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 --> 00:00:07.679 House Whisper on demand on the iHeartRadio app. 3 00:00:10.240 --> 00:00:12.279 I'm Dean Sharp the House Whisper. 4 00:00:12.400 --> 00:00:15.560 I design custom homes, I build a few custom homes, 5 00:00:15.560 --> 00:00:19.039 and I on the weekends, am your guide to better 6 00:00:19.120 --> 00:00:25.000 understanding that place where you live. Today on the show, well, 7 00:00:25.079 --> 00:00:28.879 you know it's springtime and the weather has been good 8 00:00:29.000 --> 00:00:33.240 enough long enough for most of us that we're finally 9 00:00:33.280 --> 00:00:37.359 giving up and we're saying, okay, I admit it. Winter's over. 10 00:00:38.079 --> 00:00:40.359 I need to get out and get some of this 11 00:00:40.479 --> 00:00:44.119 honeydew list finished up. And so I know there's a 12 00:00:44.119 --> 00:00:46.799 lot of DIY stuff going on. It happens every year 13 00:00:46.960 --> 00:00:50.600 right about this time. The flowers are blooming, the birds, 14 00:00:50.640 --> 00:00:52.960 the bees. We've got all sorts of good shows along 15 00:00:53.000 --> 00:00:56.039 those lines planned for you as well. But today, because 16 00:00:56.840 --> 00:00:59.719 I know you're dusting off the tools and you're getting 17 00:00:59.759 --> 00:01:02.119 get ready to knock down some of that list that 18 00:01:02.159 --> 00:01:05.519 you've been writing down, saying yeah, i'll do it in spring. 19 00:01:05.680 --> 00:01:06.680 I'll do it in springtime. 20 00:01:07.719 --> 00:01:12.879 Well, now here we are, so today it's DIY fix 21 00:01:12.920 --> 00:01:13.400 it tips. 22 00:01:13.439 --> 00:01:13.599 Now. 23 00:01:14.000 --> 00:01:18.799 My focus here is on the little things, because sometimes 24 00:01:18.879 --> 00:01:20.920 it is the little things. For those of you who 25 00:01:21.000 --> 00:01:26.239 are good at reading instructions and following directions and doing 26 00:01:26.239 --> 00:01:30.000 a little research on YouTube or wherever it is that 27 00:01:30.079 --> 00:01:33.120 you are looking for advice for your project. For those 28 00:01:33.120 --> 00:01:35.359 of you who do well at that, that's really not 29 00:01:35.480 --> 00:01:38.599 your problem. Some of you don't read instructions, that's your problem. 30 00:01:39.159 --> 00:01:43.719 But for everybody these days who hey may or may 31 00:01:43.719 --> 00:01:49.319 not have been raised with some hands on DIY tool 32 00:01:49.439 --> 00:01:53.120 instructions and those kinds of things, I find that people 33 00:01:53.159 --> 00:01:56.719 get frustrated on the little things. Little things, I mean 34 00:01:56.879 --> 00:02:01.120 little things like how does this How do you really 35 00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:05.480 screw in a screw with a screwdriver the right way? 36 00:02:05.680 --> 00:02:08.719 I know that may sound ridiculous, Dean. You just put 37 00:02:08.719 --> 00:02:11.159 the head in there and you turn it. And yet, 38 00:02:11.639 --> 00:02:15.280 and yet I find so many people frustrated by this 39 00:02:15.319 --> 00:02:17.280 thing is slipping. I don't know what's wrong. Is there 40 00:02:17.280 --> 00:02:19.360 something wrong with the screwdriver? Is it the screw? 41 00:02:19.439 --> 00:02:19.840 Is it me? 42 00:02:20.400 --> 00:02:23.000 There is a technique and if you don't understand what 43 00:02:23.000 --> 00:02:25.280 that is, well you will by the time we are 44 00:02:25.360 --> 00:02:29.479 done today. That and one hundred other little things, because 45 00:02:29.520 --> 00:02:35.159 sometimes it's the little things. Successfully handling small problems around 46 00:02:35.159 --> 00:02:37.840 the house can make a big difference in the quality 47 00:02:37.840 --> 00:02:40.280 of your daily life, and the right fix comes down 48 00:02:40.280 --> 00:02:45.479 to understanding those little things. All right, Before we start 49 00:02:45.520 --> 00:02:47.240 with the little things, let me show you a couple 50 00:02:47.280 --> 00:02:49.840 of big things. I want to introduce you to our team. 51 00:02:50.240 --> 00:02:54.960 Let's say good morning to Elmer. How you doing, bud yeehaw, 52 00:02:55.759 --> 00:03:01.159 I'm doing good. I'm a cowboy, you sounded though enthused. 53 00:03:01.879 --> 00:03:07.439 Yeah, ye, there's a snake in my boot. 54 00:03:09.840 --> 00:03:12.800 Elmer is on the board handling pretty much doing all 55 00:03:12.800 --> 00:03:15.520 the work. I'm just sitting here talking to the microphone 56 00:03:15.599 --> 00:03:19.159 as per usual. Who else is working hard? Of course 57 00:03:19.360 --> 00:03:24.000 our golden mic winning producer Richie, who is not near 58 00:03:24.240 --> 00:03:26.159 a golden mic. White Well, he might be next to 59 00:03:26.199 --> 00:03:28.479 his golden mic, but he's not near excellent mic. 60 00:03:28.680 --> 00:03:30.159 That's right, is in the hand. 61 00:03:32.080 --> 00:03:34.520 He is standing by to take your calls. The phone 62 00:03:34.560 --> 00:03:36.879 lines are opened up, and of course we're taking calls today. 63 00:03:36.919 --> 00:03:40.520 Here's the number eight three three two. Ask Dean eight 64 00:03:40.759 --> 00:03:45.680 three three the numeral two. Ask Dean eight three three two. 65 00:03:46.159 --> 00:03:50.879 Ask Dean. Also working hard today. Eileen Gonzalez at the 66 00:03:50.919 --> 00:03:55.319 news desk. Good morning, Eileen, Good morning sunshine. How's it going? Oh, 67 00:03:55.439 --> 00:03:58.240 you know you know Sunday morning, it's time to just 68 00:03:58.280 --> 00:04:02.520 hang out with y'all and talk home stuff. It's going good, 69 00:04:02.599 --> 00:04:03.319 it's going good. 70 00:04:03.599 --> 00:04:04.000 Nice. 71 00:04:04.599 --> 00:04:06.560 How is what's our tea of choice this morning? 72 00:04:06.719 --> 00:04:09.280 We're on Green Tea again. I've needed the extra caffeine 73 00:04:09.280 --> 00:04:09.840 this weekend. 74 00:04:10.080 --> 00:04:13.000 Oh, okay, all right? Does green tea have more caffeine 75 00:04:13.039 --> 00:04:14.800 than like black tea or just the same? 76 00:04:15.360 --> 00:04:18.240 I have no idea. I know white tea has a 77 00:04:18.240 --> 00:04:21.399 lot of caffeine. I found that out the hard way 78 00:04:22.399 --> 00:04:23.160 by accident. 79 00:04:24.519 --> 00:04:24.639 One. 80 00:04:24.680 --> 00:04:28.040 Why am I shaking? Oh? Has more caffeine? 81 00:04:28.399 --> 00:04:31.079 All right, all right, good to know. I love tea. 82 00:04:31.160 --> 00:04:34.319 I'm just not a tea officionado. If somebody hands me tea, 83 00:04:34.360 --> 00:04:36.360 I'm like, oh, thank you very much. This is lovely. 84 00:04:36.600 --> 00:04:39.639 But I don't find myself. I think I'm more. Coffee 85 00:04:39.720 --> 00:04:42.120 is on my brain most of the time, and there 86 00:04:42.160 --> 00:04:44.079 is caffeine and coffee. By the way, did you know that? 87 00:04:44.120 --> 00:04:49.759 Did you know that? Huh? It's working, it's working. Uh. 88 00:04:50.639 --> 00:04:52.040 Who else is working hard today? 89 00:04:52.079 --> 00:04:54.920 Oh? Sitting across the table from me. Let's not forget her. 90 00:04:55.759 --> 00:04:59.519 My better half, my design partner, the co owner, co 91 00:04:59.600 --> 00:05:02.920 founder of House Whisper, pretty much the person who holds 92 00:05:02.959 --> 00:05:06.000 my life together and my best friend in all the world. 93 00:05:06.079 --> 00:05:14.759 Tina is here. Excuse me, Welcome home. 94 00:05:14.920 --> 00:05:20.720 Welcome home to you. We were in Albuquerque earlier this week, Yes, Albuquerque, 95 00:05:20.759 --> 00:05:26.600 New Mexico, with some lovely dear clients and working on 96 00:05:26.600 --> 00:05:30.759 a home design, and we walked into Old Town. We 97 00:05:30.800 --> 00:05:34.680 stayed near Old Town, Albuquerque, Albuquerque, very friendly place by 98 00:05:34.720 --> 00:05:39.160 the way, extremely friendly. That was our experience, and we 99 00:05:39.720 --> 00:05:41.319 walked in. We had a little extra time on our 100 00:05:41.319 --> 00:05:46.000 hands on Wednesday morning, walked into old Town, found a 101 00:05:46.079 --> 00:05:50.920 puzzle store in the shops in Old Town and found 102 00:05:51.040 --> 00:05:55.959 a we love. Tina loves wooden puzzles. Wooden puzzles, and 103 00:05:56.000 --> 00:05:58.600 because once you make them, first of all, they're very difficult, 104 00:05:58.600 --> 00:06:00.720 and then once you build them, some of them are 105 00:06:00.959 --> 00:06:03.360 so beautiful you want to just frame them. You just 106 00:06:03.360 --> 00:06:06.240 want to mount them and frame them. We found a 107 00:06:06.279 --> 00:06:12.000 wooden puzzle from a very reputable wooden puzzle manufacture with 108 00:06:12.120 --> 00:06:17.360 an elephant on it. Sweet adorable lady elephant. She had 109 00:06:17.399 --> 00:06:19.800 a big ear ring in one of her ears, and 110 00:06:19.920 --> 00:06:24.720 she was trying to balance on some teacups and then 111 00:06:24.759 --> 00:06:27.639 you could see there were broken teacups down on the ground. 112 00:06:27.959 --> 00:06:32.560 But she was successfully balancing on a tea pot, which 113 00:06:33.319 --> 00:06:36.279 I'm not sure that's working either, But the point was 114 00:06:36.959 --> 00:06:39.639 she was a big old elephant and she was being 115 00:06:39.800 --> 00:06:43.240 lovely and elegant and gracious. And it's an adorable painting 116 00:06:43.399 --> 00:06:47.120 and it's in the puzzle and we nabbed it because 117 00:06:47.639 --> 00:06:49.240 you and elephants. 118 00:06:48.920 --> 00:06:49.759 I know, right. 119 00:06:49.920 --> 00:06:55.040 Yeah, there is a beautiful puzzle company, puzzle Lab there. 120 00:06:55.160 --> 00:06:58.920 I think they originated in British Columbia, but you can 121 00:06:58.920 --> 00:07:00.639 look them up and you can probably even see that 122 00:07:00.680 --> 00:07:03.600 puzzle there. They're so so pretty. 123 00:07:03.360 --> 00:07:05.360 They are, They're gorgeous. You should check it out. If 124 00:07:05.399 --> 00:07:08.120 you're a fan of puzzle or just artwork, kind of 125 00:07:08.240 --> 00:07:11.759 abstracted artwork, you should check out Puzzle Lab. There you go, 126 00:07:12.000 --> 00:07:14.319 all right. Not a sponsor of the show. 127 00:07:14.360 --> 00:07:18.000 Not a sponsor today Home sponsored by Puzzle Lab. 128 00:07:18.480 --> 00:07:21.360 Hmm, that doesn't really follow. All right. 129 00:07:21.959 --> 00:07:26.959 Uh, let's get into the little things tips and tricks 130 00:07:27.120 --> 00:07:29.920 for your DIY season that lies ahead of you. 131 00:07:30.000 --> 00:07:30.839 We will do it all. 132 00:07:32.120 --> 00:07:35.439 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 133 00:07:35.519 --> 00:07:40.680 KFI AM six forty. 134 00:07:38.800 --> 00:07:42.000 If your home is in need of some personal house 135 00:07:42.000 --> 00:07:45.079 whisper attention. Yeah, I mean, like me and T standing 136 00:07:45.160 --> 00:07:48.120 in your family room staring at you know what you 137 00:07:48.240 --> 00:07:52.120 consider the problem. Then you can book an in home 138 00:07:52.160 --> 00:07:57.040 design consult with us. Just go to house Whisperer house 139 00:07:57.040 --> 00:08:01.920 Whisperer dot design. Let's just s some that's our company website, 140 00:08:01.920 --> 00:08:06.000 house whisper dot Design. All right, let us dive into 141 00:08:07.560 --> 00:08:13.319 Dean's list of fix it tips for you. Just random things, 142 00:08:13.360 --> 00:08:16.000 I mean stuff all over the board here, so hopefully 143 00:08:16.279 --> 00:08:21.000 you'll just glean some things. Here is a thing that most, 144 00:08:21.560 --> 00:08:28.000 if not all, YouTube instructional videos on plumbing fail to mention. 145 00:08:29.000 --> 00:08:29.600 Are you ready? 146 00:08:30.560 --> 00:08:34.159 How do you properly tighten a threaded pipe? And how 147 00:08:34.159 --> 00:08:36.600 many turns is tight enough? 148 00:08:37.240 --> 00:08:37.879 Ah? 149 00:08:38.080 --> 00:08:40.159 That's the kind of stuff I'm talking about. It's the 150 00:08:40.200 --> 00:08:43.200 little things that unnerve you or bug you or cause 151 00:08:43.240 --> 00:08:48.279 you problems. Well, first of all, First of all, first step, 152 00:08:48.360 --> 00:08:53.720 whenever you are working with pipes, plumbing pipes in your home, okay, 153 00:08:54.759 --> 00:09:04.399 two wrenches, not one. Two two wrenches to support the pipe, 154 00:09:04.639 --> 00:09:08.399 the part of the pipe that you are not removing, okay, 155 00:09:09.519 --> 00:09:13.519 And the second one to actually hook onto and spin 156 00:09:13.759 --> 00:09:17.919 off the fitting of the pipe that you are working with. Now, 157 00:09:17.960 --> 00:09:20.799 why is that? Well, if you just grow up, walk 158 00:09:20.879 --> 00:09:24.159 up to a you know, a piece of plumbing, and 159 00:09:24.679 --> 00:09:29.639 you slap a pipe wrench onto the fitting that you're 160 00:09:29.639 --> 00:09:32.679 trying to remove. A couple of things can happen. Number one, 161 00:09:33.240 --> 00:09:36.159 you can cause damage back in the wall by putting 162 00:09:36.200 --> 00:09:41.080 too much pressure intention on that pipe that that you're 163 00:09:41.360 --> 00:09:45.720 weren't intending on touching. Okay, that's why you set a 164 00:09:45.759 --> 00:09:49.600 pipe wrench in the opposite direction, okay, so that they 165 00:09:49.639 --> 00:09:53.840 are uh, so that they are spinning against each other, 166 00:09:53.960 --> 00:09:56.279 the pipe wrenches, and then you hold the one and 167 00:09:56.480 --> 00:10:00.000 spin the other so that you're supporting the existing pipe. 168 00:10:00.080 --> 00:10:04.360 The second thing is, let's say a common example would 169 00:10:04.360 --> 00:10:08.120 be you've got a threaded pipe coming out of your wall, 170 00:10:08.399 --> 00:10:12.159 maybe on the outside of the house, and there's a 171 00:10:12.240 --> 00:10:17.159 water spigot valve attached to it. Okay, so you've turned 172 00:10:17.200 --> 00:10:20.200 the water off, all things are good, and you just 173 00:10:20.600 --> 00:10:22.679 grab a pipe wrench and you slap it on that 174 00:10:22.759 --> 00:10:25.039 water spiggot valve and you start to turn it, and 175 00:10:25.080 --> 00:10:31.200 you realize very quickly that the water spigot itself, that 176 00:10:31.320 --> 00:10:34.440 valve is much tighter on that pipe than the pipe 177 00:10:34.559 --> 00:10:37.200 is on the next fitting inside the wall. The whole 178 00:10:37.240 --> 00:10:41.080 pipe is now spinning, and you're literally removing the pipe 179 00:10:41.200 --> 00:10:45.159 from its fitting or its elbow inside the stucco wall 180 00:10:45.159 --> 00:10:48.000 where you can't get to it, and you don't want 181 00:10:48.000 --> 00:10:49.720 to do that. You don't want to do it because 182 00:10:49.879 --> 00:10:53.360 if you undo it completely, that pipe may shift, it 183 00:10:53.399 --> 00:10:55.320 might not be lined up anymore, you might not be 184 00:10:55.320 --> 00:10:57.559 able to get it back in there. And number two, 185 00:10:57.679 --> 00:10:59.320 there's no reason to take it out of that. You 186 00:10:59.440 --> 00:11:02.679 only want to take the spigot off. And so again, 187 00:11:03.360 --> 00:11:08.960 two two wrenches opposing each other in spin direction every 188 00:11:09.080 --> 00:11:12.720 time you approach plumbing. So if you're building a toolbox 189 00:11:12.759 --> 00:11:16.320 for yourself, a DIY toolbox, and you're like, yeah, you 190 00:11:16.360 --> 00:11:18.120 know what, I think it's on every list. I should 191 00:11:18.120 --> 00:11:20.879 get a pipe wrench. No, you should get two pipe wrenches. 192 00:11:21.200 --> 00:11:23.759 Two Now, how many turns? 193 00:11:24.080 --> 00:11:24.440 Okay? 194 00:11:24.480 --> 00:11:28.639 This is I've asked plumbers this and plumbers apprentices this 195 00:11:28.879 --> 00:11:31.960 on job sites and they've scratched their head and they're like, well, 196 00:11:32.039 --> 00:11:36.559 I don't know, I don't know. A fitting should cover 197 00:11:36.799 --> 00:11:41.039 at least the first half inch of the threads of 198 00:11:41.080 --> 00:11:45.519 the pipe that it's being thread onto. Okay, half inch 199 00:11:45.919 --> 00:11:48.639 at least. Now you get beyond that and it feels 200 00:11:48.679 --> 00:11:51.440 snug you can let it go. You do not have 201 00:11:51.559 --> 00:11:54.519 to crank a fitting all the way onto a pipe 202 00:11:54.559 --> 00:11:57.000 to cover all the threads. In fact, most of the 203 00:11:57.080 --> 00:11:59.919 time when you attempt to do that, you may crack 204 00:12:00.200 --> 00:12:04.559 the fitting or the union or the valve or whatever 205 00:12:04.720 --> 00:12:07.000 is that you're trying to put on because it's too 206 00:12:07.240 --> 00:12:12.039 much pressure. Half an inch half an inch okay, hand 207 00:12:12.039 --> 00:12:15.799 tighten it and then one to two turns more usually 208 00:12:15.799 --> 00:12:18.679 gets the job done. And here's a hint. If you're 209 00:12:18.799 --> 00:12:22.080 using pipe tape pipe thread tape as a ceilant, and 210 00:12:22.120 --> 00:12:24.240 I recommend it for di I wires because it's so 211 00:12:24.360 --> 00:12:28.519 much more efficient and it usually works, you know, all 212 00:12:28.600 --> 00:12:32.720 the time, as opposed to pipe dope, which is kind 213 00:12:32.720 --> 00:12:34.919 of the sticky, goopy stuff that you can also put 214 00:12:34.919 --> 00:12:37.519 on threads for a ceilant. If you're using pipe tape, 215 00:12:37.519 --> 00:12:41.879 guess what. Pipe tape is usually half an inch wide. 216 00:12:42.120 --> 00:12:44.519 So if you put the pipe tape on those outside 217 00:12:44.519 --> 00:12:47.919 threads and then spin your fitting on so that it 218 00:12:48.080 --> 00:12:50.480 covers the thread tape, you are good to go. 219 00:12:51.039 --> 00:12:52.320 How is that? How was that? 220 00:12:53.600 --> 00:12:59.279 Can I get Can I get a all right? 221 00:12:59.480 --> 00:12:59.960 That's fine? 222 00:13:01.080 --> 00:13:03.840 No, I was at We actually have a licensed plumber here, 223 00:13:03.879 --> 00:13:07.759 and I wanted to get I wanted to get his 224 00:13:07.840 --> 00:13:10.279 thumbs up, but he's busy doing other things. 225 00:13:10.320 --> 00:13:14.120 It's fine, it's fine, trust me. It's good advice. 226 00:13:14.200 --> 00:13:17.440 When we come back, we're going to go a little 227 00:13:17.440 --> 00:13:22.200 bit deeper into plumbing and then we're gonna move on 228 00:13:22.240 --> 00:13:23.720 to that squeaky door threshold. 229 00:13:23.759 --> 00:13:25.000 How does that sound all right? 230 00:13:26.039 --> 00:13:29.360 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 231 00:13:29.480 --> 00:13:30.960 KFI Am six forty. 232 00:13:32.919 --> 00:13:36.559 Dean Sharp, the house Whisperer talking to you here live 233 00:13:36.840 --> 00:13:40.559 this Sunday morning. Is it the thirteenth? Today is the 234 00:13:40.600 --> 00:13:45.120 thirteenth of April. Technically tonight the second night of Passover. 235 00:13:45.720 --> 00:13:50.120 It is springtime in all its glory. It was sunnier yesterday. 236 00:13:50.120 --> 00:13:52.399 Today we're a little overcast where I'm sitting right now, 237 00:13:52.559 --> 00:13:55.639 and cooler. I was hoping the sun would break out today. 238 00:13:55.679 --> 00:13:58.720 Maybe it will at some point. But spring is here, 239 00:13:58.960 --> 00:14:02.440 and man, all of the flowers, all the plants in 240 00:14:02.480 --> 00:14:07.799 our yards are just screaming out and so thrilled, so thrilled. 241 00:14:08.200 --> 00:14:11.320 Spring in southern California. It's a beautiful thing. I hope 242 00:14:11.320 --> 00:14:15.279 wherever you are, the weather is treating you well as 243 00:14:15.320 --> 00:14:17.519 well well as well. There you go, all right, let's 244 00:14:17.559 --> 00:14:21.720 get back to our list of the small things fix 245 00:14:21.759 --> 00:14:26.279 it tips that make a difference. We talked about approaching 246 00:14:26.559 --> 00:14:30.200 pipes with pipe fittings. How many turns actually of a 247 00:14:30.240 --> 00:14:33.080 pipe fitting? How far onto a pipe on the threaded 248 00:14:33.120 --> 00:14:36.679 pipe do you to spin something? And I talked about 249 00:14:36.919 --> 00:14:40.519 pipe tape right thread tape for sealing it. There are 250 00:14:40.519 --> 00:14:43.200 different kinds of thread tape, by the way, FYI be 251 00:14:43.279 --> 00:14:48.159 aware of that. White is for water, yellow is for gas. 252 00:14:48.600 --> 00:14:51.799 There's some purple out there, which I think I believe 253 00:14:51.799 --> 00:14:56.039 it is universal, but just white and yellow. Be aware 254 00:14:56.080 --> 00:15:00.080 of that. How many wraps of pipe thread tape a 255 00:15:00.679 --> 00:15:03.919 pipe get and in what direction do you put it on? 256 00:15:04.519 --> 00:15:06.360 I didn't mention that, but I'm going to make sure 257 00:15:06.480 --> 00:15:09.519 we cover that so that you know everything. And the 258 00:15:09.559 --> 00:15:12.360 answer is between three and five. Between three and five 259 00:15:12.399 --> 00:15:15.039 wraps around the thread doesn't take much. You don't have 260 00:15:15.120 --> 00:15:18.399 to go crazy on it. And if you find yourself 261 00:15:18.399 --> 00:15:21.879 putting on a fitting and all the pipe tape is 262 00:15:21.879 --> 00:15:25.519 getting all gummed up and peeling off as you put 263 00:15:25.519 --> 00:15:28.039 it on, then you got a lot on there, or 264 00:15:28.120 --> 00:15:30.159 you put it on the wrong direction and the right 265 00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:33.559 The right direction is clockwise as you stare at the 266 00:15:33.679 --> 00:15:36.559 end of the pipe. You put the pipe thread tape 267 00:15:36.600 --> 00:15:39.799 on clockwise. Why because the fitting is going to spin 268 00:15:39.919 --> 00:15:44.080 on clockwise as well, and it helps the thread tape 269 00:15:44.080 --> 00:15:46.879 to lay down. So if the thread tape is going 270 00:15:46.919 --> 00:15:49.679 on the same direction as the fitting, they lay down 271 00:15:49.679 --> 00:15:53.120 and meld together. If you put it on counterclockwise and 272 00:15:53.159 --> 00:15:55.639 then you put the fitting on clockwise, it'll be trying 273 00:15:55.679 --> 00:16:00.200 to unwrap the thread tape as you put the pipe on. 274 00:16:00.240 --> 00:16:03.639 The fitting not good. So just remember three to five 275 00:16:03.679 --> 00:16:08.120 wraps clockwise, the same direction that you put the actual 276 00:16:08.120 --> 00:16:11.799 fitting on when you start to screw it on. Was 277 00:16:11.840 --> 00:16:15.120 in a home earlier. This was no last week. It 278 00:16:15.159 --> 00:16:16.879 was in a home last week, and. 279 00:16:18.519 --> 00:16:21.000 The door threshold every time we went out through the 280 00:16:21.039 --> 00:16:23.679 front door right at the end, gave it just a 281 00:16:23.759 --> 00:16:28.000 nasty squeak. It wasn't really a squeak so much as 282 00:16:28.039 --> 00:16:32.480 it was a chirp from metal on metal contact, and 283 00:16:32.759 --> 00:16:35.279 the homeowner was concerned, like, what is going on with 284 00:16:35.360 --> 00:16:36.240 my front door? 285 00:16:36.279 --> 00:16:37.840 Is it all falling apart? No? 286 00:16:37.840 --> 00:16:40.919 No, no, I look down now it may be a 287 00:16:40.960 --> 00:16:44.000 different condition, but I would say the vast majority of 288 00:16:44.360 --> 00:16:47.799 front doors are set up this way as far as 289 00:16:47.879 --> 00:16:51.720 weather stripping, there's a threshold, be it wood or metal. 290 00:16:51.840 --> 00:16:54.759 Quite often a metal threshold on even on top of 291 00:16:54.799 --> 00:16:58.919 a wood threshold, but a metal threshold and a smooth 292 00:16:58.960 --> 00:17:01.159 metal threshold. And then what you will find on the 293 00:17:01.159 --> 00:17:04.240 bottom of the door itself is what we call a 294 00:17:04.359 --> 00:17:08.240 door shoe. That is the other the second half of 295 00:17:08.240 --> 00:17:12.599 that weather stripping combo. It is a U shaped channel 296 00:17:12.799 --> 00:17:17.200 that is placed up underneath the bottom of the door 297 00:17:17.319 --> 00:17:20.279 protects the bottom of the door from direct contact with moisture. 298 00:17:20.559 --> 00:17:23.000 There's a little drip edge on the front that takes 299 00:17:23.079 --> 00:17:25.880 water running off the door and gets it away from 300 00:17:25.880 --> 00:17:30.640 the threshold. And there is or should be a gasket, 301 00:17:30.799 --> 00:17:37.000 a rubberized gasket, a little bulb of gasket that sticks down, 302 00:17:37.160 --> 00:17:39.400 goes into a little channel on that door shoe and 303 00:17:39.440 --> 00:17:43.680 sticks down and rubs makes contact with just very light 304 00:17:43.799 --> 00:17:48.480 contact when it's adjusted properly, makes light contact with that 305 00:17:48.960 --> 00:17:53.440 bottom metal threshold and seals off the door. And what 306 00:17:53.640 --> 00:17:55.799 do I mean by seals off the door? If you 307 00:17:55.839 --> 00:17:59.599 can see light underneath your door that's not sealed off. 308 00:18:00.119 --> 00:18:02.839 And if when you shut the door, that whole bulb 309 00:18:02.920 --> 00:18:07.720 gets squished down and deformed in shape, then it is 310 00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:11.640 also out of adjustment and too low. Now, in this situation, 311 00:18:11.799 --> 00:18:15.119 not only was the bulb gone and there was light 312 00:18:15.240 --> 00:18:18.920 underneath the door, but at one end. Because sometimes doors 313 00:18:18.960 --> 00:18:22.920 expand sometimes over time the jam may shift. There's a 314 00:18:23.240 --> 00:18:26.039 there's ten different reasons why this can happen. But the 315 00:18:26.640 --> 00:18:29.240 door shoe, the metal of the door shoe is actually 316 00:18:29.359 --> 00:18:33.079 rubbing at the very end of the swing against the 317 00:18:33.119 --> 00:18:38.839 metal of the door threshold itself and causing that grinding, annoying, 318 00:18:39.039 --> 00:18:43.359 high pitched metal on metal sound. So what do you 319 00:18:43.400 --> 00:18:46.759 do if the door threshold squeaks. Well, first of all, 320 00:18:47.079 --> 00:18:50.319 the easiest thing to do is to just re adjust 321 00:18:50.440 --> 00:18:52.720 the door shoe. Now, the door shoe, you'll look down 322 00:18:52.759 --> 00:18:56.200 and you'll notice on the inside or the outside, it's 323 00:18:56.240 --> 00:18:58.400 actually going to be on the outside. It's going to 324 00:18:58.440 --> 00:19:01.799 be on most pieces. On the outside, there should be 325 00:19:01.839 --> 00:19:05.400 a series of screws, tiny little screws running across that 326 00:19:05.440 --> 00:19:07.799 are holding that shoe on. That's all that's holding that 327 00:19:08.359 --> 00:19:11.839 door shoe in place. You undo those screws and you'll 328 00:19:11.880 --> 00:19:14.160 find that you can, maybe with a little bump from 329 00:19:14.200 --> 00:19:16.880 a rubber mallet, just to knock it loose from the 330 00:19:16.920 --> 00:19:20.519 paint or whatever. You'll find that it is fully adjustable, 331 00:19:20.880 --> 00:19:23.559 and what you can do is leave the screws out, 332 00:19:24.359 --> 00:19:27.759 shut the door again and adjust it. Now, make sure 333 00:19:27.759 --> 00:19:30.279 you put some new gasket in there if the gasket 334 00:19:30.319 --> 00:19:34.000 is for any reason worn. And that doorshoe gasket is 335 00:19:34.079 --> 00:19:37.319 sitting on the shelf at the hardware store. It's sitting 336 00:19:37.359 --> 00:19:39.720 on the shelf at the big box store. It is 337 00:19:39.759 --> 00:19:42.440 the most common stuff in the world, and you can 338 00:19:42.480 --> 00:19:45.920 go get some right now for just pennies. So you've 339 00:19:45.920 --> 00:19:49.880 got a little section of new doorshoe gasket, slide it in, 340 00:19:50.559 --> 00:19:53.400 make sure it's all fixed really nice in there, and 341 00:19:53.480 --> 00:19:56.960 then let the put the doorshoe back on, no screws, 342 00:19:57.039 --> 00:19:59.240 and let it kind of float as it goes up 343 00:19:59.319 --> 00:20:04.160 over the lower metal threshold. And you know, you can 344 00:20:04.319 --> 00:20:07.039 nudge it with a screwdriver or with your hand and 345 00:20:07.359 --> 00:20:11.440 just get it making nice even contact all around, and 346 00:20:11.599 --> 00:20:14.599 pop some screws back in. Now the screw holes may 347 00:20:14.599 --> 00:20:18.359 be in a different location, that's okay. You're readjusting that 348 00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:22.000 door threshold to its current conditions, and you will find 349 00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:24.960 when you're all done that you can open and close 350 00:20:25.039 --> 00:20:29.279 the door. No light underneath, no bugs crawling in, no squeak, 351 00:20:29.599 --> 00:20:32.440 no sound ah like new. 352 00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:33.319 There you go. 353 00:20:34.240 --> 00:20:37.559 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 354 00:20:37.640 --> 00:20:40.720 KFI AM six forty. 355 00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:44.640 Hey, just in just a bit, we're going to be 356 00:20:44.680 --> 00:20:48.400 going to the phones and you can ask your question 357 00:20:48.680 --> 00:20:52.799 of me about your house. Anything at all that you 358 00:20:52.839 --> 00:20:56.039 want to talk about regarding your home. We can talk design, 359 00:20:56.119 --> 00:20:58.839 we can get all froofy and talk design. We can 360 00:20:58.880 --> 00:21:02.720 talk like architects, we can talk like builders, we can 361 00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:06.720 talk like di wires. Anything at all that you are 362 00:21:06.880 --> 00:21:10.039 curious and scratching your head about your home, give me 363 00:21:10.079 --> 00:21:12.400 a call. I'll help you figure it out. I promise 364 00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:15.960 the number to reach me eight three three two. Ask 365 00:21:16.160 --> 00:21:20.640 Dean A three three the numeral two. Ask Dean eight 366 00:21:20.720 --> 00:21:24.920 three three two ask Dean. It's just that simple. And 367 00:21:25.160 --> 00:21:25.519 we'll be. 368 00:21:25.480 --> 00:21:28.400 Doing that right after the next news breaks. So phone 369 00:21:28.440 --> 00:21:31.279 lines are open. Producer Richie standing by. He'll tell you 370 00:21:31.359 --> 00:21:33.279 everything you need to know. Pop you into the queue, 371 00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:36.640 we'll put our heads together, we'll figure it out all right. 372 00:21:37.319 --> 00:21:41.759 Back to our list of cool little important DIY fix 373 00:21:41.839 --> 00:21:44.720 it tips. That's all we're doing today all through the show. 374 00:21:45.119 --> 00:21:48.319 Just lots of pearls of wisdom, because sometimes it's the 375 00:21:48.400 --> 00:21:52.200 little things that get in the way of you successfully 376 00:21:52.279 --> 00:21:56.599 completing that DIY project. Not necessarily the big concepts. Not 377 00:21:56.680 --> 00:22:01.240 necessarily you not following instructions. It's sometimes the little skill 378 00:22:01.319 --> 00:22:06.319 sets that the instruction manual or the YouTube video or 379 00:22:06.440 --> 00:22:10.720 wear it that it just failed to mention that ends 380 00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:14.079 up becoming the big frustration. So we've talked about some 381 00:22:14.119 --> 00:22:19.960 plumbing stuff. We've talked about door threshold squeaking. Here's one 382 00:22:20.359 --> 00:22:23.759 in the world of gluing. Gluing is a thing that 383 00:22:24.160 --> 00:22:26.240 is a big part a lot of projects. Some of 384 00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:30.359 you are doing sprinkler work on your irrigation system, some 385 00:22:30.400 --> 00:22:33.200 of you are putting in drains, some of you are 386 00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:36.599 gluing together pieces of wood or trying to repair something. 387 00:22:36.640 --> 00:22:39.039 So let's stick with the wood for the moment. How 388 00:22:39.119 --> 00:22:42.920 much would glue do you need on a piece of wood? 389 00:22:43.960 --> 00:22:48.240 So let me just give you this perspective. Almost in 390 00:22:48.359 --> 00:22:52.960 all cases, less is more, all right. The idea of 391 00:22:53.039 --> 00:22:57.119 gunking up something with a lot of glue so that 392 00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:59.839 you're like, hey, we're just gonna smush that glue in. 393 00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:03.759 It's going to be coming out the sides like too 394 00:23:03.880 --> 00:23:07.960 much peanut butter and jelly on a sandwich. Right, you know, 395 00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:10.359 you're just wasting a lot of glue. You're wasting a 396 00:23:10.359 --> 00:23:15.480 lot because the best bond, almost always, in almost all circumstances, 397 00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:19.720 the best bond happens with a very very thin layer 398 00:23:19.799 --> 00:23:23.039 of glue in between the two surfaces that are being 399 00:23:23.079 --> 00:23:26.240 glued together. That is just a general rule of gluing 400 00:23:26.759 --> 00:23:29.000 when it comes to wood glue. Thoo, though, there is 401 00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:34.319