WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.440 --> 00:00:05.120 You're listening to the John and Heidi Show Bonus Hour. If you miss any 2 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:09.400 of the program, you can find the podcast at the bottom of the page 3 00:00:09.480 --> 00:00:17.000 at Donny radio dot com. Give yourself credit. It's the most wonderful time 4 00:00:17.000 --> 00:00:20.600 of the year that it can also be expensive. Are you still paying for 5 00:00:20.839 --> 00:00:25.120 last year's Christmas gifts? Maybe you need better credit cards. We'd love to 6 00:00:25.160 --> 00:00:28.559 help at better credit cards dot com. Find a card that's a better fit 7 00:00:28.679 --> 00:00:32.600 for your needs. Some like cards with points or miles, Others just want 8 00:00:32.600 --> 00:00:37.719 a lower rate. Find what you're looking for at better credit cards dot com. 9 00:00:37.880 --> 00:00:44.840 God thanks for listening to the John ed Heidi Show. I'm excited to 10 00:00:44.840 --> 00:00:48.399 have Brent Baker join us right now, and he is with Clients First Group 11 00:00:48.479 --> 00:00:53.280 and with Keller Williams. He's a real estate professional. And you're here prepared 12 00:00:53.359 --> 00:00:56.880 to talk about fire hazards, which we talked about like a month ago, 13 00:00:57.240 --> 00:00:59.159 but we're going to talk a little more about it this time of year. 14 00:00:59.159 --> 00:01:02.799 I suppose there are probably some seasonal fire hazards that we don't usually think about. 15 00:01:02.840 --> 00:01:07.599 When people start dragging in especially live Christmas trees, you know, because 16 00:01:07.640 --> 00:01:11.480 they don't stay live forever. They start dying the second they cut them down. 17 00:01:11.159 --> 00:01:15.239 Yeah, this season seems to bring on You're going to notice in the 18 00:01:15.280 --> 00:01:21.200 news more house fires. Part of that is for auxiliary heat. Oh yeah, 19 00:01:21.280 --> 00:01:23.640 yeah, yeah, you know, especially in older homes. Don't ever 20 00:01:23.640 --> 00:01:27.439 plug a space heater into a power strip. We've been no plug it directly 21 00:01:27.480 --> 00:01:30.760 into the wall, or don't plug it in at all, that's right. 22 00:01:30.640 --> 00:01:38.319 And just also extension cords that are laying across potential fire hazards, you know, 23 00:01:38.439 --> 00:01:42.120 carpets and so forth. You have to be careful that there's nothing flammable 24 00:01:42.200 --> 00:01:47.719 right there. Or you're outdoor Christmas lights laying in the snow. If those 25 00:01:47.840 --> 00:01:52.280 junctions or outlets are in moisture, it can cause an issue. We can 26 00:01:52.319 --> 00:01:55.840 have a problem. So let's talk about the fourteen fire hazards that we might 27 00:01:55.879 --> 00:02:00.640 not be thinking of. All right. Well, one of those is products 28 00:02:00.640 --> 00:02:05.599 that have been recalled, and we may have talked about this before, but 29 00:02:05.719 --> 00:02:10.240 as products age problems can show up and over time what didn't get caught in 30 00:02:10.280 --> 00:02:15.000 the labs is showing up in real life. And that could be your microwave 31 00:02:16.080 --> 00:02:23.000 could be a generator of some sort that you have close washers and dryers with 32 00:02:23.159 --> 00:02:25.159 time and just think about what those things do. They have a lot of 33 00:02:25.199 --> 00:02:30.159 current going through them, a lot of heat in them, old lamps, 34 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:34.759 computer batteries, pretty much anything you plug in at some point could become a 35 00:02:34.759 --> 00:02:39.319 fire hazard, right if it uses electricity, whether from your outlets or from 36 00:02:39.360 --> 00:02:45.000 a battery. Potential is there, so be careful. And I've seen computers 37 00:02:45.039 --> 00:02:50.240 that have burned, unfortunately, not mine, but a friend of mine. 38 00:02:51.280 --> 00:02:54.759 The other part is the outlet that you plug it in. Oh, we've 39 00:02:54.800 --> 00:03:00.560 seen at times where the outlets are loose, the wire connections are not causing 40 00:03:00.599 --> 00:03:04.439 a spark that caused an arc that causes a fire that causes the house that 41 00:03:04.520 --> 00:03:08.159 Jack built burned down or something like that. Well, recently I was talking 42 00:03:08.159 --> 00:03:13.879 to one of my clients and they were updating some things in the house they 43 00:03:13.879 --> 00:03:19.000 had just bought, and he got a little tingle on a loose wire. 44 00:03:19.319 --> 00:03:23.400 So I'm glad they were going through and updating outlets and so forth. And 45 00:03:23.360 --> 00:03:29.240 yeah, his father in law told me about it. He was getting getting 46 00:03:29.319 --> 00:03:32.159 a little jolt there. And a spot on the house that we purchased a 47 00:03:32.159 --> 00:03:36.719 little over a year ago, we removed some windows and put in a door 48 00:03:36.759 --> 00:03:39.800 in our sunroom, and I'm glad that we did that because when we opened 49 00:03:39.879 --> 00:03:44.479 up that wall, I found where they had shot a nail when they were 50 00:03:44.479 --> 00:03:49.199 putting in trim and they for whatever reason, he was really long trim nails, 51 00:03:49.240 --> 00:03:53.520 like these were load bearing trim nails, and they shot it through an 52 00:03:53.520 --> 00:03:58.840 electrical wire. So the electrical wire had like a big burn mark around it, 53 00:03:58.960 --> 00:04:00.840 you know, you could see like on the thing. It was all 54 00:04:00.840 --> 00:04:04.280 turned up, And I don't know if that electrical circuit was still working or 55 00:04:04.319 --> 00:04:06.879 not. We had already disconnected it by the time I discovered this, so 56 00:04:06.919 --> 00:04:10.560 I don't know if that it might have not even been working in the wall, 57 00:04:11.000 --> 00:04:13.159 but I thought, I'm glad we found that, and I'm glad we 58 00:04:13.159 --> 00:04:17.160 removed that so could have had an unfortunate event later I would have been on 59 00:04:17.199 --> 00:04:20.360 this list. Yeah, that's right, we'd have been talking about John. 60 00:04:20.480 --> 00:04:24.399 Absolutely. Now we've gotten many more on this list. We're going to come 61 00:04:24.399 --> 00:04:26.399 back to this in just a moment, going to take a quick break. 62 00:04:26.600 --> 00:04:30.000 Our guest today Brent Baker with Keller Williams and Clients First Group. You can 63 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:34.319 find them online at clientsfirstgroup dot com. Do you cringe when you get your 64 00:04:34.319 --> 00:04:39.759 mobile phone bill. Mint Mobile can help just fifteen dollars a month for premium 65 00:04:39.759 --> 00:04:44.360 wireless give your family am intervention. Mint Mobile makes it easy to switch, 66 00:04:44.519 --> 00:04:46.360 get a new phone, or bring your current phone to mint Mobile. At 67 00:04:46.360 --> 00:04:51.040 mintervention dot com you can see the current special offers for mint Mobile offering premium 68 00:04:51.040 --> 00:04:56.279 wireless for just fifteen dollars a month. That is far less than most people 69 00:04:56.319 --> 00:05:00.120 are paying just fifteen dollars a month. Learn more now at in intervention dot 70 00:05:00.120 --> 00:05:04.120 com. That's mintervention dot com. Thank you for listening to the John ed 71 00:05:04.160 --> 00:05:08.759 Heidi Show. Bonus hour. We've got Brent Baker from Keller Williams Clients first 72 00:05:08.800 --> 00:05:12.720 Group with us. We were talking a moment ago about a list of fire 73 00:05:12.800 --> 00:05:15.720 hazards and things around the house, and we're going to continue that list right 74 00:05:15.720 --> 00:05:17.439 now. Brent, What's the next thing on the list? And this typically 75 00:05:17.639 --> 00:05:23.480 shows up with home projects, is just an accumulation of sawdust. You know, 76 00:05:23.560 --> 00:05:26.759 typically not in the home, but in the garage or in your workshop 77 00:05:26.800 --> 00:05:33.199 area. Powders. Dusts are combustible, and you know sawdust being made of 78 00:05:33.240 --> 00:05:39.040 wood is obviously combustible, very flammable. But along that same line, some 79 00:05:39.079 --> 00:05:44.319 of the things that you find in your pantry. So flower sugar here again, 80 00:05:44.600 --> 00:05:46.959 Yeah, they can be a dust, they can be a cloud and 81 00:05:47.120 --> 00:05:55.519 so and flower is a carbohydrate. So it's even more explosive. And we 82 00:05:55.560 --> 00:05:59.759 haven't heard it in the news lately, but here in farm country occasionally a 83 00:05:59.800 --> 00:06:03.240 great elevator explosion. Oh yeah, and it's the dust. Okay. You 84 00:06:03.279 --> 00:06:08.319 know, if you try to light a pile of corn on fire, it's 85 00:06:08.360 --> 00:06:12.040 not gonna happen really easy, but the dust in the air is very explosive, 86 00:06:14.399 --> 00:06:16.480 and you know you're non dairy creamers and so forth. There again, 87 00:06:16.600 --> 00:06:19.160 it's a powder, it's a dust. Never even thought of that, yep. 88 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:25.759 Another thing is nail polish remover. Yeah, I knew that was flammable. 89 00:06:25.839 --> 00:06:30.600 Yep. It's actone and so it's very flammable, and so you gotta 90 00:06:30.600 --> 00:06:33.639 be careful where you're using that, you know, if you got your curling 91 00:06:33.720 --> 00:06:40.480 iron land there nearby or whatever, or sparks something, to be careful. 92 00:06:40.480 --> 00:06:43.879 I always try to keep my curling iron away from my nail polish removers. 93 00:06:45.000 --> 00:06:47.519 I feel so much better knowing that. John, I guess I don't use 94 00:06:47.639 --> 00:06:55.120 either of those, but Heidi does. So you know bathroom chemicals. Oh 95 00:06:55.240 --> 00:06:59.480 yeah, I learned this the hard way many years ago. I was trying 96 00:06:59.480 --> 00:07:01.240 to clean up it was really difficult, and I thought, well, this 97 00:07:01.279 --> 00:07:04.040 is kind of working, and that's kind of working. What if I put 98 00:07:04.079 --> 00:07:10.600 them together. Well, the fumes from that were just gosh awful. But 99 00:07:10.639 --> 00:07:14.639 those fumes could have had a spark been nearby, say a water heater, 100 00:07:15.279 --> 00:07:18.560 pilot light type of thing, that could have been a horrible Yep. So 101 00:07:19.160 --> 00:07:27.399 you know bleaches, acid based cleaners, those can create toxic clouds and then 102 00:07:28.000 --> 00:07:31.720 just harmful to your physical health breathing the fumes. Yeah, be careful out 103 00:07:31.720 --> 00:07:35.560 there. Yep. And another that people may not think about is those little 104 00:07:35.639 --> 00:07:40.560 nine volt We used to call them transistor batteries, but they're found in smoke 105 00:07:40.600 --> 00:07:43.839 alarms. Yeah. Yeah, you've got two contacts sticking out of the end. 106 00:07:44.079 --> 00:07:46.759 Yes, So well, we talked a month ago. Whatever I had 107 00:07:46.759 --> 00:07:50.279 mentioned, though, I thought it was really weird that the smoke alarm battery, 108 00:07:50.319 --> 00:07:54.639 that's like the batteries every smoke alarm, I think almost every smoke alarm 109 00:07:54.959 --> 00:07:58.439 are also the most dangerous ones for a fire because if you throw those in 110 00:07:58.519 --> 00:08:01.399 a garbage can, those two terminal can touch a piece of metal and catch 111 00:08:01.439 --> 00:08:05.920 that garbage can on fire very easily. Correct, So you want to tape 112 00:08:05.920 --> 00:08:09.120 over those before you throw them away, correct, you know, because you 113 00:08:09.160 --> 00:08:13.360 throw those in to say a metal garbage can or if you've got a can, 114 00:08:13.720 --> 00:08:16.120 soup can, anything in there. Yeah, if those you know, 115 00:08:16.319 --> 00:08:22.040 or your bubblegum wrapper, it's you know, aluminum foil type. So just 116 00:08:22.040 --> 00:08:26.000 because you think the battery is dead, maybe it won't power the smoke alarm, 117 00:08:26.399 --> 00:08:28.319 doesn't mean it doesn't have enough current to start a fire in It doesn't 118 00:08:28.360 --> 00:08:35.080 take much for a spark. And in this age where retro is really cool, 119 00:08:35.480 --> 00:08:41.360 we love those old fixtures. So you've got your retrofixtures. Say, 120 00:08:41.279 --> 00:08:46.639 we've just recently sold some very old, you know, one year old four 121 00:08:46.720 --> 00:08:50.840 story or two story, four square homes, lots of cool woodwork, and 122 00:08:50.879 --> 00:08:56.320 people want light fixtures that go with the era air of the home. But 123 00:08:56.399 --> 00:09:01.600 that's old wiring in those, so rewire. They need to be updated. 124 00:09:01.120 --> 00:09:05.000 And there are companies that sell reproductions. But if you have one of the 125 00:09:05.120 --> 00:09:11.279 old original light fixtures, which in some cases are just super cool, and 126 00:09:11.320 --> 00:09:15.039 you can't find a replacement, you still need to have it rewired. Yeah, 127 00:09:15.080 --> 00:09:18.039 they're beautiful, but they can also be very dangerous if they don't have 128 00:09:18.200 --> 00:09:22.559 Yeah, and that incredibly cool old house that you just bought is no ash 129 00:09:22.600 --> 00:09:28.840 and we don't want that, not at all. Another is just things that 130 00:09:28.879 --> 00:09:31.279 get near your fireplace. So if you have a fireplace that does not have 131 00:09:31.440 --> 00:09:37.639 say a glass front or something, and so those pictures you have of you 132 00:09:37.080 --> 00:09:43.879 and your special someone on the bear rug, let's not create a disaster. 133 00:09:45.200 --> 00:09:50.480 So are they just make bear photos on the bear rug? Thank you for 134 00:09:50.519 --> 00:09:58.840 picking up on that. But we just don't want anything flammable where there's an 135 00:09:58.879 --> 00:10:01.720 open flame, where the you know, a spark could leap out, that 136 00:10:01.840 --> 00:10:07.480 type of thing or something just simply get pushed into the fireplace exactly. Bird 137 00:10:07.519 --> 00:10:13.399 Nests on outdoor lights is another potential. And I just came across us at 138 00:10:13.399 --> 00:10:16.159 my own house. I was having some issues and I said, oh, 139 00:10:16.200 --> 00:10:22.159 these fixtures are ten years old, I should replace those. And some of 140 00:10:22.200 --> 00:10:26.639 those outdoor light fixtures had bird nests up on top. Oh. So fortunately 141 00:10:26.759 --> 00:10:30.639 we've not had an issue, but I hadn't stayed on top of them. 142 00:10:31.000 --> 00:10:35.360 They are, Yes, they're evicted, but we don't think about that. 143 00:10:35.399 --> 00:10:37.679 We look up there and go, oh, I don't want to disturb those 144 00:10:37.679 --> 00:10:41.080 little birdies, but yeah, don't let them build them nests in the first 145 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:43.120 place. No, not at all, and then you don't have to evict 146 00:10:43.120 --> 00:10:46.000 them. Coming up in a moment, we're going to wrap this list up. 147 00:10:46.159 --> 00:10:48.919 Get to take a quick break. Thank you so much for listening to 148 00:10:48.919 --> 00:10:56.399 the John and Heidi Show Bonus Hour. It's the most wonderful time of the 149 00:10:56.480 --> 00:11:00.879 year that it can also be expensive. Are you Are you still paying for 150 00:11:01.080 --> 00:11:05.399 last year's Christmas gifts? Maybe you need better credit cards. We'd love to 151 00:11:05.399 --> 00:11:07.879 help at better credit cards dot com. Find a card that's a better fit 152 00:11:07.919 --> 00:11:11.879 for your needs. Some like cards with points or miles, Others just want 153 00:11:11.879 --> 00:11:16.960 a lower rate. Find what you're looking for at better credit cards dot com. 154 00:11:18.120 --> 00:11:24.360 Go Cards. Thank you for listening to the John ed Heidi Show Bonus 155 00:11:24.360 --> 00:11:28.320 Hour. We have Brent Baker from Keller Williams Clients First Group joining us right 156 00:11:28.320 --> 00:11:31.559 now. He's been going through a list and if you miss any of this 157 00:11:31.600 --> 00:11:35.440 list, I'll have the entire thing for today as a podcast as well. 158 00:11:35.720 --> 00:11:39.000 You can find that at the bottom of the page at Sunny Radio dot com. 159 00:11:39.039 --> 00:11:41.759 Brent, let's finish the list and get through the rest of the fire 160 00:11:41.759 --> 00:11:43.919 hazards that we can find around the house. This kind of surprised me. 161 00:11:45.440 --> 00:11:54.200 The glass or crystal decorps doesn't seem possible or likely that it would on a 162 00:11:54.200 --> 00:11:58.320 bright sunny day. But on a bright sunny day it could be a problem. 163 00:11:58.360 --> 00:12:03.039 It could, you know, just like the magnify glass intensified the heat 164 00:12:03.840 --> 00:12:05.720 the light going through it. So be careful where you put those, and 165 00:12:05.759 --> 00:12:11.200 maybe don't put them right by a window. So correct the clothes dryer. 166 00:12:11.639 --> 00:12:15.320 Oh yeah, And I think we may have talked about this one before, 167 00:12:15.360 --> 00:12:16.639 and it happened to a friend of mine. We were on the phone one 168 00:12:16.720 --> 00:12:22.320 day and she said, I smell smoke. Yeah, And so she went 169 00:12:22.919 --> 00:12:26.240 as she got closer to her laundry room and she opened up the door to 170 00:12:26.279 --> 00:12:31.440 the laundry room. It was very intense and fortunately she hadn't left the house. 171 00:12:31.600 --> 00:12:33.559 It was her habit to throw things in the dryer and then go out 172 00:12:33.600 --> 00:12:37.960 and leave. Yeah. Well, I don't think she does that anymore because 173 00:12:37.080 --> 00:12:41.480 the lint can accumulate and you don't realize it, and then you've got a 174 00:12:41.519 --> 00:12:46.240 fire. And there are companies that can clean your dryer events and It's not 175 00:12:46.320 --> 00:12:48.360 a super expensive thing to have done, and it could literally save you from 176 00:12:48.360 --> 00:12:52.440 a house fire. Yeah, it's one of those things I should probably do 177 00:12:52.559 --> 00:12:56.720 this weekend is pull the dryer away from the wall and clean those tubes. 178 00:12:56.879 --> 00:13:01.519 Yeah, there's equipment you can buy just about any place that yep. Absolutely, 179 00:13:01.519 --> 00:13:05.039 and just some of the things that we have around the house that are 180 00:13:05.039 --> 00:13:09.639 in the garage. You know, leanseed oil was very common once upon a 181 00:13:09.679 --> 00:13:13.120 time and you still can find it. And if it's on rags that you 182 00:13:13.240 --> 00:13:18.840 used it to clean some things, or if you were thinning some oil based 183 00:13:18.840 --> 00:13:24.320 paint, those fumes can accumulate in a garbage can or in some sort of 184 00:13:24.360 --> 00:13:28.639 a confined area, and then all they need is something to create the spark 185 00:13:28.960 --> 00:13:35.799 or they themselves. Just the accumulation of that fumes and those rags, they 186 00:13:35.799 --> 00:13:39.840 can get hot and self combust. Yeah, and then there's the smoke detector 187 00:13:39.879 --> 00:13:43.720 itself of all things. Yeah, the thing is supposed to protect us. 188 00:13:45.000 --> 00:13:48.720 Yeah, so they need to be maintained and once they get to ten years 189 00:13:48.720 --> 00:13:50.720 of age, they need to be replaced. I think I need to replace 190 00:13:50.759 --> 00:13:54.000 mine. It goes off every time I cook bacon. I don't know what's 191 00:13:54.039 --> 00:13:56.639 wrong with it? Well, certainly not to fall to the bacon. No, 192 00:13:58.639 --> 00:14:01.120 clearly there's a problem with this folk detector. But those are just some 193 00:14:01.200 --> 00:14:05.279 things that over time need to be looked at. We don't think about them. 194 00:14:05.320 --> 00:14:09.120 We walk past them every day. Yeah, but you know, during 195 00:14:09.120 --> 00:14:13.720 the holiday times, if you got some downtime, start wandering around your house 196 00:14:15.360 --> 00:14:22.240 and just take this list and make sure you're not setting yourself up for a 197 00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:24.600 fire. Very nice, Brent. If somebody listening would like to connect with 198 00:14:24.679 --> 00:14:28.919 you, maybe they've got a real estate question. Again, Brent is with 199 00:14:28.200 --> 00:14:33.519 Clients First Group and he's a realtor here in the Sioux Falls area. But 200 00:14:33.559 --> 00:14:37.200 you're licensed in South Dakota and Minnesota, right, correct, So if somebody 201 00:14:37.279 --> 00:14:39.120 listening, they could even be, you know, from Minnesota. If they 202 00:14:39.159 --> 00:14:41.279 have a question, you can help them on either side of the border. 203 00:14:41.440 --> 00:14:48.080 How do they get hold of though? Six zero five three one zero zero 204 00:14:48.159 --> 00:14:52.639 two ninety seven. Very nice. You can also find him online at Clients 205 00:14:52.840 --> 00:14:56.799 FirstGroup dot com. Do you cringe when you get your mobile phone bill? 206 00:14:56.000 --> 00:15:01.919 Mint Mobile can help just fifteen dollars a month premium wireless, give your family 207 00:15:01.120 --> 00:15:05.960 am intervention. Mint Mobile makes it easy to switch, get a new phone, 208 00:15:05.159 --> 00:15:09.559 or bring your current phone to mint Mobile. 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