1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:03,960 Speaker 1: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 2 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:05,600 Speaker 1: KFI AM six forty. 3 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:12,000 Speaker 2: Good morning, my friend, and welcome home. I am Dean Sharp, 4 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:16,759 Speaker 2: the house whisperer, custom home builder, custom home designer, lover 5 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 2: of the xylophone, and your guide to better understand that 6 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 2: place where you live. Oh my gosh, what a great morning. 7 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 2: It has turned into an unexpected fine. Heather Brooker plays 8 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:33,760 Speaker 2: the xylophone and I am loving it. 9 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:34,840 Speaker 3: Uh. 10 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:38,080 Speaker 2: We've got an all call Saturday morning going. Uh, here's 11 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:40,120 Speaker 2: the number to reach me about anything you want to 12 00:00:40,159 --> 00:00:42,880 Speaker 2: talk about about your house or if you have xylophone 13 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:45,519 Speaker 2: questions for Heather. The number to reach me eight three 14 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:49,760 Speaker 2: three two. Ask Dean eight three three the numeral two 15 00:00:50,159 --> 00:00:54,480 Speaker 2: Ask Dean A three three two ask Dean. It's just 16 00:00:54,720 --> 00:01:06,840 Speaker 2: that simple. Oh wait, wait a second, Heather, do you 17 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:07,600 Speaker 2: know who this is? 18 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:09,760 Speaker 4: No? 19 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:20,960 Speaker 2: Do you I do? That was the melodious sound of 20 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 2: Lolly Allen. 21 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:25,919 Speaker 3: Yes, your friend. 22 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:28,520 Speaker 5: Wait, I know her. 23 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:30,280 Speaker 3: So here's the thing. 24 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 2: During the break, I'm like, all right, so, uh so 25 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:36,920 Speaker 2: Heather's uh has has a blog and a website, motherhood 26 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:41,720 Speaker 2: in Hollywood dot com. Uh, And and I thought to myself, 27 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 2: what are the chances that Heather has actually made a 28 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 2: xylophone post very slim, very so I go to Motherhood 29 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:56,160 Speaker 2: in Hollywood dot com and behold, behold Vibraphonis Lolly Alan 30 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 2: on Childhood Music and the Beauty of Jazz. 31 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:02,760 Speaker 5: Honestly, Lolly is so so talented. She she plays the vibraphone, 32 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 5: which is very similar to the xylophone and the marimma. 33 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 5: She's so talented, very well, highly regarded player vibraphonists in 34 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 5: the in the community. She's great. 35 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:16,960 Speaker 6: I love her. 36 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:18,960 Speaker 5: But she came on my podcast when I had did 37 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 5: Motherhood in Hollywood and we talked all about we geeked 38 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:26,079 Speaker 5: out a little bit about our love of this particular instrument. 39 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:29,079 Speaker 3: I found it. I found it. 40 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:32,240 Speaker 5: I'm so glad you did. She's so talented. She plays 41 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 5: like I love listening to her play like the jazz 42 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 5: that there's something very soothing and relaxing about it. I 43 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:40,920 Speaker 5: was never that talented, I was never that dedicated. I 44 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:46,560 Speaker 5: stopped after high school. But she is like an you know, 45 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 5: highly regarded and recognized player. So if anybody gets likes 46 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:53,640 Speaker 5: jazz and likes that sound, she is amazing. 47 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:56,080 Speaker 2: Well, you know what I and then I realized I 48 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 2: realized once I was hearing her play, and I'm like, 49 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 2: of course jazz, jazz. 50 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's there. 51 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:06,080 Speaker 5: It's that feeling of like throwing on, you know, an 52 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:09,920 Speaker 5: old record and just sitting back by the fireplace and like, 53 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 5: I don't know, it takes you to a that sound 54 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 5: takes you to a certain time. 55 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:16,079 Speaker 2: It does, It totally does, all right, So one more 56 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:18,919 Speaker 2: question and then I promise I will actually do my work. 57 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 2: And that is so, you know, she's playing, and I 58 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:26,399 Speaker 2: realized I remember seeing this all the time. She's got 59 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 2: four mallets. She's got you know, like two mallets in 60 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 2: your chance. How do you even control that? Is that 61 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 2: a thing? 62 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 3: Is that a bis a thing? Too? 63 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:35,839 Speaker 7: Yeah? 64 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 5: What you do is you you just use your wrist 65 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:40,560 Speaker 5: to kind of go back and forth between the two 66 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:43,920 Speaker 5: at the same time while you're kind of moving up 67 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 5: and down along the keys. So it's like. 68 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 2: They have to be just perfectly spaced, otherwise the second 69 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 2: molet is going to hit the wrong one. 70 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:53,560 Speaker 3: Yeah. 71 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 5: Yeah, but you practice, I mean, just like with anything, 72 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 5: you practice it to make sure that you've got a 73 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:00,240 Speaker 5: position right, and then you can I mean, if you 74 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 5: get a chance to watch Lolly play or anybody play, 75 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 5: but if you get a chance, it's really incredible to 76 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:09,600 Speaker 5: watch because she can go so fast, Like I never 77 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:11,760 Speaker 5: got to that level. Well I was particularly good with 78 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 5: two any chand but she's incredible to watch because she 79 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:19,680 Speaker 5: can move up and down the keys so fast. Yeah, 80 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:22,839 Speaker 5: it's a it's a skill. It's a truly a wonderful 81 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:25,920 Speaker 5: skill to have. It's gonna neat to watch. I love 82 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:28,480 Speaker 5: that we're talking about that. I love that. It's so fascinating. 83 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:32,360 Speaker 3: It is amazing, Wow, electrifying. I mean it really is. 84 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:36,440 Speaker 3: It is absolutely amazing. All right, y'all think about us too. 85 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:39,279 Speaker 5: Whenever you're designing someone's home. Maybe you're gonna have somebody 86 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:41,479 Speaker 5: who wants like a little space for music, and you 87 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 5: could go, you know what would go great here? A 88 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:47,320 Speaker 5: xylophone or amt. 89 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:48,039 Speaker 3: You know what? 90 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:51,240 Speaker 2: People are often amazed that I know the answers to 91 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 2: their questions or that I've experienced something in home design. 92 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 2: They think, Okay, I'm gonna throw a curveball at you. 93 00:04:56,880 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 2: You've never done this, have you? And I'm like, yeah, 94 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 2: I've done that a few times. They're like, home, my gosh, 95 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:03,680 Speaker 2: but there you go right there? What one thing has 96 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:07,800 Speaker 2: Dean never recommended to be placed in a home. I 97 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 2: have never said, you know what, this corner would be 98 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 2: perfect for a xylophone, my friend, Yes, maybe that. Maybe 99 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 2: today is the day. 100 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:18,719 Speaker 5: See there you go, someone's gonna call it. They're gonna 101 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:21,560 Speaker 5: have questions about where they can put their marimba or 102 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 5: theirs xylophone, and you're I've got it. 103 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 2: And I'm ready. I'm ready. I'm just gonna toss it 104 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:27,320 Speaker 2: to you. I'm like, you know what, I'm not qualified 105 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 2: to answer that. Heather, take it over. 106 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:30,480 Speaker 5: Do you do music rooms? 107 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:30,560 Speaker 4: Like? 108 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:32,160 Speaker 5: Do people say I need a whole room for. 109 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:33,559 Speaker 3: A like yeah my band? 110 00:05:33,839 --> 00:05:37,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I just never really imagine. I'm 111 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:40,120 Speaker 2: gonna start thinking about it now. I'm thinking about a 112 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:41,919 Speaker 2: xylophone centric room. 113 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:42,800 Speaker 5: I love it. 114 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:46,800 Speaker 3: I mean, just dedicated the ZI room. Is there an? 115 00:05:47,279 --> 00:05:49,159 Speaker 3: You have to say the whole word, don't you. Yeah, 116 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:50,800 Speaker 3: you don't have like a. 117 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:54,440 Speaker 5: If you if she if Lolli's talking about her virophone. 118 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:55,880 Speaker 5: She says the vibes, which is. 119 00:05:57,360 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 3: But the xylophone. 120 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:00,560 Speaker 5: Yeah, it doesn't have the same doesn't work. 121 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 3: All right? You want to do some news for us? 122 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:06,680 Speaker 5: Do I have to? I'm really enjoying our comments. 123 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 3: You don't have to. 124 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:10,560 Speaker 2: Clearly, I'm not doing my job today. You don't have 125 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:11,400 Speaker 2: to do yours either. 126 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 5: Let's not Let's just let's just keep talking about what 127 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 5: our passions are and our and our like non work 128 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 5: related things. 129 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:22,120 Speaker 2: All right, all right, I promise I apologize when we 130 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 2: come back. We're going to go back to the phones. 131 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:26,720 Speaker 2: And we've got calls on the board and I can't 132 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:29,279 Speaker 2: ignore them, and I don't want to, but I'm just 133 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:32,920 Speaker 2: I'm captivating Dean Sharp the house whisper. I'm not taking 134 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:33,280 Speaker 2: the bait. 135 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:33,680 Speaker 8: I'm not. 136 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:37,039 Speaker 2: I'm not here to help you take your home to 137 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:41,200 Speaker 2: the next level. Absolutely, it's an all called Saturday morning. 138 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 2: We're having fun. We are enjoying the Saturday that it is. 139 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:49,040 Speaker 2: It's going to be a lovely Saturday here in southern California. 140 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:52,600 Speaker 2: I hate to say that when so many people, I 141 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:56,440 Speaker 2: mean millions, tens of millions of people are suffering through 142 00:06:57,040 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 2: this polar vortex that's happening, that sweeping kind of diagonally 143 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:06,880 Speaker 2: across the nation. Stay warm, stay safe, and keep listening. 144 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 2: We are doing an all call Saturday. I've got a 145 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 2: board full of calls here. So let's go back to 146 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 2: the phones and talk about your home. I want to 147 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:18,760 Speaker 2: talk to Steve. Hey, Steve, welcome home. 148 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:23,000 Speaker 6: Hey, how's it going, Steve. It's been about a year 149 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:25,960 Speaker 6: since the big fires. Yes, and I took you did 150 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 6: your shows, and I took down notes and I was 151 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 6: doing my homework to chase down some of the ideas, 152 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:33,120 Speaker 6: some of the things that made sense, some of the 153 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:36,559 Speaker 6: things that were cool that don't make sense. I still 154 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:40,680 Speaker 6: want more, And of course I'm fine. I'll be selfish 155 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:42,960 Speaker 6: like that. I don't have to worry per se about 156 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:45,240 Speaker 6: what I've got going on. But I do want to 157 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 6: think ahead. I do want to plan ahead. And I'm 158 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 6: retired now. As an engineer, I used to enjoy going 159 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:53,960 Speaker 6: to trade shows where you'd go to a convention center, 160 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 6: a building, there'd be a lot of vendors and you 161 00:07:57,520 --> 00:08:01,760 Speaker 6: could really see of riot of vendors, a variety of products, 162 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:04,600 Speaker 6: a variety of ideas, and it's a great way to 163 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:10,200 Speaker 6: really canvas the industry and make choices. And I've been 164 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 6: trying to find that topic and you just don't find 165 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:21,000 Speaker 6: like the event guy, the roof vent people that you 166 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:23,600 Speaker 6: have brought up, and even the spray people where you 167 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:26,200 Speaker 6: could spray your walls and such, you don't find those 168 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 6: people at all. So I found a source for there's 169 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:35,560 Speaker 6: something in San Diego coming up that's a forest fire 170 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 6: something rather, but they don't have a convention associated with 171 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:43,520 Speaker 6: it that would bring up products that somebody might take 172 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:47,120 Speaker 6: advantage of to help strengthen their house. Have you heard 173 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:51,200 Speaker 6: of any promoters or any kind of trade magazines that 174 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:52,240 Speaker 6: might bring out some of this. 175 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:58,640 Speaker 2: Well, yeah, the trick is that you know, it's a 176 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:03,240 Speaker 2: niche area, and so the industry tends to speak to 177 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:06,520 Speaker 2: itself a lot and not necessarily speak out all as 178 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:08,680 Speaker 2: one voice to the general public. 179 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:13,840 Speaker 3: But you could subscribe to and visit the. 180 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:23,040 Speaker 2: National Fire Prevention Association or fire Protection National Fire Protection 181 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:28,000 Speaker 2: Associate the NFPA. Their website is filled with a lot 182 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 2: of cool info and if you're really committed to it, 183 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 2: you could go to their show, which they do I 184 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 2: think every year. Let me look here real quick here 185 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 2: NFP they've got one coming up in June, the official 186 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:49,120 Speaker 2: twenty twenty sixth National Fire Protection Association Conference and Expo 187 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:53,200 Speaker 2: in Vegas June twenty second, twenty fourth. 188 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:56,600 Speaker 6: Vegas has the best trade shows. 189 00:09:56,840 --> 00:09:59,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, so that is I mean, these are the guys 190 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:05,240 Speaker 2: and again, yeah, I'm sure general public is allowed, but 191 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:07,720 Speaker 2: it'd this is just one of those conference and expos 192 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:10,080 Speaker 2: that's kind of like the industry talking to the industry, 193 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:14,120 Speaker 2: but you're gonna find everything and everyone they're talking about 194 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:16,760 Speaker 2: what they do best in this category, and then you 195 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:20,120 Speaker 2: then you know, there's always a great amount of it 196 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:24,640 Speaker 2: happening at every you know, international builder show as well 197 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:28,360 Speaker 2: for the National Home Builders which is coming up in 198 00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:33,120 Speaker 2: Orlando in what two weeks, three weeks, two or three 199 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:35,480 Speaker 2: weeks from now in Orlando, Florida this year, and then 200 00:10:35,559 --> 00:10:38,240 Speaker 2: next year it'll be back, I believe in Vegas. It 201 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:39,960 Speaker 2: goes a couple of years on, a couple of years, 202 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:42,320 Speaker 2: a couple of years West coast, couple of years East coast. 203 00:10:43,160 --> 00:10:46,600 Speaker 2: But that's about the best I can offer you other 204 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:49,240 Speaker 2: than you know, just go and finding those websites and 205 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:53,679 Speaker 2: regularly subscribing to them. But yeah, there's the information is 206 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:56,319 Speaker 2: there to be found. But again, it's just not one 207 00:10:56,360 --> 00:10:58,959 Speaker 2: of those you know, I mean, it's not like the xylophone. 208 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:03,080 Speaker 2: It's not like it has a huge following and so everybody, 209 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:06,199 Speaker 2: oh yeah, everybody's got that going on. But fire protection 210 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 2: for your home, it's you know, it's a bit hit 211 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:11,040 Speaker 2: and miss. So that there that's the that's the best 212 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:13,720 Speaker 2: I can offer you, Steve, Thanks buddy for the call. 213 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:14,960 Speaker 3: Good question. 214 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:17,760 Speaker 2: Uh where do you find more information on how to 215 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:20,880 Speaker 2: keep your home safe? Other than here, of course, which 216 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:25,079 Speaker 2: I am always rich with such info for you. And 217 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:27,520 Speaker 2: I'll just tell everybody right now. You know what, if 218 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:29,960 Speaker 2: you're even thinking about it in any way, get those vents, 219 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:33,560 Speaker 2: Get those vents. I just spent some time with Kelly 220 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:36,880 Speaker 2: berkampas of brand Guard Vents a couple three days ago, 221 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:40,800 Speaker 2: and uh, brand Guard, by the way, f YI is 222 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:43,080 Speaker 2: going to be going on the shelves at home Depot 223 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:48,040 Speaker 2: and starting in April in southern California, and so yay 224 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:51,920 Speaker 2: for them and all that they are doing. It's it's 225 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:53,880 Speaker 2: hard to to. 226 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:55,960 Speaker 3: You know. 227 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:59,560 Speaker 2: The difficulty is always this, I've been talking about it 228 00:11:59,559 --> 00:12:03,520 Speaker 2: for years. And the outside of a home. If you 229 00:12:03,559 --> 00:12:06,360 Speaker 2: have a stucco home with a roof that's been put 230 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:08,840 Speaker 2: on anytime in the last thirty years, you have a 231 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:13,000 Speaker 2: Class A rated shell. You have two holes left to 232 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:17,720 Speaker 2: plug for that house when it comes to wildfire incursion, 233 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:24,480 Speaker 2: that is the windows and the vents. The windows. If 234 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:29,080 Speaker 2: you live anywhere near a wildlife urban interface. Then you 235 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:31,960 Speaker 2: should think about your window glass being changed out to 236 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:35,160 Speaker 2: tempered glass that gets the windows in place. And then 237 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:38,120 Speaker 2: the vents, the attic vents, the crawl space vents of 238 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:40,760 Speaker 2: your house is old enough or it's a raise foundation home, 239 00:12:41,040 --> 00:12:46,440 Speaker 2: but the vents eight out of ten, I'm serious, eight 240 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:49,320 Speaker 2: out of ten. Eighty percent of the homes that ignite 241 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:54,160 Speaker 2: during a wildfire event embers embers flying through the air 242 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:57,959 Speaker 2: miles away from the fire line, not the fire arriving 243 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:02,000 Speaker 2: at your home. The embers, the embers. You do that, 244 00:13:02,559 --> 00:13:06,440 Speaker 2: and you are well, well, well on your way. I 245 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:08,560 Speaker 2: was talking to Kelly now that it's been a year 246 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:13,280 Speaker 2: since the Eton and the Palisades fire, and I said, Kelly, 247 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:17,080 Speaker 2: a room full of people, I could have embarrassed her, potentially, 248 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:23,040 Speaker 2: but I said, Kelly, brand Guard vents. You had homes 249 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:27,679 Speaker 2: in Palisades with brand Guard vents installed. How many homes 250 00:13:27,679 --> 00:13:28,120 Speaker 2: did you have? 251 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:28,520 Speaker 4: Two? 252 00:13:28,640 --> 00:13:31,400 Speaker 2: Three, ten? How many homes did you have and how 253 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 2: did they do? She said, we have hundreds of homes 254 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:39,520 Speaker 2: in the Palisades that had brand Guard vents installed, and 255 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:45,160 Speaker 2: with the exception of two, they all survived. They are 256 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:50,160 Speaker 2: all still standing. Hundreds of homes with these vents, they're 257 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:53,160 Speaker 2: all still standing. I tell that to you as an 258 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:56,120 Speaker 2: illustration of the point. It's not me saying ad out 259 00:13:56,120 --> 00:13:59,080 Speaker 2: of ten. It's not a marketing campaign from a vent 260 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:02,840 Speaker 2: company like Brand Guard saying it. That's the California State 261 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:06,720 Speaker 2: Fire Marshal saying, this is what we've learned. It's embers, 262 00:14:06,840 --> 00:14:10,440 Speaker 2: my friends. It's not how tough the hull of the 263 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:12,840 Speaker 2: boat is. It's the fact that there are like thirty 264 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:15,480 Speaker 2: holes drilled in the bottom of the boat. That's why 265 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:19,440 Speaker 2: it sinks. Patch the holes, the boat will not sink. 266 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:26,080 Speaker 2: So the two homes that didn't survive, that was extenuating circumstances. 267 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:28,720 Speaker 2: One a car blew up in the driveway and blew 268 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:30,800 Speaker 2: a hole in the side of the house. Okay, the 269 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:32,960 Speaker 2: vents aren't going to save that. And the other one 270 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:36,440 Speaker 2: the house next door burnt down and a tree fell 271 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:40,080 Speaker 2: over and crushed through the roof and made a relatively 272 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:42,640 Speaker 2: large hole in the roof, and that house burnt down. 273 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:47,280 Speaker 2: But with those two exceptions, the exploding car and the 274 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:50,600 Speaker 2: tree from the next door neighbor falling on your roof 275 00:14:50,920 --> 00:14:54,960 Speaker 2: during a fire, the Brand Guard vents homes in the 276 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 2: Palisades area still standing. It is something to think about, 277 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:03,760 Speaker 2: all right, y'all. When we come back, we're going back 278 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:05,640 Speaker 2: to the phones. The number to reach me eight three 279 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:09,240 Speaker 2: three two. Ask Dean A three three the numeral two 280 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:12,400 Speaker 2: Your Home with Dean Sharp, the House Whisper. 281 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:16,640 Speaker 1: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 282 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:19,560 Speaker 1: KFI AM six forty. 283 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:22,800 Speaker 2: Dean Sharp, the House Whisper here to help you transform 284 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:26,800 Speaker 2: your ordinary house into an extraordinary home. We do it 285 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:31,320 Speaker 2: every week Saturday and Sunday. Every Saturday is an all 286 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:33,800 Speaker 2: Calls Saturday where you get to set the agenda for 287 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:37,040 Speaker 2: the show, unless, of course, I get off on talking 288 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:41,600 Speaker 2: about xylophones and then we just completely lose all decorum 289 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:46,360 Speaker 2: around here. But nonetheless it's an all call Saturday morning. 290 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:48,640 Speaker 2: We got a board full of calls here. Let's go 291 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:51,760 Speaker 2: back to the phones. I want to talk to Teresa. Hey, Teresa, 292 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:52,640 Speaker 2: welcome home. 293 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:58,680 Speaker 7: Sure, I am calling about a second home we have 294 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:02,320 Speaker 7: on the coast of four In. This home has cadet 295 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:06,560 Speaker 7: heaters as well as the dyke in heating flash air 296 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 7: units in the kitchen and the master bedroom, and we 297 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:14,800 Speaker 7: are looking to make sure that this home is fully heatable. 298 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:18,920 Speaker 7: It's got very high ceilings and the kitchen living room 299 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:21,360 Speaker 7: is one open area, and we're in the process of 300 00:16:21,520 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 7: trying to get a system that will allow this home 301 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:27,320 Speaker 7: to be heated properly in the winter without spending the 302 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:31,720 Speaker 7: money on a full central heating system. I happen to 303 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:34,840 Speaker 7: love Dyking, but I love your opinion on these systems. 304 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:41,000 Speaker 2: Oh on a diking system, Yep, they're solid. I mean, 305 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:45,160 Speaker 2: here's the thing. In the heating and air conditioning world, 306 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:48,920 Speaker 2: the HVAC world you're going to, everybody's got their favorites. 307 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:53,880 Speaker 2: Everybody has their brand that they go to and say, 308 00:16:54,160 --> 00:16:57,040 Speaker 2: and if you're a certified installer, you're going to favor 309 00:16:57,080 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 2: your brand over the next. But at the end of 310 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:02,240 Speaker 2: the day, if you step step back, just about every 311 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:08,080 Speaker 2: AC system in the world are all what, regardless of 312 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:12,720 Speaker 2: the brands, are all made by about five companies and 313 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:14,960 Speaker 2: and so, and dyke In happens to be the largest 314 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:19,520 Speaker 2: air conditioning manufacturer on the planet globally. They're they're not 315 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:23,480 Speaker 2: as familiar to most people here in the US under 316 00:17:23,520 --> 00:17:27,960 Speaker 2: that name, under its Japanese name, but people are familiar 317 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:31,680 Speaker 2: with a MANA and Goodman units, and those are dyke 318 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:35,840 Speaker 2: In units as well, sold here in the States, so yeah, dyke, 319 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:40,640 Speaker 2: And they're especially renowned for their split their mini split systems, 320 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:43,760 Speaker 2: which sounds like you've got you know, a couple of 321 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:46,680 Speaker 2: there in the house. So yeah, they're a solid unit, 322 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:49,560 Speaker 2: not a problem. 323 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:54,560 Speaker 7: Any other thoughts on I don't know that I want 324 00:17:54,560 --> 00:17:56,520 Speaker 7: to reinvent the wheel here. We've already got too. We 325 00:17:56,640 --> 00:17:59,440 Speaker 7: might have to replace one and add another. I don't 326 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:01,359 Speaker 7: know that there's any other real way to go other 327 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:04,560 Speaker 7: than central heating, but that's just a huge job. 328 00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:06,879 Speaker 4: I'm not sure we want to go that route. 329 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:11,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, yeah, I totally feel you. My thoughts are, 330 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:15,200 Speaker 2: if you're well covered by many split systems, they'll work 331 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:19,760 Speaker 2: as well as central in terms of coverage in general, 332 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:22,520 Speaker 2: and so you know, I would let it be what 333 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:24,840 Speaker 2: it is. The high ceilings are always, you know, they're 334 00:18:24,840 --> 00:18:29,879 Speaker 2: always a problem. Insulation is something, if you know, honestly, 335 00:18:30,359 --> 00:18:33,040 Speaker 2: if you want the least expensive way to make a 336 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:37,679 Speaker 2: home easier to cool or heat, as opposed to upgrading 337 00:18:37,720 --> 00:18:41,439 Speaker 2: the AC system, look to the attic. Look to the attic, 338 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:45,440 Speaker 2: and you know, beat beef up the blown in insulation. 339 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:48,119 Speaker 2: Put a lid on the whole thing so that the 340 00:18:48,119 --> 00:18:51,840 Speaker 2: heat stays and holds longer even with a vaulted ceiling, 341 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:54,400 Speaker 2: especially with vaulted ceilings and high ceiling. 342 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:56,879 Speaker 4: That's a great idea. I hadn't we hadn't thought about that. 343 00:18:56,920 --> 00:18:58,240 Speaker 7: But we can ask our guy to do that. 344 00:18:58,400 --> 00:18:58,680 Speaker 4: Okay. 345 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:01,920 Speaker 2: Insulation is is going to be the least expensive way 346 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:05,840 Speaker 2: to make the biggest difference there. Now if if now, 347 00:19:06,119 --> 00:19:07,760 Speaker 2: I just have to say it for the sake of thing, 348 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:11,240 Speaker 2: if the day comes when you're like, yo, okay, listen, 349 00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:16,400 Speaker 2: we're finally ready to upgrade this home. Okay, then, especially 350 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:19,320 Speaker 2: if heating is the concern, if you think it at 351 00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:21,919 Speaker 2: any time about like changing out the flooring in the house, 352 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:25,560 Speaker 2: maybe some radiant heat floors through the house and forget 353 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:30,800 Speaker 2: about the four stair heating situation. Radiant heat flooring, I 354 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:33,440 Speaker 2: know for most people it still feels like a luxury thing. 355 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:37,760 Speaker 2: I wish it was standard in every home everywhere, because 356 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:41,200 Speaker 2: there is no heating system better than a radiant heat 357 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:42,120 Speaker 2: flooring system. 358 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:44,520 Speaker 4: I would agree with you agree with. 359 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:47,200 Speaker 6: Not so much. 360 00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:51,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, but the height of the ceiling irrelevant because radiant 361 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:54,679 Speaker 2: heat heats you where you are, and most importantly, not 362 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:56,840 Speaker 2: only does it you know heat the air and it 363 00:19:56,880 --> 00:19:59,520 Speaker 2: heats you the source is coming from below you, which 364 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:01,960 Speaker 2: you know heat rises, so that's the most efficient use. 365 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:05,280 Speaker 2: But it also does a fantastic job of heating up 366 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:07,240 Speaker 2: what we call the thermal mass in the house, which 367 00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:09,399 Speaker 2: is the furniture and the cabinets and the tables and 368 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:12,600 Speaker 2: everything else. And that is a massive part of keeping 369 00:20:12,600 --> 00:20:15,160 Speaker 2: a home warm as well. But on the other end 370 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:18,880 Speaker 2: of things, the quickest, easiest way, all things being equal, 371 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:22,160 Speaker 2: get some more insulation blown into the attic and beef 372 00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:24,960 Speaker 2: up the house's ability to hold on to the heat 373 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:25,480 Speaker 2: that it's got. 374 00:20:26,880 --> 00:20:30,080 Speaker 7: Perfect. Okay, that's fabulous information, and I so thank you 375 00:20:30,119 --> 00:20:30,640 Speaker 7: for your time. 376 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:33,359 Speaker 2: You are so welcome, Teresa. Thank you for the call. 377 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:36,119 Speaker 2: I love our callers, I absolutely do. 378 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:36,439 Speaker 4: So. 379 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:38,359 Speaker 2: Do we have time wait, we got time to start 380 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:45,000 Speaker 2: another one. Let's talk to Luis. Luise, welcome home. 381 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:49,320 Speaker 8: Hi, thank you for taking my call. I have just 382 00:20:49,359 --> 00:20:54,000 Speaker 8: a quick question about a sea's We live in Arizona, 383 00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:57,320 Speaker 8: so it tends to get really hot here and we're 384 00:20:57,359 --> 00:21:00,439 Speaker 8: going from a seven hundred and fifty foot house to 385 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:05,320 Speaker 8: about eighteen hundred square feet and my husband and I 386 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:08,480 Speaker 8: go back and forth on if we have rooms that 387 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:11,720 Speaker 8: we're not using. Is it better to close the vents 388 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:14,040 Speaker 8: to those rooms when the AC is running. 389 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:21,600 Speaker 2: Okay, the ongoing debate, so you know, it's a so 390 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:27,359 Speaker 2: please understand, it's a qualified no. It's a qualified no. 391 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:33,199 Speaker 2: This answer, okay, generally speaking, generally speaking, you should not 392 00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:37,439 Speaker 2: be closing down the vents to those rooms. Okay, the house, 393 00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:41,600 Speaker 2: the house is better off if you're cooling the whole house, okay. 394 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:45,040 Speaker 2: And the other problem is, and this has a little 395 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:49,000 Speaker 2: bit to do with fluid dynamics airflow dynamics. The problem 396 00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:52,280 Speaker 2: is that your AC system has a main trunk line 397 00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:55,080 Speaker 2: and then these branches of ducks break off and they 398 00:21:55,119 --> 00:21:57,399 Speaker 2: head off to each room, and those ducks can be 399 00:21:57,520 --> 00:22:00,000 Speaker 2: kind of lengthy. Even in an eighteen hundred square foot house. 400 00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:02,320 Speaker 2: You know, you could have ten fifteen feet of a 401 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:06,480 Speaker 2: smaller duct running towards the register the vent in a room. 402 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 2: The problem is when you close off that vent at 403 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:13,560 Speaker 2: the vent itself, okay, then all of that air is 404 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:16,600 Speaker 2: trying to go down that you know, out of the 405 00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:21,480 Speaker 2: trunk line, down into that duct. And what happens is 406 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:24,800 Speaker 2: it starts backing up. Air pressure starts forming in the 407 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:28,320 Speaker 2: duct that is closed because it can't breathe, and it's 408 00:22:28,359 --> 00:22:31,600 Speaker 2: not flowing out of it. That air pressure eventually backs 409 00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:33,960 Speaker 2: up all the way to the main trunk line and 410 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:39,400 Speaker 2: starts affecting the free flow of air to the other rooms. 411 00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:43,360 Speaker 2: So what we have is a clog essentially that ends 412 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:48,000 Speaker 2: up backing up and causing diminished performance to the other rooms. 413 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:51,280 Speaker 2: And that is why we keep that vent open. The 414 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:55,520 Speaker 2: other reason is that air conditioning system was designed to 415 00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:58,120 Speaker 2: breathe out of all of its vents, and it puts 416 00:22:58,160 --> 00:23:02,080 Speaker 2: more pressure on the ACS system, the motors, the fans, 417 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:05,280 Speaker 2: and so on and so forth. Now I say that 418 00:23:05,359 --> 00:23:08,800 Speaker 2: as a qualified no, because that if that's all you're doing, 419 00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:10,360 Speaker 2: then I don't want you to do it. 420 00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:10,840 Speaker 3: Okay. 421 00:23:11,359 --> 00:23:16,080 Speaker 2: If there really are rooms that you listen during the summer, 422 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:18,240 Speaker 2: we just you know, we just we just don't go 423 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:18,800 Speaker 2: in there. 424 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:19,320 Speaker 3: Okay. 425 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:24,560 Speaker 2: Then you could talk to your HVAC contractor and and 426 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:28,719 Speaker 2: do this a little different. You can install a damper, okay, 427 00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:32,920 Speaker 2: which will close off the duct. Notice I said close 428 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:34,600 Speaker 2: off the duct, not the vent. 429 00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:35,440 Speaker 3: Okay. 430 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:38,480 Speaker 2: So if we're going to shut down the airflow to 431 00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:41,440 Speaker 2: a room, we need to do it where the duct 432 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:46,000 Speaker 2: leaves the main trunk line right that way. It's as 433 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:49,000 Speaker 2: if that duct wasn't there to begin with. Then there's 434 00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:52,639 Speaker 2: no backup of flow, there's no interruption in the airflow 435 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:56,600 Speaker 2: to the other rooms. And motorized dampers can be installed 436 00:23:56,840 --> 00:23:59,600 Speaker 2: up in your attic or wherever your duct system is running. 437 00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:02,199 Speaker 2: Rise dampers can be installed, but they need to be 438 00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:06,040 Speaker 2: right at the join where the main register, you know, 439 00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:10,880 Speaker 2: the main duck trunk duck breaks off into the smaller ones. 440 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:14,320 Speaker 2: So can you shut down a room safely and not 441 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:18,720 Speaker 2: inhibit the performance of the system or damage the equipment. Yes, 442 00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:22,719 Speaker 2: but that has to happen right where the branch leaves 443 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:25,040 Speaker 2: the trunk of the tree, not at the end of 444 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:27,320 Speaker 2: the branch. Does that make sense. 445 00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:30,919 Speaker 8: Absolutely, That's what I can't tell on my husband. 446 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:36,600 Speaker 3: Oh all right, there you go, Louise. 447 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:39,440 Speaker 8: Okay, Dean, thank you very much. 448 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:42,320 Speaker 2: You're very welcome. Thanks for your call. All right, y'all, 449 00:24:42,359 --> 00:24:44,600 Speaker 2: more of your calls when we come back your home 450 00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:48,080 Speaker 2: with Dean Sharp, the house Whisper. Dean Sharp, the house 451 00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:54,840 Speaker 2: Whisper here to remind you every home deserves great design. Tomorrow, 452 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:58,040 Speaker 2: speaking of design on the Big Show from nine to 453 00:24:58,119 --> 00:25:03,720 Speaker 2: noon every Sunday tomorrow, we're talking about bedrooms and primarily 454 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:09,199 Speaker 2: design theory about bedrooms, and of course for me, you 455 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:12,840 Speaker 2: know you should know by now, Dean's gonna have us 456 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:16,639 Speaker 2: rethinking all of it. Yeah, all of it. We're gonna 457 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:21,040 Speaker 2: make massive improvements to the bedrooms in your home. So 458 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:25,520 Speaker 2: do not miss that conversation. That's tomorrow from nine to noon. 459 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:28,679 Speaker 2: Don't miss it, all right, it is an all calls 460 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:31,560 Speaker 2: Saturday morning. We've got just enough time to get another 461 00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:34,080 Speaker 2: call in. I want to go back to the phones. 462 00:25:34,119 --> 00:25:39,879 Speaker 2: I want to talk to Maurice. Hey, Maurice, welcome home, Dean. 463 00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:44,120 Speaker 4: I have a sixty three house and when it rains, 464 00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:46,680 Speaker 4: the garage floor gets lit. I can't find out where 465 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:49,080 Speaker 4: the water's coming from. But I'm thinking I should just 466 00:25:49,119 --> 00:25:52,479 Speaker 4: steal the bottom of it, steal the heck out of it, 467 00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:53,800 Speaker 4: and see how that goes. 468 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:57,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, so talk to me about what what are we 469 00:25:57,080 --> 00:26:02,679 Speaker 2: talking about? Because I'm trying to draw a a finer 470 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:05,119 Speaker 2: line to identify the water. Do we end up with 471 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:08,320 Speaker 2: like standing puddles of water? Is it what we call 472 00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:11,439 Speaker 2: sweating the garage the floor starts to. 473 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:16,479 Speaker 4: I don't think sweating. It's it's like wet, like okay, puddles. Okay, 474 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:17,760 Speaker 4: it's pretty flat. 475 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:19,960 Speaker 3: But okay, and so wet. 476 00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:21,560 Speaker 4: And I don't find any other. 477 00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:25,040 Speaker 3: Go ahead, go ahead, go ahead. 478 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:28,159 Speaker 4: I can't find any other way. The water's coming in, 479 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:32,280 Speaker 4: you know, from the roof, I can't find it must 480 00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:34,080 Speaker 4: be coming in from the bottom, gotcha. 481 00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:36,720 Speaker 2: And uh and and and you said the house was 482 00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:37,640 Speaker 2: built in sixty three. 483 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:48,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, okay, yeah, and where yet up in the valley? Okay? Yeah, 484 00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:48,880 Speaker 3: So here's the thing. 485 00:26:49,359 --> 00:26:53,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, so you know certain areas the when the heavy 486 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:57,680 Speaker 2: rains come, water table rises up, moisture. Depending on your lot, 487 00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:00,720 Speaker 2: you know, there's all sorts of nuances to it. But yeah, 488 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:03,439 Speaker 2: it does sound like it's coming up from underneath. And 489 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:05,639 Speaker 2: you know, I'm assuming you've already checked. You said you 490 00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:09,520 Speaker 2: checked the roof. You don't have unnatural accumulation of water 491 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:12,840 Speaker 2: up against the garage from outside, Like the drainage isn't 492 00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:15,159 Speaker 2: headed toward the garage. It's not you know, it's not 493 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:17,639 Speaker 2: putting too much pressure on it. So it's probably just 494 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:21,120 Speaker 2: groundwater forming. So here's the problem. The problem. 495 00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:23,600 Speaker 4: I think it's coming from the outside. 496 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:26,800 Speaker 2: You think it's coming from excess drain water. Is there 497 00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:30,639 Speaker 2: any way you can divert water from away from the 498 00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:31,399 Speaker 2: garage slab. 499 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:33,560 Speaker 6: I'm not sure. 500 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:35,479 Speaker 4: I think I'm gonna start by just sealing it. 501 00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:40,320 Speaker 2: And okay, yeah, so that's your that's your I was 502 00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:42,800 Speaker 2: gonna suggest this is your best bet. So let me 503 00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:47,200 Speaker 2: just say this. These days, Uh, it's a major error 504 00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:51,199 Speaker 2: to build a house and not put a plastic vapor 505 00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:55,800 Speaker 2: barrier underneath the garage slab, which of course is the case. 506 00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:59,040 Speaker 2: Underneath the rest of the house. There's a plastic vapor 507 00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:02,639 Speaker 2: barrier that's civically designed to keep water in the ground 508 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:05,720 Speaker 2: from coming up through the concrete, which it'll do. It's 509 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:08,760 Speaker 2: capillary action. Water will find a way, it'll work its 510 00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:13,320 Speaker 2: way right up through that poresus material. However, builders being 511 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:18,240 Speaker 2: what they are, always looking to save a buck. And 512 00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:21,440 Speaker 2: I don't know many builders who do this anymore. But technically, 513 00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:25,520 Speaker 2: your garage, as far as the code is concerned, is outside. Okay, 514 00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:28,280 Speaker 2: it's not part of the insulated part of the house. 515 00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:31,280 Speaker 2: So as far as the building code is concerned, nobody 516 00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:35,560 Speaker 2: was required to put a vapor barrier down underneath your 517 00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:39,280 Speaker 2: garage slab because the garage is outside. It's like the 518 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:42,400 Speaker 2: patio or the sidewalk, and so like, why would we 519 00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:44,640 Speaker 2: put a vapor barrier under that just costs us more 520 00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:47,840 Speaker 2: time and material to do it. It's a stupid, stupid 521 00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:52,320 Speaker 2: excuse for doing something. But it does happen, especially in 522 00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:55,160 Speaker 2: older homes, especially in homes built in the fifties and 523 00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:58,120 Speaker 2: sixties when tracked building was just going crazy and we 524 00:28:58,160 --> 00:29:00,760 Speaker 2: hadn't even really worked out the imports of half of 525 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:04,440 Speaker 2: these things to begin with. A lot of garages ended 526 00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:09,000 Speaker 2: up without plastic vapor barriers underneath them, and so heavy rains, 527 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:13,240 Speaker 2: the soil gets soaked, water comes up through the concrete floor. 528 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:14,959 Speaker 2: So yeah, seal it. 529 00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:15,240 Speaker 4: Now. 530 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:21,680 Speaker 2: My advice about sealing it very very important. Don't seal 531 00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:25,240 Speaker 2: it while it's wet. Wait for it, wait for the 532 00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:28,800 Speaker 2: rains to pass, and let it days and days to 533 00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:31,760 Speaker 2: dry out, because we want that sealer to really get 534 00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:34,240 Speaker 2: in there. And again I just use the example of 535 00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:37,800 Speaker 2: a sponge. You cannot add water to a wet sponge, 536 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:40,320 Speaker 2: a soaking wet sponge. You let that sponge. You just 537 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:43,040 Speaker 2: let the sponge dry out and then it'll suck the 538 00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:45,200 Speaker 2: sealer up right where it needs to be. And the 539 00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:49,520 Speaker 2: second thing is, I would say two or three applications 540 00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:54,160 Speaker 2: of a penetrating sealer not don't be tempted by something 541 00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:57,040 Speaker 2: that looks like it's gonna seal the surface of the concrete. 542 00:29:57,040 --> 00:29:59,800 Speaker 2: We don't want that, we don't need that. If there 543 00:29:59,840 --> 00:30:02,520 Speaker 2: is water in the concrete, it's gonna push its way up, 544 00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:05,040 Speaker 2: and it's gonna cause that thing to crack and flake 545 00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:07,479 Speaker 2: and peel off, and you're gonna have a mess on 546 00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:11,120 Speaker 2: your garage floor. We're not concerned about a surface seal. 547 00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:13,720 Speaker 2: We want to penetrating seal. You're gonna put it in, 548 00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:16,000 Speaker 2: it's gonna disappear, and nobody's gonna know you did it. 549 00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:18,240 Speaker 2: But the point is it's in there, and two or 550 00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:21,680 Speaker 2: three applications of that again, you let it dry out 551 00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:25,040 Speaker 2: completely each time, two or three applications of that will 552 00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:29,560 Speaker 2: will start to form a pretty decent barrier from that groundwater. 553 00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:33,720 Speaker 2: I'm not saying it will be absolutely perfect, but it'll help, 554 00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:37,800 Speaker 2: and it'll help a lot. Okay, penetrating sealer, not a 555 00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:40,200 Speaker 2: surface sealer, resists that temptation, Maurice. 556 00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:41,640 Speaker 3: I think you're on the right track. Butt. 557 00:30:42,160 --> 00:30:45,120 Speaker 2: Thanks for the call. Let me know how it turns out. 558 00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:49,400 Speaker 2: Make sure it's dry before you reapply. All right, y'all, 559 00:30:49,920 --> 00:30:53,360 Speaker 2: guess what where the end of another two hours together. 560 00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:55,960 Speaker 2: I thank all of our callers. As always, I thank 561 00:30:56,040 --> 00:30:59,440 Speaker 2: Heather Brooker for her xylophone skills and for just giving 562 00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:03,000 Speaker 2: us some real fun this morning on the show. We'll 563 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:07,000 Speaker 2: be back here tomorrow morning, nine to noon, the Big Show, 564 00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:11,000 Speaker 2: talking about bedroom design. I want to rethink your bedroom 565 00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:14,800 Speaker 2: and improve that house and make that ordinary house an 566 00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:18,840 Speaker 2: extraordinary home like we do. 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