WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.520 --> 00:00:04.040 KFI AM six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp The 2 00:00:04.080 --> 00:00:11.279 House Whisper on demand on the iHeartRadio app KFI AM 3 00:00:11.320 --> 00:00:17.519 six forty live streaming in HD everywhere on the iHeartRadio App. Hey, 4 00:00:17.640 --> 00:00:22.719 welcome home. I'm Dean Sharp, the House Whisper. I design 5 00:00:22.800 --> 00:00:26.760 custom homes and I am your guide every weekend to 6 00:00:26.839 --> 00:00:31.480 better understand that place where you live today on the 7 00:00:31.559 --> 00:00:35.079 show as we have it has really become our custom here 8 00:00:35.479 --> 00:00:39.200 on our quiet Saturday mornings, it's an all calls morning. 9 00:00:39.280 --> 00:00:42.000 I am putting out the call to you right now. 10 00:00:42.399 --> 00:00:46.600 If you've got an issue, a question, a curiosity, a 11 00:00:46.719 --> 00:00:51.479 DIY problem that you've got to solve, an architectural question, 12 00:00:51.600 --> 00:00:55.560 a design question, a construction question about your home, I 13 00:00:55.600 --> 00:00:59.079 am here to help you take it to the next level. 14 00:00:59.520 --> 00:01:01.479 We'll put our heads together and we'll figure it out. 15 00:01:01.479 --> 00:01:05.280 The number to reach me eight three three two. Ask 16 00:01:05.439 --> 00:01:09.879 Dean eight three three. The numeral two ask Dean eight 17 00:01:09.920 --> 00:01:13.640 three three to ask Dean. Our phone lines are open. 18 00:01:13.680 --> 00:01:17.400 Producer Matt is standing by right now ready to take 19 00:01:17.480 --> 00:01:20.640 your call. I know it is Saturday morning. It is 20 00:01:20.719 --> 00:01:23.840 a quiet time here in southern California. If you're listening 21 00:01:23.920 --> 00:01:26.920 for anywhere across the country. Your morning is a little 22 00:01:26.959 --> 00:01:31.000 bit more developed. So any call from anywhere, from anybody, 23 00:01:31.640 --> 00:01:33.840 We're just in the mood to talk about your home 24 00:01:33.920 --> 00:01:36.760 this morning. Eight three three two ask Dean and we 25 00:01:36.799 --> 00:01:38.719 will go to the phones as soon as the calls 26 00:01:38.760 --> 00:01:40.000 start rolling in. 27 00:01:40.359 --> 00:01:43.079 Let me introduce our awesome team. Sam is on. 28 00:01:42.920 --> 00:01:47.120 The board good morning, saying good morning, Dean. How are 29 00:01:47.120 --> 00:01:51.200 you doing today. I'm doing well. I'm doing well, got 30 00:01:51.239 --> 00:01:53.480 a good night's sleep. I had a lovely dinner last 31 00:01:53.560 --> 00:01:58.840 night with some dear friends, clients who have become dear friends, 32 00:01:58.879 --> 00:02:01.799 as so many any of our most of our clients 33 00:02:01.840 --> 00:02:05.400 do actually working on the third project in a row 34 00:02:05.480 --> 00:02:09.240 now for this one particular client, little beach house out 35 00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:15.280 in Portwaanimi out in the Channel Harbor area, Channel Islands, 36 00:02:15.280 --> 00:02:19.919 Harbury and great little beach house built in the seventies 37 00:02:20.120 --> 00:02:22.599 and it's been in their family for all these years 38 00:02:23.199 --> 00:02:27.280 and not many changes have taken place since the seventies, 39 00:02:27.400 --> 00:02:28.919 so it is just ripe. 40 00:02:29.039 --> 00:02:34.680 It's ripe for updating and some changes. So it's a classic. 41 00:02:34.719 --> 00:02:38.280 I mean you drive up and you know, lava rock 42 00:02:38.520 --> 00:02:39.960 on the front of the house, and. 43 00:02:39.960 --> 00:02:41.800 Does it still have the shag carpet. 44 00:02:42.800 --> 00:02:45.479 No, no, they did get rid of the shag carpet. 45 00:02:45.520 --> 00:02:48.520 But you know, apart from that, you got the vibe right, 46 00:02:48.800 --> 00:02:52.199 it's just totally right there. And so there are so 47 00:02:52.319 --> 00:02:55.240 many tweaks and changes to make, and I just I 48 00:02:55.319 --> 00:02:59.400 love sitting down with clients and really talking through what 49 00:02:59.439 --> 00:03:02.159 they want to eight out of the place. And you know, 50 00:03:02.199 --> 00:03:05.199 as always, some revelations along the way as we kind 51 00:03:05.199 --> 00:03:07.439 of you know, have a conversation about well, how's this 52 00:03:07.479 --> 00:03:10.479 going to fit you best, and some things that really 53 00:03:10.520 --> 00:03:14.080 surprised them along the way. So it really really good 54 00:03:14.360 --> 00:03:16.520 night last night. And then just went out and had 55 00:03:16.520 --> 00:03:20.319 some dinner and talked about some really just very personal 56 00:03:20.400 --> 00:03:23.800 things and some special things about their family and our life. 57 00:03:23.879 --> 00:03:27.879 And anyway, it was great, great evening. The Dodgers won 58 00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:34.159 yesterday long game, rain delay in Atlanta long game, and 59 00:03:34.199 --> 00:03:36.439 we got right to the eighth inning and we were 60 00:03:36.479 --> 00:03:38.479 just like, all right, let's end this thing. And then 61 00:03:38.599 --> 00:03:41.639 the rain started rolling in and we had to wait 62 00:03:41.680 --> 00:03:44.159 an hour and a half before we finished off just 63 00:03:44.280 --> 00:03:48.199 you know, six strikes and that was it. So anyway, 64 00:03:48.319 --> 00:03:49.560 it was a good day. It's going to be a 65 00:03:49.599 --> 00:03:51.759 good morning today. Got some work ahead of us today 66 00:03:51.759 --> 00:03:56.159 as well, and yeah, we're pretty jazzed. So how is 67 00:03:56.319 --> 00:03:58.560 everything right there in the control booth? 68 00:03:58.599 --> 00:04:01.840 My friend fantastic. I have my son here today, so 69 00:04:01.879 --> 00:04:05.719 we got a live audience. Of course, of course he's 70 00:04:05.719 --> 00:04:10.400 the best, he's awesome. Producer Matt is standing by taking 71 00:04:10.439 --> 00:04:13.039 calls this morning. Looks like he's taking a call now. 72 00:04:13.080 --> 00:04:14.599 I just want to let you guys know. You know, 73 00:04:14.879 --> 00:04:17.079 Saturday morning, it's a great time to call in. Traffic 74 00:04:17.199 --> 00:04:21.480 is like eight three three, to ask Dean. Some people question, 75 00:04:21.600 --> 00:04:24.160 they're like, would you do why would you do? Call 76 00:04:24.240 --> 00:04:26.600 ins at six o'clock in the morning on Saturday? 77 00:04:27.480 --> 00:04:30.560 You know what, I understand the logic, but the fact 78 00:04:30.600 --> 00:04:32.560 of the matter is there's a lot of us who 79 00:04:32.600 --> 00:04:35.680 are up and about and it's just a special time. 80 00:04:35.720 --> 00:04:38.600 And I love calls on Saturday mornings. They just got 81 00:04:38.600 --> 00:04:42.839 a great tone to them. Eileen Gonzalez at the news desk, 82 00:04:42.839 --> 00:04:46.680 Good morning, Eileen, Good morning, Dean. How's it going good? 83 00:04:46.759 --> 00:04:48.319 How are you doing good? 84 00:04:48.399 --> 00:04:51.399 Thanks? Everything good? What's our tea of choice this morning? 85 00:04:51.480 --> 00:04:53.800 You know, I haven't had time to get anything to drink, 86 00:04:53.800 --> 00:04:56.759 and I'm parched, all right, you got to get out 87 00:04:56.800 --> 00:04:59.360 there and get that going. Yeah, I'll get some I'll 88 00:04:59.360 --> 00:05:02.920 get some green going. All right, sounds good now. 89 00:05:02.959 --> 00:05:05.160 Normally I would say, sitting across the table from me, 90 00:05:05.279 --> 00:05:08.079 my better half, my design partner, my best friend in 91 00:05:08.120 --> 00:05:13.360 all the world, Tina is here. But I have given her. 92 00:05:13.560 --> 00:05:16.639 I have given her like I'm in charge. Tina's taking 93 00:05:16.639 --> 00:05:18.560 the morning off. We'll probably see her in a little 94 00:05:18.560 --> 00:05:23.000 bit later, but she is taking a well deserved sleep 95 00:05:23.040 --> 00:05:27.160 in today. So Tina will be here shortly. And as 96 00:05:27.199 --> 00:05:29.439 for the rest of you, We've got some calls coming 97 00:05:29.480 --> 00:05:32.879 in and I just want to dive right in, so 98 00:05:33.079 --> 00:05:38.079 we will go to the phones. Kfi, Dean Sharp, the 99 00:05:38.120 --> 00:05:45.240 house whisper, Welcome home, Happy Saturday morning to you, my friend. 100 00:05:45.600 --> 00:05:48.879 Whether your home is a condo or a cottage or 101 00:05:48.879 --> 00:05:51.800 a castle matters not to me. I am here to 102 00:05:51.839 --> 00:05:55.360 help you take it to the next level. Like I said, 103 00:05:55.600 --> 00:05:57.959 last night, we were having dinner with some dear friends 104 00:05:57.959 --> 00:06:01.279 who are also design clients, and we were having a 105 00:06:01.439 --> 00:06:06.639 really really interesting discussion just about the whole idea of design. 106 00:06:06.680 --> 00:06:09.879 They were kind of interviewing me. They were saying, I 107 00:06:09.920 --> 00:06:13.839 want to get inside your head about your design career, 108 00:06:13.879 --> 00:06:16.720 and I was talking about some of the more interesting 109 00:06:16.759 --> 00:06:19.439 facets of how I ended up doing what I'm doing, 110 00:06:20.040 --> 00:06:22.639 and you were one of the things I had to 111 00:06:23.199 --> 00:06:25.959 tell them was, hey, you know, one of the things 112 00:06:25.959 --> 00:06:28.279 I realized along the way, Yeah, I broke into the 113 00:06:28.319 --> 00:06:33.000 design world through big luxury estates and those are lovely. 114 00:06:33.079 --> 00:06:35.560 I mean they're lovely in the sense that, you know, 115 00:06:35.560 --> 00:06:40.839 when you're doing these massive costs and ultra custom luxury 116 00:06:40.920 --> 00:06:45.199 projects as an artist, you know, a great client becomes 117 00:06:45.240 --> 00:06:48.360 a great patron and just says, you know, here, unleash, 118 00:06:48.519 --> 00:06:51.680 unleash your creativity in this area. But the reality is 119 00:06:51.920 --> 00:06:57.000 that every space, every space has its constraints, has its challenges, 120 00:06:57.480 --> 00:07:00.519 and I don't really care whether we're designing, you know, 121 00:07:00.800 --> 00:07:06.519 a small shed for somebody or literally a castle along 122 00:07:06.519 --> 00:07:09.680 the way, because it's all design. It all, you know, 123 00:07:09.800 --> 00:07:13.160 pulls out the best in me. And uh, you know, 124 00:07:13.279 --> 00:07:15.800 I'm just a you know, I come from a lower 125 00:07:15.839 --> 00:07:18.439 middle class, blue collar working family. 126 00:07:18.959 --> 00:07:21.160 That's the that's the area. 127 00:07:21.199 --> 00:07:23.480 You know, just living in the suburbs and living in 128 00:07:23.560 --> 00:07:27.439 you know, living among middle class, mainstream homeowners is for 129 00:07:27.600 --> 00:07:30.199 my own personal life is what I'm most comfortable with. 130 00:07:31.079 --> 00:07:34.439 It's where we always live it's where we always will live, 131 00:07:35.160 --> 00:07:39.319 I hope, uh uh and uh. I personally, I am never gonna, 132 00:07:39.439 --> 00:07:41.439 you know, end up in the house behind the big 133 00:07:41.519 --> 00:07:44.680 gates up on the hill, although I've got no problem 134 00:07:44.759 --> 00:07:49.759 designing one for you. And so I just love designing homes. 135 00:07:49.879 --> 00:07:52.800 I love the challenges and uh and I love all 136 00:07:52.839 --> 00:07:55.480 the facets of it. And so yeah, it was a 137 00:07:55.480 --> 00:07:58.680 really great conversation. And at the end of the day, 138 00:07:58.879 --> 00:08:00.480 the fact of the matter is, when I tell you, 139 00:08:00.560 --> 00:08:03.360 it doesn't matter to me whether you're living in a 140 00:08:03.399 --> 00:08:07.680 condo or a little cottage or a castle. The challenges 141 00:08:07.720 --> 00:08:12.639 are there, and good architecture belongs and should belong to everybody, 142 00:08:12.720 --> 00:08:15.920 all right. So that's how I feel about that. All right, 143 00:08:16.399 --> 00:08:18.920 let's go to the phones. Now I've talked enough that 144 00:08:19.079 --> 00:08:21.199 maybe I won't get this whole call in, but let's 145 00:08:21.199 --> 00:08:21.839 talk to Carter. 146 00:08:22.120 --> 00:08:28.879 Hey, Carter, welcome home. Oh thank you. How can I 147 00:08:28.920 --> 00:08:29.680 help you, my friend? 148 00:08:30.879 --> 00:08:31.079 Oh? 149 00:08:31.240 --> 00:08:35.799 Okay, Well, I've got a thirty year old home and 150 00:08:36.559 --> 00:08:40.440 which on the exterior. For some of their features on 151 00:08:40.519 --> 00:08:46.600 the exterior, they glued foam to the stucco and then 152 00:08:46.679 --> 00:08:52.200 they put like a single coat of colored color code 153 00:08:52.240 --> 00:08:56.919 of stucco over that. So now thirty years later, some 154 00:08:57.000 --> 00:09:00.879 of this U the phone is disintegrade, I guess because 155 00:09:00.919 --> 00:09:07.159 of the UV light, And I wonder what are your 156 00:09:07.200 --> 00:09:10.159 thoughts on that? Do I just have to scrape the 157 00:09:10.200 --> 00:09:13.360 whole thing off of there? And I'm not quite sure 158 00:09:13.879 --> 00:09:16.840 what the best way would be to handle that. 159 00:09:17.720 --> 00:09:20.879 Yeah, how extensive is it? Is it just a couple 160 00:09:20.879 --> 00:09:26.360 of areas? Is it happening a lot? And the foam? 161 00:09:26.519 --> 00:09:30.120 Was it damaged? Did it experience some impact or is 162 00:09:30.159 --> 00:09:32.919 it just literally kind of breaking down. 163 00:09:34.679 --> 00:09:37.000 It looks like it's just breaking down. It's in one 164 00:09:38.440 --> 00:09:44.440 specific area really, where it's about four inches wide and 165 00:09:44.519 --> 00:09:47.600 about fifteen inches long, all along the bottom of this 166 00:09:47.799 --> 00:09:52.960 one feature. I don't know if they call that salting 167 00:09:53.000 --> 00:09:58.200 out or what it is. But do you have any 168 00:09:58.279 --> 00:10:01.879 ideas on that? Should I scrape it all off and 169 00:10:02.000 --> 00:10:03.440 replace the foam? I don't know? 170 00:10:04.720 --> 00:10:12.799 Yeah, So, yeah, this is a it's an interesting problem. Probably, 171 00:10:12.879 --> 00:10:15.240 you know, I'll just cut to the chase for you. 172 00:10:15.679 --> 00:10:18.559 The probably the best thing you can do is get 173 00:10:18.600 --> 00:10:24.759 a stucco company out that works with foam plantons. And 174 00:10:24.799 --> 00:10:26.679 that's what you want to tell them on the phone. 175 00:10:26.720 --> 00:10:32.240 You says, I've got phone hoam planton surrounds around my windows. 176 00:10:32.399 --> 00:10:33.799 You know, I've got a house with the house built 177 00:10:33.799 --> 00:10:34.720 in the eighties. 178 00:10:34.480 --> 00:10:38.639 Or nineties, early nineties, yeah, yeah, early nineties. 179 00:10:39.080 --> 00:10:43.000 Tell them I've got foam plantons and and I've got 180 00:10:43.000 --> 00:10:46.919 an area where it's degrading, and you know, can you 181 00:10:46.919 --> 00:10:49.080 guys come out and give me a price for that? 182 00:10:49.200 --> 00:10:53.480 And they will, they will, and they can patch that in, 183 00:10:54.159 --> 00:10:57.360 uh and and restucc of it and get you back 184 00:10:57.399 --> 00:10:57.840 in shape. 185 00:10:58.799 --> 00:11:00.919 But the the issue with. 186 00:11:00.919 --> 00:11:05.000 Foam plantons, it's still being used today still. I mean, 187 00:11:05.000 --> 00:11:09.200 it's a technology that's advancing. But in the eighties just 188 00:11:09.320 --> 00:11:14.440 starting I remember, I literally remember foam companies coming around 189 00:11:14.480 --> 00:11:17.399 to job sites selling their wares, so kind of like 190 00:11:17.480 --> 00:11:20.559 door to door salesmen with their cases of stuff and saying, 191 00:11:20.679 --> 00:11:23.320 take a look at what we can do. And the 192 00:11:23.360 --> 00:11:26.919 idea is that it was going to make trims around 193 00:11:27.080 --> 00:11:32.240 windows and doors and around roof eves fancier. It was 194 00:11:32.279 --> 00:11:34.840 going to be fancier for less cost. It was going 195 00:11:34.879 --> 00:11:38.879 to have the contours of what we would normally do 196 00:11:39.000 --> 00:11:44.240 in stone stone work, except you just have these hot 197 00:11:44.320 --> 00:11:48.799 knife cut foam pieces that have a certain shape and 198 00:11:48.960 --> 00:11:52.399 they could be glued on, attached well to the house, 199 00:11:52.519 --> 00:11:55.639 and then just stuccoed right over and they have their 200 00:11:55.639 --> 00:11:58.360 own coating of stucco and fibrous. Now what we found 201 00:11:58.919 --> 00:12:02.919 as years went on, Like, for instance, today if you 202 00:12:03.039 --> 00:12:06.519 find you can actually find these pieces sitting in the 203 00:12:06.519 --> 00:12:10.000 big box store, they sell them on the shelf at times. 204 00:12:10.480 --> 00:12:14.480 But now they come out of the factory with a 205 00:12:14.919 --> 00:12:19.679 fibrous coating on them, pre stucco fibrous coating, so they're 206 00:12:19.720 --> 00:12:21.960 a little bit more resilient to begin with, and then 207 00:12:22.000 --> 00:12:25.200 a finished coat of stucco gets rolled over them, so 208 00:12:25.240 --> 00:12:28.120 they're lasting longer today than they did in the eighties. 209 00:12:28.919 --> 00:12:31.679 But the fact of the matter is that it actually, 210 00:12:32.080 --> 00:12:35.720 it actually is an easy thing to repair, simply because 211 00:12:36.519 --> 00:12:39.519 even if it's not like, oh, well, does your company 212 00:12:39.559 --> 00:12:41.840 have access to this shape, it's not even really that. 213 00:12:42.559 --> 00:12:47.679 A lot of foam stucco installation companies will have blades 214 00:12:47.720 --> 00:12:50.720 what we call hot knives, that they can bend into 215 00:12:50.840 --> 00:12:54.919 shape in the shape of your foam and then cut 216 00:12:54.960 --> 00:12:56.879 a new piece of foam out of a foam block 217 00:12:56.919 --> 00:13:00.639 that's just sitting there, Cut a new piece, burn, melt 218 00:13:00.679 --> 00:13:03.440 it through to match your foam, and then adhere it 219 00:13:03.480 --> 00:13:06.720 on and then restuckle it over. So the good news is, yes, 220 00:13:07.159 --> 00:13:09.600 it can be fixed. You need to call a company 221 00:13:09.639 --> 00:13:14.840 that kind of it is familiar with and uses foam plantons. 222 00:13:14.960 --> 00:13:17.879 That's the that's the category of what you're talking about, 223 00:13:18.360 --> 00:13:19.720 and they'll fix it up for you. 224 00:13:19.799 --> 00:13:20.000 Now. 225 00:13:20.279 --> 00:13:24.559 Am I thrilled about them myself? You know, I get it. 226 00:13:24.639 --> 00:13:28.080 I get the idea. I just wasn't convinced. I never 227 00:13:28.120 --> 00:13:32.120 have been fully convinced that they're the they're the best 228 00:13:32.159 --> 00:13:34.919 way to go for that kind of thing. Because if 229 00:13:34.919 --> 00:13:38.480 we're trying to emulate stone again, of course me right, 230 00:13:38.519 --> 00:13:41.279 I'm a purist when it comes to this. If we're 231 00:13:41.320 --> 00:13:45.399 trying to emulate a stone finish, then I'd rather you 232 00:13:45.480 --> 00:13:49.960 actually have a smooth finish on the plantons around and 233 00:13:50.000 --> 00:13:52.720 not a rough stucco finish. It could still be stucco, 234 00:13:53.159 --> 00:13:55.720 but I want them to be smooth with little lines 235 00:13:55.799 --> 00:13:59.679 in them, so that we're actually emulating stone and it's 236 00:13:59.720 --> 00:14:03.279 not just more stucco except in a fancy shape. 237 00:14:03.399 --> 00:14:06.519 But that's does that make sense? But that's just me. 238 00:14:07.200 --> 00:14:11.879 That's just me being picky about architecture. But from a 239 00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:15.279 builder side, it's the builder in me that's answering your question. Yeah, 240 00:14:15.360 --> 00:14:18.000 you can have that done, Carter. Carter, thank you so 241 00:14:18.080 --> 00:14:20.080 much for the call and for the question. Good luck 242 00:14:20.080 --> 00:14:22.240 with that. You want to talk to a stucco company 243 00:14:22.559 --> 00:14:28.840 that specializes in installing stone foam plantons, and they're out 244 00:14:28.879 --> 00:14:32.480 there because they're still being readily used in a larger 245 00:14:33.559 --> 00:14:38.720 house production and developments. All right, y'all, when we come back, 246 00:14:38.879 --> 00:14:41.879 more of your calls and some tidbits from me too. 247 00:14:42.320 --> 00:14:44.279 Your Home with Dean Sharp the House Whisper. 248 00:14:45.200 --> 00:14:48.519 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 249 00:14:48.600 --> 00:14:50.440 KFI AM six forty. 250 00:14:51.720 --> 00:14:52.600 CAMFI. 251 00:14:53.919 --> 00:14:57.639 AM six forty live streaming and HD everywhere on the 252 00:14:57.679 --> 00:15:01.080 iHeartRadio app Dean Sharp the House, I'll whisper with you 253 00:15:01.120 --> 00:15:05.399 this morning on this cool, quiet Saturday morning here in 254 00:15:05.440 --> 00:15:07.399 southern California taking calls. 255 00:15:07.679 --> 00:15:09.840 Let me give the number out because we've got plenty 256 00:15:09.879 --> 00:15:12.480 of room on the board for you. Eight three to 257 00:15:12.600 --> 00:15:17.080 three two ask Dean eight three to three the numeral 258 00:15:17.159 --> 00:15:20.759 two ask Dean eight three three to ask Dean. That's 259 00:15:20.799 --> 00:15:23.600 the number to reach me at As always, Saturday morning 260 00:15:23.720 --> 00:15:26.480 is just a light traffic on the phone, So really, 261 00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:29.399 if you've been scratching at something that you've wanted to 262 00:15:29.480 --> 00:15:32.159 talk about regarding your home. It's a great time to 263 00:15:32.279 --> 00:15:35.000 call in. Let's go back to the phones. I want 264 00:15:35.000 --> 00:15:37.399 to talk to Adam. Hey Adam, welcome home. 265 00:15:38.919 --> 00:15:42.519 Hey Dean, good morning, great to hear, great to talk 266 00:15:42.559 --> 00:15:45.200 to you. Listening for a long time. Usually right after 267 00:15:45.240 --> 00:15:47.240 Coast to coast, I figured i'll give you a call 268 00:15:47.240 --> 00:15:47.679 this morning. 269 00:15:48.679 --> 00:15:52.320 Oh great, I'm thrilled that you have. How can I help? 270 00:15:53.679 --> 00:15:57.519 So I have a little idea to upgrade my house. 271 00:15:58.240 --> 00:15:59.960 My house is just given an idea just to give 272 00:16:00.039 --> 00:16:02.679 you're a reugh just catch up. Nineteen year old house 273 00:16:03.879 --> 00:16:06.720 to lenar home. So it's it's one of those homes 274 00:16:06.799 --> 00:16:09.080 they kind of they all kind of every third fourth 275 00:16:09.080 --> 00:16:13.000 house looks the same. Right, one story U two windows 276 00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:15.879 facing the street. Rest of the windows are you know, 277 00:16:16.039 --> 00:16:19.960 sides of the house, back of the house. This is 278 00:16:20.000 --> 00:16:24.120 where I need some input. I don't know if going 279 00:16:24.240 --> 00:16:28.440 from white window frame you know your typical plastics two 280 00:16:28.559 --> 00:16:35.200 aluminum uh finish type windows, sliding door, you know, sliding 281 00:16:35.200 --> 00:16:39.399 door that leads into the backyard. I have a wife 282 00:16:39.600 --> 00:16:41.639 that works for a company who can actually make them 283 00:16:41.679 --> 00:16:44.559 for me, or I can just find it from someone else. 284 00:16:44.600 --> 00:16:47.200 But my question is, what do you think about a 285 00:16:47.200 --> 00:16:51.159 house that you know different from the neighborhood. I think 286 00:16:51.200 --> 00:16:52.600 I would be the only one in the neighborhood with 287 00:16:52.600 --> 00:16:56.720 black windows. But going from plastic, the typical plastic white 288 00:16:56.919 --> 00:17:02.240 what everybody has, to aluminum black finish windows, which my 289 00:17:02.320 --> 00:17:06.119 wife's company sells to They usually sell those two higher 290 00:17:06.200 --> 00:17:08.319 end homes, you know Melion, Doar Holmes, Humilia Dollar homes 291 00:17:08.359 --> 00:17:11.000 out of that, you know, Court and all that. So 292 00:17:11.759 --> 00:17:15.279 that's her clientele, and so I'm able to get them 293 00:17:16.440 --> 00:17:19.160 from her at a great at a great deal. But 294 00:17:20.400 --> 00:17:22.519 I don't know if it'll fit. What do you think? 295 00:17:22.599 --> 00:17:24.079 That's kind of why I'm kind of a little bit 296 00:17:24.160 --> 00:17:26.799 hesitant to pull the trigger. What do you think that 297 00:17:27.039 --> 00:17:30.160 would that add value to the home? Would it be 298 00:17:30.200 --> 00:17:34.279 a good choice long term going from plastic to dark 299 00:17:34.440 --> 00:17:35.279 metal finish? 300 00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:37.519 What do you think? 301 00:17:39.160 --> 00:17:41.920 All right? Great question? Great question. 302 00:17:42.519 --> 00:17:44.880 Uh So, if you're asking the custom home designer what 303 00:17:45.480 --> 00:17:48.640 what I think about making your home unique, you're going 304 00:17:48.720 --> 00:17:50.200 to get my vote, You're going to get my two 305 00:17:50.279 --> 00:17:54.799 thumbs up. From the very beginning, the whole subject of 306 00:17:54.920 --> 00:17:59.319 white windows on a house is kind of you know, 307 00:17:59.400 --> 00:18:01.599 there's nothing wrong with it, and so I want to 308 00:18:01.640 --> 00:18:04.079 be really careful not to step on anybody's toe. I mean, 309 00:18:04.079 --> 00:18:07.640 I've got white windows on my house as well. But 310 00:18:08.920 --> 00:18:11.039 but the fact of the matter is it's really the 311 00:18:11.200 --> 00:18:17.240 industry the tail wagging the dog, as it were. And again, 312 00:18:17.319 --> 00:18:19.240 I was talking about the dinner we were having with 313 00:18:19.319 --> 00:18:21.559 our clients last night. That's one of the things that 314 00:18:21.599 --> 00:18:24.599 we were talking about, how how the industry dictates a 315 00:18:24.680 --> 00:18:29.559 certain thing for from its own purposes, not because oh, 316 00:18:30.319 --> 00:18:33.319 this is the right color of window to put into 317 00:18:33.440 --> 00:18:37.480 a home. But there are completely they're usually completely different 318 00:18:37.599 --> 00:18:41.880 reasons why a home component in a tract home environment 319 00:18:42.079 --> 00:18:46.519 ends up becoming a certain thing, and then you just 320 00:18:46.640 --> 00:18:48.920 kind of design your way around it. You make the 321 00:18:49.079 --> 00:18:53.960 best of it. So the question of whether a dark 322 00:18:54.119 --> 00:18:59.440 framed window works in a home U is really I mean, 323 00:18:59.519 --> 00:19:03.119 it's it's an absolutely, it's it's a viable question, and 324 00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:06.359 the only answer is whether you take a look at 325 00:19:06.440 --> 00:19:08.160 it in the style of your home and whether there 326 00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:11.240 are other components that will complement it. And a lot 327 00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:13.319 of people are under the belief that, oh, well, if 328 00:19:13.359 --> 00:19:15.920 you go dark frame metal window, first of all, it's 329 00:19:16.279 --> 00:19:19.400 you know, it's that's that's like a contemporary look. 330 00:19:19.519 --> 00:19:21.559 That's a that's a total. That's not true at all. 331 00:19:21.920 --> 00:19:23.000 It's not true at all. 332 00:19:24.599 --> 00:19:27.799 It is in fact, you know, we put dark frame 333 00:19:27.880 --> 00:19:32.400 windows in traditional homes, colonial homes, we put them in 334 00:19:32.599 --> 00:19:36.640 farmhouse looks, ranch house looks. I have put dark frame 335 00:19:36.680 --> 00:19:40.319 windows in Spanish med look. I mean just about every 336 00:19:41.160 --> 00:19:45.480 imaginable style of home can be designed to have dark 337 00:19:45.519 --> 00:19:50.480 frame windows look absolutely stunning and gorgeous, and talk about 338 00:19:50.559 --> 00:19:54.039 offsetting the vibe of the house. The material of the 339 00:19:54.119 --> 00:19:59.759 window for me, is secondary, entirely secondary. I mean, if 340 00:19:59.799 --> 00:20:04.000 you we we're living in an age in which uh, well, 341 00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:06.160 you know what. Here's the thing, Adam, I'm looking at 342 00:20:06.200 --> 00:20:08.559 the clock and I'm getting tapped on the shoulder here 343 00:20:08.640 --> 00:20:10.119 that I should go to a break. Can you hang 344 00:20:10.200 --> 00:20:11.640 tight with me because I want to give this a 345 00:20:11.799 --> 00:20:14.759 really full answer so everybody understands us. So I can 346 00:20:14.799 --> 00:20:16.519 I pop you on hold and we'll come back right 347 00:20:16.559 --> 00:20:19.119 after the break and I'm gonna give my full blown 348 00:20:19.200 --> 00:20:22.279 answer to this one. No problem, all right, Adam, you 349 00:20:22.400 --> 00:20:25.680 hang tight. We're going to talk about white windows. Where 350 00:20:25.720 --> 00:20:26.599 do they even come from? 351 00:20:26.759 --> 00:20:26.960 Why? 352 00:20:27.480 --> 00:20:29.960 Why are most windows white? I will explain that to you, 353 00:20:30.160 --> 00:20:32.960 and I will explain to Adam why I think it's 354 00:20:33.039 --> 00:20:35.720 probably a great idea if he wants to go dark frame. 355 00:20:35.920 --> 00:20:39.400 But as long as it works with the style, all 356 00:20:39.519 --> 00:20:43.279 of that and more KFI. Dean sharp the house whisper, 357 00:20:43.519 --> 00:20:48.200 welcome home, Thanks for joining us. It's an all call 358 00:20:48.359 --> 00:20:51.359 Saturday morning. There's room on the board for you. The 359 00:20:51.480 --> 00:20:54.759 number to reach me eight three three two ask Dean 360 00:20:54.920 --> 00:20:57.680 eight three three the numeral to ask Dean. I want 361 00:20:57.720 --> 00:21:00.440 to get back to Adam. Make sure I didn't hang 362 00:21:00.559 --> 00:21:01.839 up on him. Adam, you're still with me? 363 00:21:01.960 --> 00:21:03.880 Man? Ye here? 364 00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:07.680 All right. Adam is taking a bold move. 365 00:21:07.880 --> 00:21:10.319 He wants to up great the windows on his home 366 00:21:10.480 --> 00:21:13.599 and get rid of the potentially get rid of the 367 00:21:13.720 --> 00:21:17.200 white vinyl windows that it came with. And he's got 368 00:21:17.240 --> 00:21:20.240 an inside connection via his wife, who you should give 369 00:21:20.319 --> 00:21:22.720 me her number, so I can have that inside connection 370 00:21:22.839 --> 00:21:27.680 as well, you know, with a high end aluminum window company, 371 00:21:27.920 --> 00:21:30.839 and you know the kind that we would normally use 372 00:21:31.000 --> 00:21:34.200 for you know, larger estate projects and things like that, 373 00:21:34.720 --> 00:21:38.200 beach houses and all the like. And so the question 374 00:21:38.599 --> 00:21:43.319 is should I replace the white windows on my home 375 00:21:43.400 --> 00:21:46.759 with a darker frame, black frame, bronze frame. You know, 376 00:21:46.839 --> 00:21:50.920 whatever the window and is it the right vibe? And 377 00:21:51.640 --> 00:21:56.079 so I was saying right before the break that for me, 378 00:21:56.279 --> 00:22:01.640 the material of the window itself is secondary. It's not irrelevant, obviously, 379 00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:05.880 but it's secondary from a design perspective, because I'm just 380 00:22:06.039 --> 00:22:08.240 I'm just looking for the look and uh. And the 381 00:22:08.359 --> 00:22:12.759 fact of the matter is, architecturally, a dark frame window 382 00:22:13.039 --> 00:22:16.079 looks great and and can look great on just about 383 00:22:16.160 --> 00:22:19.880 any imaginable style. I've put them in any I mean, 384 00:22:20.000 --> 00:22:23.240 old world, new world. They're not just a contemporary window, 385 00:22:23.319 --> 00:22:27.119 regardless of what the interweb tells you. Uh, they can be. 386 00:22:28.640 --> 00:22:32.880 They can accommodate just about any look at all. And 387 00:22:33.119 --> 00:22:36.559 so two thumbs up. You just evaluate the home and 388 00:22:36.640 --> 00:22:38.279 give it a give it a you know, give it 389 00:22:38.319 --> 00:22:40.440 a vibe. Take a take a photo of your home 390 00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:44.440 printed out and uh and literally you know, color in 391 00:22:44.599 --> 00:22:48.240 with a sharpie, uh, the white frame windows, and stare at. 392 00:22:48.359 --> 00:22:50.759 I mean, I'm all for this. I do these perspectives 393 00:22:50.839 --> 00:22:53.079 for clients all the time. They're like, what would my 394 00:22:53.160 --> 00:22:55.200 house look like if I had this on the outside. 395 00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:57.480 I'm like, well, let's take a photograph of it. I'll 396 00:22:57.519 --> 00:23:01.799 photo shop in that color or that and we can 397 00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:03.319 all take a look at it and you can decide 398 00:23:03.359 --> 00:23:05.559 for yourself. But I'm telling you right now, it's a 399 00:23:05.640 --> 00:23:09.039 good look and it's almost always a good move. Now, 400 00:23:10.119 --> 00:23:16.279 the reason why most windows are white is because most 401 00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:19.319