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 iHeartRadio app. Hey, follow 3 00:00:10.320 --> 00:00:14.960 us on social media. We just literally last break posted 4 00:00:15.279 --> 00:00:18.839 a new video for you about that Nick's color sensor 5 00:00:19.160 --> 00:00:21.760 that if you haven't looked yet, you gotta go, look, 6 00:00:21.920 --> 00:00:24.399 gotta go look. Everybody's having the same reaction to it. 7 00:00:24.480 --> 00:00:27.920 Oh my gosh, this is like having a wizard's wand 8 00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:30.600 in your hand. Anyway, follow us on social media. We're 9 00:00:30.600 --> 00:00:32.679 always popping up good stuff. We only do the good 10 00:00:32.719 --> 00:00:38.759 kind of social media, the uplifting, informative, inspiring kind. 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We're talking 21 00:01:11.920 --> 00:01:16.400 about interior decore, specifically what I call the secrets of Ish, 22 00:01:16.840 --> 00:01:20.319 which is aclectic design. It's how you take your modern 23 00:01:20.439 --> 00:01:24.640 farmhouse decor theme and make sure that it doesn't get 24 00:01:24.680 --> 00:01:28.599 compromised even though there are other things that aren't modern 25 00:01:28.640 --> 00:01:32.239 farmhouse added to it. That's just one example. That's why 26 00:01:32.280 --> 00:01:38.319 we say everybody's decor theme is an Ish modern farmhouse ish. 27 00:01:39.159 --> 00:01:44.200 It's cottage ish right, it's colonial ish right, because those 28 00:01:44.239 --> 00:01:47.200 soft edges, that's where the real life of the real 29 00:01:47.280 --> 00:01:50.079 world come into play. And that's where we can tell 30 00:01:50.359 --> 00:01:54.040 whether you're following the rules or whether you just got 31 00:01:54.120 --> 00:01:57.439 lucky or for a lot of people got unlucky in 32 00:01:57.560 --> 00:02:01.040 terms of like, yeah, that's so just messes up the 33 00:02:01.040 --> 00:02:03.239 theme of this room. So that's what I'm trying to 34 00:02:03.280 --> 00:02:05.159 help you with today. We're going to get back to 35 00:02:05.159 --> 00:02:07.359 that in just a bit. But right now it's top 36 00:02:07.400 --> 00:02:09.120 of the hour. Time to go to the phones, and 37 00:02:09.159 --> 00:02:13.560 I want to talk to Kathleen. Hey, Kathleen, welcome home. 38 00:02:13.800 --> 00:02:14.800 I'm here. Can you hear me? 39 00:02:15.400 --> 00:02:18.000 Yes, I can there, you are welcome home. 40 00:02:18.080 --> 00:02:20.479 Sorry. I just wanted to thank you and Tina for 41 00:02:20.599 --> 00:02:23.199 what you do. You've given me so much knowledge and 42 00:02:23.280 --> 00:02:24.280 knowledge is power. 43 00:02:25.039 --> 00:02:27.960 Oh, thank you so much. How can I help you today? 44 00:02:28.479 --> 00:02:32.680 Okay, Dean, I know I'm asking questions about a subject 45 00:02:32.680 --> 00:02:37.000 you talked about a lot, which is fire protection. I'm 46 00:02:37.039 --> 00:02:39.680 an old person that lives in the sixty year old house. 47 00:02:40.039 --> 00:02:44.520 I had my roof completely redone last year, very happy 48 00:02:44.800 --> 00:02:49.280 about you know, about the roofers. And at the time, 49 00:02:49.360 --> 00:02:55.000 they put on O'Hagan low profile vents, and I guess 50 00:02:55.199 --> 00:02:58.599 I had never done this before, so I think I 51 00:02:58.680 --> 00:03:00.879 might have had four events. But anyway, they told me 52 00:03:00.919 --> 00:03:03.599 they thought I needed more, so they put six on. 53 00:03:04.360 --> 00:03:07.520 And after they put them on, you know, I was 54 00:03:07.599 --> 00:03:10.840 reading and I saw that there's o haagen fire and 55 00:03:10.960 --> 00:03:15.680 ice vents, which you know have smaller mesh like one 56 00:03:15.840 --> 00:03:20.159 eight inch, And I asked them just about it's going 57 00:03:20.240 --> 00:03:22.639 to put the roof on it was rainy season. Asked 58 00:03:22.639 --> 00:03:24.840 them about at it and they said, no, they're on 59 00:03:24.960 --> 00:03:27.919 back order. They didn't know where they would come in. So, 60 00:03:28.439 --> 00:03:30.960 you know, I just had them do the low profile ones. 61 00:03:31.360 --> 00:03:34.639 So now we're at a little over a year later, 62 00:03:35.240 --> 00:03:39.280 and you know, I get nervous every time there's Santa 63 00:03:39.319 --> 00:03:42.960 Ana winds. I want to number one protect my house 64 00:03:42.960 --> 00:03:47.520 from you. Know, wildfires before I worry about any home 65 00:03:47.560 --> 00:03:50.360 design or anything. Do you think that it would be 66 00:03:50.800 --> 00:03:56.159 too late to go back and you know, replace those 67 00:03:56.240 --> 00:03:59.080 vents with you know, the fire and ice ones. 68 00:04:00.639 --> 00:04:05.199 Okay, Yeah, here's the thing. I mean, it's never too 69 00:04:05.319 --> 00:04:10.520 late if if you want to actually spend the money 70 00:04:10.919 --> 00:04:16.879 on doing it that way, because you know, the Hagen 71 00:04:16.959 --> 00:04:20.000 vent is flashed into your roofing material now, right, it's 72 00:04:20.040 --> 00:04:22.879 all tied into the roof so to change it out 73 00:04:23.319 --> 00:04:25.959 would be too basically, and you're not going to get 74 00:04:25.959 --> 00:04:28.279 a credit on that vent. It can't be reused for 75 00:04:28.360 --> 00:04:32.160 another client of theirs, right, so you're basically double buying 76 00:04:32.160 --> 00:04:34.560 the vent. You're gonna have to throw those away and 77 00:04:34.959 --> 00:04:38.600 put in the other one. So and you know what, honestly, 78 00:04:38.800 --> 00:04:41.360 I mean, if it's that important, I'd be willing to 79 00:04:41.399 --> 00:04:45.040 step up and uh and do that for myself. But 80 00:04:45.040 --> 00:04:47.759 but here's the thing. I want you to do a 81 00:04:47.759 --> 00:04:51.680 little shopping research and give a phone call to a 82 00:04:51.720 --> 00:04:54.959 couple of different plays. Well here's one right now, Brand 83 00:04:55.000 --> 00:05:01.000 Guard Vents and Embers Out Okay bo, both companies that 84 00:05:01.079 --> 00:05:05.600 create these vents. I believe I believe that Embers Out 85 00:05:05.839 --> 00:05:13.600 specifically is willing to customize some of their ember reduction 86 00:05:14.279 --> 00:05:19.040 material so that you could apply this to the underside 87 00:05:19.079 --> 00:05:23.160 from the attic side of the roof underneath your o'hagen vent, okay, 88 00:05:23.199 --> 00:05:26.560 where it actually comes into the attic. If you if 89 00:05:26.600 --> 00:05:31.040 you got a basic frame from them that screwed on 90 00:05:31.399 --> 00:05:34.680 and on the underneath side, you'd basically be emberproofing your 91 00:05:34.759 --> 00:05:38.920 existing vent from the backside, and it would work equally well, 92 00:05:38.959 --> 00:05:41.959 and you wouldn't have to dig into your roofing material. 93 00:05:43.519 --> 00:05:47.160 The thing is, though, Dean, I have the I have 94 00:05:47.240 --> 00:05:49.959 a long roofline. The house is about twenty six hundred 95 00:05:50.000 --> 00:05:54.319 square feet and it's the attic. You know. You you 96 00:05:54.439 --> 00:05:59.000 basically can reach the attic by like inside hall of 97 00:05:59.120 --> 00:06:01.959 my house, and you can. You can get up there. 98 00:06:02.000 --> 00:06:04.360 The heat and stuffs up there, but you can't stand 99 00:06:04.480 --> 00:06:08.279 up there. So I think even at one end I had, 100 00:06:08.439 --> 00:06:11.959 you know, at one end where there might be say 101 00:06:12.160 --> 00:06:14.399 three vents, they wouldn't I don't know that they would 102 00:06:14.439 --> 00:06:16.639 be able to get in there and do it. 103 00:06:16.639 --> 00:06:16.839 Well. 104 00:06:16.879 --> 00:06:18.600 I'm sure they could get in. I'm sure they could 105 00:06:18.639 --> 00:06:21.519 get in, but it's gonna be I understand, it's just 106 00:06:21.560 --> 00:06:24.040 a tricky access. I mean if it's attic, it's attic 107 00:06:24.120 --> 00:06:27.040 and so so. Yeah, it's not as simple as you 108 00:06:27.199 --> 00:06:29.240 just going up on a ladder and screwing these in. 109 00:06:29.560 --> 00:06:32.879 That I clearly, I clearly understand, but I still think, 110 00:06:32.959 --> 00:06:35.199 I still think, and you'd have to price it out, 111 00:06:35.240 --> 00:06:36.839 just price it out. But I still think it would 112 00:06:36.879 --> 00:06:41.360 be less expensive for you to uh to buy some 113 00:06:41.439 --> 00:06:45.759 of this retrofit material and have a handyman, uh you know, 114 00:06:45.800 --> 00:06:49.079 a contractor even uh you know, maybe even the roofer 115 00:06:49.120 --> 00:06:51.759 would come back and make an attic crawl for you 116 00:06:51.800 --> 00:06:54.319 and install these on the backside. I still think that 117 00:06:54.360 --> 00:06:59.000 would be less expensive than tearing out the O'Hagan vents 118 00:06:59.040 --> 00:07:01.600 from the top of the room and reflashing it all 119 00:07:01.639 --> 00:07:03.800 and repapering it all in to make sure that they 120 00:07:03.800 --> 00:07:05.959 get it all right. Again, I still think that would 121 00:07:05.959 --> 00:07:08.319 be a less expensive Even if you're paying somebody to 122 00:07:08.519 --> 00:07:13.360 crawl your attic for you, I'm guessing that it's going 123 00:07:13.399 --> 00:07:16.639 to be considerably less expensive and in the end, you 124 00:07:16.639 --> 00:07:18.680 don't mess up your roof and you get the same 125 00:07:18.800 --> 00:07:19.680 level of protection. 126 00:07:20.519 --> 00:07:24.399 Okay, because you mentioned quickly the other thing you've talked 127 00:07:24.439 --> 00:07:27.480 about vulcan vents and brand guard, and you know, I've 128 00:07:27.480 --> 00:07:30.160 heard you talk about those several times, and I have 129 00:07:30.720 --> 00:07:33.800 two I think what you would call gable vents, you know, 130 00:07:33.920 --> 00:07:37.439 one at each end of the house that are fairly large, 131 00:07:37.800 --> 00:07:40.439 and so you know, I wanted to see if I could. 132 00:07:40.879 --> 00:07:43.160 I just haven't done it because I haven't felt well, 133 00:07:43.160 --> 00:07:45.319 but I wanted to see if I could call, like 134 00:07:45.439 --> 00:07:49.639 say brand Guard and maybe another like say Embers out 135 00:07:49.959 --> 00:07:53.360 and see what they could do to put smaller you know, 136 00:07:53.519 --> 00:07:56.720 mesh there because you know, the house is as old 137 00:07:56.759 --> 00:08:00.959 as can be. So yeah, absolutely would be a good thing. 138 00:08:01.720 --> 00:08:04.759 Absolutely it can be done. And that I mean you'll 139 00:08:04.800 --> 00:08:08.519 find those products for like end gable retrofit vents right 140 00:08:08.720 --> 00:08:11.519 on their websites. Absolutely can be done. But I again, 141 00:08:12.160 --> 00:08:14.120 I think you're taking the right tact. I want you 142 00:08:14.160 --> 00:08:16.639 to actually just talk to them, call them, talk to them, 143 00:08:16.720 --> 00:08:19.680 say here, here's my situation. As soon as you say, Ohagen, 144 00:08:19.720 --> 00:08:22.639 they're going to know exactly what you're talking about. Everybody 145 00:08:22.639 --> 00:08:25.480 else who's listening to us is like, what's an o'hagen event. 146 00:08:25.680 --> 00:08:28.480 That's not important right now, everybody. What's important is that 147 00:08:28.519 --> 00:08:30.920 you know that there are, there is a way to 148 00:08:31.120 --> 00:08:35.480 retrofit your exist most existing roof vents, whether it's end gable, 149 00:08:35.759 --> 00:08:39.879 whether it's high ridge vents, whether it's low events, there's 150 00:08:39.919 --> 00:08:42.480 a way to retrofit them without tearing up the roof 151 00:08:42.559 --> 00:08:45.279 or tearing up the house in order to ember protect it. 152 00:08:45.399 --> 00:08:49.159 And so yeah, give give a conversation with them, and 153 00:08:49.159 --> 00:08:51.759 they're going to guide you in the right direction, because 154 00:08:51.799 --> 00:08:54.200 that's what they're all about. They're all about helping you out. 155 00:08:54.440 --> 00:08:57.480 Okay, And one more real, real question. So would someone 156 00:08:57.679 --> 00:09:00.519 like a brand Guard be able to tell me based 157 00:09:00.519 --> 00:09:03.879 on you know, whatever they would do if let's let's 158 00:09:03.879 --> 00:09:06.320 say they could do something on the inside of the 159 00:09:06.320 --> 00:09:09.720 events I have and would recommend something from the gable vents, 160 00:09:09.840 --> 00:09:12.360 then would they you know, tell me again based on 161 00:09:12.399 --> 00:09:15.159 the square footage and what you've talked about, you know 162 00:09:15.200 --> 00:09:18.360 what that'll give me enough ventilation in my attic? 163 00:09:20.200 --> 00:09:23.039 Oh? Yeah, yeah, absolutely absolutely, and these. 164 00:09:24.559 --> 00:09:26.559 Too, Yeah, is I want to you know, I want 165 00:09:26.600 --> 00:09:28.519 to decrease, but I want to make sure I still 166 00:09:28.519 --> 00:09:31.600 have enough ventilation in my attic. Yeah. 167 00:09:31.639 --> 00:09:36.360 These companies, they they the ones that I continually recommend 168 00:09:36.759 --> 00:09:40.240 Vulcan vent embers out, brand Guard Vents. The reason why 169 00:09:40.279 --> 00:09:43.320 I recommend these companies specifically and The reason why these 170 00:09:43.440 --> 00:09:48.039 three companies are all cow Fire a Fire Marshall recommended 171 00:09:48.120 --> 00:09:51.440 in the state of California is because they produce a 172 00:09:51.480 --> 00:09:57.039 fantastic ember deterrent vent without that still breathes basically, that 173 00:09:57.200 --> 00:10:00.519 still breathes effectively because you know, I, I mean, we 174 00:10:00.559 --> 00:10:03.080 could emperproof your attic just by sealing it all up, 175 00:10:03.080 --> 00:10:05.399 but now you don't have at events, and so we 176 00:10:05.480 --> 00:10:10.360 don't want to diminish the attic ventilation capacity while at 177 00:10:10.399 --> 00:10:13.799 the same time protecting you. We want to do both. 178 00:10:13.879 --> 00:10:15.919 We want them both. We want to have our cake 179 00:10:15.960 --> 00:10:18.840 and eat it too, and Kathleen that they're going to 180 00:10:18.879 --> 00:10:21.039 help you do exactly that. So don't worry about that. 181 00:10:21.159 --> 00:10:23.799 You have a good conversation with them, and it's going 182 00:10:23.879 --> 00:10:26.600 to work. We've seen it happen again and again. Kathleen. 183 00:10:26.639 --> 00:10:29.440 Thank you so much for your call and for your kindness. 184 00:10:29.919 --> 00:10:31.559 Good luck on the house. I know it's going to 185 00:10:31.600 --> 00:10:34.279 work out for you, y'all when we come back. 186 00:10:35.480 --> 00:10:38.759 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 187 00:10:38.879 --> 00:10:40.639 KFI AM six forty. 188 00:10:41.919 --> 00:10:45.440 Dean Sharp the House Whisper at your service. We're talking 189 00:10:45.480 --> 00:10:50.240 about eclectic decor and how to do it well. That's 190 00:10:50.279 --> 00:10:52.000 what we're going to return to in just a bit. 191 00:10:52.080 --> 00:10:55.399 But right now we're going to the phones. I want 192 00:10:55.399 --> 00:10:58.519 to talk to Ron. Hey, Ron, welcome home. 193 00:10:58.679 --> 00:11:03.519 Here's hi, good morning. I have a bank of five 194 00:11:03.799 --> 00:11:08.360 single pane aluminum windows about thirty four inches by fifty 195 00:11:08.399 --> 00:11:11.279 eight inches. I'm trying to sound proof of them. I'm 196 00:11:11.279 --> 00:11:15.679 looking at insets for them, but anything you could recommend, 197 00:11:15.759 --> 00:11:17.480 or any company you could recommend. 198 00:11:19.799 --> 00:11:22.039 So you want to do it. You want to do 199 00:11:22.080 --> 00:11:24.399 an insert on the inside of the window, just to 200 00:11:24.440 --> 00:11:26.399 give it a little bit more sound capture. 201 00:11:26.440 --> 00:11:30.360 Is that what you're saying, If that's the most practical thing? 202 00:11:31.799 --> 00:11:36.320 Yeah, well yeah, is there a real let me just 203 00:11:36.360 --> 00:11:39.000 ask in I want to be budget sensitive. Is there 204 00:11:39.080 --> 00:11:43.960 a reason why, if this is a priority, that we 205 00:11:44.080 --> 00:11:47.120 don't want to just switch out those windows? Change out 206 00:11:47.159 --> 00:11:52.639 those windows because single glazed aluminum windows, that's definitely an 207 00:11:52.639 --> 00:11:58.080 older window weather wise, energy wise and sound wise. And 208 00:11:58.559 --> 00:12:00.600 is it a hesitation because we don't want to disrupt 209 00:12:00.639 --> 00:12:03.080 the outside surface of the house. 210 00:12:02.919 --> 00:12:05.720 Because that's that's part of it. I'm a renter. 211 00:12:06.759 --> 00:12:10.279 Oh I got you, I hear you. So they're not 212 00:12:10.360 --> 00:12:10.960 your window? 213 00:12:12.519 --> 00:12:15.600 No, no, they're not my windows. So and they install 214 00:12:15.720 --> 00:12:18.320 these windows probably about three four years ago. 215 00:12:19.039 --> 00:12:22.320 Oh really, single glazed aluminum windows. They put them in 216 00:12:22.399 --> 00:12:23.279 three years ago. 217 00:12:24.399 --> 00:12:26.919 That's what I'm assuming it is. I may be wrong, 218 00:12:27.320 --> 00:12:29.279 but that's what I'm assuming They are. 219 00:12:29.600 --> 00:12:34.639 Now install them illegally. Actually, do you do? You know 220 00:12:34.720 --> 00:12:35.519 your landlord? 221 00:12:36.879 --> 00:12:39.840 I do, But they might be double pain I don't know. 222 00:12:40.039 --> 00:12:42.159 But they're still letting them a lot of sound. 223 00:12:42.399 --> 00:12:49.960 Okay, all right? Yeah? Yeah? You know, you could go 224 00:12:50.000 --> 00:12:53.840 to a lot of expense putting a clear panel insert 225 00:12:53.960 --> 00:12:58.000 inside the window jam in order to block the sound. 226 00:12:58.039 --> 00:13:00.559 And I see clear panel because obviously, I mean it's windows. 227 00:13:00.639 --> 00:13:04.000 So I mean I could tell you how to soundproof 228 00:13:04.320 --> 00:13:07.320 or how to drastically sound reduce those windows just by 229 00:13:07.639 --> 00:13:12.159 getting some foam sound resistant panels off of Amazon and 230 00:13:12.200 --> 00:13:14.039 cutting one to size and putting it in. But you 231 00:13:14.039 --> 00:13:17.200 wouldn't have a window anymore, right, So is there a 232 00:13:17.360 --> 00:13:21.279 time when you need it to be quieter when the 233 00:13:21.320 --> 00:13:25.080 window aspect is not important. I'm trying to get creative 234 00:13:25.120 --> 00:13:27.759 with a solution here, because that would be the best 235 00:13:27.759 --> 00:13:31.559 thing here. Another pane of glass at this point is 236 00:13:31.679 --> 00:13:36.879 going to help a little bit, a little bit, but 237 00:13:37.159 --> 00:13:41.519 not really produce a whole lot of bang for the 238 00:13:41.559 --> 00:13:43.559 buck that you'll be spending on them, and they're not 239 00:13:43.639 --> 00:13:47.159 even your windows. And so if it's like, well, when 240 00:13:47.200 --> 00:13:49.039 we sit down, or I've got to do I have 241 00:13:49.080 --> 00:13:51.440 to do a podcast, or I want to watch movies 242 00:13:51.480 --> 00:13:53.720 at a certain time of day. And I mean, if 243 00:13:53.720 --> 00:13:59.000 it's something like that where the window itself does not 244 00:13:59.120 --> 00:14:01.679 have to keep doing its job of letting light in, 245 00:14:02.120 --> 00:14:05.080 then the easiest way and the least expensive way, in 246 00:14:05.120 --> 00:14:09.399 the most effective way would be to, you know, come 247 00:14:09.480 --> 00:14:11.679 up and spend just a few dollars on a place 248 00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:16.080 like Amazon and uh and buy some inexpensive sound baffling 249 00:14:16.279 --> 00:14:18.799 foam that you could cut as an insert into the window. 250 00:14:18.840 --> 00:14:20.480 But it's going to block the I mean, it essentially 251 00:14:20.519 --> 00:14:24.320 closes down the window. But the sound wise, there's nothing 252 00:14:24.399 --> 00:14:27.559 better that you could do for that situation. If you're 253 00:14:27.559 --> 00:14:29.639 not going to switch out the window, I just don't 254 00:14:29.639 --> 00:14:33.159 have a mean, there's no magic bullet that's going to 255 00:14:33.240 --> 00:14:36.200 solve the problem and continue to let the light in 256 00:14:36.480 --> 00:14:42.200 of a of a leaky window, sound leaky, uh, you know, weather, leaky, 257 00:14:42.960 --> 00:14:44.000 you know all the same. 258 00:14:45.720 --> 00:14:47.919 But so I'm looking, can I mention the name of 259 00:14:47.960 --> 00:14:51.799 the company that I'm looking at sure it's called the 260 00:14:51.840 --> 00:14:56.279 inn window mm hm. And they're they're quoting me about 261 00:14:56.279 --> 00:14:59.240 three thousand dollars for the inserts. 262 00:15:00.080 --> 00:15:03.240 Uh huh. 263 00:15:03.399 --> 00:15:07.399 They're saying anywhere up like fifty to seventy percent soundproofy. 264 00:15:09.039 --> 00:15:15.320 Yeah, so again, uh, it's pricey. Three thousand dollars is pricey. 265 00:15:15.360 --> 00:15:17.960 And I want you to be really aware of this, 266 00:15:18.519 --> 00:15:23.759 that that that that is a you know, fifty to 267 00:15:23.840 --> 00:15:29.399 seventy percent reduction of sound through the window. That's not 268 00:15:29.480 --> 00:15:33.159 a fifty to seventy percent of reduction of sound in 269 00:15:33.320 --> 00:15:37.679 the room, Okay, because the window is just one component, 270 00:15:37.759 --> 00:15:40.919 and so loud sounds could still be finding their way 271 00:15:40.919 --> 00:15:43.559 A large majority of them are finding their way just 272 00:15:43.679 --> 00:15:47.399 through the wall. Okay. So I just want you to 273 00:15:47.399 --> 00:15:48.759 be clear on that. I'm not going to tell you 274 00:15:48.799 --> 00:15:51.559 not to use a company like that. I just want 275 00:15:51.600 --> 00:15:55.600 you to be aware that. You know, sometimes it's said like, hey, 276 00:15:56.080 --> 00:16:00.279 ninety percent reduction of sound. Well, okay, for that two 277 00:16:00.279 --> 00:16:05.919 square three square feet, that that area ninety percent reduction, 278 00:16:06.360 --> 00:16:10.000 But when the rest of the wall is still transmitting sound, 279 00:16:10.279 --> 00:16:13.679 you may only see a ten percent reduction of overall 280 00:16:13.840 --> 00:16:17.639 sound in the room that you're struggling with. And if 281 00:16:17.679 --> 00:16:19.759 that's the case, then you have to measure that against 282 00:16:19.799 --> 00:16:21.679 the three thousand dollars that you're going to spend for 283 00:16:21.720 --> 00:16:22.440 the window. Answer. 284 00:16:25.440 --> 00:16:30.919 So again, so you're recommending the phone sound buffering. 285 00:16:31.480 --> 00:16:34.559 Yeah, I'm recommending a thick I mean literally, you know 286 00:16:35.480 --> 00:16:39.759 the kind of foam of sound absorption material that you 287 00:16:39.799 --> 00:16:43.080 can find on a website like Amazon for just pennies 288 00:16:43.120 --> 00:16:46.519 on the dollar that will when you need it to 289 00:16:46.639 --> 00:16:51.240 be quiet, you can plug the windows with as opposed 290 00:16:51.279 --> 00:16:54.240 to spending big bucks. Because you know what, for three 291 00:16:54.279 --> 00:16:59.000 thousand how many windows are there by the way, five? Yeah, windows? 292 00:17:00.120 --> 00:17:03.279 For three thousand dollars, you're almost spending the You may 293 00:17:03.360 --> 00:17:06.680 actually be spending as much, if not more than putting 294 00:17:06.720 --> 00:17:10.200 retrofit windows in those openings. And that's the thing. I'm 295 00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:13.279 just it's just a it's a high price to pay. 296 00:17:13.440 --> 00:17:16.480 I'm not saying it's not a good product. It's just 297 00:17:17.119 --> 00:17:19.920 the kind of thing that you use in an extreme 298 00:17:20.000 --> 00:17:25.920 situation when literally no other solution presents itself. And I 299 00:17:25.920 --> 00:17:29.799 would really want to explore other options, including when do 300 00:17:29.839 --> 00:17:31.759 you need it to be quiet? Right? And if that's 301 00:17:31.799 --> 00:17:35.000 the thing, then just plug the window home if that 302 00:17:35.039 --> 00:17:38.960 makes sense. Ron, Thank you for your question. Not everything 303 00:17:39.039 --> 00:17:41.759 is an easy solve, right, And some products that are 304 00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:45.680 advertised that kind of say, hey, here's the miracle. Price 305 00:17:46.559 --> 00:17:48.680 is going to be aware. You know, there's a lot 306 00:17:48.720 --> 00:17:52.279 of sound that actually moves through a wall, not just 307 00:17:52.400 --> 00:17:57.480 the window. Yes, windows are leaky holes, But spend that 308 00:17:57.559 --> 00:18:00.680 much money trying to get a reduction of the glass 309 00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:04.720 transmission and find out that you've only reduced the overall 310 00:18:04.839 --> 00:18:08.279 room sound by ten fifteen percent. Now, maybe that's good enough, 311 00:18:08.319 --> 00:18:11.160 but for three thousand dollars, you have to evaluate whether 312 00:18:11.200 --> 00:18:14.000 that's the case. All Right, y'all when we return, let's 313 00:18:14.039 --> 00:18:17.880 dive back into our conversation about eclectic decor, and I'll 314 00:18:17.880 --> 00:18:20.920 be hitting up the phones again in just a bit. 315 00:18:21.920 --> 00:18:25.240 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 316 00:18:25.319 --> 00:18:26.839 KFI AM six forty. 317 00:18:28.720 --> 00:18:33.000 Now, feng Shui. Feng Shui is not a decourse style. 318 00:18:33.559 --> 00:18:37.240 It's a methodology. Yeah, and no, it doesn't really fit 319 00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:40.680 in the ish category because it's not a decorese style. Yeah, 320 00:18:41.319 --> 00:18:44.880 I'm sorry, all right, everybody, I'm just answering a question. 321 00:18:45.279 --> 00:18:48.559 Answering a question here in the studio. I am so 322 00:18:48.680 --> 00:18:50.960 glad you've joined us on the show today we are 323 00:18:51.039 --> 00:18:54.279 talking about the secrets of ISH, and by ish, I 324 00:18:54.359 --> 00:18:59.440 mean that kind of eclectic decor where your theme that 325 00:18:59.480 --> 00:19:02.799 you really we'd really like to establish for your place, 326 00:19:02.839 --> 00:19:05.279 for a room, for a space, whatever the case may be, 327 00:19:07.720 --> 00:19:10.799 and how you're never going to achieve. I mean, the 328 00:19:10.799 --> 00:19:13.640 bad news is you're never going to achieve purity, one 329 00:19:13.720 --> 00:19:17.720 hundred percent purity with your decor theme. It's always going 330 00:19:17.759 --> 00:19:20.599 to be an ish, right, It's like, well, it's going 331 00:19:20.680 --> 00:19:23.880 to be contemporary ish, it's going to be a modern 332 00:19:23.960 --> 00:19:29.640 farmhouse ish. It's going to be craftsman ish. Why because life, 333 00:19:29.839 --> 00:19:34.440 because real life, Because because if you have relationships with 334 00:19:34.599 --> 00:19:37.160 other people, if you walk out into the world, you 335 00:19:37.240 --> 00:19:40.839 come home with things that are meaningful and special and beautiful, 336 00:19:40.880 --> 00:19:46.960 but don't necessarily line up precisely with that theme, that period. 337 00:19:47.000 --> 00:19:49.799 That's not and it's not even just about those elements. 338 00:19:49.839 --> 00:19:52.920 Maybe you live in a century old house. Maybe your 339 00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:56.440 house was built in the nineteen twenties, and you would 340 00:19:56.480 --> 00:19:58.680 like to use your living room to watch a twenty 341 00:19:58.720 --> 00:20:03.440 first century flatsk TV. You know, integrating that into a 342 00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:08.279 home that was never designed even to conceive of a 343 00:20:08.400 --> 00:20:13.680 video screen is a challenge. From a decor perspective, and 344 00:20:13.720 --> 00:20:16.799 that's what makes it ish. But if we do it, 345 00:20:16.839 --> 00:20:19.799 if we follow the rules, we follow the best advice available, 346 00:20:20.039 --> 00:20:24.359 which of course you will receive right here, then you 347 00:20:24.359 --> 00:20:27.480 can be really, really successful at this. So dive back 348 00:20:27.559 --> 00:20:31.880 into this conversation with me, shall we. That sounds good, 349 00:20:32.079 --> 00:20:35.559 all right, So again I want to underscore this. Oh 350 00:20:35.559 --> 00:20:37.319 and by the way, by the way, sorry sorry sorry, 351 00:20:38.240 --> 00:20:41.400 go to our social media and check out Instagram, Facebook, 352 00:20:41.400 --> 00:20:44.839 and TikTok. Right now, we just posted a video about 353 00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:48.640 the Nick's Mini Color Analyzer. You're gonna want to see it. 354 00:20:48.759 --> 00:20:50.640 You gotta see it. 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Eclectic is a 366 00:21:32.839 --> 00:21:38.160 word that gets thrown around a lot by hoarders, by 367 00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:43.640 people who have way too much stuff, uh, and and 368 00:21:43.759 --> 00:21:47.440 people who have essentially given up on an attempt to 369 00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:50.440 do a decor theme and just say, well, I'm a 370 00:21:50.480 --> 00:21:55.799 collecting and so it's an excuse for not being thoughtful 371 00:21:56.039 --> 00:21:58.960 and for allowing a little bit of design chaos to 372 00:21:59.079 --> 00:22:03.079 enter into your home. So yeah, yeah, let's use the 373 00:22:03.119 --> 00:22:06.400 word and give it the honor that it's due. Eclectic 374 00:22:06.759 --> 00:22:11.319 decor is a discipline and it's one that you can 375 00:22:13.079 --> 00:22:17.319 really achieve. But it takes intention. It takes the intentionality 376 00:22:17.799 --> 00:22:22.920 of a gallery owner. It's not random, it's thoughtful, and 377 00:22:22.960 --> 00:22:28.319 it's curated curated carefully. Okay, all right, so now on 378 00:22:28.519 --> 00:22:31.440 to the next tip. As we go here, the next 379 00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:33.759 thing I want to talk to you about just is patterns. 380 00:22:34.559 --> 00:22:42.880 Be aware of patterns. Patterns, meaning whether visible printed patterns 381 00:22:42.960 --> 00:22:52.839 in furniture, on paintings, on furnishings like blankets, throws, pillows, fabrics, 382 00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:58.000 those kinds of things. The two questions that are most 383 00:22:58.440 --> 00:23:05.759 important to ask about patterns are this, do the geometries 384 00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:09.079 of the patterns of a couple of different patterns play 385 00:23:09.119 --> 00:23:12.680 well together? Okay, I'll explain that in just a second. 386 00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:16.279 But do the actual shapes of two different patterns do 387 00:23:16.319 --> 00:23:20.759 they play well together? And number two, does the scale 388 00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:24.440 of the patterns play well together? Okay, and I'm not 389 00:23:24.440 --> 00:23:27.079 talking about one pattern. I'm talking about an eclectic design 390 00:23:27.119 --> 00:23:30.119 in which there's more than one pattern in the space, 391 00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:32.599 in the room, on the sofa, whatever the case may be. 392 00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:35.960 So we've got to ask these critical questions. Do the 393 00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:39.680 geometries play well together? And does the scale play well together? 394 00:23:40.039 --> 00:23:42.640 So what kind of patterns are out there? Anyway? Well, 395 00:23:43.039 --> 00:23:47.319 I'm sure that we could split hairs and create more 396 00:23:47.400 --> 00:23:52.000 than these six categories, But in general, in general, a 397 00:23:52.119 --> 00:23:55.680 pattern falls into one of these six categories. It's either 398 00:23:55.880 --> 00:24:00.920 floral and organic. Right, floral organic meaning there's patterns of 399 00:24:01.039 --> 00:24:03.799 leaves or tree branches or you know, you know what 400 00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:08.960 I'm saying, I know, a sense of organic representation in 401 00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:14.480