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<v Speaker 1>Let's say good morning too. The host of Home on

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<v Speaker 1>KFI our house whisper Dean Sharp.

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<v Speaker 2>Morning, Dean, Good morning Amy.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, it's a dy weekend. I love a good DIY.

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<v Speaker 1>It's so fun. Yeah, it makes you feel like you

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<v Speaker 1>really kind of can accomplish things. And we've got some

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<v Speaker 1>big projects, some small projects. But you're going to be

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<v Speaker 1>talking about diys on your show this weekend.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and we're going to be focusing on Sometimes very

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<v Speaker 2>little things make the big difference when di wires get

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<v Speaker 2>active on a project and they get frustrated because they're like, well, wait,

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<v Speaker 2>the instructions never said how much of this or how

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<v Speaker 2>little of that, or how to do this? And so

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to be taking and tackling some of those

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<v Speaker 2>those little techniques that make all the difference. And we'll

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<v Speaker 2>be taking calls on Saturday and spending most of Sunday

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<v Speaker 2>talking about these fix it tips.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, So that's there's so many here. I'm like, oh, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>need to do that, need to do that. I've tried that,

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<v Speaker 1>can't do that. Here's an easy one, hopefully. What if

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<v Speaker 1>if your toilet runs in the middle of the night,

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<v Speaker 1>that's still a problem.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes, Yes, the haunted toilet. Why are we laying in

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<v Speaker 2>bed and all of a sudden we hear the toilet running.

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<v Speaker 2>It's usually something super super simple. It's just usually nine

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<v Speaker 2>times out of ten, it's the flapper inside the tank.

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<v Speaker 2>It's that little flap that opens up that the chain

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<v Speaker 2>is connected to from the handle of the toilet. That

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<v Speaker 2>flapper sits in water constantly in its entire life, and

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<v Speaker 2>eventually the rubber of the flapper starts to fail, and

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<v Speaker 2>so it starts leaking water a little bit into the tank,

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit, a little bit more, and then the

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<v Speaker 2>tank drops its water level and the valve wants to

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<v Speaker 2>refill it, and that's what we hear in the middle

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<v Speaker 2>of the night. Fortunately, a flapper costs.

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<v Speaker 3>Like four dollars five dollars at the hardware core and

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<v Speaker 3>takes all of you know, thirty seconds to change out,

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<v Speaker 3>and suddenly we will not have our haunted toilet being

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<v Speaker 3>used by no one in the middle of the night.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, So that's that's a great quick fix. Okay, here's

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<v Speaker 1>another one. I've run into this. I bet you have

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<v Speaker 1>to what do you do when you bust a light

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<v Speaker 1>bulb and you need to get it out and there's

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<v Speaker 1>all that sharp glass.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and you know what, I've I always mentioned two

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<v Speaker 2>things here because there's the right way to do it,

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<v Speaker 2>and then there is this this kind of mythological story

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<v Speaker 2>of how to do it. I think if you look online,

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<v Speaker 2>everybody says, oh, just get a potato, get a get

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<v Speaker 2>a rusted potato and shove it up in there and

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<v Speaker 2>start to turn it. And you know what, we've tried

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<v Speaker 2>it before, and every once in a while it works.

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<v Speaker 2>But don't don't waste your time with the potato. There's

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<v Speaker 2>no reason to get a potato anywhere near a broken

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<v Speaker 2>light bulb. You just make sure that the power is

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<v Speaker 2>off and that there is no energy running to that fixture.

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<v Speaker 2>And this is where the use of a pair of

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<v Speaker 2>needle nosed plyers comes in handy. You either grab the

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<v Speaker 2>very center of that broken bulb fixture, or with needlenose plyers,

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<v Speaker 2>you can grab the edge of the of the brass

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<v Speaker 2>cup that's still stuck up there in the fixture, bend

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<v Speaker 2>it in a little bit and rotate it clockwise and

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<v Speaker 2>you'll see that you'll get all of that out quickly.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't worry about using a rusted potato.

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<v Speaker 1>But I have used the potato, and it did work

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<v Speaker 1>one time.

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<v Speaker 3>I know.

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<v Speaker 2>You know. The funny thing is because potatoes are just

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<v Speaker 2>firm enough and just moist enough that they form kind

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<v Speaker 2>of a vacuum seal around what's left, and they become

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<v Speaker 2>essentially a wrench for taking it out. It's just will

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<v Speaker 2>frustrate somebody if you go all the way to the

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<v Speaker 2>store and get a potato, bring it home, get up

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<v Speaker 2>there on your ladder and find out that the fixture

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<v Speaker 2>is stuck in there a little bit too much, and

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<v Speaker 2>that the potato just turns and turns, and you're like, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>why did I waste a trip to the store when

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<v Speaker 2>I could have just used a pair of plyers exactly

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<v Speaker 2>to just use the player.

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<v Speaker 1>Dean Sharp is going to be saving you unnecessary trips

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<v Speaker 1>to the store all weekend long. I would love to

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<v Speaker 1>talk about more of this. Unfortunately we don't have the

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<v Speaker 1>time to do it, but you're going to talk about

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<v Speaker 1>it this weekend. What to do with mushy light receptacles,

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<v Speaker 1>I've got that problem. How do you repair a damaged

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<v Speaker 1>window screen, I've got that problem. How do you fix

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<v Speaker 1>a jiggling doorknob, I've got that problem? And how do

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<v Speaker 1>you Reattach loose carpet. I've got all these problems, So

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to be listening to your show this weekend.

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<v Speaker 1>Dean sounds great, Okay great Saturday from six to eight

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<v Speaker 1>right here on KFI, and then Sundays nine to noon.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a Home with Dean Sharp. You can also follow

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<v Speaker 1>him at Home with Dean. Thank you, Dean Sharp.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks Amy