WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.640 --> 00:00:03.919 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 2 00:00:04.040 --> 00:00:12.080 KFI AM six forty AM I AM forty Live streaming 3 00:00:12.199 --> 00:00:17.000 may be everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Dean Sharp the 4 00:00:17.079 --> 00:00:22.960 House Whisper here with you live every Saturday and Sunday morning. Hey, 5 00:00:23.440 --> 00:00:27.480 stop the presses, Andrea, are you still listening? Gosh? I 6 00:00:27.519 --> 00:00:30.399 hope you are still listening. I hope that you haven't 7 00:00:30.440 --> 00:00:33.920 gone about your day. Andrea was our last caller in 8 00:00:33.960 --> 00:00:38.000 the last segment. She had a fence question, A tricky one, 9 00:00:38.039 --> 00:00:43.240 A tricky one. She needed a fence for privacy outside 10 00:00:43.240 --> 00:00:47.039 her bathroom Aria and yet she wanted to take full 11 00:00:47.079 --> 00:00:49.640 advantage of the view of the ocean that she had 12 00:00:49.679 --> 00:00:52.280 in the distance. So she needed a fence that could 13 00:00:52.280 --> 00:00:56.479 do both privacy, open up for view, closed down for privacy. 14 00:00:56.880 --> 00:01:00.359 We talked about kind of a shutter system. But but 15 00:01:00.799 --> 00:01:03.799 you know, like treating a fence like a shutter. And 16 00:01:04.560 --> 00:01:06.000 but I was talking to her on the phone, I 17 00:01:06.000 --> 00:01:08.439 didn't have a chance to actually do any research. Andrea, 18 00:01:09.400 --> 00:01:11.959 you know how I hate being stumped by things. I 19 00:01:12.040 --> 00:01:15.959 got it. I got it for you. The company name 20 00:01:16.359 --> 00:01:21.560 is pilex p y l E x p y l 21 00:01:21.599 --> 00:01:24.719 E x and Uh, I want you to look for 22 00:01:24.799 --> 00:01:29.680 the deck sun blind system. It comes in stainless steel, 23 00:01:30.040 --> 00:01:34.120 it comes in powder coated metal. It is literally literally, 24 00:01:35.040 --> 00:01:37.319 you know, this is the world that we live in. Literally, 25 00:01:37.760 --> 00:01:40.319 if you're looking for it, probably somebody has worked it out. 26 00:01:40.519 --> 00:01:43.480 It is literally mounting hardware. Take a look at that, Tina. 27 00:01:43.760 --> 00:01:48.959 It's mounting hardware for slat boards on a fence. That 28 00:01:49.079 --> 00:01:53.400 will that is specifically designed to turn sections of your 29 00:01:53.480 --> 00:01:58.879 fence into essentially an exterior shutter. Okay, so this mounting 30 00:01:58.920 --> 00:02:01.680 hardware you mounted against the Tina's pointing, She's like, we 31 00:02:01.680 --> 00:02:05.079 should put it on that part of the fence. You 32 00:02:05.079 --> 00:02:07.719 you mount this hardware against the posts, and then every 33 00:02:07.760 --> 00:02:12.639 slat mounts into screws into these hardware turns. It is 34 00:02:12.680 --> 00:02:16.919 a shutter. It's a shutter system, and it's a it's 35 00:02:16.919 --> 00:02:22.400 about forty dollars for each section of shutter. So it's there, there, 36 00:02:22.439 --> 00:02:25.479 it is, and this is this is so it's so simple, 37 00:02:25.520 --> 00:02:28.960 it's so easy to look at. You would just basically 38 00:02:28.960 --> 00:02:32.159 in between two posts, cut the slats and uh and 39 00:02:32.199 --> 00:02:35.759 screw them into this system. So, Andrea, I hope you 40 00:02:35.840 --> 00:02:39.599 are if you're still listening, call me back, just because 41 00:02:39.599 --> 00:02:41.960 I want to be able to confirm that you got 42 00:02:41.960 --> 00:02:46.159 the info. But it's PILEX p y l e X 43 00:02:46.280 --> 00:02:51.719 and look for a deck sun blind system and you're 44 00:02:51.759 --> 00:02:53.719 you're gonna find it. You're gonna find it. I did 45 00:02:53.719 --> 00:02:55.599 a quick search, and you know it's not That's not 46 00:02:55.680 --> 00:02:57.759 the only product on the market. There are. There are 47 00:02:57.800 --> 00:03:01.560 some very similar on Amazon. This particular one is sold 48 00:03:01.560 --> 00:03:04.000 at home depots, so you know it's been product tested 49 00:03:04.360 --> 00:03:07.439 and it's worth You know it's money because home depot 50 00:03:07.479 --> 00:03:11.400 doesn't carry junk stuff that they get tons of returns on. 51 00:03:11.479 --> 00:03:14.479 So check it out. I'm very excited. I wish I 52 00:03:14.560 --> 00:03:17.159 had found it before your call, but you know what, 53 00:03:17.560 --> 00:03:20.520 this is the commitment that we have to our listeners. 54 00:03:21.039 --> 00:03:23.919 I will figure it out for you. So give me 55 00:03:23.960 --> 00:03:26.879 a call back Andrea to let me know that you 56 00:03:27.360 --> 00:03:29.800 heard the answer, and check that out online because I 57 00:03:29.879 --> 00:03:34.000 think I think that's the solution that you are looking for. 58 00:03:34.599 --> 00:03:38.240 All right, when we return more of your calls, it's 59 00:03:38.240 --> 00:03:40.520 an all call Saturday morning. The number to reach me 60 00:03:40.680 --> 00:03:43.919 eight three to three two. Ask Dean eight three to 61 00:03:43.919 --> 00:03:46.879 three the numeral two, Ask Dean, we will do more. 62 00:03:47.520 --> 00:03:51.280 Can't buy Dean sharp the house with her at your service. 63 00:03:51.960 --> 00:03:54.080 Thanks for joining us on the program this morning. We're 64 00:03:54.080 --> 00:03:57.879 doing an all call Saturday morning, as is our growing custom. 65 00:03:57.960 --> 00:04:00.280 I just love it. I love talking to people trying 66 00:04:00.319 --> 00:04:03.159 to figure out what's going on with your home, helping 67 00:04:03.199 --> 00:04:06.439 you with it. And you know, right before the top 68 00:04:06.479 --> 00:04:09.039 of the hour, I had Andrea on the phone and 69 00:04:09.240 --> 00:04:12.120 she really kind of stumped me as far as putting 70 00:04:12.120 --> 00:04:16.279 together a tricky fence. Is she back? Andrea? Are you there? 71 00:04:17.360 --> 00:04:18.920 I'm here, I'm here, Thank you? 72 00:04:19.560 --> 00:04:22.000 Did you hear? Did did take a look at it? 73 00:04:22.040 --> 00:04:22.959 I think I found it. 74 00:04:24.040 --> 00:04:26.800 I think you did too. I'm looking right at it. 75 00:04:27.079 --> 00:04:31.120 I did find there was another one called flex something 76 00:04:31.240 --> 00:04:34.600 or other. But I was wondering too, do you think 77 00:04:34.639 --> 00:04:36.040 you could use this with metal? 78 00:04:36.120 --> 00:04:36.920 Or would I? 79 00:04:37.079 --> 00:04:38.560 Or should I just use wood? 80 00:04:39.120 --> 00:04:40.759 You can use it with you can use it with 81 00:04:40.800 --> 00:04:44.319 any any rigid material that you can screw into those brackets. 82 00:04:44.319 --> 00:04:46.120 And we're talking by the way, people are like, what 83 00:04:46.160 --> 00:04:49.360 are they talking about? I just joined the program. Andrea 84 00:04:49.439 --> 00:04:55.399 has this unique condition and condition. Andrea has this unique 85 00:04:55.439 --> 00:04:58.959 situation where she she's got a bathroom that she wants 86 00:04:58.959 --> 00:05:02.480 an ocean view from. She gets it in other areas 87 00:05:02.560 --> 00:05:06.279 of her home. But she so she's got a fence outside. 88 00:05:06.319 --> 00:05:09.199 She needs a fence that that can be both privacy 89 00:05:09.279 --> 00:05:11.600 when she wants it to be privacy and view when 90 00:05:11.600 --> 00:05:13.920 she wanted to be view. And we were just kind 91 00:05:13.920 --> 00:05:16.720 of banging our heads on the table, thinking, Okay, maybe 92 00:05:16.720 --> 00:05:20.040 the best way to do that is to create kind 93 00:05:20.079 --> 00:05:23.279 of a shutter system, like a shutter blinds out there. 94 00:05:23.480 --> 00:05:26.480 But I personally was this was new to me. I 95 00:05:26.600 --> 00:05:29.480 was not aware that there was already pre established hardware 96 00:05:29.519 --> 00:05:32.720 out there and not expensive stuff, and so everybody, I'm 97 00:05:32.759 --> 00:05:36.120 just I'm excited about it. I literally had Andrea callback 98 00:05:36.240 --> 00:05:39.879 because I just wanted to celebrate with her the fact 99 00:05:39.920 --> 00:05:43.160 that during the break I found this and other people 100 00:05:43.160 --> 00:05:45.519 are like, yeah, I've seen that for years, Dean, Well, 101 00:05:45.600 --> 00:05:48.800 you know what, there are things that are brand new 102 00:05:48.839 --> 00:05:51.680 to me too, and so from now on, I'm just 103 00:05:51.720 --> 00:05:56.319 gonna dub this Andrea's fencing system. And so yeah, there 104 00:05:56.319 --> 00:06:02.000 are these pre pre built rackets that basically will turn 105 00:06:02.160 --> 00:06:07.879 slats of wood or metal into a fence shutter system 106 00:06:08.000 --> 00:06:10.439 that you can open and close like a like like 107 00:06:10.680 --> 00:06:14.839 plantation shutters. You can get your view or you can 108 00:06:14.879 --> 00:06:17.360 close it down and have your privacy, and I was 109 00:06:17.439 --> 00:06:21.560 just excited that I found it. And it's simple. I mean, 110 00:06:21.720 --> 00:06:23.279 you can get them on Amazon, you can get them 111 00:06:23.319 --> 00:06:26.480 at home depot. I've never seen them before, and so 112 00:06:26.560 --> 00:06:29.199 we're celebrating it together. And that that was all. So 113 00:06:29.240 --> 00:06:30.160 thanks for calling back. 114 00:06:30.199 --> 00:06:32.759 You never have to go down and look at them. Yeah, 115 00:06:32.759 --> 00:06:34.759 and if you saw the bathrooms, I mean, people might 116 00:06:34.759 --> 00:06:39.079 not understand, but my bathrooms are like you're outside, There's 117 00:06:39.519 --> 00:06:44.279 one bathroom has a shower that's for the ceiling glass. 118 00:06:44.959 --> 00:06:47.839 It is a little disruptive when you're taking a shower 119 00:06:47.920 --> 00:06:52.480 next to an empty space outside there. Yeah. 120 00:06:54.399 --> 00:06:58.839 Well, congratulations, I think we're on the case. And uh 121 00:06:59.000 --> 00:06:59.480 and and. 122 00:07:01.879 --> 00:07:02.839 Thank you so much. 123 00:07:03.639 --> 00:07:06.800 You are so welcome, my friend. Thank you for thanks 124 00:07:06.839 --> 00:07:09.600 for calling back. Yeah, I know, I know. 125 00:07:11.040 --> 00:07:11.199 That. 126 00:07:11.439 --> 00:07:14.720 Is that the best radio possible? I'm not sure. But 127 00:07:14.839 --> 00:07:17.920 here's the point. The reason I'm here is to help, 128 00:07:18.120 --> 00:07:21.240 and the reason I'm here to help is because I care. 129 00:07:21.439 --> 00:07:24.360 I really do care about these things. So yeah, we 130 00:07:24.399 --> 00:07:27.399 took two segments to cover that one problem because I 131 00:07:27.399 --> 00:07:30.480 don't like being stumped and I don't like telling our 132 00:07:30.560 --> 00:07:35.279 callers sorry, got no idea, tough luck, move on. Not 133 00:07:35.360 --> 00:07:36.800 that I would ever say that, but you know what 134 00:07:36.839 --> 00:07:41.079 I mean. I want to help you solve your problems. Okay, 135 00:07:42.000 --> 00:07:44.279 in that spirit, let's take another call. We may not 136 00:07:44.319 --> 00:07:46.079 get all that, we may have to go to break, 137 00:07:46.120 --> 00:07:49.000 but I want to talk to Mohammed. Mohammed, welcome home. 138 00:07:50.480 --> 00:07:54.560 Yes, Frank, you, Den, Dina and Tina, thank you for 139 00:07:54.600 --> 00:08:00.560 taking my call. So my question is we are that 140 00:08:01.000 --> 00:08:04.000 our roof is to be done because we're living in 141 00:08:04.000 --> 00:08:05.120 the house for long enough. 142 00:08:06.040 --> 00:08:09.199 Now, when I got several quotes. 143 00:08:09.759 --> 00:08:16.199 Getting material wise, getting a company name or the manufacturers 144 00:08:16.240 --> 00:08:19.879 of the material is all scorning, I think, and another 145 00:08:19.920 --> 00:08:25.519 one was Presidential Presidential Shape. And then there is a 146 00:08:25.560 --> 00:08:29.759 Home Depot material as well. So the question to you 147 00:08:30.519 --> 00:08:37.919 will be how Home Deep material compares with the other 148 00:08:38.080 --> 00:08:44.360 two brand names that most of the roofers pushes. Given this, 149 00:08:44.759 --> 00:08:51.120 let's say skilled worker working. But we buy the material 150 00:08:51.200 --> 00:08:54.399 from Home Depot and then have them mistall it and 151 00:08:54.519 --> 00:08:58.279 do whatever they do. What I understood that they putting 152 00:08:58.879 --> 00:09:01.320 some sort of sheet that is like fifty years a 153 00:09:01.639 --> 00:09:05.600 life and the shingles goes on top of it and 154 00:09:05.759 --> 00:09:10.799 that has usually thirty year life. So now you go. 155 00:09:10.759 --> 00:09:20.399 Ahead, Okay, all right, roofing is confusing. Well, good news 156 00:09:20.440 --> 00:09:23.120 for drivers this morning, only a few incidents on the roadway. 157 00:09:26.200 --> 00:09:31.360 So here's the thing, my friend number one, I this 158 00:09:31.440 --> 00:09:35.320 is the morning of stumping Dean with Home Depot questions. Uh, 159 00:09:35.639 --> 00:09:39.600 I am not personally aware of home of a Home 160 00:09:39.720 --> 00:09:43.120 Depot brand roofing. Okay, if you. 161 00:09:43.240 --> 00:09:46.559 Look, I'm just I'm not saying the Home People brand. 162 00:09:46.600 --> 00:09:48.480 All I'm saying if I go ahead and buy the 163 00:09:48.559 --> 00:09:49.960 material from Home Depot. 164 00:09:50.240 --> 00:09:53.240 Oh, I got you right, right, right right, yeah, Okay, that's. 165 00:09:53.120 --> 00:09:54.039 What I'm sorry. 166 00:09:54.080 --> 00:09:58.000 I was confused, Yeah, gotcha. Okay, yeah, because Home Deepot 167 00:09:58.080 --> 00:10:02.240 just carries the same mainline brand they carry Owens Corning. 168 00:10:02.279 --> 00:10:04.879 I believe they carry certain teed by the way, when 169 00:10:04.919 --> 00:10:08.559 you mentioned the presidential shingle, the presidential style that's by 170 00:10:08.759 --> 00:10:13.639 the company, certaintyed certainty to Owen's Corning. Undoubtedly. When it 171 00:10:13.639 --> 00:10:18.960 comes to asphalt composite shingles, the two largest major manufacturer, 172 00:10:19.039 --> 00:10:22.360 I would throw a third one in their GAF GAFF GAF. 173 00:10:22.840 --> 00:10:27.240 These are the three big names in asphalt composite roofing, 174 00:10:27.639 --> 00:10:30.080 and you really can't go wrong with them, with any 175 00:10:30.120 --> 00:10:31.639 of them, and they have highering little bit but I 176 00:10:31.720 --> 00:10:34.120 will tell you this just FYI, just so you know, 177 00:10:34.399 --> 00:10:40.039 my friend, that my own home, my own roof, has 178 00:10:40.200 --> 00:10:43.159 the certain teed Presidential shingle on it. Tina, and I 179 00:10:43.399 --> 00:10:46.039 searched the world over to find you. I mean, I 180 00:10:46.080 --> 00:10:50.720 don't think there is a more gorgeous, more beautiful asphalt 181 00:10:50.759 --> 00:10:54.200 composite shingle from a from a design point of view 182 00:10:54.480 --> 00:10:59.559 than the Presidential series. It's random, it's randomized, it's got 183 00:10:59.600 --> 00:11:03.000 beautiful shadow lines to it. It is. It is just 184 00:11:03.159 --> 00:11:06.320 and the quality of the roof is outstanding. So I 185 00:11:06.399 --> 00:11:10.120 have the Presidential series on my own roof. And yes, 186 00:11:10.279 --> 00:11:12.639 I would like Certainty to call me and pay me 187 00:11:12.720 --> 00:11:17.240 for that endorsement. But there you go. So so the 188 00:11:17.320 --> 00:11:19.480 key is and I don't want you to worry about 189 00:11:19.519 --> 00:11:27.759 the the the differential in warranties. Of of yes, you're 190 00:11:27.840 --> 00:11:30.799 going to find the shingle on the outside. You can 191 00:11:30.840 --> 00:11:34.759 find those that have lifetime warranties, fifty year warranties, forty 192 00:11:34.840 --> 00:11:41.480 year warranties, and then the the layer underneath, the moisture 193 00:11:41.559 --> 00:11:47.519 layer underneath. You'll find those at various warranty levels as well, 194 00:11:47.559 --> 00:11:50.480 and there sometimes will be a differential. But trust me, 195 00:11:51.080 --> 00:11:56.360 if you buy a good quality membrane for underneath your shingles, 196 00:11:56.399 --> 00:11:59.519 whether it's a thirty year or forty year, and you 197 00:11:59.559 --> 00:12:01.759 put a fit fifty year shingle on top of it. 198 00:12:01.759 --> 00:12:04.200 It's a fifty year roof okay, so you don't have 199 00:12:04.279 --> 00:12:07.320 to worry about that differential between the two. But when 200 00:12:07.360 --> 00:12:11.919 it comes to underlayment, and that's that underneath layer, my 201 00:12:12.080 --> 00:12:18.039 recommendation is that you don't go with a standardized roofing paper. Now, 202 00:12:18.080 --> 00:12:20.759 I don't know what the Home Depot is recommending for 203 00:12:20.799 --> 00:12:23.919 their stuff and how they do it, And there's still 204 00:12:23.960 --> 00:12:28.399 plenty of roofing companies out there that on the low 205 00:12:28.519 --> 00:12:30.600 end of things that say, yeah, we'll just put down 206 00:12:30.639 --> 00:12:35.120 two layers of builders, you know, roofing paper fifteen or 207 00:12:35.159 --> 00:12:38.240 thirty pound roofing felt and then you're you're roof right over. 208 00:12:38.320 --> 00:12:40.840 It's going to last for a long time, and it will. 209 00:12:41.080 --> 00:12:44.159 It will. But the question is is that the best 210 00:12:44.159 --> 00:12:46.799 that you can do? And the answer to that is 211 00:12:46.840 --> 00:12:49.320 always no. The best that you can do is to 212 00:12:49.360 --> 00:12:55.840 have an underlayment system underneath your your roofing material, underneath 213 00:12:55.840 --> 00:13:02.039 the shingles themselves, have a underlayment system that is self ceiling, 214 00:13:02.240 --> 00:13:08.759 and that meaning around nails and perforations, and that is stretchable, 215 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:13.440 that has some actual pliability to it, and that when 216 00:13:13.480 --> 00:13:16.840 you roll out one course of underlayment onto the next, 217 00:13:16.919 --> 00:13:19.360 it seals onto itself, so that by the time you're 218 00:13:19.399 --> 00:13:23.200 done rolling out the underlayment, you essentially have a single 219 00:13:23.639 --> 00:13:29.159 membrane covering the entire roof that will stretch and that's 220 00:13:29.159 --> 00:13:32.840 important for heat and cold differentials in weather. It won't 221 00:13:32.840 --> 00:13:35.759 grow brittle, it won't crack. And then on top of 222 00:13:35.799 --> 00:13:41.519 that you put a good quality asphalt composite shingle, and that, 223 00:13:41.679 --> 00:13:45.000 my friend, is your best system. There are various underlayments 224 00:13:45.039 --> 00:13:50.440 out there, and I haven't found one that I hate yet. Okay, 225 00:13:50.559 --> 00:13:54.879 I just don't like going old school with asphalt embedded 226 00:13:55.480 --> 00:13:59.639 roofing paper myself. Neither do any of our best roofers. 227 00:13:59.679 --> 00:14:04.120 They all prefer the self ceiling underlayment system because they 228 00:14:04.159 --> 00:14:07.480 last longer and they perform better. And so that's the 229 00:14:07.559 --> 00:14:11.480 combination you're looking for. I don't want to get brand specific, 230 00:14:11.559 --> 00:14:13.639 because there are a lot of them out there, but 231 00:14:13.679 --> 00:14:18.720 that's what you're looking for. A self ceiling, rubberized stretchable 232 00:14:18.840 --> 00:14:23.080 underlayment system and then a good quality asphalt shingle on top. 233 00:14:23.559 --> 00:14:25.399 All right, my friend, thank you so much for your 234 00:14:25.440 --> 00:14:28.960 call and for the question. Hopefully that just simplifies the 235 00:14:29.480 --> 00:14:33.440 process for you more of your calls when we return. 236 00:14:33.639 --> 00:14:36.039 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp The House Whisper. 237 00:14:36.960 --> 00:14:40.240 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 238 00:14:40.360 --> 00:14:47.320 KFI AM six forty AM, I AM forty live streaming 239 00:14:47.360 --> 00:14:51.600 and HD everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. You are Home 240 00:14:52.000 --> 00:14:56.159 with Dean Sharp the House Whisper. That is me. It 241 00:14:56.200 --> 00:14:59.879 is an all Calls Saturday morning. We're just taking calls. 242 00:15:00.039 --> 00:15:02.519 You're setting the agenda for the show. I want to 243 00:15:02.559 --> 00:15:06.039 go back to the phones. I love love talking to 244 00:15:06.080 --> 00:15:09.720 you about your home. I want to talk to Scott. Hey, Scott, 245 00:15:09.960 --> 00:15:10.600 welcome home. 246 00:15:11.919 --> 00:15:17.879 Oh, good morning, Dean. I'm in the process of purchasing 247 00:15:18.000 --> 00:15:21.360 a about a twenty year old home and I had 248 00:15:21.360 --> 00:15:26.840 a home inspection done and the inspector wrote up in 249 00:15:26.879 --> 00:15:31.960 the report that I had inadequate attic venting, and so 250 00:15:32.039 --> 00:15:34.200 I started researching it. And you know, well, he's even 251 00:15:34.279 --> 00:15:37.159 got aerial views from a drone that and I don't 252 00:15:37.159 --> 00:15:40.879 see any sort of vents, And so I started researching, 253 00:15:40.919 --> 00:15:44.399 and I see that there is a wedge type vent 254 00:15:44.720 --> 00:15:48.159 event that goes underneath your tiles as an s tile 255 00:15:49.080 --> 00:15:53.559 type tile. And how can I determine whether I got 256 00:15:53.559 --> 00:15:56.000 these or not because they're essentially invisible. 257 00:15:58.080 --> 00:16:01.639 Well, you got to get into the attic and look 258 00:16:01.679 --> 00:16:03.960 at it from the attic side. You're right, there are vents. 259 00:16:04.120 --> 00:16:07.000 And thank God that this is true, that there are 260 00:16:07.159 --> 00:16:11.679 vents that are architecturally inobtrusive. These days, sometimes we put 261 00:16:11.799 --> 00:16:14.320 vents right out there for everybody to see, because the 262 00:16:14.399 --> 00:16:17.279 vent itself is an architectural feature on a roof, like 263 00:16:17.360 --> 00:16:20.440 a dormer, a copper dormer or something like that. But 264 00:16:20.600 --> 00:16:26.279 most of the time we are attempting to hide such things, like, 265 00:16:26.480 --> 00:16:32.679 for instance, in a brand new asphalt shingle roof assembly, 266 00:16:33.320 --> 00:16:38.960 most asphalt manufacturers manufacture a ridge top vent that literally 267 00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:43.279 goes right under and sort of hides underneath the top 268 00:16:43.399 --> 00:16:46.840 ridge shingles, and it runs the entire length of the 269 00:16:47.000 --> 00:16:51.879 roof ridge. And it's not really a visible thing. I mean, 270 00:16:51.919 --> 00:16:53.960 it doesn't really change the look of the roof at all. 271 00:16:54.039 --> 00:16:57.759 So but the key is this, whatever the venting is 272 00:16:57.759 --> 00:17:02.240 in the attic can be seen from inside the attic. Okay, 273 00:17:02.360 --> 00:17:05.279 that is where it is obvious, and so that's what 274 00:17:05.799 --> 00:17:07.480 you're going to have to get into the attic or 275 00:17:07.519 --> 00:17:11.319 get somebody in the attic to evaluate if it's got vents, 276 00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:14.680 where it's got vents. My assumption is now it's an 277 00:17:14.759 --> 00:17:18.400 interesting thing that a that a home inspector would make 278 00:17:18.480 --> 00:17:22.920 this observation for a home that's only twenty years old, 279 00:17:23.119 --> 00:17:27.480 because you know, for the last few days, three decades, 280 00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:32.359 you know, the building code has been just stickler about vents. 281 00:17:32.720 --> 00:17:35.319 And by the way, as far as what you need, 282 00:17:35.519 --> 00:17:39.680 there's a different solutions. But let me explain to everybody 283 00:17:39.839 --> 00:17:44.200 what the attic vent code requirement currently is. Okay, and 284 00:17:44.240 --> 00:17:46.440 I don't know if the home inspector wrote this in 285 00:17:46.440 --> 00:17:50.720 his report, but it can be a little confusing for people. 286 00:17:51.119 --> 00:17:52.599 But I want to try and make it as simple 287 00:17:52.599 --> 00:17:55.319 as possible. In fact, you know what, Scott, can you 288 00:17:55.359 --> 00:17:57.880 hang tight because we're running a little along in the 289 00:17:57.920 --> 00:17:59.960 other segment. If you can hang tight, I'm going to 290 00:18:00.079 --> 00:18:02.440 explain this to you right on the other side of 291 00:18:02.480 --> 00:18:04.119 the break, So can you hold on with me for 292 00:18:04.160 --> 00:18:09.279 a second? Absolutely awesome? All right, you stay put and 293 00:18:09.839 --> 00:18:12.799 we'll come right back to Scott's question about attic venting 294 00:18:13.200 --> 00:18:17.000 and kind of hopefully I can dispel the confusion about 295 00:18:17.039 --> 00:18:21.200 what's required and where, and we'll do that. Caym Byean Sharp, 296 00:18:21.279 --> 00:18:25.680 the House Whisper. Welcome home, Thanks for joining us on 297 00:18:25.680 --> 00:18:30.519 the program. On this lovely spring Saturday morning, here the 298 00:18:30.599 --> 00:18:34.480 twelfth of April twenty twenty five. We are coming to 299 00:18:34.559 --> 00:18:39.400 you live as we always are. Today's show. All your calls. 300 00:18:39.440 --> 00:18:41.559 I've got Scott on the line and get to get 301 00:18:41.599 --> 00:18:44.319 back to him in just a second with his roof 302 00:18:44.440 --> 00:18:47.680 vent question. 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It is your home 332 00:20:24.759 --> 00:20:29.559 improvement reference library, including today's show, this very show right here. 333 00:20:30.279 --> 00:20:33.359 You can listen to anytime, as many times as you want. 334 00:20:33.400 --> 00:20:38.039 Anywhere on planet Earth whenever you want on demand. That's 335 00:20:38.200 --> 00:20:42.319 the house whisper of podcast all Right. Scott called me 336 00:20:42.519 --> 00:20:45.960 and he is in the middle of buying a home 337 00:20:46.200 --> 00:20:48.480 and the home inspector who did the inspection on the 338 00:20:48.480 --> 00:20:51.119 home informed him that even though it's just a twenty 339 00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:56.279 year old house, it has inadequate attic ventilation. And he 340 00:20:56.400 --> 00:20:59.480 was asking me, how do you find out where where 341 00:20:59.519 --> 00:21:02.680 the vandalai is because so many different styles of attic 342 00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:05.920 ventilation are designed to go away and not be visible 343 00:21:06.400 --> 00:21:09.119 from the outside. And so my first advice to him 344 00:21:09.160 --> 00:21:10.799 is you got to get in the attic because you 345 00:21:11.519 --> 00:21:15.599 definitely see them from the attic space. And then there's 346 00:21:15.640 --> 00:21:19.119 the issue of how much attic ventilation. And I wanted 347 00:21:19.160 --> 00:21:21.880 to take a couple of minutes and try and explain 348 00:21:22.799 --> 00:21:26.359 the code requirement for attic ventilation. And so Scott, you 349 00:21:26.440 --> 00:21:30.720 still with me, Bud, I'm sure they are, okay, thanks 350 00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:33.680 for hanging on through the break. So here is the 351 00:21:34.480 --> 00:21:37.720 This gets a little confusing, but because it's basically there 352 00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:44.599 are two different conditions. The basic bottom line code for 353 00:21:44.720 --> 00:21:49.480 attic ventilation is a ratio. It is basically for every 354 00:21:49.680 --> 00:21:54.599 one hundred and fifty square feet of attic space square feet, 355 00:21:54.680 --> 00:21:58.000 not cubic feet square feet. So once you get up 356 00:21:58.000 --> 00:22:01.000 in the attic and you're measuring the floor of the 357 00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:03.759 attic as you would measure the floor of any room. 358 00:22:04.359 --> 00:22:06.839 So to get the square footage up there, for every 359 00:22:06.920 --> 00:22:11.279 one hundred and fifty square feet of attic floor space, 360 00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:17.960 the code requires one square foot of ventilation for that attic. 361 00:22:18.200 --> 00:22:21.079 So if it was one hundred and fifty square foot addic, 362 00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:24.960 obviously you would only need a total of one square 363 00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:27.519 feet of a ventilation and doesn't have to be a 364 00:22:27.519 --> 00:22:30.920 single vent. It could be broken up into ten different vents. 365 00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:35.359 You know, you just want a cumulative total of one 366 00:22:35.440 --> 00:22:39.880 square foot for every one hundred and fifty square feet 367 00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:45.440 of attic floor space. Now that's the base code. That's 368 00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:48.240 a lot of ventilation. You know, you got a two 369 00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:51.079 thousand square foot addic and you're like, wow, that's that's 370 00:22:51.119 --> 00:22:54.920 a lot of vents. But the code has an allowance, 371 00:22:54.960 --> 00:22:57.839 and this is where people get confused about this, this 372 00:22:58.000 --> 00:23:01.640 ratio number. The code has an allowance that if if 373 00:23:02.440 --> 00:23:06.240 you are able and willing to place half of the 374 00:23:06.359 --> 00:23:11.839 vents low and half of the vents near the top 375 00:23:11.960 --> 00:23:14.640 of the ridge at the very highest part of the attic. 376 00:23:14.680 --> 00:23:17.039 In other words, if you place fifty percent of them 377 00:23:17.119 --> 00:23:20.799 low and fifty percent of them high, then you can 378 00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:26.599 cut the requirement for vents in half, meaning that with 379 00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:29.880 a series of high vents and low vents, instead of 380 00:23:30.160 --> 00:23:32.720 one square foot for every one hundred and fifty feet, 381 00:23:33.039 --> 00:23:36.359 you can have one square foot for every three hundred 382 00:23:36.400 --> 00:23:39.319 feet of attic floor space. And that's the one that 383 00:23:39.359 --> 00:23:44.279 we normally target. Okay, so both are true. The baseline 384 00:23:44.359 --> 00:23:47.359 is one to one fifty, but if you're willing to 385 00:23:47.400 --> 00:23:49.519 go half of them low and half of them high, 386 00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:53.119 then you can go one to every three hundred. And 387 00:23:53.160 --> 00:23:55.440 how do we do low and high? We do kind 388 00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:57.839 of you know, we're talking about the standard kind of 389 00:23:57.920 --> 00:24:02.319 roof vents up up high and down low. Those would 390 00:24:02.359 --> 00:24:07.200 be typically vents that we cut into the eve blocking. Okay, 391 00:24:07.599 --> 00:24:11.079 they can either be slot vents or most typically they're 392 00:24:11.119 --> 00:24:15.119 like two inch round holes that we drill into the 393 00:24:15.160 --> 00:24:18.039 wood blocking right under right at the top of the wall, 394 00:24:18.160 --> 00:24:21.720 right underneath the eves into the attic space, and then 395 00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:24.640 you can insert one of these little two inch insert 396 00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:28.079 vent you know, pre done vents. And if you do 397 00:24:28.160 --> 00:24:32.599 that in every single eve bay or every other eve 398 00:24:32.640 --> 00:24:35.799 bay that adds up because a two inch diameter circle 399 00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:40.400 is well, it's actually pi. A two inch diameter circle 400 00:24:40.559 --> 00:24:44.400 has three point one four one six square inches of 401 00:24:44.680 --> 00:24:47.599