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 --> 00:00:10.880 House Whisper on demand on the iHeart Radio app. Good morning, 3 00:00:10.919 --> 00:00:15.279 Good morning KAFI AM six forty live streaming in HD 4 00:00:15.560 --> 00:00:21.519 everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Welcome home. I'm Dean Sharp, 5 00:00:21.760 --> 00:00:25.879 the House Whisper. I design custom homes and on the weekend, 6 00:00:26.120 --> 00:00:29.839 starting right now, I am your guide to better understanding 7 00:00:30.239 --> 00:00:33.920 that place where you live. Today on the show, as 8 00:00:33.960 --> 00:00:38.079 always for our Saturday mornings. Now we are taking calls. 9 00:00:38.119 --> 00:00:40.119 So hey, I want you to pour yourself a cup 10 00:00:40.159 --> 00:00:42.960 of coffee, slap yourself around on the face a little bit, 11 00:00:43.039 --> 00:00:45.679 wake up and give me a call. Ask me that 12 00:00:45.840 --> 00:00:49.200 question that you have been wanting to ask for so long, 13 00:00:49.320 --> 00:00:53.320 regarding your home. Anything regarding your home, whether it is 14 00:00:53.359 --> 00:00:58.039 a design question, architecture, whether it is a construction issue, 15 00:00:58.079 --> 00:01:04.000 a DIY concern, whether it's a yard, inside, outside, landscape, 16 00:01:04.040 --> 00:01:08.120 hardescape decor whatever the case may be. I'm here to 17 00:01:08.159 --> 00:01:10.959 help you take your home to the next level. In fact, 18 00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:15.280 I'm here to help you transform your ordinary house into 19 00:01:15.799 --> 00:01:19.319 an extraordinary home. The phone lines are open right now. 20 00:01:19.359 --> 00:01:22.920 Producer Richie is standing by. He's ready to take your calls. 21 00:01:22.959 --> 00:01:25.519 And we're gonna get started in just a couple of minutes. 22 00:01:25.560 --> 00:01:29.359 With it all, let me introduce our awesome team. Sam 23 00:01:29.719 --> 00:01:31.879 is on the board. Good morning Sam. 24 00:01:31.799 --> 00:01:36.079 Good morning Dean. How you doing well. There is our 25 00:01:36.200 --> 00:01:40.959 wow their tipper this morning. They just came in a 26 00:01:40.959 --> 00:01:42.879 are not so live studio audience. 27 00:01:45.239 --> 00:01:47.640 We get a fresh can of them every week. They 28 00:01:47.680 --> 00:01:50.439 came in a little hot today. They're they're they're just 29 00:01:50.480 --> 00:01:52.640 a little worked up. Oh yeah, for that one I 30 00:01:52.840 --> 00:01:54.840 just opened. I cracked the can on it and just 31 00:01:55.120 --> 00:01:58.920 came right out. They were fresh, fresh and bubbly. They 32 00:01:59.000 --> 00:02:00.959 might have overflown a lot little bit, but they were 33 00:02:01.000 --> 00:02:07.719 swell perves today. Like I said, Producer Richie standing by, 34 00:02:07.879 --> 00:02:09.960 take your to take your calls. He's not near a 35 00:02:10.000 --> 00:02:12.680 microphone right now because he's on the phone with you, 36 00:02:13.000 --> 00:02:15.840 I hope again. The number to reach us eight three 37 00:02:15.840 --> 00:02:19.840 to three two. Ask Dean, eight three to three, the 38 00:02:19.960 --> 00:02:24.240 numeral two, Ask Dean, And there is my buddy Eileen 39 00:02:24.360 --> 00:02:28.960 Gonzalez at the news desk. Good morning, Eileen, Good morning Dean. 40 00:02:29.159 --> 00:02:32.919 How's it going. It's going well, going well. I'm rested. 41 00:02:33.000 --> 00:02:36.639 We took a few days. I'll talk about it in 42 00:02:36.759 --> 00:02:39.800 just a bit we were in Santa Fe and Taos, 43 00:02:39.879 --> 00:02:43.000 New Mexico. I've been in New Mexico last two or 44 00:02:43.039 --> 00:02:45.400 three weeks. Well, I shouldn't say for the last two 45 00:02:45.479 --> 00:02:49.240 or three weeks, that's not true. Over the last four weeks. 46 00:02:50.080 --> 00:02:53.919 Weirdly enough, I have been in the Southwest three separate 47 00:02:53.960 --> 00:02:59.639 times on business and and other stuff. So, uh, it's 48 00:02:59.719 --> 00:03:02.599 it's been. It wasn't really planned out that way. But 49 00:03:03.000 --> 00:03:09.319 you know what, right now in late spring, Arizona, northern Arizona, 50 00:03:09.479 --> 00:03:14.560 south or New Mexico as well, beautiful, beautiful places. I'll 51 00:03:14.599 --> 00:03:18.039 tell you a little bit about right now, is it. No, No, 52 00:03:18.319 --> 00:03:24.639 it was like seventy two, seventy three perfect, Oh my gosh, 53 00:03:24.639 --> 00:03:27.639 it is. And so many people don't understand. They just well, yes, 54 00:03:27.680 --> 00:03:32.960 it is a desert place, okay, But northern Arizona, northern 55 00:03:33.000 --> 00:03:36.560 New Mexico very very different than what you expect. Mountain 56 00:03:37.159 --> 00:03:42.680 forests gorgeous. Oh yeah, exactly. Yeah, pine trees everywhere. Albuquerque, 57 00:03:43.199 --> 00:03:45.919 which is not really northern New Mexico, I guess, more 58 00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:49.439 central New but Albuquerque is at the same elevation. Actually, 59 00:03:49.439 --> 00:03:53.000 it's a little higher in elevation than Denver. Okay, so 60 00:03:53.039 --> 00:03:55.759 you you fly in Albuquerque, and then Santa Fe is 61 00:03:55.800 --> 00:04:00.680 about an hour drive north of Albuquerque, and Santa Fe 62 00:04:00.800 --> 00:04:03.680 is up in the seven thousand, I mean literally in 63 00:04:04.520 --> 00:04:06.039 two or three weeks, what is it three and a 64 00:04:06.039 --> 00:04:09.560 half weeks now, we're taking our granddaughter Olivia on her 65 00:04:09.759 --> 00:04:16.480 very first overnight backpacking trip up in the Mammoth Arey, 66 00:04:16.639 --> 00:04:18.959 just a little south of Mammoth in the Eastern Sierras, 67 00:04:18.959 --> 00:04:22.959 which is my old haunts. And it's just weird to 68 00:04:23.040 --> 00:04:27.600 think that Santa Fe, New Mexico is essentially at the 69 00:04:27.600 --> 00:04:30.720 same elevation or close to the same elevation as Mammoth 70 00:04:30.800 --> 00:04:35.560 Village in Mammoth. Yeah, a little different, but so cool, 71 00:04:35.639 --> 00:04:37.199 so cool. Well, I've got a lot to share with 72 00:04:37.240 --> 00:04:40.360 you guys about that. But how are you doing this morning? Eileen? 73 00:04:40.560 --> 00:04:41.319 Doing great? 74 00:04:41.720 --> 00:04:44.639 Got my tea going, you know, starting waking up. They 75 00:04:44.639 --> 00:04:47.920 woke up late today, did you? Yeah, I did five minutes. 76 00:04:47.680 --> 00:04:50.399 Ago or no, I woke up usually when I leave 77 00:04:50.480 --> 00:04:54.079 the house, so I rushed out the door. Yeah, but 78 00:04:54.199 --> 00:04:56.720 I got here in time and got everything ready in time, 79 00:04:56.759 --> 00:04:57.399 So it's all good. 80 00:04:58.279 --> 00:05:00.879 It's good that you woke up when you leave the house, 81 00:05:00.959 --> 00:05:03.920 not afterwards. Yeah, exactly, that's how I feel most of 82 00:05:03.959 --> 00:05:08.480 the time. Yeah, that thing kind of happened. But yeah, 83 00:05:08.759 --> 00:05:13.480 speaking of somebody who's still asleep, this is when I 84 00:05:13.519 --> 00:05:16.560 introduced the person who's usually sitting across the table from me. 85 00:05:18.120 --> 00:05:23.199 That's right, Tina is not here at the moment. Tina 86 00:05:23.399 --> 00:05:27.199 is she's he's had a week, so she's sleeping in 87 00:05:27.240 --> 00:05:30.800 this morning, just for a day. 88 00:05:31.360 --> 00:05:33.800 I didn't say it. I did not say that, Sam. 89 00:05:34.720 --> 00:05:36.879 I didn't say she was a bigger great slip. Sorry, 90 00:05:37.199 --> 00:05:41.279 I didn't say she was a big baby. It probably is, 91 00:05:41.439 --> 00:05:45.240 but I didn't say that. So all right, all right, y'all, 92 00:05:45.879 --> 00:05:48.879 why don't we dive in So Saturday morning, it's time 93 00:05:48.920 --> 00:05:51.439 to take some calls. Oh my gosh, who's walking into 94 00:05:51.439 --> 00:05:52.279 the studio right now? 95 00:05:52.319 --> 00:05:54.879 Wait? Wait stop, I was about to go to break 96 00:05:55.839 --> 00:06:01.240 who's here? We were just making fun of you. Grab 97 00:06:01.279 --> 00:06:06.360 your microphone, I said, ny, I said, you were still sleep. Nope, 98 00:06:06.800 --> 00:06:11.959 you're here, and right away we win welcome home. 99 00:06:12.240 --> 00:06:12.519 Wow. 100 00:06:13.720 --> 00:06:17.079 Wow. Well, just so you know, in no way did 101 00:06:17.160 --> 00:06:20.240 Sam play the baby crying sound when I described that you. 102 00:06:23.120 --> 00:06:25.839 All right, Well, Tina is here. This is my best 103 00:06:25.839 --> 00:06:28.160 friend in all the world. The co owner and co 104 00:06:28.240 --> 00:06:31.839 founder of House whisper, and the reason I get up 105 00:06:31.920 --> 00:06:35.360 most mornings. Right there there, she is all right, y'all. 106 00:06:35.560 --> 00:06:38.600 So we are going to go to the phones. We 107 00:06:38.680 --> 00:06:40.680 got a couple of calls on the board already. It 108 00:06:40.680 --> 00:06:44.120 looks like which is always just mind boggling to me 109 00:06:44.199 --> 00:06:47.079 at six in the morning, But there is a ton 110 00:06:47.399 --> 00:06:49.720 more room for you. The number to reach me eight 111 00:06:49.800 --> 00:06:53.240 three three two. Ask Dean eight three to three the 112 00:06:53.319 --> 00:06:56.199 numeral two. Ask Dean. Anything you want to talk about 113 00:06:56.199 --> 00:07:00.759 regarding your home. We'll do it, can't hi, Dean Jarp 114 00:07:00.839 --> 00:07:04.160 the house whisper. Hey, whether your home is a condo, cottage, 115 00:07:04.319 --> 00:07:09.439 a castle matters not to me. Architecture great design, and 116 00:07:09.839 --> 00:07:13.240 have no doubt design matters most. It applies to all 117 00:07:13.319 --> 00:07:15.480 of them. And I am here to help you take 118 00:07:15.600 --> 00:07:19.959 whatever it is that you call home to the next level. 119 00:07:20.399 --> 00:07:22.759 It is a Saturday morning, and we've got calls on 120 00:07:22.800 --> 00:07:24.000 the board. And by the way, let me give you 121 00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:26.920 the number to reach me eight three three two. Ask 122 00:07:27.199 --> 00:07:31.759 Dean eight three three the numeral two. Ask Dean give 123 00:07:31.839 --> 00:07:35.360 us a call. We are live this lovely what looks 124 00:07:35.399 --> 00:07:38.439 to be a warm Saturday morning. Let's go to the 125 00:07:38.480 --> 00:07:43.120 phones and talk to Yvonne, Yvonne, welcome home. 126 00:07:44.560 --> 00:07:49.360 Hi, Good morning, Dean, good morning. I have a question 127 00:07:49.480 --> 00:07:52.439 about a kitchen granite countertop. 128 00:07:54.759 --> 00:07:55.199 Fire wing. 129 00:07:56.279 --> 00:08:01.879 It's got a crack where the bosson and the fixture 130 00:08:02.160 --> 00:08:05.879 you know, are on the top all along the back, 131 00:08:06.040 --> 00:08:10.439 so it's not very wide there, and I wondered, do 132 00:08:10.560 --> 00:08:15.240 I have to replace all the granite or can it 133 00:08:15.279 --> 00:08:20.040 be fixed and repaired because I've seen some information about 134 00:08:20.199 --> 00:08:24.120 repairing it where they cut it out. I think I'm 135 00:08:24.120 --> 00:08:24.600 not sure. 136 00:08:25.480 --> 00:08:28.600 Okay, So describe the crack to me. Is it a 137 00:08:28.639 --> 00:08:32.600 hairline crack? Is it something that has opened up a 138 00:08:32.679 --> 00:08:36.039 little bit? Are there granules of granite that are missing? 139 00:08:36.039 --> 00:08:36.240 Now? 140 00:08:36.320 --> 00:08:39.120 Is it rough and jagged? What kind of a crack 141 00:08:39.120 --> 00:08:39.879 are we talking about. 142 00:08:41.080 --> 00:08:46.200 It's whiter than a hairline, so it's in some areas. 143 00:08:46.639 --> 00:08:51.039 The little shards of granite, you know, were loose, so 144 00:08:51.120 --> 00:08:54.399 I just lifted them out and threw them away. But 145 00:08:55.600 --> 00:08:58.519 it's wide, I mean, I would say in one area 146 00:08:58.720 --> 00:09:01.480 it might be close to a quarter of an inch 147 00:09:01.519 --> 00:09:03.080 and then it narrows, you know. 148 00:09:03.279 --> 00:09:05.000 So but it's. 149 00:09:04.679 --> 00:09:08.440 Pretty extensive because it goes from one almost from one 150 00:09:08.519 --> 00:09:09.679 end of the sink to the other. 151 00:09:10.360 --> 00:09:13.120 Yeah, okay, so it's long. It's long, So it's running 152 00:09:13.159 --> 00:09:15.360 just behind the sink, kind of parallel to the back 153 00:09:15.399 --> 00:09:15.879 of the sink. 154 00:09:16.879 --> 00:09:20.600 Yes, like right in the middle of that whole section, 155 00:09:21.840 --> 00:09:24.200 then parallel, You're right, okay. 156 00:09:24.240 --> 00:09:26.799 And did it crack like along the fawcet line? Is 157 00:09:26.840 --> 00:09:29.320 it behind the foster. It's where the faucet is sticking 158 00:09:29.399 --> 00:09:30.720 up through where the holes are. 159 00:09:30.600 --> 00:09:34.559 For the faucet, behind the faucet. 160 00:09:34.240 --> 00:09:40.120 Just behind Okay, that is an earthquake. Oh okay, Well, 161 00:09:40.159 --> 00:09:42.600 all right, I guess that makes sense that that's a 162 00:09:42.840 --> 00:09:44.360 I was going to say it's a it's a little 163 00:09:44.360 --> 00:09:49.639 bit unusual place to have a crack occur exactly where 164 00:09:49.679 --> 00:09:51.960 it's located. But I get it. During an earthquake, all right, 165 00:09:52.159 --> 00:09:54.600 it happened. You know, maybe the back splash puts some 166 00:09:54.840 --> 00:09:59.200 undue pressure down on that piece, that small section. So 167 00:09:59.320 --> 00:10:02.480 here's the thing I am not going to I'm not 168 00:10:02.480 --> 00:10:05.759 gonna blow smoke here. I will just give you a straight, 169 00:10:05.840 --> 00:10:12.840 honest answer. Granted, is a natural stone, and that piece 170 00:10:12.840 --> 00:10:16.120 of granite is you know, came from a certain place 171 00:10:16.159 --> 00:10:18.919 at a certain time, cut from the mountain in a 172 00:10:18.960 --> 00:10:23.879 certain location, and it is long gone. Now that piece 173 00:10:23.919 --> 00:10:26.919 of granite as far as now, there's no doubt there 174 00:10:26.919 --> 00:10:29.559 are other pieces of granite out there in the world 175 00:10:30.039 --> 00:10:34.559 that are very very similar to it. But that veining, 176 00:10:34.759 --> 00:10:38.320 that particular pattern, I mean, it is very unique. And 177 00:10:38.360 --> 00:10:41.919 that's one of the things that's so great and awesome 178 00:10:42.000 --> 00:10:45.840 about natural stone is that everybody gets a very very 179 00:10:46.080 --> 00:10:48.480 unique countertop, even the most what we would call the 180 00:10:48.519 --> 00:10:51.159 most typical. Like I've seen that one hundred times before. 181 00:10:51.480 --> 00:10:54.600 You haven't, really, Nope, you really haven't. You know. It's 182 00:10:54.679 --> 00:10:57.879 kind of like the old saying, no person steps in 183 00:10:57.919 --> 00:11:01.480 the same river twice, right. I mean the granite, the 184 00:11:01.559 --> 00:11:05.039 chunk of granite, the block of granite that was quarried 185 00:11:06.120 --> 00:11:13.200 out of the mountainside was then sliced up into three 186 00:11:13.320 --> 00:11:16.600 quarter to seven eighths of an inch thick pieces, like 187 00:11:16.679 --> 00:11:19.759 slices in a loaf of bread. And your slice, just 188 00:11:19.840 --> 00:11:21.799 like any slice of a loaf of bread, even though 189 00:11:21.840 --> 00:11:24.559 it might look like the others, it's not. The bubbles 190 00:11:24.559 --> 00:11:27.080 are in a different place. The texture is a little different, 191 00:11:27.480 --> 00:11:31.480 and that's the same with your granite. So the idea 192 00:11:31.720 --> 00:11:37.279 of cutting out a section and patching in a new 193 00:11:37.320 --> 00:11:41.679 piece of granite, that only works if for some reason, 194 00:11:41.799 --> 00:11:44.120 and I've yet to see this be the case in 195 00:11:44.159 --> 00:11:48.360 my opinion. But if for some reason, a totally different 196 00:11:48.600 --> 00:11:52.440 kind of granite, a different color, a different shade somehow 197 00:11:53.080 --> 00:11:57.480 works with the countertop, it's incredibly difficult to do, and 198 00:11:57.559 --> 00:12:00.799 to do it well with the countertop in place, And 199 00:12:00.960 --> 00:12:04.639 so it's not likely that we're going to be able 200 00:12:04.679 --> 00:12:09.759 to cut out that piece and patch in because it 201 00:12:09.879 --> 00:12:12.639 is just very, very unique. The graining is not going 202 00:12:12.720 --> 00:12:16.519 to match, and the fix will be more obvious even 203 00:12:16.679 --> 00:12:19.279 than the crack, if you can imagine that. But but 204 00:12:19.279 --> 00:12:22.279 but here is the good news. If there is some 205 00:12:22.360 --> 00:12:26.120 good news. The good news is and you need to 206 00:12:26.480 --> 00:12:29.519 You'll need to do this. This will be due diligence 207 00:12:29.600 --> 00:12:32.200 on your part. There are, and do you live here 208 00:12:32.200 --> 00:12:37.120 in southern California, by the way, yes, okay, there are 209 00:12:37.159 --> 00:12:42.960 here in southern California, some very very talented granite and 210 00:12:43.240 --> 00:12:49.840 natural stone repair services companies. The best way, the least 211 00:12:49.919 --> 00:12:54.360 expensive way, the most hopeful way to save that countertop 212 00:12:54.919 --> 00:13:01.080 is to have the crack filled with epoxy. Okay, epoxy 213 00:13:01.279 --> 00:13:04.919 that color matches the granite around it, And those who 214 00:13:04.960 --> 00:13:09.480 are exceptionally good at doing this cannot only fill the 215 00:13:09.519 --> 00:13:13.279 crack with epoxy. And yes, when the epoxy dries and 216 00:13:13.399 --> 00:13:16.039 is all finished up, it will in fact be stronger 217 00:13:16.519 --> 00:13:19.480 than the granite around it. Okay, so it's a real fix. 218 00:13:19.799 --> 00:13:22.159 As far as the structure of the stone is concerned, 219 00:13:22.159 --> 00:13:26.480 it's a real fix. But the thing is, epoxy is 220 00:13:26.519 --> 00:13:28.600 not going to look exactly like the granite. But there 221 00:13:28.639 --> 00:13:32.559 are some that I would say go beyond the area 222 00:13:32.679 --> 00:13:36.600 of craftsmen, even into the zone of artisans who can 223 00:13:36.879 --> 00:13:41.080 color match and dabble the epoxy in such a way. 224 00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:47.559 I have seen some epoxy granite repairs that are exceptionally 225 00:13:47.639 --> 00:13:53.000 difficult to actually notice, because not only have they filled 226 00:13:53.039 --> 00:13:59.360 the epoxy well and polished it to a nice shine 227 00:13:59.399 --> 00:14:01.639 which is equivalent to the granite arand it, which by 228 00:14:01.679 --> 00:14:06.559 the way, is difficult to do, but they've also matched 229 00:14:06.600 --> 00:14:09.919 the color matrix of the granite itself, which of course 230 00:14:10.000 --> 00:14:13.960 is speckled on some level. They've done that very artistically, 231 00:14:14.120 --> 00:14:19.200 and it has made the crack virtually go away. Now, 232 00:14:19.279 --> 00:14:24.120 can any fix in a granite countertop just completely go away? 233 00:14:24.519 --> 00:14:29.320 The answer is no. But the alternative. The alternative is 234 00:14:29.399 --> 00:14:32.320 really pulling the piece of granite and replacing it, and 235 00:14:32.360 --> 00:14:36.080 that means replacing your whole countertop, and that's something I'm 236 00:14:36.120 --> 00:14:39.279 sure you're probably not thinking. Oh yeah, I've got the 237 00:14:39.279 --> 00:14:45.559 budget for that. So a granite countertop repair services. Look 238 00:14:45.600 --> 00:14:47.720 them up for your area. They're all over the place 239 00:14:47.759 --> 00:14:50.559 in southern California. Look them up for your area, and 240 00:14:50.679 --> 00:14:55.559 then my friend interview and get a sense and look 241 00:14:55.600 --> 00:14:59.080 at the work that they've done, look at pictures and 242 00:14:59.159 --> 00:15:02.559 examples of work that they will that they've done. You will, 243 00:15:02.679 --> 00:15:06.519 i'm guessing, be able to find if you look hard enough. Okay, 244 00:15:06.679 --> 00:15:09.159 and there's no rush, so just take your time and 245 00:15:09.200 --> 00:15:12.240 look hard enough, you will be able to find somebody 246 00:15:12.639 --> 00:15:18.960 with the artistic capacity to speckle in and blend in 247 00:15:19.000 --> 00:15:22.399 the epoxy metric. Because it's a large crack in terms 248 00:15:22.440 --> 00:15:25.799 of granite countertops, so it's going to take some skill. That, 249 00:15:26.279 --> 00:15:28.799 in my opinion, is your best hope for repairing that 250 00:15:28.879 --> 00:15:31.600 counter Don't patch in a new piece. Don't try to 251 00:15:31.639 --> 00:15:34.200 patch in a new piece. It's going to be expensive. 252 00:15:34.320 --> 00:15:37.600 You're not gonna like the results. It's either that or 253 00:15:37.919 --> 00:15:39.000 replace the countertop. 254 00:15:40.879 --> 00:15:43.960 All right, thank you very much. I didn't know about that. 255 00:15:45.039 --> 00:15:48.519 Yes, look around, get online, look for them in your area. 256 00:15:48.759 --> 00:15:52.080 And and you know, I'm confident that you're going to 257 00:15:52.159 --> 00:15:55.440 find a countertop prepare service. The question is, I just 258 00:15:55.519 --> 00:15:59.279 want you to keep looking, keep interviewing, ask for photos 259 00:16:00.360 --> 00:16:03.879 of work that they've done, and you'll see You'll be like, Wow, 260 00:16:03.960 --> 00:16:09.399 this this this person. They've got some some artistic qualities 261 00:16:09.440 --> 00:16:11.320 behind them. I think this is the person I'm going. 262 00:16:11.320 --> 00:16:11.600 To go with. 263 00:16:11.879 --> 00:16:15.080 Yvon, thank you for your question. Good luck with that countertop. 264 00:16:15.320 --> 00:16:17.879 H I know it's so disheartening. You've got all this 265 00:16:18.039 --> 00:16:22.240 granted everywhere, and now a crack. All right, y'all when 266 00:16:22.240 --> 00:16:24.840 we come back, more of your calls. The number to 267 00:16:24.840 --> 00:16:29.679 reach me A three three to ask Dean. You're listening 268 00:16:29.720 --> 00:16:33.080 to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from KFI A 269 00:16:33.240 --> 00:16:41.720 M six forty. I am forty dreaming everywhere on the 270 00:16:41.759 --> 00:16:45.919 iHeartRadio app Right, I have an urgent, urgent announcement here. 271 00:16:46.879 --> 00:16:50.679 While we were in Santa Fe, as we were leaving, 272 00:16:51.039 --> 00:16:55.159 literally in the airport, I said to Tina, we didn't 273 00:16:55.200 --> 00:16:57.840 get a mug. We always we liked when we go 274 00:16:57.960 --> 00:17:00.799 to a place that we love, we want to remember 275 00:17:01.120 --> 00:17:04.359 we grab a coffee mug. And so I you know, 276 00:17:04.400 --> 00:17:07.039 we spent some time downtown. We could have gotten a 277 00:17:07.119 --> 00:17:09.960 mug there, but no. And we saw one in one 278 00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:14.559 of those little shops in the airport and it looked great, right, 279 00:17:14.880 --> 00:17:17.720 gold mug. And no, I can't buy a mug blind 280 00:17:17.880 --> 00:17:19.759 right because you got it's got to have the right field. 281 00:17:19.799 --> 00:17:21.519 It's got to feel right in your hand. You can't 282 00:17:21.559 --> 00:17:25.720 just you can't just you can't just do that. It 283 00:17:25.759 --> 00:17:30.200 was heavy, It is heavy holding it right now. It's 284 00:17:30.359 --> 00:17:32.880 it had the new it's a gold mug. It had 285 00:17:32.920 --> 00:17:35.400 the new Mexico flag symbol on it, which is a 286 00:17:35.440 --> 00:17:40.279 really cool uh artistic image of the sun and the 287 00:17:40.400 --> 00:17:45.200 words Land of Enchantment, which is their state slogan. Now 288 00:17:45.240 --> 00:17:51.039 the mug having been washed once says chantment, and half 289 00:17:51.079 --> 00:17:53.599 of the sun is gone. Half of it is gone. 290 00:17:53.920 --> 00:17:57.400 Check that out here, you take a pic chantment. Half 291 00:17:57.440 --> 00:18:01.279 the sun is gone. It's a decal. It wasn't even 292 00:18:01.319 --> 00:18:06.880 dishwashers safe, oh Man Airports. I swear well. I mean 293 00:18:06.880 --> 00:18:10.359 it's good. It's a good mug. The mug itself is good, 294 00:18:11.720 --> 00:18:15.039 but it was a decal. Now I have a mug 295 00:18:15.079 --> 00:18:18.559 that says chantman and the sea is almost gone. It's 296 00:18:18.599 --> 00:18:22.759 about to say hantmentt hantman Hey, Dean, how's that you 297 00:18:22.839 --> 00:18:27.279 like that hamtmant mug? Yeah? What is that pattern? No idea, 298 00:18:27.839 --> 00:18:33.559 No one knows, decal. Come on, come on, who builds? 299 00:18:33.880 --> 00:18:38.279 Who makes a not dishwasher safe coffee mug? I'm not 300 00:18:38.319 --> 00:18:41.960 gonna hand wash a coffee mug. 301 00:18:42.640 --> 00:18:43.440 Ah. 302 00:18:43.519 --> 00:18:45.559 Well, I just thought you'd you'd all need to hear that, 303 00:18:46.319 --> 00:18:49.799 just just so. If you find yourself in the Albuquerque, 304 00:18:49.839 --> 00:18:54.720 New Mexico Airport tempted to buy a New Mexico coffee mug, 305 00:18:55.599 --> 00:19:01.960 resist that temptation. Just resist. Okay, all right, fine, fine, 306 00:19:02.680 --> 00:19:06.240 all right, let's let's go back to the phones. Monica, 307 00:19:06.599 --> 00:19:09.559 Welcome home, thank. 308 00:19:09.359 --> 00:19:13.279 You, welcome, Good morning everyone. My light switch won't turn 309 00:19:13.319 --> 00:19:17.440 off the bathroom light. And it's one of these fifties 310 00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:21.000 houses and it's stuck light. 311 00:19:21.960 --> 00:19:24.920 Okay, so wait, describe that switch to me again. 312 00:19:26.079 --> 00:19:28.920 It's just the light switch. My sister called me in 313 00:19:28.960 --> 00:19:32.079 the rest bathroom and it just the light won't go out. 314 00:19:32.200 --> 00:19:35.400 It's a real bright light. Okay, what I put the 315 00:19:35.480 --> 00:19:38.319 light witch? So what do I do? Go to the circuit? 316 00:19:38.920 --> 00:19:41.240 Yeah, got to change it out, got to change it out. 317 00:19:42.319 --> 00:19:44.359 Switch is broken, change it out. 318 00:19:45.480 --> 00:19:47.519 I won't do it. But the circuit. I have to 319 00:19:47.799 --> 00:19:50.480 have an electrician probably do it right kind of thing. 320 00:19:50.960 --> 00:19:53.240 Yeah, I mean if you're not, if you don't feel 321 00:19:53.440 --> 00:19:56.519 you know, handy enough to do it. It's it's not 322 00:19:56.680 --> 00:20:01.480 something that that that is impossible for a homeowner to do, 323 00:20:01.799 --> 00:20:04.359 but you got to feel confident doing it. And first 324 00:20:04.400 --> 00:20:08.240 of all, that means making sure that the breakers are off, 325 00:20:08.319 --> 00:20:11.119 that there's no power running through the circuit, and then 326 00:20:11.160 --> 00:20:13.559 having the right screwdriver and taking off the plate and 327 00:20:13.599 --> 00:20:16.839 pulling the switch out and replacing it. It is something 328 00:20:16.920 --> 00:20:19.400 that if you felt like doing yourself and you didn't 329 00:20:19.400 --> 00:20:22.720 want to pay an electrician to do that, you could do. 330 00:20:22.960 --> 00:20:25.240 And my suggestion is always this, if you're going to 331 00:20:25.319 --> 00:20:29.440 do that, you have your phone with you so that 332 00:20:29.519 --> 00:20:31.440 you can take pictures as soon as you take the 333 00:20:31.480 --> 00:20:33.759 plate off and pull the switch out of its little 334 00:20:33.960 --> 00:20:37.680 seat there before you disconnect the wires, take a picture 335 00:20:37.799 --> 00:20:41.039 of the existing switch, where the wire's connected, which wire 336 00:20:41.160 --> 00:20:44.599 is on which side doing what, and then you've got 337 00:20:44.680 --> 00:20:46.839 that as a reference to put the wires back on 338 00:20:46.920 --> 00:20:50.359 the new switch. But that's only if you feel confident 339 00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:53.119 doing that kind of a thing. If you don't, don't 340 00:20:53.160 --> 00:20:56.240 mess with the electrical just have somebody do it. And 341 00:20:56.240 --> 00:20:58.599 by the way, you could call an electrician. You could 342 00:20:58.640 --> 00:21:02.960 call a handy person, uh to do it, a handyman's service. Uh, 343 00:21:03.119 --> 00:21:04.960 it doesn't, it's not. It doesn't have to be a 344 00:21:05.000 --> 00:21:08.559 licensed electrician to help you change out a switch. And uh. 345 00:21:08.599 --> 00:21:11.079 And if possible, you know, call a family member and say, hey, 346 00:21:11.160 --> 00:21:12.759 are you any good at this? Could you do this? 347 00:21:12.920 --> 00:21:16.000 Because electrician is going to call charge you. You know, 348 00:21:16.160 --> 00:21:19.680 I'm guessing one hundred plus bucks to do it, and 349 00:21:19.880 --> 00:21:22.200 you know it's Angie. 350 00:21:22.240 --> 00:21:24.119 Is there any of that? Can I ask you another 351 00:21:24.200 --> 00:21:28.119 real quick question. It's about the law the ceiling. It's 352 00:21:28.160 --> 00:21:31.079 it looks We talked before. You said it's it's a 353 00:21:31.160 --> 00:21:33.000 bad paint job. But I'm just wondering, how do you 354 00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:34.759 know if it's a bad paint job, because it's like 355 00:21:35.119 --> 00:21:38.079 it's the paint is kind of coming off, you know, 356 00:21:38.200 --> 00:21:41.119 the paint frish layer. I do you know it's not 357 00:21:41.160 --> 00:21:43.440 a bad paint. How do you know it's not like 358 00:21:43.640 --> 00:21:46.799 something on top of the roof that created you know, 359 00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:50.559 is leaking now and I have to deal with you 360 00:21:50.599 --> 00:21:52.279 know what I'm saying in the roof instead of just 361 00:21:53.119 --> 00:21:55.480 ceiling with a new paint, but you got. 362 00:21:55.799 --> 00:21:58.880 Got you got you. So, so the normal way of 363 00:21:58.960 --> 00:22:02.519 telling in a bath room, whether it is just paint 364 00:22:02.559 --> 00:22:06.880 peeling because of steam and moisture, or oh no, that's 365 00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:07.559 this is in the. 366 00:22:07.519 --> 00:22:11.799 Living room and we haven't skylight. This one's in the 367 00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:12.279 living room. 368 00:22:12.319 --> 00:22:16.119 Yeah, oh okay, so so well, the same the same 369 00:22:16.160 --> 00:22:18.599 rule is gonna apply. All right. So let's say paints 370 00:22:18.640 --> 00:22:23.319 peeling somewhere or bubbling or something like that. Here's what 371 00:22:23.359 --> 00:22:25.519 we want to find out. We got to get our 372 00:22:25.559 --> 00:22:28.799 hands on it. Okay, we gotta if if we've touched 373 00:22:28.839 --> 00:22:32.720 the ceiling and we notice that the dry wall itself, 374 00:22:32.839 --> 00:22:36.160 you know what, I'm just gonna I'm gonna here's the thing, Monica, 375 00:22:36.559 --> 00:22:38.599 we're running late to a break. I'm gonna put you 376 00:22:38.680 --> 00:22:40.359 on hold because I want to explain this in a 377 00:22:40.359 --> 00:22:43.279 little bit more detail. So you hang tight and uh, 378 00:22:43.400 --> 00:22:47.119 I'm gonna finish. Uh in Monica's question, Hey, if PI 379 00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:52.160 deem charped the house, whisper, welcome home. Thanks for joining 380 00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:54.880 us on the program this morning. We're taking calls today, 381 00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:57.720 as we do on Saturday mornings. The number to reach 382 00:22:57.799 --> 00:23:01.880 me eight three three two Ask Dean eight three three. 383 00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:07.799 The numeral two. Ask Dean who puts a decal on 384 00:23:07.880 --> 00:23:11.279 a coffee mug. That's all I'm saying. No, this is done. 385 00:23:11.359 --> 00:23:13.920 This is under my skin a little bit. I was 386 00:23:13.960 --> 00:23:17.880 at the Albuquerque airport and I know you're saying, well, Dean, 387 00:23:18.119 --> 00:23:20.920 why'd you buy a coffee mug at the airport because 388 00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:25.279 we were on our way out and we thought we 389 00:23:25.359 --> 00:23:27.640 hadn't gotten a mug, and I thought I found. I mean, 390 00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:29.680 it's a really good mug. It's a nice mug. I'm 391 00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:31.279 not I'm not going to put the mug away. I'm 392 00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:34.039 not going to get rid of the mug because it's 393 00:23:34.119 --> 00:23:37.880 just one of those classic, great heavy mug shapes. But 394 00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:43.680 the sun symbol on it, the New Mexico flag symbol, 395 00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:47.440 and the words Land of Enchantment gone, I mean half 396 00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:50.079 of them are gone. They're decals. 397 00:23:50.759 --> 00:23:50.799 Ugh. 398 00:23:54.279 --> 00:23:57.359 Yeah, it's under my skin a little bit. Yeah, that's 399 00:23:57.400 --> 00:23:59.319 not how my that's not how our trip went. It 400 00:23:59.359 --> 00:24:03.640 wasn't income complete like this. It's not right, it's not right. 401 00:24:04.599 --> 00:24:07.920