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 --> 00:00:06.160 House Whisper on demand. 3 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:07.719 On the iHeart Radio app. 4 00:00:09.759 --> 00:00:12.599 Hey, welcome to home where every week we help you 5 00:00:12.679 --> 00:00:17.039 better understand that place where you live. I am Dean Sharp, 6 00:00:17.239 --> 00:00:20.399 the House Whisperer, here with you live like I am 7 00:00:20.440 --> 00:00:23.640 every weekend Saturday morning, six to eight Pacific time, Sunday 8 00:00:23.679 --> 00:00:28.079 mornings nine to noon Pacific time. Welcome to our fine 9 00:00:28.120 --> 00:00:31.079 little program. Welcome to the beginning of the third hour 10 00:00:31.320 --> 00:00:35.520 of our fine little program. We are talking today having 11 00:00:35.560 --> 00:00:39.640 a discussion about stuff in your home that you are 12 00:00:39.759 --> 00:00:42.320 tempted to say it was this way when we bought it. 13 00:00:42.399 --> 00:00:46.840 You kind of apologetically are expressing that you know this 14 00:00:46.920 --> 00:00:49.520 thing is wrong, but it was somebody else who did it. 15 00:00:49.560 --> 00:00:51.799 So what do you do when you inherit somebody else's 16 00:00:51.880 --> 00:00:56.039 mistake on your home and specifically how to fix them. 17 00:00:56.079 --> 00:00:58.039 So we're moving through a list. Obviously, I'm not going 18 00:00:58.079 --> 00:01:00.719 to be able to cover every imaginable mistake somebody else 19 00:01:00.759 --> 00:01:02.799 has made to your home, but we're moving through some 20 00:01:02.920 --> 00:01:06.519 of the biggies as we do this morning, helping you 21 00:01:06.599 --> 00:01:09.359 out along the way, giving you some insights, and we're 22 00:01:09.400 --> 00:01:12.120 going to return to that conversation in just a bit. 23 00:01:12.200 --> 00:01:14.519 But right now we're at the top of the hour 24 00:01:14.599 --> 00:01:16.519 and we're going to be going to the phones. However, 25 00:01:16.719 --> 00:01:20.079 right before we do that, I want to remind you 26 00:01:20.359 --> 00:01:24.760 that coming up in just a couple of weeks the 27 00:01:24.799 --> 00:01:29.159 House Whisper Holiday Home Show. I know, there's been an election, 28 00:01:29.280 --> 00:01:31.959 there's been all sorts of craziness, there's been fires, there's 29 00:01:32.000 --> 00:01:37.840 been you know, it's November. It's time for us all 30 00:01:38.519 --> 00:01:40.959 to start looking toward the holidays, to get into that 31 00:01:41.159 --> 00:01:44.319 holiday spirit, that holiday mood. And there is no better 32 00:01:44.359 --> 00:01:46.480 way to do it if you're a fan of our 33 00:01:46.519 --> 00:01:49.680 show then to come and have a little holiday party 34 00:01:49.719 --> 00:01:56.560 with us right down in the iHeart Studios in Burbank Sunday, 35 00:01:56.599 --> 00:01:59.799 November twenty fourth. We are going to be doing this 36 00:01:59.799 --> 00:02:04.200 show this Sunday show from nine to noon, live as 37 00:02:04.200 --> 00:02:07.480 we do, in front of a live studio audience, and 38 00:02:07.519 --> 00:02:11.439 I would love for you to be in that audience 39 00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:15.639 with us, because we're gonna be hanging out in between breaks, 40 00:02:15.719 --> 00:02:18.599 We'll be talking, we'll be just gonna be a great time. 41 00:02:18.639 --> 00:02:21.319 There's gonna be refreshments for you, We're gonna have a 42 00:02:21.360 --> 00:02:25.960 few special guests with me and Al dick Holme, who 43 00:02:26.000 --> 00:02:31.280 is sponsoring the entire show. They're gonna be decorating one 44 00:02:31.319 --> 00:02:34.919 of their incomparable seven and a half foot Christmas trees 45 00:02:35.439 --> 00:02:39.400 right in front of everybody's eyes there during the show. 46 00:02:39.680 --> 00:02:43.120 They're going to be talking about home decor during the show, 47 00:02:43.240 --> 00:02:46.520 and one of those lucky audience members, maybe you will 48 00:02:46.560 --> 00:02:50.199 get to take that tree home with you. That is 49 00:02:50.240 --> 00:02:54.000 an unbelievable thing, because these are the best Christmas trees 50 00:02:54.439 --> 00:02:58.080 on planet Earth. I kid you not. So anyway, that's 51 00:02:58.120 --> 00:03:02.199 all happening Sunday, November twenty fourth. We're going to be 52 00:03:02.240 --> 00:03:04.479 in the helpful Honda Lounge on the fifth floor of 53 00:03:04.520 --> 00:03:09.000 iHeart Studios in Burbank. Not a big venue, very cozy, 54 00:03:09.120 --> 00:03:12.159 very intimate, a lot of fun, big enough for us 55 00:03:12.199 --> 00:03:15.240 to have a nice studio audience. But I can't take everybody. 56 00:03:15.280 --> 00:03:18.919 So here's what you do. You go to our social media. 57 00:03:19.039 --> 00:03:22.520 You go to Instagram or Facebook. We're on both Home 58 00:03:22.759 --> 00:03:25.520 with Dean Boom. Find us there. If you are not 59 00:03:25.560 --> 00:03:27.879 already following us, you should be and share it with 60 00:03:27.919 --> 00:03:31.000 all of your friends as well, of course, but you 61 00:03:31.039 --> 00:03:35.120 will find attached right to the top of that stream 62 00:03:35.599 --> 00:03:39.159 the Holiday Home Show post it's all blinky and lovely 63 00:03:39.280 --> 00:03:43.680 and looking all holiday ish. Jump down, leave a comment 64 00:03:43.800 --> 00:03:46.520 and leave make it very clear in the comment. Hi, 65 00:03:46.639 --> 00:03:48.800 it's me and I want to come to the show. 66 00:03:48.960 --> 00:03:52.599 And we've got this weekend and next weekend and after 67 00:03:52.680 --> 00:03:56.080 next Sunday show there will be no more opportunities to enter, 68 00:03:56.120 --> 00:04:00.120 and we will be selecting those people who will be 69 00:04:00.199 --> 00:04:04.479 with us in the audience on that day. So act now. 70 00:04:04.879 --> 00:04:09.520 Go ahead, Instagram or Facebook, leave a comment and and 71 00:04:09.800 --> 00:04:11.759 tell us Hey, I want to be in the show, 72 00:04:12.199 --> 00:04:16.079 and hopefully, fingers crossed, you'll get selected as we go. 73 00:04:16.240 --> 00:04:17.879 All right, So there you go, that's happening. 74 00:04:18.160 --> 00:04:21.720 Make sure you get over to our social media home 75 00:04:21.959 --> 00:04:27.800 with Dean and set your request to be a considered 76 00:04:27.800 --> 00:04:29.279 to be part of the studio audience. 77 00:04:29.279 --> 00:04:29.639 All right. 78 00:04:31.439 --> 00:04:35.879 Let us now go back to the phones. Who are 79 00:04:35.879 --> 00:04:43.759 we going to talk to today? Let's talk to Sharon. Hey, Sharon, 80 00:04:44.279 --> 00:04:44.920 welcome home. 81 00:04:46.199 --> 00:04:51.879 Hi, good morning. I have two material type building questions. 82 00:04:52.480 --> 00:04:58.560 We're in the design stage of an ADU edition. It's 83 00:04:58.600 --> 00:05:01.279 not going to be freestand it's it's going to be 84 00:05:01.319 --> 00:05:05.639 connected to the house under our current deck and so 85 00:05:05.720 --> 00:05:08.680 the roof of the addition, a b U will be 86 00:05:08.879 --> 00:05:14.160 the also the deck of our living normal living space. 87 00:05:14.680 --> 00:05:18.560 So noond what type of materials will that we have 88 00:05:18.720 --> 00:05:23.759 options for that will look good and also be economically good? 89 00:05:26.720 --> 00:05:28.839 All right, I heard that right at the end, also 90 00:05:28.959 --> 00:05:30.319 economically good. 91 00:05:32.120 --> 00:05:33.360 So what is the deck? Now? 92 00:05:35.360 --> 00:05:40.160 It's it's a wooden it's wood deck, and it's it's 93 00:05:40.199 --> 00:05:45.319 we've repaint, we've repainted it. It's it's not great, right, 94 00:05:45.360 --> 00:05:46.079 So it's a good. 95 00:05:45.959 --> 00:05:49.199 Plank deck and it's not waterproof because the water just 96 00:05:49.279 --> 00:05:51.439 drains right through because there's nothing under it. So it 97 00:05:51.439 --> 00:05:54.040 doesn't have to be right, just a kind of standard 98 00:05:54.040 --> 00:05:57.160 woodplank deck. Now you're going to build a room underneath it, 99 00:05:57.240 --> 00:05:59.480 so what you really need is a roof. You have 100 00:05:59.519 --> 00:06:01.920 to have a roof top of the room, right, So 101 00:06:02.000 --> 00:06:06.360 we need a water proof deck slash roof in order 102 00:06:06.399 --> 00:06:10.600 to cover the ADU. And so okay, so the so 103 00:06:10.720 --> 00:06:14.279 the the key word in what you said there was economical. 104 00:06:15.120 --> 00:06:15.959 Uh, And. 105 00:06:20.800 --> 00:06:27.720 Ultimately the best looking economical deck would be something where 106 00:06:28.240 --> 00:06:32.519 the both the waterproofing material and the esthetic of the 107 00:06:32.600 --> 00:06:36.240 deck are kind of one and the same. Okay, that's 108 00:06:36.279 --> 00:06:40.240 going to be the biggest cost savings, and so you 109 00:06:40.360 --> 00:06:44.399 make sure number one when that is when that deck 110 00:06:44.560 --> 00:06:47.360 is rebuilt, you know, the we're just going to call 111 00:06:47.399 --> 00:06:50.279 it the roof the roof deck, that it has the 112 00:06:50.279 --> 00:06:52.959 proper slope on it because it's no longer it can't 113 00:06:52.959 --> 00:06:57.199 be perfectly flat anymore because it's not shedding it right 114 00:06:57.240 --> 00:06:59.839 now the water runs through. Now it's got to shed water. 115 00:07:00.079 --> 00:07:03.000 There has to be a proper slope built into it. 116 00:07:03.279 --> 00:07:06.480 And then you could use a material like a fiberglass, 117 00:07:06.839 --> 00:07:11.959 build up waterproofing material on top. And it's really the 118 00:07:12.040 --> 00:07:15.120 right decking companies that there are some decking companies that 119 00:07:15.199 --> 00:07:19.480 can do some pretty beautiful things in the finished surface 120 00:07:19.519 --> 00:07:22.240 of the fiberglass, and we can make it look like stone, 121 00:07:22.360 --> 00:07:26.360 we can make it look like wood planking. It's a simulation, 122 00:07:27.120 --> 00:07:29.920 you know, not gonna pull any punches. It's a simulation. 123 00:07:30.439 --> 00:07:38.319 But there are some pretty attractive fiberglass decking materials. And 124 00:07:38.439 --> 00:07:42.480 because it is both the waterproofing of the deck and 125 00:07:43.279 --> 00:07:48.439 the finished surface itself, it's probably the least expensive way 126 00:07:48.480 --> 00:07:51.800 to go. Okay, Now from there you would step up 127 00:07:52.199 --> 00:07:59.160 to worrying about getting a waterproofing membrane over that room 128 00:07:59.279 --> 00:08:03.079 and which you could do with a waterproofing roofing membrane 129 00:08:03.079 --> 00:08:07.519 material not an esthetically pleasing decking material. And then on 130 00:08:07.600 --> 00:08:11.160 top of that, you could do something like rebuild the 131 00:08:11.160 --> 00:08:15.079 wood deck. You could have a flat wood deck coming 132 00:08:15.120 --> 00:08:18.879 out that lets water drop through, hits the sloped roof 133 00:08:19.000 --> 00:08:23.759 below it, and it runs off appropriately. Or you could 134 00:08:24.240 --> 00:08:29.920 build a waterproofing membrane and put stone or exterior tile 135 00:08:30.319 --> 00:08:35.200 or a material like that on that deck that it 136 00:08:35.240 --> 00:08:38.320 becomes the esthetic protecting covering. But all of these things 137 00:08:38.360 --> 00:08:41.600 that I'm talking about now the price tag is going up. 138 00:08:41.639 --> 00:08:45.480 Now they are more beautiful, ultimately, more natural, and more pleasing, 139 00:08:45.919 --> 00:08:47.799 and that's where you're going to have to decide. So 140 00:08:48.080 --> 00:08:51.360 I think as you start the design process with it, 141 00:08:51.480 --> 00:08:54.600 what you need to do is do a little investigating, 142 00:08:55.440 --> 00:08:58.679 Maybe send the plan for that deck out over to 143 00:08:59.240 --> 00:09:03.080 a couple of fiberglass decking companies and saying, hey, what 144 00:09:03.159 --> 00:09:05.919 can you do with this? Well, let's see what and 145 00:09:05.960 --> 00:09:08.799 what's it going to cost me for you to waterproof 146 00:09:08.840 --> 00:09:11.480 this and make it esthetically pleasing at the same time. 147 00:09:12.120 --> 00:09:16.080 And similarly, we can talk to your builder. Do you 148 00:09:16.120 --> 00:09:17.519 have a builder right now or are you going to 149 00:09:17.600 --> 00:09:18.919 be acquiring a. 150 00:09:18.840 --> 00:09:25.080 Building no builder, Yeah, we'll acquire when not yet, So 151 00:09:25.200 --> 00:09:27.279 then you could also be talking to. 152 00:09:28.840 --> 00:09:29.600 You know, the. 153 00:09:31.519 --> 00:09:34.200 Well, when you're talking to builders, we could be talking 154 00:09:34.279 --> 00:09:39.039 about the materials that would go into let's say, covering 155 00:09:39.039 --> 00:09:42.639 this over with a new deck so esthetically it looks 156 00:09:42.919 --> 00:09:47.720 like it does now, except new and better, or using 157 00:09:47.799 --> 00:09:50.440 stone or tile, and just you know, you're going to 158 00:09:50.519 --> 00:09:53.559 have to weigh the cost versus the benefit for you. 159 00:09:53.799 --> 00:09:56.399 But the least expensive way you could go would be 160 00:09:56.480 --> 00:09:59.320 with the fiberglass with a specialized finish on it. 161 00:10:00.360 --> 00:10:07.840 Mm hmm. Yeah. One other question I had was we 162 00:10:07.960 --> 00:10:11.679 visited where we stayed in Airbnb in Spain and the 163 00:10:11.720 --> 00:10:17.639 bathroom was all one surface, the floor, the shower, the walls. 164 00:10:17.759 --> 00:10:20.960 It kind of looked like a cement plaster mixed. It 165 00:10:21.080 --> 00:10:25.200 was obviously water resistant, and I'm curious what that was 166 00:10:25.320 --> 00:10:26.919 and is that effective? 167 00:10:29.480 --> 00:10:33.279 Yeah, I mean there can be. We can do rooms 168 00:10:33.480 --> 00:10:38.240 with a concrete like surface in them. Sometimes it's literally 169 00:10:38.320 --> 00:10:41.120 the concrete of the slab and the bathroom is designed 170 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:43.960 that way to be all one surface and it's just 171 00:10:44.039 --> 00:10:49.080 going to be an attractively aesthetically sealed and treated concrete. 172 00:10:49.440 --> 00:10:51.960 Other times, even on the second floor, we can make 173 00:10:52.000 --> 00:10:57.039 a room look like concrete on the surface and glaze 174 00:10:57.080 --> 00:10:59.440 it so that it all feels like concrete, but it's 175 00:10:59.480 --> 00:11:02.039 up on the second floor, and it's essentially a specialized 176 00:11:02.120 --> 00:11:05.759 kind of covering treatment that pours in and that we 177 00:11:05.879 --> 00:11:09.120 travel into place. That's a little bit more intensive because 178 00:11:09.320 --> 00:11:11.240 we've got to make sure that the giving of the 179 00:11:11.279 --> 00:11:13.759 floor underneath it doesn't cause it to crack or anything 180 00:11:13.840 --> 00:11:15.759 like that. But it can be done. All of these 181 00:11:15.799 --> 00:11:20.600 things can be done pretty much these days, Sharon. If 182 00:11:20.639 --> 00:11:23.720 you can dream it, it can be achieved. It's just 183 00:11:23.799 --> 00:11:26.320 a question of how big the check is that gets 184 00:11:26.320 --> 00:11:29.080 written to. 185 00:11:30.399 --> 00:11:33.000 You know, I thought it was a nice modern look, 186 00:11:33.120 --> 00:11:36.080 and of course you wouldn't have your grout lines to 187 00:11:36.120 --> 00:11:39.960 worry about. But yeah, yeah, it's a. 188 00:11:40.000 --> 00:11:40.759 Nice modern look. 189 00:11:40.799 --> 00:11:43.799 But also without going to all that trouble, you could 190 00:11:43.840 --> 00:11:48.600 also achieve that with a large format tile porcelain tile 191 00:11:48.679 --> 00:11:51.279 with minimal groutline meaning and when I say large format, 192 00:11:51.320 --> 00:11:54.200 I mean four foot by eight foot or four foot 193 00:11:54.200 --> 00:11:58.159 by four foot tiles with the almost zero grout line 194 00:11:58.279 --> 00:12:01.080 edges to them. That's another way of eliminating grout lines 195 00:12:01.120 --> 00:12:04.639 from a bathroom floor. So there's so many options. Let 196 00:12:04.679 --> 00:12:07.360 me just encourage you that you're in the right phase 197 00:12:07.440 --> 00:12:10.639 right now. Don't rush to construction. Consider all of these 198 00:12:10.639 --> 00:12:14.039 things and all these possibilities, and continue to educate yourself 199 00:12:14.200 --> 00:12:16.519 because you don't want to be slapping your head later saying, oh, 200 00:12:16.559 --> 00:12:19.879 why didn't even think about doing that? Consider them, even 201 00:12:19.919 --> 00:12:23.639 the things that seem out of reach, and in the 202 00:12:23.759 --> 00:12:27.360 end you'll make your budgetary decisions and you'll know, Okay, 203 00:12:27.399 --> 00:12:29.720 we didn't do that for these four reasons. That's why 204 00:12:29.720 --> 00:12:31.759 we're doing this, and you're going to be content with 205 00:12:31.799 --> 00:12:34.440 it and you're going to be pleased with the results overall. 206 00:12:34.879 --> 00:12:38.039 Just don't miss out on something that's out there that 207 00:12:38.120 --> 00:12:40.759 you've settled for something else and you didn't bother to 208 00:12:40.879 --> 00:12:44.240 educate yourself on Sharon, I got to go. Thank you 209 00:12:44.399 --> 00:12:47.399 for your call. Good luck on that ADU and the deck. 210 00:12:47.440 --> 00:12:49.720 I'm sure it's going to be beautiful when you're done. 211 00:12:50.120 --> 00:12:54.039 Just keep your eyes open and remember design matters most all, Right, 212 00:12:54.120 --> 00:12:58.519 y'all when we come back, more of your call, Yeah, 213 00:12:58.519 --> 00:13:00.360 I think I'm going to take at least one more 214 00:13:00.360 --> 00:13:02.879 call as we go. You're home with Dean Sharp the 215 00:13:02.919 --> 00:13:03.720 house Whisper. 216 00:13:04.879 --> 00:13:08.159 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 217 00:13:08.279 --> 00:13:09.799 KFI AM six forty. 218 00:13:11.200 --> 00:13:14.200 Thanks for joining us on the program today. We're talking 219 00:13:14.240 --> 00:13:17.679 about the stuff in your home that you like to 220 00:13:17.720 --> 00:13:20.480 say it was this way when we bought it, inheriting 221 00:13:20.519 --> 00:13:22.440 somebody else's mistakes. We're going to get back to that 222 00:13:22.480 --> 00:13:25.360 conversation in just a bit, but right now I want 223 00:13:25.399 --> 00:13:28.720 to take at least one more call today because we've 224 00:13:28.759 --> 00:13:31.200 got so many calls on the board. 225 00:13:31.279 --> 00:13:32.120 Who's it going to be. 226 00:13:32.440 --> 00:13:34.399 I'm going to disappoint a lot of people and makes 227 00:13:34.480 --> 00:13:35.799 one person very happy. 228 00:13:35.840 --> 00:13:36.440 I don't know. 229 00:13:37.000 --> 00:13:40.279 Let's just just hold I'm just going to cover my 230 00:13:40.360 --> 00:13:43.960 eyes and throw a dart at the board. All right, 231 00:13:44.120 --> 00:13:47.240 let's talk to Joseph. Hey, Joseph, welcome home. 232 00:13:48.600 --> 00:13:54.240 Hi did before I my question about plumbing, I wanted 233 00:13:54.279 --> 00:13:56.919 to tell you how we impressed time. I am with 234 00:13:57.159 --> 00:14:02.200 your landscape in knowledge. I am landscaper for over forty 235 00:14:02.279 --> 00:14:07.360 years and I'm still learning. And actually I think you 236 00:14:07.720 --> 00:14:12.279 should be called the home whisperer instead of house whisperer, 237 00:14:12.480 --> 00:14:20.960 because you knew about everything before the house. You know. Actually, 238 00:14:21.679 --> 00:14:26.799 actually it's about plumbing, and I have an L shaped house. 239 00:14:27.440 --> 00:14:30.159 If you look at from a bird's eye, view. I 240 00:14:30.240 --> 00:14:33.279 have a longside and a shorter side like an L, 241 00:14:33.960 --> 00:14:38.799 and I installed a little recirculating little pump to have 242 00:14:39.039 --> 00:14:43.679 the hot water instantly the long side of the L. 243 00:14:43.919 --> 00:14:46.639 At the end of it, I installed the lost faucett, 244 00:14:47.559 --> 00:14:50.919 but I still have cold water is coming on the 245 00:14:51.039 --> 00:14:55.360 short side. So my question is is it okay to 246 00:14:55.519 --> 00:15:00.559 install another little pump on the short side. I won't 247 00:15:00.639 --> 00:15:04.039 have a kind of cross plumbing problem with it. 248 00:15:04.840 --> 00:15:05.039 Yeah. 249 00:15:05.279 --> 00:15:07.960 Yeah, In fact, it was exactly what I was going 250 00:15:08.039 --> 00:15:10.879 to suggest. You've got an L shaped house, and what 251 00:15:10.919 --> 00:15:13.200 you've done is you've put a recirculation pump and a 252 00:15:13.200 --> 00:15:18.519 little bridge valve at the far far fawcet down at 253 00:15:18.519 --> 00:15:20.600 the far end of the L. And what that has 254 00:15:20.720 --> 00:15:24.039 done is it has allowed the recirculation pump to draw 255 00:15:24.200 --> 00:15:27.799 hot water down through the lines and without wasting it, 256 00:15:28.240 --> 00:15:30.480 like just turning on the faucet and wasting it. You 257 00:15:30.559 --> 00:15:32.919 draw hot water down those lines. And what it's doing 258 00:15:33.320 --> 00:15:36.159 is while the water is still cold, it's pushing that 259 00:15:36.320 --> 00:15:39.120 water into the cold water line, which means it's still 260 00:15:39.159 --> 00:15:42.559 your water ready to be used as cold water. And 261 00:15:42.639 --> 00:15:46.279 of course the research pump will turn off when the 262 00:15:46.320 --> 00:15:49.159 hot water actually gets there. Because it'll sense it, the 263 00:15:49.200 --> 00:15:52.000 bridge valve will shut off. It's a brilliant little device, 264 00:15:52.159 --> 00:15:58.399 inexpensive way to getting hot water much much closer to 265 00:15:58.679 --> 00:16:01.399 the faucets that are most importan to you. And also, 266 00:16:01.480 --> 00:16:04.519 by the way, not just a gimmick. It is literally 267 00:16:04.639 --> 00:16:08.399 required on major remodels and new builds here in California. 268 00:16:08.440 --> 00:16:11.720 Now that we do exactly that. But you've got an 269 00:16:11.840 --> 00:16:14.039 L shaped house, and if you think of your plumbing 270 00:16:14.120 --> 00:16:18.200 system like a like the branches on a tree, You've 271 00:16:18.200 --> 00:16:21.159 got all the main trunk and branches heading off down 272 00:16:21.240 --> 00:16:23.200 the big side of the L, but you have a 273 00:16:23.200 --> 00:16:26.320 few branches heading off down the short side, and you 274 00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:28.720 can do the exact same thing. It's not going to 275 00:16:28.840 --> 00:16:31.840 adversely affect your plumbing. You don't have to replumb the 276 00:16:31.840 --> 00:16:35.600 whole house. You can just pick again the FURTHEST branch 277 00:16:35.759 --> 00:16:39.759 down the FURTHEST sink down the short side, install another 278 00:16:39.919 --> 00:16:43.000 research pump and another bridge valve right there, and you'll 279 00:16:43.000 --> 00:16:45.639 have the same effect. And for those of you who 280 00:16:45.720 --> 00:16:50.559 are listening and thinking, Okay, I get that for that sink, 281 00:16:51.000 --> 00:16:54.240 but how does this help everything else? Well, because because 282 00:16:54.279 --> 00:16:57.039 when we do it on the furthest sink it's drawing 283 00:16:57.120 --> 00:17:00.720 that hot water down past all the other sinks and 284 00:17:00.799 --> 00:17:05.559 fixtures on the way getting there, so everybody benefits. All 285 00:17:05.599 --> 00:17:08.400 of the other sinks and fixtures benefit on the way 286 00:17:08.519 --> 00:17:12.359 to the furthest thing. You do that on each extreme, 287 00:17:12.640 --> 00:17:16.039 on both ends of the L and Joseph, Yeah, you'll 288 00:17:16.119 --> 00:17:19.119 end up with hot water. It's not gonna be instant 289 00:17:19.160 --> 00:17:22.200 hot water. You already know that it's not instantaneous. Like 290 00:17:22.240 --> 00:17:24.279 the second you turn the faucet on, boom, there's the 291 00:17:24.319 --> 00:17:28.119 hot water. But we're talking about hot water showing up 292 00:17:28.200 --> 00:17:31.960 in a couple of seconds versus a couple of minutes, 293 00:17:32.240 --> 00:17:35.799 and that is a massive, massive difference and also a 294 00:17:35.880 --> 00:17:39.279 huge savings in water. Joseph, thank you so much for 295 00:17:39.319 --> 00:17:42.039 your question. Thank you for your very very kind words 296 00:17:42.640 --> 00:17:47.880 about just what we're doing here. Keep listening. I promise 297 00:17:48.599 --> 00:17:51.759 more good stuff coming as we go. All right, y'all, 298 00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:55.000 we are going to get back to our conversation on 299 00:17:55.519 --> 00:17:59.559 the stuff you've inherited, the mistakes from previous owners of 300 00:17:59.599 --> 00:18:01.880 your home. It was this way when we bought it. 301 00:18:02.039 --> 00:18:04.519 Right after Eileen Gonzalez gives us the news. 302 00:18:05.400 --> 00:18:08.680 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on Demand from 303 00:18:08.799 --> 00:18:10.279 KFI AM sixty. 304 00:18:12.279 --> 00:18:14.759 Thanks for joining us on the program. We are having 305 00:18:14.759 --> 00:18:19.559 a conversation today about the things you've inherited in your home, 306 00:18:19.720 --> 00:18:22.759 somebody else's mistakes, and how to fix them. The kind 307 00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:25.480 of stuff you look at and say it was this 308 00:18:25.519 --> 00:18:28.160 way when we bought it. Please don't look too much 309 00:18:28.240 --> 00:18:30.920 at that thing. I want to help you actually do 310 00:18:31.000 --> 00:18:34.079 something about them. That's why we've been covering some of 311 00:18:34.119 --> 00:18:37.000 these major issues, and I've been handing out not just 312 00:18:37.160 --> 00:18:40.960 pointing them out, but giving you some solutions along the way. 313 00:18:41.160 --> 00:18:41.720 I hope. 314 00:18:42.839 --> 00:18:45.920 Let's talk about something in the bathroom again real quick. 315 00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:49.440 How about if you happen this is you, by the way, 316 00:18:49.920 --> 00:18:52.480 if you live in an eighties or nineties house, this 317 00:18:52.559 --> 00:18:55.240 is most likely your situation, not if you live in 318 00:18:55.279 --> 00:18:58.440 an older home, but most likely in eighties or nineties house. 319 00:18:58.839 --> 00:19:04.920 How about that massive jetted tub platform in your primary bathroom, 320 00:19:05.160 --> 00:19:09.119 you know the one I'm talking about. It's huge, It's 321 00:19:09.160 --> 00:19:11.599 got a big old kind of spa tub I say 322 00:19:11.680 --> 00:19:14.279 jetted tub, like a chikuzi kind of tub sitting in there. 323 00:19:15.599 --> 00:19:19.079 You never use it, and it is taking up some 324 00:19:19.279 --> 00:19:23.920 serious real estate in your bathroom. That was a mistake 325 00:19:24.039 --> 00:19:27.160 in my opinion, by the builders themselves. But hey, what 326 00:19:27.240 --> 00:19:32.079 can we say? It was an era that happily in 327 00:19:32.160 --> 00:19:34.160 that regard has passed us. 328 00:19:34.920 --> 00:19:35.640 So what do we do? 329 00:19:36.519 --> 00:19:40.880 Because you know it's a deal and it looks so solid. Well, 330 00:19:40.920 --> 00:19:42.839 I'm just going to very simply tell you that if 331 00:19:42.839 --> 00:19:46.000 you've got a remodel planned for this bathroom, it is 332 00:19:46.039 --> 00:19:49.920 not solid. It is a framed just wood framing and 333 00:19:50.039 --> 00:19:53.480 tile and or stone on top of it. That thing 334 00:19:53.559 --> 00:19:56.240 can come out, and it can come out fast. And 335 00:19:57.039 --> 00:20:00.920 that's good news, right. The thing about them when you 336 00:20:01.079 --> 00:20:03.519 kind of look at them, I even remember the ads, 337 00:20:03.640 --> 00:20:07.359 seeing the ads in like design magazines back in the day. 338 00:20:07.799 --> 00:20:10.960 You know, it's always got this woman with her hair 339 00:20:11.039 --> 00:20:14.599 up in her bubble bath and you know, a glass 340 00:20:14.599 --> 00:20:18.799 of wine and she's relaxing with her eyes closed, and 341 00:20:18.839 --> 00:20:23.200 it just looks so luxurious and spake. And I'm all 342 00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:29.039 for a luxurious, spawlike bathroom, and I'm all for you 343 00:20:29.160 --> 00:20:32.440 enjoying a soaking tub as well. But here's the thing, 344 00:20:32.599 --> 00:20:36.640 a jetted tub with big steps leading up to it. Okay, 345 00:20:37.880 --> 00:20:40.279 that's a massive waste of space in order to get 346 00:20:40.279 --> 00:20:44.680 that experience done. Also, the jetted tub, I've always laughed 347 00:20:44.680 --> 00:20:47.279 about this as somebody who has you know, had to 348 00:20:47.839 --> 00:20:52.240 work with them in the past. That whole serene scene, 349 00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:56.240 that beautiful. You could imagine soft music playing and maybe 350 00:20:56.279 --> 00:20:58.680 all the lights are off except for a couple of candles, 351 00:20:59.200 --> 00:21:02.279 and then you press the button to activate the jets, 352 00:21:02.559 --> 00:21:05.799 and the bubbles blow all over the place because the 353 00:21:05.839 --> 00:21:09.519 water becomes turbulent, and instead of the soft music and 354 00:21:09.559 --> 00:21:13.039 the serenity, you hear the sound of the jet blower 355 00:21:15.279 --> 00:21:17.480 blowing in the bathroom, and you know what, that's just 356 00:21:17.680 --> 00:21:21.880 enough to end the whole experience. It's different when you're 357 00:21:21.920 --> 00:21:26.119 in a spa tub outside, right, you just kind of expect. 358 00:21:26.319 --> 00:21:29.279 First of all, you're not in an echo chamber, and secondly, 359 00:21:29.640 --> 00:21:29.920 you know. 360 00:21:29.960 --> 00:21:31.160 The noise of that. 361 00:21:31.400 --> 00:21:34.680 It's just kind of accepted that that's one of the 362 00:21:34.680 --> 00:21:38.880 things that's going to happen. Okay, But inside the enclosed 363 00:21:38.880 --> 00:21:42.839 space of a bathroom, no, no, Now that's a mistake. 364 00:21:43.119 --> 00:21:45.720 It really is. So what do. 365 00:21:45.720 --> 00:21:48.680 We do, well, we get rid of it, and as 366 00:21:48.799 --> 00:21:50.920 in getting rid of it, what do we end up 367 00:21:50.960 --> 00:21:54.279 with more space, more room for the vanity to grow, 368 00:21:56.400 --> 00:22:00.559 more room for the shower to grow, or maybe we 369 00:22:00.960 --> 00:22:05.000 just reallocate some of that space for a soaker tub, 370 00:22:05.319 --> 00:22:09.319 a non jetted soaker tub. Okay, but Dean, I really 371 00:22:09.359 --> 00:22:13.440 want the water hot. Well, the heat of the water 372 00:22:13.559 --> 00:22:17.079 in the tub has nothing to do with needing to 373 00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:20.119 recirculate the water to keep it hot. It just means 374 00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:24.200 having a nice, well insulated tub and bringing that hot 375 00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:27.880 water in quickly, which means when you replumb the bathroom, 376 00:22:28.039 --> 00:22:31.839 instead of a half inch water line hot water line 377 00:22:32.599 --> 00:22:35.559 to that tub like you would run to your faucets, 378 00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:39.160 you make sure that that's a three quarter inch hot 379 00:22:39.200 --> 00:22:41.759 water line into that tub so that that that tub 380 00:22:41.880 --> 00:22:46.480 fills up fast with piping hot water, and as a result, 381 00:22:46.599 --> 00:22:51.119 the filling process does not have take so long as 382 00:22:51.400 --> 00:22:53.799 by the time the tub gets full, the water has 383 00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:55.960 gone lukewarm on you. All right, So there you go. 384 00:22:56.119 --> 00:23:01.680 Little secret about plumbing a luxurious spa bathroom experience. The 385 00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:06.359 tub always gets a big soaker tub, meaning the tub 386 00:23:06.400 --> 00:23:10.079 always gets a three quarter inch water line a hot 387 00:23:10.079 --> 00:23:13.279 water line feeding it, instead of the half inch lines 388 00:23:13.359 --> 00:23:16.839 that are running to the shower or the faucets. It 389 00:23:16.920 --> 00:23:19.759 makes a world of difference. Trust me, you can do 390 00:23:19.799 --> 00:23:22.680 the math figure out the massive flow of a three 391 00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:25.680 quarter inch line radically different than a half inch line. 392 00:23:25.680 --> 00:23:29.680 Doesn't sound like it, but it is, it really is. Okay, 393 00:23:30.359 --> 00:23:35.920 moving on something a little bit more pedantic. Dipping, sloping 394 00:23:36.119 --> 00:23:39.440 or spongy floor never acceptable, never acceptable. 395 00:23:39.559 --> 00:23:39.880 Okay. 396 00:23:40.599 --> 00:23:44.000 Now, obviously a spongy floor needs to be investigated. We 397 00:23:44.079 --> 00:23:45.559 got to dig in there. We've got to find out 398 00:23:45.640 --> 00:23:48.319 why it is spongy. I'm not expecting this is the 399 00:23:48.359 --> 00:23:51.279 case if you're living on a slab, obviously, but a 400 00:23:51.559 --> 00:23:54.240 second floor and a floor is spongy, Or if you 401 00:23:54.359 --> 00:23:56.960