WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.920 --> 00:00:04.200 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 2 00:00:04.320 --> 00:00:12.199 KFI AM six forty. 3 00:00:09.359 --> 00:00:12.240 Camp I AM six forty live streaming and. 4 00:00:12.400 --> 00:00:16.760 H D everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Dean Sharp the 5 00:00:16.839 --> 00:00:21.480 House Whisper with You live right here every Saturday and 6 00:00:21.640 --> 00:00:25.079 Sunday morning. Hey, follow us on social media. We only 7 00:00:25.120 --> 00:00:29.879 do the good kind, uplifting, informative, inspiring. 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All 19 00:01:15.680 --> 00:01:18.000 you have to do is go to house Whisper dot 20 00:01:18.480 --> 00:01:22.640 Design and yeah, we'll pay you a visit and figure 21 00:01:22.680 --> 00:01:26.560 out what's going on with your home, all right, I 22 00:01:26.599 --> 00:01:34.120 am approaching this subject of fire hardening specifically this weekend 23 00:01:34.200 --> 00:01:38.799 because too much confusion already abounds. But I'm also taking calls. 24 00:01:38.799 --> 00:01:41.159 I'm trying to balance the two. You know, we're kind 25 00:01:41.200 --> 00:01:43.560 of in this balancing act right now of a little 26 00:01:43.599 --> 00:01:46.519 bit of life returning to normal, but not ignoring the 27 00:01:46.560 --> 00:01:50.879 pressing needs a lot of Southern Californians. I would argue 28 00:01:50.920 --> 00:01:55.439 all Southern Californians should do some fire hardening work on 29 00:01:55.560 --> 00:02:00.519 their home, but there's so many fallacious ideas out there 30 00:02:00.519 --> 00:02:03.159 and a lot of ignorance. I'm going to be addressing 31 00:02:03.200 --> 00:02:07.920 that specifically in detail on tomorrow's show, on the next episode. 32 00:02:07.920 --> 00:02:11.360 If you're a podcast listener right now, all I'm doing 33 00:02:11.400 --> 00:02:13.479 something we haven't done for a while, which is getting 34 00:02:13.479 --> 00:02:17.919 some calls handled because you know, I know you've got questions. 35 00:02:18.000 --> 00:02:20.520 Life goes on as well, So whether you're called is 36 00:02:20.560 --> 00:02:23.639 about fire or whether it's about anything else on your home, 37 00:02:24.479 --> 00:02:27.240 feel free to call me eight three three two Ask 38 00:02:27.360 --> 00:02:30.479 Dean A three three the numeral to ask Dean. All right, 39 00:02:30.520 --> 00:02:31.840 for those of you who are on the edge of 40 00:02:31.919 --> 00:02:36.000 your seat and wondering, is Dean going to answer Peter's question? Uh, 41 00:02:36.240 --> 00:02:39.439 my computer is still locked up here, and so you 42 00:02:39.479 --> 00:02:41.319 know I'm going to get it fixed. But let me 43 00:02:41.400 --> 00:02:43.439 just go ahead and answer the question. So Peter had 44 00:02:43.479 --> 00:02:46.080 called and asked, hey, I got I live in an apartment. 45 00:02:46.120 --> 00:02:49.240 I got a bunch of stuff plugged in, And I 46 00:02:49.319 --> 00:02:52.719 did adequately answer his question in terms of like, hey, 47 00:02:52.759 --> 00:02:55.080 you're safe, You're good. You put a power strip into 48 00:02:55.120 --> 00:02:56.599 an outlet and you can put a bunch of stuff 49 00:02:56.639 --> 00:03:01.120 on there. And the power strip itself has a breaker mechanism. 50 00:03:01.159 --> 00:03:04.120 If it's pulling too much energy through it, it will 51 00:03:04.159 --> 00:03:06.639 pop and you'll have to reset it. And that's how 52 00:03:06.639 --> 00:03:10.919 you know you get too many things plugged into it. Also, 53 00:03:10.960 --> 00:03:14.960 the breaker itself for the circuit of the outlet is 54 00:03:15.039 --> 00:03:18.759 set to go off if too much energy gets pulled 55 00:03:18.800 --> 00:03:22.840 through the wire that's creating that circuit, And a fifteen 56 00:03:22.879 --> 00:03:26.560 am breaker obviously will pop before a twenty am breaker 57 00:03:27.199 --> 00:03:31.360 because that's a bigger line, it's a bigger load. But specifically, 58 00:03:32.319 --> 00:03:35.120 what I wanted to do was do a quick search 59 00:03:35.199 --> 00:03:37.840 on the internet just to find out. Sometimes, you know, 60 00:03:38.639 --> 00:03:42.039 some of the questions I get asked, I'm always curious, like, well, 61 00:03:42.479 --> 00:03:44.599 if I did an internet search and just ask a 62 00:03:44.639 --> 00:03:47.159 simple question, would I get a straight answer? And it 63 00:03:47.280 --> 00:03:52.199 turned out I'm assuming that it might be a tricky answer. 64 00:03:52.759 --> 00:03:55.319 But my computer's locked up right now, and so I 65 00:03:55.360 --> 00:03:59.120 can't tell you whether the internet would have answered this well, 66 00:03:59.280 --> 00:04:01.120 so I'm just going to do it right here. All right? 67 00:04:01.280 --> 00:04:03.840 Are you ready? Are you ready? This is how you 68 00:04:04.120 --> 00:04:07.439 very very specifically figure out what you can plug into 69 00:04:07.520 --> 00:04:12.520 an outlet at home. As I said, most regular home 70 00:04:12.560 --> 00:04:17.040 receptacle circuits are fifteen amp, some of them are twenty amp. 71 00:04:17.079 --> 00:04:20.040 How can you tell at your breaker panel? When you 72 00:04:20.079 --> 00:04:23.199 go to your power box and open it up your 73 00:04:23.240 --> 00:04:25.639 main panel, you will find the breakers and they will 74 00:04:25.680 --> 00:04:29.519 have on them they'll be labeled fifteen twenty. That's how 75 00:04:29.560 --> 00:04:32.360 you know fifteen amp circuit, twenty amp circuit and so on. 76 00:04:33.879 --> 00:04:39.199 Also here in America we have one hundred and twenty 77 00:04:40.120 --> 00:04:45.240 vault power systems. Okay, that's the voltage of our power system. 78 00:04:45.360 --> 00:04:48.279 So it's very very simple. All you have to do 79 00:04:48.800 --> 00:04:55.000 is multiply the ampridge of a circuit by the voltage 80 00:04:55.319 --> 00:05:01.480 of a circuit. Ampridge times voltage okay equals wattage, and 81 00:05:01.639 --> 00:05:05.439 wattage is the power consumption that that circuit is capable of. 82 00:05:05.560 --> 00:05:09.600 So case in point, if you take a fifteen amp 83 00:05:09.680 --> 00:05:14.199 circuit and multiply it by one and twenty volts, you 84 00:05:14.199 --> 00:05:18.439 will find that eighteen hundred watts is the maximum pull 85 00:05:19.040 --> 00:05:22.680 of the usage that that circuit will handle at one 86 00:05:23.279 --> 00:05:27.639 moment in time. Okay, So yeah, this this most commonly 87 00:05:27.680 --> 00:05:31.240 occurs where like, you're in the bathroom and you've got 88 00:05:31.279 --> 00:05:33.720 a fifteen amp circuit right there next to the sink, 89 00:05:34.079 --> 00:05:37.680 and a woman has a or I should say woman, 90 00:05:38.600 --> 00:05:40.839 I'm just all I'm saying is that's how it works 91 00:05:40.839 --> 00:05:43.120 in my household. Tina blow drives your hair, and I 92 00:05:43.160 --> 00:05:45.800 do not. Okay, but let's say you've got a blow 93 00:05:45.879 --> 00:05:49.720 dryer there. I have a very good friend, by the way, 94 00:05:50.000 --> 00:05:52.600 a guy who spends way more time blow drawing his 95 00:05:52.639 --> 00:05:55.600 hair than Tina does. He will remain nameless. But here's 96 00:05:55.639 --> 00:06:03.399 the point. You know who I'm talking about fifteen hundred 97 00:06:03.480 --> 00:06:07.759 watt blow dryer on a fifteen am circuit. That's fifteen 98 00:06:07.879 --> 00:06:11.600 hundred watts out of eighteen hundred watts maximum. So you're 99 00:06:11.600 --> 00:06:15.639 only three hundred watts short of that maximum capacity on 100 00:06:15.680 --> 00:06:19.680 that circuit, which is why you're sitting there. Somebody's using 101 00:06:19.680 --> 00:06:22.160 a blow drying and then somebody plugs in an electric 102 00:06:22.319 --> 00:06:25.240 razor or hair clipper or something else like like that, 103 00:06:25.399 --> 00:06:28.160 and boom, off goes the circuit and you're like, what 104 00:06:28.319 --> 00:06:32.240 is wrong with this house? Nothing's wrong with the house 105 00:06:32.279 --> 00:06:35.319 because you've overloaded the capacity for that. So, Peter, I 106 00:06:35.319 --> 00:06:38.240 hope you're still listening. Just FYI. If you really want 107 00:06:38.240 --> 00:06:41.279 to get to persnickety about it, you can basically look 108 00:06:41.279 --> 00:06:44.399 at every single thing that you plug in, either the 109 00:06:44.680 --> 00:06:47.360 right on the end of the plug or the transformer 110 00:06:47.519 --> 00:06:51.120 or somewhere on the device. You're going to find the 111 00:06:51.199 --> 00:06:54.680 wattage that it pulls right. And so you add up 112 00:06:54.720 --> 00:06:57.199 the watts of this thing and the clock radio and 113 00:06:57.240 --> 00:06:59.600 the thing and the thing and the thing, and then 114 00:07:00.120 --> 00:07:06.240 you compare that to your fifteen amp circuit eighteen hundred watts. 115 00:07:06.319 --> 00:07:08.120 See what you got left over or whether you go 116 00:07:08.240 --> 00:07:11.519 over it or not. Also a twenty amp circuit by 117 00:07:11.560 --> 00:07:15.639 that same formula, twenty times one hundred and twenty equals 118 00:07:15.720 --> 00:07:18.399 twenty four hundred twenty four hundred wats on a twenty 119 00:07:18.439 --> 00:07:22.160 amp circuit, eighteen hundred watts on a fifteen amp circuit, 120 00:07:22.560 --> 00:07:26.399 And ideally the electrical code would like you to use 121 00:07:26.480 --> 00:07:31.879 only eighty percent of that maximum for ultimate safety. So 122 00:07:32.160 --> 00:07:35.279 there you go. There you have it all right. When 123 00:07:35.319 --> 00:07:39.120 we come back, another call or two, and then some 124 00:07:39.160 --> 00:07:42.199 thoughts that get us sort of warmed up towards this 125 00:07:42.360 --> 00:07:48.160 subject of fact and fiction dispelling for fire hardening your home. 126 00:07:48.639 --> 00:07:51.279 You are home with Dean Sharp the house Whisper. Jamfi, 127 00:07:52.439 --> 00:07:55.839 Dean Sharp, the house Whisper, at your service. Thanks for 128 00:07:55.959 --> 00:07:58.360 joining us on the program this morning. I'm in the 129 00:07:58.399 --> 00:08:01.319 middle of taking some calls right now. And yes, you'll 130 00:08:01.319 --> 00:08:05.360 be happy to know my computer is back up and running. 131 00:08:05.439 --> 00:08:08.279 I know you were all really really worried about that, 132 00:08:08.439 --> 00:08:10.800 so I just want to I just want to bring 133 00:08:10.839 --> 00:08:16.600 you that relief. Isn't that good news? All right, let's 134 00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:20.439 go back to the phones. I want to talk to Nancy. Hey, Nancy, 135 00:08:20.680 --> 00:08:21.480 welcome home. 136 00:08:23.480 --> 00:08:24.680 Why, good morning, Dean. 137 00:08:26.000 --> 00:08:27.040 I have a question. 138 00:08:27.360 --> 00:08:31.360 Yes, I have my chicken coop and I am wanting 139 00:08:31.399 --> 00:08:36.279 to put a three foot awning in the front of it, 140 00:08:37.080 --> 00:08:41.639 you know, for obviously for rain and sun exposure. So 141 00:08:42.360 --> 00:08:47.159 how how far do I need to put because I'm 142 00:08:47.200 --> 00:08:52.240 going to put the angled wood to help support the 143 00:08:52.240 --> 00:08:55.960 the awning. How far out do I need to put that? 144 00:08:56.200 --> 00:09:01.279 And it's an odd question. I don't know how to 145 00:09:01.600 --> 00:09:05.440 explain it. So if I need to put the triangular 146 00:09:06.559 --> 00:09:12.080 brace for the wood support for the corrugated plastic roofing, 147 00:09:12.840 --> 00:09:16.519 so how far away do I need to have that 148 00:09:16.879 --> 00:09:20.679 from the side of the coup? And then how far 149 00:09:20.799 --> 00:09:24.240 down does the base need to be attached to the coup? 150 00:09:24.600 --> 00:09:25.480 Does that make sense? 151 00:09:27.120 --> 00:09:31.360 Not exactly? But here here's the thing I'm going to 152 00:09:31.480 --> 00:09:33.120 I'm going to take a stab at it. So you 153 00:09:33.159 --> 00:09:37.879 want to use that corrugated plastic material to creating awning 154 00:09:37.960 --> 00:09:39.360 off the side of your chicken coop? 155 00:09:40.480 --> 00:09:40.840 Yes? 156 00:09:41.440 --> 00:09:44.720 Okay? And how far out is this on and going 157 00:09:44.759 --> 00:09:45.240 to stick? 158 00:09:46.879 --> 00:09:47.600 Three feet? 159 00:09:48.159 --> 00:09:51.080 Three feet out? Okay, it's going to stick. That's a 160 00:09:51.120 --> 00:09:55.720 short run for the corrugated material, and so and and 161 00:09:55.879 --> 00:10:00.679 how are you planning on supporting this corrugated ceial at 162 00:10:00.720 --> 00:10:01.480 the chicken coop? 163 00:10:03.559 --> 00:10:08.639 I was going to use uh? One by two? Uh? 164 00:10:09.080 --> 00:10:10.519 Would okay? 165 00:10:10.559 --> 00:10:14.600 Because since it's only it's only the it's only going 166 00:10:14.639 --> 00:10:17.240 to be sticking out three feet And the length of 167 00:10:17.279 --> 00:10:20.399 the section I'm doing is four feet wide. 168 00:10:21.240 --> 00:10:24.159 Okay, it's why chicking out three feet? 169 00:10:24.519 --> 00:10:26.759 And you don't and okay, So here's what I'm guessing 170 00:10:26.759 --> 00:10:30.279 when you said the word triangle. Does that mean that 171 00:10:30.320 --> 00:10:32.759 you're not planning on running out on the end of 172 00:10:32.840 --> 00:10:35.519 the awning, You're not going to have little posts going 173 00:10:35.559 --> 00:10:38.919 down to the soil, but in fact angling back to 174 00:10:39.000 --> 00:10:41.279 the chicken coop. So it makes kind of a triangle, 175 00:10:41.600 --> 00:10:42.799 uh support? 176 00:10:42.919 --> 00:10:43.679 Trust? 177 00:10:44.519 --> 00:10:44.960 Correct? 178 00:10:45.600 --> 00:10:46.000 Okay? 179 00:10:47.039 --> 00:10:47.279 Uh? 180 00:10:47.320 --> 00:10:50.159 And then the question is how far out those have 181 00:10:50.200 --> 00:10:51.879 to go and how far down the coop. 182 00:10:51.679 --> 00:10:52.159 They have to go? 183 00:10:53.360 --> 00:10:55.639 Correct? Okay, you're good? 184 00:10:56.240 --> 00:11:01.919 Oh yeah. Uh So, so here's the thing. If you 185 00:11:02.039 --> 00:11:05.799 run from from your ledger the ledger board, by the way, 186 00:11:05.960 --> 00:11:08.360 is the board that you're attaching to the chicken coop 187 00:11:08.399 --> 00:11:10.759 that you're putting the whole back end of this thing on. 188 00:11:11.480 --> 00:11:14.639 If from that ledger board, on each end of this 189 00:11:14.720 --> 00:11:18.639 little four foot wide awning, this is how I would 190 00:11:18.679 --> 00:11:23.279 suggest you do it. That you that you that you run, 191 00:11:23.360 --> 00:11:28.360 you that you build essentially a rectangle of your little 192 00:11:28.440 --> 00:11:33.720 two by two material, so that the one side of 193 00:11:33.759 --> 00:11:36.840 the rectangle attaches to the coop, the other is sticking 194 00:11:36.840 --> 00:11:39.480 out the not quite three feet. You don't want it 195 00:11:39.519 --> 00:11:41.200 all the way at the end. You come back in 196 00:11:41.279 --> 00:11:43.279 like six inches or so. So let's say if you 197 00:11:43.399 --> 00:11:48.639 if the corrugated material hangs out three feet. Then you know, 198 00:11:48.799 --> 00:11:52.519 then your rectangular support for this thing should be maybe 199 00:11:52.600 --> 00:11:57.320 two foot six sticking out, okay, And have have a 200 00:11:57.360 --> 00:12:00.480 whole edge of wood there on the on the front 201 00:12:00.519 --> 00:12:03.159 side of this thing, so it supports that material because 202 00:12:03.159 --> 00:12:06.720 it's a little flimsy, okay. And then from there, once 203 00:12:06.759 --> 00:12:11.759 you have that whole roof structure, the corrugated material hanging 204 00:12:11.840 --> 00:12:16.600 over six inches each end of your wood and six 205 00:12:16.639 --> 00:12:21.120 inches off the front. Then once you attach that to 206 00:12:21.639 --> 00:12:25.279 the chicken coop, all you need are a couple of 207 00:12:25.320 --> 00:12:29.200 angle pieces down to the chicken coop to hold it 208 00:12:29.240 --> 00:12:31.320 in place. Nobody's going to be sitting on it, and 209 00:12:31.399 --> 00:12:33.840 chickens are light. Even if a chicken got up there, 210 00:12:33.960 --> 00:12:37.200 it wouldn't be the end of the world. So, and 211 00:12:37.240 --> 00:12:41.039 it's well supported. So I mean ideally a forty five 212 00:12:41.120 --> 00:12:44.360 degree angle. But here's the point. The forty five degree 213 00:12:44.399 --> 00:12:46.919 angle doesn't even have to go all the way out 214 00:12:46.960 --> 00:12:51.720 to the end, okay, because of your rectangle. So you 215 00:12:51.759 --> 00:12:55.600 could get away with let's say going out eighteen inches 216 00:12:55.960 --> 00:12:58.840 or twenty four inches and down twenty four. 217 00:12:58.679 --> 00:13:02.399 Inches, and that's going to be more than enough. 218 00:13:02.320 --> 00:13:05.960 Strength on both sides to hold up that that lightweight 219 00:13:06.000 --> 00:13:06.720 little anie. 220 00:13:07.840 --> 00:13:11.240 Okay, yeah, okay, that's that was the thing. Okay, Oh 221 00:13:11.320 --> 00:13:14.759 that's wonderful. Yeah. So now now I don't have any 222 00:13:14.840 --> 00:13:18.840 excuse to drag my feet of getting this little project accomplished. 223 00:13:19.320 --> 00:13:21.399 There you go, get those chickens in the shade. 224 00:13:22.600 --> 00:13:26.080 That's right. Thank you so much. You have a delightful weekend. 225 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:28.159 And I love all the information. 226 00:13:28.480 --> 00:13:28.919 Yeah. 227 00:13:29.200 --> 00:13:31.600 Wait, Nancy, what kind of what kind of chickens do 228 00:13:31.639 --> 00:13:34.360 you have? I'm just as as a as a as 229 00:13:34.360 --> 00:13:37.120 a chicken rancher myself. I'm always curious what kind of 230 00:13:37.159 --> 00:13:37.799 chickens do you have? 231 00:13:39.120 --> 00:13:43.440 Well, I have a Sterling silver and so she's a 232 00:13:43.480 --> 00:13:47.039 lovely little hen and very cute. And then I have 233 00:13:47.240 --> 00:13:51.559 a Planmouth rock and you know they're very territorial, so 234 00:13:51.600 --> 00:13:56.159 she's the top on the wrung. And then the last 235 00:13:56.159 --> 00:14:02.559 and I have she is a a California starlight hen 236 00:14:02.960 --> 00:14:06.720 and those are not very common. But that she has 237 00:14:06.759 --> 00:14:12.120 a beautiful curved comb. It's like really it's like a 238 00:14:12.200 --> 00:14:16.679 long wavy comb. And the top of her head down 239 00:14:16.759 --> 00:14:22.399 to her shoulders is a very dark black gray color, 240 00:14:22.840 --> 00:14:25.759 and then the rest of her body is black and gray, 241 00:14:25.879 --> 00:14:30.039 kind of spotted color. So she's a beautiful bird's beautiful. 242 00:14:30.639 --> 00:14:33.559 I'm not familiar with that breed. You said, California Starlight. 243 00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:34.799 Tina's looking it up right now. 244 00:14:34.879 --> 00:14:35.240 I'm sure. 245 00:14:35.919 --> 00:14:38.200 Yeah, that's what the lady told us that she was. 246 00:14:38.159 --> 00:14:42.039 So all right, we're going to check it out. 247 00:14:43.039 --> 00:14:43.840 But the PM. 248 00:14:45.759 --> 00:14:51.679 Go ahead, the California's Starlight. She lays beautiful, dark green 249 00:14:51.799 --> 00:14:56.159 eggs she just started laying. So we're excited. 250 00:14:56.639 --> 00:15:00.919 All right, she qualifies, and we're about to re up 251 00:15:01.039 --> 00:15:05.679 our flock because we've got we have a bunch of 252 00:15:05.720 --> 00:15:08.919 old ladies. Honestly, right now, we've got a bunch of 253 00:15:08.960 --> 00:15:11.159 old ladies who should have died like five years ago. 254 00:15:11.519 --> 00:15:16.600 Clearly tell me, no, you know it's true. They're ancient. 255 00:15:17.519 --> 00:15:21.840 Their feet are virtually petrified at this point anyway. But 256 00:15:22.480 --> 00:15:25.200 this spring we're introducing some new chicks in and so 257 00:15:25.279 --> 00:15:27.480 we're in the market. We're in the market for some 258 00:15:27.759 --> 00:15:32.240 interesting breeds and from a health perspective, from a health perspective, 259 00:15:32.600 --> 00:15:35.840 and just a human interest perspective. Tina and I always 260 00:15:35.840 --> 00:15:38.480 try and pick breeds not only that we love and 261 00:15:39.639 --> 00:15:43.720 enjoy looking at and fooling around with, but also we 262 00:15:43.799 --> 00:15:46.360 love it when each of our girls lays a slightly 263 00:15:46.399 --> 00:15:50.120 different colored egg because, as you know, sometimes health issues 264 00:15:50.240 --> 00:15:52.840 they're almost always related to egg laying. And that way 265 00:15:52.879 --> 00:15:55.639 we can be like, I haven't seen one of those 266 00:15:55.720 --> 00:15:58.919 dark green eggs here in the egg box for a while. 267 00:15:58.960 --> 00:16:01.519 We should go check out out, you know, Julie or whatever, 268 00:16:01.679 --> 00:16:03.360 you know, old lady name we're going to give to 269 00:16:03.399 --> 00:16:06.240 our chickens, because we always give them ancient, old lady names. 270 00:16:07.440 --> 00:16:09.919 So and that's just a way, it's a way of 271 00:16:10.000 --> 00:16:12.320 us kind of tracking to make sure everybody, you know, 272 00:16:12.440 --> 00:16:13.679 how how's everybody doing? 273 00:16:14.879 --> 00:16:20.039 Yeah this, Yeah, that's very true. And this California chicken, 274 00:16:21.480 --> 00:16:25.600 she's heat tolerant. They are high heat tolerant. So that 275 00:16:25.720 --> 00:16:27.799 was one of the things I was looking at for, 276 00:16:28.320 --> 00:16:31.759 you know, being here in southern California. And the place 277 00:16:31.799 --> 00:16:34.840 that is a good place is called Wes's Speed and 278 00:16:35.200 --> 00:16:40.679 ELMANI and I was calling and she keeps getting in 279 00:16:40.759 --> 00:16:44.879 different types of chickens all throughout the season, and so 280 00:16:44.960 --> 00:16:47.440 I call her and find out what she's got, and 281 00:16:47.559 --> 00:16:49.120 I look it up to see if it's a breed 282 00:16:49.159 --> 00:16:51.519 I want. And so sometimes it takes a couple of 283 00:16:51.559 --> 00:16:54.399 months to get in something that I'm interested in. So 284 00:16:54.919 --> 00:16:57.320 you might want to give her a call. Yeah, Nan, 285 00:16:57.600 --> 00:16:58.360 thank you so much. 286 00:16:58.440 --> 00:17:02.799 For everybody else is literally everyone else who's listening is like, 287 00:17:03.600 --> 00:17:06.400 did we just is this caf I have a chicken 288 00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:07.960 show on Saturday mornings? 289 00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:13.960 Is this a chicken? Is this the chicken whisper? What 290 00:17:14.039 --> 00:17:16.359 was that? What was that? I'm sorry, Tina. We're bringing 291 00:17:16.440 --> 00:17:20.000 KFI back to the farm days to its original you 292 00:17:20.039 --> 00:17:22.680 know that's trivia. Did anyone know this? Oh? 293 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:25.920 Yeah, that the call letters kf I actually originally when 294 00:17:25.960 --> 00:17:28.920 it was started the station started in the nineteen twenties. 295 00:17:29.119 --> 00:17:33.519 Uh that it KFI stood for k I mean, you know, 296 00:17:33.640 --> 00:17:38.640 radio stuff, farm information, k f I k farm information. 297 00:17:38.920 --> 00:17:43.160 Bringing it back, bringing it back, baby school, chicken talk. 298 00:17:43.440 --> 00:17:49.799 Oh, Dean Sharp, the poultry Whisperer, Hey, thanks for joining 299 00:17:49.839 --> 00:17:52.000 us on the program. When we come back, you know, 300 00:17:52.400 --> 00:17:54.440 I'm going to try and take at least one more 301 00:17:54.519 --> 00:17:59.720 call and then tease you about fire hardening fact in 302 00:17:59.759 --> 00:18:03.720 FI for tomorrow's show. Stay tuned, there may be another 303 00:18:03.799 --> 00:18:05.160 chicken question. Who knows? 304 00:18:06.440 --> 00:18:09.759 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 305 00:18:09.839 --> 00:18:11.680 KFI AM six forty. 306 00:18:13.200 --> 00:18:17.680 KFI AM six forty live streaming HD everywhere on the 307 00:18:17.720 --> 00:18:21.359 iHeartRadio app Your Home with Dean Sharp the House Whisper. 308 00:18:21.400 --> 00:18:23.400 Thanks for joining us on the program today. 309 00:18:24.079 --> 00:18:26.720 We're just taking a little breather right now, a little 310 00:18:26.759 --> 00:18:32.000 breather from all the craziness. For the last two weeks, firefire, fire, fire, 311 00:18:32.079 --> 00:18:36.160 everywhere I know. It has dominated our coverage. We are 312 00:18:36.240 --> 00:18:39.039 still on top of all of it for you, and 313 00:18:39.440 --> 00:18:43.039 we are not blind to the fact that for those 314 00:18:43.079 --> 00:18:45.720 who have lost their homes, for the neighborhoods that have 315 00:18:45.759 --> 00:18:49.599 been devastated, there is a long, long road ahead. But 316 00:18:49.680 --> 00:18:51.680 I'm taking just a little bit of time this morning 317 00:18:51.720 --> 00:18:56.319 to take calls on any other subject as well. And 318 00:18:56.559 --> 00:19:00.319 as I said, my goal for this weekend primary ly 319 00:19:00.400 --> 00:19:03.519 focused on in detail on tomorrow's show. The big show 320 00:19:03.559 --> 00:19:08.599 tomorrow is going to be to now separate the fact 321 00:19:08.599 --> 00:19:11.559 from the fictions that you are hearing. There's all sorts 322 00:19:11.559 --> 00:19:16.359 of fire hardening, frenzy information out there, crazy stuff, and 323 00:19:16.759 --> 00:19:20.759 some of it's crazy. Some of it sounds incredibly reasonable, 324 00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:23.880 but it's all very expensive. And then you've got companies 325 00:19:23.920 --> 00:19:26.160 popping up who say that they want to put sprinklers 326 00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:28.640 on your top of your roof, and they want to 327 00:19:28.640 --> 00:19:30.759 do this, and this is what you need to do 328 00:19:30.799 --> 00:19:34.519 because everybody is in fear right now. A lot of 329 00:19:34.559 --> 00:19:37.119 it is very, very expensive, and the question is is 330 00:19:37.160 --> 00:19:41.680 it effective? And so tomorrow especially, I want to focus 331 00:19:41.720 --> 00:19:43.839 in and separate that. I'll give you a little teaser 332 00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:46.480 about it before we're done today. But right now I 333 00:19:46.519 --> 00:19:49.039 want to take at least one more call before we 334 00:19:49.079 --> 00:19:49.799 move on to that. 335 00:19:50.359 --> 00:19:53.240 I want to talk to Mike. Hey, Mike, welcome home. 336 00:19:53.680 --> 00:19:57.920 Hey, Hey, Dean, Hey man. I just want to start 337 00:19:57.920 --> 00:20:00.960 off by saying that my heart out to those people 338 00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:04.000 in Altadena. That's that's a big part of our customer 339 00:20:04.079 --> 00:20:07.240 base up there, and we've had calls into our business 340 00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:10.000 people canceling orders for stuff that they had had on 341 00:20:10.200 --> 00:20:15.519 order for uh the gates after the fire, and uh wow, 342 00:20:15.839 --> 00:20:18.480 it's really heart wrenching to listen to some stories and 343 00:20:18.799 --> 00:20:22.440 people actually, you know, come to tears on the phone, 344 00:20:22.559 --> 00:20:24.640 cancel on their order because their homes are gone. 345 00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:28.079 So yeah, I feel you, Thank you, Mike. 346 00:20:28.079 --> 00:20:30.559 I appreciate that, and I'm sure they appreciate it too. 347 00:20:30.640 --> 00:20:33.039 It's yeah, it is. It's just I mean, all of 348 00:20:33.039 --> 00:20:33.839 our hearts go out. 349 00:20:33.880 --> 00:20:37.480 It's just yeah, yeah, it's a tough one. 350 00:20:37.920 --> 00:20:38.119 Hey. 351 00:20:38.359 --> 00:20:41.519 Uh that that that last called the chicken Lady. Man, 352 00:20:41.839 --> 00:20:43.960 I got some great information. I'm in the middle of 353 00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:48.279 building chicken coop myself. Man, so uh much appreciated information. 354 00:20:48.359 --> 00:20:52.920 I'm glad you uh deviated from the uh noble topics. 355 00:20:53.559 --> 00:20:56.079 I couldn't resist, I couldn't help myself. I had to 356 00:20:56.240 --> 00:20:56.920 had to go there. 357 00:20:57.920 --> 00:20:59.319 That was good. I could have never thought of some 358 00:20:59.359 --> 00:21:01.319 of those questions. But I've got some great info to 359 00:21:01.359 --> 00:21:04.119 supply my chicken coop. So that's excellent man, Thank you. 360 00:21:04.759 --> 00:21:04.960 Hey. 361 00:21:05.079 --> 00:21:09.039 But my reason for my call is that I have 362 00:21:09.079 --> 00:21:11.880 a gorgeous back patio. We spend a tremendous amount of 363 00:21:11.920 --> 00:21:16.839 our time back there. But I made the classic mistake 364 00:21:16.920 --> 00:21:22.400 of building a fireplace. It's a gorgeous stone fireplace sixteen 365 00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:25.160 feet tall and thirty feet wide and has a five 366 00:21:25.200 --> 00:21:29.160 foot tall fireplace, and it just gorgeous looks looks like 367 00:21:29.279 --> 00:21:32.920 back in the old days. And it's a classic fireplace. 368 00:21:33.039 --> 00:21:36.960 So it doesn't put out much heat. And so I'm 369 00:21:37.319 --> 00:21:42.839 debating how I can rectify that by having something or 370 00:21:43.119 --> 00:21:46.119 adding something to it that might provide us with some 371 00:21:46.200 --> 00:21:49.559 heat during these cold, cold winter times. 372 00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:54.559 Oh okay, yeah, well you probably won't like me saying 373 00:21:54.599 --> 00:21:56.359 tear it down right, I mean, no, you don't. 374 00:21:56.240 --> 00:21:59.680 Want to do I can turn it into a chicken coop. 375 00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:08.279 There you go, okay, So yeah, I uh okay. 376 00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:11.720 So when people are talking about, hey, I want an 377 00:22:11.759 --> 00:22:14.079 outdoor fire experience, I'm all for it. 378 00:22:14.119 --> 00:22:14.880 I mean, I love them. 379 00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:16.680 And if you guys are fans of the show and 380 00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:19.480 you follow us on social media, you see I spent 381 00:22:19.559 --> 00:22:22.359 a lot of time out by my fire pit when 382 00:22:22.400 --> 00:22:26.640 our clients ask us, Hey, we want an outdoor fire experience. 383 00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:31.400 Sure we've done fireplaces before, of course we have. And 384 00:22:32.279 --> 00:22:35.279 I usually give pushback on a client when it comes 385 00:22:35.319 --> 00:22:41.319 to a fire an outdoor fireplace, because because I don't 386 00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:45.799 think they actually pay off what they promise. I mean, visually, 387 00:22:46.400 --> 00:22:49.839 they are stunning and beautiful and they give you that 388 00:22:49.880 --> 00:22:53.200 whole vibe. But you know exactly what you're saying, Mike, 389 00:22:54.599 --> 00:22:59.599 when it comes to the actual functionality of the fire 390 00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:02.359 and the whole idea of hey, let's all gather around 391 00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:05.920 it and stay warm and have a wonderful conversations outside 392 00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:11.480 under the stars and so on, that's where they actually 393 00:23:11.640 --> 00:23:14.880 fall short. And you know, if a client's like, hey, architecturally, 394 00:23:14.920 --> 00:23:16.799 I think it's a great idea, though, Dean, let's go 395 00:23:16.920 --> 00:23:18.400 for it. And you know, of course we'll do it, 396 00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:20.319 because at the end of the day, you're the boss. 397 00:23:20.799 --> 00:23:24.759 But I usually push toward a firepit over a fireplace, 398 00:23:24.920 --> 00:23:27.799 because a fire pit, I can stretch that thing as 399 00:23:27.839 --> 00:23:30.400 long as I want. I can run a big gas 400 00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:33.440 supply to it and have a big, beautiful, nice flame 401 00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:36.400