WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.480 --> 00:00:04.040 KFI AM six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp the 2 00:00:04.080 --> 00:00:09.080 House Whisper on demand on the iHeartRadio app. Hey did 3 00:00:09.119 --> 00:00:14.199 you know? This very program is also known as the 4 00:00:14.359 --> 00:00:19.199 House Whisperer podcast that you can listen to anytime anywhere 5 00:00:19.280 --> 00:00:24.440 on Planet Earth on demand. Hundreds of episodes, all searchable 6 00:00:24.480 --> 00:00:28.640 by topic. It is a home improvement reference library at 7 00:00:28.679 --> 00:00:31.800 your fingertips or your ear tips, or however. 8 00:00:31.640 --> 00:00:34.719 It is that you actually do. Ears have tips pointing 9 00:00:34.799 --> 00:00:35.159 ones do. 10 00:00:36.240 --> 00:00:38.719 And if you're thinking, hey, that's all great, Dean, but 11 00:00:38.799 --> 00:00:42.000 I really need you and Tina in our house looking 12 00:00:42.079 --> 00:00:45.079 at that thing, telling us what are we going to 13 00:00:45.159 --> 00:00:47.399 do with that? Well you can do that too. If 14 00:00:47.399 --> 00:00:49.520 you live in the greater Southern California area, you can 15 00:00:49.520 --> 00:00:52.159 book an in home design consult with me and t 16 00:00:52.960 --> 00:00:57.359 Just go to house Whisperer dot design. All right, we're 17 00:00:57.399 --> 00:00:59.920 going to dive back into our list of the best 18 00:01:00.399 --> 00:01:05.280 of the International Builders Show twenty twenty five. It just 19 00:01:05.319 --> 00:01:09.519 wrapped up this week in Las Vegas, Nevada, as it 20 00:01:09.560 --> 00:01:12.480 does every year at this time of year, and it 21 00:01:12.560 --> 00:01:17.400 is massive. It fills the entire Las Vegas Convention Center, 22 00:01:17.760 --> 00:01:22.560 a million square feet of exhibit space, nearly two thousand 23 00:01:22.680 --> 00:01:26.319 major exhibitors over an well over one hundred thousand in attendance, 24 00:01:26.359 --> 00:01:31.239 the largest builders show in seventeen years. As far as 25 00:01:31.280 --> 00:01:35.719 attendance and exhibitors, it's just the It is the gathering 26 00:01:35.840 --> 00:01:41.879 for a building innovation and design on the planet. So 27 00:01:42.480 --> 00:01:46.239 I'm bringing you just tidbits highlights things that I think 28 00:01:46.280 --> 00:01:50.079 that you would find relevant and worth taking a look 29 00:01:50.120 --> 00:01:54.400 at for you and your home. One of which is 30 00:01:54.719 --> 00:01:57.200 and you know, if you know me, you know that 31 00:01:58.200 --> 00:02:02.519 Dean's not gonna talk about a builder's show without taking 32 00:02:02.519 --> 00:02:05.959 a look at what the latest and greatest in fireplaces are. 33 00:02:07.079 --> 00:02:08.199 And even in. 34 00:02:08.120 --> 00:02:12.439 California, where we are limited in what we can do 35 00:02:12.560 --> 00:02:16.360 in a new construction or a major remodel, in terms 36 00:02:16.360 --> 00:02:21.879 of fireplaces, oh, the industry is just finding every workaround 37 00:02:22.080 --> 00:02:25.680 possible and there are so many creative options. I would 38 00:02:25.680 --> 00:02:30.599 say the limitations that the environmental protections in California have 39 00:02:30.719 --> 00:02:35.120 placed on traditional fireplaces have in some a lot of 40 00:02:35.120 --> 00:02:37.560 ways been a good thing because it forces the industry 41 00:02:37.599 --> 00:02:41.919 to get creative, and I love creativity. I can tell 42 00:02:41.919 --> 00:02:45.479 you this a Stellar, which is a heat and glow brand. 43 00:02:45.599 --> 00:02:48.919 Stellar that's kind of their custom brand. They have made 44 00:02:48.919 --> 00:02:52.159 a name for themselves basically saying what kind of a 45 00:02:52.159 --> 00:02:56.159 fireplace do you want? We'll build it for you. I mean, honestly, 46 00:02:56.199 --> 00:02:59.879 we'll manufacture that fireplace for you. Want it twenty feet long, 47 00:03:00.120 --> 00:03:03.680 one twenty foot row of flame, Yeah, we can do that, 48 00:03:03.759 --> 00:03:06.439 no problem. You want to mount a TV six inches 49 00:03:06.479 --> 00:03:09.599 above the firebox and not have a heat problem, Now 50 00:03:09.759 --> 00:03:10.319 we got that. 51 00:03:10.400 --> 00:03:10.919 We got you. 52 00:03:11.800 --> 00:03:17.680 It's true. Them and Stellar and Da Vinci are in 53 00:03:17.759 --> 00:03:22.199 my opinion, the absolute leaders in custom fireplace design, and 54 00:03:22.319 --> 00:03:25.759 they were all on display here at the Builders Show. 55 00:03:26.400 --> 00:03:34.360 We're talking horizontal fireplaces, more traditional looking firebox setups. Vertical 56 00:03:34.800 --> 00:03:40.520 fires yeah, vertical like tubes running up six feet up 57 00:03:40.560 --> 00:03:46.000 a wall in built into the wall, Spiral vertical fire elements, 58 00:03:46.400 --> 00:03:50.120 any length, any configuration. And so I'm just using this 59 00:03:50.159 --> 00:03:53.080 as a jumping off point for you to be aware 60 00:03:53.439 --> 00:03:55.360 that if you're planning a remodel, you don't have to 61 00:03:55.840 --> 00:03:58.680 just deal with the old fireplace, and you don't have 62 00:03:58.840 --> 00:04:04.599 to give up on fireplaces, even if you live in California, 63 00:04:05.039 --> 00:04:08.800 because there are so many innovations out there. Why am 64 00:04:08.840 --> 00:04:12.400 I so big on fireplaces when when you know we 65 00:04:12.439 --> 00:04:15.319 don't need them? To heat our houses anymore and anything 66 00:04:15.360 --> 00:04:19.560 like that. You know, because as a designer, I know 67 00:04:19.639 --> 00:04:23.560 the power of fire, open flame, and it's built into us. 68 00:04:23.600 --> 00:04:27.639 I mean, it is evolved into our DNA two million 69 00:04:27.920 --> 00:04:34.680 years of US and fire and safety and tribe and 70 00:04:34.759 --> 00:04:39.759 conversation and storytelling and all of these things. It is 71 00:04:39.839 --> 00:04:43.240 simply you know, there there's a reason why, just on 72 00:04:43.279 --> 00:04:49.000 a basic level, we all love to, you know, gather 73 00:04:49.160 --> 00:04:54.680 around an open fire. There's a reason why the quintessential 74 00:04:54.839 --> 00:04:59.639 romance is the candlelight dinner. Right, It's just that thing. 75 00:04:59.720 --> 00:05:02.920 It's that kind of a thing. Also, Da Vinci not 76 00:05:03.079 --> 00:05:07.959 to be outdone by Stellar this year, Da Vinci has 77 00:05:08.040 --> 00:05:13.959 got on the electric fireplace bandwagon and release their own 78 00:05:14.040 --> 00:05:16.639 and I think probably right now maybe the best out 79 00:05:16.680 --> 00:05:21.319 there that there is their own electric fireplace, which is 80 00:05:21.839 --> 00:05:24.959 which uses the effect that I call Pepper's Ghost. Well 81 00:05:25.000 --> 00:05:27.399 it's not that I call it. Pepper's Ghost is a 82 00:05:27.560 --> 00:05:33.360 is a long time special effect that Disney actually developed 83 00:05:33.399 --> 00:05:35.839 early on. When you go to the Haunted Mansion at 84 00:05:35.839 --> 00:05:39.920 Disneyland and you're riding the through the Haunted Mansion and 85 00:05:39.959 --> 00:05:44.199 you just get into the big ballroom and all the 86 00:05:44.240 --> 00:05:47.800 ghosts are dancing and through and you're like, wow, that 87 00:05:47.920 --> 00:05:50.639 is so cool because they're all transparent and they're all 88 00:05:50.720 --> 00:05:52.759 dancing around that and you know you're looking into a 89 00:05:52.800 --> 00:05:55.879 real room. Where are those ghosts coming from. Well, it's 90 00:05:55.920 --> 00:05:58.800 a special effect. They're actually being projected from up above 91 00:05:59.000 --> 00:06:02.199 through a four five degree piece of glass that you 92 00:06:02.319 --> 00:06:06.399 don't see, and it overlays onto it. And that technology, 93 00:06:06.439 --> 00:06:11.839 that concept has been used now to create electric fireplaces. 94 00:06:12.040 --> 00:06:14.800 And by electric, I mean that you're actually looking at 95 00:06:15.000 --> 00:06:17.920 real flames. Well they're not real flames, but they are 96 00:06:18.079 --> 00:06:23.279 actual high res video productions of real flames, not some 97 00:06:24.040 --> 00:06:28.040 sparkly flamy effect, but real flames with sparks coming off 98 00:06:28.079 --> 00:06:31.839 of them and smoke rising out of it being projected 99 00:06:31.879 --> 00:06:34.120 onto physical three D logs. 100 00:06:34.480 --> 00:06:36.680 And so you got to check it out. 101 00:06:36.759 --> 00:06:38.360 You got to go to Da Vinci and look for 102 00:06:38.439 --> 00:06:41.839 the green smart electric fireplace. You'll see exactly what I'm 103 00:06:41.879 --> 00:06:46.040 talking about and what the advantage is there's it's it's 104 00:06:46.040 --> 00:06:50.920 a basically a video multimedia unit. There's no flu there's 105 00:06:50.959 --> 00:06:53.680 no vents. They can heat if you want them to heat, 106 00:06:54.120 --> 00:06:59.800 but you get realistic fireplace fire in your room anywhere 107 00:07:00.240 --> 00:07:02.639 with anything above it because you don't have to treat 108 00:07:02.680 --> 00:07:05.720 it like a regular fireplace, but the effects are tremendous. 109 00:07:05.759 --> 00:07:07.879 You can also change the color of the flames, you 110 00:07:07.920 --> 00:07:09.680 can change the lighting inside. 111 00:07:10.279 --> 00:07:10.600 You know what. 112 00:07:10.680 --> 00:07:12.639 They've come a long way, That's all I'm saying. Do 113 00:07:12.720 --> 00:07:15.639 I still love real flames, of course I do, but this, 114 00:07:15.639 --> 00:07:18.000 this has come a long way, solves a lot of problems. 115 00:07:18.079 --> 00:07:22.600 So yes, more innovations for fireplaces, which is an essential 116 00:07:22.680 --> 00:07:26.560 part of being human in this reporter's opinion. All right, 117 00:07:26.759 --> 00:07:29.120 when we come back, I got some more for you. 118 00:07:29.160 --> 00:07:32.800 Why don't we talk about mosquiters and staying warm out 119 00:07:32.800 --> 00:07:35.040 on your patio in an unconventional way. 120 00:07:35.800 --> 00:07:39.120 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 121 00:07:39.199 --> 00:07:40.720 KFI AM six forty. 122 00:07:41.240 --> 00:07:43.600 Yeah, I'm here. I am here for you like I 123 00:07:43.639 --> 00:07:48.800 am every Sunday morning live from nine to noon Pacific time, 124 00:07:49.279 --> 00:07:53.160 Saturday mornings six day Pacific time. We're here all weekend long, 125 00:07:53.519 --> 00:07:56.879 helping you take your home to the next level. And 126 00:07:56.879 --> 00:07:59.000 one of the ways we're doing it today, it's always fun. 127 00:07:59.040 --> 00:08:01.800 I love to do this every year here right after 128 00:08:01.959 --> 00:08:06.600 the International Builders Show finishes up, which it did just 129 00:08:06.839 --> 00:08:11.680 on Thursday of this week. I love to look through 130 00:08:12.240 --> 00:08:15.360 all the new innovations, and there's no way, I mean, 131 00:08:15.399 --> 00:08:17.600 there's no way I can even begin to scratch the 132 00:08:17.639 --> 00:08:19.800 surface of what goes on at the Builders Show for you. 133 00:08:19.920 --> 00:08:23.199 But I can bring you some relevant things and kind 134 00:08:23.240 --> 00:08:27.120 of the best of as far as your concern for 135 00:08:27.199 --> 00:08:29.560 your homes and things that I find interesting as well. 136 00:08:29.560 --> 00:08:32.080 And that's what we're doing today. Today is part two 137 00:08:32.360 --> 00:08:36.960 of a two part series. Yesterday's broadcast Saturday's broadcast, which 138 00:08:37.000 --> 00:08:40.559 is just the previous podcast episode. Make sure you catch 139 00:08:40.600 --> 00:08:43.480 that too, because there were some juicy nuggets there as 140 00:08:43.519 --> 00:08:47.440 well that I'm not repeating today. So part one and 141 00:08:47.480 --> 00:08:52.440 part two today. Okay, let's get out on the patio 142 00:08:52.759 --> 00:08:58.440 for a couple of minutes, shall we. Skeeters, Especially in springtime, 143 00:08:58.759 --> 00:09:03.440 mosquitoes all an issue everywhere for everyone. I mean, it's 144 00:09:03.480 --> 00:09:06.440 just universal, right. If you live in one of the 145 00:09:06.480 --> 00:09:11.240 coldest places in the US by the time warm weather hits, 146 00:09:11.279 --> 00:09:14.120 with all that moisture soaked into the ground, with all 147 00:09:14.200 --> 00:09:17.600 those lakes and rivers and streams around you, with all 148 00:09:17.639 --> 00:09:22.440 of that everywhere, the mosquitoes. You know, probably the best 149 00:09:22.519 --> 00:09:26.559 most effective mosquito repelling device is a tennis racket because 150 00:09:26.559 --> 00:09:31.879 they're like the size of small birds. It's true throughout 151 00:09:31.879 --> 00:09:34.840 the Midwest, you know, in the South and so on, 152 00:09:35.360 --> 00:09:41.799 but even here in dry southern California, where our relative 153 00:09:41.919 --> 00:09:46.159 humidity hovers at about fifty percent most of the time, 154 00:09:47.200 --> 00:09:50.960 we've got our own issues with mosquitos here, especially in 155 00:09:51.080 --> 00:09:54.240 spring and summer months. And you know, because we've got 156 00:09:54.240 --> 00:09:57.279 a lot of standing water around too, and we've got 157 00:09:57.320 --> 00:10:01.480 the new eighties a Gypti mosquito, not new to the planet, 158 00:10:01.559 --> 00:10:05.200 but new relative to North America. And you know, the 159 00:10:05.240 --> 00:10:08.399 ankle bider. Yeah, that's what they are. They're really tiny, 160 00:10:08.919 --> 00:10:11.000 they stay low to the ground. They're even out during 161 00:10:11.039 --> 00:10:15.919 the day. So anyway, mosquitos, as you well know, are 162 00:10:15.960 --> 00:10:22.159 a problem. And there are a gabillion so called mosquito 163 00:10:22.320 --> 00:10:27.000 remedies out there. And I have, because I design custom 164 00:10:27.080 --> 00:10:31.919 homes for people, we have tried just about everything that 165 00:10:32.120 --> 00:10:37.200 is claimed to be the amazing end all of mosquito repellency. 166 00:10:37.279 --> 00:10:42.919 I've only found two things, two two that actually work, okay, 167 00:10:43.960 --> 00:10:48.279 one being a mosquito attractor, not a repeller. 168 00:10:48.639 --> 00:10:49.000 Okay. 169 00:10:49.559 --> 00:10:51.919 And in order for this to work, you've got to 170 00:10:52.000 --> 00:10:56.120 have a big enough piece of property to legitimately get 171 00:10:56.200 --> 00:10:59.919 mosquitoes attracted away from your entertaining space to an area 172 00:11:00.039 --> 00:11:02.120 of the property where it doesn't matter that there are 173 00:11:02.120 --> 00:11:05.759 a bunch of mosquitoes, but those would be carbon dioxide 174 00:11:06.399 --> 00:11:11.120 emitting mosquito attractors, because that's what mosquitoes are largely zeroing 175 00:11:11.200 --> 00:11:14.720 in on. The they're zeroing in on our human exhaust, 176 00:11:15.120 --> 00:11:20.399 the plumes of carbon dioxide that we are breathing and 177 00:11:21.399 --> 00:11:23.879 coming off of our bodies. So there are you know, 178 00:11:23.919 --> 00:11:27.519 you can hook an emitter up to a propane tank, 179 00:11:27.679 --> 00:11:31.960 like just a regular old barbecue tank and set it 180 00:11:32.159 --> 00:11:35.519 on the far corner of your property, and basically the 181 00:11:35.519 --> 00:11:39.120 theory there is that, well, you got ten people here 182 00:11:39.200 --> 00:11:41.840 who are emitting their own plumes, but you've got something 183 00:11:42.039 --> 00:11:45.080 even bigger over there, and so that's where the mosquitoes 184 00:11:45.080 --> 00:11:48.399 are going to be primarily attracted to. Is it fail safe? 185 00:11:48.600 --> 00:11:48.639 No? 186 00:11:49.480 --> 00:11:53.240 Does it tend to work? Though? Yeah, you know, yeah 187 00:11:53.279 --> 00:11:56.200 they do, But again, those are the preconditions you need 188 00:11:56.279 --> 00:12:00.600 for that. Apart from that, instead of an attractor attracting 189 00:12:00.639 --> 00:12:05.000 them to a tastier meal than you, you have to 190 00:12:05.080 --> 00:12:08.360 work with repellents. And of course we're not talking about 191 00:12:08.879 --> 00:12:13.240 there are a lot of really good these days, you know, 192 00:12:13.399 --> 00:12:16.080 insect repellents that you can just put on your skin. 193 00:12:16.639 --> 00:12:20.440 But let's face it, it's never pleasant for people to, 194 00:12:20.720 --> 00:12:22.600 you know, to have to do that every time you 195 00:12:22.600 --> 00:12:26.200 go outside. It's never pleasant to hand it out amongst 196 00:12:26.240 --> 00:12:31.519 your guests. Is there a way to create a zone 197 00:12:31.679 --> 00:12:36.960 of entertaining space that is relatively mosquito free? I would 198 00:12:37.000 --> 00:12:41.320 say these days are qualified yes, And nobody has done 199 00:12:41.360 --> 00:12:45.240 that better than the company called therma Cell Thermaicel. If 200 00:12:45.279 --> 00:12:48.600 you read the reports, if you read the independent reviews, 201 00:12:48.639 --> 00:12:50.960 if you read the New York Times talking about you, 202 00:12:51.039 --> 00:12:54.039 they're going to say the same thing that I'm essentially saying, 203 00:12:54.080 --> 00:12:58.159 which is there are a million different so called solutions 204 00:12:58.200 --> 00:13:02.399 out there, but thermo Cell act actually works. It does 205 00:13:03.120 --> 00:13:05.759 now here. I don't have this fancy thing that I'm 206 00:13:05.759 --> 00:13:09.320 about to mention to you, the higher end version. But here, 207 00:13:09.600 --> 00:13:16.000 I've got four or five thermicell small battery operated Thermicell 208 00:13:16.159 --> 00:13:20.000 units that I'll take out and set around my deck area, 209 00:13:20.039 --> 00:13:22.919 like around the fire pit or around the outdoor dining table, 210 00:13:23.679 --> 00:13:26.879 and get them going before we entertain. And you know, 211 00:13:26.919 --> 00:13:30.279 our guests find it amazingly pleasant and not a problem. 212 00:13:30.320 --> 00:13:32.679 They don't notice them at all. They don't smell them 213 00:13:32.720 --> 00:13:35.799 at all, they don't really even give any note to them, 214 00:13:35.840 --> 00:13:38.720 but they do notice that there are no mosquitoes around. 215 00:13:38.840 --> 00:13:39.080 Now. 216 00:13:39.559 --> 00:13:42.840 The downside of it is emitting a small amount of 217 00:13:42.879 --> 00:13:48.519 repellent that's atomized into the air around you. The downside 218 00:13:48.559 --> 00:13:51.399 to it is if it's breezy, If there's a breeze blowing, 219 00:13:51.639 --> 00:13:55.200 the effectiveness drops down quite a bit. But if it's 220 00:13:55.240 --> 00:13:59.039 a still night, if the air is relatively calm, then 221 00:13:59.200 --> 00:14:01.919 these things really work. Now, if you want to take 222 00:14:01.960 --> 00:14:04.600 it to the next level other than the portable battery 223 00:14:04.720 --> 00:14:11.519 charge versions, then Thermicel has introduced their live line l 224 00:14:11.679 --> 00:14:15.919 IV Thermicel Lift, and what that is is building into 225 00:14:16.080 --> 00:14:21.440 your deck or your patio area these live emitters. They 226 00:14:21.440 --> 00:14:24.360 are actually run on low voltage and so they're not 227 00:14:24.559 --> 00:14:29.919 stuck in up power, and they are operable by smartphone. 228 00:14:30.000 --> 00:14:32.879 They can be integated into your smart home system. There's 229 00:14:32.879 --> 00:14:35.440 an app where you can control them and balance them 230 00:14:35.480 --> 00:14:39.360 and utilize them. And they basically look like tiny, little, 231 00:14:39.480 --> 00:14:45.879 relatively small, attractive looking landscape lighting pillars, okay, coming up 232 00:14:45.919 --> 00:14:50.279 about six inches up off of the ground and maybe 233 00:14:50.320 --> 00:14:56.120 two inches in diameter. This little this little cylindrical item 234 00:14:56.200 --> 00:14:59.600 that's like a dark bronze. It blends into the landscape. 235 00:15:00.519 --> 00:15:02.519 And these are emitters. And the cool thing is each 236 00:15:02.600 --> 00:15:07.440 one of these emitters has a twenty foot radius radius 237 00:15:07.480 --> 00:15:11.039 twenty foot radius, in other words, a forty foot spread. 238 00:15:11.360 --> 00:15:14.320 So if you put five or six of these built 239 00:15:14.320 --> 00:15:17.399 into your decking system or built into the edges of 240 00:15:17.440 --> 00:15:21.639 your patio, then you can essentially turn on the thermo 241 00:15:21.679 --> 00:15:25.840 cell system and know that your entire entertainment area will 242 00:15:25.879 --> 00:15:31.720 be for your entertaining night mosquito free. And they really are. 243 00:15:31.879 --> 00:15:35.919 They really do work when the wind is not blowing gusty. 244 00:15:36.080 --> 00:15:41.840 They really really work. So thermicell pro insect solutions for 245 00:15:42.080 --> 00:15:46.480 professional builders, which translates to insect solutions for the serious 246 00:15:46.480 --> 00:15:50.519 homeowner who has issues with mosquitos. Take a look at 247 00:15:50.519 --> 00:15:53.879 the live system. It works, It's all I can tell you. 248 00:15:54.200 --> 00:15:56.080 It works, all right. I also want to talk to 249 00:15:56.159 --> 00:16:00.440 you about a this is more. I don't know. I 250 00:16:00.480 --> 00:16:02.559 don't know if I got my interest. I think it's 251 00:16:02.600 --> 00:16:05.320 pretty cool. I don't know what you want to do 252 00:16:05.399 --> 00:16:08.840 with it. But I want to talk about a way 253 00:16:08.879 --> 00:16:11.480 of staying warm on a cool evening out on your 254 00:16:11.519 --> 00:16:13.600 patio without being right on top of the fire pit, 255 00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:17.120 but without covering yourself over with blankets or having a 256 00:16:17.120 --> 00:16:18.399 big space heater above you. 257 00:16:18.440 --> 00:16:20.639 How do we do that? Let's talk about it. 258 00:16:21.159 --> 00:16:24.480 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 259 00:16:24.559 --> 00:16:28.039 KFI Am six forty. 260 00:16:26.960 --> 00:16:31.279 Live every Sunday morning from nine to noon Pacific time. 261 00:16:31.840 --> 00:16:34.200 Here to help you take your home to the next level. 262 00:16:34.200 --> 00:16:35.759 And the way we're doing it today is we're talking 263 00:16:35.759 --> 00:16:40.960 about some things fun and breakthrough and innovative from the 264 00:16:41.000 --> 00:16:44.320 International Builders Show that just wrapped up this last week 265 00:16:44.399 --> 00:16:47.080 in Las Vegas, Nevada. All Right before the break I 266 00:16:47.159 --> 00:16:50.519 teased you a little bit. We're talking about patio life outdoors, 267 00:16:50.759 --> 00:16:54.600 and I wanted you to consider what it might be 268 00:16:54.919 --> 00:16:58.519 like to stay warm on a cool evening without a 269 00:16:58.559 --> 00:17:03.440 blanket or without bellying up to the fire pit or 270 00:17:03.480 --> 00:17:06.400 having to put on, you know, extra layers or clothes. 271 00:17:06.440 --> 00:17:08.960 How would you do that? Well, some of you have 272 00:17:08.960 --> 00:17:13.599 already figured it out. There's a company called Warmth, which 273 00:17:14.079 --> 00:17:18.640 is not spelled without the A, so I'm already suspicious. 274 00:17:20.680 --> 00:17:23.480 No, just check it out. The company is spelled w 275 00:17:24.319 --> 00:17:29.039 r m th warm Warmth, Warmth, Warmth. 276 00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:33.920 I guess all right, anyway, they have developed the Summit. 277 00:17:34.640 --> 00:17:39.799 The Summit is a heated Adirondack chair. Now what does 278 00:17:39.839 --> 00:17:44.359 it look like. It looks like an Adirondack chair. It 279 00:17:44.440 --> 00:17:49.200 is not an Adirondack chair with special panels or this 280 00:17:49.400 --> 00:17:52.599 or that built into it. They have developed a kind 281 00:17:52.680 --> 00:17:58.519 of synthetic material that the Adirondack chair is made out 282 00:17:58.559 --> 00:18:03.480 of that conceal on the seat and the back heating 283 00:18:03.559 --> 00:18:07.119 panels and you know, kind of like heated car seats, 284 00:18:07.720 --> 00:18:13.359 and those heating panels are I mean, they're they're completely inconspicuous. 285 00:18:13.400 --> 00:18:14.720 You just look at it and you're like, it's an 286 00:18:14.720 --> 00:18:17.599 Adirondack chair. The only thing that gives it away is 287 00:18:17.640 --> 00:18:20.960 that this Adirondack chair has a small cord coming off 288 00:18:21.039 --> 00:18:25.079 the back of one of its back leg supports that travels, 289 00:18:25.160 --> 00:18:27.559 you know, a few inches or a few feet depending 290 00:18:27.599 --> 00:18:30.279 on I guess how long of a tether you wanted 291 00:18:30.279 --> 00:18:36.000 to have into you know, an in built electrical outlet 292 00:18:36.279 --> 00:18:40.000 or sourced out of the patio or the deck or 293 00:18:40.039 --> 00:18:43.039 what have you. So no, I haven't really thought through 294 00:18:43.200 --> 00:18:46.640 completely how I might integrate this into a deck for 295 00:18:46.680 --> 00:18:49.039 a client. Because it's brand new and nobody's asked me 296 00:18:49.079 --> 00:18:51.799 to do it. But I think the big challenge here 297 00:18:51.880 --> 00:18:55.559 would be that, you know, we don't want to yank 298 00:18:55.599 --> 00:18:58.759 these chairs to just go anywhere. I think if it's 299 00:18:58.799 --> 00:19:01.440 an easy, plug and play kind of thing, and there 300 00:19:01.480 --> 00:19:05.519 are multiple spots around a deck there where you could 301 00:19:05.559 --> 00:19:09.000 move it to, that would help things a lot. There 302 00:19:09.039 --> 00:19:11.160 is a there's a there's a little shopping. 303 00:19:10.920 --> 00:19:13.119 Center near my house. I'll just tell you this. 304 00:19:14.440 --> 00:19:18.759 And one of my favorite little gelato slash coffee places 305 00:19:19.200 --> 00:19:22.640 called Tifa, is in the corner of this little shopping center. 306 00:19:22.920 --> 00:19:25.039 And this is not Tifa's fault, by the way, so 307 00:19:25.200 --> 00:19:27.880 I'm not please don't misunderstand. 308 00:19:27.960 --> 00:19:29.079 This is the shopping center. 309 00:19:29.400 --> 00:19:32.480 So out in front of Tifa there, it's kind of 310 00:19:32.559 --> 00:19:34.880 the corner unit of the shopping center. There's a little 311 00:19:34.880 --> 00:19:41.680 setup of adiron deck chairs there and that's provide by 312 00:19:41.720 --> 00:19:43.440 the shopping center, not Tifa. 313 00:19:44.680 --> 00:19:46.720 Love you Tifa. 314 00:19:47.279 --> 00:19:50.039 I'm going out of my way not to diss on Tifa, 315 00:19:50.559 --> 00:19:54.160 but I'll get my coffee or our gelato and we'll 316 00:19:54.160 --> 00:19:57.000 go and sit in this Adironda chair. And I always 317 00:19:57.119 --> 00:19:59.920 do this because I always love just like re orient 318 00:20:00.240 --> 00:20:03.400 myself toward whoever I'm with to talk with, and I 319 00:20:03.480 --> 00:20:06.359 want to grab the autor Adironduck chair and I just 320 00:20:06.359 --> 00:20:09.119 want to turn it a few degrees to And it 321 00:20:09.319 --> 00:20:13.000 always frustrates me because I forget that they're bolted to 322 00:20:13.079 --> 00:20:16.960 the ground and you can't move them. So there they are. 323 00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:19.640 And I get it, you know, they don't want somebody 324 00:20:19.720 --> 00:20:21.680 stealing these chairs and they don't want to have to 325 00:20:21.680 --> 00:20:24.480 put them away at night. I get it, but it 326 00:20:24.559 --> 00:20:26.440 is a bit of a frustration to me. I like 327 00:20:26.599 --> 00:20:29.279 chairs that move, and I don't know how I'm gonna 328 00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:34.799 feel about warm warmth, warmth warmth, summit heater adirondeck chair 329 00:20:34.799 --> 00:20:36.839 because it has a tether and now you can move it, 330 00:20:37.039 --> 00:20:39.000 that's the nice thing. But you can't move it very 331 00:20:39.200 --> 00:20:42.279 far without yanking at that cord. So I don't know 332 00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:45.599 how that's gonna work. But I do know this. People 333 00:20:45.599 --> 00:20:48.279 are sitting in this chair and they're like, oh my, 334 00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:53.200 this is lovely. In other words, I could spend an 335 00:20:53.240 --> 00:20:55.880 evening on a cool evening out on the patio not 336 00:20:56.000 --> 00:20:58.720 having to worry about bundling up or getting a blanket 337 00:20:58.799 --> 00:21:02.400 or turning on the fire even because this chair, I mean, 338 00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:05.359 it's just coming through my tush and my back and 339 00:21:06.119 --> 00:21:10.640 I am as snug as a bug and a rug. Essentially, 340 00:21:11.200 --> 00:21:14.839 it is a warm chair and it is a luxurious experience. 341 00:21:15.519 --> 00:21:20.279 And the question of tethering it, you know, well it 342 00:21:20.359 --> 00:21:22.200 remains to be seen. But I'm just letting you know. 343 00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:28.440 You can go check it out. Warmth warmth wr wr 344 00:21:28.759 --> 00:21:33.640 MT warmth no A so warmth without the A look 345 00:21:33.680 --> 00:21:36.200 for the Summit heated Adirondeck chair. 346 00:21:36.240 --> 00:21:36.599 All right. 347 00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:44.680 In more serious news, Lennox, the air conditioning HVAC manufacture 348 00:21:45.960 --> 00:21:52.039 really blowing up. The heat pump world. Heat pumps are 349 00:21:52.079 --> 00:21:55.319 something that I've talked to you about a lot on 350 00:21:55.359 --> 00:22:00.440 the program, especially here in southern California. Heat pumps an 351 00:22:00.440 --> 00:22:04.119 air conditioner that essentially can work backwards and provide heating 352 00:22:04.160 --> 00:22:07.000 in a home without using an open flame gas furnace. 353 00:22:07.359 --> 00:22:09.920 Heat pumps are great, and they're very energy efficient, and 354 00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:14.440 they do a great job, and they don't dry out 355 00:22:14.480 --> 00:22:17.359 the air like a gas furnace. They don't introduce allergens 356 00:22:17.400 --> 00:22:18.880 into the air like a gas furnace. 357 00:22:18.920 --> 00:22:19.079 There. 358 00:22:19.079 --> 00:22:22.079 I mean, they are really really a very high tech approach. 359 00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:28.079 The achilles heel of heat pumps traditionally has been that 360 00:22:28.240 --> 00:22:32.960 heat pumps because they use relative temperature change outside. That 361 00:22:33.079 --> 00:22:39.440 if it gets too cold outside, the heat pumps efficiency 362 00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:42.680 to heat the inside of the house drops down considerably. 363 00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:47.039 And that was the case, was the case for many years, 364 00:22:47.359 --> 00:22:49.839 and that's why you would find more heat pumps in 365 00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:54.119 warm climate areas like California or southern California and not 366 00:22:54.400 --> 00:22:57.559 in South Dakota or places like that. But if you're 367 00:22:57.599 --> 00:23:02.119 listening to me from anywhere across the country, hear this. 368 00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:08.559 Lenox has introduced the best energy efficient product finalist, the 369 00:23:08.599 --> 00:23:15.960 world's most efficient HVAC heat pump system efficient at heating 370 00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:21.920 a home with an exterior temperature dropping down to five 371 00:23:22.359 --> 00:23:30.000 degrees fahrenheit five degrees, yes, sub freezing temperatures. This is 372 00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:33.839 a heat pump system that does not have to rely 373 00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:40.440 upon fossil fuels natural gas. It is a heat pump 374 00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:46.279 system that is capable of remaining energy efficient and heating 375 00:23:46.279 --> 00:23:52.400 a home when it's five degrees fahrenheit outside. That is 376 00:23:52.440 --> 00:23:56.440 a big change, I mean a big change, and that 377 00:23:56.559 --> 00:24:00.359 is worth noting, and bravo Lenox for doing that. Heat 378 00:24:00.359 --> 00:24:03.400 pumps are not for everybody. I'm not trying to broad 379 00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:07.640 brush across the board. I'm just saying what has long 380 00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:12.039 been the reason to not get a heat pump is 381 00:24:12.119 --> 00:24:15.240 now being quickly diminished. And Lennox is not the only 382 00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:17.799 company out there. But this is about as good as 383 00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:20.799 I've ever seen it, and I think they're not being 384 00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:25.039 inaccurate when they say it's the world's most efficient residential 385 00:24:25.400 --> 00:24:32.119 HVAC heat pump system because of its five degree fahrenheit capability. Wow, 386 00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:35.200 along that line, I can squeeze this one in before 387 00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:39.039 we get some news. I'm this is something that does 388 00:24:39.160 --> 00:24:43.079 touch a lot of folks who work with me, and 389 00:24:43.119 --> 00:24:47.440 that is people are interested in introducing radiant heating to 390 00:24:47.599 --> 00:24:52.359 their home floor heating, and one of the things that 391 00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:58.440 is always tricky is how much is that going to 392 00:24:58.480 --> 00:25:01.759 change floor levels? In other words, I'm remodeling a bathroom, 393 00:25:02.119 --> 00:25:05.480 I'm thinking about radiant heat in the bathroom, and so 394 00:25:06.200 --> 00:25:10.119 it'll probably have to go electric. So, but even electric 395 00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:13.920 radiant heat systems might raise the floor a quarter inch 396 00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:16.960 or three eighths of an inch up above the pre 397 00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:23.359 existing floor because the pad uses resistive wires inside most 398 00:25:23.880 --> 00:25:27.000 pads that cause that radiant heat to come out of 399 00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:30.839 the floor. Okay, all right, so is there a solve 400 00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:36.839 for that? Well quiet Warmth. The company Quiet Warmth introduced 401 00:25:36.880 --> 00:25:41.960