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 --> 00:00:07.879 House Whisper on demand on the iHeart Radio app. 3 00:00:10.000 --> 00:00:10.439 AM I. 4 00:00:12.080 --> 00:00:16.760 AM six forty and live streaming in HD everywhere on 5 00:00:16.879 --> 00:00:21.800 the iHeart Radio app. Hey, welcome to home where. Every 6 00:00:21.839 --> 00:00:25.839 week we help you better understand that place where you live. 7 00:00:26.199 --> 00:00:29.920 I am Dean Sharp, the house Whisperer, custom home builder, 8 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:34.799 custom home designer, and most importantly today, your guide to 9 00:00:34.880 --> 00:00:40.240 transforming your ordinary house into an extraordinary home. Let me 10 00:00:40.280 --> 00:00:43.039 tell you what we're doing today. We're all over the place. 11 00:00:43.079 --> 00:00:44.799 It's a little bit of this, a bit of that, 12 00:00:45.200 --> 00:00:50.880 and most importantly your calls. I am so so in 13 00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:54.280 the mood to take your calls today. I've been away. 14 00:00:54.399 --> 00:00:57.560 We've been away for a couple of weeks. We've been off. Well, 15 00:00:57.600 --> 00:00:59.679 I'll tell you about our trip in just a bit, 16 00:01:00.200 --> 00:01:04.319 uh snippets of it at least. Uh. But we're back. 17 00:01:04.879 --> 00:01:05.640 We're rested. 18 00:01:06.359 --> 00:01:06.480 Uh. 19 00:01:06.680 --> 00:01:10.760 It's October. The holidays are laid out in front of us. 20 00:01:11.680 --> 00:01:16.040 The scorching heat seems to have gone away now and 21 00:01:16.239 --> 00:01:19.079 hopefully it won't come back. But we've got some beautiful 22 00:01:19.120 --> 00:01:22.519 weather here in southern California right now. The Dodger's one line. 23 00:01:22.719 --> 00:01:27.480 There's so many things to smile about this morning, and 24 00:01:27.879 --> 00:01:30.239 mostly though I would love to talk to you, so 25 00:01:30.319 --> 00:01:32.079 let me give you the number right now, and then 26 00:01:32.079 --> 00:01:35.959 I'll move on to other things. Eight three three two 27 00:01:36.079 --> 00:01:40.640 Ask Dean A three three the numeral two. Ask Dean 28 00:01:41.159 --> 00:01:46.359 eight three three two ask dean. Producer Richie is standing by. 29 00:01:46.519 --> 00:01:49.280 The phone lines are open. He's ready to take your call. 30 00:01:50.120 --> 00:01:52.280 He'll tell you everything you need to know. Poppy into 31 00:01:52.280 --> 00:01:54.200 the queue and then we'll put our heads together. We'll 32 00:01:54.239 --> 00:01:57.319 figure out what's going on with your home. No worries, 33 00:01:57.760 --> 00:02:01.680 no worries, all right. And if we do this all right, 34 00:02:01.840 --> 00:02:04.200 we're gonna bring some light into the morning. Even though 35 00:02:04.599 --> 00:02:07.439 these these are my favorite mornings, are they not. I mean, 36 00:02:07.439 --> 00:02:10.280 you're a morning person, obviously. Here you are, here, you are, 37 00:02:10.439 --> 00:02:15.240 we're talking, you and me together, hanging out. How awesome 38 00:02:15.319 --> 00:02:17.800 is it to be a morning person? To be up 39 00:02:17.840 --> 00:02:20.800 in the morning before the sun. I just love this 40 00:02:20.919 --> 00:02:23.159 time of year when the sun gets a little lazy 41 00:02:23.639 --> 00:02:28.199 and and we actually, you know, beat him up, well 42 00:02:28.319 --> 00:02:31.240 I don't, you know, not like a salt, but get 43 00:02:31.360 --> 00:02:35.319 up before the sun. And I just love this time 44 00:02:35.360 --> 00:02:37.719 of year. What can I tell you the team is 45 00:02:37.719 --> 00:02:40.599 here for you. Sam is on the board. Good morning, Sam, 46 00:02:41.439 --> 00:02:45.520 Good morning Dane. How you doing. I am great, actually 47 00:02:45.639 --> 00:02:49.120 and rested. I'm we kind of you know, we got 48 00:02:49.159 --> 00:02:55.639 back on last weekend late last weekend, and so I 49 00:02:56.080 --> 00:02:58.800 took this week of work to just kind of roll, 50 00:02:58.919 --> 00:03:01.120 you know how you kind of ran been and you're 51 00:03:01.159 --> 00:03:05.199 hoping that you don't come up against everything crazy on 52 00:03:05.360 --> 00:03:07.560 day one, and we didn't, and so it was a 53 00:03:07.599 --> 00:03:12.360 really nice ramp up as far as design work and 54 00:03:12.639 --> 00:03:16.360 construction work and radio work. And I'm just I'm in 55 00:03:16.400 --> 00:03:19.080 a good place. I'm really happy to hear that sounds 56 00:03:19.080 --> 00:03:21.520 like you got your feet under you this morning. I do, 57 00:03:21.919 --> 00:03:25.439 I do, which is rare, right. No, Hey, I'm happy 58 00:03:25.479 --> 00:03:30.479 for you. I wish I could be there right now. Uh. 59 00:03:30.599 --> 00:03:33.080 Producer Richie is standing by to take your calls. He's 60 00:03:33.080 --> 00:03:35.599 nowhere near a microphone, but he's doing his work like 61 00:03:35.639 --> 00:03:38.479 he always does every week, and we appreciate him. Jackie 62 00:03:38.599 --> 00:03:41.800 Ray is at the news desk. Good morning, Jackie, Good morning. 63 00:03:42.800 --> 00:03:46.759 How are you. I am great? Did you hear I'm great? 64 00:03:46.879 --> 00:03:47.120 I know. 65 00:03:47.159 --> 00:03:51.199 I'm so excited for you. You're like, I'm really excited 66 00:03:51.199 --> 00:03:54.879 for you rubbing it in. We've been here the whole time, yep, 67 00:03:56.159 --> 00:03:56.639 all down. 68 00:03:57.759 --> 00:03:57.879 Uh. 69 00:03:57.960 --> 00:04:00.599 Yeah, we went to uh we went to the great 70 00:04:00.639 --> 00:04:03.840 state of Vermont. I have a new best friend Vermont. 71 00:04:04.439 --> 00:04:05.840 Uh uh. 72 00:04:06.280 --> 00:04:09.080 Anyway, I won't bore you with all that right now, 73 00:04:09.120 --> 00:04:13.479 but glad you're here as always, and here we go. 74 00:04:13.960 --> 00:04:18.879 Sitting across the table from me normally would be Tina 75 00:04:20.839 --> 00:04:24.920 guess who has not completely ramped up from vacation yet. 76 00:04:27.879 --> 00:04:31.240 I love being able to spoke fun at her in 77 00:04:31.279 --> 00:04:33.759 the morning because she is such a morning person as well. 78 00:04:33.800 --> 00:04:37.279 But currently she's nowhere to be seen. But let me look. 79 00:04:37.519 --> 00:04:41.040 Oh yeah, there he is, Sammy the Beagle, sitting across 80 00:04:41.079 --> 00:04:43.639 the table from me, and he has very little to say. 81 00:04:43.959 --> 00:04:46.160 I can tell just by the look on his face 82 00:04:46.160 --> 00:04:50.480 that he's like, move on, dad, move on, and we will. 83 00:04:51.240 --> 00:04:54.040 Let's get to it this morning, shall we. We've got 84 00:04:54.120 --> 00:04:56.639 your calls. Let me give the number out one more time, 85 00:04:57.160 --> 00:05:01.959 eight three three two, ask Dean eight three three the 86 00:05:02.040 --> 00:05:06.399 numeral to ask Dean. I'm ready for them. I'm going 87 00:05:06.480 --> 00:05:09.360 to talk a little bit when we come back about permission, 88 00:05:09.759 --> 00:05:14.480 permission to go a little bit further with your home 89 00:05:14.920 --> 00:05:18.040 than you normally expect to the kind of attitude that 90 00:05:18.079 --> 00:05:20.519 you have around the holidays. We'll talk about that. I've 91 00:05:20.519 --> 00:05:23.600 got a couple of cool new items to introduce to 92 00:05:23.639 --> 00:05:28.079 you today, and I want to remind you, and if 93 00:05:28.079 --> 00:05:31.199 you've never heard this before, tell you for the first time, 94 00:05:32.040 --> 00:05:34.600 that it's time to trim to prune your trees and 95 00:05:34.720 --> 00:05:36.720 exactly how we're going to go about doing that. All 96 00:05:36.800 --> 00:05:41.120 of that and your calls can't fine Jean Chart the 97 00:05:41.120 --> 00:05:44.839 house whisper at your therapists. Whether you live in a 98 00:05:44.879 --> 00:05:48.920 cottage or a condo or a castle, you know what, 99 00:05:49.160 --> 00:05:51.240 it doesn't matter if that is the place that you 100 00:05:51.360 --> 00:05:53.680 call home. I'm here to help you take it to 101 00:05:54.120 --> 00:05:58.120 the next level. We're back from Bakay. We are having 102 00:05:58.160 --> 00:06:02.639 fun this morning, just rested and ready to go and 103 00:06:03.079 --> 00:06:05.759 hope you can pick up on that energy too. It 104 00:06:05.839 --> 00:06:10.199 is a beautiful, beautiful weekend ahead of us here in 105 00:06:10.240 --> 00:06:15.000 southern California. And it's cool. Dare I say cold? No, 106 00:06:15.120 --> 00:06:19.399 not cold cool, cool, definitely cool outside right now and dark? 107 00:06:19.720 --> 00:06:22.000 And here are you here? We are you and I 108 00:06:22.160 --> 00:06:25.480 just hanging out on an early Saturday morning morning. People 109 00:06:25.560 --> 00:06:28.120 that we are. I'm glad that you are here. We 110 00:06:28.279 --> 00:06:31.120 are on that note, going to be taking calls. I'm 111 00:06:31.120 --> 00:06:33.360 going to be going to the phones in just a smidge. 112 00:06:33.639 --> 00:06:37.319 The phone lines are open. It's definitely a caller morning. 113 00:06:37.360 --> 00:06:39.519 I just want to reconnect with you, talk with you 114 00:06:39.560 --> 00:06:43.839 about your house. Eight three three two, ask Dean. Is 115 00:06:43.879 --> 00:06:46.199 the number to reach me? A three three the numeral 116 00:06:46.240 --> 00:06:51.279 two beep, ask Dean A three three to ask Dean 117 00:06:51.519 --> 00:06:56.000 anything you want to talk about regarding your home. Construction issues, 118 00:06:56.680 --> 00:07:01.439 design issues, DIY stuff, whatever the case. Maybe whatever is 119 00:07:01.519 --> 00:07:04.720 bugging you, whatever you're scratching your head about, give me 120 00:07:04.759 --> 00:07:08.920 a call and we will figure it out. I promise. Okay, 121 00:07:09.800 --> 00:07:11.920 and we've got some we've got some calls on the board, 122 00:07:11.920 --> 00:07:16.680 but we've got room for you. All right. This is 123 00:07:16.720 --> 00:07:22.439 something that always seems to come upon my mind this 124 00:07:22.560 --> 00:07:27.720 time of year, and that is permission. Now what do 125 00:07:27.759 --> 00:07:33.079 I mean by that, Well, around the holidays, people tend 126 00:07:33.279 --> 00:07:37.759 to change their thinking in regards to their home. You 127 00:07:38.079 --> 00:07:41.360 take it up a notch obviously, because you're thinking about 128 00:07:41.560 --> 00:07:46.959 decorating the holidays. Beckon people to decorate and to create 129 00:07:47.040 --> 00:07:51.800 a certain kind of emotional environment in your home. Of course, 130 00:07:51.959 --> 00:07:54.879 you know, like the Christmas tree and that kind of 131 00:07:54.920 --> 00:07:58.120 stuff and the twinkly lights and all of that, and 132 00:07:58.120 --> 00:08:02.279 that's not that far away, but even around our neighborhood here. 133 00:08:03.319 --> 00:08:06.959 We came back from vacation very very pleased to see 134 00:08:07.600 --> 00:08:11.480 so many of our neighbors getting into Halloween decorations and such. 135 00:08:11.920 --> 00:08:16.639 And it's just that kind of spirit right in the year. 136 00:08:17.600 --> 00:08:19.839 So we've got Halloween out in front of us, and 137 00:08:19.879 --> 00:08:23.000 then Thanksgiving and so on. Tina and I ran out 138 00:08:23.040 --> 00:08:27.600 and we grabbed a bunch of cornstalks from the local 139 00:08:27.720 --> 00:08:31.240 farm and propped them up all around the house and 140 00:08:31.360 --> 00:08:34.919 the backyard, and now our yard is full of pumpkins 141 00:08:35.000 --> 00:08:39.440 and gourds and not so much Halloween stuff, just autumn stuff. 142 00:08:39.480 --> 00:08:43.879 Probably for some of it is well, not even probably. 143 00:08:43.919 --> 00:08:48.120 Some of it is definitely bringing Vermont back home with us, 144 00:08:48.440 --> 00:08:51.080 no question about it. But the point is this. The 145 00:08:51.159 --> 00:08:56.000 point is this, we all give ourselves permission during the 146 00:08:56.080 --> 00:09:00.879 holidays to take things up a notch. We think, how, 147 00:09:01.080 --> 00:09:02.559 you know, what can I do to the fireplace? What 148 00:09:02.600 --> 00:09:04.879 can I do to this chair in this corner over here? 149 00:09:05.039 --> 00:09:08.200 Should we light a candle? Should we put twinkling lights 150 00:09:08.200 --> 00:09:10.840 over here? What can we do to these areas of 151 00:09:10.879 --> 00:09:14.279 our homes? To bring it up into the holiday spirit, 152 00:09:14.360 --> 00:09:22.399 and that I love. I love it, absolutely encourage you 153 00:09:22.919 --> 00:09:25.879 to step into that spirit. But here is the part 154 00:09:26.480 --> 00:09:29.960 of permission that I'm talking about. What I really, really 155 00:09:30.039 --> 00:09:34.080 really want is for you to take hold of that 156 00:09:34.159 --> 00:09:39.039 spirit and give yourself permission to hang on to that 157 00:09:39.200 --> 00:09:43.360 attitude towards your house for the rest of the year, 158 00:09:44.039 --> 00:09:48.080 throughout the rest of the year. Okay. The permission that 159 00:09:48.120 --> 00:09:54.039 we give ourselves during the holidays to make spaces very 160 00:09:54.080 --> 00:10:00.919 emotionally special is the permission that great homeowners give themselves 161 00:10:01.600 --> 00:10:05.759 year round to do exactly the same thing. Now, don't 162 00:10:05.759 --> 00:10:08.120 get me wrong, all right, let me be very clear. 163 00:10:08.559 --> 00:10:13.360 I am not talking about you being the person that 164 00:10:13.720 --> 00:10:19.240 person who never takes their Christmas lights down. No, No, 165 00:10:20.240 --> 00:10:24.399 that has not the point. We have like two of 166 00:10:24.440 --> 00:10:28.440 those people in our neighborhood. Why, that's not what I'm saying. 167 00:10:29.200 --> 00:10:32.600 What I'm saying is that attitude of how do we 168 00:10:32.639 --> 00:10:39.080 make this room just emotionally special for every time we 169 00:10:39.159 --> 00:10:42.639 walk into it. See, we tend to give ourselves permission 170 00:10:42.679 --> 00:10:45.759 to do that around the holidays, and then you know, 171 00:10:45.840 --> 00:10:49.759 come January, it's like, put all that stuff away, let's 172 00:10:49.879 --> 00:10:54.279 just get back to our regular boring lives, and I 173 00:10:54.320 --> 00:10:55.279 don't want you to do that. 174 00:10:55.440 --> 00:10:55.600 Now. 175 00:10:55.600 --> 00:10:58.759 I'm not talking about bling and jing and everywhere, right, 176 00:10:59.200 --> 00:11:02.639 it's just the attitude. And so I am here to 177 00:11:03.759 --> 00:11:06.080 officially this morning, and this is all I'm going to 178 00:11:06.120 --> 00:11:07.919 say about it. I'm not going to harp on you 179 00:11:07.960 --> 00:11:10.759 about it. I just want to say, officially this morning, 180 00:11:12.279 --> 00:11:16.879 you have permission, You have my permission, please my encouragement 181 00:11:17.759 --> 00:11:21.279 to take this spirit that you're starting to feel, those 182 00:11:21.360 --> 00:11:24.240 nudges that you're starting to feel, and stretch it out 183 00:11:24.399 --> 00:11:28.919 over the entire year, layer after layer. They just little 184 00:11:28.919 --> 00:11:32.639 things here, there and everywhere as you continue to make 185 00:11:32.679 --> 00:11:36.240 the space that you dwell in a very special space 186 00:11:36.320 --> 00:11:40.519 for you every time you walk into the room, not 187 00:11:40.879 --> 00:11:47.320 just around Thanksgiving and Christmas, but every time all year long. 188 00:11:47.639 --> 00:11:50.519 Just be looking for it. It doesn't cost that much 189 00:11:50.720 --> 00:11:55.320 to do why because you do it slowly and easily, 190 00:11:55.399 --> 00:11:57.559 layer by layer. You know, a few weeks back, we 191 00:11:57.559 --> 00:12:00.840 were talking to you about our firefly experiment. We bought 192 00:12:00.879 --> 00:12:08.519 this new firefly lighting set and it's a hit. It's 193 00:12:08.559 --> 00:12:11.720 a hit. People love the fireflies, so we're keeping the fireflies. 194 00:12:11.960 --> 00:12:15.320 It was a sixty dollars investment and now it's going 195 00:12:15.360 --> 00:12:17.879 to live on in our yard for as long as 196 00:12:17.919 --> 00:12:20.600 it lasts, which I'm assuming is going to be several 197 00:12:20.720 --> 00:12:24.639 years at least. So it's little layers like that that 198 00:12:25.840 --> 00:12:30.960 simply add to the presence of your home and embrace it. 199 00:12:31.039 --> 00:12:35.080 Embrace this holiday decorating time that's coming soon, and then 200 00:12:35.159 --> 00:12:36.879 hold on to it. That's all I wanted to tell 201 00:12:36.879 --> 00:12:39.559 you this morning. All Right, when we come back, we've 202 00:12:39.559 --> 00:12:41.440 got several calls on the board, we're going to go 203 00:12:41.480 --> 00:12:44.240 to the phones. Your Home with Dean Sharp, the House Whispered. 204 00:12:45.200 --> 00:12:48.480 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 205 00:12:48.600 --> 00:12:50.399 KFI AM six forty. 206 00:12:51.879 --> 00:12:56.720 KFI AM six forty live streaming in HD everywhere on 207 00:12:56.799 --> 00:13:00.799 the iHeart Radio app. You are Home with Dean Sharp, 208 00:13:01.200 --> 00:13:05.120 the House Whisper. Fresh off vacation. We're back, ready to go, 209 00:13:05.639 --> 00:13:08.440 ready to connect with you, and it's time to go 210 00:13:08.559 --> 00:13:10.639 to the phones. By the way, the number to reach 211 00:13:10.720 --> 00:13:14.679 me eight three three two. Ask Dean A three three 212 00:13:15.240 --> 00:13:22.879 the numeral two ask Dean. All right, let's talk to David. Hey, David, 213 00:13:23.279 --> 00:13:23.960 welcome home. 214 00:13:24.120 --> 00:13:28.840 Hey, good morning, good morning, good morning. I I have 215 00:13:28.879 --> 00:13:31.279 a sixty five year old home. I have a two 216 00:13:31.320 --> 00:13:35.799 car garage. When I'm inside the garage, the wall that 217 00:13:35.840 --> 00:13:41.039 would face the lawn for about three feet on the bottom, 218 00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:44.320 so you have the cement where you park. But then 219 00:13:44.360 --> 00:13:46.360 you have the lip of the cement that comes up 220 00:13:46.399 --> 00:13:49.559 two inches that the two by fours in the structure 221 00:13:49.600 --> 00:13:52.840 of the garage attached to for about three feet there, 222 00:13:53.080 --> 00:13:55.480 and on the other wall a couple of feet, the 223 00:13:55.519 --> 00:13:58.399 cement is just crumbling about pieces a bit as big 224 00:13:58.440 --> 00:14:01.679 as my finger for no reason. I'm not touching it. 225 00:14:01.759 --> 00:14:06.720 I'm not. It's just crumbling and falling apart to dust. 226 00:14:07.559 --> 00:14:09.240 And I don't know if I should put a ceiler 227 00:14:09.320 --> 00:14:11.080 on it. I don't know what's causing it. 228 00:14:14.240 --> 00:14:16.879 Okay, So you're talking about the stem wall, that small 229 00:14:17.039 --> 00:14:20.440 short stem wall that's rising up on the on the 230 00:14:20.480 --> 00:14:21.279 corner of the garage. 231 00:14:21.399 --> 00:14:23.159 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 232 00:14:23.200 --> 00:14:26.799 And you're saying about three linear feet not up, but 233 00:14:26.960 --> 00:14:30.440 along the wall along that stem wall near the front 234 00:14:30.919 --> 00:14:32.440 three feet. What's on the other side of this. 235 00:14:32.440 --> 00:14:37.679 Wall, it would be the lawn and the flower bed. 236 00:14:38.360 --> 00:14:41.039 Now you can make the argument that the water is 237 00:14:41.200 --> 00:14:45.000 causing that. But on another wall where the door meets 238 00:14:45.720 --> 00:14:50.039 a regular door that goes to the backyard, that is 239 00:14:50.080 --> 00:14:53.039 also crumbling for a couple of feet. Now cement butts 240 00:14:53.159 --> 00:14:55.879 up to that the outdoor cement butts up to that door. 241 00:14:56.519 --> 00:14:58.720 So I don't know if it's getting moisture from the cement. 242 00:15:00.080 --> 00:15:02.720 It's just such an odd it's not accurrence. 243 00:15:03.440 --> 00:15:05.919 Are you here in southern California or you elsewhere? 244 00:15:07.200 --> 00:15:08.759 I'm an Orange County in California. 245 00:15:09.200 --> 00:15:14.559 You're an Orange County, okay, yeah, And so it's about 246 00:15:14.600 --> 00:15:17.799 you saying chunks about the size of your finger rolling off. 247 00:15:18.919 --> 00:15:21.799 That would be the biggest. Now, it hasn't compromised the 248 00:15:21.919 --> 00:15:26.000 area directly under the studs, the two by fours, that 249 00:15:26.559 --> 00:15:31.879 is the structure. But it's about an inch in, gotcha. 250 00:15:32.480 --> 00:15:34.559 And I don't know if I should just put sealer 251 00:15:34.639 --> 00:15:36.720 on it and forget about it. But a friend says 252 00:15:36.759 --> 00:15:38.720 that that would just trap if there's any moisture, it 253 00:15:38.759 --> 00:15:40.759 would just trap it in, and that would be bad 254 00:15:40.879 --> 00:15:43.679 to do. So I'm confused. 255 00:15:44.279 --> 00:15:46.919 Yeah, I got you, all right. So here's the situation. 256 00:15:48.080 --> 00:15:51.919 Not exactly sure what the cause is here. It's simply 257 00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:54.279 maybe Now it's a sixty you say, a sixty five 258 00:15:54.360 --> 00:15:58.440 year old home. Okay. The thing with concrete is it's 259 00:15:58.519 --> 00:16:06.320 hard to tell from concrete that's that old when how 260 00:16:06.480 --> 00:16:09.039 the conditions it was poured in. Obviously it has been 261 00:16:09.039 --> 00:16:13.039 there for sixty five years. It may be may be 262 00:16:13.399 --> 00:16:18.799 the fact that it is starting to crumble as a 263 00:16:18.840 --> 00:16:22.879 result of it not having been perfectly mixed in the 264 00:16:23.120 --> 00:16:26.399 and perfectly cured in the best possible situation when the 265 00:16:26.440 --> 00:16:31.480 house was first built, that it's just showing its age essentially. 266 00:16:32.720 --> 00:16:35.759 That sounds like that is more than likely the thing, 267 00:16:35.960 --> 00:16:40.320 because of all the things that concrete can do, Concrete 268 00:16:40.320 --> 00:16:44.120 either gives out pretty quickly because it got screwed up 269 00:16:44.279 --> 00:16:47.639 to the beginning the beginning, or it doesn't. It just holds. 270 00:16:47.720 --> 00:16:50.080 And most of the things that people say, oh, I'm 271 00:16:50.120 --> 00:16:53.559 worried about my concrete is what we call effluorescence, which 272 00:16:53.600 --> 00:16:57.320 are salt mineral salts that are being pushed through the 273 00:16:57.360 --> 00:17:02.679 wall because of moisture. It sounds like, David, that it 274 00:17:02.919 --> 00:17:06.799 simply may be in your case that this concrete is 275 00:17:06.799 --> 00:17:10.440 starting to show its age. Now, is that a problem. 276 00:17:10.480 --> 00:17:14.079 Probably not, It's probably not a problem. It's probably just 277 00:17:14.359 --> 00:17:17.559 settling in there. So what I want you to do is, well, 278 00:17:17.559 --> 00:17:20.599 we can do a couple of things. One, I'm going 279 00:17:20.680 --> 00:17:23.279 to tell you to sit still, if you haven't seen 280 00:17:23.319 --> 00:17:27.160 any significant cracking crumbling off that edge, that's one thing. 281 00:17:27.519 --> 00:17:31.519 But if we haven't seen any cracking, okay, then sit 282 00:17:31.599 --> 00:17:33.640 still and just keep an eye on it. Don't lose 283 00:17:33.720 --> 00:17:37.759 any sleep over it, but just keep an eye on okay. Secondly, 284 00:17:38.279 --> 00:17:43.279 if you want to help stop the crumpling on the inside, 285 00:17:43.720 --> 00:17:46.200 then I don't want you to use a sealer, because 286 00:17:46.200 --> 00:17:50.240 your friend is right, we don't want to trap moisture 287 00:17:50.400 --> 00:17:55.880 inside the cement there. But you could run down to 288 00:17:55.920 --> 00:17:58.799 the hardware store get a little concrete patch kit. And 289 00:17:58.839 --> 00:18:01.759 I'm not talking about trying to reform the edge. If 290 00:18:01.759 --> 00:18:04.240 you were ambitious, you could try and reform the edge there, 291 00:18:04.640 --> 00:18:08.240 but just kind of get a patch kit and mix 292 00:18:08.319 --> 00:18:14.160 up a little concrete patch like sidewalk patch, and you know, 293 00:18:14.839 --> 00:18:18.480 kind of tral that onto the crumbling area to sort 294 00:18:18.480 --> 00:18:20.559 of just hold it and secure it so it doesn't 295 00:18:21.039 --> 00:18:24.119 want to crumble anymore, just to hold it together. And 296 00:18:24.599 --> 00:18:26.720 then now I know you can't do it on the 297 00:18:26.759 --> 00:18:29.319 side with the sidewalk on it, but on the side 298 00:18:29.400 --> 00:18:32.720 that is got planting on the other side, if you 299 00:18:32.880 --> 00:18:36.759 wanted to, I would say, why not invest a little 300 00:18:36.759 --> 00:18:39.039 bit of time, dig down just a bit, and I 301 00:18:39.079 --> 00:18:42.640 mean just a bit, meaning you know, in that planter bed, 302 00:18:42.720 --> 00:18:48.480 maybe dig down eight ten inches and just for you know, 303 00:18:48.559 --> 00:18:51.759 six inches wide so you have access to the lower 304 00:18:51.839 --> 00:18:57.400 part of that concrete footer, and put a little water 305 00:18:57.559 --> 00:19:02.279 proofing treatment on the outside of that concrete so that 306 00:19:03.079 --> 00:19:06.559 we don't want to trap moisture inside the concrete stem wall, 307 00:19:06.759 --> 00:19:09.920 but we can certainly reduce the amount of moisture that 308 00:19:09.960 --> 00:19:14.960 comes into it, okay, So that would slow the absorption 309 00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:18.279 rate of moisture from at least the garden bed. Now 310 00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:21.759 the other side, if moisture is the issue, okay, which 311 00:19:21.759 --> 00:19:26.240 I suspect it probably is, it doesn't surprise me that 312 00:19:26.319 --> 00:19:29.480 both sides are crumbling equally because concrete is just a 313 00:19:29.519 --> 00:19:32.680 giant sponge and the concrete of the sidewalk or the 314 00:19:32.720 --> 00:19:35.640 cement that's abutting it on the other side is doing 315 00:19:35.680 --> 00:19:39.680 the same thing. It's you know, conveying moisture into the cement. 316 00:19:40.400 --> 00:19:42.160 But we could slow it down at least on the 317 00:19:42.160 --> 00:19:44.240 planter wall side, if that makes sense. 318 00:19:46.079 --> 00:19:48.599 If it ever gets worse, what type of contractor would 319 00:19:48.599 --> 00:19:49.240 I call. 320 00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:52.160 If it ever gets worse, I want you to call 321 00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:56.880 a foundation repair contractor, like a foundation here. Write this 322 00:19:56.960 --> 00:20:01.359 down a Foundation Repair LA. They are the guys that 323 00:20:01.480 --> 00:20:06.640 I go to almost with every one of the foundation issues, 324 00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:11.480 and they specialize in justice, just taking people's foundations that 325 00:20:11.519 --> 00:20:17.000 are failing, abutting them, supporting them, replacing them, you know, 326 00:20:17.079 --> 00:20:19.319 all that kind of stuff. You don't want to call 327 00:20:19.440 --> 00:20:22.440 just a regular general contractor because the chances are they'll 328 00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:26.039 turn around and call a place like Foundation Repair LA 329 00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:28.480 and then add their feet on top of it for 330 00:20:28.559 --> 00:20:30.759 making the call. So you could just call these guys 331 00:20:30.799 --> 00:20:34.640 directly and they will help you out if you ever 332 00:20:34.720 --> 00:20:38.079 see cracking or settling that in any way affects the 333 00:20:38.079 --> 00:20:40.319 rest of the wall. But just to you know, hold 334 00:20:40.359 --> 00:20:42.960 on to the crumbling for now and just keep an 335 00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:44.920 eye on it. 336 00:20:45.039 --> 00:20:46.279 Perfect. You've been a big help. 337 00:20:46.519 --> 00:20:49.160 Thank you, Thank you, David, Thank you for the call, 338 00:20:49.240 --> 00:20:52.759 my friend. All right, when we come back more of 339 00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:54.640 I told you, I told you we were going to 340 00:20:54.640 --> 00:20:57.440 solve problems. Did I not? Of course I did. Here 341 00:20:57.559 --> 00:21:02.400 Pie the house, welcome home. We're doing a little bit 342 00:21:02.400 --> 00:21:06.880 of this and that and taking calls today. We're back 343 00:21:06.920 --> 00:21:10.720 from vacation. I'm back with you live again, feeling good. 344 00:21:10.839 --> 00:21:13.680 Hope you're feeling good too. It's a beautiful weekend ahead 345 00:21:13.720 --> 00:21:17.079 of us here. Truly, truly, let's get back to the phones. 346 00:21:17.079 --> 00:21:20.880 I want to talk to Peter. Hey, Peter, welcome home. 347 00:21:23.400 --> 00:21:25.079 I want to thank you for a great show you 348 00:21:25.160 --> 00:21:29.839 in your better half. I mean, you have such a yeah, 349 00:21:29.880 --> 00:21:33.039 you have such an upuffing attitude. It's great this early 350 00:21:33.079 --> 00:21:42.039 in the morning, you know, besides of being knowledgeable. Okay, yeah, 351 00:21:42.519 --> 00:21:46.960 my gardner. We have two great guys. I mean I 352 00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:49.200 take them out of coffee, you know. They do such 353 00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:52.480 a great job around here. But the older guy, he 354 00:21:52.559 --> 00:21:56.359 has a tendency, comes out with this nylon weed cutter, 355 00:21:56.480 --> 00:21:59.720 you know, and he cuts it down to the quip, 356 00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:04.319 you know. So I had half of my lawn was 357 00:22:04.359 --> 00:22:07.920 green with weeds, which I was happy to have, and 358 00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:10.000 I was watering and keeping the weeds going, and he 359 00:22:10.079 --> 00:22:13.279 cut that down and now I've got a dust bowl 360 00:22:13.359 --> 00:22:16.880 back there. And I talked to his son and he 361 00:22:16.880 --> 00:22:19.960 said he would come in with a rotokiller this week 362 00:22:20.400 --> 00:22:24.680 and rotokiller and then we'll put in a grass. And 363 00:22:24.720 --> 00:22:26.400 one of the questions I wanted to ask you is too, 364 00:22:26.640 --> 00:22:28.319 I like to keep the grass like at two or 365 00:22:28.319 --> 00:22:31.559 three inches for the dogs, you know, because they like to, 366 00:22:32.640 --> 00:22:35.880 you know, wrestle around in it and everything. So that 367 00:22:35.960 --> 00:22:37.559 was one question. I wanted to see how long I 368 00:22:37.599 --> 00:22:41.200 should keep the length of the grass because they seem 369 00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:43.519 to want to cut it real short. And then the 370 00:22:43.599 --> 00:22:45.519 other thing is what can I put in there that's 371 00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:52.039 really fast growing you know, that will take take so 372 00:22:52.079 --> 00:22:55.160 I can green up that backyard pretty quick. It's only 373 00:22:55.200 --> 00:22:59.720 about eighty by eighty, you know, Well that's a good 374 00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:02.359 the yard. That's a good sized yard for for a 375 00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:04.839 lot of people here, they'd be like only eighty by eighty. 376 00:23:04.960 --> 00:23:10.880 What is that the south for there? No, yeah, yeah, yeah, 377 00:23:10.920 --> 00:23:13.799 it's a nice backyard, but it's a and now it's 378 00:23:13.839 --> 00:23:15.559 a dust bowl, and I'm trying to think of the 379 00:23:15.599 --> 00:23:18.599 quickest way to get it back into green up. And 380 00:23:18.680 --> 00:23:21.079 I don't care if it's weeds. I mean, you know, 381 00:23:21.119 --> 00:23:24.960 awful plant whatever grows fast, Well, I just like to 382 00:23:25.039 --> 00:23:27.759 give them and find what they're going to bring in 383 00:23:27.759 --> 00:23:29.519 the seeds. So I don't know, all. 384 00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:32.680 Right, well, weeds grow the fastest. Now I'm assuming I'm 385 00:23:32.680 --> 00:23:36.000 assuming you've just you've you've priced out and decided, no, 386 00:23:36.079 --> 00:23:37.720 we're not going to put turf back there. We're not 387 00:23:37.720 --> 00:23:38.839 gonna put sawed back. 388 00:23:39.839 --> 00:23:43.599 No, no, And I'm a renter. I'm glad I'm a 389 00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:45.720 renter because I'm not paying high taxes and all that. 390 00:23:46.359 --> 00:23:49.680 But my landlord's going to take care of it. 391 00:23:49.799 --> 00:23:50.359 You said he'll. 392 00:23:50.880 --> 00:23:53.519 He'll give them instructions and not to cut it lower 393 00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:56.039 than two or three inches. So because I had a 394 00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:59.599 beautiful green. The whole thing was like beautiful green. But 395 00:23:59.640 --> 00:24:02.119 then they cut it down last year, and they cut 396 00:24:02.160 --> 00:24:04.720 it down so short, and we got that hot weather 397 00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:07.240 and it just burned out the lawn. So this is 398 00:24:07.559 --> 00:24:10.400 the third time they've done this, you know, like cutting 399 00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:13.400 it so short. I just wanted to get your opinion 400 00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:13.799 on that. 401 00:24:15.559 --> 00:24:18.440