WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.480 --> 00:00:03.240 K f I A M six forty. You're listening to 2 00:00:03.319 --> 00:00:06.799 Dean Sharp The House Whisper on demand on the iHeart 3 00:00:07.000 --> 00:00:54.960 Radio app i AM six forty live streaming and HD 4 00:00:55.200 --> 00:01:00.719 everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Hey, welcome home. I'm Dean 5 00:01:00.840 --> 00:01:04.799 Sharp the House Whisper. I design custom homes. I build 6 00:01:04.840 --> 00:01:07.480 a few custom homes along the way, and I am 7 00:01:07.560 --> 00:01:12.680 your guide every weekend to better understand that place where 8 00:01:12.719 --> 00:01:15.760 you live. Today on the show, well this weekend. On 9 00:01:15.799 --> 00:01:20.480 the show, today's episode and tomorrow's It's an all calls weekend. 10 00:01:20.560 --> 00:01:25.599 We do this every few weeks. I love all calls weekends. 11 00:01:25.920 --> 00:01:28.680 Why because you get to set the agenda of what's 12 00:01:28.719 --> 00:01:32.239 going on the show today. Anything you want to talk 13 00:01:32.319 --> 00:01:34.560 about regarding your home. I'm going to give you the 14 00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:37.280 number right now because the phone lines are open and 15 00:01:37.359 --> 00:01:40.359 it's a Saturday morning, so you can just rub the 16 00:01:40.439 --> 00:01:43.000 sleepy out of your eyes and give me a call. 17 00:01:43.359 --> 00:01:46.439 It's light traffic on a Saturday morning, So now is 18 00:01:46.560 --> 00:01:50.120 your chance the number to reach me. Eight three three two. 19 00:01:50.640 --> 00:01:54.599 Ask Dean eight three three. The numeral two ask Dean 20 00:01:54.760 --> 00:01:59.560 eight three three to ask Dean again, anything you want 21 00:01:59.599 --> 00:02:04.480 to talk about regarding your home construction design DIY. We 22 00:02:04.560 --> 00:02:07.799 can talk architecture, we can talk high and lofty things, 23 00:02:08.159 --> 00:02:10.719 we can talk about how to fix your leaky toilet 24 00:02:10.800 --> 00:02:15.319 and everything in between. Uh, let me introduce our awesome 25 00:02:15.360 --> 00:02:18.439 team to you. Of course, Sam is on the board 26 00:02:18.560 --> 00:02:22.639 as always, taking care of everything that's going on, and 27 00:02:22.680 --> 00:02:24.599 he's got his hands full this morning, so I'm not 28 00:02:24.599 --> 00:02:27.800 gonna bug him right now. Producer Richie nowhere near a 29 00:02:27.879 --> 00:02:30.599 microphone at the moment, but standing by ready to take 30 00:02:30.639 --> 00:02:33.159 your calls. He's just opened up the phone boards again 31 00:02:33.479 --> 00:02:36.759 eight three three two. Ask Dean is the number to 32 00:02:36.800 --> 00:02:40.759 reach me and my buddy Eileen Gonzalez at the news desk. 33 00:02:40.800 --> 00:02:43.520 Good morning, Eileen, Good morning sunshine. How's it going. You 34 00:02:43.560 --> 00:02:47.080 sound nice and perky this morning. Well, thank you. That's 35 00:02:47.159 --> 00:02:50.199 all just a lie. It's a lie. Take it till 36 00:02:50.240 --> 00:02:54.199 you make it, Take it till that coffee kicks in. Yeah, 37 00:02:54.199 --> 00:02:57.159 what flavor of tea are we sipping this morning today? 38 00:02:57.240 --> 00:03:00.240 It's a sweet and spicy. It's actually decaff right now. 39 00:03:00.479 --> 00:03:02.879 I'll move to caffeinated in just a minute. But yeah, 40 00:03:02.879 --> 00:03:07.960 it's a nice sweet, naturally sweet blend of Rebos and 41 00:03:08.120 --> 00:03:08.919 who knows what else. 42 00:03:09.120 --> 00:03:12.879 Clothes Oh my gosh. Eileen is our resident tea expert, 43 00:03:13.039 --> 00:03:15.080 so I always just have to check in and find 44 00:03:15.120 --> 00:03:18.680 out what's going on with the tea. Sitting across the 45 00:03:18.719 --> 00:03:22.120 table from me, my better half, my design partner, my 46 00:03:22.199 --> 00:03:25.240 best buddy in all the world, Tina is also here, 47 00:03:26.120 --> 00:03:31.039 Welcome home, Good morning to you, Good morning, And Sammy's here, 48 00:03:31.080 --> 00:03:34.680 and Sammy the beagle is also here. Sammy will probably 49 00:03:34.719 --> 00:03:37.479 not be screaming like he was a couple of weeks ago, 50 00:03:37.520 --> 00:03:40.879 because Sammy had a pinched nerve in his neck that 51 00:03:41.479 --> 00:03:44.280 was hurting him really bad. But we're past that now. 52 00:03:44.560 --> 00:03:47.199 He's very calm, well as calm as a beagle can get, 53 00:03:47.759 --> 00:03:52.960 and he looks to be quite content and happy this morning. 54 00:03:53.439 --> 00:03:57.240 All right, y'all, listen, it is an all calls weekend. 55 00:03:57.439 --> 00:04:00.840 I'm just gonna be jabbering about a few odds and 56 00:04:00.960 --> 00:04:05.879 ends until the phone begins ringing. So eight three three two, 57 00:04:06.199 --> 00:04:09.599 ask Dean A three three the numeral two, Ask Dean, 58 00:04:09.680 --> 00:04:12.159 that's the number to call, and it all gets started. 59 00:04:13.120 --> 00:04:16.600 Can't hi, Dean sharp the house whisper? Hey, Whether your 60 00:04:16.639 --> 00:04:19.959 home is a condo, a cottage, or a castle, it 61 00:04:20.120 --> 00:04:22.800 doesn't matter. I am here to help you take it 62 00:04:22.879 --> 00:04:26.519 to the next level. And guess what we're doing helping 63 00:04:26.600 --> 00:04:28.639 you take your home to the next level this weekend. 64 00:04:29.079 --> 00:04:32.319 It is an all calls weekend. We have just thrown 65 00:04:32.360 --> 00:04:34.439 open all the phone lines. We've got a couple of 66 00:04:34.439 --> 00:04:36.759 calls right now. I'm going to turn to them in 67 00:04:37.000 --> 00:04:39.680 just a second. But the number to reach me. We've 68 00:04:39.720 --> 00:04:42.439 got so much room for you. Really, this is the 69 00:04:42.519 --> 00:04:45.639 advantage of being an early riser on a Saturday morning, 70 00:04:45.800 --> 00:04:49.759 or the advantage of living further east than California. Because 71 00:04:49.800 --> 00:04:52.560 for you, you're already up. So give me a call eight 72 00:04:52.600 --> 00:04:57.519 three three two Ask Dean eight three three. The numeral 73 00:04:57.600 --> 00:05:02.319 two ask Dean eight three three to ask Dean. It's 74 00:05:02.560 --> 00:05:05.160 just that simple, all right. I'm gonna finish out my 75 00:05:05.199 --> 00:05:09.319 thought as promised about this hidden barn door, and I'm 76 00:05:09.399 --> 00:05:12.399 using my famous air quotes with the word barn door. 77 00:05:13.680 --> 00:05:16.480 You should check it out. If you go online and 78 00:05:16.600 --> 00:05:22.399 just search for sliding barn door a trackless, I'm sure 79 00:05:22.480 --> 00:05:25.279 you will run across at least one or two videos 80 00:05:25.519 --> 00:05:30.160 demonstrating it. But it is a wonderful innovation. It's a 81 00:05:30.199 --> 00:05:33.079 great piece of hardware. Tina and I checked it out thoroughly. 82 00:05:33.600 --> 00:05:36.639 And what we're talking about is the concept of a 83 00:05:36.680 --> 00:05:39.519 barn door, which of course you know is you know, 84 00:05:39.959 --> 00:05:43.120 they've been so popular and now they have started to 85 00:05:43.160 --> 00:05:47.480 fall out of favor for exactly the reason that I'm describing. 86 00:05:47.519 --> 00:05:49.560 Because when the barn doors first came out, they're like, 87 00:05:49.600 --> 00:05:51.759 oh my gosh, how a door? But is that you 88 00:05:51.759 --> 00:05:54.439 can just put this rustic little door and it's hanging 89 00:05:54.480 --> 00:05:58.720 on an exposed track. You normally we use a barn 90 00:05:58.759 --> 00:06:01.839 door where we can't use a pocket door because the 91 00:06:01.879 --> 00:06:04.879 wall won't accept the door for whatever reason. Maybe it's 92 00:06:04.879 --> 00:06:07.279 a structural wall, maybe we don't have the room for that, 93 00:06:08.160 --> 00:06:11.439 and so on the outside of the wall hangs a door. 94 00:06:11.519 --> 00:06:13.959 And you know, barn doors definitely have their limitations. They 95 00:06:13.959 --> 00:06:17.680 don't seal a you know, sound very well, and they're 96 00:06:17.720 --> 00:06:23.000 not lockable per se. But they do provide a certain 97 00:06:23.040 --> 00:06:26.360 level of sound buffing and privacy and the aesthetic is 98 00:06:26.399 --> 00:06:30.639 really cool if if you're going for that you know, 99 00:06:31.240 --> 00:06:36.519 farmy and or industrial look. But that's about where they 100 00:06:36.560 --> 00:06:39.240 come to an end. And that's when you know everything 101 00:06:39.959 --> 00:06:43.519 when you know a few years back when everything was 102 00:06:43.680 --> 00:06:49.399 going you know, farmhouse chic and transitional farmhouse and modern farmhouse. 103 00:06:49.439 --> 00:06:53.199 Everybody's like, I get myself a barn door, and now, 104 00:06:53.600 --> 00:06:57.199 you know, not so much of a thing, but because 105 00:06:57.399 --> 00:07:03.279 of this innovative hardware, now a barn door again, I'm 106 00:07:03.319 --> 00:07:07.639 just going to say, a trackless sliding door, uh is 107 00:07:07.920 --> 00:07:12.759 entirely available to any house, any style of house, and 108 00:07:12.800 --> 00:07:17.160 any motif from ultra custom and modern all the way 109 00:07:17.199 --> 00:07:20.759 down to the you know, the classic kind of farmy 110 00:07:20.959 --> 00:07:23.920 barn house look. And so we can take any door, 111 00:07:24.079 --> 00:07:28.399 a super contemporary, sleek looking door, any period door, and 112 00:07:28.560 --> 00:07:30.879 simply hang it on this hardware. And now what do 113 00:07:30.920 --> 00:07:33.920 we have. We just have the door. That's it, just 114 00:07:34.040 --> 00:07:38.000 the door. That's all you see is the door sliding 115 00:07:38.279 --> 00:07:42.240 back and forth across the opening. No hardware, no track, 116 00:07:42.439 --> 00:07:47.399 no you know, hyper industrial look. So somebody asked me 117 00:07:47.439 --> 00:07:50.959 what I think? Amy asked me yesterday, what do you 118 00:07:51.040 --> 00:07:55.000 call a barn door that is trackless and where you 119 00:07:55.000 --> 00:07:57.560 can only see the door in any style used? I 120 00:07:57.639 --> 00:08:00.079 call it sexy, That's what I call it. So, so 121 00:08:00.560 --> 00:08:04.199 that's one of the hidden and or flush things on 122 00:08:04.240 --> 00:08:06.560 my hidden in flush list, And if I need to, 123 00:08:06.839 --> 00:08:10.240 I will love I'll be peppering that into our program. 124 00:08:10.279 --> 00:08:12.920 Today in between calls. But right now we've got a 125 00:08:12.959 --> 00:08:15.720 couple of calls on the board, and so I want 126 00:08:15.759 --> 00:08:18.879 to get started. Let's get started at least before we 127 00:08:18.959 --> 00:08:22.600 go to a break with Grace. Hey, Grace, welcome home. 128 00:08:24.920 --> 00:08:27.959 Hi, this is Grace. Good morning, Dean. 129 00:08:28.480 --> 00:08:30.920 Good morning, Grace. How you doing this fine morning? 130 00:08:32.120 --> 00:08:35.840 I'm doing actually very well. But let me get to 131 00:08:35.879 --> 00:08:39.840 my question. I have one hundred year old home with 132 00:08:41.480 --> 00:08:45.919 window units. I want to go to a new system, 133 00:08:46.360 --> 00:08:50.000 but I'm not sure which way to go with the HVAC. 134 00:08:50.399 --> 00:08:55.240 Are the mini splits leading towards the mini split? But 135 00:08:55.320 --> 00:08:58.120 I would like to know kind of your opinion and 136 00:08:58.279 --> 00:09:04.480 are they really more cost efficient later on? 137 00:09:05.919 --> 00:09:08.080 Okay, that's a really good question. So tell me a 138 00:09:08.120 --> 00:09:11.320 little bit more about your house, Grace, hundred years old? 139 00:09:11.360 --> 00:09:14.159 Are you here in southern California? Are you elsewhere? Are 140 00:09:14.200 --> 00:09:15.279 we one story around? 141 00:09:15.360 --> 00:09:19.480 I am in? I am in southern California and it 142 00:09:19.559 --> 00:09:22.399 is a single story it's a single story house. 143 00:09:22.480 --> 00:09:25.960 And what style of home is it? 144 00:09:25.960 --> 00:09:30.240 It's almost like I would say, between a tutor and 145 00:09:30.279 --> 00:09:31.000 a craftsman. 146 00:09:31.879 --> 00:09:35.879 Okay, Okay, cool, cool, great, great, So here is the 147 00:09:35.960 --> 00:09:39.360 thing with you? And by the way, do you happen 148 00:09:39.399 --> 00:09:48.759 to have an old gravity furnace basement area underneath the house, which. 149 00:09:48.639 --> 00:09:51.879 Is saying, no, we don't. Actually we have wall on 150 00:09:51.960 --> 00:09:56.639 the wall heater. But I have a basement. 151 00:09:56.200 --> 00:10:02.440 In my garage, a basement in your garage. Yes, that's 152 00:10:02.480 --> 00:10:08.000 a unique setup. Okay, all right, So here's the thing, Grace, Well, 153 00:10:08.039 --> 00:10:09.879 here's the thing. I just looked at the clock, and 154 00:10:09.960 --> 00:10:12.279 it's time for me to take a quick break. So 155 00:10:12.919 --> 00:10:15.440 i am gonna leave everybody hanging, and I'm gonna pop 156 00:10:15.480 --> 00:10:18.840 you on hold, and I'm gonna take a thorough answer 157 00:10:18.879 --> 00:10:21.000 to your question as soon as we come back. So 158 00:10:21.120 --> 00:10:21.879 can you hang tight? 159 00:10:23.120 --> 00:10:24.519 By can? Thank you very much? 160 00:10:25.200 --> 00:10:28.759 Awesome? You hang tight, Grace. And we're going to answer 161 00:10:29.000 --> 00:10:32.279 a question that is becoming more and more important to 162 00:10:32.399 --> 00:10:38.440 Southern Californians as Southern California homes continue to age in place, 163 00:10:38.600 --> 00:10:40.519 and that is what do you do with one hundred 164 00:10:40.600 --> 00:10:43.120 year old home? If you want to put HVAC in it? 165 00:10:43.440 --> 00:10:46.440 What options are available to you. We'll talk about all 166 00:10:46.480 --> 00:10:49.720 of that, plus more of your calls when we return. 167 00:10:50.440 --> 00:10:53.519 You are Home with Dean Sharp the house whisper. You're 168 00:10:53.600 --> 00:10:57.159 listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from KFI 169 00:10:57.320 --> 00:11:02.720 AM six forty. I am fine. I am forty. Live 170 00:11:02.840 --> 00:11:07.759 streaming in HD everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Dean Sharp, 171 00:11:07.879 --> 00:11:11.519 the house Whisperer, with you here on this lovely sun 172 00:11:11.639 --> 00:11:15.919 isn't even up yet Saturday morning. Thank you, Daylight Savings time. 173 00:11:18.519 --> 00:11:20.559 Not a big fan. I'm not a huge fan of 174 00:11:20.639 --> 00:11:23.159 daylight savings. I really am not. But you know, I 175 00:11:23.159 --> 00:11:26.519 don't mind. I'm up when I'm up. We're over it now, 176 00:11:26.919 --> 00:11:29.799 so I'm not going to whine and complain anymore than 177 00:11:29.799 --> 00:11:34.559 I just did. It is an all calls weekend. So 178 00:11:34.679 --> 00:11:37.799 if you are up with me right now here on 179 00:11:37.919 --> 00:11:41.639 the West Coast in southern California or anywhere across our 180 00:11:41.679 --> 00:11:44.399 great nation. And if you're not on the West Coast, 181 00:11:44.639 --> 00:11:48.279 I hope you're up by now, you lazy bones. So 182 00:11:48.399 --> 00:11:51.080 give me a call. Anything you want to talk about 183 00:11:51.159 --> 00:11:55.360 regarding your home. It's a free flowing, free wheeling any 184 00:11:55.559 --> 00:12:00.399 subject you want, Saturday morning, today and tomorrow both. The 185 00:12:00.480 --> 00:12:03.600 number to reach me right now eight three three two. 186 00:12:04.120 --> 00:12:07.759 Ask Dean eight three three The numeral to ask Dean. 187 00:12:07.799 --> 00:12:10.200 We've got room for you on the callboard. Eight three 188 00:12:10.360 --> 00:12:14.799 three two. Ask Dean anything that's got you scratching your 189 00:12:14.799 --> 00:12:18.639 head about your home. Now here is a really good one. Grace, 190 00:12:18.840 --> 00:12:22.279 who I popped on hold right before the break, is 191 00:12:22.360 --> 00:12:24.600 still with me? Yes, Grace, are you still with me? 192 00:12:26.039 --> 00:12:30.600 I'm here, okay. So Grace lives here in southern California. 193 00:12:30.679 --> 00:12:36.559 She's in a kind of craftsman Tutoresque style one hundred 194 00:12:36.720 --> 00:12:40.679 year old home. We have, you know, more and more 195 00:12:40.679 --> 00:12:43.519 of those homes all the time, one hundred year old 196 00:12:43.519 --> 00:12:46.639 homes still though one of the classic eras of construction. 197 00:12:46.799 --> 00:12:52.120 Here in southern California, Craftsman, Spanish revival, tutor story book 198 00:12:53.639 --> 00:12:59.559 bungalow style homes. Lot of just beautiful homes. And she's 199 00:12:59.639 --> 00:13:04.080 running into one of those challenges that many one hundred 200 00:13:04.159 --> 00:13:07.960 year old homes face, and that is she's got old 201 00:13:08.080 --> 00:13:12.559 gas wall furnaces. She would love to have a full 202 00:13:12.799 --> 00:13:15.679 HVAC system in her house, and how do you go 203 00:13:15.759 --> 00:13:19.759 about doing it? So here is the thing, Grace. Of course, 204 00:13:19.919 --> 00:13:23.919 I can't tell you exactly what to do regarding your home, 205 00:13:24.200 --> 00:13:30.360 but I can tell you this, If the integrity of 206 00:13:30.440 --> 00:13:35.519 the design of your home is of primary concern to you, 207 00:13:35.559 --> 00:13:38.000 and I hope that it is, I want you to 208 00:13:38.039 --> 00:13:42.000 take your time, and I want you to source out 209 00:13:42.120 --> 00:13:47.679 a number of different HVAC contractors and options for how 210 00:13:47.720 --> 00:13:51.440 this gets done. Now, I know you said the mini 211 00:13:51.480 --> 00:13:56.120 split system is something that somebody has recommended to you, 212 00:13:56.720 --> 00:14:02.240 and that is a viable way to get air conditioning 213 00:14:02.279 --> 00:14:07.320 and heating into a home, and heating included because a 214 00:14:07.360 --> 00:14:10.960 mini split system, like so many air air conditioning systems 215 00:14:11.039 --> 00:14:14.600 can have, be a heat pump system that both provides. 216 00:14:15.679 --> 00:14:18.879 It's basically an air conditioner that also works in reverse. 217 00:14:18.960 --> 00:14:22.039 So when an air conditioner brings cold air into the house, 218 00:14:23.080 --> 00:14:26.519 it can reverse itself and bring warm air into a house. 219 00:14:26.960 --> 00:14:31.480 And you know, for a room or two. Many split 220 00:14:31.519 --> 00:14:35.799 systems are you know, pretty economical and they're relatively easy 221 00:14:35.799 --> 00:14:41.519 to install because they don't need ducting in order to transmit. 222 00:14:41.639 --> 00:14:47.000 They use what we call cassettes. Cassettes are whatever they 223 00:14:47.039 --> 00:14:51.480 come in ceiling size is now classic. The classic mini 224 00:14:51.519 --> 00:14:54.720 split cassette is kind of a long rectangular thing that 225 00:14:55.440 --> 00:14:59.480 gets mounted to the top of a wall and there's 226 00:14:59.519 --> 00:15:03.440 only a a refrigerant line set in between the unit 227 00:15:03.519 --> 00:15:08.519 outside and the cassette and meaning small copper piping with 228 00:15:08.639 --> 00:15:11.120 insulation around them. And so they can pretty much be 229 00:15:11.639 --> 00:15:14.759 you know, wormed in just about anywhere, in any space, 230 00:15:14.919 --> 00:15:19.159 and that's what makes them a viable option. However, I 231 00:15:19.320 --> 00:15:24.000 just want to I want you to know, Grace, that 232 00:15:24.159 --> 00:15:29.720 there are, quite possibly, inevitably, there are other options. In 233 00:15:29.759 --> 00:15:33.000 your case, you have a one story home with attic 234 00:15:33.080 --> 00:15:36.279 space above you. If it was a two story home, 235 00:15:36.320 --> 00:15:39.440 that would definitely limit possibilities as well. But you've got 236 00:15:39.480 --> 00:15:41.799 a one story home that is one hundred years old, 237 00:15:41.879 --> 00:15:45.039 so you've got a crawl space and an attic space. 238 00:15:45.200 --> 00:15:48.120 You're not sitting just on a slab. You have a 239 00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:51.039 crawl space under your house, and since it's a single story, 240 00:15:51.600 --> 00:15:54.080 one hundred year old home, you have attic space, which 241 00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:57.600 means we've got options. We've got some flexibility. You could, 242 00:15:57.679 --> 00:16:02.039 in theory, run an entire h FEVAC system, one single 243 00:16:02.320 --> 00:16:07.639 zone system just with ductwork underneath the house and have 244 00:16:07.759 --> 00:16:13.320 floor events delivering hot and cold air throughout your house. 245 00:16:13.440 --> 00:16:17.919 That is one distinct possibility for a system. The mini 246 00:16:17.960 --> 00:16:23.840 split system is another distinct possibility. And because this is 247 00:16:23.879 --> 00:16:27.000 something that I am very familiar with, because we get 248 00:16:27.000 --> 00:16:32.200 called upon to deal with century houses all the time. 249 00:16:32.279 --> 00:16:36.559 From a design perspective, I've got clients who specifically call 250 00:16:36.679 --> 00:16:39.360 us and saying, all right, I know how important design 251 00:16:39.440 --> 00:16:43.559 and story preservation is for you, and I know how 252 00:16:43.639 --> 00:16:47.480 much integrity you approach a project with. So how can 253 00:16:47.519 --> 00:16:51.080 we update our house and live in it in the 254 00:16:51.120 --> 00:16:54.600 twenty first century and still maintain this beautiful one hundred 255 00:16:54.679 --> 00:16:58.480 year old home. And so there is yet a third 256 00:16:58.519 --> 00:17:02.480 option for you. And it's what's called the Unico System. 257 00:17:02.559 --> 00:17:04.640 And I want you to write this down because you 258 00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:07.799 can do some research on it later and anybody who's 259 00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:13.640 interested in this, it's Unico. Unico is a company that 260 00:17:13.880 --> 00:17:15.599 has kind of been at the tip of the spear. 261 00:17:15.640 --> 00:17:17.319 They're not the only one out there doing this, but 262 00:17:17.359 --> 00:17:20.960 they're the one that is most readily available here on 263 00:17:21.000 --> 00:17:26.279 the West Coast. Unico Unico. And if you go to 264 00:17:26.440 --> 00:17:31.079 the Unico System website, you can put in your name 265 00:17:31.160 --> 00:17:36.599 and address and get a list of HVAC contractors who 266 00:17:36.640 --> 00:17:39.880 are familiar with it. And what the unicosystem is is 267 00:17:40.039 --> 00:17:44.599 also a central heating and air conditioning system that uses 268 00:17:44.799 --> 00:17:49.519 what's called high velocity small ducts. So instead of your 269 00:17:49.559 --> 00:17:53.240 classic you know, six inch, eight inch, twelve inch duct 270 00:17:53.279 --> 00:17:56.759 work having to find space running through houses and up walls, 271 00:17:56.799 --> 00:17:59.680 which means opening up walls, which means tearing things up. 272 00:18:00.240 --> 00:18:05.759 The unicosystem was pretty much exclusively designed to retrofit into 273 00:18:06.319 --> 00:18:10.319 older homes. I mean century old homes, Victory East Coast, 274 00:18:10.400 --> 00:18:14.599 Victorian homes, all sorts of problematic systems. Because their ducts 275 00:18:14.920 --> 00:18:18.880 are only three inches in diameter, they can be fed 276 00:18:19.039 --> 00:18:22.519 up through walls from the bottom to the top and 277 00:18:22.559 --> 00:18:27.519 then ducked out into ceilings in incredibly creative ways. It's 278 00:18:27.599 --> 00:18:32.559 high velocity, meaning that it produces the same heating and 279 00:18:32.599 --> 00:18:36.599 cooling effects as the large, low velocity ducts, but there's 280 00:18:36.799 --> 00:18:40.160 no noise. It's super quiet and very very efficient. And 281 00:18:40.440 --> 00:18:45.559 when design preservation is at the top of your priority list, 282 00:18:46.079 --> 00:18:48.759 then a unicosystem is one of those things that we 283 00:18:48.880 --> 00:18:53.839 turn to grace. It's such an important question, and I've 284 00:18:53.880 --> 00:18:55.839 got a whole other set of comments on this, so 285 00:18:55.880 --> 00:18:59.400 I will if you can hang tight for one more break. 286 00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:04.799 I want to just use this as a springboard to 287 00:19:04.960 --> 00:19:10.440 talk about the idea of how to find the right 288 00:19:10.519 --> 00:19:14.720 contractors given a difficult job, How to find the right 289 00:19:14.759 --> 00:19:18.319 contractors and what not to accept and what to accept 290 00:19:18.359 --> 00:19:20.400 from them along the way. Can you hang tight one 291 00:19:20.440 --> 00:19:20.920 more time? 292 00:19:21.519 --> 00:19:23.200 I can sounds great. 293 00:19:23.640 --> 00:19:27.440 All right, Grace, you hang tight such a pertinent question. 294 00:19:27.559 --> 00:19:29.920 This is why I love All Calls weekends, because it 295 00:19:29.920 --> 00:19:33.440 gives me an opportunity to really talk to everybody about 296 00:19:34.559 --> 00:19:37.519 super relevant important things. When you were trying to get 297 00:19:37.559 --> 00:19:40.039 stuff done on your home. So we'll get right back 298 00:19:40.079 --> 00:19:43.640 to it. Hey, Fie Bean sharp to the house, whisper, 299 00:19:43.680 --> 00:19:47.759 welcome home. Thanks for joining us on the program. The 300 00:19:47.799 --> 00:19:50.319 sun is coming up. I'm looking out the window and 301 00:19:50.359 --> 00:19:56.240 I see blue sky outside. Good Saturday morning to you all. 302 00:19:56.519 --> 00:20:00.279 It is an all Calls weekend. I'm doing nothing but 303 00:20:00.759 --> 00:20:04.720 taken calls, so long as you know you're calling in 304 00:20:04.759 --> 00:20:07.039 the number to reach me eight three to three two 305 00:20:07.680 --> 00:20:11.400 ask Dean A three three the number two. Ask Dean. 306 00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:13.079 All right, I want to get back to Grace. Grace 307 00:20:13.200 --> 00:20:13.799 is still with me. 308 00:20:15.119 --> 00:20:17.079 I'm still here, all right. 309 00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:20.440 My friend. So, Grace has got a hundred year old 310 00:20:20.480 --> 00:20:23.720 home here in southern California, single story, one hundred year 311 00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:27.559 old home, and she, you know, has window air conditioner 312 00:20:27.680 --> 00:20:30.559 units that she's had to put up with until now, 313 00:20:30.599 --> 00:20:34.440 and she is ready to move on to something better. 314 00:20:34.920 --> 00:20:41.119 And somebody had recommended the mini split system, and I'm 315 00:20:41.160 --> 00:20:45.119 giving her a larger perspective, I hope on what's possible 316 00:20:45.240 --> 00:20:48.279 for her home, including all the way up to a 317 00:20:48.519 --> 00:20:51.400 Unico system. So I just wanted to take a couple 318 00:20:51.400 --> 00:20:55.119 of more minutes, Grace and explain kind of the big 319 00:20:55.200 --> 00:20:58.359 picture of what you're looking at here. You've got window 320 00:20:58.400 --> 00:21:03.119 air conditioners. Window air conditioners are noisy, uh they are. 321 00:21:03.400 --> 00:21:05.720 And the reason they're noisy, by the way, is not 322 00:21:05.880 --> 00:21:09.119 just because the fan. It's it's not the fan, actually, 323 00:21:09.160 --> 00:21:13.119 it's the little condenser motor that actually does the air 324 00:21:13.160 --> 00:21:17.680 conditioning work is right there inside that box that's hanging 325 00:21:17.720 --> 00:21:20.680 on your window, and there's no sound buffer in between 326 00:21:20.720 --> 00:21:24.079 it and the room. So that's why window air conditioners 327 00:21:24.119 --> 00:21:27.000 have that b hum to them, and they're you know, 328 00:21:27.079 --> 00:21:31.119 they are what they are. Plus they're single room in 329 00:21:31.200 --> 00:21:34.640 their efficiency, and they fill up a window, which you 330 00:21:34.680 --> 00:21:38.279 know nobody likes. So for you, I just want to 331 00:21:38.319 --> 00:21:42.119 be really clear, everything that we're talking about from many 332 00:21:42.200 --> 00:21:45.599 split on up is an improvement, and the question of 333 00:21:45.680 --> 00:21:48.480 whether or not it should be a mini split system 334 00:21:48.720 --> 00:21:52.759 or a central system that's going to be entirely up 335 00:21:52.799 --> 00:21:55.839 to you as to what works with your budget and 336 00:21:55.880 --> 00:21:59.680 what works with your life and and just all of 337 00:21:59.680 --> 00:22:03.119 the things that are most important to you. I just 338 00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:06.920 want to make sure that you are aware of everything 339 00:22:07.079 --> 00:22:09.440 out there. And this is that point that I wanted 340 00:22:09.440 --> 00:22:11.839 to hold you over for so I could talk to 341 00:22:11.880 --> 00:22:18.319 everybody about this. Windows shopping and estimates are free. So 342 00:22:18.359 --> 00:22:22.480 when it comes to anything that you are investigating for 343 00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:26.480 your home, in a remodel, in a renovation, I want 344 00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:31.200 you to take the time, take time, spend time to 345 00:22:31.519 --> 00:22:36.519 educate yourself as to every single possible option that's out 346 00:22:36.519 --> 00:22:39.200 there when it comes to whatever problem it is that 347 00:22:39.240 --> 00:22:43.279 you are trying to solve. Why because it's free, because 348 00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:47.359 you're not committing to anything, So at least know what 349 00:22:47.400 --> 00:22:50.640 your options are so you can make the most intelligent, 350 00:22:50.880 --> 00:22:54.759 the most informed decision about what's going to work for 351 00:22:54.839 --> 00:22:59.000 your home. Don't just call a couple of contractors out 352 00:22:59.359 --> 00:23:02.039 and what they have to tell you is that, well 353 00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:06.880 that's it, and do your own research, look around, ask questions, 354 00:23:06.880 --> 00:23:14.039 because unfortunately, unfortunately, there are far too many contractors out 355 00:23:14.079 --> 00:23:17.720 there in any specialty, in any category of home improvement 356 00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:21.920 that are what's the right word to say, oh, well, 357 00:23:21.960 --> 00:23:24.200 they just basically want to sell you on what they 358 00:23:24.279 --> 00:23:27.839 do and what they do best, and so some of 359 00:23:27.880 --> 00:23:31.759 them have a wider range of specialty. Others do not. 360 00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:35.079 It's one of those you've heard the old phrase for 361 00:23:35.880 --> 00:23:39.240 a person who only owns a hammer, Every problem is 362 00:23:39.279 --> 00:23:42.440 a nail, right, They just turn every problem into a 363 00:23:42.519 --> 00:23:44.839 nail because the one tool they have is the hammer. 364 00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:51.200 So here is the thing, Grace. A mini split system, 365 00:23:51.519 --> 00:23:55.559 unlike your window air conditioner, will be an improvement because 366 00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:59.200 you can have an outside unit making the noise, and 367 00:23:59.240 --> 00:24:02.480 they're very quiet, but they're outside, so the mini split 368 00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:06.599 system is quiet. You can buy many split systems that 369 00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:12.839 have multiple cassettes, but that cassette is still going to 370 00:24:12.880 --> 00:24:15.680 be a one room thing, and it's going to be 371 00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:18.160 hanging off the wall or up in the ceiling somewhere, 372 00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:20.799 and it's going to be next to the window air 373 00:24:20.839 --> 00:24:23.440 conditioning unit. It's going to be the most visible, but 374 00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:25.759 it won't be in a window, and it won't be noisy, 375 00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:28.880 and it'll be far more efficient. And so it's a 376 00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:35.319 vast improvement. Okay, But a well designed central system that 377 00:24:35.440 --> 00:24:38.799 could be run, for instance, through your crawl space and 378 00:24:39.160 --> 00:24:42.759 up through your attic will be just as if not 379 00:24:42.920 --> 00:24:47.039 more efficient, than a mini split system. Have only one 380 00:24:47.160 --> 00:24:49.680 outside unit and a mini split system. To do your 381 00:24:49.680 --> 00:24:51.640 whole house, you might have to have more than one 382 00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:55.400 unit outside. This will have just one outside unit and 383 00:24:56.599 --> 00:24:59.279 it will look beautiful because you're just gonna have vents 384 00:24:59.319 --> 00:25:02.680 in your ceiling like everybody else, and or your floor 385 00:25:02.839 --> 00:25:07.640 like everybody else. And for the most difficult of situations, 386 00:25:07.920 --> 00:25:11.559 a central system that's a Unico style system, a high 387 00:25:11.599 --> 00:25:17.319 velocity system. Those systems can get anywhere into any corner, 388 00:25:17.799 --> 00:25:21.680 any weird situation. And with your home, I'm not even 389 00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:24.200 sure that you would need that, because you've got the 390 00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:27.319 crawl space and the attic space to get flexible. What 391 00:25:27.400 --> 00:25:33.559 you really need is an intelligent, intuitive HVAC contractor who 392 00:25:33.640 --> 00:25:36.240 is willing to take the time to design a great 393 00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:39.480 system for you. I believe we could probably get you 394 00:25:39.559 --> 00:25:43.640 set up with a standard central system with just a 395 00:25:43.640 --> 00:25:47.359 little bit of creative thought and process. But everything has 396 00:25:47.400 --> 00:25:52.680 its price, So call out reputable HVAC contractors. Tell them 397 00:25:52.920 --> 00:25:57.039 that you're well aware of many splits of central systems 398 00:25:57.079 --> 00:26:02.000 and of the unicosystem, and that you want bids along 399 00:26:02.119 --> 00:26:05.400 all those lines, and then you'll be able to make 400 00:26:05.799 --> 00:26:07.960 your choice. How does that sound, Grace. 401 00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:10.880