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 --> 00:00:09.960 House Whisper on demand on the iHeartRadio app Good Sunday 3 00:00:10.320 --> 00:00:14.160 Morning to you, Welcome home. I am Dean Sharp, the 4 00:00:14.240 --> 00:00:18.519 house Whisperer. I design custom homes and on the weekends, 5 00:00:18.600 --> 00:00:22.480 I am your guide to better understanding that place where 6 00:00:22.519 --> 00:00:26.280 you live today. On the show, part two of our 7 00:00:26.359 --> 00:00:30.440 two part series this weekend, The Best of The International 8 00:00:30.519 --> 00:00:34.200 Builders Show twenty twenty five. The International Builders Show, the 9 00:00:34.560 --> 00:00:40.399 largest construction and design show presentation on the planet, just 10 00:00:40.479 --> 00:00:45.560 wrapped up its annual convention this week in Las Vegas, 11 00:00:45.600 --> 00:00:48.240 and we are reporting to you. I am reporting to 12 00:00:48.320 --> 00:00:52.679 you everything that I can think of that I can 13 00:00:52.679 --> 00:00:55.759 fit into the show that is of significance to you 14 00:00:55.880 --> 00:00:59.960 as a homeowner, as somebody who's living in a home 15 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:03.840 home and just wanting to know what's the latest and greatest, 16 00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:06.680 whether you're planning a remodel or just new decor, or 17 00:01:06.719 --> 00:01:09.560 whatever the case may maybe a brand new house build, 18 00:01:09.599 --> 00:01:12.480 who knows, whatever the case may be. I want to 19 00:01:12.519 --> 00:01:15.719 bring you some of the highlights of that show. And 20 00:01:15.799 --> 00:01:19.040 I say highlights because we're talking about a show that 21 00:01:19.120 --> 00:01:23.000 fills the entire Las Vegas Convention Center, all the new 22 00:01:23.040 --> 00:01:27.760 wings at everything corner to corner, a million square feet 23 00:01:27.840 --> 00:01:32.920 of exhibit space. There were nearly two thousand exhibitors there, 24 00:01:33.400 --> 00:01:38.400 well over one hundred thousand industry professionals in attendance. 25 00:01:40.159 --> 00:01:41.040 It is a big deal. 26 00:01:41.239 --> 00:01:44.879 It is as big for the home building industry as 27 00:01:44.920 --> 00:01:48.200 the Consumer Electronics Show is for the electronics industry. It 28 00:01:48.280 --> 00:01:52.200 is the show, the show, and a lot of good things. 29 00:01:52.400 --> 00:01:55.840 Yesterday I started my list, and so I'm not going 30 00:01:55.879 --> 00:01:58.920 to repeat those items because we've got too much ground 31 00:01:58.920 --> 00:02:01.640 to cover today. So you just need to know that 32 00:02:03.079 --> 00:02:06.879 this show, right here, this broadcast is also the House 33 00:02:06.920 --> 00:02:10.840 Whisperer podcast, which means that you can find on wherever 34 00:02:10.879 --> 00:02:13.360 your favorite podcasts are found. You can find all of 35 00:02:13.400 --> 00:02:16.879 our episodes, and the previous episode to today, part one 36 00:02:17.360 --> 00:02:19.520 has the beginning of that list, and there was some 37 00:02:19.800 --> 00:02:24.080 choice nuggets of goodness shared with you yesterday. So if 38 00:02:24.120 --> 00:02:26.680 you missed it, make sure you go back and listen 39 00:02:26.759 --> 00:02:30.639 to that and subscribe to the podcast while you're at it. 40 00:02:30.680 --> 00:02:34.840 What's stopping you. It's free, it's on demand, all right. 41 00:02:35.439 --> 00:02:38.120 That's where we're going today, and of course, of course 42 00:02:38.120 --> 00:02:41.360 we're going to be taking your calls. Producer Richie is 43 00:02:41.400 --> 00:02:44.360 standing by. He has opened up the phone lines. The 44 00:02:44.439 --> 00:02:47.120 number to reach me, and this is about anything you 45 00:02:47.159 --> 00:02:49.479 want to talk about, not just about builder show stuff, 46 00:02:49.520 --> 00:02:52.000 anything that's got you scratching your head about your home. 47 00:02:52.360 --> 00:02:56.000 This is what we always do with calls. Anything, design, construction, 48 00:02:56.120 --> 00:03:01.360 diy inside, outside, corner to corner i'd walk to, backfence, 49 00:03:01.520 --> 00:03:06.719 does not matter, architecture, high and lofty, artistic ideas, or 50 00:03:06.800 --> 00:03:09.560 how to fix that leaky toilet and everything in between. 51 00:03:09.879 --> 00:03:13.479 The number to reach me eight three three two. Ask 52 00:03:13.800 --> 00:03:17.800 Dean A three three the numeral two. Ask Dean A 53 00:03:17.919 --> 00:03:20.719 three three two Ask Dan. The phone lines are open. 54 00:03:20.520 --> 00:03:23.199 Now and I will await your calls. 55 00:03:24.039 --> 00:03:26.520 What are we serving up for you? Uh, We're going 56 00:03:26.560 --> 00:03:30.400 to be posting some of images to just help you 57 00:03:30.479 --> 00:03:34.560 out on social media today. We are all over social media, 58 00:03:34.639 --> 00:03:39.080 all the usual suspects, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook X Home with 59 00:03:39.400 --> 00:03:42.520 Dean is the handle for the mall. And finally, you know, 60 00:03:42.520 --> 00:03:44.120 if you're listening to the show and you're like, Wow, 61 00:03:44.560 --> 00:03:46.360 what I really need is that guy standing in my 62 00:03:46.400 --> 00:03:48.400 living room telling me what I need to do with 63 00:03:48.479 --> 00:03:52.360 this problem, Well that can happen too if you need 64 00:03:52.400 --> 00:03:54.919 some personal Housewhisp pretension, you can book an in home 65 00:03:55.000 --> 00:03:58.919 design consult with me and the t right here. Just 66 00:03:59.000 --> 00:04:03.800 go to house Whisper dot Design. Okay, let me introduce 67 00:04:03.840 --> 00:04:08.479 you to our awesome team. This morning, Tony Sorrentino talkative 68 00:04:08.560 --> 00:04:14.560 Tony is on the board. Good morning, Tony Born. That's 69 00:04:14.639 --> 00:04:22.279 exactly why we call him. I love Tony. Tony is is. 70 00:04:22.600 --> 00:04:25.560 Tony is just one of those guys. He's great, he's interesting, 71 00:04:25.600 --> 00:04:27.839 he's fun. We love each other. He has helped me 72 00:04:27.879 --> 00:04:30.720 out on so many occasions. He is the he is 73 00:04:30.920 --> 00:04:34.639 the uh, the all things media and electronics whisperer. By 74 00:04:34.680 --> 00:04:40.240 the way, exactly exactly Whisper. You are hearing me the 75 00:04:40.240 --> 00:04:45.279 way you are today in large part because of Tony Trentino. 76 00:04:45.560 --> 00:04:48.800 That's just the truth of it. So Tony, it's always 77 00:04:48.800 --> 00:04:53.439 a pleasure to always today. Like I said, Producer Richie 78 00:04:53.519 --> 00:04:55.800 is standing by, not near Mike, but he is getting 79 00:04:55.839 --> 00:04:58.120 ready to screen calls as you call in. 80 00:04:58.759 --> 00:05:02.800 And you already heard her tiny little giggle. Eileen Gonzalez 81 00:05:02.839 --> 00:05:03.920 at the news desk. 82 00:05:03.680 --> 00:05:06.319 Good morning, I lean, good morning, Tony had me giggling. 83 00:05:06.360 --> 00:05:08.360 You can't see him, but he's got this huge smile 84 00:05:08.399 --> 00:05:10.000 on his face. He doesn't have a lot to say, 85 00:05:10.000 --> 00:05:11.319 but his smile says a lot. 86 00:05:11.759 --> 00:05:14.279 It does, it does. Tony's just one of those guys. 87 00:05:14.319 --> 00:05:15.959 I can tell you. How are you doing today? I'm 88 00:05:16.000 --> 00:05:16.560 doing great. 89 00:05:16.600 --> 00:05:20.519 How are you? I'm well, I'm well. It's been a 90 00:05:20.600 --> 00:05:24.120 full weekend. There's still some things to be knocked down. 91 00:05:24.560 --> 00:05:27.279 I'm not sure it's actually a weekend off for me, 92 00:05:27.600 --> 00:05:29.560 you know, even at post show. 93 00:05:29.680 --> 00:05:33.199 But it's fine. I'm fine. I'm fine actually. 94 00:05:33.199 --> 00:05:37.240 By that show. I was there Wednesday. Oh did you Yeah, 95 00:05:37.240 --> 00:05:40.040 I just for a super quick trip to Vegas. Yep, 96 00:05:40.079 --> 00:05:40.680 what'd you think? 97 00:05:40.920 --> 00:05:41.399 Amazing? 98 00:05:41.720 --> 00:05:42.319 Amazing? 99 00:05:42.360 --> 00:05:45.360 It's huge, what a great show. Yeah, it's massive, it 100 00:05:45.399 --> 00:05:45.759 really is. 101 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:48.920 It's the kind of thing that I don't necessarily encourage 102 00:05:48.959 --> 00:05:51.920 our listeners to just spend the money and go unless 103 00:05:51.920 --> 00:05:54.079 they're really in for the deep dive, because it is 104 00:05:54.120 --> 00:05:58.600 an industry show. It really is speaking to industry professionals, 105 00:05:58.680 --> 00:06:01.839 speaking to industry profession and so a homeowner can really 106 00:06:01.920 --> 00:06:06.319 just get lost there. But you know, with the right guidance, 107 00:06:06.399 --> 00:06:08.600 it could could be really useful if you're thinking about, 108 00:06:08.680 --> 00:06:10.759 you know, a new remodel or something, and there's just 109 00:06:10.839 --> 00:06:13.240 so much there is so so much. 110 00:06:13.399 --> 00:06:16.160 Let the experts go and like you and bring back 111 00:06:16.240 --> 00:06:17.720 the best ideas to everybody else. 112 00:06:18.160 --> 00:06:20.720 And that's what today is all about. Perfect segue. 113 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:23.439 Sitting across the table from me, my better half, my 114 00:06:23.560 --> 00:06:27.759 design partner, my best buddy in the universe, Tina of 115 00:06:27.839 --> 00:06:28.759 course is here. 116 00:06:29.240 --> 00:06:30.720 Welcome home. How you do. 117 00:06:31.199 --> 00:06:33.759 I'm great and it's so good to hear Tony, is it, 118 00:06:33.920 --> 00:06:35.439 even if it's just a little bit. 119 00:06:35.480 --> 00:06:37.879 Yeah, just a little bit of Tony in our life, 120 00:06:37.879 --> 00:06:40.959 that's right. Of course. You are going to be. 121 00:06:42.519 --> 00:06:45.560 Posting some of these images today throughout the show just. 122 00:06:45.519 --> 00:06:47.600 To give Yeah, I'm going to try to put it 123 00:06:47.600 --> 00:06:50.319 together in either one or two posts and just maybe 124 00:06:50.439 --> 00:06:51.319 with a little bit of. 125 00:06:51.279 --> 00:06:54.240 A little bit of shotgun blast of images and the descriptions. 126 00:06:54.439 --> 00:06:55.839 Yeah, just to get a sense of kind of what 127 00:06:55.839 --> 00:06:57.680 we're talking about. In that way, you can see the 128 00:06:57.759 --> 00:06:59.040 name of it and if you want to go and 129 00:06:59.079 --> 00:07:02.279 search it out and check out these really cool new 130 00:07:02.639 --> 00:07:07.519 either gadgets or really great I love the garage door. 131 00:07:07.600 --> 00:07:10.199 Yeah exactly, So people need to see that. I agree. 132 00:07:10.279 --> 00:07:11.720 All right, So Tina is going to be doing that 133 00:07:11.759 --> 00:07:16.000 throughout the show. Let's get it going. The best of 134 00:07:16.079 --> 00:07:18.600 the International Builder Show twenty twenty five. 135 00:07:19.360 --> 00:07:22.680 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 136 00:07:22.759 --> 00:07:24.240 KFI AM six forty. 137 00:07:24.480 --> 00:07:26.199 Hey, we're going to be going to the phones in 138 00:07:26.240 --> 00:07:28.279 a bit right around the top of the hour as 139 00:07:28.439 --> 00:07:30.879 per usual. Here's the number to reach me eight three 140 00:07:31.000 --> 00:07:35.079 three two. Ask Dean eight three three two Ask Dean 141 00:07:35.160 --> 00:07:39.079 A three to three the numeral to ask Dean anything 142 00:07:39.199 --> 00:07:41.800 you want to talk about that's got you scratching your 143 00:07:41.800 --> 00:07:43.000 head about your home today? 144 00:07:43.199 --> 00:07:45.839 I am game, I'm ready, all right. 145 00:07:45.920 --> 00:07:49.759 We are continuing as part two today of our list 146 00:07:50.000 --> 00:07:55.040 of highlights from the International Builder Show, the Best of 147 00:07:55.079 --> 00:07:57.680 the International Builder Show twenty twenty five, which just wrapped 148 00:07:57.759 --> 00:08:00.759 up Las Vegas this week. I want to dive into 149 00:08:00.800 --> 00:08:05.720 something very very simple here. Sometimes some of the best 150 00:08:05.759 --> 00:08:11.279 things for you, the homeowner are some of the simplest things. 151 00:08:11.319 --> 00:08:15.680 And it's one of the tricks of walking the floors 152 00:08:15.680 --> 00:08:18.959 at the International Builder Show because there's just so much 153 00:08:19.199 --> 00:08:23.680 to see and there's so many large format, you know, 154 00:08:23.839 --> 00:08:30.000 things going on that sometimes it's not easy to catch 155 00:08:30.199 --> 00:08:34.799 belittle things. But here is one that is a long 156 00:08:34.879 --> 00:08:38.440 time coming, well long overdue. So there's a company called Revent. 157 00:08:38.679 --> 00:08:43.519 Revent is a great exhaust vent company, the kind of 158 00:08:43.639 --> 00:08:47.799 company that puts like, you know, exhaust fans in bathrooms. Okay, 159 00:08:48.279 --> 00:08:52.960 beautiful fans, beautiful venting fans, really really kind of cutting 160 00:08:53.039 --> 00:08:58.639 edge stuff. And so I'm always happy to spec Revent 161 00:08:58.720 --> 00:09:03.440 because they're attractive, they take design into consideration, but they 162 00:09:03.480 --> 00:09:04.559 are super functional. 163 00:09:04.720 --> 00:09:05.120 Okay. 164 00:09:05.440 --> 00:09:09.279 So just as a blanket endorsement for me, if you're 165 00:09:09.279 --> 00:09:13.840 thinking about, you know, quiet, powerful exhaust fans for a bathroom, 166 00:09:13.919 --> 00:09:17.879 then consider Revent. But here is something that you don't 167 00:09:17.919 --> 00:09:19.600 have to buy a Vent for. You say, well, I've 168 00:09:19.600 --> 00:09:22.919 got a Vent fan in my bathroom, then fine, And 169 00:09:22.960 --> 00:09:24.720 then here's a product that you can pick up that 170 00:09:24.720 --> 00:09:27.120 doesn't have to be paired with one of their fans, 171 00:09:27.440 --> 00:09:31.840 and that is a switch to control that fan. You're like, yeah, 172 00:09:31.919 --> 00:09:33.440 I know, being it's on a switch. 173 00:09:33.519 --> 00:09:34.600 Yeah. But here's the thing. 174 00:09:35.480 --> 00:09:42.840 Bathrooms, especially smaller bathrooms, bathrooms with showers especially, man, do 175 00:09:42.919 --> 00:09:46.039 they take a lot of abuse and they prematurely age 176 00:09:46.279 --> 00:09:49.399 because of the humidity and the moisture that builds up 177 00:09:49.440 --> 00:09:52.480 inside a bathroom when you're taking your steaming hot shower 178 00:09:52.600 --> 00:09:55.000 forever in the day, you know, and you get out 179 00:09:55.000 --> 00:09:56.519 of the shower, and you got to wipe off the 180 00:09:56.559 --> 00:09:58.240 mirror you can't see her. I mean, there is a 181 00:09:58.320 --> 00:10:02.559 lot of humidity, it's heat, and it's moisture. It's like 182 00:10:03.159 --> 00:10:07.600 your bathroom is being subjected to exterior weather forces on 183 00:10:07.720 --> 00:10:11.000 a regular basis. Now, how do I deal with that 184 00:10:11.360 --> 00:10:15.159 when I'm designing out and we're building out a bathroom. Well, 185 00:10:15.200 --> 00:10:16.960 first of all, I want to use as much tile 186 00:10:17.000 --> 00:10:20.960 as possible everywhere to protect the walls and surfaces. Number two, 187 00:10:21.480 --> 00:10:24.039 I tile or stone, hard surface materials is what I mean. 188 00:10:24.440 --> 00:10:27.600 And number two, the dry wall that I put in 189 00:10:27.639 --> 00:10:30.960 a bathroom is always what we call green board dry wall. 190 00:10:31.080 --> 00:10:33.799 I don't bother just putting it over the shower because 191 00:10:33.840 --> 00:10:38.960 the steam goes everywhere. Green board is it's not waterproof, 192 00:10:40.080 --> 00:10:44.399 but it is moisture resistant dry wall. It's better drywall 193 00:10:44.440 --> 00:10:48.120 from moist areas than standard drywall. So we always use 194 00:10:48.279 --> 00:10:50.840 green board. And then of course we use the best 195 00:10:51.000 --> 00:10:54.159 kind of paints like Benjamin Moore or a bathroom Spa, 196 00:10:54.320 --> 00:10:58.879 which is a beautiful paint and just an amazingly heat 197 00:10:58.919 --> 00:11:01.600 and moisture resists, and so on and so forth. But 198 00:11:01.759 --> 00:11:05.320 here is the thing. The switch for the bath fan. 199 00:11:05.440 --> 00:11:09.080 I know you got a switch. Uh, and so let 200 00:11:09.080 --> 00:11:12.039 me talk about how it normally happens. You jump out 201 00:11:12.039 --> 00:11:14.600 of the shower, maybe you're gonna stay in there for 202 00:11:14.679 --> 00:11:17.720 a while, or maybe your boom out of the bathroom, 203 00:11:17.759 --> 00:11:20.279 which means as you leave the bathroom, you turn off 204 00:11:20.320 --> 00:11:23.480 the fan, you turn off the light, and there's still 205 00:11:23.600 --> 00:11:27.519 humidity in there. So here's the point. This switch from 206 00:11:27.600 --> 00:11:32.240 Revent has a humidity sensor on it and it simply 207 00:11:32.320 --> 00:11:36.559 does this. Once humidity starts developing the bathroom, whether you've 208 00:11:36.639 --> 00:11:40.559 turned the fan on or not, it automatically turns on 209 00:11:40.759 --> 00:11:44.080 the exhaust fan and it keeps it on even if 210 00:11:44.120 --> 00:11:47.120 you turn the lights out and leave. It keeps it on, 211 00:11:47.320 --> 00:11:51.080 not for a timer setting, but until it senses that 212 00:11:51.159 --> 00:11:55.399 the humidity level has dropped to an acceptable level. Finally, 213 00:11:55.679 --> 00:11:59.480 a smart switch that actually runs the fan until the 214 00:11:59.559 --> 00:12:03.320 fan actually doesn't need to run anymore, instead of you 215 00:12:03.759 --> 00:12:07.120 turning it off prematurely or maybe never turning it on 216 00:12:07.200 --> 00:12:11.080 at all. It's brilliant. It's just a switch, but it 217 00:12:11.279 --> 00:12:15.879 makes a huge difference in long term life of a 218 00:12:15.919 --> 00:12:19.240 small bathroom, especially and I would say every bathroom in general. 219 00:12:19.279 --> 00:12:22.759 So that is a humidity sensing switch from revent. 220 00:12:23.320 --> 00:12:26.600 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 221 00:12:26.720 --> 00:12:28.559 KFI AM six forty. 222 00:12:28.600 --> 00:12:32.480 Live like we are every Sunday morning from nine to 223 00:12:32.559 --> 00:12:35.840 noon and Saturday mornings from six to eight, all Pacific time. 224 00:12:35.919 --> 00:12:37.360 So if you live in the East Coast, you can 225 00:12:37.360 --> 00:12:40.879 sleep in and still catch us and enjoy us. We 226 00:12:40.919 --> 00:12:43.200 are going to be going to the phones in just 227 00:12:43.279 --> 00:12:45.360 a bit. The number to reach me eight three three 228 00:12:45.519 --> 00:12:50.480 two Ask Dean eight three three the numeral to ask Dean. Okay, 229 00:12:50.639 --> 00:12:53.639 back to our list of the best of the International 230 00:12:53.679 --> 00:12:56.440 Builders Show for twenty twenty five. Just wrapped up in 231 00:12:56.519 --> 00:12:59.759 Las Vegas this last week here and a lot of 232 00:12:59.799 --> 00:13:02.440 good things, A lot of good things came out of it. Also, 233 00:13:02.679 --> 00:13:06.720 I just want to remind you yesterday's broadcast, the previous 234 00:13:06.840 --> 00:13:09.559 podcast episode is part one of this A lot of 235 00:13:09.759 --> 00:13:15.039 juicy nuggets shared then, and today is part two. Okay, 236 00:13:15.759 --> 00:13:20.720 here is a This is this is significant. I mean 237 00:13:20.759 --> 00:13:24.879 it really is in terms of kitchen design, and I 238 00:13:25.039 --> 00:13:29.320 predict this is going to become a game changer. I'm 239 00:13:29.399 --> 00:13:34.039 already looking at ways to apply this. Plasma made. That's 240 00:13:34.080 --> 00:13:38.600 a brand, plasma made, all one word plasma made in 241 00:13:38.639 --> 00:13:42.120 Capital m. You can check this out yourself. Plasma Made 242 00:13:42.279 --> 00:13:48.360 is a company that has been developing filters for you know, 243 00:13:48.399 --> 00:13:54.000 recirculating filters for kitchen vent hoods for a number of years. 244 00:13:54.440 --> 00:13:58.519 Really good company, really good filters. And when I say filters, 245 00:13:58.600 --> 00:14:02.240 I mean the kind that circulate air back into the 246 00:14:02.320 --> 00:14:06.480 room as opposed to ducting it completely out of the room. Now, 247 00:14:06.559 --> 00:14:10.960 right now, in the residential kitchen world, the only kind 248 00:14:11.000 --> 00:14:15.200 of filtration system that aescension that most homeowners are aware 249 00:14:15.240 --> 00:14:21.039 of that to vent the air from you know, smoke 250 00:14:21.159 --> 00:14:23.600 or air coming through the vent back into the room. 251 00:14:24.000 --> 00:14:28.080 Are simple, very very simple, charcoal based filters and they 252 00:14:28.080 --> 00:14:31.639 do a little bit of good. And those are usually 253 00:14:31.679 --> 00:14:36.320 built into like a microwave hood combe unit that is 254 00:14:36.399 --> 00:14:39.159 designed to sit over the cook top. And you guys 255 00:14:39.279 --> 00:14:43.039 know of what I speak the microwave that is also 256 00:14:43.120 --> 00:14:46.159 the hood. It's a good microwave, it's not a good 257 00:14:46.159 --> 00:14:48.840 hood just I don't care what brand it is, just 258 00:14:48.879 --> 00:14:52.559 they're just they can't do both of those things the 259 00:14:52.559 --> 00:14:57.000 best possible. The fans aren't very powerful, and those microwave 260 00:14:57.039 --> 00:14:59.639 hoods can either be hooked up and ducted out of 261 00:14:59.679 --> 00:15:02.840 the house, which is better in that case if there 262 00:15:02.919 --> 00:15:07.159 is existing ducting, or if there's no ducting available, they 263 00:15:07.200 --> 00:15:10.919 can be redirected through a charcoal filter that is cleanable 264 00:15:10.960 --> 00:15:14.360 and accessible and just blow the air back into the 265 00:15:14.480 --> 00:15:18.600 kitchen space. Okay, that sounds that has for long, for 266 00:15:18.639 --> 00:15:22.559 the longest time, been kind of the low end version 267 00:15:22.840 --> 00:15:28.080 of how you do kitchen hood venting. Then along comes 268 00:15:28.200 --> 00:15:30.840 Plasma Made and. 269 00:15:31.080 --> 00:15:33.000 They have developed a. 270 00:15:34.840 --> 00:15:39.799 Recirculating filter and a set of recirculating filters for range hoods, 271 00:15:40.480 --> 00:15:43.159 and their promise is that they are reshaping the way 272 00:15:43.279 --> 00:15:47.000 kitchens are designed and built because their new advanced E 273 00:15:47.279 --> 00:15:52.960 filter series sets an entirely new standard of efficiency of 274 00:15:53.039 --> 00:15:56.679 removing particles that pass the air that pass through it 275 00:15:56.759 --> 00:16:03.639 down to point one micro on That is unbelievable. It 276 00:16:04.000 --> 00:16:09.519 essentially annihilates any particulate that is floating through the air 277 00:16:09.639 --> 00:16:13.919 that passes through this that is down to the microscopic level, 278 00:16:14.240 --> 00:16:20.039 filtering out particulates as small as even the coronavirus. Okay, 279 00:16:20.279 --> 00:16:26.000 that's how filter strong this filter is. And yet there 280 00:16:26.080 --> 00:16:29.200 is massive airflow going through it all right, So why 281 00:16:29.360 --> 00:16:32.480 is that so exciting? Is it's just that your new 282 00:16:32.519 --> 00:16:35.559 microwave hood combo, you know, it has a better filter 283 00:16:35.600 --> 00:16:38.720 out no, no, no, they aren't made for that. What these 284 00:16:39.159 --> 00:16:42.960 are designed to do is solve one of the biggest 285 00:16:43.600 --> 00:16:48.799 headaches that designers and builders have in regards to your 286 00:16:49.240 --> 00:16:53.080 new kitchen design, and that is where do we put 287 00:16:53.080 --> 00:16:56.120 the cook top? And once we put the cook top 288 00:16:56.279 --> 00:16:58.559 where we want to put it, can we get it 289 00:16:58.600 --> 00:17:02.320 effectively vented? Because we've got to get a vent pipe 290 00:17:02.440 --> 00:17:05.400 up and out. We've got to get it into the rafters, 291 00:17:05.400 --> 00:17:07.839 into the attic. If there's a second floor above us, 292 00:17:07.880 --> 00:17:10.400 that gives us even more limitations. We've got to find 293 00:17:10.400 --> 00:17:14.039 an open joist bay to carry us to the out 294 00:17:14.160 --> 00:17:17.119 the nearest outside wall of the house. There are so 295 00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:19.920 many limitations. This is one of the reasons why Soffitts 296 00:17:20.079 --> 00:17:25.440 bulkheads appear inside kitchen designs sometimes because we can't get 297 00:17:25.480 --> 00:17:28.160 the cook top event where we want it to go 298 00:17:28.519 --> 00:17:33.039 without going below the ceiling line, which means we've got 299 00:17:33.039 --> 00:17:35.359 to build out a special chase for it below the 300 00:17:35.400 --> 00:17:38.920 ceiling line. And ugh, it's just a it's a frustration 301 00:17:39.519 --> 00:17:42.440 because of these limitations. Now, if we're lucky enough to 302 00:17:42.440 --> 00:17:45.640 put a cook top on an outside wall, then it 303 00:17:45.680 --> 00:17:48.720 gets a lot easier. But the point is there are 304 00:17:48.759 --> 00:17:52.480 always limitations when it comes to this. Plasma made though 305 00:17:52.799 --> 00:17:59.480 has created these high capacity, high cfm flow filters that 306 00:17:59.799 --> 00:18:03.160 sly do such a good job of cleaning the air 307 00:18:03.519 --> 00:18:08.839 in a recirculation manner that we don't have to duct 308 00:18:09.000 --> 00:18:13.359 the air outside. I don't need a duct going outside 309 00:18:13.400 --> 00:18:18.680 anymore to give you the highest quality venting off your 310 00:18:18.680 --> 00:18:26.240 cook top, ventless ventless, high quality ducting. That is exciting 311 00:18:26.440 --> 00:18:30.119 and I hope that I'm conveying you know, the usefulness 312 00:18:30.119 --> 00:18:36.519 of that, the amount of flexibility that that enhances us with. 313 00:18:37.720 --> 00:18:40.119 I mean, that's just like handing me, as your kitchen 314 00:18:40.160 --> 00:18:45.160 designer and builder, that a gigantic present wrapped in a 315 00:18:45.160 --> 00:18:49.000 bow that we can really work on the design that 316 00:18:49.039 --> 00:18:51.599 you want. We can put the cook top anywhere you 317 00:18:51.720 --> 00:18:54.359 want it to be. And if we incorporate one of 318 00:18:54.400 --> 00:18:59.920 these plasma made filters into the vent hood system, then 319 00:19:00.119 --> 00:19:03.519 we don't have to worry about venting that thing outside. 320 00:19:04.079 --> 00:19:06.519 And man, is that great. 321 00:19:07.319 --> 00:19:10.640 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 322 00:19:10.720 --> 00:19:12.240 KFI AM six forty. 323 00:19:12.559 --> 00:19:14.720 You may be in the middle of Ohio in two 324 00:19:14.759 --> 00:19:17.720 degree weather. I'm sorry, but I'm glad you're with us 325 00:19:17.720 --> 00:19:21.680 on the program. We're talking all things the International Builders 326 00:19:21.799 --> 00:19:25.279 Show that just wrapped up in Las Vegas this last week. Uh, 327 00:19:26.000 --> 00:19:28.599 just highlights from that show that I wanted to bring 328 00:19:28.680 --> 00:19:31.559 to you so that you know, you could be if 329 00:19:31.599 --> 00:19:34.039 you're thinking about remodeling or whatever the case may be, 330 00:19:35.359 --> 00:19:38.319 that you can you know, get a little inspiration from this. 331 00:19:39.240 --> 00:19:40.960 We're going to be going to phones, by the way, 332 00:19:41.559 --> 00:19:45.000 right after the next news break, as is our custom, 333 00:19:45.079 --> 00:19:46.640 at the top of the hour. So I'll give you 334 00:19:46.680 --> 00:19:49.759 the number one more time, eight three three two ask 335 00:19:49.920 --> 00:19:54.079 Dean A three three the numeral to ask Dean anything 336 00:19:54.119 --> 00:19:56.160 you want to talk about regarding your home. We've got 337 00:19:56.160 --> 00:19:58.759 some lovely calls on the board, but there is room 338 00:19:58.799 --> 00:20:02.319 for you as well. So eight three three two as Dan. 339 00:20:02.359 --> 00:20:05.519 That's coming up right after the next news break. Okay, 340 00:20:07.480 --> 00:20:15.119 here's another small item which I believe is worthy of 341 00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:18.599 your notice. Not a major thing. I've got plenty of 342 00:20:18.640 --> 00:20:21.839 those two, But this is an item that is just 343 00:20:21.880 --> 00:20:26.400 a brilliant little design. Screen doors, you know, on your 344 00:20:26.400 --> 00:20:30.839 sliding glass doors, not a hinged screen door. We've had 345 00:20:30.960 --> 00:20:35.400 closers for hinge screen doors since pretty much the beginning 346 00:20:35.440 --> 00:20:39.160 of time, right, I mean for a long time, because 347 00:20:39.160 --> 00:20:42.480 you can just use a normal door closer for a 348 00:20:42.640 --> 00:20:48.200 hinged screen door, and it does just fine. But sliding screens, 349 00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:50.799 what do we do with the sliding screens. We've got 350 00:20:50.839 --> 00:20:53.440 some sliding screen doors around here, and we've got some 351 00:20:53.559 --> 00:20:59.000 children around here, Olivia my eight year old granddaughter who's 352 00:20:59.039 --> 00:21:02.000 always running around, and of course it is the way 353 00:21:02.039 --> 00:21:07.200 of things right to just plow open a screen door 354 00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:10.519 and run outside, and you're so excited, and then of 355 00:21:10.599 --> 00:21:13.559 course you hear the adult voice somewhere in the background, 356 00:21:13.880 --> 00:21:18.680 shut the screen door. We would all love that to 357 00:21:18.920 --> 00:21:21.200 just not even be a thing. And you know, and 358 00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:22.359 we've all done it as well. 359 00:21:22.440 --> 00:21:22.599 You know. 360 00:21:22.680 --> 00:21:25.880 Maybe it's you've got a handful of things and you 361 00:21:25.960 --> 00:21:27.839 open the door and you just don't want to turn 362 00:21:27.880 --> 00:21:29.599 around and close it. You don't want to push your 363 00:21:29.599 --> 00:21:33.200 foot through the screen trying to close it. So screen 364 00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:36.160 door closers, and there have been all sorts through the years, 365 00:21:37.440 --> 00:21:41.119 better or worse. Here is one of the simplest and 366 00:21:41.559 --> 00:21:45.920 loveliest by latch Line. Okay latch you know, like a 367 00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:48.480 latch on a door line. That's the name of the company. 368 00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:51.799 You should check it out. Look for their soft closed 369 00:21:52.240 --> 00:21:55.759 screen door. It is a little cartridge And when I 370 00:21:55.839 --> 00:21:59.359 say little, I mean it is a cartridge that will 371 00:21:59.400 --> 00:22:03.079 mount uh and not stick into the screen area. It'll 372 00:22:03.079 --> 00:22:06.880 mount the top of the metal of your screen frame. 373 00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:10.960 And it's a di y install You don't need a 374 00:22:10.960 --> 00:22:13.400 professional to install this. You all all you have to 375 00:22:13.440 --> 00:22:16.559 do is mark out two little screw holes, uh and 376 00:22:16.960 --> 00:22:20.160 get these screws started. Then screw this cartridge on, and 377 00:22:20.200 --> 00:22:24.359 then that this this little cartridge mounts on the screen itself, 378 00:22:24.880 --> 00:22:28.839 top corner of the screen, and then across from it 379 00:22:28.920 --> 00:22:32.640 onto the frame, a small retainer stud mounts a little 380 00:22:32.640 --> 00:22:36.000 stainless steel stud. And then what happens is a cable 381 00:22:36.359 --> 00:22:40.519 is pulled out of this cartridge and hooks onto that 382 00:22:40.599 --> 00:22:44.720 retainer stud. So yeah, it is a tensioned cable like 383 00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:49.440 a little recoiling cable winch system. Okay, but what I 384 00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:53.680 love about it is that you can this coiling winch. 385 00:22:53.680 --> 00:22:57.759 It's it's the genius of the thing is its simplicity. 386 00:22:58.920 --> 00:23:02.759 But the the other genius of the thing is that 387 00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:06.960 it is fully adjustable. So it's not just you know, 388 00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:09.599 because I've turned down these ideas before, where you know, 389 00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:12.799 like a recoiling tape and a tape measure like you 390 00:23:12.839 --> 00:23:14.920 had a spring loaded wheel in there, and it's like, yeah, 391 00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:16.759 but if I throw the screen open and then all 392 00:23:16.799 --> 00:23:21.039 of a sudden swam boom, you know, it just slams 393 00:23:21.079 --> 00:23:25.559 in and nobody likes that. This is a soft closing 394 00:23:26.119 --> 00:23:30.359 screen door sliding screen door closer. So you hook up 395 00:23:30.359 --> 00:23:33.079 this cable and then you've got a dial to adjust 396 00:23:33.160 --> 00:23:38.039 whether the screen closes slowly or whether it closes more quickly. 397 00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:41.920 But always right at the end it eases off and 398 00:23:41.960 --> 00:23:46.839 it gently just silently glides in to make final contact. 399 00:23:47.400 --> 00:23:53.400 Soft closing screen door closing mechanism for a sliding screen 400 00:23:53.440 --> 00:24:00.759 door retrofit. It's brilliant. It works. Finally something that really 401 00:24:00.880 --> 00:24:06.319