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 --> 00:00:11.519 House Whisper on demand on the iHeart Radio app, Instagram, TikTok, 3 00:00:11.640 --> 00:00:15.519 Facebook X. Speaking of that, Tina posted, I think she 4 00:00:15.640 --> 00:00:19.160 popped up a little image of on Instagram and Facebook. Yes, 5 00:00:20.280 --> 00:00:24.399 of the Little Lakes Valley where we're taking our backpacking 6 00:00:24.440 --> 00:00:28.960 trip here very very shortly. I'm very excited. So if 7 00:00:28.960 --> 00:00:30.879 you want to see the hellscape that we're going to 8 00:00:30.960 --> 00:00:33.679 have to put up with while we're on our backpacking trip, 9 00:00:33.719 --> 00:00:37.600 you should go ahead. Take a look. Oh it's gorgeous. 10 00:00:38.039 --> 00:00:41.880 Just managing myself there right now. Anyway, follow us on 11 00:00:42.200 --> 00:00:45.640 social media you will find it there. Home with Dean. 12 00:00:46.079 --> 00:00:48.960 That's the handle for all of them, all of them. 13 00:00:49.719 --> 00:00:49.840 All. 14 00:00:49.920 --> 00:00:53.000 Right, let's get back to very quickly. I want to 15 00:00:53.039 --> 00:00:55.600 explain something about mass loaded vinyl, and then we're going 16 00:00:55.640 --> 00:00:59.079 to the phones as promised. Right before the break, we 17 00:00:59.079 --> 00:01:04.079 were discussing various ways of insulating for sound. Mass loaded 18 00:01:04.159 --> 00:01:09.599 vinyl aka m l V. If you go on the YouTube, 19 00:01:10.159 --> 00:01:12.760 you will find all sorts of varying opinions about it. 20 00:01:12.799 --> 00:01:15.159 You'll say, some people telling you don't use it, it's 21 00:01:15.200 --> 00:01:19.719 a rep off. Other people saying it's the silver bullet 22 00:01:19.760 --> 00:01:23.159 that cures all ales. The fact of the matter is 23 00:01:23.359 --> 00:01:27.760 neither one of those are correct. The truth falls somewhere 24 00:01:27.760 --> 00:01:31.519 in between. Mass loaded vinyl is a fantastic form of insulation. 25 00:01:31.599 --> 00:01:34.879 It's very thin. It's a thin layer, a roll of it. It 26 00:01:34.840 --> 00:01:37.560 looks like a roll of rubber, almost like a big 27 00:01:37.680 --> 00:01:42.239 roll up yoga mat. But you will find it's yat 28 00:01:42.280 --> 00:01:44.359 not a yoga mat when you go to pick up 29 00:01:44.400 --> 00:01:48.560 that role because it is heavy. I mean it is dense, 30 00:01:48.799 --> 00:01:55.640 thick rubberized vinyl material and because of that, sound works 31 00:01:55.799 --> 00:01:58.519 extra hard to get through it. It is a fantastic 32 00:01:58.640 --> 00:02:01.560 insulating thing that takes very little space, and I mean 33 00:02:01.799 --> 00:02:04.760 like eighth of an inch thick, that can be applied 34 00:02:04.840 --> 00:02:08.479 or stapled to the inside of studs or walls, or 35 00:02:08.520 --> 00:02:13.199 in between layers of drywall, what have you. MLV great product, 36 00:02:13.400 --> 00:02:17.479 very expensive product, but when getting another layer of sound 37 00:02:17.560 --> 00:02:22.080 control is critical and space is limited, MLV is a 38 00:02:22.120 --> 00:02:25.159 great way to go, however, just to avoid So that's 39 00:02:25.199 --> 00:02:28.199 my full endorsement of it. Okay, we use it. Okay, 40 00:02:28.280 --> 00:02:31.280 it has its application. If you go to the Builder 41 00:02:31.319 --> 00:02:35.280 Show International Builder Show and you see MLV being displayed 42 00:02:35.319 --> 00:02:38.439 there there's a guy standing behind a table and there's 43 00:02:38.520 --> 00:02:41.159 a box, like a two foot by two foot by 44 00:02:41.199 --> 00:02:45.159 two foot cube, and it's covered in MLV. It's just 45 00:02:45.199 --> 00:02:51.520 a tiny little box covered in MLV and just sitting 46 00:02:51.520 --> 00:02:53.680 there on the counter. And the guy's like, hey, did 47 00:02:53.719 --> 00:02:56.840 you know MLV controls sound and an unbelievable way? And 48 00:02:57.439 --> 00:03:00.240 you're supposed to say no, I did not. Now are 49 00:03:00.240 --> 00:03:02.919 you demonstrating it? And he's like, just go ahead and 50 00:03:02.960 --> 00:03:05.560 lift up the cube. So you reach over and you 51 00:03:05.639 --> 00:03:07.280 lift up the cube and you find that there's a 52 00:03:07.360 --> 00:03:12.319 speaker underneath blaring I mean blaring with sound that you 53 00:03:12.479 --> 00:03:15.439 did not hear because the MLV was shutting it down. 54 00:03:15.560 --> 00:03:18.960 And that is quite an impressive display and you can 55 00:03:18.960 --> 00:03:24.000 find some of those online as well. Here's the problem, Okay, 56 00:03:24.479 --> 00:03:27.280 the only problem with that is that that is an 57 00:03:27.400 --> 00:03:31.080 optimal situation in which not only have we got complete 58 00:03:31.080 --> 00:03:37.039 control of the insulation area of the cube, but the 59 00:03:37.159 --> 00:03:42.080 cube is also allowing zero air penetration. In other words, 60 00:03:42.120 --> 00:03:45.120 that cube sits flat on that table, no air makes 61 00:03:45.159 --> 00:03:48.280 it out, and that is not how your room is 62 00:03:48.319 --> 00:03:51.479 going to work. Okay, So the idea that it goes 63 00:03:51.520 --> 00:03:56.800 from super loud to almost inaudible has as much to 64 00:03:56.879 --> 00:04:01.000 do with shutting down the airflow between those two spaces 65 00:04:01.360 --> 00:04:04.439 as it has to do with the wonder that is MLV. 66 00:04:04.639 --> 00:04:08.080 So all I'm saying is the demonstration is quite effective, 67 00:04:08.199 --> 00:04:10.240 but the idea that, oh my gosh, I can take 68 00:04:10.240 --> 00:04:12.000 this home and it's going to make my room sound 69 00:04:12.000 --> 00:04:15.000 the exact same way. No, no, not as long as 70 00:04:15.759 --> 00:04:19.279 oxygen moves in between your room and the next room, 71 00:04:19.439 --> 00:04:21.439 or there's a gap under the door, or there are 72 00:04:21.480 --> 00:04:23.720 windows and what have you. Just wanted to let you 73 00:04:23.800 --> 00:04:26.040 know that. Okay, all right, let's go to the phones. 74 00:04:26.360 --> 00:04:29.720 Get started with the calls, because it's time. I want 75 00:04:29.720 --> 00:04:32.079 to talk to Mollie. Hey, Molly, welcome home. 76 00:04:33.399 --> 00:04:33.759 Thank you. 77 00:04:36.120 --> 00:04:36.959 How can I help you? 78 00:04:38.439 --> 00:04:43.240 Well, we have an enclosed patio with a spa and 79 00:04:43.480 --> 00:04:45.879 it's like a sunroom and we're living in the Dutch 80 00:04:46.000 --> 00:04:50.120 in Las Vegas and we're trying to cool down that room. 81 00:04:51.319 --> 00:04:55.160 We've got two fans, but it's not enough. And I 82 00:04:55.199 --> 00:04:59.120 didn't know it's something like a partico swamp cooler thing 83 00:04:59.240 --> 00:05:01.920 or I don't know anything about that stuff. I just 84 00:05:01.959 --> 00:05:03.240 wondered what your advice was. 85 00:05:04.240 --> 00:05:07.879 My advice is in Vegas, or a sun room with 86 00:05:08.040 --> 00:05:11.319 a with a spa, a water spot like a like 87 00:05:11.360 --> 00:05:13.240 a hot tub. That's what we're talking about, not a sawn, 88 00:05:13.240 --> 00:05:13.839 a hot tub. 89 00:05:15.360 --> 00:05:19.160 It's a swimming with a spot, yes, with a jacuzzi, 90 00:05:19.639 --> 00:05:22.199 and it's a four season Yeah. 91 00:05:22.120 --> 00:05:27.319 Okay, so that's great. Uh and uh so yeah, you 92 00:05:27.399 --> 00:05:31.199 need air conditioning in there. Uh and if you really 93 00:05:31.240 --> 00:05:33.759 really want to get control of the temperature, you need 94 00:05:33.759 --> 00:05:37.160 air conditioning. And in Vegas, you know, in the high desert, 95 00:05:37.199 --> 00:05:41.120 you may actually want to to uh, you know, some 96 00:05:41.279 --> 00:05:44.839 heating in there during the freezing cold months as well, 97 00:05:45.079 --> 00:05:49.800 but air conditioning. So my recommendation would be something small. Now, 98 00:05:49.839 --> 00:05:53.399 you could do an in room air conditioner, a portable one. 99 00:05:53.680 --> 00:05:55.360 You're going to have to find a way to vent 100 00:05:55.680 --> 00:06:00.920 that outside. Or uh you install what's called mini split, 101 00:06:01.000 --> 00:06:06.079 which is just a small cassette based fully functional air 102 00:06:06.120 --> 00:06:08.839 conditioner and a mini split of most mini splits these 103 00:06:08.920 --> 00:06:12.360 days come configured also as heat pumps, which means they 104 00:06:12.360 --> 00:06:14.480 can work in reverse and they can gently heat the 105 00:06:14.560 --> 00:06:18.040 room during the coldest months as well. But here's the thing. 106 00:06:18.360 --> 00:06:21.079 The spa is putting off, the jacuzzi is putting off 107 00:06:21.160 --> 00:06:24.199 a lot of humidity in the room, okay, and a 108 00:06:24.199 --> 00:06:27.240 air conditioner will dry that out, will help to dry 109 00:06:27.279 --> 00:06:30.959 that out. The fans are fine, But again I'm gonna 110 00:06:32.360 --> 00:06:35.240 just for educational purposes. I want everybody, as we're rolling 111 00:06:35.279 --> 00:06:37.199 into summer here, I might as well say this. I 112 00:06:37.279 --> 00:06:39.959 was saving some of this for our HVAC show, which 113 00:06:40.000 --> 00:06:44.920 is coming up very shortly. But a fan. Fans are great, 114 00:06:45.120 --> 00:06:49.439 but fans do not cool the air. They cool you. 115 00:06:50.160 --> 00:06:53.839 So you can put ten fans inside high power fans 116 00:06:53.879 --> 00:06:57.439 inside a room and look at the thermometer and come 117 00:06:57.480 --> 00:06:59.920 back three hours later and find out that the air 118 00:07:00.279 --> 00:07:02.560 is the exact same temperature then when you left it, 119 00:07:02.959 --> 00:07:06.800 because all we're doing is moving the air around the room. 120 00:07:06.920 --> 00:07:11.079 Now on a human being who has skin, who is 121 00:07:11.120 --> 00:07:14.800 made up of over seventy percent water, and we perspire 122 00:07:14.920 --> 00:07:17.839 through our skin. I'm not just talking sweat. I'm talking 123 00:07:17.879 --> 00:07:21.240 about moisture, leaving every square inch of our skin all 124 00:07:21.279 --> 00:07:27.000 the time. A fan blowing across our skin accelerates the 125 00:07:27.040 --> 00:07:32.079 evaporative process, and that cools us. So fans when they're 126 00:07:32.120 --> 00:07:37.360 pointed at you, make you feel cooler. But they have 127 00:07:37.439 --> 00:07:41.120 no illusions about this. That fan is only cooling you. 128 00:07:41.319 --> 00:07:45.000 Off your sense of cool. It is not actually reducing 129 00:07:45.040 --> 00:07:48.000 the air temperature in the room. So if we really 130 00:07:48.040 --> 00:07:51.519 want to get control of the air temperature environment in 131 00:07:51.519 --> 00:07:55.160 a room, we actually have to take heat out of 132 00:07:55.199 --> 00:07:57.120 the room. And the only thing that's going to do 133 00:07:57.199 --> 00:07:59.120 that is an air conditioner. 134 00:08:00.600 --> 00:08:03.600 Okay, I kind of thought so, but you kind of baltadated. 135 00:08:03.839 --> 00:08:05.040 Thank you so much for your. 136 00:08:04.879 --> 00:08:07.560 Help, Mollie. Thank you so much for your question, and 137 00:08:07.600 --> 00:08:10.360 good luck out there in Vegas with a sunroom and 138 00:08:10.399 --> 00:08:14.720 the jacuzzie in the sun in the desert where it's 139 00:08:14.759 --> 00:08:15.360 really hot. 140 00:08:15.600 --> 00:08:20.000 All right, y'all, you're listening to Home with Dean Sharp 141 00:08:20.120 --> 00:08:22.920 on demand from KFI AM six forty. 142 00:08:24.279 --> 00:08:27.279 Overall. Today on the program, we're talking about controlling sound 143 00:08:27.360 --> 00:08:29.519 around your house, and we'll get back to that conversation. 144 00:08:30.079 --> 00:08:33.360 But the middle hour of the show, traditionally this is 145 00:08:33.399 --> 00:08:36.399 when we take calls and you set the agenda, and 146 00:08:36.440 --> 00:08:38.960 so I want to get back to it. Let's talk 147 00:08:39.000 --> 00:08:41.080 to Jamie. Hey, Jamie, welcome home. 148 00:08:42.039 --> 00:08:44.639 I have a question concerning an outdoor drain that I 149 00:08:44.720 --> 00:08:48.080 have in the yard and I think it's filled with 150 00:08:48.120 --> 00:08:50.879 you know, dust and dirt at this point, but I 151 00:08:51.120 --> 00:08:56.720 don't know how to take the drain cover off the drain. 152 00:08:57.360 --> 00:09:00.399 The drain cover is similar to the one that you 153 00:09:00.440 --> 00:09:04.759 have in the bathroom and shower. I just don't know 154 00:09:04.759 --> 00:09:06.799 how to get it out, so I can maybe run 155 00:09:06.960 --> 00:09:10.360 the drain snake to find where the issue might be. 156 00:09:10.919 --> 00:09:12.639 All right, So when we say a dream, we're not 157 00:09:12.679 --> 00:09:15.039 talking about a yard dream. We're talking about an outdoor sync. 158 00:09:18.240 --> 00:09:24.799 Did we lose her? Oh? Oh we love Okay, all right, Uh, 159 00:09:24.960 --> 00:09:27.480 give me a callback. We'll come back to you, I promise. 160 00:09:28.000 --> 00:09:31.639 All right, let's move on for the moment. Let's see. 161 00:09:31.840 --> 00:09:36.679 Let's talk to Mike. Hey, Mike, welcome home. Does that 162 00:09:36.759 --> 00:09:38.720 mean that's you my friend? 163 00:09:38.840 --> 00:09:46.159 Okay, okay, I have a question about about the efficiency 164 00:09:46.519 --> 00:09:50.159 efficient use of my house. How can I get educated 165 00:09:51.080 --> 00:09:56.240 on more efficient use of my thirteen hundred square foot house? It's, uh, 166 00:09:57.200 --> 00:10:01.200 you know, it's small, and so I just feel like 167 00:10:01.279 --> 00:10:05.960 I'm not using the house as efficiently as I should 168 00:10:06.039 --> 00:10:09.120 be able to. We're running out of space, basically, He's 169 00:10:09.159 --> 00:10:09.759 what I'm saying. 170 00:10:10.519 --> 00:10:12.240 I got you, I got you, and you know what 171 00:10:12.399 --> 00:10:14.919 smaller spaces I mean? I live in a thirteen hundred 172 00:10:14.919 --> 00:10:18.639 square foot house. Three thirteen. Well, I'm sorry, my house 173 00:10:18.679 --> 00:10:22.639 is bigger than yours thirteen eighty We have thirteen hundred 174 00:10:22.679 --> 00:10:23.440 eighty square feet. 175 00:10:23.519 --> 00:10:25.480 But oh you got a huge house. 176 00:10:25.720 --> 00:10:30.679 Oh yeah, it's massive. Okay, you know what, here's the 177 00:10:30.720 --> 00:10:34.360 reality too. Both of our houses are very large by 178 00:10:34.399 --> 00:10:38.039 European standards. You know. You know, I've got friends who 179 00:10:38.120 --> 00:10:43.360 live in Sheffield, England, and every time they hear me saying, 180 00:10:43.720 --> 00:10:46.159 you know, my dinky, little thirteen hundred square foot house, 181 00:10:46.200 --> 00:10:49.159 They're like, Dean, we would die for that thirteen hundred 182 00:10:49.159 --> 00:10:51.879 square feet. And they've got a you know, four family 183 00:10:51.919 --> 00:10:54.960 members living in what they've got. So anyway, it's all relative. 184 00:10:55.039 --> 00:10:58.360 It's all relative, but relative to the US. Yes, you 185 00:10:58.399 --> 00:11:01.720 and I have smaller homes, and when it comes to 186 00:11:02.960 --> 00:11:08.840 smaller homes, design is even more important than in larger ones. 187 00:11:08.919 --> 00:11:12.320 And that shocks some people. Here to here's the thing. 188 00:11:12.360 --> 00:11:15.399 I mean to take this. Take this from a guy 189 00:11:15.440 --> 00:11:20.279 who regularly works on jumbo houses. All right, a state 190 00:11:20.399 --> 00:11:25.120 level homes. If I've got ten, twelve, fifteen thousand square 191 00:11:25.159 --> 00:11:28.559 feet to work with, does it matter whether the hallway 192 00:11:28.639 --> 00:11:31.840 is five feet wide or six feet wide or seven 193 00:11:31.919 --> 00:11:35.200 feet wide or you know, not really, I got a 194 00:11:35.240 --> 00:11:38.360 lot of room to waste and that doesn't make me 195 00:11:38.399 --> 00:11:41.120 a lazy designer when it comes to those things. But 196 00:11:41.159 --> 00:11:44.159 the reality is, you know, we can fill around with 197 00:11:44.200 --> 00:11:46.399 lots of things and it doesn't have a tremendous effect, 198 00:11:46.480 --> 00:11:50.360 but the smallerest space gets It's why I love designing 199 00:11:50.399 --> 00:11:53.399 small spaces because it's truly a challenge. It's a game 200 00:11:53.440 --> 00:11:57.840 of inches and layout and flow. And so when it 201 00:11:57.879 --> 00:12:01.159 comes to a smaller space, design is everything. It can 202 00:12:01.200 --> 00:12:04.919 make all the world of difference. So if your question is, 203 00:12:05.440 --> 00:12:07.320 you know, how do you make how do you learn 204 00:12:07.440 --> 00:12:10.480 to make more efficient use of the space? Well, how 205 00:12:10.480 --> 00:12:13.399 would you learn that? You can do some studying on it. 206 00:12:13.399 --> 00:12:15.919 You can keep listening to this show because I talk 207 00:12:15.960 --> 00:12:19.960 about that all the time. Or you turn around and 208 00:12:20.360 --> 00:12:22.440 get yourself a designer. I mean, Tina and I can 209 00:12:22.480 --> 00:12:25.639 do a design consult for you, but you hire a 210 00:12:25.679 --> 00:12:29.960 designer to actually help you utilize all of that space 211 00:12:30.720 --> 00:12:34.240 to its utmost. And it's going to take some time 212 00:12:34.320 --> 00:12:36.879 and effort and some creative brain power to do it. 213 00:12:36.960 --> 00:12:40.600 But the good news is once it's done, man, it's 214 00:12:40.639 --> 00:12:41.360 a life changer. 215 00:12:43.480 --> 00:12:47.279 Okay, So what an interior designer or a house designer, 216 00:12:47.279 --> 00:12:49.679 what you talking about yeah. 217 00:12:49.600 --> 00:12:53.759 An interior designer or what we would call an architectural designer. 218 00:12:53.840 --> 00:12:57.360 And when I say either one of the two architect 219 00:12:57.639 --> 00:13:02.039 interior designer, architectural designer, it just make sure you're dealing 220 00:13:02.120 --> 00:13:06.240 with a designer who is willing to, if necessary, move 221 00:13:06.440 --> 00:13:09.559 some things around. And I don't just move furniture around, 222 00:13:09.639 --> 00:13:12.360 move a wall, change a wall configuration, that kind of 223 00:13:12.399 --> 00:13:14.559 a thing. A lot of people wonder about that, like, 224 00:13:14.639 --> 00:13:18.440 what's the difference between a decorator and an interior designer 225 00:13:18.480 --> 00:13:21.840 and an architectural designer or an architect. The difference is 226 00:13:21.879 --> 00:13:27.519 how much of the structure we are fiddling with as designers. 227 00:13:28.000 --> 00:13:31.240 I am what In every other state other than the 228 00:13:31.240 --> 00:13:34.879 state of California, I freely refer to myself as an 229 00:13:35.000 --> 00:13:41.279 architectural designer because because I'm not a licensed architect, but 230 00:13:41.360 --> 00:13:44.519 I'm a designer who works in the residential realm, which 231 00:13:44.600 --> 00:13:48.799 is fully you know, allowable to do and you know, 232 00:13:48.840 --> 00:13:51.559 I design homes from the ground up, roofs, walls, the 233 00:13:51.600 --> 00:13:57.480 whole thing. Right, Other states embrace the term architectural designer. 234 00:13:57.840 --> 00:13:59.600 In the state of California, you can actually get in 235 00:13:59.600 --> 00:14:01.639 trouble for saying that, even though I just did, so 236 00:14:01.759 --> 00:14:07.039 come at me, come get me. It's the truth anyway, 237 00:14:07.120 --> 00:14:12.320 Sorry about that. An architectural designer is somebody who or 238 00:14:12.360 --> 00:14:15.919 an interior designer is somebody who's willing to change wall 239 00:14:16.000 --> 00:14:21.480 configurations or room configurations if that's what the flow problem requires. 240 00:14:21.960 --> 00:14:26.720 A decorator is somebody who's only dealing with superficial things. 241 00:14:26.720 --> 00:14:28.679 And I don't mean that as a as a dig 242 00:14:28.720 --> 00:14:32.399 on decorators. I'm just saying decorators don't move walls, they 243 00:14:32.399 --> 00:14:39.600 don't rearrange bathrooms, but they they reappoint them furniture, wall coverings, 244 00:14:39.720 --> 00:14:43.840 paint colors, flooring surfaces, all of that kind of thing. 245 00:14:43.919 --> 00:14:47.519 So they're all and Tina's commenting here, but I can't hear, 246 00:14:48.080 --> 00:14:49.240 so I'm turning your mic up. 247 00:14:49.480 --> 00:14:52.039 There's also the option of hiring someone to come in 248 00:14:52.080 --> 00:14:55.440 and help you organize your space as far as storage 249 00:14:55.480 --> 00:14:57.799 and clutter and what do you need to get rid of, 250 00:14:57.879 --> 00:14:58.679 what do you want. 251 00:14:58.559 --> 00:15:01.279 To what do you want to say? If that's the problem, 252 00:15:01.399 --> 00:15:02.279 that could be a problem too. 253 00:15:02.360 --> 00:15:05.440 So not ever seeing your home, you know, all those 254 00:15:05.519 --> 00:15:07.600 steps probably need to be taken into. 255 00:15:08.519 --> 00:15:11.879 Yeah, so I think maybe the maybe for for you, Mike, 256 00:15:11.960 --> 00:15:14.039 maybe the first thing is to get a consult with 257 00:15:14.120 --> 00:15:17.320 a designer so that you can get a sense and 258 00:15:17.360 --> 00:15:19.240 they can tell you. It's kind of like going to 259 00:15:19.279 --> 00:15:22.440 your GP, your general practitioner. You're like, I've got this ache, 260 00:15:22.480 --> 00:15:23.320 I've got this thing. 261 00:15:23.399 --> 00:15:23.840 I don't know. 262 00:15:24.399 --> 00:15:27.120 Maybe they refer you to a specialist, maybe they take 263 00:15:27.159 --> 00:15:29.960 care of it themselves. But it's a good idea to 264 00:15:30.759 --> 00:15:33.360 get a doctor's eyes on that and then get a 265 00:15:33.399 --> 00:15:34.159 referral that way. 266 00:15:34.879 --> 00:15:36.879 Okay, I'm consult with who now? 267 00:15:39.039 --> 00:15:44.200 A console with a designer? Interior designer, architectural designer. Yeah, 268 00:15:44.240 --> 00:15:44.759 either one. 269 00:15:45.519 --> 00:15:48.919 Okay, all right, I knew you'd be able to answer 270 00:15:48.919 --> 00:15:51.639 that question. And I got one more thing I want 271 00:15:51.639 --> 00:15:56.000 to say. I've got I bet I've got something here 272 00:15:56.000 --> 00:15:56.919 that you guys don't have. 273 00:15:57.759 --> 00:15:59.559 Uh oh, what's it? What is it? 274 00:16:00.240 --> 00:16:05.960 I've got a genuine July twenty twenty, two thousand and three, 275 00:16:06.519 --> 00:16:12.279 Bill Handle tans anniversary Decade of Dreams and the Dreams 276 00:16:12.320 --> 00:16:16.200 is cross out And they wrote in crap I got 277 00:16:16.240 --> 00:16:19.320 this from Bill Handle when he was out in Menifee 278 00:16:19.360 --> 00:16:20.159 a few years ago. 279 00:16:20.960 --> 00:16:25.159 All right, well, congratulations, do you have one of those? 280 00:16:25.799 --> 00:16:29.080 You win? No? No, not only do I not have one, 281 00:16:29.600 --> 00:16:31.320 but I don't know one. 282 00:16:32.240 --> 00:16:35.679 Okay, I'm trying to wear it out, but it just 283 00:16:35.720 --> 00:16:37.080 seems like it just keeps going. 284 00:16:37.759 --> 00:16:42.639 Yeah, well just like Bill right, Okay, that's. 285 00:16:43.600 --> 00:16:44.679 Whoa, whoa. 286 00:16:44.840 --> 00:16:50.799 All right, thank you very much. Yeah, any host on 287 00:16:50.960 --> 00:16:53.799 KFI that you open up for a Bill handle joke, 288 00:16:53.919 --> 00:16:56.000 it's going to happen. It's like, you know, you open 289 00:16:56.080 --> 00:16:58.759 the gate, We're going to drive through it. That's just 290 00:16:58.799 --> 00:17:01.759 the way it works around here. All right, y'all, more 291 00:17:02.120 --> 00:17:03.879 of your calls when we return. 292 00:17:04.839 --> 00:17:08.160 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 293 00:17:08.240 --> 00:17:09.720 KFI AM six forty. 294 00:17:11.720 --> 00:17:14.680 My brain getting ahead of my mouth, as is often 295 00:17:14.799 --> 00:17:19.240 the case. You are Home with Dean Sharp, the house Whisperer. 296 00:17:19.279 --> 00:17:21.200 Thanks for joining us on the pro We're talking about 297 00:17:21.240 --> 00:17:23.240 taking control of sound in your home. We're going to 298 00:17:23.279 --> 00:17:24.960 return to that in just a bit, but we're in 299 00:17:25.000 --> 00:17:27.359 that part of the show, that middle part of the 300 00:17:27.400 --> 00:17:31.200 show where you are setting the topic with your calls. Now, 301 00:17:31.200 --> 00:17:33.599 I've got a couple of calls that I've got to honor. 302 00:17:33.960 --> 00:17:37.079 I want to get back to Jamie, but Judith called 303 00:17:37.079 --> 00:17:39.960 in last week, couldn't get through, and so I'm going 304 00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:42.599 to honor Judith. Keep our promises to give you a 305 00:17:42.640 --> 00:17:44.720 fast pass to the front of the line and then 306 00:17:44.759 --> 00:17:48.559 we'll get back to Jamie right after that. Judith, welcome home. 307 00:17:48.799 --> 00:17:54.039 Oh, hello, Hi, thanks for taking my call. Pock question. 308 00:17:54.160 --> 00:17:57.720 I'm redoing. I'm remodeling. I'm redoing the floor and then 309 00:17:57.799 --> 00:18:01.240 in the living room and it's a layout so the 310 00:18:01.279 --> 00:18:04.559 living room is open to the kitchen area dining room area. 311 00:18:05.480 --> 00:18:08.960 Now I'm planning to redo the kitchen, to remodel the kitchen, 312 00:18:09.000 --> 00:18:11.799 but not right now, maybe in a year. And I 313 00:18:11.839 --> 00:18:14.559 don't know if i'd like to have the flooring the 314 00:18:14.759 --> 00:18:19.160 same everywhere. Is that okay? To put the flooring in 315 00:18:19.319 --> 00:18:22.440 before I do redo the cabinet and everything. Oh, I 316 00:18:22.559 --> 00:18:25.880 have to wait for the flooring in the kitchen until 317 00:18:25.920 --> 00:18:28.759 the cabinet and everything is done. That's my question. 318 00:18:29.359 --> 00:18:31.759 Okay, good question. Good question. So I've got a question 319 00:18:31.839 --> 00:18:35.680 in return. When you redo the kitchen, are you imagining 320 00:18:35.720 --> 00:18:39.720 that you're changing the kitchen configuration at all or you're 321 00:18:39.799 --> 00:18:42.680 just pulling out the existing cabinets that are there, putting 322 00:18:42.680 --> 00:18:43.960 new ones in their place. 323 00:18:44.559 --> 00:18:50.119 How's that going to look at Yeah, it's probably ninety 324 00:18:50.119 --> 00:18:53.519 percent that's gonna stay the same, But I'm not one 325 00:18:53.640 --> 00:18:55.079 hundred percent sure. 326 00:18:55.559 --> 00:18:58.599 Okay, that's an honest answer. Second question, what kind of 327 00:18:58.680 --> 00:19:01.400 flooring are we talking about us that's running from the 328 00:19:01.440 --> 00:19:02.680 living room. 329 00:19:02.920 --> 00:19:05.359 Yeah, I'm putting the latterly vinyl. 330 00:19:06.240 --> 00:19:06.799 Okay. 331 00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:11.160 You said the magic words, luxury vinyl plank. Okay. So 332 00:19:11.319 --> 00:19:15.160 here's my advice to you, Judith, I give you full permission. 333 00:19:15.319 --> 00:19:18.000 Do all the flooring right now. Do it all, run 334 00:19:18.039 --> 00:19:21.240 it all through so you can enjoy all of it 335 00:19:21.440 --> 00:19:25.720 right now. But do this, okay. Make sure that you 336 00:19:25.799 --> 00:19:30.119 don't just buy enough to cover exactly what the current 337 00:19:30.599 --> 00:19:34.880 layout is, but buy a few boxes extra so that 338 00:19:35.319 --> 00:19:38.359 when the time comes to change up the kitchen, we 339 00:19:38.400 --> 00:19:41.519 can make some alterations. And we've got some new planks 340 00:19:41.559 --> 00:19:44.880 to fill in and pull out and so on, so 341 00:19:44.920 --> 00:19:48.000 you can make the adjustments of time. The nice thing 342 00:19:48.039 --> 00:19:51.160 about luxury vinyl plank is that it's a floating floor. 343 00:19:51.279 --> 00:19:54.039 It goes, It lays over the top of your slab 344 00:19:54.160 --> 00:19:58.160 or your subfloor, like carpeting does. It's click locked into place, 345 00:19:58.200 --> 00:20:01.119 which means it can also be unclicked and removed and 346 00:20:01.240 --> 00:20:05.799 changed and reconfigured without tearing up everything. And so if 347 00:20:05.799 --> 00:20:10.920 there's going to be a substantial gap in between the 348 00:20:10.960 --> 00:20:13.599 work that you're doing on the house right now and 349 00:20:13.880 --> 00:20:17.400 the work that is coming later for the kitchen, Go ahead, 350 00:20:17.960 --> 00:20:21.279 run all the floor, enjoy it, live in your new stuff, 351 00:20:21.319 --> 00:20:23.279 and just to you know, enjoy all of that. And 352 00:20:23.319 --> 00:20:25.480 then when the time comes, you know that you've got 353 00:20:25.759 --> 00:20:29.480 a couple boxes of planks, you know, in the garage 354 00:20:29.720 --> 00:20:33.960 waiting in case you change the cabinet configuration on the 355 00:20:33.960 --> 00:20:36.559 ground in the kitchen, and you know that it's no problem. 356 00:20:36.599 --> 00:20:39.799 We can take up what's there and if there's something 357 00:20:39.839 --> 00:20:41.880 in the way, and then I've got extras that we 358 00:20:41.920 --> 00:20:43.960 can lay down that are going to match and it'll 359 00:20:43.960 --> 00:20:47.799 fit to the new configuration. And there you go. You 360 00:20:47.880 --> 00:20:51.640 have my full permission to enjoy one half of your 361 00:20:51.720 --> 00:20:56.119 remodeling now and the other when it comes. Judah, thanks 362 00:20:56.160 --> 00:20:59.480 for the question. Really good question. Good, good, good, good question. 363 00:20:59.519 --> 00:21:03.160 All right, Uh, Jamie is back with me. Jamie are 364 00:21:03.200 --> 00:21:03.640 you there? 365 00:21:05.079 --> 00:21:09.200 Yes, thank you for picking up again. My drain is 366 00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:12.759 an outside door drain on the ground. It's next to 367 00:21:12.839 --> 00:21:16.680 my pool equipment that my husband uses sometimes to drain 368 00:21:16.839 --> 00:21:20.160 whatever he needs to drain out, but it's not draining 369 00:21:20.200 --> 00:21:23.400 at the time because I put followly built with diaster 370 00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:26.160 or dirt, and I can't stick a. 371 00:21:28.720 --> 00:21:32.359 Drain snake to wind out cover over the top, right. 372 00:21:33.319 --> 00:21:35.319 Exactly, It's like a shower grill. 373 00:21:35.839 --> 00:21:38.279 Right, Okay, So is there a screw in the center 374 00:21:38.319 --> 00:21:38.559 of it? 375 00:21:40.039 --> 00:21:43.400 No, I don't see it screw on it. I'm thinking 376 00:21:43.440 --> 00:21:45.960 it's probably a screw, but I don't have a tool. 377 00:21:46.200 --> 00:21:47.200 Do I need a tool? 378 00:21:47.559 --> 00:21:50.480 Well, here's the thing. If it is screwed into place, 379 00:21:50.839 --> 00:21:53.839 if it's if the drain cover or the grill is 380 00:21:54.759 --> 00:21:58.720 removable because it's been screwed into place, you will see 381 00:21:58.720 --> 00:22:03.400 the screws. There either two just below the slots on 382 00:22:03.720 --> 00:22:07.440 the far edges of the drain that you'll see, or 383 00:22:07.640 --> 00:22:10.480 there's one right smack dab in the middle. And if 384 00:22:10.519 --> 00:22:13.400 that's the case, all you need is a screwdriver to 385 00:22:13.599 --> 00:22:17.079 undo those screws and lift that cover off. But if 386 00:22:17.119 --> 00:22:21.279 we're talking about a standard kind of exterior drain deck drain, 387 00:22:21.799 --> 00:22:25.160 then there's a very good chance that that is a insert. 388 00:22:25.720 --> 00:22:29.960 That grill is an insert that's that's sitting down inside 389 00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:33.200 the pipe that it's slid into place. Now it's not 390 00:22:33.319 --> 00:22:37.960 glued in, it's just slid in, okay, and so in 391 00:22:38.039 --> 00:22:40.480 it may have never been removed and the whole time 392 00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:42.519 that it's been there, and it might, you know, because 393 00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:46.319 of grit and grime and age and expansion and contraction 394 00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:48.839 and heat and cold, it might be a bit what 395 00:22:48.880 --> 00:22:52.200 we call frozen in place there. So if it's that 396 00:22:52.400 --> 00:22:55.519 kind of a of a grate, you could get a 397 00:22:55.559 --> 00:22:58.839 pair of pliers. Gotta be careful if it's PVC as 398 00:22:58.880 --> 00:23:00.799 opposed to metal. If it's metal, you can be a 399 00:23:00.839 --> 00:23:04.680 little bit more aggressive with it, but if it's if 400 00:23:04.680 --> 00:23:09.319 it's a plastic sort of grill, then you want to 401 00:23:09.359 --> 00:23:11.200