WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.520 --> 00:00:04.080 KFI AM six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp the 2 00:00:04.080 --> 00:00:10.199 House Whisper on demand on the iHeart Radio app Dean 3 00:00:10.279 --> 00:00:14.560 Sharp the House Whisperer Live every Saturday and Sunday morning. 4 00:00:15.199 --> 00:00:17.800 And of course you know this very program is also 5 00:00:18.000 --> 00:00:21.719 the House Whisper podcast that you can listen to anytime 6 00:00:22.000 --> 00:00:25.800 anywhere on demand. If you have missed a part of 7 00:00:25.839 --> 00:00:29.920 the Gift Guide that we're going through today, you haven't 8 00:00:29.960 --> 00:00:32.880 missed it because you can go back and listen anytime 9 00:00:33.159 --> 00:00:35.759 you want. 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One, 28 00:01:43.719 --> 00:01:45.280 I'm going to go to the phones in just a 29 00:01:45.280 --> 00:01:47.319 couple of seconds, but first I wanted to take a 30 00:01:47.359 --> 00:01:51.519 couple of minutes to talk about the balance of safety 31 00:01:52.239 --> 00:01:57.079 and functionality when it comes to construction in general or 32 00:01:57.120 --> 00:02:01.879 building in general. And this is on the heels of 33 00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:05.319 a strongly recommending the last item on the gift guide 34 00:02:05.319 --> 00:02:07.959 that I just talked about, which is for a table saw, 35 00:02:08.439 --> 00:02:12.120 a featherboard attachment, and a push block so that people 36 00:02:12.159 --> 00:02:16.439 can keep their hands away from that dangerous, dangerous blade. 37 00:02:16.719 --> 00:02:19.879 But not just that. The reason I was touting it 38 00:02:19.960 --> 00:02:22.960 so strongly is that this is one of those rare 39 00:02:23.039 --> 00:02:27.919 instances where not only does a safety device keep you safer, 40 00:02:27.960 --> 00:02:32.680 but it also improves the actual cutting process for your 41 00:02:32.800 --> 00:02:34.879 end results. And when you can get both of those 42 00:02:34.960 --> 00:02:38.000 happening together at the same time, it is a win 43 00:02:38.240 --> 00:02:44.960 win times one hundred. Otherwise, generally speaking, safety equipment can 44 00:02:45.000 --> 00:02:47.879 sometimes get in the way of the job that you 45 00:02:47.960 --> 00:02:52.240 want to do. And so is that me saying that 46 00:02:52.319 --> 00:02:54.879 you should just ignore safety equipment. No, not at all. 47 00:02:55.039 --> 00:02:57.000 You got to protect yourself. But I'm just letting you 48 00:02:57.039 --> 00:03:00.919 know from an experienced pro and all of you pros 49 00:03:00.960 --> 00:03:04.319 out there, you guys know exactly what I'm talking about. UH. 50 00:03:04.360 --> 00:03:07.439 There's a balance that has to be found between keeping 51 00:03:07.520 --> 00:03:11.439 ourselves safe and UH and keeping the job flowing properly 52 00:03:11.879 --> 00:03:15.199 because some gear can get in the way. The metaphor 53 00:03:15.240 --> 00:03:18.680 that I like to use or the analogy, I don't 54 00:03:18.680 --> 00:03:23.240 know what it is, UH is, UH is athletics. Just 55 00:03:23.280 --> 00:03:27.439 think of a football player, professional football. Okay, we wrap 56 00:03:27.639 --> 00:03:31.960 our football players in pads, in protective gear. There are 57 00:03:32.000 --> 00:03:36.520 thigh pads, there are hip pads, their shoulder pads. You know, face, 58 00:03:36.960 --> 00:03:39.560 there's a helmet, there's face masks, all all of this 59 00:03:40.080 --> 00:03:43.479 to protect them from what's going on out there. Okay, 60 00:03:45.000 --> 00:03:49.719 we could protect them more than we do. We could, literally, 61 00:03:50.039 --> 00:03:54.520 we could. We could build a an armored coating for 62 00:03:54.599 --> 00:03:57.840 a football player that would guarantee that they never get 63 00:03:57.879 --> 00:04:01.639 injured ever. But guess what, by the time we do that, 64 00:04:01.960 --> 00:04:04.719 they would also not be able to move or run 65 00:04:04.800 --> 00:04:09.800 down down the field, or catch or kick footballs. And 66 00:04:09.919 --> 00:04:14.520 so every source of safety device has to have a 67 00:04:14.680 --> 00:04:20.920 limit where it protects and doesn't actually hinder range of 68 00:04:21.000 --> 00:04:25.079 movement and visibility and all of these kinds of things. 69 00:04:25.079 --> 00:04:27.920 So you get it right, We want the gear as 70 00:04:27.959 --> 00:04:31.720 safe as possible, and we also want to be able 71 00:04:31.720 --> 00:04:35.199 to move and function and get the job done. And 72 00:04:35.279 --> 00:04:40.160 every bit of safety equipment is somewhere riding on that line. 73 00:04:40.199 --> 00:04:42.560 So whether it's a set of gloves that i'll talk 74 00:04:42.600 --> 00:04:45.639 about in just a little bit, or any kind of 75 00:04:45.680 --> 00:04:50.000 safety gear that you add to your equipment set, just 76 00:04:50.079 --> 00:04:54.560 be aware you can over insulate yourself from risk to 77 00:04:54.600 --> 00:04:56.800 the point where you now you're not even doing the 78 00:04:56.839 --> 00:05:00.519 work well. And sometimes I make the argue you can 79 00:05:00.600 --> 00:05:04.319 so overinsulate yourself that now you're working with a tool 80 00:05:04.639 --> 00:05:07.040 that all this stuff is supposed to protect you from, 81 00:05:07.279 --> 00:05:11.000 but you're fumbling with it awkwardly and you're probably increasing 82 00:05:11.279 --> 00:05:14.600 the risk of getting into trouble with that tool and 83 00:05:14.600 --> 00:05:16.600 getting injured in the first place. So there you go. 84 00:05:17.000 --> 00:05:20.639 That's my spiel on safety gear. There has to be 85 00:05:20.680 --> 00:05:23.959 a balance. Think of it like an athletic competition. We 86 00:05:24.000 --> 00:05:28.199 want all the protection that is critical and probably not 87 00:05:28.319 --> 00:05:32.319 a single ounce more beyond that in order to stay 88 00:05:32.360 --> 00:05:36.079 functional along the way. And it's always a balancing act. Okay, 89 00:05:36.959 --> 00:05:39.079 shall we go to the phones. Let's at least start 90 00:05:39.120 --> 00:05:43.399 a call if we can. Let's talk to Laurna. Hey, Lorna, 91 00:05:43.680 --> 00:05:44.399 welcome home. 92 00:05:45.319 --> 00:05:50.560 Hello, Thank you for answering. My problem is we live 93 00:05:50.600 --> 00:05:55.240 in a sixty four year old house and it started 94 00:05:55.279 --> 00:06:00.800 developing cracks around our windows, the walls, significant cracks, and 95 00:06:01.360 --> 00:06:04.279 on the ceiling, and we are trying to decide what 96 00:06:04.439 --> 00:06:07.680 to do. First, should we get a building inspector. We've 97 00:06:07.720 --> 00:06:11.000 called it a contractor and he said, oh, this is shocking. 98 00:06:12.319 --> 00:06:13.160 What should we do? 99 00:06:14.759 --> 00:06:17.959 Okay, all right, so let's just back up. So when 100 00:06:18.000 --> 00:06:22.800 we say significant cracks, describe one to me. Is this 101 00:06:22.879 --> 00:06:25.439 a crack that has opened up or is it just 102 00:06:25.519 --> 00:06:29.240 a crack that is significant because it's long, or is 103 00:06:29.279 --> 00:06:32.360 it significant because there are so many of them everywhere? 104 00:06:32.759 --> 00:06:35.120 Help me better understand what these cracks look like. 105 00:06:35.879 --> 00:06:39.360 Okay, there are many of them. The most significant one 106 00:06:39.519 --> 00:06:42.800 is on the ceiling in our living room. It is long. 107 00:06:42.920 --> 00:06:46.800 It's about four feet long, and the widest part is 108 00:06:46.879 --> 00:06:51.600 about an eighth of an inch open, almost maybe a 109 00:06:51.680 --> 00:06:52.480 quarter of an inch. 110 00:06:53.120 --> 00:06:57.279 Okay, okay, And what does the contractor tell you in 111 00:06:57.319 --> 00:06:59.839 regards to what the source of these cracks are? 112 00:07:00.439 --> 00:07:04.720 In their opinion, the contractor really doesn't know. He said 113 00:07:05.639 --> 00:07:09.040 he's going to measure them. He measured them, took pictures, 114 00:07:09.519 --> 00:07:11.519 and it's going to come back in three months to 115 00:07:11.600 --> 00:07:15.240 see if they're developing getting bigger. And if they are, 116 00:07:15.639 --> 00:07:17.800 then we don't know what our next step is. If 117 00:07:17.839 --> 00:07:21.560 they're not, then he has ways that he can fix them, 118 00:07:21.600 --> 00:07:26.000 like maybe putting a sheer wall and trying to close 119 00:07:26.040 --> 00:07:29.199 up the whole area. But they're all over. They're in 120 00:07:29.279 --> 00:07:32.959 our bedroom windows, they're in the living room. We also 121 00:07:33.079 --> 00:07:35.959 have a patio outside that seems to be cracking. 122 00:07:36.839 --> 00:07:40.800 Okay, all right, and let me ask us you when 123 00:07:40.839 --> 00:07:43.079 did these start happening. 124 00:07:45.079 --> 00:07:49.240 I'd say the first ones about six months ago. 125 00:07:51.040 --> 00:07:54.240 And then they've continued. And so can you connect these 126 00:07:54.279 --> 00:07:59.759 to any particular event that happened? Was it after you know, 127 00:08:00.439 --> 00:08:04.040 a little earthquake? Tembler? Is it was it after heavy rains? 128 00:08:04.800 --> 00:08:06.639 What where's your house? 129 00:08:06.680 --> 00:08:08.680 By the way, pardon. 130 00:08:09.279 --> 00:08:11.240 Where's the house by the way, Oh, the. 131 00:08:11.199 --> 00:08:14.000 House in Santa Clarita. We live a little bit on 132 00:08:14.519 --> 00:08:15.759 the slope too. 133 00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:18.439 A little bit on a slope in Santa Criita. And 134 00:08:18.519 --> 00:08:19.519 how old is the house? 135 00:08:20.519 --> 00:08:22.319 The house is sixty four years old? 136 00:08:22.839 --> 00:08:24.120 Four years old? That's right, you said that. 137 00:08:24.160 --> 00:08:29.199 Sorry, wonderful old house. Kind of theiler style. 138 00:08:30.000 --> 00:08:32.320 Oh, an Eikler style house, a little. 139 00:08:34.759 --> 00:08:35.960 March windows. 140 00:08:36.279 --> 00:08:38.879 Okay, I got you, I got you, all right? That 141 00:08:39.039 --> 00:08:42.159 Actually that helps a lot. All right, Lorna, here's the thing. 142 00:08:42.159 --> 00:08:45.159 We're up against the break. I want everybody thinking about 143 00:08:45.159 --> 00:08:48.120 your house, and we're going to go. Here's some news, 144 00:08:48.120 --> 00:08:50.559 and when we come back, I'm going to address this 145 00:08:50.879 --> 00:08:54.759 the best that I know how and give you some 146 00:08:55.080 --> 00:08:56.960 guidance along the way. Can you hang tight? 147 00:08:57.159 --> 00:08:59.039 Okay, all right, okay, all. 148 00:08:59.000 --> 00:09:02.200 Right, Lorna, you stay, but everybody stay put. 149 00:09:03.559 --> 00:09:06.840 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 150 00:09:06.960 --> 00:09:08.480 KFI AM six forty. 151 00:09:10.000 --> 00:09:12.320 Thanks for joining us on the program. I know how 152 00:09:12.440 --> 00:09:16.279 valuable your Sunday mornings are to you. They're just as 153 00:09:16.360 --> 00:09:21.159 valuable to me. And we consider it an honor and 154 00:09:21.200 --> 00:09:24.240 a privilege that you have decided to spend a little 155 00:09:24.240 --> 00:09:27.840 time with us talking about that wonderful place that you 156 00:09:27.919 --> 00:09:31.200 call home. We're going through our house Whisper Holiday gift 157 00:09:31.240 --> 00:09:33.879 Guide this weekend. Can't get through the whole thing. I'm 158 00:09:33.960 --> 00:09:37.240 just highlighting certain bits along the way. The entire gift 159 00:09:37.240 --> 00:09:41.080 guide is waiting for you at our social media page 160 00:09:41.200 --> 00:09:46.039 on Instagram and Facebook. Right at the top of our posts, 161 00:09:46.840 --> 00:09:50.039 you will find the gift guide. Also on the KFI website, 162 00:09:50.080 --> 00:09:54.840 a downloadable version that you can utilize the links to 163 00:09:54.879 --> 00:09:57.879 actually get to directly to the sources of this gear. 164 00:09:58.720 --> 00:10:00.600 It's a good gift guide this year, all tools and 165 00:10:00.679 --> 00:10:02.519 gear this year, and we're gonna get back to that 166 00:10:02.559 --> 00:10:05.159 in just a bit. But also taking calls right now. 167 00:10:05.200 --> 00:10:07.919 I've been talking to Laura about her house. She's got 168 00:10:07.960 --> 00:10:10.759 a sixty four year old house out in Santa Clarita, 169 00:10:11.399 --> 00:10:13.320 and all of a sudden, well, I should say, in 170 00:10:13.360 --> 00:10:16.720 the last few months, uh cracks, cracks starting to occur 171 00:10:18.279 --> 00:10:22.360 on windows, on the ceiling, and the you know, a 172 00:10:22.440 --> 00:10:26.159 reasonable question, which is what is going on? How serious? 173 00:10:26.279 --> 00:10:30.759 Is how do we fix this? And and so on? So, Laura, 174 00:10:30.840 --> 00:10:35.480 are you still with me? I am, yes, Okay, all right, 175 00:10:35.559 --> 00:10:38.919 So you said it's kind of an Ekler sort of 176 00:10:39.080 --> 00:10:43.799 style home, which is kind of story, yeah, single story, 177 00:10:44.399 --> 00:10:48.360 kind of a modernist ranch home, low profile modernist ranch 178 00:10:48.399 --> 00:10:52.440 home at sixty four years. So I'm going to try 179 00:10:52.480 --> 00:10:56.720 and I want to do diligence to help you out 180 00:10:56.799 --> 00:10:59.320 so that you feel safe. But I also want to, 181 00:10:59.639 --> 00:11:02.080 you know, calm your nerves a little bit in regards 182 00:11:02.159 --> 00:11:05.519 to this stuff and warn you about a couple. Okay, 183 00:11:06.559 --> 00:11:09.200 you got a nice, big open ceiling, and you've got 184 00:11:09.200 --> 00:11:12.120 a crack that I'm guessing has formed near the center 185 00:11:12.159 --> 00:11:12.759 of the ceiling. 186 00:11:13.840 --> 00:11:19.159 Yes, it's also attached to a fireplace that we had remodeled. 187 00:11:19.759 --> 00:11:23.000 Okay, all right, place in the middle of the room. 188 00:11:24.200 --> 00:11:26.039 Okay, so the fireplace in the middle of and you 189 00:11:26.039 --> 00:11:29.480 had it remodeled, yes, how long ago? 190 00:11:31.480 --> 00:11:35.320 The fireplace we did about four years ago. 191 00:11:35.919 --> 00:11:39.519 Okay, all right. So here's the thing. A house that's 192 00:11:40.120 --> 00:11:44.600 in its sixties, not unlike people in their sixties, start 193 00:11:44.720 --> 00:11:50.159 creaking and sagging a little bit. This does not mean 194 00:11:50.720 --> 00:11:55.960 that there is seriously any structural issues going on. Okay. 195 00:11:56.840 --> 00:12:03.159 A house that has a large open ceiling constructed back 196 00:12:03.360 --> 00:12:06.759 in the nineteen sixties or here literally for you, like 197 00:12:06.879 --> 00:12:11.440 right at the end of the nineteen fifties, especially in 198 00:12:11.480 --> 00:12:17.919 a modernist kind of minimalist profile. Sixty years later, for 199 00:12:18.000 --> 00:12:22.799 those ceiling joys to begin to sag just a little bit, 200 00:12:23.200 --> 00:12:27.039 maybe not perceptibly, but enough that it actually pops the 201 00:12:27.080 --> 00:12:31.559 seam on the dry wall that's up there. Totally common, 202 00:12:32.080 --> 00:12:36.240 not unusual at all, and nor is it a sign 203 00:12:36.360 --> 00:12:40.799 of structural failure. It's just a little bit of sagging. 204 00:12:41.200 --> 00:12:44.840 The same around cracks that appear around windows and doors. 205 00:12:44.840 --> 00:12:47.360 And when we say around windows and doors, I am 206 00:12:47.399 --> 00:12:50.200 again you didn't say this, but I'm guessing these are 207 00:12:50.320 --> 00:12:53.840 angular cracks heading out of the corners of the windows, 208 00:12:53.960 --> 00:12:59.120 out against exactly this is from the house just standing 209 00:12:59.159 --> 00:13:01.799 there for sixty plus years. It shifts a little bit, 210 00:13:01.919 --> 00:13:04.320 It shifts a little left, it shifts a little right 211 00:13:04.399 --> 00:13:08.080 in imperceptible ways. And the corners of windows and doors, 212 00:13:08.120 --> 00:13:13.120 where those jams come together with the framing is what 213 00:13:13.159 --> 00:13:16.840 we call a knee a knee joint in the structure 214 00:13:16.840 --> 00:13:19.480 of the house, and it's the most likely place for 215 00:13:19.559 --> 00:13:23.679 a little hairline crack to appear. And so when it 216 00:13:23.720 --> 00:13:28.039 comes to hairline cracks in stucco and dry wall in plaster, 217 00:13:29.039 --> 00:13:32.279 I am rarely, if ever concerned. And what I mean 218 00:13:32.320 --> 00:13:34.600 by hairline, I don't care how long they are. They 219 00:13:34.639 --> 00:13:38.000 could be four inches long, they could be twelve inches long. 220 00:13:38.159 --> 00:13:42.039 But when they're not separating and coming apart and there's 221 00:13:42.080 --> 00:13:45.559 no gap in them, then it's what we would call 222 00:13:45.600 --> 00:13:51.519 a settlement or a shifting crack. Okay, there's no hair line, yeah, okay, 223 00:13:51.519 --> 00:13:56.799 so these are opening up hairline exactly. So that's why 224 00:13:57.960 --> 00:14:01.279 the right person to call at this point, okay, just 225 00:14:01.399 --> 00:14:04.320 to alleviate your fears and to address the whole issue, 226 00:14:04.360 --> 00:14:06.240 because I'm guessing that could be a number of things. 227 00:14:06.240 --> 00:14:10.600 It could simply be the house, which in nineteen sixty 228 00:14:11.120 --> 00:14:15.000 built very differently in terms of seismic and lateral shift 229 00:14:15.120 --> 00:14:21.399 resistance than we build houses today. So that house simply 230 00:14:21.480 --> 00:14:26.039 could be age. And maybe it's just that, maybe just 231 00:14:26.080 --> 00:14:29.879 a little bit of reinforcement here there maybe something about 232 00:14:29.919 --> 00:14:36.759 the slab and the subfloor maybe shifting. That's a little 233 00:14:36.759 --> 00:14:40.559 bit greater concern. But here's what you don't do. Don't 234 00:14:40.600 --> 00:14:45.279 call a contractor out yet. Okay, not a contractor. I 235 00:14:45.320 --> 00:14:47.559 want you to find in Santa Clarita. There are plenty 236 00:14:47.600 --> 00:14:53.080 of them. A reputable structural engineer that does residential work, 237 00:14:53.240 --> 00:14:55.879 and I want you to call them and engage them 238 00:14:55.919 --> 00:14:57.919 and say we would like you to come out and 239 00:14:58.000 --> 00:15:01.159 do a consult for us out our home and look 240 00:15:01.200 --> 00:15:05.360 around our home and evaluate these cracks and give us 241 00:15:05.399 --> 00:15:10.120 your best view of why they're occurring and what's going on. 242 00:15:10.440 --> 00:15:13.200 The structural engineer. Console's going to cost you a couple 243 00:15:13.240 --> 00:15:15.399 three hundred dollars for them to come out for a 244 00:15:15.440 --> 00:15:18.879 bit and to look around. And it's worth its weight 245 00:15:18.919 --> 00:15:23.240 in gold because and not that there there there are 246 00:15:23.279 --> 00:15:27.320 plenty of honest contractors in your area, but there are 247 00:15:27.360 --> 00:15:31.120 also not honest contractors in your area. Contractors who will 248 00:15:31.159 --> 00:15:35.639 come in and say, oh my, yeah, well you know, 249 00:15:35.639 --> 00:15:37.639 we're gonna have to rebuild this ceiling and we're going 250 00:15:37.720 --> 00:15:39.279 to have to do this and do you know, and 251 00:15:39.360 --> 00:15:44.279 start actually giving you a picture of damage repair way 252 00:15:44.440 --> 00:15:47.559 beyond potentially the scope of what really needs to happen. 253 00:15:47.720 --> 00:15:54.200 So what you want is a non vested professional expert opinion. 254 00:15:54.720 --> 00:15:57.320 The structural engineer is going to get paid what they're 255 00:15:57.320 --> 00:15:59.600 going to get paid. They are not looking to turn 256 00:15:59.639 --> 00:16:02.039 it into a bigger job. They're not the ones going 257 00:16:02.080 --> 00:16:04.480 to do the repair work, so they have no vested 258 00:16:04.519 --> 00:16:07.639 interest of telling you, yeah, you got to do some 259 00:16:07.679 --> 00:16:10.679 serious work here or no, this is fine. They're simply 260 00:16:10.720 --> 00:16:13.279 going to give you their honest, professional opinion, and it's 261 00:16:13.320 --> 00:16:17.480 an expert opinion about the bones of the house, and 262 00:16:17.519 --> 00:16:19.480 that's what you want. That's what you want right now, 263 00:16:21.840 --> 00:16:24.879 And not to say that there probably aren't a few 264 00:16:24.919 --> 00:16:28.240 little things that could be done before you patch these 265 00:16:28.320 --> 00:16:33.759 drywall cracks to help ensure that they don't reoccur, especially 266 00:16:34.080 --> 00:16:35.759 when it comes to the one out in the middle 267 00:16:35.759 --> 00:16:39.240 of the ceiling doors and windows. I'm not half as 268 00:16:39.279 --> 00:16:43.080 concerned about, honestly, but I want it to get a 269 00:16:43.120 --> 00:16:46.039 serious look at. When it comes to the mid span 270 00:16:46.200 --> 00:16:48.679 of ceiling joys, there may be something we can do 271 00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:52.480 up above them to stiffen them or to keep them 272 00:16:52.480 --> 00:16:55.559 from sagging anymore, so that when you spend the money 273 00:16:55.559 --> 00:16:59.519 to patch the drywall, we don't actually have that crack 274 00:16:59.600 --> 00:17:03.080 come back six months later, which is something that obviously 275 00:17:03.159 --> 00:17:06.559 we want to avoid doing. Okay, so we want whatever 276 00:17:06.680 --> 00:17:10.480 settlement and shifting has happened, we want to ideally make 277 00:17:10.519 --> 00:17:13.440 sure it doesn't go any further and then do the 278 00:17:13.480 --> 00:17:16.559 patch work. That's when you call a contractor or a 279 00:17:16.640 --> 00:17:19.200 drywaller or whoever to come out and actually get the 280 00:17:19.240 --> 00:17:22.440 work done. But the professional opinion that I want ahead 281 00:17:22.440 --> 00:17:26.200 of time is actually just from an engineer to give 282 00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:28.839 you some peace of mind that the house is in 283 00:17:28.880 --> 00:17:30.400 the shape that it's. 284 00:17:30.240 --> 00:17:37.079 Yeah, okay, all right, okay, thank you very much, all right, Laura. 285 00:17:36.839 --> 00:17:38.799 And believe me, these are not the kinds of cracks 286 00:17:38.799 --> 00:17:41.240 that you're describing that you know you have to worry about. 287 00:17:41.279 --> 00:17:41.400 You. 288 00:17:41.400 --> 00:17:43.599 We better get them out here next week, otherwise this 289 00:17:43.640 --> 00:17:45.640 thing is going to fall down on us. Not the case. 290 00:17:47.079 --> 00:17:51.279 Get through the holidays, enjoy your holidays, get somebody scheduled 291 00:17:51.319 --> 00:17:54.759 to come out in early January, give an honest look 292 00:17:54.799 --> 00:17:58.799 for you, and then take it from there. It's probably 293 00:17:58.960 --> 00:18:02.359 an age really, not to mention, not to say that 294 00:18:02.799 --> 00:18:06.079 something shouldn't be done, but it's probably age related, all right. 295 00:18:06.160 --> 00:18:13.319 Chall When we come back back to the Holiday Gift Guide. 296 00:18:12.200 --> 00:18:15.480 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 297 00:18:15.599 --> 00:18:17.079 KFI AM six forty. 298 00:18:18.960 --> 00:18:21.359 Hey, guess what we just did. We just made a 299 00:18:21.440 --> 00:18:25.359 little ax video. No, not an axe murderer video, a 300 00:18:25.359 --> 00:18:28.480 little axe video. We've got an Ax twenty four inch 301 00:18:29.440 --> 00:18:33.720 Bushcraft ax on the Gift Guide this week or this year, 302 00:18:33.799 --> 00:18:36.920 and I just did a little one minute or video 303 00:18:37.000 --> 00:18:42.519 which Tina's going to be posting where everywhere Instagram, Facebook 304 00:18:42.559 --> 00:18:47.160 and TikTok within moments. Tina says she's going to get 305 00:18:47.160 --> 00:18:50.039 it up in about five minutes. It'll be there, and 306 00:18:50.119 --> 00:18:54.440 you can check this one out visually, and I give 307 00:18:54.480 --> 00:18:58.400 you a little little history lesson on why certain actss 308 00:18:58.680 --> 00:19:01.559 look a certain way. Anyway, all right, back to the 309 00:19:01.599 --> 00:19:06.559 gift guide. We are just just skimming the surface. There 310 00:19:06.559 --> 00:19:10.039 are thirty really really great items on the Gift Guide 311 00:19:10.039 --> 00:19:12.599 this year, all worth checking out. You can check them 312 00:19:12.640 --> 00:19:18.200 out on social media at Instagram and Facebook and downloadable 313 00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:21.599 on the KFI website, our little corner of the KFI website. 314 00:19:21.640 --> 00:19:25.680 So follow along with us as I discuss this gift 315 00:19:25.720 --> 00:19:30.480 guide with you. Okay, here's a solid tool, a great tool, 316 00:19:31.000 --> 00:19:35.279 one of those tools again where I'm usually hesitant to 317 00:19:35.480 --> 00:19:39.279 recommend the does everything tool because you know, okay, if 318 00:19:39.279 --> 00:19:43.519 it does everything, it probably does everything, so so this 319 00:19:43.559 --> 00:19:46.839 one would be one of those exceptions. Number sixteen on 320 00:19:46.960 --> 00:19:51.200 the Gift Guide is the arrow cart wheelbarrow. It's a 321 00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:55.000 wheelbarrow ish or is it a dolly and a hand 322 00:19:55.079 --> 00:19:59.400 truck or is it yeah, exactly all of those. Is 323 00:19:59.400 --> 00:20:03.960 it a wagon. This is a brilliant little uh a little, 324 00:20:04.039 --> 00:20:07.759 it's a it's a brilliant tool. It is a combination 325 00:20:08.599 --> 00:20:15.319 hand truck, dolly wagon and wheelbarrow. Now, the only place 326 00:20:15.359 --> 00:20:18.920 that it falls short in my opinion and out of necessity, 327 00:20:19.519 --> 00:20:23.200 is that as a wheelbarrow, it's not a gigantic wheelbarrow, 328 00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:26.319 and it doesn't hold you know, like you know, three 329 00:20:26.400 --> 00:20:31.680 cubic yards of stuff. But for most homeowner applications, you 330 00:20:31.799 --> 00:20:35.559 just don't need that much of a wheelbarrow. This is 331 00:20:35.960 --> 00:20:42.240 for most applications plenty enough. And it's a two wheeled wheelbarrow, 332 00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:46.240 so it's super stable and it can be treated more 333 00:20:46.319 --> 00:20:48.839 like a wagon that you move through the yard because 334 00:20:48.880 --> 00:20:52.519 the handles are adjustable and adaptable, and it makes a 335 00:20:52.559 --> 00:20:57.319 great hand truck. All of these are are items that 336 00:20:57.599 --> 00:20:59.559 I would say, and this is why I love this one. 337 00:21:00.440 --> 00:21:02.960 It's one hundred and seventy dollars item. It's well made, 338 00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:06.839 it's well reviewed. I've seen them in action. But all 339 00:21:06.880 --> 00:21:10.920 of these items, a handtruck, a wheelbarrow, these kinds of 340 00:21:11.079 --> 00:21:14.200 gardening carts. They're not things that you know, you go 341 00:21:14.279 --> 00:21:17.480 to every day, every day, every day and because of that, 342 00:21:17.880 --> 00:21:21.119 you know, having all three or four sitting around in 343 00:21:21.119 --> 00:21:23.720 your garage or in your tool shed takes up a 344 00:21:23.759 --> 00:21:29.680 lot of space. This guy right here combines three relatively 345 00:21:29.839 --> 00:21:35.240 infrequently used tools into one that does it all really, 346 00:21:35.279 --> 00:21:37.799 really well and saves you a bunch of space at 347 00:21:37.799 --> 00:21:40.400 the same time. So that's why it made it to 348 00:21:40.640 --> 00:21:44.559 our list this year. That's the Arrow cart Wheelbarrow one 349 00:21:44.640 --> 00:21:47.400 hundred and seventy dollars. Check it out, look it up online, 350 00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:51.759 or see it on the Gift Guide as well. Where 351 00:21:51.799 --> 00:21:56.160 else are we going here? Okay? Always I'm a looking 352 00:21:56.279 --> 00:22:01.119 for ways of turning a garage which is otherwise used 353 00:22:01.160 --> 00:22:05.119 as a garage into a really effective workshop space for 354 00:22:05.200 --> 00:22:08.640 those DII wires and woodworkers and hobbyists that you love. 355 00:22:09.599 --> 00:22:13.200 Talk about a brilliant way to get a work table 356 00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:17.680 a workbench going on in the garage on project day 357 00:22:18.440 --> 00:22:21.920 that otherwise totally gets out of your way. I've recommended 358 00:22:21.960 --> 00:22:24.559 this on the Gift Guide before it is back by 359 00:22:24.680 --> 00:22:28.160 popular demand. Number twenty one on the Gift Guide is 360 00:22:28.240 --> 00:22:31.960 the Bora. The company's name is Bora b O r A, 361 00:22:32.279 --> 00:22:37.799 the Bora Centipede portable workbench platform. It's about one hundred 362 00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:41.960 bucks for the large format one. This essentially think of 363 00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:44.519 the way that at like an easy up you know, 364 00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:47.519 canopy expands with all the little you know, like the 365 00:22:47.880 --> 00:22:53.319 cross scissoring expansion. This guy is a is one of 366 00:22:53.359 --> 00:22:56.799 those kinds of things, not a canopy, though it stands 367 00:22:56.839 --> 00:23:01.400 only like kind of like a collapsible camping. It stands 368 00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:06.559 about thirty thirty six inches tall, and it collapses down 369 00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:11.720 into you know, probably a ten by ten square and 370 00:23:11.880 --> 00:23:14.519 literally can just be sitting off in the corner of 371 00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:17.480 the garage or hung or put in a cabinet somewhere. 372 00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:20.799 But you pull this thing out, it expands out and 373 00:23:20.839 --> 00:23:24.680 it becomes a platform for a four x eight sheet 374 00:23:24.759 --> 00:23:28.119 of plywood. And the combination of that sheet of plywood 375 00:23:28.160 --> 00:23:32.279 and this base underneath it, you now have a massive, 376 00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:37.720 well stabilized temporary workbench for as long as you want 377 00:23:37.720 --> 00:23:41.480 to work it. And then off comes the plywood, collapse 378 00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:44.319 these legs down and just store them in the corner 379 00:23:44.319 --> 00:23:47.799 of the garage. It is brilliant. It's super strong. I 380 00:23:47.799 --> 00:23:52.839 think it has an over two thousand pounds weight capacity 381 00:23:52.880 --> 00:23:55.440 on it. You can put your table saw up there, 382 00:23:55.480 --> 00:23:58.000 you can put your microsaw up there you can load 383 00:23:58.119 --> 00:24:01.119 lumber up. I mean, it is a real, really brilliant 384 00:24:01.160 --> 00:24:07.599 device made out of relatively lightweight reinforced fiberglass legs and braces, 385 00:24:07.920 --> 00:24:10.759 and you got to check it out. The Bora Centipede 386 00:24:11.319 --> 00:24:15.400 portable workbench platform for about one hundred dollars. It's brilliant 387 00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:21.759 and it's going to make somebody a di wire's eyes sparkle. Gloves. 388 00:24:21.880 --> 00:24:23.839 Let's talk about gloves real quick. I'm not going to 389 00:24:23.920 --> 00:24:26.359 repeat what I said earlier in the show about safety 390 00:24:26.400 --> 00:24:30.359 and the balance of safety and dexterity. You already heard 391 00:24:30.440 --> 00:24:32.720 me say that if you hadn't go back and listen 392 00:24:32.799 --> 00:24:36.759 to that in the podcast, but this is a perfect 393 00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:42.720 example of that. My favorite overall work gloves for woodworkers 394 00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:46.119 and anybody who's doing a di wire or just general 395 00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:50.960 around the house work is by Ironclad and it's the 396 00:24:51.160 --> 00:24:54.400 framer glove. Now, what's different about it is a beautiful 397 00:24:54.640 --> 00:25:00.519 reinforced cloth framing glove, protective glove, protection on your palm, 398 00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:04.920 protection on your fingers, pre articulated fingers. That means that 399 00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:07.559 the glove was created with the fingers in the slightly 400 00:25:07.599 --> 00:25:11.440 bent condition, because that's the natural form of your relaxed hand, 401 00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:16.440