1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:04,080 Speaker 1: KFI AM six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp the 2 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:09,160 Speaker 1: House Whisper on demand on the iHeartRadio app. Always your 3 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:12,639 Speaker 1: guide to better understanding that place where you live. Thanks 4 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: for joining us on the program today. We are approaching 5 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:18,800 Speaker 1: mid show here and we've been talking about the best 6 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:21,800 Speaker 1: of the International Builders Show. I spent a little bit 7 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:25,200 Speaker 1: too much time, probably talking about the ge Combo washer 8 00:00:25,239 --> 00:00:27,600 Speaker 1: and dryer. But I'm moving on, I promise. But it 9 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:30,480 Speaker 1: was so good, so good. Anyway, Lots of good stuff 10 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:34,600 Speaker 1: for you today, plus your calls. If you've got calls 11 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 1: and questions about your home. Here is the number we're 12 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:42,200 Speaker 1: open right now, open for caller business eight three three 13 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:48,080 Speaker 1: two Ask Dean eight three three the numeral two. Ask Dean, 14 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:50,199 Speaker 1: just give me a call anything you want to talk 15 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 1: about regarding your home. Phone lines are open and when 16 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:54,960 Speaker 1: calls show up on the board, if they do, then 17 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:59,240 Speaker 1: we will go straight to the phones. Eight three three 18 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:02,840 Speaker 1: two ask Dean. All right, in the meantime, I'm gonna 19 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:05,959 Speaker 1: move forward with my list because it's so big. I 20 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 1: could honestly just avoid calls all together today, but I 21 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:12,319 Speaker 1: just want to make that option available to you. And 22 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:14,480 Speaker 1: we still wouldn't get through the whole list. So anyway 23 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:18,160 Speaker 1: a three three two ask Dean, if you've got questions 24 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:21,320 Speaker 1: about your home, I want to address them. All right, 25 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:24,080 Speaker 1: let's talk about let me run back one more thing 26 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 1: about garage doors. The Flush Mount Door Company. Now, this 27 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 1: isn't going to apply to everybody, but designers out there 28 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 1: who are thinking about giving your clients a de emphasized 29 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:42,960 Speaker 1: garage door. Contractors who you know, the very best thing 30 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 1: with this garage setup for this home that you're working 31 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 1: on is to make it go away as much as possible. 32 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 1: Maybe you've got a house with sighting on it and 33 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 1: then suddenly it's interrupted by this big old garage door. Well, 34 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 1: the Flush Mount Door Company has come up with a 35 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 1: very very effective, very proven system for flush mounting a 36 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 1: garage or what does that mean. It means that the 37 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 1: garage door is not in set, but it is flush 38 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:13,240 Speaker 1: to the outside surface of the house, so sighting could 39 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:17,360 Speaker 1: just continue straight on through. Yes, you're going to see 40 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:21,880 Speaker 1: the outline of the door and that's it. Especially more 41 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:27,080 Speaker 1: contemporary homes, mid century homes, anything like that, this could 42 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:30,600 Speaker 1: be a major application. And if we're looking to de 43 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 1: emphasize now also this holds true with standard entry doors, 44 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 1: not just garage doors. The Flush Mount Door company, as 45 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 1: you can imagine, that's what they specialize in interior exterior 46 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 1: regular doors all the way up to garage doors. Imagine 47 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:50,519 Speaker 1: a door that just flushes out with the wall on that. Note, 48 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:55,240 Speaker 1: this is a this is a different kind of door. 49 00:02:57,480 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 1: You know, we've we no longer call them barn door. 50 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:02,960 Speaker 1: Now they're only called barn doors if they have that 51 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 1: country kind of farmy barn look. Now they're just considered 52 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 1: to be interior sliding doors because many of them are 53 00:03:10,919 --> 00:03:14,240 Speaker 1: very very contemporary looking. But let's talk about an interior 54 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 1: sliding door that has a track and that moves, you know, 55 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:23,120 Speaker 1: across an opening, not in a pocket Okay, not a 56 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:26,800 Speaker 1: pocket door, but it's the door itself stays next to 57 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 1: the wall. Okay, these doors now by a Sugarton is 58 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:36,480 Speaker 1: a hidden flush sliding door. Now what does that mean? 59 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 1: Imagine walking up to a wall in a room and 60 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 1: all you see is an outline of two doors a 61 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 1: door or two doors, and it's flush to the wall. 62 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 1: In other words, again, the door profile does not really 63 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 1: interrupt the esthetic of the room or chump up the wall. 64 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 1: But you push on that section that's outlined, and suddenly 65 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 1: the door pushes away from you and slides to the 66 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:05,760 Speaker 1: left or the right on the other side of the wall. 67 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 1: Beautiful kind of hidden sort of door. We don't call 68 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:13,240 Speaker 1: it hidden because it's truly not hidden. It is simply 69 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:17,359 Speaker 1: majorly de emphasized. We were looking at a pair, a 70 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:20,839 Speaker 1: double pair, in which you simply pushed, and this was 71 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:24,760 Speaker 1: a paneled wall, and the paneling just continued across them again. 72 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:28,039 Speaker 1: But you pushed on these two panels, and the doors, 73 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:31,960 Speaker 1: these two doors simply pushed away from you and glided 74 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 1: open effortlessly on the other side of the wall. Now 75 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 1: you have to have room on the other side of 76 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:39,839 Speaker 1: the wall for those But man, what a vibe that 77 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 1: is in a room. Flush hidden in quotes here deemphasized 78 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 1: flush sliding doors. On the same subject of doors, let's 79 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 1: talk about pivot doors. Pivot doors are a thing. They 80 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:58,719 Speaker 1: have been for the longest time, something that you would 81 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:02,800 Speaker 1: only expect to see in the most luxury of large 82 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:10,400 Speaker 1: homes and quite honestly contemporary styled homes. But not true anymore. 83 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:15,000 Speaker 1: Just about every major door manufacturer is now carrying their 84 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:18,600 Speaker 1: own line of pivoting doors. What is a pivoting door, Well, 85 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:22,320 Speaker 1: it's a stronger door than a typical entry door. A 86 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:26,159 Speaker 1: pivot door is extra wide. They get up to five 87 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:30,320 Speaker 1: feet sometimes even a little bit larger wide single door. 88 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:34,080 Speaker 1: And this kind of door is not hanging on hinges 89 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:37,400 Speaker 1: on a jam to the left to the right. They 90 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 1: it is gliding on a set of pins or a 91 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:44,360 Speaker 1: pivot pin that's in set about ten inches or so 92 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:47,280 Speaker 1: from one side of the door. So a five foot 93 00:05:47,279 --> 00:05:50,839 Speaker 1: wide door opens up to over a four foot wide 94 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:55,200 Speaker 1: clear opening. And they're beautiful. I mean they're beautiful, and 95 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 1: they're incredibly secure because those pivot pins are so much stronger, 96 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:03,160 Speaker 1: you know, drilled down into the floor and up into 97 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:07,240 Speaker 1: the doorheader then traditional hinges. We had to call a 98 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago, i want to say, in which 99 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 1: there was a concern about securing an exterior door better. 100 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:17,760 Speaker 1: And the caller was saying, Hey, should I get a 101 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:21,000 Speaker 1: steel door because they aren't very attractive, but you know, 102 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 1: I've heard that they're stronger. I just want to secure, 103 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:27,280 Speaker 1: you know, my front door from being you know, kicked 104 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:31,080 Speaker 1: in or anything like that. Well, guess what, when it 105 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:34,920 Speaker 1: comes to kicking in a door, it's never the door 106 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:38,520 Speaker 1: that cracks open. Okay, kicking in a door, if you've 107 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:40,479 Speaker 1: seen it on TV, you see all sorts of different 108 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:42,760 Speaker 1: versions of it. But most of the time, if we 109 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:46,440 Speaker 1: kick in a door, it's the jam that cracks. The cheap, 110 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:49,600 Speaker 1: little thin jam off to the side where the hinges are, 111 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:52,159 Speaker 1: that's what cracks open and breaks, and then the door 112 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:55,560 Speaker 1: falls in or or busts open, or the dead bolt 113 00:06:55,640 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 1: where it goes into the jam. Well, a flush, I'm sorry, 114 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:06,120 Speaker 1: a pivoting entry door, it's not even connected to the 115 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:09,880 Speaker 1: jam in that way. It is drilled up into the header, 116 00:07:09,880 --> 00:07:12,240 Speaker 1: which is a beefy piece of wood, and down into 117 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:17,080 Speaker 1: the floor. These are incredibly, incredibly secure doors and beautiful 118 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:20,720 Speaker 1: and it just as the topper, like I was saying before, 119 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 1: no longer ultra contemporary. Now, of course there's tons of 120 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:28,160 Speaker 1: contemporary versions of it, but also some very very traditional 121 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 1: looking ones that would fit into just about any traditional motif. 122 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 1: And yet when you open this door, oh my gosh, 123 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:40,960 Speaker 1: how awesome it is to walk through a pivoting entry door. 124 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 1: Price well, if you're just replacing a thirty six inch 125 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 1: wide door, of course it's going to be more expensive. 126 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 1: But if your entry door is a combination of the 127 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 1: entry door plus sidelights. You'll replace all of that with 128 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:58,080 Speaker 1: one single door, and it's pretty much a wash on price, 129 00:07:58,160 --> 00:08:03,240 Speaker 1: so it's not out of the ballpark. If you've got 130 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 1: the entry door plus the sidelights, or if you have 131 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:11,080 Speaker 1: a double entry door, it's pretty much a wash imprice, 132 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:15,320 Speaker 1: so well worth the look. Okay more, when we return 133 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:18,480 Speaker 1: from the International Builder Show twenty twenty six, you are 134 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 1: Home with Dean Sharp the House Whisper. 135 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 2: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 136 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:26,520 Speaker 2: KFI AM six forty. 137 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:29,480 Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us on the program, and we are 138 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:33,280 Speaker 1: having a discussion today about the best of the International 139 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 1: Builder Show, which just wrapped itself up in Orlando Lee 140 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:40,800 Speaker 1: this week. I've got a whole list of stuff more 141 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:43,080 Speaker 1: than I can cover in the show today, so I'm 142 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:46,160 Speaker 1: just kind of snapping through it as quickly as possible 143 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 1: so that you get as good a look at relevant things, 144 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:53,920 Speaker 1: interesting things, sometimes just fun and fanciful things that are 145 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:57,600 Speaker 1: out there that may ultimately make an impact on the 146 00:08:57,640 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 1: way you remodel or build a new home, or just 147 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:04,240 Speaker 1: make changes to your existing home. Going to get back 148 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:06,160 Speaker 1: to that list in just a bit, but We've also 149 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:09,520 Speaker 1: got some calls on the board and so want to 150 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:11,959 Speaker 1: not ignore our callers. By the way, the number to 151 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:16,280 Speaker 1: reach me eight three three two ask Dean A three 152 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:19,320 Speaker 1: to three the numeral two. Ask Dean. I want to 153 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:22,480 Speaker 1: talk to Mark. Hey, Mark, welcome home. 154 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:25,240 Speaker 3: Kay, good morning. 155 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:28,199 Speaker 1: How are you sir? How can I help you? 156 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:34,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm looking to refresh my home workshop and looking 157 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:38,840 Speaker 3: at saucetop Industrial and fest Tools. Just wanted your opinion 158 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:40,880 Speaker 3: on these products. 159 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:48,320 Speaker 1: Okay, two things. Fest Tools probably the pinnacle of workshop 160 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:54,200 Speaker 1: driven tools. They are They're not cheap, but they are fantastic. 161 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:58,360 Speaker 1: And so when I say workshop driven tools, fest tools 162 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:02,199 Speaker 1: are not necessarily the tools that are gonna that typically 163 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:07,199 Speaker 1: end up on job sites. They're not the mobility tools 164 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:10,000 Speaker 1: that most contractors use yet. I'm not saying that they're 165 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:12,840 Speaker 1: not capable of doing that, but they have really geared 166 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:19,079 Speaker 1: themselves primarily towards workshop based tools. Track saws, jigs, all 167 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:21,120 Speaker 1: sorts of stuff like that. And you know, if you're 168 00:10:21,640 --> 00:10:24,680 Speaker 1: a cabinet builder or you've got a lot of workshop stuff, 169 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:27,480 Speaker 1: you know, furniture builder. Fest tool is just kind of 170 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:30,760 Speaker 1: an industry standard and it's sort of the it's the 171 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:34,160 Speaker 1: bar for everybody to clear. Fest Tool was at the show, 172 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:37,360 Speaker 1: of course they always are, and they always have little 173 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:41,840 Speaker 1: little this and that new stuff out there. I didn't 174 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:45,960 Speaker 1: take any particular note this year of fest Tool just 175 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:50,120 Speaker 1: because I didn't see anything revolutionary that they introduced this 176 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:54,240 Speaker 1: year that would apply to most of our listeners. But absolutely, 177 00:10:55,559 --> 00:10:58,320 Speaker 1: fest Tool is kind of the if I had a 178 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:03,040 Speaker 1: large home workshop here, I would slowly but surely fill 179 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:07,880 Speaker 1: it with fest Tool stuff because they're they're just that good. 180 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:13,360 Speaker 1: Uh So, yes, fans of festal kind of the. 181 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:15,600 Speaker 3: Way I see it too, Yeah, Yeah, they're worth They're 182 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:16,520 Speaker 3: worth the money. 183 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:19,720 Speaker 1: Yeah. And now as far as Sauce Stop is concerned, 184 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:23,320 Speaker 1: that's a you know, I've I've talked about saw stop before, 185 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:26,600 Speaker 1: by the way, everybody saw stop. But the table saw 186 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:32,920 Speaker 1: is uh, statistically, without question, the most dangerous tool, uh 187 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:37,760 Speaker 1: for home construction on the planet. You've got this high torque, 188 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:43,760 Speaker 1: high speed blade just inches away from hands, uh that 189 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:48,880 Speaker 1: you know it. It's more limbs, more phalanges have been 190 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:53,440 Speaker 1: lost to table saws than than any other tool out there. 191 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:57,960 Speaker 1: They're very, very dangerous tools to work with. They're necessary tools, 192 00:11:57,960 --> 00:12:02,360 Speaker 1: they're absolutely critical tools. And several years ago saw Stop. 193 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:09,240 Speaker 1: This company, saw Stop developed a breaking system, an ingenious 194 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:14,280 Speaker 1: braking system for a table saw that is driven by 195 00:12:14,559 --> 00:12:18,559 Speaker 1: a current, a sensitive current, a moisture driven sensitive current 196 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:22,280 Speaker 1: that runs through the blade. And without getting into any 197 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:27,840 Speaker 1: you know, long discourse on it, it's essentially this wood 198 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:30,959 Speaker 1: cut all day long. Wet wood doesn't matter, It does 199 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:33,760 Speaker 1: not matter whether it's wetwood, drywood, does not matter. But 200 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:41,880 Speaker 1: when this saw blade detects a human flesh okay, just 201 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:48,959 Speaker 1: even the slightest inkling of that of meat, okay, this 202 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:56,079 Speaker 1: blade instantly, I mean within a microsecond, retracts completely below 203 00:12:56,160 --> 00:13:00,480 Speaker 1: the table. And this is how Sauce Stop demonstrates this system. 204 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:03,520 Speaker 1: They do it every It's the Wiener test. They take 205 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:06,560 Speaker 1: a hot dog, right, and they will put a hot 206 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:08,600 Speaker 1: dog on a piece of wood as if it was 207 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:11,760 Speaker 1: a finger, and they will start cutting the piece of wood. 208 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:14,439 Speaker 1: It's cutting, its cutting, its cutting, and as soon as 209 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:18,200 Speaker 1: the hot dog touches the tooth of the blade at 210 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:21,960 Speaker 1: full speed, boom. Instantly, before you even know it, the 211 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:25,720 Speaker 1: blade disappears, It retracts below the table. You pick up 212 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:27,439 Speaker 1: the hot dog and you look at it. It has the 213 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:32,560 Speaker 1: tiniest nick, I mean a nick like will your finger 214 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:36,960 Speaker 1: bleed a little bit? Yes, no, worse than a paper cut. 215 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:40,560 Speaker 1: Will it bleed? That's it? And this is safety. So 216 00:13:41,559 --> 00:13:45,200 Speaker 1: it's such a good system that it's the kind of 217 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:51,640 Speaker 1: thing that has created a lot of controversy, osha controversy 218 00:13:51,679 --> 00:13:55,240 Speaker 1: in the construction industry because there are companies like Sauce 219 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:57,760 Speaker 1: Stop that are pushing to have this system installed on 220 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:00,520 Speaker 1: every table. So this should be on every table, saw everywhere. 221 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:03,800 Speaker 1: It's not a cheap system. A sauce Stop table is 222 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:08,240 Speaker 1: not an inexpensive table, but it's a life saving system 223 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:12,720 Speaker 1: and it's brilliant and so yeah, absolutely love it. And yes, 224 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:16,160 Speaker 1: after it retracts, you have to replace some components, but 225 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:19,560 Speaker 1: you don't have to replace your finger. And that's the points. 226 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:22,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, any way, I see it the death. They're well 227 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:23,400 Speaker 3: built too. 228 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:26,720 Speaker 1: Yeah absolutely, Mark, I got a run to a break. 229 00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:28,920 Speaker 1: Thank you for the question. I got more tools coming. 230 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:32,560 Speaker 1: Stay tuned your Home with Dean Sharp the House Whisper. 231 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:36,320 Speaker 2: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 232 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:37,880 Speaker 2: KFI AM sixty. 233 00:14:38,640 --> 00:14:42,240 Speaker 1: We are talking about the best of the International Builders Show. 234 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:45,080 Speaker 1: It was Construction and Design Week this last week here 235 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:48,920 Speaker 1: in America and the International Builder show along with the 236 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:53,560 Speaker 1: Kitchen and Bath Show. They're always partnered to each other 237 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:57,280 Speaker 1: in the same location, taking place in Orlando, Florida. And 238 00:14:57,720 --> 00:15:00,440 Speaker 1: here are some samplings. That's what we're running through today, 239 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:03,440 Speaker 1: eighteen hundred vendors. So yeah, no, I don't have time 240 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:07,840 Speaker 1: to give you a full overview. I'm just pointing out 241 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:10,440 Speaker 1: some things that I think are of interest along the way. 242 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:13,080 Speaker 1: Going to get back to that in just a second, 243 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:16,120 Speaker 1: but I've got Gus on the line, and Gus has 244 00:15:16,160 --> 00:15:19,360 Speaker 1: got some question about his home. Gus, welcome home. 245 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:25,840 Speaker 4: Yes, suh, yes, I have a question regarding rerouting the 246 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:29,320 Speaker 4: pipes the sewer pipes. Are there companies that specialize in 247 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:33,280 Speaker 4: routing sewer pipes? And how do you find these companies? 248 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:39,120 Speaker 1: There are I mean these are plumbing companies. They're plumbing companies, 249 00:15:39,840 --> 00:15:43,640 Speaker 1: but not not all plumbing companies, you know, are the same. 250 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:47,680 Speaker 1: You've got plumbing companies that kind of specialize in new 251 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:50,680 Speaker 1: construction plumbing. You've got plumbing companies that are what we 252 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:55,520 Speaker 1: call router services, that general category where where they don't 253 00:15:55,520 --> 00:15:59,320 Speaker 1: actually do a whole lot of new construction or major 254 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:02,320 Speaker 1: you know, heavy lifting stuff, but they're they're here to 255 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:06,000 Speaker 1: clean your drain lines and to unclog uh you know 256 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:09,720 Speaker 1: stuff and and that kind of stuff. You've got companies 257 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:15,160 Speaker 1: that that in addition to that, also specialize in trenchless 258 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:19,040 Speaker 1: uh sewer repairs in which they will blow in liners 259 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:23,280 Speaker 1: or recoat the inside or that kind of stuff. So 260 00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:27,320 Speaker 1: if there's a wide spectrum and uh, the best advice 261 00:16:27,360 --> 00:16:29,240 Speaker 1: I can give you, gus is that and there are 262 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:32,160 Speaker 1: also companies that that you know that do a great 263 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:36,280 Speaker 1: service specializing in moving and trenching and putting in new 264 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:38,960 Speaker 1: sewer lines. And the best thing you can do is 265 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:42,520 Speaker 1: in your area, do a search and put in those 266 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:46,880 Speaker 1: specific terms so that you get the best viable hits 267 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:49,840 Speaker 1: and then to call and talk to those companies about 268 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:52,080 Speaker 1: what you need to do, what you need to have 269 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:55,320 Speaker 1: done and uh and you'll you'll get a sense you're 270 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:57,160 Speaker 1: just gonna have to do your homework on this one. 271 00:16:57,440 --> 00:17:01,320 Speaker 1: It's not a silver bullet, Oh call this company. You're 272 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:04,760 Speaker 1: talking about something that will be relatively local to your 273 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:11,320 Speaker 1: area too. There's different kinds of contractors in terms of 274 00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:14,640 Speaker 1: the area that they can cover. Right, So for instance, 275 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:18,560 Speaker 1: general contracting like having your house built, that's kind of 276 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:21,080 Speaker 1: a local game. You really want to deal with folks 277 00:17:21,119 --> 00:17:25,080 Speaker 1: who are nearby, because that's a you know, multi week, 278 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:29,080 Speaker 1: multi month project, and somebody I get asked this all 279 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:31,399 Speaker 1: the time. So like I'm in San Diego doing a 280 00:17:31,480 --> 00:17:36,720 Speaker 1: consult and the folks are so happy that they'll say, well, 281 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:39,200 Speaker 1: you know, you could design our home and then your 282 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:42,560 Speaker 1: company could build it. I'm like, we could, but you know, 283 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:46,679 Speaker 1: our company is in eastern Ventura County. That's our headquarters, 284 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:49,560 Speaker 1: and so all of our subs, all of our people, 285 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:52,080 Speaker 1: all of our trades people. You know, they're not going 286 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:56,520 Speaker 1: to drive three hours both ways every day. That wouldn't 287 00:17:56,560 --> 00:18:00,560 Speaker 1: be economical for you and it wouldn't be afficient. So 288 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:02,359 Speaker 1: that kind of stuff is the kind of stuff that 289 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:06,960 Speaker 1: has to happen locally. Service companies like Router Repair they 290 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:09,520 Speaker 1: just send out one person and it's a two hour job, 291 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:13,000 Speaker 1: one and done. They cover a much much wider ground 292 00:18:13,040 --> 00:18:15,760 Speaker 1: because they don't have to commit to that every single 293 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:20,119 Speaker 1: day for weeks on end, digging, trenching a new sewer 294 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:23,359 Speaker 1: line and replacing that sewer line. 295 00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:28,840 Speaker 5: So new sewer line, it's it's an old sewer pipe. 296 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:32,600 Speaker 5: It is leaking inside the home, so you have to 297 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:35,840 Speaker 5: reroute it. That means you have to go outside around 298 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:36,399 Speaker 5: the house. 299 00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:39,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, that okay, but that's a new sewer line. That's 300 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:42,359 Speaker 1: a rerouting of the sewer line and uh and uh 301 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:45,639 Speaker 1: and potential trench. So so that's uh, that's going to 302 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:48,040 Speaker 1: be a multi day project. So you're going to be 303 00:18:48,119 --> 00:18:51,560 Speaker 1: wanting to look for somebody who is local to your 304 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:54,280 Speaker 1: area at least you know, you know, within an hour 305 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:57,000 Speaker 1: drive or so of your area at the max. So 306 00:18:57,520 --> 00:18:59,760 Speaker 1: that's what you need to be looking for. Gus. 307 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:04,880 Speaker 4: And then so are they just regular plumbing companies then 308 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:08,439 Speaker 4: that mainly specialize No, that I get to do a 309 00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:10,879 Speaker 4: lot of routing work. 310 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:15,280 Speaker 1: Well see see plumbers can do it all right, but 311 00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:19,159 Speaker 1: but there are some companies that are built around certain 312 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:23,480 Speaker 1: specialties more than others. Okay, so yeah, any plumber can 313 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:25,200 Speaker 1: can rooter your drains. 314 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:29,840 Speaker 4: How do you find these companies that specialize in routing? 315 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:34,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, so you if it's re routing a sewer line, 316 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:37,760 Speaker 1: that's the that's the term you need to put into 317 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:41,200 Speaker 1: your Google search for your area. So wherever, whatever city 318 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:43,199 Speaker 1: you live in, you want to be very specific. If 319 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:46,000 Speaker 1: there's a benefit to AI these days, by the way, 320 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:48,920 Speaker 1: in terms of searches, it would be that the more 321 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:52,720 Speaker 1: specific you get in your search window, the better results 322 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:55,800 Speaker 1: you will end up getting on the other end, right, 323 00:19:56,080 --> 00:19:59,560 Speaker 1: because it's just thinking a little bit more sophisticatedly and 324 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:03,240 Speaker 1: a little more clearly these days than ever before. So 325 00:20:04,119 --> 00:20:08,040 Speaker 1: that's one of those pros of artificial intelligence. When it 326 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:10,960 Speaker 1: comes to that, it would be saying, listen, I live 327 00:20:11,119 --> 00:20:15,640 Speaker 1: in this town and I need this done. What companies 328 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:18,960 Speaker 1: in my area you tend to specialize in this? You'll 329 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:21,320 Speaker 1: get better results. I'm not saying that it won't take 330 00:20:21,359 --> 00:20:24,880 Speaker 1: some trial and error, and you need to find at 331 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:29,200 Speaker 1: least three of them, Gus, three of them, because you 332 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:31,720 Speaker 1: don't want to take the first person's word for what 333 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:34,919 Speaker 1: exactly has to be done, what they see the solution is, 334 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:37,440 Speaker 1: and how much it's going to cost. You want three 335 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:42,840 Speaker 1: bids from three vetted plumbers and who specialize in trenching 336 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:46,040 Speaker 1: and re routing sewer and that's what you search for 337 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:49,560 Speaker 1: and that's what you'll get. Gus. Thanks for the call, Bud, 338 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:55,080 Speaker 1: really appreciate it. Good question, and yeah, that's how it works. Everybody. Everybody, 339 00:20:55,119 --> 00:20:59,480 Speaker 1: please hear me when I tell you search specifically and 340 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:04,960 Speaker 1: vet your contractor before they start working. Vet them. You 341 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:07,800 Speaker 1: can make sure that they've that their license is good. 342 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:13,960 Speaker 1: You can check on the CSLB, California State contract or 343 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:16,720 Speaker 1: State License Board or whatever state you're in, check to 344 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:20,439 Speaker 1: make sure their license is in good standing condition. You 345 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 1: want to make sure that their insurances are in place, 346 00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:25,440 Speaker 1: that their bonds are in place. Those are the basics. 347 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:28,520 Speaker 1: I mean, that's just like not even clearing a bar, 348 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:32,000 Speaker 1: that's just like standing upright, Okay. In addition to that, 349 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:37,080 Speaker 1: you want references, referrals, recent referrals, not from ten years ago, 350 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:40,760 Speaker 1: not from fifteen years ago. You want referrals from people 351 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:44,080 Speaker 1: who just worked with these companies and maybe we're working 352 00:21:44,119 --> 00:21:46,800 Speaker 1: with them right now, and you want them out. You 353 00:21:46,840 --> 00:21:49,160 Speaker 1: want to have a good feeling about them. You want 354 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:51,160 Speaker 1: to know that they're listening to you and that they're 355 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:56,200 Speaker 1: coming up with creative and cost savings ideas. And then 356 00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:59,120 Speaker 1: you want to do that two more times. You're like, Dan, 357 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:03,200 Speaker 1: that is exhaust Yeah it is. But guess what, whatever 358 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:06,280 Speaker 1: work they're doing, it's not going to be cheap and 359 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:09,399 Speaker 1: it's going to be permanent. And so this is the 360 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:12,560 Speaker 1: area where you know you are the producer, you're the 361 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 1: director of this film. Ultimately, I get a lot of 362 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:21,600 Speaker 1: calls about people who have had bad experiences with contractors, 363 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:24,600 Speaker 1: and a lot of the times, a lot of times, 364 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:29,879 Speaker 1: the contractors are entirely to blame for this process, not 365 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:33,920 Speaker 1: the homeowner. What the homeowner, though, always needs to do 366 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:38,199 Speaker 1: is to vet very very carefully. That's the work you 367 00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:41,560 Speaker 1: have to do. You do that upfront. Okay, So I 368 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:45,760 Speaker 1: always equate it to you know, the medical community. If 369 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:48,800 Speaker 1: you're going in with a medical problem and the first 370 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:51,399 Speaker 1: doctor that you talked to says, yeah, you know what, 371 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:54,760 Speaker 1: you are feeling a little pain in your wrist, Well, 372 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:58,520 Speaker 1: the easy solution to that is to amputate the limb 373 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:01,439 Speaker 1: at the elbow. You know what. But you're probably going 374 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:03,879 Speaker 1: to get a second opinion on that and a third, 375 00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:07,879 Speaker 1: as you should. And yet we don't do these things 376 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 1: with our homes, and we should. And there ends the lesson. 377 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:14,920 Speaker 1: I'll get off my soapbox now, okay, all right, when 378 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:18,560 Speaker 1: we come back more from the Best of the International 379 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:23,520 Speaker 1: Builder Show twenty twenty six, let's talk about plywood that 380 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:27,439 Speaker 1: is in fact a fireproof and what else did I 381 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:30,520 Speaker 1: have on my list here? Oh? Something good? Oh marble 382 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:32,760 Speaker 1: that can bend around a radius? 383 00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:33,000 Speaker 6: What? 384 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:35,800 Speaker 1: All right, we'll talk about it when we return your 385 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:37,600 Speaker 1: Home with Dean Sharp the house Whispering. 386 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:41,680 Speaker 2: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 387 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:44,040 Speaker 2: KFI AM six forty here. 388 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:48,040 Speaker 1: To help you transform your ordinary house into an extraordinary home. 389 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:51,159 Speaker 1: And we do that every week one way or another. 390 00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:52,879 Speaker 1: This week I'm doing it by telling you about the 391 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:55,959 Speaker 1: best of the International Builders Show, which just wrapped up 392 00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:58,880 Speaker 1: this last week. But right now we're taking some calls 393 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:00,720 Speaker 1: and so I'm gonna go back to the phones. I 394 00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:03,320 Speaker 1: want to talk to Kathy. Hey, Kathy, welcome home. 395 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:05,240 Speaker 6: Wow. 396 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:07,679 Speaker 3: Do I feel like I hit the jackpar Thank you? 397 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:11,359 Speaker 1: Oh no? Did you? Oh you mean because you got. 398 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:13,639 Speaker 6: On talking talking to you? 399 00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:13,920 Speaker 3: Yes? 400 00:24:15,359 --> 00:24:16,639 Speaker 1: How can I help you? My friend? 401 00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:22,280 Speaker 6: I have an acre in a rural community and my 402 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:26,479 Speaker 6: master bedroom I noticed that there is there was a 403 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:30,480 Speaker 6: stain of about one foot in depth and about three 404 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:34,240 Speaker 6: feet in length, and it's a split level. 405 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:35,440 Speaker 3: It's sit like a. 406 00:24:35,359 --> 00:24:38,919 Speaker 6: Cutout, I think on a cement slab, and this wall 407 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:42,720 Speaker 6: is against like a walkway that goes, you know, down 408 00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:46,440 Speaker 6: out to the backyard. And during the rain, I went 409 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:49,280 Speaker 6: to look at it and I feel like it's maybe 410 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:51,000 Speaker 6: it was a little moist, but like I went in 411 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:53,679 Speaker 6: there today and I feel like it's dry, and so 412 00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:57,800 Speaker 6: I'm trying to figure out where would I start to 413 00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:01,000 Speaker 6: diagnose what might be going on. 414 00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:05,359 Speaker 1: All Right, if you've got any concerns whatsoever about moisture 415 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:10,280 Speaker 1: inside that wall or moisture leaking in. Uh, and and 416 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:12,520 Speaker 1: you and it's enough to you know, make you call 417 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:15,120 Speaker 1: the show and you're scratching your head about it, then 418 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:21,160 Speaker 1: then you should probably open it up. And so when 419 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:23,639 Speaker 1: I say open it up, we're not talking about anything structural. 420 00:25:24,359 --> 00:25:24,679 Speaker 3: Uh. 421 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:27,480 Speaker 1: And a lot of people avoid doing this because they, 422 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:29,439 Speaker 1: you know, they fear that, oh, it's going to be 423 00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:32,240 Speaker 1: so expensive. It's not dry wall in the in the 424 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:35,240 Speaker 1: big scheme of things, dry wall is just a skin 425 00:25:35,480 --> 00:25:38,040 Speaker 1: on the inside of the wall. It's not expensive to 426 00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:40,960 Speaker 1: cut out a section of dry wall and to put 427 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:43,480 Speaker 1: a piece of dry wall back and then to retape 428 00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:45,359 Speaker 1: and a little paint, patchwork and so on. 429 00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:46,199 Speaker 6: Uh. 430 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:50,640 Speaker 1: Do we want to do it unnecessarily? No, But if 431 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:53,719 Speaker 1: there's the possibility of moisture coming in there, we need 432 00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:55,359 Speaker 1: to take a look. And not only do we need 433 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:57,000 Speaker 1: to take a look, but if there's moisture in there, 434 00:25:57,000 --> 00:25:59,080 Speaker 1: we also need to air it out. Okay, So this 435 00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:03,240 Speaker 1: would be like a way a remediation company would handle 436 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:06,240 Speaker 1: a room after a flood is that they would cut 437 00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:08,679 Speaker 1: up at least twenty four inches of drywall from the 438 00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:12,160 Speaker 1: floor up and just allow those stud bays to air out, 439 00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:15,959 Speaker 1: allow it to dry out. But most importantly in your situation, 440 00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:21,720 Speaker 1: it's probably gonna mean removing a little bit of that drywall. 441 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:25,879 Speaker 1: But now there is a way to avoid the initial 442 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:30,760 Speaker 1: drywall move if you want. But it's an exterior wall, right, 443 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:31,840 Speaker 1: it's an exterior wall. 444 00:26:32,119 --> 00:26:35,679 Speaker 6: Yeah, Yeah, I got one other thing. I actually have 445 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:40,960 Speaker 6: subterranean termites that are visible in there, and I have 446 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:44,720 Speaker 6: contacted and was ready to do something. But I kind 447 00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:46,480 Speaker 6: of thought, and I don't know if I was wrong 448 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:49,239 Speaker 6: in this, to wait till after the rain to get them, 449 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:52,480 Speaker 6: and they're going to treat the room and the entire exterior. 450 00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:57,440 Speaker 6: Would that be or is it still getting somebody else 451 00:26:57,480 --> 00:26:59,959 Speaker 6: in to open that up first before we treat them 452 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:01,520 Speaker 6: those subterranean termites. 453 00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:04,000 Speaker 1: Would I would open it up first, because there's more 454 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:07,080 Speaker 1: than just that going on, right that the moisture issue 455 00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:09,639 Speaker 1: is not from the termites. I trust you, you know 456 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:13,240 Speaker 1: trust me when I tell you that it's unrelated. The 457 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:16,480 Speaker 1: termites may be related to the moisture because they love 458 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:20,120 Speaker 1: that situation, right, But the moisture is not caused by 459 00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:24,680 Speaker 1: the termites. Okay, so yeah, that's what you would Now, 460 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:27,040 Speaker 1: there are ways of doing a little bit of forensic 461 00:27:27,119 --> 00:27:31,879 Speaker 1: examination these days without taking off dry wall. We do 462 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:34,000 Speaker 1: it sometimes when Tina and I are trying to figure 463 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:36,280 Speaker 1: out what's going inside a wall or what if we 464 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:38,479 Speaker 1: want to move a wall, and that is with a camera, 465 00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:41,000 Speaker 1: a little scoped camera where you can just make a 466 00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:43,720 Speaker 1: half inch hole in the wall and slide a scoped 467 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:47,480 Speaker 1: camera inside and take a look. And in fact people 468 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:49,680 Speaker 1: can do. I mean, here's the thing. You can buy 469 00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:52,560 Speaker 1: these camera scopes for like one hundred and fifty dollars 470 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:56,280 Speaker 1: on Amazon these days, really nice HD color ones and 471 00:27:56,400 --> 00:28:00,920 Speaker 1: look around yourself. But an exterior wall also has insulation 472 00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:02,879 Speaker 1: in it, and so it's not like there's an empty 473 00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:05,280 Speaker 1: cavity there where it's really easy to see around. You're 474 00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:08,480 Speaker 1: going to be pushing in against insulation. So that's why 475 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:11,240 Speaker 1: I'm saying, if you have a concern and it's a 476 00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:16,720 Speaker 1: two foot area or so, I would probably say time 477 00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:19,879 Speaker 1: to cut that dry wall back and remove a section 478 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:22,760 Speaker 1: of it and get eyes on what's going on there? 479 00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:27,959 Speaker 6: So would that be general contractor or perhaps with a 480 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:29,960 Speaker 6: plumber that they have those cameras or. 481 00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:33,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, plumber, a plumber could do that. But I but, 482 00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:36,840 Speaker 1: but this is probably not a plumbing issue. Okay, it 483 00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:39,680 Speaker 1: doesn't sound like it's a plumbing issue. Sounds like it's 484 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:44,600 Speaker 1: a water intrusion issue from the outside now I'm guessing right, Yeah, 485 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:46,960 Speaker 1: so that would be a contractor at that point, it 486 00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:47,959 Speaker 1: would be a contractor. 487 00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:52,760 Speaker 6: Okay, Okay, gosh, thank you so much, because I'm skewing 488 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:55,640 Speaker 6: about it. Was I right to wait for the rain 489 00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:58,680 Speaker 6: to stop on the treatment of until it may be dry, 490 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:01,440 Speaker 6: you know, we get a little better weather spurt for 491 00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:03,800 Speaker 6: the treatment of the termites that I need to do. 492 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:07,080 Speaker 1: As far as a termite treatment, yes, yeah, yeah, you 493 00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:09,160 Speaker 1: don't want to You don't want to do the termite 494 00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:13,040 Speaker 1: treatment when everything is soaking wet and uh and actually 495 00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:15,800 Speaker 1: going to be raining. In fact, the termite company should 496 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:18,719 Speaker 1: tell you, hey, let's wait until the weather clears and 497 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:22,040 Speaker 1: we'll get a much better treatment on that as well. Unfortunately, 498 00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:24,120 Speaker 1: I would have loved to have opened the wall up 499 00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:26,959 Speaker 1: a little bit while it was raining to see if 500 00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:30,200 Speaker 1: there was any visible signs of activity going on in 501 00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:32,800 Speaker 1: terms of moisture, and like we would have got a 502 00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:35,120 Speaker 1: sense of, oh, where is this water coming from? Oh 503 00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:37,400 Speaker 1: look right there, you can see it oozing in behind 504 00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:40,960 Speaker 1: the plate or something like that. So we but but honestly, 505 00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:45,560 Speaker 1: you can re recreate that with a garden hose outside. Okay, 506 00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:47,840 Speaker 1: So that's the idea. So if you open that up 507 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:51,560 Speaker 1: and it's not super obvious, if it's moist but not 508 00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:55,000 Speaker 1: super obvious where it's coming from, then somebody outside with 509 00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:58,800 Speaker 1: a garden hose replicate the rain storm and then watch 510 00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:02,680 Speaker 1: it inside and see, Aha, there it is. There's the problem. 511 00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:06,760 Speaker 1: Hopefully those things will give us clues as to what's 512 00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:09,240 Speaker 1: going on. Kathy. But I think you know a few 513 00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:13,280 Speaker 1: dollars worth of drywall being sacrificed is worth getting to 514 00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:16,400 Speaker 1: what you know could become a much bigger problem if 515 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:17,480 Speaker 1: you don't nip it in the button. 516 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:19,920 Speaker 6: Thank you so much. 517 00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:23,480 Speaker 1: You are so welcome, my friend. Thanks for your call 518 00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:26,280 Speaker 1: and for your encouragement. All right, y'all, when we come 519 00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:29,760 Speaker 1: back more from the International Builders. Show your home with 520 00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:33,720 Speaker 1: Dean Sharp the house Whisper. This has been home with 521 00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:37,120 Speaker 1: Dean Sharp, the house Whisper. 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