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You can find out more details at house 24 00:01:31.040 --> 00:01:35.280 whisperer dot design. All right, it is an all calls 25 00:01:35.319 --> 00:01:38.239 Saturday morning for us here. Calls have been a little 26 00:01:38.319 --> 00:01:41.040 light this morning. I'm just saying you guys can take 27 00:01:41.079 --> 00:01:44.159 advantage of that. Sometimes I just need to nudge everyone 28 00:01:44.200 --> 00:01:46.280 to let them know. But we've got some calls on 29 00:01:46.319 --> 00:01:48.319 the board. But there's still room for you. Eight three 30 00:01:48.480 --> 00:01:52.439 three two, ask Dean eight three three the numeral two. 31 00:01:53.079 --> 00:01:55.560 Ask Dean, I want to talk to Michael. Hey, Michael, 32 00:01:55.879 --> 00:01:56.560 welcome home. 33 00:01:56.920 --> 00:01:59.599 Yes, yes, yes, good good morning, Dean. 34 00:01:59.680 --> 00:02:00.840 Thanks you taken my call. 35 00:02:01.400 --> 00:02:01.640 Say. 36 00:02:01.719 --> 00:02:04.760 I've got a home in southern California. It was build 37 00:02:04.760 --> 00:02:08.919 in the early eighties. It's a slab floor. I have 38 00:02:09.039 --> 00:02:12.479 a half bath powder room so called off of a 39 00:02:12.560 --> 00:02:16.639 hallway that I need to upgrade the toilet in. The 40 00:02:16.719 --> 00:02:20.080 problem is the toilet was designed on a fourteen inch 41 00:02:20.120 --> 00:02:22.080 ruf in and back. 42 00:02:21.879 --> 00:02:25.240 In the day, the rough end sizes were always done 43 00:02:25.360 --> 00:02:27.840 with the toilet bowl. Now, as you may or may 44 00:02:27.879 --> 00:02:30.120 not know, nowadays they always. 45 00:02:29.879 --> 00:02:34.520 Use the standard twelve inch rut bowl and put a 46 00:02:34.599 --> 00:02:37.759 roughian tank on it, and what the problem is there, Dean. 47 00:02:37.800 --> 00:02:41.000 When the door opens, it swings inward towards. 48 00:02:40.520 --> 00:02:44.919 The toilet and the fourteen inch rough toilet excuse me, 49 00:02:44.960 --> 00:02:48.560 I did replace years ago, they still made the old 50 00:02:48.560 --> 00:02:52.639 fashioned fourteenage Ruffians with the bulls and it just barely 51 00:02:52.719 --> 00:02:57.759 clears the front of the bowl. So if I again, 52 00:02:57.759 --> 00:03:00.319 I'm on a slab floor I've had a I'm gonna 53 00:03:00.319 --> 00:03:03.000 tell me to jackamber the floor, readrout it, or even 54 00:03:03.080 --> 00:03:05.240 try to upgrade. 55 00:03:04.879 --> 00:03:08.919 The A B S plange on it with a with 56 00:03:09.039 --> 00:03:09.639 an offset. 57 00:03:10.159 --> 00:03:11.879 But that's not even going to do it. And the 58 00:03:11.919 --> 00:03:12.960 problem is too, I've got. 59 00:03:12.840 --> 00:03:17.080 A really high end hardwood wood flooring in the bathroom 60 00:03:17.439 --> 00:03:20.639 that I don't want to touch. My question was what 61 00:03:20.800 --> 00:03:24.759 a barn door provide in a traffic AIA in this 62 00:03:24.840 --> 00:03:32.360 hallway enough enough privacy to remove the existing door, the 63 00:03:32.400 --> 00:03:35.280 standard type of door that it has, and use the 64 00:03:35.319 --> 00:03:39.439 barn door to to gain the privacy that I need. 65 00:03:40.479 --> 00:03:44.759 Okay, good thinking, good thinking. Uh So here's the honest answer. 66 00:03:45.240 --> 00:03:47.800 Visual privacy, absolutely no problem. 67 00:03:48.080 --> 00:03:48.400 Uh. 68 00:03:48.479 --> 00:03:53.560 The only uh, the only leakiness with a barn style 69 00:03:53.680 --> 00:03:57.199 door is going to be sound transmission. Now, a good 70 00:03:57.360 --> 00:04:02.000 solid core barn door is going to you know, reduce 71 00:04:02.080 --> 00:04:06.120 that pretty significantly. In fact, if you've lived in a 72 00:04:06.159 --> 00:04:10.759 house with hollow core interior doors, you may not notice 73 00:04:10.800 --> 00:04:15.400 any difference whatsoever if you transition to a solid core 74 00:04:16.240 --> 00:04:21.360 barn door. But you know, because the door is not 75 00:04:21.519 --> 00:04:25.839 making positive contact with the jam, because it's just essentially 76 00:04:26.000 --> 00:04:30.480 sliding in front of the wall space itself, there is 77 00:04:30.519 --> 00:04:33.800 an air gap. And because there's an air gap, the 78 00:04:34.000 --> 00:04:38.160 question of privacy in terms of sound transmission, that's the 79 00:04:38.199 --> 00:04:42.279 only issue that you're going to be experiencing. Now we've 80 00:04:42.600 --> 00:04:47.560 reduced that somewhat. We've reduced that somewhat by making sure 81 00:04:47.560 --> 00:04:51.240 that the new door, the barn door, is a bit 82 00:04:51.319 --> 00:04:55.639 oversized and so that it is significantly wider than the 83 00:04:55.759 --> 00:04:59.439 jam and a little bit taller than the jam as well. 84 00:05:00.079 --> 00:05:02.920 And as a result of that that helps it helps 85 00:05:03.000 --> 00:05:05.360 the you know, the further that the door is overlapped 86 00:05:05.360 --> 00:05:10.720 on the existing jam, it possible helps with sound transmission. 87 00:05:11.600 --> 00:05:15.199 But it's not as if there's you know, there's the 88 00:05:15.319 --> 00:05:18.000 sound as if there's no door there whatsoever. I'm just 89 00:05:18.040 --> 00:05:21.879 saying that, you know, in a in a bathroom area, 90 00:05:22.279 --> 00:05:26.120 if I put a solid core traditional door, that's making 91 00:05:26.680 --> 00:05:30.040 direct contact with the door stop on three sides and 92 00:05:30.160 --> 00:05:33.160 only has that little gap on the bottom. Then that 93 00:05:33.439 --> 00:05:36.800 sound isolation because sound is you know, sound finds air, 94 00:05:37.160 --> 00:05:40.000 and if air, if air is allowed to flow between 95 00:05:40.000 --> 00:05:44.240 one space and another, it's an excellent medium for sound 96 00:05:44.279 --> 00:05:48.279 to travel. So a standard door sitting up against door 97 00:05:48.319 --> 00:05:52.519 stops does a considerably better job shutting down sound then 98 00:05:52.600 --> 00:05:56.120 it does anything else. As far as the sliding door, 99 00:05:56.160 --> 00:05:58.959 a barn door is concerned, or a pocket door, there's 100 00:05:59.079 --> 00:06:03.480 lockable sliding door barn door hardware out there, some really 101 00:06:03.480 --> 00:06:06.759 beautiful barn door at hard So it's not that that 102 00:06:07.319 --> 00:06:10.199 the door couldn't be secured, and it's not that the 103 00:06:10.279 --> 00:06:15.920 door would would encourage you know, visible privacy disruptions. All 104 00:06:15.959 --> 00:06:18.959 of that would be handled. It's just a question when 105 00:06:18.959 --> 00:06:21.560 it comes to a powder room of sound. If down 106 00:06:21.560 --> 00:06:25.439 a hallway far enough away from everybody else, then probably 107 00:06:25.480 --> 00:06:28.560 not a big concern. And it sounds like it would 108 00:06:28.560 --> 00:06:31.279 be the least expensive. Have you having run through the 109 00:06:31.360 --> 00:06:36.120 gambit of of ideas already that I would have thrown 110 00:06:36.160 --> 00:06:38.600 out to you, and I understand you don't want to 111 00:06:38.600 --> 00:06:43.079 disrupt that hardwood floor, uh, And yeah, that would be 112 00:06:43.120 --> 00:06:46.959 the case. Now, if you decide to disrupt the hardwood floor, 113 00:06:47.639 --> 00:06:51.920 then then I want you to be aware of one 114 00:06:51.959 --> 00:06:55.240 more option that you've got for a bathroom like that, 115 00:06:55.839 --> 00:07:00.560 not just moving the flange back. You know a couple 116 00:07:00.639 --> 00:07:04.360 of inches for a standard twelve inch offset for the 117 00:07:04.399 --> 00:07:08.079 toilet for all the new modern toilets, but you could 118 00:07:08.120 --> 00:07:13.959 actually decide to move the drain completely into the wall 119 00:07:14.079 --> 00:07:16.639 and put a wall mount toilet in there, which gives 120 00:07:16.680 --> 00:07:20.639 you the maximum clearance in a small bathroom because the 121 00:07:20.680 --> 00:07:24.120 wall mount toilet incorporates a frame that puts the tank 122 00:07:24.240 --> 00:07:27.800 into the wall, and literally only the bowl will be 123 00:07:27.839 --> 00:07:31.839 sticking out into the room, So you're eliminating the tank 124 00:07:32.160 --> 00:07:35.279 presence offset from the wall altogether. And so instead of 125 00:07:35.279 --> 00:07:39.920 twelve inches offset, it's zero inches offset from bowl to wall, 126 00:07:40.319 --> 00:07:43.120 and you would have the most room. But I get it, 127 00:07:43.160 --> 00:07:45.079 I get it. You don't want to disrupt the wood floor. 128 00:07:45.480 --> 00:07:48.199 So a sliding door or a pocket door there would 129 00:07:48.240 --> 00:07:50.399 be your best shot. And I would say between a 130 00:07:50.480 --> 00:07:53.120 sliding in a pocket door, the barn door is probably 131 00:07:53.199 --> 00:07:56.560 the better idea, just because a pocket door, even though 132 00:07:56.639 --> 00:08:00.439 it looks like it's making solid contact the pocket itself, 133 00:08:00.480 --> 00:08:03.920 the pocket becomes a sound transmissionary. 134 00:08:05.120 --> 00:08:08.519 I get youri Well, the door where the pocket door 135 00:08:08.519 --> 00:08:13.800 would slide into it's a near it's about twenty six inches, 136 00:08:14.079 --> 00:08:17.959 and there's another door, a bedroom door that's next to that, 137 00:08:18.000 --> 00:08:20.600 and there's a light switch in that wall where the 138 00:08:20.600 --> 00:08:25.680 pocket door would slide right, have electrical work so that 139 00:08:25.759 --> 00:08:28.279 there was a slideable work. I've even talked thought about 140 00:08:28.800 --> 00:08:35.799 a door Harmonica type or Accordian door. It's a little 141 00:08:35.840 --> 00:08:38.879 on the cheap side, but that was another alternative. 142 00:08:39.879 --> 00:08:41.720 Yeah, I would do the sliding door if I had 143 00:08:41.720 --> 00:08:44.559 to choose between all of that, because it's classy. It 144 00:08:44.600 --> 00:08:46.440 doesn't have to look like a barn either. There is 145 00:08:46.639 --> 00:08:50.559 zero hardware visible sliding doors now that can look very 146 00:08:50.600 --> 00:08:53.799 contemporary as well. Look those up as well, Michael. I've 147 00:08:53.799 --> 00:08:56.679 got to run to a break. Thanks for your question. 148 00:08:56.840 --> 00:08:59.399 I hope that helps. I would do the sliding door 149 00:08:59.440 --> 00:09:02.200 if we're going to that wood floor. Otherwise you're gon 150 00:09:02.240 --> 00:09:04.879 have to commit to moving the flange in the concrete 151 00:09:04.960 --> 00:09:07.399 for the toilet. All right, y'all, when we come back, 152 00:09:07.480 --> 00:09:09.399 more of your calls your home with Dean Sharp the 153 00:09:09.399 --> 00:09:15.000 house whisper. We're at your service. We're taking calls on 154 00:09:15.120 --> 00:09:21.399 this lovely, misty Saturday morning here in Spring, and it's 155 00:09:21.440 --> 00:09:23.279 time to go back to the phones. I want to 156 00:09:23.320 --> 00:09:26.200 talk to Chris. Hey, Chris, welcome home. 157 00:09:27.360 --> 00:09:30.399 Hey Dean, thank you for taking the call. Hey, I 158 00:09:30.519 --> 00:09:32.440 have a question about some blown in insulation. 159 00:09:33.159 --> 00:09:34.720 I have a twenty. 160 00:09:34.519 --> 00:09:39.240 Four hundred square foot three bedroom ranch style house L shaped, 161 00:09:39.960 --> 00:09:42.279 and it has a patio on the front about twelve 162 00:09:42.320 --> 00:09:47.279 feet deep, all stucco. It's built into the house. Insulation 163 00:09:47.360 --> 00:09:49.960 in the house is only covering the living space. It's 164 00:09:49.960 --> 00:09:52.919 not covering the patio in the front or the patio 165 00:09:53.039 --> 00:09:56.159 in the back. It's just the sudden laughing getting ready 166 00:09:56.200 --> 00:09:57.240 to do blown in insulation. 167 00:09:57.399 --> 00:09:59.559 Should I have that section done. 168 00:09:59.480 --> 00:10:02.639 Or not done? And I'm getting conflicting answers from contractors. 169 00:10:04.159 --> 00:10:07.000 Are the what are the I'm curious what the contractors 170 00:10:07.000 --> 00:10:07.440 are saying. 171 00:10:08.639 --> 00:10:11.039 One saying no, that it's not a living space, it 172 00:10:11.080 --> 00:10:13.840 doesn't need to be insulated. The other saying, yes, let's 173 00:10:13.879 --> 00:10:16.840 do it because the heat will radiate up through the 174 00:10:16.919 --> 00:10:20.399 patio and then into the attic space above the living space. 175 00:10:20.879 --> 00:10:23.080 And the patios are kind of large. They're twelve feet 176 00:10:23.120 --> 00:10:26.320 deep on the L shaped one. It's fifty feet run 177 00:10:26.639 --> 00:10:28.840 to one way and forty five foot run on the other, 178 00:10:28.960 --> 00:10:30.919 twelve feet and fifteen feet in the back. 179 00:10:32.000 --> 00:10:35.279 Okay, all right, all right, So here's my here's my 180 00:10:35.360 --> 00:10:39.039 take on that they're both kind of right. Well, they're 181 00:10:39.080 --> 00:10:43.559 both right in their own way. It's absolutely true. You 182 00:10:43.600 --> 00:10:46.960 don't have to do it because it is exteriors. Okay, 183 00:10:47.080 --> 00:10:49.240 you don't have to do it. It's not a requirement. 184 00:10:49.279 --> 00:10:51.559 It's outside the house, right, as long as you've got 185 00:10:51.559 --> 00:10:55.159 a barrier, and you should have a barrier up in 186 00:10:55.200 --> 00:10:58.320 the attic in between the space. Now, for some reason, 187 00:10:58.679 --> 00:11:02.480 that's all there is not, okay, So then I would absolutely, 188 00:11:02.519 --> 00:11:07.799 without question do it. Yeah, for two reasons. You know, 189 00:11:08.720 --> 00:11:14.639 an exterior space is only defined by a true wall break, like, 190 00:11:14.679 --> 00:11:17.480 for instance, in your garage. If you look in the 191 00:11:17.519 --> 00:11:20.759 attic about the garage, you'll find that there's a wall, 192 00:11:20.879 --> 00:11:24.720 continuous wall up in between the garage and the rest 193 00:11:24.759 --> 00:11:27.039 of the attic space. That's because the garage is quote 194 00:11:27.120 --> 00:11:30.159 unquote exterior. But if for some reason this was missed, 195 00:11:30.759 --> 00:11:33.840 then you absolutely should insulate the whole space. And I 196 00:11:33.840 --> 00:11:37.559 would probably do it anyway, because blown in insulation is 197 00:11:37.600 --> 00:11:41.200 not expensive. Number one, all number two, I'm not so 198 00:11:41.360 --> 00:11:46.279 worried about heat invading up from that space, although if 199 00:11:46.320 --> 00:11:49.919 there's no wall, I am concerned about that now. But 200 00:11:50.480 --> 00:11:52.399 even if there was a wall, I think I would 201 00:11:52.440 --> 00:11:55.960 do it because it's gonna make the patio experience that 202 00:11:56.080 --> 00:11:58.960 much more comfortable because that insulation is going to help 203 00:11:59.240 --> 00:12:03.480 keep heat from radiating down into the patio as well, 204 00:12:03.879 --> 00:12:06.360 and if you decide to do any heating outside on 205 00:12:06.440 --> 00:12:09.320 the patio, it's actually actually going to hold that heat 206 00:12:09.399 --> 00:12:12.440 in place better on those cold days as well. So 207 00:12:12.519 --> 00:12:14.799 I just don't think there's any downside to doing the 208 00:12:14.840 --> 00:12:18.159 blown in everywhere perfect perfect. 209 00:12:18.399 --> 00:12:21.759 Now, there are recessed can lights for lack of better term, 210 00:12:21.799 --> 00:12:25.720 they're rectangular. Should those be covered before the insulation is 211 00:12:25.759 --> 00:12:27.519 blown in? Or are they okay just to cover with 212 00:12:27.559 --> 00:12:28.120 the insulation? 213 00:12:28.919 --> 00:12:32.320 Well, if they are, if they're newer recess can lights 214 00:12:32.320 --> 00:12:36.679 that are all low voltage and icy rated That IC 215 00:12:37.000 --> 00:12:42.960 means insulated and contact rated, Okay, Yeah, if they're old school, 216 00:12:43.039 --> 00:12:45.720 you can buy covers for them all right. You can 217 00:12:45.759 --> 00:12:48.200 look online. Sometimes you can find them at the big 218 00:12:48.240 --> 00:12:51.360 box stores, sometimes not. But there are covers from the 219 00:12:51.399 --> 00:12:54.879 attic side. You just cover over the light and then 220 00:12:55.000 --> 00:12:56.879 that way you can blow in around it. You don't 221 00:12:56.879 --> 00:13:01.480 want to make a direct contact with a recess canlight 222 00:13:01.879 --> 00:13:06.519 that is not ic or insulation contact rated because it's 223 00:13:06.519 --> 00:13:07.720 a fire answer. 224 00:13:08.120 --> 00:13:10.159 Understood, and that was my question to Kay. 225 00:13:10.200 --> 00:13:10.559 Perfect. 226 00:13:10.600 --> 00:13:12.039 So we'll cover it and we'll get it done. Yeah, 227 00:13:12.080 --> 00:13:14.360 the cost difference is nothing that I think the benefits 228 00:13:14.360 --> 00:13:16.000 are tremendous. 229 00:13:16.480 --> 00:13:18.519 I agree one hundred percent. Chris, one hundred percent. 230 00:13:19.480 --> 00:13:22.080 Dean. Thank you so much. I appreciate your answers and 231 00:13:22.159 --> 00:13:24.519 confirming my thoughts. I appreciate it all. 232 00:13:24.480 --> 00:13:26.840 Right, buddy, good luck on that. Thanks for the question. 233 00:13:27.159 --> 00:13:29.120 Always great. This is why we take questions because who 234 00:13:29.159 --> 00:13:30.919 knows where they come from, and they just end up 235 00:13:30.960 --> 00:13:33.559 helping everybody understand their home a little bit better, and 236 00:13:33.600 --> 00:13:34.840 we will continue to do it. 237 00:13:35.960 --> 00:13:39.279 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 238 00:13:39.360 --> 00:13:41.080 KFI AM six forty. 239 00:13:43.919 --> 00:13:50.519 HIM forty live streaming and HD everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 240 00:13:50.840 --> 00:13:53.600 You are Home with Dean Sharp the house Whisper I 241 00:13:53.639 --> 00:13:55.679 help you feel that way. Hope you feel home every 242 00:13:55.720 --> 00:13:57.039 time you tune in to the show. 243 00:13:57.080 --> 00:13:57.320 Here. 244 00:13:57.559 --> 00:14:00.799 Of course, we spend our time talking about your home, 245 00:14:00.960 --> 00:14:04.360 every aspect of your home from design to construction, to 246 00:14:04.480 --> 00:14:10.399 DIY home improvement fix and toilets having grand architectural designs 247 00:14:10.440 --> 00:14:15.519 and everything in between, inside outside the whole mgilla? Is 248 00:14:15.559 --> 00:14:18.039 that a thing? Sam? Can we find out what the 249 00:14:18.039 --> 00:14:20.639 word mcgilla means and where it comes from? I find 250 00:14:20.639 --> 00:14:24.440 it might be mgilla gorilla? Is it? Can we find out? 251 00:14:24.639 --> 00:14:28.360 Because such I grew up saying it because my parents 252 00:14:28.399 --> 00:14:31.799 used to say it, and now I realize maybe just today, 253 00:14:32.080 --> 00:14:34.320 I have no idea what that means other than like 254 00:14:34.480 --> 00:14:36.399 it means the whole thing, and it kind of bugs 255 00:14:36.440 --> 00:14:38.919 me because I'm a word nerd. So we got to 256 00:14:38.919 --> 00:14:43.519 find that out. Anyway, the hole mgilla, everything regarding your home. 257 00:14:43.840 --> 00:14:47.080 And as always, we're taking calls here on a Saturday morning. 258 00:14:47.080 --> 00:14:48.879 We still have room on the call board for you. 259 00:14:49.240 --> 00:14:52.360 The number to reach me eight three three two. Ask 260 00:14:52.559 --> 00:14:56.039 Dean eight three three the numeral two. Ask Dean eight 261 00:14:56.080 --> 00:15:01.440 three three two. Ask Dean. I found the definition of 262 00:15:01.559 --> 00:15:05.559 miguilli for you. Yeah, what is it? It's something large 263 00:15:05.639 --> 00:15:10.039 and or elaborate. Okay, there it is, So the whole 264 00:15:10.279 --> 00:15:16.000 large elaborate thing gorilla exactly. Yeah. Right, that's why they 265 00:15:16.080 --> 00:15:19.399 named him that, right, because he was large and elaborate 266 00:15:19.679 --> 00:15:22.200 or he was large. He wasn't very elaborate, but he 267 00:15:22.279 --> 00:15:26.879 was large. Oh, there was no grape Ape. That's true. 268 00:15:27.080 --> 00:15:31.480 Oh my gosh. There is a whole younger generation listening 269 00:15:31.559 --> 00:15:34.559 right now, like great Ape. What's that? What's that? Yeah? 270 00:15:34.679 --> 00:15:36.639 I know you have to be you have to be 271 00:15:36.759 --> 00:15:40.399 older folks like us here, as we talked about at 272 00:15:40.440 --> 00:15:45.559 the top of the show, to remember Gray Ape. Okay, 273 00:15:46.159 --> 00:15:48.559 all right, I'm gonna shut up and go to the phones. Now, 274 00:15:48.919 --> 00:15:54.240 let's talk to Fred. Hey, Fred, welcome home, Jean. How 275 00:15:54.360 --> 00:15:57.080 you doing good? Good, good, my friend. How can I 276 00:15:57.120 --> 00:15:58.799 help you? 277 00:15:58.919 --> 00:16:00.000 Yeah? 278 00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:07.519 I have this HVAC unit in my single live and 279 00:16:07.720 --> 00:16:10.120 I come to find out that all my free on 280 00:16:10.840 --> 00:16:15.919 has leaked out, Uh huh and yeah, out of the 281 00:16:16.080 --> 00:16:17.399 I guess the evaporator. 282 00:16:18.279 --> 00:16:20.480 Yeah, wherever. 283 00:16:20.840 --> 00:16:26.120 Anyway, I don't want to pay fifteen thousand dollars for 284 00:16:26.240 --> 00:16:31.240 a brand new unit. I'd rather get a split unit. 285 00:16:31.720 --> 00:16:37.679 I only have a thousand square feet yep, and I 286 00:16:37.720 --> 00:16:39.080 think that would be perfect for me. 287 00:16:39.480 --> 00:16:43.559 What do you think, I would say, probably in your situation, 288 00:16:44.159 --> 00:16:48.480 thousand square foot single wide mobile home. Yeah, I think 289 00:16:48.519 --> 00:16:51.120 a split unit you'd want to get more than you'd 290 00:16:51.159 --> 00:16:54.960 want to get a unit that has more than one cassette, okay, 291 00:16:55.480 --> 00:16:58.559 because even a thousand square feet you got different rooms, 292 00:16:58.559 --> 00:17:01.639 so you got it, you know, probably two cassettes, maybe three, 293 00:17:01.679 --> 00:17:05.519 but two cassettes so that you get even coverage. And 294 00:17:05.559 --> 00:17:08.119 by the way, when we talk about a mini split 295 00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:12.720 air conditioning, for everybody who's curious about that, they are 296 00:17:13.000 --> 00:17:17.079 much much smaller than standard air conditioning, super quiet, less expensive, 297 00:17:18.000 --> 00:17:20.960 no duct work involved. What you have is on the 298 00:17:21.000 --> 00:17:26.319 outside you have the essentially a traditional compressor and condenser outside, 299 00:17:26.319 --> 00:17:30.000 but much smaller, much quieter, and on the inside, instead 300 00:17:30.039 --> 00:17:33.759 of ducting, you've got these what are called cassettes. Cassettes 301 00:17:33.799 --> 00:17:37.359 can be mounted the typical split system cassette can be 302 00:17:37.440 --> 00:17:41.680 mounted up high on a wall. But now, Fred, there 303 00:17:41.680 --> 00:17:45.640 are also some really nice cassette units that get mounted 304 00:17:45.680 --> 00:17:47.920 in ceilings so that we don't have to have that 305 00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:52.240 thing on the wall. And a split systems, many split 306 00:17:52.319 --> 00:17:57.039 systems can range from a single condenser and one cassette 307 00:17:57.160 --> 00:18:01.039 up to a single condenser and four cassettes inside a home. 308 00:18:01.359 --> 00:18:04.599 That would be overkill in your situation. But I would 309 00:18:04.640 --> 00:18:09.200 look at you know, one, maybe two cassettes at the most, 310 00:18:09.359 --> 00:18:12.359 and they would be do a really good job and 311 00:18:12.839 --> 00:18:17.759 also in addition to cooling, they would also you know, 312 00:18:18.079 --> 00:18:21.119 be full functional in terms of heating if you got 313 00:18:21.119 --> 00:18:23.960 the heat pump unit. A heat pump unit is simply 314 00:18:24.279 --> 00:18:27.519 a little bit more advanced system that reverses the flow 315 00:18:27.720 --> 00:18:30.799 of the air conditioner and actually provides heat when you 316 00:18:30.880 --> 00:18:32.599 need it as opposed to cooling. 317 00:18:34.279 --> 00:18:37.920 Where would you suggest I put these cassettes at in 318 00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:43.680 the in the master and the living room. 319 00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:46.839 Yeah, that probably is the right way to go. I 320 00:18:46.839 --> 00:18:49.440 mean you basically you've got your open air area, which 321 00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:52.359 is kitchen, dining and living room area. I'd put that 322 00:18:52.400 --> 00:18:56.279 cassette kind of centrally located there for maximum comfort, and 323 00:18:56.319 --> 00:19:00.079 then probably one back in the primary bedroom. So but 324 00:19:00.839 --> 00:19:04.160 you've got your you know, a two sown system. Essentially, 325 00:19:04.519 --> 00:19:06.440 you could turn one off when you're not using the 326 00:19:06.440 --> 00:19:08.680 bedroom during the day, only run the one out in 327 00:19:08.759 --> 00:19:12.519 the dining area and vice versa at night, and you'd have, 328 00:19:13.240 --> 00:19:16.000 you know, you'd have a very very comfortable space, and 329 00:19:16.160 --> 00:19:19.640 also you'd be saving energy as well, because you wouldn't 330 00:19:19.680 --> 00:19:22.000 be trying to heat the whole place when you only 331 00:19:22.039 --> 00:19:24.079 need it, you know, heat and cool the whole place 332 00:19:24.079 --> 00:19:26.720 when you only need it in one zone or the other. 333 00:19:26.960 --> 00:19:30.279 So yeah, that's how I would go. Fred. We're up 334 00:19:30.319 --> 00:19:33.119 against a break. Fred. Thanks for your question, my friend. 335 00:19:33.119 --> 00:19:35.440 Good luck on that, and I think you're headed in 336 00:19:35.480 --> 00:19:38.359 the right direction. All right, more of your calls when 337 00:19:38.400 --> 00:19:41.519 we return your home with Dean Sharp the house Whisper Day, 338 00:19:42.240 --> 00:19:46.039 Dean Sharp, the House Whipper, Welcome home. Thanks for joining 339 00:19:46.119 --> 00:19:52.519 us this morning, this now drizzly officially drizzly Saturday spring 340 00:19:52.599 --> 00:19:56.039 morning here in southern California. I hope the weather is 341 00:19:56.079 --> 00:19:59.319 treating you right wherever you may be. There's some storms 342 00:19:59.359 --> 00:20:02.160 blowing through the Midwest right now too, so I guess 343 00:20:02.200 --> 00:20:05.279 we'll take the drizzle. We'll take the cloudy drizzle. It's 344 00:20:05.319 --> 00:20:08.160 been a weird spring. It's been a real spring this year. 345 00:20:08.319 --> 00:20:11.519 I mean here we are right in is a technical 346 00:20:11.720 --> 00:20:14.200 late May, yeah, the second half of May, and we're 347 00:20:14.240 --> 00:20:18.200 still getting this kind of weather. Very very interesting. By 348 00:20:18.240 --> 00:20:22.119 the way, listener Sherry wrote me a note here and said, 349 00:20:22.200 --> 00:20:25.799 quick and dirty, Dean. Mcgilla is a Hebrew word. It 350 00:20:25.839 --> 00:20:31.799 has to do with a long, extensive reading that you 351 00:20:31.839 --> 00:20:37.519 know from the Torah. The mcgilla esther and it was 352 00:20:37.559 --> 00:20:41.039 something that people are in some level were obligated to 353 00:20:41.119 --> 00:20:45.559 read on purim and it's long and it's detailed, and 354 00:20:45.640 --> 00:20:49.559 so that's where the phrase initially came from. Like you, 355 00:20:49.920 --> 00:20:52.759 by the time you're done, you've done it, You've read 356 00:20:52.799 --> 00:20:57.799 through the whole mgilla and there it is. So thank 357 00:20:57.839 --> 00:21:02.119 you Jerry for that. I appreciate that. I like learning things. 358 00:21:02.359 --> 00:21:05.920 I like knowing's stuff. All right, we're taking calls this morning. 359 00:21:06.279 --> 00:21:11.160 I've got time for one more, maybe two, probably just one. 360 00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:11.480 I don't know. 361 00:21:12.480 --> 00:21:15.079 Let's talk to Joan. Hey, Joan, welcome home. 362 00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:19.519 Thank you, Dean, good morning, and thank you for your 363 00:21:19.680 --> 00:21:25.000 very helpful show. Appreciate it. I have a tile roof 364 00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:33.480 home twenty six years old. The garage area there is 365 00:21:33.559 --> 00:21:38.000 a dip in the tiles. There are a few homes 366 00:21:38.039 --> 00:21:43.480 in my area with the same situation. Also know of 367 00:21:43.960 --> 00:21:48.720 one friend in Huntington Beach that has an issue. Is 368 00:21:48.759 --> 00:21:49.640 this common? 369 00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:50.240 Is it? 370 00:21:51.000 --> 00:21:54.000 What kind of a problem? And what do I do 371 00:21:54.160 --> 00:21:55.559 to repair it? If anything? 372 00:21:56.400 --> 00:22:00.480 Okay? Got it? So visibly from outside you look, You're like, 373 00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:07.519 why is there? It's not flat? It kind of dips in, right, Okay, 374 00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:11.160 do you happen to know what the structure up inside 375 00:22:11.200 --> 00:22:14.720 your garage? Roof looks like is it. 376 00:22:15.400 --> 00:22:21.680 Because it is enclosed? Cannot see the roof the attic area. 377 00:22:21.599 --> 00:22:24.759 Is enclosed, okay, And there's. 378 00:22:24.599 --> 00:22:28.640 No evidence of leaks or right anything. 379 00:22:29.960 --> 00:22:33.960 There is one of two culprits involved here, my friend. 380 00:22:34.599 --> 00:22:40.000 And the good news is it's probably fixable, okay. And no, 381 00:22:40.119 --> 00:22:43.640 it's probably not a structural failing, although it is an 382 00:22:43.799 --> 00:22:48.079 esthetic structural failing. And what I mean by that a 383 00:22:48.119 --> 00:22:51.799 twenty year old home, my guess, is my guess, a 384 00:22:51.960 --> 00:22:56.240 home built around two thousand that you probably have what 385 00:22:56.279 --> 00:23:02.519 we call a trust system in your garage probably so 386 00:23:03.119 --> 00:23:05.839 those are made out of two by fours and are 387 00:23:06.079 --> 00:23:09.519 they are set up in a kind of a a 388 00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:13.119 braced system. That's what a trust is. It comes pre braced. 389 00:23:13.160 --> 00:23:16.359 It's a way of using smaller amounts of lumber of 390 00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:21.200 you know, smaller types of lumber like two by fours 391 00:23:21.200 --> 00:23:26.279 for doing heavy lifting work, like you know, an entire roofline. 392 00:23:26.880 --> 00:23:32.440 Trusses are typically set at twenty four inches on center 393 00:23:32.640 --> 00:23:37.160 two feet on center, and so that leaves about two 394 00:23:37.200 --> 00:23:42.920 feet of plywood spanning that area. Normally that's not an issue, 395 00:23:42.960 --> 00:23:48.759 but sometimes especially we've noticed when also spect on top 396 00:23:48.799 --> 00:23:52.920 of that system, is a you know, concrete tile roof. 397 00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:56.319 There can be areas where the ply wood starts to 398 00:23:56.400 --> 00:23:59.000 sag a little bit, and as a result, out on 399 00:23:59.039 --> 00:24:03.559 the roof you see that dip in it. So typically 400 00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:07.000 here's the thing. Either one a trust has failed. That's unlikely. 401 00:24:07.279 --> 00:24:11.200