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 --> 00:00:11.000 House Whisper on demand on the iHeartRadio app. Hey, welcome home. 3 00:00:11.480 --> 00:00:15.000 I'm Dean Sharp the House Whisper. I design custom homes, 4 00:00:15.039 --> 00:00:19.120 I build custom homes, and I am your guide to 5 00:00:19.280 --> 00:00:23.160 better understanding that place where you live. Today. On the show, 6 00:00:23.800 --> 00:00:27.800 part three of it was like this when we bought it. 7 00:00:28.120 --> 00:00:31.719 That's right, that beautiful list that we've been moving through 8 00:00:32.119 --> 00:00:36.719 of mistakes and bad things that you inherited when you 9 00:00:36.799 --> 00:00:41.079 bought your home from the previous owners, hopefully not from yourself. 10 00:00:41.960 --> 00:00:45.799 But it's a big list. We've taken two now three shows, 11 00:00:45.799 --> 00:00:48.799 and today will be the wrapping up of that list. 12 00:00:48.880 --> 00:00:53.039 So lots of great stuff ahead, and of course your 13 00:00:53.159 --> 00:00:58.079 calls as always. Eight three three two ask Dean A 14 00:00:58.280 --> 00:01:01.200 three three the numeral two. Ask Dean. That's the number 15 00:01:01.200 --> 00:01:03.920 to reach me. Anything you want to talk about regarding 16 00:01:03.920 --> 00:01:06.319 you home, anything that's got you scratch in your head, 17 00:01:06.560 --> 00:01:09.000 give me a call. Let's talk about it. We'll get 18 00:01:09.000 --> 00:01:11.599 it worked out, I promise. Eight three to three the 19 00:01:11.680 --> 00:01:15.840 numeral two. Ask Dean. Let me introduce you to our 20 00:01:15.879 --> 00:01:16.560 awesome team. 21 00:01:17.040 --> 00:01:21.760 Elmer is on the board. Good morning, Elmer, Good morning, Dean, 22 00:01:21.840 --> 00:01:25.799 Good morning everyone. Always kind of way back there. It's 23 00:01:25.799 --> 00:01:29.560 like way over there, way over there. Oh, now there 24 00:01:29.599 --> 00:01:32.319 you are there. You are a right good to see you, bud. 25 00:01:32.599 --> 00:01:37.760 Uh. Producer Richie is standing by. Uh oh he's busy 26 00:01:37.799 --> 00:01:41.280 taking calls of course. Uh so he's getting it done 27 00:01:41.439 --> 00:01:44.879 as he always does. Eileen Gonzalez at the news desk, 28 00:01:44.920 --> 00:01:47.760 Good morning, Eileen, Good morning Dean. How are you today? 29 00:01:48.439 --> 00:01:51.120 I am well, how are you doing that? Doing great? 30 00:01:51.159 --> 00:01:55.120 As always? Oh, it's just so peppy. Make it till 31 00:01:55.159 --> 00:02:02.359 you make it right. Yes, that's absolute true. Somebody who 32 00:02:02.359 --> 00:02:06.159 doesn't fake it very often. I mean, just like one 33 00:02:06.159 --> 00:02:09.879 of the most honest, straightforward you know, you get what 34 00:02:10.000 --> 00:02:12.840 you pay for people on planet Earth. Sitting across the 35 00:02:12.840 --> 00:02:15.479 table from me, my better half. Stop looking at that, 36 00:02:15.639 --> 00:02:20.680 put on, put your headphones on and get your microphone. 37 00:02:22.120 --> 00:02:26.280 My design partner, the co owner, co founder of House Whisper, 38 00:02:26.719 --> 00:02:30.879 my best buddy in all the world, Tina is here. Welcome. 39 00:02:33.919 --> 00:02:36.520 Why does that elephant follow you around everywhere you go? 40 00:02:36.919 --> 00:02:40.479 He's my little friend, your little friend, Yes, your little friend. 41 00:02:40.840 --> 00:02:43.199 I found a way to shrink him down and he's 42 00:02:43.199 --> 00:02:45.080 the size of a dog and he comes around with 43 00:02:45.080 --> 00:02:48.159 the averywhere that is your dream? Actually, that's like, that's 44 00:02:48.159 --> 00:02:50.879 one of your great fantasies. And ephant to have an 45 00:02:50.879 --> 00:02:57.240 elephant the size of a dog as a pet. Oh wow. 46 00:02:57.319 --> 00:03:00.879 He's just walking around, walking around the studio. He's quite active. 47 00:03:01.080 --> 00:03:07.960 He's saying everybody, Oh goodness. All right, y'all, hey, I 48 00:03:08.120 --> 00:03:12.000 need to tell you today. Today, it's the last day. 49 00:03:12.400 --> 00:03:16.360 It's the last day for you to enter to win 50 00:03:16.400 --> 00:03:22.000 a seat at next week's House Whisper Holiday Home Show, 51 00:03:22.319 --> 00:03:25.719 a live audience event that we're doing right here at 52 00:03:25.759 --> 00:03:30.360 iHeart Studios in Burbank Sunday, November twenty fourth, That is 53 00:03:30.560 --> 00:03:36.120 next Sunday's show in the helpful Honda Lounge iHeart Studios, Burbank. 54 00:03:36.400 --> 00:03:41.560 You can visit the home of home at iHeart here 55 00:03:42.080 --> 00:03:45.120 in La and hang out with me and the team. 56 00:03:45.800 --> 00:03:49.719 We got refreshments, we got some special guests coming, and 57 00:03:49.960 --> 00:03:53.240 you're going to get some expert advice on site from 58 00:03:53.560 --> 00:03:57.520 the decor pros at Aldack Home. 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Let's dive back in. 100 00:06:22.199 --> 00:06:25.680 This is part three of our three part series. It 101 00:06:25.959 --> 00:06:29.399 was this way when we bought it. Inheriting somebody else's 102 00:06:29.480 --> 00:06:34.120 mistakes with your home, but more importantly, how to fix them. 103 00:06:34.199 --> 00:06:37.759 And man, we have talked about some doozies of mistakes, 104 00:06:37.759 --> 00:06:40.199 some really important ones, and I've got a whole list 105 00:06:40.639 --> 00:06:45.959 now for today as well. Let's get to this one. 106 00:06:46.040 --> 00:06:49.120 This one is near and dear to my heart because 107 00:06:49.199 --> 00:06:52.800 I love landscaping. I love outdoor space around your house. 108 00:06:53.319 --> 00:06:56.399 I love it in all shapes and forms. I love 109 00:06:56.480 --> 00:07:00.160 the soft scape, I love the hardescape, I love the 110 00:07:00.199 --> 00:07:05.800 plant materials. I love paving areas just I love creating spaces, 111 00:07:05.839 --> 00:07:10.399 whether it's decks or walkways or what have you. And 112 00:07:12.240 --> 00:07:14.480 I also am a huge fan of what I like 113 00:07:14.560 --> 00:07:17.160 to call and I believe I've coined this phrase myself, 114 00:07:18.079 --> 00:07:23.560 design by demolition DM designed by demo. What does that mean. 115 00:07:23.720 --> 00:07:27.240 It means that of all the things that you would 116 00:07:27.319 --> 00:07:30.920 pay somebody to do for your home, right of all 117 00:07:31.000 --> 00:07:33.399 the money you got to come up with for stuff, 118 00:07:33.560 --> 00:07:40.360 building stuff, demolition is almost without exception, the least expensive 119 00:07:40.399 --> 00:07:43.000 of those kinds of things. And that's good news. And 120 00:07:43.040 --> 00:07:48.879 it's especially good news if you can actually improve something 121 00:07:49.279 --> 00:07:52.959 just by tearing out something that's there, and that's it, 122 00:07:53.040 --> 00:07:57.480 I mean by removing or demolishing something that shouldn't be there. 123 00:07:57.879 --> 00:08:02.560 If what you get when you're done is already way 124 00:08:02.600 --> 00:08:08.079 way better, then you have achieved design by demo and 125 00:08:08.639 --> 00:08:12.240 you've paid a minimal amount of money for a maximum 126 00:08:12.279 --> 00:08:15.240 amount of effect. So what does this have to do 127 00:08:15.680 --> 00:08:19.879 with the topic of it was this way when we 128 00:08:19.920 --> 00:08:24.040 bought it. Well, we need to talk about concrete and 129 00:08:24.199 --> 00:08:29.319 hard escape around your home, too much of it. There 130 00:08:29.319 --> 00:08:33.559 are too many houses that have too much concrete and 131 00:08:33.679 --> 00:08:38.240 hardescape around your home. Now, setting aside those of you 132 00:08:38.679 --> 00:08:43.480 who have no desire whatsoever to interact with the natural world, 133 00:08:43.600 --> 00:08:47.279 that's fine, all right, Well, you know I have I'm 134 00:08:47.320 --> 00:08:51.279 resigned to accept that you don't like the idea that 135 00:08:51.320 --> 00:08:55.559 outside there are things like, I don't know, dirt bugs, 136 00:08:56.159 --> 00:08:59.080 things you can't control. You would like to make your 137 00:08:59.200 --> 00:09:02.840 entire property from wall to wall one gigantic clean room 138 00:09:03.279 --> 00:09:08.159 and and just not deal with it. Right, I don't 139 00:09:08.200 --> 00:09:10.919 want to have to water things. And believe me, I've 140 00:09:10.960 --> 00:09:14.200 seen those houses. I've seen way too many of those houses. 141 00:09:14.519 --> 00:09:16.440 And if that's your thing, you know what, Hey, I 142 00:09:16.919 --> 00:09:19.840 who am I to say that you can't have your 143 00:09:19.879 --> 00:09:22.399 house that way? It's not my place. It is my 144 00:09:22.480 --> 00:09:27.440 place to say though, that generally speaking, that's not good design. 145 00:09:27.759 --> 00:09:33.840 And I have never seen an overpaved house that I 146 00:09:33.879 --> 00:09:37.600 would say, Wow, this is really, really lovely. The fact 147 00:09:37.600 --> 00:09:39.639 of the matter is this, and I'm going to be 148 00:09:39.679 --> 00:09:43.840 giving you this advice as a home designer, right and 149 00:09:43.879 --> 00:09:49.159 I'm just being perfectly honest with you. The principle that 150 00:09:49.200 --> 00:09:53.240 I want you to hold to is that hardescape hard escape, 151 00:09:54.879 --> 00:09:57.960 no matter how beautiful we may make it. And that's great, 152 00:09:58.159 --> 00:10:00.200 all right, let's make it as beautiful as possible. But 153 00:10:00.840 --> 00:10:06.600 hardscape is a utility. It's a utilitarian function, all right. 154 00:10:07.720 --> 00:10:13.399 Hardescape does not exist to just gaze upon for beauty. 155 00:10:14.240 --> 00:10:18.480 If we could just pave your entire backyard, because all 156 00:10:18.519 --> 00:10:21.200 we want to do is go outside and just look 157 00:10:21.200 --> 00:10:24.639 at the paving, then that's the thing that would happen 158 00:10:24.799 --> 00:10:29.320 all the time. But it's not. Okay, hardescape is a utility, 159 00:10:30.080 --> 00:10:33.519 And by utility, I mean it enables us to move 160 00:10:33.879 --> 00:10:38.240 from point A to point B without you know, getting 161 00:10:38.279 --> 00:10:42.799 our feet money, without walking on unstable ground. All right, 162 00:10:42.960 --> 00:10:49.240 it's a utility. It serves a utilitarian function. And as such, right, 163 00:10:49.279 --> 00:10:51.279 have you embrace that idea? I mean, are you okay 164 00:10:51.320 --> 00:10:54.799 with me saying that that it's a utility. It embraces 165 00:10:54.799 --> 00:11:01.200 a utilitarian function, not primarily a decor function. Okay, So, 166 00:11:01.360 --> 00:11:06.919 as such since it's utility, we want as little of 167 00:11:06.960 --> 00:11:11.240 it as we can get away with. Why because it 168 00:11:11.279 --> 00:11:17.039 takes up space, and we don't want a utilitarian facet 169 00:11:17.440 --> 00:11:21.240 or component of your yard to be taking up the 170 00:11:21.360 --> 00:11:27.080 space that something truly beautiful could be using that same 171 00:11:27.120 --> 00:11:32.519 space for, such as softscape, plant material, other structures, whatever 172 00:11:32.559 --> 00:11:36.159 the case may be. So this is my approach, right 173 00:11:36.240 --> 00:11:40.480 And if you think that that's crazy and out, you know, 174 00:11:41.279 --> 00:11:43.639 to lunch, then you're not going to hire me as 175 00:11:43.679 --> 00:11:46.200 a designer. But let me tell you I'm right. 176 00:11:48.000 --> 00:11:48.360 I am. 177 00:11:49.360 --> 00:11:52.879 I am right about this, okay. And so one of 178 00:11:52.919 --> 00:11:56.240 the things that I have built a reputation for is 179 00:11:56.600 --> 00:12:01.759 stepping into a design scenario of existing homes and minimizing 180 00:12:02.799 --> 00:12:09.159 i e. Designed by demolition, removing as much superfluous hardscape 181 00:12:09.200 --> 00:12:13.320 as possible. And what is superfluous hardscape? What is bonus 182 00:12:13.360 --> 00:12:16.879 hardscape that we don't need if it's not defining a 183 00:12:16.919 --> 00:12:19.799 space like it's holding up a set of furniture, or 184 00:12:19.879 --> 00:12:23.519 it's not part of a kitchen an outdoor kitchen, or 185 00:12:23.799 --> 00:12:26.240 it's not part of a driveway where things are actually 186 00:12:26.240 --> 00:12:28.000 going to get parked and you're actually going to walk 187 00:12:28.039 --> 00:12:30.600 on it, or it's not part of a pathway to 188 00:12:30.679 --> 00:12:34.960 get from the house to one of those areas outside 189 00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:37.960 that we don't need it. And yeah, when you really 190 00:12:37.960 --> 00:12:40.399 think about it, I mean, if you really get technical 191 00:12:40.759 --> 00:12:43.720 with your back patio, with all the stuff in your 192 00:12:43.759 --> 00:12:48.879 front of your house as well, walk out, park the cars, 193 00:12:49.480 --> 00:12:54.720 walk around the yard and track where you're walking around, 194 00:12:54.720 --> 00:12:57.960 what furniture where, and then take a look at places 195 00:12:58.039 --> 00:13:01.080 you never step. I mean, yeah, you know where you 196 00:13:01.159 --> 00:13:06.000 have those eighteen potted plants all clumped together. Well, guess what, 197 00:13:06.519 --> 00:13:09.840 Guess what the back of your head, your subconscious has 198 00:13:09.879 --> 00:13:14.519 actually been trying to tell you. Nobody walks there and where. 199 00:13:14.279 --> 00:13:17.639 Those eighteen pots are setting That could just as well be, 200 00:13:17.759 --> 00:13:21.879 and probably should be, just the absence of the concrete 201 00:13:21.960 --> 00:13:25.120 underneath those pots and the absence of the pots, and 202 00:13:25.399 --> 00:13:28.879 just plant those suckers right into the soil. 203 00:13:29.639 --> 00:13:31.000 You following me, all right? 204 00:13:32.080 --> 00:13:35.399 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 205 00:13:35.480 --> 00:13:37.000 KFI AM six forty. 206 00:13:38.720 --> 00:13:41.600 Anything that's got you scratching your head about your home, 207 00:13:41.679 --> 00:13:44.440 give me a call. We'll work it out. No judgment here. 208 00:13:45.320 --> 00:13:48.799 I know you hear my strong opinions when I'm talking 209 00:13:48.799 --> 00:13:51.720 to you about design elements for your home. But you 210 00:13:51.840 --> 00:13:55.679 also know that when you call and we sit down 211 00:13:55.679 --> 00:13:59.360 and talk that I treat you right, great respect, No 212 00:13:59.639 --> 00:14:04.639 stupid questions, only stupid radio hosts. That's the way it 213 00:14:04.679 --> 00:14:08.720 works around here. All right, Let's get back to our 214 00:14:09.039 --> 00:14:11.639 topic of the day. It's been our topic for a 215 00:14:11.720 --> 00:14:14.120 week or so now, and that is it was this 216 00:14:14.240 --> 00:14:18.399 way when we bought it. The things that you have inherited, 217 00:14:18.399 --> 00:14:23.360 the mistakes that you've inherited when you moved into your place. Okay, 218 00:14:24.519 --> 00:14:27.679 too much concrete hardscape. Okay, I don't want to belabor 219 00:14:27.679 --> 00:14:29.519 the point, but I just want to underscore and make 220 00:14:29.559 --> 00:14:33.000 sure you're all there with me that it's hard to 221 00:14:33.080 --> 00:14:35.960 let go of and some of you are saying, I 222 00:14:36.200 --> 00:14:39.919 just donette, you just you got to really really trust 223 00:14:39.960 --> 00:14:45.080 me with this. I've taken driveways. I have a couple 224 00:14:45.080 --> 00:14:49.720 of very very dear friends, family really, who asked me 225 00:14:49.799 --> 00:14:51.480 to take a look at the front of their place 226 00:14:52.080 --> 00:14:55.759 and tell them what's wrong with it. Why is it 227 00:14:55.919 --> 00:15:01.440 just rip rip instead of but boom, And that's what 228 00:15:01.480 --> 00:15:05.519 they said. I'm just quoting them, And so I'm looking 229 00:15:05.559 --> 00:15:07.440 and I'm looking in one of the things that was 230 00:15:07.480 --> 00:15:09.559 obvious to me. Now they happen to be, you know, 231 00:15:10.440 --> 00:15:14.000 nicely situated, big three car garage. And guess what they 232 00:15:14.000 --> 00:15:16.679 had right in front of their big three car garage 233 00:15:16.840 --> 00:15:20.120 all the way out to the street a three car 234 00:15:20.200 --> 00:15:24.519 wide driveway. And you're thinking to yourself, well, yeah, Dean, 235 00:15:25.039 --> 00:15:27.799 because there's three cars three car garage. No no, No. 236 00:15:27.840 --> 00:15:30.519 Here's the thing, when you really look at it, and 237 00:15:30.559 --> 00:15:35.639 you really think through the process of entering the property, 238 00:15:36.799 --> 00:15:39.799 you only need the width of the three car driveway 239 00:15:40.600 --> 00:15:44.879 at the garage, in other words, at the street. You know, 240 00:15:44.960 --> 00:15:50.120 unless you're planning on pulling three cars in simultaneously, which 241 00:15:50.600 --> 00:15:53.519 is a thing that never happens, right, then we only 242 00:15:53.559 --> 00:15:57.639 need the width of one car at the street, and 243 00:15:57.679 --> 00:16:01.320 then the driveway, with the right curves and contours can 244 00:16:01.399 --> 00:16:05.559 widen up and open up and allow that car to 245 00:16:05.679 --> 00:16:09.240 choose any of the three garage doors. Now how big 246 00:16:09.279 --> 00:16:11.960 of a difference does that make in this situation, It 247 00:16:12.039 --> 00:16:15.000 made a huge difference. It enabled us to cut out 248 00:16:15.399 --> 00:16:19.320 a large piece of the tarmac. And that is exactly 249 00:16:19.960 --> 00:16:23.200 what I think of when I see most homes with 250 00:16:23.360 --> 00:16:27.960 too much hardescape tarmac. Just it's an aircraft carrier. It 251 00:16:28.039 --> 00:16:31.960 is a it's a landing strip. It's way too much. 252 00:16:32.480 --> 00:16:36.000 And just remember, okay, just be guided by these two thoughts. 253 00:16:36.200 --> 00:16:41.159 One that hardscape is utility. It is it is a 254 00:16:41.200 --> 00:16:44.879 practical necessity to get from one space to the other. Now, 255 00:16:44.919 --> 00:16:47.039 of course, we make it as attractive as possible, but 256 00:16:47.120 --> 00:16:50.639 it's first and foremost job is not to be lovely. 257 00:16:51.320 --> 00:16:54.440 It is to be useful. And because of that, because 258 00:16:54.559 --> 00:16:58.879 other things can be more lovely, way more lovely than 259 00:16:58.960 --> 00:17:05.599 hardescape and minimize it. Walk your yard, walk drive the front, 260 00:17:06.119 --> 00:17:10.599 walk your yard, and don't take license. Just walk your 261 00:17:10.680 --> 00:17:14.440 yard and be honest with the paths that you normally travel. 262 00:17:14.880 --> 00:17:18.559 And notice that beyond that there is a ton, a 263 00:17:18.839 --> 00:17:23.559 ton of hardscape space that is never getting walked on, 264 00:17:23.680 --> 00:17:26.680 and it's just sitting there getting in the way of 265 00:17:26.720 --> 00:17:31.200 making your ordinary house an extraordinary home. The end. Okay, 266 00:17:32.119 --> 00:17:36.279 what's next on our list? Broken pocket doors? Now we've 267 00:17:36.359 --> 00:17:38.960 jumped to the inside of the house. If you have 268 00:17:39.000 --> 00:17:41.839 an older home that's had any kind of pocket door 269 00:17:41.920 --> 00:17:46.000 in it from years past, what are the odds right now? 270 00:17:46.839 --> 00:17:49.599 I would say the odds are seven out of ten 271 00:17:50.799 --> 00:17:54.079 that you've got a pocket door in your house that 272 00:17:54.200 --> 00:17:58.240 you never close. Why And as you're touring me around 273 00:17:58.279 --> 00:18:00.200 the house, you'll say, oh, yeah, we never close. Is 274 00:18:00.200 --> 00:18:04.759 that because it's stuck? That thing closes weird, It doesn't 275 00:18:04.759 --> 00:18:07.200 close at all. We can't get it out of the 276 00:18:07.240 --> 00:18:10.920 pocket so on, And I get it. How discouraging is that. 277 00:18:11.359 --> 00:18:14.480 But here's the thing. You've given up on it. Don't 278 00:18:14.519 --> 00:18:17.799 give up on it if you understand how a pocket 279 00:18:17.799 --> 00:18:21.079 door actually works. And I'm not, by the way, saying 280 00:18:21.359 --> 00:18:24.559 that your pocket door can or should be fixed. Not 281 00:18:24.799 --> 00:18:29.319 that door that track, okay, because the reason very likely 282 00:18:29.480 --> 00:18:34.319 that it's all junked up and stuck and not working, 283 00:18:34.440 --> 00:18:37.559 or it rubs, or it scratches the door as you 284 00:18:37.680 --> 00:18:39.720 open and close it, or whatever the case may be. 285 00:18:41.119 --> 00:18:44.039 The reason that it's that way is that it was 286 00:18:44.079 --> 00:18:49.240 a builder special It is literally the least expensive pocket 287 00:18:49.279 --> 00:18:53.680 hardware that they could have bought and installed in that 288 00:18:53.759 --> 00:18:57.720 home when it was built. And or you know, a 289 00:18:57.880 --> 00:19:00.440 previous owner did it and went down to the big 290 00:19:00.480 --> 00:19:03.240 box store and just picked up the thirty five dollars 291 00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:06.960 pocket door set up and popped it in. There is 292 00:19:07.000 --> 00:19:11.279 a massive difference. Okay, Now there is a price difference, 293 00:19:11.400 --> 00:19:14.240 but just hear me out there, is a massive difference 294 00:19:14.799 --> 00:19:20.319 between a thirty seven dollars pocket door and a one 295 00:19:20.440 --> 00:19:23.440 hundred and thirty seven dollars pocket door. Yes, it's a one 296 00:19:23.440 --> 00:19:27.880 hundred dollars difference in price, but the difference once it's 297 00:19:27.920 --> 00:19:37.000 in your home is decades of accurate, efficient, trouble free performance. 298 00:19:37.680 --> 00:19:40.240 A lot of people I meet think pocket doors are 299 00:19:40.240 --> 00:19:44.000 the worst. As we design new spaces for people, they're like, oh, 300 00:19:44.119 --> 00:19:45.920 you put a pocket door there. I don't want any 301 00:19:45.920 --> 00:19:48.880 pocket doors. Pocket doors just break down and they and 302 00:19:48.960 --> 00:19:52.640 they're useless after a while. Let's not use a pocket door. 303 00:19:52.680 --> 00:19:54.759 I'm like, no, no, no, no, no, no, no no. 304 00:19:55.759 --> 00:19:58.359 Let's not use a cheap pocket door. Let's not use 305 00:19:58.400 --> 00:20:01.240 a bad one, but let's use use them. They exist 306 00:20:01.279 --> 00:20:06.160 for a reason. They're brilliant in saving space and creating 307 00:20:06.240 --> 00:20:10.400 all sorts of opportunities where the swing of a regular 308 00:20:10.480 --> 00:20:14.119 door just gets in the way. But got to use 309 00:20:14.160 --> 00:20:16.799 the right stuff. And what is the right stuff, Dean, 310 00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:19.920 what is the right stuff? Well, there's more than one 311 00:20:20.119 --> 00:20:24.000 great pocket door manufacturer out there. And I mean by 312 00:20:24.039 --> 00:20:26.200 this I mean the pocket I don't really care about 313 00:20:26.200 --> 00:20:28.519 the door. Okay. One of the things you need to 314 00:20:28.599 --> 00:20:31.400 learn about pocket doors is the door can be any door, 315 00:20:32.240 --> 00:20:34.519 any door, and it should be a door that matches 316 00:20:34.559 --> 00:20:36.960 the rest of the doors in your house. But the 317 00:20:37.039 --> 00:20:40.680 pocket hardware itself, the track and the pocket and all 318 00:20:40.720 --> 00:20:44.480 of that. Johnson Hardware, just telling you right now, Johnson 319 00:20:44.519 --> 00:20:53.000 Hardware the minimum soft, open, soft close, multiple wheel, multiple track, brilliant, 320 00:20:53.359 --> 00:20:56.440 great hardware. And it's gonna, you know, set you back 321 00:20:56.440 --> 00:21:00.559 about one hundred and thirty dollars or so ish, and 322 00:21:00.599 --> 00:21:03.079 they go up from there. But that one right there, solid, 323 00:21:03.319 --> 00:21:06.319 solid as a rock, and you'll never regret it. All right, 324 00:21:06.640 --> 00:21:09.359 I got more. We'll pick up this discussion right on 325 00:21:09.400 --> 00:21:10.799 the other side. 326 00:21:11.279 --> 00:21:14.559 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 327 00:21:14.680 --> 00:21:16.200 KFI AM six forty. 328 00:21:19.359 --> 00:21:21.799 Welcome home. A couple of things to remind you about 329 00:21:21.839 --> 00:21:26.519 next weekend, our big House Whisper holiday home show in 330 00:21:26.559 --> 00:21:29.160 front of a live audience right here in Burbank at 331 00:21:29.200 --> 00:21:34.119 iHeart Studios. 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Also, just want to remind everybody what 344 00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:22.319 was the other thing? Now I've forgotten the other thing 345 00:22:22.440 --> 00:22:26.599 I want? Oh oh yeah. Right after the next news break, 346 00:22:26.599 --> 00:22:28.799 we're going to the phones. So the number to reach 347 00:22:28.839 --> 00:22:31.759 me eight three to three two ask Dean A three 348 00:22:31.759 --> 00:22:35.680 to three the numeral two ask dean. Phone lines are 349 00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:41.160 open and we'll get to it right after the next break. Okay, 350 00:22:41.799 --> 00:22:45.440 back to it, too much concrete, heartscape, broken pocket doors. 351 00:22:45.440 --> 00:22:47.839 That's where we went thus far. Do you need to 352 00:22:47.880 --> 00:22:50.559 know anything else about pocket doors? I know I told 353 00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:55.079 you very quickly that pocket doors are a good thing, 354 00:22:55.240 --> 00:22:59.720 not a bad thing. When they are the right pocket hardware. 355 00:22:59.839 --> 00:23:01.880 That's the key, that's the key to the whole thing. 356 00:23:02.160 --> 00:23:04.720 And do I know of what I speak? I do. 357 00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:09.799 I have had the privilege of being a part of 358 00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:14.119 renovation and restoration of some homes that are one hundred, 359 00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:18.200 one hundred and twenty years old that have large, very 360 00:23:18.359 --> 00:23:23.119 very heavy oak pocket doors that have been hanging on 361 00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:27.079 those tracks for well over a century, and they just 362 00:23:27.359 --> 00:23:31.400 glide like a butter Okay, it is not the concept 363 00:23:31.440 --> 00:23:33.960 of a pocket door that is your problem. It is 364 00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:37.480 the hardware, the track, the wheels, the bearings, and so on. 365 00:23:37.880 --> 00:23:41.400 Don't buy cheap pocket doors and the other thing you 366 00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:44.200 need to know. It's not a structural change out. To 367 00:23:44.319 --> 00:23:46.640 change out your pocket door now, it will involve some 368 00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:50.079 dry wall, okay, because the pocket has been covered in 369 00:23:50.160 --> 00:23:52.319 drywall and you're going to have to cut that open. 370 00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:54.559 But drywall, in the big scheme of things, is a 371 00:23:54.640 --> 00:23:58.640 relatively inexpensive change out. And if you just take the 372 00:23:58.680 --> 00:24:02.799 time to change out the pocket of the pocket door situation, 373 00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:08.039 you too can have that back in action for the 374 00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:11.880 life of the home. There's literally no reason why not. Okay, 375 00:24:13.160 --> 00:24:16.519 shall we jump outside again or inside? Well, you know 376 00:24:16.559 --> 00:24:20.200 what we're gonna stay. We're gonna jump outside for a 377 00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:23.559 second because here's a real quickie. I told you about 378 00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:30.519 getting rid of unnecessary hardscape outside yesterday. In the previous episode, 379 00:24:30.640 --> 00:24:36.200 we also talked about getting rid of little brick planters. 380 00:24:36.680 --> 00:24:42.599 That if if those planter lines and spaces don't define 381 00:24:42.640 --> 00:24:44.799 the yard the way you want them to, don't just 382 00:24:44.880 --> 00:24:47.240 accept the fact that, well, somebody drew a line in 383 00:24:47.319 --> 00:24:49.799 my yard at some point in the past, and now 384 00:24:49.839 --> 00:24:52.839 I have to obey it. No, you do not have 385 00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:56.519 to obey that line, especially when it comes to something 386 00:24:56.759 --> 00:25:00.319 that literally can come out in a matter of a 387 00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:03.440 couple of hours and boom it's gone. You've been living 388 00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:06.640 with it for decades and in two hours you can 389 00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:11.240 redraw those lines. That's the brickplanter, the you know, the 390 00:25:11.640 --> 00:25:16.480 the kissing cousin of the unwonted brick planter is for 391 00:25:16.599 --> 00:25:20.519 some of you, the old broken down water feature or 392 00:25:20.640 --> 00:25:26.119 fountain in your yard. Hy yay, they're made out of concrete. 393 00:25:26.640 --> 00:25:31.240 Why no idea? Because you know what, guess what, concrete 394 00:25:31.359 --> 00:25:34.680 not waterproof. It's not the same as having a pool 395 00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:38.759 with pool plaster on it. Somebody poured a waterproof fountain. 396 00:25:39.599 --> 00:25:42.599 You can see the concrete. There's nothing about it that 397 00:25:42.680 --> 00:25:46.279 reminds you of nature. It's all broken down. It's just 398 00:25:46.400 --> 00:25:49.960 sitting there collecting, you know, pine needles and who knows what. 399 00:25:50.160 --> 00:25:52.880 You don't run rod or in it because it leaks 400 00:25:52.920 --> 00:25:57.839 like a sieve. Let's get it out of there. Now, 401 00:25:58.119 --> 00:26:02.440