1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:04,320 The next Stefan Good Day download with Doug and Jay Kirshner is made possible in 2 00:00:04,360 --> 00:00:07,960 part by Caltron, which is the safe way for you to lose weight and 3 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:12,759 keep it off. We're ready to get to work here literally and figuratively on 4 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:18,199 the Friday Good Day program because weekend opportunities for fixing up things around the house 5 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:22,600 as the weather gets better. We encourage you to listen carefully to Tom Kreitler, 6 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:26,519 who is not only the co host of the money Pit home improvement radio 7 00:00:26,519 --> 00:00:30,399 program Graham, but also all the things that he has available to help you 8 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:34,479 out with the podcasts and the newsletter, that sort of thing. And they 9 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:40,240 always have little kibbotzing conversations here about some of the things from its conversations, 10 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:44,280 Yes, conversations, So from the Q and A department. One of our 11 00:00:44,359 --> 00:00:51,280 listeners named John has written to have me ask Tom about what happens. He's 12 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:55,880 got cold water problems. He says, whenever it's a running there's a pulsation 13 00:00:56,600 --> 00:01:00,200 in the water pressure and the pipes shake, right, he says, just 14 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:03,599 started. So what the heck causes that water hammer? Basically, you have 15 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:07,439 the energy of all the water, which is very heavy Remember water is eight 16 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:12,079 pounds a gallon, and if your pipes are loose because they're not secured to 17 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:17,280 the framing of the house, as that water runs through the pipes, the 18 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:19,319 pipes start to vibrate, they start to move, they start to shake, 19 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:23,120 and sometimes they start to bang when you turn the water off because they have 20 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:26,799 all water moving forward and it's kind of hitting the wall. Right. So 21 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:32,400 the solution here, John, is for you to find all the places in 22 00:01:32,439 --> 00:01:37,560 your house where the plumbing is attached to the framing and then secure it better. 23 00:01:37,879 --> 00:01:42,400 There are simple little brackets that hold a copper pipe to a two by 24 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:45,680 four to a two by ten or whatever whichever way is being run. But 25 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:49,239 wherever you can access it, you want to secure those pipes because you're going 26 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:52,879 to find that there are some loose ones and that's what's causing this problem. 27 00:01:53,079 --> 00:01:57,439 It's pretty pretty straightforward. The worst case scenario. There's actually something called a 28 00:01:57,519 --> 00:02:01,120 water hammer arrestor DOUG, which is basically a shock absorber for your plumbing system. 29 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:06,719 Really, yeah, how's it working? Well, basically, think about 30 00:02:06,719 --> 00:02:09,800 it. Think of the way shock absorber works. Right, So when the 31 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:15,639 car bounces over a bump, it absorbs that bump and then it lessens it, 32 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:19,599 right, so it doesn't keep happening again and again and again. And 33 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:23,599 that's what a waterhammer wrestler does. And old fashioned plumbers actually made these by 34 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:28,919 using loops of pipe with nothing but air inside them, and the air would 35 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:31,000 be the cushion itself. But today we have the devices that do that where 36 00:02:31,039 --> 00:02:35,400 else, Ladies and gentlemen, can you hear that kind of insight into why 37 00:02:35,439 --> 00:02:38,639 your pipes go bang bang bang against the wall? There? It is, 38 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:45,159 all right? So a couple of things here that are sort of business related. 39 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:53,919 I noticed that Home Depot has bought a material provider called SRS Distribution eighteen 40 00:02:53,280 --> 00:03:00,400 billion dollars. This is the largest purchase in Home Depot's history. You know, 41 00:03:00,479 --> 00:03:04,000 they try, as other big outfits do, to bring in if they 42 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:06,759 do business with somebody and they spend a lot of money with them, but 43 00:03:06,879 --> 00:03:08,639 why not own them, right? I mean, that's kind of what this 44 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:14,240 is all about. I don't know. Materials provider is a broad I was 45 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:21,319 thinking of you yesterday. I'm driving along the highway in Maui and there's a 46 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:27,280 truck beside me that is it's a company, YadA YadA, and what it 47 00:03:27,319 --> 00:03:35,240 does is supply contractors with the materials just for the foundation. I never heard 48 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:38,120 of anybody. Are there a lot of these kind of Well, if it's 49 00:03:38,159 --> 00:03:42,319 around this, I think is A is a big material supply company that focuses 50 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:46,360 on builders and commercial constructions. So it's an area of business that home depot 51 00:03:46,599 --> 00:03:51,280 I mean certainly the commercial construction side of it. It's probably an area that 52 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:54,360 they've not had as much sens and paid to and so they're trying to expand 53 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:58,319 we've seen these types of acquisitions over the years. Yeah, of course this 54 00:03:58,439 --> 00:04:02,120 is a super big one. All right, Money Pit podcast this week focusing 55 00:04:02,159 --> 00:04:08,159 on the risks of hiring an uninsured contractor. Yeah, this sounds like a 56 00:04:08,199 --> 00:04:10,879 real dirty worm. Here, give us more on that. Now, you 57 00:04:10,879 --> 00:04:13,599 have to if you're going to hire a contractor, you have to ask for 58 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:16,439 their insurance, to make sure they have workmen's comp insurance, because if somebody 59 00:04:16,439 --> 00:04:23,399 gets hurt on your property, that contractor or that subcontractor could sue you as 60 00:04:23,439 --> 00:04:27,879 the homeowner, even though you have little to do with this, a little 61 00:04:27,879 --> 00:04:31,800 to do with the job at this point. If if they're injured performing your 62 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:34,759 job, then you're at risk. So that's why you want to make sure 63 00:04:34,759 --> 00:04:40,040 they have insurance. Now, I always recommend that you get to copy that 64 00:04:40,079 --> 00:04:42,839 insurance and you call the insurance co to make sure it's valid, because some 65 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:46,240 less reputable contractors will get the insurance and then cancel it keep the stift. 66 00:04:46,399 --> 00:04:49,279 Yeah, right, exactly. Then that's an old scam man. Yeah, 67 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:53,959 that's an easy scam, all right. One of the things in the newsletter 68 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:59,120 this week moneypit dot com forward slast newsletter is a focus on heavy rain and 69 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:01,279 the way to protect basement. They're going to get more four inches here in 70 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:04,399 California, I am this weekend. Yeah, So what's the story behind that. 71 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:08,680 Well, it all comes down to water management, right, You've got 72 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:12,199 to have gutters that are properly sized for the house. They've got to discharge 73 00:05:12,439 --> 00:05:15,639 that water well away from the foundation the gutter caisset when they come and they 74 00:05:15,639 --> 00:05:16,959 put gutters, and they usually turn them out about a foot at the bottom 75 00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:20,519 of the leader and they stick a splash block in there and that's it and 76 00:05:20,519 --> 00:05:25,279 the water pools there goes back into the basement. But you've got to keep 77 00:05:25,319 --> 00:05:28,480 those gutters clean. Another thing you can do is use larger gutters. The 78 00:05:28,519 --> 00:05:30,879 six in sized gutters instead of the five right, put them on my house, 79 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:33,879 Doug. The last time I clean my gutters was twenty fourteen. Yeah, 80 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:38,279 I have to keep that. Spouts are so big. Yeah, pass 81 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:40,759 all the leaves right through it. You don't, You don't need guards. 82 00:05:40,879 --> 00:05:45,199 The next Stefan Good Day download with Doug and Jay Kirshner is made possible in 83 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:47,839 part by Caldron, which is the safe way for you to lose weight and 84 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:48,759 keep it off.