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 --> 00:00:10.039 house Whisper on demand on the iHeart Radio app. It 3 00:00:10.119 --> 00:00:13.800 is or could be your home improvement reference library. And 4 00:00:13.839 --> 00:00:15.720 if you're thinking that's all great, Dean, but what we 5 00:00:15.800 --> 00:00:18.160 really need is you and Tina in our living room 6 00:00:18.280 --> 00:00:21.280 or standing in our kitchen telling us what to do next. 7 00:00:21.600 --> 00:00:23.679 Well you can do that too, Yeah, you really can. 8 00:00:23.800 --> 00:00:26.320 You can book an in home design consult with me 9 00:00:26.399 --> 00:00:32.079 and Tea. You just go to house Whisper dot design. Well, 10 00:00:32.359 --> 00:00:34.719 it is the top of the hour. It is just 11 00:00:34.759 --> 00:00:37.280 a few minutes after eleven o'clock here on this first 12 00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:42.359 Sunday in twenty twenty five. Thanks for joining us on 13 00:00:42.399 --> 00:00:47.000 the program. We're talking essential tools for anybody's toolbox, for 14 00:00:47.039 --> 00:00:51.799 anyone who lives indoors. Whether you rent or own, doesn't matter. 15 00:00:51.840 --> 00:00:54.119 These are the essential tools for taking care of stuff 16 00:00:54.359 --> 00:00:57.240 as it comes up. We're going to get back to 17 00:00:57.240 --> 00:00:59.679 that in a bit, but top of the hour, and 18 00:01:00.119 --> 00:01:03.560 I want to answer a few phone calls, so let's 19 00:01:03.799 --> 00:01:09.040 get to oh oh oh, oh, sorry, sorry I left 20 00:01:09.040 --> 00:01:11.840 you hanging. I asked you right before the break, is 21 00:01:11.879 --> 00:01:18.000 it duct tape or duck tape? Ducked like ac ducts 22 00:01:18.439 --> 00:01:21.799 or duck like the aquatic bird. Have you been arguing 23 00:01:21.920 --> 00:01:25.120 throughout the break with your significant other? Is the family 24 00:01:25.239 --> 00:01:28.159 and full you're not speaking to each other now because 25 00:01:28.200 --> 00:01:31.400 you swear that you're right, Well, here is the answer. 26 00:01:31.560 --> 00:01:38.400 Is it ducked or duck Yes, yes, that is the answer. 27 00:01:38.799 --> 00:01:41.640 Everybody's right. And if you said it's this one or 28 00:01:41.640 --> 00:01:44.359 the other one, then you're also wrong. At the same time, 29 00:01:44.959 --> 00:01:50.359 they're both. Duck tape is the original name, the original 30 00:01:50.400 --> 00:01:54.640 brand name for this product, and also where it came from, 31 00:01:54.760 --> 00:01:57.599 because it came from the idea of taking duck cloth 32 00:01:58.120 --> 00:02:01.719 duck cotton, which is a tightly woven cotton kind of 33 00:02:01.719 --> 00:02:05.359 a canvassy cloth, and applying adhesive to one side of 34 00:02:05.400 --> 00:02:08.400 it to make a patch. Okay, and by the way, 35 00:02:08.840 --> 00:02:13.400 duck that duck cloth cotton duck cloth. Its name does 36 00:02:13.439 --> 00:02:16.400 not come from the aquatic bird either. It comes from 37 00:02:16.639 --> 00:02:20.879 I believe I was just double checking here. It comes 38 00:02:21.000 --> 00:02:26.120 from the Dutch word for cloth, duck or douk. So 39 00:02:26.199 --> 00:02:31.960 there you go. Okay. Is duck tape designed to be 40 00:02:32.120 --> 00:02:36.120 used on ducts? Yes, that's its goal. So the point 41 00:02:36.199 --> 00:02:40.039 is everybody's right. Everyone can live in love and harmony 42 00:02:40.120 --> 00:02:43.439 with everyone else because everyone's right. How often in an 43 00:02:43.520 --> 00:02:46.560 argument do you get to be right? No matter what? 44 00:02:46.879 --> 00:02:50.520 There you go okay with that. Let me now that 45 00:02:50.560 --> 00:02:52.759 I've taken care of that business, let's go to the phones. 46 00:02:52.759 --> 00:02:55.719 I want to talk to Rick. Hey, Rick, welcome home, 47 00:02:55.759 --> 00:02:56.439 my friend. 48 00:02:58.159 --> 00:03:02.599 Hey Dean, Happy New Year. Question is regarding I recently 49 00:03:02.719 --> 00:03:08.360 had about seven eight months ago, my kitchen remodeled and 50 00:03:08.560 --> 00:03:11.680 they put ceramic tile all the way up, going up 51 00:03:11.719 --> 00:03:16.080 towards the ceiling. The size is about four by twelve 52 00:03:17.319 --> 00:03:22.400 and it's a ceramic tile. The question is right where 53 00:03:22.479 --> 00:03:28.319 the tile meets the countertop trim at the bottom, it's 54 00:03:28.680 --> 00:03:32.919 got like stress cracks and it looks like the grout 55 00:03:32.960 --> 00:03:35.759 started to crumble a little bit. I wonder if there 56 00:03:35.840 --> 00:03:38.400 was a way of me fixing that, making it look 57 00:03:38.439 --> 00:03:41.240 a little bit better. That's my question. 58 00:03:41.919 --> 00:03:46.800 Got you okay? So new tileback splash, old countertop? What 59 00:03:47.000 --> 00:03:49.919 is the countertop made out of? What surface are we 60 00:03:50.000 --> 00:03:50.400 dealing with? 61 00:03:50.439 --> 00:03:50.599 There? 62 00:03:52.080 --> 00:03:55.680 No, everything in the kitchen bean is all brand new. 63 00:03:55.800 --> 00:03:59.919 So it got okay, Yeah, all it's all brand new. 64 00:04:00.599 --> 00:04:03.560 What so what is our what's our countertop? 65 00:04:04.919 --> 00:04:05.319 Quartz? 66 00:04:06.080 --> 00:04:12.439 Quartz countertop? Uh? And uh okay, so uh okay, there's 67 00:04:12.439 --> 00:04:15.199 two ways to deal with it. You regrout it, regrout 68 00:04:15.240 --> 00:04:19.000 the bottom there just to seal it up, or you 69 00:04:19.040 --> 00:04:22.439 could caulk it. Okay. Uh, I'm going to tell you 70 00:04:23.240 --> 00:04:25.720 if you if you caulked it today. And there are, 71 00:04:25.800 --> 00:04:31.639 by the way, there are some uh calk caulking compounds 72 00:04:31.639 --> 00:04:35.639 out there that are sanded caulk and they are colorized. 73 00:04:35.839 --> 00:04:38.240 Now that doesn't mean that the color is going to 74 00:04:38.279 --> 00:04:42.800 exactly match your grout color, depending on what that is. Uh, 75 00:04:42.839 --> 00:04:46.040 but they do a better job than ever kind of 76 00:04:46.040 --> 00:04:49.439 disguising themselves as grout okay. 77 00:04:50.000 --> 00:04:50.199 Uh. 78 00:04:50.199 --> 00:04:53.759 And they are made for those situations where a whole 79 00:04:53.800 --> 00:04:57.680 wall of tile grout comes into contact with a flexible surface. 80 00:04:58.319 --> 00:04:58.439 Uh. 81 00:04:59.040 --> 00:05:02.839 Usually we use like in a bathroom setting where where 82 00:05:03.000 --> 00:05:06.680 a wall of tile comes down, not just any tub, 83 00:05:06.680 --> 00:05:08.519 a cast iron tub I don't have to worry about 84 00:05:08.519 --> 00:05:11.519 because it never moves or shifts or gives in at all, 85 00:05:11.839 --> 00:05:15.639 but a resin tub, fiberglass tub that's got some flex 86 00:05:15.680 --> 00:05:18.759 to it. Usually we like to caulk that bottom scene 87 00:05:18.879 --> 00:05:22.759 as opposed to grouting it because it's gonna move and 88 00:05:22.879 --> 00:05:25.879 grout is just cement that's all it is. It's cement. 89 00:05:26.000 --> 00:05:29.480 It's got no pliability or flexibility to it. So if 90 00:05:29.600 --> 00:05:33.160 one of the surfaces is moving, like a countertop or 91 00:05:33.199 --> 00:05:38.680 a tub, then the movement there could cause the caulking 92 00:05:39.560 --> 00:05:43.199 the grout to crumble just because it's getting you know, 93 00:05:43.600 --> 00:05:46.120 pushed against and then pulled away from and so on. 94 00:05:46.480 --> 00:05:49.959 So if you're starting to see that happen, one of 95 00:05:50.000 --> 00:05:52.480 the things you could do is see if you can 96 00:05:52.519 --> 00:05:56.480 find a matching caulk and calk the seam so that 97 00:05:56.759 --> 00:05:59.920 you've got this rubberized gasket essentially in between the tip 98 00:06:00.319 --> 00:06:04.959 and the countertop. And that's one way to do it. However, 99 00:06:05.680 --> 00:06:09.000 this is what I would advise, maybe live with it 100 00:06:09.160 --> 00:06:13.079 just for a little while longer because and then grout 101 00:06:13.120 --> 00:06:16.920 it regrout that scene. Because the grout, undoubtedly you're gonna 102 00:06:16.959 --> 00:06:19.160 match it up. It's gonna look great. It's gonna look 103 00:06:19.160 --> 00:06:21.480 as good as it did when it was brand new. 104 00:06:22.000 --> 00:06:25.360 But what you're probably experiencing here is the fact that 105 00:06:25.439 --> 00:06:28.720 everything is new in the kitchen. The tile that's mounted 106 00:06:28.800 --> 00:06:32.120 on the wall, on tile board, on the studs, it 107 00:06:32.120 --> 00:06:36.079 ain't moving at all. It is there and done. But 108 00:06:36.199 --> 00:06:40.639 the new counter sitting on new cabinets sitting on the floor. 109 00:06:41.120 --> 00:06:46.759 There's there's this reality that's called micro settling that happens 110 00:06:46.920 --> 00:06:50.360 when we do a brand new kitchen remodel. And so 111 00:06:51.319 --> 00:06:55.079 even though that quartz countertop is not gonna flex, it's 112 00:06:55.120 --> 00:06:59.480 not gonna move, it's sitting on a set of cabinets 113 00:06:59.480 --> 00:07:01.879 that have probably kind of you know, they're just sort 114 00:07:01.879 --> 00:07:05.920 of finding their own, kind of settling in place and 115 00:07:06.000 --> 00:07:08.800 finding their own. And we can get some gravity micro 116 00:07:08.920 --> 00:07:12.480 settlement that all of a sudden creates a crack along 117 00:07:12.519 --> 00:07:15.040 the back, like what's happening. It's falling apart. Now, it's 118 00:07:15.079 --> 00:07:18.680 just sort of settling in because the wall tile ain't 119 00:07:18.720 --> 00:07:22.680 moving at all, and the countertops are probably compressing a 120 00:07:22.720 --> 00:07:25.240 little bit and settling. So if you can live with 121 00:07:25.279 --> 00:07:29.000 it for a little while longer, then live with it 122 00:07:29.000 --> 00:07:31.800 a little while longer, and then regrout it. In other words, 123 00:07:31.920 --> 00:07:34.720 allow the counters to kind of find their own and settle, 124 00:07:35.319 --> 00:07:38.920 and then at some point regrout that bottom and it 125 00:07:39.160 --> 00:07:41.120 probably won't happen again. 126 00:07:43.879 --> 00:07:48.240 Okay, excellent, I will do that. And it doesn't matter. 127 00:07:48.560 --> 00:07:52.439 I know they use non sanded grout, is that the 128 00:07:52.600 --> 00:07:53.560 correct material? 129 00:07:55.319 --> 00:07:58.399 How big are the grout joints in between the tiles 130 00:07:58.399 --> 00:07:59.920 are really thin, really really thin. 131 00:08:01.160 --> 00:08:02.199 Yeah, it's pretty thin. 132 00:08:02.920 --> 00:08:06.279 Okay, then, yeah, non sanded groud. Non sanded grout is 133 00:08:06.279 --> 00:08:10.000 allowed to be used. If we've got grout joints narrower 134 00:08:10.079 --> 00:08:12.639 than an eighth of an inch, Okay, if they are 135 00:08:12.759 --> 00:08:14.759 wider than an eighth of an inch, they should not 136 00:08:14.920 --> 00:08:17.399 use non sanded grout. They should use sand and grout 137 00:08:17.480 --> 00:08:20.399 because it's there for the sand is a structural element 138 00:08:20.439 --> 00:08:23.000 in the ground to keep it from crumbling. Non sanded 139 00:08:23.040 --> 00:08:26.439 grout is the weakest of all grouts. Okay, that doesn't 140 00:08:26.439 --> 00:08:29.600 mean it's the wrong choice there, it's just it's because 141 00:08:29.600 --> 00:08:33.000 it doesn't have any aggregate in it. It's not a 142 00:08:33.039 --> 00:08:35.600 strong grout. And that being the case, by the way, 143 00:08:35.679 --> 00:08:38.159 if it's what color is the groud, it's like a standard. 144 00:08:38.240 --> 00:08:39.919 Is it gray, is it black? Is it white? 145 00:08:41.240 --> 00:08:44.559 Yeah, well the ceramic tiles are white, and then just 146 00:08:44.559 --> 00:08:46.519 to give it a little bit of contrast, we went 147 00:08:46.600 --> 00:08:48.919 with like a a real light gray to kind of 148 00:08:49.399 --> 00:08:51.720 kind of match the cabinets. 149 00:08:51.919 --> 00:08:55.080 Okay, well, in that case, since that's a really thin 150 00:08:55.240 --> 00:08:58.200 line right there, really thin line, you can do what 151 00:08:58.279 --> 00:09:00.720 I suggested, which is just weight and then just re 152 00:09:01.080 --> 00:09:05.159 groud it. Okay for the settling, but because it's so sensitive, 153 00:09:05.600 --> 00:09:08.639 maybe maybe you go ahead and just you know, chip out, 154 00:09:08.720 --> 00:09:10.879 you know, kind of scratch out the rest of what's there, 155 00:09:11.240 --> 00:09:15.720 and then go get yourself a light gray calc because 156 00:09:15.759 --> 00:09:18.399 there are a lot more colors available without aggregating them. 157 00:09:18.519 --> 00:09:21.159 A light great call, and just run a bead there. 158 00:09:21.200 --> 00:09:24.279 And now you've got a rubberized gasket in between the 159 00:09:24.279 --> 00:09:27.000 two and they should be able to move independently of 160 00:09:27.039 --> 00:09:29.919 each other without cracking it or opening it back up. 161 00:09:29.960 --> 00:09:32.000 But the key will be just make it look as 162 00:09:32.080 --> 00:09:35.519 close to the grout color as possible and then you're 163 00:09:35.559 --> 00:09:40.080 worry free. Nothing's failing, I promise, it's just settlement, that's all. Rick. 164 00:09:40.159 --> 00:09:42.559 Thanks for the question, buddy, and for the call. Thanks 165 00:09:42.559 --> 00:09:45.320 for listening to the show. All right, y'all when we 166 00:09:45.360 --> 00:09:49.879 come back, maybe one more call? Yeah, why not? You're 167 00:09:49.919 --> 00:09:53.519 listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from KFI 168 00:09:53.679 --> 00:09:59.000 AM six forty. Dean Sharp, the house whisper at your service. 169 00:09:59.039 --> 00:10:01.919 Thanks for joining us on the show. We're talking essential tools. 170 00:10:01.919 --> 00:10:03.559 I'm going to get back to it in just a bit. 171 00:10:03.600 --> 00:10:05.320 I want to take at least one more call though. 172 00:10:05.360 --> 00:10:10.039 Before we are done with calls today show, we talk 173 00:10:10.120 --> 00:10:15.240 to Monica. Let's talk to Monica. Welcome home, Monica, Hi. 174 00:10:15.519 --> 00:10:19.279 Hi d Yeah. My question is regarding again a tackless 175 00:10:19.320 --> 00:10:22.679 water here that was installed in twenty twenty in this 176 00:10:22.840 --> 00:10:28.679 nineteen eighty house. Okay, it seems like the Furthest bathroom 177 00:10:28.759 --> 00:10:31.799 in the sink no hot water at all whatsoever. 178 00:10:33.519 --> 00:10:36.960 The Furthest bathroom and the sink that's Furthest away from 179 00:10:36.960 --> 00:10:39.200 the water here. No hot water at all. 180 00:10:40.440 --> 00:10:41.919 That's right, It's just cold. 181 00:10:42.720 --> 00:10:45.240 And that's been the case for the last four years. 182 00:10:46.360 --> 00:10:53.320 That's right, Monica. Why haven't we dealt with this before? 183 00:10:53.360 --> 00:10:58.320 Now, Well, the person that installed it was a friend 184 00:10:58.879 --> 00:11:01.039 and he said he was going to get to it, 185 00:11:01.120 --> 00:11:03.600 but then COVID hit and now blah blah blah, he 186 00:11:03.759 --> 00:11:07.320 can't work. So that's what it is. 187 00:11:08.200 --> 00:11:10.639 Okay, So all right, I just want to be clear 188 00:11:10.679 --> 00:11:13.080 on this because this is a this is a unique situation. 189 00:11:13.759 --> 00:11:17.200 You literally, I mean, you've tested this out. You've literally 190 00:11:17.519 --> 00:11:20.919 no other facets, no other water being used anywhere else 191 00:11:20.960 --> 00:11:24.720 in the house. You go to the Furthest bathroom, you 192 00:11:24.840 --> 00:11:29.559 turn on only the hot water, and you wait and 193 00:11:29.600 --> 00:11:32.399 it never changes temperature ever. 194 00:11:33.080 --> 00:11:34.480 That's right, that's right. 195 00:11:36.240 --> 00:11:38.600 And this house was built in nineteen eighties and just 196 00:11:38.679 --> 00:11:46.120 plumbed conventionally. Yes, well, yeah, but you get hot water 197 00:11:46.200 --> 00:11:51.559 at the other facets we do. Okay, Now, what about 198 00:11:51.600 --> 00:11:55.200 in that bathroom? Is there a shower in that bathroom 199 00:11:55.240 --> 00:11:55.600 as well? 200 00:11:56.799 --> 00:11:57.159 Yes? 201 00:11:57.919 --> 00:11:59.600 Do you get hot water at that shower? 202 00:12:00.759 --> 00:12:01.000 Yes? 203 00:12:02.159 --> 00:12:06.279 Whoa, you get hot water? You get hot water at 204 00:12:06.320 --> 00:12:11.440 the shower in the same bathroom, but not at the faucet. 205 00:12:12.679 --> 00:12:16.879 That's correct, And it wasn't the case before the tankless 206 00:12:16.879 --> 00:12:23.440 water heater. No, did any plumbing happen apart from just 207 00:12:23.519 --> 00:12:28.159 swapping out the water heater, Any plumbing happened at around 208 00:12:28.240 --> 00:12:32.320 that facet or lines leading to it, or down at 209 00:12:32.399 --> 00:12:34.919 that end of the house, Not. 210 00:12:34.960 --> 00:12:35.799 That I know, muf. 211 00:12:38.480 --> 00:12:40.679 Hm. 212 00:12:40.679 --> 00:12:42.720 And I am going to have another plumber come out 213 00:12:42.759 --> 00:12:43.759 on Monday to take. 214 00:12:43.639 --> 00:12:44.320 A look at it. 215 00:12:44.840 --> 00:12:48.440 All right, I am dying to because you okay, you 216 00:12:48.480 --> 00:12:52.600 have successfully stumped me. On the first show of the year, 217 00:12:53.600 --> 00:12:55.679 someone was just asking me last night, have you ever 218 00:12:55.720 --> 00:12:58.120 been stumped? I'm like, yeah, a couple of times, but 219 00:12:58.200 --> 00:13:01.279 mostly it's just well, I can't really end. So here's 220 00:13:01.279 --> 00:13:04.559 the thing without me doing some more tests and looking 221 00:13:04.600 --> 00:13:07.600 at the house, I'm not going to be able to 222 00:13:07.639 --> 00:13:10.000 figure out. So my answer to you, all right, I 223 00:13:10.039 --> 00:13:12.000 won't claim being stumped. My answer to you is you 224 00:13:12.039 --> 00:13:14.679 got to get a plumber to look at this. Because 225 00:13:15.240 --> 00:13:19.120 here's the thing. It would be one thing if the 226 00:13:19.240 --> 00:13:22.799 friend who installed the hot water heater picked the wrong 227 00:13:22.919 --> 00:13:26.679 hot water heater, and by wrong I mean one that 228 00:13:26.799 --> 00:13:29.840 isn't sized large enough for your home. That would be 229 00:13:29.879 --> 00:13:33.720 one thing. It would be another thing if something about 230 00:13:33.720 --> 00:13:37.240 the install if lines to that bathroom ran all the 231 00:13:37.279 --> 00:13:41.399 way back to the water heater location and somehow aligned 232 00:13:41.399 --> 00:13:44.279 to that bathroom didn't get hooked up the right way 233 00:13:44.480 --> 00:13:48.960 or got crossed over or missed or assigned to the 234 00:13:48.960 --> 00:13:54.320 cold water system. But you're telling me that the bathroom itself. 235 00:13:54.679 --> 00:13:57.639 You've got the shower right there, and you got the 236 00:13:57.720 --> 00:14:00.279 sink right there, and the shower gets plenty of hot 237 00:14:00.279 --> 00:14:02.360 water from the new water hot hot water heater, but 238 00:14:02.360 --> 00:14:05.440 the sink gets zip no matter how long you run it. 239 00:14:05.799 --> 00:14:10.279 There's something funky going on either with the fire. It's 240 00:14:10.320 --> 00:14:12.799 not gonna be the faucet. It's gonna be something funky 241 00:14:12.840 --> 00:14:15.879 with the plumbing at that end of the house. Probably 242 00:14:16.679 --> 00:14:20.919 unrelated to the hot water heater, but maybe having something 243 00:14:20.960 --> 00:14:24.679 to do with what happened when it was installed, and 244 00:14:24.799 --> 00:14:28.039 so because you're saying there was hot water there before 245 00:14:28.320 --> 00:14:33.480 the tankless Yeah, that's right. Okay, something what screwy with 246 00:14:33.519 --> 00:14:37.240 the install. I do not know exactly what, because we'd 247 00:14:37.240 --> 00:14:39.240 have to map the plumbing in your house to do it. 248 00:14:39.279 --> 00:14:43.320 But all I can tell you, Monica is get a 249 00:14:43.320 --> 00:14:46.399 plumber to get eyes on this situation, because that's a 250 00:14:46.600 --> 00:14:51.559 that's a baffler. And the answer lies somewhere unrelated to 251 00:14:51.919 --> 00:14:55.600 just that bathroom and unrelated to the product that is 252 00:14:56.320 --> 00:15:00.600 the tankless hot water heater. Is something about the install 253 00:15:00.759 --> 00:15:03.759 went screwy and some something got messed up with that faucet. 254 00:15:04.799 --> 00:15:11.279 Oh yeah, okay, Now one more question. One one last question, 255 00:15:11.360 --> 00:15:13.720 and this would be a super coincidence if it was 256 00:15:13.720 --> 00:15:16.480 the case. Is there any chance that the faucet in 257 00:15:16.519 --> 00:15:20.559 this bathroom has a single on off valve like a 258 00:15:20.600 --> 00:15:23.679 mixer valve, as opposed to like to a hot and 259 00:15:23.720 --> 00:15:26.960 a cold, separate, separate Uh, you know, valves that you 260 00:15:27.039 --> 00:15:31.320 turn How would I know, well, I mean the faucet, 261 00:15:31.759 --> 00:15:33.639 the faucet itself, how do you turn on the water 262 00:15:33.759 --> 00:15:35.519 do you just grab one thing in the middle and 263 00:15:36.080 --> 00:15:39.120 go left in one direction for temperature and right for 264 00:15:39.200 --> 00:15:43.799 the other, or they're they're separate. They're separate. Okay, Yeah, 265 00:15:43.840 --> 00:15:45.960 see that was the thing. The other thing that sometimes 266 00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:49.159 happens to a faucet is that a mixer valve goes 267 00:15:49.240 --> 00:15:53.080 bad and no longer is able to to bring in 268 00:15:53.240 --> 00:15:55.559 water from the hot side or the cold side. And 269 00:15:55.600 --> 00:15:58.440 no matter which way you turn it, it's all one temperature. 270 00:15:58.639 --> 00:16:01.840 And that problem is just in the valve itself. But 271 00:16:02.000 --> 00:16:05.120 this is not a mixer valve. These are two separate valves. 272 00:16:05.399 --> 00:16:10.159 So the hot water is yeah, you got me, You 273 00:16:10.240 --> 00:16:12.519 got me on that one. A plumber needs to get 274 00:16:12.519 --> 00:16:14.559 eyes on. And then I want you to send me 275 00:16:14.600 --> 00:16:17.159 an email and tell me what happened because I'm dying 276 00:16:17.240 --> 00:16:17.480 to know. 277 00:16:18.879 --> 00:16:20.759 Okay, and I'll let the plumber know that too. 278 00:16:21.159 --> 00:16:24.399 Okay, Thanks Monica, thanks for the call. I wish I 279 00:16:24.399 --> 00:16:26.679 could have just solved it for you, but some things 280 00:16:26.759 --> 00:16:30.200 need a little bit more intense examination along the way. 281 00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:32.600 All right, Well, you know, hey, we got time for 282 00:16:32.639 --> 00:16:35.399 one more call. Let's just sneak one morning here. Let's 283 00:16:35.399 --> 00:16:38.000 talk to Matthew. Hey, Matthew, welcome home. 284 00:16:39.440 --> 00:16:40.720 Hey, Dane, how you doing? 285 00:16:41.600 --> 00:16:43.120 I am well, sir. How can I help you? 286 00:16:44.440 --> 00:16:48.279 I've got a Bradford White water heater and it seems 287 00:16:48.360 --> 00:16:53.679 like the pilot light keeps going out and there's no reason. 288 00:16:53.720 --> 00:16:55.799 It's only two years old, and I'm trying to figure 289 00:16:55.840 --> 00:16:58.720 out why would that pilot light keep going out. 290 00:16:59.039 --> 00:17:03.639 Just a conventional tanked water heater with a pilot light. Okay, 291 00:17:05.279 --> 00:17:10.759 you may have a it's probably a faulty thermo coupler, 292 00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:14.599 and have a plumber or call. I don't know how 293 00:17:14.640 --> 00:17:17.160 long the warranty is on the Bradford White water heater. 294 00:17:17.440 --> 00:17:19.839 If it has a five year limited warranty, start by 295 00:17:19.839 --> 00:17:22.759 calling Bradford White and say, listen, it's two years I 296 00:17:22.799 --> 00:17:24.960 got your water heater right here, and the pilot won't 297 00:17:24.960 --> 00:17:29.279 stay on. Maybe it's a warranty repair, or maybe we 298 00:17:29.400 --> 00:17:31.279 just got to call a plumber. Either way, it's not 299 00:17:31.319 --> 00:17:33.960 going to break the bank. It is very likely a 300 00:17:34.039 --> 00:17:38.039 faulty thermo coupler, which is basically like a little thermostat 301 00:17:38.160 --> 00:17:43.960 underneath that reads when the pilot light is actually on, 302 00:17:44.720 --> 00:17:47.519 and it's temperature sensitive, so the pilot light is on, 303 00:17:48.519 --> 00:17:51.480 the light from the pilot, the heat from the pilot 304 00:17:51.640 --> 00:17:56.440 flame itself activates this thermo coupler, and the thermo coupler 305 00:17:56.480 --> 00:18:00.599 stays open and keeps the gas flowing. Okay. What happens 306 00:18:00.720 --> 00:18:03.960 is if something was to blow that pilot light out, 307 00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:06.640 like a draft in the garage or some you know, 308 00:18:06.839 --> 00:18:09.359 who knows what. If for some reason the pilot light 309 00:18:09.440 --> 00:18:14.279 went out, the thermo coupler cools off and its job 310 00:18:14.359 --> 00:18:16.519 is then to shut off the gas so that gas 311 00:18:16.599 --> 00:18:19.599 isn't seeping out of the little pilot light burner there. Okay, 312 00:18:19.839 --> 00:18:23.519 So it's a safety device, right to keep the the 313 00:18:23.720 --> 00:18:26.559 pilot light from from you know, from gas from coming 314 00:18:26.559 --> 00:18:28.079 out of it, seeping out of it when there's no 315 00:18:28.160 --> 00:18:31.240 flame there. Thermo couplers all the time. It's a simple 316 00:18:31.359 --> 00:18:35.200 little kind of mechanical based temperature device. They can go 317 00:18:35.319 --> 00:18:39.440 bad and or get stuck and or sometimes they come 318 00:18:39.440 --> 00:18:42.599 from the factory just a little wonky, and as a result, 319 00:18:42.880 --> 00:18:47.920 it keeps thinking that there's no flame there, and it 320 00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:50.839 keeps shutting off the gas and turning off the pilot light. 321 00:18:50.960 --> 00:18:55.119 So that's the theory behind it. It's a very generalized theory. 322 00:18:55.160 --> 00:18:58.000 At one any plumbers calling me saying, well, it was 323 00:18:58.039 --> 00:19:01.200 a good explanation, deem, but specifically this listen. I'm just 324 00:19:01.279 --> 00:19:05.799 giving you a general perspective on this, but chances are, 325 00:19:05.920 --> 00:19:10.559 bottom line, it's not. You're listening to Home with Dean 326 00:19:10.640 --> 00:19:16.799 Sharp on demand from KFI AM six forty. All right, y'all, whoa, 327 00:19:17.400 --> 00:19:20.079 we had a power outage. Power went down across the 328 00:19:20.160 --> 00:19:24.119 board here. KFI was up, of course, but our local 329 00:19:24.119 --> 00:19:27.759 connection went down, and I apologize for that out of 330 00:19:27.759 --> 00:19:30.799 my control, but we are. We got our systems back 331 00:19:30.839 --> 00:19:33.880 up and running again. And I missed a whole segment 332 00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:38.279 of telling you about the last of the house Whisper 333 00:19:38.519 --> 00:19:44.279 Essential homeowner Toolkit. So here's the thing. Go online, find 334 00:19:44.319 --> 00:19:47.519 our social media video. You will find the rest of 335 00:19:47.559 --> 00:19:51.359 the tools there. And I'll also try and post this. 336 00:19:51.440 --> 00:19:54.240 Maybe we can turn this list into a pdf, Tina, 337 00:19:54.400 --> 00:19:57.400 and then we'll get this. We'll get this posted as well, 338 00:19:57.440 --> 00:20:00.960 just to do justice to our topic today. Because things 339 00:20:01.039 --> 00:20:06.200 happen sometimes, and there we find ourselves. All right. I 340 00:20:06.240 --> 00:20:08.880 am glad to be back up with you live again. 341 00:20:09.279 --> 00:20:13.519 Elmer very quickly filled in some pre recorded stuff for us. 342 00:20:13.519 --> 00:20:17.759 But we're here. We're here for real. It's Sunday, the 343 00:20:17.960 --> 00:20:21.640 very first Sunday in twenty twenty five, and of course 344 00:20:22.400 --> 00:20:24.599 we had our issue. So there we go. Maybe that's 345 00:20:24.599 --> 00:20:26.759 out of the way now for a few months before 346 00:20:27.119 --> 00:20:32.000 the next gremlin gets into the equipment. Anyway, I want 347 00:20:32.079 --> 00:20:36.079 you to remind you to follow us on social media Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, 348 00:20:36.519 --> 00:20:42.400 at Home with Dean and the house Whisper Podcast everywhere 349 00:20:42.480 --> 00:20:45.160 your favorite podcasts are found. And if your home is 350 00:20:45.160 --> 00:20:47.680 in need of some personal house Whisper attention, you can 351 00:20:47.720 --> 00:20:51.400 book an in home design consult with me and Tea. 352 00:20:51.640 --> 00:20:53.720 The power doesn't go down when we're standing in your 353 00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:55.400 living room. All you have to do is go to 354 00:20:55.480 --> 00:21:01.319 house Whisper dot Design. All right, Well took some getting 355 00:21:01.480 --> 00:21:04.799 to get back, but I still have a closing thought 356 00:21:04.880 --> 00:21:07.079 that I want to leave you with today. With your permission, 357 00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:09.640 I would like to share something, I mean, being a 358 00:21:09.640 --> 00:21:13.559 little transparent with you on this, Tina. You might want 359 00:21:13.599 --> 00:21:15.559 to video this so that we can put this up 360 00:21:15.640 --> 00:21:22.000 if you are ready to rock and roll. Little sip 361 00:21:22.039 --> 00:21:29.759 of coffee here, Okay, transparent moment with you today. I 362 00:21:29.799 --> 00:21:32.720 want to leave you with this thought. I've been wrestling 363 00:21:32.880 --> 00:21:36.519 with some regrets lately. It's a normal thing to do 364 00:21:36.680 --> 00:21:39.319 at this time of year, right when we're all looking 365 00:21:39.359 --> 00:21:44.519 forward and looking back and evaluating things. And regret, by 366 00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:47.079 the way, if you didn't know, not a happy emotion, 367 00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:51.319 but it is a normal human emotion, and as such 368 00:21:51.359 --> 00:21:55.119 it shouldn't be ignored. I'm not a big believer in 369 00:21:55.160 --> 00:21:57.200 people who are like I've never had to regret. I 370 00:21:57.319 --> 00:22:00.920 refuse to acknowledge them. I don't think that's a great idea. Also, though, 371 00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:04.799 it shouldn't be indulged in too much, because regret is 372 00:22:04.839 --> 00:22:08.720 a very very deep hole that is easy to fall into, 373 00:22:09.160 --> 00:22:12.240 is it not so. Lately, I've been thinking about two 374 00:22:12.279 --> 00:22:15.680 things that have helped me deal with regret and have 375 00:22:15.759 --> 00:22:17.359 helped me actually a lot, and I thought I would 376 00:22:17.400 --> 00:22:21.799 share them with you. The first one is acknowledging that 377 00:22:21.799 --> 00:22:24.559 there are a thousand ways my life could have turned 378 00:22:24.599 --> 00:22:31.200 out if only right, if only ath would have and 379 00:22:31.359 --> 00:22:35.799 did lead me to Tina, that lady right there, and 380 00:22:36.920 --> 00:22:40.920 that thought alone goes a long way toward extinguishing the 381 00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:44.359 sting of any regret that I might have in my life. 382 00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:47.599 And if you have anything like a Tina in your life, 383 00:22:47.640 --> 00:22:51.039 then focus on that and perhaps that will help you too. 384 00:22:51.599 --> 00:22:54.799 The other tool is what I want to call the 385 00:22:54.839 --> 00:22:59.240 mathematics of moments, and it goes something like this. In 386 00:22:59.279 --> 00:23:02.640 each moment of our lives, we make a choice. Whatever 387 00:23:02.680 --> 00:23:07.880 that choice is will instantly exclude all other possible choices 388 00:23:07.880 --> 00:23:11.200 that you could have made, all other possible life paths 389 00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:14.200 those other choices would have led to, and all other 390 00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:18.799 possible futures those paths would create, and all other possible 391 00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:23.200 versions of you living in those possible futures. At every moment. 392 00:23:23.960 --> 00:23:28.359 The nearly infinite number of things that won't happen because 393 00:23:28.400 --> 00:23:33.680 of the choice that you made just now is mind boggling. 394 00:23:33.880 --> 00:23:36.559 And you take that multiply that by how many moments 395 00:23:36.559 --> 00:23:39.039 you'll pass through today, just today. 396 00:23:39.440 --> 00:23:39.599 Now. 397 00:23:39.599 --> 00:23:42.599 Of course, the length of a moment is completely subjective, 398 00:23:42.640 --> 00:23:44.359 but if we were to give it a duration of 399 00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:48.400 let's say, you know arbitrarily five seconds, five seconds is 400 00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:50.960 a moment. If we were to give it that duration, 401 00:23:51.119 --> 00:23:54.119