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 --> 00:00:10.240 House Whisper on demand on the iHeart Radio app. I 3 00:00:10.279 --> 00:00:13.919 am Dean Sharp the House Whisper. I design custom homes, 4 00:00:14.160 --> 00:00:17.600 I build custom homes, and I'm your guide to better 5 00:00:17.679 --> 00:00:22.079 understanding that place where you live today. On the show, 6 00:00:22.199 --> 00:00:25.920 Part two, we're taking the first weekend in twenty twenty 7 00:00:25.920 --> 00:00:29.800 five and I'm just getting you equipped equipped with what tools? 8 00:00:29.879 --> 00:00:33.840 Just tools? Okay, yeah, we're not going starting with high 9 00:00:33.840 --> 00:00:39.320 brow design concepts. We're just talking about tools. And the 10 00:00:39.840 --> 00:00:44.000 particular list that I'm handing to you this weekend is 11 00:00:44.039 --> 00:00:48.119 what I call a reactive tool set. And what that 12 00:00:48.240 --> 00:00:52.000 means is this is not a set of tools designed 13 00:00:52.039 --> 00:00:54.600 around a project that you're going to start to build, 14 00:00:54.640 --> 00:00:58.799 because that will determine the project, will determine the tools 15 00:00:58.840 --> 00:01:01.920 necessary to get that done. You know, whatever kind of 16 00:01:02.000 --> 00:01:04.400 saw you need, or this or that or the other thing. 17 00:01:04.439 --> 00:01:09.000 You know, this set of tools is your basic, essential 18 00:01:09.599 --> 00:01:14.640 homeowner tool set that you react to things going wrong 19 00:01:14.760 --> 00:01:17.799 with right, your reactive set of tools. It's the tools 20 00:01:17.799 --> 00:01:21.239 that are there when something breaks, when something gets loose, 21 00:01:21.280 --> 00:01:24.719 when something starts squeaking, when something gets wobbly, you know, 22 00:01:25.040 --> 00:01:27.040 you know what I'm talking about, that kind of stuff. 23 00:01:27.040 --> 00:01:30.480 That's the essential tools that we're talking about today. And 24 00:01:30.599 --> 00:01:34.159 of course we will also take your calls. I'm gonna 25 00:01:34.159 --> 00:01:37.000 give you the number right now because Richie is standing 26 00:01:37.040 --> 00:01:40.519 by and the phone lines are opened up. The number 27 00:01:40.519 --> 00:01:43.439 to reach me about anything you want to talk about today, 28 00:01:43.599 --> 00:01:48.719 anything at all, design, construction, DIY tools or otherwise, anything 29 00:01:48.719 --> 00:01:51.480 at all, whatever's got you scratching your head about your house. 30 00:01:51.760 --> 00:01:54.840 The number to reach me eight three three two Ask 31 00:01:55.120 --> 00:01:58.959 Dean A three three the numeral two ask Dean A 32 00:01:59.120 --> 00:02:02.599 three three to ask Dean what are we serving up 33 00:02:02.599 --> 00:02:03.280 for you today? 34 00:02:03.959 --> 00:02:04.079 Uh? 35 00:02:04.280 --> 00:02:06.599 Well, you can follow us on social media. We only 36 00:02:06.640 --> 00:02:10.400 do the good kind of social media uplifting, informative, inspiring 37 00:02:10.520 --> 00:02:16.360 stuff Instagram, TikTok, Facebook x Home with Dean that is 38 00:02:16.400 --> 00:02:19.919 the handle for them all. And what else? Oh, if 39 00:02:19.960 --> 00:02:22.319 your home is in need of some personal house whisper 40 00:02:22.319 --> 00:02:25.439 attention beyond what I offer you here on the show, 41 00:02:25.719 --> 00:02:27.800 then you know you can always book an in home 42 00:02:27.919 --> 00:02:31.639 design consult with me and the tea. Just go to 43 00:02:31.840 --> 00:02:35.680 house Whisperer dot design to get more information about that. 44 00:02:35.800 --> 00:02:39.400 All right, let's introduce our awesome team Elmer is on 45 00:02:39.479 --> 00:02:40.120 the board. 46 00:02:40.240 --> 00:02:44.599 Good morning Elmer, Good morning Dean, morning doing good. 47 00:02:44.919 --> 00:02:46.680 Thank you. How's your what's your new y what's your 48 00:02:46.680 --> 00:02:56.960 biggest New year resolution? Yeah, right on, right on, You've 49 00:02:57.039 --> 00:03:00.800 got it. You know, it's a master piece in the making. 50 00:03:00.840 --> 00:03:06.280 My friend, Oh, don't take that. I just caught him 51 00:03:06.280 --> 00:03:07.439 flat footed. Help you. 52 00:03:07.879 --> 00:03:10.639 It's it's a bunch, you know what I mean, plans 53 00:03:11.039 --> 00:03:15.520 work on bigger projects. Here you go go to the 54 00:03:15.520 --> 00:03:18.879 Dominican Republic with my family, you know, just kind of 55 00:03:19.080 --> 00:03:20.000 everyone back together. 56 00:03:20.439 --> 00:03:23.039 You know that'd be awesome, everybody getting back home, just 57 00:03:23.080 --> 00:03:27.560 a little visit exactly. Yeah, sweet sweet h I should 58 00:03:27.639 --> 00:03:30.639 ask Richie, but he's nowhere in your microphone, so we'll 59 00:03:30.639 --> 00:03:33.719 we will find out, Hey, Richie, once you send me 60 00:03:33.759 --> 00:03:36.199 a text when you're done screening calls there with your 61 00:03:36.240 --> 00:03:39.319 New Year's resolution, all everybody you know. And then there's 62 00:03:39.319 --> 00:03:42.319 Eileen Gonzalez at the news desk. Good morning, Eileen, Good 63 00:03:42.319 --> 00:03:46.240 morning sunshine. How's it going when you call me that? 64 00:03:46.280 --> 00:03:49.360 It's hilarious because it's not how I feel. 65 00:03:51.080 --> 00:03:51.319 Well. 66 00:03:51.360 --> 00:03:55.479 What is your Do you have a a resolution this year? 67 00:03:55.599 --> 00:03:58.479 I don't do resolutions. I set goals for the year 68 00:04:00.479 --> 00:04:01.479 because those are right. 69 00:04:01.879 --> 00:04:04.280 Yeah, okay, all right, it's just. 70 00:04:04.199 --> 00:04:07.120 Doing things for my health, work and relationships. 71 00:04:07.840 --> 00:04:11.120 Well, there you go, you've hit the trifecta. She's got plans. 72 00:04:11.479 --> 00:04:13.639 Eileen has plans. That's what I like. 73 00:04:13.719 --> 00:04:15.360 Listen in goals, that's my thing. 74 00:04:15.960 --> 00:04:19.360 All right, Well, one of my great goals in life 75 00:04:19.560 --> 00:04:23.160 is sitting across the table from me. I did it 76 00:04:24.439 --> 00:04:29.920 check that box? My better half, my best buddy in 77 00:04:29.959 --> 00:04:32.199 all the world, my design partner, the co owner, co 78 00:04:32.279 --> 00:04:37.079 founder of house Whisper Tina is here. No, there you go. 79 00:04:38.480 --> 00:04:40.959 It is one of your goals to have a different 80 00:04:41.040 --> 00:04:43.800 spirit animal this year other than the elephant. We're keeping 81 00:04:43.839 --> 00:04:44.360 the elephant. 82 00:04:45.079 --> 00:04:45.480 Elephant. 83 00:04:45.560 --> 00:04:50.319 Okay, we're keeping the elephant. So you got any resolutions 84 00:04:50.319 --> 00:04:51.000 for the new year? 85 00:04:51.360 --> 00:04:57.879 I do, Oh, they sound private. I wouldn't call them resolutions. 86 00:04:58.040 --> 00:05:01.360 Like Eileen said, I think, I think goals. I think 87 00:05:01.399 --> 00:05:06.600 short term and long term goals. Obviously, health is always 88 00:05:06.600 --> 00:05:09.000 a factor, and especially after what I went through this year, 89 00:05:09.000 --> 00:05:10.839 I think focusing on my health even more. 90 00:05:11.160 --> 00:05:15.079 Right, you got hit with that unexpected surgery that you're 91 00:05:15.120 --> 00:05:16.879 you're covering amazingly from. 92 00:05:17.120 --> 00:05:18.879 Yeah, and I think a lot of the fact that 93 00:05:18.959 --> 00:05:23.519 I have built healthy goals has helped me to recover 94 00:05:23.720 --> 00:05:26.879 more quickly, and that's really exciting to think. Wow, you know, 95 00:05:27.160 --> 00:05:30.560 because I'm in such healthy, fit shape that my body 96 00:05:30.600 --> 00:05:31.160 was able. 97 00:05:30.959 --> 00:05:34.000 To bounce back pretty quickly. And that's that's great. 98 00:05:34.639 --> 00:05:37.800 You are fit? Yeah, yeah, you are. 99 00:05:38.000 --> 00:05:40.759 My heart is healthy, so yeah, those are so health 100 00:05:40.800 --> 00:05:44.000 I think first also, just fit all right there, fit, 101 00:05:44.040 --> 00:05:44.639 flow it down. 102 00:05:46.680 --> 00:05:48.079 This is a family show, guys. 103 00:05:48.399 --> 00:05:50.279 I'm surprised you didn't pick up on that when I 104 00:05:50.319 --> 00:05:50.920 first said it. 105 00:05:51.000 --> 00:05:53.439 Oh I did. I just let it go. That's how 106 00:05:53.439 --> 00:05:53.720 I do. 107 00:05:55.040 --> 00:05:56.560 Let it just let's just let it go back. 108 00:05:56.519 --> 00:05:59.639 It'll just float away. 109 00:05:59.519 --> 00:06:02.879 Like so many anythings that Dean says. All right, everybody, 110 00:06:03.680 --> 00:06:06.600 I'm so glad you're with us this morning. The team 111 00:06:06.680 --> 00:06:10.240 is here. You can hear. We are ready to roll. 112 00:06:10.480 --> 00:06:13.560 The phone lines are open right now. Eight three three 113 00:06:13.759 --> 00:06:18.199 two Ask Dean eight three three the numeral two. Ask Dean. 114 00:06:18.319 --> 00:06:23.160 Let's dive into part two of the essential tool list 115 00:06:23.240 --> 00:06:25.439 for you and for your home this year. We'll do 116 00:06:25.480 --> 00:06:26.399 it right after. 117 00:06:27.120 --> 00:06:30.439 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 118 00:06:30.519 --> 00:06:31.759 KFI AM six. 119 00:06:31.759 --> 00:06:36.439 Forty joking on my coffee and also here to help 120 00:06:36.480 --> 00:06:38.240 you take your house to the next level. I can 121 00:06:38.279 --> 00:06:41.519 do both at the same time. That's talent. I can 122 00:06:41.560 --> 00:06:45.279 help you change your life at home and choke on 123 00:06:45.319 --> 00:06:48.680 my coffee simultaneously. Let's let's resolve one of them at 124 00:06:48.759 --> 00:06:57.240 least here. Hang on, Okay, all right, I'm fine, No, 125 00:06:57.399 --> 00:07:03.079 I'm fine. Really, we are talking about the essential tools 126 00:07:03.079 --> 00:07:06.920 for your household today. It's not a long list. It's 127 00:07:06.920 --> 00:07:10.120 about thirty items or so. And they can all fit 128 00:07:10.240 --> 00:07:14.000 in a bucket or two. And if you are wondering 129 00:07:14.199 --> 00:07:16.480 why would I put my tools in a bucket, then 130 00:07:16.560 --> 00:07:21.000 you need to watch yesterday's episode a yesterday's show, find 131 00:07:21.000 --> 00:07:25.240 it on the podcast, and you can find the podcast 132 00:07:25.399 --> 00:07:30.720 on the iHeartRadio app, the new and improved iHeartRadio app, 133 00:07:31.240 --> 00:07:33.920 where you should be putting my show as a preset 134 00:07:33.959 --> 00:07:38.199 for you right there to get to me all the time, anywhere, anytime. 135 00:07:38.480 --> 00:07:42.800 Or you can find our podcast wherever your favorite podcasts 136 00:07:42.879 --> 00:07:48.079 are found Spotify, Apple Podcasts, wherever, wherever youwhere we are. 137 00:07:48.480 --> 00:07:51.079 Yesterday's show was part one. This is part two, so 138 00:07:51.240 --> 00:07:53.399 you're only going to hear some of the tools today 139 00:07:54.319 --> 00:07:58.360 and the rest were yesterday. Okay, let's die back into 140 00:07:58.439 --> 00:08:01.360 the oh oh oh, by the way, because I keep 141 00:08:01.399 --> 00:08:06.120 my promises here hang on Producer Richie's resolutions for the 142 00:08:06.160 --> 00:08:10.839 New Year. More travel this year Belgium, Amsterdam and Switzerland. 143 00:08:10.920 --> 00:08:13.240 Is that all going to be one trip? That could 144 00:08:13.439 --> 00:08:16.160 that actually could all be one trip? But or you 145 00:08:16.319 --> 00:08:19.800 just divide it up, just say, hey, I'm going three times, 146 00:08:20.040 --> 00:08:23.120 but that's a night. We have friends, very very dear 147 00:08:23.160 --> 00:08:26.120 friends who lived in Amsterdam for years and years and 148 00:08:26.199 --> 00:08:28.959 years decades that and we would go visit them. Off in. 149 00:08:29.079 --> 00:08:33.519 Amsterdam is a cool town and it's also an insane 150 00:08:33.600 --> 00:08:36.759 place for New Year's Oh my gosh, insane. 151 00:08:37.639 --> 00:08:40.279 That should be your bucket list, Richie, go to Amsterdam 152 00:08:40.320 --> 00:08:41.039 for New Years. 153 00:08:42.679 --> 00:08:44.360 Say you've never seen a New Year's life. 154 00:08:44.440 --> 00:08:48.759 It is definitely one of those bucket lists things to do. 155 00:08:49.200 --> 00:08:49.799 It's unreal. 156 00:08:50.200 --> 00:08:54.679 There are virtually no regulations about the use of fireworks, 157 00:08:54.840 --> 00:09:00.000 and all of the fireworks in Amsterdam are this amazing 158 00:09:00.120 --> 00:09:07.679 high quality German fireworks, like like artillery, I mean, crazy stuff. Anyway, 159 00:09:07.759 --> 00:09:08.840 more more stories. 160 00:09:08.879 --> 00:09:14.279 There are lots of drunk people playing with very intense. 161 00:09:14.120 --> 00:09:17.600 Surprisingly surprisingly, you know, all night long, we didn't hear 162 00:09:18.039 --> 00:09:21.320 any ambulances running. Maybe they just shut down the ambulance. 163 00:09:22.120 --> 00:09:26.200 You know, you lose an arm. Deal, we'll catch you 164 00:09:26.240 --> 00:09:30.000 the next morning. Anyway, it's a good thing. Okay, back 165 00:09:30.039 --> 00:09:32.360 to the list. Where are we at on the list? 166 00:09:32.440 --> 00:09:36.679 We're up to pliers pliers. What's the difference between a 167 00:09:36.840 --> 00:09:40.639 plier uh set of pliers and a wrench? By the way, well, 168 00:09:40.639 --> 00:09:44.840 here's the difference. Essentially, wrenches are for the most part. 169 00:09:45.000 --> 00:09:47.840 There's a couple exceptions here, especially when it comes to 170 00:09:47.879 --> 00:09:53.360 plumbing stuff like pipe wrenches, but wrenches are usually typically 171 00:09:53.399 --> 00:10:00.559 categorized as tools that are designed to fit squarely around 172 00:10:01.519 --> 00:10:04.639 objects that are meant to be twisted and turned, like 173 00:10:04.720 --> 00:10:08.840 the heads of bolts and nuts and bolts and that 174 00:10:08.919 --> 00:10:12.000 kind of stuff. Does that make sense? In other words, 175 00:10:12.080 --> 00:10:15.639 if there is a fastener device like a nut or 176 00:10:15.639 --> 00:10:18.200 a bolt, or even a screw head at times that 177 00:10:18.360 --> 00:10:23.000 has a blocked head or a nut attached to it, 178 00:10:24.360 --> 00:10:28.159 then there is a wrench that's made that slides over 179 00:10:28.799 --> 00:10:35.039 that blocked head and turns it efficiently. That's, by definition 180 00:10:35.200 --> 00:10:40.399 kind of what a wrench is. Wrenches don't have teeth typically, 181 00:10:40.519 --> 00:10:44.279 again with the exception of the pipe wrench and a 182 00:10:44.279 --> 00:10:47.919 couple of things like it, but wrenches usually don't have teeth. 183 00:10:48.000 --> 00:10:53.399 They don't leave scratches behind when they turn a thing. 184 00:10:53.440 --> 00:10:56.600 They have flat sides because they're designed specifically and fit 185 00:10:56.679 --> 00:11:02.080 specifically for the thing that they're turning. Applier appliers a 186 00:11:02.120 --> 00:11:05.879 little wilder, it's a little bit more free flowing. Pliers 187 00:11:06.080 --> 00:11:11.399 are for typically for items that do not have these 188 00:11:11.600 --> 00:11:16.399 pre set, pre designed surfaces made for turning or extraction 189 00:11:16.720 --> 00:11:19.720 or so on and so forth. So first on your 190 00:11:19.759 --> 00:11:23.799 list for today, at least Needle nose pliers. Needlenose pliers 191 00:11:23.840 --> 00:11:27.440 are typically what you know for a lot of fine 192 00:11:27.639 --> 00:11:31.960 wire work, like electrical work, needle nose that sort of. 193 00:11:32.039 --> 00:11:34.080 I mean, you know what a needle those pliers is, right, 194 00:11:34.120 --> 00:11:36.519 It comes down to a very fine point. Allows you 195 00:11:36.559 --> 00:11:40.360 to hold things like a wire in a very cramped situation. 196 00:11:40.879 --> 00:11:45.080 It allows you to manipulate things in Do they have teeth. 197 00:11:45.440 --> 00:11:47.440 They don't really have teeth, well, I guess they do. 198 00:11:47.480 --> 00:11:50.919 Technically they have teeth, but they're more like ridges just 199 00:11:51.159 --> 00:11:56.320 for good grab, for good hold and then Needlenose pliers 200 00:11:56.360 --> 00:12:01.720 typically will have a wire cutting section right back near 201 00:12:02.200 --> 00:12:04.960 the actual hinge, back at the backside of its jaw, 202 00:12:05.399 --> 00:12:08.080 and some of them come with wires stripping attachments too, 203 00:12:08.120 --> 00:12:10.440 and some are combos, right, but a good pair of 204 00:12:10.519 --> 00:12:15.759 needle nose pliers in your toolbox is a must. Also. 205 00:12:16.000 --> 00:12:20.320 Second set of pliers slip joint pliers. I've never heard 206 00:12:20.360 --> 00:12:22.840 that term before, Dean, What does slip joint pliers? Well, 207 00:12:23.399 --> 00:12:26.919 just clear all thoughts of pliers from your mind, and 208 00:12:26.960 --> 00:12:30.120 then just imagine what pops into your head when I 209 00:12:30.159 --> 00:12:34.559 say pliers. They've got kind of a they're sort of 210 00:12:34.600 --> 00:12:40.399 medium sized, they're not needle nose, they're straight what you 211 00:12:40.600 --> 00:12:45.559 imagine as the typical set of pliers, like the pliers 212 00:12:45.600 --> 00:12:49.279 that you see illustrated when the word pliers is mentioned, 213 00:12:49.759 --> 00:12:53.799 that is technically a slip joint plyer, because instead of 214 00:12:53.840 --> 00:12:58.519 having a fixed joint or hinge that cannot be moved, 215 00:12:58.720 --> 00:13:00.440 you've all done this, You open it up and you 216 00:13:00.480 --> 00:13:03.919 find out that it can, that it can slide sideways slightly, 217 00:13:04.000 --> 00:13:07.960 and that makes the jaws slightly larger to handle a 218 00:13:08.039 --> 00:13:12.000 larger diameter thing. That's the slip joint, and that's a 219 00:13:12.120 --> 00:13:18.440 slip joint plier. Okay, typical pliers. Probably strangely enough, if 220 00:13:18.440 --> 00:13:20.679 I was selling plyers, this is probably the last pair 221 00:13:20.720 --> 00:13:23.559 I would sell you. And and I just find in 222 00:13:23.559 --> 00:13:27.279 my own life that slip joint pliers, which is ironically 223 00:13:27.639 --> 00:13:31.080 the kind of the iconic plier, is the set of 224 00:13:31.159 --> 00:13:33.559 pliers I use the least. I hardly ever reach for 225 00:13:33.639 --> 00:13:36.320 slip joint plers, but you know what, everyone's in a 226 00:13:36.360 --> 00:13:39.960 blue moon and they're not expensive, so I say have 227 00:13:40.120 --> 00:13:43.559 them in your toolbox as well. All right, now, we 228 00:13:43.639 --> 00:13:45.840 need to move on to the set of pliers that 229 00:13:45.919 --> 00:13:50.480 I use, probably more often than way more often than 230 00:13:50.519 --> 00:13:56.759 any pliers, channel locking pliers, and a derivation of channel 231 00:13:56.759 --> 00:14:02.360 locking pliers, which is critical to keeping your house looking nice. 232 00:14:02.639 --> 00:14:04.679 We need to talk about that, but we will on 233 00:14:04.759 --> 00:14:06.559 the other side of the news. 234 00:14:06.639 --> 00:14:10.639 Right now, you're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on 235 00:14:10.759 --> 00:14:13.000 demand from KFI AM six forty. 236 00:14:15.000 --> 00:14:19.320 Dean Sharp, the house Whisper with you on this first 237 00:14:19.759 --> 00:14:24.679 Sunday of twenty twenty five. We're taking the weekend. We're 238 00:14:24.720 --> 00:14:27.799 talking about essential tools for your home that every homeowner 239 00:14:27.840 --> 00:14:30.120 should have in their home to take care of it, 240 00:14:30.200 --> 00:14:33.639 not to do big old projects. Of course they'll do 241 00:14:33.759 --> 00:14:38.159 big projects for you, but this list particularly is about 242 00:14:38.320 --> 00:14:41.720 the tools that you have on hand to take care 243 00:14:41.759 --> 00:14:44.519 of your house as a little thing goes wrong, as 244 00:14:44.519 --> 00:14:47.519 a little something gets loose, something gets wobbly, you know 245 00:14:47.679 --> 00:14:51.120 that kind of stuff. Also, we're coming up top of 246 00:14:51.159 --> 00:14:52.639 the hour, we're going to be going to the phones, 247 00:14:52.799 --> 00:14:54.559 and I want to let you know the phone lines 248 00:14:54.600 --> 00:14:57.519 are wide open right now. So if you want to 249 00:14:57.639 --> 00:15:00.399 jump into the queue and you've got a question something's 250 00:15:00.399 --> 00:15:02.639 got you scratching your head about your home, give me 251 00:15:02.679 --> 00:15:05.759 a call eight three to three two. Ask Dean eight 252 00:15:05.799 --> 00:15:09.840 three to three the numeral two. Ask Dean. That's coming 253 00:15:09.919 --> 00:15:12.799 up in just a bit. All right, back to the list. 254 00:15:13.200 --> 00:15:17.159 I was talking about pliers again. The difference between wrenches 255 00:15:17.799 --> 00:15:22.559 and pliers, FYI, is that a wrench and no, they 256 00:15:22.559 --> 00:15:25.399 don't all look the same. They can look wildly different. 257 00:15:26.399 --> 00:15:31.799 A wrench is a tool that has a configuration on 258 00:15:31.840 --> 00:15:34.840 it that's designed to spin or turn or tighten or 259 00:15:34.919 --> 00:15:39.759 loosen a fastener of sorts an object that is also 260 00:15:40.000 --> 00:15:44.360 designed for that tool. Okay, so, for instance, the head 261 00:15:44.399 --> 00:15:48.000 of a bolt or a nut has flat surfaces on it, 262 00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:52.000 specifically so that the flat sides of a wrench can 263 00:15:52.080 --> 00:15:57.000 slide onto it and turn it efficiently. But it doesn't 264 00:15:57.039 --> 00:16:00.360 even have to be an open two prong thing. Yesterday 265 00:16:00.440 --> 00:16:03.279 on the list we talked about Allen wrenches or hex 266 00:16:03.360 --> 00:16:08.879 wrenches or torques wrenches which actually go inside the top 267 00:16:09.039 --> 00:16:13.080 of a screw or a bolt. Those are wrenches too. 268 00:16:13.159 --> 00:16:15.799 Why because the top of the screw or the top 269 00:16:15.840 --> 00:16:18.480 of the bolt has a recess in it that is 270 00:16:19.240 --> 00:16:23.480 hexagonal and designed to have that hex inserted into it. 271 00:16:23.600 --> 00:16:27.240 Therefore it is a wrench. Plyers are a bit more 272 00:16:27.279 --> 00:16:32.120 wild west. Pliers are devices that you use your actual 273 00:16:32.360 --> 00:16:37.759 hand to squeeze to create tension onto, and they usually 274 00:16:37.799 --> 00:16:42.279 have teeth of some sort so that they can grab 275 00:16:42.320 --> 00:16:47.720 onto unconventional surfaces, round surfaces, for instance. And of course 276 00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:50.360 there's always exceptions to this rule, like the pipe wrench, 277 00:16:50.399 --> 00:16:53.000 which is a wrench that goes on round surfaces. But 278 00:16:54.519 --> 00:16:57.440 as a general rule, that's what pliers are all about. 279 00:16:57.840 --> 00:17:01.360 And I left you after talking about needle nose and 280 00:17:01.399 --> 00:17:04.599 slip joint plyers to the pliers that I probably grab 281 00:17:04.839 --> 00:17:08.200 more often than any other. Why. I couldn't tell you, 282 00:17:08.839 --> 00:17:10.920 just the fact that I think these are great pliers 283 00:17:10.960 --> 00:17:14.039 and they just they so get the job done. And 284 00:17:14.079 --> 00:17:17.960 those are channel locking pliers. But Tina is flagging me 285 00:17:18.039 --> 00:17:23.519 down here, and it's really getting distracting. You're distracting enough. 286 00:17:23.599 --> 00:17:27.359 Just sitting there. Beatina's fagging me down because I obviously 287 00:17:27.400 --> 00:17:28.960 forgot something. What okay what? 288 00:17:29.720 --> 00:17:33.119 So I dug into the archives, dusted them off on 289 00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:36.799 our YouTube channel, and I found a little promo video 290 00:17:36.880 --> 00:17:39.839 we made gosh, quite a few years ago. 291 00:17:40.519 --> 00:17:43.039 You're you're very cute and clean shape, and it's what. 292 00:17:44.680 --> 00:17:47.119 But anyway, it's actually very relevant to what we're talking 293 00:17:47.160 --> 00:17:50.640 about today because it's a quick two minute here's a 294 00:17:51.079 --> 00:17:54.480 tool box of white all the tools that you should have, you. 295 00:17:54.440 --> 00:17:55.319 Know, a home owner show. 296 00:17:55.400 --> 00:17:56.119 I remember that video. 297 00:17:56.240 --> 00:17:58.119 Yeah, so it's just great, like here's this, here's this, 298 00:17:58.200 --> 00:17:59.240 and then like little prices. 299 00:17:59.279 --> 00:18:02.680 You know, it's really cute. I suggest going and watching it. 300 00:18:02.759 --> 00:18:06.559 One for all the information about tools, but two to 301 00:18:06.599 --> 00:18:08.880 see Dean super cute and clean shaven. 302 00:18:09.400 --> 00:18:10.599 He's like a little baby. 303 00:18:10.839 --> 00:18:14.200 Oh my god, you're that. 304 00:18:14.279 --> 00:18:16.799 I'm not super cute. Now you're so super cute. You're 305 00:18:16.839 --> 00:18:19.000 just clean shaven. It's just funny. I haven't seen your 306 00:18:19.039 --> 00:18:19.440 face it. 307 00:18:19.480 --> 00:18:20.079 A long time. 308 00:18:20.319 --> 00:18:25.839 Oh geez, but it's it's on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok 309 00:18:26.440 --> 00:18:27.160 at Home with Dean. 310 00:18:27.880 --> 00:18:30.160 Very fun two minutes. You got to watch it and 311 00:18:30.160 --> 00:18:30.960 you get and even. 312 00:18:30.759 --> 00:18:32.839 If you if you're hearing about all these tools today 313 00:18:32.839 --> 00:18:35.400 and you're not exactly sure what they look like. 314 00:18:36.039 --> 00:18:38.279 You get a visual of all the tools. 315 00:18:38.359 --> 00:18:41.599 Okay, now that I think this list has changed a smidge, 316 00:18:42.039 --> 00:18:45.599 I've only added to it just because. But that's it's 317 00:18:45.640 --> 00:18:47.839 probably ninety eight percent of what we're talking about today 318 00:18:47.960 --> 00:18:50.400 and in two minutes. Yeah, all right, great, thank you 319 00:18:50.480 --> 00:18:50.720 for that. 320 00:18:50.880 --> 00:18:51.799 You are so welcome. 321 00:18:52.240 --> 00:18:56.799 Thanks for happy to he calling me cute once. I'm 322 00:18:56.839 --> 00:18:59.160 not sure how to take that. You are adorable, all right? 323 00:18:59.400 --> 00:19:03.720 Uh cham locking pliers. So the other feature of pliers, 324 00:19:03.799 --> 00:19:07.319 by the way, as I said, the difference between that 325 00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:10.640 and a wrench, okay, is and this is probably why 326 00:19:10.720 --> 00:19:14.839 pipe wrenches are in fact wrenches. Wrenches by definition are 327 00:19:14.880 --> 00:19:18.240 not tools that you have to use the strength of 328 00:19:18.279 --> 00:19:22.559 your grip to manipulate. They have their own jaws and 329 00:19:22.839 --> 00:19:27.279 or you know, a method of locking itself into the 330 00:19:27.319 --> 00:19:30.559 fastener that it's designed to turn, and then all you 331 00:19:30.640 --> 00:19:33.799 do is pull the handle, all right. You don't have 332 00:19:33.880 --> 00:19:37.480 to actually squeeze at the same time. Pliers you gotta 333 00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:40.720 squeeze them in order to grab onto to make them 334 00:19:40.759 --> 00:19:43.599 grab onto a thing. And so that's part of what 335 00:19:43.640 --> 00:19:48.160 makes a plier applier. Okay, channel locking pliers kind of 336 00:19:48.720 --> 00:19:52.000 bridges the gap, and that's probably why they're so useful. 337 00:19:52.079 --> 00:19:55.119 Number One, they're long. They tend to be about twelve 338 00:19:55.160 --> 00:19:59.279 plus inches long. And number two, because it has a 339 00:19:59.359 --> 00:20:03.279 number of chainals in it, they can open up pretty 340 00:20:03.359 --> 00:20:06.720 dang wide and get really small at the same time, 341 00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:11.000 so they have a wide range of usefulness. They've got teeth. 342 00:20:11.920 --> 00:20:14.559 But the nature of the offset head of a pair 343 00:20:14.599 --> 00:20:18.880 of channel locking plyers, and if again, if check out 344 00:20:18.880 --> 00:20:21.039 the video, if you don't understand what I'm talking about, 345 00:20:21.160 --> 00:20:23.400 or just look it up online, but the offset head 346 00:20:23.440 --> 00:20:25.799 of channel locking plyers means that you get that your 347 00:20:25.880 --> 00:20:30.480 channel selected close to the size of the thing, and 348 00:20:30.559 --> 00:20:34.000 that channel also helps you get a good grip on 349 00:20:34.039 --> 00:20:35.680 a thing, so you don't have to squeeze them as hard. 350 00:20:35.720 --> 00:20:38.200 In fact, once you've locked onto a thing, you just 351 00:20:38.279 --> 00:20:41.839 sort of maintain mild tension. And they do the rest 352 00:20:41.880 --> 00:20:44.359 of the work like a wrench, So they're kind of 353 00:20:44.720 --> 00:20:49.200 half a wrench half plyers, and as a result, they 354 00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:53.440 just do a lot of things good. They work like 355 00:20:53.480 --> 00:20:56.319 a pipe wrench, they work like a mechanics wrench. They 356 00:20:56.839 --> 00:20:59.240 are just they're all over the place, and they're probably 357 00:20:59.319 --> 00:21:03.279 my biggest go to. However, here's the thing. There's a 358 00:21:03.359 --> 00:21:06.599 second set of channel locking pliers that I want you 359 00:21:06.640 --> 00:21:12.359 to have in your toolbox. You know. Let me back up. 360 00:21:12.400 --> 00:21:15.000 I just heard myself say a second set. Let me 361 00:21:15.039 --> 00:21:20.400 say this. When it comes to wrenches and pliers, I 362 00:21:20.440 --> 00:21:22.920 think it's a great idea to have two of the 363 00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:26.880 exact same kind, two sets of channel locking pliers and 364 00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:29.400 two sets of, like when we get to it, adjustable 365 00:21:29.519 --> 00:21:33.319 end wrenches. Why because quite often these things get used 366 00:21:33.319 --> 00:21:37.240 for plumbing and or sensitive items, you know, that are 367 00:21:37.279 --> 00:21:41.400 kind of stuck way out. And I've seen more homeowners 368 00:21:41.519 --> 00:21:45.680 break more pipes or rip open more plumbing hoses because 369 00:21:45.680 --> 00:21:48.319 they put a wrench on a thing and they start 370 00:21:48.319 --> 00:21:50.960 to spin it, and they don't realize that the pipe 371 00:21:50.960 --> 00:21:54.119 itself is getting too much torque on it. Okay, so 372 00:21:54.279 --> 00:21:56.759 the best way in this I didn't want to make 373 00:21:56.799 --> 00:22:00.200 today a show about technique, but I will tell you this. 374 00:22:00.720 --> 00:22:03.480 The best way to ever use a wrench or a 375 00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:07.160 set of pliers when you're trying to turn something off 376 00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:12.400 something sensitive like plumbing, is to set the one wrench 377 00:22:12.559 --> 00:22:14.680 on the thing that you're trying to turn and spin 378 00:22:14.759 --> 00:22:18.240 off and set the other wrench just behind it, opposing 379 00:22:18.440 --> 00:22:22.039 it on the pipe. Okay, so that the one wrench 380 00:22:22.119 --> 00:22:25.880 supports the pipe, the other wrench supports the nut or 381 00:22:25.920 --> 00:22:28.359 the valve or whatever it is you're trying to spin off, 382 00:22:28.599 --> 00:22:32.519 so you don't do bigger damage than you expected to. 383 00:22:32.720 --> 00:22:37.160 So there's your tip of the day, opposing wrenches and pliers. Okay. 384 00:22:37.160 --> 00:22:39.759 But here's the thing. You don't always have to do that. 385 00:22:39.839 --> 00:22:42.599 And here's an example of when you don't. And here's 386 00:22:42.640 --> 00:22:45.680 an example of when you need to use a pair 387 00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:48.599 of plyers, but you don't use the pair of pliers 388 00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:54.519 that I just described. That is typical homeowner maintenance. Your 389 00:22:54.599 --> 00:22:59.599 sink faucet, the faucet at the kitchen sink has at 390 00:22:59.599 --> 00:23:03.519 the very end of it an aerator. Okay. That aerator 391 00:23:03.640 --> 00:23:06.200 is that last little half inch guy with a little 392 00:23:06.200 --> 00:23:09.519 screen inside, and it's got a little mechanism where it 393 00:23:09.599 --> 00:23:12.920 drops air into the water and it helps just aerate 394 00:23:13.119 --> 00:23:16.319 and make a better stream of water. But over time, 395 00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:20.839 a sediment from inside the plumbing supply, I mean the 396 00:23:20.880 --> 00:23:24.279 city supply of water can build up and you find 397 00:23:24.400 --> 00:23:28.240 reduced flow out of your kitchen faucet, and especially after 398 00:23:28.640 --> 00:23:30.960 plumbing work has been done in the house. That's a 399 00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:34.000 typical time when sediment actually gets into the water lines 400 00:23:34.039 --> 00:23:36.519 and ends up boom, being flushed right to the tip 401 00:23:36.559 --> 00:23:40.160