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 --> 00:00:11.160 House Whisper on demand on the iHeart Radio app, AFI 3 00:00:11.519 --> 00:00:17.960 AM sixty Live Dreaming and HD Everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Hey, 4 00:00:18.039 --> 00:00:23.160 welcome home. I'm Dean Sharp, the House Whisper. I design 5 00:00:23.280 --> 00:00:26.920 custom homes and on the weekends here I am your 6 00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:31.760 guide to better understanding that place where you live. Today 7 00:00:31.800 --> 00:00:34.359 on the show Well Saturday Morning, what does that mean? 8 00:00:34.439 --> 00:00:38.320 It means we are taking calls today. We're going to 9 00:00:38.359 --> 00:00:40.039 be taking your calls. I want to talk to you 10 00:00:40.079 --> 00:00:43.439 about whatever is going on with your home. Producer Richie 11 00:00:43.600 --> 00:00:47.159 is standing by. The phone lines are opened up. Whether 12 00:00:47.200 --> 00:00:50.240 you're here with us in Southern California or anywhere else 13 00:00:50.280 --> 00:00:53.799 across the country. We are live and ready to talk 14 00:00:53.840 --> 00:00:59.520 about all things home for you, whether it be interior exterior, 15 00:01:00.159 --> 00:01:06.239 construction issues, architecture and design questions, DIY concerns, whatever the 16 00:01:06.280 --> 00:01:09.319 case may be. Give me a call and we'll put 17 00:01:09.359 --> 00:01:11.560 our heads together, and I promise you we will figure 18 00:01:11.599 --> 00:01:13.439 out what's going on with your home. I am here 19 00:01:13.439 --> 00:01:15.920 to help you out. The number to reach me eight 20 00:01:16.040 --> 00:01:19.719 three three two. Ask Dean, It's just that simple. Eight 21 00:01:19.760 --> 00:01:24.120 three three The numeral two. Ask Dean eight three three 22 00:01:24.719 --> 00:01:27.519 two ask Dean, and the phone lines are open now. 23 00:01:27.599 --> 00:01:29.239 We'll start going to the phones as soon as the 24 00:01:29.280 --> 00:01:33.319 calls start rolling in. Meanwhile, let me introduce our awesome team. 25 00:01:33.519 --> 00:01:39.560 Sam is on the board. Good morning Sam, Good morning Dean. 26 00:01:39.640 --> 00:01:43.040 How you doing. I'm good, I'm good? Are not so? 27 00:01:43.200 --> 00:01:43.400 Live? 28 00:01:43.480 --> 00:01:46.840 Studio audience sounds a pretty chipper this morning. Yeah, they 29 00:01:46.840 --> 00:01:54.400 are a lively bunch today. They are full sound vigor. Well. 30 00:01:54.439 --> 00:01:58.560 Sam has his hand on the volume control so he 31 00:01:58.640 --> 00:02:04.159 can control the vigor of our studio audience. Producer Richie 32 00:02:04.280 --> 00:02:07.359 standing by, as I mentioned, taking calls, and in fact 33 00:02:07.439 --> 00:02:11.120 he's busy working some calls right now. We are grateful 34 00:02:11.159 --> 00:02:14.439 for him. Does a fantastic job every week. And when 35 00:02:14.439 --> 00:02:16.639 you call in this morning, which I know you will. 36 00:02:17.400 --> 00:02:19.960 And by the way, traffic is light, always light on 37 00:02:20.000 --> 00:02:22.919 Saturday mornings, so now's a great time to get on 38 00:02:22.960 --> 00:02:27.120 the air. Richie is going to be the lovely voice 39 00:02:27.120 --> 00:02:29.520 that you hear and he'll tell you everything you need 40 00:02:29.560 --> 00:02:32.159 to know. You pop you into the queue and you 41 00:02:32.199 --> 00:02:35.680 can listen to the show while you wait. Eileen Gonzalez 42 00:02:35.879 --> 00:02:39.280 at the news desk, Good morning, Eileen, Good morning, Dean, 43 00:02:39.360 --> 00:02:42.439 how's it going. I'm good, I'm good. How are you doing? 44 00:02:42.759 --> 00:02:45.080 Doing good? Just slipping my tea like I do in 45 00:02:45.080 --> 00:02:48.759 the morning. What is our selection of tea for the morning. 46 00:02:49.159 --> 00:02:51.240 I've been pretty boring. I've just been sticking to the 47 00:02:51.240 --> 00:02:54.439 green tea. You're just with the green tea lately? Yeah, lately, 48 00:02:54.800 --> 00:02:58.879 not a lot of variety. Okay, I am looking at 49 00:02:58.879 --> 00:03:02.599 some point here or you know one of those funky 50 00:03:03.879 --> 00:03:08.680 names associated with herbal tea's Ashawa Gundakaba. You know, I 51 00:03:08.719 --> 00:03:18.599 can never I can never say roybos tea looks like right, 52 00:03:19.759 --> 00:03:21.360 I don't even know what that I mean. I know 53 00:03:21.680 --> 00:03:26.039 that's a tea. I have no idea what. I can't 54 00:03:26.080 --> 00:03:28.919 say it, but it's good. If somebody if I was 55 00:03:28.960 --> 00:03:31.159 sitting in a in a cafe this morning and the 56 00:03:31.280 --> 00:03:33.919 server said, would you like some roybos tea? I would 57 00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:38.439 like okay? Why not? Yeah? It works? Is that a 58 00:03:38.520 --> 00:03:41.520 caffee of tea or is it herbal? It's herbal. It's herbal. 59 00:03:42.280 --> 00:03:44.719 But this morning you need the caffeine, don't you, yes, 60 00:03:45.039 --> 00:03:50.280 most definitely. Eventually I'll go to coffee again. There you go. Well, 61 00:03:50.400 --> 00:03:58.759 speaking of coffee, Oh my goodness. Hmmm, I think everyone 62 00:03:58.800 --> 00:04:02.400 should pour themselves a nice, warm comfort beverage. Right now, 63 00:04:02.639 --> 00:04:05.159 it's a little chili outside, it's a little chili. It's 64 00:04:05.199 --> 00:04:08.039 a classic spring morning. I heard there was rain. I 65 00:04:08.159 --> 00:04:09.840 know it does not look like rain at all. No, 66 00:04:10.240 --> 00:04:14.639 not here, not here, looking around, but it's cold. I 67 00:04:14.680 --> 00:04:16.959 should say chili. I don't want to say cold and 68 00:04:17.079 --> 00:04:21.680 offend people who are like currently, you know, in the twenties, 69 00:04:22.319 --> 00:04:27.199 they're like, pull it together, man, It's just chili, that's all. 70 00:04:28.000 --> 00:04:28.040 So. 71 00:04:28.319 --> 00:04:30.879 Anyway, sitting across the table from me, you just heard 72 00:04:31.000 --> 00:04:35.360 her lovely voice. My better half, my design partner, my 73 00:04:35.720 --> 00:04:38.360 partner in life, and I'm your best friend in all 74 00:04:38.399 --> 00:04:43.000 the world. There's her spirit animal, the elephant tinaz here. 75 00:04:43.680 --> 00:04:47.519 Welcome home. How you doing well? Well? And I have 76 00:04:47.680 --> 00:04:51.000 Oh well, I'm doing well, and I have Samy with me, Sammy, 77 00:04:51.480 --> 00:04:56.279 anything you'd like to say, Sam, keep petting me. Sam 78 00:04:56.399 --> 00:05:01.160 is one of our beagles. He is h the neediest 79 00:05:01.319 --> 00:05:04.600 of our beagles. Yes, but he's a love. He is 80 00:05:04.800 --> 00:05:07.800 a love, a little whiny in the morning about four 81 00:05:07.800 --> 00:05:12.279 point thirty. All right, Sam saying feed me, feed me? 82 00:05:13.560 --> 00:05:16.959 All right, y'all, why don't we dive in. Here's the 83 00:05:17.040 --> 00:05:19.959 number once again. Phone lines are open eight three three 84 00:05:20.199 --> 00:05:23.600 to ask Dean. It's an all calls morning, all calls 85 00:05:23.600 --> 00:05:27.160 Saturday morning, my favorite time, just to sit and talk 86 00:05:27.240 --> 00:05:30.720 with you about your home. We will take those calls 87 00:05:30.759 --> 00:05:35.959 when we return Camphi, Dean Shark the house with her 88 00:05:36.160 --> 00:05:40.399 Welcome home. Whether your home is a condo or a 89 00:05:40.519 --> 00:05:43.800 cottage or a castle, makes no difference. I am here 90 00:05:43.959 --> 00:05:47.279 to help you take it to the next level. That's 91 00:05:47.319 --> 00:05:50.759 what we do here on our little program. Today, as 92 00:05:51.240 --> 00:05:54.639 most Saturdays, we are taking your calls. The number to 93 00:05:54.720 --> 00:05:58.959 reach me eight three three two. Ask Dean eight three three, 94 00:05:59.160 --> 00:06:03.319 the numeral two Ask Dean eight three three two. Ask Dan. 95 00:06:03.360 --> 00:06:05.680 We've got room on the callboard for you. Give me 96 00:06:05.759 --> 00:06:08.720 a call anything regarding your home. You get to set 97 00:06:08.759 --> 00:06:11.519 the agenda today. You get to decide what the show 98 00:06:11.639 --> 00:06:14.519 is all about. Why don't we go to the phones. 99 00:06:14.560 --> 00:06:20.199 I want to talk to Eileen. Eileen, welcome home. Hi Dean, 100 00:06:21.720 --> 00:06:23.000 good morning. How can I help you? 101 00:06:23.560 --> 00:06:29.360 Hi? I've been a listener since day one. Oh I'm sorry, No, 102 00:06:29.519 --> 00:06:34.439 you've been terrific. I have. I have landscaping questions for you. 103 00:06:34.720 --> 00:06:39.000 I know you like that. I have a flagstone patio 104 00:06:39.079 --> 00:06:41.319 that was put down. It is a small padio on 105 00:06:41.399 --> 00:06:44.600 the front of the house by the side of our driveway, 106 00:06:45.360 --> 00:06:48.959 and with the heavy rains that have come it has 107 00:06:49.279 --> 00:06:52.920 washed away some of the DG. So there are gaps 108 00:06:53.600 --> 00:06:57.199 maybe a butt an inch to inch and a half deep, 109 00:06:58.360 --> 00:07:01.519 and the flag stones put down or about an inch sick. 110 00:07:02.439 --> 00:07:05.000 So it's a small area. But the man who put 111 00:07:05.040 --> 00:07:09.480 down our original patio isn't interested in coming back to 112 00:07:10.120 --> 00:07:14.480 repair this, Okay. So I was wondering, along with a 113 00:07:14.600 --> 00:07:18.120 neighbor who's willing to help, if we can get small 114 00:07:18.199 --> 00:07:21.759 bags of DG and fill it in ourselves and compact 115 00:07:21.839 --> 00:07:24.279 it and let it dry. And then I heard that 116 00:07:24.399 --> 00:07:29.600 there's something like a DG stabilizer or mouch glue to 117 00:07:29.800 --> 00:07:31.319 prevent this happening again. 118 00:07:31.959 --> 00:07:32.839 Uh huh huh. 119 00:07:33.360 --> 00:07:38.879 Plus I need some direction here, okay, all right, Yeah. 120 00:07:39.199 --> 00:07:41.560 By the way, what Eileen is talking about when she 121 00:07:41.639 --> 00:07:45.600 says DG that is decomposed, granted, we've all seen it. 122 00:07:46.279 --> 00:07:48.639 A lot of people have it in their yards, a 123 00:07:48.720 --> 00:07:51.800 lot of places out in public and in parks that 124 00:07:51.959 --> 00:07:55.360 you'll see decomposed grantede A lot of people think you're 125 00:07:55.399 --> 00:07:59.480 just walking on dirt. It's that kind of gold orange 126 00:07:59.560 --> 00:08:03.759 e material and you realize, oh wait, this is not dirt. 127 00:08:03.839 --> 00:08:07.000 It's not sticking to my feet, it's not going anywhere. Yeah, 128 00:08:07.040 --> 00:08:11.120 it's not dirt. It is literally granite that has decomposed, 129 00:08:11.279 --> 00:08:15.759 and it is very very very small aggregate pebbles of 130 00:08:16.319 --> 00:08:20.240 granite that because of their rough edges and their contours, 131 00:08:20.279 --> 00:08:22.800 they tend to lock into each other. And you can 132 00:08:22.920 --> 00:08:28.120 compact decomposed granite down into a really stable pathway that 133 00:08:28.759 --> 00:08:32.600 gives that very naturalistic feel. But yes, they are subject 134 00:08:32.840 --> 00:08:39.320 to you know, conditions, weather conditions like rain, and decomposed 135 00:08:39.360 --> 00:08:42.840 granite will eventually you know, shift out of place and 136 00:08:43.159 --> 00:08:46.320 just it just needs to be maintained. It's not constant maintenance, 137 00:08:46.799 --> 00:08:49.720 but it does need to be maintained over time. And 138 00:08:50.120 --> 00:08:54.480 a couple of things that are critical about decomposed granite is, yes, 139 00:08:55.240 --> 00:08:58.559 compaction is key. You don't just sprinkle it out and 140 00:08:58.879 --> 00:09:01.840 kind of stump on a little bit and expect it 141 00:09:01.919 --> 00:09:06.120 to stay in place. And that there are other there 142 00:09:06.159 --> 00:09:10.960 are other products these days that help do that, and 143 00:09:11.639 --> 00:09:16.360 a decomposed granite stabilizer is one of those things and 144 00:09:16.399 --> 00:09:20.279 I always recommend using those because they just they work 145 00:09:20.399 --> 00:09:23.000 really well. It's kind of a polymer based material that 146 00:09:23.120 --> 00:09:26.480 you mix with the DG and as you as you 147 00:09:27.320 --> 00:09:31.480 compacted in place, it just it makes it essentially stickier. 148 00:09:31.519 --> 00:09:33.200 I don't want to give the wrong impression that it 149 00:09:33.320 --> 00:09:35.559 actually would stick to your feet or anything. It just 150 00:09:35.759 --> 00:09:39.840 helps the granite hold itself in place. If you've ever 151 00:09:41.559 --> 00:09:44.080 here's the metaphor that I use for this, or the example, 152 00:09:44.120 --> 00:09:47.480 if you've ever seen one of those kids like little 153 00:09:47.919 --> 00:09:52.799 magic sand toys, you know, the tray that has basically 154 00:09:52.960 --> 00:09:55.279 sand in it, and they get to sit there and 155 00:09:55.559 --> 00:09:58.200 in the house without water, without adding water to it, 156 00:09:58.600 --> 00:10:01.679 and basically build little sand castles or sand structures. You 157 00:10:01.759 --> 00:10:03.480 can grab it in your hand, you can squish it. 158 00:10:03.600 --> 00:10:06.879 It forms a ball, It holds together all those granules 159 00:10:06.919 --> 00:10:11.559 of sand. That's the kind of uh, that's the kind 160 00:10:11.639 --> 00:10:17.799 of effect that a decomposed granite stabilizing polymer creates. It 161 00:10:18.080 --> 00:10:21.399 just helps it hold in place. And yeah, Eileen, it's 162 00:10:21.600 --> 00:10:25.399 so it's one of those things, one of those DIY 163 00:10:25.679 --> 00:10:27.639 or one of those projects I should say that does 164 00:10:27.799 --> 00:10:31.240 qualify if if the scale is not too large, as 165 00:10:32.000 --> 00:10:38.480 a really good DIY project. And I distinguish DIY projects 166 00:10:38.960 --> 00:10:42.360 by one factor in one factor alone, and that is, 167 00:10:43.039 --> 00:10:47.759 does it take mastery physical mastery of a certain element, 168 00:10:47.840 --> 00:10:53.200 and that that the that confuses people at times or 169 00:10:53.679 --> 00:10:57.879 leads them astray. For instance, sometimes a project that has 170 00:10:58.120 --> 00:11:01.919 multiple steps to it and seems complex because it has okay, 171 00:11:02.080 --> 00:11:04.919 step one, do this, step one two, do that all 172 00:11:04.960 --> 00:11:08.360 the way to you know, step twenty, They're like, wow, 173 00:11:08.440 --> 00:11:11.240 there's just a lot to that. I that's probably something 174 00:11:11.279 --> 00:11:15.799 a pro should do. I disagree. If if every step 175 00:11:16.039 --> 00:11:21.120 is simply just another you know, simple execution of a thing, 176 00:11:21.720 --> 00:11:25.000 then that's totally a project that a dare wire can 177 00:11:25.080 --> 00:11:30.240 take on. Whereas sometimes what seems like the simplest of ideas, 178 00:11:30.440 --> 00:11:34.639 like a finishing drywall with drywall mud, is the one 179 00:11:34.679 --> 00:11:37.120 I always give because you know, I've been doing this 180 00:11:37.240 --> 00:11:40.159 for a long time and I won't even touch a 181 00:11:40.279 --> 00:11:44.039 drywall mudding trowel because because I'm no good at it, 182 00:11:44.840 --> 00:11:47.320 I just don't have that hand touch. It's one step. 183 00:11:47.519 --> 00:11:49.759 It's put some mud on the trowel and trowl it 184 00:11:49.840 --> 00:11:54.279 across the tape and feather it out. Okay, that sounds great, 185 00:11:54.440 --> 00:11:57.440 but it's one of those things that truly takes ten 186 00:11:57.519 --> 00:12:01.039 thousand hours of mastery the feel of the trowel. To 187 00:12:01.159 --> 00:12:04.879 get it done right, one simple step, but it takes mastery. 188 00:12:05.000 --> 00:12:10.000 Whereas a project like yours, Eileen, you just follow the 189 00:12:10.159 --> 00:12:14.120 steps and if you faithfully follow and execute the steps 190 00:12:14.200 --> 00:12:18.240 of clearing the area, getting the polymer, mixing it properly, 191 00:12:18.679 --> 00:12:22.679 compacting it properly, coming back, compacting it again, putting it 192 00:12:22.799 --> 00:12:26.080 in small lifts so that each layer gets compacted. Well, 193 00:12:26.120 --> 00:12:29.240 there's no reason why you and a couple of conscientious 194 00:12:29.279 --> 00:12:33.480 neighbors can't execute the replacement of your DG. 195 00:12:34.519 --> 00:12:37.480 Okay, So I just go to the big box store 196 00:12:37.519 --> 00:12:39.279 and look for stabilizer. 197 00:12:39.919 --> 00:12:42.240 Yeah, they sell it at the big box stores. They 198 00:12:43.159 --> 00:12:47.039 sell it at builder supply places, meaning stone yards. They 199 00:12:47.159 --> 00:12:51.240 kind of specialize in stone and block places like Thompson 200 00:12:51.279 --> 00:12:55.320 Building Materials or Angelus Block. You can find you can 201 00:12:55.399 --> 00:12:58.200 find the DG stabilizer and they'll tell you exactly how 202 00:12:58.240 --> 00:12:59.600 to use it and give you the tips and the 203 00:12:59.679 --> 00:13:00.440 tools as well. 204 00:13:00.840 --> 00:13:05.480 Oh that's good. So and then what I need to reapply. 205 00:13:05.200 --> 00:13:09.879 This in the future eventually, eventually, But like I said, 206 00:13:10.000 --> 00:13:13.200 you know, d G is always a technically a maintenance thing. 207 00:13:13.240 --> 00:13:16.600 But we're not talking about you know, you know, maybe 208 00:13:16.720 --> 00:13:19.120 you're going to need to do some touch ups. Uh, 209 00:13:19.360 --> 00:13:21.600 you know in you know, a couple three years. 210 00:13:22.039 --> 00:13:25.879 Oh, okay, okay. And I know we're concerned about a 211 00:13:26.000 --> 00:13:31.600 permeable surface. So even though I put this stabilizer down 212 00:13:32.279 --> 00:13:35.440 and I'm not I shouldn't do it over the whole patio, 213 00:13:35.679 --> 00:13:38.879 just this area that's kind of washed away. Is that true? 214 00:13:39.440 --> 00:13:42.279 Uh? Yeah, I mean if you can, if you can 215 00:13:42.720 --> 00:13:46.960 mix a little into the whole patio surface, that's fine. 216 00:13:47.000 --> 00:13:49.559 But yeah, for now, I think you just worry about 217 00:13:49.559 --> 00:13:51.559 the areas that are washed away and it does not 218 00:13:51.759 --> 00:13:57.600 change the permeability of the of the Okay, okay, So. 219 00:13:57.799 --> 00:14:00.960 Along the driveway that should be fine. Then don't have 220 00:14:01.080 --> 00:14:03.519 time to ask you about my other landscape question. 221 00:14:04.080 --> 00:14:05.919 You know what, if you want to hang on, we're 222 00:14:06.000 --> 00:14:08.360 up against a break. I'd love to answer that question. 223 00:14:08.480 --> 00:14:11.120 So if I pop you on hold, we can handle 224 00:14:11.200 --> 00:14:13.759 Eileen's questions on the other side of the break. So Eileen, 225 00:14:13.879 --> 00:14:17.200 you stay put and we'll get you all answered. Up here. 226 00:14:17.480 --> 00:14:21.279 Your Home Dean Sharp the House Whisper. You're listening to 227 00:14:21.480 --> 00:14:25.039 Home with Dean Sharp on demand from KFI AM six 228 00:14:25.159 --> 00:14:32.360 forty name six forty live streaming and ad everywhere on 229 00:14:32.720 --> 00:14:36.840 the iHeartRadio app Dean Sharp the house whisper with you 230 00:14:37.120 --> 00:14:41.039 this morning. How is your morning going here to greet you. 231 00:14:41.200 --> 00:14:44.720 I'm so honored that you are listening and that you're 232 00:14:44.759 --> 00:14:48.480 part of the show. This morning, we are taking calls, 233 00:14:48.559 --> 00:14:50.720 and I've got to tell you we've got lots of 234 00:14:50.840 --> 00:14:53.320 room on the callboard. It's a sleepy Saturday morning, so 235 00:14:53.679 --> 00:14:55.840 I normally need to jostle you just a little bit 236 00:14:55.960 --> 00:14:58.799 for those calls to start coming in on a Saturday morning. 237 00:14:58.919 --> 00:15:01.279 It's be one of those more warnings. I am here. 238 00:15:01.639 --> 00:15:04.919 I am ready to take your calls. The number to 239 00:15:04.960 --> 00:15:09.440 reach me eight three three two. Ask Dean eight three 240 00:15:09.639 --> 00:15:14.200 three the numeral two ask Dean eight three three to 241 00:15:14.759 --> 00:15:16.440 ask Dean. All right, I want to finish up my 242 00:15:16.559 --> 00:15:21.159 call with Eileen. Eileen, you're still with me, buddy, I 243 00:15:21.320 --> 00:15:25.000 am okay, thanks for hanging in there through the break. 244 00:15:25.840 --> 00:15:29.200 Let's finish up what you had another question for me, 245 00:15:29.320 --> 00:15:30.240 so let's go for it. 246 00:15:30.919 --> 00:15:34.559 Yes, I have a side yard almost the lanes of 247 00:15:34.679 --> 00:15:40.639 my house, and it's on a slope, but manageable. We 248 00:15:40.879 --> 00:15:43.759 did deweed it, but then we waited too long, and 249 00:15:43.840 --> 00:15:47.399 when the rain came it brought all the weeds back, 250 00:15:47.639 --> 00:15:51.000 so it's a very healthy weedy slope. So if I 251 00:15:51.559 --> 00:15:54.080 go ahead and remove all the wheed again, I want 252 00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:58.000 to replant it with subclans or native plants, but some 253 00:15:58.320 --> 00:16:01.399 easy to maintain plants, so I don't have to climb 254 00:16:01.519 --> 00:16:02.480 up on this slope? 255 00:16:03.240 --> 00:16:03.399 Right? 256 00:16:05.159 --> 00:16:08.480 How do I start? Uh? And then I had a 257 00:16:08.559 --> 00:16:11.759 question about weed cloth and how to water the slope. 258 00:16:12.559 --> 00:16:17.919 Okay, well, how how how slopey are we? I mean, 259 00:16:18.159 --> 00:16:22.399 do we do we do we lose material off the 260 00:16:22.519 --> 00:16:24.679 slope when it rains? Is it that kind of a 261 00:16:24.799 --> 00:16:28.480 steep slope? No, in the situation that we're currently in, 262 00:16:29.200 --> 00:16:30.679 well a little bit. 263 00:16:30.639 --> 00:16:33.480 More than a gentle slope. I can get up there 264 00:16:33.759 --> 00:16:37.279 and you know leno or maybe it's about six feet 265 00:16:38.360 --> 00:16:45.000 in you know, height length. But yeah, I just don't 266 00:16:45.039 --> 00:16:46.639 know how to take care of this? What to do? 267 00:16:47.600 --> 00:16:49.639 Yeah? All right? Well, you know, because I was going 268 00:16:49.679 --> 00:16:51.960 to say, if it's if it's a strong enough slope, 269 00:16:52.000 --> 00:16:54.279 you may want to start with after you've weeded it 270 00:16:54.360 --> 00:16:57.759 out and kind of got it under control, that you 271 00:16:57.840 --> 00:17:00.559 might want to start with some erosion control cloth. But 272 00:17:00.639 --> 00:17:02.840 it doesn't sound like erosion is really the problem for 273 00:17:03.000 --> 00:17:07.839 that slope. So yes, once you have reweeded it, if 274 00:17:07.880 --> 00:17:10.000 you're going to be conscientious and go through and do 275 00:17:10.160 --> 00:17:14.880 all of that, then then I would say that weed 276 00:17:15.039 --> 00:17:20.359 control cloth is your next best move there. Weed control 277 00:17:20.440 --> 00:17:23.480 cloth is going to do two things. One, it's going 278 00:17:23.599 --> 00:17:28.200 to shallow out what areas weeds can actually fall and 279 00:17:28.359 --> 00:17:32.720 distribute their own seeds into. Which doesn't mean that it's 280 00:17:32.799 --> 00:17:35.279 going to eliminate the weeds there. It just means that 281 00:17:35.319 --> 00:17:38.559 they're going to be few and far between and shallow 282 00:17:38.680 --> 00:17:42.000 rooted and so easy to pluck out, and you know 283 00:17:42.079 --> 00:17:44.000 it because they just don't really get a chance to 284 00:17:44.079 --> 00:17:48.319 get down into the soil proper. And the second thing, 285 00:17:48.559 --> 00:17:51.559 probably the most important thing about weed control cloth is 286 00:17:51.640 --> 00:17:54.440 once you've laid it out, any weeds that still are 287 00:17:54.480 --> 00:17:57.200 in seed form down in the soil. You know, in 288 00:17:57.279 --> 00:18:01.039 the heat of the summer days, the control cloth will 289 00:18:01.079 --> 00:18:05.200 heat the soil and keep them from thriving. They'll burn 290 00:18:05.319 --> 00:18:07.680 out those seeds so that they actually don't emerge in 291 00:18:07.720 --> 00:18:09.880 the first place because they've got no sunlight and they've 292 00:18:09.880 --> 00:18:13.799 got way too much heat in them to do anything effective. 293 00:18:13.920 --> 00:18:17.160 So the weed control cloth and then a light covering 294 00:18:17.240 --> 00:18:19.640 of whatever you want to cover the slope with. Now, 295 00:18:19.680 --> 00:18:23.720 if you're using succulents, then you may have some spaces 296 00:18:23.839 --> 00:18:26.720 in between the plants as opposed to you know, like 297 00:18:26.839 --> 00:18:30.079 an ice plant or something that just grows all over 298 00:18:30.240 --> 00:18:35.599 completely the slope. If that's the case, then you know, 299 00:18:35.680 --> 00:18:40.440 I always recommend that you set up a micro drip 300 00:18:40.559 --> 00:18:43.680 system and all you have to do is bring the 301 00:18:43.880 --> 00:18:47.960 necessary water for each plant right to the base of 302 00:18:48.519 --> 00:18:51.960 where it is dug into the soil, so that you're 303 00:18:52.000 --> 00:18:54.240 not wasting water. There's no need to you know, run 304 00:18:54.359 --> 00:18:57.559 sprinklers over the whole slope or anything like that. You 305 00:18:57.680 --> 00:19:01.960 can just focus on putting water exactly where the plant 306 00:19:02.119 --> 00:19:05.039 needs it, and those plants will just thrive, they really will. 307 00:19:06.319 --> 00:19:08.400 Is this a black cloth that I see? 308 00:19:09.119 --> 00:19:12.759 Yes, yes it is. It's not plastic, it's you know, 309 00:19:12.920 --> 00:19:15.839 it's very cloth like in its feel. Uh. And it's 310 00:19:15.920 --> 00:19:17.920 really really easy to work with. You can buy some 311 00:19:18.200 --> 00:19:20.480 small little metal steaks and stake it down. 312 00:19:21.039 --> 00:19:21.160 Uh. 313 00:19:21.359 --> 00:19:22.880 Yeah, that's weed control cloth. 314 00:19:24.000 --> 00:19:26.359 And then wherever I want a plant, I just make 315 00:19:26.400 --> 00:19:27.680 a hole there in the cloth. 316 00:19:28.160 --> 00:19:29.799 Yep. You just make a little hole in the cloth 317 00:19:29.880 --> 00:19:32.839 and then that's it. That plant gets what its needs. 318 00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:37.759 But everything else around it is denied, denied, and then 319 00:19:37.799 --> 00:19:38.039 I do. 320 00:19:38.160 --> 00:19:40.440 The micro drip after all the plants are in. 321 00:19:41.359 --> 00:19:43.920 Uh yeah, I mean you can. You can absolutely do 322 00:19:44.079 --> 00:19:46.279 the micro drip after all the plants are in. You 323 00:19:46.400 --> 00:19:48.920 may want to run it underneath the weed control cloth 324 00:19:48.960 --> 00:19:51.480 tucket underneath or right on top. It doesn't really matter 325 00:19:51.559 --> 00:19:54.160 that micro drip systems don't have to be buried. They 326 00:19:54.240 --> 00:19:57.359 can just run along and then and then some ground 327 00:19:57.440 --> 00:19:59.960 cover around it, whether it's bark or whether it's graund, 328 00:20:00.440 --> 00:20:03.079 pebbles or you know, then you just cover it up 329 00:20:03.240 --> 00:20:05.240 like in our garden. That's how we always do it. 330 00:20:05.319 --> 00:20:08.079 We plant the plants, we control the weeds, we plant 331 00:20:08.119 --> 00:20:10.599 the plants, we run micro drips, and then we'll cover 332 00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:13.039 with some kind of uniform groundcover. 333 00:20:14.440 --> 00:20:19.640 Like the most you're talking about. Yeah, well the black cloths, okay, yep, yep, okay, 334 00:20:20.640 --> 00:20:22.279 well great, anything. 335 00:20:21.960 --> 00:20:25.200 Else, any other tipe No, that's I think that's I 336 00:20:25.279 --> 00:20:28.160 think that's enough for you right now as far as 337 00:20:28.319 --> 00:20:31.000 your first steps, and as you move along. If you've 338 00:20:31.039 --> 00:20:32.960 got other questions, you feel free to give me a 339 00:20:33.039 --> 00:20:36.160 call back. Eileen, And thank you so much for listening 340 00:20:36.200 --> 00:20:39.000 to the show. From the very beginning. I'd apologize for 341 00:20:39.079 --> 00:20:43.039 that because you know now that I'm such a pro. 342 00:20:44.200 --> 00:20:48.559 Back then, you know, I was still a pro, just 343 00:20:48.599 --> 00:20:51.279 not a pro radio, just just you know, just doing 344 00:20:51.359 --> 00:20:54.880 my thing and always there to help you with your home. 345 00:20:54.920 --> 00:20:56.559 All right, we got a couple of more calls on 346 00:20:56.680 --> 00:20:59.119 the board. There's still room for you. Eight three three 347 00:20:59.319 --> 00:21:02.200 two ask Dean. A three to three the numeral to 348 00:21:02.519 --> 00:21:05.039 ask Dean. It's an all call Saturday morning. More of 349 00:21:05.119 --> 00:21:10.799 your calls, caamp Hi, Dean Sharp the house whisper with 350 00:21:10.960 --> 00:21:15.519 you this morning, on this lovely Saturday morning, Welcome home. 351 00:21:15.920 --> 00:21:18.079 Thanks for joining us on the program today. It is 352 00:21:18.200 --> 00:21:21.880 a privilege and an honor as always to be invited 353 00:21:21.920 --> 00:21:25.240 into your life, into your weekend mornings, and talk about 354 00:21:25.279 --> 00:21:27.799 this thing that is so important for all of us, 355 00:21:27.960 --> 00:21:31.240 which is home. Of course, home starts with a house 356 00:21:31.559 --> 00:21:36.000 or a structure, a condo, an apartment, a cottage, a castle, 357 00:21:36.079 --> 00:21:39.079 whatever it may be, and then we work from there 358 00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:42.720 and we fill it with our lives and it becomes home. 359 00:21:43.079 --> 00:21:46.559 And I'm here to help you do exactly that, whether 360 00:21:46.640 --> 00:21:52.160 it be by design and architecture, construction issues, DIY concerns, 361 00:21:52.240 --> 00:21:55.559 whatever the case may be, all of it all across 362 00:21:55.680 --> 00:22:00.400 the board, landscaping, exterior, interior. We're here to talk about 363 00:22:00.440 --> 00:22:03.039 your home today, and it's Saturday morning, which means we 364 00:22:03.160 --> 00:22:06.039 are taking your calls, and we've got room on the 365 00:22:06.119 --> 00:22:10.480 callboard for you too. Eight three three two Ask Dean 366 00:22:10.680 --> 00:22:13.680 A three three the numeral two. Ask Dean. Saturday morning 367 00:22:13.799 --> 00:22:15.759 is always a great time to call, because all the 368 00:22:15.839 --> 00:22:19.000 sleepy heads are still asleep, and you and I were 369 00:22:19.119 --> 00:22:22.400 up and awake, and traffic is light on the freeways 370 00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:25.119 and on the airwaves as well. So give me a 371 00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:29.279 call eight three three two ask Dean anything about your home? 372 00:22:29.319 --> 00:22:32.079 All right, let's go back to the phones. I want 373 00:22:32.119 --> 00:22:36.279 to talk to Robert. Hey, Robert, welcome home. Good morning, Dean, 374 00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:37.279 good morning. 375 00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:40.160 I had a question. Yeah, I had a question. I've 376 00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:43.519 been in my house for twenty five years or so, 377 00:22:44.599 --> 00:22:49.960 and it seems like my question is regarding like plumbing fixtures, 378 00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:55.680 like shower heads, faucets. It seems like every three to 379 00:22:55.799 --> 00:22:58.759 five years when you buy these from the big box stores, 380 00:22:58.799 --> 00:23:01.200 even if you buy the more higher end ones, they 381 00:23:01.319 --> 00:23:04.599 just they don't last. A lot of them are made 382 00:23:04.599 --> 00:23:09.720 out of plastic. Do you have any suggestions on manufacturers 383 00:23:09.839 --> 00:23:12.720 where you can get something that's you know, a little 384 00:23:12.759 --> 00:23:16.359 more high end. It's it's gonna last a little longer. 385 00:23:17.559 --> 00:23:20.160 Yeah, yeah, And you know what, I really appreciate the 386 00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:25.440 question because it illustrates something that a lot of people 387 00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:27.680 who are listening right now struggle with, and that is 388 00:23:28.359 --> 00:23:30.240 really is that all I get? I don't know where 389 00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:33.000 else to look other than the big box stores and 390 00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:36.079 the you know, it's hit and miss, And you're right, 391 00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:39.759 a lot of plastic. The big boxes tend to carry. 392 00:23:39.799 --> 00:23:41.960 It's not that they don't carry any quality items, but 393 00:23:42.039 --> 00:23:44.799 they tend to carry things that are more mid range 394 00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:47.799 or low to mid range when it comes to the 395 00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:51.559 overall quality of the fixtures, and yeah, quite often they 396 00:23:51.640 --> 00:23:54.440 do not last the way. Now, there's a way to 397 00:23:54.599 --> 00:23:58.759 shop for a plumbing fixture that you want to look 398 00:23:58.839 --> 00:24:01.079 for certain things. Number One, on any time there's too 399 00:24:01.160 --> 00:24:04.599 much plastic around, you just walk away, just walk away. 400 00:24:05.119 --> 00:24:07.359 And you got to sometimes take a real good look 401 00:24:07.359 --> 00:24:10.119