Hardy Plank & A/C Systems

Jim starts the show answering an email question regarding splits on hardy siding. He also takes some calls about matching wood flooring, air conditioning systems, getting a new roof with rain in the forecast, a recommended company to fix hardy plank, putting siding over fascia board, and more. Jim mixes in email questions as we go and continues with more callers in the second hour.

Episode Transcript

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an email question. You go tothe website thhipro dot com and you click
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questions. So again, our numberseven one three two one, two,
five eight seven four, and I'llsee what I can do to help you
out here on Texas home Improvement.So, talking about an email that came
in, I got one from Jasonand Rosenberg uh two days ago, and
he says, Hi, Jim,on the outside of my home, I'm

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seeing a few spots where the Hardysiding has some vertical splits, maybe a
quarter inch wide. The home isthirteen years old. Is that normal?
And is there anything I can doto repair it before having to replace everything?
Thank you? No, that's notnormal. In fact, the way

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Hardy is put together, I guessI would question is this a straight line
split or is it kind of jaggedBecause if it's a straight line, it's
probably just a joint that opened upand it's time to recock it. Because
thirteen years old, yeah, Iwould guess that that is likely what you're
dealing with. But if it's kindof a jagged line, then I'm going

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to start questioning what is moving sodrastically that it's breaking it because no,
there's nothing normal about it now.Of course I haven't seen it, so
I can't say exactly what it is. They do make pair kits, though,
for James Hardy Siding. Uh.And that's for if you know,

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it gets hit or something like thatwhere it gets damaged. Uh. They
actually have a repair kit that youcan use on it, and that would
take care of something like you're talkingabout. But it's definitely not the norm.
Got a question seven one three twoone two five eight seven four.

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That's seven one three two one twofive eight seven four. And I'll see
what I can do to help youout here on Texas Home Improvement, your
total home improvement source. Let's uh, let's see here. We're going to
head to our first call and isit uh Michelle, Yeah, Mike,

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Hey, how can I help you? Hi? First of all, I
really enjoy your show, and Ilistened to it every chance I get.
Thank you. But second of all, I've got kind of of a ticklish
situation. I've got real whole plank, not not the prefab sort of wood

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flooring, and it's a mixture ofoak and reclaimed so it's got natural distressing
in it, different different widths,and so it's really beautiful. I really
love it. But now I wantto add the next room which connects or

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will touch this, uh this woodflooring, and I'm a little concerned about
how difficult it's going to be tomatch it, and I I also have
a couple of problem areas in thiswood flooring that I've not been able to
find someone who can come fix itfor me. So I was wondering if

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you had professionals that you could recommend, or what your thoughts were about this.
So if it's true wood plank,that way it can be sanded and
refinished to where everything would look thesame. Now, I will tell you
old oak does look different than newoak, so you still could have some

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issues with that, but yeah,it definitely can be worked on now as
so as long as it's I mean, but it would have to be like
full plank, like the same stuffin oak, and they would just have

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to blend it. Yep, okay, And no two ways about it.
That's going to kind of be aproblem because it's not even going to be
just a regular guy who does refinishing. It's going to be somebody who's a
specialist at doing what you're talking about. So I don't have somebody that I

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know that does that, But I'mgonna give you somebody to call who has
to deal with this kind of stuffand they probably do have somebody. Okay,
give Woodlands Water Restoration a call.Okay. Their number is two eight
one five, seven six eight four, five nine eight four. And I

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recommend them all the time. Itell people write their number down and keep
it because they are a restoration company. So when a person's house, you
know, has a pipe that breaksand floods it or rising waters, flooded,
a fire, you'll mold all thesedifferent things. It's got to deal
with the insurance companies. Not onlydo they deal with the insurance, but

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they deal with restoring the house backthe way it was, Okay, and
I would imagine they've had to dothis before, so they probably do have
somebody to call. Okay, thatsounds great. Okay, Well, I
hope that helps you out very much. Yeah, and again seven one three

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two one two five eight seven four. That's seven one three two one two
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out here on Texas Home Improvement.Let's see, we're gonna head back into
our calls here. And Lucy,how can I help you. I'm scheduled

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to have a roof put on.Sorry, I can barely hear you in
the background. Can you hear me? Because I can barely hear you in
the background. Well, I'm gonnaput her on hold because it sounds like

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she's got it on the speaker phone, and uh, I can't. I
just I can't hear that well enoughto to hear what she was saying.
Again her number seven one three twoone two five eight seven four. That's
seven one three two one two fiveeight seven four. And I'll see what
I can do to help you out. Let's head to Conroe and Greg.

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This is Jim. How can Ihelp you? Hey, Jim on their
conditioning? Is this correct? Atthe end of this year, they're not
going to sell anymore four to tenand it's going to four fifty four B
units? Is that correct? Well, you're still going to be able to
get the four to ten? Uh? What's happening? Go ahead? I

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think sorry. Yeah, what's happeningis the government is stepping in and changing
coolants again, and so some ofthe manufacturers are going to the four fifty
four. Uh. Others have anotherbrand or another type that they're going with,
and so it's just another one thatthe AC technicians are going to have

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to carry on their truck and butyeah, as far as new units,
they will be changing the coolants again. Okay, Well, you know what
I got is I got two units. I got a four ton into two
tons and there you know, they'retwenty four years old, you know,
and I just didn't know. Behoovedme to go ahead and bite the bullet,

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you know, before the end ofthe year. You know, even
though I think my units are running, but they're not going to run forever
twenty four years of piece. Yeah, at twenty four years, I can
guarantee you the new ones are goingto be so much more energy efficient that
you'll save your money over next overthe next coming summer. Yeah. Okay.
Then we talked about these units.You know, there's a single speed,

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double speed and variable Is that correct? Correct? Or less? More
or less? Yes? Okay.You know my problem with buying a variable
speed, which I listen to otherpeople talk, you know, that might
be my problem. But just thecost, you know, maybe not so

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much as initial cost, but repaircost. I mean, is there like
a ten year warranty on parts onthose variable speeds or how does that work?
You know, as far as gettinga good warranty on something, you
know, all the different manufacturers havetheir own different warranties. What a lot
of guys don't sell is there isaftermarket warranties available on HVAC systems, and

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a lot of companies don't bother tryingto sell those, but they are available.
And you know, as far asthe variable speed versus say a single
speed or a dual speed, here'sa big difference. Yes, they're going
to cost more money. If youhave an area where you're having issues with

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humidity control, the variable speed cannotbe beat. A single speed operates just
fine, just like they always have. It's just more bells and whistles when
you get into the variable speed.I will tell you in my personal home,
I run the variable speed because Ilove how quiet it is versus a
single speed and the humidity and temperaturecontrol. So there's definitely some big differences.

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I'm gonna put you on hold becauseI got to take a quick break
and I'll come back to you whenwe come back. But hey, if
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we'll fit fix it. We'll tellyou what is going to cost to fix
it, but we're going to offeryou what the a new system would cost
so you can make an informed decision. And quite honestly, it is not

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Hey, welcome back to Texas HomeImprovement. Seven one three, two
one two five eight seven four.Let's see we were talking with Greg and
we were talking HVAC systems and sorryabout that, Greg, but I have
to break when it's time. Yeah, you got to pay the bills.
That's it, Okay, all right, Jim, okay. On the dual

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speed, how is that just alow and a high? Is that?
You know? Is that all thatdoes? More or less? Yeah,
it's just it's just a two speedthat it can slow it down and you
know that again helps with the humiditycontrol. And with the quietness of the
system. Yeah, because my oneof my neighbors had one put in after

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Harvey, and I know the difference. I mean that he has a variable
speed, and yeah, you knowyou can tell the difference. But it's
there's really no more expensive to runthan just a single speed, is it.
I mean, no, definitely not. In fact, they are typically
more energy efficient than the single speed. It costs less to operating because they

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will stay on longer and your bigexpenses is kind of like turning on a
fluorescent light. Used to be itwould take twenty minute. It's of power
to switch an old fluorescent ball bond, where with the eight C systems,
the power boots, boot up doestake power. But it's just the comfort

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level and stuff. I mean thatthat's really the big thing. Well,
you know, I understand what you'resaying about the humidity control because you know,
I've lived up to this house inConroe for a little over a year
now, and you know, lastsummer, you know, my humidity levels
were just not right. Even thoughI was cool, you know, I
still pushing sixty percent. That's that'shigher than I like. It is a

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little high. Yeah, and uh, well Okay, y'all kind of sell
the American Standard or do y'all sellall brands? Or I mean, how
do y'all go? We have otherbrands we can sell as well, but
yeah, we do a lot ofAmerican Standard. Well you know, okay,
so I was talking about a warranty. What kind of warranted offer on

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those units? You know, likeon parts? Well, like American Standard
for instance, it typically has likea ten year on the compressors and things
like that. But even that,in order to make sure you get that,
your contractor has to register the unit. Otherwise it only has a five

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year So a lot does depend onwhat the contractor does. But we also
do sell a after market warranty oroffer you an aftermarket warranty that gives you
ten year parts in labor. Yeah, well you know I would you know
I have you know, when Ibought this house, you know, I

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had to buy a warranty. Youknow, America Home Shield. Okay,
some of my AC went out.You know, I blew a capacitor.
I could see it, you know, so I go ahead and go through
the rigamarole to get ahold of them. Didn't they tell me it's going to
be a week gym. You know, well, and on these type of
warrant it's not that way because yousimply like the one we sell, you

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would simply call us, we comeout. We just we're the ones who
turn it in. Then, yeah, okay, because you know I'm able
to get ahold of a nacy guyon you. And you know he sold
me one for sixty bucks. Iput it in myself and I was up
and running the next day. Youknow, yeah, I just hate having
to do that, to be payingmoney for a warranty, and just you

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know, I just normally be Itell you how I look at it.
You know, I bought a newtruck this year, and you know,
it used to be I'd always say, no, I don't need the extended
warranting stuff. But the vehicles havebecome so complicated that the least little thing

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goes wrong and it's fifteen hundred bucks. And honestly, your air conditioning system
is getting that way as well.And so typically the first time you have
a claim, you covered the exof the extended warranty. Sure, and
I understand that. You know,okay, one more question here, Sure,

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answer it the best way you can. I'm looking at the four ton
and the two tons? Am Ilooking around twenty twenty five thirty? You
know, just ball park me inthere somewhere. You're looking at two units,
yes, sir, Yeah, you'reprobably looking twenty to get one for
half price. You're a funny man, No, I'm teasing you. Yeah,

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you are in that probably between twentyto thirty, depending on the brand
and depending on the style. Youknow, the single versus dual speed.
You actually could get less than twentyif you went with single speed on both.
Yeah. Well, you know,I'm selling myself on variable speed if

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I think I can get a decentwarranty on them, you know, because
I might not live here ten moreyears, you know, I might not
be around you know, yep.But I just want to have the comfort
of, you know, just nothaving to buys it. You know.
I'm worried about circuit boards and stufflike that. More. That's it,
and that's where that extended warranty comesin. But hey, I know I'm
coming up against the break here.So I'll tell you what, Greg,

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give us a call. It doesn'tcause anything for us to look at it
and give you a price on it, and then you can make your own
decision. Hey, I appreciate yourtime, Jim, thank you, you
bet you take care? Yes,sir, uh huh. And again if
somebody wants called DUS air Conditioning,it is seven one three four seven three
seven one five six. With that, we're gonna take a quick break.

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When we come back, Lucy,you'll be up first here on Texas Own
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Improvement. Seven one three two onetwo five eight seven four. That's seven
one three two one two five eightseven four. And I'll see what I
can do to help you out hereon Texas Home Improvement. Lucy, how
can I help you? Oh?Hi? Well, hello, I'm getting
a new roof Monday, can youhear me? Yes? Ma'am? Okay,

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new roof Monday. And the weatherforecast is rain, so I don't
know what to do. I don'twant them to start and then get my
decking all wet. Well as astrip. Typically they rapidly go back on
with an underlayment, and that's toprotect in case a rain does come.

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So the chance of rain on Monday, last time I looked, was no
more than thirty percent, and soI personally I would let them go.
Just let them go ahead. Yep. Now, if we start getting up
where you know it's sixty seventy eightypercent, a lot of times they're going
to call you and say, hey, we don't want to open it at

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that it's too too high a chanceof rain. But at thirty percent,
even when it even if you doget rain, I mean you see it
coming, they cover it, theyget it prepared, and you shouldn't have
a big problem. When you getinto these all day where it's going to
be a heavy rain, you know, that's when you start worrying about,

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Okay, is it going to beable to take care of it? And
what about high winds and stuff likethat. But what we're expecting Monday,
at least for me right now,I wouldn't worry about it, Okay,
Okay, then thank you, you'rewelcome. You take care again. Seven
one three two one two five eightseven four. David and Katie how can

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I help you? Uh? Yes, Jim. Uh. We have a
roof that's got it's a pretty newroof, uh. And right up next
to it is a hearty flank sidingand apparently it was not installed correctly because
it's too close to the to theshingles and the and the shingles seem to

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have gotten water up into the sidingand it's kind of starting to dissolve.
Do you know anybody out here inKatie West Houston that can fix that?
Yes, give Victor's Remodeling and Constructiona call, okay, and his number
is eight three two two four threeninety nine ninety seven. Okay, But

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I'll tell you that hardy shouldn't shouldnot dissolve. I mean, even if
you have it in the water,it's not it. It doesn't dissolve.
So I'm not sure what exactly ishappening. Well, it kind of looks
like it's got danda for something.It's kind of getting chippy. Okay,

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you think maybe it's not heart attack. That's kind of what I'm thinking.
But get Victor's a call and hecan take a look at it, because
regardless, it's going to have tobe fixed and he can do it.
You bet well. We appreciate yourshow. Thank you so much, Thank
you much. You take care howabout it? You know. And a

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lot of times people do think theyhave hardy sighting they have something else.
So it definitely needs to be takinga look at. Because one, there's
a lot of copycat companies too,there's a lot of other products out there,
and it's it's always just assumed theygot hardy, but uh, just
because they go by the looks andall of them made to look like boards,

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rough cut boards, so uh thatthat's where that typically comes from.
Again our number seven one three twoone two five eight seven four. That's
seven one three two one two fiveeight seven four. And I'll see what
I can do to help you outhere on Texas Home Improvement. So I

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got an email question earlier this weekfrom John and Pearland, and he's asking
about flexible ventilation ducks. Should youreplace the flexible ventilation ducks in your attic
My house is over twenty four yearsonly if the duck starts having a problem.
Now, Uh, if you hadducks from the eighties, they were

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the gray flexible, they had aproblem, the gray plastic on the outside
would deteriorate and peel off, allowingthe insulation to peel off that had to
be replaced. Nowadays, the ducksare the silver kind of milar types material,
and uh, it doesn't tend todegrade and peel off that way.

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Newer ducks have a little bit betterinsulation on them. But honestly, unless
you're having a problem with the duckwork, no, you don't bother replacing
it. So hopefully that helps youout with that and possibly saves you a
few bucks as well. Again,if you got a question seven one three

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two one two five eight seven four, that's seven one three two one two
five eight seven four, And I'llsee what I can do to help you
out here on Texas home improvement.So William in Highlands, he says,
Uh, I want to enlarge ourpatio and close it in with windows,

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keep patio furniture dry. Things.Well, that's a call to the Texas
Remodel team. Uh. In fact, they do a lot of enclosing patios
and things like that. So youcan reach them at two eight one six

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to help you out with that.Uh seven one three two one two five
eight seven four. Any home improvementquestion you got, just feel free to
pick up the phone, give mea call and we can talk about it
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jump into one more email before wegot to take a break. This comes
from Lennon Laporte. I have anall brick home built in two thousand and
six in laport Texas. It listedas an Energy star rated home. I'm
curious about the efficiency of my windows. The home is very quiet and not
drafty unless one needs recalling. Thankyou well, I tell you what.

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I'm gonna address this one when wecome back with more Texas Home Improvement.
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your I'll come back you see,welcome back to Texas Home Improvements, your
Total Home Improvements. So or sevenone three two one two five eight seven
four that's seven one three two onetwo five eight seven four. We're gonna

(34:23):
head out to Anna. Whak,Larry, I'm not gonna help you today,
can you hear me? Yes,sir? Okay, I have.
I had a new roof put ona few years back, and the facial
board was uh the and they andit was primer and painted in the paint's

(34:51):
peeling off, and I would whatI'm the question is, is can I
instead of peeling it and painting it, can I just put aluminum sighting over
it without painting it? You can. I don't know that you'll find aluminum
sighting anymore though, well sighting don't. I don't know what it's made from.

(35:16):
Yeah, now you can get vinylsighting now, or you could replace
it with a like hearty siding orsomething like that. But yes, you
can. You can go over itif you want. Now, over time,
could it deteriorate underneath there? Absolutely? But you're talking not days,

(35:37):
not weeks, but many, manyyears. Okay, But so, so
I can do it with that.I'm sorry you broke up there. You
can do it? What can Ido it without painting it? Depending on
the condition it's in more than likelyyes, because you said it's made out

(36:01):
of cedar, and cedar doesn't requirepainting to begin with. So yes,
wow, okay, all right,Well I appreciate the answer, Thank you
very much. I listened to yourprogram every Saturday. Well, I appreciate
that, thank you. And youknow what, I forgot to do something

(36:22):
when we came back. I hadread that question and I didn't answer it
like I said. I was gonnajust a refresher here. I have an
all brick home built in two thousandand six in Laporte, Texas. It
listed as an energy star rated home. I'm curious about the efficiency of my
windows. The home is very quietand not drafting unless one needs recocking.

(36:43):
Thank you well, I will tellyou. Since two thousand and six there
has been an upgrade in the glasspacks that are used. But a home
in two thousand and six was alreadygoing to be duel panes of glass.
So would I replace them? IfI'm not having any problems with them,

(37:07):
I'm not going to replace them.If they start fogging up, uh,
you start getting a lot of airleaks and stuff, then I would replace
them. But the difference in theefficiency from six to now is not that
much. Where you would get theboat most is more than likely. In
six you were still aluminum framed,and now you would look at a vinyl

(37:30):
or a fiberglass or something else andthat would transfer less heat as well.
But again from six to now,no, I would not replace them until
I have a problem with them.Again. If you got a question seven
one three, two, one two, five eight seven four, Randy,
you're doing all right? Today.Yeah, doing good. Well, how

(37:53):
can I help you? Well,I'd just had a question. My house
was built in nineteen ninety eight.I have a a new heating air conditioning
going to put in in twenty thirteen, twenty thirteen, twenty fourteen. But
I've noticed lately that there's a lotof dust. I'm getting a lot of
dust, especially upstairs and the closet. I see on the hangars, and
I just see all around, andI I've never had my ducks cleaned out.

(38:17):
Is that would that be a goodidea? Could that be causing a
lot of external dust or is thereanother reason for that? It's probably not
the cause of it. Unless theducks have holes in them and it's drawing
air in from the attic, thenthat can be the cause of the problem.
But as far as having to cleanthem for that, now that that's
unlikely. How old did you saythe house was? It was built in

(38:43):
nineteen ninety eight. Okay, youmay have a question about the Well,
I heard the question about the ducksearlier, so that's why it get me
to call. Yeah, well,you may have cellulose insulation in the attic.
You know what color your insulation is? Yellow? Okay, you have

(39:04):
fiberglass then, so that's not goingto be the cause of it. So
more than likely, yes, Iwould have the ductwork check to see if
there's a leak. The secondary thingis are you changing your filters every month
like you're supposed to? Well,I don't change them every month. I'm
probably inside of six months. Ichange them, but I don't do it
every month. Do you have justthe one inch filters? Yes, and

(39:29):
I had windows. I had someinsulated windows put in upstairs. I've replaced
all of it. About two ofthem, the big one over the door
I didn't do because it's more expensive, and then there's another one in the
bathroom, the master bathroom. Butthe rest of them I have replace.
So yeah, that's a kind ofwondering. Yeah, yeah, no,
it very well could be a selfgenerated problem you got when you have the

(39:51):
one inch filters, You got tochange them every month because what happens is
they get caked up with the dust, and once they're caked up with dust,
the rest of it kind of flowsthrough into your system and that will
float flow through and create dust inthe house. So just to be more
proactive about changing my filters and usegood filters. I mean, I don't

(40:12):
want to break the bank on filters. I mean, I know there's a
variety that you can buy, andI'm certainly not buying the cheap ones that
yeah, I tell you, theones I like to get, especially if
you're having a dust issue, isdepleted filters. They're not that much more
than just getting those fiberglass looking ones, but the pleats catch more of the
dust and pollens and things like that, so it does a much better job

(40:37):
of instead of cleaning the air foryou. All Right, well, thank
you, I appreciate that you takeyour card, and with that we're going
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Your total home Improvement source seven onethree two one two five eight seven

(44:22):
four Troy in Spring Branch, Welcometo Texas Home Improvement. All right,
thank you. Yeah, I liveon a corner I sully good gosh a
lot, and I want to puta Fathers defends up from my backyards.
Will be a pretty good fence eightfoot tall. All my neighbors you know,

(44:44):
has a regord wooden fences who don'tseem to last very long? What
maybe be could I use it wouldbe the last long as a hearty or
final or is it? What wouldyou mack out? Well? The reason
most of the fences don't last verylong is we don't tend to you do
anything to protect them. You know, if you if you'll put the fence

(45:05):
up, use cedar and then treatit with like ready seal, it'll keep
it looking new for years. Ijust sold the property I had. The
fence was seventeen years old, andyou wouldn't have guessed that fence was two
years old. But every every fourto five years I put a new coat
of ready seal on it to protectit, and it stayed looking new.

(45:30):
A seed would be quite a bitmore than your conventional with it then treated.
You can do the same with treated. But which would yous man treated?
I personally go with the cedar becauseI just like the way it looks
and how it is more durable thanthe treated lumber as far as you know

(45:54):
lasting. Yeah. No, Infact, there's a lot of fences I've
seen a reminy which you can pleasedo this thought in between the things,
especially after it's like a year old, they would strength, they shrink up.
Yeah, how do you bald that? Well, I'll tell you what.
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head back to our calls though.Seven one three, two one two five
eight seven four. When we left, I was talking with Troy, and

(49:37):
Troy we were talking about the fenceand you were saying, how over time,
you know, typically about a year, the board's shrink and a gap
opens up in the middle. Youknow, it's funny. In Houston,
we all just put up the picketsand we're done with it. If you
go to San Antonio, they actuallyrun a lot of times their fences horizontally

(50:04):
and they're weaving them in through thepost. If you go to Dallas,
they typically run them vertical like wedo in Houston, but they put a
board on a board, so they'lltypically be like a one by four going
over where the gap is and soyou don't see through them. They also
put a top board on and anddifferent things like that. So the different

(50:30):
areas have different types of fencing,but in order to get rid of that
gap, you would have to dothe board on board. Okay. Is
there any particular efence company that yourecommend? No, sir, because the
fence companies typically hold to just tightareas. They don't do a lot of

(50:53):
traveling, and so I don't getto know the different ones through, you
know, all over the city.Yeah, okay, what was that feel
that you said you put on everyfour or five years against lise? Ready
seal ready feel? Okay, yep. You can just pain all the pressure
roller or something like that, rollit on, brush it on, you
can spray it on. Uh.Yeah, it's very easy to put on,

(51:16):
and you don't have to worry aboutruns or lap streaks because it soaks
into the wood and all that stuffjust disappears. Do you have to pressure
wash it first or scrub it oranything before you put it on? Uh?
If the fence is dirty, youwould want to clean it up first.
Yes, okay, mighty fine.Thanks for your help. You bet

(51:37):
you take care you too. Iagain our number seven one three, two
one two, five eight seven four. Let's go to sugar Land and ed
you doing all right today? Iam Jim. Thank you? For all
you do for us my pleasure.My question is I have a five ton

(52:01):
AMNA compressor or a unit. Itwas a unit at one point and last
year we we we put replaced thecapacitor and the fan motor. But my
question is with a hard start helpedthat ten year old unit? Probably because

(52:27):
to the same Yeah, as aage, you know, they start drawing
more and more to start, andthe hard start just kind of smooths that
stuff out. So more than likely, yes, it would help. Yeah,
because you had a couple of questionsearlier. You said, when you

(52:49):
turn a Floris and Mike bobmon ittakes you know, I guess that power
surge yep, pretty much helps thatheart start and helps that pressure. Yeah.
Well, thank you so much.I appreciate your show. You bet
edge, you take care. Thankyou bye and again seven one three,

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two, one two five eight sevenfour. Going out to the porte.
Hello, Matthew Looke, how canI help you? I had a have
a GNAT gas water heater to changeout. Didn't know if it was better
tank or tankless. Huh. Youknow, I personally like tankless water heaters,

(53:39):
uh, because you get a continuousflow of hot water. But it
all depends on your needs. Imean, you may not need more hot
water than you're getting out of thetank. It is cheaper to operate tankless
water heaters, but the purchase ofthe water heater itself does cost a little

(54:00):
bit more than a tank type.But you're, like I said, you're
operating costs or less. Your bigdeciding factor though, is typically what's it
going to take to retro fitty installation, because you got to see, you
know, what size gas line yougot coming to your tank versus what you

(54:21):
need for the tankless I like touse a tank on a gas water here
that way, Naveyon, it's extremelyefficient. In fact, the vent pipe,
a single wall PBC vent pipe canbe used. You don't even have
to use metal. And it usedto be you had to have a three

(54:44):
quarter inch gas lines going to tankless. Well, they've got them down so
efficient now that you can do itwith a half inch. So most of
the time you've got half inch comingto a tank type water here, and
then it switches down to a threeeighths so but it usually the half inch

(55:06):
is close enough that it's it's nobig deal to put it in, uh
is it in? The attic orgarage or where's it at. I got
two of them that I got tochange out. Ones that it's for rental
homes, ones in the upstairs,and the other ones in an attic.
Okay, but I was trying tobuy it to last longer. Yeah.

(55:29):
Typically your lifespan of a tankless versustank is about two to one. Okay,
so it usually doubles the life goingto the tankless. Okay, that
sounds perfect. Done. I justdidn't want to spend the extra money and
it be the same thing. Yeah, Nope, And you know you'll you'll

(55:52):
hear some people say, oh,well you gotta do all this special cleaning
on the older ones. You didthe newer ones. You don't have all
that cleaning stuff to do like youused to. Okay, sounds perfect,
Thank you, you bet you takecare you too, left and again seven

(56:12):
one three, two, one twofive eight seven four. VICKI, this
is a chim How can I helpyou? Hi U? Yes, I
have a new home that has preyfrom insulation party planks on the outside,
and we have metal double pane windows. It's less than six months old house.

(56:37):
In our bathroom, we get condensationon the bathroom window after we take
a shower, even in the mornings. I mean so severe. It's on
the top of the bathroom window andthe bottom the water droplets are on the
inside, and it will puddle somuch that I have to wipe it up
off my window sill. I foundout they said, run the vent fan

(57:00):
when we take a shower, whichwe do. We have nameless ceilings and
my husband likes to take a hashshower when we have a brother large bathroom,
so I mean it kind of goesaround. I've never had this before.
I found out they had shut myvent on the outside myself, and

(57:21):
I was like, okay, howcan this escape if it's painted shut?
So they opened that up. Thathelped. Had the ac man come out
because I have a heat pump tokeep my humidity out of my house.
But that helped a little bit,but not much. She adjusted my thermostat
my humidity because I have a didI say, I have a heat pump,

(57:45):
and no one said to know howcome I get so much condensation?
I mean to where it could belike I could pour a quarter cup on
my window sill and the bathroom.The other one is in the high so
I know it's coming from the bathroomevidently, but I need to alleviate the
problem. Okay, that's it,Okay. And you know, the whole

(58:13):
house is encapsulated, so you're drawingfresh air in from outside through the HVAC
system. And the first thing Iwould check is make sure that that vent
is working properly, that you thatyou are drawing fresh air in. The
second thing is, uh, youknow the exhaust van. If he likes

(58:35):
to take long hot showers, yes, you need to have the exhaust van
on to to take the humidity out. Because if that room is the only
one that's that it's happening to andonly happening when the shower is doing that,
it's just a matter of running theexhaust out in order to to take

(58:58):
it. And so it may nothave a big enough fan. You know,
they do make different size fans forhigher air volume, so that may
be something you have to look at. What do you know what size to
look for. That's what I wasthinking, And I told them we also
have a ceiling fan in our bathroom. So he runs the ceiling fan and

(59:20):
he runs the aravan on top tothe exhaust fan. Yeah, to get
that out. But and when it'sdifferent temperatures outside. You know, it
could really be bad when it's calledoutside. Yeah, you know, double
our moisture content. I just don'tknow. I get the condensation too on

(59:44):
a couple other little windows around thehouse when it's really cold. But well
see, and that's why I mentionedthat if you get in condensation in other
windows. Now I'm starting to wondera little bit if the HVAC sys them
is working properly to dehumidify enough.Do you have any idea what your humidity

(01:00:06):
level is in the house? Yes, at the run from anywhere of sixty
two to fifty nine okay out hereright outside of Houston so well, Turing,
Euston and Austin. Okay, Well, typically on a house, I
like to see fifty to fifty five. That's normally where you're not going to

(01:00:30):
be having a whole lot of issues. I'll tell you. Typically my house
is at forty five percent, andat that you probably wouldn't be having all
these issues because I run a longhot shower as well. I literally sometimes
stay in there as though it's asteam room, uh, and don't have

(01:00:50):
these kind of issues. So how'dyou get down to forty your was it?
Do you have a heat pomp orI have a variable speed? What
do you mean veritable speed? I'msorry, the air conditioning system I run
has instead of just being either onor off, it's a variable speed where

(01:01:14):
it can ramp up or slow down, and when it's trying to control humidity,
it just slows down and the systemstays on longer because your air conditioning
system is really nothing more than abig dehumidifier, and so by keeping it
on, I'm able to draw outmore humidity that way. So you said

(01:01:35):
it's a what now you have avariable speed? Okay, I'm thinking maybe
we I don't know if we haveveritable speed on my unit. I'm gonna
have to look or call my iceeman back out. He adjusted something.
He also took all the filters outof our house, and we only have
one large filter up in the unit, which I have never heard of.

(01:01:59):
But yeah, yeah, you probablyhave what's called a media filter. It's
about to either four to six inchesthick. Yes, yeah, no,
very common. That's what I runin my house as well, and when
I install new systems, that's whatI put in. Okay, So it
could be the exchange fan maybe needsto be increase the CFM. Yeah,

(01:02:24):
CFM. Okay, I'm gonna checkthat out and check out the vertiable speed
on our ic. Okay, II appreciate it. You bet you take
care, Thank you you too,Bye bye and again our number seven one
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Hey, welcome back to Excess onImprovements seven one three, two one
two five eight seven four I'm gonnahead straight into the call. So Steve,
how can I help you today?Yes, sir, I've got a
house or building that's in the floodway and the lower level we were thinking
about, uh building it out ofCMU with no sheet rock on the inside,

(01:06:23):
you know, just CMU block.Uh. And I was curious when
it floods, we want to I'dlike to know if there's a way to
insulate that CMU that is that won'tabsorb water. Well, you can use
a foam board on it, andthat would that would not absorb water.

(01:06:48):
Because yeah, if you just gowith a CMU block, they're actually not
real energy efficient. Uh. Itseems like it would be, but it's
not. Uh. You definitely wouldwant to put some type of insulation in
it. Now. One of theother things you can do is, as
you're building it, uh, thecavity, the void that's in those you

(01:07:12):
know, the the blocks themselves canbe filled with mortar and that does help.
Okay, have you is there anykind of insulation that you can put
in the cavity when you're building it? None that I'm aware of that would
handle the flooding right right? Okay, all right, Well, thank you,

(01:07:36):
so let me let me ask youa quick question here. The only
reason you're you're wanting to do itthat way is so when it floods,
you don't have to take everything outand redo it. Correct. Correct,
Okay. Once you take a lookat another type of system, then sure

(01:07:59):
they've got where you can put instyrofoam forms and then you fill it with
concrete. The styrofoam can stay asthe insulation, and you can put siding
on the inside like a James Hardysiding over it and have a nice finished
wall. You can put a sidingon the outside again that would withstand the

(01:08:24):
water and you would have a nicedry wall that you wouldn't have to worry
about. It would be it wouldbe solid concrete and typically the insul the
foam insulation is about two inches thickon inside and out. That would give
you a very energy efficient and besomething you wouldn't have to worry about getting

(01:08:45):
wet. Yeah, okay, Yeah, that's that's that's good. I'll look
into it. Thank you, youbet. You take care with that.
We've got to take a break fornews traffic weather. We'll be back with
more Texas Home Improvement seven three twopoint two five eight seventy four. So

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two, one two, five eightseven four. Let's see Joe in Jersey
Village. How can I help you? Cardi? I wanted to follow up
on a question from the earlier conversationabout the insulation in the attic. I've
got white insulation in my attic andthe house was built in ninety six,

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okay. And then also, shouldI do the four inch retrofit filter on
the air conditioner? Well, Iwouldn't change out the filter system unless you're
putting in a new system or something, then yes, I would always go
with the media filters where it's thefour to five six inch thick. As

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far as the insulation, typically thatwhite insulation is a fiberglass insulation. Oh
okay, okay, good, goodgood. I just want to make sure
it wasn't whatever that was the celluloseor something that. Yeah, the cellulose
is normally a gray color. Ohokay, okay, good good good good.

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Well, then so my house wasbuilt in ninety six. In the
thickness, it doesn't settle out whereI need more or less. Well,
the if it's a blown in youknow, if it's blown in, yes
it will settle where you need toadd more. But if it's if it
was the bat you know where itwas rolled out, then no it doesn't

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settle. No, it was blownin. So but I'm not having any
air conditioning problems. That was myYeah, yep, no, then you
shouldn't have anything to worry about.Great. Also, one of dittoh's your
fence longevity with the when you putthe seeler on it. I did the
same thing with mine and it's nineyears old, ten years old now yep,

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looks brand new. Oh yeah,it makes it makes all the difference
in the world. And you know, if you when you go up into
North Texas, they're all done thatway. I don't know why we don't
do it more in the Houston area. Well in your product line is what
I mean that I tried all ofthem and the one and I'm having a
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ready seal, Yes, ready sealAbsolutely the incredible easiest way put that on
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one three, two one two fiveeight seven four. Jerry out in Hampstead.

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How are you today? I'm good. How you doing today? Jim
doing pretty good. I'll profice ifI say. And I'm a builder of
forty years and I came from Michiganoriginally, and I've used ICs as played
the concrete forms. Like you weretalking a couple of callers, I see,
I couldn't remember the name of them. Thank you. So the only
thing I will tell you is twothings. One, there's two different types

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of ICFs out there. What you'regoing to find out here are typically not
going to be a waterproof foam extorform. The forms you're gonna find out
here are going to absorb water ifthere's if they're submerged. The foams we
used up north, because they wereon basements, were all waterproof. They

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would not absorb the moisture content.On top of that, we would put
a waterproof membrane on the exterior ofthe form to prevent it from getting punctured
or anything like that, and allowingmoisture in. The Second thing is if
you're going to go ahead. Andthat's typically what I've used is the ones
I've had to have him shipped tome because I wanted the waterproof ones.

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I've used them under uh like historicbuildings would raise them up and put a
stem wall and set it back downon it. Yeah, you'll see him
used in Florida and those for thoseforms that they use in Florida are not
waterproof. Yeah, they'll actually absorbedwater. See, he's got to make
sure he specifies what he's wants itfor. When he gets the forms.

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Okay, he gets the wrong form, it won't work. But the second
thing is is in order in orderto put a cladding over the surface of
it on either side, he's goingto have to put furrying strips on there,
and yep, does that. He'sgoing to want to make sure that
he keeps an air channel behind thecladding whatever he's using, so any moisture

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that gets behind it will allow thosefurrying strips to dry. Otherwise, those
furrying strips, want to say,get wet if they're if they're between say
hardy and the foam, there's noway for that water to permeate through and
it will ride out. Start moldingout his furrying strips. Yep, yep.
So he's got, you know,if he's gonna do it, he's

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got to make sure he tells whoeverhe's doing exactly what he's trying to do
with this thing and make sure theydo it correctly. So that's kind of
all I had for you. Okay, Well, I appreciate it. You
have a great day you as well. Thank you, sir, And again
our number seven one three two onetwo five eight seven four. And he

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is correct. He took it waydown to the details, and he's one
hundred percent correct on what he wassinging to do. There, Tracy and
Conro, how can I help you? Yes, sir, I put in
some radiant barrier in my house abouttwo summers ago. And you know,

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I don't know if radiant barrier isbragged on more than what it really is,
but it didn't really seem to doany difference on my heating bill,
on my cooling bill in the summertime, and it didn't really make any difference
in the winter time as far ashelping to hold the heat in. Well,

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it all depends on the radiant barrierbecause there are dozens and dozens of
different types of radiant barriers. Sowhat did you put in mine? Double
bubble and it's got white on oneside and it's got the foil on the
other side. Okay, to thetop. I stapled it on the bottom

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side of the rafters where there's anairspace between the decking and the and the
double bubble, right and and soyours has the the like packing type bubbles
on it. Yes, yeah,see that's normally made for like metal buildings,

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uh, overhead garage doors, thingslike that. If you're putting it
on the roof rafters like you did, a simple single ply radiant barrier actually
works better. Okay, I gotthis had a really good deal, So
yeah, I thought it would workas well as whichever the other one you're

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talking about. So yeah, andhigher inside of the house, the garage
and everything, yep, because Ihave it. But you know, I
was surprised that it didn't. Itdidn't even make It's like it's not even
up there. Yeah, and that'swhy, because it's it's not being used
for its intended purpose. You know, the uh the silver on that.

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And I gotta go back and looknow because I may be wrong on this.
I was thinking the silver needed tobe facing down because that's a single
ply, and on a single ply, if it gets overloaded with dust and
stuff, it will tend to loseits efficiency. So normally that's got to
be facing down, and that verywell could be what's your issue is with
it? It does make a differencehow they're installed. Now, the one

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I use all the time in atticsis the Energy Q. It's a multi
layer system and it's designed where youlay it on the attic floor so the
heat that does go in the atticdoesn't go into your insulation. But again
I'm not one hundred percent sure,but I'm thinking it should have been installed

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with the silver going down, reallyyeah, because I mean my my assumption
was the silver was the heat hittingthe silver bounced back up. Yeah.
A lot of people always think thatit's reflecting the heat, but all all
radiant barrier does is actually stop theheat from moving any further. Correct,

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You're right, yeah, And that'swhy I thought the foil. Once it
hit that foil, that stopped itright there. But if it was on
the bottom side, then it wouldhave to pass through the bubbles, hit
the foil and then stop. Sobut well, let me think for a
sing. Yeah, I know whenyeah, and you're right that is the
way they install it on metal buildingsbecause uh, I just I have a

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metal building that or just sold it, but that it was on and the
bubbles face to the inside because youdid the I did the walls and the
ceiling with it. So right,No, I'm sorry I got that backward.
I am. I was correct thatthe silver should be facing down.
Uh, because yeah, when itwhen it's put in, the bubbles are
facing out. The silver is facingin, uh, because it reflects the

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lights and stuff in there. Idon't know what I was just thinking there,
but yes, it is where thatit is backwards what you got put
the way you put it in.Oh man, I had a lot of
work. Well you know you neededa project for this summer. Yeah.
Yeah, I think I will leaveit like it is. Yeah, okay,

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so basically they're not doing nothing.Man, it looks pretty Yeah,
but thank you very much for forthe NFL. Now I know why it's
not working. Yep. Yeah,you take care, thanks sir, and

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take care. You have people thatspecialize in that, Yes, sir,
thank you, jam. I havea great weekend you as well. Thank
you, my bye, and let'ssee here. Gene is a chim,
How can I help you? No, good afternoon. I have a question
about the blown in insulation. Ihave a My house is first four living

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area is fourteen feet above sea level, live close to the lake, and
the ground is four It's ten feet, so I have a four foot cross
base, and during a storm andthe floods, obviously the insulation under at
the first floor mildews. I'm wonderingis there any kind of I'm getting tough
to replace eleven hundred square foot ofinsulation all the time, and so just

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wonder is there any blown in insulationthat doesn't the mildew? No? Okay,
that was short and easy, wasn'tit. I see some that say
they're mildew resistance, but it's notmildew proof. No, And if they
get that much moistured, they're gonnamilde Okay, now are you are you

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putting this on the bottom in theh on the floor in the cross spader
there? Yeah, there's two bytwelves underneath the first floor, so yep,
the insulation goes underneath it. Now. I recommend to people a lot
of times to use a spray foamclosed cell so it doesn't take on moisture,

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and that may be an option foryou, but I don't know how
it would do if it got submerged. Well, it's not hadn't flooded.
He just said, though humanity wehave here. Yeah, and they like
they're had like putting half water underneathit. Okay, Yeah, definitely take
a look at the closed cell foaminsulation and and it can be sprayed underneath

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there, and you know it doesn't. It wouldn't take but an inch or
two and you'd have enough what calledclose fill. Yeah, it's a foam
insulation and it's closed cell. Theymake an open cell and a closed cell.
Okay, okay, all right,right, I'm can I make a

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recommendation. Lady called with with mark. You're on her windows, Yes,
taking a cour turn the fan offand get a higher uh see if you
blow a fan because he's got thefan going, it's blowing hot air down.
It's not yeah, get get anexhaust fan higher see if And that's
what I was recommending as she checkedmake sure that because it sounds like that

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may be too small. Yeah,but the fan's blowing hot air down rather
than having being sucked up. Sodidn't make any sense to me so yeah,
okay, byway, thank you sir. Bye, And with that,
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Hey, welcome back to Texas HomeImprovement. Let's jump into our last

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call of the day, Brian andCyprus. How can I help you?
Hey, Jim, I wanted totalk to you about steam showers. Yeah,
what brand would you recommend? Also, you know, I have no
clue what it's gonna cost, butI would also like to find an installer
that is familiar with the Saluter system. Okay, Well, the first thing

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I will tell you is I don'thave a brand on those because I honestly
haven't looked at the brands of them. I will tell you we have installed
some of them. And the biggestthing you're gonna want is a tankless water
heater. Uh good. We putone in for somebody one time and we
tried to tell them, you know, that fifty gallon tank wasn't going to

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be enough and I mean it justeats through the water rapidly. So as
far as you know the brands andall that stuff, actually talking with Alton
would probably be better than me becauseI'm just not up to speed on that.
Okay, Okay, your company doesthe installation with the oh yeah,

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uh, Alton can probably help youout with that as well. Thank you,
Jim. You bet take care.And with that being said, look,
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When it comes to your air conditioning, you know, if you don't

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