WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:04.000 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 2 00:00:04.080 --> 00:00:05.919 KFI AM six forty. 3 00:00:09.320 --> 00:00:14.359 KFI AM six forty live streaming in HD everywhere on 4 00:00:14.439 --> 00:00:18.679 the iHeart Radio app. Hey, welcome to home where Every 5 00:00:18.719 --> 00:00:22.640 week we help you better understand that place where you live. 6 00:00:23.000 --> 00:00:26.039 I am Dean Sharp, the house whisperer, here with you 7 00:00:26.199 --> 00:00:29.079 live like I am every weekend, Saturday morning, six to 8 00:00:29.120 --> 00:00:33.560 eight Pacific time, Sunday mornings nine to noon Pacific time. 9 00:00:33.560 --> 00:00:36.119 Thanks for joining us on the program. Thank you for 10 00:00:36.159 --> 00:00:38.960 spending a little bit of your Saturday morning with us here. 11 00:00:39.200 --> 00:00:42.679 On the second hour of our fine little program, we're 12 00:00:42.679 --> 00:00:47.039 talking about hardening your house against wildfires. We've already discussed 13 00:00:47.079 --> 00:00:51.159 the longer term. Okay, you've got some time to invest 14 00:00:51.240 --> 00:00:55.719 some money into getting your house better prepared for wildfire. 15 00:00:55.840 --> 00:01:00.359 Now we've turned the discussion for this morning's advice. Of course, 16 00:01:00.600 --> 00:01:03.679 all brought to you by the Mountain Fire and the 17 00:01:03.719 --> 00:01:08.640 fact that these these fires that kick up, they awaken 18 00:01:08.760 --> 00:01:11.000 us to the fact that oh yeah, it's fire season, 19 00:01:11.040 --> 00:01:14.599 and all it takes is is one ignition and just 20 00:01:14.680 --> 00:01:18.280 the right wind conditions to have, you know, a devastating 21 00:01:18.319 --> 00:01:21.159 fire like the Mountain Fire has already proven to be. 22 00:01:21.920 --> 00:01:27.480 So what now do we do in terms of where 23 00:01:27.480 --> 00:01:31.719 did my note go here? Let me find where are 24 00:01:31.719 --> 00:01:35.959 we going in terms of fire hardening your home When 25 00:01:36.319 --> 00:01:38.159 the fact of the matter is you don't have much 26 00:01:38.200 --> 00:01:43.200 time if you know, we haven't invested in, uh, the 27 00:01:43.319 --> 00:01:49.319 longer term fixes of changing outdoors and windows or emberproofing 28 00:01:49.400 --> 00:01:53.439 our events, what do we do if now you're inside 29 00:01:53.480 --> 00:01:56.840 the fire zone, you may be inside the evacuation zone. 30 00:01:57.239 --> 00:02:00.079 And I've talked about two or three basic things. One 31 00:02:00.319 --> 00:02:02.719 is getting the junk away from the side of your house, 32 00:02:02.879 --> 00:02:06.120 ignitable things away from your house. Two, if you haven't 33 00:02:06.319 --> 00:02:11.319 fire hardened your or ember proofed your vents for your attic, 34 00:02:11.639 --> 00:02:14.199 just tape them up, tape them up, cover them, okay, 35 00:02:14.599 --> 00:02:17.280 so that embers don't have the opportunity of getting in 36 00:02:17.319 --> 00:02:20.039 you just take it off later, okay. But number three, 37 00:02:20.159 --> 00:02:23.879 and this is something that I have found a great 38 00:02:23.919 --> 00:02:26.879 deal of peace of mind giving clients and a friends 39 00:02:26.960 --> 00:02:31.479 peace of mind with. I wish everyone who lives within 40 00:02:31.840 --> 00:02:36.039 the possibility of a fire zone would consider this for 41 00:02:36.120 --> 00:02:38.000 their home. And this applies, by the way, even if 42 00:02:38.039 --> 00:02:40.199 there's a house on fire next to you for a 43 00:02:40.240 --> 00:02:45.879 completely different reason. And that is fire gel. Fire Gel 44 00:02:46.000 --> 00:02:51.599 has shown itself to be a massively effective defensive product. 45 00:02:51.639 --> 00:02:55.000 You can order it right now today and have it 46 00:02:55.280 --> 00:03:00.599 in very very short order, and then you are ready 47 00:03:00.639 --> 00:03:04.439 for an evacuation. Now, what is firejel? Firejel is a substance. 48 00:03:04.520 --> 00:03:08.759 It comes in one to five gallon containers. It is 49 00:03:08.919 --> 00:03:12.599 totally safe to store, clearly, because it's the whole purpose 50 00:03:12.680 --> 00:03:15.000 is that it's non flammable. You can store it in 51 00:03:15.000 --> 00:03:17.520 your garage, you can store it in your outshd, wherever 52 00:03:17.560 --> 00:03:20.000 the case may be. It will store for years and 53 00:03:20.120 --> 00:03:24.479 years and be sitting there ready and waiting for you. 54 00:03:25.039 --> 00:03:28.360 And here's what you do. Let's say you've been called 55 00:03:28.400 --> 00:03:31.120 in for an evacuation order, all right, you're going to 56 00:03:31.199 --> 00:03:36.039 have to evacuate. What you do instead of ignoring the 57 00:03:36.159 --> 00:03:41.280 evacuation order like so many people foolishly do and staying 58 00:03:41.360 --> 00:03:44.719 home with your garden hose as if you and your 59 00:03:44.759 --> 00:03:48.919 garden hose are going to effectively defend your home against 60 00:03:49.000 --> 00:03:54.840 a twenty to forty foot wall of wildfire flame, you 61 00:03:54.879 --> 00:03:59.479 don't do that. What you do, though, is prior to evacuating, 62 00:03:59.479 --> 00:04:01.360 as you're getting all the stuff ready to get out 63 00:04:01.400 --> 00:04:04.319 of your house. You'll grab your garden hose and you 64 00:04:04.360 --> 00:04:09.879 will hook up these fire gel containers to your garden hose. 65 00:04:09.919 --> 00:04:12.840 They're set up with one of those you know, spray 66 00:04:12.919 --> 00:04:17.439 drawing devices that draw the chemical out of the container, 67 00:04:17.800 --> 00:04:22.000 mix it with water, and it becomes a foamy paste 68 00:04:22.160 --> 00:04:25.240 that basically sprays out of your garden hose, and you 69 00:04:25.319 --> 00:04:28.000 spray down the side of the house that is going 70 00:04:28.079 --> 00:04:31.360 to be facing the open space or the fire. 71 00:04:31.839 --> 00:04:31.959 Uh. 72 00:04:32.079 --> 00:04:35.480 You spray the roof, you spray the eaves, you spray 73 00:04:35.519 --> 00:04:40.120 the walls, the windows, the doors, everything down. It clings, 74 00:04:40.399 --> 00:04:43.480 It clings to the side of your home. It clings 75 00:04:43.519 --> 00:04:46.120 to everything. You can spray down the patio furniture, you 76 00:04:46.120 --> 00:04:49.800 can spray down plants that are close to the house. 77 00:04:50.240 --> 00:04:53.279 Anything that you can reach with this gel, you spray 78 00:04:53.360 --> 00:04:59.279 it down with the gel clings for depending on weather conditions, 79 00:04:59.319 --> 00:05:01.879 twenty four to forty eight hours. Now, that may not 80 00:05:02.000 --> 00:05:04.759 seem like a long period of time, but if the 81 00:05:04.800 --> 00:05:07.480 line of fire does reach your home, it's going to 82 00:05:07.600 --> 00:05:11.800 move through very quickly. In minutes, it's going to move 83 00:05:11.879 --> 00:05:15.600 through and pass your home. That's the key element, that's 84 00:05:15.639 --> 00:05:20.079 the key moment. When this fire gel, which is incredibly 85 00:05:20.360 --> 00:05:24.800 incredibly protective of a home. Really shines, really really shines. 86 00:05:24.839 --> 00:05:28.600 And what happens is the fire moves through the home, 87 00:05:28.680 --> 00:05:32.079 surfaces that are covered in the gel are protected, so 88 00:05:32.240 --> 00:05:36.720 fire doesn't likely enter in through broken windows or through 89 00:05:36.759 --> 00:05:39.720 those events, or whatever the case may be. When the 90 00:05:39.720 --> 00:05:42.560 evacuation order is cleared and you get to return to 91 00:05:42.639 --> 00:05:45.519 your home, whether the home has been threatened by the 92 00:05:45.519 --> 00:05:48.160 fire or not, if the gel is there or not, 93 00:05:48.480 --> 00:05:51.720 you simply get the hose back out and you just 94 00:05:51.839 --> 00:05:55.160 rinse it all down and it comes off. It rinses off, 95 00:05:55.800 --> 00:05:59.240 and you're done. Now, how much does fire gel cost 96 00:05:59.439 --> 00:06:03.360 for an abe size home? A supply of fire gel 97 00:06:03.399 --> 00:06:06.199 to protect an average size home, and you'll you could 98 00:06:06.319 --> 00:06:09.600 talk to the fire gel people about your specific home size, 99 00:06:10.600 --> 00:06:14.759 but it's about seven hundred dollars, and that it's a 100 00:06:14.839 --> 00:06:18.439 chunk of change. But when you think about protecting a 101 00:06:18.600 --> 00:06:22.399 home worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, your home, your 102 00:06:22.480 --> 00:06:26.079 family home, having it still standing, seven hundred bucks not 103 00:06:26.199 --> 00:06:28.759 a big deal. This is something those of you who 104 00:06:28.800 --> 00:06:32.439 are concerned even about the Mountain fire encroaching towards you 105 00:06:32.600 --> 00:06:36.600 now could potentially order and have sitting and ready for 106 00:06:36.680 --> 00:06:40.439 you and certainly everybody within the sound of my voice 107 00:06:40.480 --> 00:06:43.480 who is concerned about any other fires that may happen 108 00:06:43.519 --> 00:06:46.920 this fire season. This is something that can happen very 109 00:06:47.079 --> 00:06:48.959 very quickly. Now, you got to get on the stick 110 00:06:49.079 --> 00:06:52.240 with this. The fire gel that I have that I 111 00:06:52.319 --> 00:06:54.720 know the most about, and they are not the only 112 00:06:54.800 --> 00:06:57.160 one on the market. They are simply the one that 113 00:06:57.240 --> 00:07:00.720 I have been very very pleased with and and known 114 00:07:01.040 --> 00:07:05.000 the most about is Barricade Barricade fire gel, and you 115 00:07:05.000 --> 00:07:09.959 can find them at firegel dot com. Read all about 116 00:07:10.000 --> 00:07:13.720 what it does, how you handle it, and where you 117 00:07:13.759 --> 00:07:16.720 can order it and how quickly you can get it 118 00:07:17.160 --> 00:07:20.600 into your home. And again, it is simply something that 119 00:07:20.639 --> 00:07:24.399 you do like pre evacuation before you have to leave, 120 00:07:24.480 --> 00:07:26.720 and there is a peace of mind that comes from 121 00:07:26.800 --> 00:07:31.000 leaving behind a home that has a temporary barrier on. 122 00:07:31.079 --> 00:07:35.000 It's like putting on a bulletproof jacket, you know, right 123 00:07:35.079 --> 00:07:39.680 for your house, right before you leave in a war zone. Essentially, 124 00:07:40.040 --> 00:07:45.279 it's really really good stuff and worth ten times more 125 00:07:45.360 --> 00:07:47.639 than what you're paying for it in terms of its 126 00:07:48.000 --> 00:07:51.879 ability to protect areas of your home that are going 127 00:07:51.920 --> 00:07:54.120 to be vulnerable to the fire. And there you go. 128 00:07:54.560 --> 00:07:57.879 So now you know long term hardening short term? What 129 00:07:57.879 --> 00:08:00.439 do you do if you've been ordered to have accuate? 130 00:08:01.480 --> 00:08:05.720 My best to everybody who is still facing those fire difficulties. 131 00:08:06.240 --> 00:08:09.199 When we return, it's time to go to the phones. 132 00:08:09.240 --> 00:08:11.360 I want to take a couple of calls. The number 133 00:08:11.360 --> 00:08:14.560 to reach me eight three three two Ask Dean A 134 00:08:14.720 --> 00:08:16.920 three to three the numeral two. Ask Dane. You can 135 00:08:16.920 --> 00:08:23.000 call about anything you want, fire questions, construction design, DIY, 136 00:08:23.040 --> 00:08:25.120 whatever the case may be. You said, the agenda will 137 00:08:25.120 --> 00:08:27.199 put our heads together and figure out what's going on 138 00:08:27.720 --> 00:08:31.600 with your home. You are home with Dean Sharp the 139 00:08:31.639 --> 00:08:38.840 House Whisper am I Dean Sharp vows Whisper at your service. Uh, 140 00:08:39.000 --> 00:08:41.519 so glad that you are with us this morning. We've 141 00:08:41.519 --> 00:08:44.639 been talking about wildfires. I want to turn the page 142 00:08:44.679 --> 00:08:47.679 now and move on to some calls because we've got 143 00:08:47.679 --> 00:08:48.840 some calls on the board. 144 00:08:49.799 --> 00:08:50.200 Uh. 145 00:08:50.240 --> 00:08:53.120 And that, by the way, anything you want to talk 146 00:08:53.120 --> 00:08:56.639 about regarding your home eight three three two ask Dean 147 00:08:57.080 --> 00:09:02.039 eight three three the numeral two Dean. Before I do that, though, 148 00:09:02.480 --> 00:09:06.720 I'm going to read this important important breaking news update. 149 00:09:07.600 --> 00:09:13.679 Aldick Home presents the House Whisper Holiday home show, a 150 00:09:13.960 --> 00:09:19.879 live audience event that's going to happen Sunday, November twenty fourth, 151 00:09:19.879 --> 00:09:24.159 that that's coming up soon in the Helpful Honda Lounge 152 00:09:24.480 --> 00:09:28.279 right here at iHeart Studios, Burbank. 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Okay, can 180 00:11:15.720 --> 00:11:18.200 we fit in a call before we have to go 181 00:11:18.279 --> 00:11:21.320 to break, Yes we will. Let's talk to Pete. Pete, 182 00:11:21.759 --> 00:11:22.399 welcome home. 183 00:11:24.240 --> 00:11:25.480 How you doing? I love your show? 184 00:11:26.360 --> 00:11:26.679 Thank you. 185 00:11:26.759 --> 00:11:30.720 I got a question that it concerns your water, like 186 00:11:30.879 --> 00:11:35.039 you even touch on it, like with the quality of 187 00:11:35.120 --> 00:11:39.840 houses that are in that area or any area. A 188 00:11:39.840 --> 00:11:43.879 lot of pretty good percentage of people have tools, and 189 00:11:43.960 --> 00:11:47.360 I was wondering why more people don't set up a 190 00:11:47.519 --> 00:11:53.559 generator besides the generators anyway, and have a pump that 191 00:11:53.759 --> 00:11:59.240 uses the water from the pool to like water down 192 00:11:59.320 --> 00:12:03.799 you even touch song. Why you wouldn't want to have 193 00:12:04.279 --> 00:12:06.879 like the garden hose. It's not going to do it 194 00:12:07.679 --> 00:12:11.960 that much. And with even if a lot of even 195 00:12:12.039 --> 00:12:14.679 if that was good, a lot of people are using 196 00:12:14.720 --> 00:12:18.840 the water pressure and there's no water pressure because everybody's 197 00:12:18.960 --> 00:12:21.679 using it. So if you had your own water pressure, 198 00:12:22.039 --> 00:12:25.320 maybe you could even get that gell of stuff that 199 00:12:25.399 --> 00:12:28.600 you were talking about out farther or better or just 200 00:12:28.759 --> 00:12:33.840 more reliably. But then you would have your own power 201 00:12:34.039 --> 00:12:35.919 and water to do it. 202 00:12:36.960 --> 00:12:41.399 Yep, yep, good point. It's a really good point, Pete. 203 00:12:41.799 --> 00:12:45.159 I will I'm gonna tell you one thing though, just 204 00:12:45.279 --> 00:12:47.519 just so everybody knows. And by the way, there are 205 00:12:47.559 --> 00:12:50.279 systems out there that you can purchase for your home 206 00:12:50.840 --> 00:12:55.559 that are pumps and generators that work off of you know, 207 00:12:55.679 --> 00:12:59.559 backup power in case the power goes down and uh. 208 00:12:59.720 --> 00:13:02.639 And the kind of pump that you could actually use 209 00:13:02.799 --> 00:13:06.440 in a reservoir and a pool would be you know, 210 00:13:06.600 --> 00:13:09.600 a reservoir kind of situation. There are systems that are 211 00:13:09.639 --> 00:13:14.000 set up that way. There are high volume sprinkler hillside 212 00:13:14.000 --> 00:13:17.639 sprinkler systems that are built to actually go off of 213 00:13:17.720 --> 00:13:22.559 reservoir and auxiliary pump power. Not a lot of people 214 00:13:22.600 --> 00:13:27.159 invest in them, but they are a reality. You mentioned pools. 215 00:13:27.200 --> 00:13:30.840 I just want to mention this about pools. Yeah, technically 216 00:13:31.039 --> 00:13:35.200 you can use pool water to fight fire in certain situations. 217 00:13:35.720 --> 00:13:39.679 It is not widely recommended, though, and I'll tell you why. 218 00:13:40.600 --> 00:13:45.080 It's the presence of chlorine chemicals in a pool that 219 00:13:45.159 --> 00:13:50.200 can potentially damage fire fighting equipment or create toxic fumes 220 00:13:50.320 --> 00:13:53.600 when that water is heated to a certain degree. And 221 00:13:54.600 --> 00:13:59.200 sometimes some situations, depending on the materials that are burning, 222 00:14:00.720 --> 00:14:03.879 chlorine in the water can actually believe it or not 223 00:14:04.039 --> 00:14:09.759 exacerbate a fire, depending on the chemical reactions that are involved. Now, 224 00:14:11.279 --> 00:14:13.679 somebody asked me a while back, why doesn't the fire 225 00:14:13.720 --> 00:14:16.840 department just utilize the pools on the fire line. They do, 226 00:14:17.080 --> 00:14:20.320 sometimes they will, but they use it really as a 227 00:14:20.399 --> 00:14:23.240 last resort because they don't want the chlorine messing up 228 00:14:23.279 --> 00:14:26.399 their own equipment, causing any corrosion in their own equipment. 229 00:14:26.840 --> 00:14:31.600 And there you go. Now, just so you know, if 230 00:14:31.639 --> 00:14:34.600 you own a pool, and I don't want you to 231 00:14:34.600 --> 00:14:38.480 get upset if suddenly you find a fire department helicopter 232 00:14:38.600 --> 00:14:44.080 hovering over your pool, dipping a large water gathering device 233 00:14:44.279 --> 00:14:48.320 down into your swimming pool as if somebody is violating 234 00:14:48.399 --> 00:14:53.440 your eminent domain. Nope, the Fire Department cal Fire has 235 00:14:53.480 --> 00:14:58.360 the right during a wildfire emergency to utilize any available 236 00:14:58.480 --> 00:15:02.759 water anywhere, the water in your pool, in order to 237 00:15:02.799 --> 00:15:06.080 fight this fire. They have the legal right to do that, 238 00:15:06.200 --> 00:15:09.799 and occasionally they will, although you're not gonna find it 239 00:15:09.840 --> 00:15:13.519 happening all that much. It's not that common again because 240 00:15:13.559 --> 00:15:18.080 they avoid getting their equipment mixed with chlorinated water. And 241 00:15:18.200 --> 00:15:23.320 also the big water gathering like the kind of the 242 00:15:24.159 --> 00:15:27.159 water buckets as it were. They actually need a good 243 00:15:27.240 --> 00:15:31.320 depth of water to gather water from and most pools 244 00:15:31.360 --> 00:15:34.080 aren't deep enough for them to effectively scoop out of it. 245 00:15:34.159 --> 00:15:37.720 But it has happened and it will happen again. Really 246 00:15:37.720 --> 00:15:42.840 good question, buddy, Just raising the question, Pete, of why 247 00:15:42.960 --> 00:15:46.320 not water in the pools. You definitely have a use 248 00:15:46.679 --> 00:15:49.879 the resource there, but you got to be careful because 249 00:15:49.919 --> 00:15:53.600 of the chlorine. 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You will find it. 263 00:16:41.960 --> 00:16:46.720 Home with Dean Sharp hundreds of episodes, all listed by topic, 264 00:16:46.799 --> 00:16:50.759 and I know for sure on the iHeartRadio app that 265 00:16:51.399 --> 00:16:54.960 you can do searches just by topic, like Tina did 266 00:16:55.000 --> 00:16:59.279 this morning very quickly finding the conditioned attic episode she 267 00:16:59.440 --> 00:17:03.879 just put in, and all it populated all these shows 268 00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:08.119 that where I discussed attic in the title of the program. 269 00:17:08.240 --> 00:17:11.720 So it's very very fast and easy to search for 270 00:17:12.079 --> 00:17:15.680 the information that you need. The hundreds and hundreds of 271 00:17:15.720 --> 00:17:19.440 episodes that we have up there are a veritable home 272 00:17:19.480 --> 00:17:23.480 improvement reference library for you that you can listen to 273 00:17:23.960 --> 00:17:26.400 any time, including today's show. If you want to go 274 00:17:26.480 --> 00:17:29.119 back and listen, it'll be in podcast form in about 275 00:17:29.160 --> 00:17:31.680 an hour after we go off the air, So literally 276 00:17:32.480 --> 00:17:36.839 all of this information available for you to listen to whenever, wherever, 277 00:17:37.200 --> 00:17:41.079 however many times you want. It's kind of a house 278 00:17:41.119 --> 00:17:45.319 whisper on demand, as it were. But it's free. All right. 279 00:17:45.599 --> 00:17:47.880 Let's get back to the phones, shall we. I want 280 00:17:47.880 --> 00:17:51.400 to talk to Marcia. Hey, Marcia, welcome home. 281 00:17:52.799 --> 00:17:57.279 Hi Dein Hey. I love your show and I've got 282 00:17:57.279 --> 00:18:00.680 a question. I would love to hire you to design 283 00:18:00.720 --> 00:18:03.759 our new approach to our home from the street, but 284 00:18:03.880 --> 00:18:09.519 I know I can't afford you. So can you refer 285 00:18:09.599 --> 00:18:13.799 me to a free online home design website? 286 00:18:14.559 --> 00:18:19.759 M I really shouldn't. 287 00:18:20.759 --> 00:18:23.519 Oh, okay, no, here's the reason. 288 00:18:24.440 --> 00:18:28.039 It's not pretty. It's not for any legal reasons. I'm like, oh, 289 00:18:28.079 --> 00:18:29.920 I don't want to get in trouble here. No, no, no, 290 00:18:30.839 --> 00:18:35.960 here's the thing with with free and I'm using air 291 00:18:36.039 --> 00:18:46.160 quotes here free home design tools online free free is uh. 292 00:18:46.680 --> 00:18:48.960 I'm sure there are there's an exception out there. And 293 00:18:49.000 --> 00:18:53.119 if somebody has found an exception, because quite honestly, I 294 00:18:53.160 --> 00:18:57.599 don't search the internet for home design uh software, free 295 00:18:57.960 --> 00:19:02.079 online stuff. But if there's an exception out there, please 296 00:19:02.200 --> 00:19:04.319 let me know and I will share it with everybody. 297 00:19:05.160 --> 00:19:10.640 But when you search for free online design tools, you're 298 00:19:10.640 --> 00:19:16.519 gonna find hundreds of websites saying, oh, use awesome, it's 299 00:19:16.599 --> 00:19:22.160 always free to begin. In other words, whatever the most basic, 300 00:19:22.359 --> 00:19:25.640 basic thing to kind of get you. I don't want 301 00:19:25.640 --> 00:19:28.839 to use the word suckered into committing to a plan 302 00:19:29.039 --> 00:19:32.559 with them. But but and then in order to go 303 00:19:32.680 --> 00:19:35.279 further the way to get to the stuff that you 304 00:19:35.400 --> 00:19:38.880 really would like to do, then you're gonna have to subscribe, 305 00:19:39.160 --> 00:19:41.079 and then you're gonna have to pay for the upgrade, 306 00:19:41.119 --> 00:19:42.799 and then you're gonna have to end da da da. 307 00:19:43.039 --> 00:19:49.599 And I know of no free online design tools worth 308 00:19:49.920 --> 00:19:55.200 anything that are just free. They all start free and 309 00:19:55.240 --> 00:19:57.960 then they go to other places. But I will recommend 310 00:19:57.960 --> 00:20:00.480 this to you, Okay, there, I'm not that's saying that 311 00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:05.119 there isn't a a It's a bit of investment, a 312 00:20:05.119 --> 00:20:09.519 little bit of investment in your time. But Chief Architect 313 00:20:10.200 --> 00:20:16.920 is arguably the best home design CAD design tools out there. 314 00:20:16.960 --> 00:20:20.319 In our opinion, we actually use the full suite of 315 00:20:20.519 --> 00:20:24.759 Chief Architect for all of the plans that we create, 316 00:20:25.200 --> 00:20:28.640 and they have levels of software starting with Little Baby 317 00:20:28.680 --> 00:20:32.079 Design software for di wires all the way up to 318 00:20:32.559 --> 00:20:35.640 the full professional suite that we use, which is something 319 00:20:35.680 --> 00:20:38.440 that would be wasted on you and you wouldn't want to. 320 00:20:38.680 --> 00:20:43.079 I mean, it's a whole thing. So but if you 321 00:20:43.200 --> 00:20:47.960 go to Chief Architect dot com, I just look up 322 00:20:48.039 --> 00:20:52.400 Chief Architect software and look for Home Designer, the DIY 323 00:20:52.559 --> 00:20:55.480 version of Home Designer. I believe, if I'm not mistaken, 324 00:20:55.839 --> 00:21:01.000 that the Home Design Suite, which is a really amazingly 325 00:21:01.119 --> 00:21:04.519 capable little tool, is like one hundred and twenty nine 326 00:21:04.559 --> 00:21:08.200 dollars and it's not a subscription. It's a one time thing. 327 00:21:08.599 --> 00:21:11.119 You would download it, you would have it, and it's 328 00:21:11.119 --> 00:21:12.880 going to take you some time to get used to 329 00:21:13.119 --> 00:21:16.079 how to work with it. But if that's the kind 330 00:21:16.119 --> 00:21:19.039 of thing that you're looking for, then then I'm going 331 00:21:19.119 --> 00:21:23.240 to push you towards the baby version of the software 332 00:21:23.279 --> 00:21:27.400 that we actually use to produce these things. And included 333 00:21:27.440 --> 00:21:30.880 in that would be you know, interior three D renderings 334 00:21:30.880 --> 00:21:36.759 and so on. And I believe, I believe I'm not mistaken, 335 00:21:36.799 --> 00:21:41.160 exterior landscape or area plot plan design as well, that 336 00:21:41.240 --> 00:21:44.400 you can start to fiddle with. That's that's where I 337 00:21:44.440 --> 00:21:48.599 would push you in that direction. And in terms of 338 00:21:50.920 --> 00:21:56.640 you know, here's the thing if you're interested in a consultation, 339 00:21:56.839 --> 00:22:00.200 you can always inquire with Tina whether or not that's 340 00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:02.039 a thing that can happen. You can just go to 341 00:22:02.440 --> 00:22:06.000 house whisper dot Design and check it out. Whether or not. 342 00:22:06.079 --> 00:22:08.960 We do a lot of consultations because so many people 343 00:22:11.119 --> 00:22:14.119 are unable to take advantage of our full design services, 344 00:22:14.160 --> 00:22:16.400 and we do consultations to help point people in the 345 00:22:16.440 --> 00:22:19.799 right direction and to kind of break open their thinking 346 00:22:20.000 --> 00:22:23.039 and get them you just get them thinking in the 347 00:22:23.079 --> 00:22:26.200 right direction, and sometimes it can just literally make all 348 00:22:26.200 --> 00:22:29.680 the difference. So don't price me out yet. But I 349 00:22:29.680 --> 00:22:32.319 don't use the show that's solicit the business, so you 350 00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:35.359 never hear me talk about this. But anybody can always 351 00:22:35.359 --> 00:22:40.559 inquire at house whisper dot Design. But the home design 352 00:22:40.720 --> 00:22:44.240 software that's made from the same people who do the 353 00:22:44.319 --> 00:22:49.720 full scale CAD architectural software that we utilize in our 354 00:22:49.759 --> 00:22:53.319 business every single day, and that one I can recommend 355 00:22:53.400 --> 00:22:56.680 highly for one hundred and twenty nine dollars. It is 356 00:22:56.759 --> 00:22:58.079 it's worth way way. 357 00:22:57.880 --> 00:23:01.680 More than that, okay. Chief Architect. 358 00:23:02.200 --> 00:23:04.680 Chief Architect is the site that you go for and 359 00:23:04.759 --> 00:23:08.200 then look for their DIY. You know, we look under 360 00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:12.960 products for their design suite and under the DIY section 361 00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:17.160 because that's okay, that's the amateur homeowner stuff and you'll 362 00:23:17.200 --> 00:23:17.759 find it there. 363 00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:19.799 Okay, thank you so much. 364 00:23:20.559 --> 00:23:22.880 You are so welcome, Marsha. Thanks for your call, and 365 00:23:22.920 --> 00:23:25.759 thanks for listening to the show. All right, when we 366 00:23:25.799 --> 00:23:28.000 come back, we're gonna try and fit at least one 367 00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:31.640 more call in and wrap it up for the day. 368 00:23:31.680 --> 00:23:34.440 Don't go anywhere your home with Dean Sharp. The house 369 00:23:34.440 --> 00:23:40.000 whisper Pray by Dean Sharp, the house whisper Welcome home. 370 00:23:42.039 --> 00:23:46.200 It's time to go back to the phones. Let me 371 00:23:46.559 --> 00:23:50.119 throw a dartboard at the caller line right now. See 372 00:23:50.160 --> 00:23:53.240 who we are left with today. We've got more phone 373 00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:56.079 calls than we've got time for. I want to tell everybody. 374 00:23:56.119 --> 00:23:58.000 If I leave you on the line and we don't 375 00:23:58.000 --> 00:24:01.279 get to your call today, then you can always call 376 00:24:01.319 --> 00:24:03.160 back tomorrow and we will give you a fast pass 377 00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:05.640 to the front of the line. Is that dating myself? 378 00:24:05.680 --> 00:24:08.720 Fast pass? Probably lightning lane. I don't know what is 379 00:24:08.759 --> 00:24:11.799 the what's one of those things? I don't know? Tina 380 00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:14.920 is like you know what, I live among Disney snobs. 381 00:24:15.039 --> 00:24:18.880 That's the problem. And they're always correcting my terminology, and 382 00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:22.599 that's a problem. Anyway, we'll give you a pass to 383 00:24:22.680 --> 00:24:29.200 the front of the line. How about that. Okay, let's 384 00:24:29.200 --> 00:24:32.880 talk to go go in van Ey's go go. Welcome home. 385 00:24:34.119 --> 00:24:38.400 Hey Dean, I just want to thank you for your show, 386 00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:40.400 and you're. 387 00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:45.680 Kind of like the voice of reason in my darker days. 388 00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:47.960 And my fantasy of your life with Tina and the 389 00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:52.279 chickens is just heaven heaven, So thank you for that. 390 00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:58.279 And I've recently become the guardian of my father's home 391 00:24:58.400 --> 00:25:02.519 is very old and it's very unwell, and there's a 392 00:25:02.599 --> 00:25:05.839 pipe where the washer dragon and outside of my house 393 00:25:06.359 --> 00:25:08.759 that's about i don't know, three or four inches. 394 00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:12.559 Like a PVC looking like that comes out about me 395 00:25:12.680 --> 00:25:15.240 see about two or three inches, and it's got a 396 00:25:16.319 --> 00:25:17.680 wing nut and you know. 397 00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:19.000 A big screw singing out. 398 00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:21.599 And I found it popped. 399 00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:23.960 Off in the middle of the heat, and it was 400 00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:26.119 all shriveled. It didn't look like it worked for anything. 401 00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:28.240