WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.480 --> 00:00:02.279 KFI AM six forty. 2 00:00:02.439 --> 00:00:05.719 You're listening to Dean Sharp, the House Whisper on demand 3 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:10.439 on the iHeartRadio app. Hey, welcome to home Where. Every 4 00:00:10.480 --> 00:00:14.199 week we help you better understand that place where you live. 5 00:00:14.679 --> 00:00:18.239 I am Dean Sharp, the House Whisperer, here with you 6 00:00:18.440 --> 00:00:21.280 live like I am every weekend. Saturday morning, six to 7 00:00:21.359 --> 00:00:25.800 eight Pacific time, Sunday mornings nine to noon Pacific time. 8 00:00:26.239 --> 00:00:29.399 Welcome to the Sunday Morning Show. Welcome to the second 9 00:00:29.399 --> 00:00:33.359 hour of our show. We are talking about the home 10 00:00:33.479 --> 00:00:37.759 monitoring revolution that has taken place over the last few years. 11 00:00:37.799 --> 00:00:42.719 All of your options for monitoring your home from from AFAR, 12 00:00:44.159 --> 00:00:50.000 both energy, safety, security, and on and on, so many options. 13 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:51.479 We're going to try and cover as many of them 14 00:00:51.520 --> 00:00:55.359 as possible today so that you are aware of of 15 00:00:55.520 --> 00:00:57.920 all the amazing things that you can do with your 16 00:00:57.920 --> 00:01:00.920 home to take care of it better. What right now 17 00:01:01.240 --> 00:01:03.960 is our custom. It is the top of the hour, 18 00:01:04.280 --> 00:01:06.480 and it is time to go to the phones. And 19 00:01:06.480 --> 00:01:09.159 when it comes to phone calls, you set the agenda. 20 00:01:09.359 --> 00:01:13.359 Anything you want to talk about regarding your home. I 21 00:01:13.359 --> 00:01:14.959 want to talk to Wayne. 22 00:01:15.079 --> 00:01:18.719 Wayne, let's get it started, Hidane. 23 00:01:19.159 --> 00:01:24.040 Yeah, we're doing some un wanted home remodeling, and in 24 00:01:24.079 --> 00:01:29.920 the kitchen we're looking at replacing ranite countertops with recycled 25 00:01:29.920 --> 00:01:32.719 glass countertops. I want to get your thoughts on that. 26 00:01:33.519 --> 00:01:37.079 Okay, first of all, though you've piqued my interest unwanted 27 00:01:37.120 --> 00:01:37.920 home remodeling. 28 00:01:37.959 --> 00:01:41.280 What happened fire fun? 29 00:01:41.400 --> 00:01:43.519 Oh? 30 00:01:43.959 --> 00:01:45.560 Oh all right, I'm sorry about that. 31 00:01:47.120 --> 00:01:54.799 Okay, kitchen counter tops glass versus granite or quartz or 32 00:01:54.920 --> 00:01:56.560 quartzite or whatever. 33 00:01:56.680 --> 00:01:56.879 Yeah? 34 00:01:58.359 --> 00:02:01.000 Uh, what what got you intro interested in glass? 35 00:02:01.000 --> 00:02:04.599 By the way, I love glass. I do glass work, 36 00:02:05.239 --> 00:02:11.599 I do letted glass and fascinated with blown glass, but 37 00:02:11.680 --> 00:02:16.000 also as a marine biologist. Our home has an ocean theme. 38 00:02:16.479 --> 00:02:18.960 So this men only has glass in it, but it 39 00:02:19.000 --> 00:02:20.479 has oyster shells. 40 00:02:22.159 --> 00:02:23.840 I see. Excellent, excellent. 41 00:02:23.879 --> 00:02:28.759 Well, okay, I'm not sure ive been asked that question 42 00:02:28.879 --> 00:02:31.319 directly before. I mean, we talked, we've talked about glass 43 00:02:31.360 --> 00:02:34.319 when it comes to our hard surface stone materials in 44 00:02:34.360 --> 00:02:37.919 those shows, but I don't think a listener has actually 45 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:43.680 directly asked about glass countertops. Right off the top. As 46 00:02:43.719 --> 00:02:47.120 soon as I say that word glass countertop, people are 47 00:02:47.159 --> 00:02:52.159 cringing because they're just fearful, because they're like, that's exactly 48 00:02:52.159 --> 00:02:54.039 what I need I need to spend a lot of 49 00:02:54.080 --> 00:02:57.240 money on a very fancy countertop and then drop something 50 00:02:57.280 --> 00:02:59.319 on it and have it shatter or break, and then 51 00:02:59.639 --> 00:03:05.120 you know I'm screwed. So what's the truth behind glass countertops. Well, 52 00:03:05.840 --> 00:03:09.199 one thing you should know for certain is that not 53 00:03:09.280 --> 00:03:13.080 all glass countertops are made the same. Some are tempered, 54 00:03:13.319 --> 00:03:16.159 some are not tempered. Some are mixed with concretes and 55 00:03:16.280 --> 00:03:20.680 resins to make them strong, others are not so much. 56 00:03:21.240 --> 00:03:25.120 The thing with glass countertops is that glass is such 57 00:03:25.199 --> 00:03:27.960 as you know if you've worked with it. It is such 58 00:03:28.199 --> 00:03:33.919 a malleable material. You can do so many things with it. 59 00:03:33.919 --> 00:03:38.319 It's unlike stone in the sense that you know, here's 60 00:03:38.319 --> 00:03:39.120 a piece of granite. 61 00:03:39.199 --> 00:03:41.719 There, it is, there, it is, that's the color, that's 62 00:03:41.759 --> 00:03:42.240 what it is. 63 00:03:42.719 --> 00:03:46.479 But when we say glass, we can be transparent, we 64 00:03:46.520 --> 00:03:49.960 can be semi transparent. We can be back painted glass 65 00:03:50.000 --> 00:03:52.639 so that you've got color, but the color is coming 66 00:03:52.680 --> 00:03:54.719 from the far side of the glass, and the whole 67 00:03:54.800 --> 00:03:58.560 thing kind of glows in a three dimensional style. We 68 00:03:58.599 --> 00:04:02.800 can run led lights through glass in order for it 69 00:04:02.879 --> 00:04:08.680 to glow uniformly. We can put things like seashells into glass, 70 00:04:08.719 --> 00:04:12.439 suspended as if we were doing, like you know well, 71 00:04:12.719 --> 00:04:16.199 technically in the area of design and building. Glass falls 72 00:04:16.240 --> 00:04:21.160 under the category in this case of functional art, in 73 00:04:21.240 --> 00:04:24.839 which we're doing a design in something a medium that 74 00:04:24.920 --> 00:04:30.360 becomes a functional thing. But as a whole, a well designed, 75 00:04:30.839 --> 00:04:37.120 well manufactured glass countertop can in fact compete and even 76 00:04:37.199 --> 00:04:42.839 exceed stone in its usability and durability. They can be very, 77 00:04:42.959 --> 00:04:48.480 very tough. They are without question, incredibly temperature resistant. You 78 00:04:48.519 --> 00:04:53.600 can usually trust that they are at least fourteen fifteen 79 00:04:53.759 --> 00:04:58.120 sixteen hundred degrees fahrenheit resistant about anything being put on it. 80 00:04:58.439 --> 00:05:02.519 The other advantage that they have over a natural stone 81 00:05:02.600 --> 00:05:06.040 like granted, especially Granted, it's very hard, but it's very porous, 82 00:05:06.720 --> 00:05:09.360 meaning that if you don't keep it sealed, you're going 83 00:05:09.399 --> 00:05:13.560 to lose bits of stuff down inside the granite that 84 00:05:13.639 --> 00:05:15.879 you can't get to to clean. It's why Granted is 85 00:05:15.920 --> 00:05:21.279 actually not permitted in most executive kitchens in restaurants because 86 00:05:21.560 --> 00:05:24.680 health department says, you know, you can't keep that thing 87 00:05:24.759 --> 00:05:28.720 clean enough to keep the standards up. Glass is completely 88 00:05:28.879 --> 00:05:34.519 non porous, so nothing gets down in it, and as 89 00:05:34.560 --> 00:05:36.680 soon as you wipe it and clean it on the surface, 90 00:05:36.839 --> 00:05:40.199 it is sterile and clean and ready to go. So 91 00:05:41.160 --> 00:05:44.319 it can be fabricated in just about any shape and size. 92 00:05:44.360 --> 00:05:46.720 Like stone, you can put just about any edge on it. 93 00:05:47.319 --> 00:05:51.319 And yeah, so I'm a big fan. I'm a huge 94 00:05:51.360 --> 00:05:54.959 fan of glass. Glass is not a common topic though, 95 00:05:55.079 --> 00:05:58.120 that gets brought up these days, just because it takes 96 00:05:58.120 --> 00:06:01.279 somewhat of a courageous homeowner even be thinking in that 97 00:06:01.399 --> 00:06:05.480 direction because of all I think the innate stuff in 98 00:06:05.519 --> 00:06:08.160 the back of our heads saying oh it's fragile. And 99 00:06:09.519 --> 00:06:12.319 I will say, this glass is going to be typically 100 00:06:12.360 --> 00:06:16.600 more expensive than granite, stone, quartzite or so on, just 101 00:06:16.639 --> 00:06:20.560 because of the manufacturing process that it goes through in 102 00:06:20.639 --> 00:06:23.920 order to get it to that point of durability and 103 00:06:25.079 --> 00:06:29.759 usefulness on a countertop. But it can be absolutely stunning. 104 00:06:29.800 --> 00:06:33.360 It's bold, but it can be incredibly incredibly beautiful. 105 00:06:34.959 --> 00:06:38.040 Oh yeah, this is a recycled glass and cement using 106 00:06:38.560 --> 00:06:42.199 oyster shells, Georgia marble and architectural class. 107 00:06:43.000 --> 00:06:43.240 Yeah. 108 00:06:43.399 --> 00:06:48.800 Yeah, so that's a typically very very durable combination, very beautiful. 109 00:06:49.160 --> 00:06:50.879 And you know, at the end of the day, my friend, 110 00:06:50.959 --> 00:06:53.839 if you are loving the look, you can trust the 111 00:06:53.920 --> 00:06:56.959 durability of that kind of piece, whether or not it 112 00:06:57.000 --> 00:07:01.879 should be on every single counter serve in the kitchen, 113 00:07:02.079 --> 00:07:06.959 or whether it becomes a center piece kind of sitting 114 00:07:06.959 --> 00:07:09.319 on the island or on a peninsula, and then you 115 00:07:09.399 --> 00:07:13.279 run complementary stone elsewhere. These are all the kinds of 116 00:07:13.360 --> 00:07:16.079 design decisions that you have to make, but feel free 117 00:07:16.160 --> 00:07:19.120 to make them. There's absolutely nothing wrong with doing the 118 00:07:19.120 --> 00:07:21.959 whole kitchen out of it, but you can also, you know, 119 00:07:22.120 --> 00:07:25.800 limit your budget somewhat and also maybe get as much 120 00:07:25.839 --> 00:07:27.720 bang for the buck as possible if you've got an 121 00:07:27.720 --> 00:07:30.439 island or a peninsula, to make it a focal point 122 00:07:30.480 --> 00:07:33.680 and let everything be the supporting actor as it were 123 00:07:33.839 --> 00:07:35.560 with it at center stage. 124 00:07:36.720 --> 00:07:39.160 We're putting on the island and the kitchen countertaps and 125 00:07:39.199 --> 00:07:42.839 there's an overhang. So what's the strength compared to granted. 126 00:07:44.480 --> 00:07:47.480 Well, you know, tempered glass. If it's a tech well 127 00:07:47.519 --> 00:07:51.000 in your situation that resin mix. I think it competes 128 00:07:51.040 --> 00:07:54.519 with granted in overhang strength though one to one, if 129 00:07:54.560 --> 00:07:56.800 not a little bit stronger. That is where you need 130 00:07:56.839 --> 00:07:59.879 to check with your fabricator or the actual manufacturer and 131 00:08:00.079 --> 00:08:03.160 ask them those specific questions, because that's the kind of 132 00:08:03.240 --> 00:08:06.399 question that I can't answer because glass comes in so 133 00:08:06.519 --> 00:08:12.160 many different forms. Because it is a manufactured item. It 134 00:08:12.199 --> 00:08:16.120 doesn't have just a standing rating that applies to all 135 00:08:16.160 --> 00:08:20.759 glass countertops. That's something. Check with the manufacturer. Check with 136 00:08:20.879 --> 00:08:22.959 them and say, all right, we need to know, we 137 00:08:23.040 --> 00:08:28.279 need to know exactly where it rates in tensile strength 138 00:08:28.680 --> 00:08:31.560 versus granted, how much does it need to be supported? 139 00:08:31.560 --> 00:08:36.120 How vulnerable will it be depending on their mix and 140 00:08:36.159 --> 00:08:40.240 their structure as they manufactured it. So again, check with 141 00:08:40.279 --> 00:08:44.519 the manufacturer. You'll get your questions answered there. Wayne, good 142 00:08:44.559 --> 00:08:46.960 luck on that. Sorry about the fire, but sounds like 143 00:08:47.000 --> 00:08:51.200 you're putting together a gorgeous redo, a great comeback for 144 00:08:51.279 --> 00:08:54.679 your house and for your kitchen. Keep us posted as 145 00:08:54.720 --> 00:08:57.120 to how well it goes. All right, y'all when we 146 00:08:57.159 --> 00:09:00.679 return more of your calls. You are Home Sharp the 147 00:09:00.720 --> 00:09:01.519 house Whisper. 148 00:09:02.159 --> 00:09:05.440 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 149 00:09:05.559 --> 00:09:06.639 KFI Am six. 150 00:09:07.279 --> 00:09:12.000 All right, we're talking about the home monitoring revolution, but 151 00:09:12.279 --> 00:09:14.519 right now we're taking calls. We're going to come back 152 00:09:14.559 --> 00:09:18.320 to monitoring in just a bit, but right now, go 153 00:09:18.399 --> 00:09:21.639 into the phones. Joe, Hey, Joe, welcome home. 154 00:09:22.759 --> 00:09:27.600 Thank you, Dean. I have a shower valve that leaked 155 00:09:27.639 --> 00:09:33.679 in my shower and the water is now or was 156 00:09:34.240 --> 00:09:39.679 coming out the wall where it meets the floor and 157 00:09:39.720 --> 00:09:45.320 then the adjacent wall at about thirty two inches. It 158 00:09:45.360 --> 00:09:49.559 would weep out real slowly, and I put sands, cut 159 00:09:49.559 --> 00:09:52.440 open all the dry wall, put sands on it for 160 00:09:52.480 --> 00:09:56.120 about four days five days, and it seems like it's slowing. 161 00:09:56.240 --> 00:09:59.240 I mean, it's stopped. Do I have to pull out 162 00:09:59.240 --> 00:10:02.639 the floor to fix us? 163 00:10:03.519 --> 00:10:05.399 All right? So what floor are we talking about? 164 00:10:05.399 --> 00:10:05.440 It? 165 00:10:05.519 --> 00:10:08.919 We upstairs, we downstairs. We're in a raised foundation. Where's 166 00:10:09.039 --> 00:10:11.440 what tell me what the dynamics of the floor is. 167 00:10:11.840 --> 00:10:15.519 It's a it's a raised foundation mm hm. And it's 168 00:10:15.559 --> 00:10:19.720 on the first floor and the floor joaces when I 169 00:10:19.840 --> 00:10:25.600 looked underneath were wet and the skip sheeting was wet, 170 00:10:25.600 --> 00:10:28.320 but it wasn't so wet that it was getting, you know, 171 00:10:28.399 --> 00:10:31.799 drifting on the dirt. And there was mud and so 172 00:10:31.879 --> 00:10:36.559 I don't know how long it's been leaking, but it 173 00:10:36.679 --> 00:10:39.360 wasn't horrible, I didn't think because they didn't have a 174 00:10:39.360 --> 00:10:40.440 big puddle in the mud. 175 00:10:41.519 --> 00:10:44.960 Okay, okay, So leaky valve. 176 00:10:45.000 --> 00:10:48.120 It's dropped down, it's kind of spread out onto the floor, 177 00:10:48.399 --> 00:10:52.320 and but it seems to be slowing now or stopped. 178 00:10:52.080 --> 00:10:55.919 Right, it's it seems like it's stopped after about five 179 00:10:56.039 --> 00:10:57.000 four or five days. 180 00:10:57.679 --> 00:11:04.679 Okay, that's a lot of wonder yes, Okay, So I 181 00:11:04.720 --> 00:11:09.759 don't want to suggest anything radical yet. I just want 182 00:11:09.799 --> 00:11:13.559 you to be patient and wait and just keep monitoring it. 183 00:11:13.639 --> 00:11:14.039 Okay. 184 00:11:14.320 --> 00:11:17.879 If you can get a fan underneath the house blowing 185 00:11:18.000 --> 00:11:23.519 up against those joice and the sheathing from below, that 186 00:11:23.559 --> 00:11:26.519 will help as well. So I get as much air, 187 00:11:27.440 --> 00:11:30.960 as much exposure to it as possible, and then be patient, 188 00:11:31.279 --> 00:11:35.080 be patient and wait. If you don't see any deformities, 189 00:11:35.320 --> 00:11:37.679 if you don't see any bubbling, if you don't see 190 00:11:37.720 --> 00:11:42.360 any excessive soft spots on the floor as a result 191 00:11:42.399 --> 00:11:45.919 of this, if you don't see anything bizarre happening down below. 192 00:11:46.240 --> 00:11:49.480 We just want to make sure it gets thoroughly, thoroughly 193 00:11:49.879 --> 00:11:54.200 dried out. A little heat underneath would also be of 194 00:11:54.480 --> 00:11:59.320 benefit if that's feasible, but it's not critical. Airflow is 195 00:11:59.440 --> 00:12:02.559 the most critical part. The evaporative process is the most 196 00:12:02.639 --> 00:12:06.360 critical part. And now we play a waiting game. I 197 00:12:06.399 --> 00:12:10.440 say this a lot to people. It's true, and I 198 00:12:10.480 --> 00:12:12.080 don't want to give you false hope. 199 00:12:12.200 --> 00:12:12.559 Okay. 200 00:12:12.720 --> 00:12:14.960 At the same time, because there may be some stuff 201 00:12:15.000 --> 00:12:17.480 there that maybe has to be dealt with, but it's 202 00:12:17.639 --> 00:12:21.840 never a problem usually that wood gets wet. Now, when 203 00:12:21.879 --> 00:12:25.639 I say that, I'm not talking about your one hundred 204 00:12:25.679 --> 00:12:28.600 year old hardwood floor that has just got soaked with 205 00:12:28.679 --> 00:12:30.919 water and now is cupping and that kind of that's 206 00:12:30.960 --> 00:12:33.919 a problem. But I mean structural wood in a house. 207 00:12:34.039 --> 00:12:38.759 It's very very very very rarely a problem that wood 208 00:12:39.120 --> 00:12:43.840 gets wet. It's a problem when wood stays wet. And 209 00:12:43.879 --> 00:12:46.159 I don't mean stays wet for a couple of weeks. 210 00:12:46.279 --> 00:12:52.200 I mean simply stays wet, because that is when dry 211 00:12:52.279 --> 00:12:55.200 rot starts to kick into play. That's when mold and 212 00:12:55.240 --> 00:12:58.360 mildew become an issue, and that's when we get systemic 213 00:12:58.480 --> 00:13:02.279 problems in that regard. So when wood gets wet and 214 00:13:02.320 --> 00:13:05.519 then it dries out, if it hasn't warped, tweaked, or 215 00:13:05.600 --> 00:13:10.960 lost its structural integrity like an applywood situation because adhesives 216 00:13:10.960 --> 00:13:13.480 have been affected or it's delaminated. If those things have 217 00:13:13.639 --> 00:13:18.000 not happened, then just be patient. Dry it out, see 218 00:13:18.000 --> 00:13:21.240 what you get in the end, and then even afterwards, 219 00:13:21.279 --> 00:13:22.879 if you feel like you know what, it's all dry, 220 00:13:22.919 --> 00:13:26.919 it's just dry. Everything's dry. Now come back in, you know, 221 00:13:27.039 --> 00:13:30.720 two months, six months, get up underneath, poke around, make 222 00:13:30.759 --> 00:13:33.720 sure nothing else has started, make sure it's still dry, 223 00:13:34.120 --> 00:13:36.120 and you should be good to go. So it's the 224 00:13:36.240 --> 00:13:39.000 kind of thing that now is a waiting game. Take 225 00:13:39.039 --> 00:13:43.200 the right action and wait, as opposed to just getting 226 00:13:43.200 --> 00:13:48.240 worried and tearing up a bathroom potentially unnecessarily in order 227 00:13:48.279 --> 00:13:51.240 to fix a floor that really probably didn't you know, 228 00:13:51.360 --> 00:13:54.480 that may not need fixing to begin with. It will 229 00:13:54.519 --> 00:13:56.519 tell you you just keep an eye on it, and 230 00:13:56.840 --> 00:14:00.759 it'll send signals there's not that much house there hiding 231 00:14:00.840 --> 00:14:04.480 from you in a raised foundation, especially if you've already 232 00:14:04.480 --> 00:14:06.440 opened up the walls and you're drying out the wall 233 00:14:06.480 --> 00:14:08.960 cavity and you've replaced and fixed the valve. You know, 234 00:14:09.120 --> 00:14:12.840 you've resolved the water leakage problem, so there's no more 235 00:14:12.879 --> 00:14:14.480 additional water coming in. 236 00:14:15.120 --> 00:14:15.320 Now. 237 00:14:15.320 --> 00:14:18.240 It's a question of just making sure it dries out, 238 00:14:18.320 --> 00:14:21.919 and you know, you can talk to remodeling contractors or 239 00:14:22.320 --> 00:14:25.039 you know, a restoration conscious. Some of them will come 240 00:14:25.080 --> 00:14:26.679 in and say, you know, because they would love to 241 00:14:26.679 --> 00:14:28.159 make a buck, and they're like, oh. 242 00:14:28.120 --> 00:14:30.120 Just tear it all out. That's the only way, you'll know. 243 00:14:32.360 --> 00:14:34.159 Just be patient, just be patient. 244 00:14:34.840 --> 00:14:36.720 Nobody's going to walk in the bathroom and fall through 245 00:14:36.759 --> 00:14:42.360 the floor because it's rotted overnight. It's a very very 246 00:14:42.399 --> 00:14:46.600 slow process even when something is going wrong in this 247 00:14:46.720 --> 00:14:49.399 kind of situation. So dry it out, be patient, keep 248 00:14:49.440 --> 00:14:52.000 an eye on it, and you'll know you'll know it. 249 00:14:53.600 --> 00:14:59.840 So there was there's skip sheeting agents boards and they 250 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:02.519 I went underneath and they're dry. I had a friend 251 00:15:02.559 --> 00:15:07.000 look and pretty knowledgeable, and he says, it's dry here 252 00:15:07.039 --> 00:15:09.279 because we weren't sure if we had the six leap 253 00:15:09.360 --> 00:15:12.200 six because it kept weeping. But now the weeping has 254 00:15:12.240 --> 00:15:15.960 seemed to stop. So how long did it? I mean, 255 00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:19.399 it's it's dry now, with it dry rot? I check 256 00:15:19.399 --> 00:15:21.519 in a month, two months, did you say? 257 00:15:21.960 --> 00:15:22.200 Yeah? 258 00:15:22.240 --> 00:15:23.960 I would check in a month or two and just 259 00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:27.679 see if there's any other side of moisture or softness 260 00:15:27.879 --> 00:15:31.639 or discoloration other than the discoloration of the staining of 261 00:15:31.679 --> 00:15:32.080 the water. 262 00:15:32.320 --> 00:15:34.360 Okay, just to go up. 263 00:15:34.240 --> 00:15:37.840 Under the there, take a take an all you know 264 00:15:38.559 --> 00:15:41.480 or a sharp flathead screwdriver or something, and just poke 265 00:15:41.519 --> 00:15:45.000 around and see if what you're feeling is just dense wood, 266 00:15:45.559 --> 00:15:47.159 or if all of a sudden you're hitting a soft 267 00:15:47.159 --> 00:15:51.720 spot okay, but there's really not a huge mystery to 268 00:15:51.919 --> 00:15:55.919 moisture and damage with wood. If it's held on to 269 00:15:56.039 --> 00:15:59.159 it for a long, long period of time, that's when 270 00:15:59.240 --> 00:16:02.399 dry rot begins to do its work in a dark, 271 00:16:02.519 --> 00:16:05.600 moist environment. But if it's already feeling dry, I think 272 00:16:05.679 --> 00:16:09.320 you're probably you've moved out of the danger zone and 273 00:16:09.360 --> 00:16:13.120 you're in the clear. But being patient, giving it extra air, 274 00:16:13.320 --> 00:16:17.240 waiting even longer than it seems is not going to 275 00:16:17.320 --> 00:16:18.120 do you any harm. 276 00:16:19.879 --> 00:16:22.799 Well, And some people say the silicone the grout on 277 00:16:22.840 --> 00:16:28.000 the floor, we're or the wall going down, And then 278 00:16:29.120 --> 00:16:31.720 I've never siliconed, I've only sealed it in the past. 279 00:16:32.559 --> 00:16:36.600 Yeah, yeah, it's it's a moot point. It's a moot point. 280 00:16:36.679 --> 00:16:39.399 It's like putting a band aid on a gaping wound. 281 00:16:39.720 --> 00:16:43.840 You've fixed the moisture problem. I don't worry about siliconing 282 00:16:43.960 --> 00:16:48.000 grout on the floor because you know, waterproof areas, they 283 00:16:48.039 --> 00:16:52.000 either have a moisture protection under them or they don't. 284 00:16:52.600 --> 00:16:55.679 And we don't rely on the tile and the grout 285 00:16:55.720 --> 00:16:59.159 to keep moisture away from the framing. And so if 286 00:16:59.159 --> 00:17:02.840 there's there's probably at least some elementary building paper under there, 287 00:17:03.600 --> 00:17:05.880 and in that case, it's going to do its job. 288 00:17:06.039 --> 00:17:09.960 So yeah, the rest of it just becomes this kind 289 00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:13.359 of futile attempt to seal up a floor that isn't 290 00:17:13.359 --> 00:17:16.519 going to be sealed unless you completely redo the thing, 291 00:17:17.000 --> 00:17:19.720 in which case you could make the whole bathroom floor 292 00:17:19.759 --> 00:17:23.000 a shower pan if you wanted to. But it's really 293 00:17:23.839 --> 00:17:26.960 those are heroic measures beyond the scope of what is 294 00:17:27.039 --> 00:17:29.799 normally needed. What's important is that you fix the leaky 295 00:17:29.880 --> 00:17:32.039 valve now, let it dry out, and get back to 296 00:17:32.079 --> 00:17:34.880 your life. That's my advice to you. And don't worry 297 00:17:34.880 --> 00:17:37.920 about all of the possible don't look on web MD 298 00:17:39.160 --> 00:17:43.000 about your house. It's like, if anybody wants to find 299 00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:46.200 out that they're about to die because of the cut 300 00:17:46.240 --> 00:17:47.920 on their elbow, look on webnd. 301 00:17:48.079 --> 00:17:48.920 You'll find out that. 302 00:17:50.279 --> 00:17:53.359 Chances are you know you've contracted a rare disease in 303 00:17:53.400 --> 00:17:55.759 that cut, and you know you may have to amputate. 304 00:17:55.880 --> 00:17:58.799 Don't do that. Don't do that. You're on the right path, 305 00:17:58.880 --> 00:18:01.599 my friend. Thanks for the question, Thanks for the call, buddy, 306 00:18:01.599 --> 00:18:03.680 and good luck. I think you're on the right path, 307 00:18:04.039 --> 00:18:06.839 and I doubt that you have much to worry about. 308 00:18:06.640 --> 00:18:07.519 There, all right, joall. 309 00:18:07.559 --> 00:18:10.000 When we come back, why don't we dive back into 310 00:18:10.680 --> 00:18:13.359 the home monitoring revolution. 311 00:18:13.960 --> 00:18:14.559 We will do that. 312 00:18:15.160 --> 00:18:18.480 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 313 00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:20.039 KFI AM six forty. 314 00:18:20.279 --> 00:18:23.680 You are Home with Dean Sharp, the house whisper. 315 00:18:23.680 --> 00:18:29.000 That's me and we're talking about the home monitoring revolution today. 316 00:18:29.160 --> 00:18:31.519 Is it a revolution? It is a revolution because it's 317 00:18:31.720 --> 00:18:38.359 taken the world of homeowners by storm, and it's happened 318 00:18:38.400 --> 00:18:41.200 relatively quickly, so we're going to call it a revolution. 319 00:18:41.960 --> 00:18:45.279 At some point, all of our connected technology has kind 320 00:18:45.279 --> 00:18:49.559 of rolled together, and now we have such an opportunity 321 00:18:49.680 --> 00:18:52.920 to take care of and watch over our homes even 322 00:18:53.079 --> 00:18:56.759 when we are not there. We were on the subject 323 00:18:56.880 --> 00:18:59.920 of security before. I just want to wrap that up 324 00:19:00.400 --> 00:19:03.319 because there are a couple of little devices and points 325 00:19:03.720 --> 00:19:06.319 that I wanted to communicate with you. Where'd I leave 326 00:19:06.319 --> 00:19:10.160 off garage doors? I left off with garage doors. Motion detectors, 327 00:19:10.200 --> 00:19:13.599 of course, are as things that can be placed anywhere 328 00:19:13.680 --> 00:19:17.839 inside the house, outside the house, outside the house, connected 329 00:19:17.880 --> 00:19:21.279 to floodlights. Great idea inside the house for the sake 330 00:19:21.319 --> 00:19:24.880 of knowing where and if somebody is moving through an 331 00:19:24.880 --> 00:19:27.400 area of the house, to let you know and again 332 00:19:27.440 --> 00:19:30.920 we're talking about the kinds of systems that communicate back 333 00:19:30.960 --> 00:19:35.559 to your smartphone in addition potentially to a monitoring service 334 00:19:35.680 --> 00:19:38.960 if you want to pay that additional fee for that 335 00:19:39.160 --> 00:19:45.599 kind of thing. Remote access is part of the monitoring revolution. 336 00:19:45.839 --> 00:19:49.200 And by remote access we simply mean having the kind 337 00:19:49.279 --> 00:19:52.680 of hardware in your home that allows you to let 338 00:19:52.759 --> 00:19:56.000 somebody in. This is the opposite of security. I suppose 339 00:19:57.400 --> 00:20:00.599 it is a security device that keeps you know, door 340 00:20:00.680 --> 00:20:03.599 is locked. But let's say you're you know, you're away 341 00:20:03.799 --> 00:20:06.359 and family member, a friend needs to get into the 342 00:20:06.400 --> 00:20:10.400 house for some reason somehow, maybe you have left your 343 00:20:10.480 --> 00:20:12.720 keys and you're the person who needs to get into 344 00:20:12.720 --> 00:20:16.359 the house. Here's your phone, and you can grant with 345 00:20:16.400 --> 00:20:20.720 the right kind of hardware. Schleg makes some quick Set 346 00:20:20.839 --> 00:20:29.519 makes some Baldwin makes some direct automated home hardware that 347 00:20:29.559 --> 00:20:31.960 will unlock a door or lock a door. And this 348 00:20:32.039 --> 00:20:36.000 is in addition to what is now a keyless biometric 349 00:20:36.960 --> 00:20:39.680 I don't think we've got I don't trust facial recognition 350 00:20:39.839 --> 00:20:44.480 door hardware yet to do that, but biometric locks and 351 00:20:44.599 --> 00:20:47.119 where you you know, put your thumb on the pad 352 00:20:47.200 --> 00:20:50.680 and boomp, it opens up. Because it's you. These are 353 00:20:50.759 --> 00:20:54.559 things that are all available for your house. Remote communication 354 00:20:54.920 --> 00:20:59.160 is a big part of this as well. Communication meaning 355 00:20:59.640 --> 00:21:02.240 well what most of you have. If you've got like 356 00:21:02.519 --> 00:21:05.880 a smart doorbell or ring or a Nest doorbell, not 357 00:21:05.960 --> 00:21:09.920 only do on your phone, can you actually hear the 358 00:21:09.960 --> 00:21:12.400 door chime when someone's there, And not only do you 359 00:21:12.440 --> 00:21:14.759 have a video feed, but you also have audio and 360 00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:17.519 you can talk back and forth to the individual who's 361 00:21:17.920 --> 00:21:21.119 on the front porch, at the front door and so on, 362 00:21:21.480 --> 00:21:25.519 because there are microphones that enable that kind of communication, 363 00:21:25.680 --> 00:21:28.720 not just listening, but two way communication so that there's 364 00:21:28.759 --> 00:21:31.720 a speaker so that they can hear you things like 365 00:21:32.400 --> 00:21:34.559 you don't belong on my front porch and I've already 366 00:21:34.599 --> 00:21:38.759 notified nine to one one that kind of stuff, or hey, sorry, 367 00:21:38.799 --> 00:21:41.160 we're not coming to the door right now, or whatever 368 00:21:41.200 --> 00:21:44.240 the case may be, or just leave it there, we'll 369 00:21:44.279 --> 00:21:46.119 get to it in a couple of minutes, even if 370 00:21:46.160 --> 00:21:50.599 you're on vacation. So that kind of stuff very very 371 00:21:50.720 --> 00:21:56.240 useful again, just part of your arsenal Monitoring services have 372 00:21:56.480 --> 00:22:00.559 their place, they really really do. They add that extra 373 00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:05.960 layer of security knowing that there is also another set 374 00:22:05.960 --> 00:22:09.720 of eyes looking at the house even if you've not 375 00:22:09.839 --> 00:22:12.000 carrying your phone around right now, or you left it 376 00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:16.759 somewhere else, or whatever the case may be. Remote lighting control. Now, 377 00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:20.599 I said earlier, this is the connected monitored home is 378 00:22:20.640 --> 00:22:23.160 not just about all the fancy controls that you can 379 00:22:23.200 --> 00:22:25.039 do for inside your house. But the fact of the 380 00:22:25.039 --> 00:22:28.720 matter is all that fancy lighting control that you can 381 00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:32.599 put inside your house also can serve a really important 382 00:22:32.599 --> 00:22:37.160 security function because you can program smart lights in your 383 00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:41.119 home to go on and off at different times, and 384 00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:44.119 go on and off at different times on different days, 385 00:22:44.519 --> 00:22:48.079 so that anybody who's, as they say in the old 386 00:22:48.119 --> 00:22:52.880 detective speak case in the joint, if they're watching your 387 00:22:52.920 --> 00:22:56.519 home over a period of two or three days, they'll 388 00:22:56.640 --> 00:22:59.119 notice the fact that, oh, the kitchen light turned on, 389 00:22:59.200 --> 00:23:01.519 and then it turned and now a bedroom line is 390 00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:05.720 on and that off, and it just simply implies that 391 00:23:05.880 --> 00:23:11.440 somebody's there, even if you aren't. Okay, the most amazing 392 00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:13.519 I've got to close with this one before we go 393 00:23:13.559 --> 00:23:16.160 to break the most amazing high tech security measure that 394 00:23:16.240 --> 00:23:19.279 I am aware of. All Right, if you want the 395 00:23:19.279 --> 00:23:21.720 the ultimate or you just want to be entertained by 396 00:23:21.759 --> 00:23:28.039 this thought, Okay, the ultimate home security for you is 397 00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:35.200 a fog cannon mounted in the exterior rooms where egress 398 00:23:35.200 --> 00:23:38.000 into the house can happen. A fog cannon. There are 399 00:23:38.119 --> 00:23:41.519 fog cannon security systems. You owe it to yourself. If 400 00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:45.599 that sounds fun, to look it up. Okay, they're not cheap, Okay, 401 00:23:46.119 --> 00:23:49.640