WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.480 --> 00:00:04.040 KFI AM six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp The 2 00:00:04.080 --> 00:00:08.359 House Whisper on demand on the iHeartRadio app. Hey, welcome 3 00:00:08.400 --> 00:00:12.000 to home where every week we help you better understand 4 00:00:12.039 --> 00:00:15.240 that place where you live. I'm Dean Sharp, the House 5 00:00:15.279 --> 00:00:18.120 Whisper here with you live like I am every weekend 6 00:00:18.160 --> 00:00:22.120 Saturday morning six to eight Pacific time, Sunday mornings nine 7 00:00:22.239 --> 00:00:25.920 to noon Pacific time. Thanks for joining us on the program. 8 00:00:26.079 --> 00:00:29.000 You are welcome to be a part of our third 9 00:00:29.039 --> 00:00:33.119 hour here starting off from eleven to noon. Today, we 10 00:00:33.159 --> 00:00:37.079 are talking about the home monitoring revolution, as it were, 11 00:00:37.560 --> 00:00:40.840 the fact that connectedness, this connected world that we live 12 00:00:40.880 --> 00:00:44.479 in technologically has led to a number of really, really 13 00:00:44.520 --> 00:00:47.079 beneficial ways in which we can keep track of what's 14 00:00:47.119 --> 00:00:51.640 going on in our home via our smartphones, apps and 15 00:00:52.439 --> 00:00:56.200 the kind of hardware and fixtures that communicate with them 16 00:00:56.399 --> 00:00:58.439 about what's going on in our homes. We're going to 17 00:00:58.479 --> 00:01:01.640 return to that conversation in just a bit, but right now, 18 00:01:01.799 --> 00:01:04.400 top of the hour, it's time to go to the phones. 19 00:01:04.640 --> 00:01:07.239 When it comes to your calls, it can be anything 20 00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:11.519 you want to talk about. Let's talk to Diego, Ay diego, 21 00:01:12.200 --> 00:01:13.159 Welcome home. 22 00:01:13.359 --> 00:01:18.400 Who Hi? I have unfinished basement and it has a 23 00:01:18.799 --> 00:01:21.760 bathroom and a kitchenet. We really don't use it. It's 24 00:01:21.760 --> 00:01:23.719 been just a catch all over the years, and the 25 00:01:23.799 --> 00:01:25.599 kids left and now we have there are some of 26 00:01:25.599 --> 00:01:29.680 their stuff still here, but mold has produced. You can 27 00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:32.040 smell it. You can see to some of the clothing 28 00:01:32.079 --> 00:01:34.959 that we now keep it for winter. And so that's 29 00:01:34.959 --> 00:01:38.079 how we came across it. And the neighbor and next 30 00:01:38.079 --> 00:01:41.120 story is a commercial person there. So they finally finished 31 00:01:41.159 --> 00:01:44.319 their landscape and now we're getting more water the summer. 32 00:01:44.359 --> 00:01:46.879 I put in a French drain because I saw that 33 00:01:46.959 --> 00:01:50.760 and I'm known to have some water problems coming up. 34 00:01:50.799 --> 00:01:52.920 That's when we have Nina in two thousand and nine, 35 00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:56.519 I think it was, and we were swimming almost down here, 36 00:01:57.079 --> 00:02:00.400 and so we put that friend straight in. But the 37 00:02:00.439 --> 00:02:03.519 mold it's still there. How do you attack mold and 38 00:02:03.599 --> 00:02:06.400 how do you prevent it from happening again? We have 39 00:02:06.439 --> 00:02:11.199 a cement, just unfinished cement. Did they have carpet here? 40 00:02:11.280 --> 00:02:13.960 One time? Somebody did and they pulled it all off. 41 00:02:13.960 --> 00:02:16.599 You can see all the glue marks everywhere and some 42 00:02:16.719 --> 00:02:19.360 paint they tried to use. The paint. I looked it 43 00:02:19.439 --> 00:02:22.400 up out a year ago, and everybody have bad reviews, 44 00:02:22.800 --> 00:02:25.439 good and bad reviews about different products. One part I 45 00:02:25.560 --> 00:02:28.159 really liked is you can't be around it after you 46 00:02:28.240 --> 00:02:31.120 put it on. I means you can't live there or 47 00:02:31.319 --> 00:02:34.199 be around it because but it works really great. We'll 48 00:02:34.240 --> 00:02:36.159 be to the point of doing that then, because we 49 00:02:36.280 --> 00:02:38.319 like to hide down here because it's cooler when we 50 00:02:38.360 --> 00:02:41.240 get the heat waves. Right, So what do you suggest? 51 00:02:42.360 --> 00:02:46.360 Okay, Well, it could be a very big subject because 52 00:02:46.439 --> 00:02:50.120 there are different ways of approaching this, whether you're approaching 53 00:02:50.159 --> 00:02:54.479 it on the level of just maintaining a mold free 54 00:02:54.560 --> 00:02:57.800 environment in the basement or on the other end of 55 00:02:57.800 --> 00:03:02.879 the spectrum, going to greater measures of protecting the basement 56 00:03:03.039 --> 00:03:07.159 against moisture intrusion. To begin with, okay, how old is 57 00:03:07.199 --> 00:03:08.319 the house and where is the house? 58 00:03:08.360 --> 00:03:11.599 By the way, the house it sits in some Marco's 59 00:03:11.840 --> 00:03:15.719 border at Scabido area, and it's a sixty four house, 60 00:03:16.039 --> 00:03:16.800 sixty years old. 61 00:03:17.400 --> 00:03:20.599 Okay, all right, yeah, it's so a full basement in 62 00:03:20.680 --> 00:03:23.680 sixty four. That's that's quite a remarkable kind of situation. 63 00:03:23.960 --> 00:03:27.159 The front of the house is a level, it's all level, 64 00:03:27.199 --> 00:03:29.280 and then the back of the house is like fifteen 65 00:03:29.360 --> 00:03:32.360 twelve feet deeper. So they decided instead of having just 66 00:03:32.400 --> 00:03:36.520 a basement, they finished it. Well, the neighbor copios too, 67 00:03:36.840 --> 00:03:37.159 they did. 68 00:03:37.800 --> 00:03:39.360 I got it, all right, all right, that makes sense, 69 00:03:39.360 --> 00:03:43.759 all right, Okay, So here's the thing. If you really 70 00:03:43.960 --> 00:03:49.319 want to deal with the moisture intrusion, generally speaking, then 71 00:03:49.879 --> 00:03:54.800 there is the whole process of digging down around those 72 00:03:54.840 --> 00:03:58.240 basement walls, digging a trench down around the basement walls, 73 00:03:58.240 --> 00:04:03.919 getting French strains deeper down, closer to the base of 74 00:04:04.919 --> 00:04:08.639 the walls, and while you're at it, getting better water 75 00:04:08.759 --> 00:04:14.000 proofing on the exterior of those walls, whether it's a 76 00:04:14.039 --> 00:04:18.560 bitumous membrane, whether it's coated, roll on water proofing and 77 00:04:18.600 --> 00:04:22.480 then protected with protection boards or foam boards so that 78 00:04:22.680 --> 00:04:25.360 rocks and soil don't come in and scratch it or 79 00:04:25.720 --> 00:04:29.480 penetrate it and kind of ruin it. Concrete in and 80 00:04:29.519 --> 00:04:32.000 of itself is not going to stop moisture from coming 81 00:04:32.040 --> 00:04:34.480 in through the ground around it and into the room. 82 00:04:34.639 --> 00:04:37.519 So I'm just saying that I'm not I think I 83 00:04:37.600 --> 00:04:40.000 understand the spirit of your question that you're not asking 84 00:04:40.079 --> 00:04:43.040 for that kind of major redo, But that's kind of 85 00:04:43.040 --> 00:04:46.279 what we're looking at right, if it gets and I'm 86 00:04:46.279 --> 00:04:49.439 mentioning it, because if it gets to the point where 87 00:04:49.959 --> 00:04:53.680 you end up with like potentially standing water in the basement, 88 00:04:53.720 --> 00:04:56.920 then we really have to treat this basement like basements 89 00:04:56.920 --> 00:05:01.920 are treated all across the country. Unlike here in relatively 90 00:05:02.000 --> 00:05:07.199 traditionally dry southern California, all across the country, basements are 91 00:05:07.240 --> 00:05:11.120 treated with heavy waterproofing on the outside before they're backfilled. 92 00:05:11.439 --> 00:05:15.399 They've got drains on the outside connected sometimes quite often 93 00:05:15.439 --> 00:05:19.319 to some pumps that because they're below grade, and they 94 00:05:19.319 --> 00:05:23.279 will drain that water out. Some pumps placed in the 95 00:05:23.360 --> 00:05:27.199 basement floor so that if water begins to build up 96 00:05:27.240 --> 00:05:29.040 on the floor, it has a place to drain to 97 00:05:29.199 --> 00:05:31.639 and to be removed, and so on and so forth. 98 00:05:31.680 --> 00:05:36.040 All right, Putting that aside, though, let's just say we've 99 00:05:36.079 --> 00:05:41.040 got lately, because of the neighbors landscaping redo, because we've 100 00:05:41.079 --> 00:05:44.199 had a couple of El Nino years and some heavy winters, 101 00:05:44.759 --> 00:05:49.560 Let's say we've got unusually high amounts of moisture building up, 102 00:05:49.800 --> 00:05:53.600 and that moisture is not leaking through but just sort 103 00:05:53.639 --> 00:05:58.279 of seeping into the concrete walls, and as a result 104 00:05:58.439 --> 00:06:02.600 of being down in this dark moist place down in 105 00:06:02.639 --> 00:06:08.360 the ground. Mold, Okay, mold and mildeed. That can still 106 00:06:08.360 --> 00:06:10.199 be dealt with as long as we don't have water 107 00:06:10.319 --> 00:06:12.439 pouring through. We can deal with it in a couple 108 00:06:12.480 --> 00:06:15.000 of ways. Number One, the first thing is we got 109 00:06:15.040 --> 00:06:17.120 to kill the mold that's there, all right. That can 110 00:06:17.160 --> 00:06:20.360 be as simple as a mixture of water and bleach 111 00:06:21.040 --> 00:06:25.680 washing down the walls and the floor to kill what's there. Secondly, 112 00:06:26.160 --> 00:06:31.399 we want to keep that room dry. Okay, a dehumidifier. 113 00:06:31.480 --> 00:06:36.279 Now dehumidifier could take the form of a split system 114 00:06:36.439 --> 00:06:40.160 heat pump, air conditioner slash heater. But why put an 115 00:06:40.199 --> 00:06:43.040 air conditioner in a room that's already cool, that you 116 00:06:43.079 --> 00:06:48.079 guys already escape to because it's a cool place. But dehumidification, 117 00:06:48.279 --> 00:06:51.279 this is critical. Mold is not going to no matter 118 00:06:51.279 --> 00:06:54.399 how much moisture is in the wall, Mold is not 119 00:06:54.480 --> 00:06:56.920 going to form on the surface of the wall and 120 00:06:57.040 --> 00:06:59.360 on the surfaces of stuff down there and on the 121 00:06:59.439 --> 00:07:02.720 close if the air is dry. One of the you 122 00:07:02.759 --> 00:07:05.759 know there, there are rules to mold and mildew. They're 123 00:07:05.800 --> 00:07:10.199 not just magical creatures that show up whenever they want to. 124 00:07:10.600 --> 00:07:13.079 It's got to be dark it's got to be moist 125 00:07:13.439 --> 00:07:16.000 and the air around it has to be moist as 126 00:07:16.040 --> 00:07:19.399 well in order for it to thrive. So dry air 127 00:07:19.879 --> 00:07:22.560 down inside the basement area is going to be your 128 00:07:22.680 --> 00:07:29.560 biggest ongoing weapon to combat mold. So think about a dehumidifier. 129 00:07:29.600 --> 00:07:31.720 They can be portable, they can be built in, you 130 00:07:31.720 --> 00:07:33.720 can have it blown out one of the you know, 131 00:07:33.800 --> 00:07:38.279 windows or what have you. But a dehumidification system down there, 132 00:07:38.319 --> 00:07:41.839 the drier the air is in the basement, the less 133 00:07:41.920 --> 00:07:44.600 issues you're ever going to have with mold on your stuff, 134 00:07:44.639 --> 00:07:47.839 on the floors, on the walls, and especially in the clothing. 135 00:07:48.040 --> 00:07:52.680 That's going to be the key. Lastly, there are some 136 00:07:53.240 --> 00:07:56.560 things not paint. Paint is a terrible approach, as you've 137 00:07:56.600 --> 00:08:01.160 seen to ceiling concrete, because moisture that builds up on 138 00:08:01.199 --> 00:08:04.839 the backside of the paint will simply bubble it and 139 00:08:04.920 --> 00:08:07.199 push it off and make it flake and crack and 140 00:08:07.399 --> 00:08:11.240 just it's a mess. But there are some pretty decent 141 00:08:11.399 --> 00:08:15.160 seilers out there that you can absorbing sealers that you 142 00:08:15.160 --> 00:08:17.839 could go ahead and just coat the concrete wall your 143 00:08:18.000 --> 00:08:21.399 side with the interior. Is it going to stop moisture 144 00:08:21.439 --> 00:08:22.879 from completely coming through? 145 00:08:23.079 --> 00:08:23.199 No? 146 00:08:23.399 --> 00:08:25.800 But if you coat the concrete floor and the walls 147 00:08:25.839 --> 00:08:30.399 with these penetrating sealers, then it's definitely going to slow 148 00:08:30.399 --> 00:08:33.799 it down. You combine that with dehumidifying the airspace and 149 00:08:33.840 --> 00:08:36.080 getting some good airflow down there, and you know what, 150 00:08:36.200 --> 00:08:39.240 I'm guessing, if you don't have a standing water problem, 151 00:08:39.519 --> 00:08:41.480 you're probably going to be in good shape. 152 00:08:41.480 --> 00:08:45.559 My friend, sounds good. Well, Thank you so much, Jean. 153 00:08:45.600 --> 00:08:46.240 I appreciate that. 154 00:08:46.960 --> 00:08:50.480 All right, diego look into that dehumidification system. That's going 155 00:08:50.559 --> 00:08:54.159 to be the key to keeping mold under control. All right, 156 00:08:54.200 --> 00:08:57.320 when we come back, how about another call or so, yeah, 157 00:08:57.399 --> 00:08:57.919 we'll do it. 158 00:08:58.559 --> 00:09:01.840 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 159 00:09:01.919 --> 00:09:03.639 KFI AM six forty. 160 00:09:03.639 --> 00:09:07.039 The house Whisper at your service. Thanks for joining us 161 00:09:07.080 --> 00:09:11.679 on the program. We're talking about the connected monitored home today. 162 00:09:11.679 --> 00:09:13.679 I'm going to get back to that conversation in just 163 00:09:13.720 --> 00:09:16.519 a bit, but right now, going to take another call. 164 00:09:16.840 --> 00:09:18.879 Still got some calls on the board, trying to get 165 00:09:18.879 --> 00:09:23.559 through as many as I can. Let's talk to Linda. Hey, Linda, 166 00:09:23.799 --> 00:09:24.519 welcome home. 167 00:09:25.960 --> 00:09:31.279 Hi Dean, thank you for taking my call. I'm remodeling first, 168 00:09:31.759 --> 00:09:38.320 my first remodel of primary bath and the construction has 169 00:09:38.360 --> 00:09:43.519 already started, and I love the contractor, and so anyway, 170 00:09:43.559 --> 00:09:48.720 the design part is what I'm I picked everything and 171 00:09:48.759 --> 00:09:52.799 now I'm up to the paint color. And it's now 172 00:09:52.840 --> 00:09:54.720 that I've listened to you for so long, it has 173 00:09:54.759 --> 00:10:01.360 to be Benchin more now. And I don't know where 174 00:10:01.399 --> 00:10:03.799 you were the whole rest of my life, but anyway, 175 00:10:04.480 --> 00:10:10.440 so it was, but not not not where I could 176 00:10:10.480 --> 00:10:17.799 hear you. So so anyway I want I remember hearing 177 00:10:17.919 --> 00:10:20.759 a previous show, maybe a couple of years ago. I 178 00:10:20.799 --> 00:10:22.480 don't know, I don't know how to find it on 179 00:10:22.559 --> 00:10:27.559 your in the library, but you talked about a paint, 180 00:10:27.639 --> 00:10:33.679 a paint that you use pretty often, and I wanted 181 00:10:33.759 --> 00:10:38.919 to be neutral white without yellow in it. And I 182 00:10:38.960 --> 00:10:43.039 remember you talked about gloss, not too gloss. Right now 183 00:10:43.240 --> 00:10:50.759 it's a high gloss cottage white color and so uh, 184 00:10:50.840 --> 00:10:55.399 and it's all neutrals from chocolate vanity. It's a seventy 185 00:10:55.440 --> 00:11:00.519 two inch vanity. There's a chocolate solid oak vanity with 186 00:11:00.679 --> 00:11:06.320 a weeded front. And I'll get to the metal part 187 00:11:06.320 --> 00:11:08.440 in a minute, because it's the two part questions. So 188 00:11:08.519 --> 00:11:11.360 I just wanted to ask you about what paint color 189 00:11:11.399 --> 00:11:15.600 would you recommend that's not a stark white, a warm 190 00:11:15.639 --> 00:11:20.200 white without yellow, and that will hold up to what 191 00:11:20.399 --> 00:11:21.519 you need in a bathroom. 192 00:11:22.240 --> 00:11:25.000 Okay, so first of all, two questions there, because one 193 00:11:25.039 --> 00:11:26.919 is the color and one is the type of paint. 194 00:11:27.799 --> 00:11:31.320 The ultimate paint my favorite paint for bathrooms, hands down, 195 00:11:31.600 --> 00:11:35.399 no question about it. Aura A U R A. That's 196 00:11:35.399 --> 00:11:39.279 Benjamin Moore Aura Bath and Spa. There's a regular Aura 197 00:11:39.320 --> 00:11:41.720 for the rest of the house. Aura Bath and Spa 198 00:11:42.639 --> 00:11:47.159 is water resistant, mildew resistant, moisture resistant paint. And the 199 00:11:47.200 --> 00:11:50.519 amazing thing about it is it comes in a flat 200 00:11:50.799 --> 00:11:55.320 matte finish, so no more high reflective gloss in the bathroom. 201 00:11:55.639 --> 00:11:58.720 It can be sexy and silky and matt finished on 202 00:11:58.759 --> 00:12:01.679 the walls and the ceiling and not lose its clean 203 00:12:01.720 --> 00:12:09.360 ability and not lose its water resistance. Aura Bath and Spa. 204 00:12:09.840 --> 00:12:11.759 That's the paint you want to use and can come 205 00:12:11.799 --> 00:12:15.440 in literally any color you want. And if you're talking 206 00:12:15.440 --> 00:12:17.759 about and there are a lot of options here, but 207 00:12:17.759 --> 00:12:20.559 if we're talking about a bright white that is just 208 00:12:20.879 --> 00:12:26.360 you know, soft, but not yellow, ye not creamy cream colored, 209 00:12:26.399 --> 00:12:30.720 you know that has that distinct creaminess to it. Just 210 00:12:31.000 --> 00:12:34.360 a warm white's what we call a warm white. Then 211 00:12:34.440 --> 00:12:38.799 you're probably looking at either decorators white or Swiss coffee, 212 00:12:39.039 --> 00:12:42.080 which I know gets tossed around a lot these days 213 00:12:42.600 --> 00:12:46.480 as like, oh, that's what they painted my apartment in. Well, 214 00:12:46.759 --> 00:12:49.440 I don't really care about the what color they painted 215 00:12:49.480 --> 00:12:51.519 your apartment. I care about the quality of the paint. 216 00:12:51.600 --> 00:12:53.360 And the fact of the matter is this is that, 217 00:12:53.840 --> 00:12:55.759 you know, because white, if you go too bright, you 218 00:12:55.799 --> 00:12:57.799 can start to go into the blues and that's going 219 00:12:57.879 --> 00:13:01.440 to really kind of mess with your chocolate, choice of 220 00:13:02.320 --> 00:13:05.200 cabinetry and all of that. So that's what we're talking about. 221 00:13:06.159 --> 00:13:11.360 And the porcelain tiles, which is the other big opposite 222 00:13:11.399 --> 00:13:15.960 wall of the vanity with the tubs around and the shower, 223 00:13:16.759 --> 00:13:23.879 is a creamy white porcelain with light tope, very light 224 00:13:24.000 --> 00:13:29.039 tope banning. It's not busy baning, just a very minimal baining. 225 00:13:29.559 --> 00:13:32.440 So it could be more than. 226 00:13:32.360 --> 00:13:34.360 A warm white. It could be a Queenie white. 227 00:13:34.360 --> 00:13:36.480 I guess I don't know which way to go I 228 00:13:36.559 --> 00:13:39.279 need to look at. So what would be the Queenie white? 229 00:13:39.840 --> 00:13:44.679 Well, yeah, yeah, I can't tell you the names off 230 00:13:44.679 --> 00:13:46.720 the top of my head because there's thousands of them. 231 00:13:46.720 --> 00:13:49.000 But I will tell you this. You take those tiles 232 00:13:49.360 --> 00:13:53.720 and you head to the Benjamin Moore store and keep 233 00:13:53.759 --> 00:13:58.120 your tiles with you and any other color reference items 234 00:13:58.159 --> 00:14:01.120 in the bathroom, bring those with you while you are 235 00:14:01.200 --> 00:14:05.159 selecting a spectrum of samples three, you know, two, three, 236 00:14:05.279 --> 00:14:07.840 four samples, and be a little bold with your samples. 237 00:14:07.840 --> 00:14:09.720 Go a little darker, and go a little creamier, go 238 00:14:09.720 --> 00:14:13.879 a little wider. Then order the sample size paints where 239 00:14:13.879 --> 00:14:16.559 they're just these tiny they're not even pints anymore. There's 240 00:14:16.559 --> 00:14:20.000 just these tiny, little sample size and then get in 241 00:14:20.080 --> 00:14:23.720 the room and get them on the wall, get a 242 00:14:23.759 --> 00:14:27.519 good size swatch of them on the wall, and evaluate 243 00:14:27.600 --> 00:14:29.279 them at that point. That's the key. 244 00:14:30.679 --> 00:14:35.919 Perfect, Thank you so much. This is the other thing, 245 00:14:36.559 --> 00:14:41.039 and I remember you having this conversation, so thank you. 246 00:14:41.440 --> 00:14:47.039 And the other thing is that they're twenty four y 247 00:14:47.159 --> 00:14:52.159 forty eight porcelain tiles, so they're really big, and I 248 00:14:52.279 --> 00:14:57.639 don't want to see grout and white kind of shows 249 00:14:57.759 --> 00:15:05.279 up ease can see white. So is there another background 250 00:15:05.879 --> 00:15:10.879 grout color that won't show dirt hopefully, but also just 251 00:15:10.960 --> 00:15:14.519 will blend in so it doesn't, you know, just notice grout. 252 00:15:14.919 --> 00:15:17.240 I don't want the groud to be a design feature. 253 00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:23.000 Gotcha. So you want a non sanded grout, okay, Because 254 00:15:23.080 --> 00:15:26.960 nonsanded that allows you to set those tiles as absolutely 255 00:15:27.000 --> 00:15:30.320 close together as possible. We don't want to make the 256 00:15:30.399 --> 00:15:33.639 mistake of not using a grout because the tiles will 257 00:15:33.720 --> 00:15:36.440 shift and we don't want them rubbing against each other 258 00:15:36.480 --> 00:15:39.360 and chipping. The grout actually is a buffer for that 259 00:15:39.480 --> 00:15:42.759 to actually protect the tile. But talk to your contractor 260 00:15:42.799 --> 00:15:47.600 about using any POxy based grout Number one. Any POxy 261 00:15:47.639 --> 00:15:49.840 based grout means you can use any kind of light 262 00:15:49.919 --> 00:15:54.120 color you want. Any POxy grouts when they dry, they 263 00:15:54.320 --> 00:15:57.000 or I should say they when they cure, they are 264 00:15:57.720 --> 00:16:01.559 non porous. They don't absorb stains, They don't absorb the 265 00:16:01.639 --> 00:16:05.919 dirt or scum or anything like that. It takes a 266 00:16:06.159 --> 00:16:09.039 qualified installer who knows what they're doing to put the 267 00:16:09.039 --> 00:16:11.799 epoxy groud in because you don't want to have any 268 00:16:11.879 --> 00:16:17.000 leftover film on top of the tile surface. But an 269 00:16:17.080 --> 00:16:20.480 epoxy based growd is going to give you absolute smallest 270 00:16:20.639 --> 00:16:26.960 and strongest and least stained sensitive grout in between those tiles. 271 00:16:27.000 --> 00:16:29.320 And then as far as the color goes, it's just 272 00:16:29.399 --> 00:16:32.000 like the paint. You want to get a couple of 273 00:16:32.519 --> 00:16:34.799 samples of colors. Now you're not going to have a 274 00:16:34.919 --> 00:16:38.720 billion options when it comes to any grout color. You 275 00:16:38.840 --> 00:16:42.240 only have the spectrum of color that the grout company offers. 276 00:16:42.559 --> 00:16:44.519 But there's a lot, and there's a lot in the 277 00:16:44.519 --> 00:16:48.799 white and cream area. So you want to decide which 278 00:16:48.879 --> 00:16:51.720 one you like better, whether you go slightly darker than 279 00:16:51.720 --> 00:16:54.039 the tile, or whether you try and get one that 280 00:16:54.120 --> 00:16:56.799 matches as close to the main surface of the tile 281 00:16:56.919 --> 00:16:59.440 so that it just goes away. The good news in 282 00:16:59.480 --> 00:17:01.559 your case, even if you went a little bit slightly 283 00:17:01.679 --> 00:17:04.599 darker and you could see the grout line a little 284 00:17:04.640 --> 00:17:08.680 bit more noticeably. Uh, you know, twenty four by forty 285 00:17:08.680 --> 00:17:12.880 eight porcelain tie, there's a large format tiles. You've got 286 00:17:12.960 --> 00:17:17.359 minimal grout there anyway, But of course, of course try 287 00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:21.359 for the matching color or something that blends in as 288 00:17:21.440 --> 00:17:23.920 well as possible, if that makes sense. 289 00:17:24.640 --> 00:17:30.079 Great. And also my contractors have tile specialist, flooring specialists 290 00:17:30.160 --> 00:17:30.559 all of that. 291 00:17:30.799 --> 00:17:34.279 So but this is what this is. 292 00:17:34.319 --> 00:17:38.079 These are the two main things that I really needed 293 00:17:38.119 --> 00:17:40.880 to know. And do you have another second for a 294 00:17:40.960 --> 00:17:41.519 quick question? 295 00:17:42.240 --> 00:17:43.079 That's super quick? 296 00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:44.079 Got super quick? 297 00:17:44.880 --> 00:17:45.079 Yeah? 298 00:17:45.119 --> 00:17:45.799 Yeah, yeah. 299 00:17:45.880 --> 00:17:50.880 Mixing metals there's brush gold tiny knobs on the vanity 300 00:17:52.160 --> 00:17:56.319 and around on a giant light, a big light fixture 301 00:17:56.440 --> 00:17:59.960 over the vanity. But I did, I got all stained 302 00:18:00.119 --> 00:18:05.599 less faucets and you know, graceful faucets and handles and 303 00:18:05.799 --> 00:18:12.680 for the thinks, tub and shower. Have you ever mixed metals? 304 00:18:12.720 --> 00:18:16.119 Is this thatrong? Okay, it can be. 305 00:18:16.200 --> 00:18:19.319 Okay, it can I mean mixing metals. And usually what 306 00:18:19.359 --> 00:18:23.079 we want when we mix metals is a contrast and uh, 307 00:18:23.559 --> 00:18:28.279 and it's it's I can't, I can't give you a 308 00:18:27.480 --> 00:18:33.680 a solid answer sight unseen. Uh. Typically when we mix metals, 309 00:18:33.720 --> 00:18:37.359 will use a central fixture that has both of them 310 00:18:37.559 --> 00:18:41.200 in it, so that that gives us the freedom to 311 00:18:41.480 --> 00:18:43.839 throw a little bit of brush gold on the light fixture, 312 00:18:43.960 --> 00:18:46.279 throw a little brush gold on the knobs, because there's 313 00:18:46.319 --> 00:18:49.279 a little bit of brush gold along with the stainless 314 00:18:49.319 --> 00:18:52.640 in the faucet set. But that doesn't mean necessarily that 315 00:18:52.680 --> 00:18:56.400 you can't just do a full on stainless faucet set 316 00:18:56.920 --> 00:19:00.599 and have the brush gold in other locations. Really has 317 00:19:00.640 --> 00:19:05.039 to do visually with how each one ties in and works. 318 00:19:06.160 --> 00:19:10.519 But changing metals and having more than one inside a space, 319 00:19:10.599 --> 00:19:14.480 a room, a kitchen area, a bathroom. It is not 320 00:19:14.680 --> 00:19:18.519 in any way, shape or form a sin or a mistake. Again, 321 00:19:18.599 --> 00:19:20.359 it's just one of those things where you have to 322 00:19:20.400 --> 00:19:24.119 stand back, you know, take a look at the samples 323 00:19:24.119 --> 00:19:27.880 that you've got evaluated and make sure that it works. 324 00:19:27.920 --> 00:19:30.839 And you know, in your case, the worst case scenario 325 00:19:31.039 --> 00:19:34.000 is maybe the cabinet knobs get changed out to a 326 00:19:34.039 --> 00:19:36.799 stainless versus the brush gold. But you know, I'm thinking 327 00:19:36.839 --> 00:19:40.279 it's probably gonna work. So there you go. All right, Linda, 328 00:19:40.359 --> 00:19:44.920 you got three three major questions answered, my friend, Thanks 329 00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:47.119 for being such a fan of the show, by the way, 330 00:19:47.519 --> 00:19:51.359 really really appreciating good luck on what sounds like is 331 00:19:51.400 --> 00:19:54.799 a really great bathroom remodel. And you have learned the 332 00:19:54.880 --> 00:19:59.440 lesson design matters most. All right, everybody, when we come back, 333 00:19:59.640 --> 00:20:03.119 we're gonna to get back into the monitored home. I've 334 00:20:03.160 --> 00:20:04.960 got so much more to talk to you about. We 335 00:20:05.039 --> 00:20:05.559 will do it. 336 00:20:06.039 --> 00:20:09.359 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 337 00:20:09.440 --> 00:20:10.680 KFI AM six. 338 00:20:10.640 --> 00:20:14.680 Forty Welcome home your Home with Dean Sharp. The house whisper, 339 00:20:14.720 --> 00:20:17.160 that's me and we're talking about your home. That's what 340 00:20:17.200 --> 00:20:20.519 we do every weekend, talk about your home. This weekend. 341 00:20:20.640 --> 00:20:26.240 I'm specifically talking about your monitored home, meaning the kind 342 00:20:26.319 --> 00:20:30.000 of world that we live in now, connected technology giving 343 00:20:30.079 --> 00:20:34.559 us the ability to monitor our homes when we are 344 00:20:34.599 --> 00:20:38.480 both there and away in ways we never dreamed of 345 00:20:38.599 --> 00:20:43.079 possible just a few years ago. So I know I 346 00:20:43.480 --> 00:20:46.440 cover this stuff throughout the year when we hit various 347 00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:49.759 other subjects because these each of these areas are kind of, 348 00:20:50.759 --> 00:20:55.000 you know, subtopics of larger areas, but today it's all 349 00:20:55.119 --> 00:20:59.319 just an overview of monitoring your home. Very quickly, I 350 00:20:59.359 --> 00:21:02.680 want to mention one last thing in regards to safety 351 00:21:02.680 --> 00:21:04.119 that not a lot of people are aware of, and 352 00:21:04.160 --> 00:21:07.960 you should be. If you are thinking about upgrading your 353 00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:11.920 electrical system, if a new panel is part of you know, 354 00:21:12.079 --> 00:21:15.319 maybe you're adding an ADU, maybe you're just doing an 355 00:21:15.359 --> 00:21:17.680 expansion or remodel, and you're like, you know what, we 356 00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:20.160 need more power. We're going to are electrician is going 357 00:21:20.240 --> 00:21:24.039 to put in a new panel. One of the things 358 00:21:24.039 --> 00:21:26.480 that you should at least be aware of and check 359 00:21:26.519 --> 00:21:31.359 out and talk to your electrician about is a smart 360 00:21:31.519 --> 00:21:36.519 panel or at least smart breakers in your existing panel. Now, 361 00:21:36.599 --> 00:21:40.400 smart breakers breakers are have to be the brand or 362 00:21:40.440 --> 00:21:43.880 compatible with the brand of panel that you have. Okay, 363 00:21:44.319 --> 00:21:48.839 so the smart breakers coming out, for instance, Leveton smart breakers, 364 00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:52.400 they aren't going to work in a square D panel 365 00:21:52.880 --> 00:21:54.720 as an example, And you're like, what is a square 366 00:21:54.759 --> 00:21:58.240 D panel? Doesn't matter, just know that it has to 367 00:21:58.279 --> 00:22:01.720 be brand specific or at least intentionally brand compatible. But 368 00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:04.240 the nice thing about a smart breaker is you don't 369 00:22:04.240 --> 00:22:06.599 need a whole panel upgrade. You can just start changing 370 00:22:06.640 --> 00:22:10.519 out the breakers from the old dumb breakers, the stupid 371 00:22:10.599 --> 00:22:14.799 breakers that you've got right now, which are just mechanically 372 00:22:14.839 --> 00:22:17.839 operated breakers. You know, you get a short and they 373 00:22:17.880 --> 00:22:19.880 pop and then you go and you reset them, or 374 00:22:19.880 --> 00:22:22.440 an overload and they pop and you reset them. A 375 00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:27.759 smart breaker can give you feedback on that circuit into 376 00:22:27.799 --> 00:22:31.119 an app to let you know energy usage. But also 377 00:22:31.160 --> 00:22:34.000 a smart breaker will alert you when it goes off. 378 00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:39.759 And some smart breakers can actually be remotely reset. So yeah, 379 00:22:39.799 --> 00:22:43.160 that's smart. That really is smart. And now there are panels, 380 00:22:43.319 --> 00:22:48.039 entire panels built with nothing but smart breakers, leaner, cleaner, 381 00:22:48.400 --> 00:22:52.240 way better, and the panel itself will help monitor energy 382 00:22:52.359 --> 00:22:56.319 flow and energy usage through your home and they can 383 00:22:56.359 --> 00:22:58.759 be set instead of you know, used to buy a 384 00:22:58.960 --> 00:23:02.279 regular breaker'll do, but you can buy a regular breaker 385 00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:05.400 standard like fifteen AM breaker, or you can buy a 386 00:23:05.519 --> 00:23:09.759 GFCI breaker which is a ground fault interrupt breaker for 387 00:23:10.279 --> 00:23:14.079 bathrooms and kitchen areas, areas where there's water sensitivity. Or 388 00:23:14.079 --> 00:23:17.200 you can get an arc fault breaker, which is required 389 00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:20.480 by code in some rooms now throughout the home that 390 00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:24.119 monitor little arc faults like a worn cord or anything 391 00:23:24.160 --> 00:23:28.359 like that. Those are all specific, individualized breakers, but on 392 00:23:28.400 --> 00:23:31.440 some of these new smart panels, they simply come with 393 00:23:31.640 --> 00:23:35.160 universal smart breakers and you can set each one to 394 00:23:35.240 --> 00:23:39.519 be what you needed to be, GFI, arc fault or standard, 395 00:23:39.519 --> 00:23:42.279 whatever the case may be. So this is the future, 396 00:23:42.359 --> 00:23:44.160 by the way. I mean twenty years from now, we're 397 00:23:44.200 --> 00:23:46.599 not going to be having this conversation because everybody's going 398 00:23:46.640 --> 00:23:49.799 to have a smart panel anyway, and we'll be moving 399 00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:52.000 on to other things. But I'm just letting you know, 400 00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:55.079 if you're in the market for upgrading right now, this 401 00:23:55.319 --> 00:23:59.000