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 --> 00:00:11.519 House Whisper on demand on the iHeart Radio app KFI 3 00:00:12.279 --> 00:00:17.399 AM six forty and live streaming in HD everywhere on 4 00:00:17.480 --> 00:00:21.600 the iHeartRadio app. Welcome to home, where Every week we 5 00:00:21.719 --> 00:00:25.480 help you better understand that place where you live. Good 6 00:00:25.519 --> 00:00:28.839 morning to you. I am Dean Sharp, the House Whisper, 7 00:00:29.000 --> 00:00:33.600 custom home Builder, custom home designer, and most importantly, today, 8 00:00:34.119 --> 00:00:39.399 your guide to transforming your ordinary house into an extraordinary home. 9 00:00:39.840 --> 00:00:44.000 It is a beautiful, blustery, maybe well coolish, but I 10 00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:47.439 think it's going to be a slightly warm autumn southern 11 00:00:47.520 --> 00:00:52.719 California morning here, Saturday morning, October nineteenth, twenty twenty four. 12 00:00:52.799 --> 00:00:54.880 Can you believe it? Can you believe October is more 13 00:00:54.960 --> 00:00:57.679 than halfway done? I can't. I don't want that to 14 00:00:57.719 --> 00:01:01.320 be true, but it is because we face the facts 15 00:01:01.359 --> 00:01:04.280 around here, right, We're not making up our own realities. 16 00:01:04.719 --> 00:01:07.599 Just got to face it. But I'm just saying, just 17 00:01:07.640 --> 00:01:10.000 put my vote in. I could stretch October out a 18 00:01:10.040 --> 00:01:14.120 good deal further because we're rolling into the holidays and 19 00:01:14.159 --> 00:01:16.079 this is my favorite time of year, and I would 20 00:01:16.120 --> 00:01:22.519 gladly do a two for one every single day of autumn. Nonetheless, 21 00:01:22.640 --> 00:01:25.920 we are here, and I hope you are enjoying the 22 00:01:25.959 --> 00:01:30.920 loveliness of this morning. Certainly, pour yourself a warm comfort beverage, 23 00:01:30.959 --> 00:01:36.680 and settle in. If you're driving, stay awake, and if not, 24 00:01:37.280 --> 00:01:41.239 settle in and enjoy our time together. Here. We're going 25 00:01:41.319 --> 00:01:44.439 to be talking about some news and some views, and 26 00:01:44.680 --> 00:01:48.079 taking calls and more calls. That's the agenda for today. 27 00:01:48.079 --> 00:01:50.519 I've just got a mishmash of things that i want 28 00:01:50.519 --> 00:01:54.079 to discuss with you tomorrow's show, by the way, we're 29 00:01:54.120 --> 00:01:58.120 going to be talking about the marvels of the connected home, 30 00:01:58.200 --> 00:02:03.280 the monitored home. That is where we'll take the entire 31 00:02:03.319 --> 00:02:05.920 show tomorrow. But today we're gonna be all over the place, 32 00:02:06.079 --> 00:02:11.400 most importantly with your calls. By the way, Producer Richie's 33 00:02:11.400 --> 00:02:14.639 standing by the phone. Lines are open. He is ready 34 00:02:15.280 --> 00:02:18.240 to pop you into the queue. Anything you want to 35 00:02:18.240 --> 00:02:21.800 talk about your home? Eight three three to ask Dean 36 00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:25.840 eight three three the numeral to ask dean eight three 37 00:02:26.000 --> 00:02:30.719 three to ask Dean. It's just that easy. We will 38 00:02:31.159 --> 00:02:34.159 go to the phones as soon as the lines start 39 00:02:34.199 --> 00:02:36.960 to pop. It on here and if we do this 40 00:02:37.000 --> 00:02:39.240 all right, we're gonna bring some light into your morning, 41 00:02:39.599 --> 00:02:41.840 make you feel glad that you were here. The team 42 00:02:42.039 --> 00:02:47.199 is here. Sam is on the board. Good morning, Dean, 43 00:02:47.840 --> 00:02:51.879 Good morning. Here's Sam taking care of our live studio audience. 44 00:02:53.280 --> 00:02:58.000 They are a dependable bunch, those guys. They're so reliable 45 00:02:58.560 --> 00:03:00.719 they are. And you know what also nice about our 46 00:03:00.759 --> 00:03:05.039 studio audience. The volume control just just be able to like, hey, everybody, 47 00:03:05.080 --> 00:03:08.360 get louder, now get quieter, all right, thanks a lot, 48 00:03:09.159 --> 00:03:15.039 total control of our live air quotes. Studio audience producer 49 00:03:15.120 --> 00:03:18.599 Richie I said, standing by nowhere near Mike, but he's out. 50 00:03:18.639 --> 00:03:23.080 Oh look at that calls flooding in already, So Richie 51 00:03:23.159 --> 00:03:27.520 is busy handling all of that. Heather Brooker in the 52 00:03:27.639 --> 00:03:31.479 KFI twenty four hour news room with her hands firmly 53 00:03:31.560 --> 00:03:35.960 on the wheel. Good morning, Anther, Good morning. How you doing, Bud. 54 00:03:36.280 --> 00:03:38.280 I'm so good. I'm so glad to be here with you. 55 00:03:38.960 --> 00:03:39.759 Are you really? 56 00:03:40.039 --> 00:03:40.520 I am? 57 00:03:40.800 --> 00:03:43.680 I mean, I know, you know, I mean we're friends 58 00:03:43.680 --> 00:03:45.639 and it's nice for you to be here. But it's 59 00:03:45.639 --> 00:03:47.560 in the morning A sad. 60 00:03:47.319 --> 00:03:49.319 Well, okay, now that you put it that way, I 61 00:03:49.360 --> 00:03:52.560 do miss my bed, but I will say I enjoy 62 00:03:52.560 --> 00:03:54.560 your show so much. I find it a very like 63 00:03:54.759 --> 00:03:58.400 calming and like beautiful way to kind of start the weekend. 64 00:03:58.479 --> 00:04:00.919 So yeah, I'm need to be here. 65 00:04:01.080 --> 00:04:03.560 There are worse ways, like we could start with like 66 00:04:03.840 --> 00:04:06.240 murder shows and like crimes. 67 00:04:07.199 --> 00:04:09.879 There are which, by the way, is something Tina would 68 00:04:09.960 --> 00:04:15.439 really be in favor of. Oh yeah yeah, and like 69 00:04:15.439 --> 00:04:19.720 like the yea through crime Tina is, she'd be like 70 00:04:19.879 --> 00:04:23.519 you know, she would She's She's often asked me, is 71 00:04:23.519 --> 00:04:28.199 there any way that we can incorporate true crime more murdered? 72 00:04:28.360 --> 00:04:31.319 A lot of murders take place in homes, That's true, 73 00:04:31.839 --> 00:04:32.759 a lot of them do. 74 00:04:33.040 --> 00:04:36.199 Maybe Robin will come up with a crossover between Home 75 00:04:36.519 --> 00:04:38.800 and like Unsolved. There's got to be some kind of 76 00:04:38.800 --> 00:04:40.120 crossover episodes there. 77 00:04:40.680 --> 00:04:43.000 Here's what I would love. Here's what I would love, 78 00:04:43.120 --> 00:04:44.839 you know what, And I would I would put in 79 00:04:44.879 --> 00:04:48.839 an extra two hours of work on on a Saturday 80 00:04:48.959 --> 00:04:53.480 or a Sunday if Tina actually hosted a true crime 81 00:04:53.560 --> 00:04:56.759 show and I got to be like the sidekick, I'd 82 00:04:56.839 --> 00:05:00.399 just been sitting over there occasionally not come in all 83 00:05:00.639 --> 00:05:05.040 as she does. What what? Well? 84 00:05:05.079 --> 00:05:07.759 You well, good morning, good morning. Yeah. 85 00:05:08.000 --> 00:05:09.879 I don't know if you noticed, but you weren't here 86 00:05:09.959 --> 00:05:11.759 last week very much at all. 87 00:05:12.000 --> 00:05:13.399 Yeah, but it was also my birthday. 88 00:05:13.639 --> 00:05:18.839 Yeah, I'm just saying, I'm just saying, Okay, sitting across 89 00:05:18.839 --> 00:05:20.759 the table from me. By the way, my better half, 90 00:05:21.439 --> 00:05:24.240 my design partner, my best friend in all the world. 91 00:05:24.360 --> 00:05:27.399 You know her is True Crime Tina. I know her 92 00:05:27.399 --> 00:05:34.639 as just the boss. Uh Tina, good morning. Wouldn't that 93 00:05:34.680 --> 00:05:36.800 be cool? Though? Would you do that? Would you host 94 00:05:37.279 --> 00:05:40.240 a Kafi show on True Crome? Not to take anything 95 00:05:40.240 --> 00:05:44.319 away from Steve Gregory clearly, who's who's a real journalist. 96 00:05:44.720 --> 00:05:48.000 Who's a real journalist, goes. 97 00:05:47.920 --> 00:05:50.040 Into your house and then he's like, oh my gosh, 98 00:05:50.079 --> 00:05:53.000 this is terrible. I was like, look at the lighting. 99 00:05:56.639 --> 00:05:58.519 He's like, forget it. I'm going to a different house. 100 00:05:58.759 --> 00:06:03.879 He's a serial killer who also does remodeling. I think we're. 101 00:06:03.680 --> 00:06:05.879 Onto something, guys. I'm not gonna lie. This feels good. 102 00:06:05.879 --> 00:06:08.199 We're I think it's on a good sitcom. 103 00:06:08.279 --> 00:06:09.319 I'm just saying. 104 00:06:12.959 --> 00:06:15.160 Home improvement, okay, and I'm going to work on this. 105 00:06:15.199 --> 00:06:17.560 I'm gonna come up with a title for this by 106 00:06:17.600 --> 00:06:18.680 the time we come back. 107 00:06:18.759 --> 00:06:20.639 Maybe people can like weigh in on what would this 108 00:06:20.720 --> 00:06:22.800 crew time? 109 00:06:23.399 --> 00:06:26.000 Yeah, if you're already planning on calling in. Feel free 110 00:06:26.000 --> 00:06:29.560 to call in and give me a title for our 111 00:06:29.680 --> 00:06:33.160 new show, Sam call it. It should be a sitcom. I 112 00:06:33.160 --> 00:06:37.000 think our new show based on the idea of a 113 00:06:37.079 --> 00:06:41.199 serial killer who also remodels homes and does it, I mean, 114 00:06:41.879 --> 00:06:45.800 does it really well, really well. I'll tell you one 115 00:06:45.839 --> 00:06:48.079 thing about it serious, you know what, I'm just wasting 116 00:06:48.079 --> 00:06:48.639 so much. 117 00:06:48.439 --> 00:06:49.920 Time, he kills me. 118 00:06:50.000 --> 00:06:51.800 One thing about a serial killer. A lot of them 119 00:06:51.839 --> 00:06:55.079 are very clean, you know, and people would appreciate that. 120 00:06:55.240 --> 00:06:59.480 They would appreciate stir Yeah. Yeah, you'd appreciate coming home 121 00:06:59.519 --> 00:07:03.360 to an instruction site and that's like, oh my goodness, 122 00:07:03.399 --> 00:07:06.199 did anything happen here today? And the guy's like, nope, nothing. 123 00:07:07.639 --> 00:07:08.920 You're like, wait a minute, where's the bath? 124 00:07:09.199 --> 00:07:15.800 Absolutely nothing happened here today? Makescept construction, nothing else, I promise. 125 00:07:16.439 --> 00:07:17.920 Why is there that new concrete? 126 00:07:17.959 --> 00:07:23.639 Don't get out the blue light? All right, all right, y'all, 127 00:07:24.319 --> 00:07:29.560 we're clearly very tired and losing our minds, and we 128 00:07:29.600 --> 00:07:33.319 will be back to discuss some very interesting news on 129 00:07:33.839 --> 00:07:38.199 the home building front when we return Your Home with 130 00:07:38.279 --> 00:07:41.959 Dean Sharp the House Whisper am I Dean Sharp, the 131 00:07:42.000 --> 00:07:44.680 House Whisper at your service. Hey, thanks for joining us 132 00:07:44.720 --> 00:07:46.959 on the program this morning. We've got so many things 133 00:07:47.000 --> 00:07:50.759 to talk about, including the new show that our morning 134 00:07:50.800 --> 00:07:53.519 crew here has in development. We're working on a new 135 00:07:53.560 --> 00:07:59.399 show in which we combine a great home design with murder, 136 00:07:59.839 --> 00:08:02.199 and uh, we're just we're trying to figure it out. 137 00:08:02.279 --> 00:08:04.800 I got to tell you guys this. Okay. First of all, 138 00:08:05.279 --> 00:08:07.480 I only came up with one name during the break 139 00:08:08.160 --> 00:08:11.639 because you know, it's early, but I thought it would 140 00:08:11.680 --> 00:08:15.600 be cool. You know, he's a fantastic decorator by day 141 00:08:15.959 --> 00:08:21.279 and a serial killer by night. Welcome to felony or fabulous? 142 00:08:22.079 --> 00:08:25.480 What do you think? No, No, that's a pass. That's 143 00:08:25.519 --> 00:08:30.680 a hard pass. That's not gonna work. Okay, all right, 144 00:08:31.120 --> 00:08:33.360 crying baby, be quiet. 145 00:08:33.639 --> 00:08:36.159 That feels like it could be a reality competition show. 146 00:08:36.679 --> 00:08:39.039 It would be, it would be all right. So all right, 147 00:08:39.279 --> 00:08:42.799 So I regret having a little bit having having even 148 00:08:42.840 --> 00:08:46.320 brought this subject up, because I went and I searched 149 00:08:46.399 --> 00:08:49.039 and guess what there is on Oh my god, there 150 00:08:49.200 --> 00:08:50.480 is there is one. 151 00:08:51.039 --> 00:08:52.200 How is that even possible? 152 00:08:52.240 --> 00:08:55.759 All Right? Tina and I do not watch you know, 153 00:08:56.080 --> 00:09:02.600 any any reality or or home improvement television, but here 154 00:09:02.639 --> 00:09:07.120 it is murder House Flip it's a show that's been 155 00:09:07.159 --> 00:09:09.600 running since it's still running apparently since. 156 00:09:10.320 --> 00:09:14.840 Funny enough, what I watched a true crime episode where 157 00:09:15.320 --> 00:09:17.000 the people were going to be on that show. 158 00:09:17.159 --> 00:09:20.919 Oh well, okay, well it's still it's a thing. It's 159 00:09:20.960 --> 00:09:23.360 a thing since twenty twenty. It's they're in their fourth 160 00:09:23.399 --> 00:09:25.039 season Murder House flip. 161 00:09:25.279 --> 00:09:27.559 I think it's about houses that they potentially had. 162 00:09:27.679 --> 00:09:30.600 They find houses that have had murders in them, and 163 00:09:30.639 --> 00:09:34.399 then they decide to renovate them. Well, big deal. But 164 00:09:34.519 --> 00:09:36.799 they also talk about the history of the thing, and 165 00:09:36.840 --> 00:09:39.279 some people like the idea of living in a murder house. 166 00:09:39.320 --> 00:09:42.960 I guess, or I don't know. Anyway, you know what, 167 00:09:43.360 --> 00:09:45.120 now we get into ghosts. Let me tell you what's 168 00:09:45.200 --> 00:09:48.799 unfortunate about the world we live in. If you've if 169 00:09:48.799 --> 00:09:53.639 you've thought about it, someone's already doing it, whether you 170 00:09:53.720 --> 00:09:56.919 should or not. Okay, even if you were just joking. 171 00:09:57.759 --> 00:10:00.279 All right, anyway, Hey, we're going to be going the 172 00:10:00.279 --> 00:10:04.360 phones when we return from break and let me give 173 00:10:04.360 --> 00:10:06.879 you the number again, eight three to three two. Ask 174 00:10:07.039 --> 00:10:11.399 Dean eight three three the numeral two, ask Dean. So 175 00:10:11.600 --> 00:10:14.039 just no, we've got room. We've got some calls on 176 00:10:14.039 --> 00:10:15.879 the board, but we've got room for you, and I 177 00:10:15.960 --> 00:10:18.879 select calls randomly, so you've got as good a chance 178 00:10:18.919 --> 00:10:21.120 if you called in right now then if you called 179 00:10:21.120 --> 00:10:24.320 in an hour ago, which you know, actually a better 180 00:10:24.399 --> 00:10:26.399 chance because the phone lines weren't open an hour ago. 181 00:10:27.080 --> 00:10:27.200 Uh. 182 00:10:27.559 --> 00:10:31.080 Let me give you some news here, a little tidbit 183 00:10:31.120 --> 00:10:37.200 of news our homes getting smaller. This was a report 184 00:10:37.480 --> 00:10:40.440 out of let me pull up my notes here. Bump, 185 00:10:40.440 --> 00:10:44.279 but a bump, bump bum. This was in US News 186 00:10:44.279 --> 00:10:47.919 and World Report, an article talking about there is a 187 00:10:47.960 --> 00:10:50.279 shift toward smaller homes. 188 00:10:50.919 --> 00:10:51.039 Uh. 189 00:10:51.320 --> 00:10:54.279 And they're almost apologetic about it. They're like, well, you know, 190 00:10:54.440 --> 00:10:56.720 there is a shift happening towards smaller homes. But with 191 00:10:56.799 --> 00:11:00.480 the right strategy, don't worry. You can still make a 192 00:11:00.519 --> 00:11:04.960 big impression. Smaller homes are great, by the way, they're great. 193 00:11:05.080 --> 00:11:08.679 And let's just talk about how out of control this 194 00:11:08.720 --> 00:11:13.240 has gotten in recent years. When they say small. Okay, 195 00:11:13.759 --> 00:11:16.679 During the second quarter of twenty twenty four, single family 196 00:11:16.720 --> 00:11:20.000 home under construction in the United States had an average 197 00:11:20.600 --> 00:11:25.960 square footage of twenty three hundred square feet. That's a 198 00:11:26.080 --> 00:11:31.879 roomy house. That's a roomy house. Okay. And then now 199 00:11:32.200 --> 00:11:35.600 now we're talking that, by the way, is down from 200 00:11:35.919 --> 00:11:39.919 twenty four hundred and fifty five square feet during the 201 00:11:39.960 --> 00:11:42.919 second quarter of twenty twenty three and twenty five hundred 202 00:11:42.960 --> 00:11:45.799 and thirty five square feet the second quarter of twenty 203 00:11:45.840 --> 00:11:49.279 twenty two. I mean, okay, we're down a couple hundred 204 00:11:49.279 --> 00:11:54.039 square feet off of twenty five hundred square feet. That's big. 205 00:11:54.440 --> 00:11:58.080 If you have ever questioned whether or not a small 206 00:11:58.120 --> 00:11:59.879 home is the way to go, let me just stay 207 00:12:00.240 --> 00:12:02.879 or this. From a design perspective for you, the advantages 208 00:12:02.919 --> 00:12:05.840 of small home are numerous if you are ready to 209 00:12:05.840 --> 00:12:10.320 step into one. Number One, they don't cost as much 210 00:12:11.080 --> 00:12:15.879 period number because you know, housing prices are still countt 211 00:12:16.279 --> 00:12:21.080 largely on square footage prices. Number two, a small home 212 00:12:21.399 --> 00:12:25.200 is easier to maintain because there's less of it. A 213 00:12:25.240 --> 00:12:28.240 small home costs less to heat, cost less to cool, 214 00:12:28.639 --> 00:12:33.399 and so on. Number Three. From the pure home design perspective, 215 00:12:33.759 --> 00:12:37.639 a small home means smaller square footages. Smaller square footages 216 00:12:37.759 --> 00:12:42.440 mean that you could afford to buy the better material, 217 00:12:43.480 --> 00:12:47.399 the stuff that costs a little bit more per square foot, 218 00:12:47.679 --> 00:12:49.759 and plug it into your home and have a much 219 00:12:49.799 --> 00:12:54.039 more gorgeous home. Why because you're not using as much 220 00:12:54.080 --> 00:12:56.600 of it. Right, If you've got to cover you know, 221 00:12:57.120 --> 00:13:01.080 a flooring, for instance, in a three thousand square foot house, 222 00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:04.360 all right, you're gonna have to be pretty conscientious about 223 00:13:04.399 --> 00:13:06.279 the price per square foot of the material that you're 224 00:13:06.320 --> 00:13:08.840 laying down. But if you've got fifteen hundred square feet 225 00:13:08.840 --> 00:13:11.679 half of that, then you can afford to go a 226 00:13:11.720 --> 00:13:16.240 little bit more esiar on your materials and live in 227 00:13:16.279 --> 00:13:20.759 a smaller but higher quality residence when you're done. So, 228 00:13:21.200 --> 00:13:24.080 I don't think it's bad news at all whatsoever that 229 00:13:24.559 --> 00:13:28.679 home sizes are reducing, especially since we're talking about a 230 00:13:28.679 --> 00:13:31.360 two hundred square foot reduction and we're already in the 231 00:13:31.399 --> 00:13:35.279 mid two thousands of square footage for the average that's 232 00:13:35.320 --> 00:13:39.879 the average home being built right now, new homes being 233 00:13:39.960 --> 00:13:42.399 built in the US, all right, So much more to 234 00:13:42.440 --> 00:13:45.480 come your calls when we return your Home with Dean 235 00:13:45.519 --> 00:13:49.919 Sharp the House Whisper. You're listening to Home with Dean 236 00:13:50.000 --> 00:13:55.440 Sharp on demand from KFI AM six forty am, I 237 00:13:55.480 --> 00:13:59.960 AM forty live dreaming in ad everywhere on the Iheartrate. 238 00:14:00.080 --> 00:14:02.600 You app just like the man said, you are Home 239 00:14:02.840 --> 00:14:06.639 with Dean Sharp the House Whisper. It is time to 240 00:14:06.759 --> 00:14:12.799 go to the phones. Let's talk to Henderson. Henderson, welcome home. 241 00:14:13.840 --> 00:14:22.000 Oh day, I know, Henderson. Take me off speaker phone, 242 00:14:22.080 --> 00:14:24.639 get close and personal. Guy. It sounds like you're in 243 00:14:24.679 --> 00:14:31.000 a giant box. I'm actually on my computer. Uh oh, Okay, 244 00:14:31.440 --> 00:14:36.039 we'll do our best, okay, and adorn a new construction. 245 00:14:36.240 --> 00:14:39.799 Are there points in which I should get an independent inspector? 246 00:14:41.840 --> 00:14:44.519 Okay, I'm gonna pop you on hold Henderson because the 247 00:14:44.519 --> 00:14:46.759 feedback and the it's just a weird sound. But I 248 00:14:46.759 --> 00:14:49.639 did hear your question. Henderson wants to know he's doing 249 00:14:49.720 --> 00:14:53.799 a new construction. Is there are there points in which 250 00:14:54.080 --> 00:14:58.720 he should get an independent inspector? That is a question 251 00:14:58.840 --> 00:15:01.080 I get asked all the time because people are just 252 00:15:01.360 --> 00:15:06.399 really unsure about making sure that the quality of the 253 00:15:06.480 --> 00:15:12.120 construction is appropriate. So here is the thing. There are points, 254 00:15:12.600 --> 00:15:15.679 especially in southern California and in other jurisdictions, in which 255 00:15:15.919 --> 00:15:20.960 an independent inspection of sorts is required. And what I 256 00:15:21.000 --> 00:15:23.240 mean by that there are things like, for instance, if 257 00:15:23.240 --> 00:15:26.559 you pour concrete now in Los Angeles, City of Los 258 00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:31.120 Angeles or Los Angeles County, a deputy inspector has to 259 00:15:31.159 --> 00:15:35.320 be hired by the concrete company to be there, or 260 00:15:35.320 --> 00:15:38.639 the contractor to be there present during the placement of 261 00:15:38.679 --> 00:15:43.240 the concrete to verify that. And this is structural concrete, 262 00:15:43.279 --> 00:15:46.440 not driveways or anything like that, but structural concrete concrete 263 00:15:46.440 --> 00:15:50.440 that matters most. They have to be there and sign 264 00:15:50.519 --> 00:15:53.919 off on it. There are inspectors that you can be 265 00:15:54.080 --> 00:15:58.200 hired to walk through and examine phases of a job, 266 00:15:59.360 --> 00:16:04.440 so I don't have a blanket opinion about it. I 267 00:16:04.480 --> 00:16:07.279 would say this, The most important thing you can do 268 00:16:07.399 --> 00:16:10.559 is number one, to make sure that the job is 269 00:16:10.600 --> 00:16:13.000 being done legally with permits. And that means that the 270 00:16:13.039 --> 00:16:16.200 city inspector is going to be there making sure in 271 00:16:16.240 --> 00:16:19.919 every phase of the project that things are up to 272 00:16:20.120 --> 00:16:26.559 spec As far as quality of workmanship is concerned, beyond 273 00:16:26.720 --> 00:16:30.600 just the basics, youve got to trust your contractor. Don't 274 00:16:30.720 --> 00:16:34.000 hire a contractor that you don't trust to have a 275 00:16:34.080 --> 00:16:40.960 higher standard than the building department. I currently have a 276 00:16:41.039 --> 00:16:45.159 side gig right now for one particular client. I am 277 00:16:45.200 --> 00:16:49.000 assisting a particular client in Beverly Hills as kind of 278 00:16:49.039 --> 00:16:54.000 an independent reviewer of their project because outside of their control, 279 00:16:54.840 --> 00:17:04.079 their parents hired a contractor who is terrible, just terrible. 280 00:17:04.960 --> 00:17:07.559 I'm trying to come up with the right word, terrible 281 00:17:07.640 --> 00:17:10.920 contractor the kind of contractor who that they thought they 282 00:17:10.920 --> 00:17:12.799 were saving money with. And I don't know why they 283 00:17:12.799 --> 00:17:17.119 haven't fired him, honestly, but they're still with him, and 284 00:17:17.440 --> 00:17:21.160 he has cost them more money than then they could 285 00:17:21.279 --> 00:17:27.079 possibly imagine having saved by going with so. So, yeah, 286 00:17:27.200 --> 00:17:29.880 there is a time. There is a time if you 287 00:17:30.039 --> 00:17:33.720 lose faith or have hired the wrong contractor, no question, 288 00:17:34.160 --> 00:17:37.680 there is a time to have an independent set of 289 00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:42.839 eyeballs come in, knowledgeable, professional expert eyes to make sure 290 00:17:42.880 --> 00:17:45.839 that things are going right, to basically catch the things 291 00:17:45.880 --> 00:17:51.200 that are slipping through the cracks. But generally speaking, generally speaking, 292 00:17:51.319 --> 00:17:56.319 the combination of the building department and an ethical, well vetted, 293 00:17:56.359 --> 00:18:00.720 good quality general contractor eliminates the need for that kind 294 00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:04.240 of thing because things should be done right. And again, 295 00:18:04.759 --> 00:18:08.559 this is not an area where you want to pinch 296 00:18:08.680 --> 00:18:11.799 every penny when you're finding your contractor. I know they're expensive, 297 00:18:11.960 --> 00:18:15.079 the good ones are more expensive than the bad ones, 298 00:18:15.079 --> 00:18:18.480 but there's a reason for that. You find somebody who's 299 00:18:18.519 --> 00:18:22.720 passionate about what they do, who believes in what they do, 300 00:18:23.039 --> 00:18:26.599 and who does it well and holds themselves to the 301 00:18:26.640 --> 00:18:29.640 highest standard possible. So you don't have to hold them 302 00:18:29.759 --> 00:18:33.039 to another standard as well. And that's the best advice 303 00:18:33.079 --> 00:18:35.359 I've got for you, Henderson. Thanks for the call, buddy. 304 00:18:35.519 --> 00:18:38.079 We will go back to the phones. Gee sharp, the 305 00:18:38.079 --> 00:18:41.480 house whisper, welcome home. Thanks for joining us on the program. 306 00:18:41.519 --> 00:18:44.759 You know what, it's almost seven o'clock. We're almost done 307 00:18:44.799 --> 00:18:47.440 with the first hour of our fine little program here. 308 00:18:48.279 --> 00:18:50.720 We are taking calls right now, and I've also got 309 00:18:50.720 --> 00:18:54.599 some news and some tidbits and some interesting stuff to 310 00:18:54.640 --> 00:18:57.960 talk to you about. Let's go ahead and take another call, 311 00:18:58.119 --> 00:19:00.920 and then we'll move into some of the other material 312 00:19:01.119 --> 00:19:04.000 and then we'll go back to calls in a little bit. 313 00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:05.960 The number to reach me, by the way, eight three 314 00:19:06.160 --> 00:19:10.079 three two. Ask Dean A three three the numeral two 315 00:19:10.359 --> 00:19:14.680 ask Dean eight three three to ask Dean anything you 316 00:19:14.720 --> 00:19:17.559 want to talk about regarding your home. Our phone lines 317 00:19:17.599 --> 00:19:20.720 are open. Producer Richie's standing by. He'll tell you everything 318 00:19:20.720 --> 00:19:22.519 you need to know. Poppy into the queue and then 319 00:19:22.599 --> 00:19:24.279 you and I we can put our heads together. We'll 320 00:19:24.279 --> 00:19:27.920 figure out what's going on with your home design, construction, DIY, 321 00:19:28.200 --> 00:19:32.400 anything at all? A three three two ask Dean. All right, 322 00:19:32.519 --> 00:19:37.119 let's talk to uh. Let's talk to Noreen. Noreen, welcome home. 323 00:19:39.599 --> 00:19:43.359 Oh good morning, Dean, my favorite person on KFI. I'd 324 00:19:43.400 --> 00:19:44.279 love your show. 325 00:19:44.839 --> 00:19:45.759 Thank you so much. 326 00:19:47.039 --> 00:19:49.799 I have a question. We have a live in a 327 00:19:49.839 --> 00:19:53.680 house probably brought in here, moved in here in the 328 00:19:53.799 --> 00:19:57.960 nineteen fifties, and then that part of the house is 329 00:19:58.000 --> 00:20:00.880 the old part of the house that the peers under 330 00:20:00.920 --> 00:20:04.960 the house are concrete, and they're kind of deteriorating. And 331 00:20:05.039 --> 00:20:07.839 I know it because when somebody walks behind me, when 332 00:20:07.880 --> 00:20:10.559 I'm sitting in a rocking chair, I can feel the 333 00:20:10.640 --> 00:20:14.880 floor bounce. So I called out. Two companies came out, 334 00:20:15.119 --> 00:20:19.480 and the one they give me the estimates online on 335 00:20:19.559 --> 00:20:22.920 my computer. One of them says that the peers he 336 00:20:22.960 --> 00:20:25.920 wants to put in is going to be made of 337 00:20:26.079 --> 00:20:30.400 composite with jack something another I don't know what that means, 338 00:20:30.440 --> 00:20:34.319 but I guess it's a still bar that's on like 339 00:20:34.480 --> 00:20:37.799 a like a car jack. I guess where they can 340 00:20:38.519 --> 00:20:43.759 level the floor up. And he wants to use composite 341 00:20:43.799 --> 00:20:47.000 instead of concrete. And the other man wants to bring 342 00:20:47.039 --> 00:20:54.640 in concrete and poor peers underneath with buckets of concrete, 343 00:20:54.839 --> 00:20:58.680 and he's even more expensive. I think the one that 344 00:20:58.759 --> 00:21:04.319 wants to do the composite that wants sixty sixteen thousand, 345 00:21:04.400 --> 00:21:07.200 five hundred dollars, and the other one that's going to 346 00:21:07.279 --> 00:21:10.640 use concrete peers. He didn't tell me how many he's 347 00:21:10.640 --> 00:21:14.559 going to put in, but he wants about twenty thousand dollars, 348 00:21:15.359 --> 00:21:20.279 and I think he wants to put his about four 349 00:21:20.319 --> 00:21:24.079 feet apart. Two do they need to be that close together? 350 00:21:24.240 --> 00:21:26.839 Do you think? And do I need to use concrete 351 00:21:27.039 --> 00:21:30.880 or should should I go with some one that is 352 00:21:30.920 --> 00:21:35.680 going to put thirty peers under six hundred square feet? No, 353 00:21:35.839 --> 00:21:40.920 nine hundred square feet of house? A new edition doesn't 354 00:21:40.960 --> 00:21:43.039 need peers, right right? 355 00:21:43.640 --> 00:21:48.079 All right? Well, excellent question, and one that opens up 356 00:21:48.160 --> 00:21:53.680 a whole category of conversation about how we go about 357 00:21:54.559 --> 00:22:00.839 figuring out how to fix or improve or upgrade, especially 358 00:22:00.880 --> 00:22:04.400 an older house like your house. So here is the thing. 359 00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:09.559 I don't know for sure whether each of the guys 360 00:22:09.559 --> 00:22:13.000 who came out, each of these contractors have their own 361 00:22:13.039 --> 00:22:17.400 engineers that work for them, But it almost doesn't matter 362 00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:21.000 to me because since they have engineers that work for them, 363 00:22:21.119 --> 00:22:25.440 if they do, then they're going to be biased toward 364 00:22:25.480 --> 00:22:30.680 their system and toward the quantities that they're suggesting, so 365 00:22:30.799 --> 00:22:33.759 they have a vested interest in supporting what the contractor 366 00:22:33.839 --> 00:22:38.079 is going to do. Secondly, a lot of shockingly, a 367 00:22:38.079 --> 00:22:40.839 lot of foundation contractors who reading the fine print, they're 368 00:22:40.839 --> 00:22:45.839 not guaranteeing that this is all the fix because this 369 00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:48.960 is their opinion about what has to go underneath your 370 00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:51.839 house to fix it, to restore it, and so on. 371 00:22:52.880 --> 00:22:56.240 What I think you should do in cases like this 372 00:22:56.839 --> 00:22:59.359 is it's interesting because you know, I answered a previous 373 00:22:59.359 --> 00:23:02.920 caller about independent inspector. This is not because you have 374 00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:05.519 a contractor. You don't have one right now. But what 375 00:23:05.559 --> 00:23:07.640 I think you should do is you should actually have 376 00:23:07.680 --> 00:23:13.240 a conversation with a structural engineer, okay, an independent structural 377 00:23:13.279 --> 00:23:21.599 engineer or a foundation company that uses an independent structural engineer. 378 00:23:21.680 --> 00:23:25.359 So the point is this, you want an unbiased opinion 379 00:23:25.799 --> 00:23:29.880 from an actual structural engineer about number one, the condition 380 00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:35.079 of your existing peers, and number two, what also needs 381 00:23:35.079 --> 00:23:37.279 to be done to shore up the house. I can't 382 00:23:37.359 --> 00:23:40.880 tell you how far apart new peers need to go. 383 00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:43.519 In fact, I can't even tell you that you need 384 00:23:43.599 --> 00:23:48.960 new peers. Okay, because quite often what happens over decades 385 00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:52.160 and decades is settlement of the soil and the peers, 386 00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:55.240 and the reason why a floor may be sagging or 387 00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:59.839 maybe a peer appears to be quote unquote failing, has 388 00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:02.480 everything to do with the fact that the wood post 389 00:24:02.640 --> 00:24:04.960 on top of the pier is now not long enough 390 00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:07.599 because the peer has settled into the soil some or 391 00:24:07.640 --> 00:24:10.920 maybe the wood post has deteriorated some. Maybe you have 392 00:24:11.079 --> 00:24:15.000 enough peers, but they just need to be recut for 393 00:24:15.119 --> 00:24:17.880 their posts in order to jack the floor up and 394 00:24:17.960 --> 00:24:22.559 hold it stable. Or maybe there's a need for more. 395 00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:27.119 How many that's something truly that a structural engineer would 396 00:24:27.160 --> 00:24:29.519 be the best person to tell you. You could call them out. 397 00:24:29.720 --> 00:24:32.119 You're going to pay them a few hundred dollars to 398 00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:36.240 give you an independent consult. They'll crawl under the house, 399 00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:39.160 they'll take a look around, they'll examine the needs, and 400 00:24:39.200 --> 00:24:42.720 they'll be able to give you a full perspective of 401 00:24:43.440 --> 00:24:48.559