WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.480 --> 00:00:04.040 KFI AM six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp The 2 00:00:04.080 --> 00:00:10.359 House Whisper on demand on the iHeart Radio app KFI 3 00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:15.199 AM six forty live streaming and HD everywhere on the 4 00:00:15.240 --> 00:00:20.480 iHeart Radio app. Hey, welcome home. I'm Dean Sharp the 5 00:00:20.519 --> 00:00:24.440 House Whisper. I design custom homes, I build custom homes, 6 00:00:25.519 --> 00:00:28.519 and on the weekends, here I am your guide to 7 00:00:28.600 --> 00:00:31.719 better understanding that place where you live. I'm just here 8 00:00:31.800 --> 00:00:35.240 to hang out with you, see, get you started on 9 00:00:35.280 --> 00:00:38.200 your weekend, right and you know, help you figure out 10 00:00:38.240 --> 00:00:40.600 what's going on with your home. That's where we live, 11 00:00:40.719 --> 00:00:46.159 right It is ground central, ground central, ground zero, life 12 00:00:46.159 --> 00:00:49.640 central for all of us. You know, we all share 13 00:00:49.679 --> 00:00:53.320 this thing in common, and that is, you know, no 14 00:00:53.359 --> 00:00:55.640 matter what it looks like, whether it's a cottage or 15 00:00:55.679 --> 00:01:00.399 a condo or a castle or anything in between, we 16 00:01:00.479 --> 00:01:03.920 live at home, and we start our days at home. 17 00:01:03.960 --> 00:01:07.239 We sleep at home, and home is what it's all 18 00:01:07.280 --> 00:01:10.480 about for us. And I am here. What I'm all 19 00:01:10.519 --> 00:01:14.359 about is helping you get through it and figure it out, 20 00:01:14.439 --> 00:01:18.760 make it better, prove your life and the quality of 21 00:01:18.799 --> 00:01:22.000 every minute that you spend in that space. And today 22 00:01:22.040 --> 00:01:24.319 on the show, we get to do one of the 23 00:01:24.359 --> 00:01:27.000 things that I just absolutely love, maybe the thing I 24 00:01:27.079 --> 00:01:30.040 love more than anything, and I do love talking to 25 00:01:30.120 --> 00:01:32.640 you about your home and bringing you all sorts of 26 00:01:33.040 --> 00:01:36.840 insight and innovation, whether it's from a construction perspective or 27 00:01:36.879 --> 00:01:41.599 a design perspective. In fact, Tomorrow Tomorrow, the Big Show. Tomorrow, 28 00:01:41.719 --> 00:01:44.920 from nine to noon, we're going to be talking cabinets. 29 00:01:44.959 --> 00:01:50.319 Because it's spring, it is renovation season upon us. People 30 00:01:50.359 --> 00:01:54.000 are thinking about making changes, gutting that old kitchen. It's 31 00:01:54.040 --> 00:01:56.359 time for a new kitchen, that kind of thing. We're 32 00:01:56.359 --> 00:01:59.640 going to be spending three hours on our next episode, 33 00:01:59.640 --> 00:02:06.280 Tomorrow's show, Tomorrow's broadcast, talking about all things cabinetry with 34 00:02:06.560 --> 00:02:10.919 perhaps the one person who may know more about cabinets 35 00:02:10.919 --> 00:02:14.240 than me, and that is John Cardero from The Kitchen Store. 36 00:02:14.240 --> 00:02:17.080 It's going to be a great show spending the day 37 00:02:17.159 --> 00:02:22.240 with John, you talking nothing but cabinetry and giving you 38 00:02:22.400 --> 00:02:25.560 the insight into what's going on and what's happening in 39 00:02:25.599 --> 00:02:28.680 the world of cabinetry. That's Tomorrow's show. But today, what 40 00:02:28.919 --> 00:02:32.639 is it? It's calls. I just want to talk to you today. 41 00:02:32.919 --> 00:02:36.719 Anything that's going on with your home today. You give 42 00:02:36.759 --> 00:02:40.520 me a call, design, construction, DIY. Here's the number eight 43 00:02:40.599 --> 00:02:44.719 three three two. Ask Dean A three three the numeral 44 00:02:44.759 --> 00:02:49.120 two ask Dean eight three three to ask Dean, it 45 00:02:49.280 --> 00:02:52.759 just rolls off the tongue. And I would love nothing 46 00:02:52.759 --> 00:02:55.159 more than to talk to you about what's going on 47 00:02:55.240 --> 00:02:58.039 with your home. The phone lines are open right now. 48 00:02:58.240 --> 00:03:04.479 Let me introduce our awesome Sam is on the board. Yes, 49 00:03:04.680 --> 00:03:07.800 give him a hand, everybody. Sam and Wrestling are not 50 00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:11.680 quite live studio audience this morning, as he always does. 51 00:03:11.759 --> 00:03:15.120 Good morning Sam, Good morning Dean. How you doing today. 52 00:03:15.639 --> 00:03:19.120 I'm good. I'm good. I'm good considering the week it's been, 53 00:03:19.400 --> 00:03:23.520 I am really good, real good to hear it's been 54 00:03:23.560 --> 00:03:29.120 a week for everybody. But yeah, it's been a week. Wow. 55 00:03:29.960 --> 00:03:33.840 But I'm just thrilled to be here. Golden Mike winning 56 00:03:37.120 --> 00:03:41.000 producer Richie Quintero is standing by to take your call. 57 00:03:41.159 --> 00:03:44.280 Not near a microphone. He doesn't deserve a microe. He 58 00:03:44.479 --> 00:03:47.039 don't get a micy. You get a microphone near that 59 00:03:47.080 --> 00:03:50.680 guy to turn to gold Yeah. No, Richie won a 60 00:03:50.759 --> 00:03:55.599 Golden Mic this last week. It was announced. Fantastic. He's great, 61 00:03:55.759 --> 00:03:58.280 He's just the best. And guess what if you call in, 62 00:03:58.319 --> 00:04:01.520 you get to talk to Richie this morning. Congratulate him 63 00:04:01.879 --> 00:04:04.120 on the Golden mic Win when you talk to him, 64 00:04:04.120 --> 00:04:06.479 because Ritchie is screening our calls this morning. He'll tell 65 00:04:06.520 --> 00:04:08.759 you everything you need to know. Pop you into the queue. 66 00:04:08.759 --> 00:04:11.319 You can listen to the show while you wait. And 67 00:04:11.400 --> 00:04:14.280 of course, my buddy Eileen Gonzalez at the news desk. 68 00:04:14.319 --> 00:04:19.600 Good morning, Eileen, Good morning sunshine, and congratulations to Richie. Right, 69 00:04:20.079 --> 00:04:24.199 isn't that great? That's awesome. One day I may be 70 00:04:24.360 --> 00:04:32.279 on a list with not a not a most wanted list. 71 00:04:31.879 --> 00:04:35.319 I want to I'm sure you're on some list somewhere. Oh, 72 00:04:35.399 --> 00:04:38.959 I'm on the list, believe me. I'm on some lists. 73 00:04:39.480 --> 00:04:42.680 I'm at the top of some list. I'm sure your 74 00:04:42.680 --> 00:04:51.360 wife has a list. She's on my list. Anyway, all right, 75 00:04:51.399 --> 00:04:53.759 what flavorite tea do we have this morning? Eileen? It 76 00:04:53.879 --> 00:04:57.439 is a green tea today. I need a little extra caffeine. 77 00:04:57.519 --> 00:05:00.199 How to cold this week? So there you go, right, 78 00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:01.120 Why are you feeling better? 79 00:05:01.879 --> 00:05:02.120 Yeah? 80 00:05:02.439 --> 00:05:05.199 I'm definitely compared to last week. Yeah, all right, Well, 81 00:05:05.319 --> 00:05:08.040 as always, it's good to work with you. Same here, 82 00:05:08.240 --> 00:05:12.439 always sitting across the table from me, my better half, 83 00:05:12.680 --> 00:05:16.879 the one who holds my list, my design partner, my 84 00:05:16.920 --> 00:05:20.680 best friend in the world, and quite often the reason 85 00:05:20.720 --> 00:05:24.000 I roll out of bed in the morning. Tina is here, Ah, 86 00:05:24.040 --> 00:05:27.839 welcome home. How you doing, Bud? I am great? And 87 00:05:27.920 --> 00:05:32.439 I had a tea yesterday that was from Starbucks because 88 00:05:32.439 --> 00:05:35.240 I don't drink their coffee Starbucks. 89 00:05:36.319 --> 00:05:36.519 I know. 90 00:05:36.600 --> 00:05:38.959 I ordered it for you while you were in the bathroom. Yeah, 91 00:05:38.959 --> 00:05:41.120 it was beautiful. You said, just give me a green tea, 92 00:05:41.199 --> 00:05:43.120 and I said, give me a ca cam a meal tea. 93 00:05:43.199 --> 00:05:45.639 And they had this Kaba meal tea that had mint 94 00:05:46.399 --> 00:05:49.480 and green tea and it was so good. Yeah, I'm 95 00:05:49.480 --> 00:05:53.240 glad it was good because my reaction was, I just 96 00:05:53.360 --> 00:05:55.759 ordered a can of meal tea. That can I just 97 00:05:55.800 --> 00:05:59.120 get a camera? Oh? Our Cama meal has mint and 98 00:05:59.240 --> 00:06:02.399 also some green tea in it. I'm like, can I 99 00:06:02.519 --> 00:06:05.959 can I just get a damn cam a meal tea? Well? 100 00:06:06.279 --> 00:06:09.399 It was a good it was. It's just simple. It's 101 00:06:09.439 --> 00:06:12.639 a tea bag. Why does everything at Starbucks have to 102 00:06:12.639 --> 00:06:18.600 be a cocktail everything? You know, what are they hiding? 103 00:06:18.759 --> 00:06:24.600 What they hiding? All right, y'all, we're gonna get rolling. Hey, 104 00:06:24.600 --> 00:06:27.199 we've got calls on the board. You know what that means. 105 00:06:27.240 --> 00:06:29.560 It means, right, after Eileen gives us some news, We're 106 00:06:29.600 --> 00:06:32.560 gonna dive in and talk to you about what's going 107 00:06:32.600 --> 00:06:36.360 on with your home. Cannot wait your home with Dean Sharp, 108 00:06:36.399 --> 00:06:40.319 the house whisper damp I Dean Sharp, the house whisper. 109 00:06:40.519 --> 00:06:45.439 Hey again, whether your home is a condo, cottage, castle, 110 00:06:45.839 --> 00:06:49.959 doesn't matter to me. The rules apply across the board, 111 00:06:50.000 --> 00:06:52.319 and I am here to help you take it to 112 00:06:52.360 --> 00:06:55.920 the next level. That is one of our primary messages 113 00:06:55.959 --> 00:06:58.879 here on the program. It's the thing that is missing 114 00:06:59.000 --> 00:07:04.759 from most main stream middle class homes is what we 115 00:07:04.879 --> 00:07:08.959 learn when we work in the high end luxury market, 116 00:07:09.000 --> 00:07:13.079 and that is simply that good architecture, good design, good 117 00:07:13.160 --> 00:07:19.319 construction thinking. You know, everybody deserves that. Everybody does, and 118 00:07:20.040 --> 00:07:23.040 it makes all the difference in the world. So that's 119 00:07:23.040 --> 00:07:27.839 why I'm here for you, the people's designer, as it were, right, 120 00:07:28.639 --> 00:07:32.439 bringing those truths across the board to everybody. Anyway, we 121 00:07:32.560 --> 00:07:35.560 are all taking calls today and I want to just 122 00:07:35.680 --> 00:07:40.199 jump into the phones and get it going. Let's talk 123 00:07:40.240 --> 00:07:42.680 to Judy. Hey, Judy, welcome home. 124 00:07:43.879 --> 00:07:45.319 Hi, Good morning, Jane. 125 00:07:45.759 --> 00:07:47.319 Good morning. How are you doing. 126 00:07:48.439 --> 00:07:53.519 I'm doing great this morning. My eyes popped open about 127 00:07:53.519 --> 00:07:55.959 five or six, and I thought, oh boy, I'm going 128 00:07:56.040 --> 00:08:01.600 to be first. Anyhow, nice to talk to you. I wonder, 129 00:08:01.959 --> 00:08:04.839 I wonder if you can recommend a product for the 130 00:08:04.920 --> 00:08:08.360 shower floor, a shower from the eighties that has the 131 00:08:08.439 --> 00:08:15.040 four inch square slippery tiles that would prevent slippage. Something 132 00:08:15.279 --> 00:08:19.600 possibly could be painted on or uh and that would 133 00:08:19.639 --> 00:08:24.560 also be cleanable as well as you age, those tiles 134 00:08:24.600 --> 00:08:28.920 get slippery and slippery are and uh without tearing out 135 00:08:28.959 --> 00:08:32.039 the shower? Is there something that you could recommend to 136 00:08:33.399 --> 00:08:37.440 help uh? Yeah, put a little grittiness on the floor. 137 00:08:38.519 --> 00:08:38.759 Yeah. 138 00:08:38.799 --> 00:08:41.120 And here's the nice news, Judy, it doesn't have to 139 00:08:41.159 --> 00:08:45.279 be gritty. Okay, oh good good. So it doesn't have 140 00:08:45.320 --> 00:08:46.919 to You don't have to You don't have to resort 141 00:08:46.919 --> 00:08:49.159 to kind of uh. And I know what you're talking about. 142 00:08:49.200 --> 00:08:53.600 You you're imagining these uh, these sand based roll on 143 00:08:53.720 --> 00:08:55.399 coatings that you've used. 144 00:08:55.440 --> 00:08:57.320 I am that's what I was doing. 145 00:08:57.399 --> 00:09:01.480 Yeah, yeah, in certain places that you know, you're basically like, 146 00:09:01.519 --> 00:09:04.000 how do they stick those granules of sand down to 147 00:09:04.039 --> 00:09:07.120 that floor? And uh? And it can you know, I mean, 148 00:09:07.200 --> 00:09:10.879 for for certain applications, those things are great, but I 149 00:09:10.960 --> 00:09:12.960 don't think any of us really want that in the 150 00:09:12.960 --> 00:09:16.320 bottom of our shower. Uh. And and plus you know, 151 00:09:16.399 --> 00:09:19.159 it changes the appearance and it and it it's going 152 00:09:19.240 --> 00:09:22.720 to change the you know, the the ease of cleaning it. 153 00:09:22.840 --> 00:09:26.840 And so I say, let's not do that. Fortunately, fortunately, 154 00:09:27.360 --> 00:09:30.840 the world is full of well I don't know about full, 155 00:09:30.840 --> 00:09:38.799 but there are plenty of decent, well proven UH coatings 156 00:09:38.799 --> 00:09:42.559 out there that are completely transparent and clear but will 157 00:09:42.679 --> 00:09:47.279 change the way you get traction on tile in your shower. 158 00:09:47.480 --> 00:09:49.440 That is incredible. 159 00:09:49.919 --> 00:09:52.519 Yeah, yeah, it is, it is. It's really nice. It's 160 00:09:52.799 --> 00:09:55.960 they're anti slip coatings. Now you will have to keep 161 00:09:56.080 --> 00:09:58.080 up with it, that's the thing, you know, because it's 162 00:09:58.120 --> 00:10:02.720 a coating on top of your tile, and it will eventually, 163 00:10:03.080 --> 00:10:05.840 you know, as you clean it and scrub the bottom 164 00:10:05.879 --> 00:10:10.080 of the shower or whatever, and you know, eventually you'll 165 00:10:10.120 --> 00:10:12.679 wear through that coating again and you'll reapply it. But 166 00:10:12.840 --> 00:10:16.399 also the good news is these aren't expensive things, depending 167 00:10:16.559 --> 00:10:20.679 on you know, who you go with, and and and 168 00:10:20.840 --> 00:10:23.840 just generally speaking, there's a there's a range. You know, 169 00:10:23.919 --> 00:10:26.320 you can get some some sealants out there in the 170 00:10:26.440 --> 00:10:28.639 twenty to thirty dollars range, and you can get some 171 00:10:28.720 --> 00:10:31.879 sealants out there in the you know, closer to one 172 00:10:31.960 --> 00:10:35.399 hundred dollars range for a gallon or two. But the 173 00:10:35.440 --> 00:10:39.799 point is they are they have a very low what 174 00:10:39.879 --> 00:10:45.120 we call slip coefficient coating. They are basically anti slip coatings, 175 00:10:45.159 --> 00:10:49.159 and they do really significantly change the way you feel 176 00:10:49.279 --> 00:10:52.639 when you're standing on them. It's not that they're tacky 177 00:10:52.720 --> 00:10:56.200 or sticky anything like that. They just they're they're basically 178 00:10:56.240 --> 00:11:00.639 kind of hydrophobic coatings, what we call hydrophone big coatings. 179 00:11:00.679 --> 00:11:05.840 They don't allow water molecules to form a layer on 180 00:11:05.960 --> 00:11:08.639 top of them, and as a result, it gets this 181 00:11:08.840 --> 00:11:12.919 really nice kind of contact without feeling scratchy or weird. 182 00:11:13.759 --> 00:11:16.480 Here's the great news. Also, you can go on Amazon 183 00:11:16.840 --> 00:11:19.639 and find them. You can go down to Low's or 184 00:11:19.720 --> 00:11:23.480 Home Depot or your hardware store and find them. All 185 00:11:23.519 --> 00:11:25.279 you do is ask for, Hey, I'm looking for an 186 00:11:25.320 --> 00:11:28.799 anti slip coding for tile. But I will give you 187 00:11:28.879 --> 00:11:32.559 a couple of recommendations. I happen to like stone Grip, 188 00:11:33.240 --> 00:11:36.399 and I happen to like anything that is anti slip 189 00:11:36.759 --> 00:11:41.039 from Miracle Sealants. Okay, these are companies that have been 190 00:11:41.159 --> 00:11:46.600 providing coadings for the tile industry for decades. They're proven 191 00:11:46.759 --> 00:11:51.399 their professional grade. But they're also totally available to you 192 00:11:51.639 --> 00:11:54.559 at your local big box or hardware store or on 193 00:11:54.639 --> 00:11:58.440 Amazon place like that Miracle Sealants or Stone Grip. 194 00:11:59.559 --> 00:12:02.840 Okay, I can't thank you enough. It's really going to 195 00:12:02.879 --> 00:12:08.559 be it's really going to change everything. Really, it'll be fabulous. 196 00:12:08.759 --> 00:12:10.879 Yeah, I mean I think I think you'll find you'll 197 00:12:10.960 --> 00:12:12.879 I think you'll find that. I mean, they's no joke, 198 00:12:12.919 --> 00:12:15.240 they're not there. It's it's not a joke. It really 199 00:12:15.279 --> 00:12:18.000 does affect the way. And the nice thing is you 200 00:12:18.000 --> 00:12:20.519 could even you know, apply it to the tile outside 201 00:12:20.519 --> 00:12:22.320 the shower. You know, you could apply it to the 202 00:12:22.360 --> 00:12:25.120 tile on the main bathroom floor. That's a concern for 203 00:12:25.159 --> 00:12:27.639 a lot of people who have older tiles that are 204 00:12:27.679 --> 00:12:31.559 overly slippery as well. And uh and so just you know, 205 00:12:31.639 --> 00:12:33.600 consider it. But give it a try, give it a try. 206 00:12:33.759 --> 00:12:37.679 See how it works for you. I've heard very very. 207 00:12:38.919 --> 00:12:40.159 Do you just painted on. 208 00:12:40.639 --> 00:12:43.440 The Yeah, yeah, you just yeah, it's you don't even 209 00:12:43.480 --> 00:12:46.000 have to paint it, really, I mean you can you 210 00:12:46.000 --> 00:12:48.759 can pour some onto a sponge and just kind of 211 00:12:48.799 --> 00:12:51.399 sponge it on and let the coat dry. And you know, 212 00:12:51.519 --> 00:12:53.159 I mean there are conditions. You want to make sure 213 00:12:53.159 --> 00:12:56.000 that the floor is really clean, the best it's been 214 00:12:56.320 --> 00:12:59.159 in a long long time. Open up the porosity of 215 00:12:59.200 --> 00:13:01.279 the rout all that kind of stuff. So they're thinking, 216 00:13:01.320 --> 00:13:03.080 you know, a few steps you have to go through, 217 00:13:03.320 --> 00:13:05.519 but it's it's not rocket science, it really is. 218 00:13:06.720 --> 00:13:10.519 All right. Thank you again, Dan very much. Love your dream, 219 00:13:10.799 --> 00:13:11.879 absolutely love it. 220 00:13:12.639 --> 00:13:16.000 Thank you so much, and thanks for getting up early 221 00:13:16.039 --> 00:13:18.480 and being our first caller this morning. Let's hear it 222 00:13:18.480 --> 00:13:23.159 for Jody. Everybody whoa all right, y'all, let's get some 223 00:13:23.240 --> 00:13:26.159 news from Eileen Gonzalez and we will continue with your calls. 224 00:13:27.159 --> 00:13:30.440 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 225 00:13:30.559 --> 00:13:32.360 KFI AM six forty. 226 00:13:33.799 --> 00:13:38.320 Kf I AM six forty live streaming and HD everywhere 227 00:13:38.480 --> 00:13:43.039 on the iHeartRadio app. Hey, it's Dean Sharp the house 228 00:13:43.080 --> 00:13:47.519 whisper here with you again every Saturday morning from six 229 00:13:47.600 --> 00:13:53.559 to eight Pacific time, Sunday mornings nine to noon Pacific time. Yes, Yes, 230 00:13:53.639 --> 00:13:56.679 I'm live, I'm right here. How do I give me 231 00:13:56.720 --> 00:14:00.480 a newspaper? What are those? I don't even remember? Let's 232 00:14:00.559 --> 00:14:03.279 find some way of a proof of life. That's what 233 00:14:03.320 --> 00:14:05.720 I want. I'm going to hold up a date, take 234 00:14:05.759 --> 00:14:08.440 a picture, We'll put it on social media. Yes, we're live. 235 00:14:09.799 --> 00:14:12.000 We are live, unless, of course, you are listening to 236 00:14:12.039 --> 00:14:15.159 the podcast at a later date. And you know, every 237 00:14:15.200 --> 00:14:18.600 episode we ever do goes into podcast form and lives 238 00:14:18.879 --> 00:14:21.559 on our podcast where you can listen to it on 239 00:14:21.639 --> 00:14:25.440 demand on the free iHeartRadio app, or wherever it doesn't matter, 240 00:14:25.480 --> 00:14:30.120 wherever Apple Podcasts, Spotify, wherever you listen to your favorite podcast. 241 00:14:30.200 --> 00:14:33.840 We're there. We're there. You just the search for Dean Sharp, 242 00:14:34.240 --> 00:14:37.600 Home with Dean, Dean, the House Whisper, whatever the case 243 00:14:37.639 --> 00:14:41.080 may be, you'll see I'll pop up hundreds of episodes 244 00:14:41.120 --> 00:14:44.600 there waiting for you. And today I am doing my 245 00:14:44.759 --> 00:14:47.039 all time favorite thing, which is just talking to you 246 00:14:47.200 --> 00:14:49.960 about your home. I'm taking calls. You wouldn't think. You 247 00:14:50.000 --> 00:14:53.360 wouldn't think it's six thirty in the morning that we 248 00:14:53.399 --> 00:14:56.879 would have a board full of calls here in southern California, 249 00:14:57.159 --> 00:14:59.840 But yeah, yeah we do. And I'm just I'm so 250 00:15:00.080 --> 00:15:02.960 honored and touched by it. So let's get back into 251 00:15:03.000 --> 00:15:05.399 it and uh, let's, you know, solve some problems. I 252 00:15:05.399 --> 00:15:10.200 want to talk to Uh, I want to talk to Laura. Hey, Laura, 253 00:15:10.440 --> 00:15:11.159 welcome home. 254 00:15:13.039 --> 00:15:17.440 Hi, Dean. I have a mailbox post that the HLA 255 00:15:18.200 --> 00:15:22.399 several years ago fixed it because it was wobbily. They 256 00:15:22.480 --> 00:15:25.360 put some concrete around it to hold it in place. 257 00:15:25.960 --> 00:15:30.519 I share this mailbox post with three other homeowners. It 258 00:15:30.519 --> 00:15:34.039 happens to be on my property. The home at the 259 00:15:34.240 --> 00:15:38.840 HOA no longer fixes the wobbly post that I have 260 00:15:39.039 --> 00:15:42.519 now is now based on now put onto the homeowners 261 00:15:42.559 --> 00:15:45.039 to fix it. So it's on my property. I have 262 00:15:45.159 --> 00:15:50.759 to fix it. I got the post foe the other day, 263 00:15:51.080 --> 00:15:54.200 but it says it doesn't work. It doesn't work with 264 00:15:54.559 --> 00:15:58.360 near concrete. Is that a still? Can I use that 265 00:15:58.559 --> 00:16:02.440 to fill the space between the soil and the concrete 266 00:16:02.440 --> 00:16:06.240 that's holding up the post? Or okay, of sticks to 267 00:16:06.360 --> 00:16:07.480 make it not so wobbly. 268 00:16:08.679 --> 00:16:11.159 Okay, all right, so let's let's kind of let's let's 269 00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:14.320 flesh this out. You've got a is it like a 270 00:16:14.360 --> 00:16:16.879 four by four post, like a wooden post. 271 00:16:18.279 --> 00:16:22.559 Yes, that has concrete, a cylinder concrete. You know, they 272 00:16:22.600 --> 00:16:25.559 put a form around it for some concrete. And now 273 00:16:25.559 --> 00:16:29.279 what's that's around the post? The concrete is up against 274 00:16:29.279 --> 00:16:29.840 the soil. 275 00:16:31.559 --> 00:16:34.440 Yeah, so but the but the but the post, So 276 00:16:34.480 --> 00:16:37.240 it's got concrete around it all four sides. It's surrounded 277 00:16:37.240 --> 00:16:41.120 by by the concrete at this point, okay, and yet 278 00:16:41.159 --> 00:16:44.039 the post is wobbling. So basically the concrete now is 279 00:16:44.080 --> 00:16:48.720 acting like a little hinge underneath the soil is all 280 00:16:48.799 --> 00:16:52.559 loosey goosey, and uh, the concrete collar as it were. 281 00:16:52.879 --> 00:16:55.159 Of course, the post isn't moving there, but the whole 282 00:16:55.159 --> 00:16:58.320 thing is wobbling on the top because you can because 283 00:16:58.440 --> 00:17:03.639 the soil is given out underneath, right, yes, correct, Okay. 284 00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:07.319 So I've got one critical question for you, and that 285 00:17:07.480 --> 00:17:10.400 is is that post loose enough that it can be 286 00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:13.599 pulled out of its concretes? Leave there? 287 00:17:15.279 --> 00:17:18.480 It can't be pulled out of the concrete. It might 288 00:17:18.599 --> 00:17:21.200 the whole fig with the concrete might be able to 289 00:17:21.200 --> 00:17:25.240 be pulled out, but not in the concrete it happen to 290 00:17:25.240 --> 00:17:27.799 come out with the post. We have not attempted that 291 00:17:28.200 --> 00:17:29.160 to pull everything out. 292 00:17:30.160 --> 00:17:35.160 Okay, I would because because the question of whether the 293 00:17:35.200 --> 00:17:39.400 foam will work for you, and I think probably, you know, 294 00:17:39.720 --> 00:17:41.960 I mean, that's that's where I would make my first turn. 295 00:17:42.119 --> 00:17:47.960 Expansive foam post postthole foam, okay. And the reason is 296 00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:51.160 because it'll find all those crevices it'll put pressure on it, 297 00:17:51.559 --> 00:17:55.039 pressure on the soil around it, it'll it'll tend to 298 00:17:55.039 --> 00:17:57.519 lock the post in. But the point is we've got 299 00:17:57.519 --> 00:18:02.359 to get access to the whole, h you know, without 300 00:18:02.400 --> 00:18:05.079 so here here's here would be my goal. My goal 301 00:18:05.160 --> 00:18:08.799 would be, can we wiggle that post enough to actually 302 00:18:08.839 --> 00:18:11.279 wiggle it and lit and put some lift on it 303 00:18:11.559 --> 00:18:14.640 so that we can actually pull it through, you know, 304 00:18:14.680 --> 00:18:18.799 without messing up the concrete, without disturbing the concrete. Can 305 00:18:18.839 --> 00:18:21.720 we pull it through its hole and just leave that 306 00:18:21.839 --> 00:18:25.119 four by four inch hole in the concrete and then 307 00:18:25.160 --> 00:18:29.640 you know, whatever down chasm is down below it, if 308 00:18:29.680 --> 00:18:32.839 you can pull the post out of that hole and 309 00:18:32.920 --> 00:18:36.200 leave the concrete in place, is it like a concrete 310 00:18:36.240 --> 00:18:38.480 sidewalk pad now that it's around it, or is it 311 00:18:38.559 --> 00:18:40.519 just a clump of concrete that they put. 312 00:18:40.319 --> 00:18:44.160 Around It's a clump of concrete they put around the 313 00:18:44.240 --> 00:18:47.400 post that's in one of my flower beds. So the 314 00:18:48.079 --> 00:18:50.400 post can't come out of the concrete. 315 00:18:51.359 --> 00:18:52.839 But the whole thing could come out. 316 00:18:54.440 --> 00:18:58.400 Possibly we had not attempted that, but possibly the whole 317 00:18:58.480 --> 00:19:00.920 post with the concrete that's in the farm. 318 00:19:01.000 --> 00:19:03.279 Okay, so yeah, if it's not like just can if 319 00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:06.480 it's not like a finished concrete thing, you know that's 320 00:19:06.480 --> 00:19:08.759 sitting as a part of a sidewalk. Then yeah, I 321 00:19:08.799 --> 00:19:11.039 would have just attempt to get the whole thing out 322 00:19:11.119 --> 00:19:13.119 of the hole, the whole thing out of the hole, 323 00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:19.200 and then yeah, the expansive post hole foam would be, 324 00:19:19.720 --> 00:19:23.440 in my opinion, your best bet because it will it 325 00:19:23.480 --> 00:19:27.000 will help to push against that light, loose soil. It 326 00:19:27.079 --> 00:19:29.599 sounds like, you know, whatever went down in that hole 327 00:19:29.640 --> 00:19:34.480 when they quote unquote fixed this issue, they just did 328 00:19:34.480 --> 00:19:37.920 not They didn't go deep enough, They didn't make the concrete. 329 00:19:38.680 --> 00:19:42.200 You know that the post is sitting in thick enough, 330 00:19:42.240 --> 00:19:44.960 wide enough. I mean, there's there's so many you would 331 00:19:44.960 --> 00:19:47.119 think that you would think it's a pretty simple process, 332 00:19:47.160 --> 00:19:49.799 and actually it is a very simple process, but people 333 00:19:49.880 --> 00:19:52.359 skip over steps and as a result you end up 334 00:19:52.359 --> 00:19:54.920 with something that's just like wonky and not working. And 335 00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:58.599 so the post hole cement is so easy to use. 336 00:19:58.720 --> 00:20:01.079 You cut it open, I mean you mix it, you 337 00:20:01.119 --> 00:20:04.319 break the inner bag, you mix it around so that 338 00:20:04.559 --> 00:20:08.079 the catalyst and the foam actually mix together. You cut 339 00:20:08.079 --> 00:20:12.240 it open, you pour it down into a well prepared hole. 340 00:20:12.640 --> 00:20:15.160 You stick a new post or the old post in there. 341 00:20:15.160 --> 00:20:18.599 And hold it plumb for just a couple of minutes. 342 00:20:18.960 --> 00:20:22.799 The foam expands like crazy. It locks the post in. 343 00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:27.359 It water proofs in seals around the post. And it 344 00:20:27.400 --> 00:20:29.559 doesn't matter if it comes up higher. In fact, you 345 00:20:29.599 --> 00:20:31.680 want it to. You want to come up high above 346 00:20:31.799 --> 00:20:34.759 the ground. Let it all harden out, and you can 347 00:20:34.799 --> 00:20:38.039 come back an hour later when it's completely hardened, and 348 00:20:38.200 --> 00:20:40.559 take a knife or a saw or a chisel or 349 00:20:40.640 --> 00:20:44.079 anything and just cut down the foam just below the 350 00:20:44.119 --> 00:20:46.839 soil line and fill in the rest of the soil 351 00:20:46.880 --> 00:20:51.400 around your planter bed, and you'll have a nice secure post. 352 00:20:53.319 --> 00:20:56.680 Does it work against the concrete? I was told at 353 00:20:56.799 --> 00:20:59.559 one of the box stores that it won't adhere to 354 00:20:59.640 --> 00:21:02.519 the con that's around the post, But I'm thinking that 355 00:21:02.559 --> 00:21:04.359 it doesn't need to adhere to it. 356 00:21:04.359 --> 00:21:04.960 It just needs to. 357 00:21:05.680 --> 00:21:07.720 It'll work fine. It don't work fine. They don't know 358 00:21:07.759 --> 00:21:10.599 what they're talking about. It'll work fine. The concrete's got 359 00:21:10.640 --> 00:21:13.000 a lot of porosity to it. The phone will push 360 00:21:13.119 --> 00:21:16.759 up against it, it'll lock into that concrete. It'll be fine. 361 00:21:18.160 --> 00:21:20.079 Great. Thank you so much for your help. I really 362 00:21:20.079 --> 00:21:20.759 appreciate it. 363 00:21:21.440 --> 00:21:24.759 Laura, You are so welcome. Thanks for that very interesting question. 364 00:21:24.839 --> 00:21:27.200 I just love helping people out of their little binds. 365 00:21:27.279 --> 00:21:30.200 You know. That's why I'm here, and we will continue 366 00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:34.160 to do that. Okayfye, I love that comp I do. 367 00:21:34.319 --> 00:21:36.119 I don't know why it moves me so much. I 368 00:21:36.240 --> 00:21:40.119 just love it. Dean Sharp the house whisper, Welcome home. 369 00:21:40.599 --> 00:21:43.039 Thanks for joining us on the program today. Hey, guess 370 00:21:43.039 --> 00:21:46.160 what we're doing taking calls, doing what I love to 371 00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:50.079 do best, just talking to you directly about what's going 372 00:21:50.079 --> 00:21:51.880 on with your home. Here's the number to reach me, 373 00:21:52.119 --> 00:21:56.880 eight three three two. Ask Dean eight three three the 374 00:21:56.960 --> 00:22:00.720 numeral two and then you just spell out ask Dean 375 00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:06.240 eight three three to ask Dean. Our Golden MIC Award 376 00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:10.920 winning producer Richie is standing by ready to take your call. 377 00:22:10.960 --> 00:22:12.839 He'll tell you everything you need to know. He'll pop 378 00:22:12.880 --> 00:22:15.480 you into the queue, and who knows, hopefully you and 379 00:22:15.559 --> 00:22:18.000 I will put our heads together figure out what's going 380 00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:21.559 on with your home. All right, let's run to the 381 00:22:21.599 --> 00:22:25.119 phones again. I want to talk to Fred. Good morning, Fred, 382 00:22:25.160 --> 00:22:28.000 welcome home, Good morning. 383 00:22:29.880 --> 00:22:33.640 I have a problem with my ceiling in the living room. 384 00:22:34.599 --> 00:22:38.119 My house was built in nineteen fifty six. It's a 385 00:22:38.279 --> 00:22:44.640 single story and the living room ceiling and it's roughly 386 00:22:44.720 --> 00:22:51.480 about three hundred square feet, and it has a major segatives. 387 00:22:53.480 --> 00:22:58.200 And my concern is at some point it just got 388 00:22:58.200 --> 00:23:03.000 collapsed into my living room. What's my thing? 389 00:23:04.160 --> 00:23:07.440 Okay? All right, Fred, all right, let's so let's let's 390 00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:10.440 try and parse this out a little bit. Okay. The 391 00:23:10.559 --> 00:23:13.519 big question is when we say the living room ceiling 392 00:23:13.599 --> 00:23:18.200 is sagging. Uh, I need to know why it's sagging 393 00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:21.079 or what is sagging because you've got two things that 394 00:23:21.480 --> 00:23:23.599 went How old do you say the house is. 395 00:23:23.680 --> 00:23:26.839 Again, built in nineteen fifty six? 396 00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:30.519 Okay, so it's nineteen fifty six. So so to the 397 00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:33.240 best of your knowledge, you're kind of on the cusp 398 00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:36.400 of it could be one way or the other. I'm 399 00:23:36.440 --> 00:23:39.559 assuming it's a dry wall house or is it a 400 00:23:39.599 --> 00:23:40.519 plaster house. 401 00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:45.079