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<v Speaker 1>KFI AM six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp The

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<v Speaker 1>House Whisper on demand on the iHeart Radio app, live

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<v Speaker 1>streaming in HD everywhere on the iHeartRadio App. Hey, welcome home.

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<v Speaker 1>I am Dean Sharp, the House Whisper. I design custom.

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<v Speaker 2>Homes, I build custom homes, and most importantly today, I

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<v Speaker 2>am your guide to better understanding that place where you live.

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<v Speaker 2>Today on the show, a continuation of yesterday's topic, which

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<v Speaker 2>was just taking your calls. That's right, it's an all

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<v Speaker 2>calls weekend. I thought it would be really nice after

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<v Speaker 2>a couple of well the three very harrowing weeks here

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<v Speaker 2>in southern California, wildfires seemingly everywhere, and you know that

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<v Speaker 2>we hear at kfire all in it. We double down,

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<v Speaker 2>we do what we need to do. Here on the program,

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<v Speaker 2>we've been talking about every imaginable aspect of these fires,

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<v Speaker 2>of fire, hardening your home, all of that, and of course,

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<v Speaker 2>not to be insensitive to those who have just begun

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<v Speaker 2>this journey because of the disasters that have befallen them

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<v Speaker 2>in these fires. We are going to continue to be

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<v Speaker 2>discussing fires, fire related things for weeks and months to come,

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<v Speaker 2>and so there you have it, but but it's also

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<v Speaker 2>good sometimes to give yourself permission to just take a beat,

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<v Speaker 2>press pause, and breathe a little bit. And that's what

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<v Speaker 2>we're doing this weekend. That's what we're going to do

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<v Speaker 2>today for the next three hours, you and I together,

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<v Speaker 2>we're just taking a beat. And what that means is,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm letting you tell me what the show is about today.

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<v Speaker 2>You set the agenda for the show. If you want

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<v Speaker 2>to talk about fire, that's fine, that's great.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm ready to go.

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<v Speaker 2>But anything else also that has got you scratching your

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<v Speaker 2>head or concerned or questioning something about your home design questions,

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<v Speaker 2>DIY issues, construction questions, you name it. You know, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>here for it all. That's what we're here to do.

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<v Speaker 2>So the phone lines are are we Yeah, the phone

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<v Speaker 2>lines are open.

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<v Speaker 3>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me give you the number eight three three two.

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<v Speaker 2>Ask Dean A three three, the numeral two, and then

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<v Speaker 2>you just spell out ask Dean eight three three to

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<v Speaker 2>ask Dean.

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<v Speaker 3>That's what we are serving up for you today.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm just gonna welcome you to sit down, relax,

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<v Speaker 2>whatever it is that you're doing right now, I'm glad

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<v Speaker 2>you're with us. It is a cloudy day here in

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<v Speaker 2>southern California. There's rain falling. Oh my goodness, how great

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<v Speaker 2>is that? The temperatures have dropped, and you know it's

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<v Speaker 2>a good day to pour yourself a warm beverage.

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<v Speaker 4>Here.

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<v Speaker 3>Let me do that for you. Look at that. Look

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<v Speaker 3>at that.

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<v Speaker 2>I realized yesterday I started to do this, but the

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<v Speaker 2>volume wasn't up on that little sound effect. And so

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<v Speaker 2>when if you don't catch it right at the beginning,

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<v Speaker 2>it is very important to hear this part. If you

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<v Speaker 2>don't catch that right at the beginning, I'm gonna let

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<v Speaker 2>it run, just for saying. And then you come in

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<v Speaker 2>here just sounds like you're peeing. It just sounds like

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<v Speaker 2>somebody's peeing. And that was not a comforting thought. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>what are you laughing at? It's true?

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<v Speaker 3>Is it not right? You need that little I.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't know even what that is that resonant you first

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<v Speaker 2>burst of coffee into the cup. Right anyway, there you go, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>really quick, let me introduce you to our awesome team.

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<v Speaker 3>Elmer is on the board. Good morning, Elmer, Good morning,

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<v Speaker 3>Dean Ago Bud doing good. That's Sunday, and that's it's

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<v Speaker 3>good morning.

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<v Speaker 2>There it is there, It is uh, producer Richie standing by.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, look he's handling some calls right now. So Richie

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<v Speaker 3>is here.

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<v Speaker 2>He's going to be screening our calls today, as always,

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<v Speaker 2>doing an awesome job. And then there's my buddy, Eileen

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<v Speaker 2>Gonzalez at the news desk.

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<v Speaker 3>Good morning, Eileen, Good morning Dean. How's it going.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh, it's good. I'm I'm I'm glad that I don't

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<v Speaker 2>see the sun shining right now. I'm just loving the

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<v Speaker 2>kind of the overcastness.

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<v Speaker 3>We need rain, not too much, but yeah, not too much.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think this is going to do too much.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think this is this is not gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>like I don't believe that it's you know, oh, finally

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<v Speaker 2>the rain is here. But and now it's gonna come

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<v Speaker 2>down so hard and so fast that we're going to

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<v Speaker 2>get landslides and ground movement in the areas that are burnt.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think it's gonna be troublesome for those areas.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm hoping not.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think it will be Mother Nature's in charge, yes, yes, exactly.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh and speaking of being in charge, sitting across the

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<v Speaker 2>table from me, the person who's really in charge, my

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<v Speaker 2>better half, my design partner, the co founder of a

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<v Speaker 2>house Whisper, and my best friend in the world.

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<v Speaker 3>Tina is here.

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<v Speaker 2>I's drop my coffee. Great, all right, we're gonna get

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<v Speaker 2>to it, y'all. It is an all calls Sunday. We've

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<v Speaker 2>got some calls on the board, but there's still room

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<v Speaker 2>for you. Eight three three two Ask Dean your home

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<v Speaker 2>with Dean Sharp the house Whisper.

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<v Speaker 5>You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from

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<v Speaker 5>kf I A M six forty.

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<v Speaker 3>Ah.

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<v Speaker 2>We are just enjoying an all weekend, taking a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit of a break from all the craziness that we've

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<v Speaker 2>been covering for the last two or three weeks now,

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<v Speaker 2>and uh taking your calls because I just want to

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<v Speaker 2>talk to you today.

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<v Speaker 3>That's all there is to it.

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<v Speaker 2>I just want to talk to you find out what's

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<v Speaker 2>going on with your home. So time to go to

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<v Speaker 2>the phone. So, by the way, the number to reach

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<v Speaker 2>me eight three three, the numeral two.

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<v Speaker 3>Ask Dean.

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<v Speaker 2>That's eight three three two, Ask Dean A three three

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<v Speaker 2>the numeral two beep and then you just spell out

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<v Speaker 2>ask Dean. I don't know why, Tina laughs every time

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<v Speaker 2>I do that.

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<v Speaker 3>Every time it just catches you by surprise. I just

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<v Speaker 3>don't expect you to do it.

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<v Speaker 2>Eight three three two ask Dan, there it is. Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>this is why I found the right girl. I did

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<v Speaker 2>stupid jokes. She's just laughing away.

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<v Speaker 3>All right, let's go to the phones. I want to

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<v Speaker 3>talk to. Let's just talk to Susan. Hey, Susan, welcome home,

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you.

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<v Speaker 6>Hi.

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<v Speaker 3>Are you with me?

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<v Speaker 6>I am? Can you hear me?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah? I can hear you. How can I help?

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<v Speaker 6>Okay? Yeah? I saw something advertised. It's like a polar

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<v Speaker 6>panels that you buy and then it looks like it

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<v Speaker 6>powers up a generator that somehow plugs into your house.

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<v Speaker 6>You're it's like two hundred and twenty watts. It's like

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<v Speaker 6>four thousand dollars, and we get our power turned off

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<v Speaker 6>a lot out here because of the fires. I'm out

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<v Speaker 6>in the country and you know, it's cold and I

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<v Speaker 6>want heat or I want to cook, you know, and

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<v Speaker 6>I can't. So I was just wondering if it is

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<v Speaker 6>it like even worth it, or is it would it

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<v Speaker 6>power up? Would it be enough to turn on heat

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<v Speaker 6>and in the summer turn on air conditioning?

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, great question, great, great question. Susan.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of generator and backup battery questions have come recently,

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<v Speaker 2>especially with all the power outages with the wind and such.

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<v Speaker 2>So let me see if I can help you kind

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<v Speaker 2>of break this down. By the way, this one at Costco,

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<v Speaker 2>how many watts did you say it was?

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<v Speaker 6>Wats something like that.

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<v Speaker 3>And how much is it selling for.

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<v Speaker 6>It's like thirty seven?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, all right, So so you probably don't have those

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<v Speaker 2>numbers right. I'm sure you have the price right, but

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<v Speaker 2>probably don't have the numbers right. Okay, So all right,

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<v Speaker 2>So for everybody, generators and backup batteries the same. They

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<v Speaker 2>are right on what their output is, Okay, their output

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<v Speaker 2>is going to be wattage now twenty two and twenty watts.

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<v Speaker 2>That that is very very very very small amount of output.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay. That's why I doubt that that's the right number.

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<v Speaker 2>It actually may be a backup battery capable of doing

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<v Speaker 2>two twenty voltage, and that's a whole different ballgame, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>two twenty voltage as opposed to one twenty or what

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<v Speaker 2>we call two forty. Anyway, the point is this, go

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<v Speaker 2>back check the specs. But here's how you can figure

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<v Speaker 2>out what kind of generator you can get by with

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<v Speaker 2>or what kind of generator you want. There are whole

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<v Speaker 2>house generators. There are great companies out there. Daffy Power,

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<v Speaker 2>Honeywell makes a great generator. Generak makes great whole house generators.

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<v Speaker 2>They usually run off of natural gas that you hook

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<v Speaker 2>them up to your natural gas lines and uh and

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<v Speaker 2>they'll hook into the house and you can size them

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<v Speaker 2>to your entire home to be automatically activated whenever the

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<v Speaker 2>power goes down. So if you want a whole house

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<v Speaker 2>generator run your entire house, they'll do the calculations and

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<v Speaker 2>they'll size that and it'll just be an automatic thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Where power goes down, you see a you know, the

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<v Speaker 2>lights dim about three seconds and boom, the generator kicks

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<v Speaker 2>on and you're back in business, living life just the

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<v Speaker 2>way you were before, without any concern about do we

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<v Speaker 2>have to recharge the generator, do we have to refuel

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<v Speaker 2>the generator because it's just hooked into the natural gas supply,

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<v Speaker 2>whether that's just regular natural gas coming from the city

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<v Speaker 2>or your municipality, or whether you know, if you're way

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<v Speaker 2>off in the country, if you if you're running your

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<v Speaker 2>house on a propane. It'll run on propane, not a

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<v Speaker 2>problem either way. Then below whole house generators that could

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<v Speaker 2>that's going to be in the thousands of dollars, definitely,

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<v Speaker 2>in the thousands of dollars. Below that, uh is are

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<v Speaker 2>portable generators and they come in all shapes and sizes,

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<v Speaker 2>and these days portable battery packs come in all shapes

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<v Speaker 2>and sizes. That's what sounds like you're looking at a

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<v Speaker 2>costco because a generator, it's not a battery pack, is

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<v Speaker 2>not really a generator.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a battery. So well, it's.

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<v Speaker 6>Supposed to be it's supposed to be getting into energy

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<v Speaker 6>from solar panels instead of gasoline or propaine.

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<v Speaker 3>Exactly, it's a battery.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a battery that's recharging using solar panels and and so,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's great, that's great. Usually so there's a there's

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<v Speaker 2>an upside in the downside. Usually a battery like that

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<v Speaker 2>is not going to be as powerful as an equivalent

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<v Speaker 2>generator for a lot less money that's running off of

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<v Speaker 2>like propane or gasoline. But it's also rechargeable via the

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<v Speaker 2>sun and uh and so it's always trade off. So

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<v Speaker 2>but here's the key, and I'll just give this right

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<v Speaker 2>before we have to go to break here.

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<v Speaker 3>The key is this.

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<v Speaker 2>What you're looking for is that you're looking around the

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<v Speaker 2>house and you're thinking, all right, what do I want

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<v Speaker 2>to run off of this when.

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<v Speaker 3>When the power goes down?

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<v Speaker 2>And if it's the answer is I just want to

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<v Speaker 2>run everything, then you need a whole house generator.

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<v Speaker 3>Bottom line done. That's it.

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<v Speaker 2>But if you're willing to limp by with less but

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<v Speaker 2>portable generators, but then there's some inconvenience and some less

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<v Speaker 2>you what it's. You know, just like your you know

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<v Speaker 2>You can run a hair dryer and then you turn

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<v Speaker 2>but you can't do it all at once, all right, Susan,

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<v Speaker 2>subject and uh, good luck, good luck with all of that.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, I ran late with this very first call.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not going to do it again.

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<v Speaker 5>I promise you're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on

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<v Speaker 2>Dean Sharp the house whisper here for you on this

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<v Speaker 2>rainy Sunday morning here in southern California. And you know what,

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<v Speaker 2>not a minute too soon, honestly, not a minute too soon,

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<v Speaker 2>loving it, loving the rain this morning. Uh the number

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<v Speaker 2>to reach me eight three three two. Ask Dean eight

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<v Speaker 2>three three, the numeral two. Ask Dean eight three three two,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna go back to the phones right now. Lisa,

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome home.

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<v Speaker 7>Hiking. I need your design help. I'm in the process

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<v Speaker 7>of remodeling my nineteen fifties tracked home with a front

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<v Speaker 7>facing garage to a craftsman's style. The sighting is going

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<v Speaker 7>to be Benjamin Moore white dove front door. Garage door

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<v Speaker 7>are yet to be determined.

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<v Speaker 7>My exterior accents and my window frames on the exterior

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<v Speaker 7>are bronze oil rub bronze. My husband didn't like the

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<v Speaker 7>brown roofs when it came to that, so we went

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<v Speaker 7>with the charcoal roof. But now that we're thinking about

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<v Speaker 7>the gutters, I'm stumped. And that's where I need your help.

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<v Speaker 7>Is I don't know if Anitia I would have gone

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<v Speaker 7>with the oil reb bronze, but now against the black wrist,

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<v Speaker 7>that doesn't seem like that will looks right. And if

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<v Speaker 7>I go with black and I have black down spouts,

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<v Speaker 7>and I don't know if I try and go with

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<v Speaker 7>one of those two colors, or do I not even

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<v Speaker 7>try and go with the brown or the black and

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<v Speaker 7>just go with some green or I don't know, some

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<v Speaker 2>Ah, all right, well, Lisa, you just threw like eight

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<v Speaker 2>hundred colors at me and I haven't had the chance

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<v Speaker 2>to see your house, and everybody who's listening is like,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know. I'm completely lost now. But I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 2>but I'm gonna make it simple, Okay. I'm gonna give

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<v Speaker 2>you an answer, and I'm hoping fingers crossed. I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 2>guess that it's probably ninety percent possible that this is

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<v Speaker 2>the right answer for you, okay, And I'll tell you why.

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<v Speaker 2>Because there's a thing that I have with gutters and

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<v Speaker 2>down spouts and various other forms of metal on the

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<v Speaker 3>Here is the thing.

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<v Speaker 2>If we're building a super contemporary home in which we

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<v Speaker 2>are trying to hide the gutter system, that's great. Hide it,

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<v Speaker 2>make it go away, don't bring emphasis to it, because

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<v Speaker 2>it's part of our design aesthetic that we're not trying

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<v Speaker 2>to look at, you know, stuff hanging off the outside

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<v Speaker 2>of a house. However, if that's not our style of home,

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<v Speaker 2>if we are doing some form of period home, like

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<v Speaker 2>a nineteen twenties craftsman home aka a beautiful one of

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<v Speaker 2>my favorite architectural eras of all time for a residential home,

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<v Speaker 2>then guttering and down spouts, that's just part of the

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<v Speaker 2>aesthetic of the house. And I am in no way

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<v Speaker 2>a believer of hiding them. A good gutter on a

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<v Speaker 2>period house is like a piece of crown molding hanging

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<v Speaker 2>at the end of the roof. Okay, and I love

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<v Speaker 2>what I love about metal on the outside of a

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<v Speaker 2>house is a design a rule for them. Now, you

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<v Speaker 2>can split this rule in two directions. You can have

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<v Speaker 2>all trim and decorative metals, you know, like your doorknobs

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<v Speaker 2>on the front door, and you know, trim accents around

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<v Speaker 2>a door and things like that, oil rub bronze, great, fantastic,

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<v Speaker 2>no problem. But when it comes to the functional utilitarian

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<v Speaker 2>medals on the outside of a house, I almost always

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<v Speaker 2>and I hesitate to say this because I am not

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<v Speaker 2>a formulaic designer, but I just find myself nine times

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<v Speaker 2>out of ten taking gutters and down spouts and leader

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<v Speaker 2>boxes if you happen to have a leader box on

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<v Speaker 2>your down spout, and those kinds of metals, and I

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<v Speaker 2>love to see them in iron, okay. And so it's

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<v Speaker 2>not black, not jet black, because that is a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit weird against your roof, Nor is it the oil

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<v Speaker 2>rub oil rub broms would not be a bad choice,

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<v Speaker 2>but with your with your darker roof, uh, it would

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<v Speaker 2>be a little bit offsetting. What I would do is

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<v Speaker 2>what I'm looking for, is I'm looking for like cast iron,

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<v Speaker 2>which is like a charcoal black, okay, a flat kind

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<v Speaker 2>of charcoal black. Basically you hold up a cast iron skillet,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's what I'm aiming at. And you know, you've

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<v Speaker 2>got some freedom there as far as you know the shading.

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<v Speaker 2>And what I like to do is I like to

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<v Speaker 2>offset the gutters from the roof a little bit. So

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<v Speaker 2>I will pick one of the darker tones in the

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<v Speaker 2>roof and say, okay, this is the color that we're

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<v Speaker 2>going to go with the gutter, so that the so

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<v Speaker 2>that the gutter corresponds with the roof, but it doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>absolutely match the roof.

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<v Speaker 3>Does that make sense?

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<v Speaker 4>Yes?

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<v Speaker 2>And then you just go with that down spouts down

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<v Speaker 2>the wall, uh, and and so on all of it.

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<v Speaker 2>We're not trying to camouflage any of it because it's

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<v Speaker 2>it's a set of architects details, a beautiful set of

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<v Speaker 2>gutters and down spouts that we want to actually emphasize,

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<v Speaker 2>and it'll just be another bit of jewelry on the

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<v Speaker 2>outside of the house. So my vote, without having seen,

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<v Speaker 2>just trying to imagine what you've described, my vote nine

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<v Speaker 2>times out of ten for gutter systems is to keep

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<v Speaker 2>them metallic, not shiny, and I lean away from the

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<v Speaker 2>browns and the bronzes, and I lean towards unless we're

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<v Speaker 2>doing copper, and that's a whole different ballgame, okay, But

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<v Speaker 2>I lean away from the bronzes and I tend to

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<v Speaker 2>go towards gray, charcoal kind of cast iron look for

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<v Speaker 2>the gutters. And that is the best that I can

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<v Speaker 2>offer you on the phone without having seen a picture

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<v Speaker 2>of your house.

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<v Speaker 7>Okay, anything I need to be aware of since I

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<v Speaker 7>have open raftertails when I get the gutters done, just

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<v Speaker 7>to watch out for as far as how they stay

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<v Speaker 7>their going to install them.

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<v Speaker 2>No, not really, I mean, you know the the You

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<v Speaker 2>know a lot of people think that facial board is

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<v Speaker 2>required for gutters for them to work.

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<v Speaker 3>Really well, it's not true at all.

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<v Speaker 2>Gutters just tuck up under the edge metal that's coming

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<v Speaker 2>off the roof and everybody, every roof has edge metal,

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<v Speaker 2>so you just make sure that they're tucked well up

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<v Speaker 2>under the edge metal and that they're secured properly.

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<v Speaker 3>Without facial board.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to see the gutter company strapping back onto

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<v Speaker 2>the roof a little more often, and not just nailing

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<v Speaker 2>into the ends of an open rafter tail, okay, with

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<v Speaker 2>a with a nail. So I like to see strapping

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<v Speaker 2>that guns runs up underneath the first twelve inches or

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<v Speaker 2>so of the roofing material itself to make sure that

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<v Speaker 2>they're secure and that they hold forever. But apart from that,

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<v Speaker 2>no facia, no facia, open rafters, closed rafters, it's all good.

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<v Speaker 6>Okay, thank you so much.

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<v Speaker 7>I just worry because I'm going to have it a

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<v Speaker 7>bronze window about five feet away from potentially a black gutter,

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<v Speaker 7>and I'm like, oh, that's not gonna look right.

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<v Speaker 3>So yeah, you know what, I honestly think.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, if if it was a jet black gutter,

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<v Speaker 2>you'd probably be right about that. But again, if we

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<v Speaker 2>go for this cast iron concept on the outside of

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<v Speaker 2>the house, I think you're going to be surprised that

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<v Speaker 2>it looks just fine. And you know what, once the

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<v Speaker 2>gutters are are are up in place, uh, it's not

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<v Speaker 2>the end of the world if you had to repaint them.

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<v Speaker 3>But put some samples up there.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, put just a tiny little section up and uh,

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<v Speaker 2>and play around with it. I mean you could literally

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<v Speaker 2>go I'm not talking about having your gutter people do it,

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<v Speaker 2>but you could literally go down to a big box

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<v Speaker 2>store and buy a cheap section of gutter, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>an eight foot long section of gutter, tack it up

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<v Speaker 2>over the house and paint it yourself until you decide,

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<v Speaker 2>you know what, that's the right color. I'm all about that.

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<v Speaker 2>Exp with it, take a little time and experiment with

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<v Speaker 3>Lisa, thank you so much. For your call. I hope

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<v Speaker 3>that helps.

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<v Speaker 2>I think you will all right, y'all when we come

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<v Speaker 2>back more of your calls. It's an All Calls Sunday

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks for joining us on the program this morning. How

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<v Speaker 2>quickly an hour just to kind of goes by when

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<v Speaker 2>I hope that you feel reciprocal of what we're doing here,

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<v Speaker 2>because I really really enjoy having our All Calls Sundays

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<v Speaker 2>where you just get to determine what's going on, and

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<v Speaker 3>Real quick.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to try and get back to the phones.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's talk to Paul. Hey, Paul, welcome home, Good morning.

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<v Speaker 2>How you doing, Bud? How can I help you?

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<v Speaker 4>Okay? With all the rebuilding going on, I was wondering

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<v Speaker 4>if you designed a home and built it and you

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<v Speaker 4>hardened it for flood and mud, fire, hurricane winds, and earthquakes,

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<v Speaker 4>what materials would you use and what would it end

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<v Speaker 4>up looking like?

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<v Speaker 3>That is a really really good question. And I love

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<v Speaker 3>to you. Yeah, it's not as long as you think.

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<v Speaker 3>It's not as long as you think. Here's the thing.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to use your question, Paul, as a as

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<v Speaker 2>a springboard to answer a question or to address an

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<v Speaker 2>issue that kind of gets under my skin every time

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<v Speaker 2>a natural disaster happens.

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<v Speaker 3>And I understand why it happens.

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<v Speaker 2>I totally understand why this happens this way, but I

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<v Speaker 2>want to be really clear about it.

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<v Speaker 3>So when was it, Tina? It was I think it

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<v Speaker 3>was Friday. Friday.

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<v Speaker 2>We were talking to a gentleman and the impression that

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<v Speaker 2>he was giving to us was, well, you know, with

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<v Speaker 2>all this stuff happening, I guess it's it's gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>all just concrete, concrete walls, concrete homes from here on

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<v Speaker 2>out right to just protect. So the only way that

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<v Speaker 2>you can guarantee you're not going to get blown away

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<v Speaker 2>or washed away or whatever is just to build a

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<v Speaker 2>gigantic concrete box or a bunker and live in it.

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<v Speaker 2>And I take issue with that, and I understand why

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<v Speaker 2>people feel that way, because there's a natural kind of

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<v Speaker 2>of thought process that leads to, you know, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>what's the safest structure on planet Earth. Well, I guess

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<v Speaker 2>technically the safest structure on planet Earth would be like

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<v Speaker 2>a nuclear fallout shelter. Okay, so that's what all of

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<v Speaker 2>our home. We'll all just become mole. People will live

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<v Speaker 2>beneath the ground, and now we'll all be safe and

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<v Speaker 2>we won't worry about these other things. But here's the thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Not only is that obviously not realistic, nor is it

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<v Speaker 2>cost effective.

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<v Speaker 3>Here is the truth.

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<v Speaker 2>The truth is, whatever region you live in, whatever natural disasters,

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<v Speaker 2>and fortunately no region on Earth has to contend with

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<v Speaker 2>all natural disasters, right, it's just your region. Right, So,

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<v Speaker 2>whatever region on Earth you live in, and whatever natural

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<v Speaker 2>disaster you have to build your home to resist. The

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<v Speaker 2>simple fact of the matter is, and I say this

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<v Speaker 2>as a contractor, as a builder and a designer, the

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<v Speaker 2>simple fact of the matter is, we have reached a

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<v Speaker 2>stage here in the first quarter of the twenty first century,

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<v Speaker 2>and which we can build your home pretty much looking

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<v Speaker 2>however you want it to look, and have it in

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<v Speaker 2>fact be resistant too that natural disaster. So my answer is,

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<v Speaker 2>what does the home have to look like? Anything you want,

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<v Speaker 2>my friend, anything you honestly, anything you want, as long

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<v Speaker 2>as we design it well and we build it wisely

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<v Speaker 2>with the materials on hand that address the specific situation.

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<v Speaker 3>Right.

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<v Speaker 2>So again, I was getting that question this week from

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<v Speaker 2>folks as I was talking to them about to ember

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<v Speaker 2>resistant fire events, and they were saying, well, I guess

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<v Speaker 2>we're all just going to have to have, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>change the way our roofs look or change the way

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<v Speaker 2>that I'm like, no, No, The fact of the matter is,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll repeat this again. I'm going to repeat it later

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<v Speaker 2>in the show as well. Eight out of ten homes

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<v Speaker 2>that burn during a wildfire event do not burn because

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<v Speaker 2>the fire has arrived at to their home. It's because

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<v Speaker 2>the embers have arrived. Eight out of ten. That means

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<v Speaker 2>that if those very very beautiful, multimillion dollar homes in

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<v Speaker 2>the palis A It's had all had ember resistant vents,

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<v Speaker 2>which is a minor investment. Okay, if they had all

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<v Speaker 2>had mber resistant events, we would not be looking at

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<v Speaker 2>a loss of five thousand structures. We probably wouldn't even

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<v Speaker 2>be looking at a loss of five hundred structures, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>just from that thing alone. So the point is we

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<v Speaker 2>have to build wisely. We have to build with the

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<v Speaker 2>materials on hand that address the real concerns and the

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<v Speaker 2>real issues in our area. But I want to assure

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<v Speaker 2>everyone who's listening. Technology has not brought us to a

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<v Speaker 2>place where we have to retreat from creativity and beauty

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<v Speaker 2>in our design. Technology has given us the ability to

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<v Speaker 2>dream bigger and wider and broader than ever before. And

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<v Speaker 2>you can, if you design it right, have pretty much

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<v Speaker 2>whatever kind of house you want. And that is the

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<v Speaker 2>gosh honest truth about it. Paul, thank you so much

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<v Speaker 2>for that question, because it let me get on my

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<v Speaker 2>little soapbox and just to assuage everybody's fears that somehow

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<v Speaker 2>we got to change the way southern California looks in

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<v Speaker 2>order to be fire safe, No we don't.

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<v Speaker 3>We just got to do it smart, all right.

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<v Speaker 2>More when we return your Home with Dean Sharp, the

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<v Speaker 2>House Whisper on KFI.

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<v Speaker 1>This has been Home with Dean Sharp, the House Whisper.

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