1 00:00:04,360 --> 00:00:07,480 Speaker 1: Ruby. 2 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:09,800 Speaker 2: I just go out there and I see it, I 3 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:11,879 Speaker 2: know it, and boom. You need a boiler, you need 4 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:13,800 Speaker 2: to hot water heater, you have lead pipes coming in 5 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 2: your house. You have mold over here, you got this 6 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:17,479 Speaker 2: over here. I take pictures and then move on. 7 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:20,759 Speaker 1: Every house has problems. 8 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 3: Well that feels ominous. 9 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:25,560 Speaker 1: Uh no, that's just true. But the question is whether 10 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:28,520 Speaker 1: you know what those problems are because they're not always obvious. 11 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:31,240 Speaker 4: They could be quietly destroying your home while you're I 12 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:32,559 Speaker 4: don't know, watching Netflix. 13 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:35,960 Speaker 1: And that's why today's episode is about all the things 14 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:38,800 Speaker 1: in your house that can hurt you, poison you, flood 15 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:45,839 Speaker 1: your basement, give you jingles for us. Leah, do you 16 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 1: know the joy it brings me to see your face? 17 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:50,280 Speaker 4: I think I might because I feel that same exact joy. 18 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:53,560 Speaker 1: I've learned so much from hosting this show and looking 19 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:55,880 Speaker 1: at like the list of episodes for making this season, 20 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:58,760 Speaker 1: we're just in for another dose of learning, and so 21 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:02,280 Speaker 1: I'm so pumped to get into it with our topic today. 22 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:04,040 Speaker 4: A lot of people say you don't know what you 23 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:06,319 Speaker 4: don't know, but this show really points out to me 24 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 4: everything that I don't know, and then I feel so 25 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:11,760 Speaker 4: much better when I even learn a little tiny bit 26 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 4: about so many different things. 27 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 1: Welcome back everyone to Grown Up Stuff, the podcast where 28 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 1: we figure out all the things you feel like you 29 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:21,760 Speaker 1: should know by now. 30 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:23,880 Speaker 3: Uh, maybe don't. I'm Leah Paul. 31 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:26,759 Speaker 1: Mary and I'm Matt Stillo and today we're talking home 32 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:30,320 Speaker 1: safety with home Inspector Joe Masa. Joe Masa is co 33 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:33,560 Speaker 1: host of the HGTV series What's Wrong with That House 34 00:01:33,959 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 1: and previously Home Inspector Joe. He now runs his own 35 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:38,200 Speaker 1: home inspection business. 36 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:41,200 Speaker 4: He's basically seen everything that can go wrong in a 37 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 4: house and more importantly, how. 38 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:43,600 Speaker 3: To prevent it. 39 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:46,440 Speaker 1: And not to humble brag, but he agreed to chat 40 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 1: with us before heading off to inspect a too big 41 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 1: to be mentioned celebrities house Fancy, very fancy. 42 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 3: We were still the highlight of his day. 43 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 1: Well stuff. 44 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:08,079 Speaker 2: So I'm inspecting her house. So she's probably gonna hate 45 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:08,960 Speaker 2: me once I'm done. 46 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 1: Well, I think that takes us right into it. 47 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:14,840 Speaker 2: Right, I'm the hater. Yeah, So, you know, just like 48 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 2: yesterday's job, it was a gorgeous, gorgeous house and they 49 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 2: have the cameras on the outside of the home and 50 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 2: I heard them talking. They're like you know, let's hear 51 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 2: what this a hole is saying. Right now, I can 52 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:28,400 Speaker 2: hear him, and I turned around. I looked at the camera. 53 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 2: I go, I hear you. 54 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 4: God, all right, Matt, Well, let's hear what this a 55 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 4: hole has to say. 56 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:37,639 Speaker 2: Look, you know it's what every house, right, every house 57 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:40,080 Speaker 2: has a problem. Yeah, house has a problem. Yeah it's 58 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:42,120 Speaker 2: all it's just how big the problem is. 59 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:49,119 Speaker 1: Home hazards cause millions of injuries every year. 60 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:51,679 Speaker 4: And most of the hazards aren't dramatic. They're just things 61 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 4: that people ignore or don't know how to. 62 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 1: Spot, water, air. This is like an episode of Avatar 63 00:02:56,919 --> 00:03:00,400 Speaker 1: the Last Airbender fire maintenance, basically all. 64 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:01,400 Speaker 3: Of the invisible stuff. 65 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:04,639 Speaker 1: So this episode is about catching problems early before they 66 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 1: become very expensive lessons and dangerous safety hazards, because. 67 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:12,440 Speaker 4: As Joe puts it, small problems don't stay small for long. 68 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:14,960 Speaker 3: Here he is describing exactly what he does. 69 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:19,760 Speaker 2: My job is to inspect a home. That typically is 70 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:22,920 Speaker 2: people that are buying. I do pre sell home inspections 71 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:25,359 Speaker 2: and I do regular home inspections for people that I've 72 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:27,799 Speaker 2: been living there for a while. So my goal is 73 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:29,920 Speaker 2: to tell you what's wrong and how to fix it 74 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:32,000 Speaker 2: in a sense, I like to tell people how to 75 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:33,440 Speaker 2: fix it because I know how to fix a lot 76 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 2: of things. I've been in construction for a long time. 77 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 2: My big, big role is safety, safety, safety, safety across 78 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:41,960 Speaker 2: the board. 79 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 1: In your experience, what is one of the single most 80 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:49,320 Speaker 1: preventable home safety issues that you see that you know, 81 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 1: one that makes you think like, oh my god, you guys, 82 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 1: this was so avoidable. 83 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 2: Mold? Mold. Yeah, I can't stress mold enough. Actually, just 84 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:01,000 Speaker 2: at a house. It was last week. In the garage 85 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:03,000 Speaker 2: it had mold. In the basement it had mold, and 86 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:04,960 Speaker 2: in the attic it add a lot of mold. These 87 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 2: are the typical spots of where you're gonna find mold. Dehumidifiers. 88 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 2: You must have a dehumidfier in your garage and in 89 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 2: your basement. It is a must. It is a non 90 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:16,800 Speaker 2: negotiable when buying a house, living in a house, you 91 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:19,720 Speaker 2: want humidity fifty percent or less. If you don't have 92 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:22,279 Speaker 2: it fifty percent or less, you are going to get 93 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 2: mold across the board. So a dehumidifier you spend one 94 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:28,160 Speaker 2: hundred bucks on hundred fifty two hundred doesn't matter if 95 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:30,279 Speaker 2: even if it was five hundred dollars you get those, 96 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 2: and I have one in my garage and I have 97 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 2: one in my basement. So the house that didn't have it, 98 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 2: they had mold in the garage and a lot of mold. 99 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 2: You really couldn't see it. But when I take my 100 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 2: flashlight and I shine the flashlight on an angle, all 101 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:47,000 Speaker 2: the spores is shine. And then in the basement you 102 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 2: need it as well. So the attic mold in the attic. 103 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:52,800 Speaker 2: So you have your sop advance where the roof comes 104 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 2: down over the gutters underneath there there is a sopping 105 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 2: and it has vents. Not every house but a majority 106 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:01,720 Speaker 2: of them have vents there. People think there's air getting in, 107 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:05,240 Speaker 2: which there is, and it's supposed to. They stuff insulation 108 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 2: down inside there. What that does is it stops all 109 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:11,799 Speaker 2: the airflow, now heat loss from the house in the wintertime, 110 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 2: Condensation on the mails that are going through the roof mold, 111 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:17,120 Speaker 2: and it was just mold everywhere. And they didn't have 112 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:19,039 Speaker 2: a lot of sunlight in that section of the home. 113 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:22,800 Speaker 2: And that was all avoidable, one hundred percent avoidable all 114 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:24,719 Speaker 2: the way around. And they ended up paying twenty thousand 115 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:26,400 Speaker 2: dollars to have it repaired WHOA. 116 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:31,599 Speaker 1: Let's take a minute to explain why mold in the 117 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:35,200 Speaker 1: house can be a hazard. Most mold really isn't harmful, right, 118 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:37,920 Speaker 1: I mean, we use it to make yogurt, penicillin, cheese, 119 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 1: all kinds of good things. Mold spores are in the 120 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:43,039 Speaker 1: air we breathe, and it's usually not an issue. But 121 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:47,960 Speaker 1: extensive indoor mold contamination that could cause some health problems, probably. 122 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:50,719 Speaker 4: Not more than the cheese though, But according to Harvard Health, 123 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:54,479 Speaker 4: the biggest issue for most people is coughing, congestion, scratchy throat, 124 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 4: and if you already have allergies or asthma, it can 125 00:05:56,960 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 4: hit a lot harder, like real flare ups, not just 126 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:00,599 Speaker 4: mild symptoms. 127 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:04,479 Speaker 1: Plus, obviously kids, older adults, people with weaker immune systems, 128 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:07,160 Speaker 1: they're more at risk. So if your house smells musty, 129 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:09,360 Speaker 1: that's your house telling you something. 130 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:11,920 Speaker 4: And let's be clear, mold doesn't need a big splashy 131 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 4: leak to show up. It just needs moisture and time 132 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:16,279 Speaker 4: like twenty four to. 133 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 1: Forty eight hours, which means humidity alone can cause it 134 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:24,040 Speaker 1: big problem for people living in high humidity states like Louisiana, Mississippi, 135 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:26,800 Speaker 1: and of course Florida. Which usually ranks at the top 136 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 1: for most at risk from mold. 137 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:32,320 Speaker 4: So that dehumidifier Joe mentioned that is way cheaper than 138 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:35,960 Speaker 4: ripping out drywall, because once mold spreads, you're not talking 139 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:39,599 Speaker 4: about prevention anymore. You're talking about a costly remediation and 140 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 4: greater potential for health problems. 141 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:45,520 Speaker 1: Okay, Joe, So let's talk about the differences between an 142 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:47,800 Speaker 1: old house versus a new house, because I feel like 143 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:49,880 Speaker 1: I know which one might be safer overall. 144 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:52,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, you're buying one hundred year old house. You're gonna 145 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:53,280 Speaker 2: have one hundred year old problems. 146 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:53,919 Speaker 3: Okay, great. 147 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:56,480 Speaker 2: I tell people, you know, they're like, Jo, my floor 148 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:58,560 Speaker 2: is a little slope over here. I'm like, when you're 149 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 2: one hundred years old, I want to see you walk 150 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:02,920 Speaker 2: a straight line. And everyone needs a V eight right 151 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:05,360 Speaker 2: when you get that old, you gotta straight yourself out. 152 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 2: A one hundred year old home has one hundre ye 153 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 2: old problems. You're gonna find a lot of different issues, 154 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:12,840 Speaker 2: especially insulation, the insulations in the walls. If they haven't 155 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 2: done anything, you're either one gonna have none or two 156 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:17,840 Speaker 2: it's gonna be completely compressed. You're gonna have air leaks, 157 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:20,360 Speaker 2: all over. The house is going to be drafty, your 158 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:22,720 Speaker 2: utility bills are going to be through the roof. A 159 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 2: newer house, everything is more air tight, which doesn't necessarily 160 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:29,280 Speaker 2: mean a good thing. Because now your house is so 161 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:31,680 Speaker 2: air tight you have no air moving in and moving out, 162 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:35,400 Speaker 2: which can also for breathing issues. Mold can grow easier 163 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:38,040 Speaker 2: with that, So there's pros and cons of old and 164 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:42,119 Speaker 2: of new old houses. Lead paint. Anything built for nineteen 165 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:45,240 Speaker 2: seventy eight is assume to have lead paint. Galvanized pipes 166 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:48,840 Speaker 2: Galvanized pipes are the worst to have. First of all, 167 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:51,200 Speaker 2: you don't want water lines to be galvanized because you 168 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 2: drink that you're gonna have a problem. 169 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:58,640 Speaker 4: And here's the problem. Galvanized pipes are basically steel or 170 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 4: iron pipes coated in zinc to keep them from rusting, 171 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:04,080 Speaker 4: and they were super common in homes built before the 172 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:05,160 Speaker 4: nineteen sixties. 173 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:07,440 Speaker 3: They don't age well. 174 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 4: Over like forty to seventy years. That protective coating breaks down, 175 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:14,200 Speaker 4: and instead of preventing issues, it actually starts causing them 176 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:18,280 Speaker 4: rust build up, weird brownish water, lower water pressure, and 177 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:22,320 Speaker 4: more concerning, they can start leeching heavy metals, including lead, 178 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 4: into your drinking water. So it's one of those things 179 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:27,720 Speaker 4: that used to be a smart solution but now is 180 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:30,200 Speaker 4: more of a hidden risk. Okay, back to Joe. 181 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:34,480 Speaker 2: Two lead piping coming into the house. You don't want 182 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:38,400 Speaker 2: that either. But galvanized pipes take the pipe to say, 183 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:40,640 Speaker 2: it's a two inch diameter in the middle. And I 184 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 2: always say to people eat fast food every single day, 185 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:46,840 Speaker 2: all day long for years and years and years. The 186 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:49,440 Speaker 2: average person, their arteries are going to shut down. And 187 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:51,640 Speaker 2: that's what happened with galvanized pipes, and they leak out 188 00:08:51,679 --> 00:08:53,680 Speaker 2: like the one I did the other day. The guy 189 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:56,040 Speaker 2: thought it was a good idea to take scotch tape 190 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:58,600 Speaker 2: and taped the hole in his pipe in his laundry 191 00:08:58,679 --> 00:08:59,800 Speaker 2: room scotched. 192 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:03,360 Speaker 4: Oh my god, I don't even trust scotch tape to 193 00:09:03,440 --> 00:09:04,480 Speaker 4: keep an envelope close. 194 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:08,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, like, dude, scotch tape really, you know. 195 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:12,520 Speaker 1: Some guys are just scotch taping over all the problems 196 00:09:12,559 --> 00:09:12,920 Speaker 1: in their life. 197 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 2: I mean, if that was a cave and I just 198 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 2: I'd invest in scotch tape, but you know it doesn't 199 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:20,079 Speaker 2: work like that. But anyway, Yeah, older houses present a 200 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:23,120 Speaker 2: lot of older problems. The house I did yesterday was 201 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 2: twenty years old. Monster foundation cracks. Wowly twenty years old? 202 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:29,240 Speaker 3: Oh my gosh. 203 00:09:29,440 --> 00:09:29,880 Speaker 1: So yeah. 204 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:32,440 Speaker 4: I mean, if you're buying like a pretty new house, 205 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:34,800 Speaker 4: is there anything else from like a new house that 206 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:36,880 Speaker 4: you should be on the lookout to because you're thinking, oh, 207 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:40,120 Speaker 4: that's brand new, shiny, everything's good here. Is there still 208 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:43,880 Speaker 4: something that homeowners should be making sure is double checked? 209 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:48,839 Speaker 2: Yeah? Cheap labor, cheap workmanship, cheap materials on the home. 210 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:52,480 Speaker 2: I've done new new houses that were going for you know, 211 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:55,400 Speaker 2: well over a million, two million dollars. They just use 212 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:57,920 Speaker 2: horrible material It was just not done right. 213 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:05,839 Speaker 1: I think there's definitely this default assumption that newer homes 214 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:10,679 Speaker 1: are safer, you know, like newer equals better built, fewer problems, 215 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:13,360 Speaker 1: less risk. But what Joe's getting at here is the 216 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:15,880 Speaker 1: newer homes just have different problems. 217 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:19,000 Speaker 4: Oh but they got problems because older homes are kind 218 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:21,480 Speaker 4: of like you know what, you're dealing with, lead pain, 219 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:26,200 Speaker 4: older wiring, maybe some questionable plumbing choices. Yeah, but newer 220 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:30,640 Speaker 4: homes they're tighter, more sealed up, less airflow, which sounds 221 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:33,800 Speaker 4: cool until you realize that also means moisture and pollutants 222 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:35,000 Speaker 4: they have nowhere to go. 223 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:37,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, and he said that there's also like the build 224 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 1: quality piece. With newer homes, people are building them faster 225 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:43,719 Speaker 1: with like less quality materials, sometimes less oversight, so you 226 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:45,800 Speaker 1: might not see the problems right away, but they could 227 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:46,360 Speaker 1: show up later. 228 00:10:46,559 --> 00:10:46,800 Speaker 3: Yeah. 229 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:49,240 Speaker 4: I mean, in trying to save some money right off 230 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:52,520 Speaker 4: the top, you might be only adding on some more 231 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:55,000 Speaker 4: later when you have some problems. So I want to 232 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:57,199 Speaker 4: move on to detection. Now, how do we make sure 233 00:10:57,240 --> 00:10:58,960 Speaker 4: that we are set up to detect some of these 234 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:02,080 Speaker 4: things before they become big issues aka. 235 00:11:01,559 --> 00:11:02,400 Speaker 3: A lot more money. 236 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:05,120 Speaker 4: So I want to start with detectors because fire is 237 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:07,359 Speaker 4: one of the big home safety considerations. 238 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:12,240 Speaker 2: Smoke detectors. Everybody needs one. In every sleeping court. You 239 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:13,800 Speaker 2: need one. You walk in the room, boom right on 240 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:15,480 Speaker 2: the ceiling. Put it there. I don't care if it's 241 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:17,360 Speaker 2: wired in, I don't care how you want to put it. 242 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:20,760 Speaker 2: Just have one right there. Every hallway smoke detector and 243 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:24,320 Speaker 2: COEO detector, carbon monoxide detector. Every level of the house 244 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 2: needs a smoke and carbonoxide I always like to have 245 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:29,199 Speaker 2: one in the garage, a smoke and carbon You can 246 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:31,680 Speaker 2: even put a heat detector in there as well. Any 247 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:34,800 Speaker 2: room with a fireplace have a smoke and carbon monoxide detector. 248 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:39,200 Speaker 2: These are just the areas that produce carbon monoxide and smoke. 249 00:11:39,559 --> 00:11:41,240 Speaker 2: They have a ten year life and they are on 250 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:42,800 Speaker 2: the side of each one and it has a date 251 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:44,840 Speaker 2: You put the data in that you installed it, and 252 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:47,440 Speaker 2: in ten years throw it out. Most of them now 253 00:11:47,559 --> 00:11:49,560 Speaker 2: they don't even have batteries that go in. It's a 254 00:11:49,559 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 2: built in battery. You get it, you pull the tab out, 255 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:54,160 Speaker 2: install it, and then it'll tell you the ones I 256 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 2: have here. They talk to each other on every level. 257 00:11:56,160 --> 00:11:59,280 Speaker 2: They're not Wi Fi. I don't want Wi Fi from 258 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:02,040 Speaker 2: my own person reasons because let's say I lose power 259 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:04,439 Speaker 2: in a home and I lose Wi Fi. Now my 260 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:06,960 Speaker 2: smoke detectors don't work, and they're not talking to each other. 261 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:08,880 Speaker 2: But there's so many different kinds you can get out 262 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:10,840 Speaker 2: there that go to your cell phone. They give your 263 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:12,880 Speaker 2: heads up, this is what happened, this is what's happening. 264 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:15,280 Speaker 2: And if you are going to change a battery, change 265 00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:17,920 Speaker 2: a battery, don't take it down and not change a battery. 266 00:12:18,160 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 2: I was with a real estate agent the other week 267 00:12:19,679 --> 00:12:21,880 Speaker 2: with a beautiful house. She had a fire in her 268 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:25,440 Speaker 2: kitchen a year earlier, she took the smoke detector down. 269 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:28,200 Speaker 2: Want to change a battery put in her draw forgot 270 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:30,920 Speaker 2: about it? Well, in her kitchen almost burned down. Avoidable, right, 271 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:31,840 Speaker 2: it's just avoidable. 272 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:34,120 Speaker 3: I did just want to ask you about the smoke 273 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:34,800 Speaker 3: detectors too. 274 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:37,559 Speaker 4: We know you're not going for the Wi Fi option, 275 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:40,600 Speaker 4: but like, do I need like a really fancy expensive 276 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:43,480 Speaker 4: one or just like a regular basic one works? And 277 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:45,680 Speaker 4: also do you recommend the kind where like you have 278 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:49,040 Speaker 4: to put in two double A batteries supposedly every time 279 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 4: you like change your clocks or is it just better 280 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:52,240 Speaker 4: to have the kind that you were talking about where 281 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:54,040 Speaker 4: you pull the tab and it's like good for a while. 282 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:56,920 Speaker 2: You don't need an expensive one. You really don't. If 283 00:12:56,960 --> 00:12:59,560 Speaker 2: you want them to talk to each other, which is 284 00:12:59,559 --> 00:13:01,520 Speaker 2: what I have. I like the ones I talk to 285 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:03,839 Speaker 2: each other. So the basement talks to the first floor, 286 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:06,440 Speaker 2: first four talks to the second floor, so if there's 287 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:09,520 Speaker 2: something happening on every level, it'll say, hey fire, first 288 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:12,079 Speaker 2: floor fire, fire, fire, and then everyone has a panic 289 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:14,960 Speaker 2: attack and they run out. I like those the ones 290 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:16,800 Speaker 2: with the batteries you put in. I'm not a fan 291 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:18,520 Speaker 2: of that. Don't get that the ones that have a 292 00:13:18,559 --> 00:13:21,439 Speaker 2: ten year life buy those. You just install it, put 293 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:23,200 Speaker 2: the date on it, and move on from there. 294 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:26,360 Speaker 1: So just a shout out to women everywhere. I don't 295 00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:28,120 Speaker 1: know how I did it, but I went five years 296 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:30,520 Speaker 1: without a smoke detector in my house because every time 297 00:13:30,559 --> 00:13:33,240 Speaker 1: I made pizza it just went off. And then my 298 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:36,600 Speaker 1: wife moved in, was like, are you an idiot? Like 299 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:40,320 Speaker 1: do you want to die? And now she cleaned my oven, 300 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:42,000 Speaker 1: which is why I was going off all the time. 301 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 1: And she saved my life every day. So and she 302 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:48,720 Speaker 1: didn't move out, she totally could have. She somehow is 303 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:49,160 Speaker 1: still here. 304 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:50,360 Speaker 2: It's a good woman. Keep her. 305 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:52,880 Speaker 1: I try every day. 306 00:13:54,320 --> 00:13:56,480 Speaker 2: One thing we didn't touch based on really quick. Let's 307 00:13:56,480 --> 00:13:58,240 Speaker 2: say you live in a house like mine. It's a cape, 308 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:00,240 Speaker 2: so upstairs, I have one way up, one way out. 309 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:02,439 Speaker 2: If there's ever a fire on my first floor and 310 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:04,520 Speaker 2: it goes up, let's say and I can't get down 311 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:07,559 Speaker 2: my stairs, I have ladder. It's one time you sladder? 312 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:09,760 Speaker 2: Did I throw out the window? Now? If your five 313 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:12,360 Speaker 2: stories up, make sure it's a five story ladder, because 314 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:16,600 Speaker 2: mine is for two stories. So it's a one time use, 315 00:14:16,679 --> 00:14:18,440 Speaker 2: you throw it out the window, and you know, we 316 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:20,040 Speaker 2: have it in one of the rooms upstairs, and I 317 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:22,640 Speaker 2: told my daughter, my wife, this thanking God forbid ever happens. 318 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:24,560 Speaker 2: This is how it latches on and you throw it 319 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:25,440 Speaker 2: out and you climbed out. 320 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:27,920 Speaker 1: One question that I want to go back to, just 321 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:30,080 Speaker 1: so the pretext to this question is, my wife and 322 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:31,960 Speaker 1: I just were taking out like a child safety class 323 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:33,920 Speaker 1: and one of the things that they had us watch 324 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:36,160 Speaker 1: was like grease fires and like why you'd want to 325 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:38,320 Speaker 1: have like a fire extinguisher in your kitchen. And they 326 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:42,280 Speaker 1: specifically said to get a chemical fire extinguisher, which like 327 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:44,600 Speaker 1: helps grease fires. So the question that I'd ask you, 328 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:46,360 Speaker 1: they're like, what are some of the most common fire 329 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:49,680 Speaker 1: risks you see in everyday homes? And what kind of 330 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:53,200 Speaker 1: fire extinguisher would you recommend people have on hand. 331 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:57,360 Speaker 2: So for the stove, what we bought was a fire blanket. 332 00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:01,640 Speaker 2: Look into fire blankets first, the fire extinguishers. Because you 333 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:03,520 Speaker 2: have a fire extinguisher, I'm like, good, good. I go, 334 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:05,240 Speaker 2: do you know how to use it? And I test 335 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:07,680 Speaker 2: people show me how to use it, and they like 336 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:10,880 Speaker 2: like this, I'm like, you're doing it wrong. You're spraying 337 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:14,080 Speaker 2: through the flames, you have to step back six feet back, 338 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:17,360 Speaker 2: spray it at the base of the flame versus through 339 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:19,680 Speaker 2: the flame, because you're just wasting your time. So a 340 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:21,880 Speaker 2: lot of people don't know how to use a fire extinguisher, 341 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:24,600 Speaker 2: but fire blankets for like a grease fire. It's a 342 00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:27,040 Speaker 2: very good option. And I'm not gonna lie. That was 343 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:30,720 Speaker 2: not my idea. I came home and my wife bought it. So, Matt, 344 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:31,680 Speaker 2: your wife saved you. 345 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:34,560 Speaker 1: My wife is saving us, just saving lives. 346 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:36,000 Speaker 2: Why as you're saving lives? 347 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:36,920 Speaker 1: Oh like that? 348 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:41,160 Speaker 2: Why love that? Now? Things that cause fires that we 349 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:46,560 Speaker 2: see all the time, extension cords. Stop using extension chords 350 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:49,120 Speaker 2: all over the place. It's mind boggling. Some of these 351 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:51,760 Speaker 2: houses I go to that just have extension chords to 352 00:15:52,760 --> 00:15:55,240 Speaker 2: space heaters, have space heaters all over the place. I 353 00:15:55,240 --> 00:15:57,480 Speaker 2: did win this winter. They had extension chords going to 354 00:15:57,560 --> 00:15:59,920 Speaker 2: a space heater and they were using a space heater 355 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:01,720 Speaker 2: to dry their clothes and clothes on top of the 356 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:04,080 Speaker 2: space heater. And I call them all in and I go, 357 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:07,000 Speaker 2: what are you doing. They're like, we're drying our clothes. 358 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:09,720 Speaker 2: I'm like, dude, you're going to burn your house down. 359 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:12,160 Speaker 2: And kill everyone in your like, you cannot do that. 360 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:16,000 Speaker 2: So extension cords space heaters are huge. These are big issues. 361 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:19,000 Speaker 2: If you're not electrician, don't be an electrician, don't do 362 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:19,880 Speaker 2: anything electrical. 363 00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:22,280 Speaker 1: And for those of us who are not electricians, I 364 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:24,920 Speaker 1: am someone who owns extension cords and space heaters, not 365 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:26,960 Speaker 1: that they're I'm using them in that conjunction right now, 366 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:30,040 Speaker 1: I'm not. What is it specifically about the extension cords 367 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:32,040 Speaker 1: and the space heaters that pose a fire risk. 368 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:35,160 Speaker 2: Extension cords people don't buy the right one. They'll use 369 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:36,120 Speaker 2: like a cheap one. 370 00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:39,440 Speaker 1: Basically people are buying whatever off of Amazon, or they 371 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:41,520 Speaker 1: go to home depot and to power something like a 372 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:44,440 Speaker 1: space heater, which takes a lot more power and that's 373 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:47,240 Speaker 1: just causing kind of like maybe it's sparking or it's 374 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:48,720 Speaker 1: overheating or. 375 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:51,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, and put them on a GFCI ground full 376 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:54,520 Speaker 2: circuit interruptor if there's a surge, it's going to say 377 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:57,400 Speaker 2: oh oh, and it shuts itself off. That's your added 378 00:16:57,480 --> 00:17:00,320 Speaker 2: protection on it. And never leave a house or don't 379 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:02,840 Speaker 2: even leave a room. What a space heater running? Yeah, 380 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:05,000 Speaker 2: you know. The better ones that people use are the 381 00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:07,520 Speaker 2: oil filled ones, the ones with the red coils, and 382 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:11,040 Speaker 2: those cheap ones. Please don't like the worst. Use them 383 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:14,560 Speaker 2: outside in the backyard on concrete to warm your feet. Yeah, 384 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:15,040 Speaker 2: that's it. 385 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:17,159 Speaker 1: Some redemption for me. I do have an oil so 386 00:17:17,320 --> 00:17:18,280 Speaker 1: that's really great to hear. 387 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:25,000 Speaker 4: Fire safety is one of those things people feel like 388 00:17:25,119 --> 00:17:28,320 Speaker 4: they've already handled. It's easy to write like, yeah, yeah, 389 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:31,320 Speaker 4: we have a smoke detector somewhere, but the reality is 390 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:34,320 Speaker 4: a lot of them aren't even working. Three out of 391 00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:38,600 Speaker 4: five home fire deaths happen in homes without working smoke alarms, 392 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:44,080 Speaker 4: not missing, just not working. So that's dead batteries, disconnected units, 393 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:46,080 Speaker 4: or ones that are just too old. 394 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:48,320 Speaker 1: Yeah. And then there's the stuff that Joe mentioned, like 395 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:53,239 Speaker 1: extension cords, overloaded outlets, space heaters, the things that you know, 396 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:55,200 Speaker 1: we don't even think about. They're everyday things. They don't 397 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:58,679 Speaker 1: feel like they're dangerous until they really really are. It's 398 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:01,120 Speaker 1: kind of wild to hear how many risks come down 399 00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:04,040 Speaker 1: to convenience, like oh, I'll just plug one more thing in, 400 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:07,960 Speaker 1: or it's okay to dry clothes near this space heater. 401 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:12,679 Speaker 3: Yeah not so much, Okay. 402 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:14,920 Speaker 1: Carbon monoxide is one of the few dangers in your homes. 403 00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:17,760 Speaker 1: That gives you absolutely nothing to work with. Right, there's 404 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:21,520 Speaker 1: no smell, there's no color, there's no warning signs. So, Joe, 405 00:18:21,520 --> 00:18:23,879 Speaker 1: I want to come back to CO two detectors. Is 406 00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:26,959 Speaker 1: there a way to place them specifically that ups their efficacy? 407 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:29,440 Speaker 1: And if so, where exactly should we place them? 408 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:33,320 Speaker 2: Not on the floor five feet up? I have one 409 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:35,479 Speaker 2: on the mid wall. I have one on the ceiling. 410 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:38,239 Speaker 2: You know, it's a little bit lighter than air, so 411 00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:39,560 Speaker 2: it's going to go up, it's going to rise a 412 00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:42,520 Speaker 2: little bit. Listen, it's better than nothing. They work. They 413 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:44,680 Speaker 2: work perfectly fine, the ones that plug in on the wall. 414 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:47,359 Speaker 2: As long as you have them in your house, it's important, 415 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:49,800 Speaker 2: especially the garage. Yeah, you really should have one in 416 00:18:49,840 --> 00:18:51,880 Speaker 2: the garage. And your garage door should be a fire 417 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:54,080 Speaker 2: rated self closing door on top of all of that. 418 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:57,680 Speaker 1: So obviously the cars are one example of where COE 419 00:18:57,840 --> 00:19:00,280 Speaker 1: two can come from. Where else in our house can 420 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:01,840 Speaker 1: see you two come from? And how can we just 421 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:04,280 Speaker 1: like make sure we're mitigating it at every point in 422 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:06,280 Speaker 1: addition to detecting it when it does arise. 423 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:09,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, your heating system, you know, most are in the basement. 424 00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:11,960 Speaker 2: Depends on your house. Wherever the heating system is, put 425 00:19:11,960 --> 00:19:14,320 Speaker 2: a smoke in carbonoxide detector in that room. That's going 426 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:16,240 Speaker 2: to produce it. That's it right there. If the flu 427 00:19:16,359 --> 00:19:18,320 Speaker 2: is clogged where the exhaust go out, it's going to 428 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:20,320 Speaker 2: back into your home right there, that'll go off and 429 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:22,280 Speaker 2: give you heads up if you have it in your attic, 430 00:19:22,359 --> 00:19:24,879 Speaker 2: if a furnace in your attic, put one in you're attic. 431 00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:27,800 Speaker 2: Those are the two main spots. And fireplace in your 432 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:30,080 Speaker 2: firepolice room that can produce carbon monoxide as well. 433 00:19:32,760 --> 00:19:34,480 Speaker 4: We'll be right back after a quick. 434 00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:44,560 Speaker 1: Break, and we're back with more grown up stuff. 435 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:45,240 Speaker 2: How do adult? 436 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:51,919 Speaker 1: This is scary stuff. The CDC reports hundreds of deaths 437 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:55,000 Speaker 1: every year from carbon monoxide poisoning, tens of thousands of 438 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:58,320 Speaker 1: ur visits. And it's usually not some rare scenario like 439 00:19:58,520 --> 00:20:02,360 Speaker 1: it's furnaces and garages, fireplaces, especially in the colder months 440 00:20:02,359 --> 00:20:03,320 Speaker 1: when everything's closed up. 441 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:04,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, and this is. 442 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:07,360 Speaker 4: One of those risks where detection is the only defense. 443 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:08,960 Speaker 4: Like not to be all smoky the bear about it, 444 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:10,600 Speaker 4: but truly the only thing that's going to make me 445 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:14,359 Speaker 4: feel less anxious about this is actually being prepared. So 446 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:18,840 Speaker 4: that brings me to another colorless, odorless gas rate on. 447 00:20:19,359 --> 00:20:21,679 Speaker 4: It feels like one of those things that people vaguely 448 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:23,120 Speaker 4: know about but not enough to. 449 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:25,000 Speaker 3: Really act on. I'm certainly one of those people. 450 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:28,000 Speaker 4: So we asked Joe, what is it exactly? 451 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:29,440 Speaker 3: Who needs to test for it? 452 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:31,679 Speaker 4: And if we should all be as worried about it 453 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:32,280 Speaker 4: as I am. 454 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:34,280 Speaker 1: Only you can prevent radon. 455 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:36,480 Speaker 3: Just let my neurosis fly. 456 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:41,120 Speaker 2: Right on breakdown of uranium in the ground, so when 457 00:20:41,119 --> 00:20:43,639 Speaker 2: you walk outside, you're inhaling it, you're spelling it this 458 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:46,639 Speaker 2: and that, but it's dissipated into the atmosphere right on. 459 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:49,360 Speaker 2: Is a colorless, orderless guess. You can't see it, can't 460 00:20:49,359 --> 00:20:52,520 Speaker 2: smell it. It seeps into your foundation, into your lowest 461 00:20:52,560 --> 00:20:55,199 Speaker 2: livable space, and it just hang out there. How to 462 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:57,560 Speaker 2: mitigate it in a natural way without putting a system 463 00:20:57,560 --> 00:20:59,960 Speaker 2: in open a window, airflow, let it go out of 464 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:03,040 Speaker 2: the house itself. Right there, They say, second leading cause 465 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:07,680 Speaker 2: of lung cancer long term exposure. Everyone should test for it, period. 466 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:10,320 Speaker 2: I've had houses that were ten times a limit. I 467 00:21:10,320 --> 00:21:12,600 Speaker 2: mean just through the roof where I walked out if 468 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:15,480 Speaker 2: I was glowing. But everyone should test for it. That's 469 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:17,359 Speaker 2: it really be on a safe side. And I always 470 00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:18,959 Speaker 2: tell people too, when I go to your house if 471 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:21,520 Speaker 2: it's an unfinished basement, and I go, look, your levels 472 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:23,880 Speaker 2: were so and so they were just below the threshold 473 00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:26,400 Speaker 2: of four point zero, where the EPA says they want 474 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:28,639 Speaker 2: to have a reduction system put in. A mitigation system 475 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:31,239 Speaker 2: put in that costs about two thousand bucks, give or take, 476 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:33,360 Speaker 2: depending on where you live. I said, do you plan 477 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:35,000 Speaker 2: on finishing your basement? And they said, yeah, we're going 478 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:37,159 Speaker 2: to finish it. And I go, when you're done finishing it, 479 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:38,879 Speaker 2: I want you to call me back. I'm going to 480 00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:40,720 Speaker 2: come over here. I'm going to do another test, because 481 00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:44,280 Speaker 2: now you just major basement completely air tight. I said 482 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:46,200 Speaker 2: that to thousands of people, and that one person called 483 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:48,080 Speaker 2: me back to do one. I threw it out there. 484 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:51,520 Speaker 4: Yeah yeah, I mean you did your part out of curiosity. 485 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:53,159 Speaker 4: How do you test for it too? Is it like 486 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:54,480 Speaker 4: a special machine or something? 487 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:57,240 Speaker 2: There are machines. I have two canisters that I bring okay, 488 00:21:57,240 --> 00:21:59,520 Speaker 2: and I just take a sticker off of that, leave 489 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:02,199 Speaker 2: them there and go back, you know, two days up 490 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:04,600 Speaker 2: to seven days max, close them up, bring them to 491 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:06,040 Speaker 2: the lab, and I get the results. 492 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:08,320 Speaker 4: Okay, is this something I can go to the hardware 493 00:22:08,359 --> 00:22:10,159 Speaker 4: store and buy myself, or do I need somebody like 494 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:11,320 Speaker 4: you to come and do it for me. 495 00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:13,840 Speaker 2: You could buy them online. Oh okay, the ones from 496 00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:15,000 Speaker 2: the lab are a lot better. 497 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:17,240 Speaker 4: I mean, I trust you. Let's be very clear, I 498 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:19,400 Speaker 4: would trust you much more than I trust myself. 499 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:21,920 Speaker 2: And don't forget. Like, if you're in a building, don't 500 00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:24,199 Speaker 2: even worry about it, you know, because your upper levels 501 00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:25,800 Speaker 2: once it gets up, like if you're on the third 502 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:28,399 Speaker 2: floor or second floor, once it gets there, you know, 503 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:29,880 Speaker 2: it's kind of out of there. 504 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:36,000 Speaker 1: So I really only thought that houses with basements had 505 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:38,040 Speaker 1: to worry about rad on, So I'm glad that we 506 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:38,680 Speaker 1: cleared that up. 507 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:39,679 Speaker 3: I had no idea. 508 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:43,600 Speaker 4: But also we learned that levels can vary house by house, 509 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:46,480 Speaker 4: so just because your neighbor is fine doesn't mean that 510 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:49,159 Speaker 4: you are. I think, just to be safe, I'm going 511 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:51,240 Speaker 4: to open the windows in my apartment even. 512 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:52,920 Speaker 3: More often, just in case if there's. 513 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:54,800 Speaker 4: Any rate on, it'll just get to vent right out 514 00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:57,000 Speaker 4: and be out in the world and not in this apartment. 515 00:22:57,359 --> 00:22:59,440 Speaker 1: Or to give Lee a little bit more peace of mind, 516 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:01,120 Speaker 1: you could all so test for it. 517 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:02,720 Speaker 3: I don't love a test. 518 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:08,000 Speaker 1: In the same kind of vein as like Leah was 519 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:10,200 Speaker 1: asking about, can I go to home depot or something 520 00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:12,119 Speaker 1: and buy a radon test kit? Can you do the 521 00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:13,119 Speaker 1: same thing with mold. 522 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:14,840 Speaker 2: Have somebody come in and do it. 523 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:15,760 Speaker 1: Have somebody come in. 524 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:18,439 Speaker 2: You could buy the surface sample tests. You can do 525 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:21,000 Speaker 2: that there, But if you're gonna do it, bring someone 526 00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:23,440 Speaker 2: in to really test for it the air where it's 527 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:26,680 Speaker 2: going to a professional lab. It's really getting analyzed. When 528 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:29,560 Speaker 2: you do mold testing, you need your baseline, and your 529 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:32,560 Speaker 2: baseline is outside. So you're gonna do your test outside 530 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:34,440 Speaker 2: in the air, five minutes, ten minutes. However you're gonna 531 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:36,400 Speaker 2: run it. You know, there's different tests. Then you come 532 00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:39,960 Speaker 2: inside and you're doing Now you're controlled one on the inside, 533 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:43,080 Speaker 2: on all the levels and whatnot. You want those two 534 00:23:43,119 --> 00:23:46,480 Speaker 2: to be different. If the outside is hide or low, 535 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:49,160 Speaker 2: you want them to be different. If you're way higher 536 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:51,760 Speaker 2: than the outside, you got a big problem. Yeah, So 537 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:53,600 Speaker 2: that's why I tell people you have to clean the 538 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:56,000 Speaker 2: filters for your furnaces and your central air systems and 539 00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:58,479 Speaker 2: even the wall use if you're renting an apartment and whatnot, 540 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:00,760 Speaker 2: you have to clean those vents. That's your first line 541 00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:04,120 Speaker 2: of defence. On nastiness coming in your house. Yeah, and 542 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:06,840 Speaker 2: the duckworks that have the panting on the inside. It's like, 543 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:09,600 Speaker 2: whoever invented that should be just sent to an island 544 00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:12,760 Speaker 2: and left there for dead with sharks and spiders, the 545 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:13,359 Speaker 2: whole nine. 546 00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:18,720 Speaker 1: And that leads me to my next question, which is, Leah, 547 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:21,080 Speaker 1: do you know what the most common insurance claim in 548 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:21,919 Speaker 1: the United States is? 549 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:25,040 Speaker 4: I obviously do not, but I'm glad that you do, 550 00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:27,280 Speaker 4: because I know you're about to tell me. So, Matt, 551 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:29,560 Speaker 4: I want what is the most common insurance claim in 552 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:30,040 Speaker 4: the US. 553 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:33,399 Speaker 3: It's water, that sneaky devil. 554 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:34,240 Speaker 4: Wow. 555 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:35,280 Speaker 3: And you know what. 556 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:38,240 Speaker 4: Water, She's the kind of thing that, like, doesn't just 557 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:40,720 Speaker 4: start a problem because of a big disaster, something like 558 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:44,280 Speaker 4: Hurricane Sandy. No, no, no, she's sneaky. Problems are going 559 00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:47,359 Speaker 4: to start as something small, like a clogged gutter or 560 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:50,200 Speaker 4: a bad slope in your yard, or a broken sump pump. 561 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:53,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, and then one day it rains just hard enough 562 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:56,440 Speaker 1: and suddenly it's not so small a problem anymore. So 563 00:24:56,600 --> 00:24:59,080 Speaker 1: we asked Joe what someone should know about the perils 564 00:24:59,119 --> 00:25:01,880 Speaker 1: of water, particularly if you live in a flood zone. 565 00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:08,439 Speaker 2: If you're in a flood zone, leave, move, get the 566 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:13,360 Speaker 2: heck out of Dodge. Water is the worst. I actually 567 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:16,280 Speaker 2: told the client, don't buy this house, and right away 568 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:18,160 Speaker 2: I put it right into my agreement. I told Ding 569 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:20,480 Speaker 2: Dong not to buy this house. He bought the house. 570 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:22,840 Speaker 2: He goes, why I go. I grew up here, dude, 571 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:24,720 Speaker 2: I grew up on the top of the hill. You're 572 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:27,400 Speaker 2: at the bottom. You are going to have water on 573 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:30,639 Speaker 2: your second floor. I guarantee you that there's a major, 574 00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:34,359 Speaker 2: major storm. He goes, that's impossible. You don't believe me. Fine, 575 00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:38,399 Speaker 2: I do the inspection, ida happens. The news comes on 576 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:44,000 Speaker 2: his area. Forget it. Two days later, my wife's like, 577 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:46,200 Speaker 2: where you go? And I go, I'm going to the flats. 578 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:48,040 Speaker 2: She goes, why I go? Because I want to go 579 00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:50,879 Speaker 2: see that house that I said don't buy. The water 580 00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:55,560 Speaker 2: was in his second floor bedroom. His house was de 581 00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:59,919 Speaker 2: roid gone. They had to demolish it. It was done. 582 00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:02,719 Speaker 1: And obviously there's not much you can do about a 583 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:04,880 Speaker 1: river that's gonna flood the second floor of your home. 584 00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:07,240 Speaker 1: But let's just say, you know, what are some things 585 00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:08,760 Speaker 1: you could do preventative? 586 00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:12,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, some pumps, drainage on the outside, and drainage on 587 00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:15,080 Speaker 2: the inside, hands down across the board. If you're getting water, 588 00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:17,200 Speaker 2: you're not getting water. Put a sum pump into your 589 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:19,200 Speaker 2: house to make sure you're not going to have a situation. 590 00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:21,639 Speaker 2: If your basement is wide open and you plan on 591 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:23,919 Speaker 2: finishing it, put perimeter drainage on the inside to a 592 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:27,760 Speaker 2: some pump or two, just to be preventive, because water 593 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:30,639 Speaker 2: will find its path and decide to come in at 594 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:33,560 Speaker 2: anyone given time. If the land on the outside of 595 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:35,800 Speaker 2: your house is pitched too, if you have negative grade 596 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:38,919 Speaker 2: and it's pitched to the home, put drainage at the 597 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:41,160 Speaker 2: base of that going all the way around and figure 598 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:42,720 Speaker 2: out a spot where you can put a dry well 599 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:45,040 Speaker 2: in or divert it to your neighbor's backyard or your 600 00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:50,119 Speaker 2: neighbor's basement. Give it to them figure out Just getting joking, joking, 601 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:54,000 Speaker 2: but yeah, getting some pumps in the basement is a 602 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:58,080 Speaker 2: solid investment to protect your big investment of the home 603 00:26:58,200 --> 00:26:59,240 Speaker 2: and get leak detectors. 604 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:03,480 Speaker 1: So a lot of what Joe is talking about is 605 00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:07,160 Speaker 1: controlling where water goes before it decides for you. Water 606 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:10,000 Speaker 1: damage and mold. It's a costly problem, not only to 607 00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:12,480 Speaker 1: your wallet, but your health, which is why so much 608 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:14,680 Speaker 1: of what he talked about isn't just reaction, it's prevention. 609 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:19,440 Speaker 4: I want to ask about another element, which is electricity. 610 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:21,879 Speaker 4: What are things that we should actually be paying attention 611 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:24,280 Speaker 4: to when it comes to potential electrical problems. 612 00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:31,120 Speaker 2: If you see a spark ar, core electrician right away, Yeah, bedrooms, kitchen, 613 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:35,239 Speaker 2: laundry room, garage, outside ground fault, circul interruptor. So if 614 00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:37,280 Speaker 2: something does hit it, that's water related, or there's a 615 00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:39,720 Speaker 2: surge and automatically trips and shuts it off. So that's 616 00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:42,560 Speaker 2: your first line of defense right there. If your light's 617 00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:45,399 Speaker 2: dim they go on, they're dimming, they're constantly doing that. 618 00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:47,960 Speaker 2: You're pulling too much power. A lot of houses do that. 619 00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:50,280 Speaker 2: You have to be careful with that because it happened 620 00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:52,080 Speaker 2: here where the lights were going in and out, going 621 00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:54,400 Speaker 2: in and out, and that's your house talking to you. 622 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:55,760 Speaker 2: Your house will talk to you and you have to 623 00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:57,679 Speaker 2: answer it. It might sound weird, but you have to 624 00:27:57,720 --> 00:27:59,639 Speaker 2: answer it. So I came downstairs and I was like, 625 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:01,320 Speaker 2: let me go to my electrical panel and just have 626 00:28:01,359 --> 00:28:04,480 Speaker 2: a look inside. Now. Number one rule, whenever you go 627 00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:07,600 Speaker 2: to the electrical panel, never grab the door because it's 628 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:11,040 Speaker 2: a metal door. With live wires inside. If it is live, 629 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:14,000 Speaker 2: you're stuck and done right. So I just do you 630 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:15,520 Speaker 2: give it a tap with the back of your hand. 631 00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:17,919 Speaker 2: I tapped it with the back of my hand and 632 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:21,560 Speaker 2: the whole panel was live. It just blasted me back 633 00:28:22,119 --> 00:28:23,960 Speaker 2: water was getting it to the electrical panel. 634 00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:25,440 Speaker 3: Wow, whoa, Oh my god. 635 00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:29,239 Speaker 1: So obviously, when you're buying a home, you want to 636 00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:32,600 Speaker 1: do a full home inspection. But are there other moments 637 00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:34,280 Speaker 1: in your life you know that people might want to 638 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:35,880 Speaker 1: consider doing reassessment. 639 00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:38,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, five years in is a good time to do it. 640 00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:40,560 Speaker 2: And it's not a full home inspection. I don't even 641 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:42,520 Speaker 2: need to give them a report. It's a walk and talk, 642 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:44,880 Speaker 2: you know. I said, grab your coffee, grab your pad 643 00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:46,920 Speaker 2: and your phone, let's go for a walk and talk. 644 00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:49,440 Speaker 2: I'll do all the major components in the house, the roof, 645 00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:52,080 Speaker 2: the attic, the heating, the cooling, the hot warder heater, 646 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:54,239 Speaker 2: the basement, look for any mold, this and that, make 647 00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:57,040 Speaker 2: sure everything's operating properly the outside of the house, and 648 00:28:57,120 --> 00:28:57,520 Speaker 2: that's it. 649 00:28:57,920 --> 00:29:01,080 Speaker 4: I want to ask just about renters as well, because 650 00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:03,320 Speaker 4: I mean, one of the perks I would say of 651 00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:05,120 Speaker 4: being a renter is like, well, I don't own this, 652 00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:08,200 Speaker 4: so this is someone else's problem, but actually I do 653 00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:11,440 Speaker 4: live here, so it is my problem. So is there 654 00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:15,800 Speaker 4: something that like renters should do be thinking about, like 655 00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:17,840 Speaker 4: what are the things that they should know about their 656 00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:18,520 Speaker 4: living space. 657 00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:21,400 Speaker 2: I've never had a renter come to me and say, hey, Joe, 658 00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:22,800 Speaker 2: I'm going to rent this place, can you do a 659 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:25,800 Speaker 2: home inspection on it? And it's a good question. Actually, 660 00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:28,080 Speaker 2: it should be in a contract for every house that's 661 00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:30,520 Speaker 2: being rented that they have to have it inspected. No 662 00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:31,280 Speaker 2: one ever does it. 663 00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:34,320 Speaker 1: I'm so glad of having this conversation because I've lived 664 00:29:34,360 --> 00:29:37,400 Speaker 1: in this apartment for fourteen years and my wife and 665 00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:42,160 Speaker 1: I are expecting our first kid soon congrats. And there 666 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:45,640 Speaker 1: has been water damage in different units and stuff, and 667 00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:48,960 Speaker 1: I haven't had any serious health of anything, but I'm 668 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:50,880 Speaker 1: like part of it. There's a nagging like is there 669 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:53,200 Speaker 1: mold like just in the air, And I guess that 670 00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:55,480 Speaker 1: My answer is we're having a kid. I shouldn't have 671 00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:57,200 Speaker 1: someone come out here because I don't think the building's 672 00:29:57,200 --> 00:29:57,560 Speaker 1: not going. 673 00:29:57,480 --> 00:29:59,280 Speaker 2: To do it. Did you have water in your place? 674 00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:00,200 Speaker 1: We had some? 675 00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:01,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, Well how they fix it? 676 00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:04,600 Speaker 1: They kind of didn't really, I mean it was it 677 00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:05,640 Speaker 1: was leaking a lot more. 678 00:30:07,360 --> 00:30:10,960 Speaker 4: Inspector Joe doesn't even have to come there to know, just. 679 00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:14,520 Speaker 1: Like I can smell them mold through the screen. 680 00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:20,040 Speaker 2: I see it behind you all over. Yeah, you can't 681 00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:21,920 Speaker 2: just flap a quote of paint on mold. If mold 682 00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:23,520 Speaker 2: hits sheet rock, you got to get behind her, take 683 00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:25,400 Speaker 2: the sheet rock down, you got to take the insulation out. 684 00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:26,640 Speaker 2: You have to treat it. 685 00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:28,640 Speaker 1: And they have. But I think the thing I'm like, 686 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:31,040 Speaker 1: I don't think that they fixed the underlying issue. 687 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:33,040 Speaker 2: I mean, you could have your duck works clean. When 688 00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:35,080 Speaker 2: I what about the filters, I'll often you place them. 689 00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:37,200 Speaker 2: We'll replaced those every six months, all right, drop it 690 00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:39,800 Speaker 2: to three. Okay, it's better for you, better for the 691 00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:42,000 Speaker 2: family of the environment, you know. And if you really 692 00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:43,920 Speaker 2: want to step it up, you're gonna spend money. You 693 00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:46,400 Speaker 2: can get a UV light for your system and that'll 694 00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:48,720 Speaker 2: kill the bacteria and some mold sports that are coming 695 00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:49,400 Speaker 2: through as well. 696 00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:50,600 Speaker 1: For the duck system. 697 00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:51,600 Speaker 2: Yeah okay. 698 00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:54,120 Speaker 1: And then we also like our home is so poorly insulated, 699 00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:56,479 Speaker 1: like I mean, air just comes in through the casement 700 00:30:56,520 --> 00:31:01,200 Speaker 1: windows and because they're all wooded and they're warped, and yeah, 701 00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:03,320 Speaker 1: like get out. 702 00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:06,640 Speaker 2: I told you, Matt, you can have water and it's 703 00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:10,080 Speaker 2: third floor next week. There's really not much you can 704 00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:11,440 Speaker 2: to be able to do with that since you don't 705 00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:13,520 Speaker 2: own it, other than move. But I wouldn't worry about 706 00:31:13,560 --> 00:31:15,440 Speaker 2: that so much. At least you haven't good airflow. 707 00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:19,600 Speaker 1: But Joe, it's rent control is hard to define in Brooklyn. 708 00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:22,000 Speaker 2: Now, if it's rent controlled, then stay there. If you 709 00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:24,040 Speaker 2: have mold, don't worry about it. You'll be fine. Little 710 00:31:24,040 --> 00:31:27,040 Speaker 2: mold and asbestos and lad never killed anyone. There we go, 711 00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:27,920 Speaker 2: just kidding. 712 00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:29,200 Speaker 3: Don't worry, Matt. 713 00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:31,400 Speaker 4: We will all pitch in to help with your move 714 00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:33,840 Speaker 4: before we wrap this up. I think we need Joe 715 00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:36,160 Speaker 4: to give us some homework. Yes, I am that girl 716 00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:38,360 Speaker 4: who always was like, what's our homework for tonight? 717 00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:38,840 Speaker 1: Teacher? 718 00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:40,120 Speaker 3: So here we go. 719 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:44,160 Speaker 4: I think something like a project management timeline of things 720 00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:46,400 Speaker 4: that we need to keep top of mind that's probably 721 00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:48,560 Speaker 4: going to be helpful, Like what are the things around 722 00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:50,560 Speaker 4: our homes that maybe we put a little reminder in 723 00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:53,360 Speaker 4: our phones or something that we know at this time 724 00:31:53,520 --> 00:31:55,520 Speaker 4: we need to update or check or. 725 00:31:55,560 --> 00:31:57,280 Speaker 3: Call somebody for gutters. 726 00:31:57,520 --> 00:31:59,440 Speaker 2: Make sure your gutters are clean. I say this word 727 00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:01,320 Speaker 2: a lot first line of defence, right, a lot of 728 00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:03,760 Speaker 2: things are your first line of defense against water, mold, 729 00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:06,520 Speaker 2: and whatnot. So if your gutters are dirty, they're going 730 00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:08,840 Speaker 2: to overflow, right, They're gonna eat your foundation wall. Then 731 00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:11,720 Speaker 2: you're gonna go in your basement. If gutters are completely 732 00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:14,680 Speaker 2: clogged up, they're gonna fill up faster with ice. If 733 00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:16,280 Speaker 2: you have an older roof, you're going to get ice 734 00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:18,560 Speaker 2: damming back into your house, and you're gonna get mold. 735 00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:21,600 Speaker 2: So definitely, especially in ra area here in New York, 736 00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:24,640 Speaker 2: you want to clean the gutters at least twice a year. 737 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:27,320 Speaker 2: You know, after the fall obviously we gotta eight clean 738 00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:29,000 Speaker 2: those gutters because they're going to be clogged up no 739 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:31,400 Speaker 2: matter what. Outside the house. If you have drains in 740 00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:33,760 Speaker 2: your driveway, that is important to do once a month 741 00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:35,000 Speaker 2: go out there and take a look at the drain 742 00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:37,320 Speaker 2: in your driveway because once again, first line of defensive 743 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:41,200 Speaker 2: water getting into your basement, into your garage itself. Clean 744 00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:44,760 Speaker 2: those out. Test your some pumps every six months. It 745 00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:46,800 Speaker 2: doesn't hurt to test them out. Have a backup battery 746 00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:48,360 Speaker 2: the some pumps too. If you don't have a full 747 00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:51,120 Speaker 2: house generator, because if you lose power. The some pump 748 00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:52,560 Speaker 2: is not going to work, and then you're gonna have 749 00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:54,920 Speaker 2: water the land on the outside of the home. Look 750 00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:58,920 Speaker 2: for termites, look for pests on the outside. Don't stuff 751 00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:02,080 Speaker 2: mulch dirt up your siding. I mean I see it 752 00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:04,200 Speaker 2: a lot where the siding touches the mulch on the outside. 753 00:33:04,240 --> 00:33:06,400 Speaker 2: They do this in a lot of developments. They think 754 00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:08,800 Speaker 2: more is better. And now that that's just a perfect 755 00:33:08,840 --> 00:33:11,360 Speaker 2: little line, a humid line that's going to go right 756 00:33:11,440 --> 00:33:13,520 Speaker 2: up underneath your siding, and everything's gonna crawl into your 757 00:33:13,520 --> 00:33:15,040 Speaker 2: house soon, into your bed with you at night. 758 00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:18,920 Speaker 4: No thank you, unless I invite you myself. No thank you. 759 00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:22,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, you don't want that. Yeah, but that's the 760 00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:25,040 Speaker 2: big one. On the outside. It's drainage and gutters on 761 00:33:25,080 --> 00:33:27,560 Speaker 2: the outside. Trimming back trees from the siding. You can 762 00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:29,520 Speaker 2: do that once a year, depending on how much you 763 00:33:29,560 --> 00:33:31,400 Speaker 2: have going on out there, once twice a year. Keep 764 00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:33,160 Speaker 2: them eighteen inches off the house, at least a foot 765 00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:35,880 Speaker 2: off the house. Let the house breathe once again. Spiders 766 00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:38,040 Speaker 2: and this and that and bugs, they can jump onto 767 00:33:38,040 --> 00:33:41,800 Speaker 2: your house easier that way and get inside. Filters. Replace 768 00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:44,080 Speaker 2: your filters for your heating and cooling system every one 769 00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:46,880 Speaker 2: to three months, depending on the occupants. So how many 770 00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:49,120 Speaker 2: pets you have, how many carpets you have in the house, 771 00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:52,840 Speaker 2: having your heating and cooling system serviced once a year, 772 00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:54,560 Speaker 2: those are the most important things to do. 773 00:33:55,640 --> 00:33:57,200 Speaker 1: So I think we got to we want to close 774 00:33:57,240 --> 00:34:00,520 Speaker 1: it out and ask for everyone listening, what is one 775 00:34:00,560 --> 00:34:04,160 Speaker 1: thing every adult should check in their home tonight after 776 00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:04,720 Speaker 1: listening to. 777 00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:10,479 Speaker 2: This tonight, how can I stress people out? Joey, Joey 778 00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:13,520 Speaker 2: buzzkill tonight, go home. If you're living in a house, 779 00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:15,279 Speaker 2: go into the basement. Look in all the corners of 780 00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:17,680 Speaker 2: the basement with a flashlight. Look to see if there's 781 00:34:17,680 --> 00:34:19,600 Speaker 2: any black spores. Look to see if there's any water 782 00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:22,920 Speaker 2: that could have accumulated there, any effluorescence on the walls, 783 00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:25,920 Speaker 2: which is a powdery substance that comes through the foundation walls. 784 00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:28,960 Speaker 2: It's just water mineral deposits that come through. Do that 785 00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:29,600 Speaker 2: start there. 786 00:34:30,239 --> 00:34:32,480 Speaker 4: You gave us so many amazing tips already, but anything 787 00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:34,120 Speaker 4: we didn't touch on that you do want to stress 788 00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:37,360 Speaker 4: to homeowners, like don't think that this isn't a problem 789 00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:39,120 Speaker 4: now or could be down the road, or just like 790 00:34:39,239 --> 00:34:40,279 Speaker 4: something to be aware of. 791 00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:43,480 Speaker 2: Just don't become complacent with your house. Just because the 792 00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:46,080 Speaker 2: house is operating perfectly fine today doesn't mean it's going 793 00:34:46,160 --> 00:34:47,760 Speaker 2: to be operating perfectly fine tomorrow. 794 00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:48,319 Speaker 3: That's great. 795 00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:55,240 Speaker 1: So as we get ready to say goodbye to Joe, 796 00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:56,960 Speaker 1: I just want to say he's given me a lot 797 00:34:56,960 --> 00:34:59,200 Speaker 1: to think about, along to do, list of things to 798 00:34:59,360 --> 00:35:02,080 Speaker 1: check and test and fixed. So we're so grateful that 799 00:35:02,160 --> 00:35:04,000 Speaker 1: he took the time to share his expertise with us. 800 00:35:04,080 --> 00:35:05,920 Speaker 1: I feel like we made the world a little safer today. 801 00:35:06,440 --> 00:35:08,960 Speaker 1: I don't know about you, Leah, but until I develop 802 00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:13,320 Speaker 1: superhuman abilities of detecting mold by just walking into a room, 803 00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:15,040 Speaker 1: I think I'm going to give Joe a call and 804 00:35:15,120 --> 00:35:17,640 Speaker 1: hire some old professionals to come out and test my apartment. 805 00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:20,880 Speaker 4: If you don't think I spent the weekend doing a 806 00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:24,280 Speaker 4: deep clean of my apartment and immediately texted my super 807 00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:27,719 Speaker 4: about all of the detectors in not only my unit 808 00:35:27,760 --> 00:35:30,520 Speaker 4: but the building. I think you could probably tell my 809 00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:32,439 Speaker 4: anxiety went through the roof. 810 00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:33,560 Speaker 3: But then I did feel better. 811 00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:36,200 Speaker 4: I felt a lot better after, because then I was like, look, 812 00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:38,360 Speaker 4: knowledge is power, and so here we are, and so 813 00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:39,360 Speaker 4: it's just about. 814 00:35:39,160 --> 00:35:41,120 Speaker 3: This is what I apen bes on top of these things. 815 00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:42,799 Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely so. 816 00:35:43,080 --> 00:35:45,960 Speaker 4: As always, I learned a ton so thank you so 817 00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:48,960 Speaker 4: much to Joe Maza. You can find him online and 818 00:35:49,080 --> 00:35:53,040 Speaker 4: on social media at Joe Maza Home Inspections. 819 00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:55,680 Speaker 1: Joe Maza Inspector to the Stars. Thank you so much 820 00:35:55,680 --> 00:35:57,279 Speaker 1: for joining us. Yes, sir, thanks so much. 821 00:35:57,360 --> 00:35:59,000 Speaker 3: Joe join us again. 822 00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:01,239 Speaker 4: In two weeks we'll be talking about all the things 823 00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:03,439 Speaker 4: you need to know about being laid off. Number one, 824 00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:06,200 Speaker 4: You're not alone, But until then, good luck being a 825 00:36:06,239 --> 00:36:06,640 Speaker 4: grown up. 826 00:36:07,920 --> 00:36:10,640 Speaker 1: This is a production of Ruby Studio from iHeartMedia. 827 00:36:10,760 --> 00:36:12,920 Speaker 3: I'm Matt Stillough and I'm Leah Palmery. 828 00:36:13,239 --> 00:36:16,800 Speaker 4: This episode was produced by Pamela Lawrence. Our post producer 829 00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:19,680 Speaker 4: is Sierra Spreen, with additional engineering by Mac Wuido. 830 00:36:19,920 --> 00:36:22,080 Speaker 1: And we want to thank all our teammates at Ruby Studio, 831 00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:26,160 Speaker 1: including Sarah You, Ethan Fixel, Rachus, Wan Krasnov, Ludia kim Em, 832 00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:29,440 Speaker 1: Dylan Harper, Wayne, Deborah Garrett, and Andy Kelly.