WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.520 --> 00:00:04.080 KFI AM six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp the 2 00:00:04.080 --> 00:00:10.320 house Whisper on demand on the iHeart Radio app. Hey 3 00:00:10.439 --> 00:00:13.000 follow us on social media. We are on all the 4 00:00:13.240 --> 00:00:18.760 usual suspects Instagram, TikTok, Facebook x. Home with Dean is 5 00:00:18.839 --> 00:00:22.320 the handle for them all. Home with Dean And if 6 00:00:22.359 --> 00:00:25.399 your home is in need of some personal house Whisperer attention, 7 00:00:25.800 --> 00:00:28.160 you can always book an in home design consult with 8 00:00:28.280 --> 00:00:32.719 me and the tea. Just go to house Whisperer dot Design, 9 00:00:32.960 --> 00:00:37.079 house Whisper dot design for more information or to fill 10 00:00:37.079 --> 00:00:39.840 out a request for such a thing. We do it, 11 00:00:39.960 --> 00:00:43.520 we do, we love it, happy to help as always, 12 00:00:43.560 --> 00:00:45.880 which is why I am here with you live every 13 00:00:45.920 --> 00:00:50.159 Saturday and Sunday morning. And here we are in the 14 00:00:50.240 --> 00:00:55.280 twentieth of April, Easter Sunday morning, and we're talking about makeovers. 15 00:00:55.320 --> 00:00:58.600 We're going to return to that conversation very shortly, but 16 00:00:58.679 --> 00:01:00.840 it's top of the hour, which means it's time to 17 00:01:01.479 --> 00:01:03.399 let you set the agenda for the show. I'm going 18 00:01:03.439 --> 00:01:04.920 to go to the phones, and I want to talk 19 00:01:04.920 --> 00:01:07.280 to John. Hey, John, welcome home. 20 00:01:09.359 --> 00:01:09.920 Hello Dean. 21 00:01:10.000 --> 00:01:12.959 How are you today? I am well, how are you sir? 22 00:01:13.079 --> 00:01:13.480 How can I. 23 00:01:13.519 --> 00:01:20.000 Help doing good. I have some dad looking cement, my patio, 24 00:01:20.159 --> 00:01:22.599 my sidewalks, down on the side of my house, even 25 00:01:22.680 --> 00:01:25.719 the front porch. I don't like the look of the cement, 26 00:01:26.560 --> 00:01:31.120 and I was thinking about staining it. I got a 27 00:01:31.200 --> 00:01:34.840 quote for staining everything, including some papers in the back, 28 00:01:35.079 --> 00:01:39.120 some pebble in the back well, one about three quarter 29 00:01:39.159 --> 00:01:43.200 inch rock around the pavers. And I like the wet look. 30 00:01:43.840 --> 00:01:48.079 But then the guy said, you know, I asked him 31 00:01:48.120 --> 00:01:50.400 how long it would last and the river. I'm out 32 00:01:50.400 --> 00:01:53.760 in Riverside, so you know, it gets hot and a 33 00:01:53.920 --> 00:01:57.799 sunbeats down in the backyard mainly, and he said about 34 00:01:57.840 --> 00:02:02.200 two years. And it's an investment. You know, it's three 35 00:02:02.319 --> 00:02:06.519 thousand to do everything. So I wanted to hear your 36 00:02:08.080 --> 00:02:12.400 opinion on the wet look versus a colored stain versus 37 00:02:12.439 --> 00:02:13.639 not doing it at all. 38 00:02:14.319 --> 00:02:18.240 Okay, gotcha? So all right, let me I'm gonna draw 39 00:02:18.319 --> 00:02:21.319 some lines to to just to make sure you've been 40 00:02:21.360 --> 00:02:24.560 informed fully and everybody else listening can kind of understand 41 00:02:24.560 --> 00:02:29.000 the process if when it comes to rehabbing an old cement. 42 00:02:30.080 --> 00:02:34.840 I'm a big fan of stain because it's it's something 43 00:02:34.879 --> 00:02:38.560 that can be done if you can embrace the vibe 44 00:02:38.599 --> 00:02:40.199 of the look that you're going to get from it. 45 00:02:40.520 --> 00:02:43.000 A good stain job, it's going to darken the concrete. 46 00:02:43.039 --> 00:02:47.439 It's going to model the concrete model m O T 47 00:02:48.520 --> 00:02:55.439 L ED is that right, modeled country? Okay. In other words, 48 00:02:55.439 --> 00:02:57.080 it's going to be an uneven color. It's going to 49 00:02:57.080 --> 00:03:02.319 be uneven if but unevenness can be worked into the vibe. Okay. 50 00:03:03.240 --> 00:03:07.520 If you had a situation where the concrete was going 51 00:03:07.599 --> 00:03:10.520 to just beautifully stain all one color, then you probably 52 00:03:10.560 --> 00:03:14.719 don't have unattractive concrete to begin with. So the whole 53 00:03:14.759 --> 00:03:18.000 idea is that getting a kind of a naturalistic, relaxed, 54 00:03:18.240 --> 00:03:22.000 modeled look, and a good staining company knows exactly how 55 00:03:22.000 --> 00:03:24.719 to do that and make it look fantastic. And the 56 00:03:24.800 --> 00:03:28.400 reason I'm in favor of stain stain versus what stain 57 00:03:28.639 --> 00:03:31.439 versus all the cost of tearing it all out, or 58 00:03:31.560 --> 00:03:34.800 stain versus the cost of a coating on the surface 59 00:03:35.439 --> 00:03:39.240 that never works out. So people are like, well, what 60 00:03:39.319 --> 00:03:41.479 kind of paint should I put on my concrete? And 61 00:03:41.520 --> 00:03:44.319 my answer is always, if you can avoid it, no 62 00:03:44.520 --> 00:03:48.120 paint on your concrete at all. And that's because concrete 63 00:03:48.280 --> 00:03:52.319 is a synthetic stone. It's porous, it's soaking up moisture 64 00:03:52.360 --> 00:03:56.439 from underneath. Moisture in the concrete is going to eventually 65 00:03:56.560 --> 00:04:01.639 push off from underneath, push off whatever sealed surface you 66 00:04:01.919 --> 00:04:05.199 set up on top of that cement. It's gonna push 67 00:04:05.199 --> 00:04:09.240 it off eventually. It's going to fail eventually, I guaran 68 00:04:09.400 --> 00:04:15.120 darantee it. So here's the thing. Stain is a is 69 00:04:15.120 --> 00:04:18.399 something that soaks into the concrete and doesn't sit on 70 00:04:18.639 --> 00:04:22.879 the surface, and so the effective stain is it's never 71 00:04:22.920 --> 00:04:26.040 gonna flake, It's never gonna get pushed off. It's going 72 00:04:26.079 --> 00:04:29.040 to last. I'm talking about the color. Now, will it 73 00:04:29.120 --> 00:04:32.519 eventually depending on the quality of the stain and how 74 00:04:32.759 --> 00:04:37.160 UV resistant the stain is, will it eventually kind of 75 00:04:37.199 --> 00:04:40.879 bleach out and fade and light, Yes, it will. Will 76 00:04:40.920 --> 00:04:43.879 it do it uniformly? Yeah, it pretty much will. And 77 00:04:43.959 --> 00:04:49.920 so eventually stained concrete most people get around to restaining 78 00:04:49.959 --> 00:04:51.639 it again. But we're not talking about a couple of 79 00:04:51.720 --> 00:04:54.519 years from now. We might talk about a decade or 80 00:04:54.720 --> 00:04:59.240 a two from now, depending So but here's where I'm 81 00:04:59.240 --> 00:05:01.399 gonna split the hair, because this is what I think 82 00:05:01.439 --> 00:05:04.199 I heard when you said you like the wet look Okay, 83 00:05:05.079 --> 00:05:07.079 let me be really clear. I got to get real 84 00:05:07.120 --> 00:05:14.879 technical here. Okay. There are stone enhancing treatments that are 85 00:05:15.639 --> 00:05:20.399 that say that they are wet look okay, and there 86 00:05:20.439 --> 00:05:26.920 are stone enhancing treatments that are color enhancing. Okay. Now 87 00:05:26.959 --> 00:05:30.279 what is the difference. Let's just take a look at 88 00:05:31.000 --> 00:05:34.120 two things happen. When you take a hose and you 89 00:05:34.240 --> 00:05:38.439 spray a rock right with a hose, two things happen. One, 90 00:05:38.959 --> 00:05:42.439 the rock is enhanced. The color in the rock is 91 00:05:42.560 --> 00:05:47.199 enhanced by that water. It darkens and it riches, It enriches, 92 00:05:47.240 --> 00:05:50.560 and like all the all the character of that stone 93 00:05:51.000 --> 00:05:54.920 suddenly pops forward. Right. That's the first thing that happens. 94 00:05:55.439 --> 00:05:58.839 The second thing that happens is the surface of the 95 00:05:58.959 --> 00:06:03.120 rock is gliss because of the water that's sitting on 96 00:06:03.160 --> 00:06:06.319 the surface. There's a shiny glisten. I mean like what, Yeah, 97 00:06:06.360 --> 00:06:08.519 you look at and you're like wet. That is the 98 00:06:08.600 --> 00:06:15.439 difference between a product that says color enhancing and wet look. 99 00:06:15.680 --> 00:06:19.480 I for the same reason that I just explained to you, 100 00:06:19.839 --> 00:06:23.879 I stay away from, and I urge people to stay 101 00:06:23.879 --> 00:06:30.079 away from in extreme heat and sunny environments, the wet 102 00:06:30.120 --> 00:06:33.680 look product because the wet look. Product not only darkens 103 00:06:33.680 --> 00:06:38.360 and enriches your concrete or stone, but it leaves a 104 00:06:38.560 --> 00:06:43.759 surface glaze. Ah surface glaze, and guess what that falls 105 00:06:43.839 --> 00:06:48.040 right back into the category of something that water underneath 106 00:06:48.279 --> 00:06:51.439 or in the stone will eventually push off. And that 107 00:06:51.639 --> 00:06:54.720 is what I suspect the guy you were talking to 108 00:06:54.879 --> 00:06:56.639 is saying, Hey, it's only going to last a couple 109 00:06:56.639 --> 00:07:01.519 of years. The wet look with the shiny surface is 110 00:07:01.560 --> 00:07:03.439 only going to last a couple of years before it 111 00:07:03.480 --> 00:07:07.800 starts to peel from the back. But a stone enhancing 112 00:07:07.879 --> 00:07:12.279 a color enhancing, all that does is it digs into 113 00:07:12.319 --> 00:07:15.600 the stone. It doesn't leave a shiny, wet look on 114 00:07:15.639 --> 00:07:18.319 the top, but it does accomplish the first part of 115 00:07:18.319 --> 00:07:22.079 what water does, which is deepen and enriched the color 116 00:07:22.079 --> 00:07:24.879 of the stone, and that will not get pushed off 117 00:07:24.920 --> 00:07:27.319 by water inside the rock. Does that make sense? 118 00:07:28.560 --> 00:07:31.639 Yes, it does. That's great. Do you have a brand 119 00:07:31.759 --> 00:07:34.319 name that you prefer over one or the other or 120 00:07:34.560 --> 00:07:38.079 just let a guy that doesn't pick whether he likes 121 00:07:38.120 --> 00:07:38.639 to use. 122 00:07:39.519 --> 00:07:41.680 Well, I like to. I like to let experts pick 123 00:07:41.720 --> 00:07:43.759 what they like to use. But I also want to 124 00:07:43.800 --> 00:07:45.879 see him. In other words, I want to I don't 125 00:07:45.920 --> 00:07:48.920 want to just say to the staining guy, yeah, just 126 00:07:48.959 --> 00:07:51.680 go for it, man, No, tell me what the product 127 00:07:51.759 --> 00:07:53.800 are you using. And then I do a little research 128 00:07:53.879 --> 00:07:56.279 on it on the side and I find out, oh, 129 00:07:56.439 --> 00:07:59.560 this guy's using literally the cheapest stuff out there, or 130 00:07:59.800 --> 00:08:01.959 he he's using the best of the best. So you know, 131 00:08:02.040 --> 00:08:05.639 I always check up on contractors to make sure what 132 00:08:05.680 --> 00:08:08.560 they're doing and what they're using. But you know, let 133 00:08:08.639 --> 00:08:11.439 him make his recommendations because there's probably a reason he's 134 00:08:11.560 --> 00:08:16.759 using it that way. Okay, that's great, all right, buddy 135 00:08:16.839 --> 00:08:21.040 gool much. You are very very welcome, my friend, and 136 00:08:21.319 --> 00:08:24.399 good luck with getting that concrete looking great again, bringing 137 00:08:24.399 --> 00:08:28.680 it back to life. Yeah, guys, don't put shiny surface 138 00:08:28.759 --> 00:08:33.200 ceiling stuff on exterior stone and concrete unless your plan 139 00:08:33.399 --> 00:08:35.799 is a year or two from now doing it all 140 00:08:35.799 --> 00:08:40.720 over again. Surface ceiling products on porous materials that sit 141 00:08:40.799 --> 00:08:45.120 outside are going to flake and crack and peel. They 142 00:08:45.240 --> 00:08:48.519 just are the end. Okay, more of your calls when 143 00:08:48.600 --> 00:08:49.200 we return. 144 00:08:50.600 --> 00:08:53.919 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 145 00:08:54.000 --> 00:08:55.519 KFI AM six forty. 146 00:08:57.399 --> 00:09:00.000 Good Easter Sunday morning to you. Thanks for joining us 147 00:09:00.080 --> 00:09:04.120 on the program. I appreciate you and I am honored 148 00:09:04.320 --> 00:09:07.279 to be talking to you about your home this morning, 149 00:09:07.360 --> 00:09:11.399 like we do every Sunday morning. Right now, we are 150 00:09:11.440 --> 00:09:14.679 taking calls and then we're going to continue our conversation 151 00:09:14.919 --> 00:09:19.960 about a few bits of makeover magic for your home. 152 00:09:20.000 --> 00:09:22.240 If you're holding back on your budget but you still 153 00:09:22.240 --> 00:09:24.799 want to make some big changes, hang with us. I'm 154 00:09:24.799 --> 00:09:28.279 going to be cruising through some items and some ideas 155 00:09:28.399 --> 00:09:31.240 of how you can make some relatively big changes in 156 00:09:31.279 --> 00:09:35.639 your home for relatively small cost outlay, which a lot 157 00:09:35.679 --> 00:09:37.519 of us are thinking about doing right now. But right 158 00:09:37.559 --> 00:09:40.960 now we are going to the phones, as is our custom, 159 00:09:41.360 --> 00:09:44.679 and I want to talk to Susie. Hey, Susie, welcome. 160 00:09:44.320 --> 00:09:48.600 Home, Good morning, Dean. I have a very simple and 161 00:09:48.720 --> 00:09:54.279 boring question, but oh no, I'm never boring. This is 162 00:09:54.279 --> 00:09:58.639 a boring question. So we have a dishwasher. He's connected 163 00:09:58.639 --> 00:10:01.159 to the garbage disposal'll all be, and I'm always smelling 164 00:10:01.200 --> 00:10:04.840 this rotten smell from the garbage disposal, even though I, 165 00:10:04.919 --> 00:10:09.639 you know, run the garbage disposal, and so I'm totally blind. 166 00:10:09.639 --> 00:10:12.039 I've called you before. I stuck my finger down there 167 00:10:12.639 --> 00:10:15.399 and I see where the water's coming in from the dishwasher, 168 00:10:15.399 --> 00:10:18.320 and it's full of gunk. So I pulled some of 169 00:10:18.360 --> 00:10:20.480 it out, but obviously I can't really get on there 170 00:10:20.519 --> 00:10:24.519 to pull it all out. So the dishwasher is about 171 00:10:24.559 --> 00:10:28.120 ten years old, but my husband's lips here twenty and 172 00:10:28.159 --> 00:10:30.200 that's never been cleaned out. 173 00:10:30.480 --> 00:10:32.840 Okay, so what do I do? 174 00:10:33.000 --> 00:10:34.879 I thought of vinegar, but I thought i'd better call 175 00:10:34.919 --> 00:10:35.360 you first. 176 00:10:35.960 --> 00:10:41.360 Okay, Well, you can always try vinegar, because vinegar is 177 00:10:41.480 --> 00:10:45.360 a mild ascetic acid, and vinegar is one of those 178 00:10:45.399 --> 00:10:47.360 things that you know, if it sits in a line 179 00:10:47.399 --> 00:10:50.240 long enough up against a clog, it can eat its 180 00:10:50.240 --> 00:10:54.120 way through and kind of loosen stuff up. Okay, but 181 00:10:54.279 --> 00:10:55.879 you know you're not going to be able to clean 182 00:10:55.919 --> 00:11:00.799 it out from inside the garbage disposal. However, that dishwasher 183 00:11:00.840 --> 00:11:03.279 line is connected to the side of the garbage disposal 184 00:11:03.799 --> 00:11:07.799 with one of two things. Either a pressure clamp what 185 00:11:07.840 --> 00:11:11.799 we call a spring clamp, which is just a pressurized 186 00:11:11.840 --> 00:11:15.559 spring that has a couple of tabs sticking out from it. 187 00:11:15.600 --> 00:11:18.759 That's designed that if you grab that with a like 188 00:11:18.799 --> 00:11:21.360 a large pair of pliers, and you grab each tab 189 00:11:21.480 --> 00:11:24.279 on each side of the pliers and squeeze it, you'll 190 00:11:24.279 --> 00:11:26.399 open up that spring clamp. You'll be able to pull 191 00:11:26.440 --> 00:11:30.440 the hose off from the side of the garbage disposal 192 00:11:30.679 --> 00:11:33.960 and have full access to the little the little port 193 00:11:34.000 --> 00:11:36.919 going into the garbage disposal and full access to clean 194 00:11:36.960 --> 00:11:40.919 out the hose as well. It's either that or it's 195 00:11:41.000 --> 00:11:43.639 attached to the garbage disposal with a hose clamp, which 196 00:11:43.679 --> 00:11:47.480 is even easier, which is one of these bands that 197 00:11:47.960 --> 00:11:52.360 has a screwdriver or a hex nut fitting at the top, 198 00:11:52.399 --> 00:11:55.559 and you simply unloosen that. It'll come unlose and you 199 00:11:55.559 --> 00:11:58.039 can pull the hose off and as a result, you 200 00:11:58.080 --> 00:12:01.240 can get to whatever is unked up down at the 201 00:12:01.279 --> 00:12:06.200 garbage disposal line. So that is super easy. You should 202 00:12:06.200 --> 00:12:08.360 probably have like a you know, clear out the bottom 203 00:12:08.360 --> 00:12:09.960 of the cabinet and have like a bucket or a 204 00:12:10.000 --> 00:12:13.320 pan down there, because you know, if you clear out 205 00:12:13.399 --> 00:12:15.679 that there may be some standing water that wants to 206 00:12:15.759 --> 00:12:17.559 drip out. You don't want to mess up the inside 207 00:12:17.559 --> 00:12:20.440 of your cabinet. But I will also tell you this 208 00:12:21.080 --> 00:12:26.080 that is there any problem with the dishwasher draining. I'll 209 00:12:26.080 --> 00:12:29.159 ask you that question. Okay, so the dishwasher is draining 210 00:12:29.279 --> 00:12:33.480 just fine? Yes, okay, so stuff is getting through. It 211 00:12:33.519 --> 00:12:35.960 just sounds like you've got some gucks. So the other 212 00:12:36.000 --> 00:12:38.080 thing is up on top of your sink, next to 213 00:12:38.120 --> 00:12:42.480 your faucet. There's a there's you know, normally what looks 214 00:12:42.519 --> 00:12:47.000 like a little stainless steel cylinder sitting up there. That 215 00:12:47.159 --> 00:12:50.720 is called the air gap. Okay, the air gap can 216 00:12:50.840 --> 00:12:55.039 also be cleaned by you. You can grab that stainless 217 00:12:55.039 --> 00:12:57.559 steel cover, it's just a cover, it's just slid on, 218 00:12:57.960 --> 00:12:59.720 and pull it off. You might have to spin it 219 00:12:59.720 --> 00:13:01.759 a little little bit to loosen it up, especially if 220 00:13:01.799 --> 00:13:04.840 it hasn't been touched in twenty years, but you can, 221 00:13:04.919 --> 00:13:07.279 with your hand and just a little bit of effort, 222 00:13:07.559 --> 00:13:09.720 slide that thing back and spin it back and forth 223 00:13:09.759 --> 00:13:11.679 until it loosens up. You can pull that off, and 224 00:13:11.720 --> 00:13:15.279 what you're gonna find underneath is a weird plastic assembly. 225 00:13:15.679 --> 00:13:18.240 And right at the top of that weird plastic assembly 226 00:13:18.399 --> 00:13:21.039 is a little top piece that is connected with a 227 00:13:21.080 --> 00:13:24.320 couple of tabs you can pull. You squeeze those tabs 228 00:13:24.360 --> 00:13:27.840 and pull it out and it will expose the tops 229 00:13:28.000 --> 00:13:31.039 of the two lines. One is the drain line coming 230 00:13:31.120 --> 00:13:34.639 from the dishwasher, and the other is the drain line 231 00:13:34.679 --> 00:13:39.120 heading down towards the garbage disposal That gives you access 232 00:13:39.200 --> 00:13:42.399 to both ends of that garbage disposal hose so that 233 00:13:42.440 --> 00:13:45.080 you can get that thing cleared out completely. There's a 234 00:13:45.159 --> 00:13:47.320 chance there's a really good chance there might be guck 235 00:13:47.840 --> 00:13:51.200 up at the top of that partially blocking that line 236 00:13:51.200 --> 00:13:54.240 as well. It's just a good idea to occasionally do 237 00:13:54.399 --> 00:13:57.000 this every few years. It doesn't have to be like 238 00:13:57.039 --> 00:13:59.679 a six month thing. Just every few years, or when 239 00:13:59.679 --> 00:14:02.000 you see something starting to act up and you're starting 240 00:14:02.039 --> 00:14:04.759 to get the weird smell, go ahead and clean it out. 241 00:14:04.799 --> 00:14:08.679 But it really is accessible and uh and pretty easy 242 00:14:08.720 --> 00:14:08.919 to do. 243 00:14:10.879 --> 00:14:13.120 Well, thank you. I know that my dishwasher is draining, 244 00:14:13.159 --> 00:14:15.360 but it probably is not draining as fast as it 245 00:14:15.399 --> 00:14:17.519 should be. But I just not how many and I 246 00:14:17.600 --> 00:14:19.360 don't put I'm not one of those that puts my 247 00:14:19.639 --> 00:14:22.559 my dishes in the dishwasher full of gunk. I rinse 248 00:14:22.600 --> 00:14:25.279 them off, so I've been very careful about that. I've 249 00:14:25.320 --> 00:14:27.600 looked in the trap and it's clean, it's not doesn't 250 00:14:27.600 --> 00:14:29.799 have any garbage in it, but that I've sure pulled 251 00:14:29.799 --> 00:14:31.879 out a lot of gunk with my fingers. I thought, oh, 252 00:14:32.000 --> 00:14:35.000 there's work on comes from there. I better call Dean. 253 00:14:35.120 --> 00:14:38.159 Well, call Dean for the gunk and the boring question. 254 00:14:38.279 --> 00:14:41.039 Actually it's a really good question. And and Susie, I 255 00:14:41.039 --> 00:14:43.799 gotta tell you there's a there are one thousands, five 256 00:14:43.879 --> 00:14:47.039 thousand people right now who are like you. See, I 257 00:14:47.200 --> 00:14:51.039 told you we should do that. So thank you very 258 00:14:51.159 --> 00:14:54.480 much for your question. And uh, and just know, just 259 00:14:54.679 --> 00:14:58.840 peace of mind. If you understand those two components, you 260 00:14:58.840 --> 00:15:00.720 can get it all cleaned out. Everything's going to be 261 00:15:00.799 --> 00:15:02.840 working spick and span for you. Just find and by 262 00:15:02.879 --> 00:15:05.480 the way, once you get it all done, stuff, maybe 263 00:15:05.639 --> 00:15:08.799 have sitting down in the garbage disposal too long. Run 264 00:15:08.840 --> 00:15:10.879 to the hardware store and get a couple of garbage 265 00:15:10.879 --> 00:15:14.759 disposal deodorizer pellets that you can run some water and 266 00:15:14.799 --> 00:15:18.039 grind up in there and it'll clear out any residual odor. 267 00:15:18.799 --> 00:15:21.039 I've been pouring a little bit of Life Style concentrate 268 00:15:21.080 --> 00:15:25.879 in there because everyone so it's like, whoa, yeah, I 269 00:15:25.919 --> 00:15:28.480 can't take it. And it's all it's not all the time. 270 00:15:28.519 --> 00:15:31.159 It's just everyone's like it's the garbage disposal. 271 00:15:31.440 --> 00:15:31.759 All right. 272 00:15:31.799 --> 00:15:32.799 Well, thank you so much. 273 00:15:33.320 --> 00:15:36.320 You are so welcome. Happy Easter, and uh, and good 274 00:15:36.440 --> 00:15:41.559 luck on your dishwasher project. She's so nice. All right, y'all? 275 00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:44.639 Should we do okay, I should all right, I'm gonna 276 00:15:44.960 --> 00:15:47.919 We're gonna go to the phones one more time before 277 00:15:48.000 --> 00:15:50.840 we get back to our conversation because we've got callers 278 00:15:50.879 --> 00:15:54.080 who just need to talk and I need to talk 279 00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:56.759 to you, so more of your calls when we return. 280 00:15:57.919 --> 00:16:01.200 You're listening to Home with Dean show on demand from 281 00:16:01.320 --> 00:16:02.799 KFI Am sixty. 282 00:16:04.879 --> 00:16:08.399 You are Home with Dean Sharp the house Whisper. Thanks 283 00:16:08.399 --> 00:16:10.639 for joining us on the program today. It's a beautiful 284 00:16:10.679 --> 00:16:15.200 spring day, beautiful easter Sunday morning here in southern California, 285 00:16:15.279 --> 00:16:17.960 and we are talking about your home. Going to get 286 00:16:17.960 --> 00:16:23.320 back to our topic on makeovers and the creative ideas 287 00:16:23.360 --> 00:16:26.279 of how to make big changes in the house on 288 00:16:26.440 --> 00:16:30.159 small budgets. But right now still taking calls. I want 289 00:16:30.159 --> 00:16:31.720 to go back to the phones. I want to talk 290 00:16:31.720 --> 00:16:34.240 to Arnold. Hey, Arnold, welcome home. 291 00:16:36.679 --> 00:16:38.919 Thank you very much for taking my call. I love 292 00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:41.639 listening to your show, and you've inspired me to do 293 00:16:41.720 --> 00:16:43.000 something in my backyard. 294 00:16:43.679 --> 00:16:44.720 Oh what's that? 295 00:16:46.240 --> 00:16:50.480 To make a fire pit and a huge tree in 296 00:16:50.519 --> 00:16:52.840 the summertime to shade it good? 297 00:16:52.840 --> 00:16:55.559 Oh, I'm so proud of you. 298 00:16:57.240 --> 00:17:03.679 Yes, So basically I'm wondering I live in alpine and 299 00:17:03.759 --> 00:17:06.880 it gets down to thirty degrees in the winter. And 300 00:17:06.920 --> 00:17:09.759 I know you have a gorgeous ash tree in your backyard. 301 00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:11.279 Would that work in alpine? 302 00:17:12.599 --> 00:17:19.000 Oh? Okay, now you're calling on my instant botanist inside, 303 00:17:19.119 --> 00:17:21.680 and you know, I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm 304 00:17:21.680 --> 00:17:23.279 not I don't want to. I don't have time to 305 00:17:23.279 --> 00:17:26.839 look it up right now, but I do. I do 306 00:17:26.960 --> 00:17:31.079 know this, my friend. I know that there are absolutely big, 307 00:17:31.119 --> 00:17:34.359 beautiful trees that will in fact work for you. Okay, 308 00:17:35.200 --> 00:17:37.680 I don't think that. I don't think. I think the 309 00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:41.160 ash will probably do just fine. You know, it's you 310 00:17:41.200 --> 00:17:45.200 don't expect it to thrive in thirty degree weather. No 311 00:17:45.440 --> 00:17:48.279 tree thrives in thirty degree weather. They all kind of 312 00:17:48.279 --> 00:17:53.200 go into their torpor, They go into their slow growth mode. That, 313 00:17:53.319 --> 00:17:56.680 by the way, everybody is what tree rings are. It's 314 00:17:56.720 --> 00:17:59.880 not bark. When you cut across the tree and you 315 00:18:00.079 --> 00:18:02.200 see a dark ring and a light ring, and a 316 00:18:02.279 --> 00:18:05.039 dark ring and a light ring, that's every light and 317 00:18:05.200 --> 00:18:09.319 dark ring represents a year of growth because the dark 318 00:18:09.440 --> 00:18:13.920 ring is slow growth, very dense, very slowly growing wood, 319 00:18:14.119 --> 00:18:16.119 and then the light ring is all of that spring 320 00:18:16.160 --> 00:18:19.599 and summer growth where the tree just like boom, goes out. 321 00:18:20.079 --> 00:18:24.079 So there are lots and lots of big, beautiful feature 322 00:18:24.119 --> 00:18:28.119 trees that are going to do fine surviving a thirty 323 00:18:28.200 --> 00:18:32.559 degree winter or regular thirty degree temperatures and then just 324 00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:37.559 burst out and thrive during the spring and summer. Just 325 00:18:37.680 --> 00:18:41.680 do your research, talk to local experts on trees for 326 00:18:41.759 --> 00:18:44.240 your area, and I'm sure arnold you're going to find it. 327 00:18:44.240 --> 00:18:48.400 But yeah, you've kind of tapped beyond my instant tree 328 00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:50.599 knowledge to know exactly which ones are going to be 329 00:18:50.599 --> 00:18:52.759 best for you. But I would do the same thing 330 00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:55.680 that I'm suggesting that you do, which is just dive in, 331 00:18:55.759 --> 00:18:58.160 do the research, and find it. As far as the 332 00:18:58.160 --> 00:19:02.480 fire pit goes, by the way, any questions about. 333 00:19:02.279 --> 00:19:06.039 That, Yes, the only gas line the fire pit's going 334 00:19:06.079 --> 00:19:09.519 to be about sixty feet from my house. The closest 335 00:19:09.559 --> 00:19:14.279 gas line is in my kitchen, which is behind my stove. No, 336 00:19:14.480 --> 00:19:17.279 I'm wondering, would they have to like drill a whole 337 00:19:17.319 --> 00:19:19.160 bunch of holes through all the cabinets. 338 00:19:19.680 --> 00:19:24.039 No, no, no, no, we got to come here's the 339 00:19:24.079 --> 00:19:25.880 news on the gas line. We got to come right 340 00:19:25.920 --> 00:19:31.200 off the meter. Oh, right off the meter for that one. 341 00:19:31.400 --> 00:19:33.440 We're not going to be drawing. We're not going to 342 00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:36.640 be drawn because here's the thing. Two reasons why. Number one, 343 00:19:36.680 --> 00:19:40.039 we don't want to mess up the house and anything 344 00:19:40.079 --> 00:19:42.880 going on there. And two, all of the gas lines 345 00:19:42.880 --> 00:19:45.559 in the house have already branched out to their appliances 346 00:19:45.599 --> 00:19:48.119 at their optimal size, and so you know, it's a 347 00:19:48.119 --> 00:19:51.359 half inch gas line behind the stove. Half inch gas 348 00:19:51.400 --> 00:19:56.759 line is the tiniest, little, littlest, most minute fire pit 349 00:19:57.279 --> 00:20:01.440 feed And I would never recommend any buddy feed fuel 350 00:20:01.480 --> 00:20:04.599 a fire pit with a half inch gas line. If 351 00:20:04.599 --> 00:20:06.559 you've just got a portable one, you know, with the 352 00:20:06.599 --> 00:20:10.119 little propane tank. That's that's basically what we're talking about there, 353 00:20:10.160 --> 00:20:12.279 as far as the equivalent of a half inch gas 354 00:20:12.319 --> 00:20:15.480 line a fire pit out away from your home that 355 00:20:15.519 --> 00:20:18.119 you really want to be able to blaze and to 356 00:20:18.240 --> 00:20:21.200 keep you warm. And okay, understand this is my theory 357 00:20:21.200 --> 00:20:23.680 on fire pits. When I build a fire pit for 358 00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:27.440 myself or any of our clients, the idea is a 359 00:20:27.480 --> 00:20:29.759 fire pit. You know, maybe it's not going to keep 360 00:20:29.799 --> 00:20:32.799 you warm on you know, when it's twenty degrees outside 361 00:20:32.839 --> 00:20:35.960 in a blizzard, that's fine, nobody's doing that. But on 362 00:20:36.079 --> 00:20:40.279 a cool night that drops into the forties. You know, 363 00:20:40.839 --> 00:20:44.599 a fire should keep you warm, and to do that, 364 00:20:44.759 --> 00:20:48.720 you're gonna need to run a minimum three quarter inch line. 365 00:20:48.880 --> 00:20:53.039 Most likely, my recommendation is a one inch line out there. 366 00:20:53.160 --> 00:20:57.200 And yeah, now it's not gonna it's it's not It 367 00:20:57.200 --> 00:21:01.400 doesn't need to sound intimidating, it's not going to blow 368 00:21:01.400 --> 00:21:03.240 out a bunch of gas, and it's not going to 369 00:21:03.319 --> 00:21:06.359 be any more expensive really than just running a half 370 00:21:06.400 --> 00:21:08.279 inch line out there. But you need to run it 371 00:21:08.319 --> 00:21:12.000 from the meter. You run a nice size line out there, 372 00:21:12.359 --> 00:21:15.680 because here's the thing, my friend, to have a nice 373 00:21:15.720 --> 00:21:19.839 burn on a nice size fire pit. I don't know 374 00:21:19.880 --> 00:21:23.319 if you've noticed this, but natural gas is it's pressurized, 375 00:21:23.359 --> 00:21:29.160 but it's the minimal. It's the least pressurized substance running 376 00:21:29.200 --> 00:21:33.759 through our homes. In other words, water is running through 377 00:21:33.799 --> 00:21:37.759 your house at anywhere from sixty to eighty pounds per 378 00:21:37.799 --> 00:21:40.200 square inch of pressure. That's a lot of pressure. So 379 00:21:40.279 --> 00:21:43.359 if you bust a if you were to undo something 380 00:21:43.359 --> 00:21:45.839 and just have an open pipe and turn on your 381 00:21:45.880 --> 00:21:48.640 water supply, there's no way you're gonna be able to 382 00:21:48.680 --> 00:21:51.319 put your hand or your finger over that pipe and 383 00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:54.519 stop it. Because it's just coming out at such high pressure. 384 00:21:55.119 --> 00:21:59.680 A gas line is usually running between five and maybe 385 00:21:59.680 --> 00:22:03.480 a lie pounds per square inch of pressure. And I'm 386 00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:07.240 not suggesting anybody do this. I'm just saying, if, if you, 387 00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:09.400 because I've had to do this occasionally. We've got like 388 00:22:09.440 --> 00:22:12.119 we've we detached a stove and it's sitting out in 389 00:22:12.160 --> 00:22:14.519 the middle of the kitchen floor and somebody bumped the 390 00:22:14.559 --> 00:22:18.039 gas line, and or we've taken off the valve and 391 00:22:18.079 --> 00:22:20.799 somebody actually bumps the gas line to turn it back on. 392 00:22:20.920 --> 00:22:23.359 I'm like, hey, turn off the gas And in the meantime, 393 00:22:23.400 --> 00:22:24.920 I just put my thumb over the end of the 394 00:22:24.920 --> 00:22:26.960 pipe and I block it. I stop it. It just 395 00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:31.279 stops because it's very very low pressure. So what that 396 00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:36.119 means is it's not high pressure coming through the gas line. 397 00:22:36.359 --> 00:22:39.960 So if you want a nice, big, healthy flame that's 398 00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:42.519 going to keep you warm on a cool night, you 399 00:22:42.599 --> 00:22:46.079 need volume. When you don't have pressure, you need volume. 400 00:22:46.200 --> 00:22:50.359 And so as a result, instead of a one half 401 00:22:50.440 --> 00:22:54.039