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 --> 00:00:11.000 House Whisperer on demand on the iHeartRadio app. Hey follow 3 00:00:11.080 --> 00:00:15.439 us on social media. We only do the good kind, uplifting, informative, 4 00:00:15.599 --> 00:00:21.600 inspiring social media never pulls you down. Instagram, TikTok, Facebook X, 5 00:00:21.640 --> 00:00:24.199 all the usual suspects. We're all over the place there 6 00:00:24.559 --> 00:00:27.920 Home with Dean, same handle for them all, Just Home 7 00:00:28.359 --> 00:00:31.399 with Dean. You'll find us there and follow us and 8 00:00:31.519 --> 00:00:35.159 share us with your friends, of course. And also I 9 00:00:35.159 --> 00:00:36.759 should mention if your home is in need of some 10 00:00:36.840 --> 00:00:40.240 personal house Whisperer attention, personal meaning like me and the 11 00:00:40.280 --> 00:00:43.840 tea here showing up on your doorstep ready to figure 12 00:00:43.840 --> 00:00:47.399 out your specific design problems, you can book an in 13 00:00:47.520 --> 00:00:50.560 home design console with us. You just go to house 14 00:00:50.600 --> 00:00:55.960 Whisperer dot Design, house Whisperer dot Design. All right, it 15 00:00:56.119 --> 00:00:59.759 is the second hour of our fine Sunday morning program 16 00:00:59.759 --> 00:01:03.159 here and it is an all calls Sunday, nothing but 17 00:01:03.280 --> 00:01:06.120 your calls. You get to set the agenda as to 18 00:01:06.159 --> 00:01:08.959 what the show is about today. And I'm going to 19 00:01:09.000 --> 00:01:11.159 give the number out one more time eight three three 20 00:01:11.359 --> 00:01:15.159 two ask Dean A three three the numeral two ask 21 00:01:15.439 --> 00:01:19.959 Dean eight three three two pep ask Dean. I only 22 00:01:20.000 --> 00:01:21.959 do that because it makes Tina laugh. I have no 23 00:01:22.040 --> 00:01:25.680 idea why it makes her laugh. Give us a call. 24 00:01:25.760 --> 00:01:28.760 Producer Richie is on the other end of the phone. 25 00:01:28.799 --> 00:01:30.840 He'll pick up. He'll tell you everything you need to know. 26 00:01:30.920 --> 00:01:32.599 He'll pop you into the queue. You can listen to 27 00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:35.480 the show while you wait. And you know, I pick 28 00:01:35.560 --> 00:01:39.200 calls pretty randomly here, so even if you call right now, 29 00:01:39.879 --> 00:01:41.239 you know you might be the next call. 30 00:01:41.359 --> 00:01:42.079 You never know. 31 00:01:42.280 --> 00:01:46.439 So here's a random selection. Let's talk to Mark A 32 00:01:46.920 --> 00:01:50.400 Mark welcome home. Hi, Hey there you are. 33 00:01:50.599 --> 00:01:52.959 Sorry. I thought I almost I thought I hung up 34 00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:54.680 on you when I selected the number. 35 00:01:54.719 --> 00:01:58.000 I'm like, no, no, after all of that, all right, 36 00:01:58.040 --> 00:01:59.239 my friend, how you doing? 37 00:01:59.280 --> 00:02:00.079 How can I help you? 38 00:02:00.879 --> 00:02:04.920 I'm doing well. I had a question. You recommend in 39 00:02:04.959 --> 00:02:09.759 the past rock wool and insulation for interior soundproofing purposes, 40 00:02:10.360 --> 00:02:12.759 and I like the idea. I was just wondering about 41 00:02:13.000 --> 00:02:16.960 how that might affect Wi Fi signals within the house. 42 00:02:17.560 --> 00:02:21.240 Yeah, it's a good question. Yes, I do recommend rock 43 00:02:21.280 --> 00:02:27.560 wool insulation on interior walls, and which is not a 44 00:02:27.599 --> 00:02:32.400 code requirement. It's just a recommendation. For me because it 45 00:02:32.520 --> 00:02:36.479 just helps control sound. It's not for heating and insulating purposes. 46 00:02:36.520 --> 00:02:40.759 It's just makes a home so much more sound attenable 47 00:02:40.879 --> 00:02:45.599 and quiet. But yeah, it's a really good question. Yes, 48 00:02:45.680 --> 00:02:49.439 it does have a dampening effect on Wi Fi because 49 00:02:49.520 --> 00:02:53.240 rock wool insulation is pretty significant little barrier. It doesn't 50 00:02:53.240 --> 00:02:56.560 shut it down by any means. It will though on 51 00:02:56.639 --> 00:03:00.479 a larger home it's going to dampen the signs. And 52 00:03:00.560 --> 00:03:04.800 so if you're going to pony up for like during 53 00:03:04.800 --> 00:03:09.439 a remodel, for interior wall insulation, then you know, spend 54 00:03:09.479 --> 00:03:13.120 a couple one hundred dollars more and also pony up 55 00:03:13.199 --> 00:03:19.159 for a Wi Fi mesh net system for your home, 56 00:03:19.840 --> 00:03:23.439 and that just solves that problem. In other words, instead 57 00:03:23.439 --> 00:03:27.840 of having one centrally located Wi Fi router sending out 58 00:03:27.840 --> 00:03:30.000 a Wi Fi signal through your home that may or 59 00:03:30.080 --> 00:03:32.759 may not make it to every corner of your home, 60 00:03:33.439 --> 00:03:37.520 or instead of doing it old school with a repeater, okay, 61 00:03:37.639 --> 00:03:42.280 having another Wi Fi repeater at some point, the new 62 00:03:43.240 --> 00:03:45.639 and I shouldn't say new, I mean they've been around 63 00:03:45.639 --> 00:03:48.080 for quite a while now. But the best way to 64 00:03:48.199 --> 00:03:50.719 do Wi Fi coverage for a home is to use 65 00:03:51.280 --> 00:03:53.879 a mesh net system, and I would say for the 66 00:03:53.919 --> 00:03:56.639 whole property. I mean I have a small home. I 67 00:03:56.680 --> 00:04:01.240 only need one router in my home to cover, you know, 68 00:04:01.439 --> 00:04:05.199 all the rooms in my home, even with rockwool insulation 69 00:04:05.319 --> 00:04:07.520 in the walls, which we have in all of our 70 00:04:07.599 --> 00:04:10.919 interior walls. However, I'm sitting on a third of an 71 00:04:10.960 --> 00:04:15.080 acre of property here and we've got out buildings. I 72 00:04:15.120 --> 00:04:18.839 have the studio, I've got the garden room, We've got 73 00:04:19.240 --> 00:04:23.120 a guesthouse in the back, and that's way too far 74 00:04:23.279 --> 00:04:26.759 for that one router to go. Instead of using repeaters 75 00:04:26.759 --> 00:04:29.319 to push out, we have a I think a four 76 00:04:29.720 --> 00:04:34.000 a four node Wi Fi mesh system and basically what 77 00:04:34.040 --> 00:04:36.079 it means is anywhere on the property you get a 78 00:04:36.079 --> 00:04:38.439 strong signal, no matter where you're at, and it doesn't 79 00:04:38.480 --> 00:04:41.399 it's not a slowed down signal. That's why the old repeaters. 80 00:04:41.680 --> 00:04:44.079 Every time you send us a Wi Fi signal through 81 00:04:44.079 --> 00:04:46.519 a repeater, you know, it slows down a little bit 82 00:04:46.519 --> 00:04:50.839 along the way. But with a mesh node set that 83 00:04:51.360 --> 00:04:55.160 puts like basically a Wi Fi net over the entire area. 84 00:04:56.399 --> 00:04:58.360 There are actually nodes and I don't want to get 85 00:04:58.360 --> 00:05:00.879 into all the technical stuff, but there nodes of the 86 00:05:00.920 --> 00:05:05.160 Wi Fi system. They're not repeaters, they're simply all sharing 87 00:05:05.279 --> 00:05:08.120 that signal with each other. And no matter where you 88 00:05:08.160 --> 00:05:10.480 move on the property, one of the nodes is close 89 00:05:10.600 --> 00:05:12.720 enough to pick the signal and it doesn't slow down 90 00:05:12.800 --> 00:05:17.120 service at all. So you're absolutely right. Enough rock well 91 00:05:17.240 --> 00:05:20.759 in a big enough house will damper a Wi Fi 92 00:05:20.879 --> 00:05:24.560 signal internally. But if you're going to go to that 93 00:05:24.879 --> 00:05:28.000 expense to do that for your home, which I think 94 00:05:28.079 --> 00:05:31.680 is fantastic, then go ahead and add a mesh system 95 00:05:31.800 --> 00:05:33.199 and you won't have to worry about the Wi. 96 00:05:33.160 --> 00:05:36.120 Fi sounds great. Thank you so much. 97 00:05:36.720 --> 00:05:38.199 You are so welcome, my friend. 98 00:05:38.680 --> 00:05:41.639 I love calls. I just love calls. You know why 99 00:05:41.680 --> 00:05:45.480 we take calls. We take calls because subjects get raised 100 00:05:45.639 --> 00:05:49.160 that are universal to so many people. Right, So Mark 101 00:05:49.240 --> 00:05:53.240 calls and he's got this really intelligent question about something 102 00:05:53.240 --> 00:05:57.279 he's heard me say, interior wall insulation for sound purposes. 103 00:05:57.279 --> 00:05:59.360 He's got a really intelligent how's that going to affect 104 00:05:59.399 --> 00:06:03.279 Wi Fi? There's thousands of people who are listening who 105 00:06:03.879 --> 00:06:08.040 didn't realize that they have that same question rolling around 106 00:06:08.079 --> 00:06:11.759 the back of their head. And now boom, there it is, right, 107 00:06:11.800 --> 00:06:13.920 And I could have done. I could have done two 108 00:06:13.920 --> 00:06:18.279 insulation shows and failed to mention that little aspect. So 109 00:06:18.519 --> 00:06:21.800 that's why we love doing it this way. And we're 110 00:06:21.839 --> 00:06:23.920 going to take more of your calls. Right after. 111 00:06:25.160 --> 00:06:28.439 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 112 00:06:28.560 --> 00:06:33.680 KFI AM six forty. 113 00:06:31.800 --> 00:06:35.560 It is and all calls Sunday morning. That means we 114 00:06:35.639 --> 00:06:38.199 are doing nothing but taking your calls. You set the 115 00:06:38.240 --> 00:06:45.079 agenda for the show. Construction design, DIY lofty, architectural artistic 116 00:06:45.160 --> 00:06:47.920 questions or how do we fix the leaky toilet and 117 00:06:47.959 --> 00:06:51.319 everything in between, anything you want to talk about regarding 118 00:06:51.439 --> 00:06:54.720 your home. Does that guy really have that kind of 119 00:06:54.800 --> 00:06:56.639 breadth of answers? 120 00:06:56.720 --> 00:06:57.120 I don't know. 121 00:06:57.920 --> 00:07:02.040 Let's find out. We just give it a try. The 122 00:07:02.120 --> 00:07:05.160 number to reach me eight three to three two. Ask 123 00:07:05.399 --> 00:07:09.319 Dean eight three to three the numeral two. Ask Dean. 124 00:07:09.439 --> 00:07:13.519 All right, I am excited. Let's go back to the phones, 125 00:07:13.720 --> 00:07:17.920 shall we. Let's talk to Susan. Hey, Susan, welcome home. 126 00:07:18.560 --> 00:07:21.600 I Dean, I'm so excited to talk to you. So 127 00:07:21.720 --> 00:07:23.600 first of all, thank you to Richie, thank you to 128 00:07:23.680 --> 00:07:26.120 t and Dean. I've been with you since your very 129 00:07:26.160 --> 00:07:27.519 first show. Thank you so much. 130 00:07:27.560 --> 00:07:30.160 Oh my gosh, I apologize for that. 131 00:07:30.519 --> 00:07:35.879 I'm sorry anyway, love hearing you. So I want to know. 132 00:07:36.319 --> 00:07:40.319 My question is it's two parts your favorite if you 133 00:07:40.399 --> 00:07:43.720 had to choose, like your favorite bright, I want to 134 00:07:43.720 --> 00:07:47.079 paint my whole home just bright white. It's just simple 135 00:07:47.120 --> 00:07:48.920 and easy. I don't want to have to choose colors 136 00:07:49.160 --> 00:07:51.639 the brightest, a real bright white. I have almost no 137 00:07:51.759 --> 00:07:56.000 direct sunlight in my entire home. I looked at Chantilly lace. 138 00:07:56.079 --> 00:07:58.600 It's beautiful color. I don't know if that's really bright 139 00:07:58.759 --> 00:08:03.079 bright white though. And then of course Benjamin Moore, of course, 140 00:08:03.600 --> 00:08:07.240 and then what types I think you said aura for bathrooms, 141 00:08:07.240 --> 00:08:12.639 but I'd like to know kitchens, cabinets, doors, bathroom like, 142 00:08:12.720 --> 00:08:14.800 what are the different types of chines that would be 143 00:08:14.879 --> 00:08:18.680 your favorite. I'm not married to anything flat. I just 144 00:08:18.759 --> 00:08:21.040 would like to know what you would do. And of 145 00:08:21.040 --> 00:08:23.600 course new flooring will come later, so I'm not really 146 00:08:23.639 --> 00:08:24.839 concerned with flooring. 147 00:08:25.439 --> 00:08:28.839 I got you the okay, Well, okay, so I'm going 148 00:08:28.839 --> 00:08:32.519 to disappoint you on one side, which is that I 149 00:08:32.559 --> 00:08:37.519 am terrible at remembering the names of paint colors, really, 150 00:08:37.720 --> 00:08:39.960 and one of the reasons is they change them all 151 00:08:40.000 --> 00:08:44.240 the time. But there's a couple. There's a couple that 152 00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:46.440 I that we always default to, and then Tina always 153 00:08:46.480 --> 00:08:49.240 nods at me that, yes, you got that one right. 154 00:08:49.159 --> 00:08:49.799 Hunt. 155 00:08:51.159 --> 00:08:53.480 So bright white. Yeah, I'm going to give you the 156 00:08:53.519 --> 00:08:58.480 principle though, behind it, so that you can choose for yourself. Okay, 157 00:08:59.120 --> 00:09:05.919 The principle behind it is this absolute pure white. Okay, 158 00:09:06.240 --> 00:09:08.720 pure white, absolute pure white. We don't want to do 159 00:09:09.000 --> 00:09:11.240 in the house. That's the brightest of all the whites, 160 00:09:11.399 --> 00:09:15.879 pure absolute bright white. And the reason is because in 161 00:09:15.960 --> 00:09:20.919 an interior, pure white can start going cold. In other words, 162 00:09:20.960 --> 00:09:23.120 it can have a blue tint to it. It's like 163 00:09:23.679 --> 00:09:27.679 pure light coming out of a light bulb. We don't 164 00:09:27.840 --> 00:09:32.120 want anything above like three thousand kelvin as far as 165 00:09:32.159 --> 00:09:35.360 color temperature is concerned, which, by the way, five thousand 166 00:09:35.480 --> 00:09:38.639 kelvin is sunlight. And you would think, oh, sunlight's beautiful 167 00:09:38.679 --> 00:09:42.159 and warm, and to say no, inside a house, a 168 00:09:42.279 --> 00:09:48.159 five thousand degree kelvin color temperature light bulb is blue, 169 00:09:48.240 --> 00:09:51.519 and people are like, oh, it's cold, it's icy blue blue. 170 00:09:52.960 --> 00:09:56.600 So what we want is a nice bright light, a 171 00:09:56.600 --> 00:09:58.919 lot of lumins and brightness coming off the light. I 172 00:09:58.919 --> 00:10:00.759 know I'm talking about light bulb, but I think you 173 00:10:00.799 --> 00:10:05.879 see the analogy here, and we want it below three thousand. 174 00:10:05.879 --> 00:10:08.080 In other words, we threw some amber in there, just 175 00:10:08.159 --> 00:10:10.919 a little warmth, a little warm tone into the light. 176 00:10:11.039 --> 00:10:14.399 That's the light that everybody loves inside their house. The 177 00:10:14.440 --> 00:10:18.559 same is true. Now, paint doesn't emit color, but it 178 00:10:18.679 --> 00:10:22.960 reflects color, okay, and so the same is true of paint. 179 00:10:22.519 --> 00:10:26.000 We don't want bright, bright, pure white. That's easy to 180 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:27.679 come by. You just go to the paint store and 181 00:10:27.679 --> 00:10:30.200 you just buy the base color without any tinting in 182 00:10:30.240 --> 00:10:33.720 it whatsoever, and you get pure white, too blue, too blue, 183 00:10:33.759 --> 00:10:37.639 too cold. What we want is something that has just 184 00:10:38.879 --> 00:10:42.759 a hint a hint of warmth in it, meaning something 185 00:10:43.159 --> 00:10:47.279 in the brown, tan and red additive being added to it, 186 00:10:47.360 --> 00:10:50.159 not blues and greens, but on the warm side of 187 00:10:50.200 --> 00:10:53.519 the scale. And that would, in Benjamin More terms, that 188 00:10:53.559 --> 00:10:57.919 would be decorators white Tina's telling me it, I got 189 00:10:57.919 --> 00:10:58.480 it right. 190 00:10:59.039 --> 00:10:59.879 And or Swiss. 191 00:11:01.320 --> 00:11:04.519 Little variation between the two, but those would be the two. 192 00:11:04.600 --> 00:11:08.759 But in principle, now that's Benjamin Moore. Anybody using whatever paint, 193 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:12.200 just know that you just want to go slightly off 194 00:11:12.440 --> 00:11:15.399 and in no way, shape or form is tan it's 195 00:11:15.519 --> 00:11:18.879 not tan. It doesn't cream up the wall or anything. 196 00:11:19.080 --> 00:11:20.720 When you walk into a room, you're like, oh, oh, 197 00:11:20.879 --> 00:11:24.559 that's a beautiful bright white. But what you don't realize 198 00:11:24.720 --> 00:11:27.000 it has a little bit of warmth reflected in it. 199 00:11:27.039 --> 00:11:32.679 So that's the color. As far as the Thechines go 200 00:11:34.120 --> 00:11:37.919 flat on the ceiling, pure flat, just straight out flat 201 00:11:37.919 --> 00:11:40.879 on a ceiling. Why because we never have to, you know, 202 00:11:40.960 --> 00:11:43.440 get a ceiling dirty. The ceilings don't have to put 203 00:11:43.519 --> 00:11:46.600 up with abuse, so we don't have to wash it. 204 00:11:46.639 --> 00:11:52.679 The problem with flat is that it is hard to wash. 205 00:11:52.720 --> 00:11:54.279 You know, it's a paint in the butt to wash 206 00:11:54.399 --> 00:11:57.279 flat paint, watch dirt off flat paint. So safe on 207 00:11:57.360 --> 00:12:01.799 the ceiling, perfectly flat. Plus I want a man I 208 00:12:01.840 --> 00:12:05.559 don't want sheen in the house. In general, I want 209 00:12:05.600 --> 00:12:09.000 things not reflective because the more reflective a surface is, 210 00:12:09.120 --> 00:12:13.799 the shinier surface is, the more it shows every possible 211 00:12:13.879 --> 00:12:17.879 imperfection in the surface. So flat is just pure color, 212 00:12:18.120 --> 00:12:20.759 no shine on the walls. I want them as flat 213 00:12:20.799 --> 00:12:24.480 as possible. We'll usually go mate on the walls. Matt 214 00:12:24.720 --> 00:12:28.120 is flat, but it's not all the way flat. And 215 00:12:28.120 --> 00:12:30.159 and Benjamin Moore is one of the reasons we love 216 00:12:30.200 --> 00:12:33.159 them Aura, Aura throughout the house. If you just want 217 00:12:33.159 --> 00:12:37.240 the best period Aura everywhere, matte finish on the walls, 218 00:12:37.840 --> 00:12:42.759 flat on the ceiling, or a bath and spa in 219 00:12:43.000 --> 00:12:48.519 the bathrooms because of its amazing matte finish and moisture 220 00:12:48.559 --> 00:12:51.000 protection at the same time. And then when it comes 221 00:12:51.080 --> 00:12:56.120 to trims, casings and bass boards, then I just take 222 00:12:56.360 --> 00:13:01.200 one tiny step up and go like eggs shell or satin, 223 00:13:01.559 --> 00:13:06.200 depending on the brand of paint, eggshell or satin comes 224 00:13:06.240 --> 00:13:09.799 first or after. You know, some manufacturers reverse the two 225 00:13:09.799 --> 00:13:13.159 in order. It's just basically the next sheene step up, 226 00:13:13.240 --> 00:13:17.360 depending on what manufacturer you're using, And that is my 227 00:13:17.519 --> 00:13:20.840 preferential formula for doing a house. Now, of course there's 228 00:13:20.879 --> 00:13:23.799 always exceptions, but for what you're talking about, I think 229 00:13:23.840 --> 00:13:26.360 that's what's going to make you happy. That little bit 230 00:13:26.399 --> 00:13:30.679 of sheene on the baseboards and the casings, doorcasings, those 231 00:13:30.679 --> 00:13:32.919 are the areas that take the most abuse, and therefore 232 00:13:32.919 --> 00:13:35.639 it just allows you to keep them that much cleaner. 233 00:13:36.840 --> 00:13:43.000 Well, one least clarification Aura definitely bathroom and spa. But 234 00:13:43.080 --> 00:13:45.320 did you didn't you also say aura throughout the house? 235 00:13:45.360 --> 00:13:46.399 If I could do that. 236 00:13:47.159 --> 00:13:51.200 Yes, yes, Aura is Benjamin Moore's top of the line 237 00:13:52.200 --> 00:13:57.600 premiere paint, and so Aura is a paint that can 238 00:13:57.639 --> 00:14:00.000 be used throughout the house. And then Aura bath Ins 239 00:14:00.039 --> 00:14:04.879 SPA is a specific application of Aura four bathrooms. So 240 00:14:05.159 --> 00:14:07.639 there you go, Susan, thank you for the question. I'm right, 241 00:14:07.919 --> 00:14:09.759 I'm late for a break, so I've got to go 242 00:14:09.960 --> 00:14:14.080 otherwise they're going to penalize me and that's not good. 243 00:14:15.320 --> 00:14:17.639 Thank you so much for listening, and thank you for 244 00:14:17.679 --> 00:14:20.399 your question, and good luck. And I think you're taking 245 00:14:20.440 --> 00:14:23.960 the right approach for a dark house because white recycles 246 00:14:24.039 --> 00:14:27.279 light inside a room. It's not just the color, it's 247 00:14:27.320 --> 00:14:29.080 the fact that it reflects it all around. 248 00:14:29.159 --> 00:14:30.960 And it's a good thing. All right, y'all. 249 00:14:32.000 --> 00:14:35.320 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 250 00:14:35.399 --> 00:14:36.919 KFI AM six forty. 251 00:14:39.279 --> 00:14:42.279 You are Home with Dean Sharp, the House Whisperer. Welcome 252 00:14:42.320 --> 00:14:46.240 to the program. We are doing an all calls Sunday morning. 253 00:14:46.519 --> 00:14:49.840 Every few weeks, we just clear the decks, you know, 254 00:14:49.879 --> 00:14:53.639 I take calls every show, virtually every show, almost without exception, 255 00:14:53.799 --> 00:14:57.519 every show, but every few weeks we just clear the decks. 256 00:14:57.519 --> 00:15:00.320 So we just do nothing but calls. And to day, 257 00:15:00.639 --> 00:15:04.120 it's one of those days. So I want to get 258 00:15:04.120 --> 00:15:06.720 back to the phones. I want to talk to Let's see, 259 00:15:08.320 --> 00:15:11.000 let's talk to Jim. Hey, Jim, welcome home. 260 00:15:12.440 --> 00:15:17.559 Yeah, Dan a hey, I live in a house it's 261 00:15:17.639 --> 00:15:22.000 not insulated on the inside walls. Is there any insulation 262 00:15:22.159 --> 00:15:26.000 in paneling that you can put up over stucco on 263 00:15:26.039 --> 00:15:27.559 the outside to insulate? 264 00:15:29.360 --> 00:15:31.120 Okay? So all right, let me. 265 00:15:32.679 --> 00:15:36.039 So you live in an older home that doesn't have 266 00:15:36.159 --> 00:15:37.639 exterior wall insulation. 267 00:15:37.799 --> 00:15:42.480 That what you're saying, Yeah, right, it's placid walls inside. 268 00:15:43.320 --> 00:15:45.639 You know it's bought I bought it well, I was 269 00:15:45.639 --> 00:15:49.159 built back in the sixties, in the early sixties, And 270 00:15:49.360 --> 00:15:52.960 just curious if there's insulation and paneling that you can 271 00:15:52.960 --> 00:15:58.240 put up on the outside exterior walls that you know there. 272 00:15:58.120 --> 00:16:00.840 Is there is. That's one way of doing it. You 273 00:16:00.919 --> 00:16:05.320 could You could add furring strips essentially to the stucco 274 00:16:05.559 --> 00:16:08.600 and then put to rigid paneling. But then you're gonna 275 00:16:08.600 --> 00:16:10.759 have to recoat the entire house. You're gonna have to 276 00:16:10.840 --> 00:16:14.840 either restucco or reside the outside of the house, uh completely, 277 00:16:15.399 --> 00:16:18.799 And that can that can be a whole bunch of 278 00:16:18.840 --> 00:16:23.240 expense in and of itself. Instead of that, I would 279 00:16:23.799 --> 00:16:25.840 in order to and we do this a lot in 280 00:16:25.960 --> 00:16:29.120 order to preserve older homes and preserve the integrity of 281 00:16:29.159 --> 00:16:32.320 older homes. Now, what I'm about to suggest seems like 282 00:16:32.399 --> 00:16:35.360 a lot, and it kind of is, but it's actually, 283 00:16:35.720 --> 00:16:40.639 in the end the least amount of work. You can 284 00:16:40.720 --> 00:16:45.600 call a foam insulation company and but believe me, spray 285 00:16:45.639 --> 00:16:49.000 foam or pump foam insulation the best insulation that you 286 00:16:49.039 --> 00:16:52.879 can get, bar none. You can call a foam insulation 287 00:16:53.039 --> 00:16:55.720 company and what they will do is they will go 288 00:16:55.799 --> 00:16:58.919 around the outside of the house and they are going 289 00:16:59.000 --> 00:17:03.000 to drill a whole one hole kind of mid wall 290 00:17:04.160 --> 00:17:09.640 in every stud bay through the stucco and every stud 291 00:17:09.680 --> 00:17:11.440 bay around the outside of your house. That's a lot 292 00:17:11.440 --> 00:17:13.440 of holes. I know it's a lot of holes, but 293 00:17:13.519 --> 00:17:18.680 they're relatively small holes and they're drilled through the stucco 294 00:17:18.759 --> 00:17:23.519 until they get access into that interior stud bay and 295 00:17:23.559 --> 00:17:28.400 then with a with a foam pump, they can insert 296 00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:32.000 a hose up and then down and fill that cavity 297 00:17:32.039 --> 00:17:35.720 with foam insulation until it's you know, squeezing out the 298 00:17:35.720 --> 00:17:38.359 hole and they know it's full. It doesn't even matter. 299 00:17:38.480 --> 00:17:41.119 Sometimes we can do it when there's existing insulation in 300 00:17:41.160 --> 00:17:44.640 the hole. It will mix and pressurize in there just fine, 301 00:17:45.359 --> 00:17:48.119 and then they move on. They can literally insulate all 302 00:17:48.200 --> 00:17:50.559 of those stud bays through those holes all the way 303 00:17:50.599 --> 00:17:53.160 around the outside of the house. Then what you're left 304 00:17:53.200 --> 00:17:56.920 with is a stucco house that has, you know, a 305 00:17:56.920 --> 00:17:59.559 bunch of holes in it, you know, and we're talking 306 00:17:59.599 --> 00:18:02.759 about like an inch and a half diameter or two 307 00:18:02.799 --> 00:18:06.720 inch inch hole every sixteen inches or so all the 308 00:18:06.720 --> 00:18:10.599 way around the house. That is something that then a 309 00:18:10.839 --> 00:18:14.480 stucco company can simply patch the hole and then all 310 00:18:14.519 --> 00:18:16.839 you need is a new finish coat, which is just 311 00:18:16.880 --> 00:18:21.240 an eighth of an inch of stucco across those exterior walls. 312 00:18:21.720 --> 00:18:23.880 Don't have to tear the old stucco out, don't have 313 00:18:23.960 --> 00:18:26.640 to add all new sighting to the outside of the house. 314 00:18:27.160 --> 00:18:31.039 It's not a inexpensive procedure, but it's a lot less 315 00:18:31.079 --> 00:18:36.079 expensive and super efficient than tearing all the stucco off 316 00:18:36.119 --> 00:18:38.480 the house, or tearing all the dry wall off the 317 00:18:38.519 --> 00:18:42.480 inside walls, or anything like that. And these days, with 318 00:18:42.720 --> 00:18:49.680 our hose applied foam insulation, it works brilliantly well. In fact, 319 00:18:49.960 --> 00:18:52.400 you'll end up with a house that's better air sealed 320 00:18:52.400 --> 00:18:54.920 than the brand new house that just got built next 321 00:18:54.960 --> 00:18:58.319 to you with standard bat insulation in it. And so 322 00:18:58.599 --> 00:19:00.680 that's how we would reckon men doing it. 323 00:19:01.599 --> 00:19:04.319 Can they even go bug and below the fireblock? 324 00:19:05.559 --> 00:19:09.200 Exactly? They get above and below the fire block. So 325 00:19:09.200 --> 00:19:12.319 so that way you know the whole wall. It's guaranteed, 326 00:19:12.359 --> 00:19:13.880 the whole wall is going to get filled up. 327 00:19:14.400 --> 00:19:17.720 Uh, and then all the way. 328 00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:20.480 In the board exactly, all the way down to the 329 00:19:20.519 --> 00:19:25.440 bottom plate, in the top plate, the entire wall is it. Yeah, yeah, 330 00:19:25.759 --> 00:19:28.559 it'll work. Believe me, it works. We've seen it. Just 331 00:19:28.839 --> 00:19:31.960 dramatically change the way an old house. And that way 332 00:19:31.960 --> 00:19:34.440 you're not screwing up the inside of the house, and 333 00:19:34.480 --> 00:19:37.559 you're not paying for brand new stucco everywhere, because stucco 334 00:19:37.680 --> 00:19:40.519 is three different layers scratch coat, brown coat, and then 335 00:19:40.599 --> 00:19:43.880 that thin little finish coat. All you're essentially doing is 336 00:19:43.920 --> 00:19:46.920 a little bit of patchwork and a new finish coat. No, 337 00:19:47.279 --> 00:19:49.519 with a new finished coat on the outside of the house, 338 00:19:49.799 --> 00:19:53.640 no one will ever know the holes had even been made. 339 00:19:54.119 --> 00:19:57.559 And you're paying for the least expensive part of a 340 00:19:57.599 --> 00:19:58.519 new stucco job. 341 00:19:59.559 --> 00:20:02.759 Okay, you are very welcome, my friend. 342 00:20:02.880 --> 00:20:05.440 Good luck on that and Uh yeah, I would recommend 343 00:20:05.519 --> 00:20:08.640 doing it absolutely, and please don't forget Jim the attic 344 00:20:09.079 --> 00:20:11.839 of all things. I mean, if you only had so 345 00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:14.920 much money to spend on insulation, the best place to 346 00:20:15.000 --> 00:20:18.440 insulate and the cheapest place to insulate is to pump 347 00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:22.920 the attic full of like a like a mineral wool 348 00:20:23.079 --> 00:20:26.960 insulation loose fill insulation in the attic, to just seal 349 00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:30.200 it all up. Because you know, heat rises, and so 350 00:20:30.319 --> 00:20:32.920 even if you don't have a jacket when you go outside, 351 00:20:32.920 --> 00:20:36.039 put a hat on and you will stay warmer. It's 352 00:20:36.039 --> 00:20:39.000 not being to be perfect, but it's absolutely your best 353 00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:43.519 insulation dollar is to add insulation to your already existing 354 00:20:43.599 --> 00:20:49.200 attic situation. All right, excellent question, and more on the way. 355 00:20:49.480 --> 00:20:51.400 We will go back to the phones right after. 356 00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:55.599 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 357 00:20:55.680 --> 00:20:57.400 KFI AM six forty. 358 00:21:00.279 --> 00:21:03.519 Dean Sharp, The House Whisper, Welcome Home. There's just something 359 00:21:03.519 --> 00:21:07.880 about that intro music there the Elmer that made me laugh. 360 00:21:08.279 --> 00:21:12.200 Just felt like we were doing folks singing in the sixties. 361 00:21:12.319 --> 00:21:17.240 I don't know what that was. Good call, good call. 362 00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:19.480 I love your music man, Thank you. 363 00:21:19.880 --> 00:21:20.440 Dean Sharp. 364 00:21:20.519 --> 00:21:24.400 The House Whisper at your service, Welcome home, Welcome to 365 00:21:24.480 --> 00:21:28.559 the program. It is an all calls Sunday morning. We've 366 00:21:28.559 --> 00:21:30.960 got several calls on the board. There's still room for you, though, 367 00:21:31.000 --> 00:21:33.960 if you want to give it a shot. And it's 368 00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:36.400 not like there's a line in front of you, because 369 00:21:36.440 --> 00:21:40.480 I take calls randomly. So I just reach into the 370 00:21:40.480 --> 00:21:42.960 barrel here and pull out a collar. That's how it works. 371 00:21:43.400 --> 00:21:45.519 But I am gentle. I'm gentle when I pull you 372 00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:48.119 out of the barrel, I promise the number to reach 373 00:21:48.200 --> 00:21:51.400 me eight three three two. Ask Dean eight three three 374 00:21:51.680 --> 00:21:56.240 the numeral two. Ask Dean eight three three two. Ask Dean. 375 00:21:56.440 --> 00:21:58.720 See how that works. That's why we picked that number. 376 00:21:59.440 --> 00:22:04.440 All right, let's talk to Don. Hey Don, welcome home. 377 00:22:05.799 --> 00:22:07.119 Hi Don, this is uh. 378 00:22:09.519 --> 00:22:12.519 Uh you're Don. 379 00:22:12.720 --> 00:22:15.319 That's right. Well, I got I got to listen to 380 00:22:15.359 --> 00:22:19.720 the folk songs and I just love that. You know, Hey, 381 00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:22.359 I've got a question for you here. I've got a 382 00:22:22.400 --> 00:22:26.880 family member here who has a beautiful house. It's a 383 00:22:26.920 --> 00:22:30.440 single family house. And what they've done over the years 384 00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:33.640 is they had added on a family room in the 385 00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:37.559 back and then where the it's a the house is 386 00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:41.440 a race, the race race foundation and where they added 387 00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:45.559 the family room. It's about eight or nine inches down 388 00:22:45.599 --> 00:22:49.279 below the main floor. And uh, and the reason I 389 00:22:49.559 --> 00:22:53.160 calling about this is that they actually had two of 390 00:22:53.160 --> 00:22:56.960 their family members fall over that step because there was 391 00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:59.839 nothing there and they didn't see it. And then last 392 00:23:00.160 --> 00:23:02.720 last night I went over to their house. It's it's 393 00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:04.599 up for sale now and I went over to check 394 00:23:04.640 --> 00:23:08.599 it out, and uh, they had they had remodeled everything 395 00:23:08.640 --> 00:23:11.960 that The floors were beautiful, They're they're really light wood, 396 00:23:13.359 --> 00:23:16.240 some kind of wood surface floor. They're really beautiful. And 397 00:23:16.279 --> 00:23:19.599 when I walked out of the main floor, they have 398 00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:21.160 a pool in the back and I looked at I 399 00:23:21.200 --> 00:23:24.519 was looking at the pool and I stepped over it 400 00:23:24.559 --> 00:23:27.880 and I just landed right on my butt all the 401 00:23:27.920 --> 00:23:30.279