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Just go 23 00:01:30.799 --> 00:01:34.359 to house whisper dot Design. All right, it's been a 24 00:01:34.400 --> 00:01:39.239 morning of kind of just a casual conversation between friends, 25 00:01:39.640 --> 00:01:43.840 of freeing your mind when it comes to approaching your remodel, 26 00:01:44.120 --> 00:01:46.519 so that you think a little bit bigger, so you 27 00:01:46.680 --> 00:01:49.599 dream a little bit bigger, a little bit more creatively, 28 00:01:49.680 --> 00:01:52.799 include more thoughts, do more research in areas that you 29 00:01:52.799 --> 00:01:58.599 would normally limit yourself from going to learn more, see more, 30 00:01:58.719 --> 00:02:03.319 experience more, demand a little bit more out of this 31 00:02:03.439 --> 00:02:07.439 remodel instead of doing what you normally do, which is 32 00:02:07.480 --> 00:02:11.280 to your credit of making do not when it comes 33 00:02:11.280 --> 00:02:14.879 to customizing your home. Now is the time to not 34 00:02:15.240 --> 00:02:18.319 make do and get out of the way of your home. 35 00:02:18.680 --> 00:02:21.000 Now is the time for the home to get out 36 00:02:21.039 --> 00:02:24.199 of your way and for it to give and to move. 37 00:02:24.680 --> 00:02:27.080 Got me all right? Well, a little more on this 38 00:02:27.159 --> 00:02:29.639 as we go, But right now I'm taking calls on 39 00:02:29.719 --> 00:02:32.759 I want to go back to the phones. I want 40 00:02:32.800 --> 00:02:38.280 to talk to Let's talk to Laura. Hey, Laura, welcome home. 41 00:02:39.560 --> 00:02:43.000 Hi bean. I have a question in regards to retrociting 42 00:02:43.080 --> 00:02:46.039 my at events, I have an at a fan and 43 00:02:46.120 --> 00:02:50.240 a whole house fan. Can we retrofit the event with 44 00:02:50.400 --> 00:02:51.759 those two things in there? 45 00:02:53.240 --> 00:02:55.960 Yes, yes, you absolutely can. First of all, the whole 46 00:02:56.000 --> 00:03:02.039 house fan is it does not need retrofitting. That's not 47 00:03:02.120 --> 00:03:04.680 a part of the venting system. A whole house fan 48 00:03:04.919 --> 00:03:09.000 is what is drawing air from your open windows at night, 49 00:03:09.159 --> 00:03:11.960 you know, drawing air through the house and pushing it 50 00:03:12.000 --> 00:03:15.680 out through the attic. And so a whole house fan 51 00:03:16.039 --> 00:03:19.080 number one only creates positive pressure out of the attic 52 00:03:19.800 --> 00:03:22.879 and it is not a vent for embers to get 53 00:03:22.879 --> 00:03:26.439 into one way or the other. The attic fan, an 54 00:03:26.479 --> 00:03:29.560 attic fan is a fan that is attached to a 55 00:03:29.759 --> 00:03:33.520 vent that you know, exhausts hot air out of an 56 00:03:33.520 --> 00:03:37.199 attic and it creates a vacuum from another vent, probably 57 00:03:37.520 --> 00:03:41.759 just across the way. And yeah, and that's never a 58 00:03:41.759 --> 00:03:44.800 problem because the attic fan is attached to a vent, 59 00:03:45.360 --> 00:03:47.599 and it can be detached from the vent. It can 60 00:03:47.719 --> 00:03:52.879 have like the the ember proof vent retrofit placed right 61 00:03:52.879 --> 00:03:57.759 there and then reattached and remounted so or the mber 62 00:03:57.800 --> 00:04:00.400 proof vent can be mounted on the outside if need be. 63 00:04:00.879 --> 00:04:04.000 And it's all done very attractively and very quickly. So yes, 64 00:04:04.120 --> 00:04:08.080 there's absolutely no reason to not move forward with the 65 00:04:08.120 --> 00:04:12.639 ember proof vents. Brand Guard they're my favorite, and they 66 00:04:12.680 --> 00:04:16.680 will help you and whether you measure up the situation 67 00:04:16.800 --> 00:04:19.079 yourself or if you call a place like brand Guard 68 00:04:19.120 --> 00:04:23.279 and say, hey, can you send somebody out. They don't 69 00:04:23.319 --> 00:04:25.920 do direct installs, but what they do is they have 70 00:04:25.959 --> 00:04:30.600 a full network of certified installers all over southern California, 71 00:04:30.639 --> 00:04:32.439 so they'll put you in touch with somebody who will 72 00:04:32.439 --> 00:04:35.839 come out and who will size up exactly your situation, 73 00:04:36.160 --> 00:04:39.079 order exactly what you need, and get it popped in 74 00:04:39.160 --> 00:04:39.800 there right away. 75 00:04:41.680 --> 00:04:45.240 Regisitting the vents, something that a homeowner to do is 76 00:04:45.279 --> 00:04:49.560 just getting some fine mesh and putting it on the vents. 77 00:04:49.639 --> 00:04:51.959 Maybe I'm like inside of the attic events. 78 00:04:52.800 --> 00:04:57.439 Okay, so itself, that's a really good question there are. 79 00:04:58.040 --> 00:05:00.279 This is one of the reasons why a company like 80 00:05:00.319 --> 00:05:03.720 brand Guard doesn't employ their own installers, because they do 81 00:05:03.879 --> 00:05:08.160 a lot of just sending vents out to you know, 82 00:05:08.319 --> 00:05:12.600 DIY capable homeowners. So yeah, homeowners are you know, if 83 00:05:12.600 --> 00:05:15.720 you've got some DIY skills, it is. It's not a 84 00:05:15.839 --> 00:05:20.399 very complex thing at all. To do and and so yeah, 85 00:05:20.480 --> 00:05:22.240 if you're willing to get up in the attic or 86 00:05:22.279 --> 00:05:24.920 get up there and do a little work there, it 87 00:05:24.959 --> 00:05:28.680 can be done pretty easily. The so I'm now I'm 88 00:05:28.759 --> 00:05:32.920 drawing a quick little line here, splitting your question in 89 00:05:33.000 --> 00:05:37.600 two or the answer into and yes, so, yes, a 90 00:05:37.639 --> 00:05:41.399 homeowner can do this. Some homeowners don't want to do it. 91 00:05:41.519 --> 00:05:43.800 That's what the installers are for. But a homeowner can 92 00:05:43.879 --> 00:05:48.560 do this. And when it comes to the vents themselves, yes, 93 00:05:48.879 --> 00:05:55.120 getting some finer mesh is better than the stuff you've got. Okay, 94 00:05:55.399 --> 00:05:58.360 a finer mesh and installing that is better than the 95 00:05:58.399 --> 00:06:02.199 stuff you've got. But finer mesh is not as good 96 00:06:02.800 --> 00:06:11.439 as a fully certified and tested and proven ember proof vent. Okay, 97 00:06:11.879 --> 00:06:14.560 it's not just an ember proof vent like for the 98 00:06:14.600 --> 00:06:18.000 Brand Guard vents. They're not just a finer mesh system. 99 00:06:18.560 --> 00:06:22.199 They actually have a patented baffle system in which the 100 00:06:22.240 --> 00:06:25.879 air gets redirected through and there are places where even 101 00:06:25.920 --> 00:06:29.560 if an EMBER got through you know, mesh layer number one, 102 00:06:30.079 --> 00:06:33.120 it gets trapped in a baffle and it can't get 103 00:06:33.160 --> 00:06:36.240 into the attic. And that's just the first stage, that's 104 00:06:36.279 --> 00:06:39.720 the ember stage. And these vents are also rated to 105 00:06:40.519 --> 00:06:44.120 shut down the transmission of radiant heat once the fire 106 00:06:44.240 --> 00:06:48.680 actually gets close, and shut down the transmission of flames, 107 00:06:48.879 --> 00:06:52.199 so flames and radiant heat won't get into the attic 108 00:06:52.240 --> 00:06:55.800 and ignite things because of intense heat, and the flames 109 00:06:55.920 --> 00:06:59.959 cannot come in through the vents because these vents will 110 00:07:00.639 --> 00:07:05.519 self seal once a flame reaches that point of nearing 111 00:07:05.560 --> 00:07:08.639 the vents. So they are very very different than just 112 00:07:09.240 --> 00:07:13.519 finer mesh. But finer mesh on your attic screens is 113 00:07:13.639 --> 00:07:16.399 better than the big stuff that you've got, So I 114 00:07:16.480 --> 00:07:20.040 just want to make it perfectly clear. Amberproof addict vents 115 00:07:20.120 --> 00:07:24.120 is not just about finer mesh, but that is definitely 116 00:07:24.160 --> 00:07:29.560 better than taking no action at all. 117 00:07:29.759 --> 00:07:30.040 Great. 118 00:07:30.079 --> 00:07:33.000 Thank you so much, Jaanlie. I really appreciate her. You 119 00:07:33.160 --> 00:07:35.040 help them all the homeowners out there. 120 00:07:35.839 --> 00:07:38.399 Thank you so much, Lauren, thanks for listening. I really 121 00:07:38.399 --> 00:07:41.480 appreciate your question. Really really good question, really good. I'm 122 00:07:41.519 --> 00:07:44.399 not sure we've split that hair before, but now everybody 123 00:07:44.920 --> 00:07:49.040 can benefit from that answer and from more answers, which 124 00:07:49.079 --> 00:07:53.040 we will do, can't I being sharp the house whisper 125 00:07:53.160 --> 00:07:57.959 at your service. Good Saturday morning to you. We're just 126 00:07:58.480 --> 00:08:03.360 having some nice conversations talking about getting our heads in 127 00:08:03.439 --> 00:08:11.839 a remodeling space, being the best possible custom home owners 128 00:08:12.439 --> 00:08:17.079 that we can be, because, you know, customizing your home 129 00:08:17.240 --> 00:08:21.240 for most of us not a thing that we're trained 130 00:08:21.279 --> 00:08:24.000 to think about because we're so used to making do. 131 00:08:24.199 --> 00:08:28.000 So I'm just helping you breathe a little deeper, have 132 00:08:28.120 --> 00:08:31.480 a little bit more creative space and possibility around you 133 00:08:31.560 --> 00:08:34.039 with some tips. And we'll have a few more of 134 00:08:34.039 --> 00:08:36.480 those as we go. But right now I'm taking calls. 135 00:08:36.519 --> 00:08:40.000 I want to go back to the phones, and I 136 00:08:40.039 --> 00:08:42.840 want to talk to Terry. Hey, Terry, welcome home. 137 00:08:42.960 --> 00:08:48.919 Oh yeah, I had a tub shower vinyl combination and 138 00:08:49.759 --> 00:08:52.200 on the top flip of the tub, there are some 139 00:08:52.320 --> 00:08:55.639 great spots coming in and I'm very concerned it could 140 00:08:55.720 --> 00:08:59.399 be some kind of resting molding that's coming through. It 141 00:08:59.440 --> 00:09:05.919 doesn't seem I want to wash off. Should I be concerned? 142 00:09:06.240 --> 00:09:12.639 Yeah? Okay, So I'm gonna I'm gonna be conscientious here 143 00:09:12.679 --> 00:09:17.120 and just qualify my answer with the I haven't seen 144 00:09:17.159 --> 00:09:20.000 it or tested it, so but I'm gonna give you 145 00:09:20.039 --> 00:09:23.799 my best guess. Okay, Okay, when it comes to that, 146 00:09:23.879 --> 00:09:27.080 those gray blotches and gray spots that you find on 147 00:09:27.200 --> 00:09:34.240 the vinyl and or fiberglass tubs. Sometimes tubshower surrounds right 148 00:09:34.279 --> 00:09:36.559 down there in the corners, right right on the top 149 00:09:36.679 --> 00:09:39.279 lip kind of. And and I know that the very 150 00:09:39.320 --> 00:09:44.440 first thought is that, oh, no, mold, and that's dangerous. 151 00:09:44.559 --> 00:09:49.320 And so here's the thing. If it is mold, okay, uh, 152 00:09:49.559 --> 00:09:53.639 And let's assume I'm gonna assume for a momentary that 153 00:09:54.159 --> 00:09:56.639 you know that you keep a clean house and that 154 00:09:57.320 --> 00:10:04.759 you haven't neglected this bathroom for thir years, and all right, mold. 155 00:10:05.039 --> 00:10:09.879 For as dangerous as mold can potentially be in some circumstances, 156 00:10:09.919 --> 00:10:14.200 the fact is mold out in the you know, out 157 00:10:14.639 --> 00:10:18.840 in the daylight, out exposed where it can be easily cleaned. 158 00:10:18.879 --> 00:10:22.039 It is. It is not tenacious as far as being 159 00:10:22.080 --> 00:10:25.399 able to clean it. It does not fight cleaning very much. 160 00:10:25.480 --> 00:10:28.159 It doesn't have a lot of fight to put up there. 161 00:10:28.519 --> 00:10:31.279 So if it were mold, you'd be able to take 162 00:10:31.519 --> 00:10:35.000 a you know, you'd be able to take a bleach 163 00:10:35.159 --> 00:10:38.559 mixture and wipe it on there and it would just 164 00:10:38.679 --> 00:10:42.159 simply be going away. You'd be able to take just 165 00:10:42.240 --> 00:10:47.360 a regular household cleaner and it would go away. Mold 166 00:10:47.480 --> 00:10:50.320 is not like I'm not going anywhere and you're all dead. 167 00:10:50.759 --> 00:10:53.720 That's just not mold. It likes to grow in the 168 00:10:53.840 --> 00:10:57.399 dark and in the moist and not get exposed out 169 00:10:57.440 --> 00:11:01.600 where everybody can see it. So that being said, I'm 170 00:11:01.639 --> 00:11:05.200 not one hundred percent ruling it out, but in my experience, 171 00:11:05.559 --> 00:11:08.679 ninety nine times out of one hundred, when we've got 172 00:11:08.679 --> 00:11:13.399 these gray spots and speckles and blotches happening, it is 173 00:11:14.200 --> 00:11:21.600 soap scum mixed with hard water, meaning mineralization leftover that 174 00:11:21.799 --> 00:11:24.559 ends up collecting in the corners. And that's why it's 175 00:11:24.600 --> 00:11:27.159 so dang hard to clean, because it's kind of this 176 00:11:27.320 --> 00:11:34.159 resinous mixture of soap scum wrapped around leftover hard water minerals. 177 00:11:34.559 --> 00:11:37.679 And that's why they're gray, by the way, because they're 178 00:11:37.759 --> 00:11:42.240 kind of rocky mineralization, and that's why it's tougher to clean. 179 00:11:42.519 --> 00:11:46.600 And so there are some products that will help you 180 00:11:46.720 --> 00:11:49.799 do that, like you know, but you just got to 181 00:11:49.960 --> 00:11:53.399 find got to make sure, like is it CLR the 182 00:11:53.480 --> 00:11:58.440 calcium lime and rust. You just got to make sure 183 00:11:58.600 --> 00:12:02.039 that a product like that which just knocks right through 184 00:12:02.559 --> 00:12:06.320 mineral deposits isn't going to do damage to the actual 185 00:12:06.360 --> 00:12:10.320 surface of the vinyl. The safest route to go to 186 00:12:10.480 --> 00:12:13.320 start with at least, and I always recommend, you know, 187 00:12:13.759 --> 00:12:17.840 do the least toxic approach. The safest route to start 188 00:12:17.879 --> 00:12:22.960 with would be taking some baking soda, just regular old 189 00:12:23.120 --> 00:12:26.320 you know, baking soda, mixing it with some water and 190 00:12:26.360 --> 00:12:30.039 making a paste and covering over those pasting it all 191 00:12:30.080 --> 00:12:32.799 over and let it sit on there for several hours 192 00:12:33.120 --> 00:12:36.159 and then come back with a little bit of elbow 193 00:12:36.240 --> 00:12:38.120 grease and see if you can't get most of it 194 00:12:38.159 --> 00:12:41.320 off that way. Baking soda does an amazing job of 195 00:12:41.320 --> 00:12:46.159 cutting through that and also lifting up mineralization. But as 196 00:12:46.200 --> 00:12:50.279 far as your fear is concerned, my guess is that 197 00:12:50.480 --> 00:12:55.440 it's hard water deposits mixed with soap scum, and that's 198 00:12:55.480 --> 00:12:58.039 why it's being so tenacious to clean. 199 00:12:58.279 --> 00:13:02.720 Good ideas in the corners. It's on the top shelf lid, 200 00:13:03.480 --> 00:13:05.919 So that's what I was concerned. If it was rush 201 00:13:06.080 --> 00:13:07.559 so good, I would clean it. 202 00:13:07.720 --> 00:13:11.639 Thank you so much, Thank you, Terry. Good luck with that. 203 00:13:11.799 --> 00:13:14.519 I'm sure you're you're gonna you're gonna get the better 204 00:13:14.559 --> 00:13:18.200 of it. I'm sure do we have you know, I've 205 00:13:18.200 --> 00:13:20.000 got time to start a call. I might have to 206 00:13:20.120 --> 00:13:24.200 pop you on the hold. But let's talk to Monica. 207 00:13:24.240 --> 00:13:25.919 Hey Monica, welcome home. 208 00:13:27.639 --> 00:13:27.919 Hello. 209 00:13:28.000 --> 00:13:28.600 Can you hear me? 210 00:13:29.039 --> 00:13:29.600 Yes? I can? 211 00:13:30.600 --> 00:13:33.000 Oh, okay, I mean I'm walking around and someone can 212 00:13:33.039 --> 00:13:36.080 hear me. But anyway, I miss last last week's show 213 00:13:36.159 --> 00:13:39.480 on the ceiling drips or whatever. I look at my 214 00:13:39.519 --> 00:13:43.080 ceiling and it's starting to peel and can I treat 215 00:13:43.120 --> 00:13:46.639 it with some kind of you know, paint kind of 216 00:13:46.679 --> 00:13:50.000 thing or do I have to get somebody to kind 217 00:13:50.000 --> 00:13:51.320 of look at it on top? 218 00:13:51.440 --> 00:13:54.679 And you know, okay, so you look at it, your ceiling. 219 00:13:55.039 --> 00:13:59.159 Where where are we talking in the living room? Okay, 220 00:13:59.200 --> 00:14:01.960 your living rooms? Cling and and the paint is starting 221 00:14:02.039 --> 00:14:02.840 to peel off. 222 00:14:02.720 --> 00:14:06.679 Of it, Yeah, starting to peel it like you could 223 00:14:06.720 --> 00:14:09.200 say you could when you look at it, you just go, oh, 224 00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:11.799 that's kind of like a leak. But we haven't found 225 00:14:11.799 --> 00:14:13.960 any leaks. But it's you know, a big kind of 226 00:14:14.120 --> 00:14:16.360 paints kind of starting to come off. I mean it's 227 00:14:16.399 --> 00:14:17.039 ready to be. 228 00:14:18.679 --> 00:14:21.600 Yeah, yeah, okay, I got you. Yeah. That sounds like 229 00:14:22.679 --> 00:14:26.320 paint that has been applied over a surface that didn't 230 00:14:26.360 --> 00:14:30.519 get primered properly, didn't get to the proper adhesion, so 231 00:14:31.080 --> 00:14:34.879 the paint is failing to adhere because the surface wasn't 232 00:14:34.879 --> 00:14:38.759 prepped right now, whether or not it's just one spot 233 00:14:39.440 --> 00:14:43.639 or whether the whole ceiling is, you know, in need 234 00:14:43.799 --> 00:14:46.840 of attention, I think, I mean, if you're if you're 235 00:14:46.879 --> 00:14:49.279 not prone to being a DIY painter, I think it's 236 00:14:49.279 --> 00:14:52.480 time to probably have a qualified painter come in and 237 00:14:52.600 --> 00:14:57.200 assess it, either to you know, patch what's happening and 238 00:14:57.279 --> 00:14:59.600 contain it to keep your costs low at the moment, 239 00:14:59.759 --> 00:15:02.639 or you may just need to you know, want to 240 00:15:02.759 --> 00:15:05.559 commit to you know, let's just redo the living room ceiling. 241 00:15:05.600 --> 00:15:07.360 Let's paint the living room ceiling, but we got to 242 00:15:07.399 --> 00:15:10.360 do it right, uh, and then address it and they'll 243 00:15:10.399 --> 00:15:13.799 be able to sand it down and check for areas 244 00:15:13.799 --> 00:15:17.320 that are clinging properly versus areas that aren't, and then 245 00:15:17.360 --> 00:15:21.200 apply a new primer coat to everything, kind of stabilize 246 00:15:21.240 --> 00:15:23.600 it all and a new code of paint and it 247 00:15:23.639 --> 00:15:27.000 shouldn't be in any way, shape or form an ongoing problem. 248 00:15:27.039 --> 00:15:31.440 But everybody, remember remember when you were talking to a 249 00:15:31.480 --> 00:15:35.759 painter or even just taking paint bids or estimates, you 250 00:15:35.799 --> 00:15:38.799 know what you want to see in that list of 251 00:15:38.840 --> 00:15:41.759 things you don't you know, don't be dazzled by the 252 00:15:41.840 --> 00:15:46.039 amazing paint, although amazing paints like Benjamin Moore are the 253 00:15:46.120 --> 00:15:51.000 key to it lasting long. But remember that when it 254 00:15:51.000 --> 00:15:55.360 comes to paint prep, prep is like ninety percent of 255 00:15:55.360 --> 00:15:58.200 the game. You want to see all sorts of things 256 00:15:58.440 --> 00:16:01.600 in the quote for we're doing this to prep, and 257 00:16:01.600 --> 00:16:04.000 we're doing that to prep, and we're standing this, and 258 00:16:04.039 --> 00:16:07.960 we're getting this ready and we're patching that. And because 259 00:16:08.080 --> 00:16:11.799 all of that preparation means that that one or two 260 00:16:11.840 --> 00:16:13.759 coats of paint that go up when it's all said 261 00:16:13.799 --> 00:16:17.360 and done, are going to cling and hold and last long, 262 00:16:17.600 --> 00:16:22.720 long time. Paint is ninety percent prep. All right, thanks 263 00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:25.279 so much for the question, and we actually got that out. 264 00:16:25.320 --> 00:16:27.600 I'm running a little bit late, so let's do this. 265 00:16:28.799 --> 00:16:32.120 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 266 00:16:32.200 --> 00:16:38.399 KFI AM six forty, CAFI AM six forty, live streaming, 267 00:16:38.440 --> 00:16:42.559 and HD everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. You are Home 268 00:16:43.279 --> 00:16:47.720 with Dean Sharp, the house whisper that is me. We're 269 00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:50.840 having a conversation this morning about kind of freeing up 270 00:16:50.879 --> 00:16:57.679 your mind as remodeling season is approaching, becoming a custom homeowner, 271 00:16:58.200 --> 00:17:02.799 not just expecting a custom home to appear before your eyes. 272 00:17:03.440 --> 00:17:05.039 To get a custom home, you need to be a 273 00:17:05.079 --> 00:17:07.920 custom homeowner. We got to stop thinking so much about 274 00:17:07.920 --> 00:17:11.200 making do and giving ourselves the freedom to dream a 275 00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:13.799 little bit bigger. We're going to talk a little bit 276 00:17:13.839 --> 00:17:16.559 more about that in the next segment, but right now 277 00:17:16.640 --> 00:17:19.279 I'm still taking calls. We've still got some calls on 278 00:17:19.319 --> 00:17:21.920 the board. I want to go back and answer some 279 00:17:22.039 --> 00:17:25.640 questions about your home. Let's talk to Spencer. Hey, Spencer, 280 00:17:25.759 --> 00:17:26.480 welcome home. 281 00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:28.680 Heydan, can you hear me? 282 00:17:28.720 --> 00:17:29.039 Okay? 283 00:17:29.680 --> 00:17:30.119 I can? 284 00:17:30.240 --> 00:17:31.839 Yeah, okay. 285 00:17:31.880 --> 00:17:36.440 So I have a closet door that is broken. It's 286 00:17:36.480 --> 00:17:38.599 in a church, it's on a wall full of mirrors, 287 00:17:38.640 --> 00:17:40.960 and it's quite old. Let's go at forty years old, 288 00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:43.519 and so matching the door is a little hard. I'm 289 00:17:43.559 --> 00:17:45.599 just checking to see am I going the right path. 290 00:17:46.200 --> 00:17:48.200 I called around, got a bunch of really high quotes, 291 00:17:48.200 --> 00:17:50.920 and then somebody said, why don't you talk to a 292 00:17:50.920 --> 00:17:55.680 a contractor And they said, oh, you're getting screwed. You 293 00:17:55.720 --> 00:17:57.759 need to call this company and just have them come 294 00:17:57.799 --> 00:18:02.440 in to replace just the glass. And they said, you know, 295 00:18:02.480 --> 00:18:04.359 that's probably going to be like maybe two hundred and fifty 296 00:18:04.359 --> 00:18:07.240 dollars where I was quoted four hundred and fifty dollars initially. 297 00:18:07.319 --> 00:18:10.359 Have somebody fixed the glass? Am I on the right track? 298 00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:11.599 That's basically my question? 299 00:18:12.279 --> 00:18:14.839 Yeah? I think so, I think generally now is the door? 300 00:18:15.279 --> 00:18:18.640 Is it? Is it a regular framed door, like it 301 00:18:18.680 --> 00:18:21.440 has a wood frame all around it and there's a 302 00:18:21.519 --> 00:18:24.680 mirror inset into it? 303 00:18:24.799 --> 00:18:25.519 Correct? Yeah? 304 00:18:25.640 --> 00:18:30.440 Metal? But yeah, yeah, okay, so there's so you're saying 305 00:18:30.440 --> 00:18:32.720 it's metal on the on the edge, So is the 306 00:18:32.759 --> 00:18:35.400 whole door? Can you know? Cause there are sliding closet 307 00:18:35.400 --> 00:18:39.640 doors that are basically just all all mirror with metal 308 00:18:39.759 --> 00:18:43.079 edging around them, and then there are you're talking about 309 00:18:43.480 --> 00:18:47.240 that's what we're talking about. Yeah, yeah, so you know, 310 00:18:47.519 --> 00:18:49.599 here's here's where you're on the right track. You're on 311 00:18:49.640 --> 00:18:53.000 the right track by exploring all of your options. So, yeah, 312 00:18:53.319 --> 00:18:56.200 one thing to replace the whole door. You may not 313 00:18:56.279 --> 00:18:58.759 be able to find one that matches right, And so 314 00:18:59.319 --> 00:19:03.039 I'm thinking the same way, you know, call a glass company, 315 00:19:03.160 --> 00:19:06.240 call a couple of glass companies and have them come 316 00:19:06.240 --> 00:19:08.000 out and take a look at it. And then you know, 317 00:19:08.039 --> 00:19:12.640 because it's it's relatively thin glass, it's not heavy duty glass, 318 00:19:13.079 --> 00:19:15.480 and they're used to this kind of stuff. And if 319 00:19:15.480 --> 00:19:18.200 that frame can in any way be disassembled to free 320 00:19:18.279 --> 00:19:20.240 up the glass and then put a new piece in, 321 00:19:20.279 --> 00:19:26.079 You're probably totally on the right track. That's it, all right, buddy. 322 00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:29.000 That was an easy one. Wow, I was so easy. 323 00:19:29.039 --> 00:19:34.599 I got time for another one. Let's talk to Scott. Hey, Scott, 324 00:19:34.680 --> 00:19:35.400 welcome home. 325 00:19:36.880 --> 00:19:37.440 Hey Dean. 326 00:19:37.559 --> 00:19:38.079 How you doing? 327 00:19:38.119 --> 00:19:38.359 Man? 328 00:19:39.039 --> 00:19:40.799 I am well, sir. How can I help you? 329 00:19:42.000 --> 00:19:42.759 Cool? Well? 330 00:19:43.079 --> 00:19:44.680 So, I don't know what I'm doing. 331 00:19:45.119 --> 00:19:49.599 I have because of finances, I probably have two projects. 332 00:19:50.119 --> 00:19:56.279 And then an older mobile home. It's paneled, not drywall 333 00:19:57.319 --> 00:20:02.640 to dry wall well, actually the entire place in the 334 00:20:02.720 --> 00:20:05.839 area I want to dry wall. Now, there's also a 335 00:20:05.960 --> 00:20:09.680 large sliding glass door that needs to be replaced, frame 336 00:20:09.720 --> 00:20:12.440 and all, and I just don't know which order to 337 00:20:12.480 --> 00:20:15.920 do it in. Should I do the door first? Should 338 00:20:15.920 --> 00:20:18.319 I do the wall first? 339 00:20:19.599 --> 00:20:24.240 Change out the door, change out the door first? Uh, 340 00:20:24.319 --> 00:20:26.960 there's no there's no switching out. Yeah there, it's just 341 00:20:27.119 --> 00:20:31.640 it's yes, surgically, you know, like if you came and said, listen, 342 00:20:32.640 --> 00:20:35.759 here's our challenge. I need to change out this, uh, 343 00:20:35.960 --> 00:20:39.559 this sliding glass door without disturbing any of the dry 344 00:20:39.640 --> 00:20:42.599 wall around it. And you know, it could it be done. Yeah, yeah, 345 00:20:42.599 --> 00:20:44.400 it could be done, but it's a lot of hassle 346 00:20:44.599 --> 00:20:47.000 and uh is there still a risk of doing some 347 00:20:47.119 --> 00:20:51.119 damage to the dry wall anyway. Yes. So in that circumstance, 348 00:20:51.240 --> 00:20:55.480 if you've got some uh some uh, you know, major 349 00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:59.079 member of a wall fixture on a wall, like a 350 00:20:59.279 --> 00:21:02.599 door or a window that needs replacing, and you're also 351 00:21:02.839 --> 00:21:05.279 planning on, you know, refinishing the inside of the room, 352 00:21:05.359 --> 00:21:09.799 then the classic typical order in construction would be, you know, 353 00:21:09.880 --> 00:21:12.160 doors and windows. We build a brand new house, doors 354 00:21:12.160 --> 00:21:16.119 and windows go in before the before we ever get 355 00:21:16.160 --> 00:21:19.599 to drywalling. Okay, So in your case, I'm going to 356 00:21:19.680 --> 00:21:21.920 say the same thing, just to change out the side 357 00:21:21.920 --> 00:21:24.519 and glass door and then you've got nothing to worry about. 358 00:21:24.559 --> 00:21:27.200 You know exactly where to cut the drywall to. It'll 359 00:21:27.200 --> 00:21:29.839 go in, it'll fit right, nice and tight. Nothing you'll 360 00:21:29.839 --> 00:21:30.720 be disturbing it. 361 00:21:31.960 --> 00:21:34.480 That sounds tabulous. Thank you, Dean, you and Tina have 362 00:21:34.519 --> 00:21:35.240 a great weekend. 363 00:21:35.319 --> 00:21:38.000 Appreciate it well, Thank you, buddy, Thank you so much. 364 00:21:38.319 --> 00:21:41.359 Appreciate you guys. You guys are so kind. Wow, that's 365 00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:45.359 a second call. I'm going to try and do three. Jeff, 366 00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:54.039 Welcome home. Jeff, are you there? Did we lose Jeff? 367 00:21:54.319 --> 00:21:58.519 Oh Man? I really wanted to do three calls? Jeff, 368 00:21:58.559 --> 00:22:03.599 are you with me? Now? Maybe not? All right? Dang 369 00:22:03.640 --> 00:22:06.359 here I was finally in a position to get three 370 00:22:06.359 --> 00:22:11.240 calls in one segment, and all right, that's fine, No, 371 00:22:11.319 --> 00:22:19.720 it's fine. No, sorry, all right. Uh, let's transition back 372 00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:25.279 then to to where I started today's show. There are 373 00:22:25.279 --> 00:22:30.319 no bad ideas. There are only bad decisions. And by 374 00:22:30.400 --> 00:22:34.559 saying that, what I'm trying to communicate is the front 375 00:22:34.640 --> 00:22:39.240 end here, that ideas, the I, the ideation, the thinking 376 00:22:39.359 --> 00:22:42.599 up and the planning and the dreaming, I want you 377 00:22:42.680 --> 00:22:47.319 to expand that and not worry about like somehow, oh 378 00:22:47.359 --> 00:22:49.799 this is gonna lead to me being over budget and 379 00:22:49.839 --> 00:22:53.359 I'm gonna be, you know, spending stupid money on things 380 00:22:53.400 --> 00:22:58.599 that I shouldn't be spending money. Ideas are not decisions. 381 00:22:58.880 --> 00:23:03.079 A decision is taking a set of ideas or an idea, 382 00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:07.920 shaping it into a you know, a strategy, and then 383 00:23:08.400 --> 00:23:14.200 pulling the trigger. That's a decision. And bad decisions are bad, 384 00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:17.480 I mean bad decisions, you know, to take things on 385 00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:21.480 the wrong track. And bad decisions can cost you time, 386 00:23:21.559 --> 00:23:24.200 can cost you money, can cost you all sorts of things. 387 00:23:24.839 --> 00:23:29.960 But an idea is not a decision. It's just an idea, 388 00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:38.200 and the best decisions come from a rich pool of 389 00:23:38.880 --> 00:23:44.359 fully developed ideas. And if the reason I'm making such 390 00:23:44.359 --> 00:23:48.039 a big thing about this is in my experience in 391 00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:54.240 working with hundreds thousands of homeowners, at this point, the 392 00:23:54.319 --> 00:23:59.359 thing I see perhaps most common in the typical homeowner 393 00:23:59.880 --> 00:24:05.119 is this self editing at the very beginning. I walk 394 00:24:05.160 --> 00:24:08.359 in the door, and I'm there to help you dream 395 00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:11.880 and to think of things, And already I see you're 396 00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:15.640 editing yourself and not even allowing yourself to think certain 397 00:24:15.759 --> 00:24:19.759 thoughts about what's possible. And I get that because you're 398 00:24:19.839 --> 00:24:22.880 just so used to making do with what you've got, 399 00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:27.559 kind of just moving around it because it's there and 400 00:24:28.279 --> 00:24:31.160 you haven't had the means or the or the will 401 00:24:31.440 --> 00:24:34.920