WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.720 --> 00:00:04.040 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 2 00:00:04.120 --> 00:00:14.960 KFI AM six forty. 3 00:00:10.199 --> 00:00:16.519 Live premium ad everywhere on the iHeart Radio app. Dean Sharp, 4 00:00:16.879 --> 00:00:22.440 the House Whisperer live every Saturday and Sunday morning here 5 00:00:22.600 --> 00:00:27.679 in southern California and across our great land. Hey, you 6 00:00:27.679 --> 00:00:29.920 can follow us on social media. We only do the 7 00:00:29.920 --> 00:00:35.039 good kind, you know, the uplifting, informative, non spammy, inspiring 8 00:00:35.200 --> 00:00:39.679 kind of social media. We're on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook x, 9 00:00:40.240 --> 00:00:43.920 Home with Dean, same handle for all of them Home 10 00:00:43.960 --> 00:00:46.359 with Dean where you can just put in House Whisper, 11 00:00:46.479 --> 00:00:49.679 you'll find us. We're there. 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And if your home is in 20 00:01:29.159 --> 00:01:33.439 need of a more personal house Whisperer Touch or attention. 21 00:01:33.519 --> 00:01:36.000 If you've ever sat there and thought, you know what 22 00:01:36.040 --> 00:01:38.280 we really need. We just need Dean and Tina in 23 00:01:38.359 --> 00:01:41.879 our living room talking to us about what's going on. Well, 24 00:01:42.159 --> 00:01:45.640 that's possible too. You can book an in home design 25 00:01:45.799 --> 00:01:50.840 consult with us. You just go to house Whisperer dot Design. 26 00:01:51.280 --> 00:01:55.120 There you go. All right, it is an all calls weekend. 27 00:01:55.400 --> 00:01:59.159 We're taking nothing but calls this morning and tomorrow, this 28 00:01:59.439 --> 00:02:03.920 last week end before Christmas. Here twenty twenty four. Let's 29 00:02:03.959 --> 00:02:06.280 go back to the phone. So oh, let me give 30 00:02:06.319 --> 00:02:09.240 you the number out eight three to three two. Ask 31 00:02:09.479 --> 00:02:15.120 Dean A three three the numeral to ask Dean talk 32 00:02:15.159 --> 00:02:17.919 to producer Matt. He'll get you set up and he'll 33 00:02:17.919 --> 00:02:20.000 pop you into the queue and then we will figure 34 00:02:20.000 --> 00:02:23.719 out what's going on with your home. All right, let's 35 00:02:23.800 --> 00:02:27.280 talk to Rick. Hey, Rick, welcome home. Hey, good morning, 36 00:02:28.719 --> 00:02:29.319 good morning, sir. 37 00:02:29.360 --> 00:02:33.719 How many Well, I've gone a home in the Seattle 38 00:02:33.759 --> 00:02:36.879 area that we just bought, and it's built in the 39 00:02:37.000 --> 00:02:40.719 mid eighties and over time it's it's acquired a lot 40 00:02:40.719 --> 00:02:43.800 of cables running around the house, you know, satellite dishes, 41 00:02:44.400 --> 00:02:47.000 phone lines and that kind of thing, and it's a 42 00:02:47.039 --> 00:02:49.800 little insightly, but it goes all the way around, and 43 00:02:49.840 --> 00:02:53.960 I'd like to remove them, but I kind of don't 44 00:02:54.000 --> 00:02:56.240 know what I'm doing as far as removing them and 45 00:02:56.400 --> 00:02:59.719 how to test them, and I want to know how 46 00:02:59.719 --> 00:03:01.039 you can help me out. 47 00:03:01.599 --> 00:03:08.479 Okay, good question, good question. So what's your current what 48 00:03:08.520 --> 00:03:12.960 are your current needs? So you're saying phone lines and cable, 49 00:03:13.000 --> 00:03:14.759 I mean that's the that's the kind of stuff that 50 00:03:15.039 --> 00:03:18.199 finds itself attaching to the outside of most homes over 51 00:03:18.240 --> 00:03:21.960 the decades. But the big question is how are you 52 00:03:22.039 --> 00:03:25.159 handling that? Like, I mean a perfect example with Tina 53 00:03:25.199 --> 00:03:28.439 and I, we haven't had a hard line since I 54 00:03:28.439 --> 00:03:31.800 don't know when, right, it's been. 55 00:03:31.680 --> 00:03:34.159 Like twenty five years we've actually either. 56 00:03:34.360 --> 00:03:37.719 Okay, all right, So if there's phone lines attached to 57 00:03:37.759 --> 00:03:41.199 the house, then then you don't need those. You just 58 00:03:41.599 --> 00:03:46.000 you don't need them. They are not voltage lines. I 59 00:03:46.039 --> 00:03:49.520 am going to show you how you make sure you're 60 00:03:49.560 --> 00:03:52.360 not getting into the wrong thing, but you just don't 61 00:03:52.400 --> 00:03:55.080 need them, and so you can just pull them off. 62 00:03:55.159 --> 00:03:58.280 And then the the other question is cable. What's going 63 00:03:58.319 --> 00:04:01.840 on with cable? Where's your table running, where's your active 64 00:04:01.919 --> 00:04:05.520 cable system? Running and so on. 65 00:04:07.039 --> 00:04:09.560 Right, So there's a satellite dish that's attached to the 66 00:04:09.599 --> 00:04:13.000 house and we don't use that. So there's tables that 67 00:04:13.080 --> 00:04:18.639 run in from from that, and then each room seems 68 00:04:18.680 --> 00:04:22.480 to have a port that comes in from the outside. 69 00:04:22.600 --> 00:04:25.040 Also what we. 70 00:04:25.120 --> 00:04:27.759 Have internet and that comes in on an Internet line. 71 00:04:27.800 --> 00:04:30.959 But as far as I know, if there's only one 72 00:04:31.360 --> 00:04:34.160 that comes in, but I don't know exactly where it is, 73 00:04:35.120 --> 00:04:38.040 and and I kind there's like I said, there's tables 74 00:04:38.040 --> 00:04:40.240 all around, and I want to know how I can 75 00:04:40.360 --> 00:04:44.240 if I can test them to see if there's you know, 76 00:04:44.319 --> 00:04:45.399 if they're active. 77 00:04:46.079 --> 00:04:51.079 Right, right, Okay, So the easiest way to do this, honestly, 78 00:04:51.199 --> 00:04:54.959 the easiest way to do this is to call your 79 00:04:54.959 --> 00:04:59.839 cable provider and and ask them to you know, I 80 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:02.920 identify and and maybe they have a service person just 81 00:05:03.000 --> 00:05:07.519 drop by and identify where uh the the internet is 82 00:05:07.560 --> 00:05:08.920 coming into the house. Okay. 83 00:05:09.519 --> 00:05:09.639 Uh. 84 00:05:10.040 --> 00:05:13.800 If it's just one location, as is the case with 85 00:05:13.920 --> 00:05:18.040 most people these days, then you've got one line running 86 00:05:18.040 --> 00:05:20.920 to a router somewhere inside the house, and then that 87 00:05:21.040 --> 00:05:24.720 router is handling the rest of it, the Wi Fi 88 00:05:24.759 --> 00:05:28.839 for the rest of the house, and you know, importing 89 00:05:29.480 --> 00:05:32.720 whatever is going on. As far as television and screen 90 00:05:32.839 --> 00:05:39.240 is concerned, Unfortunately, there's you know, without cutting, crimping and feeding, 91 00:05:39.399 --> 00:05:43.480 there's it's not easy to test because these are very 92 00:05:43.519 --> 00:05:50.199 minute RF signals running through these cables. If there's ever 93 00:05:50.240 --> 00:05:53.360 a concern that there's voltage, that one of those things 94 00:05:53.360 --> 00:05:55.959 on the outside of the house has voltage, you can 95 00:05:56.519 --> 00:05:59.000 solve that by just running down to the hardware store 96 00:05:59.160 --> 00:06:03.000 or big box or home depot and get a non 97 00:06:03.160 --> 00:06:08.959 contact voltage tester or current detector that's like twenty bucks 98 00:06:09.160 --> 00:06:12.199 and it looks like a big fat yellow pen and 99 00:06:12.519 --> 00:06:15.040 literally you just put the tip of it on a 100 00:06:15.079 --> 00:06:20.319 cable and if it lights up and it tells you, yeah, 101 00:06:20.399 --> 00:06:24.959 there's high voltage electric current running through this, or you 102 00:06:25.000 --> 00:06:29.519 get nothing. And obviously if there's voltage running through it, 103 00:06:29.560 --> 00:06:32.639 you don't cut that. But as far as everything else 104 00:06:32.720 --> 00:06:35.959 is concerned, the way we normally do it is just 105 00:06:36.079 --> 00:06:38.879 literally figuring out, all right, we're going to trace the 106 00:06:38.959 --> 00:06:42.959 line that is leading from the internet box on the 107 00:06:42.959 --> 00:06:45.160 outside of the house. We're going to trace that line 108 00:06:45.240 --> 00:06:48.759 to the router and honestly, just the rest of it 109 00:06:49.319 --> 00:06:53.360 can go. All of those feeds into the bedrooms. It's 110 00:06:53.480 --> 00:06:58.079 just old school stuff. It's vestigial organs from an era 111 00:06:58.959 --> 00:07:02.160 gone by, and and you should be free and clear 112 00:07:02.519 --> 00:07:05.759 to cap those. You know, you put blanks on those. 113 00:07:06.160 --> 00:07:08.519 You can just leave it in the wall, blank those 114 00:07:08.560 --> 00:07:10.560 inside the room so that you don't have to have 115 00:07:10.600 --> 00:07:13.439 the little cable things sticking out of the hookup and 116 00:07:13.639 --> 00:07:17.600 on the outside. Uh again, you just all you're after 117 00:07:18.040 --> 00:07:22.800 is where is the one feed into the router for 118 00:07:22.959 --> 00:07:26.639 my system? And everything else can just be pulled off? 119 00:07:28.319 --> 00:07:28.720 Okay? 120 00:07:29.079 --> 00:07:31.759 And can I just cut it or can it be 121 00:07:31.879 --> 00:07:32.480 pulled out? 122 00:07:33.319 --> 00:07:33.759 Okay? 123 00:07:34.240 --> 00:07:37.560 Well yeah, I mean you're you're, you're. I would just 124 00:07:37.600 --> 00:07:39.959 cut them. I would just cut them and shove them 125 00:07:40.000 --> 00:07:42.600 into the wall and patch the little hole in the wall, 126 00:07:42.720 --> 00:07:46.000 because no, you're not gonna have a you're you're very 127 00:07:46.160 --> 00:07:49.959 unlikely to be successful pulling it all out. And you know, so, 128 00:07:49.959 --> 00:07:52.680 so there's you know, a useless wire in the wall 129 00:07:52.959 --> 00:07:55.920 or useless coaxle cable in the wall, No big deal, 130 00:07:55.959 --> 00:07:59.079 it's not hurting anything and uh and it's not going 131 00:07:59.120 --> 00:08:02.399 to get anybody's way, So just clear out and clean 132 00:08:02.480 --> 00:08:04.600 off the excess stuff on the outside of your house, 133 00:08:04.680 --> 00:08:06.839 just to get it all cleaned up and to patch 134 00:08:06.879 --> 00:08:07.160 it up. 135 00:08:08.319 --> 00:08:10.720 Yeah, very good. Okay, well thanks very much. 136 00:08:11.360 --> 00:08:14.800 All right, Rick, good luck, Happy holidays to you. Great 137 00:08:14.920 --> 00:08:18.759 question when we return more of your calls your home 138 00:08:18.800 --> 00:08:22.959 with Dean Sharp, the house whisper. Heyfi, Dean Sharp, the 139 00:08:22.959 --> 00:08:26.279 house whisper at your service. It is an all calls 140 00:08:26.360 --> 00:08:30.360 weekend we are doing here on the program today and tomorrow, 141 00:08:30.519 --> 00:08:34.440 nothing but your calls. You get to set the agenda. 142 00:08:34.759 --> 00:08:38.440 And yes, got some feedback from a couple of electrical 143 00:08:38.559 --> 00:08:43.799 engineer electronic engineer types from my comments to our last 144 00:08:43.799 --> 00:08:48.919 caller about finding tracing coaxle cable lines around the house 145 00:08:48.960 --> 00:08:51.879 and old phone lines and so on, saying there are 146 00:08:51.960 --> 00:08:54.279 ways to test it. Yeah, I know there are ways 147 00:08:54.279 --> 00:08:58.279 to test. I'm with you. I'm with you, guys. I 148 00:08:58.320 --> 00:09:04.320 just didn't recommend that that he invests in the thirty 149 00:09:04.480 --> 00:09:10.240 forty fifty dollars worth of gear in order to test that, 150 00:09:10.360 --> 00:09:14.519 because it's not as simple as the high voltage testing, 151 00:09:14.559 --> 00:09:16.919 which you just come up with a simple pen tester, 152 00:09:17.879 --> 00:09:19.720 touch it to the line and you know whether there's 153 00:09:19.759 --> 00:09:23.480 voltage running through it. As you know, those of you 154 00:09:23.559 --> 00:09:28.320 who are commenting on that, this requires a signal sender 155 00:09:28.879 --> 00:09:32.960 and a receiver and you're going to be cutting those 156 00:09:33.559 --> 00:09:37.840 lines and or sending a signal from a coaxle outlet 157 00:09:37.919 --> 00:09:41.279 out anyway. It's it's just a messy process. It's so 158 00:09:41.440 --> 00:09:45.240 much easier just to find out from your internet provider, 159 00:09:45.679 --> 00:09:48.440 Please tell me the wire that's going into the house 160 00:09:48.480 --> 00:09:51.480 that is yours, and then after that all the others 161 00:09:51.919 --> 00:09:55.480 are meaningless at that point, And that's the easiest way 162 00:09:55.519 --> 00:09:59.120 to go about it, because otherwise you're going to be cutting, splicing, 163 00:09:59.200 --> 00:10:02.120 putting ends on on, putting cable ends on, just for 164 00:10:02.159 --> 00:10:05.159 the sake of testing a line that you are ninety 165 00:10:05.240 --> 00:10:09.360 nine percent sure is dead anyway, So there you go. Anyway, 166 00:10:09.879 --> 00:10:13.360 just saying just saying, all right, let's get at least 167 00:10:13.360 --> 00:10:17.240 get another question started here. We ran a little late 168 00:10:17.320 --> 00:10:20.200 last segment. I want to talk to Bob. Hey, Bob, 169 00:10:20.600 --> 00:10:26.039 welcome home. Hello, Hey Bob, you're with me? 170 00:10:27.600 --> 00:10:28.919 I'm here? Are you here? 171 00:10:29.120 --> 00:10:32.159 I am here? I am here. How can I help you, sir? 172 00:10:32.360 --> 00:10:37.720 Hi, I'm calling from Ohio to confusion and I have 173 00:10:37.759 --> 00:10:40.039 a question. I have a home about fifteen years old. 174 00:10:40.879 --> 00:10:43.240 We never had this problem until just this year. But 175 00:10:43.480 --> 00:10:46.240 the front door, which is a metal, big heavy metal door, 176 00:10:46.559 --> 00:10:50.000 and in a screen door or storm door also there. 177 00:10:50.360 --> 00:10:53.120 They will not close unless I put my entire weight 178 00:10:53.200 --> 00:10:56.960 behind it to put in Okay, And I don't know. 179 00:10:57.360 --> 00:11:01.159 I was hoping it was an insulation problem, but I 180 00:11:01.159 --> 00:11:02.799 don't know whether it's getting too much moisture or not. 181 00:11:02.960 --> 00:11:03.759 Love moisture. 182 00:11:04.960 --> 00:11:10.960 So it's a metal it's a it's a metal security door, yes, okay. 183 00:11:10.960 --> 00:11:13.720 So it's the door itself or is it security door 184 00:11:13.799 --> 00:11:18.480 on the outside. I just got to clarify. 185 00:11:18.559 --> 00:11:20.000 It's the front door of the house. 186 00:11:20.399 --> 00:11:21.879 Oh, it's the front door of the house. And it's 187 00:11:21.879 --> 00:11:26.039 a metal door. Yes, okay, front door of the house. 188 00:11:26.080 --> 00:11:28.759 It's a metal door. And it's just started. 189 00:11:28.360 --> 00:11:32.399 Happening just in the last thirty days or so. 190 00:11:33.200 --> 00:11:38.159 The last thirty days or so, any big changes weather 191 00:11:38.320 --> 00:11:40.440 wise for you? I mean things have been Where are 192 00:11:40.440 --> 00:11:41.240 you at in Ohio? 193 00:11:41.279 --> 00:11:44.840 By the way, I'm just north of Cincinnati. 194 00:11:45.000 --> 00:11:47.320 Okay, north of Cincinnati. I just I say that my 195 00:11:47.440 --> 00:11:50.480 daughter in law is from Fremont, out of Toledo, and 196 00:11:50.519 --> 00:11:54.600 so that's why you know, I'm always interested in Ohio. 197 00:11:56.360 --> 00:12:01.080 So things have been pretty consistently cold for you guys, 198 00:12:01.279 --> 00:12:04.000 uh for a while now, right, I mean, so it's 199 00:12:04.000 --> 00:12:07.080 not like there's been a huge temperature change, has there. 200 00:12:08.720 --> 00:12:12.039 No, it's been consistently, you know, within ten or between agree, 201 00:12:12.080 --> 00:12:17.200 don't wear or another. Okay, yeah. The only thing I 202 00:12:17.240 --> 00:12:19.039 have noticed that there's a lot of We've had a 203 00:12:19.080 --> 00:12:19.639 lot of rain. 204 00:12:20.720 --> 00:12:21.840 Okay, a lot of rain. 205 00:12:23.639 --> 00:12:24.000 Yeah. 206 00:12:24.159 --> 00:12:27.320 I mean a metal door, a metal door and rain. 207 00:12:27.559 --> 00:12:30.039 I mean even if it would even if it had 208 00:12:30.240 --> 00:12:33.240 breached and water had gotten inside, I'm not seeing that 209 00:12:33.360 --> 00:12:37.399 changing the door. It is more likely the culprit is 210 00:12:37.480 --> 00:12:42.000 the jam uh, any settlement on the house or anything 211 00:12:42.120 --> 00:12:44.960 like that happening. 212 00:12:44.440 --> 00:12:45.519 I'm I'm aware of. 213 00:12:46.200 --> 00:12:48.679 All right, all right, Bob, here's the thing. I'm up against. 214 00:12:48.720 --> 00:12:51.039 A break. So I'm gonna pop you on hold and 215 00:12:51.159 --> 00:12:53.360 uh and we're gonna get through the break. And when 216 00:12:53.360 --> 00:12:55.679 we come back, you and I are we're gonna address 217 00:12:55.720 --> 00:12:58.600 this a little more intensely. Can you hang on for me? 218 00:12:59.759 --> 00:13:01.279 Yes? Sure? Perfect? 219 00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:04.919 All right, my friend, you hang tight and we'll figure 220 00:13:04.919 --> 00:13:07.159 it out. We'll figure out what's going on with Bob's 221 00:13:07.159 --> 00:13:07.759 front door. 222 00:13:08.919 --> 00:13:12.240 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 223 00:13:12.320 --> 00:13:14.159 KFI AM six forty. 224 00:13:15.720 --> 00:13:20.960 KFI AM six forty live streaming and HD everywhere on 225 00:13:21.039 --> 00:13:27.200 the iHeartRadio app. Good Saturday Morning to you, the Saturday 226 00:13:27.399 --> 00:13:33.519 before Christmas. Christmas coming this Wednesday. Hope you're already. It's 227 00:13:33.600 --> 00:13:38.480 going to be a cooler weekend here in Southern California, thankfully, 228 00:13:38.879 --> 00:13:42.200 a little bit more Christmas y then it's been the 229 00:13:42.279 --> 00:13:46.320 last few days. That's good. I'm told that tonight is, 230 00:13:46.840 --> 00:13:50.679 by the way, the most popular Christmas light viewing night 231 00:13:51.360 --> 00:13:55.200 of the year, and that makes sense. We're actually going 232 00:13:55.200 --> 00:13:58.879 out doing that, getting together with some friends, having dinner 233 00:13:58.960 --> 00:14:02.080 and then heading out to one of our local kind 234 00:14:02.120 --> 00:14:06.679 of candy cane lane neighborhoods and doing the deed, doing 235 00:14:06.720 --> 00:14:11.000 the deed with with our granddaughter Olivia, just you know, 236 00:14:11.120 --> 00:14:13.840 letting it all sparkle in front of her. It's worth it, 237 00:14:14.120 --> 00:14:17.759 every second of it. I hope you've got some great 238 00:14:17.759 --> 00:14:23.320 holiday plans this weekend and rolling into Christmas Day. We 239 00:14:23.399 --> 00:14:26.799 are here doing an all calls weekend for you. I'm live. 240 00:14:27.200 --> 00:14:29.759 This is not pre recorded. Yeah, I know every host 241 00:14:29.799 --> 00:14:32.200 in the world takes the week off here. I am here, 242 00:14:32.240 --> 00:14:35.080 I am it worked into my schedule. Just fine, no problem. 243 00:14:35.120 --> 00:14:38.399 We're not going anywhere and we are here with you. 244 00:14:38.720 --> 00:14:41.159 So if you don't believe me, I can we can 245 00:14:41.279 --> 00:14:44.240 Tina will photograph me with a newspaper proof of life, 246 00:14:45.080 --> 00:14:48.840 Proof of life. It's really me anyway. The number to 247 00:14:48.879 --> 00:14:51.960 reach me eight three three two. Ask Dean A three 248 00:14:52.080 --> 00:14:55.799 three the numeral two. Ask Dean. You're setting the agenda 249 00:14:55.879 --> 00:15:00.919 today with your calls today and tomorrow. Now, before the break, 250 00:15:01.159 --> 00:15:04.919 we were talking to Bob. Bob is in Ohio and 251 00:15:05.279 --> 00:15:09.440 he's having a strange issue with his front door. Bob, 252 00:15:09.480 --> 00:15:14.799 you're still with me, yes, sure, okay. So Bob has 253 00:15:14.840 --> 00:15:21.440 a steel front door, a metal door, and it is 254 00:15:21.600 --> 00:15:27.679 now virtually impossible to open and or close except with 255 00:15:27.879 --> 00:15:31.200 you know, putting all his weight against it. So what 256 00:15:31.759 --> 00:15:34.879 is going on with that thing? It's a little bit 257 00:15:34.919 --> 00:15:39.960 of a head scratcher, clearly, because you know, okay, so 258 00:15:40.279 --> 00:15:45.039 steel doors can expand they do expand, technically, they expand. 259 00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:50.039 Steel doors, of all doors, are the most stable of doors. 260 00:15:50.480 --> 00:15:55.480 And the expansion of a steel door is is typically 261 00:15:56.240 --> 00:16:00.240 so minimal that it's easily you know, it expands and 262 00:16:00.279 --> 00:16:04.759 contracts within the clearances around the door, the gap between 263 00:16:04.840 --> 00:16:07.600 the door and the jam. So you know, not a 264 00:16:07.639 --> 00:16:13.080 problem have I heard in the past of moisture intrusion 265 00:16:13.399 --> 00:16:17.120 inside a steel door, because the steel door is usually 266 00:16:17.120 --> 00:16:22.879 filled with fiberglass insulation, and that affecting the fibers on 267 00:16:22.919 --> 00:16:26.679 the inside and causing expand. I mean, I personally have 268 00:16:26.799 --> 00:16:30.080 not seen one of these actually happen. I hear it 269 00:16:30.200 --> 00:16:34.720 can happen. But again, the expansion, even in a failed seal, 270 00:16:35.600 --> 00:16:40.080 should really be minimal. And the expansion that we expect, 271 00:16:40.200 --> 00:16:43.639 by the way, would be during a hot, humid summer 272 00:16:43.679 --> 00:16:47.960 where we've got moisture and heat working on the surfaces 273 00:16:47.960 --> 00:16:51.919 of that door, not in the dead of winter where 274 00:16:52.159 --> 00:16:55.120 when you know we've got thirty degree and twenty degree 275 00:16:55.159 --> 00:16:58.759 temperatures outside. That is not when you expect a steel 276 00:16:58.759 --> 00:17:02.240 door to expand. So I was thinking about it during 277 00:17:02.279 --> 00:17:05.359 the break, Bob, and I'm thinking, okay, tell me more 278 00:17:05.559 --> 00:17:08.519 about what you see. How where is the door rubbing? 279 00:17:08.720 --> 00:17:11.440 Is it the just the top? Is it catching now 280 00:17:11.480 --> 00:17:14.519 at the top of the jam? Is it Is it 281 00:17:14.640 --> 00:17:19.119 hitting and rubbing down the entire side of the of 282 00:17:19.160 --> 00:17:22.880 the latch side, the vertical portion of the jam. Where 283 00:17:22.960 --> 00:17:24.319 is it making contact now? 284 00:17:26.519 --> 00:17:30.599 I would say mostly around the what the doorknob is 285 00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:33.160 on that side of the door, and also across the top. 286 00:17:33.880 --> 00:17:37.759 Okay, all right, And second question, it's a steel door. 287 00:17:38.119 --> 00:17:40.799 Is the jam steel as well? Or is it a 288 00:17:40.839 --> 00:17:41.440 wood jam? 289 00:17:43.839 --> 00:17:45.119 I believe it's a wood jam. 290 00:17:45.799 --> 00:17:50.039 It's a wood jam. Okay, Well, I'm not one hundred 291 00:17:50.079 --> 00:17:52.839 percent sure of exactly what the issue is. 292 00:17:52.880 --> 00:17:53.079 Now. 293 00:17:53.079 --> 00:17:56.920 You said you've had you know, in you know, some 294 00:17:57.319 --> 00:18:02.920 extra moisture of late. I think, my friend, I think 295 00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:07.119 that the issue may be with moisture intrusion in the 296 00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:10.759 wood jam. It's far more likely that the jam has 297 00:18:10.880 --> 00:18:17.519 swollen some or expanded, not the door itself. So in 298 00:18:17.640 --> 00:18:20.480 one sense that's good news because if the door was 299 00:18:20.559 --> 00:18:23.599 somehow just failing you, now you're looking at a new door, 300 00:18:23.839 --> 00:18:28.119 and nobody wants to be with that but the jam. 301 00:18:29.160 --> 00:18:31.200 And I know, and I don't know how how old 302 00:18:31.319 --> 00:18:31.759 is the door? 303 00:18:33.559 --> 00:18:35.240 About for two years? 304 00:18:35.680 --> 00:18:40.160 Okay, so not an old old door, but not brand new. 305 00:18:40.640 --> 00:18:43.720 And I wasn't there to see the tolerances of how 306 00:18:43.759 --> 00:18:47.559 the door was originally hung, in other words, the tolerances 307 00:18:47.640 --> 00:18:51.759 between the door and the jam, the gap in between 308 00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:56.000 a lot of finished carpenters, well, I should say some 309 00:18:56.039 --> 00:18:59.319 finished carpenters get a little nervous about leaving too much 310 00:18:59.319 --> 00:19:02.480 of a gap, as especially in a cold weather climate, 311 00:19:03.000 --> 00:19:07.759 and so they leave those tolerances fairly tight. That's never 312 00:19:07.880 --> 00:19:11.160 actually a really good idea. The best thing to do 313 00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:14.720 is to stay with industry standard tolerances so that a 314 00:19:14.799 --> 00:19:18.880 door can expand and contract without sealing itself in the opening. 315 00:19:19.960 --> 00:19:23.359 In your case, I'm wondering, though, if there's been some 316 00:19:23.519 --> 00:19:26.799 moisture intrusion, if it's actually not effecting, and I don't 317 00:19:26.799 --> 00:19:30.359 mean that the wall is leaking, I mean that somehow 318 00:19:30.640 --> 00:19:32.880 some of this extra moisture has gotten into the wood 319 00:19:32.960 --> 00:19:36.640 jam and it, now, with a very tight tolerance set, 320 00:19:36.799 --> 00:19:41.240 is now pressing against the door. I would probably put 321 00:19:41.319 --> 00:19:44.319 good money that it's something like that. And the good 322 00:19:44.359 --> 00:19:48.720 news is that the right finished carpenter or a door 323 00:19:48.799 --> 00:19:54.039 service person should be able to surgically reset the door 324 00:19:54.160 --> 00:19:58.440 for you deal with the jam. And basically, like if 325 00:19:58.440 --> 00:20:00.400 I was coming over to your place to deal with it, 326 00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:04.720 I would take the door off of its hinge, set 327 00:20:04.720 --> 00:20:09.960 it aside, and address the latch leg of the jam 328 00:20:10.039 --> 00:20:13.920 and the head piece of the jam, and I'd probably 329 00:20:13.960 --> 00:20:18.759 pull them out and re shim them with larger clearances, 330 00:20:18.880 --> 00:20:23.480 or just replace those two pieces of the jam, might 331 00:20:23.559 --> 00:20:26.519 replace the whole thing, but the key would be to 332 00:20:26.640 --> 00:20:31.200 set to reset larger tolerances so that that door is 333 00:20:31.880 --> 00:20:36.160 swinging clear, and then we let the weather stripping, a 334 00:20:36.200 --> 00:20:38.680 good set of weather stripping make up for the gap. 335 00:20:39.039 --> 00:20:42.160 As far as keeping the cold and the wet outside 336 00:20:42.480 --> 00:20:45.599 and the warm and the dry inside, that's the one 337 00:20:45.720 --> 00:20:49.799 downside with a steel door. You gotta make sure those 338 00:20:49.839 --> 00:20:56.279 tolerances are set with room for expansion seasonally. Because if 339 00:20:56.279 --> 00:20:58.240 it was a wood door, we could just take the 340 00:20:58.319 --> 00:21:00.759 door off, plane the edge down and take you know, 341 00:21:02.319 --> 00:21:04.799 you know, an eighth of an inch off the door, 342 00:21:05.119 --> 00:21:07.480 reset it, and you know you're back in business. But 343 00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:09.680 obviously we can't do that with a steel door. I'm 344 00:21:09.720 --> 00:21:13.480 assuming the door is not failing, that's the thing, but 345 00:21:13.799 --> 00:21:17.359 I would get some professional eyes on, get a finished 346 00:21:17.400 --> 00:21:22.000 carpenter who specializes in door setting to take a look 347 00:21:22.039 --> 00:21:25.880 at it and make sure. But my guess is that 348 00:21:25.960 --> 00:21:29.599 the expansion or the swelling is actually happening on the 349 00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:32.559 jam side of things, and that the tolerances were probably 350 00:21:32.559 --> 00:21:38.599 not set wide enough on when the door was originally installed, 351 00:21:38.880 --> 00:21:42.160 and you just haven't experienced this kind of water intrusion 352 00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:42.920 up until now. 353 00:21:44.519 --> 00:21:47.880 Okay, well, you did mention that your daughter lives in Ohio, 354 00:21:48.559 --> 00:21:50.559 and what you could do is you could come down 355 00:21:50.559 --> 00:21:52.960 to my house take care of that door for me, 356 00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:54.920 and then you swing up and see her in tiledo. 357 00:21:55.559 --> 00:21:58.079 All right, that's a good idea. How about I do that? Well, actually, 358 00:21:58.440 --> 00:22:00.480 the problem is she it's my dog, her in law, 359 00:22:00.519 --> 00:22:03.200 and she lives out here. She lives like ninety seconds 360 00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:06.559 away from my house. But she was born and raised 361 00:22:07.160 --> 00:22:10.480 in Fremont in Toledo County up there, so and we 362 00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:14.119 get there a lot we do. Uh so you know, 363 00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:22.000 maybe if you have oh yeah, yeah, yeah. So so 364 00:22:22.160 --> 00:22:25.680 I'm afraid to break it to you. I won't be 365 00:22:25.680 --> 00:22:27.519 coming out to you see your door anytime. 366 00:22:27.599 --> 00:22:31.000 So okay, well, thank you for I appreciate it. 367 00:22:31.359 --> 00:22:34.200 All right, thanks, thanks for your question, Bob, and thanks 368 00:22:34.200 --> 00:22:39.160 for listening to us from Ohio. That's awesome. All right, y'all, 369 00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:45.519 we still have more to go. You hang tight. It's 370 00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:50.160 an all calls Saturday morning here on the program. You're home, 371 00:22:50.319 --> 00:22:55.440 Dean Sharp, the house whisper. Okay, bye, Dean Sharp, the 372 00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:59.079 house whisper. Welcome home. Thanks for joining us on the 373 00:22:59.119 --> 00:23:01.400 program this morning. Here we are at the end of 374 00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:04.519 another two hours together. We're not done yet, though. It's 375 00:23:04.519 --> 00:23:06.640 an all calls morning, and we're going to be right 376 00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:10.319 back at it tomorrow for the big show from nine 377 00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:15.759 to noon. Nothing but your calls. We do all calls weekends. 378 00:23:15.759 --> 00:23:18.039 I love them. I love them. We do them every 379 00:23:18.160 --> 00:23:21.680 few weeks because I never get a chance to take 380 00:23:21.839 --> 00:23:24.920 enough calls. We've got so many great things to talk 381 00:23:24.960 --> 00:23:27.000 to you about all the time, and so I love 382 00:23:27.079 --> 00:23:29.559 just sitting back and letting you set the agenda for 383 00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:32.880 the show. So let's finish her off with another call 384 00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:40.880 this morning. Let's talk to Jeff. Hey, Jeff, welcome home, Hidine. 385 00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:43.039 Yes, I had a question for you. 386 00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:46.960 Hello, sir, Yeah, I'm here. How can I help? 387 00:23:48.400 --> 00:23:51.799 Yeah, I've got this crack that's going across in my 388 00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:55.880 slab at that part concrete slab on my house foundation 389 00:23:56.880 --> 00:23:59.160 in it in the hallway, it goes a little bit 390 00:23:59.200 --> 00:24:02.720 into the bedroom, so it's just like a crack, and 391 00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:05.880 I've been wanting to lay some flooring there. I had 392 00:24:05.920 --> 00:24:09.240 a flying person in there checking it out, and they 393 00:24:09.240 --> 00:24:12.319 said they couldn't do it because he had the one 394 00:24:12.720 --> 00:24:16.240 the kind of flooring that sticks to this lab. So 395 00:24:16.319 --> 00:24:18.640 I just wonder, is that something I need to get 396 00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:22.319 sixed before I can lay some flooring? Like being in 397 00:24:22.440 --> 00:24:26.559 the floating laminate flooring. 398 00:24:27.839 --> 00:24:31.480 Okay, so you're going to be using floating flooring laminate 399 00:24:31.640 --> 00:24:35.799 or a luxury vinyl plank, something that floats, something that 400 00:24:35.839 --> 00:24:36.680 doesn't stick down. 401 00:24:37.920 --> 00:24:41.319