WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.040 --> 00:00:04.360 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 2 00:00:04.440 --> 00:00:06.280 KFI AM six forty. 3 00:00:08.039 --> 00:00:13.400 KFI AM six forty live streaming in HD everywhere on 4 00:00:13.480 --> 00:00:18.320 the iHeartRadio app. Hey, welcome home. I am Dean Sharp, 5 00:00:18.559 --> 00:00:22.760 the house Whisper, I design custom homes, I built some 6 00:00:22.839 --> 00:00:26.679 custom homes, and I am on the weekends, your guide 7 00:00:26.960 --> 00:00:30.719 to better understanding that place where you live today on 8 00:00:30.960 --> 00:00:36.840 the show. Well, here's the thing. It isn't quite spring yet, right, 9 00:00:37.039 --> 00:00:42.759 not quite technically officially spring yet. We've got what twelve 10 00:00:42.880 --> 00:00:46.479 days or so before it's actually spring. But spring is 11 00:00:46.479 --> 00:00:48.840 in the air, there's no doubt about that, and that 12 00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:53.439 means that remodeling season is upon us. I thought I 13 00:00:53.479 --> 00:00:59.039 would start out that official season with a discussion with you. 14 00:00:59.159 --> 00:01:01.719 There's so many things we talk about during the spring 15 00:01:01.799 --> 00:01:05.719 regarding your home, everything from pest control because those critters 16 00:01:05.760 --> 00:01:10.439 are up and at them again, to gardening and the like. 17 00:01:10.920 --> 00:01:14.519 But I thought this weekend we would start with a 18 00:01:14.560 --> 00:01:20.480 little bit unorthodox, uncommon conversation about those of us who 19 00:01:21.040 --> 00:01:25.680 are wanting more space, needing a little bit more elbow room, 20 00:01:26.120 --> 00:01:29.040 a little bit more room for living in our homes, 21 00:01:29.120 --> 00:01:34.439 but just don't have a full remodeling budget or room 22 00:01:34.599 --> 00:01:39.439 edition budget to do it. You know, inflation is still 23 00:01:39.480 --> 00:01:43.719 out there and it hasn't left. Funds are tight for 24 00:01:43.719 --> 00:01:46.159 a lot of people, but so is the house, and 25 00:01:46.280 --> 00:01:49.200 so where can we go? What can we do well? 26 00:01:49.239 --> 00:01:51.560 I'm going to have a conversation with you today and 27 00:01:51.680 --> 00:01:55.719 tomorrow about two very distinct areas where if we get 28 00:01:55.719 --> 00:01:59.920 creative enough, we can find some elbow room in the house. Tomorrow, 29 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:05.680 we're going to be talking about outdoor spaces. Yep, going outside. 30 00:02:05.959 --> 00:02:09.000 That's the thing. If you can live more of your 31 00:02:09.080 --> 00:02:14.520 life outdoors comfortably, comfortable chairs, comfortable seating, enough shade to 32 00:02:14.560 --> 00:02:18.919 stay cool enough, you know, fire or warmth to stay warm, 33 00:02:19.360 --> 00:02:24.960 then you really can transform the spacious ness of your home. 34 00:02:25.319 --> 00:02:28.240 That is tomorrow's show because there's a lot of detail 35 00:02:28.319 --> 00:02:32.599 to go into there. But today today we're staying inside, 36 00:02:33.120 --> 00:02:38.199 kind kind of inside, because we're going into the garage. Yes, 37 00:02:38.599 --> 00:02:43.840 the garage as a flex space for your home. It 38 00:02:44.000 --> 00:02:48.520 is a oft neglected opportunity because you know what, it's 39 00:02:48.560 --> 00:02:50.759 already got walls and a roof and a slab. It 40 00:02:51.120 --> 00:02:53.680 just needs some help. Oh, I know your garage needs 41 00:02:53.680 --> 00:02:55.960 some help. I've seen your garage. Oh, yes, I have 42 00:02:56.360 --> 00:02:59.879 in my dreams, in my nightmares. Actually I've seen your 43 00:03:00.479 --> 00:03:04.520 So let's talk about getting your garage converted into a 44 00:03:04.560 --> 00:03:07.719 space that will accommodate some of that extra living that 45 00:03:07.759 --> 00:03:10.039 you want to do. I'm not talking about ADUs. I'm 46 00:03:10.039 --> 00:03:14.599 not talking about converting it into a bathroom, kitchen, living 47 00:03:14.680 --> 00:03:17.639 studio space. Those are other shows for other purposes, and 48 00:03:17.680 --> 00:03:20.840 those are, you know, costlier, that's like a full on thing. No, 49 00:03:21.240 --> 00:03:25.319 I'm talking about creating, with a minimal amount of money, 50 00:03:25.599 --> 00:03:28.680 a space that you can spend some of your life 51 00:03:28.719 --> 00:03:32.159 in willingly and enjoyably. So we're going to do it. 52 00:03:33.360 --> 00:03:35.639 Of course, we're also going to be taking your calls. 53 00:03:35.759 --> 00:03:40.319 And right now, the legendary Michelle Cube producing the show 54 00:03:40.360 --> 00:03:43.719 for us today. Richie is taking the weekend off, Michelle 55 00:03:43.759 --> 00:03:46.280 is with us. I am so proud and so happy 56 00:03:46.319 --> 00:03:48.919 every time we get to work with Michelle and she 57 00:03:49.080 --> 00:03:51.439 is standing by ready to take your calls. And of 58 00:03:51.479 --> 00:03:55.080 course when we take calls, anything is fair game. I'm 59 00:03:55.120 --> 00:03:58.879 talking about garages today. You can call me about anything 60 00:03:58.960 --> 00:04:04.520 regarding your home, inside, outside, landscape, design, construction, DIY, whatever's 61 00:04:04.560 --> 00:04:06.840 got you scratching your head about your house. The number 62 00:04:06.879 --> 00:04:10.840 to reach me eight three three two ask Dean eight 63 00:04:10.879 --> 00:04:14.120 three three the numeral two ask Dean eight three three 64 00:04:14.560 --> 00:04:18.360 to ask Dean. Those phone lines are open now and 65 00:04:18.439 --> 00:04:21.000 Michelle is standing by. Let me introduce you to the 66 00:04:21.000 --> 00:04:24.360 rest of our awesome team. Sam is on the board 67 00:04:24.959 --> 00:04:30.399 wrestling R not So live studio audience. Good morning Sam, 68 00:04:30.480 --> 00:04:33.079 Good morning Dean. I was just marveling at the fact 69 00:04:33.120 --> 00:04:35.759 that you have your own phone number and I want one. 70 00:04:36.120 --> 00:04:39.920 Come on like eight six six two four Sam something 71 00:04:40.360 --> 00:04:42.519 there you go. You know what, Hey, it was not 72 00:04:43.120 --> 00:04:46.199 getting an eight hundred number these days not an easy 73 00:04:46.240 --> 00:04:48.959 task to do, you know what. Eight and a half 74 00:04:49.000 --> 00:04:52.480 years ago when we started the show, Oscar and I 75 00:04:52.560 --> 00:04:56.639 searched for weeks to come up with the right combination 76 00:04:56.800 --> 00:04:59.800 of letters and numbers that made sense. So in ours, 77 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:04.040 by the way, is one digit too long? Just FYI? 78 00:05:04.759 --> 00:05:07.399 Uh so you don't have to actually dial the end 79 00:05:07.879 --> 00:05:11.199 in eight three three to ask Dean. If you count 80 00:05:11.240 --> 00:05:13.560 it out, you're like, wait, that's that's too long of 81 00:05:13.600 --> 00:05:16.720 a number. Yeah. We just added the n on the 82 00:05:16.839 --> 00:05:19.120 end because it makes sense. Otherwise you'd be dialing a 83 00:05:19.240 --> 00:05:23.040 three three to ask Dea, and that is a completely 84 00:05:23.079 --> 00:05:28.720 different show. Sam it's a totally way different, so so 85 00:05:28.879 --> 00:05:33.600 just dial the in and have fun anyway, Sam, always 86 00:05:33.639 --> 00:05:37.120 great to work with you, Bud I Lean Gonzales at 87 00:05:37.199 --> 00:05:39.759 the news desk, Good morning, I Leen, Good morning, Sunshine. 88 00:05:39.759 --> 00:05:43.360 How's it going. I'm doing pretty good. You're very cheaper today, 89 00:05:43.720 --> 00:05:47.639 am I? Yeah? All right, Well it's a good thing. 90 00:05:48.160 --> 00:05:50.519 This coffee is good and about two thirds of this 91 00:05:50.600 --> 00:05:52.959 cup is in me already, so maybe that's key. I 92 00:05:53.000 --> 00:05:56.959 need some of that. Yeah, sitting across the table from me, 93 00:05:57.600 --> 00:06:00.920 grab a mic. Why don't you? What's the deal with you? 94 00:06:01.199 --> 00:06:08.639 What's the deal with you? Hello, my better half. You 95 00:06:08.639 --> 00:06:10.480 know I say this every week, but it is just 96 00:06:10.959 --> 00:06:13.439 absolutely true. I would not tell you if it weren't 97 00:06:13.439 --> 00:06:16.480 that way. She is my better half. She is my 98 00:06:16.600 --> 00:06:19.800 design partner, the co owner and co founder of House Whisper, 99 00:06:19.879 --> 00:06:23.439 and my best friend in all the world. Tina is 100 00:06:23.480 --> 00:06:32.279 here home. Nice pause? I like that. I like that. 101 00:06:32.600 --> 00:06:36.879 And you have a friend next to you, Sammy Beagle. No, 102 00:06:36.959 --> 00:06:39.839 not the elephant, No, the other elephant in the room. 103 00:06:40.360 --> 00:06:45.000 The eagle, the sweet much happier everyone on the everyone 104 00:06:45.000 --> 00:06:47.879 who heard the live show, What a couple of Oh 105 00:06:47.959 --> 00:06:51.519 the screaming bagel screaming bagel. Sammy pinched a nerve in 106 00:06:51.560 --> 00:06:54.839 his neck, which happens to beagles as they get older sometimes, 107 00:06:54.920 --> 00:06:58.199 And he was in a bad pain for several days. 108 00:06:58.519 --> 00:07:00.680 But we got him all his meds, We got it 109 00:07:00.720 --> 00:07:03.000 all loosened up. He went back to the vet yesterday, 110 00:07:03.120 --> 00:07:07.120 clean bill of health. Sammy's feeling much better and much quieter, 111 00:07:07.319 --> 00:07:11.600 and which is good for Daddy's nerves. On the show, 112 00:07:12.759 --> 00:07:18.360 All right, y'all, we're gonna dive into it. Yeah, I 113 00:07:18.399 --> 00:07:22.160 had to wait for Bill to talk there. Dean sharp 114 00:07:22.240 --> 00:07:26.199 vows whisper. Never be in a situation. Never put yourself 115 00:07:26.199 --> 00:07:28.920 in a situation where you were waiting for Bill Handle 116 00:07:29.000 --> 00:07:33.079 to say something. Just a piece of advice in general. Hey, 117 00:07:33.120 --> 00:07:35.959 whether your home is a condo or a cottage or 118 00:07:36.000 --> 00:07:39.160 a castle, it doesn't matter. I am here to help 119 00:07:39.240 --> 00:07:42.759 you take it to the next level. We're also going 120 00:07:42.800 --> 00:07:44.759 to be taking calls today. I'm going to give out 121 00:07:44.800 --> 00:07:49.160 the number once again, eight three three to ask Dean, 122 00:07:49.879 --> 00:07:52.600 the number that Sam is so jealous of, because I 123 00:07:52.639 --> 00:07:56.240 have my own name on my number, eight three three two. 124 00:07:56.560 --> 00:07:59.319 Ask Dean the numeral two and then you just spell 125 00:07:59.360 --> 00:08:02.720 out ask Dean. So it's a three three two beep, 126 00:08:03.160 --> 00:08:06.079 ask Dean. That always makes Tina laugh. I was just 127 00:08:06.120 --> 00:08:08.800 making sure she was paying attention a three to three 128 00:08:09.199 --> 00:08:15.000 to ask Dean. All right, let's dive into this topic, 129 00:08:15.120 --> 00:08:19.160 shall we. What we're talking about today is very simply 130 00:08:19.199 --> 00:08:22.279 this where to get the most space for the least money. Tomorrow, 131 00:08:22.560 --> 00:08:26.079 I'm gonna be talking about getting outside, getting some elbow 132 00:08:26.120 --> 00:08:28.959 room outside. No, I'm not talking about adding bedrooms or 133 00:08:29.000 --> 00:08:33.720 bathrooms today. Okay, we're We're focusing on those of us 134 00:08:33.799 --> 00:08:37.879 who have some money to make some changes in the house, 135 00:08:37.919 --> 00:08:42.320 but not enough to do a full blown room edition 136 00:08:42.879 --> 00:08:47.799 or anything like that. We just need more space. And 137 00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:52.559 you know, here is a situation where the conversation about 138 00:08:52.639 --> 00:08:58.960 space and spacious ness doesn't apply so much. I you 139 00:08:59.000 --> 00:09:02.279 hear me talk about that all the time, reformulating your 140 00:09:02.320 --> 00:09:06.480 space so that it feels more spacess. I'm not really 141 00:09:06.519 --> 00:09:11.919 focused on that. I'm actually talking about more space, more 142 00:09:12.000 --> 00:09:14.919 square footage, but not in the traditional sense of a 143 00:09:15.000 --> 00:09:20.000 room edition, simply improving living conditions in spaces that you 144 00:09:20.159 --> 00:09:24.080 already have but that you haven't maximized. And one of 145 00:09:24.080 --> 00:09:32.039 those spaces where we're concentrating today is the garage the garage. Now, 146 00:09:32.480 --> 00:09:35.639 there are two obstacles that stand in the way of 147 00:09:35.759 --> 00:09:38.480 everything that I want to talk to you about this 148 00:09:38.600 --> 00:09:41.519 morning regarding your garage, and I think you know what 149 00:09:41.600 --> 00:09:46.320 they are. One is an automobile. It actually is not 150 00:09:46.519 --> 00:09:50.559 the biggest obstacle. It is the second biggest obstacle. But 151 00:09:50.679 --> 00:09:54.519 an automobile parked in the garage obviously takes up the 152 00:09:54.639 --> 00:09:58.559 space of an automobile parked in the garage. And if 153 00:09:58.600 --> 00:10:02.840 you are going to continue to park your automobile in 154 00:10:02.960 --> 00:10:06.399 the garage, then that doesn't stop you from moving forward 155 00:10:06.399 --> 00:10:10.360 with today's suggestions. It just means that that garage is 156 00:10:10.399 --> 00:10:15.039 going to be a flex space, not a permanent allocation, 157 00:10:15.519 --> 00:10:17.399 but a flex space. In other words, that you're going 158 00:10:17.440 --> 00:10:21.919 to strategize and creatively work out how the garage can 159 00:10:21.960 --> 00:10:26.480 be used during the times when you simply pull the 160 00:10:26.519 --> 00:10:30.159 car out into the driveway and then with a little 161 00:10:30.159 --> 00:10:34.159 bit a minimal moving around, a little slidiness over here, 162 00:10:34.240 --> 00:10:37.879 and moving that over there away from the walls, suddenly 163 00:10:38.480 --> 00:10:42.200 we have a different kind of a room altogether. So 164 00:10:42.519 --> 00:10:46.720 that's very very much within the parameters of what we're 165 00:10:46.759 --> 00:10:51.000 discussing today. And so a garage with a car in. 166 00:10:51.039 --> 00:10:55.120 It does not end this conversation, It just forces it 167 00:10:55.200 --> 00:10:59.720 to get more creative. The thing that's really in the way, 168 00:11:00.279 --> 00:11:04.720 you know, is all that stuff. You know, you have 169 00:11:05.360 --> 00:11:10.120 too much stuff. I can say that safely because we 170 00:11:10.240 --> 00:11:14.919 all have too much stuff. It's just and if you're 171 00:11:14.919 --> 00:11:17.120 sitting there thinking I don't have a lot of stuff 172 00:11:17.159 --> 00:11:20.879 in my garage, then you, my friend, are ready to 173 00:11:21.039 --> 00:11:28.200 go with all of these suggestions. But for everybody else, yeah, 174 00:11:28.240 --> 00:11:31.000 too much stuff. And how do I know that you 175 00:11:31.039 --> 00:11:34.759 have too much stuff? Because you've got the garage piled 176 00:11:34.759 --> 00:11:38.039 full of stuff. And let's be honest and honesty here 177 00:11:38.240 --> 00:11:40.600 is the key to mental health when it comes to 178 00:11:40.639 --> 00:11:43.360 having too much stuff. This is stuff that you just 179 00:11:43.399 --> 00:11:47.000 don't use. You don't get to, you don't dig through it. 180 00:11:47.000 --> 00:11:50.360 It's a pile of stuff, and you keep telling yourself, oh, 181 00:11:50.399 --> 00:11:53.600 but I might need that someday. No, you listen, it's 182 00:11:53.679 --> 00:11:56.639 been years since you've really gotten to all of that. 183 00:11:57.320 --> 00:12:01.039 You have too much stuff. And the very first step 184 00:12:01.159 --> 00:12:05.320 and the biggest thing that stands between you and utilizing 185 00:12:05.759 --> 00:12:09.759 what is without question, I mean, think about this, an 186 00:12:09.799 --> 00:12:17.200 additional four hundred plus square feet. That's a lot of room, 187 00:12:17.480 --> 00:12:20.919 a lot of room. What stands in the way. It's 188 00:12:20.960 --> 00:12:23.679 all that stuff. All right, when we come back, we'll 189 00:12:23.720 --> 00:12:30.200 discuss reasonable efficient ways of storing some of that stuff. 190 00:12:30.240 --> 00:12:32.320 But I'm just telling you the rest of it, the 191 00:12:32.360 --> 00:12:34.960 rest of it needs to go. You will be so 192 00:12:35.120 --> 00:12:37.480 much happier when it does. All right, we'll talk about 193 00:12:37.519 --> 00:12:40.279 strategies for your stuff in the garage. 194 00:12:41.399 --> 00:12:44.679 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 195 00:12:44.799 --> 00:12:46.600 KFI AM six forty. 196 00:12:48.159 --> 00:12:52.320 Can't five AM six forty live streaming in HD on 197 00:12:52.399 --> 00:12:57.279 the iHeartRadio app. Welcome to the program, Dean Sharp, the 198 00:12:57.320 --> 00:13:01.720 house whisper here with you. We're talking about taking advantage 199 00:13:01.720 --> 00:13:03.919 of some of the space that you've already got in 200 00:13:04.399 --> 00:13:10.519 unorthodox or unconventional ways, namely talking about those who want 201 00:13:10.559 --> 00:13:13.480 to spend the least amount of money and get the 202 00:13:13.519 --> 00:13:18.440 most space, spending some time in the garage, using the 203 00:13:18.440 --> 00:13:20.639 garage as a flex space. Now, I want to clarify 204 00:13:20.639 --> 00:13:24.320 a couple of things. I know I said some incendiary 205 00:13:24.440 --> 00:13:27.919 things about garages in the last segment, and so let 206 00:13:28.000 --> 00:13:30.559 me just clarify my thinking here so that you and 207 00:13:30.600 --> 00:13:33.919 I are not at odds with each other. I want 208 00:13:33.960 --> 00:13:40.080 us to be friends. Here's the thing, I know that 209 00:13:41.559 --> 00:13:44.039 I want to explode a couple of myths. Number One, 210 00:13:44.639 --> 00:13:49.720 garages are important for cars. They are depending on where 211 00:13:49.720 --> 00:13:54.600 you live. Okay, notice I qualified that depending on where 212 00:13:54.600 --> 00:13:57.600 you live and what your attitude is about your car 213 00:13:57.759 --> 00:14:01.480 as well. So we have a lot of listeners all 214 00:14:01.559 --> 00:14:04.840 across this great nation of ours, and so for those 215 00:14:04.879 --> 00:14:08.080 of you who are listening in high snow and heavy 216 00:14:08.159 --> 00:14:11.240 winter areas, of course I understand we want to get 217 00:14:11.279 --> 00:14:13.960 the car into the garage, all right, because no one 218 00:14:14.000 --> 00:14:16.600 wants to wake up and dig their car out of 219 00:14:16.679 --> 00:14:19.480 the snow in the morning, nor do you want to 220 00:14:19.519 --> 00:14:23.120 wake up to the frozen engine block or anything like that. 221 00:14:23.279 --> 00:14:29.080 So garages are critical shelters for automobiles in areas that 222 00:14:29.279 --> 00:14:36.159 have severe weather extremes, absolutely, without question done. For those 223 00:14:36.200 --> 00:14:39.519 of you in who live in those areas, we're probably 224 00:14:39.600 --> 00:14:43.679 going to take today's lessons and apply them to the basement. 225 00:14:44.360 --> 00:14:48.720 So let's just make that little switch of application there 226 00:14:49.200 --> 00:14:52.000 and just assume that what we're talking about for that 227 00:14:52.039 --> 00:14:56.039 flex space now becomes the basement area, which technically is 228 00:14:56.240 --> 00:15:00.159 you know, has not been habitable, but is there a 229 00:15:00.200 --> 00:15:04.360 lot of different purposes. However, those of you who live 230 00:15:05.399 --> 00:15:08.840 in areas where the weather does not get that extreme, 231 00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:16.240 like let's see southern California, you just need to rethink 232 00:15:16.399 --> 00:15:22.600 possibly the whole car position for the garage. Okay, most 233 00:15:22.639 --> 00:15:24.799 people just kind of follow suit and they're like, well, deane, 234 00:15:24.840 --> 00:15:33.519 cars age more severely if they are not stored indoors. Well, see, 235 00:15:33.679 --> 00:15:37.799 that's technically true, technically true. But let's think about this 236 00:15:37.879 --> 00:15:41.600 for a second. The number one thing that ages a 237 00:15:41.720 --> 00:15:47.159 car about the outside is not rain, not even snow 238 00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:52.919 or ice. It is, in fact, the sun. It is 239 00:15:53.039 --> 00:15:56.120 the sun that is that is going to do the 240 00:15:56.159 --> 00:15:59.759 most long term damage. And for those of you who work, 241 00:16:00.039 --> 00:16:04.720 and I'm assuming most of you do, then I just 242 00:16:04.720 --> 00:16:07.279 want to point this out. The sun is out during 243 00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:12.440 the day. Was that a shocker? Yeah, the sun is 244 00:16:12.480 --> 00:16:16.360 out during the day, So far more important than parking 245 00:16:16.399 --> 00:16:20.679 your car in the garage at night when the sun 246 00:16:20.799 --> 00:16:26.600 isn't out anyway, Far more important to the aging of 247 00:16:26.720 --> 00:16:29.720 your or the premature aging of your car is finding 248 00:16:29.759 --> 00:16:32.919 a shady or covered parking space when you drive it 249 00:16:33.000 --> 00:16:38.120 to work. Yes, sitting outside your workplace all day is 250 00:16:38.240 --> 00:16:42.440 actually where your car is experiencing the most exposure to sunlight. 251 00:16:42.559 --> 00:16:45.840 When you get home, at five o'clock or later at 252 00:16:45.960 --> 00:16:49.519 night and the sun has gone down. Guess what is 253 00:16:49.600 --> 00:16:53.639 not happening with your car outside? It is not prematurely 254 00:16:53.720 --> 00:16:57.960 aging in the sun as it sits under the moonlit sky. 255 00:16:58.559 --> 00:17:01.879 So just a little bit of FYI, okay, now I 256 00:17:01.919 --> 00:17:05.880 get it outside inside. And again, our discussion today about 257 00:17:05.880 --> 00:17:09.240 the garage as a flex space is is really built 258 00:17:09.240 --> 00:17:12.880 around the idea that you're still using the garage for 259 00:17:13.079 --> 00:17:15.519 the car. You don't have to, but we still are 260 00:17:15.599 --> 00:17:17.799 assuming that it is. But for those of you who 261 00:17:17.799 --> 00:17:21.519 want to take the garage permanently in a further direction, 262 00:17:22.240 --> 00:17:26.839 just consider the fact that the possibility you could park 263 00:17:26.880 --> 00:17:30.920 in the driveway still be safe and not prematural in 264 00:17:30.960 --> 00:17:36.960 your a premature prem to prem aging your car faster 265 00:17:37.200 --> 00:17:42.240 than normal. All I'm saying is that now this is 266 00:17:42.359 --> 00:17:45.440 one you know, I have nice cars, all right. I 267 00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:48.200 love our cars. We love our cars. Tina and I 268 00:17:48.240 --> 00:17:51.559 moved into our little cottage, and it was a very 269 00:17:51.640 --> 00:17:54.759 little cottage when we first bought it, and we expanded 270 00:17:54.839 --> 00:17:58.640 into what was previously our garage, and we made a 271 00:17:58.680 --> 00:18:02.359 decision not to replay place the garage because we just 272 00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:05.279 park outside. Now we live in a neighborhood where we're 273 00:18:05.319 --> 00:18:09.319 not worried about our car, you know, in terms of safety. 274 00:18:09.640 --> 00:18:13.640 But we park our cars in our driveways. We always 275 00:18:13.720 --> 00:18:17.160 have and we probably always will as long as we 276 00:18:17.200 --> 00:18:20.640 live here in southern California. Again, inclement weather different story, 277 00:18:21.039 --> 00:18:24.680 but out here, and you know what, we'd drive our 278 00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:27.400 cars into the ground. I mean, we literally run them 279 00:18:27.480 --> 00:18:30.799 until they are two hundred plus thousand miles and just 280 00:18:30.839 --> 00:18:34.039 shouldn't go any further. And all of our cars still 281 00:18:34.079 --> 00:18:37.599 look lovely. So keep it washed, keep it waxed, and 282 00:18:38.079 --> 00:18:41.000 let it live outside. Cars can do that these days. 283 00:18:41.480 --> 00:18:44.400 And that allowed us to have our little home a 284 00:18:44.440 --> 00:18:47.119 little bit larger because we use the garage for a 285 00:18:47.160 --> 00:18:52.240 permanent space. All I'm talking to you about is the 286 00:18:52.279 --> 00:18:55.759 possibility of occasionally setting up the garage so that you 287 00:18:55.799 --> 00:18:58.359 can pull the cars out and really use it as 288 00:18:58.400 --> 00:19:01.319 a beautiful habitable space. I just want to just want 289 00:19:01.319 --> 00:19:04.039 to lay that out there. So now the strategies for 290 00:19:04.160 --> 00:19:08.160 storage and how we clean that garage up. That's where 291 00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:13.759 we go next. Can't by being charted the house whisper 292 00:19:13.880 --> 00:19:17.000 Welcome home, thanks for joining us on the program. We're 293 00:19:17.039 --> 00:19:22.559 talking about finding some extra space, elbow room in your home. 294 00:19:22.680 --> 00:19:26.200 And I'm specifically talking today about the garage. Tomorrow we'll 295 00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:28.680 talk about getting outside, especially if you live here in 296 00:19:28.680 --> 00:19:32.039 southern California or you know, anywhere during in the spring 297 00:19:32.079 --> 00:19:36.200 and summer months, getting outside is a place that you 298 00:19:36.200 --> 00:19:39.319 can actually get more space for living, living a little 299 00:19:39.319 --> 00:19:44.079 bit more outside. Just snowflake, Ah that did I say that. 300 00:19:44.240 --> 00:19:48.279 I did not mean that exactly, but sort of kind of. 301 00:19:48.680 --> 00:19:52.480 We we really do. We spend way more time indoors 302 00:19:52.920 --> 00:19:56.759 than we need to. And so by making our outdoor 303 00:19:56.799 --> 00:20:00.559 space is more comfortable the space that's already there. It's 304 00:20:00.599 --> 00:20:03.759 a way of stretching our legs and getting more space, 305 00:20:04.160 --> 00:20:07.039 utilizing more of the space we already have. That's really 306 00:20:07.039 --> 00:20:10.759 the key. All right, today's the garage. So here is 307 00:20:10.799 --> 00:20:13.599 the thing or when it comes to transforming the garage 308 00:20:13.599 --> 00:20:17.559 into whatever you want to transform it into. Obviously step one, 309 00:20:17.920 --> 00:20:19.640 I'm not going to be labor this point. You got 310 00:20:19.640 --> 00:20:22.200 a GAF to get rid of junk. Okay, purge. I 311 00:20:22.240 --> 00:20:24.559 don't want you to throw away important stuff, but you 312 00:20:24.720 --> 00:20:27.519 got to purge. And if you're not using stuff and 313 00:20:27.559 --> 00:20:30.759 you're not accessing stuff, you don't need it, get it 314 00:20:30.799 --> 00:20:33.640 off site, put it in some storage area somewhere that 315 00:20:33.640 --> 00:20:35.480 you're going to pay three hundred dollars a month for 316 00:20:35.599 --> 00:20:38.799 and forget about forever. Fine, but get it out of 317 00:20:38.839 --> 00:20:44.480 your way in your own home. I'd prefer you sell 318 00:20:44.519 --> 00:20:48.079 it or donate it and just get it out and 319 00:20:48.160 --> 00:20:51.480 clear it out. But either way, if you're looking for 320 00:20:51.559 --> 00:20:54.680 more space, you've got four hundred plus square feet of 321 00:20:54.680 --> 00:20:59.279 it sitting right out there now. Garage is coming different, 322 00:21:00.799 --> 00:21:03.000 you know, conditions. If you live in an older home, 323 00:21:03.039 --> 00:21:06.440 you may still have a bare stud wall garage in 324 00:21:06.440 --> 00:21:11.240 other words, just studs and no dry wall anywhere. That's fine, 325 00:21:11.400 --> 00:21:14.000 totally fine, because those of you who have a dry 326 00:21:14.079 --> 00:21:19.519 walled garage right now, I want you to embrace and 327 00:21:19.640 --> 00:21:22.720 understand the idea that I might might have you taken 328 00:21:22.799 --> 00:21:25.920 the drywall off three of those walls, three of them. 329 00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:27.960 What do you mean, three, dean, Well, if it's an 330 00:21:27.960 --> 00:21:33.039 attached garage, the wall between you and the house is 331 00:21:33.319 --> 00:21:37.960 already insulated and covered in at least five eights thick 332 00:21:38.039 --> 00:21:40.240 dry wall because it has to be a fire rated 333 00:21:40.279 --> 00:21:45.440 wall because technically your garage is considered outdoors in terms 334 00:21:45.440 --> 00:21:48.759 of the building code. So that door that goes into 335 00:21:48.799 --> 00:21:52.640 the home from the garage is a you know, a 336 00:21:52.720 --> 00:21:57.480 one hour or twenty minute fire rated door, a solid 337 00:21:57.559 --> 00:22:01.559 core exterior style door with a closer on it hopefully. 338 00:22:02.519 --> 00:22:06.079 And that wall is either a stuccoed wall or it's 339 00:22:06.079 --> 00:22:08.920 a wall covered in at least five eighths dry wall 340 00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:11.960 in order to meet code requirements. And that wall is 341 00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:15.519 actually insulated because the garage is not a conditioned space. 342 00:22:15.599 --> 00:22:17.720 So just a couple of notes when it comes to 343 00:22:17.799 --> 00:22:21.480 the garage as far as conditioning the space out there, 344 00:22:21.599 --> 00:22:23.680 heating it, or cooling it, it's going to need its 345 00:22:23.720 --> 00:22:27.200 own system, okay, which these days is not a big deal. 346 00:22:27.640 --> 00:22:29.880 Put a mini split system in there. We could put 347 00:22:29.880 --> 00:22:33.519 a portable AC system in there, We could put portable 348 00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:37.079 infrared heaters out there, but the most comfortable would be 349 00:22:37.079 --> 00:22:38.960 a built in system, and that would be a mini 350 00:22:39.000 --> 00:22:44.440 split its own system connected to the garage. And the 351 00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:47.240 reason why it's got to be its own system is because, 352 00:22:47.319 --> 00:22:52.680 again for fire safety purposes, we cannot connect and open 353 00:22:52.799 --> 00:22:55.400 up a hole between the garage and the rest of 354 00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:57.640 the house. In other words, we cannot just grab an 355 00:22:57.680 --> 00:23:01.000 AC duct out of the attic and a hole into 356 00:23:01.039 --> 00:23:05.720 the garage wall in order to bring the AC and 357 00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:07.960 the heat from the rest of the house into the garage. 358 00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:14.400 That is a code violation. It violates the fire wall 359 00:23:14.599 --> 00:23:19.160 between the garage and the house, and it's not allowed. Okay, 360 00:23:19.599 --> 00:23:21.519 nor is it allowed. And I know some of you 361 00:23:21.599 --> 00:23:23.640 are like, oh, geez. You know, a few years ago 362 00:23:23.720 --> 00:23:26.400 I put that attic access door in the garage so 363 00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:28.519 that I could just crawl up in a ladder from 364 00:23:28.559 --> 00:23:30.759 the garage and get into the attic over the rest 365 00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:35.359 of the house. Yeah, that's not good. That's not supposed 366 00:23:35.400 --> 00:23:39.319 to be there. There needs to be an absolute floor 367 00:23:39.519 --> 00:23:44.599 to top of roof barrier between the garage space and 368 00:23:44.680 --> 00:23:47.400 the rest of the house so that fire cannot start 369 00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:49.799 in the garage and spread right over the rest of 370 00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:54.720 the house. Okay, that's a separation that cannot be violated. 371 00:23:55.359 --> 00:23:58.880 So that means we treat the garage independently of the house. 372 00:23:58.920 --> 00:24:01.119 But the good news is the garage doesn't need a 373 00:24:01.119 --> 00:24:04.960 whole lot, even at four to five to six hundred 374 00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:08.599 square feet these days. A mini split system that's a 375 00:24:08.599 --> 00:24:11.519 heat pump system that can cool and heat the room 376 00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:15.119 together with just a one cartridge. It'll get the job 377 00:24:15.160 --> 00:24:21.000 done beautifully, quietly, relatively inexpensively. If you're getting serious about 378 00:24:21.039 --> 00:24:24.559 making that a conditioned space. So the other reason I said, 379 00:24:24.559 --> 00:24:28.119 if we're really really going to transform the garage is 380 00:24:28.279 --> 00:24:31.480 I probably want to get to the stud bays anyway 381 00:24:31.559 --> 00:24:33.680 so we can move a little bit of electrical around, 382 00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:36.400 because that doesn't cost much money to get electrical out 383 00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:40.839 that's exactly where we want them. And also I want 384 00:24:40.839 --> 00:24:44.160 to finally insulate those other three walls, the wall that 385 00:24:44.200 --> 00:24:47.240 the garage door is on and the other couple of 386 00:24:47.240 --> 00:24:51.319 walls that aren't touching the house. Any wall that isn't 387 00:24:51.359 --> 00:24:55.119 shared with the rest of the house is probably even 388 00:24:55.119 --> 00:24:58.319 though it's dry walled, if you live in a newer 389 00:24:58.400 --> 00:25:01.359 built home. By newer, I mean like you know, it's 390 00:25:01.400 --> 00:25:03.880 not that new these days, but home built in the 391 00:25:03.920 --> 00:25:07.599 late eighties through you know, and beyond probably has a 392 00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:10.799 dry walled garage. But if you look behind that drywall, 393 00:25:10.839 --> 00:25:14.559 the chances of there being insulation in the walls that 394 00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:16.880 aren't shared with the house very very low. If you 395 00:25:16.920 --> 00:25:21.200 happen to have it, great. If not, just understand, drywall 396 00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:24.359 is not that expensive. Pull the drywall off, strip the 397 00:25:24.400 --> 00:25:28.279 garage down so you can get to move electrical around easily, 398 00:25:28.880 --> 00:25:31.079 water lines, anything else that you want to be doing 399 00:25:31.119 --> 00:25:34.480 in there, and then popping in insulation, and the insulation 400 00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:38.720 I would recommend would probably be rock mineral wool insulation, 401 00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:42.160