WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.440 --> 00:00:03.839 Kf I AM six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp 2 00:00:03.879 --> 00:00:07.639 The House Whisper on demand on the iHeart Radio app 3 00:00:10.199 --> 00:00:15.880 AFI AM six forty live streaming in HD everywhere on 4 00:00:16.000 --> 00:00:20.960 the iHeart Radio app. Hey, welcome home. I'm Dean Sharp 5 00:00:21.160 --> 00:00:25.359 the House Whisper. I design custom homes, I build custom homes, 6 00:00:25.920 --> 00:00:29.719 and I am your guide to better understand that place 7 00:00:30.120 --> 00:00:35.679 where you live. It is the weekend right before Christmas 8 00:00:35.799 --> 00:00:37.799 is a little it's a little weird. I think it 9 00:00:37.840 --> 00:00:39.920 always feels a little weird when Christmas lands in the 10 00:00:39.920 --> 00:00:42.880 middle of the week because what do you do? What 11 00:00:42.920 --> 00:00:46.200 do you do with those other days? You know? And 12 00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:49.439 everybody's saying, I know what you do with the other days. 13 00:00:49.479 --> 00:00:52.799 You just take them off and you just relax. I 14 00:00:52.840 --> 00:00:56.079 get it, I get it. But for those who don't 15 00:00:56.079 --> 00:00:58.600 have the ability to take them off, you don't get 16 00:00:58.640 --> 00:01:01.640 the long weekend. And I just like it when Christmas 17 00:01:01.679 --> 00:01:04.400 is attached to a weekend close a little closer. Wednesday 18 00:01:04.480 --> 00:01:08.000 is a little weird, That's all I'm saying. But it's Christmas, 19 00:01:08.480 --> 00:01:12.680 uh and Christmas is coming in just what Sunday Monday too. 20 00:01:12.719 --> 00:01:14.719 I had to count it out on my fingers that 21 00:01:14.879 --> 00:01:19.640 is so pitiful. It's not cute, it's pitiful. Uh So 22 00:01:19.879 --> 00:01:23.000 three days is that a? Is it three days or 23 00:01:23.040 --> 00:01:28.760 four days away? How do you say? It is? Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday. 24 00:01:29.000 --> 00:01:33.680 You don't count Christmas Day? Do you? You do? You 25 00:01:33.719 --> 00:01:38.239 don't count today, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, four days, four days away. 26 00:01:38.400 --> 00:01:43.000 Once you put your headphones on there, grab your microphone 27 00:01:43.519 --> 00:01:46.640 because I need help. Clearly, I can't even count. 28 00:01:46.959 --> 00:01:51.359 I can't even count in the distance. 29 00:01:52.239 --> 00:01:55.840 All right, y'all, listen, here is the thing. This weekend. 30 00:01:56.680 --> 00:01:58.840 It's been a few weeks since we've done this, and 31 00:02:00.079 --> 00:02:05.040 know just to clear everything, clear the decks for the 32 00:02:05.560 --> 00:02:09.000 end of twenty twenty four. This weekend, it's an all 33 00:02:09.400 --> 00:02:13.360 calls weekend. That means that you have to sit here 34 00:02:13.439 --> 00:02:18.039 and listen to me just jabber on about things unless 35 00:02:18.039 --> 00:02:20.520 you call me. And right now, our phone lines are open. 36 00:02:20.759 --> 00:02:24.120 A producer, Matt is standing by ready to take your call. 37 00:02:24.520 --> 00:02:28.199 And we have zero calls because I just asked for them, basically, 38 00:02:28.400 --> 00:02:32.280 so I'm asking it's time to call if you've thought, 39 00:02:32.560 --> 00:02:35.159 you know what, I really have wanted to call in, 40 00:02:35.599 --> 00:02:40.280 but you know, it's just the lines are too busy. 41 00:02:40.599 --> 00:02:43.759 Or you know, Dean's only taking a few, so I 42 00:02:43.800 --> 00:02:47.479 don't think I'll get through. Now's your chance? Now is 43 00:02:47.560 --> 00:02:51.360 your chance all morning long. You set the agenda. Anything 44 00:02:51.360 --> 00:02:59.039 you want to talk about regarding your home, DIY construction design, inside, outside, upside, downside, 45 00:02:59.199 --> 00:03:03.319 whatever the case. Maybe give me a call the number 46 00:03:03.759 --> 00:03:08.719 eight three three two ask Dean A three three the 47 00:03:08.800 --> 00:03:14.520 numeral to ask Dean A three three to ask Dean. 48 00:03:14.639 --> 00:03:18.759 Phone lines are open now and producer Matt is ready 49 00:03:18.840 --> 00:03:22.240 to take your call. Also ready, well, actually he's already going. 50 00:03:22.439 --> 00:03:25.400 Sam Zia on the board this morning. Good morning, Sam, 51 00:03:25.599 --> 00:03:29.719 Hello Dean. How you doing. I'm good, I'm good, I'm here, 52 00:03:29.960 --> 00:03:33.199 I'm ready, I'm ready for calls. I love off Paul's weekend. 53 00:03:34.159 --> 00:03:39.599 So does our live studio audience. Nor not to lie, Well, 54 00:03:39.680 --> 00:03:44.680 they're there. Eileen Gonzalez at the news desk, Good morning, Eileen, 55 00:03:44.840 --> 00:03:45.919 Good morning sunshine. 56 00:03:45.919 --> 00:03:46.520 How's it going? 57 00:03:47.039 --> 00:03:50.400 Uh? It cracks me up every time. I am so 58 00:03:50.759 --> 00:03:54.520 not feeling the way you describe that. It's just have 59 00:03:54.680 --> 00:03:57.439 some more coffee you'll feel better. I will, I will. 60 00:03:57.439 --> 00:03:58.280 How are you doing today? 61 00:03:58.400 --> 00:03:58.639 Good? 62 00:03:58.639 --> 00:04:01.479 I'm actually thinking I should start drinking coffee again this morning, 63 00:04:01.479 --> 00:04:03.400 though A little tired too. 64 00:04:03.879 --> 00:04:06.599 No tea, you're not doing herbal herbal tea. It's just 65 00:04:06.680 --> 00:04:09.280 it just doesn't have that same kick. That's what I'm saying. 66 00:04:09.400 --> 00:04:11.400 I love herbal tea, but you know what, it's just 67 00:04:11.479 --> 00:04:15.759 it's not going to get it done. Are you all 68 00:04:15.759 --> 00:04:17.399 ready for Christmas? Are we good? 69 00:04:17.639 --> 00:04:17.920 Oh? 70 00:04:18.079 --> 00:04:21.040 I'm actually I don't really do Christmas. I've decided I'm 71 00:04:21.040 --> 00:04:22.759 going to work. So I picked up some shifts for 72 00:04:22.839 --> 00:04:25.000 people that do you know, want the day off they 73 00:04:25.000 --> 00:04:25.519 have family. 74 00:04:25.839 --> 00:04:31.680 See, that's doing Christmas. That's just giving kindness. Just that's great, 75 00:04:32.160 --> 00:04:34.920 my giving spirit. I'm giving my time. There you go. 76 00:04:35.160 --> 00:04:38.439 There you go. Well, you're you're allowing some people to 77 00:04:38.439 --> 00:04:41.199 to take the time they need to get some Christmas 78 00:04:41.279 --> 00:04:45.680 family stuff done. That's awesome. ILK. All right, Well, sitting 79 00:04:45.680 --> 00:04:48.800 across the table from me, there she is. You just 80 00:04:49.959 --> 00:04:52.120 jumped in here at the last minute, like you do. 81 00:04:52.160 --> 00:04:54.959 You like to do that on Saturday mornings. You leave me. 82 00:04:55.000 --> 00:04:57.279 I'm like down to the wire. I'm looking around, like 83 00:04:57.399 --> 00:04:59.879 where is she? Where ISHU is she coming out? Is 84 00:05:00.160 --> 00:05:04.519 you know? And then voop there you are. Surprise, my 85 00:05:05.399 --> 00:05:09.879 better half, my design partner, the co owner co founder 86 00:05:10.000 --> 00:05:13.720 of House whisper and my best buddy, as you know 87 00:05:14.079 --> 00:05:19.360 in planet Earth, Tina is here. Welcome home. How you doing. 88 00:05:20.040 --> 00:05:25.279 I'm good, Yeah, yeah, I'm feeling a little. It's good. 89 00:05:25.319 --> 00:05:29.319 Now here's another interesting fact about the holidays. Okay, so 90 00:05:29.399 --> 00:05:32.759 Hanka starts the day after Christmas. Yeah, which is it's 91 00:05:32.759 --> 00:05:35.680 not usually so so attached to Christmas, is it? 92 00:05:35.759 --> 00:05:39.199 I mean, I know it flows, it flows, well, honkkah. 93 00:05:39.240 --> 00:05:42.000 You know, the Jewish calendar is lunar, that's the thing. 94 00:05:42.519 --> 00:05:46.759 It's lunar. And so instead of the you know, thirty 95 00:05:47.120 --> 00:05:51.000 thirty one day cycle bumba bumba bump, the Jewish calendar 96 00:05:51.319 --> 00:05:55.079 is a lunar calendar. And so after a number of years, 97 00:05:56.279 --> 00:05:59.160 in fact, I think, if I'm not mistaken, every seven 98 00:05:59.240 --> 00:06:03.560 years the Jewish ceremonial calendar, you actually add a month, 99 00:06:04.199 --> 00:06:07.240 a short month, to like make up the difference for 100 00:06:07.319 --> 00:06:09.160 the for the day, you know, in order to even 101 00:06:09.199 --> 00:06:12.879 it up again. Anyway. Yeah, so that's why it shifts 102 00:06:13.279 --> 00:06:15.839 all over the place. It's early, it's late, it's right on, 103 00:06:15.959 --> 00:06:18.480 you know, it shares time whatever the case mean. But yeah, 104 00:06:18.680 --> 00:06:22.920 it's day after this year. Wow. See that would be 105 00:06:23.000 --> 00:06:27.160 if you celebrate both in your household. That is awesome. 106 00:06:27.399 --> 00:06:29.879 Then you're like Christmas is the beginning of like a 107 00:06:30.040 --> 00:06:33.199 like a what a nine nine day? You know it's 108 00:06:33.279 --> 00:06:38.839 Christmas plus eight days? Oh, that's great bonus? Or or 109 00:06:39.240 --> 00:06:42.680 do your parents hold back and instead of just dumping 110 00:06:42.959 --> 00:06:46.839 all of your presence do they say, oh, you know, sad? 111 00:06:47.839 --> 00:06:50.279 That would be that would be they could go either way, 112 00:06:50.360 --> 00:06:52.560 that would be no good. Don't do their parents? Don't 113 00:06:52.560 --> 00:06:55.560 do the eight day presenting. Some parents don't do that. Well, 114 00:06:56.240 --> 00:06:59.920 why celebrate Hana could not do that because that's a 115 00:07:00.160 --> 00:07:05.519 rip off. People are being ripped off. All right, we'll 116 00:07:05.600 --> 00:07:08.160 let it go. I'm letting it go. Hey, we got 117 00:07:08.240 --> 00:07:10.839 some calls on the board. Guess what it means. We've 118 00:07:10.839 --> 00:07:14.680 got a show today again. It's an all calls weekend. 119 00:07:14.680 --> 00:07:17.319 The number to reach me eight three three to ask 120 00:07:17.480 --> 00:07:20.199 Dean eight three to three the numeral to ask Dean. 121 00:07:20.279 --> 00:07:24.519 We will get to your calls. Dean Sharp the house whisper. Hey, 122 00:07:25.279 --> 00:07:29.680 good Saturday morning to you. And if you're listening to 123 00:07:29.920 --> 00:07:34.000 the podcast, good whatever time, end day it is that 124 00:07:34.079 --> 00:07:36.959 you are listening. Now, we are doing an all calls 125 00:07:37.079 --> 00:07:41.439 show today today and tomorrow both just an all calls weekend. 126 00:07:41.879 --> 00:07:44.920 It's time, it's we're a little overdue for it. And 127 00:07:44.920 --> 00:07:48.319 so here we are, right before Christmas. Your Christmas present 128 00:07:48.600 --> 00:07:50.680 for those of you who have been wanting to call 129 00:07:50.720 --> 00:07:54.360 in and make it on to the air. Anything you 130 00:07:54.399 --> 00:08:02.519 want to talk about today, home design, construction, DIY, you 131 00:08:02.639 --> 00:08:05.560 name it, you set the agenda, anything that's got you 132 00:08:05.600 --> 00:08:09.279 scratching your head about your home. I'm ready, I am ready. 133 00:08:09.759 --> 00:08:13.279 The number to reach me eight three three two. Ask Dean, 134 00:08:13.480 --> 00:08:18.879 eight three three the numeral to ask Dean. And let's 135 00:08:18.920 --> 00:08:22.720 do it without any further Ado. Let's talk to Row. Hey, Row, 136 00:08:23.079 --> 00:08:24.079 welcome home. 137 00:08:25.839 --> 00:08:26.040 Hi. 138 00:08:26.360 --> 00:08:28.879 I heard you talking to Mark Thompson the other day 139 00:08:28.959 --> 00:08:33.440 about his shower and how you have to have a 140 00:08:33.480 --> 00:08:38.639 certain amount of water in the shower in the pea trap. 141 00:08:38.559 --> 00:08:39.799 So it doesn't smell. 142 00:08:40.519 --> 00:08:46.559 Yes, how often should you rend water so that you 143 00:08:46.600 --> 00:08:47.600 don't have that problem? 144 00:08:47.600 --> 00:08:51.960 And how much water? Okay? So all right, So let 145 00:08:52.039 --> 00:08:56.639 me just set the stage for everybody else who you know, 146 00:08:56.759 --> 00:08:59.679 may not have heard that conversation with Mark Thompson. So 147 00:08:59.759 --> 00:09:03.240 Mark was talking about the fact that he has one 148 00:09:03.679 --> 00:09:08.919 bathroom in his home, the guest bathroom, and the sink 149 00:09:08.960 --> 00:09:10.960 gets used and the toilet gets used, but the shower 150 00:09:11.000 --> 00:09:13.840 hardly ever gets used. And they started developing this weird 151 00:09:13.919 --> 00:09:17.320 smell in the bathroom kind of sounded like a smelled 152 00:09:17.360 --> 00:09:21.000 like a sewer issue. And so I was explaining to 153 00:09:21.039 --> 00:09:25.399 Mark that every drain in your home has that squirrely 154 00:09:25.480 --> 00:09:27.720 little pipe underneath it. Whether you can see it or not. 155 00:09:27.840 --> 00:09:31.039 You can totally see these underneath the sink, because the 156 00:09:31.080 --> 00:09:33.960 sink's usually sitting in a cabinet. You look underneath and 157 00:09:34.200 --> 00:09:35.919 it's where the drain goes down and all of a 158 00:09:35.919 --> 00:09:39.399 sudden it curves up and goes up again before it 159 00:09:39.440 --> 00:09:41.159 goes down the rest of the way and into the 160 00:09:41.200 --> 00:09:44.679 wall and out of the house. That squirrely little piece, 161 00:09:44.720 --> 00:09:47.960 which really should be called an s trap because it's 162 00:09:48.240 --> 00:09:52.240 sort of s shaped. Somebody, I don't know whenever whoever, 163 00:09:53.840 --> 00:09:57.320 was laying on their side apparently and decided to call 164 00:09:57.360 --> 00:10:00.320 it a pe trap. It's not pea like in the 165 00:10:00.320 --> 00:10:04.200 bathroom urine. It's they just thought it looked like the 166 00:10:04.360 --> 00:10:07.919 letter P, although it lays on its side, so I 167 00:10:08.000 --> 00:10:12.279 don't anyway. The pea trap is it has one job. 168 00:10:12.440 --> 00:10:16.519 As one job, and people have often asked, why do 169 00:10:16.559 --> 00:10:18.720 we have to have that squirrely pipe attached to the 170 00:10:18.720 --> 00:10:22.039 bottom of our sink drain, and that is very simply this. 171 00:10:22.440 --> 00:10:25.679 The pea trap holds the last little bit of water 172 00:10:25.720 --> 00:10:29.240 that goes down the sink, last little bit, Okay, it 173 00:10:29.320 --> 00:10:32.080 holds it. And as a result of holding it in 174 00:10:32.240 --> 00:10:36.960 that lower pipe, right in that little droop of the pipe, 175 00:10:37.320 --> 00:10:42.240 that water becomes a plug that stops sewer gases from 176 00:10:42.279 --> 00:10:44.759 coming up from the main sewer system from the city, 177 00:10:44.840 --> 00:10:48.360 from the street. The whole thing keeps those gases from 178 00:10:48.399 --> 00:10:52.120 coming up through out of the sink drain and smelling 179 00:10:52.200 --> 00:10:55.320 up the bathroom in that way, or whatever room we're in. 180 00:10:55.600 --> 00:10:58.480 That's the job of the pea trap. But of course 181 00:10:59.240 --> 00:11:02.440 a sink, and by the way, every drain, every drain, 182 00:11:02.639 --> 00:11:06.440 the toilet has one built into it. Okay, the sink 183 00:11:06.519 --> 00:11:09.519 you can see. The shower, it's underneath the shower drain 184 00:11:09.559 --> 00:11:12.320 where you can't see. But they all have them, all 185 00:11:12.360 --> 00:11:17.600 of them. And so the thing is, water evaporates, right, 186 00:11:17.639 --> 00:11:20.799 So if you haven't used something like the tub or 187 00:11:20.799 --> 00:11:23.440 the shower or the sink in a particular room, you 188 00:11:23.480 --> 00:11:27.519 haven't used it very much or it's been you know, however, 189 00:11:27.519 --> 00:11:30.840 many days, especially during the summer, right when it's warm 190 00:11:31.000 --> 00:11:36.039 and water is evaporating faster than in cold weather, then 191 00:11:36.879 --> 00:11:39.399 that water in the pea trap can start to evaporate, 192 00:11:39.399 --> 00:11:41.240 and as soon as it gets to a certain level 193 00:11:41.320 --> 00:11:45.320 it's no longer high enough to block out the sewer gases. 194 00:11:45.360 --> 00:11:47.960 The gases will get through it, and as a result, 195 00:11:48.039 --> 00:11:51.399 you get that smell. This is why a home that 196 00:11:51.720 --> 00:11:55.519 is like up for sale that the cellar has already 197 00:11:55.519 --> 00:11:58.840 moved out of so nobody's living there. Every good realtor 198 00:11:58.960 --> 00:12:01.399 knows this that they need to get in there before 199 00:12:01.440 --> 00:12:05.279 an open house and flush toilets and run a little 200 00:12:05.320 --> 00:12:09.279 water and sinks and showers and tubs. Otherwise all that 201 00:12:09.279 --> 00:12:12.039 evaporation's going to leave the home smelling a little weird. 202 00:12:12.159 --> 00:12:14.519 Everybody I think I know has walked into a house 203 00:12:14.559 --> 00:12:17.240 that smells an empty house that smells a little weird. 204 00:12:17.559 --> 00:12:21.679 That's usually why it smells weird. So to set that 205 00:12:21.759 --> 00:12:25.559 stage now, wrote, it's really really simple. Pea trap is 206 00:12:25.600 --> 00:12:27.279 not very big at all. I mean it's like a 207 00:12:27.320 --> 00:12:30.039 cup a cup and a half of water at the most, 208 00:12:30.120 --> 00:12:32.320 even on a big drain, maybe two cups of water 209 00:12:32.360 --> 00:12:35.879 on a big drain. So how much do you have 210 00:12:35.919 --> 00:12:38.840 to run it hardly at all. You just need to 211 00:12:38.840 --> 00:12:41.480 turn it on for a couple of three seconds and 212 00:12:41.679 --> 00:12:44.200 turn it back off and you're good to go. And 213 00:12:44.360 --> 00:12:47.080 as far as how often, you know, you got me 214 00:12:47.120 --> 00:12:48.879 on that one, because it really has to do with 215 00:12:48.960 --> 00:12:51.360 how warm the house is, how warm the weather is, 216 00:12:51.399 --> 00:12:56.320 and so on. But you know what, once twice a 217 00:12:56.360 --> 00:13:00.720 week is plenty to keep the water in the trap, right, 218 00:13:00.759 --> 00:13:03.480 But on a really warm day, if it's really warm 219 00:13:03.519 --> 00:13:07.039 in the house, you could lose you know, a quarter 220 00:13:07.120 --> 00:13:10.879 inch of water over a twenty four or forty eight 221 00:13:10.919 --> 00:13:13.519 hour period. So you know what, let's say just a 222 00:13:13.559 --> 00:13:16.399 couple of times a week. Mark's issue, though, just to 223 00:13:16.759 --> 00:13:19.879 cap it off, was that it had gone long long 224 00:13:20.039 --> 00:13:24.919 enough that you know, some bacterias had kind of taken 225 00:13:25.000 --> 00:13:28.799 hold on the lining of the sewer line. So even 226 00:13:28.879 --> 00:13:32.240 though come in after the fact and start running the water, 227 00:13:32.480 --> 00:13:34.600 he was still getting the smell. And the reason is 228 00:13:34.679 --> 00:13:37.559 that those bacterias had just kind of gotten a little 229 00:13:37.559 --> 00:13:41.000 out of control. And to that, what I told him was, 230 00:13:41.480 --> 00:13:46.240 you get yourself some enzymatic cleaner, some drain clean enzymes. 231 00:13:46.799 --> 00:13:50.519 Enzymes are the key enzymes, are these powerful little molecular 232 00:13:50.600 --> 00:13:56.840 components that break down organic organic compounds so they can 233 00:13:57.159 --> 00:14:03.559 easily be be broken down and disposed of by friendly bacteria. 234 00:14:04.039 --> 00:14:07.639 And uh, the one that I recommend the most, which 235 00:14:07.679 --> 00:14:10.519 you can find at places like Home Depot or Low's 236 00:14:10.639 --> 00:14:14.240 or the plumbing supply store the hardware store, is called 237 00:14:14.480 --> 00:14:19.080 Green Gobbler. Green Gobbler is just a brand, but really 238 00:14:19.159 --> 00:14:23.559 great brand. And if you I recommend that folks, you know, 239 00:14:23.720 --> 00:14:27.080 get some and you know, send it down their drains 240 00:14:27.639 --> 00:14:30.080 every couple of time, you know, maybe twice a year, 241 00:14:30.679 --> 00:14:35.080 just to clear out the guck that lines the drains 242 00:14:35.159 --> 00:14:38.080 and keep your drains wide open and clear. So anyway, 243 00:14:38.360 --> 00:14:42.000 that's it, that's the story. Row a couple of times 244 00:14:42.039 --> 00:14:44.399 a week and it only takes you know, just you know, 245 00:14:44.480 --> 00:14:47.559 turn it on for five seconds and turn it back 246 00:14:47.600 --> 00:14:50.480 off and you have reset. The peach Trap wrote, thank 247 00:14:50.519 --> 00:14:54.039 you for your question. Great call. Great call to start 248 00:14:54.120 --> 00:14:58.159 us off with we got more when we return your 249 00:14:58.200 --> 00:15:01.399 Home with Dean Sharp the house Whisper. You're listening to 250 00:15:01.600 --> 00:15:05.519 Home with Dean Sharp on demand from KFI AM six forty, 251 00:15:08.480 --> 00:15:14.039 I AM six forty live streaming in HD everywhere on 252 00:15:14.159 --> 00:15:17.600 the iHeart Radio app. It looks to me like the 253 00:15:17.639 --> 00:15:21.919 sun is beginning to brighten the sky here on this 254 00:15:22.080 --> 00:15:27.960 early Saturday morning, the final weekend before Christmas twenty twenty four. 255 00:15:28.720 --> 00:15:31.679 I am here with you as always to talk about 256 00:15:31.720 --> 00:15:36.200 your home, anything that's got you worked up, scratching your head, 257 00:15:36.480 --> 00:15:39.159 curious about what's going on with your home. It's an 258 00:15:39.200 --> 00:15:43.720 all calls weekend. I have no agenda except to sit 259 00:15:43.799 --> 00:15:47.960 here and help you out with your calls. So the 260 00:15:48.039 --> 00:15:51.440 number to reach me eight three three two. Ask Dean 261 00:15:51.600 --> 00:15:55.320 eight three three the numeral two. Ask Dean eight three 262 00:15:55.480 --> 00:15:58.759 three two. Ask Dean. We've got room on the callboard 263 00:15:58.879 --> 00:16:02.759 for you. Use for Matt standing by. He'll answer your call, 264 00:16:02.960 --> 00:16:05.159 tell you everything you need to know. Poppy into the queue, 265 00:16:05.200 --> 00:16:07.039 and then you and I we can figure it out. 266 00:16:07.080 --> 00:16:09.600 We'll figure it out together, I promise. All right, let's 267 00:16:09.600 --> 00:16:12.879 get back to the phone. Let's talk to Jim. Hey, Jim, 268 00:16:13.159 --> 00:16:13.840 welcome home. 269 00:16:15.200 --> 00:16:17.519 Hello, Hello Dean, Hey, this is Jim. 270 00:16:17.799 --> 00:16:18.000 Hey. 271 00:16:18.279 --> 00:16:24.120 Well, my question is I have a a new plywood 272 00:16:24.240 --> 00:16:27.639 deck that I put out, that's I just had laid 273 00:16:27.639 --> 00:16:32.000 out on my bedroom. They put an ac X plywood 274 00:16:32.039 --> 00:16:35.279 on it. And before the people before when I moved in, 275 00:16:35.399 --> 00:16:38.200 had a they did a torch down on it, and 276 00:16:38.279 --> 00:16:40.399 I was wondering if there's something it's not covered. There's 277 00:16:40.399 --> 00:16:42.600 no cover on it. It's just a balcony that overlooks 278 00:16:42.639 --> 00:16:45.240 my pool out of my bedroom. And I just need 279 00:16:45.240 --> 00:16:47.320 to know what I can put on that that would 280 00:16:48.120 --> 00:16:50.039 would be a good seiler for that, you know, you 281 00:16:50.039 --> 00:16:53.279 could walk on. I know, I don't know. I don't 282 00:16:53.320 --> 00:16:55.759 want to use something like a like the stuff they 283 00:16:55.759 --> 00:16:59.120 put on garages, floors and stuff like that. Do I 284 00:16:59.120 --> 00:17:01.679 want something like that or something to seal it so 285 00:17:01.720 --> 00:17:04.240 that I can, you know, sort of last out there. 286 00:17:05.240 --> 00:17:09.640 Okay, So, so so this is a new deck that 287 00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:11.160 was just built. 288 00:17:11.720 --> 00:17:14.359 It's just to replace the other one had just got rotten, 289 00:17:14.519 --> 00:17:16.680 had gotten rotten. So it's it's yeah, it's just a 290 00:17:16.720 --> 00:17:19.480 plywood deck right now. Yeah, I just need something to 291 00:17:19.599 --> 00:17:21.160 note what to put on top of that. 292 00:17:21.440 --> 00:17:24.839 Okay, and what's directly underneath it. I mean, the the 293 00:17:25.480 --> 00:17:27.440 the reason I'm asking, I just want to give you 294 00:17:27.480 --> 00:17:30.279 the full orbed answer to your question is, you know, 295 00:17:30.440 --> 00:17:34.960 one of the easiest ways of covering a you know, 296 00:17:35.000 --> 00:17:39.200 a deck is to not water proof it per se, 297 00:17:39.440 --> 00:17:42.559 but to cover it in like decking boards, right, planks. 298 00:17:42.599 --> 00:17:46.359 But that's why to do that, we wouldn't use plywood 299 00:17:46.359 --> 00:17:49.440 on top of it. We would just use open decking planks. 300 00:17:49.559 --> 00:17:54.799 We would treat the supporting joysts underneath that are holding 301 00:17:54.880 --> 00:17:58.119 up the deck and uh and board it on the top. 302 00:17:58.240 --> 00:18:02.200 That way, water doesn't have to be shed off of it. 303 00:18:02.200 --> 00:18:04.880 It'll just run through the deck boards to what's underneath. 304 00:18:04.960 --> 00:18:08.160 So that's why I'm asking you what's underneath. Normally when 305 00:18:08.160 --> 00:18:12.640 we do a waterproof deck, it's because what's directly underneath, 306 00:18:12.880 --> 00:18:16.200 you know, we want coverage so that rain water doesn't 307 00:18:16.200 --> 00:18:17.880 you know, so we can be out there and rain 308 00:18:17.920 --> 00:18:19.480 doesn't get through. Is that's what's going on? 309 00:18:21.240 --> 00:18:24.359 Yeah, well that was Yeah, it's actually it's overlooking. It's 310 00:18:24.559 --> 00:18:27.279 on top of my service ports, you know, so I 311 00:18:27.279 --> 00:18:30.079 have the wash and dryer and it's from the house 312 00:18:30.440 --> 00:18:32.319 underneath there, so it needs to be you know, water 313 00:18:32.400 --> 00:18:33.519 tight sealed. 314 00:18:33.920 --> 00:18:37.279 Right right, gotcha? All right? So, uh so options, you 315 00:18:37.359 --> 00:18:40.960 got a lot of options. One is the one option 316 00:18:41.039 --> 00:18:43.759 you don't have though, is to just put some sealer 317 00:18:43.960 --> 00:18:47.559 on that plywood, okay, because that's not going to hold up. 318 00:18:47.599 --> 00:18:50.119 It won't hold up, so we've got to cover that up. 319 00:18:51.519 --> 00:18:54.880 In the past, people have hot mopped, right tar and asphalt. 320 00:18:55.160 --> 00:18:58.599 You don't need to do that anymore. If if you're 321 00:18:58.680 --> 00:19:02.799 interested in making a decorative surface out there on the deck, 322 00:19:03.519 --> 00:19:05.680 in other words, if we're going to put tile or 323 00:19:05.920 --> 00:19:10.480 stone or something like that, then you would use a 324 00:19:11.880 --> 00:19:18.559 brush on membrane or a PVC roll out membrane, or 325 00:19:18.599 --> 00:19:23.359 a roofing membrane that is designed not to be attractive 326 00:19:23.799 --> 00:19:27.119 but to become that waterproof membrane. So you could use 327 00:19:27.519 --> 00:19:30.960 a regular roofing membrane that seals at the seams. You 328 00:19:31.000 --> 00:19:35.279 could use a well, you could hot mop, but like 329 00:19:35.319 --> 00:19:37.599 I said, we don't do that much anymore. There are 330 00:19:37.680 --> 00:19:40.880 brush on materials like redguard, which you can pick up. 331 00:19:41.119 --> 00:19:44.119 It's not cheap, but again they work really really well. 332 00:19:44.240 --> 00:19:47.400 Red Guard materials they roll on and you just put 333 00:19:47.440 --> 00:19:49.400 on several layers of it, so you get a thick 334 00:19:49.559 --> 00:19:54.640 mill rubberized coating finish on top of that plywood. All 335 00:19:54.720 --> 00:19:57.519 of these things, though, are things that you would then 336 00:19:57.680 --> 00:20:03.359 proceed to cover with your actual, you know, attractive esthetic 337 00:20:03.480 --> 00:20:07.079 material on top. If that's not the option, then you 338 00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:10.960 could have a decking company come out and do a 339 00:20:11.000 --> 00:20:17.000 fiberglass coating for that. And the fiberglass coating in itself 340 00:20:17.400 --> 00:20:22.079 is designed to have its own attractiveness. Now, attractiveness is 341 00:20:22.079 --> 00:20:26.279 a question that you know, it's relative, right, because some 342 00:20:26.319 --> 00:20:29.079 people are like, I hate the way those fiberglass decks 343 00:20:29.119 --> 00:20:32.720 look well. But the point is that is a situation 344 00:20:32.839 --> 00:20:36.640 where the decking material itself has its own finish to it, 345 00:20:36.880 --> 00:20:39.039 and there are some companies out there that do some 346 00:20:39.160 --> 00:20:45.160 amazing stuff. It isn't just the rough, textured, beige colored material, 347 00:20:45.440 --> 00:20:49.480 which is the pretty much the least expensive way to go. 348 00:20:50.799 --> 00:20:54.680 They can do simulated stone, they can do simulated plank 349 00:20:55.160 --> 00:20:57.759 and so on. So basically, I'm breaking it down into 350 00:20:57.799 --> 00:21:01.240 two categories. You're either a going to go in that 351 00:21:01.359 --> 00:21:06.000 direction where the waterproof membrane is in and of itself, 352 00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:10.599 also the decorative finish has it built into it, or 353 00:21:11.440 --> 00:21:17.079 you're going to lay down any number of efficient waterproof membranes, 354 00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:21.000 be it a roofing membrane or roll on membrane like 355 00:21:21.079 --> 00:21:23.960 the red Guard, but those you're gonna end up covering 356 00:21:24.039 --> 00:21:27.960 up with a finished material tile, wood, stone, what have you. 357 00:21:29.799 --> 00:21:32.319 Okay, all right, thank you very much, Tee. 358 00:21:32.880 --> 00:21:36.680 And make sure Jim make sure that before any of 359 00:21:36.680 --> 00:21:39.799 that happens, make sure that that deck is properly pitched, 360 00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:44.160 because especially if you've got you know, space underneath it 361 00:21:44.400 --> 00:21:48.839 that has to stay dry. It's not just about hopefully 362 00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:51.279 they rebuilt the deck with pitch to it. That deck 363 00:21:51.359 --> 00:21:55.240 should be shedding water off to its edge at least 364 00:21:55.599 --> 00:21:58.759 an eighth of an inch per foot of drop, just 365 00:21:58.920 --> 00:22:02.119 like a driveway or so on. Quarter inch would be better, 366 00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:04.759 but at least an eighth of an inch per foot, 367 00:22:04.799 --> 00:22:07.720 so that water will shed off and not pool on 368 00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:11.200 that decking surface. Because if we're inviting the water to 369 00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:15.440 stay put, then, you know, amazingly enough, any kind of 370 00:22:15.759 --> 00:22:20.480 decking membrane can be defeated ultimately by water that is 371 00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:24.400 hanging around too long there, you know, water that hangs 372 00:22:24.400 --> 00:22:26.960 around on a flat surface. You know, it's like a 373 00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:31.279 hoodlum hanging around in the neighborhood. Something bad is gonna happen. 374 00:22:31.359 --> 00:22:33.400 You just know it. You just know it. That's why 375 00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:38.000 you alert all your neighbors on next door, which I 376 00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:41.200 think is all that app is good for anymore. I literally, 377 00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:43.440 it was supposed to be a neighborly thing, and now 378 00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:47.359 it's just like there's a suspicious guy over at the corner. Beware, 379 00:22:48.119 --> 00:22:51.599 all right, y'all. When we come back more of your calls. 380 00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:55.079 It's an all calls weekend right here on Home with 381 00:22:55.160 --> 00:22:59.200 Dean Sharp, the House Whisper. Oh, can if I Dean Sharp, 382 00:22:59.279 --> 00:23:02.640 the House Whisper. Welcome home. Do you have your warm 383 00:23:02.680 --> 00:23:05.319 beverage with you? It's time. Dina just brought in some 384 00:23:05.559 --> 00:23:12.839 coffee Handsley. Oh, that's good, that is good. Thanks for 385 00:23:12.920 --> 00:23:16.200 joining us on the program today, Dean Sharp, the House 386 00:23:16.200 --> 00:23:19.720 Whisper with you. It is an all calls weekend. We 387 00:23:19.839 --> 00:23:22.759 are just going to the phones. You're setting the agenda today. 388 00:23:22.799 --> 00:23:26.039 The number to reach me eight three three two. Ask 389 00:23:26.359 --> 00:23:29.960 Dean eight three to three. The numeral to ask Dean. 390 00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:34.240 All right, back to the phones. Let me talk to Larry. Hey, Larry, 391 00:23:34.400 --> 00:23:35.079 welcome home. 392 00:23:36.880 --> 00:23:38.640 Hi. How are you Dean? 393 00:23:39.400 --> 00:23:40.880 I am well, sir. How are you doing? 394 00:23:43.200 --> 00:23:44.880 I mean to one foot in the grave. 395 00:23:46.039 --> 00:23:46.920 Oh. 396 00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:50.839 I listen to you every week. Yes, and I'm amazed 397 00:23:51.599 --> 00:23:55.000 at your knowledge about homes and everything about a home. 398 00:23:56.519 --> 00:24:01.079 I have to say that. But I was listening a 399 00:24:01.160 --> 00:24:06.480 little while ago today and I think I heard a mistake. 400 00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:12.000 And it isn't about a home. It's about the Hanikah. 401 00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:16.119