WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.480 --> 00:00:03.879 Kf I AM six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp 2 00:00:03.960 --> 00:00:07.719 The House Whisper on demand on the iHeart Radio app 3 00:00:11.039 --> 00:00:16.199 KFI AM six forty live streaming in HD everywhere on 4 00:00:16.640 --> 00:00:20.679 the iHeartRadio app. Hey, welcome home. I'm Dean Sharp, the 5 00:00:20.760 --> 00:00:25.039 House Whisper. I design custom homes and on the weekends, 6 00:00:25.280 --> 00:00:29.879 I am here to guide you to better understand that 7 00:00:30.039 --> 00:00:33.119 place where you live. That's what we're all about here 8 00:00:33.159 --> 00:00:36.320 on the program. We're all about home, your home, turning 9 00:00:36.359 --> 00:00:41.439 your ordinary house into an extraordinary home. And as Saturday 10 00:00:41.479 --> 00:00:45.799 mornings go, we are taking calls this morning and you 11 00:00:45.840 --> 00:00:48.679 get to set the agenda about what today's show is 12 00:00:48.759 --> 00:00:51.799 all about. The number to reach me eight three three 13 00:00:52.000 --> 00:00:56.479 to ask Dean A three three The numeral two Ask 14 00:00:56.799 --> 00:01:00.640 Dean A three three to ask Dean anything you want 15 00:01:00.640 --> 00:01:03.439 to talk about regarding your home. Whatever's got you scratching 16 00:01:03.479 --> 00:01:07.519 your head regarding your home. That's why I am here. 17 00:01:08.560 --> 00:01:14.400 Anything at all, DIY concern a construction question, an engineering question, 18 00:01:14.519 --> 00:01:20.359 an architectural question, a design question inside, outside, landscape, hardscape, 19 00:01:20.560 --> 00:01:23.840 soft scape, any kind of scape you can think of, 20 00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:28.519 interior decor, All of it is fair game. And I 21 00:01:28.599 --> 00:01:31.159 want to help you through, and we'll find a way 22 00:01:31.200 --> 00:01:35.040 through to make your ordinary house a more extraordinary home. 23 00:01:35.319 --> 00:01:39.840 Eight three three two ask Dean. Saturday morning calls are lights, 24 00:01:39.879 --> 00:01:42.319 so it's always a great time to call in and 25 00:01:42.400 --> 00:01:45.359 get onto the air and let me help you out 26 00:01:45.400 --> 00:01:48.480 with your issues. Let me introduce our awesome team, sam 27 00:01:48.680 --> 00:01:52.920 Is on the board. Good morning Sam, Good morning Dean. 28 00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:58.280 How you doing? Oh good? No, the feed into the 29 00:01:58.319 --> 00:02:01.000 studio here is a little spottyed like cutting in and 30 00:02:01.040 --> 00:02:03.680 out a little bit on me, but sam Is wrestling 31 00:02:03.760 --> 00:02:07.280 are not so live studio audience as always and doing 32 00:02:07.319 --> 00:02:12.280 a stellar job. Producer Richie is standing by ready to 33 00:02:12.360 --> 00:02:15.039 take your calls. Oh, producer Richie is taking calls. So 34 00:02:15.080 --> 00:02:17.719 there you go. See Oaks are already calling in good 35 00:02:17.759 --> 00:02:20.080 time for you to call into A three three to 36 00:02:20.680 --> 00:02:25.240 ask Dean, and of course Eileen Gonzales at the news desk. 37 00:02:25.280 --> 00:02:27.319 Good morning, Eileen, Good morning Dean. 38 00:02:27.400 --> 00:02:28.000 How you doing? 39 00:02:29.199 --> 00:02:32.680 Good? Good? Wait, let me guess it's green tea? How'd 40 00:02:32.719 --> 00:02:36.400 you guess? Did I get it right? You did? But 41 00:02:36.520 --> 00:02:39.280 actually I'm gonna get fancy. I'm going to add some 42 00:02:39.400 --> 00:02:46.800 pineapple ginger to it. Well, I'm sorry, what was that pineapple? Yeah, pineapple, pineapple, 43 00:02:46.840 --> 00:02:54.039 ginger and ginger. Yeah, that's a good condom. I am 44 00:02:54.120 --> 00:02:59.919 having a coffee black as God intended. That sounds good. 45 00:03:01.319 --> 00:03:05.319 Get that caffeine going, yes, exactly. Sitting across the table 46 00:03:05.360 --> 00:03:08.520 from me, my better half, my design partner, my best 47 00:03:08.520 --> 00:03:14.199 buddy in all the world. There she is. Well, it 48 00:03:14.240 --> 00:03:17.919 wasn't that wasn't you, but that was your spirit animal. 49 00:03:18.199 --> 00:03:21.120 Tina is here. Welcome home. Hey, good to see you 50 00:03:21.120 --> 00:03:23.439 this morning. I know here. I am been a couple 51 00:03:23.479 --> 00:03:27.159 of weeks where we've had you off doing other things, right, 52 00:03:27.360 --> 00:03:30.000 it's nice to have you back. Thanks. We've had a 53 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:32.560 lot of guests in the studio. We have have had 54 00:03:32.599 --> 00:03:34.439 a lot of guests and it's been a good thing. 55 00:03:35.240 --> 00:03:37.599 And I see you've brought a beagle with you as well. 56 00:03:37.680 --> 00:03:40.759 I did. Yes, I come prepared with coffee and a beagle. 57 00:03:40.919 --> 00:03:45.960 Silent Sam, He's silent studio, so silent. Not so silent 58 00:03:46.080 --> 00:03:48.520 everywhere else, but he tends to be silent here in 59 00:03:48.560 --> 00:03:51.479 the studio. So glad to hear that. All right, y'all, 60 00:03:51.719 --> 00:03:54.000 let's dive in, shall we. We've got a couple of 61 00:03:54.039 --> 00:03:56.719 calls on the board. Tons of room for you as well. 62 00:03:56.800 --> 00:04:01.319 Eight three three two, ass Dean. It's an all Saturday morning. 63 00:04:01.439 --> 00:04:04.800 You set the agenda and I sit back and take it. 64 00:04:06.599 --> 00:04:08.759 Whatever it is that's going on with your home, will 65 00:04:08.879 --> 00:04:14.960 do it all, can't I? I Jean Charp the house whisper. 66 00:04:15.560 --> 00:04:18.560 Whether your home is a condo or a cottage or 67 00:04:18.600 --> 00:04:21.600 a castle matters not to me. I'm here to help 68 00:04:21.639 --> 00:04:24.360 you take it to the next level. Thank you for 69 00:04:24.480 --> 00:04:27.040 joining us on the program this morning. It is always 70 00:04:27.120 --> 00:04:30.959 a pleasure to spend a Saturday morning with you. We 71 00:04:31.000 --> 00:04:33.360 are doing all calls. The number to reach me eight 72 00:04:33.439 --> 00:04:36.800 three three to ask Dean eight three to three, the 73 00:04:36.920 --> 00:04:40.560 numeral two ask Dean, and there's room on the board 74 00:04:40.680 --> 00:04:43.040 for you. So if you've got a question about your home, 75 00:04:43.279 --> 00:04:46.439 give me a call. Joel has a question about his home. 76 00:04:46.560 --> 00:04:49.000 Let's talk to Joel. Hey Joel, welcome home. 77 00:04:50.680 --> 00:04:53.480 Hi Dean, nice talk to you. 78 00:04:54.360 --> 00:04:59.519 I have a back door with a glass window. It's 79 00:04:59.560 --> 00:05:03.839 like by forty and I want to make it more secure. 80 00:05:03.959 --> 00:05:07.879 Is there any way of making that door more secure 81 00:05:07.959 --> 00:05:12.560 from you know, intrusion or should I just get a 82 00:05:12.600 --> 00:05:15.399 new back door? Because I'm thinking of a back door. 83 00:05:17.120 --> 00:05:18.399 You're thinking of a new back door. 84 00:05:19.920 --> 00:05:22.920 I'm thinking and I can make this one more secure. 85 00:05:23.600 --> 00:05:28.439 You know, right, Yeah, I'm assuming that you don't have 86 00:05:28.639 --> 00:05:34.959 tempered glass on that door, so it doesn't yeah, okay, 87 00:05:35.240 --> 00:05:37.480 because if it was tempered I usually tell people, hey, 88 00:05:37.519 --> 00:05:40.279 don't worry so much about the glass in the door, 89 00:05:40.399 --> 00:05:44.000 because tempered glasses, you know, it's not bomb proof, it's 90 00:05:44.040 --> 00:05:48.079 not impassable, but it is a lot lot harder to 91 00:05:49.560 --> 00:05:53.360 smash and grab, as they say, with tempered glass panels 92 00:05:53.399 --> 00:05:58.079 inside a door than just standard glass. Most doors are 93 00:05:58.279 --> 00:06:01.240 made without, you know, if there's just a smaller glass section, 94 00:06:02.040 --> 00:06:05.600 they're made without the tempered glass. So yeah, it is 95 00:06:05.680 --> 00:06:08.120 a little bit of a vulnerability. The only thing I 96 00:06:08.120 --> 00:06:10.879 could tell you, Joel, without ruining the look of the 97 00:06:10.879 --> 00:06:16.079 whole thing is there are security screens out there on 98 00:06:16.160 --> 00:06:20.160 the market that are available, and you could call a 99 00:06:20.199 --> 00:06:24.560 company that does security screens. Now it's going to darken 100 00:06:24.800 --> 00:06:28.160 its vibe just a little bit, because the security screens 101 00:06:28.240 --> 00:06:33.040 are significantly you know, strong and thick, and when they 102 00:06:33.040 --> 00:06:35.519 say secure, I mean they really are secure, and they 103 00:06:35.560 --> 00:06:38.959 would like screw onto the section. You could have a 104 00:06:39.000 --> 00:06:42.879 security screen custom made to basically fit like a panel 105 00:06:42.959 --> 00:06:45.879 over the glass would not obscure the glass would darken 106 00:06:45.920 --> 00:06:48.920 it a little bit, but wouldn't obscure the glass. You'd 107 00:06:48.959 --> 00:06:53.199 still have light coming through. And security screens are mega 108 00:06:53.319 --> 00:06:57.480 hard to get into and through way better than bars, 109 00:06:57.560 --> 00:06:59.360 by the way, because you know, the minute the bars 110 00:06:59.439 --> 00:07:02.600 go up, that's when you know property value start to 111 00:07:02.680 --> 00:07:05.720 drop and you start feeling like, well, you know, I 112 00:07:05.759 --> 00:07:08.079 live in that kind of a neighborhood. So security screens 113 00:07:08.120 --> 00:07:12.199 are an aesthetically passive way of dealing with that, and 114 00:07:12.319 --> 00:07:14.759 uh it would help out a lot. And uh so 115 00:07:14.920 --> 00:07:17.079 I would check that out. And then you just weigh 116 00:07:17.160 --> 00:07:20.040 that against the possibility of getting a new door, either 117 00:07:20.120 --> 00:07:23.759 with zero glass or with tempered glass, so that you 118 00:07:23.800 --> 00:07:28.560 can make that back portal more secure. Okay, thank you, 119 00:07:29.920 --> 00:07:36.199 that makes sense. Yes, thank you, you are very very welcome, 120 00:07:36.199 --> 00:07:40.839 my friend. Well, one up one day, you too, buddy, 121 00:07:40.920 --> 00:07:44.800 you too. Uh it's nice to just right out of 122 00:07:44.839 --> 00:07:48.199 the bat. It's like, there you go, asked it answered, 123 00:07:48.600 --> 00:07:52.639 uh uh, let's uh, well, we can get another call 124 00:07:52.639 --> 00:07:55.240 going here, at least let's talk to James. Hey, James, 125 00:07:55.480 --> 00:07:56.439 welcome home. 126 00:07:57.560 --> 00:07:59.720 Hey Deane, thanks for taking a call. I guess, I 127 00:07:59.720 --> 00:08:01.639 guess of a theme of glass here. I have a 128 00:08:01.759 --> 00:08:06.079 condominium that has a lot of glass facing a very 129 00:08:06.199 --> 00:08:09.160 very busy boulevard in Los Angeles, and we hear a 130 00:08:09.160 --> 00:08:12.000 lot of bus and motorcycle and exotic car noise. And 131 00:08:12.040 --> 00:08:15.480 I'm wondering if you have some magic solution to reducing 132 00:08:15.519 --> 00:08:18.240 the noise and both the master bedroom in the great 133 00:08:18.319 --> 00:08:20.879 room that faced the boulevard. 134 00:08:22.800 --> 00:08:26.480 Okay, here we go again with sound. Sound is a 135 00:08:26.519 --> 00:08:32.519 tricky thing, my friend. Sound sure, yeah, sound proofing is. Ah. 136 00:08:32.879 --> 00:08:35.600 There is no one silver bullet for it. As I 137 00:08:35.639 --> 00:08:39.039 always say, it takes layers usually in order to achieve it, 138 00:08:39.080 --> 00:08:41.200 but they things can be achieved. Now Here is the 139 00:08:41.279 --> 00:08:45.159 critical question as to how I'm going to answer James, 140 00:08:45.240 --> 00:08:47.440 and that is are you renting or do you own 141 00:08:47.480 --> 00:08:48.039 this condom? 142 00:08:49.159 --> 00:08:49.519 Own it? 143 00:08:51.399 --> 00:08:56.200 Okay, you said the right thing, only because that's this 144 00:08:56.279 --> 00:08:59.480 way I can suggest some useful things. So the glass, 145 00:09:00.039 --> 00:09:03.000 if you're really invested in it, then you've got a 146 00:09:03.039 --> 00:09:06.480 club a couple of things. Number one, the wall that 147 00:09:06.639 --> 00:09:11.559 faces the exterior that faces the main street. There is 148 00:09:11.600 --> 00:09:16.200 the always the consideration that you use sound reducing insulation 149 00:09:16.480 --> 00:09:21.679 in that wall. Now, not an easy overnight fix because 150 00:09:21.720 --> 00:09:25.320 obviously you know it means pulling off some dry wall 151 00:09:25.720 --> 00:09:29.559 and putting in sound reducing insulation, but I guarantee you 152 00:09:29.679 --> 00:09:34.200 it will make a significant difference, maybe some sound reducing insulation, 153 00:09:34.759 --> 00:09:39.600 and then reinstall the drywall on some resilient channels. Resilient 154 00:09:39.679 --> 00:09:44.440 channels are just basically these small rails that drywall mount 155 00:09:44.519 --> 00:09:48.960 to and there's a rubber gasket in between the dry 156 00:09:49.000 --> 00:09:51.679 wall and where it attaches to the wall, and that 157 00:09:51.799 --> 00:09:56.159 small rubber gasket essentially becomes a sound break and energy break. 158 00:09:56.240 --> 00:09:59.919 It unbridges, that's what we call it. It's debridging, unbridging 159 00:10:00.440 --> 00:10:02.440 the energy that flows through the wall, and that's what 160 00:10:02.559 --> 00:10:05.919 sound is. Sound is energy that's coming through, and so 161 00:10:05.960 --> 00:10:10.000 you want to reduce the conductive materials that transfer that 162 00:10:10.120 --> 00:10:13.120 sound from the outside surface to the inside of the house. 163 00:10:13.159 --> 00:10:17.279 And that's one way of doing it. Sound sound rated 164 00:10:17.320 --> 00:10:23.039 insulation like rock mineral wool insulation, and maybe putting the 165 00:10:23.120 --> 00:10:26.039 dry wall back on with resilient channel and even some 166 00:10:26.240 --> 00:10:29.559 mass loaded vinyl, which is a material that you would 167 00:10:29.600 --> 00:10:31.759 stretch out all on the wall before the dry wall 168 00:10:31.799 --> 00:10:35.480 as well, which also has a great ability to reduce 169 00:10:35.679 --> 00:10:38.960 and dampen sound coming through. Now, as far as the 170 00:10:39.000 --> 00:10:43.360 glass goes, the glass is the key here. If you're 171 00:10:43.399 --> 00:10:46.440 really wanting that's the wall itself, but the glass itself. 172 00:10:46.840 --> 00:10:50.159 If you're really wanting to significantly reduce the noise coming 173 00:10:50.159 --> 00:10:53.759 through the wall, then you may want to invest in 174 00:10:53.960 --> 00:10:56.679 new windows and or sliding glass doors. I don't know 175 00:10:56.720 --> 00:11:01.240 which is, but it doesn't really matter, and it would 176 00:11:01.240 --> 00:11:02.240 be the problem. 177 00:11:02.279 --> 00:11:05.960 The problem is that the walls are all glass. That's 178 00:11:06.000 --> 00:11:07.399 all glass facing the street. 179 00:11:07.919 --> 00:11:11.720 It's just lots of glass facing the street. Okay, so 180 00:11:12.159 --> 00:11:18.080 that's that would be it's not going to be. Yeah, 181 00:11:18.279 --> 00:11:22.879 but there is, uh, there are on the market some 182 00:11:22.919 --> 00:11:31.720 really wonderful noise reduction, sound reducing, sound dampening glass products 183 00:11:31.720 --> 00:11:35.200 out there. Every major manufacturer has access to them, every 184 00:11:35.240 --> 00:11:39.159 major window and door manufacture. And and what it is. 185 00:11:39.159 --> 00:11:42.639 It's a dual glazed window like the ones that you've got, 186 00:11:42.679 --> 00:11:45.919 like a standard dual glazed window. The difference being the 187 00:11:45.960 --> 00:11:49.799 outer pane of that glass. There are actually two pieces 188 00:11:49.799 --> 00:11:56.600 of glass again sandwiched with a vinyl membrane in between 189 00:11:56.639 --> 00:12:00.399 that you can't see, and that vinyl membrane doesn't ritible 190 00:12:00.519 --> 00:12:04.039 job of unbridging the sound that moves through the glass. 191 00:12:05.360 --> 00:12:08.720 And it's better than triple glazed windows. So if you 192 00:12:08.840 --> 00:12:11.200 want to look into that, look into the it is 193 00:12:11.240 --> 00:12:17.519 not cheap, but look into replacing the glass with soundproofing glass. 194 00:12:18.080 --> 00:12:22.000 And I mean apart from that and buying heavy window 195 00:12:22.080 --> 00:12:25.799 curtains which defeat the entire purpose of having windows facing 196 00:12:25.840 --> 00:12:28.200 the street. That's how I would approach it. 197 00:12:28.240 --> 00:12:29.919 My friend got it. 198 00:12:29.960 --> 00:12:32.200 I appreciate it. Thanks team, all. 199 00:12:32.200 --> 00:12:34.919 Right, James, good luck with that. That's a tough one. 200 00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:37.919 It's tough. I mean, that's the answer, but it's not 201 00:12:38.039 --> 00:12:41.000 the answer anybody wants to hear is replace all the 202 00:12:41.039 --> 00:12:45.600 glass that faces the street with soundproofing glass. I wish 203 00:12:45.799 --> 00:12:49.799 more builders were more conscientious about the fact that the 204 00:12:49.840 --> 00:12:53.360 glass that faces busy streets on the developments that they create, 205 00:12:54.200 --> 00:12:56.320 you know, end up creating a noise problem. But of 206 00:12:56.360 --> 00:13:01.440 course builders are looking for the cheapest answers, always, always, always, 207 00:13:01.559 --> 00:13:04.480 and then owners have to pay the price for that 208 00:13:04.639 --> 00:13:07.480 as they live in those places for years to come. 209 00:13:08.080 --> 00:13:11.759 All right, more of your calls when we return your 210 00:13:11.759 --> 00:13:13.480 Home with Dean Sharp the house whisper. 211 00:13:14.440 --> 00:13:17.720 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 212 00:13:17.840 --> 00:13:25.120 KFI AM six FORTYFI. 213 00:13:22.360 --> 00:13:27.440 AM forty live streaming in HD everywhere on the iHeartRadio 214 00:13:27.480 --> 00:13:32.879 app Dean Sharp the house whisper here with you that 215 00:13:32.919 --> 00:13:36.200 you've joined us on the program, as always spending our 216 00:13:36.240 --> 00:13:39.360 time here on the weekends talking to you about your house, 217 00:13:40.080 --> 00:13:43.360 trying our best to help you convert it from a 218 00:13:43.480 --> 00:13:47.519 house who or from an ordinary house? Yes, from an 219 00:13:47.600 --> 00:13:51.679 ordinary house to an extraordinary home. Whether you live in 220 00:13:51.720 --> 00:13:57.679 a cottage, a condo, a castle, matters not. Everybody deserves 221 00:13:57.720 --> 00:14:02.480 good architecture, good design, good construction, and all of that 222 00:14:02.639 --> 00:14:06.679 is here with me to share with you as you 223 00:14:06.799 --> 00:14:09.720 are processing what's going on with your home. It is 224 00:14:09.799 --> 00:14:13.639 an all calls Saturday morning, and so let's return to 225 00:14:13.679 --> 00:14:15.480 the phones. The number by the way to reach me. 226 00:14:15.799 --> 00:14:18.200 Plenty of room on the board for you. Eight three 227 00:14:18.440 --> 00:14:22.320 three to ask Dean. Eight three three the numeral to 228 00:14:22.519 --> 00:14:26.759 ask Dean, A three three to ask Dean. It's just 229 00:14:26.799 --> 00:14:30.519 that simple to ask Dean anything you want to talk 230 00:14:30.519 --> 00:14:35.200 about regarding your home. Let's talk to Pat. Hey, Pat, welcome. 231 00:14:34.840 --> 00:14:39.639 Home, Good morning, Dean, thanks for taking the call. 232 00:14:41.360 --> 00:14:42.879 Thank you, my friend. How can I help you? 233 00:14:48.720 --> 00:14:49.039 Hello? 234 00:14:50.480 --> 00:14:52.200 Yes, Pat, go ahead, How can I help you? 235 00:14:55.879 --> 00:14:56.200 Hello? 236 00:14:58.120 --> 00:15:01.080 Okay, we're having some trouble with Pat. Let me pop 237 00:15:01.120 --> 00:15:05.000 Pat on hold and Pat, you hang tight, We'll figure 238 00:15:05.000 --> 00:15:08.120 it out. Let's go to Ann. Hey, Ann, welcome home. 239 00:15:09.440 --> 00:15:11.200 Hey, good morning Dean. How are you. 240 00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:15.279 I am well? How are you good? 241 00:15:16.200 --> 00:15:17.919 I'm doing really good. This is going to be an 242 00:15:18.000 --> 00:15:22.200 unusual question, not really, but let me set you up here. 243 00:15:22.399 --> 00:15:25.039 I've got fifteen I'm a brand new chicken owner. I've 244 00:15:25.039 --> 00:15:28.360 got fifteen beautiful birds and we just built out a 245 00:15:28.519 --> 00:15:31.559 coop for them in our barn, and we're building a run. 246 00:15:32.200 --> 00:15:37.159 And my question is my run is sixteen y ten, 247 00:15:37.559 --> 00:15:40.360 so it's sixteen feet out from the side of the barn. 248 00:15:41.120 --> 00:15:45.320 And I'm in North Idaho, so we get snow, rain, everything. 249 00:15:45.519 --> 00:15:47.720 I only have about a six and a half inch 250 00:15:47.799 --> 00:15:50.960 slope to my roof, and I want to know if 251 00:15:50.960 --> 00:15:53.639 that's going to be enough or if I need to 252 00:15:53.759 --> 00:15:56.759 change the pitch a little bit for rain, runoff for 253 00:15:56.879 --> 00:15:59.399 snow to protect the girls. 254 00:16:00.080 --> 00:16:03.320 Okay, is it a So this is a flat, flat 255 00:16:03.399 --> 00:16:06.000 roof on top that's just sloped in one direction. 256 00:16:07.440 --> 00:16:10.519 So it's just sloped in one direction, it's coming off 257 00:16:10.559 --> 00:16:13.440 of the barn that has a significant slope to the roof. 258 00:16:13.480 --> 00:16:16.600 We get probably four to six feet of snow up. 259 00:16:16.559 --> 00:16:23.639 Here, right, Okay, So so I'm just trying to see 260 00:16:23.679 --> 00:16:26.279 here that six inch drop you say, there's a six 261 00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:29.840 inch slope that's over sixteen feet. That's six inches over 262 00:16:29.879 --> 00:16:31.639 sixteen feet. 263 00:16:30.639 --> 00:16:34.840 It's six and a half inches over about sixteen feet. 264 00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:38.000 Okay, here let me. Now you're going to force me 265 00:16:38.039 --> 00:16:40.960 to do math at six forty five in the morning, 266 00:16:41.480 --> 00:16:45.279 all right, I just wanted. 267 00:16:45.120 --> 00:16:47.639 To come down on my girls. 268 00:16:49.039 --> 00:16:55.120 Yeah, okay, So here's the thing. Technically, technically speaking, that's 269 00:16:56.000 --> 00:16:59.440 that's about zero point four it's a it's about three 270 00:16:59.559 --> 00:17:04.319 eighths of an inch per foot of slope. Okay, another 271 00:17:04.839 --> 00:17:09.039 zero point four inches of you know, per foot of slope. 272 00:17:09.279 --> 00:17:17.200 So the definition the definition of a flat roof that 273 00:17:17.559 --> 00:17:20.000 is code acceptable. Okay. I'm talking about like a flat 274 00:17:20.079 --> 00:17:22.720 roof like up on top of a commercial building right 275 00:17:22.759 --> 00:17:26.680 in town, right where there's no there's a slope, you know, 276 00:17:26.960 --> 00:17:29.519 there's no big roof pitch that's visible, just like a 277 00:17:29.559 --> 00:17:33.119 flat top commercial building or an office building or top 278 00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:36.200 of a skyscraper, all that kind of thing. So what 279 00:17:36.240 --> 00:17:40.119 we're going for up there, code requires that roof to 280 00:17:40.319 --> 00:17:44.599 slope at one quarter of an inch per foot. Okay, 281 00:17:46.079 --> 00:17:49.680 now your so your so that's in other words for 282 00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:55.319 rainfall and such. That's totally acceptable. Okay, what you've got 283 00:17:55.799 --> 00:18:03.839 is about not quite twice that. Okay. So yeah, so 284 00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:07.680 you've got you've got a good enough slope as far 285 00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:12.119 as rain, moisture, all of that stuff. Okay. The only 286 00:18:12.240 --> 00:18:16.160 questioning okay, it's not really the slope is so much. 287 00:18:16.240 --> 00:18:20.200 The only question is whether or not the the top 288 00:18:20.279 --> 00:18:23.559 of that roof is you know, because it is still 289 00:18:23.599 --> 00:18:27.680 relatively flat. I mean, it's definitely in the flat of category. 290 00:18:28.200 --> 00:18:31.240 So the question is where you're at whether or not 291 00:18:31.720 --> 00:18:37.000 the structure of that run can handle you know, a 292 00:18:37.039 --> 00:18:39.559 good amount of snow building up on top of it 293 00:18:39.599 --> 00:18:42.160 and sitting up there the weight of the snow, not 294 00:18:42.319 --> 00:18:45.079 so much the runof for leaking or anything like that. 295 00:18:45.119 --> 00:18:47.960 It's just you know, with a with a relatively flat 296 00:18:48.039 --> 00:18:50.880 roof like that, you're gonna get a pile up of snow, 297 00:18:51.160 --> 00:18:55.640 especially you know, in a nice dry snowstorm where you know, 298 00:18:55.720 --> 00:19:00.519 it gets sticky, the powder builds up. So the question 299 00:19:00.640 --> 00:19:02.119 is going to be that you'd have to just kind 300 00:19:02.160 --> 00:19:04.359 of look at the question of whether or not it 301 00:19:04.400 --> 00:19:08.279 can hold the weight while the snow is up there. Technically, 302 00:19:08.359 --> 00:19:11.720 as far as the drainage is concerned. It's not a problem. 303 00:19:12.160 --> 00:19:13.960 It's just a question of whether it can hold the weight. 304 00:19:14.039 --> 00:19:16.599 And if you can't change the pitch too much, and 305 00:19:16.640 --> 00:19:18.759 I'm not sure that doesn't sound like you've got a 306 00:19:18.759 --> 00:19:22.400 whole lot of leeway to change the pitch considerably. But 307 00:19:22.440 --> 00:19:25.559 if you can't the pitch too much, then you may 308 00:19:25.880 --> 00:19:27.960 I don't know if your home has this as well, 309 00:19:27.960 --> 00:19:32.400 but you may want to put some heating elements up 310 00:19:32.440 --> 00:19:35.359 there on the roof, you know, around that first course, 311 00:19:35.400 --> 00:19:38.160 around the edge. In other words, to keep the snow 312 00:19:38.359 --> 00:19:40.960 as it hits, to keep it melting, so that it 313 00:19:41.039 --> 00:19:44.559 keeps melting and slipping off as it hits. Does that 314 00:19:44.599 --> 00:19:45.039 make sense? 315 00:19:46.160 --> 00:19:50.000 Oh, yeah, no, absolutely absolutely. We've even looked at making 316 00:19:50.279 --> 00:19:53.599 possibly half of it convertible, taking the roof off because 317 00:19:53.640 --> 00:19:57.799 we'll have hardware cloth up there to protect them from 318 00:19:57.799 --> 00:20:00.640 hawks and predators, and then just let the snow come 319 00:20:00.680 --> 00:20:03.279 in on half of it because they'll be okay with snow. 320 00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:06.559 I just don't want it to all collapse on them. 321 00:20:06.640 --> 00:20:09.880 So yeah, exactly, Yeah, I'd rather have them put up 322 00:20:09.920 --> 00:20:15.119 with the snow, you know, around their ankles, then half 323 00:20:15.119 --> 00:20:20.359 the whole thing coming down and squishing them. So yeah, 324 00:20:20.359 --> 00:20:21.400 that's what I would recommend. 325 00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:24.000 That's perfect, Thank you sir. 326 00:20:24.640 --> 00:20:27.400 And congratulations. How many how many little ones do you have? 327 00:20:27.480 --> 00:20:27.680 Now? 328 00:20:28.880 --> 00:20:32.680 I have thirteen girls and two boys and they're twelve 329 00:20:32.720 --> 00:20:35.319 weeks old. They just it just got warm enough to 330 00:20:35.400 --> 00:20:37.480 let them out of the bruder that was in our basement. 331 00:20:38.160 --> 00:20:41.599 And we won't have any white eggs. They'll all be 332 00:20:41.799 --> 00:20:45.920 blue green. I've got some chocolate brown speckled eggs coming 333 00:20:46.000 --> 00:20:49.359 that I'm very excited about. And at twelve weeks they 334 00:20:49.400 --> 00:20:53.640 are full blown teenagers. Oh yeah, there are a lot 335 00:20:53.680 --> 00:20:54.319 of fun. 336 00:20:54.839 --> 00:20:58.880 I was asking because we just re upped our checks too. 337 00:20:58.960 --> 00:21:02.920 We've got ten ten new chicks that are just now. 338 00:21:03.240 --> 00:21:06.480 I literally just opened up the outsiding closed run for 339 00:21:06.559 --> 00:21:09.400 them yesterday. So they're sticking their heads out now for 340 00:21:09.440 --> 00:21:13.559 the first time away from the the infrared light, and 341 00:21:13.599 --> 00:21:16.720 they're looking around like, uh huh, it's a big world 342 00:21:16.799 --> 00:21:18.000 out there, and they're. 343 00:21:18.359 --> 00:21:20.720 No, it's crazy. What breeds do you have? 344 00:21:21.799 --> 00:21:23.759 Oh my god? Well you know what I got to 345 00:21:23.759 --> 00:21:25.519 go to break. But I promise when I come back, 346 00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:29.160 I will I'll read off the breeds to so everybody 347 00:21:29.160 --> 00:21:30.920 else will be scratching their heads like what does that 348 00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:34.079 guy talk about? But I will share them with you 349 00:21:34.119 --> 00:21:36.759 when we return. And thank you so much for the call, 350 00:21:37.119 --> 00:21:39.720 and good luck, good luck on that Yeah, let's let's 351 00:21:39.720 --> 00:21:42.759 not make let's make sure that that chicken run doesn't 352 00:21:42.759 --> 00:21:45.440 come down on their on their heads. All right, we'll 353 00:21:45.440 --> 00:21:48.319 be back at it, including what breed of chicks we 354 00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:54.160 have added here to the ranch. Fine dems start the 355 00:21:54.160 --> 00:21:57.880 house whisper a welcome home. Thanks for joining us on 356 00:21:57.920 --> 00:22:02.920 the program. It is a beautiful warm here in southern 357 00:22:02.960 --> 00:22:08.200 California May weekend for us. Uh and uh, it's going 358 00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:09.880 to be a lovely day. It's gonna be a little 359 00:22:09.920 --> 00:22:12.119 bit warm today though, but I'm hoping that the heat 360 00:22:12.119 --> 00:22:14.519 wave is edging off here. We had a it has 361 00:22:14.599 --> 00:22:17.880 been a weird spring here in southern California. I don't 362 00:22:17.920 --> 00:22:22.359 know where you are, but we've actually had a legitimate 363 00:22:22.440 --> 00:22:26.279 and I think are still having a legitimately what I 364 00:22:26.359 --> 00:22:30.240 call real springtime is. Having been born and raised in 365 00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:33.640 southern California, I can tell you that spring for the 366 00:22:33.759 --> 00:22:37.240 majority of my life is just typically you know, you 367 00:22:37.319 --> 00:22:41.160 get out of winter in February, March hits and the 368 00:22:41.160 --> 00:22:45.799 weather is sunny and clear, and it looks exactly like summer, 369 00:22:45.880 --> 00:22:48.960 except it's not hot, that's all. It's just spring for us. 370 00:22:49.119 --> 00:22:52.359 Is looks like summer, but it isn't as warm as summer. 371 00:22:52.400 --> 00:22:55.640 That's pretty typical for so cal But man, here we 372 00:22:55.680 --> 00:22:59.039 are in May, and we're having weeks in which, oh, 373 00:22:59.079 --> 00:23:03.000 it's raining on Tuesday, and then fifty four degrees is 374 00:23:03.039 --> 00:23:06.559 the high, and it's cold at night, and then cloudy 375 00:23:06.599 --> 00:23:09.160 the next day. And now we are within the course 376 00:23:09.200 --> 00:23:11.039 of what three or four days, we're up in the 377 00:23:11.440 --> 00:23:14.039 eighties and nineties, and then we're going to drop back 378 00:23:14.079 --> 00:23:16.119 down again. And I just heard that there might be 379 00:23:16.119 --> 00:23:19.440 another storm on the way. It is crazy town here, 380 00:23:20.000 --> 00:23:23.400 but that's actually what spring is for a lot of 381 00:23:23.400 --> 00:23:27.839 people in various parts of the country. So just letting 382 00:23:27.880 --> 00:23:30.920 you know where, for whatever reason, we are having a 383 00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:35.480 real spring, but an unusual one, all right. I promised Anne. 384 00:23:35.480 --> 00:23:37.759 I'm sorry, sorry. I know we're gonna we're gonna get 385 00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:40.039 to calls right after the next break, but I promised 386 00:23:40.039 --> 00:23:44.559 our caller Anne that I would share with y'all. She's 387 00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:48.000 got new chicks, baby chicks, because it is springtime. It 388 00:23:48.079 --> 00:23:51.039 is chicken time. And I promised Anne that I would 389 00:23:51.839 --> 00:23:55.440 share our new breeds with her, because we've got ten 390 00:23:55.519 --> 00:23:58.960 new baby chicks that are they're getting big, they're getting pretty. 391 00:23:59.000 --> 00:24:01.920 They're pretty much feathered now almost there may be eighty 392 00:24:02.079 --> 00:24:07.680 ninety feathered, right, Tina. Uh So, We've got a salmon Favarolu, 393 00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:11.720 which lays light brown to pink eggs. We got a 394 00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:15.279 bobtail Peckin, which is a white, creamy egg We've got 395 00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:18.640 a we have two white crested polish with the really 396 00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:23.079 funky dues coming in. Those are white eggs. We've got 397 00:24:23.119 --> 00:24:25.839 an this is I love this one, a naked neck 398 00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:32.200 pulky okay, which is a pulk silky hybrid and it 399 00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:34.720 looks like a little turkey while rocking around right now 400 00:24:34.759 --> 00:24:38.359 because there's no feathers on their neck. Those are brown 401 00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:42.960