WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.720 --> 00:00:04.559 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from KFI. 2 00:00:04.719 --> 00:00:05.919 HEYM six forty. 3 00:00:09.039 --> 00:00:09.199 Am. 4 00:00:09.359 --> 00:00:14.080 I Ami why dreaming an e d everywhere on the 5 00:00:14.279 --> 00:00:18.519 iHeart Radio app. Hey, welcome to Home for every week 6 00:00:18.559 --> 00:00:21.559 we help you better understand that place where you live. 7 00:00:22.079 --> 00:00:24.879 I'm Dean Sharp, the house whisper. There's Lucky the rooster 8 00:00:25.039 --> 00:00:28.000 going off in the background. Here with you live like 9 00:00:28.079 --> 00:00:31.359 I am. Every weekend Saturday morning six to eight Pacific time, 10 00:00:31.519 --> 00:00:35.520 Sunday mornings nine to noon Pacific time. Thanks for joining 11 00:00:35.600 --> 00:00:37.960 us on the program. Hey, Heather got pretty worked up 12 00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:41.920 about that dirty dancing thing. I'm just saying, I really 13 00:00:41.920 --> 00:00:43.399 did just take my money. 14 00:00:43.399 --> 00:00:44.200 Now I'm excited. 15 00:00:44.600 --> 00:00:47.840 Did you did you have you had dreams of Patrick 16 00:00:47.920 --> 00:00:50.119 Swayze just lifting you up about my dash? 17 00:00:50.439 --> 00:00:53.880 What gen xer gal hasn't I mean that movie was 18 00:00:53.960 --> 00:00:56.439 like I watched it over and over again and I thought, 19 00:00:56.520 --> 00:00:58.200 I'm going to go to a camp and meet a 20 00:00:58.240 --> 00:01:00.200 hot guy and he's going to teach me to. 21 00:01:00.119 --> 00:01:04.200 Dance, you know, as like it happens in life, right. 22 00:01:04.680 --> 00:01:07.120 I mean, who hasn't, really, who hasn't had that dream? 23 00:01:07.480 --> 00:01:11.040 Who hasn't gone to camp meta hot guy and learned 24 00:01:11.040 --> 00:01:11.920 how to dance. 25 00:01:12.159 --> 00:01:13.079 In a journey way. 26 00:01:13.840 --> 00:01:14.519 What happened to you? 27 00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:21.120 All right, Well, I'm happy for you. I'm really happy 28 00:01:21.120 --> 00:01:23.000 for you. Other We're going to get you tickets. We're 29 00:01:23.040 --> 00:01:24.359 gonna we're gonna get you out there. 30 00:01:24.359 --> 00:01:28.079 Reporting live from Dirty Dancing on Broadway. 31 00:01:28.680 --> 00:01:33.599 Breaking news, breaking news. Baby, not in the corner. 32 00:01:33.439 --> 00:01:35.159 Not in the corner, She's on Broadway. 33 00:01:36.719 --> 00:01:40.159 All right, y'all, thanks for joining us on the program today. 34 00:01:40.760 --> 00:01:44.840 I've just got some bits of interesting info to talk 35 00:01:44.879 --> 00:01:47.239 to you about. Plus we're taking calls. The number to 36 00:01:47.239 --> 00:01:50.519 reach me eight three three to ask Dean A three 37 00:01:50.680 --> 00:01:54.680 three the numeral to ask Dean anything you want to 38 00:01:54.680 --> 00:01:59.079 talk about regarding your home design, construction, DIY, whatever. We'll 39 00:01:59.079 --> 00:02:01.840 go back to the phone, maybe right after our next 40 00:02:01.840 --> 00:02:04.400 little news break, we'll go back to the phones. In 41 00:02:04.519 --> 00:02:09.439 the meantime, let's see where was my note here? Come on, Dene. 42 00:02:09.919 --> 00:02:12.439 Oh no, that's my Dirty Dancing note. I don't need 43 00:02:12.479 --> 00:02:17.639 that one. Oh, this is really interesting. Producer Michelle actually 44 00:02:17.639 --> 00:02:21.319 sent this my way this week, from which I'm very 45 00:02:21.319 --> 00:02:25.199 grateful because sometimes as much as I like to keep 46 00:02:25.240 --> 00:02:28.080 my finger on the pulse of everything that's going on 47 00:02:28.120 --> 00:02:30.800 in the building industry, sometimes you know what, sometimes something 48 00:02:30.840 --> 00:02:34.319 slips by. And this was a biggie if you want 49 00:02:34.360 --> 00:02:40.479 an if you are interested in home construction and building 50 00:02:40.520 --> 00:02:44.280 materials and the impact that it has just generally speaking, 51 00:02:44.400 --> 00:02:47.199 on the planet, on the environment and so on. And 52 00:02:47.240 --> 00:02:51.280 believe me, home building has a massive carbon impact on things. 53 00:02:51.319 --> 00:02:54.319 It's something that we're always trying to refine and change. 54 00:02:54.919 --> 00:02:59.080 But I have never been one to embrace the scarcity 55 00:02:59.199 --> 00:03:03.879 model of saving the environment. In other words, the idea 56 00:03:03.960 --> 00:03:06.080 that like, okay, you know what we should all do. 57 00:03:06.680 --> 00:03:09.639 I mean, as a last resort, sure, but you know, 58 00:03:09.680 --> 00:03:12.280 we all just need to kind of strip down, wear 59 00:03:12.360 --> 00:03:15.680 grass skirts, live in huts made out of hay, and 60 00:03:16.960 --> 00:03:22.120 forego modern civilization altogether. I think there are more creative 61 00:03:22.120 --> 00:03:26.080 ways to approach that. And here is a company that 62 00:03:26.400 --> 00:03:28.439 you might be interested in that has done just that. 63 00:03:28.759 --> 00:03:32.800 Planted P L A and T plant with a D 64 00:03:33.039 --> 00:03:36.639 no E, but it's pronounced planted. Okay, just plant with 65 00:03:36.680 --> 00:03:39.280 a D on the end. What is significant about what 66 00:03:39.319 --> 00:03:46.639 they have done They have developed a building material that 67 00:03:46.759 --> 00:03:52.439 replaces plywood and OSB oriented strandboard, both of which are 68 00:03:52.479 --> 00:03:56.680 made out of wood by products or you know, chipboard 69 00:03:56.879 --> 00:04:01.599 from woodmills, making other things or as you know, plywood. 70 00:04:01.639 --> 00:04:04.280 Plywood's been around forever. In a day, they have a 71 00:04:04.319 --> 00:04:10.080 material that competes with and I believe on every level, 72 00:04:10.199 --> 00:04:14.960 beats plywood and oriented strandboard, Tina, You're we're gonna be 73 00:04:14.960 --> 00:04:18.560 seeing this very soon. In fact, a major builder here 74 00:04:18.600 --> 00:04:21.279 in the US has just ordered two hundred and fifty 75 00:04:21.480 --> 00:04:26.160 thousand sheets of it for their own situation, for their 76 00:04:26.199 --> 00:04:33.680 own projects. It is made out of grass. Grass, Okay, Now, 77 00:04:34.319 --> 00:04:37.720 this is grass that can grow forty feet in a year. 78 00:04:38.399 --> 00:04:42.000 This is grass that is As a result, this material 79 00:04:42.680 --> 00:04:50.399 is stronger, more weather resistant than both OSB and plywood. 80 00:04:51.199 --> 00:04:54.319 This is a material most importantly you think, yeah, yeah, 81 00:04:54.360 --> 00:04:56.720 well we've heard about that, you know, because bamboo, giant 82 00:04:56.720 --> 00:05:00.560 bamboo is technically the world's largest grass the rules. Bamboo 83 00:05:00.600 --> 00:05:05.839 has been used for that kind of stuff constantly. But 84 00:05:06.079 --> 00:05:08.279 here's the problem. If you live in the US, right, 85 00:05:08.439 --> 00:05:12.279 bamboo is grown in China. We don't grow bamboo here, 86 00:05:12.519 --> 00:05:14.439 I mean, you know, not other than just like in 87 00:05:14.480 --> 00:05:17.439 your little garden right or in your backyard. I'm talking 88 00:05:17.439 --> 00:05:20.560 about giant bamboo. We don't have the climate zone for 89 00:05:20.920 --> 00:05:24.800 giant bamboo. But this is not bamboo. This is a 90 00:05:24.879 --> 00:05:30.040 kind of perennial grass. They are growing it on farms 91 00:05:30.399 --> 00:05:35.879 in North Carolina, and this company is in North Carolina. 92 00:05:36.480 --> 00:05:44.800 It is US grown, US based material. Fifteen thousand acres 93 00:05:45.240 --> 00:05:53.199 of grass replaces one hundred and forty thousand acres of 94 00:05:53.360 --> 00:05:57.079 forest in terms of its productivity. This is grass that's 95 00:05:57.079 --> 00:06:00.160 going to grow and it's going to die anyway, and 96 00:06:00.199 --> 00:06:02.680 then it regrows. You cut it and it regrows at 97 00:06:02.759 --> 00:06:06.759 multiple crops throughout the course of a single year. This 98 00:06:06.839 --> 00:06:13.279 is a major, major, major move forward toward things like 99 00:06:13.399 --> 00:06:19.000 carbon recapture and climate change and building materials and building 100 00:06:19.040 --> 00:06:24.600 more sustainably and just better, just better. Okay, So the 101 00:06:24.680 --> 00:06:27.360 company is on its way. It was actually founded, I 102 00:06:27.519 --> 00:06:32.360 believe by a couple of SpaceX engineers who just wanted 103 00:06:32.399 --> 00:06:35.959 to do something more valuable for things that are happening 104 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:39.519 on the ground right here. They're based in Oxford, North Carolina. 105 00:06:40.199 --> 00:06:42.920 They're expanding. The more location, you're going to hear more 106 00:06:43.040 --> 00:06:46.279 and more and more about this material. I guarantee you 107 00:06:46.439 --> 00:06:50.279 some of the best building materials like modern mill using 108 00:06:50.680 --> 00:06:54.160 upcycled rice holes coming out of the South. And so 109 00:06:54.279 --> 00:06:57.800 here we are Oxford, North Carolina. Planted is the name 110 00:06:57.839 --> 00:07:00.360 of the companies. You go check it out plant d 111 00:07:00.839 --> 00:07:05.639 okay dot com and see this incredible material and what 112 00:07:05.680 --> 00:07:07.160 they plan to do with it. We are going to 113 00:07:07.160 --> 00:07:13.199 see newer and better things coming from fibrous plants like 114 00:07:13.279 --> 00:07:16.120 grass that can be grown very very fast and very 115 00:07:16.199 --> 00:07:19.040 very sustainably. We're gonna see more and more of it 116 00:07:19.079 --> 00:07:21.639 as we go. All right, We're i's going to see 117 00:07:21.639 --> 00:07:24.680 some more calls when we come back. You are home 118 00:07:24.839 --> 00:07:28.160 with Dean Sharp, the House Whisper Cam by Dean Sharp, 119 00:07:28.279 --> 00:07:31.639 the House Whisper at your service. Thanks for joining us 120 00:07:31.680 --> 00:07:34.560 on the program today. We're just doing a little Saturday 121 00:07:34.600 --> 00:07:36.959 morning free for all, like we tend to do these 122 00:07:37.040 --> 00:07:40.680 days on Saturday mornings. I've got some interesting news and 123 00:07:41.120 --> 00:07:45.439 views for you regarding your home, home design, home remodeling, 124 00:07:45.519 --> 00:07:48.839 home construction, the industry, all of that kind of stuff. Today, 125 00:07:49.120 --> 00:07:52.560 some updates for you. But also, of course we're taking 126 00:07:52.600 --> 00:07:55.399 calls and it's time to go back to the bones 127 00:07:55.600 --> 00:07:58.000 right now, So let's do it. I want to talk 128 00:07:58.000 --> 00:08:00.959 to Sue. Hey, Sue, welcome home. 129 00:08:02.000 --> 00:08:07.399 Hey Deane, thanks for taking my call so much. I'm 130 00:08:07.399 --> 00:08:11.199 in my childhood home. I'm back in it and ever 131 00:08:11.279 --> 00:08:14.639 since I was a kid. I remember my dad's fighting 132 00:08:14.680 --> 00:08:17.839 with the bathroom wall next to the shower. It would 133 00:08:17.839 --> 00:08:22.720 crumble and do all these things. Well, it's doing it now, 134 00:08:22.839 --> 00:08:26.000 and I just got done digging all the wet plaster 135 00:08:26.120 --> 00:08:29.879 out and fix it. You preparing it, and then I 136 00:08:29.959 --> 00:08:33.360 sealed it three times with kills, and then I put 137 00:08:33.480 --> 00:08:35.879 two coats of paint over it. But I'm afraid it's 138 00:08:35.919 --> 00:08:38.759 going to do it because it's just the nature of 139 00:08:38.799 --> 00:08:41.799 the beast. Can I put a sheet of Plexi glass 140 00:08:41.840 --> 00:08:44.799 over it? And it's not that large, it's only seven 141 00:08:44.879 --> 00:08:48.480 inches wide by about a yard tall. The area. 142 00:08:50.120 --> 00:08:53.559 Well, yeah, I mean, I think my first question is 143 00:08:53.600 --> 00:08:57.000 why is it getting wet? How is it getting what specifical. 144 00:08:57.320 --> 00:09:01.440 Shower curtain right next to the shower. We just have 145 00:09:01.480 --> 00:09:04.600 a shower curtain there, So I think the moisture just 146 00:09:04.600 --> 00:09:09.480 from the bathroom, just from the yeah, the shower because 147 00:09:09.919 --> 00:09:11.080 we close the door a. 148 00:09:11.120 --> 00:09:11.639 Shower, So. 149 00:09:13.720 --> 00:09:16.639 Okay, so you think it's just moisture, it's not actual 150 00:09:16.840 --> 00:09:20.039 water from the shower getting past the shower. I mean, 151 00:09:20.120 --> 00:09:22.799 is the shower curtain right on the tile edge line 152 00:09:22.919 --> 00:09:24.480 or is it in set a couple. 153 00:09:24.200 --> 00:09:27.279 Of inches it's right on the tile line. 154 00:09:27.840 --> 00:09:32.360 That's the problem right there. Oh, that's the problem. The 155 00:09:32.399 --> 00:09:36.240 shower curtain should never be so whether it's a shower, 156 00:09:36.399 --> 00:09:38.840 I mean, you could you can do this, You could 157 00:09:38.840 --> 00:09:41.799 afford to do that if you have a shower door 158 00:09:42.120 --> 00:09:45.039 where the glass is just literally sealed and making a 159 00:09:45.080 --> 00:09:48.000 barrier right there, okay, because the water is going to 160 00:09:48.039 --> 00:09:50.919 get beyond it. But if you're using a shower curtain 161 00:09:51.279 --> 00:09:55.200 in a in a shower situation, like a top shower 162 00:09:55.279 --> 00:09:59.840 scenario like that, the tile should extend, you know, a 163 00:10:00.120 --> 00:10:04.360 good couple of inches two three inches beyond the edge 164 00:10:04.480 --> 00:10:06.679 of you know, the line of the shower curtain where 165 00:10:06.720 --> 00:10:09.720 the shower curtain touches the wall. Because this kind of 166 00:10:09.759 --> 00:10:12.639 stuff happens all the time. It's a it's actually a 167 00:10:12.679 --> 00:10:14.519 mistake that a lot of people make. I'm not saying 168 00:10:14.519 --> 00:10:17.120 you made it, you know, because you know who whoever 169 00:10:17.120 --> 00:10:20.039 did the tile work. But when you've got a tile 170 00:10:20.080 --> 00:10:23.840 in tub, for everybody who's listening, by the way, especially 171 00:10:23.879 --> 00:10:26.600 if you're in the middle of a remodel and you're thinking, okay, 172 00:10:26.639 --> 00:10:28.159 how are we going to do this tub? Don't bring 173 00:10:28.200 --> 00:10:31.159 the tile work down just right down onto the top 174 00:10:31.240 --> 00:10:34.000 of the tub wall and stop it there. The tile 175 00:10:34.039 --> 00:10:36.639 should go beyond the tub all the way down to 176 00:10:36.720 --> 00:10:38.879 the floor by a couple of inches, and then the 177 00:10:38.919 --> 00:10:41.039 tub should be in set from it. And that is 178 00:10:41.080 --> 00:10:44.440 what ends up protecting your dry wall from getting soaking 179 00:10:44.519 --> 00:10:49.120 wet during a shower. So here's the thing. I would 180 00:10:49.159 --> 00:10:51.600 give you two options. Well, you know, obviously you have 181 00:10:51.679 --> 00:10:55.039 three options. You could retile the shower. Uh. That's not 182 00:10:55.120 --> 00:10:57.879 what we wanted to do, Dean, Uh, I get it. 183 00:10:58.279 --> 00:11:02.600 But in the future, sure you decide to change up 184 00:11:02.639 --> 00:11:06.879 the tile, just no stretch that stuff further. The second option, 185 00:11:07.159 --> 00:11:12.879 which would be far more potentially attractive than you know, 186 00:11:12.879 --> 00:11:17.080 putting a piece of plexiglass on the dry wall there, which, 187 00:11:17.120 --> 00:11:19.480 by the way, I don't. I mean it would probably 188 00:11:19.799 --> 00:11:24.480 it probably work, okay, but I'm also concerned about any 189 00:11:24.559 --> 00:11:31.440 kind of moisture getting but behind the plexiglass. So your 190 00:11:31.600 --> 00:11:35.600 shower curtain, the rod, is it screwed in to the 191 00:11:36.399 --> 00:11:40.360 to the tile or is it a pressurized shower rod. 192 00:11:40.879 --> 00:11:42.159 It's a pressurized rod. 193 00:11:46.039 --> 00:11:49.120 Let's take that shower rod and move it in two 194 00:11:49.279 --> 00:11:52.639 or three inches. Okay, move it in two or three inches, 195 00:11:52.840 --> 00:11:56.039 and you know what, I almost guarantee that your moisture 196 00:11:56.080 --> 00:11:57.919 problems will magically disappear. 197 00:11:58.480 --> 00:12:02.799 Okay, that sounds like the easiest And there you go. 198 00:12:03.200 --> 00:12:05.759 All right, say thank you so much. 199 00:12:06.480 --> 00:12:11.200 You are so welcome. Yeah, everybody, you know, water splashes 200 00:12:11.240 --> 00:12:14.120 and water carries, I mean it runs. Water has an 201 00:12:14.120 --> 00:12:18.519 incredibly high surface tension. That's the science behind it. So 202 00:12:19.240 --> 00:12:22.480 when it comes to that, anytime you got to splash zone, 203 00:12:22.519 --> 00:12:25.200 you got to overtile, you gotta tile beyond. You got 204 00:12:25.240 --> 00:12:28.799 to run the waterproof materials well beyond the line that 205 00:12:28.879 --> 00:12:32.480 you think you want them to stop. So and I'm 206 00:12:32.519 --> 00:12:34.759 not talking about a foot or so. We're just talking about, 207 00:12:34.799 --> 00:12:38.039 you know, two three inches past the line of the 208 00:12:38.080 --> 00:12:43.559 shower curtain and you'll be all set. Great question soon, 209 00:12:44.000 --> 00:12:45.960 glad I could help. All right, when we come back, 210 00:12:45.960 --> 00:12:48.480 should we take another call or two? Sure? All right, 211 00:12:48.600 --> 00:12:52.200 more calls when we return Your Home with Dean Sharp, 212 00:12:52.279 --> 00:12:56.480 the House Whisperer. You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp 213 00:12:56.600 --> 00:13:03.000 on demand from KFI AM six forty. Okay, fine, being 214 00:13:03.200 --> 00:13:07.519 Sharp the house whisper at your service. Here we are 215 00:13:07.720 --> 00:13:12.879 on a beautiful southern California autumn Saturday morning. I know 216 00:13:12.960 --> 00:13:16.639 you're up, you're listening. You're with us. I appreciate it greatly. 217 00:13:16.960 --> 00:13:19.240 I know how valuable your weekend time is, so when 218 00:13:19.240 --> 00:13:22.200 you spend time with us here, we try and make 219 00:13:22.480 --> 00:13:27.360 the information, the answers, the content entertaining and useful to 220 00:13:27.440 --> 00:13:30.480 you on every level. By the way, a little update 221 00:13:30.600 --> 00:13:35.840 on our new project, the murder slash Renovation Home. Yeah, 222 00:13:35.879 --> 00:13:38.759 I'm not doing so well, Tina. It's just kind of 223 00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:44.279 I came up with renovate or Decapitate and where a 224 00:13:44.360 --> 00:13:47.559 show where aspiring new designers compete to discover if their 225 00:13:47.600 --> 00:13:50.600 designs live on to compete next week or if it 226 00:13:50.679 --> 00:13:58.759 is truly their last. That's it gives a new definition 227 00:13:58.919 --> 00:14:04.639 to eliminate nation round. I'm saying, she has no interest 228 00:14:04.639 --> 00:14:08.200 in this whatsoever. She's like, move on, move on, buddy. Yeah, yeah, 229 00:14:08.279 --> 00:14:14.039 I think it's it's gone far afield. What I'm fascinated 230 00:14:14.080 --> 00:14:17.720 by it. Listen, if you had to live with somebody 231 00:14:18.399 --> 00:14:22.960 who was completely I do. No, you don't myself. No, 232 00:14:23.240 --> 00:14:26.320 that doesn't count. If you had to live with somebody 233 00:14:26.320 --> 00:14:29.879 who's completely enamored with true crime, true crime, true crime. 234 00:14:30.080 --> 00:14:32.399 I walk in Tina's listening to she's doing a puzzle 235 00:14:32.440 --> 00:14:35.559 and listening to a podcast. This is her favorite, by 236 00:14:35.559 --> 00:14:39.559 the way, way of relaxing. She's in the garden room, 237 00:14:39.960 --> 00:14:43.360 which we built specifically so she could do puzzles. She's 238 00:14:43.399 --> 00:14:47.080 in the garden. I walk in. She's sitting there doing 239 00:14:47.080 --> 00:14:52.120 a puzzle, relaxing. Great, fantastic, she's great at it. Listening 240 00:14:52.159 --> 00:14:56.519 to murder, right, are you not tell me that's not true? 241 00:14:56.879 --> 00:15:02.960 That's a fact. That is that's absolutely a fact. All right, 242 00:15:03.600 --> 00:15:07.720 let's go back to the phones, shall we. Sounds like 243 00:15:07.799 --> 00:15:13.360 a good idea. Let's talk to Ray. Hey, Ray, welcome home. 244 00:15:14.840 --> 00:15:17.840 Thank you so much for taking my call. My neighbor 245 00:15:17.960 --> 00:15:22.519 has a small water fountain, pond, cascading feature in her 246 00:15:22.559 --> 00:15:27.399 backyard and her husband has succumbed to Parkinson's and so 247 00:15:27.480 --> 00:15:30.080 she has no idea how to maintain this and it's 248 00:15:30.080 --> 00:15:34.240 getting pretty green. Is there a toxic concern for the 249 00:15:34.279 --> 00:15:37.279 critters that are drinking out of it? First question? Second 250 00:15:37.360 --> 00:15:39.320 question is how do I keep it from getting green? 251 00:15:39.360 --> 00:15:41.360 But how do I treat this thing and take care 252 00:15:41.360 --> 00:15:41.960 of it for her? 253 00:15:43.000 --> 00:15:46.200 Okay, So describe the water feature to me, because there 254 00:15:46.200 --> 00:15:48.679 are different kinds. Does she have fish in it? Is? 255 00:15:48.679 --> 00:15:49.840 Is it like a coy pond? 256 00:15:49.919 --> 00:15:53.559 No fish, no fish, no coy pond is quite small. 257 00:15:53.639 --> 00:15:56.120 It's it's the best way I can describe it as 258 00:15:56.320 --> 00:16:01.000 a short cascade about three feet cascating down to a 259 00:16:01.200 --> 00:16:05.799 basin that is probably two feet in diameter and full 260 00:16:05.840 --> 00:16:10.320 of semi precious stones. There's agates and quartzes and jaspers 261 00:16:10.360 --> 00:16:13.480 and petrified wood. I think it's just beautiful when the 262 00:16:13.480 --> 00:16:15.480 water is running over these colored rocks. 263 00:16:15.840 --> 00:16:18.600 Okay, all right, great, that's fair. That's fair, all right. 264 00:16:19.039 --> 00:16:23.240 So if we don't have any living creatures in there, 265 00:16:24.240 --> 00:16:27.960 then our best bet is to well, I'll give you 266 00:16:28.039 --> 00:16:31.000 a number of different approaches. Our best bet, essentially, though, 267 00:16:31.120 --> 00:16:33.759 is to treat it like a pool. Okay, treat it 268 00:16:33.840 --> 00:16:37.039 like pool water, and that is to add not a lot, 269 00:16:37.200 --> 00:16:42.679 but find the right balance of chlorine to add to 270 00:16:42.720 --> 00:16:45.159 the water to keep it clean and fresh and pure 271 00:16:45.200 --> 00:16:48.440 and whatever. Now, if you're concerned that there are woodland 272 00:16:48.440 --> 00:16:54.360 creatures that are using this as a water source for themselves, 273 00:16:55.360 --> 00:16:58.360 then you could take another approach, which is you can 274 00:16:58.360 --> 00:17:04.920 go online and look for or enzymes, water balancing enzymes. 275 00:17:05.400 --> 00:17:07.960 That's another way to do it. That's actually my preferred 276 00:17:08.000 --> 00:17:09.519 way to do it. In fact, we had for a 277 00:17:09.599 --> 00:17:12.839 number of years we had a hot tub that we 278 00:17:13.119 --> 00:17:16.759 used zero chlorine in. We only used enzymes to keep 279 00:17:16.759 --> 00:17:23.319 it under control. Enzymes break down organic material to a 280 00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:28.200 point where it makes them non bioavailable to algaes and 281 00:17:28.480 --> 00:17:32.279 the kind of stuff that grows and develops and becomes 282 00:17:32.319 --> 00:17:34.759 a problem in water. It's the way that nature kind 283 00:17:34.799 --> 00:17:38.559 of handles like It's why most of the time streams 284 00:17:38.680 --> 00:17:42.799 and lakes are clear water, with the exception of the 285 00:17:42.839 --> 00:17:47.039 occasional algae bloom that happens seasonally. So enzymes are a 286 00:17:47.039 --> 00:17:48.759 good way to do it. And the nice thing about 287 00:17:48.799 --> 00:17:50.519 it is you only add a little bit and they 288 00:17:50.599 --> 00:17:53.240 last quite a while before you have to redo it. 289 00:17:53.759 --> 00:17:58.599 If you have to shock a water like that, a 290 00:17:58.599 --> 00:18:01.000 system of water, in other words, you don't want to 291 00:18:01.039 --> 00:18:03.759 just drain it and then restart it. If you have 292 00:18:03.839 --> 00:18:05.400 to shock it and you don't want to go the 293 00:18:05.440 --> 00:18:08.640 chlorine route, then a lot of people are surprised to 294 00:18:08.680 --> 00:18:12.400 find out that hydrogen peroxide is a fantastic way to 295 00:18:13.519 --> 00:18:16.279 shock the water and to help it move towards a 296 00:18:16.319 --> 00:18:20.119 sterile state. I'll just pour in a good amount of 297 00:18:20.160 --> 00:18:24.359 hydrogen peroxide. It will flash off and not end up 298 00:18:24.599 --> 00:18:28.079 becoming a problem for anybody who drinks it. Down the road. 299 00:18:28.480 --> 00:18:30.680 But I think at the end of the day, maintenance 300 00:18:30.799 --> 00:18:33.240 and regular servicing is going to be the key for 301 00:18:33.279 --> 00:18:36.680 this thing. And if there is a let me emphasize 302 00:18:36.680 --> 00:18:39.519 this my biggest concern, especially you know, we're kind of 303 00:18:39.519 --> 00:18:41.759 sliding out of this time of year, but it's still relevant. 304 00:18:42.119 --> 00:18:44.880 If there is a pond, even a small one of 305 00:18:45.039 --> 00:18:48.359 a basin of two feet or so, make sure that 306 00:18:48.359 --> 00:18:52.759 that feature runs for a while every day, maybe multiple 307 00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:56.240 times during the day, for short periods of time, because 308 00:18:57.039 --> 00:19:00.920 my biggest concern would be mosquitos, mosquito larvae growing in 309 00:19:01.240 --> 00:19:06.519 still water, and so just disrupting that lower basin with 310 00:19:06.720 --> 00:19:11.119 a movement surface movement every few hours or so, that's 311 00:19:11.240 --> 00:19:14.880 enough to keep mosquitoes from successfully laying their eggs in there, 312 00:19:14.880 --> 00:19:18.160 and then you don't have, you know, a mosquito habitat 313 00:19:18.279 --> 00:19:19.480 for the rest of the neighborhood. 314 00:19:20.960 --> 00:19:23.400 It does appear to be running twenty four to seven. 315 00:19:24.200 --> 00:19:27.319 Okay, that's good. That's a good thing. That's a good thing. 316 00:19:27.799 --> 00:19:29.160 As far as the mosquitoes, I. 317 00:19:29.119 --> 00:19:31.640 Do believe there is a timer on there to control that, 318 00:19:31.880 --> 00:19:34.599 to control that, but I haven't taken the thing apart, 319 00:19:34.640 --> 00:19:37.440 and I can't pressure wash it to give it an 320 00:19:37.440 --> 00:19:40.119 initial cleaning. Is that advisable? 321 00:19:40.559 --> 00:19:43.599 Yeah, yeah, absolutely absolutely, And whenever you go in with 322 00:19:43.680 --> 00:19:45.920 something like that, just you know, just to go in 323 00:19:46.640 --> 00:19:50.759 and try and clear out, you know, as much as 324 00:19:50.799 --> 00:19:54.759 you can on day one so that it minimizes your 325 00:19:55.119 --> 00:19:57.839 you know, your water treatment from therefore, that way, you 326 00:19:57.839 --> 00:20:01.559 can just make small moves, small non toxic moves, and 327 00:20:01.640 --> 00:20:03.799 stay up on it. And if it's running twenty four 328 00:20:03.839 --> 00:20:06.680 to seven, by the way, that's not necessary. You know, 329 00:20:07.200 --> 00:20:09.720 a water feature, by definition, is there for us to 330 00:20:09.920 --> 00:20:13.599 enjoy sound the look, you know, not many of us 331 00:20:13.599 --> 00:20:16.839 are enjoying water features at one in the morning until 332 00:20:17.079 --> 00:20:19.079 four or five or six in the morning. And so 333 00:20:19.400 --> 00:20:21.559 if there is a timer, do her a favor and 334 00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:25.759 set that timer so that it shuts itself off at 335 00:20:25.880 --> 00:20:27.640 night so we don't have to worry about it. And 336 00:20:27.680 --> 00:20:30.680 the still water overnight is not going to cause any 337 00:20:30.720 --> 00:20:33.079 mosquito issues because as soon as it starts running again, 338 00:20:33.119 --> 00:20:39.839 their toast. Okay, all right, thank you, Ray, thanks for 339 00:20:39.880 --> 00:20:42.319 the question, my friend, good luck with that. And hey, 340 00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:44.880 what a good neighbor I hear, I thought as he 341 00:20:44.960 --> 00:20:48.000 was starting to say, I've got a neighbor next door 342 00:20:48.039 --> 00:20:50.759 they've got a water feature, it's not being maintained. What 343 00:20:50.920 --> 00:20:53.359 you know that most of the time I get those 344 00:20:53.480 --> 00:20:55.599 kind of questions, like what do I do with my 345 00:20:55.839 --> 00:21:00.960 crappy neighbor who is disrespecting the neighborhood. And here Ray 346 00:21:01.119 --> 00:21:04.000 is just stepping up and he's like, what do I 347 00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:06.640 do to help my neighbor next door because she has 348 00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:12.480 fallen on some difficult circumstances that my friend makes you 349 00:21:12.480 --> 00:21:15.599 you have one caller of the day. I appreciate you. 350 00:21:15.680 --> 00:21:18.279 I appreciate that spirit, especially in this day and age. 351 00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:20.880 Good Lord. All right, when we come back, we'll try 352 00:21:20.880 --> 00:21:24.000 and fit in another call or so before we are done. 353 00:21:24.119 --> 00:21:27.000 Go nowhere your home with Dean Sharp, the house Whisperer. 354 00:21:27.480 --> 00:21:31.920 Hey have I Dean Sharp, the house whisper at your service. 355 00:21:32.079 --> 00:21:35.319 Welcome home. Thanks for joining us on the program today. 356 00:21:35.359 --> 00:21:37.720 Here we are at the end of another two hour program. 357 00:21:37.799 --> 00:21:41.519 Don't forget tomorrow's show, the Big Show. From nine to 358 00:21:41.640 --> 00:21:46.200 noon tomorrow, we're going to be talking about the monitored 359 00:21:46.359 --> 00:21:51.319 home revolution. Every you know, I've talked about smart homes before. 360 00:21:51.359 --> 00:21:54.039 This is a very very specific angle on that, and 361 00:21:54.079 --> 00:21:56.680 that is a home monitoring. You know, Tina and I 362 00:21:56.759 --> 00:21:59.960 were just on vacation and we were just back in Vermont, 363 00:22:00.160 --> 00:22:03.240 had a fantastic time. One of the interesting things was, 364 00:22:04.119 --> 00:22:08.480 more than ever, we were getting alerts like, hey, there's 365 00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:11.480 a cat in the driveway and somebody's at your front door. 366 00:22:11.599 --> 00:22:14.680 And that's because we have to a certain degree a 367 00:22:14.839 --> 00:22:20.200 monitored home. It was like having a relatively large amount 368 00:22:20.240 --> 00:22:23.160 of control over our home when we are not there. 369 00:22:23.480 --> 00:22:28.599 Now that's convenient. It's also you could argue a safety 370 00:22:28.640 --> 00:22:34.519 and security benefit. But there are also levels of monitored 371 00:22:34.599 --> 00:22:37.680 home conversation that I really want to dig into tomorrow, 372 00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:40.440 some having to do with something that a lot of 373 00:22:40.480 --> 00:22:43.640 us are facing, which is aging parents, aging in place 374 00:22:43.839 --> 00:22:48.200 in a home, the cost of being able to watch 375 00:22:48.920 --> 00:22:51.599 and care for a loved one without in home nursing 376 00:22:51.640 --> 00:22:54.839 care or putting them in a nursing home. Some of 377 00:22:54.880 --> 00:22:59.599 the new monitoring technology can make a big difference when 378 00:22:59.599 --> 00:23:00.839 it comes to so you're not going to want to 379 00:23:00.839 --> 00:23:04.960 miss tomorrow's show. Everything from security to aging in place, 380 00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:08.519 it is the monitored home that is tomorrow's show. All right, 381 00:23:08.599 --> 00:23:11.519 let's wrap this one up with maybe one more call 382 00:23:11.559 --> 00:23:14.079 if we can. I want to talk to Leslie. Leslie, 383 00:23:14.319 --> 00:23:15.000 Welcome home. 384 00:23:16.680 --> 00:23:21.960 Well, I live in a city that requires built in 385 00:23:22.119 --> 00:23:25.920 sprinklers in all homes built since the eighties. I live 386 00:23:25.960 --> 00:23:28.799 in a tract house. It was built in nineteen ninety 387 00:23:28.799 --> 00:23:31.599 three and it's about three thousand square feet, two story 388 00:23:31.720 --> 00:23:36.799 tile roof. I've never had the sprinkler's service. In the 389 00:23:36.839 --> 00:23:39.680 early years, I did have one small drip from one 390 00:23:39.720 --> 00:23:42.759 of the sprinkler heads, and we have that replaced or fixed. 391 00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:45.519 I don't remember, and I don't have any drips or 392 00:23:45.599 --> 00:23:48.359 leaks right now. But I'm afraid of these sprinklers. I'm 393 00:23:48.400 --> 00:23:51.519 afraid they're going to burst or blow. And my question 394 00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:54.720 is can they be legally disconnected? And can I just 395 00:23:54.799 --> 00:23:58.720 tell my home insurance company that I don't have sprinklers? 396 00:23:59.119 --> 00:24:03.680 Must they be working and active? And do they need maintenance? 397 00:24:03.839 --> 00:24:05.480 Do I need to excuse me? 398 00:24:05.559 --> 00:24:09.000 Have someone come out and look and monitor them because 399 00:24:09.039 --> 00:24:12.680 they are so old? Or what do I do if anything? 400 00:24:12.880 --> 00:24:15.240 Or are they safe? Can I just ignore them? 401 00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:20.759