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 --> 00:00:10.519 house Whisper on demand on the iHeart Radio app. Here 3 00:00:10.599 --> 00:00:15.240 for you, like we always are here to be a mentor, 4 00:00:15.599 --> 00:00:19.160 a design mentor for you, because design matters most an 5 00:00:19.239 --> 00:00:23.120 advocate as you wrestle with construction issues in your home, 6 00:00:23.199 --> 00:00:26.719 and it's your friend as you take on the noble 7 00:00:26.800 --> 00:00:31.719 work of turning your ordinary house into an extraordinary home. 8 00:00:31.800 --> 00:00:34.759 It's a real thing. It can be done. We see 9 00:00:34.759 --> 00:00:40.560 it done every day of our professional life. Ordinary houses 10 00:00:40.719 --> 00:00:45.799 can become extraordinary homes. Today, by the way, let me 11 00:00:45.799 --> 00:00:48.079 get this out quick. Today I want to talk to 12 00:00:48.119 --> 00:00:49.679 you about what's going on with your house. I have 13 00:00:49.719 --> 00:00:52.960 no agenda but to talk with you and see if 14 00:00:53.000 --> 00:00:56.200 I can help. It is an all calls weekend. We 15 00:00:56.320 --> 00:00:59.240 are just going to the phones. You're setting the agenda today. 16 00:00:59.280 --> 00:01:03.079 The number to reach me eight three three two. Ask Dean. 17 00:01:03.600 --> 00:01:06.840 Let's talk to David A. David, Welcome home. 18 00:01:07.120 --> 00:01:10.319 Thank you, Dean. I'm in Venice Beach. I live in 19 00:01:10.319 --> 00:01:12.439 an apartment, so I feel like I represent all the 20 00:01:12.480 --> 00:01:15.400 apartment renters who don't usually own a home. And the 21 00:01:15.480 --> 00:01:18.040 building I live in was built in nineteen twelve there's 22 00:01:18.159 --> 00:01:20.680 three stories and I'm on the top floor the three stories, 23 00:01:20.959 --> 00:01:24.480 and about seven or eight months ago the lanvelode replaced 24 00:01:24.480 --> 00:01:26.799 the water heater, and since then it wakes me up 25 00:01:26.840 --> 00:01:28.840 at night because of them. I guess people taking a 26 00:01:28.879 --> 00:01:32.359 shower because the pipes are banging for between five and 27 00:01:32.439 --> 00:01:35.319 twenty seconds sometimes during the week. And I was wondering 28 00:01:35.519 --> 00:01:37.519 how I can explain to my lavelord is I'm sorry 29 00:01:37.519 --> 00:01:39.879 to say, but lazy doesn't want to admit that it's 30 00:01:39.920 --> 00:01:42.840 just bothering and keeping me awake. So how does it 31 00:01:42.879 --> 00:01:45.079 make such a noise that I think it's pipe expanding? 32 00:01:45.079 --> 00:01:48.439 Do their rub against something? And what can I say? 33 00:01:49.239 --> 00:01:51.719 I don't know what you can say with a lazy 34 00:01:51.799 --> 00:01:55.879 landlord who doesn't want to do anything, but you can 35 00:01:55.920 --> 00:01:59.120 talk to him about the problem though, And so are 36 00:01:59.159 --> 00:02:02.480 we talking about. So there's two kinds of noise that 37 00:02:02.640 --> 00:02:06.599 people sometimes experience when it comes to their hot water 38 00:02:06.680 --> 00:02:11.520 systems or there's water in general. Number one is, uh, 39 00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:14.919 there is this there's a like a what a lot 40 00:02:14.919 --> 00:02:18.240 of people describe as a creeping or clicking sound like 41 00:02:21.280 --> 00:02:25.360 that happens when when hot water is being used. Uh. 42 00:02:25.599 --> 00:02:29.439 And then there's that banging sound literally like you know, 43 00:02:29.560 --> 00:02:33.319 this banging sound, which of the two are you experiencing. 44 00:02:33.599 --> 00:02:36.280 It's a mix between the two. It's the sound is 45 00:02:36.319 --> 00:02:38.599 like the banging, but the space between the bang is 46 00:02:39.280 --> 00:02:43.039 more space are like doom doom, dum dum dum dum 47 00:02:43.159 --> 00:02:46.080 dum tum or sometimes slower it slows down, all right. 48 00:02:46.159 --> 00:02:49.840 So what you get is, uh, is the the new 49 00:02:50.919 --> 00:02:56.919 it's weird. Plumbing systems are even really well designed systems, Uh. 50 00:02:57.159 --> 00:03:01.159 They are. Essentially it turns out sometimes like a giant, 51 00:03:01.400 --> 00:03:04.039 a giant instrument. You know, you got a lot of 52 00:03:04.120 --> 00:03:09.199 pipes and you got stuff flowing through it, and depending 53 00:03:09.280 --> 00:03:12.400 on the twists and the turns that it makes and 54 00:03:12.680 --> 00:03:15.719 so on, you get weird noises out of pipes. Sometimes. 55 00:03:16.520 --> 00:03:19.840 Most common is what we call water hammer, okay, and 56 00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:23.599 that's that thudding sound. And you could be in a 57 00:03:23.680 --> 00:03:26.919 building for you know, one hundred years and not have 58 00:03:27.199 --> 00:03:29.639 water hammer, and then all of a sudden, you know, 59 00:03:29.840 --> 00:03:34.000 somebody changes out the water heater, changes the pressure relationship 60 00:03:34.120 --> 00:03:36.319 of the building. Maybe the water heat. Maybe the new 61 00:03:36.360 --> 00:03:40.560 water heater is out putting hotter water than the previous one. 62 00:03:40.919 --> 00:03:45.840 Maybe it's putting it out at slightly a different pressure. 63 00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:48.560 Or flow level. There could all be all these little 64 00:03:48.639 --> 00:03:51.080 subtle changes and all of a sudden, now we're getting 65 00:03:51.120 --> 00:03:56.400 water hammer hammer. Fortunately, in most cases, it's a pretty 66 00:03:56.520 --> 00:04:00.080 simple fix. And that is and you could say, well, 67 00:04:00.240 --> 00:04:03.680 your landlord says, hey, you put in the new water heater, 68 00:04:04.199 --> 00:04:07.719 but now we're getting water hammer really bad in the house. 69 00:04:07.840 --> 00:04:12.560 Would you please have a water hammer a restor installed 70 00:04:12.800 --> 00:04:15.800 near the water heater. And what a water hammer arrestor is. 71 00:04:15.879 --> 00:04:18.639 It's literally it's an extension of the pipe. You know, 72 00:04:18.839 --> 00:04:21.959 it inserts. It could insert, for instance, in between the 73 00:04:22.079 --> 00:04:25.399 water heater hoses and the hot water line feed for 74 00:04:25.519 --> 00:04:28.759 the rest of the building. And it's literally got a 75 00:04:28.800 --> 00:04:32.600 little kind of a column sticking out from it. And 76 00:04:32.920 --> 00:04:36.439 inside that column is essentially a shock absorber for water. 77 00:04:36.959 --> 00:04:40.519 There's a big spring and a diaphragm. And as that 78 00:04:40.800 --> 00:04:44.959 water comes unevenly flowing through the pipes and that vibration 79 00:04:45.240 --> 00:04:49.000 starts to form, this thing will receive a lot of 80 00:04:49.040 --> 00:04:53.279 that vibration into itself and not send it knocking down 81 00:04:53.399 --> 00:04:56.199 through the pipes. Now, sometimes it takes more than one, 82 00:04:56.639 --> 00:04:59.279 and sometimes it's a great idea to install them in 83 00:04:59.319 --> 00:05:03.600 different locationtions. But a you know, a water hammer arrestor. 84 00:05:04.519 --> 00:05:06.240 I mean you can get a two pack of them 85 00:05:06.360 --> 00:05:11.560 for like twenty five dollars, so and they're an easy install, okay, 86 00:05:11.720 --> 00:05:14.480 And so that would be I think that would be 87 00:05:14.560 --> 00:05:19.519 my first line of approach to your landlord, who obviously 88 00:05:19.600 --> 00:05:22.839 doesn't want to do a whole lot that often. Just say, listen, 89 00:05:23.000 --> 00:05:25.839 it is a problem, and a lot of us hear it, 90 00:05:26.160 --> 00:05:29.680 and I don't want to be, you know, complaining about it. 91 00:05:29.800 --> 00:05:32.240 But honestly, ever since the new water here went in, 92 00:05:32.399 --> 00:05:36.680 we're hearing this thing. And so you know there's an 93 00:05:36.839 --> 00:05:40.600 I'm told there's an easy fix for it, you know, 94 00:05:40.800 --> 00:05:45.079 could you please step forward and deal with that? And 95 00:05:45.439 --> 00:05:48.199 if it's an easy, inexpensive fix, you know, maybe he'll 96 00:05:48.240 --> 00:05:51.319 move on it. Maybe he'll he'll shift and make it happen. 97 00:05:51.399 --> 00:05:55.519 But that's ultimately what that is, my friend. And do 98 00:05:55.600 --> 00:05:58.759 you happen to have our laundry facilities in each apartment? 99 00:05:58.879 --> 00:06:01.360 It's an old apartment build, so I'm guessing not. But 100 00:06:02.439 --> 00:06:04.759 do you have like a washer drug in your unit? 101 00:06:05.240 --> 00:06:05.279 No? 102 00:06:05.560 --> 00:06:10.279 No one does, okay, nobody does. Another place where you 103 00:06:10.600 --> 00:06:14.279 might be able to help yourself with this is you 104 00:06:14.519 --> 00:06:18.160 could install one of these, you know, twelve fifteen dollars. 105 00:06:18.279 --> 00:06:22.480 Water hammer devices like underneath your sink in the kitchen, Okay, 106 00:06:22.839 --> 00:06:26.680 because anywhere they are located anywhere along the lines, or 107 00:06:26.800 --> 00:06:29.560 underneath the sink in the bathroom, or get a couple 108 00:06:29.639 --> 00:06:32.800 of them, put one in each place anywhere on that 109 00:06:33.120 --> 00:06:38.279 system where these shock absorbers are. They will help mute 110 00:06:38.279 --> 00:06:41.759 the vibration. So ask your landlord first. But maybe you 111 00:06:41.879 --> 00:06:45.480 go out and pop a couple underneath your own sinks 112 00:06:46.279 --> 00:06:47.519 and see if that helps as well. 113 00:06:48.680 --> 00:06:52.160 Fantastic. I love that information. Thank you so much, David. 114 00:06:52.240 --> 00:06:53.279 You are so welcome. 115 00:06:54.480 --> 00:06:57.759 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 116 00:06:57.879 --> 00:06:59.639 KFI AM six forty. 117 00:07:01.360 --> 00:07:05.879 Your guide to turning your ordinary house into something truly extraordinary. 118 00:07:05.920 --> 00:07:08.120 I tell you what we're doing today. It's an all 119 00:07:08.439 --> 00:07:09.800 calls day. 120 00:07:10.319 --> 00:07:10.920 It is it. 121 00:07:11.480 --> 00:07:14.959 You set the agenda. Anything that is going on with 122 00:07:15.160 --> 00:07:22.319 your home, whether it be construction issues, DIY questions, design concerns, 123 00:07:22.560 --> 00:07:25.920 anything at all. The phone lines are open. I am 124 00:07:26.000 --> 00:07:28.439 here to help you sort it all out. We'll put 125 00:07:28.480 --> 00:07:31.360 our heads together and we'll get it sorted. I promised. 126 00:07:31.800 --> 00:07:33.800 Here is the number to reach me, and these lines 127 00:07:33.879 --> 00:07:36.560 are open now. The number to reach me eight three 128 00:07:36.759 --> 00:07:40.680 three two ask Dean eight three three to ask Dean, 129 00:07:40.759 --> 00:07:43.920 you see it just rolls off the tongue on that note, 130 00:07:44.319 --> 00:07:47.839 how about we go to it. We're going to take 131 00:07:47.879 --> 00:07:51.000 some calls. Anything you want to talk about, So let's 132 00:07:51.000 --> 00:07:54.519 get to it. Let's talk to Sal. Hey, Sal, welcome home. 133 00:07:55.399 --> 00:07:58.519 I'm in my fourth house in here in LA. I 134 00:07:58.680 --> 00:08:01.360 tend to buy houses in great neighborhoods, but need a 135 00:08:01.399 --> 00:08:01.879 lot of work. 136 00:08:02.879 --> 00:08:04.680 Okay, yeah, I get you. I feel it. 137 00:08:04.839 --> 00:08:06.800 I feel it, and the and the one I'm in now, 138 00:08:07.279 --> 00:08:09.920 great house, a great neighborhood. Trying to deal with the 139 00:08:09.959 --> 00:08:13.600 front doors, original front doors, French doors with sidelights, and 140 00:08:14.199 --> 00:08:18.839 I get confusing quotes. Every contractor is different. I'm thinking 141 00:08:18.920 --> 00:08:21.000 I wanted to just replace the flabs, and they say 142 00:08:21.040 --> 00:08:23.240 they can't do it. I'm trying to look for types 143 00:08:23.279 --> 00:08:27.439 of manufacturers. It's it's hard. I can't It's not like 144 00:08:27.519 --> 00:08:30.079 a Chevy or Ford. You know, you can't compare. So 145 00:08:30.160 --> 00:08:31.959 I wanted to get some opinions whether or not to 146 00:08:32.480 --> 00:08:35.159 just try to change the slabs. You know, in the 147 00:08:35.279 --> 00:08:37.960 seventies home with you know the frame, you know, the 148 00:08:38.080 --> 00:08:40.840 door on the top. It's a little off and they're saying, 149 00:08:40.879 --> 00:08:42.399 it's not going to be level, we have to just 150 00:08:42.519 --> 00:08:46.039 do pre hung. But the whole front unit is built 151 00:08:46.080 --> 00:08:47.960 into the house, and I wanted to keep the integrity 152 00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:50.279 and just change the slabs and the sidelights. What do 153 00:08:50.320 --> 00:08:51.720 you what do you think or what's what do you 154 00:08:51.759 --> 00:08:52.720 think is my best option? 155 00:08:53.200 --> 00:08:53.320 Uh? 156 00:08:53.600 --> 00:08:57.519 So we got double doors at double doors and sidelights, yes, sir, okay, 157 00:08:57.639 --> 00:09:00.600 double doors and sidelights. And so you're not confused as 158 00:09:00.679 --> 00:09:02.639 to the style that you're going for, right, You're just 159 00:09:02.720 --> 00:09:05.759 going to go with the nineteen seventies. It's like a 160 00:09:06.120 --> 00:09:09.519 little bit modernist slab door or is it a different style? 161 00:09:09.919 --> 00:09:12.559 The glass is like this frosted yellow with like a 162 00:09:12.759 --> 00:09:15.559 diamond pattern in it, and it's you know, it's on 163 00:09:15.639 --> 00:09:19.000 the top half of the door, and but on one 164 00:09:19.159 --> 00:09:21.759 side of the door the frame is off centered a 165 00:09:21.840 --> 00:09:25.039 little bit on the top jam to accommodate the alignment 166 00:09:25.120 --> 00:09:27.799 of the of the glass. So that's saying because of that, 167 00:09:28.159 --> 00:09:30.679 I can't just change I can't change the slabs because 168 00:09:30.679 --> 00:09:33.360 we're going to end up shaving it and it's going 169 00:09:33.440 --> 00:09:36.000 to be off again like the original door is. And 170 00:09:36.080 --> 00:09:38.159 I thought maybe I could just change the slabs and 171 00:09:38.240 --> 00:09:41.200 the jams and the winterizing, you know, the weather stripping 172 00:09:41.240 --> 00:09:43.080 and all that. But they don't want to, you know, 173 00:09:43.159 --> 00:09:44.720 put in the work. They just want to change the 174 00:09:45.000 --> 00:09:46.879 you know, do a pre hung system. But that's you know, 175 00:09:46.919 --> 00:09:48.080 we're getting into almost. 176 00:09:47.840 --> 00:09:50.200 Ten grand now, all right, my friend. So here's the thing. 177 00:09:50.480 --> 00:09:52.519 It can be done. Of course it can be done. 178 00:09:52.879 --> 00:09:55.840 And so the situation that you're in right now is, 179 00:09:56.639 --> 00:09:59.480 you know, and I grow weary. I'm not I don't 180 00:09:59.480 --> 00:10:02.279 grow weary answering this question. I grow weary of giving 181 00:10:02.480 --> 00:10:05.440 this answer because I wish I didn't have to. But 182 00:10:06.159 --> 00:10:10.440 you're just going to need to search longer for the 183 00:10:10.639 --> 00:10:14.480 right builder to do the job. Okay, because of course 184 00:10:14.559 --> 00:10:16.679 it can be done. Of course, we can change out 185 00:10:16.759 --> 00:10:21.480 the jam and you can buy you know, you don't 186 00:10:21.519 --> 00:10:23.559 have to go with a pre hung situation where it's 187 00:10:23.600 --> 00:10:26.679 all been just factory put together. Of course, it can 188 00:10:26.759 --> 00:10:30.000 be custom installed and in a lot of ways it 189 00:10:30.159 --> 00:10:33.080 might end up saving you money along the way. Plus 190 00:10:33.240 --> 00:10:35.679 you get exactly what you want. Now, if there's some 191 00:10:35.840 --> 00:10:39.559 weird jam condition that can be resolved too, Okay, everything 192 00:10:39.679 --> 00:10:43.159 can be fixed. Everything can be fixed. It is just 193 00:10:43.279 --> 00:10:47.000 a question these days of there are so many builders 194 00:10:47.039 --> 00:10:50.039 out there who and believe me, you know, I mean 195 00:10:50.080 --> 00:10:55.039 I feel for them too. Construction is no is you know, 196 00:10:55.799 --> 00:10:58.919 is no get rich quick scheme. It really isn't. And 197 00:10:58.960 --> 00:11:01.360 the guys who use it that they usually like, end 198 00:11:01.440 --> 00:11:05.600 up in jail. But it's just it's tough because people 199 00:11:05.799 --> 00:11:07.799 want what they want, and they want it for an 200 00:11:07.840 --> 00:11:10.279 unbelievably low price, and people have to really put the 201 00:11:10.320 --> 00:11:14.440 effort into it in order to get good at work. 202 00:11:14.720 --> 00:11:17.960 I'm not saying an unbelievable low price, but just the 203 00:11:18.080 --> 00:11:24.200 fact that, you know, everybody's quotation and manufactural representations are different, 204 00:11:24.399 --> 00:11:26.120 so it's very hard to choose. 205 00:11:27.159 --> 00:11:30.320 And yeah, that's why. And you're in a good situation 206 00:11:30.440 --> 00:11:33.480 to do that. Yeah, I can feel this. I can 207 00:11:33.559 --> 00:11:36.559 feel the vibe that you're in the right situation to 208 00:11:36.679 --> 00:11:40.600 do this. What you got to do is is you 209 00:11:40.720 --> 00:11:44.440 have to take control of the situation. In other words, 210 00:11:44.600 --> 00:11:47.840 your best bet, I think from what I'm hearing from you, 211 00:11:47.960 --> 00:11:53.399 your best bet is to choose your doors. Okay, now 212 00:11:53.559 --> 00:11:56.000 what does that mean. Well, once you know the style 213 00:11:56.080 --> 00:11:58.480 of the door that you want, right then you just 214 00:11:58.600 --> 00:12:01.639 shop out that style door and yeah, they're going to 215 00:12:01.679 --> 00:12:05.240 be varying price points for that style of door, but 216 00:12:05.440 --> 00:12:08.440 you make that selection. You make the selection of the 217 00:12:08.559 --> 00:12:10.799 door that you want to go in that unit at 218 00:12:10.879 --> 00:12:14.080 the price point that you are comfortable of paying. There 219 00:12:14.120 --> 00:12:17.120 are a good billion doors out there, I know, and 220 00:12:17.200 --> 00:12:19.759 it can seem very, very overwhelming. But first thing we 221 00:12:19.840 --> 00:12:23.519 do is we eliminate, you know, ninety eight percent of 222 00:12:23.600 --> 00:12:27.759 them because we've chosen the style, the specific style that 223 00:12:27.840 --> 00:12:30.919 you want, and within that category, you locally shop out 224 00:12:31.559 --> 00:12:33.320 what it is that you're looking for. Is it going 225 00:12:33.399 --> 00:12:37.919 to be a standard solid wood slab door and that's 226 00:12:37.960 --> 00:12:39.360 going to be at one price. Is it going to 227 00:12:39.399 --> 00:12:41.440 be a fiberglass resin door. Is it going to be 228 00:12:41.519 --> 00:12:43.840 a steel door? You know, all of these choices that 229 00:12:43.960 --> 00:12:47.519 we've got, you can narrow that down right, forget about 230 00:12:47.519 --> 00:12:52.320 the manufacturers, just looking at price point and the construction 231 00:12:52.480 --> 00:12:55.039 of the door. Then you pick out those doors. You're like, Okay, 232 00:12:55.279 --> 00:12:56.879 these are the two doors that I'm going to use, 233 00:12:57.240 --> 00:12:59.360 and these are the sidelights that I'd like to see. 234 00:12:59.440 --> 00:13:04.759 And then then you start showing contractors, listen, here are 235 00:13:04.799 --> 00:13:09.159 the doors, these are the sidelights. There's the opening. I 236 00:13:09.240 --> 00:13:11.360 want you to make it work. And some guys are 237 00:13:11.399 --> 00:13:13.519 gonna walk away saying, ah, I know, don't do that. 238 00:13:13.639 --> 00:13:16.039 Other guys are going to give you that BS statement 239 00:13:16.200 --> 00:13:18.519 that I hear all the time, it can't be done. 240 00:13:19.159 --> 00:13:20.799 It just means that they don't want to do it 241 00:13:20.879 --> 00:13:23.799 and they're not used to doing it at their convenience 242 00:13:23.960 --> 00:13:26.080 level for a profit. And that's fine too, you can 243 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:27.799 let them walk. I just hate the fact that they 244 00:13:27.840 --> 00:13:29.879 say it can't be done. I'd rather a contractor just 245 00:13:29.960 --> 00:13:33.639 tell you that goes beyond what we normally do, and 246 00:13:33.679 --> 00:13:35.720 I don't want to do it. But to tell people 247 00:13:35.879 --> 00:13:38.840 a thing can't be done, that's not the world that 248 00:13:38.960 --> 00:13:42.000 I live in as a builder or a designer. So 249 00:13:43.080 --> 00:13:45.639 get you take control of your materials and you say 250 00:13:45.759 --> 00:13:48.440 these are the doors I want to use, here's the 251 00:13:48.559 --> 00:13:53.039 configuration that I want. Give me a price accordingly, and 252 00:13:54.080 --> 00:13:56.679 if you look long enough and you take your time, 253 00:13:57.039 --> 00:14:01.159 sal you're gonna find guys who are going to give 254 00:14:01.240 --> 00:14:04.759 you prices, and you'll see that those prices will start 255 00:14:04.799 --> 00:14:07.159 to align themselves and you'll be able to choose the 256 00:14:07.279 --> 00:14:09.639 person to do the work for you and get it 257 00:14:09.759 --> 00:14:10.720 done the right way. 258 00:14:12.279 --> 00:14:15.559 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on Demand from 259 00:14:15.679 --> 00:14:17.159 KFI AM six forty. 260 00:14:19.159 --> 00:14:23.080 We are doing an all calls weekend, nothing but your 261 00:14:23.200 --> 00:14:25.000 calls today, and I want to get back to the 262 00:14:25.080 --> 00:14:28.039 phone so we can get as many calls in as possible. 263 00:14:28.519 --> 00:14:31.639 All right, let's talk to Julie. Hey, Julie, welcome home. 264 00:14:32.159 --> 00:14:32.559 Hi Dean. 265 00:14:33.279 --> 00:14:35.799 We're looking at getting new windows and I love the 266 00:14:35.879 --> 00:14:38.600 black frame windows, but they're obviously a lot more expensive. 267 00:14:39.039 --> 00:14:40.960 So I was wondering, what are your thoughts on if 268 00:14:41.000 --> 00:14:43.720 we just if someone just adjusted black frame windows in 269 00:14:43.799 --> 00:14:45.799 the back of the house and kept the traditional white 270 00:14:45.840 --> 00:14:46.600 frame ones. 271 00:14:46.399 --> 00:14:46.919 In the front. 272 00:14:47.679 --> 00:14:52.240 I have no general problems with that whatsoever. In fact, 273 00:14:52.360 --> 00:14:54.960 if you hear me talk on the show quite often, 274 00:14:55.000 --> 00:14:58.159 i'll talk about the tech. One of the techniques for 275 00:14:58.759 --> 00:15:02.879 upgrading a house with out touching its traditional curb appeal 276 00:15:03.480 --> 00:15:06.240 is to treat the facade of the house differently than 277 00:15:06.320 --> 00:15:09.559 the backside of the house, because from the the facade 278 00:15:09.559 --> 00:15:11.960 of the house is something that is viewed from outside 279 00:15:12.000 --> 00:15:14.840 the house, standing on the curb in the street looking 280 00:15:14.919 --> 00:15:17.519 at the house. Then you move into the house, you 281 00:15:17.759 --> 00:15:20.519 walk in, and once you're past the face of the house, 282 00:15:21.000 --> 00:15:25.120 now we're inside the house looking out through windows into 283 00:15:25.200 --> 00:15:29.159 the backyard. It's a completely different experience. And so the 284 00:15:29.320 --> 00:15:33.519 idea of using black frame windows for the backside of 285 00:15:33.519 --> 00:15:36.399 the house because you love them and because they work 286 00:15:36.480 --> 00:15:39.399 with the configuration that you're looking for, in my thinking, 287 00:15:39.799 --> 00:15:44.559 in most cases most cases. Don't quote me on this universally, 288 00:15:44.600 --> 00:15:48.440 but in most cases, yeah, your freedom to mix it up. 289 00:15:48.480 --> 00:15:52.039 I would even say, depending on decor. There are times 290 00:15:52.120 --> 00:15:54.679 when you know there are well, actually you know, I'll 291 00:15:54.759 --> 00:15:57.159 tell you this. We just finished designing from the ground 292 00:15:57.279 --> 00:16:01.080 up a new house in Studio City. Some of those 293 00:16:01.200 --> 00:16:05.600 windows are white traditional framed windows, some of them are 294 00:16:05.840 --> 00:16:09.480 dark bronze and black traditional windows. Just depending on room 295 00:16:09.639 --> 00:16:11.679 for room and the effect that we're looking for, and 296 00:16:12.240 --> 00:16:14.320 on some of the elevations of the house, you can 297 00:16:14.399 --> 00:16:16.840 see both at the same time. It all depends on 298 00:16:16.919 --> 00:16:19.440 whether it works with that theme. But as a general rule, 299 00:16:20.559 --> 00:16:23.000 you know, it's kind of the Mullet approach, right, all 300 00:16:23.080 --> 00:16:26.039 business up front and party in the back. So keep 301 00:16:26.080 --> 00:16:29.320 your white frame windows facing the street and do back 302 00:16:29.799 --> 00:16:32.960 black towards the back of the house and have a blast. 303 00:16:33.519 --> 00:16:36.320 I think you're completely free to do that in most cases. 304 00:16:36.720 --> 00:16:41.000 Thanks Julie for the call. Yes, yes, it's my mullet theory. 305 00:16:41.679 --> 00:16:44.320 My mullet theory applies to lots of things all the time. 306 00:16:44.759 --> 00:16:48.240 All right, let's talk to Paul. Hey, Paul, welcome home. 307 00:16:48.480 --> 00:16:51.559 Hey, good morning, Dean, thanks for giving my call props. 308 00:16:51.799 --> 00:16:52.879 I'm building a fire. 309 00:16:52.679 --> 00:16:55.480 Pit in the backyard and I'd like to run the 310 00:16:56.200 --> 00:16:59.639 gas line before I have a concrete pad port over it. 311 00:17:00.120 --> 00:17:03.240 So my question is what diameter pipe do I need 312 00:17:03.320 --> 00:17:03.679 to use? 313 00:17:04.759 --> 00:17:07.440 That's a good question. It really all depends on how 314 00:17:07.519 --> 00:17:09.359 big the fire pit is. It's just kind of a 315 00:17:09.440 --> 00:17:15.359 standard little twenty four thirty six diameter fire pit. Then 316 00:17:15.640 --> 00:17:17.640 you could get away with a half inch line, but 317 00:17:18.440 --> 00:17:21.720 since it's all new, I prefer to run a three 318 00:17:21.839 --> 00:17:24.480 quarter inch line. I've got a three quarter inch line 319 00:17:24.559 --> 00:17:26.519 running to my fire pit. Of course, my fire pit, 320 00:17:26.680 --> 00:17:29.400 the rock itself is about eight and a half feet long, 321 00:17:29.680 --> 00:17:34.599 and the actual burners are two four foot a pair 322 00:17:34.680 --> 00:17:37.839 of two four foot linear burners. So there's a lot 323 00:17:37.880 --> 00:17:41.640 of fire there along line of fire. But as a 324 00:17:41.720 --> 00:17:45.200 general rule, you know, I like fire pits to be warm. 325 00:17:45.480 --> 00:17:47.880 I like fire at my fire pit because the whole 326 00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:50.960 point of a fire pit is not just to sit 327 00:17:51.079 --> 00:17:54.079 next to one when it's eighty degrees outside in the 328 00:17:54.079 --> 00:17:56.079 middle of summer. But to be able to enjoy it 329 00:17:56.160 --> 00:17:58.880 when it's cold outside, and when it's cold outside, you 330 00:17:59.000 --> 00:18:01.559 need more than just a little trickle of flame coming out. 331 00:18:01.680 --> 00:18:05.480 So I would say run the three quarter inch line. 332 00:18:05.640 --> 00:18:10.880 But and here's the important qualifier to that. You run 333 00:18:10.960 --> 00:18:12.880 a three quarter inch line, you're not gonna want to 334 00:18:13.000 --> 00:18:15.880 run it most of the time at full bore. And 335 00:18:16.200 --> 00:18:19.839 so the key, the gas key that you're turning your 336 00:18:19.880 --> 00:18:23.319 firepit on and off with, you shouldn't use that to 337 00:18:23.599 --> 00:18:26.440 choke down the gas because if you do, it's so 338 00:18:26.759 --> 00:18:30.079 close to where the gas comes out of the actual 339 00:18:30.160 --> 00:18:32.480 burner that you're going to get a hiss or a 340 00:18:32.599 --> 00:18:37.000 whistling sound because of gas cavitation in the line. So 341 00:18:38.440 --> 00:18:40.680 pick you know, wherever the gas line is coming out 342 00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:42.880 of the house away from the house, or you know, 343 00:18:43.119 --> 00:18:46.400 take twenty thirty feet away from the fire pit, run 344 00:18:46.480 --> 00:18:50.519 a three quarter inch line, and then put a linear 345 00:18:50.680 --> 00:18:54.920 valve right there that you can control the flow of 346 00:18:55.039 --> 00:18:58.079 the line, and then use your key at the fire 347 00:18:58.160 --> 00:19:00.480 pit to just full on, full off. If you put 348 00:19:00.480 --> 00:19:04.880 a valve, a flow control valve a twenty feet plus away, 349 00:19:05.519 --> 00:19:07.920 then the cavitation by the time it reaches the fire 350 00:19:08.000 --> 00:19:10.559 pit has settled down, and you can set it to 351 00:19:10.720 --> 00:19:13.960 any intensity you want, from the very faintest of flame 352 00:19:14.400 --> 00:19:18.680 all the way to the bonfire and you'll get no 353 00:19:18.920 --> 00:19:22.839 change in sound whatsoever. So my suggestion, yeah, I run 354 00:19:22.880 --> 00:19:26.240 the three quarter inch line and give yourself some options. Paul, 355 00:19:26.400 --> 00:19:29.039 thanks for your call, buddy, tell you what. Let's talk 356 00:19:29.079 --> 00:19:32.400 to Pat Hey, Pat, welcome home. 357 00:19:32.920 --> 00:19:35.759 My house is built in nineteen twenty two and it 358 00:19:35.880 --> 00:19:38.680 had the original oak Force, so twenty years ago and 359 00:19:38.799 --> 00:19:41.039 we had the house three model. We pulled up the 360 00:19:41.160 --> 00:19:44.279 carpet and they were like no, so the charras them 361 00:19:44.680 --> 00:19:47.680 and they're just beautiful. So now it's been a while, 362 00:19:47.920 --> 00:19:51.200 so I took TSP. I thought it's time to clean them. 363 00:19:51.519 --> 00:19:55.400 Took TSP in it took off the old Sharraq. But 364 00:19:55.599 --> 00:19:58.559 now and I go to the hon depot, it seems 365 00:19:58.640 --> 00:20:02.039 like the new Hira water based and there's nothing to them. 366 00:20:02.640 --> 00:20:06.839 What can I use that's really strong to schillac my 367 00:20:07.079 --> 00:20:09.880 falls because I want to preserve them as long as possible, 368 00:20:09.920 --> 00:20:12.680 and the how it takes a beating a lot of traffic. 369 00:20:12.799 --> 00:20:16.799 So what do you recommend to use for Schillac for 370 00:20:17.039 --> 00:20:17.880 covering coating. 371 00:20:18.759 --> 00:20:21.480 Okay, I got you no more shillac on your floor, 372 00:20:21.759 --> 00:20:25.039 and that's fine. Believe me, it's totally fine. What you 373 00:20:25.119 --> 00:20:27.000 want now, don't be afraid of what you find at 374 00:20:27.039 --> 00:20:29.160 the store. But here, I want you to go to 375 00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:31.440 a good flooring store and I want you to get 376 00:20:31.480 --> 00:20:39.960 a high quality flooring grade polyurethane. Poly Polyurethane is essentially 377 00:20:40.039 --> 00:20:43.119 a plastic coating. Doesn't matter that it's water based, doesn't 378 00:20:43.160 --> 00:20:46.240 you know that's not that's a non issue. And we're 379 00:20:46.279 --> 00:20:49.599 going to put at least three to four coats down now. 380 00:20:50.359 --> 00:20:52.480 If you don't, if you want to show the floor 381 00:20:52.559 --> 00:20:56.119 is super shiny, then you go with a normal polyurethane. 382 00:20:56.240 --> 00:20:58.599 If you want them to have that very old world 383 00:20:58.680 --> 00:21:01.759 a little bit, Matt just satiny finish, which I love 384 00:21:01.880 --> 00:21:04.559 so much because I think it shows off an old 385 00:21:04.640 --> 00:21:09.519 world flow so well, then you're gonna want a satin finish, 386 00:21:09.799 --> 00:21:12.799 just a satin finish on the polyurethane, and you're gonna 387 00:21:12.839 --> 00:21:16.519 want it. Like I said, put down to three four 388 00:21:16.640 --> 00:21:19.880 coats even more in high traffic areas if you want 389 00:21:20.480 --> 00:21:26.200 not a problem, but polyurythane flooring grade, and you'll be 390 00:21:26.240 --> 00:21:28.279 able to do that to your floors, and it'll be 391 00:21:28.480 --> 00:21:30.160 years before you have to redo it. 392 00:21:31.240 --> 00:21:34.519 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 393 00:21:34.640 --> 00:21:36.119 KFI AM six forty. 394 00:21:39.599 --> 00:21:42.400 Let's talk to Dave. Hey, Dave, welcome home. 395 00:21:43.039 --> 00:21:46.359 My family lives in a thirty five hundred square foot, 396 00:21:47.119 --> 00:21:51.640 two story single family house in Orange County, a bill 397 00:21:51.759 --> 00:21:56.440 Lyon home, and we a year ten years ago, I 398 00:21:56.640 --> 00:22:01.079 spent about fifty thousand upgrading the back put, installing a 399 00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:08.720 hard roof, tile floor, granite countertops, in an outdoor kitchen 400 00:22:09.519 --> 00:22:15.599 with three different barbecues and sinks, and our kitchen needs 401 00:22:15.880 --> 00:22:19.880