1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:04,080 Speaker 1: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 2 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:07,120 Speaker 1: KFI AM six forty. 3 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:12,560 Speaker 2: Good morning and welcome home. I am Dean Sharp, the 4 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 2: house whisper, custom home builder, custom home designer, and your 5 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:20,920 Speaker 2: guide to better understanding that place where you live. It 6 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:24,320 Speaker 2: is an all calls Saturday morning. We've got a board 7 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:25,000 Speaker 2: full of calls. 8 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:25,200 Speaker 3: Now. 9 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 2: I'm going to be going back to the phones in 10 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 2: just a second. I just have to tell Sam h 11 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 2: or ask Sam and Heather both. Uh. I was just 12 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:39,520 Speaker 2: listening to the new bumper, the new KFI bumper Guaranteed Human. Yeah. Yeah, 13 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 2: we we did little something on that too. Yeah, it 14 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:45,640 Speaker 2: sounds it sounds a bit robotic to me. The voice. 15 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 2: It sounds like thou dost protest too much? I think so, 16 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 2: I think we might need to rethink that one. That's 17 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:56,440 Speaker 2: all I'm saying. I agree if you want to, if 18 00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:59,480 Speaker 2: you want to communicate the humanity of KFI, just put 19 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 2: us on minutes earlier. Just they'll let us talk about 20 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:05,520 Speaker 2: our lives. That's it. There you go. Also, you can 21 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 2: hear all the mistakes that I make so people know 22 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:13,120 Speaker 2: it's real guaranteed human. Heather Brooker, I am human newsreader 23 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:19,480 Speaker 2: and her youthful brain. There you go. Oh Lord, help me. 24 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 2: All right, y'all, we've got a bunch of calls here. 25 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 2: I want to go back to the phones. I you 26 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 2: know what, I always say this, I want to talk 27 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 2: about the stallhouse. Now I have something I really want 28 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 2: to talk about. But I always honor the calls first. 29 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 2: I might not get a chance. Well, we'll see, we'll see, 30 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:40,960 Speaker 2: we'll see what happens. Let's talk to Louis. Hey, Louie, 31 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 2: welcome home. 32 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:46,480 Speaker 4: Hi dean fourteen inch hold in the bathroom? Can I 33 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 4: use a mcdallion rather than hiring to do patch up 34 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 4: Troy Troy warl work with obviously a smaller rectangular unit. 35 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 2: Smaller rectangular unit. I'm not sorry, I'm not clear on 36 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:02,200 Speaker 2: the what what's the hole in the bathroom ceiling for? 37 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 4: It's an exhaust heater like combination. 38 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 2: Ah okay, oh, I see, so you're replacing it. The 39 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 2: old one was bigger, the new one is smaller, and 40 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:16,519 Speaker 2: now you got potential drywall work ahead of you. 41 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 4: Right. 42 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:20,240 Speaker 2: Oh, and you want to you're wondering at whether you 43 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 2: could use a medallion meaning and a medallion everybody is 44 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 2: just like an ornamental ceiling piece that you would, for instance, 45 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 2: put around, you know, a chandelier and they come in square, 46 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 2: they come round. Uh you know that kind of thing. 47 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:35,360 Speaker 2: Uh sure, why not? Why not just you know, seal 48 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:37,640 Speaker 2: it off really well, put a little calking underneath it 49 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:40,240 Speaker 2: so that none of the moisture from the bathroom gets up, 50 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:41,640 Speaker 2: you know, into the attic space. 51 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:45,799 Speaker 4: Great, seventy cfm is that enough for a five by 52 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:48,080 Speaker 4: eight by seven room with no window? 53 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 2: I have no idea, you know, I could help you 54 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:55,360 Speaker 2: look it up, but uh, but off the top of 55 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:59,000 Speaker 2: my head, yeah, you get Now, you're really now, you're 56 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:03,919 Speaker 2: really tax the brain here because the cf I'll just 57 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:08,639 Speaker 2: tell you this CFM is key and as much as 58 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:11,959 Speaker 2: possible for an exhaust fan in a bathroom, and make 59 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:14,680 Speaker 2: sure that the door to the bathroom is not cut 60 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:17,639 Speaker 2: too close to the floor, because no matter what the 61 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:20,920 Speaker 2: CFM of the exhaust fan is, if you don't have 62 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 2: a good crack underneath the bathroom door for air to 63 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 2: actually be drawn into the bathroom, then the CFM of 64 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 2: the fan is not going to matter, because it'll be 65 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:35,800 Speaker 2: drawing against a static vacuum and not throwing the air anywhere. 66 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:38,440 Speaker 2: But yeah, the bigger the better, my friend, the bigger 67 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:40,920 Speaker 2: the better when it comes to CFM, you know, as 68 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 2: long as you can. You know, I like whisper quiet stuff. 69 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:45,160 Speaker 2: And you know what, I'll tell you what if I 70 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 2: get a half second here, Louis, I'll double check that 71 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 2: for you and I'll give you the answer a little 72 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:52,000 Speaker 2: bit later. But yeah, on the off the top of 73 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 2: my head, I admit I don't remember what our optimal 74 00:03:56,360 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 2: CFM for for a bathroom that sizes. Thanks for the call, Bud. 75 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 2: I can at least get another call started here. Let's 76 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 2: talk to Melanie. Melanie, welcome home. 77 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 5: Good morning, Dean. I just got hit with a twenty 78 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:20,440 Speaker 5: nine thousand dollars assessment on my condo to rebuild balconies. 79 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:25,040 Speaker 5: On top of that, they want to charge for the 80 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:28,360 Speaker 5: surfacing of the balcony. So I kind of want to 81 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:31,159 Speaker 5: keep an eye on what they're doing. And could you 82 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:37,040 Speaker 5: recommend a material for the surface of a balcony. Mine 83 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:42,479 Speaker 5: has no roof over it, it's open to the elements, Okay. 84 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:45,440 Speaker 2: And so you're being hit by with an assessment by 85 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 2: the building or the HLA. 86 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:53,799 Speaker 5: Or DHOA and every homeowner is paying twenty nine. 87 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:57,719 Speaker 2: Holy now, all right, how big is the balcony. 88 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:02,880 Speaker 5: By the way, it's about eight feet by three feet. 89 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:04,360 Speaker 2: So not huge. 90 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:07,479 Speaker 5: No, And. 91 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:11,480 Speaker 2: I'm sorry, I'm so curious. 92 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 5: I'm sorry. They're replacing all the wood which is deteriorated, 93 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:19,839 Speaker 5: checking to see if there's any dry rot on the 94 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:23,400 Speaker 5: floor of the balcony, and just rebuilding it. 95 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:28,080 Speaker 2: For twenty nine thousand dollars a three by eight balcony. 96 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:36,120 Speaker 5: Well, there's twenty seven units. Some units have two balconies. Yeah, 97 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:38,919 Speaker 5: and they gave us, they gave us a month to 98 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:42,920 Speaker 5: come up with the money. Don't buy a condo, Oh 99 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:46,200 Speaker 5: my gosh. I want to kind of I want to 100 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:48,280 Speaker 5: keep an eye on these guys and see what they're 101 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:51,800 Speaker 5: putting down that I have to pay extra for. What 102 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:53,680 Speaker 5: do you put on the surface? 103 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:57,039 Speaker 2: All right, Melanie, Okay, First of all, I just need 104 00:05:57,080 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 2: a couple of minutes to recover from the shock of 105 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:02,159 Speaker 2: I want to know. First, I want to know who 106 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:06,760 Speaker 2: at the HLA or who owns the building is pocketing 107 00:06:06,839 --> 00:06:11,000 Speaker 2: all this money twenty nine for a three by eight 108 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:15,200 Speaker 2: bout okay. 109 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:17,080 Speaker 5: All of this. I don't know anything about construction, you know. 110 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:19,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a good question. It's a really good question, 111 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:24,279 Speaker 2: you know. Okay, all Right, so I'm gonna I'm gonna 112 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:27,159 Speaker 2: make my recommendation to you, but we're up against a break, 113 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:29,640 Speaker 2: so I'm going to pop you on hold, and when 114 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:33,719 Speaker 2: we come back, I promise, free of charge, I will 115 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:36,240 Speaker 2: tell you what material to use on your balcony. Okay, 116 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:43,800 Speaker 2: so you hang tight, my friend. Uh wow, wow, somebody 117 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:46,719 Speaker 2: needs to call the cops on that one. I'm just saying, 118 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:50,360 Speaker 2: all right, uh quick break. More of your calls your 119 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:53,039 Speaker 2: home with Dean Sharp, the house whisper. Dean Sharp, the 120 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:57,560 Speaker 2: house whisper here to help, here to help you take 121 00:06:57,560 --> 00:07:00,919 Speaker 2: your home to the next level, and sometimes just to help. 122 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 2: It is an all calls Saturday morning. This fine cool 123 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:10,160 Speaker 2: Saturday after Thanksgiving. It's small business Saturday. Go out and 124 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:14,560 Speaker 2: support your local independent businesses in your community. If you're 125 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:17,600 Speaker 2: all about building community, that's how you do it. Vote 126 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:21,360 Speaker 2: with your dollars. As they say, I've got Melanie on 127 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 2: the line. Gosh, I hope I do Melanie. Oh you're 128 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:29,120 Speaker 2: still there, Okay, Melanie. During the break, so. 129 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:34,360 Speaker 5: That there are larger balconies. I told you the dimensions 130 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:37,960 Speaker 5: of my small kitchen balcony, but there are other larger balconies. 131 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:41,520 Speaker 2: Okay, that's fine. But they're charging you how much for 132 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:47,400 Speaker 2: your balcony. So here's the thing, my friend. I don't 133 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:51,920 Speaker 2: know who you need to talk to, but that is 134 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 2: just I'm just telling you. It's highway robbery. I was 135 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 2: working for you during the break. I was so aghast 136 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 2: at what you told me that I dialed up real 137 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:07,440 Speaker 2: quick my buddy, who is a waterproofer and does this 138 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:10,640 Speaker 2: stuff all the time, and I'm like, all right, here's 139 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:15,280 Speaker 2: the deal. I've got a three by eight balcony twenty 140 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:19,960 Speaker 2: four square feet, my friend, And let's assume that it 141 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:24,440 Speaker 2: needs major structural issues. Let's assume I've got rot in 142 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:27,800 Speaker 2: the joyce underneath. Let's assume that the plywood sub deck 143 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:31,160 Speaker 2: is all messed up because it's been leaking and neglected. 144 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 2: Let's assume that I might have some stucco repair to do. Okay, 145 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 2: here in southern California, what are we looking at? And 146 00:08:39,040 --> 00:08:41,880 Speaker 2: he's like, well, okay, Usually, he says, you know, I'm 147 00:08:41,920 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 2: just shooting from the hip here, But you know, a 148 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:47,880 Speaker 2: decent condition where we've got to go all the way down, 149 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:50,440 Speaker 2: you know, maybe fifty dollars a square foot, he says, 150 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:53,480 Speaker 2: if we got to read work some framing and stuff 151 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:56,440 Speaker 2: like that. Maybe he says it could reach up to 152 00:08:56,480 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 2: one hundred and twenty dollars a square foot. Deem honestly, 153 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:01,679 Speaker 2: he says, I know, that's a lot of money. I'm like, no, 154 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 2: that's not a lot of money, my friend, not for 155 00:09:03,679 --> 00:09:06,600 Speaker 2: twenty four square feet. Because let's see, I do the 156 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:11,600 Speaker 2: math here. That's twenty eight hundred bucks plus the stucco repair, 157 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 2: which would not be included in there. So let's just 158 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:18,400 Speaker 2: double it and say six thousand dollars that is. And 159 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:25,360 Speaker 2: six thousand dollars that is just I mean, outrageously, without question, 160 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 2: way more money than it should cost. 161 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 5: But there's a wood railing around the balcony, and that's 162 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:32,520 Speaker 5: don't care. 163 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:36,200 Speaker 2: Wood is cheap. It really is cheap. Paint is cheap. 164 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:37,160 Speaker 2: Wood is cheap. 165 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:40,400 Speaker 5: Okay, Oh my god, you're giving me a. 166 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:43,760 Speaker 2: Hard I don't mean to. You should have had the 167 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 2: heart attack when they sent you the bill and told 168 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:50,200 Speaker 2: you you have to pay this. What I'm saying is okay. 169 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:52,760 Speaker 2: So I doubled the price and I said six thousand. 170 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:55,160 Speaker 2: All right, let's add in the wood railing and the 171 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:57,680 Speaker 2: carpenter to do it, and the painter who's gonna paint it. 172 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:01,960 Speaker 2: All right, fine dollars. That's ridiculous. By the way, I'm 173 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:06,480 Speaker 2: just being ridiculous. Ten thousand dollars is a ridiculous price 174 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:10,600 Speaker 2: to pay to fix your balcony. And it is a 175 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:14,920 Speaker 2: third of what they are charging you. That's what I'm saying. Oh, 176 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:17,719 Speaker 2: it's the biggest help I can give. 177 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:20,280 Speaker 5: So okay, the biggest help I can. 178 00:10:20,360 --> 00:10:24,040 Speaker 2: Give you, though, is you've got to call somebody, Melanie. 179 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:27,520 Speaker 2: You should call somebody and say, listen, I would like 180 00:10:27,559 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 2: a justification for these prices, because you know what, if 181 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:36,160 Speaker 2: they've got one company doing the entire building, then they 182 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:40,320 Speaker 2: should actually be receiving even better than normal prices because 183 00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:43,560 Speaker 2: they are getting a bulk price for everybody, and so 184 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:47,199 Speaker 2: you need a justify. I'm just serious. I don't mean 185 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 2: to shock you, but I almost had a heart attack 186 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:51,400 Speaker 2: when you told me how. 187 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:55,160 Speaker 5: Much common sense thought that that was outrageous. 188 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:59,719 Speaker 2: I mean, it is extremely outrageous, to the to the 189 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:06,160 Speaker 2: point of just absolute abusive. I mean, is it is 190 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:10,320 Speaker 2: just it's crazy expensive, Melanie, it's crazy expensive. Now, I'm 191 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:14,160 Speaker 2: gonna answer your question very quickly. The typical uh for 192 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:14,800 Speaker 2: a condo. 193 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:15,520 Speaker 6: Uh. 194 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:18,360 Speaker 2: And it's just perfectly fine when it's done right, it's 195 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:23,760 Speaker 2: a cementious base with with fiberglass layers on top and 196 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:28,160 Speaker 2: then a urethane coating that usually has a grit built 197 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:31,320 Speaker 2: into it. Okay, one or two good eurethane coatings on 198 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:36,320 Speaker 2: top of that. That's your typical you know, not going crazy. 199 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:40,000 Speaker 2: We're not putting out tile or pavers or anything out there. 200 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:46,199 Speaker 2: That is a typical uh color coded balcony. If done well, 201 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:49,360 Speaker 2: it could last for decades. Okay, if maintained well. It's 202 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:52,920 Speaker 2: a typical balcony that you see on exterior. You know, 203 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:58,480 Speaker 2: walk balconies outside of apartment buildings, you know condo balconies. 204 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:03,240 Speaker 2: It's there's nothing magical about it, and there's nothing cheap 205 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:07,400 Speaker 2: or defective about it. You're a thane acrylic coding with 206 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:11,720 Speaker 2: fiberglass underneath and a good cement board surface built on goodwood. 207 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:15,400 Speaker 2: But my point is your balcony is so small, so 208 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:21,560 Speaker 2: small that the idea of thirty thousand dollars coming out 209 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:25,240 Speaker 2: of your pocket to fix something that would be highway 210 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:29,680 Speaker 2: robbery at ten thousand. Okay, it's highway robbery at ten thousand. 211 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:33,120 Speaker 2: To fix that balcony thirty thousand dollars, You got to 212 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:38,560 Speaker 2: talk to somebody, Yeah, you really do an attorney or 213 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:40,720 Speaker 2: at least call the HIA and say, listen, I'm not 214 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:43,480 Speaker 2: on the board, but I want a justification for this, okay, 215 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:46,560 Speaker 2: And here's what you could do as a way of 216 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:49,160 Speaker 2: going in. And I know you don't have any you know, 217 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:51,719 Speaker 2: I know you don't have any sway in terms of 218 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:56,600 Speaker 2: your position with the HAA. But call on your own 219 00:12:57,640 --> 00:13:01,720 Speaker 2: call a local deck waterproofing company. You just look them 220 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 2: up for your area. Okay, you can get two or 221 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:06,800 Speaker 2: three of them. Call a local deck waterproofing company, have 222 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:09,600 Speaker 2: a conversation over the phone with them about it. Say listen, 223 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:14,199 Speaker 2: let's assume my balcony sticking out of my condo has 224 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:17,200 Speaker 2: you know, wood damage to it. How much is it 225 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 2: going to cost me? And if they want to come 226 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:21,520 Speaker 2: out and take a look at have them come out 227 00:13:21,559 --> 00:13:22,920 Speaker 2: and take a look at it. Give them a free 228 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:25,760 Speaker 2: estimate of what it would cost if you paid for 229 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:29,120 Speaker 2: it yourself. Okay. I guarantee you you're going to have 230 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:31,480 Speaker 2: a quote in your hand that you can walk into 231 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:35,320 Speaker 2: the HOA board with and say, what the hell what 232 00:13:35,559 --> 00:13:39,400 Speaker 2: is going on with this? Who is pocketing all of 233 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:43,720 Speaker 2: this money? Okay? Because this is not right, Melanie. I 234 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:46,400 Speaker 2: am so sorry to have to break that news to you, 235 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:49,320 Speaker 2: but I'm also glad that you called because if there's 236 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:51,440 Speaker 2: any way, shape or form, and I'm not trying to 237 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:54,600 Speaker 2: put pressure on you, but you know that is money, 238 00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:56,800 Speaker 2: hard earned money you don't want to spend if you 239 00:13:56,800 --> 00:13:59,319 Speaker 2: don't need to. And I'm telling you you do not 240 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:01,440 Speaker 2: need to spend that much money to fix that deck 241 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:09,720 Speaker 2: at all. Period. Oh yeah, that's the world we live in. 242 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:12,640 Speaker 2: Merry Christmas. All right, Joe. We're going to go to 243 00:14:12,679 --> 00:14:14,960 Speaker 2: a break and when we come back, more of your calls. 244 00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:17,720 Speaker 2: Your Home with Dean Sharp, the House Whisper. 245 00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:22,240 Speaker 1: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 246 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:23,800 Speaker 1: KFI AM six forty. 247 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:29,040 Speaker 2: Dean Sharp the House Whisper here to help you transform 248 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:32,800 Speaker 2: your ordinary house into an extraordinary home. It is an 249 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:36,520 Speaker 2: all calls Saturday morning. Thanks for joining us on the program. 250 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:39,360 Speaker 2: We've got calls on the board. I'm going back to 251 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:42,000 Speaker 2: the phones just here to help today. I want to 252 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 2: talk to Leo. Hey, Leo, welcome home. 253 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, good morning. You need to find out what a 254 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:52,400 Speaker 3: cold water electrical ground is. 255 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:57,440 Speaker 2: A cold water electrical ground are you putting in some 256 00:14:57,520 --> 00:14:58,680 Speaker 2: new panels or something. 257 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:04,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, I had an electrical contractor take out the old 258 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:08,400 Speaker 3: five meter subpanel and put in new subpanels, and then 259 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:11,120 Speaker 3: he said he was going to put a two ground 260 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:13,800 Speaker 3: rod system in, which he did, and then also a 261 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:16,680 Speaker 3: cold water ground. And then now he said that, oh, well, 262 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:18,440 Speaker 3: we don't need to put a cold water ground, and 263 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:20,400 Speaker 3: so I just want to find out do we need 264 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:22,920 Speaker 3: to put a cold water ground and or not to 265 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:24,920 Speaker 3: make everything up the code. 266 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:28,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, well I'm going to tell you right now, trust 267 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:31,160 Speaker 2: your electrical contractor for that. If is there a permit 268 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:31,880 Speaker 2: pulled for this? 269 00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:34,000 Speaker 4: No? 270 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:41,320 Speaker 2: Oh okay, well, uh he's so okay. Cold water electrical 271 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:42,680 Speaker 2: ground is a ground wire. 272 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:43,360 Speaker 4: Uh. 273 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:48,240 Speaker 2: It is a grounding electrode. Basic principle of electricity here 274 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:53,800 Speaker 2: on planet Earth. The largest uh uh you know, the 275 00:15:53,920 --> 00:16:01,160 Speaker 2: largest low potential energy object around is planet Earth. Okay. 276 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:06,440 Speaker 2: All electricity near planet Earth wants to go from wherever 277 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:10,840 Speaker 2: it is and it's negatively charged state down to Planet Earth. 278 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:15,320 Speaker 2: That's why we call it grounding. Electricity gets grounded because 279 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:20,440 Speaker 2: it is naturally attracted through the laws of electrical energy 280 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:23,840 Speaker 2: and physics to the Earth because the Earth is massive 281 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:27,960 Speaker 2: and it is a you know, it's a potention a 282 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:32,720 Speaker 2: potential zero energy source. So that's why electricity flows through 283 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:37,280 Speaker 2: the earth. That's why when lightning strikes, it hits the earth. Okay, 284 00:16:37,800 --> 00:16:41,400 Speaker 2: electricity around your home in order to keep it safe, 285 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:44,520 Speaker 2: in order to keep you safe and the home safe, 286 00:16:44,920 --> 00:16:47,840 Speaker 2: we want a random electricity that might get out of 287 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:50,720 Speaker 2: control or be in the wrong place at the wrong time, 288 00:16:50,840 --> 00:16:53,760 Speaker 2: to get into the earth as quickly as possible through 289 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 2: the safest method possible. That's what a ground wire is. 290 00:16:58,520 --> 00:17:02,320 Speaker 2: All the ground wires in side your house, the little 291 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:06,080 Speaker 2: green wires that are running to every switch and light 292 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:09,840 Speaker 2: fixture and outlet, they are all running back to the 293 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:12,840 Speaker 2: panel where they join up with a big ground wire 294 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:16,800 Speaker 2: that runs down into the ground. Now that can take 295 00:17:17,119 --> 00:17:22,480 Speaker 2: multiple forms. In California, we build a new house, we're 296 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:24,840 Speaker 2: required right at the outset to have what's called a 297 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:30,480 Speaker 2: uphur ground. A uphur ground is a big, old, high 298 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:33,280 Speaker 2: gauge ground wire that comes up to the panel and 299 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:37,639 Speaker 2: it's actually connected to the rebar in the foundation, runs 300 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:42,760 Speaker 2: along the rebar and is there before we pour the concrete. Okay, 301 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:46,399 Speaker 2: it's literally connected into the foundation of the house. Then 302 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:51,399 Speaker 2: there are grounding rods that need to be driven down 303 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:55,640 Speaker 2: into the ground that become grounding sources. And another way 304 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:59,880 Speaker 2: of grounding a house is to connect a ground wise 305 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:02,840 Speaker 2: to the cold water supply. And the reason it's cold 306 00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:06,040 Speaker 2: water supply and not hot hot water supply pipes only 307 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:09,479 Speaker 2: run inside your house, but the main coming in the 308 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:12,200 Speaker 2: water main coming into your home is a cold water 309 00:18:12,240 --> 00:18:16,760 Speaker 2: supply obviously that runs underground deep all the way out 310 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:19,800 Speaker 2: into the street and connects to the earth better than 311 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:24,000 Speaker 2: anything else. So by using a bonding wire to the 312 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:27,240 Speaker 2: cold water supply, we can turn the entire cold water 313 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:31,359 Speaker 2: supply main feed system into an electrical ground as well. 314 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:35,360 Speaker 2: That's the theory behind it all. Now, in most counties 315 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:40,280 Speaker 2: and cities for panels and subpanels, two forms of grounding 316 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:45,760 Speaker 2: are preferred. Sometimes two forms of grounding are required, both 317 00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:49,199 Speaker 2: the rod and the cold water ground. But I'm not 318 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:54,679 Speaker 2: a license electrician and so familiar with what's going on 319 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:59,240 Speaker 2: in your particular city, so I can't tell you whether 320 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:03,120 Speaker 2: or not the the cold water ground is absolutely required. 321 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:05,320 Speaker 2: But I will tell you this, of all the grounds, 322 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:08,600 Speaker 2: it's the easiest one to achieve because it's just a 323 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:12,080 Speaker 2: wire and a bonding lug connected to the main pipe. 324 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:17,080 Speaker 2: So it's not the typically you know, an expensive prospect. 325 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:20,800 Speaker 2: Either way. 326 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:22,160 Speaker 3: Sounds interesting. 327 00:19:24,280 --> 00:19:27,919 Speaker 2: This is how all electricity works. So the question of 328 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:30,080 Speaker 2: what so if your electrician is saying, oh, no, we're 329 00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:33,600 Speaker 2: already adequately grounded and we don't need the cold water ground, 330 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:37,000 Speaker 2: I would trust him on that. Just ask him to 331 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:40,640 Speaker 2: show you how the system is grounded and ask him why, 332 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:45,680 Speaker 2: with your newfound knowledge of science, ask him a why 333 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:48,480 Speaker 2: don't we need the cold water ground as well? And 334 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:53,280 Speaker 2: is that absolutely guaranteed the code for this city? 335 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:56,919 Speaker 3: Yeah? I think he just doesn't want to have somebody 336 00:19:56,960 --> 00:20:00,119 Speaker 3: crawl underneath the building and snake the ground where to 337 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:01,960 Speaker 3: the front of the building thirty forty feet? 338 00:20:02,359 --> 00:20:02,639 Speaker 2: Yeah? 339 00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:03,400 Speaker 5: You know what? 340 00:20:03,880 --> 00:20:06,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, And if that's the case, say hey, bud, just 341 00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:08,879 Speaker 2: just get under there and just connect the wire, okay, 342 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:11,320 Speaker 2: because it's a again, it's not a big deal. There's 343 00:20:11,359 --> 00:20:14,520 Speaker 2: no there's no digging, there's no it's just you know, 344 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:17,640 Speaker 2: you find the cold water main as it's coming into 345 00:20:17,680 --> 00:20:20,280 Speaker 2: the property, you run the wire. The wire doesn't even 346 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:23,800 Speaker 2: have to be in a conduit. It's it's out, it's exposed. 347 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:27,040 Speaker 2: It's the easiest of all of all the electrical wires 348 00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:29,240 Speaker 2: that could be running the house. This is the one 349 00:20:29,320 --> 00:20:32,600 Speaker 2: job the electrician would give me. Dean, Hey, you go 350 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:35,480 Speaker 2: and we know you know nothing about being electrician. Do 351 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:38,400 Speaker 2: you run the cold water ground? I'm like, I will, okay, 352 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:41,199 Speaker 2: no problem, so yeah, just go ahead and you know, 353 00:20:41,359 --> 00:20:43,760 Speaker 2: nudge him in the right direction if you've got questions 354 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:44,199 Speaker 2: about it. 355 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:46,280 Speaker 3: Appreciate your health, Dean. 356 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:49,280 Speaker 2: Thank you all right, Leo, thanks for the question, bud 357 00:20:49,560 --> 00:20:52,160 Speaker 2: See I get to do a science lesson also on 358 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:56,920 Speaker 2: the electrical wiring. That's what makes my job fun. All right, 359 00:20:56,960 --> 00:20:59,680 Speaker 2: more of your questions when we return. It's an all 360 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:03,400 Speaker 2: call Saturday morning. I am Dean Sharp, the house Whisperer. 361 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:07,840 Speaker 2: Dean Sharp, the house whisper here to remind you that 362 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:13,439 Speaker 2: every home deserves great design, especially yours. Why because it's yours? 363 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:16,000 Speaker 2: Because you live there, my friend, and we want your 364 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 2: house to be an extraordinary home. Quick question here before 365 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:24,080 Speaker 2: I take one more call today. A quick question that 366 00:21:24,359 --> 00:21:29,159 Speaker 2: didn't make it on the air. Bill from Corona shot 367 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:36,800 Speaker 2: me a message asking, hey, AQMD announced today in southern California. 368 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,479 Speaker 2: I won't use the language that he used. The second 369 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:45,119 Speaker 2: day after Thanksgiving, cold weather, I want a cozy fire 370 00:21:45,359 --> 00:21:47,400 Speaker 2: and they say it's a no burn day and Heather 371 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:50,680 Speaker 2: confirmed this earlier. I think she reported that. And didn't you, Heather, 372 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:54,920 Speaker 2: it's a no burn day here in Sokel? I think, yeah, 373 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:59,280 Speaker 2: all right, So here's why, by the way, and know 374 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:03,359 Speaker 2: the AQ is not out to just poop on your party, 375 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:06,960 Speaker 2: but well, yeah, they kind of are. But the point 376 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:09,919 Speaker 2: is this has nothing to do with the amount of 377 00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:13,119 Speaker 2: coldness in the air. If you'll look outside, and I'm 378 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:16,480 Speaker 2: not defending this, I'm just explaining it. If you look outside, 379 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:19,520 Speaker 2: chances are where you're at right now, like where I'm 380 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:22,840 Speaker 2: at in southern California, the air is very still cold 381 00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:28,200 Speaker 2: and the air is very still. That is because what's 382 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:31,000 Speaker 2: going on right now is what they call an inter 383 00:22:31,359 --> 00:22:37,920 Speaker 2: inversion layer, a winter inversion layer, warm air sitting on 384 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:42,080 Speaker 2: top of us way up there, trapping cold air near 385 00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:45,639 Speaker 2: the ground. And because of that, Okay, if the wind 386 00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:49,200 Speaker 2: was blowing today and it was cold, then it would 387 00:22:49,240 --> 00:22:51,800 Speaker 2: not be a no burn day. But because the air 388 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:55,159 Speaker 2: is very still because of this high pressure system that 389 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:58,199 Speaker 2: apparently is sitting on top of this cold air that 390 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:04,640 Speaker 2: we are in right now, that's when smoke from open fires, chimneys, etc. 391 00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:09,639 Speaker 2: Doesn't go anywhere. It just stays in our atmosphere, doesn't 392 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:14,200 Speaker 2: blow away, It just looms and holds itself to the ground. 393 00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:17,280 Speaker 2: And the AQMD has a policy against that because it 394 00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:20,200 Speaker 2: increases the amount of particulates in the air that we're breathing. 395 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:23,840 Speaker 2: Therefore it is a higher pollution day. Therefore it's a 396 00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:26,479 Speaker 2: no burn day. Okay. So if it was cold and windy, 397 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:30,040 Speaker 2: you'd get your fire today, you don't because of the 398 00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:33,840 Speaker 2: winter inversion layer. There you go, the more you know, 399 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:39,280 Speaker 2: all right, let's talk to Timothy. Hey, Timothy, welcome home. 400 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:47,720 Speaker 6: Hidine. We just started a kitchen remodel. It is gutted 401 00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:52,440 Speaker 6: down to the studs. We've picked out cabinets, but we're 402 00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:57,960 Speaker 6: trying to decide on a counter top. Looking at courtz 403 00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:02,760 Speaker 6: court side ran it, what's the best? 404 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:07,720 Speaker 2: Well, the best the best is the one that is 405 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:11,679 Speaker 2: most attractive to you and provides the most utility for 406 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:14,600 Speaker 2: the kitchen. So I can't tell you what the best is. 407 00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:14,760 Speaker 3: Now. 408 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:19,240 Speaker 2: If we're talking in purely in terms of kitchen performance, 409 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:24,800 Speaker 2: then you know I'm a big fan of quartzite and 410 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:31,120 Speaker 2: quartz quartzite being the natural stone, quartz being the general 411 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:36,520 Speaker 2: umbrella term for synthetic man made countertops that are designed 412 00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:39,880 Speaker 2: to look like stone. And the reason is number one. 413 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:43,640 Speaker 2: I am a stone lover. I love natural stone, and 414 00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:49,120 Speaker 2: quartzite is very very hard. It's also very dense, very 415 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:53,960 Speaker 2: non porous, Okay, so easy to seal, easy to maintain, 416 00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:57,679 Speaker 2: easy to clean. And because of that, you know, I 417 00:24:57,840 --> 00:25:00,920 Speaker 2: lean towards natural stones when it comes to kitchens myself. 418 00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:05,600 Speaker 2: Generally speaking, there is now every year though the quartz 419 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:11,160 Speaker 2: industry improves upon and improves upon and improves upon their 420 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:16,600 Speaker 2: simulation of natural stones. So if the plan as a 421 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:19,840 Speaker 2: designer for the kitchen is, for instance, like the if 422 00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:21,919 Speaker 2: the stone we would want to put in the kitchen 423 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:28,800 Speaker 2: is a marble, like a Calicutta or statuary kind of marble, 424 00:25:29,359 --> 00:25:32,919 Speaker 2: then absolutely I'm not putting marble in the kitchen because 425 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:38,000 Speaker 2: marble is way too susceptible to staining, to acids, to 426 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:40,880 Speaker 2: wine stains, all of that kind of stuff. That's when 427 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:45,240 Speaker 2: I'm automatically looking at quartz, because if quartz does anything well, 428 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:52,159 Speaker 2: it simulates and imitates white marbles incredibly, incredibly well. I 429 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:55,960 Speaker 2: mean there's some beautiful versions, and quartz is completely non porous, 430 00:25:56,320 --> 00:26:00,560 Speaker 2: and so it's a fantastic countertop surface. If it's not 431 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:03,320 Speaker 2: a marble look we're going for. I'm probably looking in 432 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:07,120 Speaker 2: the direction of quartzite or soap stone or something like that. 433 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:12,080 Speaker 2: The place that I don't look is granite. Granite is, 434 00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:15,120 Speaker 2: of all the things I've just mentioned, the hardest surface 435 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:18,679 Speaker 2: there no question, most of the granites very very hard. 436 00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:24,399 Speaker 2: But that hard particulation comes at a price. Granite is 437 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:28,000 Speaker 2: very porous, very porous, and if you don't keep it 438 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:32,439 Speaker 2: very well sealed and resealed every let's say in a kitchen, 439 00:26:32,440 --> 00:26:36,639 Speaker 2: I would say every six months, then that porosity opens 440 00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:39,640 Speaker 2: up and you can get stuff down in the granite 441 00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:43,040 Speaker 2: that you cannot clean out anymore. You know, it just 442 00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:46,840 Speaker 2: gets down into the granules of the rock and it's 443 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:49,360 Speaker 2: beyond your ability to reach it to clean it. Which 444 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:53,360 Speaker 2: is why, by the way, now it's not the California 445 00:26:53,359 --> 00:26:57,760 Speaker 2: Health and Safety Code doesn't make it utterly technically illegal 446 00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:01,359 Speaker 2: for commercial restaurants to use granted in the kitchen, So 447 00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:04,119 Speaker 2: I want to be clear on that. Technically it's legal, 448 00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:09,439 Speaker 2: but practically it's illegal. And the reason is because the 449 00:27:09,480 --> 00:27:13,920 Speaker 2: code very specifically states that that surface must be proven 450 00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:18,119 Speaker 2: to be sealed and have no bacterial residual content in it, 451 00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:22,760 Speaker 2: otherwise it doesn't pass health inspections air go. This is 452 00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:28,080 Speaker 2: why most commercial restaurants will not use granted in their kitchens, 453 00:27:28,119 --> 00:27:31,159 Speaker 2: because with all the activity that's going on, they'd be 454 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:34,160 Speaker 2: having to seal it like weekly in order to keep 455 00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:37,840 Speaker 2: it bacteria free, and nobody's going to do that. So 456 00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:41,600 Speaker 2: the point is granted. I know it's in everybody's kitchen 457 00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:44,639 Speaker 2: from the eighties and the nineties, but I got to 458 00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:47,880 Speaker 2: tell you, granted is the worst material as far as 459 00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:51,399 Speaker 2: function to put in a kitchen countertop, So I'm much 460 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:56,399 Speaker 2: more prone to go quartzite or quartz depending on the 461 00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:58,639 Speaker 2: design style that you're trying to come up with, or 462 00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:01,800 Speaker 2: if it's a dark, dark coun owner top. Soapstone, which 463 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:05,919 Speaker 2: is the most poor on the the least porous of 464 00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:10,800 Speaker 2: all natural stones zero porosity, doesn't even need to be 465 00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:13,840 Speaker 2: sealed on any level and holds up real well. I 466 00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:16,520 Speaker 2: have an island in my own home made out of soapstone. 467 00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:21,720 Speaker 2: So how's that? Tim great? Thank you give me you 468 00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:25,320 Speaker 2: are so you are so yeah, you're so welcome, my friend. 469 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:29,320 Speaker 2: Thank you so much. Happy holidays. Hey, guess what that's 470 00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:30,920 Speaker 2: it for us today? I didn't get to tell you 471 00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:33,000 Speaker 2: about the Stall House. You know what, I think, I'm 472 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:35,200 Speaker 2: gonna save that for tomorrow morning. I'm going to start 473 00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:37,800 Speaker 2: tomorrow morning's show with giving you this news report on 474 00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:40,760 Speaker 2: the Stall House, which is just of architectural interest to 475 00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:43,480 Speaker 2: me and maybe to you two it should be. I'll 476 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:47,040 Speaker 2: make it interesting. I promise, don't miss tomorrow's show. It 477 00:28:47,080 --> 00:28:52,000 Speaker 2: is the annual House Whisper Holiday Gift Guide. That's right, 478 00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:56,320 Speaker 2: the buying guide for Christmas. I've got twenty five items 479 00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:59,479 Speaker 2: that will try and run through and tell you how 480 00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:02,840 Speaker 2: to shop for that home improvement person in your life. 481 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:06,440 Speaker 2: That's tomorrow from nine to noon. Until then, get out 482 00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:10,080 Speaker 2: in this glorious day and get busy building yourself a 483 00:29:10,120 --> 00:29:16,880 Speaker 2: beautiful life. We'll see tomorrow. This has been Home with 484 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:20,240 Speaker 2: Dean Sharp, the House Whisper. 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