WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.520 --> 00:00:03.919 KF I am six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp, 2 00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:19.519 the House Whisper on demand. 3 00:00:12.400 --> 00:00:17.359 Like dreaming an eight D everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Hey, 4 00:00:17.480 --> 00:00:22.079 welcome home. I'm Dean Sharp, the house Whisperer. I design 5 00:00:22.120 --> 00:00:25.879 custom homes, I build custom homes, and here on the weekends, 6 00:00:26.160 --> 00:00:29.559 I am your guide to better understanding that place where 7 00:00:29.600 --> 00:00:33.960 you live. It is Saturday morning, and as is our 8 00:00:34.039 --> 00:00:37.399 custom today on the show. Your calls. You're the star 9 00:00:37.719 --> 00:00:41.600 of today's show. You get to set the agenda. Anything 10 00:00:41.840 --> 00:00:45.000 that is going on with your home, anything that's got 11 00:00:45.000 --> 00:00:48.200 you scratching your head about your home, whether it is 12 00:00:48.520 --> 00:00:56.240 a construction issue, a DIY question, a architecture or design question. Yes, please, 13 00:00:56.759 --> 00:01:00.880 And of course we do that by taking your calls 14 00:01:00.880 --> 00:01:03.479 and the number to reach me eight three three two. 15 00:01:04.040 --> 00:01:09.040 Ask Dean eight three three, The numeral two peep, ask 16 00:01:09.359 --> 00:01:14.000 Dean eight three three to ask Dean is the number 17 00:01:14.040 --> 00:01:16.159 to call. Just see it just rolls off the tongue 18 00:01:16.239 --> 00:01:19.640 eight three three to ask Dean. It's that simple. You 19 00:01:19.760 --> 00:01:23.000 set the agenda for today. Uh, these these phone lines 20 00:01:23.079 --> 00:01:26.359 are open and we have room for you. Saturday mornings 21 00:01:26.359 --> 00:01:28.359 are just you know, for those of you who are 22 00:01:28.439 --> 00:01:31.200 up and about and around and thinking about these things. 23 00:01:31.239 --> 00:01:34.359 Maybe you're thinking about the weekend. Maybe you're thinking about, uh, 24 00:01:34.400 --> 00:01:36.840 what do I gotta get done to this place? 25 00:01:37.599 --> 00:01:37.760 Uh? 26 00:01:37.920 --> 00:01:40.439 Now is the perfect time to give us a call. 27 00:01:40.519 --> 00:01:43.599 Traffic is always light, as you know, at this time 28 00:01:43.799 --> 00:01:46.599 of the day, so it is uh and if you're 29 00:01:46.680 --> 00:01:49.159 if you're not in California, then you know the morning's 30 00:01:49.159 --> 00:01:51.799 already reving up. And so give us a call from 31 00:01:51.840 --> 00:01:55.760 wherever you are across this great nation of ours. Let 32 00:01:55.799 --> 00:01:59.560 me introduce our awesome team to you. Sam is on 33 00:01:59.599 --> 00:01:59.959 the bad. 34 00:02:01.480 --> 00:02:05.319 Good morning. There he is wrangling, are not so live 35 00:02:05.400 --> 00:02:10.360 studio audience? Good morning, Sam? How's your weeks? Everything? 36 00:02:12.280 --> 00:02:14.599 You got a laser guy in here today? Yeah, I'm 37 00:02:14.680 --> 00:02:17.879 dodging shots here. You gotta get that guy with the laser. 38 00:02:17.919 --> 00:02:20.000 He hasn't been around for a while and now he's 39 00:02:20.000 --> 00:02:22.319 snuck back in. We got to get him under control. 40 00:02:22.840 --> 00:02:25.840 Call security on him. How are you feeling this morning? 41 00:02:25.840 --> 00:02:29.919 Sam? Good, I'm feeling bubbly today. This is good. You're 42 00:02:29.960 --> 00:02:33.240 feeling bubbly. Yeah, I've got some fun stuff coming up. 43 00:02:33.319 --> 00:02:36.039 My nephew graduated high school, so we're going to go 44 00:02:36.080 --> 00:02:38.000 and have a party for him, and my kids are 45 00:02:38.039 --> 00:02:39.800 out of town, so I got nothing but free time. 46 00:02:40.319 --> 00:02:42.240 No, well, there you go, there you go. I was 47 00:02:42.280 --> 00:02:46.280 at my niece's middle school promotion yesterday. 48 00:02:46.560 --> 00:02:48.800 Classic. It was classic. It was just great. 49 00:02:49.120 --> 00:02:51.199 Middle of the day, got a little warm out there 50 00:02:51.240 --> 00:02:53.319 sitting in the sun on the field. But you know what, 51 00:02:53.719 --> 00:02:55.560 they pulled it off. They did not take too long 52 00:02:55.639 --> 00:02:58.080 to do it, So I'm gotta give them. I'm going 53 00:02:58.159 --> 00:03:02.000 to give them major props at Redwood Elementary School in 54 00:03:02.080 --> 00:03:06.520 Thousand Oaks for pulling off a two hundred and something 55 00:03:06.879 --> 00:03:12.080 kid promotion in one hour one hour tops. That was 56 00:03:12.120 --> 00:03:18.400 including speeches and h and a very interesting rendition of well. 57 00:03:18.439 --> 00:03:20.240 I forget what song it is that they did with 58 00:03:20.360 --> 00:03:24.360 the band or the quartet or something, but there's nothing 59 00:03:24.439 --> 00:03:29.960 quite like a middle school band. Tina, of course was 60 00:03:31.639 --> 00:03:35.479 you know, you think Tina is just absolutely sweet and kind. 61 00:03:35.599 --> 00:03:39.919 She was sitting here, you know exactly what I'm talking about. 62 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:44.599 You were criticizing them from the minute they started. You're like, whoa, whoa. 63 00:03:45.439 --> 00:03:49.280 I'm like, babe, it's a middle school band. What did 64 00:03:49.280 --> 00:03:52.439 you think they were gonna you pay for a frontline band? 65 00:03:52.719 --> 00:03:56.520 You know, no middle school band? Yes, of course, there's 66 00:03:56.560 --> 00:04:00.719 the occasional flat note. Somebody on the viol just didn't 67 00:04:00.759 --> 00:04:04.240 get it quite right. The horns coming in the tuba 68 00:04:04.280 --> 00:04:08.039 player was fun. The tuba was great. The tuba came. 69 00:04:08.639 --> 00:04:11.680 You're on what you got to step up to your microphone? 70 00:04:11.759 --> 00:04:13.919 I have not on at least by Oh there we go. 71 00:04:14.039 --> 00:04:21.319 Oh see, okay, all right O good now anyway, so, 72 00:04:21.600 --> 00:04:24.360 uh yeah, I feel you, Sam. It was It was 73 00:04:24.399 --> 00:04:25.600 a great time yesterday. 74 00:04:25.920 --> 00:04:28.519 Uh guess who we've got screening call? Stay well, she's 75 00:04:28.519 --> 00:04:32.199 actually busy screening a call right now. Producer Michelle Cube 76 00:04:32.240 --> 00:04:35.839 is with us. She's not near a mic. She's doing 77 00:04:35.879 --> 00:04:39.199 her job. She's taking calls. By the way, Michelle's taking calls. 78 00:04:39.240 --> 00:04:41.920 You want to talk to Michelle Cube first before me 79 00:04:42.519 --> 00:04:44.240 or just her instead of me? 80 00:04:44.560 --> 00:04:44.920 Fine? 81 00:04:45.360 --> 00:04:48.879 Eight three three two, ask Dean eight three to three 82 00:04:48.920 --> 00:04:51.839 the numeral two, Ask Dean. Those are the calls, Those 83 00:04:51.879 --> 00:04:56.399 are the numbers to call? Uh my buddy. Eileen Gonzalez 84 00:04:56.439 --> 00:04:58.519 at the news desk, Good morning, Eileen. 85 00:04:58.560 --> 00:05:02.000 Good morning, Dean. How's it go in? Good? How are you? 86 00:05:02.240 --> 00:05:04.519 What's going on? Oh? Not a lot? 87 00:05:04.639 --> 00:05:06.240 You know, it's kind of funny when you were mentioning 88 00:05:06.279 --> 00:05:09.240 the middle school bands that reminded me of being in 89 00:05:09.279 --> 00:05:12.439 middle school, and it was one of the most horrible 90 00:05:12.439 --> 00:05:16.480 experiences ever, wasn't the salt on my ears? 91 00:05:16.839 --> 00:05:18.480 Oh? Oh oh yeah music? 92 00:05:18.639 --> 00:05:23.120 Right, Yeah, there's pure potential there. But yeah, that was brutal. 93 00:05:24.120 --> 00:05:26.199 I don't know, it just is. It's it. 94 00:05:26.279 --> 00:05:29.759 Well, you know, but would you expect it any other way? 95 00:05:29.920 --> 00:05:31.959 I mean you would you? I mean I think I 96 00:05:31.959 --> 00:05:34.879 would be a little disappointed if we if we were 97 00:05:34.920 --> 00:05:39.040 sitting there yesterday and and the the middle school band 98 00:05:39.959 --> 00:05:41.480 just knocked it out of the park. 99 00:05:41.600 --> 00:05:44.879 I think, just like, whoa, well that that what happened 100 00:05:45.000 --> 00:05:48.879 that young lady did though her song, I know, but I'm. 101 00:05:48.720 --> 00:05:51.399 Talking about the band. I expect the band to sound 102 00:05:51.399 --> 00:05:54.480 a little squeaky, a little loft, coming late, come in 103 00:05:54.480 --> 00:05:59.120 a little early. It's see, that's what you said. You 104 00:05:59.199 --> 00:06:01.279 looked at me and you're like, like, ugh, they have 105 00:06:01.480 --> 00:06:05.920 one job. No they don't. Well, they're middle schoolers, they 106 00:06:05.920 --> 00:06:09.759 have they have a thousand jobs. There's a thousand things 107 00:06:09.759 --> 00:06:11.920 they're doing and the last thing in the world that 108 00:06:11.959 --> 00:06:13.040 they're concerned about. 109 00:06:13.160 --> 00:06:15.480 I'm sure they had to practice a lot though, because 110 00:06:15.480 --> 00:06:16.560 they knew they were doing that. 111 00:06:16.920 --> 00:06:19.800 Yeah, but they're middle schoolers. 112 00:06:20.680 --> 00:06:22.959 So was that young lady who sang that beautiful song 113 00:06:23.120 --> 00:06:24.439 I think from Anna. 114 00:06:24.720 --> 00:06:30.199 Yeah she's got a nice voice. Yeah that's different, is it? 115 00:06:30.199 --> 00:06:33.519 It is different? She just has only let the talented 116 00:06:33.600 --> 00:06:34.160 kids do it. 117 00:06:37.480 --> 00:06:40.680 That's the harsh that's the harsh line of middle school. 118 00:06:40.839 --> 00:06:42.319 That's what you're starting to learn though. 119 00:06:42.360 --> 00:06:44.480 In middle school, right, you're starting to be like, oh 120 00:06:44.519 --> 00:06:46.759 my gosh, if I you know, if I don't make 121 00:06:46.800 --> 00:06:49.000 the grade, they're gonna cut me from the team. In 122 00:06:49.079 --> 00:06:53.399 elementary school, you just get participation trophies for everything. But 123 00:06:53.519 --> 00:06:58.120 in middle school, it starts happening. Life starts showing up. 124 00:06:59.079 --> 00:07:04.160 It gets real. And these eighth graders, they were graduating 125 00:07:04.759 --> 00:07:09.079 and they're they're top They've been top dog right after 126 00:07:09.120 --> 00:07:12.480 a three year journey. And now now now look at 127 00:07:12.480 --> 00:07:16.079 what they're gonna be. They're gonna be scrubs in high school. 128 00:07:16.160 --> 00:07:16.639 Next year. 129 00:07:16.800 --> 00:07:18.959 You're gonna be on low men on the totem pole. 130 00:07:19.360 --> 00:07:22.120 That's all I'm saying. All right, I should move on 131 00:07:22.199 --> 00:07:24.439 from this because it's probably time to start the show. 132 00:07:24.560 --> 00:07:27.839 Right sitting across the table from me, my better half, 133 00:07:28.639 --> 00:07:34.920 middle school music critic Tina, you're here, Welcome home, my 134 00:07:35.079 --> 00:07:37.240 also my best friend in all the world, but she's 135 00:07:37.360 --> 00:07:39.079 very harsh on middle school music. 136 00:07:39.360 --> 00:07:43.680 Well, and congratulations save those middle schoolers who eliminated yesterday. 137 00:07:43.920 --> 00:07:45.680 That's a big deal. It is a big deal. 138 00:07:45.759 --> 00:07:47.560 And I know, I also know in the back of 139 00:07:47.600 --> 00:07:50.120 your mind you're thinking, thank god, get into music class 140 00:07:50.120 --> 00:07:51.959 in high school and work hards. 141 00:07:52.319 --> 00:07:54.639 It's true, meaning me, very cruelly. 142 00:07:54.879 --> 00:07:58.720 No, it was just a thing. All right, it's true. 143 00:07:58.720 --> 00:08:03.120 All right, y'all. When we come back, let's start taking calls. 144 00:08:03.160 --> 00:08:06.240 It's an all call Saturday morning, eight three three two. 145 00:08:06.519 --> 00:08:09.319 Ask Dean. Is the number to reach me? Eight three 146 00:08:09.399 --> 00:08:12.920 three two, ask Dean. I see what you're doing there, 147 00:08:13.000 --> 00:08:17.920 dam I see it. If only, if only that middle 148 00:08:17.920 --> 00:08:22.040 school band sounded like that. That is a legitimate high 149 00:08:22.079 --> 00:08:24.439 school band playing there, or college band? 150 00:08:24.560 --> 00:08:26.360 What was it? What were you playing there? 151 00:08:26.439 --> 00:08:30.399 That's middle school, Bristol School, seventh and eighth graders, and 152 00:08:30.439 --> 00:08:31.279 they are precise. 153 00:08:31.920 --> 00:08:34.840 No way, what do. 154 00:08:34.759 --> 00:08:38.519 You mean you feel vindicated? That's an exceptional that's like 155 00:08:38.679 --> 00:08:46.279 one in a million. They got their own album. 156 00:08:43.480 --> 00:08:48.440 Just saying it's possible. They had one job and they 157 00:08:48.559 --> 00:08:49.080 nailed it. 158 00:08:49.320 --> 00:08:54.639 You see this, Oh my goodness, you did not vindigate yourself. 159 00:08:54.799 --> 00:08:59.720 You just dug a deeper hole. It's middle school, all right. 160 00:09:00.120 --> 00:09:02.960 Dean Sharp the house whisper here with my music critic 161 00:09:03.200 --> 00:09:06.960 Tina uh. Whether your home is a condo, a cottage, 162 00:09:07.080 --> 00:09:08.960 or a castle, we're here to help you take it 163 00:09:09.000 --> 00:09:11.600 to the next level. We're taking calls this morning. The 164 00:09:11.679 --> 00:09:14.559 number to reach me eight three to three two. Ask 165 00:09:14.759 --> 00:09:18.399 Dean eight three three the numeral two ask Dean. Let's 166 00:09:18.480 --> 00:09:21.799 go to the phones. I want to talk to Barbara. Hey, Barbara, 167 00:09:21.840 --> 00:09:22.440 welcome home. 168 00:09:23.960 --> 00:09:26.320 Mike, good morning, Thank you so much for taking my call. 169 00:09:27.399 --> 00:09:29.720 I've had I have the beach house really close to 170 00:09:29.759 --> 00:09:32.559 the ocean, obviously, and it's very moist down here. We 171 00:09:32.639 --> 00:09:35.440 have a lot of sand ander, you know, in the 172 00:09:35.440 --> 00:09:39.960 soil around the house, and efflorescence has always been something 173 00:09:39.960 --> 00:09:42.399 that's under the house. I have a part of the 174 00:09:42.440 --> 00:09:45.200 house is the main house is above ground, and then 175 00:09:45.840 --> 00:09:50.200 I have a casita that's that's on a slab along 176 00:09:50.200 --> 00:09:53.320 with the garage, so that's not an issue. But it's 177 00:09:53.440 --> 00:09:57.120 in the main house. And we've worked for efflores since 178 00:09:57.679 --> 00:09:59.799 about four years ago. Got rid of it on my 179 00:10:00.120 --> 00:10:04.440 termite guy had tinted, but it came back and then 180 00:10:04.480 --> 00:10:08.080 he goes, We'll just throw the oxy clean powder underneath 181 00:10:08.960 --> 00:10:11.600 and just like chicken feed, just kind of throw it. 182 00:10:12.120 --> 00:10:14.879 And it took care of it for about four years, 183 00:10:15.360 --> 00:10:18.639 and now it's back with a freaking vengeance. I mean, 184 00:10:18.720 --> 00:10:22.000 it was like snow under my house, but it's not 185 00:10:22.039 --> 00:10:25.360 on the concrete. It's just on the dirt. And so 186 00:10:25.639 --> 00:10:28.679 I started thinking, Okay, well, it's coming from moisture from somewhere. 187 00:10:28.720 --> 00:10:33.360 It's coming from the outside. So when we renovated this 188 00:10:33.480 --> 00:10:37.720 house four and a half years ago, outside too, we 189 00:10:37.720 --> 00:10:41.440 were a very complicated backyard, but we did add some 190 00:10:41.600 --> 00:10:44.840 dirt with some sand, but I think the combination has 191 00:10:44.919 --> 00:10:47.879 more sand with dirt. And as I'm pulling away just 192 00:10:48.080 --> 00:10:51.000 looking to see what's against the house, it's moist it's wet. 193 00:10:51.399 --> 00:10:54.600 So the effluorescence is coming from I think maybe what 194 00:10:54.679 --> 00:10:58.519 we did outside. I'm not sure, but that could be possible. 195 00:10:58.600 --> 00:11:01.919 And when it rains here we have rain coming from 196 00:11:01.960 --> 00:11:03.879 like the norse hitting the backside of the house. Is 197 00:11:03.960 --> 00:11:06.039 only in the backside of the house. The front part 198 00:11:06.080 --> 00:11:08.399 of the house is okay, So when you look under 199 00:11:08.440 --> 00:11:10.720 the house where the front part of the house is, 200 00:11:10.759 --> 00:11:13.159 there's no affluorescence. It's all in the back side of 201 00:11:13.200 --> 00:11:16.120 the house here, but there's a lot of snow under there. 202 00:11:16.320 --> 00:11:20.240 My question is, can I maybe remove some of the 203 00:11:20.279 --> 00:11:22.399 dirt with it that on there? Do you think that 204 00:11:22.399 --> 00:11:26.480 that would help raking it? He said, no, don't touch it, 205 00:11:26.600 --> 00:11:30.600 let it go. But it's like snow. It's white and 206 00:11:30.639 --> 00:11:33.600 it's everywhere. It's not on the concrete or the wood yet. 207 00:11:33.840 --> 00:11:37.279 But four years ago, if I looked up, I could 208 00:11:37.320 --> 00:11:40.679 see the under part of my sub floors and it 209 00:11:40.759 --> 00:11:44.840 was whitey down the wood and on the concrete. I 210 00:11:44.879 --> 00:11:47.200 have a cripple wall that's been you know, reinforced, and 211 00:11:47.399 --> 00:11:49.759 it's all of it at cripple wall it was, you know. 212 00:11:49.879 --> 00:11:52.240 So it's an old house, fifty five plus years old. 213 00:11:52.320 --> 00:11:57.039 It's home, miss, but I wanted your expertise. I'm almost 214 00:11:57.120 --> 00:11:59.240 tempted just to remove the dirt under the house. I 215 00:11:59.240 --> 00:12:02.679 don't know what else to do. It's crazy. So that's 216 00:12:02.679 --> 00:12:03.279 why I'm calling. 217 00:12:04.080 --> 00:12:07.559 All right, Well, that's a really kind of a unique situation, Barbara. 218 00:12:08.480 --> 00:12:09.600 It totally is. 219 00:12:09.759 --> 00:12:19.240 I know it is a unique situation. Here's the thing. Efflorescence. 220 00:12:19.440 --> 00:12:21.440 By the way, just to catch everybody up, because you 221 00:12:21.440 --> 00:12:23.000 and I I don't want you and I just to 222 00:12:23.000 --> 00:12:25.679 have this private little conversation. People are like, what the 223 00:12:25.720 --> 00:12:31.759 heck is that fluorescence? Efflorescence is a fancy name for 224 00:12:32.399 --> 00:12:37.000 mineral deposits that are left behind by moisture. Now, most 225 00:12:37.080 --> 00:12:40.120 of the time, most of the time, when I get 226 00:12:40.159 --> 00:12:43.960 a call about efflorescence, it's because somebody thinks they're concrete 227 00:12:44.039 --> 00:12:48.519 stem wall or their their foundation is dissolving. It's coming 228 00:12:48.559 --> 00:12:52.039 apart because we get all this white stuff on the surface. 229 00:12:52.440 --> 00:12:54.600 So it's got to be what's leeching out of my 230 00:12:54.720 --> 00:12:58.279 concrete or why is my concrete dissolving? And it's not that. 231 00:12:58.399 --> 00:13:01.159 It's not that at all. What it is is just 232 00:13:01.279 --> 00:13:06.320 water moving through cement most of the time, and most 233 00:13:06.360 --> 00:13:09.200 people find it like on the surface of their garage, 234 00:13:09.279 --> 00:13:11.799 their interior garage, little stem walls. 235 00:13:12.080 --> 00:13:12.639 And. 236 00:13:14.440 --> 00:13:17.399 Water moves to the surface because concrete is porous, and 237 00:13:17.440 --> 00:13:21.720 then it evaporates. But water has mineral content and its 238 00:13:21.840 --> 00:13:27.639 salts and other minerals, and as water evaporates, think about 239 00:13:27.679 --> 00:13:31.080 places like Mono Lake or any place where you've seen 240 00:13:31.960 --> 00:13:35.440 a lot of evaporative water. It leaves salt behind, the 241 00:13:35.440 --> 00:13:39.240 Great Salt Flats. It's all the same. It's water that 242 00:13:39.360 --> 00:13:44.679 has appeared, evaporated and left its mineral content behind, and 243 00:13:44.720 --> 00:13:49.679 that's really all it is. It's not attractive for people 244 00:13:49.679 --> 00:13:53.720 to find inside like their house or on the garage walls, 245 00:13:54.159 --> 00:13:58.879 but it's not particularly a danger to anyone or anything 246 00:13:59.639 --> 00:14:04.080 because it's just mineral content left behind. Now that's normally 247 00:14:04.120 --> 00:14:09.240 the case when we hear about people experiencing efflorescence in 248 00:14:09.320 --> 00:14:10.879 their home and they want to know how can I 249 00:14:10.919 --> 00:14:13.440 clean it off the concrete and so on. You've got 250 00:14:13.440 --> 00:14:16.519 it on your soil in the subfloor and the crawl 251 00:14:16.519 --> 00:14:21.960 space of your house, maybe because your unique little microclimate 252 00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:24.919 where you live there by the beach. But there's a 253 00:14:24.919 --> 00:14:28.080 lot of salt in the air. Okay, there's a lot 254 00:14:28.080 --> 00:14:31.080 of salt in the air, and if it has a chance, 255 00:14:31.240 --> 00:14:33.720 if that moist salt air has a chance to kind 256 00:14:33.720 --> 00:14:37.559 of settle on soil in a place where it doesn't 257 00:14:37.600 --> 00:14:42.559 flash off too quickly, then it's leaving some deposits behind. 258 00:14:42.679 --> 00:14:45.960 And so that's why it looks like snow underneath the house. 259 00:14:47.279 --> 00:14:50.799 So here's the thing. I'm not sure I'm worried about it. 260 00:14:51.000 --> 00:14:57.159 I mean, it's not mildew, it's not mold, it's mineral deposits, 261 00:14:57.440 --> 00:15:00.799 and so yeah, it has a funky look to it. 262 00:15:01.399 --> 00:15:04.399 But mineral deposits, they don't threaten the house. They don't 263 00:15:04.440 --> 00:15:07.600 threaten the soil, they don't threaten the wood, they don't 264 00:15:07.679 --> 00:15:09.919 threaten anything in particular. 265 00:15:10.039 --> 00:15:11.600 They're just weird looking. 266 00:15:12.879 --> 00:15:16.279 Can I say we did we did start developing those 267 00:15:16.399 --> 00:15:20.759 they look like I'm going to just be very trying 268 00:15:20.799 --> 00:15:25.360 to explain this. We also have just developed, probably in 269 00:15:25.360 --> 00:15:28.440 the last six months. They look like avocado pits that 270 00:15:28.480 --> 00:15:31.279 are orange, but they're squishy, and it's a type of 271 00:15:31.600 --> 00:15:35.480 fungus or something outside that was up against the house. 272 00:15:35.559 --> 00:15:40.200 So I know the moisture combination sand flash dirt has 273 00:15:40.279 --> 00:15:43.360 probably a lot to do with that kind of issue. 274 00:15:44.320 --> 00:15:47.399 And I pulled those bulbs out and I disposed all 275 00:15:47.480 --> 00:15:51.320 of those and it's only in those that those things 276 00:15:51.360 --> 00:15:54.480 are only in one part where the downceto is. So 277 00:15:54.519 --> 00:15:58.039 I got an extended for the down spout. I'm trying 278 00:15:58.039 --> 00:16:01.399 to direct the water when it rains out, you know, 279 00:16:01.600 --> 00:16:04.960 into the more in the middle of the hard But 280 00:16:05.159 --> 00:16:08.000 I have a big experdure, but I don't. I'm thinking, 281 00:16:09.039 --> 00:16:11.759 I know, I know, Elisa, is he my guy the 282 00:16:11.919 --> 00:16:13.639 you know my term my guy inn said, he goes, 283 00:16:13.840 --> 00:16:15.960 don't worry, it's not going to hurt you. But we 284 00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:18.799 have that old grandma smell in the house, the old musty, 285 00:16:18.879 --> 00:16:21.559 old grandma smell. You know, it's a house. 286 00:16:21.639 --> 00:16:24.440 That's that's what I wanted to address with you. That's 287 00:16:24.519 --> 00:16:26.840 that's what I want you to do. So here's the thing, Barbara. 288 00:16:27.120 --> 00:16:28.919 I'm gonna pop you on hold because we're up against 289 00:16:28.919 --> 00:16:31.720 a break. I'm running little late here. I spent too 290 00:16:31.799 --> 00:16:33.679 much time talking about middle school bands. 291 00:16:33.840 --> 00:16:36.320 My bad. I'm the popy on hold. 292 00:16:36.840 --> 00:16:39.399 And when we come back, I want to address what 293 00:16:39.480 --> 00:16:42.080 I think is the real root problem that I want 294 00:16:42.120 --> 00:16:44.799 you to deal with. Not there effluorescence, but the reason 295 00:16:44.840 --> 00:16:49.000 why it's there. Okay, so you hang tight, and when 296 00:16:49.000 --> 00:16:51.320 we come back, I want to talk about a problem 297 00:16:51.480 --> 00:16:55.080 underneath what appears to be the annoying problem and get 298 00:16:55.120 --> 00:16:57.039 to the root of it so that we don't have 299 00:16:57.080 --> 00:17:00.480 any moisture issues causing trouble with your home. 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I was running late with the 312 00:17:37.359 --> 00:17:39.039 other segments here, so I got to make up some 313 00:17:39.119 --> 00:17:41.759 time here. But I've got Barbara on the line. Barbara 314 00:17:42.720 --> 00:17:46.920 has an efflorescence problem under her house. Lots of mineral 315 00:17:46.960 --> 00:17:51.599 deposits everywhere above normal for sure, for this one of 316 00:17:51.599 --> 00:17:57.319 the most one of the most unusual level of efflorescence 317 00:17:57.359 --> 00:18:00.680 on the soil and her subfloor and so on. So, Barbara, 318 00:18:00.680 --> 00:18:03.440 what I wanted to address with you is not so 319 00:18:03.559 --> 00:18:06.720 much the efflorescence, which is not in and of itself 320 00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:09.880 an issue having mineral deposits left behind on things, but 321 00:18:09.920 --> 00:18:13.759 the root cause, which is moisture, whether it's ground moisture 322 00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:17.000 or moisture in the air, getting trapped in the subfloor, 323 00:18:17.880 --> 00:18:21.359 the fact that it's leaving behind mineral deposits. Again, not 324 00:18:21.480 --> 00:18:25.000 the most attractive thing, but not in and of itself 325 00:18:25.160 --> 00:18:28.920 an issue the mineral deposits themselves. But you've said, like 326 00:18:28.960 --> 00:18:31.400 on the north side of the house, where you've got 327 00:18:31.599 --> 00:18:34.720 right by the rain gutter down spouts, you've started to 328 00:18:34.759 --> 00:18:39.400 get like the orange bulbs of mold and mildew. You've 329 00:18:39.440 --> 00:18:42.920 got a moist environment there. And so there's a couple 330 00:18:42.960 --> 00:18:45.200 of things that I want you to be aware of. 331 00:18:45.319 --> 00:18:48.119 Number One, I do want you guys to be extra 332 00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:52.920 careful about getting moisture away from the foundation of the house. 333 00:18:52.960 --> 00:18:56.599 And you'd already mentioned that you're extending the rain gutters 334 00:18:56.839 --> 00:19:00.559 so that they actually deposit out away from the house, 335 00:19:00.640 --> 00:19:03.519 not right down at the edge. That's a wise thing 336 00:19:03.599 --> 00:19:07.240 to do. Make sure that we're not overwatering anything, considering 337 00:19:07.279 --> 00:19:10.480 that you're in a very moist kind of beach air environment, 338 00:19:10.799 --> 00:19:14.119 especially on the north side of the house. Especially on 339 00:19:14.200 --> 00:19:16.240 the north side, because the north side of the house 340 00:19:16.960 --> 00:19:20.519 is where there's a lot more shade, because we have 341 00:19:20.720 --> 00:19:23.720 southern sun, so the south side of the house is 342 00:19:23.799 --> 00:19:28.160 getting blasted with more warmth and direct sunlight, and a 343 00:19:28.200 --> 00:19:32.279 lot of that moisture dissipates very fast. On the north side, 344 00:19:32.400 --> 00:19:38.000 it develops quicker. But my concern is primarily not about 345 00:19:38.000 --> 00:19:41.039 the perimeter of the house, but underneath, okay, because what 346 00:19:41.119 --> 00:19:44.799 can happen not from the effluorescence, but by continual buildup 347 00:19:44.880 --> 00:19:50.319 of extremely moist air in there is we can develop mold, mildew, 348 00:19:50.680 --> 00:19:55.559 musty smell that ends up crawling up through the floorboards 349 00:19:55.799 --> 00:19:59.960 the floor joists. Even excessive amounts of moisture under there 350 00:20:00.359 --> 00:20:03.319 can end up damaging the bottom of hardwood floors. We 351 00:20:03.359 --> 00:20:07.000 don't want our floorboards cupping or anything like that happening, okay, 352 00:20:07.039 --> 00:20:10.279 And it doesn't sound like that's happened yet, but it 353 00:20:10.400 --> 00:20:14.720 is something to deal with. So here is my biggest 354 00:20:14.720 --> 00:20:18.640 suggestion number in addition to keeping moisture away from the house, 355 00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:21.559 just as a general rule, it sounds like you've just 356 00:20:21.640 --> 00:20:23.200 got a lot of it in the air. And I 357 00:20:23.240 --> 00:20:26.759 don't know the condition of your subfloor vents, how many 358 00:20:26.880 --> 00:20:30.799 vents there are, how open it is, how well air 359 00:20:30.880 --> 00:20:34.440 gets to circulate down around a subfloor in older homes. 360 00:20:34.519 --> 00:20:37.960 I never expected to be great, because you know, just 361 00:20:38.119 --> 00:20:40.720 even if it was built that way really well with 362 00:20:40.799 --> 00:20:43.960 lots of venting back in the day, the fact of 363 00:20:43.960 --> 00:20:46.400 the matter is, all sorts of things have happened to 364 00:20:46.440 --> 00:20:48.519 the house. Some of those vents have been covered up, 365 00:20:48.599 --> 00:20:50.880 some of them have been painted over, and blah blah, 366 00:20:50.920 --> 00:20:54.599 you know that kind of stuff. So bottom line, bottom line, Barbara, 367 00:20:54.640 --> 00:20:56.160 And then I've got to run because I've got to 368 00:20:56.200 --> 00:20:59.079 catch up here. Here is my suggestion. I think you 369 00:20:59.119 --> 00:21:04.119 could affect this fix for about five hundred dollars. 370 00:21:04.400 --> 00:21:04.759 Okay. 371 00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:09.000 I think what you're looking for, and what I would 372 00:21:09.079 --> 00:21:13.599 recommend for you is that you guys invest in a 373 00:21:13.799 --> 00:21:21.279 subfloor crawl space dehumidifier, and they are you can find them. 374 00:21:21.319 --> 00:21:24.119 You can find them on like the home Depot website 375 00:21:24.240 --> 00:21:26.359 or lows or big box store a hard way. 376 00:21:26.359 --> 00:21:27.519 You can find them online. 377 00:21:27.920 --> 00:21:30.599 And it has to be not a dehumidifier for inside 378 00:21:30.599 --> 00:21:34.720 a house because inside house dehumidifiers they stand upright and 379 00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:38.240 they kind of look like little portable air conditioners. But 380 00:21:38.319 --> 00:21:42.400 your crawl space is not that tall. Okay, So this 381 00:21:42.480 --> 00:21:45.720 is a This is one clad in metal. You can 382 00:21:45.759 --> 00:21:49.759 plug it in. They are automatic. They work automatically, so 383 00:21:49.799 --> 00:21:52.000 in other words, you set a moisture level for them, 384 00:21:52.119 --> 00:21:54.920 and they turn themselves on when the moisture reached in 385 00:21:55.000 --> 00:21:58.240 the air reaches a certain level, and they literally draw 386 00:21:58.400 --> 00:22:01.119 moisture out of the air. They dry the air in 387 00:22:01.200 --> 00:22:05.599 the space for about five hundred dollars. It's the average 388 00:22:06.079 --> 00:22:12.200 dehumidifier crawl space dehumidifier handles about four to five thousand 389 00:22:12.200 --> 00:22:15.960 square feet. So one of these puppies sitting underneath the 390 00:22:16.000 --> 00:22:19.119 house just running on its own. It'll turn itself on 391 00:22:19.200 --> 00:22:21.759 and off automatically. It has a drainage tube that you 392 00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:25.799 can run outside to drain somewhere and it will help 393 00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:30.759 draw the air into itself, dry it, and push it 394 00:22:30.839 --> 00:22:33.039 back out into the crawl space. So the crawl space 395 00:22:33.119 --> 00:22:38.720 air stays dryer, lacking that heavy, heavy humidity, and as 396 00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:41.920 a result, you're not going to get the effluorescence or 397 00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:44.759 the mildew or the must or the mold build up 398 00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:48.160 in there. We've done this many times before to older 399 00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:52.160 homes and they work marvelously once they're up and running. 400 00:22:52.359 --> 00:22:53.839 I don't know if you want to go ahead and 401 00:22:54.200 --> 00:22:58.200