WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.480 --> 00:00:04.040 KFI AM six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp The 2 00:00:04.080 --> 00:00:09.880 House Whisper on demand on the iHeart Radio app. I 3 00:00:10.000 --> 00:00:14.080 am I Am for forty and live bringing in h 4 00:00:14.240 --> 00:00:20.879 D everywhere on the iHeart Radio app. Welcome home, my friend. 5 00:00:21.000 --> 00:00:25.679 I am Dean Sharp, the House Whisper. I design customer homes, 6 00:00:25.679 --> 00:00:29.120 I build custom homes, and I am your guide most 7 00:00:29.160 --> 00:00:33.880 importantly today to better understand that place where you live. 8 00:00:34.000 --> 00:00:37.520 It is just a few minutes after six o'clock here 9 00:00:37.799 --> 00:00:43.280 on this first Saturday of twenty twenty five. Happy New 10 00:00:43.359 --> 00:00:46.640 year to you. Today on the show, we're going to 11 00:00:46.679 --> 00:00:50.399 start out the year this weekend with something very basic, 12 00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:54.280 something very important. You have a home. You want to 13 00:00:54.320 --> 00:00:57.000 take care of your home. You need tools, and so 14 00:00:57.240 --> 00:01:01.079 we are going to be talking essential homeowner tools. No, 15 00:01:01.240 --> 00:01:05.079 not just a list. Anybody could just throw together a list, 16 00:01:05.359 --> 00:01:07.959 but I'm gonna explain to you not only the kind 17 00:01:07.959 --> 00:01:10.359 of tool that you should have at your beck and 18 00:01:10.519 --> 00:01:13.359 call ready to take care of your home, but why 19 00:01:13.840 --> 00:01:17.120 and specifically the kind of tool that you're looking for 20 00:01:17.280 --> 00:01:20.400 in each category. It's gonna be fun. You're gonna learn 21 00:01:20.439 --> 00:01:24.680 things about tools that you never knew and all along 22 00:01:24.680 --> 00:01:28.959 the way, we're gonna equip you for a successful maintaining 23 00:01:29.120 --> 00:01:33.480 and caring for your home of twenty twenty five. Let 24 00:01:33.480 --> 00:01:37.599 me introduce you to our awesome team. Sam Is on 25 00:01:37.640 --> 00:01:42.280 the board. Good morning, Hold, good morning, Dean. How's it going. 26 00:01:43.319 --> 00:01:45.920 It's going good, It's going good. I'm still trying to 27 00:01:45.920 --> 00:01:47.920 figure out a couple of things here this morning for 28 00:01:48.040 --> 00:01:50.200 twenty twenty five, but we're gonna get it worked out. 29 00:01:50.319 --> 00:01:53.680 And I am glad you're here, my friend. Right New Year, 30 00:01:54.239 --> 00:01:57.519 I hope you guys had a wonderful New Year. We 31 00:01:57.200 --> 00:02:00.000 we did, We did. It was it was pretty solid. 32 00:02:00.920 --> 00:02:03.840 I was sad to see it go, although you know, 33 00:02:03.879 --> 00:02:06.439 I'm ready. I'm ready. I'm ready to get back to work. 34 00:02:07.359 --> 00:02:09.800 But yeah, we had a good time. All the holidays 35 00:02:10.919 --> 00:02:14.520 as a whole were surprisingly good, given the fact that 36 00:02:14.560 --> 00:02:18.159 Tina had unexpected surgery at the outset of the holidays 37 00:02:18.199 --> 00:02:21.599 and she's been recovering. But you know what, she's doing 38 00:02:21.639 --> 00:02:27.280 really really good. My buddy. Eileen Gonzalez on the board, 39 00:02:27.520 --> 00:02:32.240 Good morning, Eileen, Good morning Dean. Happy New Year. How 40 00:02:32.280 --> 00:02:34.000 are things going for you good. 41 00:02:34.039 --> 00:02:37.039 I'm enjoying my morning tea. Actually I accidentally got one 42 00:02:37.039 --> 00:02:40.520 with caffeine in it, So I don't know what's going 43 00:02:40.599 --> 00:02:41.120 to happen here. 44 00:02:44.840 --> 00:02:47.879 I accidentally got one with drugs in it. That's the thing. 45 00:02:48.759 --> 00:02:53.400 Did you ever see that Seinfeld where Jerry drank Morning 46 00:02:53.400 --> 00:02:55.280 Thunder and he didn't know it had caffeine in it. 47 00:02:55.719 --> 00:02:57.879 I think I remember that one. Yeah, yeah, kind I 48 00:02:57.879 --> 00:03:00.680 think that's what's happening today. All right, well, very very good, 49 00:03:00.879 --> 00:03:03.919 very good. I'm glad that you are here. Uh. Producer 50 00:03:04.039 --> 00:03:07.599 Richie is also here with us. Of course he is 51 00:03:07.719 --> 00:03:10.240 busy opening up the phone lines right now, but we 52 00:03:10.280 --> 00:03:14.280 are glad Richie is with us as well. That reminds 53 00:03:14.280 --> 00:03:16.960 me I should give you the number. Of course, we're 54 00:03:16.960 --> 00:03:18.759 going to be taking calls this morning, if you're up 55 00:03:18.759 --> 00:03:21.039 for it. I am two. The number to reach me 56 00:03:21.240 --> 00:03:24.599 eight three three two. Ask Dean A three three the 57 00:03:24.719 --> 00:03:30.319 numeral two Ask Dean A three three to ask Dean. 58 00:03:30.520 --> 00:03:33.680 I think are they are you? Yeah? I think the 59 00:03:33.719 --> 00:03:37.479 phone lines are open now, and so uh go ahead 60 00:03:37.520 --> 00:03:40.000 give me a call, jump into the queue. You and 61 00:03:40.039 --> 00:03:41.919 I can put our heads together. Whatever it's got you 62 00:03:41.960 --> 00:03:46.120 scratching your head about your home design construction DIY. You 63 00:03:46.240 --> 00:03:48.759 set the agenda when it comes to calls, So give 64 00:03:48.759 --> 00:03:51.039 me a call. Let's talk about what's going on with 65 00:03:51.120 --> 00:03:55.439 your home today? Eight three three two, Ask Dean, A 66 00:03:55.560 --> 00:04:00.000 three three the numeral two, Ask Dean sitting cross the table, 67 00:04:00.080 --> 00:04:04.879 well from me, as always, my better half, as always, 68 00:04:05.039 --> 00:04:09.520 my design partner, co owner, co founder of House Whisper, 69 00:04:09.639 --> 00:04:13.879 and my best friend in all the world. Tina is here. 70 00:04:14.599 --> 00:04:20.120 Welcome home. How you doing good? Yeah? Tired? Sure? Why 71 00:04:20.439 --> 00:04:21.439 why are you so tired? 72 00:04:24.879 --> 00:04:25.079 See? 73 00:04:25.079 --> 00:04:31.519 I had to clear my throat. Excuse me? We replate? 74 00:04:31.839 --> 00:04:35.199 Were we more? We didn't go to bed till this morning? 75 00:04:35.319 --> 00:04:39.600 More appropriately, we were up early, very early today. Look 76 00:04:39.639 --> 00:04:43.240 at us, Look at us partying? I know what is it? 77 00:04:43.319 --> 00:04:47.519 New Year's Eve? What's happening? Yeah? Yeah, we're a little 78 00:04:47.600 --> 00:04:50.720 Uh does it sound like we're low e? I don't 79 00:04:50.720 --> 00:04:52.319 think I'm low e at the moment. 80 00:04:53.079 --> 00:04:54.759 I think we're going to be fine through the show 81 00:04:54.800 --> 00:04:55.920 and then we're going to pass out. 82 00:04:56.079 --> 00:04:59.040 At eight fifteen this morning, I may not be able 83 00:04:59.040 --> 00:05:00.519 to get out of this chair. I'm just going to 84 00:05:00.639 --> 00:05:04.160 collapse over the console and that's it. They'll have to 85 00:05:04.199 --> 00:05:08.279 drag me off. But you know what, until then, I'm 86 00:05:08.279 --> 00:05:11.560 in it to win it, all right, y'all, let's talk 87 00:05:11.639 --> 00:05:15.360 tools this morning, shall we. I think that's a good idea, 88 00:05:15.680 --> 00:05:17.680 is starting with well, you know, and it's going to 89 00:05:17.720 --> 00:05:22.800 be of course, from my perspective of decades of doing 90 00:05:22.959 --> 00:05:26.120 just this kind of thing, not only being a homeowner, 91 00:05:26.439 --> 00:05:32.920 but building homes, designing homes, my approach to tools is 92 00:05:32.959 --> 00:05:36.000 going to be different, so different than a lot of 93 00:05:36.040 --> 00:05:39.199 your typical just DIY list because I want to explain 94 00:05:39.240 --> 00:05:41.720 to you why these are the tools that should be 95 00:05:41.759 --> 00:05:43.879 in your toolbox. And Neil, we're going to start with this. 96 00:05:44.600 --> 00:05:48.519 Should you even have a toolbox? Yeah? I'm serious about that. 97 00:05:48.959 --> 00:05:54.720 Do you need a toolbox? We will hit that one first. Up. Hi, 98 00:05:56.519 --> 00:06:00.759 Keam Sharp the house whisperer. Hey, whether you're home is 99 00:06:00.759 --> 00:06:04.079 a condo, a cottage, a castle, doesn't matter. I am 100 00:06:04.120 --> 00:06:07.199 here to help you take it to the next level. 101 00:06:07.920 --> 00:06:08.160 Uh. 102 00:06:08.319 --> 00:06:10.639 Here to help you with the design of your home. 103 00:06:10.839 --> 00:06:13.000 Here to help you with the functionality of your home. 104 00:06:13.240 --> 00:06:15.439 Here to help you with the nuts and bolts of 105 00:06:15.480 --> 00:06:18.319 your home. And this weekend, I'm here to help you 106 00:06:18.360 --> 00:06:21.319 with the tools that make the maintenance of your home 107 00:06:21.720 --> 00:06:24.720 that much easier. Also here to take your calls. We're 108 00:06:24.759 --> 00:06:26.439 going to be going to the phones as we do 109 00:06:26.600 --> 00:06:28.800 in just a bit. The number to reach me eight 110 00:06:28.879 --> 00:06:32.959 three three two, ask Dean eight three three, the numeral 111 00:06:33.000 --> 00:06:37.839 to ask Dean eight three three to ask Dean. It's 112 00:06:38.040 --> 00:06:41.160 just that simple, Producer Richie standing by. Phone lines are 113 00:06:41.199 --> 00:06:45.959 open now, all right, let's dive in right before the break. 114 00:06:46.120 --> 00:06:48.959 I tease you just a bit. The very first thing 115 00:06:49.079 --> 00:06:52.360 that we're going to discuss in regards to essential homeowner 116 00:06:52.519 --> 00:06:56.839 tools or the essential homeowner toolkit for your house in 117 00:06:56.920 --> 00:07:01.560 twenty twenty five is the toolbox, whether or not you 118 00:07:01.600 --> 00:07:05.079 should even have a toolbox. And you're like, wait, of 119 00:07:05.120 --> 00:07:07.720 course we should have a toolbox. Where am I gonna 120 00:07:07.759 --> 00:07:10.120 put my tools? Well, of course there are those of you, 121 00:07:10.439 --> 00:07:13.160 and you know, if you're one of these people, then 122 00:07:13.199 --> 00:07:16.319 you don't really need to have the toolbox advice. There 123 00:07:16.319 --> 00:07:19.360 are those of you who love, you know, a good 124 00:07:19.560 --> 00:07:23.480 garage workshop, or you've got a shed that you've got 125 00:07:23.680 --> 00:07:26.439 rigged up set up where you've got peg board or 126 00:07:26.480 --> 00:07:31.439 other kinds of you know, tool display and storage stuff. 127 00:07:31.800 --> 00:07:36.959 This this bit of advice is actually still for you, 128 00:07:37.199 --> 00:07:42.959 just not in the overall storage sense of the word. 129 00:07:43.000 --> 00:07:45.759 But what I'm really speaking to is the average homeowner 130 00:07:46.160 --> 00:07:50.600 who has been you know, has a drawer of a 131 00:07:50.639 --> 00:07:52.680 few items, or if you go out into the garage, 132 00:07:52.680 --> 00:07:54.839 we're like, where are the tools? I was like, well, 133 00:07:55.519 --> 00:07:58.199 I have this old screwdriver here and I have it. Yeah, 134 00:07:58.600 --> 00:08:02.439 this is for you especially, And my advice is very 135 00:08:02.480 --> 00:08:07.319 simply this, I think, and all the big box stores 136 00:08:07.319 --> 00:08:09.759 are going to hate me for this, but it is 137 00:08:09.839 --> 00:08:13.920 my opinion that by and large, the average home owner 138 00:08:13.920 --> 00:08:17.480 does not need to go out and buy into a toolbox. 139 00:08:17.480 --> 00:08:22.800 And I'll tell you why. Toolboxes with their locking lids 140 00:08:22.879 --> 00:08:26.600 and all of that kind of stuff are really, really 141 00:08:26.639 --> 00:08:33.200 truly designed initially originally for a tradesman, for contractors, for 142 00:08:33.279 --> 00:08:39.480 builders who are taking tools and transporting them. Okay, hence 143 00:08:39.600 --> 00:08:43.480 an enclosed top toolbox, which, if you think about it 144 00:08:44.440 --> 00:08:47.360 in terms of around the house projects, why am I 145 00:08:47.440 --> 00:08:51.320 lugging this toolbox around? Or not lugging it around because 146 00:08:51.360 --> 00:08:54.240 it's too big and I've got to keep it, you know, 147 00:08:55.039 --> 00:08:58.000 in the garage and I just carry you know, a 148 00:08:58.039 --> 00:09:00.320 handful of tools to wherever it is and the house 149 00:09:00.320 --> 00:09:03.519 that I'm actually working on a thing, when it could 150 00:09:03.519 --> 00:09:06.679 all be very very a lot easier and a lot 151 00:09:06.759 --> 00:09:13.759 less expensive. I love a good bucket. Quite a few 152 00:09:13.840 --> 00:09:18.159 years ago, Bucket Boss the company came out with this 153 00:09:18.399 --> 00:09:21.919 wonderful concept of taking a five gallon bucket, you know, 154 00:09:21.960 --> 00:09:24.960 which is you know, the best buckets out there. Essentially 155 00:09:25.639 --> 00:09:27.679 the way they're building, you know, the five gallon bucket 156 00:09:27.720 --> 00:09:30.919 is the large bucket that you find in the aisles 157 00:09:31.000 --> 00:09:36.240 at the big box store, at the hardware store, metal 158 00:09:36.320 --> 00:09:41.679 handle with the plastic roller grip and the top great 159 00:09:41.720 --> 00:09:47.720 strong three dollars ninety five cents. Okay, now I'm not 160 00:09:47.840 --> 00:09:50.440 abandoning you just to that bucket. Because you get one 161 00:09:50.440 --> 00:09:53.720 of those five gallon buckets and you slide into it. 162 00:09:53.799 --> 00:09:59.320 Something that these these range in price anywhere from the 163 00:09:59.360 --> 00:10:02.679 mid twenty tease to up to sixty dollars or so, 164 00:10:02.799 --> 00:10:07.480 but most most fall in about the thirty ish dollar category, 165 00:10:07.480 --> 00:10:12.000 and that is a bucket organizer. A good bucket organizer 166 00:10:12.080 --> 00:10:15.039 is made out of like a heavy duty Cordura material. 167 00:10:15.559 --> 00:10:20.200 It slides in like a perfectly tailored piece of clothing 168 00:10:20.399 --> 00:10:23.919 onto that five gallon bucket, and it holds on the 169 00:10:23.960 --> 00:10:26.720 outside of the bucket and on the inside of the 170 00:10:26.759 --> 00:10:30.600 bucket up a number of tools because it has a 171 00:10:30.679 --> 00:10:34.440 number of open pockets. Now, a five gallon bucket. You 172 00:10:34.480 --> 00:10:38.120 could even make the argument that handled correctly, you can 173 00:10:38.120 --> 00:10:40.240 throw that in the back of a truck or a 174 00:10:40.320 --> 00:10:43.039 vehicle and take it to a location. But of course, 175 00:10:43.080 --> 00:10:45.240 you know, if it tipped over and spilled, then things 176 00:10:45.240 --> 00:10:49.399 are can flying out. But generally speaking, the average homeowner 177 00:10:49.559 --> 00:10:55.159 or what we're talking today again, the essential homeowner toolkit, right, 178 00:10:55.240 --> 00:10:57.279 I don't want to get any emails from you saying 179 00:10:57.519 --> 00:10:59.840 you'll left out this, you'll left out that. This is 180 00:10:59.879 --> 00:11:06.960 the essential homeowner toolkits what I call a reactive toolkit, Okay, 181 00:11:07.440 --> 00:11:11.600 not a creative toolkit, all right. Creative tools means, oh, 182 00:11:11.639 --> 00:11:14.000 I've got a project, I'm gonna build something. All right, 183 00:11:14.879 --> 00:11:18.399 You're not gonna find like a circular saw discussed on 184 00:11:18.600 --> 00:11:23.600 our Essential Homeowner Toolkit list, because that's let's build something. 185 00:11:24.240 --> 00:11:27.600 This toolkit here is for all of you who just 186 00:11:27.720 --> 00:11:30.399 really want to know what tools should I have standing 187 00:11:30.480 --> 00:11:33.639 by for when things go wrong, when things get a 188 00:11:33.639 --> 00:11:36.519 little wonky, when I've got to fix or tighten or 189 00:11:36.559 --> 00:11:39.200 adjust or whatever the case may be. This is a 190 00:11:39.240 --> 00:11:45.639 reactive toolkit. And those reactive tools, the thirty plus tools 191 00:11:45.639 --> 00:11:48.279 that we're going to be discussing this weekend, they can 192 00:11:48.360 --> 00:11:54.279 all fit inside a single, well organized five gallon bucket 193 00:11:54.279 --> 00:11:57.919 with a good bucket organizer in play. And the cool 194 00:11:57.960 --> 00:12:00.720 thing about it is that even after these tools are 195 00:12:00.759 --> 00:12:03.320 all in place, you've still got space in the bucket 196 00:12:03.399 --> 00:12:05.679 for the screws or the nails, or the nuts and 197 00:12:05.720 --> 00:12:07.440 the bolts that you had to get to the hardware 198 00:12:07.440 --> 00:12:10.679 store to fix the thing. And you simply pick it 199 00:12:10.799 --> 00:12:14.000 up and carry it right to the location where you're 200 00:12:14.039 --> 00:12:17.279 doing the work, and then when it's done, it sits 201 00:12:17.360 --> 00:12:20.679 back in the garage again. So now do I have 202 00:12:20.720 --> 00:12:23.960 anything against toolboxes? No, you want to go for it, 203 00:12:24.320 --> 00:12:28.679 go for it. All I'm telling you is truly, truly, 204 00:12:29.200 --> 00:12:31.919 I'm not one of those guys who are so deep 205 00:12:32.120 --> 00:12:39.440 into you know, this, this whole genre that that I'm 206 00:12:39.440 --> 00:12:41.480 going to tell you where you're gonna have to get, 207 00:12:41.720 --> 00:12:43.840 you know, a two hundred and fifty dollars set up 208 00:12:43.919 --> 00:12:45.960 like this, this that you know and shame you for 209 00:12:46.120 --> 00:12:50.960 not having somehow a pro grade tool organization system. I'm 210 00:12:51.000 --> 00:12:56.279 telling you from from decades of experience that even around 211 00:12:56.320 --> 00:12:59.120 here at my place, the thing that is most likely 212 00:12:59.200 --> 00:13:01.799 to make its trip across the yard or down the 213 00:13:01.840 --> 00:13:05.639 hallway in my house is a bucket with a few 214 00:13:06.000 --> 00:13:10.000 items in it in order to get any particular task done. 215 00:13:10.159 --> 00:13:14.480 This is gonna get you through the five gallon bucket 216 00:13:14.559 --> 00:13:18.720 with the bucket organizer. I like the idea of having 217 00:13:18.759 --> 00:13:22.679 two of them for storage and one of them standing empty, 218 00:13:23.200 --> 00:13:26.279 ready to load up for a project or whatever the 219 00:13:26.320 --> 00:13:30.080 case may be. That will get you through. All Right, 220 00:13:30.559 --> 00:13:34.000 what's next? How about just the most classic tool of all, 221 00:13:34.519 --> 00:13:37.600 the hammer. But I want you to buy the right hammer. 222 00:13:37.720 --> 00:13:41.559 We'll figure that out. You're listening to Home with Dean 223 00:13:41.600 --> 00:13:46.919 Sharp on demand from KFI AM six forty, heym I 224 00:13:47.600 --> 00:13:51.720 AM six forty live streaming in HD everywhere on the 225 00:13:51.840 --> 00:13:55.440 iHeart Radio app. Dean Sharp the House whisper with you 226 00:13:55.919 --> 00:13:59.639 on this first Saturday morning of twenty twenty five. Yeah, 227 00:13:59.679 --> 00:14:03.519 we're We're up. You and I we are up. We're 228 00:14:03.559 --> 00:14:08.879 at it, We are awake, ish and we're getting it done. 229 00:14:08.960 --> 00:14:12.559 Looking forward to the spending the year with you, talking 230 00:14:12.559 --> 00:14:16.519 about all sorts of things regarding your home. Today, we're 231 00:14:16.559 --> 00:14:22.200 starting out essential tools, reactive tools. What does that mean? 232 00:14:22.360 --> 00:14:25.519 Reactive tool? It means if you drop water on them, 233 00:14:25.519 --> 00:14:27.840 will they turn into a dinosaur? No? No, no, no. 234 00:14:28.200 --> 00:14:32.799 A reactive tool is a category of tools that, you know, 235 00:14:33.159 --> 00:14:36.480 a tool set that we've put together in order to 236 00:14:36.519 --> 00:14:38.879 be there in case something goes wrong with the house. 237 00:14:38.919 --> 00:14:41.919 That's a totally different set than if you've got a project, 238 00:14:41.960 --> 00:14:44.639 a building project. Well it's not a totally different set, 239 00:14:44.639 --> 00:14:47.320 but it's a different set then if you've got a 240 00:14:47.320 --> 00:14:52.000 building project, and then we're actually creating something as opposed 241 00:14:52.039 --> 00:14:55.159 to reacting to something that's gone wrong with the house. 242 00:14:55.240 --> 00:14:59.279 This is your essential take care of the house toolkit 243 00:14:59.360 --> 00:15:01.159 for you. And believe me, once you put a set 244 00:15:01.200 --> 00:15:03.159 like this together, it's going to be your go to. 245 00:15:03.200 --> 00:15:06.600 You're gonna go to these tools, this little set far 246 00:15:06.720 --> 00:15:10.039 more often than use anything else along the way. Even 247 00:15:10.120 --> 00:15:13.480 if you're a tool officionado and you know, and you 248 00:15:13.840 --> 00:15:18.639 pride yourself on having thousands of dollars of tools, especially 249 00:15:18.679 --> 00:15:21.720 you guys, you guys should know that this little set 250 00:15:21.759 --> 00:15:25.480 of tools is essentially the go to for most things. 251 00:15:25.559 --> 00:15:28.679 And that's what we're stepping through this weekend. Uh, we're 252 00:15:28.720 --> 00:15:30.360 also going to be going to the phones in just 253 00:15:30.399 --> 00:15:32.840 a bit. The number to reach me eight three three 254 00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:37.000 two Ask Dean eight three three The numeral to ask Dean. 255 00:15:37.080 --> 00:15:41.279 Producer Richie is standing by ready to tell you what 256 00:15:41.320 --> 00:15:42.960 you need to know and pop you into the queue 257 00:15:42.960 --> 00:15:47.360 anything that's going on with your house. All right, So 258 00:15:47.559 --> 00:15:52.720 we've covered the idea of a basic but super super 259 00:15:52.879 --> 00:15:57.759 effective tool organization system or toolbox, not the toolbox, but 260 00:15:57.840 --> 00:16:01.799 the tool bucket. And now of course we have to 261 00:16:01.799 --> 00:16:07.440 talk about the quintessential tool, the quintessential tool that actually 262 00:16:07.480 --> 00:16:10.360 these days doesn't get used as often as as it 263 00:16:10.440 --> 00:16:14.279 used to, but still clearly, I mean, this is the 264 00:16:14.440 --> 00:16:17.519 universal thing. If you put tool into your phone, you 265 00:16:17.559 --> 00:16:21.080 want a tool emoji, what's gonna come up? Yep, I 266 00:16:21.240 --> 00:16:25.360 hammer an image of a hammer. You know, chances are 267 00:16:25.799 --> 00:16:28.879 if you're a contractor builder, you know you're gonna have 268 00:16:28.879 --> 00:16:32.240 an image an icon on your business card or your 269 00:16:32.320 --> 00:16:36.279 letterhead and there's probably a hammer involved. It's just the 270 00:16:36.360 --> 00:16:42.919 classic carpentry tool. So the world of hammers is pretty cray. 271 00:16:43.279 --> 00:16:46.399 I mean it really is. It's pretty insane as far 272 00:16:46.519 --> 00:16:50.559 as all of the variations of hammers out there. So 273 00:16:50.639 --> 00:16:53.960 let me just cut through it for you as a homeowner. 274 00:16:54.519 --> 00:16:58.559 As a homeowner, what are we looking for. Let me 275 00:16:58.639 --> 00:17:03.879 cut to the chase. Look for a hammer that is 276 00:17:04.000 --> 00:17:09.759 somewhere in the twelve to sixteen ounce category. All right, 277 00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:16.319 pref preferably, I'm thinking about a fourteen ounce hammer. Okay, 278 00:17:16.640 --> 00:17:19.279 twelve is a little light, it really is. It's a 279 00:17:19.279 --> 00:17:23.920 little light for everybody. Sixteen is starting these days to 280 00:17:24.079 --> 00:17:29.319 move into a larger scale hammer. Hammers have lightened up 281 00:17:29.359 --> 00:17:33.759 a lot because they they've come to a place where 282 00:17:33.759 --> 00:17:37.759 we're swinging them faster. And the speed at which a 283 00:17:37.759 --> 00:17:40.160 hammer can travel through the air in order to hit 284 00:17:40.480 --> 00:17:45.039 the object that you're aiming at makes up for in 285 00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:48.160 terms of force for the mass or the heavy weight 286 00:17:48.279 --> 00:17:53.720 of the hammer. So, you know, let's say fourteen or 287 00:17:53.839 --> 00:17:57.680 so ounce hammer. Now, one of the most important piece 288 00:17:57.720 --> 00:18:00.759 of advice I can give you right now guarding a 289 00:18:01.000 --> 00:18:04.559 hammer that you're going to think about buying, is this 290 00:18:06.519 --> 00:18:09.599 the shape of the claws, the claws on the back 291 00:18:09.720 --> 00:18:13.920 of the hammer. Okay, I don't want them to be 292 00:18:14.759 --> 00:18:20.480 heavy curved claws for you, all right. And so what 293 00:18:20.519 --> 00:18:24.319 I'm saying is the hammer that you probably picture in 294 00:18:24.359 --> 00:18:28.640 your mind, okay, the heavy bent claws. In other words, 295 00:18:28.680 --> 00:18:32.359 if you're holding your hammer upright, it's perfectly straight upright. 296 00:18:32.440 --> 00:18:34.920 And if the claws, the tips of the claws on 297 00:18:34.960 --> 00:18:38.000 the back of the hammer are essentially pointing down to 298 00:18:38.119 --> 00:18:42.839 the floor. That, in my opinion, not your optimal hammer. 299 00:18:43.559 --> 00:18:48.000 H Yeah, they have, they have their purposes, okay, but 300 00:18:48.119 --> 00:18:54.759 they really, in terms of general practicality, are extremely extremely limited. 301 00:18:55.000 --> 00:18:58.640 What we want is what's known as a straight claw hammer, 302 00:18:58.680 --> 00:19:01.799 which of course is also a misnomer because there are 303 00:19:01.880 --> 00:19:07.400 very few hammers whose claws are perfectly straight. There's a tiny, tiny, 304 00:19:07.640 --> 00:19:12.160 gentle arc to them, but by and large, if you 305 00:19:12.240 --> 00:19:17.559 hold the hammer upright, the claws are pointing backwards. Okay, now, 306 00:19:17.599 --> 00:19:20.920 don't take this wrong, but the whole idea of the 307 00:19:21.039 --> 00:19:24.039 usefulness of these claws is not just in nail pulling, 308 00:19:24.400 --> 00:19:29.200 but at times in wedging them in between a couple 309 00:19:29.160 --> 00:19:32.160 of pieces of wood or an item, or using it 310 00:19:32.319 --> 00:19:36.920 as a wedge to lift something off the floor, to 311 00:19:36.960 --> 00:19:41.279 pry something out. It's the usefulness of claws on a 312 00:19:41.279 --> 00:19:47.279 hammer go way, way, way, way beyond just pulling a nail. 313 00:19:47.319 --> 00:19:49.799 And you would think, if it's just about nail pulling, 314 00:19:49.799 --> 00:19:53.200 you would even think, oh, then the heavier bent claw 315 00:19:53.359 --> 00:19:56.240 on the back of the hammer, that's more effective. Well 316 00:19:56.799 --> 00:20:01.640 it's fine, it's fine, But here's the thing. The physics 317 00:20:01.640 --> 00:20:04.480 on a claw hammer. Well, you know what we're gonna 318 00:20:04.519 --> 00:20:06.319 we're gonna save this to the other side of the break. 319 00:20:06.599 --> 00:20:08.559 I want you to hang tight. I'm gonna explain to 320 00:20:08.559 --> 00:20:12.079 you why the heavy claw hammer does not get as 321 00:20:12.160 --> 00:20:15.119 much done as you might think, and why I'm looking 322 00:20:15.160 --> 00:20:17.920 for that straight claw. We'll talk about that you can't 323 00:20:17.920 --> 00:20:24.559 fine in sharp the house whisper. Welcome home. Thanks for 324 00:20:24.680 --> 00:20:28.599 joining us on the program today. Yeah, if you just 325 00:20:28.720 --> 00:20:32.559 tuned in or you just stumbled across us here, you're 326 00:20:32.599 --> 00:20:35.880 asking the question, Wow, it's not even seven o'clock in 327 00:20:35.920 --> 00:20:39.640 the morning. Is this guy talking about tools? Is is 328 00:20:39.680 --> 00:20:43.119 that what's going on here? Yes? It is, Yes it is. 329 00:20:43.799 --> 00:20:47.839 This is the most unique home improvement show that you 330 00:20:47.920 --> 00:20:52.240 will find anywhere. Why. Yeah, this morning, I'm talking about tools. 331 00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:54.799 I also, if you tune in, you might find me 332 00:20:54.960 --> 00:21:00.119 talking about the history of a particular architectural style or 333 00:21:00.279 --> 00:21:03.200 design tip for your home. I might be explaining to 334 00:21:03.240 --> 00:21:08.119 you why the circular saw that you need has to 335 00:21:08.960 --> 00:21:11.839 have a certain feature to it. Or I may be 336 00:21:12.400 --> 00:21:16.200 helping you fix your toilet, or I may be telling 337 00:21:16.279 --> 00:21:20.519 you why you bought the wrong accent pillow for the bed. 338 00:21:20.759 --> 00:21:27.279 So anywhere in between architecture, design, decor construction that's what 339 00:21:27.319 --> 00:21:29.759 we're all about here. Yeah, you can find it all 340 00:21:29.839 --> 00:21:33.160 right here. All right, so we are talking essential tools 341 00:21:33.359 --> 00:21:37.880 for twenty twenty five. And yeah, Dina's hung up on hammers. 342 00:21:38.200 --> 00:21:40.839 I'm not hung up. I just want to explain to you, Okay, 343 00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:44.240 I want you to buy the right hammer. And there's 344 00:21:44.319 --> 00:21:47.680 like a gabillion hammers out there that you can choose from. 345 00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:51.440 And so what are the essential things? Now? With all 346 00:21:51.480 --> 00:21:56.000 the bells and whistles that come with hammers these days, 347 00:21:56.759 --> 00:22:04.039 magnetic nail starters, side pulling nail removing slots, all of 348 00:22:04.079 --> 00:22:07.160 these kinds of things. I'm just gonna tell you this 349 00:22:07.359 --> 00:22:10.839 as an essential homeowner tool, I don't care. I don't care. 350 00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:15.359 Whatever you know. You want, all the bells and whistles, fine, 351 00:22:15.559 --> 00:22:18.079 just don't let it get in the way of the 352 00:22:18.599 --> 00:22:22.880 essential physics of the hammer. The most important thing to me, 353 00:22:23.039 --> 00:22:25.559 other than all right, what we've discussed so far, it 354 00:22:25.559 --> 00:22:28.799 should be about a fourteen ounce hammer. Twelve to sixteen, 355 00:22:28.920 --> 00:22:30.920 you know, So I'm just picking fourteen right in the middle. 356 00:22:30.920 --> 00:22:34.279 About a fourteen ounce hammer. Okay. The claws. I haven't 357 00:22:34.279 --> 00:22:37.160 even talked about the face of the hammer yet. The 358 00:22:37.200 --> 00:22:39.319 claws are far more important to me at this point. 359 00:22:39.359 --> 00:22:44.119 The claws of this hammer should be gently curved claws 360 00:22:44.279 --> 00:22:47.640 or what are known generally in the industry as straight 361 00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:52.400 claws versus heavily curved claws. Heavily curved claw When you 362 00:22:52.440 --> 00:22:54.319 hold the hammer upright is going to be those claws 363 00:22:54.359 --> 00:22:57.440 are going to be pointing down towards the floor. A 364 00:22:57.559 --> 00:23:01.359 gentle curve or straight claw hand those claws are going 365 00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:03.519 to be pointing out, so that Let's say you had 366 00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:05.759 a soft piece of wood or a tree stump in 367 00:23:05.799 --> 00:23:09.240 the backyard. You've got a straight claw hammer if you 368 00:23:09.240 --> 00:23:12.440 can basically turn it around, take that and embed it 369 00:23:12.559 --> 00:23:16.000 just like bump like an axe right into that wood. 370 00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:20.440 A heavily curved claw hammer not so easy to do 371 00:23:20.480 --> 00:23:22.759 that because those things are hooked right, so you're not 372 00:23:22.839 --> 00:23:26.680 really going to be able to get those stuck into anything. 373 00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:28.400 And that's one of the reasons why I don't want 374 00:23:28.400 --> 00:23:31.519 you to necessarily go for that one. Yeah, it has 375 00:23:31.559 --> 00:23:33.920 its purpose, and a lot of people think, well, you know, 376 00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:37.319 those heavy curves, that's great for pulling nails, is it, though? 377 00:23:38.079 --> 00:23:40.799 Is it? I'll tell you what I want you to 378 00:23:40.799 --> 00:23:43.799 imagine this and I'll get then I'm gonna get off 379 00:23:43.839 --> 00:23:49.000 the claws. Number one another item on our essential tool 380 00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:52.960 list here is a nail puller. So no, every professional 381 00:23:53.079 --> 00:23:56.799 carpenter will tell you should not be spending or i 382 00:23:56.799 --> 00:23:59.799 should say, wasting your time trying to pull a lot 383 00:23:59.839 --> 00:24:03.359 of nails with your hammer. Yeah, of course you will. 384 00:24:03.599 --> 00:24:06.279 Of course there will be a nail that you'll pull 385 00:24:06.319 --> 00:24:10.200 with your hammer because it presents itself in the optimal situation. 386 00:24:10.680 --> 00:24:12.640 But if there are a lot of nails to pull, 387 00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:15.200 then you use a nail polar, a cat's pod, and 388 00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:18.000 whatever you want to call it. Okay, we'll get it 389 00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:22.200 to that. The hammer itself though, Okay, those claws, their 390 00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:25.160 primary use for you is not going to be pulling nails. 391 00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:29.039 And even if it were, okay, it does not make 392 00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:35.240 a great nail. A nail polar for embedded nails. Okay, 393 00:24:35.880 --> 00:24:39.240 try digging into a surface to get to the head 394 00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:42.519 of an embedded nail with a claw hammer. It's gonna 395 00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:45.960 be a mess. Okay. So if that nail head is 396 00:24:46.039 --> 00:24:49.279 popped up a little bit and you have the opportunity 397 00:24:49.359 --> 00:24:52.359 to pull it with your claw hammer, fine, great, super, 398 00:24:52.799 --> 00:24:58.440 But understand this, the curved claw set it turn it 399 00:24:58.519 --> 00:25:01.680 upside down in your or if you have one, you know, 400 00:25:02.920 --> 00:25:05.480 get it out and set it upside down, set it 401 00:25:05.519 --> 00:25:08.640