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 --> 00:00:10.560 House Whisper on demand on the iHeart Radio app KFI 3 00:00:11.160 --> 00:00:16.160 AM six forty and Live Dreaming NHD everywhere on the 4 00:00:16.399 --> 00:00:21.000 iHeart Radio app. Hey, welcome home. I am Dean Sharp, 5 00:00:21.239 --> 00:00:25.199 the House Whisper. I design custom homes, I build custom homes, 6 00:00:25.760 --> 00:00:29.399 and on the weekends here I am your guide to 7 00:00:29.519 --> 00:00:33.280 better understanding that place where you live today on the show, 8 00:00:33.439 --> 00:00:35.359 very very simple, We're just going to spend a couple 9 00:00:35.479 --> 00:00:39.759 hours together, taking your calls and also having some conversations 10 00:00:39.799 --> 00:00:43.119 about some issues that are still around and in the 11 00:00:43.159 --> 00:00:46.159 news and have been on my heart and mind lately 12 00:00:46.240 --> 00:00:49.799 that I want to share with you. So just a 13 00:00:49.840 --> 00:00:54.600 relaxing Saturday morning, handling whatever is that may be going 14 00:00:54.640 --> 00:00:57.840 on with your home, and having some conversations that are 15 00:00:57.880 --> 00:01:01.840 pertinent to every who is a homeowner, especially if you 16 00:01:01.920 --> 00:01:05.280 live here in southern California, but everybody in general. I 17 00:01:05.319 --> 00:01:08.920 think we'll find interest in these things. Here's the number. 18 00:01:09.000 --> 00:01:12.640 Let me give that out eight three three two. Ask 19 00:01:13.040 --> 00:01:17.319 Dean A three three the numeral two. Ask Dean one 20 00:01:17.319 --> 00:01:21.680 more time, A three to three two Ask Dean. It's 21 00:01:21.879 --> 00:01:25.560 just that simple. Producer Matt is standing by, ready to 22 00:01:25.560 --> 00:01:28.920 take your calls as the board is open. So we 23 00:01:29.000 --> 00:01:34.040 are ready here for you early risers on this dark, cool, 24 00:01:34.319 --> 00:01:38.359 cloudy Saturday morning here in southern California or wherever you 25 00:01:38.480 --> 00:01:43.359 are across our great land. We're ready for you. Let 26 00:01:43.400 --> 00:01:47.959 me introduce our awesome team. Sam is on the board wrangling. 27 00:01:48.120 --> 00:01:50.200 Are not so live to your audience? 28 00:01:51.560 --> 00:01:51.719 Hey? 29 00:01:51.680 --> 00:01:56.439 You doing, Sam? I am wonderful. I'm effervescent today. Oh 30 00:01:56.519 --> 00:02:02.040 my goodness, please none of that. None of that. That's 31 00:02:02.079 --> 00:02:08.400 an He sounds very very up and uh but yeah, 32 00:02:08.520 --> 00:02:12.840 which I'm all for. I just I'm not sure effervescent. 33 00:02:12.960 --> 00:02:17.120 I can handle Sam. Hey, take it, deal with it. 34 00:02:17.120 --> 00:02:19.759 It's good stuff, good energy in the morning. All right, 35 00:02:20.080 --> 00:02:21.120 I will, I will. 36 00:02:21.560 --> 00:02:21.680 Uh. 37 00:02:21.919 --> 00:02:24.800 Like I said, he's not near Mike, but producer Matt 38 00:02:24.840 --> 00:02:27.479 is with us this morning. He is standing by. He 39 00:02:27.639 --> 00:02:30.360 is ready to take your calls. He is pounding on 40 00:02:30.400 --> 00:02:33.159 the table demanding that you call right now. That might 41 00:02:33.199 --> 00:02:37.599 be a little aggressive, actually, but anyway, Matt is ready 42 00:02:37.840 --> 00:02:42.599 to take your calls. And Eileen Gonzalez, my buddy in 43 00:02:42.759 --> 00:02:46.199 the newsroom. Good morning, Eileen, Good morning, Dean. How's it going. 44 00:02:46.919 --> 00:02:51.199 It's good I'm not gonna say I'm effervescent, but I'm here. 45 00:02:51.439 --> 00:02:54.439 I'm here, and I'm good. I'm gonna say I'm radiant today. 46 00:02:54.879 --> 00:03:00.159 Oh my goodness, I've always liked that word. That's a 47 00:03:00.159 --> 00:03:03.719 great word. That's a great word. That's fantastic. No, well, 48 00:03:03.800 --> 00:03:06.240 now I feel like the sleepiest person in the room. 49 00:03:06.400 --> 00:03:08.240 Clearly need more caffeine. 50 00:03:08.639 --> 00:03:08.960 I do. 51 00:03:09.159 --> 00:03:13.000 Hang on a second on that note, hang on, let 52 00:03:13.000 --> 00:03:16.639 me just uh get wait wait, wait, wait for it. 53 00:03:18.319 --> 00:03:19.000 There it is. 54 00:03:22.560 --> 00:03:24.840 See. I made the mistake a couple of weeks ago, 55 00:03:25.000 --> 00:03:29.719 hitting that stinger button for the coffee and realizing that 56 00:03:30.199 --> 00:03:32.919 I hadn't actually hit the button to make it transmit. 57 00:03:33.280 --> 00:03:36.400 So we got it halfway through. I turned it on 58 00:03:36.560 --> 00:03:41.919 halfway through, and it sounds like somebody peeing if you 59 00:03:41.960 --> 00:03:44.039 turn it on halfway through. Is so what I've learned 60 00:03:44.039 --> 00:03:47.960 about pouring coffee. You guys, listen to this. So that 61 00:03:48.120 --> 00:03:51.840 first bit of the coffee hitting the cup, that hollow sound, 62 00:03:52.039 --> 00:04:02.360 it's critical that part right there, because after that, see, 63 00:04:02.560 --> 00:04:05.080 without the first part, it just sounds like somebody's been 64 00:04:05.360 --> 00:04:11.919 and nobody wants that. Nobody wants that at all. All right, 65 00:04:12.159 --> 00:04:14.639 sitting across the table from me, my better half. I 66 00:04:14.639 --> 00:04:18.879 better let her talk. My design partner, my best friend 67 00:04:19.000 --> 00:04:21.000 in all the world. Who says that I'm handsome in 68 00:04:21.040 --> 00:04:24.079 this light. There's barely any light in this room. That's 69 00:04:24.120 --> 00:04:27.680 the thing that cracks me up. I'm like, yeah, I 70 00:04:27.720 --> 00:04:29.920 would just like to go in the dark and just yeah, 71 00:04:29.959 --> 00:04:34.759 because you can't really see me. That's false, it's not anyway. 72 00:04:34.959 --> 00:04:41.720 Tina is here. Good morning to Tina. Good morning you guys. 73 00:04:43.720 --> 00:04:47.480 Welcome home. Okay, what are you? Are you effervescent? Are 74 00:04:47.480 --> 00:04:53.160 you radiant? What are you this morning? I'm eferradiant? Oh 75 00:04:53.199 --> 00:04:56.680 my good all right, we had to get out of here. 76 00:04:57.480 --> 00:05:02.319 Efor radiant? I don't know. That's not a it is now. Jeez, 77 00:05:03.240 --> 00:05:04.959 I'm gonna be holding over my head the rest of 78 00:05:05.000 --> 00:05:08.319 the day. All Right, y'all, here's the thing. Have we 79 00:05:08.360 --> 00:05:10.240 got a call coming up? Yeah, we've got room on 80 00:05:10.279 --> 00:05:12.240 the callboard for you. The number to reach me eight 81 00:05:12.319 --> 00:05:15.360 three three two. Ask dean A three to three the 82 00:05:15.519 --> 00:05:19.079 numeral two. Ask dean. By the way, did I say 83 00:05:19.079 --> 00:05:21.240 this anything? You need to talk about your home today? 84 00:05:21.240 --> 00:05:23.560 Whatever's got you scratching your head? We can talk design, 85 00:05:24.000 --> 00:05:30.920 we can talk construction, we can talk diy quandaries inside, outside, landscape, 86 00:05:31.040 --> 00:05:35.839 decre whatever the case may be. You know I'm here 87 00:05:36.120 --> 00:05:38.759 and I'm going to help you figure it out. When 88 00:05:39.120 --> 00:05:42.319 we return, I want to talk to you about a win. 89 00:05:42.480 --> 00:05:45.959 How about this Southern California. How about a win for 90 00:05:46.079 --> 00:05:49.160 once in a while. Yeah, we'll talk about that and more. 91 00:05:49.639 --> 00:05:54.879 And your calls can't fine he can sharp the house clipper. Hey, 92 00:05:54.879 --> 00:05:59.000 it doesn't matter whether your home for you is a condo, cottage, 93 00:05:59.079 --> 00:06:02.120 or castle. I'm here to help you take it to 94 00:06:02.160 --> 00:06:05.120 the next level. We're taking some calls this morning. I'm 95 00:06:05.120 --> 00:06:07.319 going to give you the number eight three three two. 96 00:06:07.759 --> 00:06:12.279 Ask Dean. Eight three three the numeral to ask Dean, 97 00:06:12.439 --> 00:06:14.079 since we've got a couple of cah, we got one 98 00:06:14.120 --> 00:06:15.920 call on the board, but we got plenty of room 99 00:06:16.000 --> 00:06:21.000 for you. So just saying eight three three two ask Dean. 100 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:25.319 All right, let's dive into something I promised you, a win, 101 00:06:25.720 --> 00:06:32.439 a win for southern California. Hey, Yi, it's been it's 102 00:06:32.439 --> 00:06:34.920 been the beginning of a year, has it not. Yes, 103 00:06:35.040 --> 00:06:38.240 it has fires everywhere. I actually have some more news 104 00:06:38.240 --> 00:06:41.439 on that this morning as well. But first, I don't 105 00:06:41.439 --> 00:06:43.879 know if you saw this. This has been out for 106 00:06:43.920 --> 00:06:45.959 about a week now. We just didn't get a chance 107 00:06:46.000 --> 00:06:48.959 to talk about it yesterday, and that is I'm sorry 108 00:06:49.120 --> 00:06:56.240 last week. Water usage. Water usage is down overall in 109 00:06:56.319 --> 00:07:03.360 southern California forty five percent. Forty five percent down water usage. 110 00:07:04.680 --> 00:07:09.759 That's great news. It is well you remember, of course 111 00:07:09.800 --> 00:07:14.000 you do. Wasn't that long ago? Right, We're gonna find 112 00:07:14.040 --> 00:07:17.040 you if you water your lawn on the wrong day 113 00:07:17.439 --> 00:07:19.519 or if you water too long. You remember that, Tina, 114 00:07:19.959 --> 00:07:23.399 I mean, come on, tear out your lawn. We're all 115 00:07:23.399 --> 00:07:27.319 gonna die. That's what was going on not too long 116 00:07:27.360 --> 00:07:31.240 ago in regards to water here in Southern California. And 117 00:07:31.319 --> 00:07:36.439 now now everybody got very very serious, buckled down, doubled down. 118 00:07:36.800 --> 00:07:40.879 And this report out from the Metropolitan Water District, per 119 00:07:41.079 --> 00:07:45.959 person water usage in southern California has dropped to its 120 00:07:46.120 --> 00:07:52.199 lowest in thirty five years. That is just a win. 121 00:07:52.480 --> 00:07:52.759 Sam. 122 00:07:52.800 --> 00:07:55.079 Do we have our not so live studio audience. That 123 00:07:55.199 --> 00:07:59.920 is worth a round of applause. It really is well done. 124 00:08:00.120 --> 00:08:05.519 Mother in California. Let it not out. 125 00:08:06.839 --> 00:08:07.160 All right? 126 00:08:07.199 --> 00:08:10.079 If he shoots it in the air, that's fine, it's safe. 127 00:08:11.160 --> 00:08:17.199 And what has all of this come from? Well, the region, 128 00:08:17.240 --> 00:08:19.959 the Metropolitan Water district. Of course, everybody wants to take 129 00:08:19.959 --> 00:08:23.879 credit for it, and I'm glad. I'm glad that they're 130 00:08:23.920 --> 00:08:28.759 saying that they've gotten very serious about reclaiming runoff water. 131 00:08:29.519 --> 00:08:32.799 That's huge. We've been begging them to do it for 132 00:08:32.840 --> 00:08:38.000 the longest time. And runoff water meaning you know, like 133 00:08:38.039 --> 00:08:40.399 a recent storm, like we've had a couple of days 134 00:08:40.440 --> 00:08:42.279 of rain. By the way, I don't really call this 135 00:08:42.440 --> 00:08:44.840 storm weather, but yeah, we've had a couple of days 136 00:08:44.879 --> 00:08:47.919 of rain. And where does that rain go. It ends 137 00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:53.279 up in storm drains, running off properties into larger storm drains. 138 00:08:53.320 --> 00:08:55.799 It ends up in the La River pouring out into 139 00:08:55.840 --> 00:09:03.639 the ocean. Perfectly good, cleanable reuse water. And in years past, 140 00:09:03.919 --> 00:09:08.200 well the whole history of southern California, we have pretty 141 00:09:08.240 --> 00:09:10.919 much just let that stuff go. We need to hold 142 00:09:10.960 --> 00:09:15.279 onto it. You would be shocked how much water actually 143 00:09:15.360 --> 00:09:18.600 runs off into the La River during just a normal 144 00:09:18.679 --> 00:09:22.919 three day event. How about this on average, when it's 145 00:09:22.960 --> 00:09:27.159 just an average you know, not a monsoon or anything crazy, 146 00:09:27.480 --> 00:09:33.480 just an average rainy three days in southern California, the 147 00:09:33.639 --> 00:09:38.360 La River will probably deposit into the ocean an entire 148 00:09:38.720 --> 00:09:42.600 year's worth of water supply for the residents of the 149 00:09:42.639 --> 00:09:45.000 city of Los Angeles, not the county, but the city. 150 00:09:45.159 --> 00:09:48.679 That's a lot of water, and so we need to 151 00:09:48.720 --> 00:09:51.960 do a better job of recapturing that water. We need 152 00:09:52.000 --> 00:09:54.679 to do a better job in general of holding on 153 00:09:54.799 --> 00:09:58.840 to what falls on the land. That's that's government, and 154 00:09:58.960 --> 00:10:03.919 they're doing better. But you and I we're doing better too. 155 00:10:04.159 --> 00:10:10.320 And what is leading that is changing our irrigation patterns, 156 00:10:10.879 --> 00:10:15.879 Changing our irrigation methods from open old school you know, 157 00:10:16.039 --> 00:10:20.360 spray missed in the air sprinklers to drip and micro 158 00:10:20.679 --> 00:10:27.679 irrigation of specific plants. Changing what we plant. Not no, no, no, 159 00:10:27.759 --> 00:10:32.919 not desertifying our lawns in our yards, not tearing out 160 00:10:32.960 --> 00:10:35.399 our lawns and putting in fake grass. That is the 161 00:10:35.440 --> 00:10:39.000 wrong move. I'm sorry, don't mean to offend you, but 162 00:10:39.320 --> 00:10:42.399 it's the wrong move. That does not help, It hurts, 163 00:10:42.799 --> 00:10:46.200 It just creates more heat island here in southern California. 164 00:10:46.919 --> 00:10:51.120 But the right plants, native plants that are verdant and 165 00:10:51.200 --> 00:10:55.960 green and beautiful, and native friendly plants that don't need 166 00:10:56.080 --> 00:10:59.480 eight thousand gallons of water every five minutes in order 167 00:10:59.519 --> 00:11:03.120 to stay alone live here in this climate. Making all 168 00:11:03.159 --> 00:11:08.600 of those wise decisions incrementally has had a tremendous effect 169 00:11:08.840 --> 00:11:13.799 on water usage in southern California. Also, something we've talked 170 00:11:13.799 --> 00:11:17.720 about a lot which is now it's code for California 171 00:11:17.759 --> 00:11:20.919 for a new construction and a major remodel. But also 172 00:11:21.200 --> 00:11:23.559 a lot of homeowners have been changing this out for 173 00:11:23.960 --> 00:11:29.360 pure luxury convenience, which is bridge valves and recirculation pumps. 174 00:11:29.360 --> 00:11:32.000 And if you've never heard me say this before, if 175 00:11:32.039 --> 00:11:35.320 you've never heard this before, a bridge valve is a tiny, 176 00:11:35.399 --> 00:11:40.440 little brilliant invention. It's about six inches long, and itmounts 177 00:11:40.519 --> 00:11:44.440 underneath a sink and it connects the hot water line 178 00:11:44.519 --> 00:11:46.840 underneath the sink to the cold water line. But it's 179 00:11:46.879 --> 00:11:50.399 a one way valve, so cold water can't get into 180 00:11:50.399 --> 00:11:53.720 the hot but the hot water line can be pushed 181 00:11:53.720 --> 00:11:56.720 into the cold And you combine that with a pump, 182 00:11:56.799 --> 00:11:59.720 a tiny little pump that can be set in that 183 00:11:59.720 --> 00:12:04.480 low that is also monitoring the water temperature in the 184 00:12:04.519 --> 00:12:07.840 hot water line. Now why would it do that, Well, 185 00:12:08.360 --> 00:12:10.320 it would do that because you know, when you sit 186 00:12:10.399 --> 00:12:14.279 there and you haven't used a faucet in hours, the 187 00:12:14.320 --> 00:12:16.320 hot water that was in the hot water line is 188 00:12:16.360 --> 00:12:19.840 just sitting there and it's cooling off it's getting cold. Hence, 189 00:12:20.320 --> 00:12:22.919 this is why we turn on the shower in the morning, 190 00:12:23.000 --> 00:12:24.919 or we turn on a faucet and we sit there 191 00:12:24.960 --> 00:12:27.679 and we let it run for two minutes or three 192 00:12:27.759 --> 00:12:31.360 minutes or four minutes to allow the hot water to 193 00:12:31.559 --> 00:12:35.360 arrive new hot water from the water heater. Well what 194 00:12:35.399 --> 00:12:38.480 this little bridge valve does. And of course, by the way, 195 00:12:38.519 --> 00:12:41.679 that water that's running down the drain is lost, and 196 00:12:41.759 --> 00:12:45.720 that accounts for just waiting on an average of two 197 00:12:45.759 --> 00:12:49.159 minutes for hot water to arrive in the southern California 198 00:12:49.200 --> 00:12:57.320 region in every home everywhere. That accounts for hundreds of billions, 199 00:12:57.480 --> 00:13:02.120 at times trillions of gallons of water usage just literally 200 00:13:02.480 --> 00:13:05.879 down the drain. So it's now code in the state 201 00:13:05.879 --> 00:13:08.759 of California for a new home construction and for a 202 00:13:08.799 --> 00:13:13.919 major remodel to install a one of these bridge valves 203 00:13:13.919 --> 00:13:16.720 and a pump at the fixture furthest away from the 204 00:13:16.759 --> 00:13:20.000 water heater. As long as that fixture is further than 205 00:13:20.080 --> 00:13:22.000 fifty feet, well that's the requirement. You can do it 206 00:13:22.000 --> 00:13:23.960 anywhere you want, but the point is, if there's more 207 00:13:24.000 --> 00:13:27.080 than fifty feet of pipe in between the water heater 208 00:13:27.159 --> 00:13:31.639 and that fixture, it is a requirement, and that what 209 00:13:31.679 --> 00:13:35.480 that little pump does is it notices that the water 210 00:13:35.519 --> 00:13:38.200 temperature in the hot water line has dropped, and so 211 00:13:38.559 --> 00:13:41.720 it actually draws hot water toward it, and it takes 212 00:13:41.759 --> 00:13:45.080 the water that's in the line and it's already cold anyway, 213 00:13:45.440 --> 00:13:49.279 pumps it into the cold water line. So instead of 214 00:13:49.320 --> 00:13:52.480 going down the drain, you still have that water on 215 00:13:52.519 --> 00:13:55.679 your property ready to use. It's just in cold water form, 216 00:13:55.720 --> 00:13:57.519 which means it's going to find its way back to 217 00:13:57.559 --> 00:14:00.679 the water heater and get heated up for hot waterge. 218 00:14:00.799 --> 00:14:03.039 So the point is the bridge valve in this little 219 00:14:03.120 --> 00:14:08.559 research pump does a brilliant job of saving in an 220 00:14:08.600 --> 00:14:14.720 aggregate way, billions of gallons of water across the region. 221 00:14:14.799 --> 00:14:19.480 And what's the conclusion of it all? You with the 222 00:14:19.559 --> 00:14:23.159 right plants, you with the right irrigation, you with these 223 00:14:23.200 --> 00:14:27.919 bridge valves and these recirculation pumps. Per person, water usage 224 00:14:27.919 --> 00:14:32.240 in southern California at its lowest in thirty five years 225 00:14:32.279 --> 00:14:36.639 of forty five percent reduction in water usage. And so 226 00:14:36.759 --> 00:14:41.559 to that, I say, well done. Well, don't don't change, 227 00:14:41.759 --> 00:14:44.480 don't change, don't go, you know, just don't turn every 228 00:14:44.600 --> 00:14:47.480 valve on in the house. As a celebration. Just keep 229 00:14:47.519 --> 00:14:50.759 on doing what you're doing. Here's a little bit of 230 00:14:50.759 --> 00:14:54.120 good news that we're headed absolutely without question, in the 231 00:14:54.200 --> 00:14:57.879 right direction. All right, when we return, we got some 232 00:14:57.919 --> 00:14:59.720 calls on the board. I'm gonna take a few calls 233 00:14:59.720 --> 00:15:01.559 and then and we'll get back into some of these 234 00:15:01.639 --> 00:15:03.519 other conversations and we'll do it all. 235 00:15:04.799 --> 00:15:08.080 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 236 00:15:08.200 --> 00:15:10.039 KFI AM six forty. 237 00:15:11.399 --> 00:15:16.279 Camfie Am six forty Live Dreaming in HD everywhere on 238 00:15:16.360 --> 00:15:21.000 the iHeartRadio app. Good Saturday morning to you, my friend. 239 00:15:21.320 --> 00:15:24.399 How you doing? What are yup doing? It's not even 240 00:15:24.440 --> 00:15:27.559 seven o'clock. I know what I'm doing. I wonder what 241 00:15:27.600 --> 00:15:29.799 you're doing. You just hanging out in the house. You're 242 00:15:29.799 --> 00:15:33.480 sitting in the kitchen sipping a warm cup of something. 243 00:15:33.879 --> 00:15:36.720 Are you on the road headed somewhere? Is it a 244 00:15:36.720 --> 00:15:40.200 big day? Is it a relaxing day? Well, whatever it is, 245 00:15:40.279 --> 00:15:43.399 I'm glad you're here with us. We're just spending a 246 00:15:43.399 --> 00:15:46.879 couple hours talking about your home. I'm taking some calls 247 00:15:46.879 --> 00:15:49.360 and having some conversations about some items that are in 248 00:15:49.399 --> 00:15:53.399 the news. All of that this morning. Just a friendly 249 00:15:53.480 --> 00:15:57.519 place that's informative, A little bit entertaining, I hope, and 250 00:15:57.919 --> 00:16:00.799 a good place to spend some time. You've got calls 251 00:16:00.879 --> 00:16:03.639 on the board, and so I want to go and 252 00:16:03.679 --> 00:16:06.159 honor that. I want to talk to Laura. Hey, Laura, 253 00:16:06.600 --> 00:16:07.240 welcome home. 254 00:16:08.759 --> 00:16:09.240 Hidin. 255 00:16:10.519 --> 00:16:15.399 My question is, did you once say that we're supposed 256 00:16:15.440 --> 00:16:19.000 to paint the bottom of the eve, which I guess 257 00:16:19.120 --> 00:16:24.519 is called the soft that the same color as the facia? 258 00:16:25.080 --> 00:16:30.039 Did I once say that? No? I did, No, no, no, no, 259 00:16:30.120 --> 00:16:32.240 I'm just joking. I was going to say I haven't 260 00:16:32.279 --> 00:16:35.039 said it once. I've said it like eight hundred times. 261 00:16:38.240 --> 00:16:41.960 You were listening, right, So here's the thing, Uh, let 262 00:16:42.000 --> 00:16:45.159 me clarify this word supposed to. All right, I'm using 263 00:16:45.200 --> 00:16:49.840 air quotes. Supposed to you're supposed to. Okay, you know, 264 00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:53.240 I'm a I'm a designer, and so I have, as 265 00:16:53.240 --> 00:16:57.799 a result of that, some very strong design opinions. And 266 00:16:58.320 --> 00:17:01.919 I reserve the right to country myself on a project 267 00:17:01.960 --> 00:17:05.799 for project basis. So what I'm about to say to 268 00:17:05.880 --> 00:17:09.279 clarify what you're wondering about, Laura, is what I'm about 269 00:17:09.319 --> 00:17:13.759 to say is not a law. It's not a universal rule, 270 00:17:13.920 --> 00:17:19.319 and it doesn't apply to everyone's house. But but having 271 00:17:19.400 --> 00:17:24.720 spent a great deal of time helping people reinvent their homes, 272 00:17:24.920 --> 00:17:30.119 especially the average, you know, kind of mainstream tracked home. 273 00:17:31.160 --> 00:17:34.440 This is a pattern of design that I think is 274 00:17:34.480 --> 00:17:39.039 a mistake for most people. That is common, It's common here, 275 00:17:39.039 --> 00:17:42.599 it's common everywhere. Hearing something, it's common just everywhere. And 276 00:17:42.640 --> 00:17:47.720 that is the the the classic you know, asphalt shingle 277 00:17:47.839 --> 00:17:52.440 roof and you know, white or bright facier board trim 278 00:17:52.480 --> 00:17:54.640 and bright eaves, and then the rest of the house 279 00:17:54.680 --> 00:17:57.400 color after that. And here, and this is the reason 280 00:17:57.440 --> 00:18:04.440 why I say most most right would look far far better. 281 00:18:04.799 --> 00:18:09.279 The roof itself would be far more substantial looking if 282 00:18:09.319 --> 00:18:15.200 we took a deep dark color out of the roof material. Right. 283 00:18:15.279 --> 00:18:20.160 So you most, especially asphalt roofs, have several different tones 284 00:18:20.200 --> 00:18:22.039 of color in them. If we take one of the 285 00:18:22.119 --> 00:18:26.440 darker tones, and we were to actually paint the facial board, 286 00:18:26.519 --> 00:18:28.440 that's the board right on the front at the end 287 00:18:28.519 --> 00:18:32.839 of the eve tails there and all of the eve 288 00:18:33.079 --> 00:18:36.359 up underneath, whether it's a flat sopet that goes across 289 00:18:36.680 --> 00:18:41.079 or whether it is just the eve rafters sticking out 290 00:18:41.119 --> 00:18:43.480 and they're start at what we call starter board up there, 291 00:18:43.519 --> 00:18:46.000 like tongue and groove when you look up underneath the eve, 292 00:18:46.400 --> 00:18:49.400 all of that would all of it from the edge 293 00:18:49.400 --> 00:18:54.160 of the roof tiles down across the facierboard, back up underneath, 294 00:18:54.279 --> 00:18:57.240 back to the stucco or the siding or whatever is 295 00:18:57.279 --> 00:19:02.039 on the actual wall, every thing that is the roof overhanging. 296 00:19:02.960 --> 00:19:06.640 Generally speaking, as a general rule, I have promoted the 297 00:19:06.759 --> 00:19:10.640 idea that that roof will look far more substantial and 298 00:19:10.880 --> 00:19:13.519 better if we take a dark color out of the 299 00:19:13.559 --> 00:19:15.920 roof tile and paint all of that that color. And 300 00:19:15.960 --> 00:19:19.759 here is the reason why there was a time, of course, 301 00:19:20.319 --> 00:19:26.119 before we were concerned about fire safety here in the US, 302 00:19:27.119 --> 00:19:31.759 there was a time when most roofs were you know, 303 00:19:32.519 --> 00:19:36.640 done with you know, wood shake shingles, and a wood 304 00:19:36.640 --> 00:19:39.839 shake shingle roof is a beautiful looking roof. It's also 305 00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:45.720 a roof that has substance to it in terms of dimensionality. 306 00:19:45.799 --> 00:19:48.079 In other words, you know, you stack We were just 307 00:19:48.119 --> 00:19:50.839 having this conversation with a client this week. You stack 308 00:19:50.880 --> 00:19:53.000 wood shakes on top of each other. There are about 309 00:19:53.039 --> 00:19:55.240 three quarters of an inch to an inch thick on 310 00:19:55.319 --> 00:19:58.200 the edge. So you see a roof like that, and 311 00:19:58.359 --> 00:20:01.839 it's got a lot of presence to it, but an 312 00:20:01.880 --> 00:20:08.079 asphalt shingled roof for and there's lots of great tricks 313 00:20:08.119 --> 00:20:13.359 that roofing companies do, manufacturers do to make their asphalt 314 00:20:13.400 --> 00:20:17.160 shingles look more dimensional with false shadows on them and 315 00:20:17.200 --> 00:20:19.599 all sorts of cool stuff like that, all very very good, 316 00:20:19.640 --> 00:20:22.440 But the reality is that an asphalt shingle roof is 317 00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:26.400 a very very thin layer, and having that dark, thin 318 00:20:26.559 --> 00:20:30.119 layer come down to a bright white facier board really 319 00:20:30.200 --> 00:20:34.960 betrays the fact that the roofing material of itself is 320 00:20:35.079 --> 00:20:39.279 very thin, and so it makes a roof look thin 321 00:20:39.680 --> 00:20:43.920 and meeker in my opinion, if I'm being designed critical 322 00:20:43.960 --> 00:20:47.000 about it, but to take a tone out of the 323 00:20:47.079 --> 00:20:50.759 roofing material and to paint the facier board and the 324 00:20:50.839 --> 00:20:54.640 eve all that same tone, even I'm not trying to 325 00:20:54.680 --> 00:20:57.400 pretend that it's all the same material, but if it's 326 00:20:57.440 --> 00:21:01.720 all the same color, suddenly the roof is now the 327 00:21:01.759 --> 00:21:05.119 thickness of the facierboard and the rafters and the eve, 328 00:21:05.240 --> 00:21:09.319 the whole roof belongs together. It all holds together, and 329 00:21:09.480 --> 00:21:14.359 suddenly it is substantive. It's literally, and no offense to 330 00:21:14.440 --> 00:21:16.839 you who are suffering from this, but it's literally the 331 00:21:16.880 --> 00:21:21.720 difference between the look of somebody who's got a full, rich, 332 00:21:21.920 --> 00:21:26.319 thick head of hair versus somebody who's struggling with thinning hair. 333 00:21:26.599 --> 00:21:30.559 That's the difference that this paint trick, and it is 334 00:21:30.599 --> 00:21:36.640 a trick, does to a roofline, especially a roof that 335 00:21:36.759 --> 00:21:40.920 has asphalt shingles on it, which is the majority, probably 336 00:21:40.960 --> 00:21:45.400 eighty percent plus of roofs in Southern California. It's not 337 00:21:45.440 --> 00:21:48.000 necessarily the thing you do if you've got big, heavy 338 00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:52.359 concrete tiles. Sometimes it is, sometimes it isn't, And it's 339 00:21:52.359 --> 00:21:54.680 not necessarily something you worry about if you've got a 340 00:21:54.680 --> 00:21:58.920 Spanish tile roof, because those roofs by definition, have their 341 00:21:59.000 --> 00:22:02.759 own dimensional to them. But if you've got a composite 342 00:22:02.880 --> 00:22:07.440 asphalt shingle roof, you should really give a thought to 343 00:22:08.119 --> 00:22:10.880 what it would look like if we took a dark 344 00:22:10.920 --> 00:22:14.079 tone out of that roof and painted the entire facierboard 345 00:22:14.160 --> 00:22:17.319 and eat. So, Laurie, you were listening correctly. That's my 346 00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:21.119 explanation of it. It's not a should in the sense 347 00:22:21.160 --> 00:22:25.440 of like there's some construction reason for it. It's completely 348 00:22:25.480 --> 00:22:30.279 a design concept. It's completely my concept. But I would 349 00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:32.960 say eight out of ten Southern California and your homes 350 00:22:33.000 --> 00:22:36.480 would benefit greatly if they applied it. 351 00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:38.680 Thank you so much. 352 00:22:39.519 --> 00:22:42.440 You are so welcome, and thanks for the call and 353 00:22:42.559 --> 00:22:45.319 the question. This is why we take calls, because the 354 00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:48.200 questions are so good and they lead to so many 355 00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:51.440 good conversations. When we return, I'm going back to the 356 00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:54.640 phones your home with Dean Sharp, the house whisper. 357 00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:55.480 Fuck. 358 00:22:58.960 --> 00:23:03.640 Oh Sam Blue Eyster cult Right, don't Fear the Reaper. 359 00:23:04.599 --> 00:23:07.119 I was just Tina and I were just watching there's 360 00:23:07.119 --> 00:23:11.000 a little series out right now. I forget what it's on, 361 00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:15.119 but on SNL the you know, because they're about to 362 00:23:15.119 --> 00:23:20.000 have their fiftieth anniversary. There are several little documentaries out, 363 00:23:20.039 --> 00:23:22.079 but this was a four part series and we were 364 00:23:22.160 --> 00:23:25.400 just watching the episode of the Origin of the cow 365 00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:29.720 Bell Sketch for SNL. And so I feel like I've 366 00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:32.319 heard this song like fifty times already this week, just 367 00:23:32.359 --> 00:23:35.240 because that so it was funny that you played it 368 00:23:35.279 --> 00:23:39.279 there for the bumper music. But it's a classic, classic sketch. 369 00:23:39.799 --> 00:23:42.880 It is such a classic sketch. It may be the 370 00:23:42.880 --> 00:23:45.400 the they were saying that it may be the classic 371 00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:50.039 SNL sketch, maybe the most popular, most watched sketch ever, 372 00:23:50.680 --> 00:23:52.920 and the But the funny thing was, I was listening 373 00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:56.680 really carefully there and the producers actually of the song 374 00:23:56.960 --> 00:24:01.599 were saying, yeah, it's a it's a woodbl it's a woodblock, 375 00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:05.720 and that's actually in the background, not a cow bell, 376 00:24:06.160 --> 00:24:09.160 and it's funny. And yet when they did so, you're 377 00:24:09.160 --> 00:24:11.759 gonna have to re listen to it and listen really carefully, 378 00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:15.359 you'll hear it. But it's actually a woodblock. And they 379 00:24:15.400 --> 00:24:17.640 were saying, but you know, when Will Ferrell, who wrote 380 00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:20.039 the sketch, he's like, yeah, it just doesn't roll off 381 00:24:20.079 --> 00:24:23.200 the tongue. You know, you need more wood block. It 382 00:24:23.319 --> 00:24:26.240 just doesn't work. And so they went to cow bell 383 00:24:26.400 --> 00:24:31.440 because you know, it's cow bell. It works anyway. I know, 384 00:24:31.839 --> 00:24:37.640 I know, I like these things. All right, let's go 385 00:24:37.799 --> 00:24:41.640 back to the phones. I want to talk to Lucy. Hey, Lucy, 386 00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:42.839 welcome home. 387 00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:48.240 Oh thank you, Dean, thank you for taking my call. 388 00:24:49.079 --> 00:24:51.480 You are very welcome, my friend. What can I do 389 00:24:51.599 --> 00:24:51.880 for you? 390 00:24:53.079 --> 00:24:57.599 Well, I have a question regarding my roof of the shingles. Now, 391 00:24:58.279 --> 00:25:01.960 the roof is not leaking, but I noticed it's beginning 392 00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:04.440 to kind of some of the shingles kind of look 393 00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:08.880 like they're buckling. Or they're kind of puffy. Yeah, well, 394 00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:12.680 I heard on the radio. It was a roofing company 395 00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:17.519 talking about this substance that you could spray on your 396 00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:23.119 shingles and it would kind of revive them and prevent 397 00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:28.480 them from leaking, and if they're dry and cracks, that 398 00:25:28.599 --> 00:25:32.759 would help. I needed to know if you've heard about 399 00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:38.880 this substance. It's made of soy, And I don't know 400 00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:42.920 how expensive it would be to have that done to 401 00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:46.680