WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:03.960 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 2 00:00:04.080 --> 00:00:05.879 KFI AM six forty. 3 00:00:09.080 --> 00:00:14.080 Campi AM sixty live streaming in HD everywhere on the 4 00:00:14.320 --> 00:00:18.559 iHeartRadio app. Hey, welcome to home where Every week we 5 00:00:18.640 --> 00:00:22.239 help you better understand that place where you live. I 6 00:00:22.320 --> 00:00:26.120 am Dean Sharp, the house whisper here with you live 7 00:00:26.359 --> 00:00:29.160 like I am every weekend Saturday morning, six to eight 8 00:00:29.199 --> 00:00:34.119 Pacific time, Sunday mornings nine to noon Pacific time. I'm 9 00:00:34.119 --> 00:00:38.359 giving you some advice on your fireplace today. Advice on 10 00:00:38.399 --> 00:00:40.079 your fireplace. We're going to get back to that in 11 00:00:40.119 --> 00:00:42.280 just a bit, but it's time to go to the phones. 12 00:00:42.320 --> 00:00:49.200 But before then, my better half, my in studio partner here, Tina, 13 00:00:49.320 --> 00:00:50.479 has something to say. 14 00:00:51.439 --> 00:00:52.119 Welcome home. 15 00:00:53.240 --> 00:00:54.759 Was that it good? 16 00:00:55.600 --> 00:00:59.640 We did a video this morning on the fireplace with 17 00:00:59.759 --> 00:01:03.960 four tips to make a gas fireplace extra special? 18 00:01:04.400 --> 00:01:06.120 And where is this video found? Now? 19 00:01:06.159 --> 00:01:11.920 You can find this video on our Facebook, Instagram, TikTok 20 00:01:12.319 --> 00:01:13.719 and X two. 21 00:01:16.280 --> 00:01:20.799 Don't say that such demeaning ownes so all of our 22 00:01:20.840 --> 00:01:24.920 social media and our handle is home with Dean, Home 23 00:01:24.959 --> 00:01:26.319 with Dean, So so yeah. 24 00:01:26.280 --> 00:01:29.000 Like share, have fun with it. It's really cool. 25 00:01:29.159 --> 00:01:34.000 Yeah, just a quick little video about four secrets to 26 00:01:34.079 --> 00:01:38.799 making a gas fireplace really pop, really come to life. 27 00:01:39.239 --> 00:01:39.760 Exactly. 28 00:01:39.799 --> 00:01:42.920 There you go. All right, thank you, you're so welcome. 29 00:01:43.799 --> 00:01:44.719 Now back to the show. 30 00:01:45.040 --> 00:01:49.959 Oh my goodness taking over. All right, We're going to 31 00:01:50.000 --> 00:01:52.959 return to that conversation on fireplaces in just a bit. 32 00:01:53.079 --> 00:01:54.920 But like I said, I want to go to the phones. 33 00:01:55.000 --> 00:01:59.719 Let's take a call. Let's talk to Pamela. Pamela, welcome home. 34 00:02:00.719 --> 00:02:04.239 Good morning, Dean. I love your show. I have a 35 00:02:04.280 --> 00:02:04.920 quick question. 36 00:02:05.079 --> 00:02:09.240 What do you think of those electric fireplace inserts and 37 00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:11.080 how high off the ground should it be? 38 00:02:12.719 --> 00:02:13.960 Well? Inserts into what? 39 00:02:15.240 --> 00:02:15.879 Oh? 40 00:02:15.919 --> 00:02:19.840 Into a fireplace that I took. I took a right 41 00:02:19.960 --> 00:02:22.039 doing a kitchen remodel, a house remodel. 42 00:02:22.919 --> 00:02:28.879 I took out a fireplace and created a pantry, but 43 00:02:28.960 --> 00:02:34.080 I left about twelve inches for electrical fireplace insert one 44 00:02:34.120 --> 00:02:35.000 of those fake ones. 45 00:02:35.560 --> 00:02:35.879 Mm hm. 46 00:02:37.560 --> 00:02:39.840 So I just want to know what your thoughts were 47 00:02:40.639 --> 00:02:43.840 and how high off the ground should I create? Like 48 00:02:43.919 --> 00:02:48.520 one brick right now, it's a brick facade, and I 49 00:02:48.599 --> 00:02:52.319 took out the heart because I'm putting tile down right, 50 00:02:52.479 --> 00:02:55.719 And I wanted to know should I go up one 51 00:02:55.800 --> 00:02:57.800 brick off the ground? Should I leave it flush with 52 00:02:57.879 --> 00:03:01.280 the ground, and is there anything I should look for 53 00:03:01.280 --> 00:03:03.719 for electrical in the fireplace? 54 00:03:04.960 --> 00:03:12.120 Okay, yeah, yeah, so okay, so a couple of things. One, 55 00:03:12.639 --> 00:03:16.800 you know, electric fireplaces are the thing I'm going to 56 00:03:16.840 --> 00:03:20.280 tell you right now is shop it, and shop it 57 00:03:20.479 --> 00:03:24.280 and shop it some more, and and go and see 58 00:03:24.759 --> 00:03:30.240 at your local fireplace purveyor any fireplace shop within driving 59 00:03:30.319 --> 00:03:36.680 distance of you see it ahead of time. Because electric fireplace, 60 00:03:36.759 --> 00:03:40.840 of course, they're not fireplaces. They are simulations. And so 61 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:46.840 the way those simulations are achieved some far far better 62 00:03:46.879 --> 00:03:50.639 than others. And and I would say most of them, 63 00:03:50.840 --> 00:03:54.599 most of them don't clear the bar in my mind 64 00:03:54.639 --> 00:03:58.080 of what I would want to do. But there there are, 65 00:03:58.280 --> 00:04:00.759 you know, a couple three out there that are like, hey, 66 00:04:00.800 --> 00:04:02.719 you know what, that's kind of cool. That kind of 67 00:04:02.719 --> 00:04:04.960 works and gives it, you know, enough of the effect. 68 00:04:05.159 --> 00:04:09.719 So just be really persnickety and picky when it comes 69 00:04:09.800 --> 00:04:13.639 to that if you really wanted to go all out 70 00:04:14.639 --> 00:04:18.480 for I mean, here's the thing. There's two kinds of 71 00:04:18.560 --> 00:04:22.279 electric fireplace. One is you know, I'm not going to 72 00:04:22.360 --> 00:04:27.279 recommend it to you just because of its cost prohibitive nature, 73 00:04:28.399 --> 00:04:31.519 but it's one that uses and I don't think it 74 00:04:31.519 --> 00:04:34.480 would fit into a smaller space like that anyway. But 75 00:04:34.519 --> 00:04:38.639 it's one that actually uses a real video screen, not 76 00:04:38.800 --> 00:04:41.399 mounted like you would think that you're staring at straight away, 77 00:04:41.639 --> 00:04:44.680 but mounted up inside. And then there's an angled piece 78 00:04:44.720 --> 00:04:47.879 of glass and it's what we call the Pepper's ghost effect, 79 00:04:48.360 --> 00:04:53.639 and you actually get that the real flames, a video 80 00:04:53.720 --> 00:04:57.839 of real flames superimposed onto a log set. It looks 81 00:04:57.839 --> 00:05:01.800 about as realistic as anything possible could when it's just 82 00:05:01.879 --> 00:05:04.920 a plug in fireplace. It's the same effect that they 83 00:05:05.000 --> 00:05:07.040 use at the Hanta Mansion at Disneyland when you see 84 00:05:07.040 --> 00:05:09.879 the ghosts dancing around in the Dyning room, what they 85 00:05:09.920 --> 00:05:14.360 call Pepper's ghosts. So that flame overlaid onto it. Amazing 86 00:05:14.560 --> 00:05:17.279 but very expensive. Now second to that, and this is 87 00:05:17.519 --> 00:05:24.000 a more realistic would be like an optimist Optimist fireplace 88 00:05:24.040 --> 00:05:29.120 which actually uses a small reservoir of water and creates 89 00:05:29.199 --> 00:05:35.560 a vapor okay that is backlit by led lights that 90 00:05:35.639 --> 00:05:41.480 look incredibly realistic flame wise, because it is a natural flow, 91 00:05:41.839 --> 00:05:45.319 but it's it's water vapor, and no, it doesn't get 92 00:05:45.360 --> 00:05:47.959 everything wet around it. It's very you know, it's really 93 00:05:48.079 --> 00:05:51.360 fine particulated water vapor. But check that out look that 94 00:05:51.480 --> 00:05:54.839 up online optimists, and those come in various sizes, including 95 00:05:54.920 --> 00:05:57.399 small enough to fit in what you're talking about. So anyway, 96 00:05:57.439 --> 00:06:01.360 that's the actual My recommendation is are super realism when 97 00:06:01.399 --> 00:06:03.439 it comes to that. I don't think you can do 98 00:06:03.519 --> 00:06:05.399 better than those two things, but I would say the 99 00:06:05.399 --> 00:06:08.560 optimist works probably best in your situation. The other thing 100 00:06:08.680 --> 00:06:11.360 is as far as position. Now that you're free to 101 00:06:11.439 --> 00:06:14.120 do whatever you want to do, the big question is 102 00:06:14.800 --> 00:06:18.000 what's the best viewing angle? And so a sight unseen 103 00:06:18.079 --> 00:06:20.399 for me in the room, I can't make that decision 104 00:06:20.519 --> 00:06:23.079 for you, but I'll tell you this. If you're starting 105 00:06:23.079 --> 00:06:25.279 from scratch again and you're free to put it wherever 106 00:06:25.279 --> 00:06:28.839 you want to put it, then consider where you will 107 00:06:28.879 --> 00:06:31.199 be in the room, what you will be doing, what 108 00:06:31.240 --> 00:06:34.639 you will be looking over, in order to actually see 109 00:06:35.040 --> 00:06:38.639 the fireplace effect. And that's why, quite often, I would 110 00:06:38.680 --> 00:06:41.519 say more than fifty percent of the time, when we're 111 00:06:41.519 --> 00:06:44.480 redoing a fireplace, we will often put the new one 112 00:06:44.560 --> 00:06:48.360 is in elevated up, even in a living room, elevated 113 00:06:48.439 --> 00:06:50.399 up off the floor, so that it can be seen 114 00:06:50.680 --> 00:06:53.759 over the coffee table and take in that and the 115 00:06:53.800 --> 00:06:56.480 TV that you're watching at the same time or in 116 00:06:56.519 --> 00:07:01.839 a bedroom, especially in a bedroom. Fireplaces around the floor 117 00:07:02.120 --> 00:07:05.000 in a bedroom are useless to you when you're in 118 00:07:05.040 --> 00:07:07.360 bed because you can't see them because you're in bed. 119 00:07:07.800 --> 00:07:10.759 But if you raise them up thirty inches or so, 120 00:07:11.160 --> 00:07:14.800 then they're viewable. And in a kitchen as well, if 121 00:07:14.800 --> 00:07:17.040 you're going to be enjoying it from the kid, just 122 00:07:17.160 --> 00:07:22.079 consider sight lines and then place the fireplace in its 123 00:07:22.120 --> 00:07:24.839 optimal viewing positions so that you get the most out 124 00:07:24.839 --> 00:07:25.600 of the work that you do. 125 00:07:26.879 --> 00:07:29.720 Okay, great, Can I ask you one quick question? Like 126 00:07:29.759 --> 00:07:32.439 I said, I'm on a kitchen remodel a house remodel, 127 00:07:32.720 --> 00:07:35.720 and I am trying to decide an island if I 128 00:07:35.759 --> 00:07:37.800 should go curve or straight. 129 00:07:39.319 --> 00:07:40.000 For an island. 130 00:07:40.920 --> 00:07:43.639 For an island, it is going to be kind of 131 00:07:43.639 --> 00:07:46.439 a angled. 132 00:07:46.839 --> 00:07:50.360 It's at a forty five from it's not straight. 133 00:07:50.480 --> 00:07:53.519 I don't have My kitchen is skinny, so I have 134 00:07:53.600 --> 00:07:57.879 to position it kind of awkwardly, so I don't know 135 00:07:57.920 --> 00:08:01.319 whether I should keep the island edge straight or curved 136 00:08:01.759 --> 00:08:02.560 where the CD. 137 00:08:02.560 --> 00:08:07.079 Is well, I'll tell you this that if if we're 138 00:08:07.079 --> 00:08:10.199 talking about if you're talking about the countertop, not the cabinets, 139 00:08:10.480 --> 00:08:15.399 then then then I would be I would free you 140 00:08:15.480 --> 00:08:19.319 to do whatever you think visually and spatially works. Sometimes 141 00:08:19.360 --> 00:08:23.160 that curve can really create flow around it that a 142 00:08:23.240 --> 00:08:27.879 rectangular countertop you know, won't create. Just make sure it's 143 00:08:27.920 --> 00:08:29.480 not getting in the way of anything. If you're going 144 00:08:29.560 --> 00:08:31.519 to curve the cabinets, I would say, don't do that 145 00:08:31.560 --> 00:08:35.000 because it's going to be way too expensive. They can 146 00:08:35.399 --> 00:08:37.240 it could be done, but you don't want to waste 147 00:08:37.240 --> 00:08:40.399 the money of doing that. But curving that upper the 148 00:08:40.679 --> 00:08:43.200 upper counter where people are sitting, you'll not only will 149 00:08:43.240 --> 00:08:45.279 you get more counter space if it works and you 150 00:08:45.360 --> 00:08:48.200 really like that idea, you'll get more counter space, it 151 00:08:48.240 --> 00:08:50.919 sounds like you also get a better flow with it 152 00:08:51.000 --> 00:08:56.080 as well. That again, of course sight unseen. But that's 153 00:08:56.200 --> 00:08:58.720 my best encouragement. I want to I always want to 154 00:08:58.799 --> 00:09:02.080 encourage you guys to reach out, stretch out, and do 155 00:09:02.240 --> 00:09:06.360 bold design and just double and triple check to make 156 00:09:06.399 --> 00:09:09.360 sure that you're not taking it somewhere that you don't 157 00:09:09.360 --> 00:09:11.559 want it to go. Pamela, thank you so much for 158 00:09:11.600 --> 00:09:14.279 the call and for the question. Appreciate you and thanks 159 00:09:14.320 --> 00:09:16.559 for listening to the show. All right, y'all, when we 160 00:09:16.639 --> 00:09:21.519 come back, let's talk more about these fireplaces of ours. 161 00:09:21.960 --> 00:09:25.480 We will do it. Hey, Fie, team Sharp the house Whisper, 162 00:09:26.000 --> 00:09:28.679 thanks for joining us on the program. This morning been 163 00:09:28.720 --> 00:09:30.519 a little bit of an odd morning. We got a 164 00:09:30.559 --> 00:09:34.159 late start simply because of some technical difficulties. So much 165 00:09:34.200 --> 00:09:37.399 I want to tell you about fireplaces. Let's dive back 166 00:09:37.440 --> 00:09:41.320 into that topic here. We've turned the corner into November. 167 00:09:41.879 --> 00:09:46.080 Time to start thinking warm and cozy. But here's the thing. 168 00:09:46.639 --> 00:09:48.600 You live in southern California. You live in the state 169 00:09:48.600 --> 00:09:54.080 of California, and you may or may not know that California, 170 00:09:54.360 --> 00:09:58.600 as far as new construction or major remodels, no new 171 00:09:58.840 --> 00:10:02.639 wood burning fire places, right unless with one exception. There 172 00:10:02.720 --> 00:10:04.639 is one exception, and it's a good one. It's a 173 00:10:04.679 --> 00:10:09.519 good exception that would be in most areas, you can 174 00:10:09.559 --> 00:10:13.840 get by with a wood burning a wood stove or 175 00:10:13.879 --> 00:10:19.159 pellet stove, a pellet stove specifically, now a pellet stove 176 00:10:19.320 --> 00:10:23.000 that's not for cooking food, per se, but it is 177 00:10:23.039 --> 00:10:27.960 a kind of wood burning fireplace that's super efficient, all 178 00:10:28.080 --> 00:10:31.919 enclosed but lovely, and you end up getting this, you know, 179 00:10:31.960 --> 00:10:34.399 it's like a Franklin stove. It's like a pot belly 180 00:10:34.559 --> 00:10:38.879 kind of a stove situation, that type of fireplace sitting 181 00:10:38.919 --> 00:10:42.120 out in a room, which I think is immensely beautiful 182 00:10:42.120 --> 00:10:44.840 and very very efficient and can work with a lot 183 00:10:44.879 --> 00:10:49.840 of classic decor and style as we go. So just 184 00:10:49.919 --> 00:10:52.799 know that. But otherwise, no new word burning fireplace. And 185 00:10:52.840 --> 00:10:55.440 now if you've got a wood burning fireplace, which a 186 00:10:55.440 --> 00:10:58.799 lot of people misunderstand, you know, so let me just clarify. 187 00:11:00.879 --> 00:11:04.320 You may have a masonry fireplace that has a gas 188 00:11:04.399 --> 00:11:06.759 log set sitting in it and has never seen a 189 00:11:06.799 --> 00:11:10.039 piece of wood in its entire life. And I've had, 190 00:11:10.200 --> 00:11:12.120 you know, I've pointed this out to a client. I'm like, oh, 191 00:11:12.159 --> 00:11:13.360 you got a wood burning fireplace? 192 00:11:13.399 --> 00:11:13.759 That are right? 193 00:11:13.840 --> 00:11:16.360 No, No, no, it's gas. It's gas. That's not what 194 00:11:16.399 --> 00:11:20.240 I mean. Okay, h A wood burning fireplace is a 195 00:11:20.759 --> 00:11:25.039 fireplace that was constructed in order to burn wood. Now, 196 00:11:25.919 --> 00:11:29.120 if you don't want to burn wood in that fireplace 197 00:11:29.279 --> 00:11:32.679 and instead you've got a gas line running into it, 198 00:11:32.759 --> 00:11:36.639 either originally to actually for the log lighter for the 199 00:11:36.679 --> 00:11:40.120 wood and now converted into a gas log set, that's great, 200 00:11:40.320 --> 00:11:44.159 that's fantastic, all right, But it still remains a wood 201 00:11:44.159 --> 00:11:47.960 burning fireplace. It's still capable of doing that. When it 202 00:11:48.000 --> 00:11:52.279 comes to prefabricated fireplaces, as we were mentioning before, there 203 00:11:52.360 --> 00:11:59.279 are both gas and wood burning prefabricated fireplaces. Don't assume 204 00:11:59.559 --> 00:12:03.919 just because you've got a gas log set sitting in 205 00:12:03.960 --> 00:12:07.080 there that it can't burn wood. Now, some of them can't, 206 00:12:07.120 --> 00:12:10.600 some of the prefabricateds can't. So the question is how 207 00:12:10.639 --> 00:12:14.240 do we know, Dean, Well, chances are ninety nine percent 208 00:12:14.559 --> 00:12:18.039 if you've got a masonry fireplace or real masonry fireplaces, 209 00:12:18.240 --> 00:12:22.480 it's capable of burning wood. Excuse me, when it comes 210 00:12:22.559 --> 00:12:28.200 to the prefabricated fireplace and you're not sure, don't just 211 00:12:28.559 --> 00:12:31.960 take out that gas set and put in logs, but 212 00:12:32.480 --> 00:12:35.600 call a fireplace company and talk to them about it. 213 00:12:35.639 --> 00:12:38.000 Have a chimney sweep service come out and take a 214 00:12:38.039 --> 00:12:40.960 look at it, analyze it, and they'll be able to 215 00:12:40.960 --> 00:12:45.080 tell you, sorry, I have a little bug in my throat. 216 00:12:45.120 --> 00:12:45.320 Here. 217 00:12:47.360 --> 00:12:50.320 Time for a sip of the coffee. All right. The 218 00:12:50.440 --> 00:12:55.879 fireplace that is acceptable to put in brand new in California, 219 00:12:55.879 --> 00:12:59.720 in the entire state of California, still gas burning what 220 00:12:59.799 --> 00:13:03.919 we can call a direct vent fireplace. And this is 221 00:13:03.960 --> 00:13:06.919 something that a lot of people are not familiar with 222 00:13:06.960 --> 00:13:10.759 and don't understand or just assume is a kind of 223 00:13:10.879 --> 00:13:13.600 decorative thing but doesn't really put out heat or help 224 00:13:13.679 --> 00:13:17.840 the home at all. These things are not true. And 225 00:13:18.399 --> 00:13:20.679 even though eight years ago, I can't believe it's been 226 00:13:20.720 --> 00:13:24.240 that long since we started the show. Eight years ago, 227 00:13:25.120 --> 00:13:28.159 I used to pooh pooh the direct vents because honestly, 228 00:13:28.279 --> 00:13:31.120 they just weren't up to snuff. As far as real 229 00:13:31.279 --> 00:13:35.200 features in a room, that has changed, and I'll tell 230 00:13:35.240 --> 00:13:39.000 you all about it. You're listening to Home with Dean 231 00:13:39.080 --> 00:13:45.399 Sharp on demand from KFI AM six forty, KFI AM 232 00:13:45.440 --> 00:13:50.240 sixty live streaming at HD everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 233 00:13:50.720 --> 00:13:55.480 You have found yourself Home with Dean Sharp, the house Whisper. 234 00:13:55.480 --> 00:13:58.519 Thanks for joining us on the program this morning. So 235 00:13:58.720 --> 00:14:01.559 glad that you are with us. We're talking about fireplaces. 236 00:14:01.600 --> 00:14:05.480 I'm giving you pearls of wisdom about this thing that 237 00:14:05.559 --> 00:14:10.840 has been so iconically central in homes since homes first existed. 238 00:14:10.879 --> 00:14:13.159 In fact, we could make the argument and we would 239 00:14:13.240 --> 00:14:18.080 be correct that fireplaces pre date homes as far as 240 00:14:18.159 --> 00:14:24.639 human dwellings. The discovery of fire, the utilization of fire 241 00:14:25.000 --> 00:14:28.039 that started out as the tribal fire and then became 242 00:14:28.159 --> 00:14:34.000 the source of cooking and gathering and storytelling and eventually 243 00:14:34.120 --> 00:14:39.240 made its way from just outside your little hut to 244 00:14:39.440 --> 00:14:45.399 inside your hut and then literally, for tens of thousands 245 00:14:45.399 --> 00:14:48.559 of years, became the very center of what it means 246 00:14:48.720 --> 00:14:52.080 to have a home. Still these days, we no longer 247 00:14:52.159 --> 00:14:58.440 depend on modern homes on fireplaces to heat our homes everywhere, 248 00:14:58.559 --> 00:15:01.639 in every room, unless you know, I've got a traditional 249 00:15:01.679 --> 00:15:04.240 cabin or something like that going on. But the modern 250 00:15:04.240 --> 00:15:08.519 home has gone past the need for a fireplace if 251 00:15:08.559 --> 00:15:11.200 you don't want a fireplace, And yet most of the 252 00:15:11.480 --> 00:15:15.159 US still have a fireplace in our home. And what 253 00:15:15.200 --> 00:15:16.360 are we going to do with it? And that's what 254 00:15:16.440 --> 00:15:19.799 I'm trying to help you with this morning. Okay. So 255 00:15:20.360 --> 00:15:23.559 I was saying before the break that in the state 256 00:15:23.600 --> 00:15:26.039 of California, and it's not going to be long before 257 00:15:26.080 --> 00:15:29.399 this is, you know, all across our great nation, in 258 00:15:29.440 --> 00:15:33.399 one form or another, wood burning fireplace is because of 259 00:15:34.240 --> 00:15:37.320 what they do and because of smoke and all of 260 00:15:37.360 --> 00:15:41.039 these issues. In California, not a thing that you can 261 00:15:41.039 --> 00:15:45.360 put in a new home or a major remodel. And 262 00:15:45.840 --> 00:15:52.240 also just the standard gas log prefabricated fireplace that I 263 00:15:52.360 --> 00:15:55.360 was telling you about also not a thing that can 264 00:15:55.480 --> 00:15:59.720 happen in California. So if you live in California like 265 00:15:59.799 --> 00:16:04.039 we do, what are your options? Your options are the 266 00:16:04.159 --> 00:16:09.360 direct vent fireplace, a much maligned, partially for its own fault, 267 00:16:10.759 --> 00:16:15.039 and much misunderstood fireplace. So a couple of myths when 268 00:16:15.080 --> 00:16:21.480 it comes to direct vent fireplaces. One is that they 269 00:16:21.559 --> 00:16:24.919 don't burn gas, that they're electric. Not true. These are 270 00:16:25.080 --> 00:16:29.480 gas burning fireplace gas real flames. Okay when they say 271 00:16:29.759 --> 00:16:32.080 when people say, oh, it's not real, well it's as 272 00:16:32.159 --> 00:16:36.200 real as your gas log fireplace that's sitting in your 273 00:16:36.200 --> 00:16:40.919 traditional firebox. So real flames, real flame effect, all of 274 00:16:40.919 --> 00:16:45.399 that eighteen hundred kelvin psychological effects because you've got a 275 00:16:45.399 --> 00:16:48.320 real flame going on there. So not true. These are 276 00:16:48.360 --> 00:16:53.039 gas burning fireplaces. Secondly, another myth is that they don't 277 00:16:53.039 --> 00:16:58.000 put out any heat. Absolutely not true. The fact is 278 00:16:58.039 --> 00:17:02.519 direct vent fireplaces are fall are more heat efficient than 279 00:17:02.799 --> 00:17:07.480 traditional fireplace. Is way way more heat efficient a wood fireplace, 280 00:17:07.519 --> 00:17:11.759 traditional wood fireplace as far as energy efficiency, and that 281 00:17:11.880 --> 00:17:16.480 means the amount of fuel that's being consumed and the 282 00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:20.680 heat that's being produced there getting into the room ten percent, Yeah, 283 00:17:21.079 --> 00:17:25.079 massively inefficient. Most of that heat is going up the 284 00:17:25.160 --> 00:17:29.720 chimney right out of the house. Okay, gas fireplaces in 285 00:17:29.759 --> 00:17:32.400 a traditional fireplace setting, if you put a gas log 286 00:17:32.440 --> 00:17:36.039 set in with ceramic, good ceramic logs, that's a vast 287 00:17:36.079 --> 00:17:39.720 improvement that gets you up to about fifty percent efficiency 288 00:17:39.880 --> 00:17:45.799 for fuel versus your heating ability. But a direct vent fireplace, 289 00:17:45.839 --> 00:17:51.759 because it's a sealed, enclosed, engineered system, ninety percent plus 290 00:17:51.839 --> 00:17:56.319 efficiency on most direct vent fireplaces. And so yes, there's 291 00:17:56.359 --> 00:17:59.160 a glass front on a direct vent fireplace, but that 292 00:17:59.279 --> 00:18:03.000 creates a heat chamber inside that then radiates through that 293 00:18:03.160 --> 00:18:08.240 glass into the room. Most direct vent fireplaces blow traditional 294 00:18:08.279 --> 00:18:12.799 fireplaces away as far as their cozy heating factor. In fact, 295 00:18:12.920 --> 00:18:15.559 many of them are designed in such a way that 296 00:18:15.880 --> 00:18:18.640 there are additional fans and venting that gives you the 297 00:18:18.680 --> 00:18:22.599 option of not having too much heat going into the room, 298 00:18:23.000 --> 00:18:26.960 so we blow that heat off up the chimney and 299 00:18:27.200 --> 00:18:31.960 or out other vents that are controlled and dampered, so 300 00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:33.880 you can control how much heat is coming into the 301 00:18:33.920 --> 00:18:35.839 room and how much of it is actually coming out 302 00:18:35.880 --> 00:18:40.400 of the firebox itself directly. So a total myth that 303 00:18:40.440 --> 00:18:44.519 direct vent fireplates don't provide sufficient heat for a room. 304 00:18:44.599 --> 00:18:47.240 Most of them provide a lot of it, more than 305 00:18:47.319 --> 00:18:52.599 a traditional and then only this is the last myth, 306 00:18:52.680 --> 00:18:55.720 maybe the most important one to blow up, is that 307 00:18:55.799 --> 00:18:59.519 they only come in these ultra modern long linear flame 308 00:18:59.680 --> 00:19:02.920 with a mirror background and fire glass at the bottom 309 00:19:02.960 --> 00:19:06.000 and fancy lights, and that's the only kind you can get. 310 00:19:06.039 --> 00:19:09.599 And that used to be the case. But it's been 311 00:19:09.640 --> 00:19:11.839 a long time since that has not been the case. 312 00:19:11.880 --> 00:19:15.119 They have improved massively. Like I said before the break, 313 00:19:16.359 --> 00:19:21.839 you know, I when when California made the law saying, hey, 314 00:19:21.920 --> 00:19:24.400 we can only put in direct vent fireplaces, I was 315 00:19:25.079 --> 00:19:29.519 sad and dismayed, not from the concept behind it, but 316 00:19:29.759 --> 00:19:33.200 just the fact that that I hate it when when 317 00:19:33.920 --> 00:19:37.400 bureaucracy stepped forward with a thing when the technology isn't 318 00:19:37.440 --> 00:19:41.680 there to actually accommodate it, and they then direct vent 319 00:19:41.759 --> 00:19:46.000 fireplaces back then just weren't there. They were just not good, 320 00:19:46.720 --> 00:19:50.920 mediocre at best. But nowadays, nowadays, I'm happy to put 321 00:19:50.920 --> 00:19:53.359 them in. Now, you got to understand, there's still a 322 00:19:53.400 --> 00:19:56.519 lot of mediocre ones out there, a lot of them 323 00:19:56.759 --> 00:20:00.359 out there, okay, that are just like you know, and 324 00:20:00.400 --> 00:20:02.480 still charging you a lot of money for them. So 325 00:20:02.920 --> 00:20:07.519 you gotta shop this carefully. You got to really scrutinize them. 326 00:20:08.640 --> 00:20:12.640 Don't just look at the photo of the flame that 327 00:20:12.680 --> 00:20:15.880 they've show you on their catalog pages, because those things 328 00:20:15.920 --> 00:20:18.720 aren't accurate at all. You want to see video of 329 00:20:18.759 --> 00:20:23.880 these fireplaces grunning, and ideally you want to get somewhere 330 00:20:23.920 --> 00:20:27.000 where you can see it firsthand for yourself. Okay, but 331 00:20:27.759 --> 00:20:31.799 they have improved massively. You don't have to have the 332 00:20:31.839 --> 00:20:34.559 long linear ones, although these are super cool. By the way, 333 00:20:34.640 --> 00:20:38.000 if you do have a contemporary vibe. We can now 334 00:20:38.039 --> 00:20:42.000 put in a fireplace in a home or anywhere, a 335 00:20:42.039 --> 00:20:45.000 linear fireplace that can be anywhere from twenty four inches 336 00:20:45.079 --> 00:20:48.839 long to twenty four feet long. I mean, it's amazing 337 00:20:48.920 --> 00:20:53.160 what we can do with these fireplaces. But what about 338 00:20:53.400 --> 00:20:56.440 the traditional look. Well, one of the big problems before 339 00:20:56.640 --> 00:20:59.200 was the fact that the flames were low and they 340 00:20:59.240 --> 00:21:01.319 were just sitt there at the bottom, and the log 341 00:21:01.359 --> 00:21:04.720 sets look very plastic. Not Now there are some great 342 00:21:04.759 --> 00:21:07.079 brands out there. I want to check out Flair. Go 343 00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:12.519 to Flare, Okay, one of my favorite directvent manufacturers right now. Flair. 344 00:21:12.759 --> 00:21:15.000 I think I don't know if it's Flairfireplace dot com 345 00:21:15.079 --> 00:21:18.920 or just Flare, but look that up. Flare fireplaces, and 346 00:21:19.119 --> 00:21:23.480 look for the gas log set in which the gas 347 00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:27.480 lines are actually run inside the logs and the flames 348 00:21:27.519 --> 00:21:32.279 emit from the log So talk about uber hyper realistic, 349 00:21:32.400 --> 00:21:35.319 more realistic than your gas log set that's sitting in 350 00:21:35.359 --> 00:21:37.880 your traditional one where the gases the flames are coming 351 00:21:37.920 --> 00:21:41.160 out from the bottom and just lick around the logs. No, 352 00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:45.519 these logs are quote unquote on fire and that allows 353 00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:48.039 the flame to be lifted up in the firebox and 354 00:21:48.119 --> 00:21:51.599 for a beautiful, beautiful presentation. And this is the way 355 00:21:51.640 --> 00:21:53.920 of things. But you got to shop it carefully and 356 00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:54.839 find the right ones. 357 00:21:54.880 --> 00:21:55.240 All right. 358 00:21:55.480 --> 00:21:57.759 I've got a few more thoughts for you. Don't go 359 00:21:57.880 --> 00:22:02.640 anywhere more on your place. When we return your home 360 00:22:02.680 --> 00:22:07.160 with Dean Sharp, the house Whisper. Can't buy Sharp the 361 00:22:07.160 --> 00:22:10.079 house Whisper. Welcome home. Here we are at the end 362 00:22:10.079 --> 00:22:14.000 of another two hours together. Can't believe it goes by 363 00:22:14.119 --> 00:22:17.559 so quickly, right, Ugh, I hope you've got a great 364 00:22:17.599 --> 00:22:19.559 day planned. It's going to be a beautiful day here 365 00:22:19.599 --> 00:22:23.440 in southern California. I hope it's lovely wherever you are 366 00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:25.960 in this great nation of ours. Just to remind you 367 00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:29.400 a couple of things. Number one Tomorrow Tomorrow, the big show. 368 00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:32.920 From nine to noon, we're gonna be talking about decoor 369 00:22:33.160 --> 00:22:39.440 details in your house, details that matter, how much details matter. 370 00:22:39.720 --> 00:22:43.680 And this is great for everybody. Why because you know 371 00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:46.680 what they do matter and sometimes they make all the 372 00:22:46.680 --> 00:22:49.680 difference in the world. And the cool thing about details 373 00:22:49.799 --> 00:22:53.880 mattering so much is that they usually don't cost that much, 374 00:22:53.920 --> 00:22:55.839 So if you do them right, you can get a 375 00:22:55.880 --> 00:22:58.640 big bang for a little buck along the way. So 376 00:22:58.880 --> 00:23:02.000 that's tomorrow's show. Don't miss it. Details that Matter from 377 00:23:02.119 --> 00:23:05.640 nine to noon, live right here tomorrow. Also, just to 378 00:23:05.680 --> 00:23:08.960 remind you, we've got a video that made this morning. 379 00:23:09.079 --> 00:23:11.480 Just threw it up onto our social media. It's there 380 00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:13.839 for those of those of you who follow us on 381 00:23:13.880 --> 00:23:15.960 social media, and if you don't, you should go do 382 00:23:16.079 --> 00:23:23.240 it right now anywhere well, Instagram, Facebook, x, TikTok it's 383 00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:26.759 on all of them. Home with Dean. While you're there, 384 00:23:26.839 --> 00:23:30.920 follow us, share the video. It's fun. It's four secrets 385 00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:35.920 the house whispers. Four secrets to a great gas log fireplace, 386 00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:38.000 and that, of course, is what we've been talking about 387 00:23:38.640 --> 00:23:43.079 this morning. One last reminder to you, set the clocks 388 00:23:43.079 --> 00:23:45.480 to fall back tonight if they don't just automatically do 389 00:23:45.559 --> 00:23:48.160 it digitally like half of them do in our house. 390 00:23:48.200 --> 00:23:51.440 Now tonight, we're falling back an hour. You get an 391 00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:54.519 extra hour sleep, and it'll be a little lighter tomorrow 392 00:23:54.519 --> 00:23:57.519 morning than it was today, which you know, I have 393 00:23:57.559 --> 00:24:02.000 mixed feelings about. So there you go. Anyway, last couple 394 00:24:02.039 --> 00:24:05.119 of thoughts on fireplaces for you today before we're out 395 00:24:05.119 --> 00:24:08.359 of here. Number one. Uh, if you've got a masonry 396 00:24:08.359 --> 00:24:11.640 fireplace and you you you're now inspired, You're like, you 397 00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:13.839 know what, Let's let's get that thing going again. Let's 398 00:24:14.359 --> 00:24:16.279 maybe we're not going to burn wood, but let's get 399 00:24:16.319 --> 00:24:18.920 a good gas log set like Dean said, and uh, 400 00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:22.400 and get it up and running again if it hasn't 401 00:24:22.400 --> 00:24:24.599