've ruined the floor. So I do not recommend 46 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 1: a spinning wheel grinder. In fact, I don't recommend a 47 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:53,960 Speaker 1: spinning wheel saw of any kind. There. What we want 48 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 1: is an oscillating saw or what technically should be called 49 00:02:57,639 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 1: an oscillating multi tool. Andy, if you're still listening, that's 50 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 1: what we're looking for here, oscillating multi toool. That is 51 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:07,720 Speaker 1: the tool worth investing in. And believe me, if you 52 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:10,680 Speaker 1: do anything else around the house by way of any 53 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:15,800 Speaker 1: other changes, ultimately any kind of DIY homeowner should probably 54 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 1: have an oscillating multi toool in their arsenal. Now what 55 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 1: is it. It's a long motorized wand that you hold. 56 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:26,400 Speaker 1: Now they come in. Of course, everything comes battery powered 57 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 1: these days, but you can also get them corded and 58 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 1: in your case, it all depends on if you've already 59 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 1: got a lot of battery tools. And as I always say, 60 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:37,640 Speaker 1: if you have a lot of battery powered tools, then 61 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:41,120 Speaker 1: try and buy inside that brand family so you're not 62 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:43,520 Speaker 1: having to buy new batteries for the tool. You can 63 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 1: just use batteries that you've already got, but you can 64 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 1: find them right in the tool corral area of your 65 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 1: big box store, the lows or the home depot. You 66 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 1: go down and say, I want to take a look 67 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 1: at an oscillating saw. The easiest way, if you've never 68 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 1: seen one before, to describe it is most people have seen, 69 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 1: like the kind of saw that a doctor will remove 70 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 1: a cast from somebody's arm with. It is at the 71 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 1: very end there is an area where you affix blades 72 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:18,680 Speaker 1: and or sanding pads or I mean, that's why they 73 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 1: call it a multitool, because it can sand, it can grind, 74 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 1: and it can also cut. It can plunge cut, and 75 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:27,920 Speaker 1: it can also disc cut. But it holds a blade 76 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:31,080 Speaker 1: and instead of spinning the blade in order to get 77 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 1: those teeth digging and cutting, it oscillates the blade back 78 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:38,839 Speaker 1: and forth at very very high speed, which makes it 79 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 1: relatively safe. They're really easy to control because it's not 80 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 1: wanting to spin out of your hand and across the floor. 81 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:49,120 Speaker 1: It does cut a little slower than, of course, you know, 82 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 1: a full bore circulating saw, but it cuts, and you'll 83 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:58,800 Speaker 1: need several blades through the course of going all the 84 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:01,520 Speaker 1: way around a room, especially on an engineered hardwood floor. 85 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:05,080 Speaker 1: But they're not really expensive. An oscillating saw depending on 86 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 1: the brand that you get, but a really good one 87 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 1: is going to run to you about one hundred and 88 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:12,719 Speaker 1: fifty dollars, maybe a little bit more than that, whether 89 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:16,360 Speaker 1: you go corded or battery, and then the blades are 90 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:19,279 Speaker 1: readily available. So that's what we're talking about. An oscillating 91 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:23,360 Speaker 1: multi tool that will vibrate the blade back and forth 92 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 1: so fast that it kind of simulate It allows the 93 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:30,720 Speaker 1: teeth to actually dig and cut wood. But there's no 94 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:35,919 Speaker 1: circular motion. There's no wheel driving the blade. It's an 95 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 1: oscillation motion. You can find it at any hardware store 96 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:42,280 Speaker 1: in the tool area. Go check them out. They're very 97 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:45,920 Speaker 1: very safe and easy to work with. They also come 98 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:48,120 Speaker 1: in super handy. Most of the time. What we use 99 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:53,280 Speaker 1: them for would be for cutting plunge, cutting into drywall. 100 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:55,359 Speaker 1: Instead of putting a disc blade on the front, you 101 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:58,479 Speaker 1: put just a straight blade on the front. It allow 102 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 1: me to make a hole in the drywall for an 103 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:05,479 Speaker 1: electrical outlet, or to open up a square area of 104 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:09,039 Speaker 1: drywall without using a circular saw. They also kick up 105 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 1: a lot less dust when it comes to plunging through drywall. 106 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:15,719 Speaker 1: There's you know, one hundred uses for them. They were 107 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:18,840 Speaker 1: an innovation several several years ago that started to come 108 00:06:18,839 --> 00:06:21,640 Speaker 1: out A Dremmel, I think, is the first company that 109 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:25,120 Speaker 1: put an oscillating multi tool on the market. Now everybody 110 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:30,920 Speaker 1: has everybody Duwault, Milwaukee, MKED to Bosh, everybody's got their 111 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 1: version of it. Just find a good one, buy the 112 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:38,520 Speaker 1: right tool once and you'll be off to the races. 113 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:40,799 Speaker 1: But yeah, that's the tool. That's the kind of tool 114 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 1: that can do this kind of retro precision work on 115 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 1: a difficult area like that. Okay, I've got time to 116 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:50,280 Speaker 1: start up another call. Then we'll have to go to 117 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 1: break and finish it on the other side. But let's 118 00:06:52,839 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 1: talk to Lisa. Hey, Lisa, welcome home. 119 00:06:56,839 --> 00:07:05,280 Speaker 2: Hi on game. Yeah it's me, Thank you. I have 120 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:09,360 Speaker 2: a question for you. I live in an apartment complex 121 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:12,600 Speaker 2: and I live on the bottom floor, and there's four 122 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 2: floors between each floor there's it's all vinyl flooring except 123 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 2: for in the bedrooms. So they never put any impact 124 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 2: insulation or underlayment to the you know, second third, you know, 125 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:37,240 Speaker 2: for the floors that go up, you know. And I 126 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 2: was wondering if that is a code that they missed 127 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:48,840 Speaker 2: or because everybody here is like two hundred units. Everybody 128 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:52,440 Speaker 2: here that's on the bottom floors and the second and 129 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 2: third floor here, you hear every step that people make 130 00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 2: or any you know, any any noise or dry things 131 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:05,480 Speaker 2: they drop and stuff. Yeah, yeah, And I was wondering, 132 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:10,240 Speaker 2: is there did they not you know, do the coded 133 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 2: or the regulated requirement or is that just optional? Yeah? 134 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:18,280 Speaker 1: Okay, all right, Lisa, can you hang tight because we're 135 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:19,880 Speaker 1: going to go to break and when we come back, 136 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:24,040 Speaker 1: we'll figure out why is it that so many especially apartments, 137 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:27,480 Speaker 1: condos and so on are this way? Did somebody break 138 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:31,520 Speaker 1: the rules or is there no rule about that? And uh, yeah, 139 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:35,240 Speaker 1: there's no rule? Yeah? Is there something that can be 140 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:38,920 Speaker 1: done about it? Even now, let's talk about that. Right 141 00:08:39,040 --> 00:08:42,960 Speaker 1: on the other side, Lisa, you hang tight, you everybody 142 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:46,400 Speaker 1: hang tight. There's more to come. We'll get to it. 143 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:48,959 Speaker 1: Right on the other side, your home with Dean Sharp, 144 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:52,240 Speaker 1: the house whisper. Dean Sharp, the house whisper here to 145 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:55,360 Speaker 1: help you take your home to the next level. Isn't 146 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:58,160 Speaker 1: that what we all want? Yeah, of course we do. Hey, 147 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:00,679 Speaker 1: don't forget to follow us on social We're gonna be 148 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:03,000 Speaker 1: doing quite a bit more of that this year. That's 149 00:09:03,040 --> 00:09:08,480 Speaker 1: one of our goals. We're on all the usual suspects, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, 150 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:13,040 Speaker 1: x Home with Dean, same handle for them all. 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You have 160 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:47,520 Speaker 1: found us on and all calls Saturday Morning, like we 161 00:09:47,559 --> 00:09:50,440 Speaker 1: do every week here on the show. All calls on 162 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:53,880 Speaker 1: Saturdays and then the big Show on Sunday where we'll 163 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 1: tackle a topic and of course also take some calls 164 00:09:56,600 --> 00:09:59,720 Speaker 1: mid show as well. But this morning you get to 165 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:02,960 Speaker 1: set the agenda for what our program is all about. 166 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:06,640 Speaker 1: The number to reach me eight three three two. Ask 167 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:10,079 Speaker 1: Dean eight three three the numeral two. Ask Dean eight 168 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:14,120 Speaker 1: three three two. Ask Dean. You just spell it right 169 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:18,120 Speaker 1: out the numeral two. Ask Dean, We've got room on 170 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:20,720 Speaker 1: the callboard for you. Anything you want to talk about 171 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:26,000 Speaker 1: regarding your home construction design DIY, whatever the case may be. Okay, 172 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:29,960 Speaker 1: we were talking to Lisa. Lisa is still with me. 173 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:34,360 Speaker 1: I hope you're still there, Lisa. Yeah, okay. So Lisa 174 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:39,120 Speaker 1: lives in an apartment and she's, you know, got noisy neighbors. 175 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:42,640 Speaker 1: Not that the neighbors are particularly you know, rowdy. You 176 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:45,400 Speaker 1: didn't say that that they're like party ours or anything, 177 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:48,560 Speaker 1: but the but the actually, well I want to hear 178 00:10:48,559 --> 00:10:52,480 Speaker 1: about that actually if they are, but you know, like 179 00:10:52,679 --> 00:10:57,839 Speaker 1: so many apartment buildings across this great land of ours, 180 00:10:57,880 --> 00:11:00,880 Speaker 1: every single thing the neighbor does up as she can hear, 181 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:04,960 Speaker 1: walk across the floor, drop something, move furniture, whatever, you know, 182 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:08,200 Speaker 1: whatever the case may be. Lisa is hearing it. And 183 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:13,000 Speaker 1: she asked, the question is that right is? Did they 184 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:16,319 Speaker 1: did the people who built the building did they did they? 185 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:20,319 Speaker 1: Did they? You know, did they break a rule somewhere? 186 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:23,240 Speaker 1: Isn't there supposed to be insulation in between the floors 187 00:11:23,280 --> 00:11:26,480 Speaker 1: to kind of quiet all that down? And so here's 188 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:30,720 Speaker 1: the news, Lisa. Unfortunately, they did not break any rules 189 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:35,120 Speaker 1: except the rule of good construction. Okay, But as far 190 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:39,320 Speaker 1: as code is concerned, the code, and this is one 191 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:42,320 Speaker 1: of those things that may change in the future, may 192 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 1: change the building Code. The International Building Code is not 193 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:56,040 Speaker 1: concerned with how quiet your room is. Unfortunately, the building 194 00:11:56,080 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 1: Code is only concerned in terms of insulation with a 195 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:04,480 Speaker 1: thermal energy loss. In other words, it's how warm or 196 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:08,960 Speaker 1: cool the building is. And that is why to this day, 197 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:15,679 Speaker 1: interior walls and floor lines in between you know, stories 198 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 1: are there's no requirement whatsoever for insulation in any of 199 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:25,400 Speaker 1: those places. The thermal insulation or what we call the 200 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:29,679 Speaker 1: thermal envelope of a building is the exterior walls, the 201 00:12:29,679 --> 00:12:34,920 Speaker 1: exterior walls, the exterior lowest floor so in other words, 202 00:12:34,960 --> 00:12:39,240 Speaker 1: to protect the building inhabitants against the forces of nature 203 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:42,360 Speaker 1: on the outside, whether to keep it cool or to 204 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:46,000 Speaker 1: keep it warm, depending on you know, the season. So 205 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:51,160 Speaker 1: that's where insulation counts in regards to the building Code. 206 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:55,480 Speaker 1: Interior walls in between your bedroom wall and the kitchen, 207 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:58,600 Speaker 1: in between anything and anything in the inside of the house, 208 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:04,000 Speaker 1: there is zero zero zero insulation requirements in the building code. 209 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:09,200 Speaker 1: And since the floors in between the levels of the 210 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:14,960 Speaker 1: building are technically interior floor lines. There's zero requirement. Now, 211 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:18,959 Speaker 1: that's the building code, so legally somebody can build a 212 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:21,920 Speaker 1: building that way, and obviously, as you are well aware, 213 00:13:22,880 --> 00:13:26,240 Speaker 1: people do it all the time because adding insulation in 214 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:30,480 Speaker 1: between floors costs extra money. And there's always a question 215 00:13:30,559 --> 00:13:33,160 Speaker 1: when it comes to the building owners of like, well, 216 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:35,480 Speaker 1: if I spend this extra money, will I actually be 217 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:38,240 Speaker 1: able to raise the rents? Will I get better rent 218 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:41,920 Speaker 1: as a result, And most of them just decide, no, 219 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:43,760 Speaker 1: I'm not even going to try. You know, do you 220 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:48,080 Speaker 1: market your apartment to complex as having fully insulated floors? 221 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:52,000 Speaker 1: I would, and I'd probably never have a vacancy. But 222 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:54,960 Speaker 1: the fact of the matter is, especially the older buildings, 223 00:13:55,000 --> 00:14:02,320 Speaker 1: that no, it's not a thing. And I'm assuming you rent. Yes, okay, 224 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:05,120 Speaker 1: so you're not in a position where you want to 225 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:09,760 Speaker 1: do anything, you know, construction wise to your apartment, because 226 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:13,280 Speaker 1: you're like, are you kidding me? No, you know, you 227 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:16,160 Speaker 1: could bug the landlord or the building or somehow. Hey, 228 00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:18,240 Speaker 1: you guys got to do something, but they're not required 229 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:18,880 Speaker 1: to do anything. 230 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:22,400 Speaker 2: Unfortunately, everybody does. Everybody wants to get to the there's 231 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 2: a waiting list for the fourth floor because of the. 232 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:30,040 Speaker 1: Yes, because nobody's above you, right, that's. 233 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 2: Why, that's why everybody because you just know. Now, But 234 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:37,640 Speaker 2: you would build something with I mean, if you were 235 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:42,440 Speaker 2: building something just mercifully, you would put in impact insulation. 236 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:46,960 Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, I mean people are surprised when we design 237 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:53,040 Speaker 1: a custom home that I insulate everything everywhere, everywhere. I 238 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:57,040 Speaker 1: insulate in between floors with sound insulation. I insulate in 239 00:14:57,080 --> 00:15:00,000 Speaker 1: between interior walls. When I remodel. 240 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:03,920 Speaker 2: How expense How expensive is that? I mean, is that 241 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:06,840 Speaker 2: a big hit to you know? Would that have been 242 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:09,920 Speaker 2: for three for three floors? Would that have been a 243 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:13,520 Speaker 2: lot of money just to put the layer the impact layer? 244 00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:20,040 Speaker 1: Uh? No, no it's not. I wish you know what, 245 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:23,680 Speaker 1: I want to defend the builder of the building and say, 246 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:26,520 Speaker 1: you know what you've got to understand, Lisa, I mean 247 00:15:26,560 --> 00:15:29,000 Speaker 1: that's going to raise the cost of this building by 248 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:32,880 Speaker 1: ten percent or twenty five percent. No, it's it is 249 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:39,040 Speaker 1: fract It was fractional, fractional the difference between the two. Okay, 250 00:15:39,120 --> 00:15:44,160 Speaker 1: so it's just unmerciful, it is. It's just it's just literally, 251 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:48,120 Speaker 1: uh you know, and of course, you know the owner 252 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:50,840 Speaker 1: of your building may not be the original person who 253 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:53,040 Speaker 1: had the building built. So you know, we're going to 254 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:55,160 Speaker 1: point the finger at them. 255 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 2: It's affordable housing, so it was you know, government grand 256 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:04,200 Speaker 2: and you know, so maybe they I don't know, maybe 257 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:08,480 Speaker 2: they were their hands were tied by that, but it 258 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:12,160 Speaker 2: just seems like, you know, if they weren't gonna if 259 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:14,360 Speaker 2: they were gonna do it, I know they wouldn't do it. 260 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 3: But all they would have to do is take up. 261 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:20,920 Speaker 2: The vinyl flooring and maybe move the toilet up other 262 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:22,800 Speaker 2: you know, and then put the. 263 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:25,840 Speaker 3: You know, the impact insulation. 264 00:16:26,240 --> 00:16:30,600 Speaker 1: But it's not even that hard. It's not even that difficult. 265 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:32,880 Speaker 1: But you don't even have to touch the toilets or 266 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:37,000 Speaker 1: the vinyl flooring or anything. What happens is you would 267 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:41,800 Speaker 1: remove the dry wall from your ceiling. Okay, not upstairs. 268 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:44,480 Speaker 1: Don't have to do anything upstairs. We removed the dry 269 00:16:44,520 --> 00:16:47,520 Speaker 1: wall from your ceiling. So when your unit, when that 270 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:52,360 Speaker 1: unit becomes available, they could do this incrementally, unit by unit. 271 00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 1: Even now they could make the decision. We are slowly 272 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:58,480 Speaker 1: but surely going to for every new tenant going to 273 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:03,200 Speaker 1: sound in select the units. Because somebody moves out, they 274 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:05,199 Speaker 1: got to come in. They're going to repaint. They're going 275 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:09,320 Speaker 1: to make repairs anyway. They could remove the ceiling drywall, 276 00:17:09,359 --> 00:17:12,680 Speaker 1: which is not that expensive, from your unit and pack 277 00:17:12,840 --> 00:17:17,000 Speaker 1: the floor joists in between from underneath with sound insulation, 278 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:21,639 Speaker 1: and then re drywall the ceiling, and your unit would 279 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:24,320 Speaker 1: be you know, so, I mean, it's not gonna be 280 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:27,680 Speaker 1: absolutely whisper quick, but it would be so much more 281 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:32,359 Speaker 1: quite along the way. Unfortunately, at least they Unfortunately, Lisa, 282 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:36,240 Speaker 1: this is just one of those situations where I'm hoping 283 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:39,159 Speaker 1: that this changes. And you know, I talked about this 284 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:41,239 Speaker 1: last week a little bit. In fact, we'll talk a 285 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:43,200 Speaker 1: little bit about it on the other side of the break. 286 00:17:44,440 --> 00:17:49,800 Speaker 1: The building code still sees direct energy loss and transfer 287 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:54,879 Speaker 1: as the main issue for human habitation and not noise transfer. 288 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:58,840 Speaker 1: But with this new movement, it's not a trend. It's 289 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:03,879 Speaker 1: a movement of biophilic design, meaning that we embrace the 290 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:08,520 Speaker 1: natural way of things and what's ultimately healthiest for human beings. 291 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:14,160 Speaker 1: Sound and the stress from sound is a major component, 292 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:18,200 Speaker 1: and so I'm hoping that we'll see more and more 293 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:23,119 Speaker 1: sensitivity to that as the years progress here. Good builders 294 00:18:23,359 --> 00:18:26,960 Speaker 1: insulate in between floors and insulate in between rooms. That's 295 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:28,840 Speaker 1: all I'm saying, so if you're out there in a 296 00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:32,920 Speaker 1: year contractor listening to me, then get it done, because 297 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:35,440 Speaker 1: that's what good builders do. Lisa, thank you so much 298 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:38,160 Speaker 1: for the call. I'm up against a break. I'm sorry 299 00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:41,040 Speaker 1: I don't have a solve for you, because if you 300 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:44,359 Speaker 1: owned the condo or the townhouse or the apartment, then 301 00:18:44,480 --> 00:18:46,400 Speaker 1: you know you'd be more prone to saying, well, i'll 302 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:48,439 Speaker 1: take my own drywall down because it'll be worth it 303 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:52,280 Speaker 1: to me long term. But since since you're just renting, yeah, 304 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:56,159 Speaker 1: I mean, unfortunately, it is what it is, Lisa. I 305 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:58,080 Speaker 1: hope you have a very very good new year, a 306 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:00,520 Speaker 1: quiet new year. Just pray for quick. Why it's a 307 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:03,359 Speaker 1: tenant up above you and that's about the most we 308 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:06,680 Speaker 1: can do there. Uh. Yeah, it's not a good idea 309 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:10,040 Speaker 1: at all. All right, more, when we return your Home 310 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:12,400 Speaker 1: with Dean Sharp the House Whisper. 311 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:16,400 Speaker 4: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 312 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:18,000 Speaker 4: KFI AM six forty. 313 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:23,600 Speaker 1: Dean Sharp the House Whisper here to help you transform 314 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:27,320 Speaker 1: your ordinary house into an extraordinary home. We do it 315 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:30,320 Speaker 1: every week. We are happy that you are with us 316 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:36,360 Speaker 1: on this cloudy, rainy, a little bit dark southern California, 317 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:40,479 Speaker 1: Saturday morning, the first Saturday of twenty twenty six? Am 318 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:41,960 Speaker 1: I getting that right? I am right? 319 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:42,160 Speaker 3: Then? 320 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:45,119 Speaker 1: This is the I just you know, the holidays just 321 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:47,160 Speaker 1: mess with my head as far as like what day 322 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:50,360 Speaker 1: is it? Where are we? What are we doing? This 323 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:52,879 Speaker 1: is it? This is the final weekend before most of 324 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:55,720 Speaker 1: us get back into the grind as it were. I 325 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:59,120 Speaker 1: hope you've got some plans to relax or enjoy yourself 326 00:19:59,119 --> 00:20:02,639 Speaker 1: this weekend, wherever you may be across our fine land. 327 00:20:03,119 --> 00:20:05,720 Speaker 1: It is an all call Saturday morning, as we do 328 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:08,040 Speaker 1: on Saturdays, a little bit of a sleepy morning, but 329 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:10,800 Speaker 1: we've got enough calls to fill the bills so far. 330 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:13,520 Speaker 1: I want to go back to the phones and talk 331 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:14,600 Speaker 1: to Tara. 332 00:20:15,119 --> 00:20:22,600 Speaker 3: Tara, welcome home, Hidine. We bought a house in the 333 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:25,360 Speaker 3: late nineties where they built it and you picked out 334 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:28,879 Speaker 3: all the stuff in the house, and at the time 335 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:31,640 Speaker 3: I wanted hardwood flooring, but we couldn't afford it, so 336 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:35,000 Speaker 3: we picked the tile and everything else. And now it's 337 00:20:35,119 --> 00:20:39,840 Speaker 3: pretty outdated and I've seen a lot of videos on 338 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:45,080 Speaker 3: Facebook and Instagram where people like who have those ugly 339 00:20:45,359 --> 00:20:49,080 Speaker 3: giant tiles are like sixteen by sixteen that they installed, 340 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:53,320 Speaker 3: they're painting over them, and so I had a question 341 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:56,960 Speaker 3: about that. And then we made another mistake. We tore 342 00:20:57,080 --> 00:21:02,840 Speaker 3: out the tile in the kitchen, and when they did it, 343 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:05,359 Speaker 3: it really messed up the house. I mean, layers and 344 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:08,080 Speaker 3: layers and layers of that dust. I'm still finding it 345 00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:11,080 Speaker 3: way back in the bedroom, even though they you know, 346 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:14,439 Speaker 3: taped everything off. So it was so bad that we 347 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:19,440 Speaker 3: didn't tear out the hallway. And the mistake we made 348 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:24,640 Speaker 3: is that we bought engineered flooring, engineered hardwood, which has 349 00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:27,920 Speaker 3: faded now and you know, you can't stand it or anything. 350 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:32,800 Speaker 3: And I have fallen in love with the houses that 351 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:37,800 Speaker 3: have older houses with gray painted hardwood floors. And my 352 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:41,080 Speaker 3: question is it seems really easy on these videos that 353 00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:44,159 Speaker 3: they're doing it, you know, painting the floors. But what 354 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:49,399 Speaker 3: do you think about painting either tiles like that with 355 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:53,760 Speaker 3: paint or just over engineered hardwood. I mean, because we're 356 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:58,480 Speaker 3: talking like fifty sixty grand to you know, redo everything, 357 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:01,960 Speaker 3: and now paint kind of sounds like it might work. 358 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:09,719 Speaker 1: Okay, So yeah, all right, let's take it one at 359 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:12,800 Speaker 1: a time here. As far as the tile floor goes, uh, 360 00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:14,600 Speaker 1: there is I'll be honest, with you. There was a 361 00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:17,600 Speaker 1: time when I would have said, nah, don't don't, don't 362 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:24,520 Speaker 1: mess with it because those coatings they don't last. And uh, 363 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:26,960 Speaker 1: and it's you know, I mean, it's a stop gap 364 00:22:27,359 --> 00:22:31,800 Speaker 1: for a temporary fix. However, you know, because of the 365 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:35,800 Speaker 1: miracle of science, Uh, they there are actually some coatings 366 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:40,280 Speaker 1: out there that are better now than they used to be. 367 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:43,200 Speaker 1: It's still not my first choice, obviously, but I totally 368 00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:45,720 Speaker 1: understand you're you're just trying to You're trying to make 369 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:48,560 Speaker 1: do without having to you know, reinvent the wheel here 370 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:51,320 Speaker 1: budgetarily for you guys. And you know, I can so 371 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:56,320 Speaker 1: appreciate that. Uh, when it comes to tiles and tile floors, 372 00:22:56,400 --> 00:23:00,440 Speaker 1: there are coatings out there now, they have to be done. 373 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:03,720 Speaker 1: You need to take your time this time, make sure 374 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:07,720 Speaker 1: that all the steps are followed, make sure that it's 375 00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:11,280 Speaker 1: all done. And you absolutely want to be one hundred 376 00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:15,080 Speaker 1: percent in love with the shade and the effect that's 377 00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:18,600 Speaker 1: gonna have. So it means laying down some sample boards 378 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:21,080 Speaker 1: in the room to make sure that you're gonna get 379 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:23,840 Speaker 1: what you want out of it. But even I should say, 380 00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:27,000 Speaker 1: even as if this is a low step, but I've 381 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:33,080 Speaker 1: actually seen some Rustolian products that are pretty impressive. Now 382 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:37,960 Speaker 1: when it comes to redoing tile to coating tile floors, 383 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:43,120 Speaker 1: and the bond is the key. The product itself is tough, 384 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:47,919 Speaker 1: it's it's a tough product, but it's paint. And so 385 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:49,720 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna give you the same advice that I 386 00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:52,680 Speaker 1: give everybody when it comes to paint. Paint. Successful paint 387 00:23:52,760 --> 00:23:58,399 Speaker 1: jobs are ninety eight percent prep work and two percent 388 00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:01,679 Speaker 1: everything else. Okay, that might be a slight exaggeration, but 389 00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:08,439 Speaker 1: it gets the point across. So we want those tiles clean, clean, clean, clean. 390 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:14,040 Speaker 1: We want everything spotless. We want if there's any kind 391 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:17,080 Speaker 1: of sheen on the tile whatsoever, we want that sheen 392 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:21,000 Speaker 1: knocked down, whether we're chemically etched down with a little 393 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:23,560 Speaker 1: bit of an acid wash. And when I say acid, 394 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:26,439 Speaker 1: I'm not talking about anything caustic. I just mean opened 395 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:30,159 Speaker 1: up and made porous. We need a little bit of 396 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:34,439 Speaker 1: porosity out of that floor in order for the next 397 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:37,440 Speaker 1: material to bond to it. And if there is that 398 00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:41,840 Speaker 1: porosity and you can create that bond, then you should 399 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:45,280 Speaker 1: get The material itself is tough and it is it 400 00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:49,800 Speaker 1: is not prone to flaking or bubbling or chipping, and 401 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:52,040 Speaker 1: there are some good coatings out there. There really are 402 00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:56,479 Speaker 1: these days, some decent coatings. You just gotta know ahead 403 00:24:56,520 --> 00:25:00,680 Speaker 1: of time that it's the finish that you want, that 404 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:02,919 Speaker 1: that's the look that you're going for. And when I 405 00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:06,359 Speaker 1: say that, people are like, of course, Deine, I mean 406 00:25:07,119 --> 00:25:10,760 Speaker 1: what what are you trying to imply? Well, tile floors 407 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:15,320 Speaker 1: usually have modeling in them. They have there, there's depth, 408 00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:19,000 Speaker 1: there's contours of color, even you know, cheap old tiles. 409 00:25:19,359 --> 00:25:23,160 Speaker 1: You know, it's not one uniform color. It's uh, it's 410 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:26,280 Speaker 1: you know if we say like, oh, it's a beige tile. Yeah, 411 00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:29,960 Speaker 1: but there's dark areas and light areas and and shockingly, 412 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:35,480 Speaker 1: that adds a lot of of of aesthetic, uh you know, 413 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:38,159 Speaker 1: quality to the space, even if it's an out of 414 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:41,600 Speaker 1: day tile that you don't like anymore. And then and 415 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:43,800 Speaker 1: then you you're going to put a coating on it, 416 00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:46,800 Speaker 1: and that coating is going to be one color. That's it. 417 00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:50,880 Speaker 1: One color, So you gotta love that color. That's that's 418 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:52,880 Speaker 1: the point that I'm saying, You're not going to have 419 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:57,000 Speaker 1: the depth anymore, You're simply going to have that one color. Now, 420 00:25:57,040 --> 00:25:59,399 Speaker 1: is there anything wrong with that? No, it just you 421 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:02,359 Speaker 1: just need to be aware of it. That's why people 422 00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:04,840 Speaker 1: ask me all the time, is there a coating that 423 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:07,560 Speaker 1: I can paint my tile roof with or you know? 424 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:11,920 Speaker 1: And I'm like, yeah, there are, and will they last? Yeah, 425 00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:15,399 Speaker 1: it'll last. And probably for most people, once they have 426 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:18,160 Speaker 1: their roof painted, they don't want it to last because 427 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:21,320 Speaker 1: they realize, oh my gosh, my old roof had all 428 00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:24,600 Speaker 1: sorts of tonality to it and now it's just painted 429 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:27,480 Speaker 1: one color. So I just want you to be super 430 00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:32,040 Speaker 1: aware of that. That's all. When it comes to the hardwood, 431 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:38,160 Speaker 1: it's gonna be much the same story. When it comes 432 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:42,680 Speaker 1: to the hardwood floors. I'm far more prone to wanting 433 00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:49,240 Speaker 1: to give a a granular effect to the hardwood floors 434 00:26:50,119 --> 00:26:54,120 Speaker 1: with a new paint color than just broad brushing them. 435 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:59,040 Speaker 1: But again, they're out there, those those materials. If done properly, 436 00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:04,040 Speaker 1: they'll coat, they'll work. I know. I'm not suggesting that 437 00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:07,960 Speaker 1: you sand your engineered hardwood floor, uh, not that there's 438 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:09,800 Speaker 1: anything wrong with that. There are a lot of hardwood 439 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:13,120 Speaker 1: floors out there that can be resanded, uh and. 440 00:27:15,359 --> 00:27:17,800 Speaker 3: Oh okay, if you could. An option might be to 441 00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:20,480 Speaker 3: refinish it absolutely absolutely. 442 00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:23,240 Speaker 1: The question is do you have now here's a here's 443 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:25,840 Speaker 1: the key. Do you have any extra planks left so 444 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:27,399 Speaker 1: you can evaluate this floor? 445 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:33,720 Speaker 3: Uh? Yeah, a couple, just a couple of pieces. 446 00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:37,639 Speaker 1: Okay, so a couple of pieces. What I recommend I 447 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:41,360 Speaker 1: recommend that you you take that couple of those pieces 448 00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:45,800 Speaker 1: and uh and actually take them to a hardwood floor 449 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:50,480 Speaker 1: dealer and uh and show them the piece, show them 450 00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:51,960 Speaker 1: the plank. And the reason why you want to show 451 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:54,520 Speaker 1: them the plank is because just because it's an engineered 452 00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:56,840 Speaker 1: floor does not mean it can't be refinished. What the 453 00:27:56,960 --> 00:28:00,119 Speaker 1: key is is, the question is how thick is that 454 00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:04,320 Speaker 1: top wear layer. A lot of engineered, cheaper engineered floors 455 00:28:04,359 --> 00:28:06,800 Speaker 1: have a very very thin ware layer, so they're one 456 00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:09,920 Speaker 1: and done once. Once they're down, they're never going to 457 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:15,680 Speaker 1: be refinished again. However, there are just as good hardwood 458 00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:18,880 Speaker 1: floors out there that can be refinished once, twice, three 459 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:21,600 Speaker 1: times over its lifetime because the waar layer is thick 460 00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:25,639 Speaker 1: enough to enable to you know, sand, to you know, 461 00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:29,240 Speaker 1: sand the surface, get below the finish there and restain. 462 00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:31,920 Speaker 1: And that. Believe me, if that in any way, shape 463 00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:34,439 Speaker 1: or form terra is at all possible with the wood, 464 00:28:35,359 --> 00:28:37,640 Speaker 1: then do it. Do it with the wood if at 465 00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:41,680 Speaker 1: all possible, because restaining will leave the grain, it'll give 466 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:44,840 Speaker 1: you your color change that you want. It'll make whatever repairs 467 00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:48,280 Speaker 1: that are necessary, and you'll have you'll still have a 468 00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:51,080 Speaker 1: beautiful hardwood floor as opposed to a painted surface. Not 469 00:28:51,120 --> 00:28:53,360 Speaker 1: that I'm against a painted surface on a hardwood floor, 470 00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:55,960 Speaker 1: but it's just a lot of one color, that's all. 471 00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:58,120 Speaker 1: Those are the things you got to be aware from 472 00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:01,800 Speaker 1: the design perspective, Tara, thanks for the call. I'm up 473 00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:04,240 Speaker 1: against a break and I got to go. But to 474 00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:07,600 Speaker 1: good luck with that. Take that sample floor in and 475 00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:11,560 Speaker 1: get that ware layer evaluated so you know whether or 476 00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:14,240 Speaker 1: not you can refinish it. All right, y'all, more of 477 00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:16,960 Speaker 1: your calls when we return your home with Dean Sharp 478 00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:20,680 Speaker 1: the house Whisper. Good morning, my friend, Dean Sharp, the 479 00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:24,520 Speaker 1: house Whisper here to remind you every home deserves great design, 480 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:27,880 Speaker 1: especially yours. Why because you live there and you are 481 00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:32,600 Speaker 1: worth it, my friend. It is an all calls Saturday morning. 482 00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:36,479 Speaker 1: We are just winding up. It's so amazing how quickly 483 00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:39,480 Speaker 1: a couple hours a go when we are taking calls. 484 00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:45,760 Speaker 1: I've got Connie on the line and let's see here, 485 00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:49,160 Speaker 1: bump bump, bump Hey, Connie, welcome home. 486 00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:53,840 Speaker 5: Hi, good morning, Dean. My question is in regards to 487 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:58,440 Speaker 5: my countertops. We did a full remodel about twelve years ago, 488 00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:03,920 Speaker 5: and they are granite countertops, and I'm getting some rough 489 00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:08,760 Speaker 5: patches on the counters. You can't see the spots, but 490 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:12,480 Speaker 5: you can definitely feel them. So I'm wondering what is 491 00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:14,320 Speaker 5: the best way to fix it. 492 00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:15,479 Speaker 3: I like the kitchen. 493 00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:19,480 Speaker 5: I don't feel like it's outdated, but at this point 494 00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:21,560 Speaker 5: those rough spots are really bugging me. 495 00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:22,400 Speaker 2: Yeah. 496 00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:25,440 Speaker 1: And when you know, when you say rough spots, you 497 00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:29,480 Speaker 1: you'm is is what is it? What we call pitting? 498 00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:34,840 Speaker 1: In other words, are their little holes or indentations into 499 00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:36,440 Speaker 1: the granite surface. 500 00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:40,120 Speaker 5: There's a little bit of that, but I would just 501 00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:44,120 Speaker 5: say more it's almost like it's losing the top coating 502 00:30:44,560 --> 00:30:47,960 Speaker 5: the seal. But the weird part about it is that 503 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,720 Speaker 5: when you know, I turn on the light, you can't 504 00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:54,600 Speaker 5: see like it's not dull. When you look at the countertops, 505 00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:59,400 Speaker 5: it all looks even I can clean them properly. I 506 00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:02,360 Speaker 5: someone told me that it was because I used vinegar 507 00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:06,280 Speaker 5: and water solution that that did it. I don't know 508 00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:08,360 Speaker 5: if that's true or not, but I did stop using that. 509 00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:12,080 Speaker 1: Yeah. Uh, when when was the last time you sealed 510 00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:13,000 Speaker 1: the granite? 511 00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:17,160 Speaker 5: We haven't done so ah and how. 512 00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:18,440 Speaker 1: Old are these countertops now? 513 00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:20,320 Speaker 3: Twelve years? 514 00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:25,160 Speaker 1: Oh? Hello? Okay, so okay, so. 515 00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:29,040 Speaker 5: But but just to clarify, I do do like every 516 00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:31,760 Speaker 5: six months, you know, the seal the seal stuff that 517 00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:35,560 Speaker 5: you can buy at home depot where you clean the counters, 518 00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:39,400 Speaker 5: you do the seal and you leave them. I'm used 519 00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:43,480 Speaker 5: for like thirty minutes. I've done that, but no professional resealing. 520 00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:45,440 Speaker 1: Oh okay, but that's what I was talking about. I 521 00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:47,440 Speaker 1: was talking about, you know, the resealing. So you you 522 00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:51,120 Speaker 1: have been resealing them, yeah, just yeah, do it? Yeah, 523 00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:56,000 Speaker 1: on your own. Okay. So sometimes pitting in granite and 524 00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:59,960 Speaker 1: I mean that rough area, okay, it can be exacerbated 525 00:32:00,280 --> 00:32:03,280 Speaker 1: by the fact that you know, you you you used 526 00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:07,760 Speaker 1: vinegar vinegar water solution. It's not gonna hurt granite, by 527 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:11,880 Speaker 1: the way, but it does hurt your ceiling because vinegar 528 00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:14,520 Speaker 1: is is a light acid, you know, and so it 529 00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:18,560 Speaker 1: can etch. So yeah, I wouldn't recommend doing that generally speaking, 530 00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:20,800 Speaker 1: unless you're just ceiling you know, on kind of a 531 00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:26,920 Speaker 1: regular basis. So granted, by nature is a porous material. 532 00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:28,920 Speaker 1: That's why we have to work so hard to keep 533 00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:32,000 Speaker 1: it sealed up. It's really hard, I mean very very 534 00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:35,040 Speaker 1: hard countertop, but it's also porous. It's got all sorts 535 00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:38,040 Speaker 1: of pores. It's it's really uh, you know, granted, is 536 00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:42,600 Speaker 1: very granulated, and the and sometimes the gaps in between 537 00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:46,760 Speaker 1: the granules end up showing up, not not necessarily visibly, 538 00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:48,320 Speaker 1: like you said, you can't see it, but you run 539 00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:49,680 Speaker 1: your hand across it and all of a sudden you 540 00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:52,880 Speaker 1: feel it that it's there. So there's a couple of 541 00:32:52,880 --> 00:32:57,280 Speaker 1: ways to resolve that. One, uh, the easier way is 542 00:32:57,440 --> 00:33:00,920 Speaker 1: to uh in the easiest way, This would always be 543 00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:05,560 Speaker 1: my first approach, which would be get out your seiler again, 544 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:10,200 Speaker 1: and maybe instead of just one general ceiling of the 545 00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:13,480 Speaker 1: countertop after you've cleaned it and allowed it to dry 546 00:33:13,520 --> 00:33:16,440 Speaker 1: and so on, you may want to or it may 547 00:33:16,480 --> 00:33:20,280 Speaker 1: need to reseal that area a couple of three times, 548 00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:22,960 Speaker 1: just kind of spot seal that area a couple of 549 00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:25,560 Speaker 1: three times. In other words, let the seiler build up 550 00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:28,920 Speaker 1: so that it can actually fill the holes and get 551 00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:33,960 Speaker 1: back up to the surface level again. Okay, that hopefully 552 00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:38,760 Speaker 1: fingers crossed is enough to resolve the rough patch and 553 00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:41,160 Speaker 1: then you know, just keep it all done that way 554 00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:44,520 Speaker 1: up and you know, maintain that every six month ceiling. 555 00:33:44,560 --> 00:33:47,960 Speaker 1: But you may need to use more sealer there, and 556 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:51,800 Speaker 1: it never it's never right to to just try and 557 00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:54,479 Speaker 1: get it all in one shot. We want the seiler 558 00:33:54,560 --> 00:33:58,840 Speaker 1: to naturally soak in bond and then if it's not 559 00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:01,840 Speaker 1: enough to bring it up up to level, then seal 560 00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:04,600 Speaker 1: it again in that area, wipe it down, steal it again, 561 00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:08,239 Speaker 1: wipe it down until you get that rough spot resolve. 562 00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:10,799 Speaker 1: But if you seal it and keep at it with 563 00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:15,480 Speaker 1: your standard stone seiler, you should if it's not major pitting, 564 00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:18,680 Speaker 1: be able to fill those areas and eventually allow it 565 00:34:18,719 --> 00:34:21,640 Speaker 1: to build up without getting gunk or build up anywhere else. 566 00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:23,920 Speaker 1: So we're just basically going to fill up the pool 567 00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:28,080 Speaker 1: until the rocks are below the just below the level 568 00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:30,960 Speaker 1: of the water. That's kind of to use a metaphor there. 569 00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:36,120 Speaker 1: If for some reason there's a more severe pitting there, 570 00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:41,719 Speaker 1: then you could make a quick call to a countertop 571 00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:46,640 Speaker 1: repair service or company a fabricator and have them come 572 00:34:46,680 --> 00:34:49,600 Speaker 1: out and evaluate it what they may do. Basically, it's 573 00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:52,000 Speaker 1: going to be the same process, but they may use 574 00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:56,439 Speaker 1: an epoxy, a clear epoxy to spot treat the rough 575 00:34:56,480 --> 00:34:59,439 Speaker 1: area instead of a sealer. The epoxy would be one 576 00:34:59,520 --> 00:35:02,560 Speaker 1: and done. It would be one coat and done, and 577 00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:05,239 Speaker 1: it would fill up and bond to all those granules 578 00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:08,319 Speaker 1: and bring it again back up to the surface, and 579 00:35:08,360 --> 00:35:10,839 Speaker 1: then they would polish it back down and it would 580 00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:13,200 Speaker 1: blend in with everything else. And you'd pay them to 581 00:35:13,239 --> 00:35:16,480 Speaker 1: do that, obviously, so that's some money in a pocket. 582 00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:22,000 Speaker 1: But in areas where we find, you know, advanced pitting, 583 00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:27,240 Speaker 1: sometimes that's the only solution there is is to blend 584 00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:29,319 Speaker 1: in an epoxy with the top of the granite. And 585 00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:32,239 Speaker 1: some people these days just want that anyway. They just 586 00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:34,520 Speaker 1: want their granite brought up so they don't have to 587 00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:37,960 Speaker 1: seal it and be so sealer dependent on it. So 588 00:35:38,080 --> 00:35:40,799 Speaker 1: a clear or a color matched epoxy can work, but 589 00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:44,160 Speaker 1: I wouldn't go there first. I would first take the 590 00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:47,839 Speaker 1: approach of just adding your sealer to it. Do two 591 00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:50,640 Speaker 1: or three coats over two or three days, and see 592 00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:54,160 Speaker 1: if you can't raise that area and resolve the rough patch. 593 00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:55,200 Speaker 1: If that makes. 594 00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:58,399 Speaker 5: Sense, that does make sense. Can I ask you another 595 00:35:58,480 --> 00:36:01,040 Speaker 5: quick question in regards to the last caller when she 596 00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:04,040 Speaker 5: was talking about tile and removing tile and what a 597 00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:06,759 Speaker 5: mess that makes sure. I was thinking about doing that. 598 00:36:07,120 --> 00:36:09,640 Speaker 5: I was thinking about doing that in our kitchen just 599 00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:10,440 Speaker 5: because I. 600 00:36:10,520 --> 00:36:11,120 Speaker 2: Like the tile. 601 00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:14,560 Speaker 5: But the grout is it's an off white, so it's 602 00:36:14,719 --> 00:36:19,440 Speaker 5: very dirty. But now, based on what the other color 603 00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:21,439 Speaker 5: was saying and how messy the house got, what would 604 00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:24,360 Speaker 5: be the best solution to Is it just to professionally 605 00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:28,280 Speaker 5: clean the grout in the tile or what would you recommend? 606 00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:32,840 Speaker 1: Okay, so if you want to change out the grout, Okay, 607 00:36:33,880 --> 00:36:38,560 Speaker 1: here's where things get really sticky. There are products out 608 00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:43,919 Speaker 1: there that will color coat grout. Okay, I don't like them. 609 00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:48,240 Speaker 1: Tina and I have even fiddled around with them ourselves, 610 00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:50,840 Speaker 1: and we're like, nah, I just I have been impressed 611 00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:55,560 Speaker 1: with them. So but and I don't want you to 612 00:36:55,560 --> 00:36:58,680 Speaker 1: be afraid of you know, as they say, you know, 613 00:36:58,760 --> 00:37:00,720 Speaker 1: to make an omelet, you got to break a few eggs. 614 00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:02,880 Speaker 1: I don't want you to be It sounded to me 615 00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:06,080 Speaker 1: I can't evaluate because I didn't ask her specifically what 616 00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:10,480 Speaker 1: happened with the demo process before for her, and they 617 00:37:10,719 --> 00:37:14,640 Speaker 1: ended up finding dust everywhere in the house. You know, what, 618 00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:18,520 Speaker 1: you can seal off the area that you're being worked with. 619 00:37:18,560 --> 00:37:21,400 Speaker 1: You can use zip walls, you can plastic seal the area, 620 00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:25,200 Speaker 1: You seal off all the ac vents, and you understand 621 00:37:25,360 --> 00:37:27,160 Speaker 1: the you know you we do this all the time. 622 00:37:27,239 --> 00:37:30,200 Speaker 1: We create clean rooms, or I should say dirty rooms 623 00:37:30,280 --> 00:37:33,239 Speaker 1: inside of clean homes. And is there going to be 624 00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:35,520 Speaker 1: a little dust transfer because people have to move in 625 00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:39,560 Speaker 1: and out of that space. Sure, but you know, tearing 626 00:37:39,680 --> 00:37:42,799 Speaker 1: up the tile or or in this case, grinding out 627 00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:46,960 Speaker 1: the grout that's there and replacing the grout just straight 628 00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:48,920 Speaker 1: up just you know, you can, you can have it 629 00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:52,120 Speaker 1: all done. The question of how labor intensive that's going 630 00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:54,279 Speaker 1: to be and how much it'll cost you versus just 631 00:37:54,360 --> 00:37:56,880 Speaker 1: demoing out the whole floor is always a question. But 632 00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:59,040 Speaker 1: if you really love your tile but you want to 633 00:37:59,120 --> 00:38:03,160 Speaker 1: change the grout, you can at least partially grind down 634 00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:06,120 Speaker 1: the grout and maybe use an epoxy grout on top 635 00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:08,680 Speaker 1: of the existing stuff in order to bring it back 636 00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:11,439 Speaker 1: up and have it all sealed out. But grout can 637 00:38:11,480 --> 00:38:15,000 Speaker 1: be replaced. It will make a mess inside the room, 638 00:38:15,080 --> 00:38:18,799 Speaker 1: but if properly sealed, that mess does not have to 639 00:38:18,840 --> 00:38:21,120 Speaker 1: extend beyond the kitchen. That's all I'm saying You're just 640 00:38:21,160 --> 00:38:24,320 Speaker 1: going to take heroic efforts to make sure the kitchen 641 00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:27,480 Speaker 1: is sealed off from that work so the rest of 642 00:38:27,520 --> 00:38:30,080 Speaker 1: the house doesn't have to get messed up. And probably 643 00:38:30,080 --> 00:38:33,160 Speaker 1: the one thing more than anything that people miss is 644 00:38:33,239 --> 00:38:36,040 Speaker 1: they plastic off a room, but they forget to tape 645 00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:40,240 Speaker 1: off the duct work inside, so dust gets up inside 646 00:38:40,239 --> 00:38:42,840 Speaker 1: the ac ducks and then the next time the furnace 647 00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:45,560 Speaker 1: or the air conditioner turns on, it has redistributed that 648 00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:48,600 Speaker 1: dust to everywhere else in the house. So you make 649 00:38:48,640 --> 00:38:52,520 Speaker 1: sure that all every hole and crack is sealed up 650 00:38:52,600 --> 00:38:55,480 Speaker 1: so that so that the house is all truly set up. 651 00:38:55,480 --> 00:39:00,319 Speaker 1: Do that makes sense? Yes, well, Connie, thanks, thank you 652 00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:03,560 Speaker 1: so much for your call this morning. Good luck with 653 00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:08,439 Speaker 1: those countertops and with your tile floor. Everybody, good luck 654 00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:10,800 Speaker 1: on all the projects that you're working on. Don't miss 655 00:39:10,920 --> 00:39:16,040 Speaker 1: tomorrow the big show from nine to noon here Pacific time. 656 00:39:16,320 --> 00:39:19,880 Speaker 1: We're going to be talking about thinking and designing like 657 00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:22,640 Speaker 1: a whisperer. I'm going to let you in on some 658 00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:26,800 Speaker 1: of the secrets. And the reason is there are things 659 00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:28,880 Speaker 1: that I want you to do. Even if you were 660 00:39:28,880 --> 00:39:31,080 Speaker 1: going to hire me to be your designer, there are 661 00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:34,359 Speaker 1: things I want you doing that only you can do, 662 00:39:34,800 --> 00:39:38,960 Speaker 1: and it's going to be the key to unlocking the 663 00:39:39,040 --> 00:39:41,480 Speaker 1: code for your home. You're not going to want to 664 00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:44,920 Speaker 1: miss it until then. Get out there in this last 665 00:39:45,280 --> 00:39:49,440 Speaker 1: weekend of the holidays before the new year really begins, 666 00:39:50,040 --> 00:39:52,799 Speaker 1: and get busy building yourself a beautiful life. We will 667 00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:55,120 Speaker 1: see you right back here tomorrow. 668 00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:04,359 Speaker 4: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 669 00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:06,040 Speaker 4: KFI AM six forty