WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:03.960 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 2 00:00:04.080 --> 00:00:05.360 KFI A M six. 3 00:00:05.320 --> 00:00:13.240 Forty Kyfi AM six forty live streaming in HD everywhere 4 00:00:13.720 --> 00:00:17.760 on the iHeartRadio app. Yes, we had a streaming dog in. 5 00:00:17.760 --> 00:00:22.239 Studios, okay, because I thought it was a seal. Yeah, 6 00:00:22.559 --> 00:00:26.879 well it's like, what's going on over there? Yeah, usually 7 00:00:26.879 --> 00:00:27.559 it's a rooster. 8 00:00:29.679 --> 00:00:32.799 It is a yes, Well, this is what happens when 9 00:00:33.159 --> 00:00:37.479 you know you have you live around numerous animals. And 10 00:00:37.679 --> 00:00:40.439 I apologize if that actually made it out onto the 11 00:00:40.479 --> 00:00:40.920 air there. 12 00:00:40.960 --> 00:00:44.039 That was I gotta do the morning shift a lot 13 00:00:44.079 --> 00:00:44.600 more often. 14 00:00:44.679 --> 00:00:47.799 This is fantastic. Oh it's so fun. Yeah. No, I 15 00:00:47.880 --> 00:00:51.439 wasn't torturing anybody. But yeah, sitting across the table from 16 00:00:51.479 --> 00:00:55.679 me over here is Sammy the beagle. Sammy has not 17 00:00:55.799 --> 00:00:57.920 had a good week, so I might as well just 18 00:00:57.960 --> 00:01:02.399 share this with everybody. He he. You know, both of 19 00:01:02.399 --> 00:01:09.519 our beagles there, they're rescue beagles, not just regular rescue beagles. 20 00:01:09.640 --> 00:01:14.200 They are Beagle Freedom Project rescue beagles. And if you 21 00:01:14.200 --> 00:01:18.280 don't know anything about that, it's essentially an organization. Beagles 22 00:01:18.280 --> 00:01:26.599 are the number one test laboratory dog. I mean, just 23 00:01:27.640 --> 00:01:31.560 you think we were beyond that, but we're not, uh. 24 00:01:31.599 --> 00:01:36.159 And so both of our beagles, Sammy and Jackson, grew up. 25 00:01:36.879 --> 00:01:41.000 They spent the first five years of their lives their 26 00:01:41.079 --> 00:01:47.040 purebred beagles, and they were bred for animal testing. They 27 00:01:47.040 --> 00:01:52.000 were weaned from their moms and sold to laboratories, and 28 00:01:52.040 --> 00:01:56.239 then they grew up inside crates inside laboratories being tested 29 00:01:56.280 --> 00:01:59.799 on it cosmetic companies and pharmaceutical companies and all the like. 30 00:02:00.040 --> 00:02:05.159 And Beagle Freedom Project gets these dogs so that they're 31 00:02:05.200 --> 00:02:09.240 not euthanized after testing and adopts them out. And so 32 00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:11.840 we have two of them. They both come, you know, 33 00:02:11.960 --> 00:02:15.879 pre loaded with PTSD and all sorts of issues and 34 00:02:16.039 --> 00:02:19.719 health issues because of the testing. So anyway, they're both 35 00:02:20.280 --> 00:02:22.400 our guys. We got lucky with both of them because 36 00:02:22.400 --> 00:02:24.639 they've been relatively healthy. But one of the things that 37 00:02:24.800 --> 00:02:27.479 beagles get as they get older, a lot of beagles 38 00:02:27.479 --> 00:02:33.319 get this kind of congenitive disc issue, Oh buddy, buddy 39 00:02:34.159 --> 00:02:40.120 in their neck. And as a result of that, he 40 00:02:40.199 --> 00:02:42.520 twisted his neck this week and he's in a lot 41 00:02:42.560 --> 00:02:44.719 of neck pain and we've got him on some meds, 42 00:02:44.800 --> 00:02:48.400 but he just had an episode right here in the studio, 43 00:02:49.199 --> 00:02:53.240 and I'm sorry about that. That everybody heard that go 44 00:02:53.319 --> 00:02:55.759 of it. He's not having a great weekend. We got 45 00:02:55.840 --> 00:02:59.120 him taken care of, but he's not having a great weekend. 46 00:02:59.199 --> 00:03:03.639 Of course, seeing him, all right, I think he's calm there. 47 00:03:04.120 --> 00:03:08.159 I'll have it dealt with, no problem. He just all 48 00:03:08.199 --> 00:03:11.840 of a sudden woke up and realized, yeah, you know, 49 00:03:12.639 --> 00:03:15.240 professional radio, there's a dog in the studio with me. 50 00:03:15.479 --> 00:03:19.680 But yeah, that's how it goes. All right, everybody, I'm 51 00:03:19.719 --> 00:03:22.759 so glad you've joined us on the program. You're like, 52 00:03:22.879 --> 00:03:25.439 is this the is this a pet show on KFI? 53 00:03:25.639 --> 00:03:25.800 Now? 54 00:03:25.919 --> 00:03:29.080 Is this a this an animal Well, it's sort of 55 00:03:29.240 --> 00:03:34.400 with me, it always sort of is animal friendly. Let's 56 00:03:34.479 --> 00:03:38.039 dive back into this conversation real quick about before I 57 00:03:38.080 --> 00:03:41.759 go back to the phones, about fast tracked building permits. 58 00:03:42.599 --> 00:03:48.719 So there is a city council person who who last 59 00:03:48.840 --> 00:03:53.919 week made a motion with the LA City Council to 60 00:03:55.280 --> 00:04:02.039 consider adopting a program in which builders, essentially that's the 61 00:04:02.080 --> 00:04:06.039 way it's described, will be able to fast track their 62 00:04:06.120 --> 00:04:10.919 own building permit approvals. And earlier in the show, I 63 00:04:10.919 --> 00:04:13.879 already explained that it's not exactly as simple as that. 64 00:04:14.000 --> 00:04:15.960 In fact, it's not as simple as that. It's about 65 00:04:16.279 --> 00:04:20.360 licensed architects and engineers, not a builder. This is not 66 00:04:20.439 --> 00:04:22.759 going to be open I think. I mean, that would 67 00:04:22.800 --> 00:04:25.920 be the first ever program like that. If they did 68 00:04:26.680 --> 00:04:30.680 for a general contractor to just say, oh, yeah, I'll 69 00:04:30.720 --> 00:04:34.000 just make sure everything's fine, I don't think that's a 70 00:04:34.040 --> 00:04:36.560 good idea at all. And this is a general contractor 71 00:04:36.600 --> 00:04:39.439 telling you that, I just don't think that's a good idea. 72 00:04:40.120 --> 00:04:44.800 But a licensed architect, the designers, okay, licensed architect and 73 00:04:45.839 --> 00:04:48.800 or a licensed civil or structural engineer who are willing 74 00:04:48.839 --> 00:04:50.720 to put their stamp on the plan and say, yeah, 75 00:04:50.759 --> 00:04:54.399 we'll take responsibility that these plans conform with all of 76 00:04:54.439 --> 00:04:58.480 the standards. That's what these kind of programs tend to go. 77 00:04:58.680 --> 00:05:01.720 Now LA has an their program yet they haven't even 78 00:05:01.759 --> 00:05:05.160 decided whether they're going to do it. But I think 79 00:05:05.199 --> 00:05:09.040 it's safe to say that if they did adopt this 80 00:05:09.199 --> 00:05:12.879 program for the sake of allowing permits to flow faster, 81 00:05:13.680 --> 00:05:16.600 that they would probably do it, not unlike the ones 82 00:05:16.639 --> 00:05:19.560 that are out there already working in existence, that they'd 83 00:05:19.560 --> 00:05:23.319 work off of an existing model. And you might be 84 00:05:23.399 --> 00:05:26.879 surprised to find out right here in southern California, San 85 00:05:26.920 --> 00:05:29.480 Diego has been doing this for some time. They have 86 00:05:29.519 --> 00:05:31.759 a version of this program and it hasn't been a 87 00:05:31.759 --> 00:05:36.680 problem for them, and City of Bellflower right here in 88 00:05:36.720 --> 00:05:40.959 the Greater LA area has had this in place for 89 00:05:41.920 --> 00:05:45.720 a little over ten years now and they haven't experienced 90 00:05:45.759 --> 00:05:49.279 big problems with it either. So how do I feel 91 00:05:49.279 --> 00:05:52.839 about that? Well, first of all, I have no problem 92 00:05:52.879 --> 00:05:55.439 if an architect or an engineer wants to step up 93 00:05:55.480 --> 00:05:59.600 and say I will essentially assume the role of plan 94 00:05:59.759 --> 00:06:04.920 check for this project, because guess who city plan checkers 95 00:06:04.959 --> 00:06:08.480 are when it comes to submitting your plans. They are 96 00:06:09.800 --> 00:06:15.040 architects and or licensed engineers. So these are the qualified 97 00:06:15.079 --> 00:06:18.360 people to do that. And if you're willing to take 98 00:06:18.360 --> 00:06:21.480 on the liability for that, and as a client, if 99 00:06:21.480 --> 00:06:25.560 you're willing to pay whatever extra to your architect or 100 00:06:25.720 --> 00:06:31.120 engineer that they're asking for to help protect them from liability, 101 00:06:31.160 --> 00:06:34.319 then you know, hey, it's fine. The city is not 102 00:06:34.480 --> 00:06:37.639 changing its standards at all. That's the most important thing 103 00:06:37.680 --> 00:06:40.480 to understand. So all the hoops will have to still 104 00:06:40.519 --> 00:06:44.480 be jumped through, but they're opening it up the possibility 105 00:06:44.519 --> 00:06:48.439 at least of opening it up to you know, independent review. 106 00:06:48.519 --> 00:06:50.800 First you can get started, So okay, We're going to 107 00:06:50.839 --> 00:06:54.120 trust you that you know what the standards are. And 108 00:06:54.879 --> 00:06:58.199 if you're willing to say, yeah, we'll take responsibility for 109 00:06:58.240 --> 00:07:01.519 the standards, then here instead of weeks and or months, 110 00:07:01.560 --> 00:07:05.439 here's your permit in you know, five days, go ahead 111 00:07:05.439 --> 00:07:07.680 and get started and a lot of people will take 112 00:07:07.720 --> 00:07:09.959 advantage of that. And will it help clear out the 113 00:07:10.040 --> 00:07:14.600 pipeline some Yeah, sure, sure, sure will. Do I have 114 00:07:14.639 --> 00:07:18.079 a problem with that? Nope? I do, though, want to 115 00:07:18.120 --> 00:07:23.000 let you know, and I mentioned this earlier, that just 116 00:07:23.360 --> 00:07:30.720 checking a drawing for inconsistencies with the building code is 117 00:07:31.480 --> 00:07:37.680 only a fraction of what plan check is in, especially 118 00:07:37.720 --> 00:07:42.199 here in southern California. It is, in my experience, usually 119 00:07:42.360 --> 00:07:49.399 not the building department that is always the slow or 120 00:07:49.480 --> 00:07:57.120 sticking point for plan check. Quite often it's the planning department. 121 00:07:57.680 --> 00:08:01.319 And these are different departments. The planning department handles zoning 122 00:08:01.519 --> 00:08:07.800 and zoning approvals, ugh zoning requirements. These are hoops that 123 00:08:07.879 --> 00:08:10.879 have to be jumped through, and often jumped through very slowly, 124 00:08:11.000 --> 00:08:13.920 and for a lot of the custom and ultra custom 125 00:08:14.000 --> 00:08:19.360 projects that I've been involved in, planning is almost always 126 00:08:19.399 --> 00:08:21.920 the stickier part. I mean, it's kind of a no brainer. 127 00:08:22.040 --> 00:08:24.240 We know how to build a house. Okay, we know 128 00:08:24.279 --> 00:08:29.279 how to draw a drawing to comport with all government 129 00:08:29.439 --> 00:08:34.320 codes in regards to the house. That's building plan check 130 00:08:34.399 --> 00:08:37.840 one oh one. But for every district, for every area 131 00:08:37.919 --> 00:08:41.960 in southern California, especially ones that are near the coast, 132 00:08:42.480 --> 00:08:46.840 especially ones that are in hillside areas. Oh, the things 133 00:08:46.840 --> 00:08:48.600 that can happen. If you want an example of that, 134 00:08:49.480 --> 00:08:55.200 I'll tell you right now. Pacific Palisades is governed by 135 00:08:55.360 --> 00:09:00.000 the Pacific Palisades Commercial Village and Neighborhoods Specific Plan. That's 136 00:09:00.200 --> 00:09:04.120 zoning issue. Also, parts of it are in the Brentwood 137 00:09:04.120 --> 00:09:08.480 Pacific Palisades Community Plan. Parts are governed by Brentwood Pacific 138 00:09:08.519 --> 00:09:12.919 Palisades Dual Coastal Plan Zone, which is another set of requirements. 139 00:09:13.320 --> 00:09:19.039 Other parts are governed by the Mulholland Scenic Parkway Specific Plan, 140 00:09:19.320 --> 00:09:24.000 the Hillside Ordnance, the relatively new anti Mansioning Ordinance for 141 00:09:24.159 --> 00:09:28.240 La City, and some homes in Pacific Palisades are also 142 00:09:28.399 --> 00:09:34.159 subject to the dreaded California Coastal Commission. None of the 143 00:09:34.200 --> 00:09:36.840 things that I just mentioned have anything to do with 144 00:09:36.919 --> 00:09:41.240 building codes or the general building Code, as in, like 145 00:09:41.279 --> 00:09:44.639 how shall how tall should a door be and you 146 00:09:44.679 --> 00:09:47.960 know where should the smoke detectors be located? 147 00:09:48.000 --> 00:09:48.159 No? 148 00:09:48.159 --> 00:09:53.440 No, that everything I just mentioned are specific neighborhood area 149 00:09:54.679 --> 00:09:59.639 zoning questions as to where can this house be located 150 00:09:59.679 --> 00:10:03.679 on this property? How large can the house be relative 151 00:10:03.759 --> 00:10:07.240 to the neighbors houses, how tall can it be? What 152 00:10:07.360 --> 00:10:13.440 about view sitelines? What about special wild open space considerations? 153 00:10:13.720 --> 00:10:17.960 What about coastal and just on and on and on 154 00:10:18.120 --> 00:10:20.279 and on top of that, there are other agencies that 155 00:10:20.399 --> 00:10:24.759 sign off, including the Fire Department, with every plan. None 156 00:10:24.840 --> 00:10:29.240 of these things have to do with those basic building 157 00:10:29.320 --> 00:10:33.120 codes that most everybody I think would think about. That 158 00:10:33.279 --> 00:10:36.440 must be what plan check is about. That's only a part. 159 00:10:36.600 --> 00:10:44.559 And so the point is that fast tracking the overall 160 00:10:44.679 --> 00:10:49.000 build is taking a lot into consideration, a lot that 161 00:10:49.120 --> 00:10:53.080 quite often gets controversial, and things that we have to 162 00:10:53.279 --> 00:10:55.679 work out with the planning department in order to get 163 00:10:55.679 --> 00:10:59.639 what we want built on a particular lot. I don't 164 00:10:59.639 --> 00:11:01.399 know how to ask track that. I don't know how 165 00:11:01.440 --> 00:11:05.240 anybody would other than just close their eyes to it 166 00:11:05.399 --> 00:11:08.159 upfront and then argue about it later, and that could 167 00:11:08.159 --> 00:11:12.240 cause all sorts of back end problems. So my point being, 168 00:11:13.279 --> 00:11:15.679 will this help some I think so. I'm a city 169 00:11:15.679 --> 00:11:20.360 of Bellflower, but Bellflower is a pretty flat, non controversial 170 00:11:20.639 --> 00:11:25.200 landscape area, so not a lot of crazy zoning things 171 00:11:25.240 --> 00:11:28.639 happening in Bellflower that you get when you get closer 172 00:11:28.679 --> 00:11:32.279 to the coast. So all in all, I have no 173 00:11:32.399 --> 00:11:35.720 issue with it. I just don't think anybody should expect 174 00:11:35.720 --> 00:11:37.559 that it's going to be a panacea that all of 175 00:11:37.600 --> 00:11:40.519 a sudden, in southern California, you can get a building 176 00:11:40.559 --> 00:11:45.200 permit in five days. Yeah, it won't really turn out 177 00:11:45.240 --> 00:11:48.200 that way for most people. All right, when we return, 178 00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:53.279 I'm going back to the phones. Yeah, Hi, house Whist, 179 00:11:53.320 --> 00:11:58.039 we're at your service. Thanks for joining us on the 180 00:11:58.039 --> 00:12:00.919 program this morning. We're talking all things your house, as 181 00:12:00.960 --> 00:12:04.120 we always do. We've been having a conversation about whether 182 00:12:04.360 --> 00:12:08.559 LA should adopt a fast track permit process where builders 183 00:12:08.559 --> 00:12:13.000 can essentially set up a situation where they can get 184 00:12:13.039 --> 00:12:17.000 permits pulled quickly by assuring that they themselves will do 185 00:12:17.039 --> 00:12:21.559 their own plan checking. Kind of giving my general understanding 186 00:12:21.639 --> 00:12:24.879 and opinion about that. Right now, we've got calls on 187 00:12:24.919 --> 00:12:26.919 the line. I want to go back to the phones 188 00:12:27.120 --> 00:12:31.720 and see what other problems I can solve or create. 189 00:12:31.799 --> 00:12:35.559 Who knows, let's talk to cal Real quick. Hey, cal, 190 00:12:35.759 --> 00:12:36.440 welcome home. 191 00:12:37.840 --> 00:12:39.840 Hey, do you know how you're doing? Good? 192 00:12:39.879 --> 00:12:40.120 Good? 193 00:12:40.240 --> 00:12:43.600 Hey, I have a question about my will. A little 194 00:12:43.639 --> 00:12:46.799 while ago, probably nine months ago, we installed a three 195 00:12:46.840 --> 00:12:51.960 thousand gallon water tank, and the filters that we have 196 00:12:52.600 --> 00:12:56.679 keep getting this gelatinous stuff on the filters to the 197 00:12:56.720 --> 00:12:59.639 point where it's back to the water pressure in the house. 198 00:13:00.120 --> 00:13:03.639 I was wondering if there's anything I could add to 199 00:13:03.759 --> 00:13:06.679 the system to keep it from doing that. 200 00:13:08.960 --> 00:13:12.279 Uh, gelatinous substance on well. 201 00:13:12.080 --> 00:13:14.039 You know, you know what you know what it looks 202 00:13:14.080 --> 00:13:16.440 like when you drain an old water heater and the 203 00:13:16.559 --> 00:13:20.159 gelatine that's in the bottom, that opaque looking stuff. 204 00:13:20.799 --> 00:13:23.480 Yeah, so like a litt little yellow or reddish looking. 205 00:13:24.519 --> 00:13:28.000 Uh it's yeah, a little yellow, I would I would say. 206 00:13:28.399 --> 00:13:35.679 Yeah, okay, likely likely it is like Gali and ella. 207 00:13:36.039 --> 00:13:41.720 Uh it's a bacteria. And don't freak out. Uh okay, 208 00:13:42.080 --> 00:13:44.039 it's don't freak out. 209 00:13:44.120 --> 00:13:50.279 You're like, oh no, we're over the die there, you know, 210 00:13:50.519 --> 00:13:54.519 uh from iron And it's a weird situation. 211 00:13:54.679 --> 00:13:59.120 But both iron and sulfur uh content. When the mixture 212 00:13:59.240 --> 00:14:02.320 is just right in well water, it can produce a 213 00:14:02.399 --> 00:14:08.000 gelatinous bacteria kind of slime that ends up building up 214 00:14:08.559 --> 00:14:12.360 in the water tank up against filters and so on. 215 00:14:13.200 --> 00:14:16.960 I don't want to there's no simple ad to it, okay, 216 00:14:17.200 --> 00:14:20.080 but there are ways of treating it. So if you 217 00:14:20.120 --> 00:14:23.080 were to go online and look at water filtration and 218 00:14:23.159 --> 00:14:27.960 specifically ask, you know, search for UH, there are filters 219 00:14:27.960 --> 00:14:32.960 that address it. There there's a there area. They're arienators 220 00:14:33.120 --> 00:14:39.559 and aerators, aerators UH and oxygenators that will knock that 221 00:14:39.720 --> 00:14:43.039 stuff out the biggest It's not a threat to you 222 00:14:43.159 --> 00:14:47.320 as far as my experience is, I've never heard anybody 223 00:14:47.360 --> 00:14:53.159 ever proving that that bacteria is is dangerous for human 224 00:14:53.200 --> 00:14:56.559 health in the water. But it may end up making 225 00:14:56.559 --> 00:15:00.240 the water distasteful at some point. And the war first 226 00:15:00.279 --> 00:15:03.240 threat though, is that to have too much of it 227 00:15:03.399 --> 00:15:07.399 around clinging to stuff. If it's the iron, if it's 228 00:15:07.399 --> 00:15:09.679 the sulfur based stuff, nobody likes the taste of it. 229 00:15:09.720 --> 00:15:14.240 If it's if it's iron based bacteria, then it's like 230 00:15:14.320 --> 00:15:17.639 a little you know, rust paste that that will just 231 00:15:18.519 --> 00:15:22.320 corrode pipes and cause all sorts of plumbing problems down 232 00:15:22.360 --> 00:15:24.840 the road. So you do want to address it, you 233 00:15:24.879 --> 00:15:27.480 do want to clear it out. UH. And there are 234 00:15:27.679 --> 00:15:30.840 specific devices and mechanisms for doing so. 235 00:15:31.600 --> 00:15:31.720 Uh. 236 00:15:31.879 --> 00:15:38.159 But so do that. Search online in your area for 237 00:15:38.600 --> 00:15:42.360 water treatment and get an expert out there to test 238 00:15:42.399 --> 00:15:45.600 the water and then recommend a solve. But the good news, 239 00:15:45.600 --> 00:15:49.240 cal is that it can be handled. It can be handled. 240 00:15:49.679 --> 00:15:53.240 You will probably have to purchase a little extra equipment 241 00:15:53.840 --> 00:15:56.000 to just have it as a permanent part of your 242 00:15:56.080 --> 00:15:59.240 well water and tank system, and you should if that's 243 00:15:59.279 --> 00:16:03.240 what you're experiencing. But then no worries, and in the meantime, 244 00:16:03.440 --> 00:16:07.159 don't worry about it affecting you because I don't believe 245 00:16:07.559 --> 00:16:10.279 that it's every that those things are toxic to us 246 00:16:10.639 --> 00:16:15.200 in any way. Just yucky. Thanks for the question, my friend. 247 00:16:15.440 --> 00:16:18.759 All right, right after some news, I'm going to jump 248 00:16:18.799 --> 00:16:21.200 back on the line and we'll answer some more. How's 249 00:16:21.240 --> 00:16:22.159 that sound all right? 250 00:16:23.279 --> 00:16:26.600 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 251 00:16:26.679 --> 00:16:28.159 KFI AM six forty. 252 00:16:30.039 --> 00:16:36.639 I'm in recording by Dreaming Everywhere on the iHeartRadio app 253 00:16:36.679 --> 00:16:42.799 Your Home with Dean Sharp. The house whisper every Saturday 254 00:16:42.840 --> 00:16:46.440 morning from six to eight and Sundays from nine to noon. 255 00:16:46.639 --> 00:16:50.639 Right here on KFI, I am here talking about all 256 00:16:50.840 --> 00:16:56.759 things your home from design to construction to everything in between. 257 00:16:57.600 --> 00:17:00.559 Right now, taking some calls, I'm gonna go back to 258 00:17:00.600 --> 00:17:05.359 the phones, answer some questions. Let's talk to lynn A Linn. 259 00:17:06.400 --> 00:17:09.480 Welcome home, Hi, thank you. 260 00:17:10.599 --> 00:17:15.759 Yes, I'm having a situation in my garage. There's what's 261 00:17:15.880 --> 00:17:22.519 called f fluorescence up to the concrete, and I was 262 00:17:22.640 --> 00:17:26.039 wondering the best way to take care of it because 263 00:17:26.039 --> 00:17:29.400 it's breaking up the concrete, slowly but. 264 00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:34.480 Surely breaking up the concrete. So describe that to me. 265 00:17:36.640 --> 00:17:39.759 It is like a white powdery substance. 266 00:17:39.799 --> 00:17:44.759 It started out very small, and then after many many years, 267 00:17:44.799 --> 00:17:48.440 it's kind of traveled a little bit and it's and 268 00:17:49.079 --> 00:17:53.519 from time to time the concrete just what gives way 269 00:17:53.599 --> 00:17:54.400 and breaks off. 270 00:17:56.200 --> 00:17:59.319 Okay, the best thing to do with that fluorescence is 271 00:17:59.480 --> 00:18:03.720 just clean it up, clean it up, just kind of 272 00:18:03.799 --> 00:18:10.519 keep on top of it. Efflorescence is it only very 273 00:18:10.880 --> 00:18:17.680 very very very rarely does any significant damage to concrete. 274 00:18:18.039 --> 00:18:23.640 Efflorescence is not the concrete dissolving. It is by definition, 275 00:18:23.759 --> 00:18:27.079 it is moisture in the concrete. For whatever reason. Because 276 00:18:27.119 --> 00:18:32.559 concrete is a porous stone, moisture passes through it. Moisture 277 00:18:32.599 --> 00:18:36.000 for some reason is coming up through the concrete if 278 00:18:36.000 --> 00:18:38.680 it's on the floor or it's on the stem wall, 279 00:18:38.799 --> 00:18:41.960 the side walls of a garage. It's most commonly found 280 00:18:41.960 --> 00:18:46.759 in garages or retaining walls outside. And as the water 281 00:18:46.839 --> 00:18:50.000 moves through, the water has minerals in it, salts and 282 00:18:51.400 --> 00:18:54.440 what have you, and the water evaporates and it leaves 283 00:18:54.480 --> 00:18:56.880 the salt behind. And that's basically what you're looking at. 284 00:18:56.920 --> 00:19:00.960 You're looking at that white powdery substance is not the 285 00:19:01.079 --> 00:19:07.240 concrete disintegrating. It is the leftover minerals that were in 286 00:19:07.279 --> 00:19:10.880 the water that did not evaporate into the air. And 287 00:19:11.319 --> 00:19:14.240 but what will happen from time to time if we 288 00:19:14.359 --> 00:19:18.920 just ignore it completely, is that that salt and mineral 289 00:19:19.000 --> 00:19:22.720 content can build up and clog the pores of the concrete. 290 00:19:23.200 --> 00:19:27.720 And then then over time, if the if the moisture 291 00:19:27.759 --> 00:19:30.400 keeps coming through, then you might get a little surface 292 00:19:30.480 --> 00:19:33.759 popping of the actual cement itself because the water has 293 00:19:33.759 --> 00:19:36.000 nowhere else to go, and so it pushes a little 294 00:19:36.000 --> 00:19:39.759 bit on the backside. It's not a serious problem, it's 295 00:19:39.839 --> 00:19:42.640 an esthetic problem. And if you just kind of keep 296 00:19:42.640 --> 00:19:47.640 it addressed and keep it cleaned up a little, any 297 00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:52.240 kind of a like a like a calcium lime kind 298 00:19:52.240 --> 00:19:58.160 of cleaner. Vinegar mixed with water cut in half is 299 00:19:58.200 --> 00:20:00.519 a great cleaner if you brush it off, clean it 300 00:20:00.599 --> 00:20:04.279 off then and sometimes people have found some luck if 301 00:20:04.279 --> 00:20:06.119 you let it all dry first and then put a 302 00:20:06.200 --> 00:20:09.480 little penetrating concrete sealurn, you might be able to just 303 00:20:09.519 --> 00:20:12.680 shut it down altogether. But just keep it cleaned up 304 00:20:13.200 --> 00:20:16.240 and don't worry about it. It's not going to mess 305 00:20:16.319 --> 00:20:18.839 up your slab floor other than the aesthetics. 306 00:20:19.599 --> 00:20:23.279 Oh wonderful, wonderful, that's a load off. Thank you. 307 00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:26.160 You're very very welcome. Thanks for calling, Lynn, Thanks for 308 00:20:26.200 --> 00:20:29.440 the question that the reason we take calls is not 309 00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:33.119 only to answer you know, your question directly, but it's 310 00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:35.480 just the you know, we're all in the same boat together, 311 00:20:35.519 --> 00:20:38.960 and so thousands of people all over southern California right 312 00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:39.480 now are like. 313 00:20:39.640 --> 00:20:44.440 That's what that stuff is, hon hon The stuff in 314 00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:45.680 the garage. 315 00:20:46.720 --> 00:20:51.359 Fluorescence sounds like, sounds like it's a free gift, like 316 00:20:51.400 --> 00:20:53.319 you should, Hey, guess what we have in our garage 317 00:20:53.359 --> 00:21:00.160 effluorescence occurred this morning? Yeah it is, you know. I mean, 318 00:21:00.200 --> 00:21:02.559 you guys have been to or you've seen places like 319 00:21:03.960 --> 00:21:06.720 Mono Lake here in California where these there are these 320 00:21:06.759 --> 00:21:11.319 giant salt pillars standing in the water. Yeah, that's technically 321 00:21:11.440 --> 00:21:16.319 kind of efflorescence too, salty water with the minerals in it. 322 00:21:16.400 --> 00:21:19.000 When the water evaporates, it doesn't take it with it. 323 00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:23.440 It leaves it there behind as this powdery little residue. 324 00:21:23.440 --> 00:21:26.799 It's not the concrete. Ninety nine times out of one hundred, 325 00:21:26.799 --> 00:21:30.240 it's it's not the concrete disintegrating. It's just it's just 326 00:21:30.279 --> 00:21:35.200 a mess. Yeah, yeah, nobody needs it. Let me see here. 327 00:21:35.359 --> 00:21:38.839 Can I go to Dan? Hey? Dan? 328 00:21:39.079 --> 00:21:39.319 Bye? 329 00:21:40.200 --> 00:21:40.480 Bye? 330 00:21:42.079 --> 00:21:43.000 How are you today? 331 00:21:43.680 --> 00:21:45.400 I am well, sir? How can I help you? 332 00:21:46.880 --> 00:21:50.519 I check with your frand Guard and they were wonderful 333 00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:53.200 and the coal over there was great. And they have 334 00:21:53.240 --> 00:21:57.680 a one inch slange. Our eaves are basically in touch 335 00:21:58.400 --> 00:22:01.599 with the roof. Its actually no space between the top 336 00:22:01.640 --> 00:22:03.920 of the roof en and the bottom of the eve. 337 00:22:04.839 --> 00:22:06.680 How do I handle that one? And slanned? 338 00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:07.359 Bend it? 339 00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:10.640 Cut it off? Get a different brand that doesn't have that. 340 00:22:12.640 --> 00:22:16.079 Well, talk to Brand Guard about it, because they have 341 00:22:16.240 --> 00:22:20.079 not only the outside vents, but they, if I am 342 00:22:20.119 --> 00:22:25.799 not mistaken, they've got interior retrofit vents too, and they'll 343 00:22:25.839 --> 00:22:31.720 either customize that border for you, and or they can 344 00:22:32.640 --> 00:22:35.160 figure out another way. I have yet to find a 345 00:22:35.400 --> 00:22:41.319 single instance in which we can't get a retrofit vent 346 00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:45.079 for an ember proof vent fitting on a home. They 347 00:22:45.119 --> 00:22:47.519 are always creative ways. Sometimes we do it from the 348 00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:49.720 inside out, sometimes we do it from the outside in. 349 00:22:50.440 --> 00:22:54.000 But when there are clearance issues, they'll handle it for you. 350 00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:58.720 No problem, my friend. All right, thank you, Dan. Sounds great. 351 00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:05.119 Oh we had another caller and then they went away. 352 00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:11.279 My mom, Now I feel very lonely. All right, A 353 00:23:11.440 --> 00:23:17.839 couple of thoughts. Turning away back to this question. Somebody asked, 354 00:23:18.559 --> 00:23:25.160 didn't the governor actually do some executive order that allows 355 00:23:25.200 --> 00:23:28.720 people to just reuse their old plans again? And what's 356 00:23:28.759 --> 00:23:32.319 that about? Well, yeah, and maybe I can comment on 357 00:23:32.359 --> 00:23:34.720 this a little bit. You know what, Let's do this, 358 00:23:35.039 --> 00:23:37.519 let's go to the news. When we come back, I'll 359 00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:42.680 explain that because last week Governor k Newsome, in addition 360 00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:47.039 to this fast tracking thing, he issued an executive order 361 00:23:47.640 --> 00:23:53.559 about recently built homes, and I'll explain that that that 362 00:23:53.640 --> 00:23:58.480 actually does make some people's lives very very simple when 363 00:23:58.519 --> 00:24:01.000 it comes to rebuilding. I wish that was the case 364 00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:04.400 across the board. Maybe this executive order will just stick 365 00:24:04.599 --> 00:24:08.799 beyond this current crisis. So we'll talk about the executive 366 00:24:08.920 --> 00:24:14.480 order for the reuse of relatively new plans. Can't buye 367 00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:16.200 Jean Sharp the house? 368 00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:16.519 What's he? 369 00:24:16.759 --> 00:24:20.640 Welcome home? 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The final thing 395 00:26:02.319 --> 00:26:05.119 that I wanted to discuss this morning in regards to 396 00:26:05.160 --> 00:26:08.440 this whole subject of fast tracking building permits something that 397 00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:12.599 the City of Los Angeles is thinking about doing, is 398 00:26:12.759 --> 00:26:16.000 a question that somebody raised. Didn't the governor do something 399 00:26:16.640 --> 00:26:19.759 last week? I think it was it this last week 400 00:26:19.839 --> 00:26:24.559 or week before. Anyway, the governnew some last Thursday, not 401 00:26:25.359 --> 00:26:28.880