1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:04,400 The next Stefan Good Day download with Doug and Jay Kirshner is made possible in 2 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:08,039 part by Keltren, which is the safe way for you to lose weight and 3 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:13,039 keep it off, and also by previagent keeping your brain healthy. Godam my 4 00:00:13,119 --> 00:00:18,199 friend Tom Kreidler back from the Money Pit home improvement radio program. What better 5 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:21,839 day to discuss what you can be doing over the weekend. They comp with 6 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:27,719 some great ideas for home improvement on Friday. So Tommy is here and we 7 00:00:27,839 --> 00:00:32,399 have letters and questions from those of you who listen to the program who are 8 00:00:32,679 --> 00:00:36,840 fans of Tom. One of them is Gary who lives in Virginia, who 9 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:43,159 is talking about replacing floors yep, and looking for a recommendation from you. 10 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:49,320 The big kahuna that'll fix the problem. He's got three big dogs that are 11 00:00:49,359 --> 00:00:54,399 wet and mouddy. Maybe he keeps them out on the porch one please? 12 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:59,200 All right? What does he doing? So you got options here? Gary? 13 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:03,960 I mean today there you could go with a rigid vinyl plank, right, 14 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:07,400 So that's just straight vinyl that looks like hardwood, or it could look 15 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:11,760 like stone, look like tile. It's good stuff, durable stuff and there's 16 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:15,319 even one that's even tougher than that, and that's called a stone hybrid, 17 00:01:15,719 --> 00:01:19,280 the stone hybrid products. When I first started seeing these come out, Doug, 18 00:01:19,359 --> 00:01:22,239 I had some samples and I threw them on a workbench and I could 19 00:01:22,519 --> 00:01:26,040 slam them with a hammer and they wouldn't dent and they couldn't scratch and really 20 00:01:26,719 --> 00:01:30,239 durable stuff. Yeah. Now, let's see yellow flooring. They have one 21 00:01:30,359 --> 00:01:34,920 under the brand Duravana, and I've used that in about three let's see, 22 00:01:34,239 --> 00:01:38,959 two kitchens and one laundry room so far. Inexpensive about four bucks a square 23 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:44,120 foot, and that kind of thing one hundred percent waterproof and really durable. 24 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:47,359 So that or the rigid vinyl plank, the luxury vinyl plank products that are 25 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:49,200 out there very similar. That works. About what I would not do is 26 00:01:49,239 --> 00:01:53,239 I would not do laminate, and I certainly you know, wouldn't do anything 27 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:57,480 that was wood, even engineered, would because as tough as that stuff is, 28 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:00,640 with all those dogs in the mud and the moisture, it's going to 29 00:02:00,719 --> 00:02:04,760 cut through the finish. Wow. All right, So there's some advice, 30 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:08,159 a word from the wise man when it comes to this. Speaking of wise 31 00:02:08,199 --> 00:02:12,879 man, Tom is so good at coming up with content. This is what 32 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:16,680 radio stations love. These are the people that also are tuned into podcasts like 33 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:23,719 the money Pit podcast this week focusing on space eaters and whether they're safe or 34 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:27,759 not. Doesn't that depend on the fuel? Does it depend on electric versus 35 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:31,199 gas? What's the How do you meter this? Yeah? I think it 36 00:02:31,599 --> 00:02:35,960 it depends a lot on the humans that are using them, because I think 37 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:39,159 you're right about that. Yeah, certainly people are putting certainly people are putting 38 00:02:39,159 --> 00:02:43,639 incorrect fuel in. But I think the bigger issue is stuff that's simple, 39 00:02:43,719 --> 00:02:46,599 like getting it too close to things that are flammable, right, or having 40 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:51,199 it become knocked over. An old space heater that that's knocked over and doesn't 41 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:53,639 have an automatic shut off valve a tip off valve so that when it tips 42 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:58,199 over it it goes off. These things are gonna be very, very dangerous, 43 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:00,400 and they cause a lot of fires, and they're all one hundred percent 44 00:03:00,439 --> 00:03:05,280 preventable. They don't catch fire by themselves. It catch fire because people are 45 00:03:05,319 --> 00:03:07,319 not using them, right, So you got to be super careful with your 46 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:12,199 space eaters. Yeah. Yeah, frozen pipes are nothing fun. There's nothing 47 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:15,479 fun about that either. Frank, Yeah right, you know, but you 48 00:03:15,479 --> 00:03:19,800 know there's tricks in the trade for that that that can help. If you 49 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:22,680 you know, if it's if you've done nothing to your plumbing system to prevent 50 00:03:22,719 --> 00:03:25,479 frozen pipes, you can always open your cabinets, your kitchen cabin doors, 51 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:30,680 your bathroom vanity doors. Let some warmth in there. Uh. And and 52 00:03:30,719 --> 00:03:34,000 you can also think about running little bit of water at the end of the 53 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:38,000 run, so let them fit a water trickle out of a faucet will prevent 54 00:03:38,039 --> 00:03:39,719 it from freezing as well. You know, we did in one of the 55 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:44,840 last minute one of the bump one of the barns Tom we put They just 56 00:03:44,879 --> 00:03:49,879 put an electric sixty one light bulb on the end of an extension cord and 57 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:53,719 hung it over the place that was coldest, and enough heat coming from the 58 00:03:53,759 --> 00:03:55,919 light bulb kept it from freezing. Yeah, as long as it's not near 59 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:59,960 anything that's going to be combustible. You know, the old days, we 60 00:04:00,039 --> 00:04:02,840 used to find that people would put those balls in closets. Then they proceeded 61 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:08,000 to pile their crap up on top of the shelf right until it came in 62 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:13,319 contact with the bold And you know the rest of the story exactly, all 63 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:20,079 right, money pitch newsletter information bathroom renovations. I had somebody appraised praise my 64 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:25,319 house this week, and she said, this is a beautiful house, beautiful 65 00:04:25,399 --> 00:04:29,480 property. Why didn't you put in a new bathroom or a new kitchen? 66 00:04:30,079 --> 00:04:32,360 And I looked at the lady and I said, because I liked the kitchen 67 00:04:32,399 --> 00:04:36,040 and I like my own bathroom with the bathroom right right. But she said 68 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:40,800 it would add so much more value to your home. Well, it also 69 00:04:40,879 --> 00:04:43,199 would cost a lot of mind. It's interesting, I mean, how would 70 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:47,079 she how would she determine how much more value an upgrading bathroom versus the standard 71 00:04:47,079 --> 00:04:51,000 bathroom would in her appraisal report? You know, yeah, yeah, all 72 00:04:51,079 --> 00:04:56,600 right. So anyway, you do have some things about bathroom renovation. Is 73 00:04:56,600 --> 00:05:00,079 there anything new there? Well, we talk about, you know, some 74 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:02,879 of the areas to focus on in terms of colors and the faucets and the 75 00:05:02,879 --> 00:05:06,319 fixtures, making sure that their water sense certified, which, by the way, 76 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:10,759 those have become so much more functional. It used to be that you 77 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:13,600 had like a water saving shower head. It was a pretty lazy shower head 78 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:15,839 that wouldn't wake you up in the morning. But the water sets program, 79 00:05:15,879 --> 00:05:20,399 which is similar to the Energy Stars. If you use Energy Star program does 80 00:05:20,439 --> 00:05:25,160 a really good job of specifying falss, and fixtures that use a lot less 81 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:28,720 water would still perform and do a good job with their cleaning and flushing and 82 00:05:28,759 --> 00:05:31,199 that sort of thing. Yeah, all right. Sign up for the money 83 00:05:31,199 --> 00:05:36,600 Pit newsletter at moneypit dot com Forward Slash Newsletter. Same thing can be said 84 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:43,240 for signing up for the podcast Moneypit dot com Forward Slash Podcast. Tom Kreidler, 85 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:45,680 Here, my pleasure to have you on the air, Tommy. Thank 86 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:48,800 you. 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