Roof Shingles & Generators

Jim starts the show by wishing all the dads out there a Happy Father’s Day! He goes back and forth between email and caller questions. Jim talks about a leaking concrete roof, roof shingles on an addition to a garage. and a tub to shower conversion contractor without a permit. He also talks A/C service pricing, replacing a roof, gutters, and more. Jim continues in the second hour on the phone lines answering more home improvement questions.  

Episode Transcript

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Improvement, your total home improvement source. I am Jim Dutt here to help
you out any home improvement question youhave. Feel free to pick up the
phone, give me a call,and I'll see what I can do to
help you out here on Texas HomeImprovement. Seven one three two one two
five eight seven fourth the number tocall it seven one three two one two
five eight seven four. Hey,you know it's just gonna be me and

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you talking about the issue. There'llbe other people listening, but let's be
real here. We can be dealingwith a contractor we can be doing it
ourselves. There can still be issues. But even if you're just thinking about
a project and want to know whatyou're kind of going to get into the
phone and give me a call again. Seven one three two one two five

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eight seven four, and I'll seewhat I can do to help you out
here on this Father's Day weekend.Don't be making dads do it this weekend
though they they they got the weekendoff. So seven one three two one
two five eight seven four. AndI will take this opportunity to wish all
the dads out there a happy Father'sDay, and including my dad, him
and my brother I think went upto the deer Well. I know they

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went to the deer least yesterday.I think they're still up there today.
So uh, I'm sure they're havinga good time up there. But you
know, I'm still gonna wish myHappy Father's Day again seven one three,
two one two five eight seven four. And with that, I think we'll
jump into some email questions and seewhat we can do to help you out

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here on Texas home improvement. Sothis one comes from John in Dennis and
he says, my home has concreteroof tile was put on in nineteen eighty
five. Can that identify major cracksor damage? But having some water leaks

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to the ceiling inside home cathedral ceiling? Is there a protective ceilant spray that
you would recommend for this roof?Thanks John? You know on those concrete
ceilings that way their roofs. Rather, it's not as much as a ceilant
as what you need to be takinga look at. Is all the mortar

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still in place, so you maynot see a crack up there, But
like on the ridge cap and stuff, if all the mortar's not there,
when we get strong winds, raincan blow up in there things like that,
and that may be what's causing yourproblem. Now, if it is
a concrete tile and the finish hasworn off, you may get moisture that

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soaks through the tile as well.And if that is the case, a
simple masonry sealer would tend to protectyou from that. So you've got a
couple of things you need to lookat. But I'll tell you what I
would do is probably tell you,in a situation like that, call the
roofer, have them come out andcheck it for you to see what they

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see. Uh. In the Hustonarea Guardian roof Systems two eight one four
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on and help you get it takencare of. Got a question seven one

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three two one two five eight sevenfour. We're gonna head to Katie and
Bill. Welcome to Texas Home Improvement. How gonna help you? Well,
I was contemplating building my own additiononto my garage, you know, kind
of like a covered patio, andI saw somebody on the internet they were
doing an addition like that, andthey were adding on. So where the

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roof slopes down. They just nailedtwo by fours right on top of the
shingles, and I guess maybe aroofer can come back and you know,
scab in the shingles or do it. But that didn't seem right. I
would imagine a preferable way is probablyto remove the singles, you know,
frame it on, and then comeback and put new shingles on that whole
section. What are your thoughts onthat the preferable way is to take the

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shingles off and go one step further? Are you going to have a ceiling
inside the addition? Uh? Yeah, but yes I will, okay.
And the reason I'm asking that oneof the things that happens with firefighters when
they when people go in and overlaythat way on top of a roof and
they don't cut the plywood. Thefires get trapped inside an area like that,

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and the firefighters don't know it it'sthere, and they can get hurt
from it. Uh. I dida project in the Dallas area for a
firefighter who that's exactly what got him. They they didn't cut through the roof,
and they the fire got trapped inthere. They didn't know that it
had been burning out in there andthe stuff collapsed on him. So so

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you're saying, remove the shingles,you know, frame it removed the decking
so that you would have you know, an open space from in the groage
into your new edition. Yes,so it's all one attic perfect. Okay,
Well, it sure didn't look right. And this was apparently some professional

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contractor put the video on and justanyway there. It is done all the
time, but that doesn't make itright. We all we all speed all
the time too, and that don'tmake it right allegedly. Okay, I
will admit on the air that Ihave speed. I tend to speed from
time to time, but I haveyou know, and I do pay the

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ticket from time to time for itas well. Well, yeah, we
got to pay the piper. Well, I appreciate your help, sir,
Thank you, sir, thanks againour number seven one three two one two
five eight seven four. That's sevenone three, two one two five eight
seven four. Then there's a lotof things in life like that that.

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Yes, it's done, Does itmake it right? No? Is there
a better way to do it?Absolutely? And you know what, how
long does it take to cut throughthe shingles and the plywood and open that
up where it's one pass through andkeep it safe for in the future for
the uh, anything that else doescome up. But it's more than just

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that. I mean, that's ahuge thing, the safety of the firefighters.
But you know, when you're tryingto ventilate everything, having it open
helps with the ventilation as well.So there's more to consider than even just
the safety fact of it. Soagain, if you've got a question seven
one three, two one two fiveeight seven four, and I'll see what

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I can do to help you outhere on Texas Home Improvement. So Glenn
and Austin sent me an email UHand he says visual defects in finished drywall.
I'm in the process of building ahouse. The drywall has an orange
peel texture that has been painted.Every wall in the house has pin prick

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holes of varying sizes in the finish. Some are visible from a distance and
others require closer inspection to see.The builder does not want to take any
steps to remedy the problem. Arethere these acceptable defects? And what is
the builder's responsibility? Thank you?Well, I'm not seeing how big these

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are, but you know, whenyou paint, you may get spots like
that, But guess what if youput a second coat of paint, nine
percent of the time they're gone.So I'm guessing he's only putting one coat
of paint. And on new construction, again, we're back to what people

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do versus what should be done.On new construction, you should have two
coats of paint. If you repainta wall, you typically should have two
coats of paint unless you're going backwith the same color and same paint.
But definitely on new construction two coatsof paint in order to seal and take
care of all these things. Sothat would be my first question. Did

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they put two coats on or not? Second question then would be, hey,
why are these appearing? Because Idon't I don't disagree that they're going
to appear on the first coat,but the second coat should cover them up.
And as far as what can youdo about it, Look, if
he wants to be paid, he'sgonna get it taken care of, and

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that that's putting it bluntly so andwhat it is to take care of it
is another code of paint. Goodluck with that one. Glenn got a
question seven one three two one two, five eight seven four. That's seven
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can do to help you out hereon Texas Home Improvement again. Seven one
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irrigation question one. Who will putin foundation irrigation with timer and backstop to

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prevent freezing? Because my soil isclay, the irrigation needs to be buried
closer to eighteen inches than twelve.Look, I tell people all the time,
two to eight inches is all youneed. The moisture will soak down.
You don't have to go deeper becauseit's clay. You're watering because it's
clay to begin with, You quitefrankly can water from the surface and it

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will soak down, So you don'tneed to worry about eighteen inches. You
will pay out the noose to doan eighteen inch trench, and you could
cause yourself some foundation problems if yourfoundation's not deep enough in the ground.
You don't want to go deeper thanthe foundation with a trench near the foundation.
Now understand, you want to keepthat soaker hose twelve to eighteen inches

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away from the foundation. But nonetheless, eighteen inches is overkill as far as
the backstop to prevent freezing. Itdoesn't with the backstop, and I'm assuming
that's the back flow does is ifthe water supply system goes down, it
keeps it from siphoning back from yourhoses into the supply system, contaminating the

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pipes and stuff. So it's therefor a different reason. Anything above ground
is subject to freezing and needs tobe protected when a freeze comes. Got
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Leak City, Hello jd Hey Jim, how you doing that? Man?
I did call you last week aboutkimnicat Cleek and I've had somebody come out
and basically they ripped me off.You recommended I called Guardian Roofing. I
did called it. Technician came out, he was on time, he's courteous.
He said, yep, they've usedthe wrong type of sealing. So
he cleaned it and resealed it,and man, that did it. Kudos

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more of it. Hey, welcomeback to Texas Home Improvements. Your total
home Improvements sours seven one three twoone two five eight seven four. I
got all open lines ready to goseven to one three two one two five

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eight seven four, and I'll seewhat I can do to help you out
here on Texas Home Improvement. Now, this is an email that I actually
got UH a couple of days ago. But during the Dallas Show this morning,
the guy was listening and we did. He did send me some more
information as well. So I'm gonnatalk about it here because it's something that's

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pertinent to everybody and This came fromBen and fort Worth to a tub to
shower conversion done by a contractor withouta permit. Now, I tell you
all the time, make sure youget permits. And here's a great example
of why. I had a tubto shower conversion completed on my home.

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It is now leaky and I havecome to find out that the work they
did was out of code according tothe inspector. The city inspector also told
me that the contractor did not requesta permit from the city. Water is
leaking from the shower pan, whichwas done out of code and has damaged

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the living room ceiling downstairs. Icame to find out that the shower seat
that the contractor installed is not completelywaterproof and water is pulling up at the
bottom of the seat frame, whichis an optional for mold to the coming

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years. Also, the city inspectormentioned that he can find me because my
home now is not according to code. Is it legal for a contractor to
do a bathroom remodel without a permit? Thanks Ben? You know, and
so often we think, Okay,I'm just going to do this little project

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and I don't need to worry abouta permit. I'm just going to remodel
the bathroom, taking out the tub, putting in a shower. What's the
big deal. Well, anytime you'redealing with the water lines, whether it's
the sewer or the potable water lines, you're supposed to have permits. And

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this is a great example of why, because during the city inspection they would
have come out and had them probablyplug the drain line and show that the
shower pan's not leaking. They fillit with water and it has to sit
there and hold that didn't happen.So can the homeowner be fined? Not

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only can a homeowner be fined bythe city, they can make you tear
out whatever you did without a permit. In the past, I've had some
people send in information that, oh, I built a garage, you know,
twelve years I think it was twelveyears ago, and I didn't you
know, the previous owner didn't pulla permit, and now the city is

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telling me I've got to tear itdown. Yes, they can do that,
especially that garage case it was overan easement. Do I like getting
permits for the work we do?Absolutely not. They are pain in the
butt and you're competing against companies whodon't get a permit, but this is

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why you want to get it,And yes, your house is out of
code. I don't know about gettinga fine for that, but what really
what you're getting is a fine sayingthat you've got and typically on something like
this, I think they'll give you, like, I don't know, three
to six months to rectify the situation. Now, I went back and got

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a little more information on the tubwith a shower conversion was just done in
twenty twenty three. So my recommendationis you send a registered letter to the
contractor who did it, telling themthey need to rectify this problem. Now.
If they don't, you need toturn it over to an attorney,

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and you can have the attorney sendthe letter. Is if you want to
speed the process up. But youknow in Texas you have to give the
contractor the ability to go in,the option to go in and correct the
problem, typically before you can suethem. I'm not saying in every case
and I'm not an attorney, butthis sounds like one that you would have

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to give them the option to comein fix the problem before you can sue
them, and I would highly recommendyou do that. And if they don't
want to fix the problem. Suethe crap botto them because it's an easy
problem for them to fix, andit's something they shouln't happen to begin with.
Got a question seven one three twoone two five eight seven four.

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When we come back, this onewas on the homeowners side, I'm gonna
talk about contractors and why they haveto charge more than you do to get
parts and stuff. Seven one three, two one two five eight seven four.
If you got any home improvement question, pick up the phone, give

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me a call, and let's talkabout it here on Texas Home Improvement,
your Total home Improvement source again sevenone three two one two five eight seven
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weekend to your tears something. Thisis Texas Home Improvement with Jim Dutton.

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Hey, welcome back to Texas HomeImprovement. Your total home improvement source seven
one three two one two five eightseven four. That's seven one three two
one two five eight seven four.And Greg, I'm gonna get to you
in just a minute. Here.I'm gonna take care of what I talked
about before we went to break first. Uh. And Greg's the only call

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I got right now. So Igot room for lots of calls. Seven
one three two one two five eightseven four. So Barry in Baycliff sent
in an email. Just had myAC service and wanted to ask about the
pricing I received for a re contactorreplacement of three hundred and sixty two dollars.

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I went online and found saying arem brand contactor for thirty seven fifty
from hvacpartshop dot com. I alsohad a capacitor replaced a couple of days
later for three hundred. However,I found the capacitor on the same website

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and under the rem brand for twentyeight ninety seven. I listened on the
radio often. I really don't knowwhy the service on these parts was so
very expensive. I can understand therefrigerant costing a lot and don't mind paying
the high price, but for theparts, I'm disappointed. Unless you can

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help me understand why parts replacement chargeis so high. Well, I can.
You just got the price for apart that was it. It didn't
get picked up, the phone didn'tget answered, the truck didn't make the
trip over to it, the insurancesdidn't get paid, the technician didn't get

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paid. All of that has togo into putting that thing in. And
does it sound expensive, Well,let's start breaking it down. Got to
have an office for somebody to answerthe phone, so there's rent there every
month. You got to have aperson in the office to answer the phone,
do the invoice scenes, do allthat kind of stuff. Office personnel,

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no overtime, no overheads, probablytwenty bucks an hour. You got
to have the technician ac technicians.A low price one is twenty five high
price one, sir, you know, thirty six to thirty eight. So
let's just round it to thirty dollars. And we got a twenty dollars office

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person. So we're at fifty dollarsan hour for just labor. Now we
got a vehicle. Vehicles aren't cheap. Fuels not cheap. A vehicle had
to go pick up the part.A vehicle had to take the part out
there. The technician had to putit in. Insurances for running the vehicle,
insurances for general liability, workers compall this kind of stuff. By

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time you add all these things up, that's where you get to. And
I know everybody always says, oh, the wages need to go higher.
This is why costs get so high. You know, whether we had our
wage minimum wage at a quarter orat ten dollars, everybody is going to

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be able to buy the same thingsbecause if minimum wage was a quarter,
it would bring the cost of everythingelse down. The labor costs go down.
It's all relative to each other.Whether we want to accept it or
not. But that is why theparts cost what they do. It's not
just the cost of the part,it's everything that goes around it to get

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the part put in. And asa homeowner, you can go buy these
parts and put them in yourself,but do you have the expertise to make
sure it's done right. And that'swhere it comes from. And Barry,
I understand that was my company whowent out and did that, But that
is the explanation. And if youshop it around, you're gonna find that

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pretty much everybody is in that sameprice range or even more so. Just
that's why contractors have to charge whatthey do. And I will tell you
insurance. You know, it soundslike a little item, but my general
liability and vehicle insurance and then youget workers comp and all that stuff.

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I spend over half a million dollarsa year for that stuff. It's unbelievably
expensive to operate a business nowadays.And that's not even talking about payroll taxes
yet. And when people go intoovertime, the overtime pay and the taxes
on top. I mean, it'sjust it's a never ending cycle. So

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anyways, Uh, no problem withyou asking the question, Barry. It's
a great question, but that's whereit comes from for whether it's a contractor
or just a store. And that'sreason brick and mortar stores are having a
hard time competing with online stuff nowadays. It goes back and forth. Seven

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one three, two, one twofive eight seven four. Let's head to
northwest Houston, Greg. How areyou today? I'm good, sir.
How about you? I'm doing wonderful. How can I help you? Well,
let me just say this, Iactually do. Have you on the
speakerphones for my wife? Can hear? Is that a problem for you?
You sound great? Well, let'stry it then it would be helpful for

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her to hear as well. Hey, we're one of the many people that
were affected by the windstorm in themiddle of May. We're looking at replacing
our roof and uh seems like anissue. The big issue is is you
know what shingle you choose to putdown? And we really don't know much.
We've tried looking like Consumer Reports hasa review with some information, and

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we've seen some other sources of information, but like, for example, I
know there's different types. There's theycall the three tab and there's an architectural
and laminated, you know, ButI don't really get a strong sense of
whether one is better than the other. It just seems like there are different
ways of building a shingle, Sothat's one question. And then there's different

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weights and things and course different brands, And I know we're looking at ones
that seem to have pretty good adhesivestrength when faced with a wind trying to
lift them off. But I knowthere's other considerations as well. So I'm
just throwing out some things we're lookingat, but we're having a lot of
trouble narrowing it down trying to figureout whether it's worth paying, you know,

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the top dollar type price for shinglesor something in the middle range is
inadequate. Okay, do you haveany thoughts? I do, and I
will tell you. Uh, youknow. I I have a house in
Dallas and I have my place inPasadena, Texas, so I go back
and forth every single week. Lastyear I had to have both roofs replaced.

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My roof in Dallas, I wentwith a Class four shingle because of
hail damage. I've had hail damageon that roof four times in twenty years.
In Pasadena, I did not gowith a class four. I went
with a regular architectural shingle. AndI'll tell you what, Greg you mind

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holding on through this break we getat all. We need to expand on
this a little bit further because thereare savings involved in some of this stuff.
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tell them to kiss your crew bar. This is Texas Hold Improvement with Jim
Dutton. Hey, welcome back toTexas Home Improvement. Seven one three,
two one two five eight seven four. I was talking with Greg when we
left, and we were talking aboutthe difference in the roofs, and you
know, you mentioned the three taband the architectural shingles and all that kind

(34:34):
of stuff, But all of themhave that. But what you have to
look at is the class of shingleand how it's going to hold up to
your weather conditions. And like Imentioned, I've had hail in my Dallas
house, so I went with aClass four so I don't have to worry
about that anymore. I just putit on in November, and I've already
had inch and a quarter hail twiceat my house, which would have destroyed

(34:59):
a regular three t A shingle.Down in Houston. I went with the
architectural shingle. But what I wouldrecommend you do is contact your insurance company
and see which one will give youa discount that Class four shingle. We
called our insurance company this week andgot over one thousand dollars off on the

(35:22):
insurance for having a Class four shingleand it will withstand winds in excess of
one hundred and seventy miles an hour. And in the Houston area that can
make a huge difference when a stormcomes in. Yeah, we get some
hail in Houston, but let's faceit, the hail we get there usually

(35:45):
isn't all that damaging, but thisyear it has been. Traditionally it's not,
but this year has been rough,and so it is something worth looking
at. And the reason I saythe class four with the wind rating is
in Houston, that's typically what theinsurance companies are having to pay out on

(36:05):
is because of wind damage, notas much other types of damage. So,
uh, Certainty and all these differentbrands, they all carry the different
ones, and they, like Isaid, make some of them that are
class four. So I definitely talkto the insurance before making your final decision
on that. Greg, Okay,so so far I hadn't even come across

(36:30):
the class four designation. Is thata Roman numeral type designation or just a
regular number four? Probably? Youknow, I've never looked at it that
way. I just always look atas class four and I guess it could
be Roman numeral or just but ifyou talk, well, if you ask
a roofer, they'll know exactly whatif class four shingle is okay, So

(36:52):
if you tell them you're wanting toinvestigate class four shingles, say they would
be able to direct you to that. Oh yeah, with no problem at
all. So you're you're basically sayingit's worth looking at that level. I
suppose of strength and durability, thatthat poly deal that helps you with several

(37:16):
different categories of of concern rather thanjust the wind and the haill right,
correct, And here's where I comefrom on why I think it's worth looking
at You know, deductibles. Youknow, used to be you had a
five hundred dollars deductible, and thenonce they got up to two thousand,

(37:37):
they started saying one percent, twopercent, three percent deductibles. Well,
if you got a six thousand dollarsdeductible on your roof, and you can
save one thousand dollars on the premiumand have a roof that will handle storms
that are knocking other people's roofs out, your money ahead. Yes, the

(38:00):
roof is going to cost you alittle bit more than a than an architectural
shingle. But the first time astorm comes through you saved everything. Well
that makes sense. Yeah, Imean, are you you're still going to
have the high deductible right you justsaid you might be? You are,
But if you don't have to replacethe roof, you saved it. I

(38:22):
understand. Well, okay, thankyou. Any other thoughts or is that
pretty much it? Nope, that'sit. Check with your insurance though first
and see, you know if ifyou can get any savings on it,
and then talk with your roof forabout which one you want. Okay,
well, thank you sir, youbet you take care of and give Guardian
roof Systems a call. They canhelp you out with this. Okay,

(38:45):
we'll do that Guardian. Yep,Guardian roof Systems. I do remember you
mentioning them in the past. Yeah, okay, thank you, you bet,
take care. Goodbye, And thatis whe I used on my roof.
Got a quotes seven one three,two one two five eight seven four
Going to Mavinesota, Thomas, howare you find? How you doing?

(39:08):
Don I'm doing great? How canI help you? I don't want to
install a portable generator that's going torun my whole house. My house is
probably fifteen hundred square feet air conditionspace. I'm ordering a generator that's nine
fifty slash twelve five hundred, andI talked to the electricians. He used

(39:29):
to talk to the AC guy toget a hard start, and then the
AUC people are saying, you reallyreally need a soft store. And I'm
kind of struck as to what Ishould do. Yeah, go with what
the AC guy is telling you.And even at that that that generator is
going to be more than on astretch to run a regular household AC system.

(39:52):
Is that right? Yeah? Howbig of one do you think I
need to get? You know,typic, when you get a whole house
generator that's going to run the yourHVAC and everything, you're up in the
twenty thousand. Okay, Well,the electrician that I'm using, he's got

(40:15):
one of these generators to Westinghouse andit's ninety five hundred to twelve five hundred.
And they said that when we hadthe big winter starm, he said
he could run everything, but he'sdryer and the stove YEP at one time.
And guess what your dryer in stoveis about? What your HVAC system
will take uh huh okay, soyou're recommending going with the cold starters have

(40:40):
a horse start. Uh, well, i'd follow what the contractors saying Mountain.
The hard starts are usually because you'reslowly starting to get it to slow
down and start instead of slamming thestart. I'm not sure what the slow
start's going to do for you onthat. So, uh, I can't

(41:01):
say yes or not switch. Italked to a guy and Conrad. He
was a really nice guy. He'sgot a generator like I think, except
he doesn't run his ever and justrun it. But he says it's kind
of like a dimmer switchy. It'scrazy the start, Yeah, it gives
enough to start. I'm not letChristians, I don't know. Okay,
So it's it's slowing the draw.That's it's going to strain the generators what

(41:23):
it's doing then, and and Ihate to do this to you, but
that music meant I needed to goto break so uh but yes, talk,
I apologize for that. Oh that'sokay. First time I've been on
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you? Yes, sir one totalk about gutters, okay one and some

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then the leaf guard you know thatgot those rolled edges on them? I
do which one you like? Ifyou've got a lot of trees around your
property, you can use either one, the one with the rolled edge leaf

(45:07):
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said, you know, if theleaves are coming down, it'll just float
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trees, though, the pine needlescan still tend to go into it if
they turn the right direction. Butit's not enough to usually cause any problems.

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Yeah, I don't have that,So any any gut installation folks you
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lines. I'm ready to take callsand answer questions. So seven one three,
two one two five eight seven four. And talking about emails, I
had this one come in this weekfrom Jake in Kingwood and in door contractor
locksmith Locksmith Residential. He used andI'm not going to say the company's name,

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and they were really bad need alternative. Well, I don't have one
I endorse because I really haven't lookedinto you know, and I shouldn't say
I don't. I don't in Kingwood. In Pasadena, I do red lock
and and Safe. I will tellyou to use them. I've used them

(50:28):
for years. They're not part ofthe show or anything, but I'm very
familiar with them because, like Isaid, i've been I've used them forever
in a day, but up inKingwood. Yeah, I'm not sure,
and I'm not sure what you hadfor a problem with this one. So

(50:49):
it's just one of those those thingsthat they pretty much stay local. So
I'm not sure who to refer youto on that. Sorry about that,
And that does happen with some ofthe things that you just plane, you
know, unless it happens to bein an area where I know somebody that
I don't have someone anyways. Kenin Conroe rainwater leak through transom windows.

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Ninety year old homeowner needs help windowsand general exterior and interior pair as a
result of water damage. Look asfar as a contractor up there that you
can call, give Texas Remodel Teama call. They can, you know,
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(52:07):
Woodland's Water Restoration and they would beable to help you. And they're up
on the north side as well.I don't have their number in front of
me right this second, though.Again, if you got a question seven
one three, two one two fiveeight seven four, Charlotte in a leaf,

(52:27):
Welcome to seven forty k TRH.How can I help you? Hi
there? My question today is Ihave a tree in the front yard that
was of course planted with a housebuilt in seventy four, and so it
looks healthy. I see no signsof disease. I did see some roots,
you know, at the ground level. But I plan to have a

(52:49):
couple of arborsts come out and lookat it and get their opinion as to
whether it should be cut down ornot, because it'll be cheaper to have
the tree cut down than it ishabitball on your house. So I recall
something about you saying that when youdo that, that means that the moisture
is no longer pulled from the groundand correct I forget what happens. Your

(53:15):
soil will start to swell, Okay, basically it'll expand a little bit.
So you know, if you hadsome minor foundation damage, say towards the
front, it would probably help correctit a little bit. At the very
worst, what it's going to dois keep it from getting worse. Now

(53:37):
I'm going to give you the flipside of this though. Does this tree
shade your house some? Yeah?It does. Your energy bill is going
to go up because what I thoughtI might do is put another tree in
its place, but yet keep itmaintain. Aim to where it doesn't get

(54:00):
to be as tall as it is. It's like ninety two inches around the
trunk. That's okay, So Iwould have it looked at because you know,
if they can trim it and youcan keep the tree, why take
it out right? You know it'lladd shade, it helps with your energy
bills, but if you ever goto sell the house, it adds a

(54:23):
lot of value. Okay, Well, then I won the right route by
having a couple of artists look atit and see what they think, because
it looks fine. But and Ihad some settlement work done in twenty fourteen
and probably need to have some tweakingdone again. But so that would help

(54:45):
that. But it's a beautiful tree. Okay, Well you've answered my question.
Okay, all right, thank you, you you have good day,
you two. And look, alltrees right now ought to be trimmed if
they're overgrown and stuff, because weare hurricane season, and you know,

(55:05):
one of the things that tears upthese trees and stuff is when you let
them get too thick, the windcan't blow through them. That canopy becomes
a sail and it literally will pushthe trees over as as the soil gets
soft, and if you get themtrimmed where the wind can blow through the
tree, then they can withstand thestorm. So you got to keep them

(55:28):
trimmed. Got a question seven onethree, two one two five eight seven
four. Let's head to Kingwood andJulie. This is Jim. How can
I help you? Hodie? Ihave a little problem. I have a
brand new cook top and my daughteraccidentally dropped a glass lid on it and
took a chip out. Maybe decidemaybe about a quarter of an inch was

(55:50):
right along the edge, and Iwould I was wondering if I should use
it epoxy, if clear epoxy tofix it, or do you have another
suggestion? So you've got the piecestill? No, no, okay,
it just it just it flew outand I had no idea what happened to
it, and no damage anywhere else. And then over on that little edge

(56:14):
right, it's just on that littleedge, okay. And is this a
glass cook top? Yes it is, okay. My only concern is when
you get a chip into the glasscooktop that way, that it may crack
out further when when using it.As far as the repair, To be

(56:37):
honest with you, I don't knowof any repair on it. I would
imagine that they have some of thesame stuff like you can do with a
a windshield for repairing cracks to tryto keep it from spreading. But yeah,
give the folks over it. Norwould appliance a call, okay and

(57:02):
talk with them and see uh,I say, Northwest Appliance. Their number
is seven one three six eight eightzero three seven to two okay, and
and you know, just find outfrom them, because my biggest concern is
when you start heating stuff on it. I don't want the top to shatter

(57:28):
on you. I don't EI.Okay, I will give them a call.
I appreciate your help, you bet, take care, Thank you,
Thank you again seven one three twoone two five eight seven four and I'll
see what I can do to helpyou out. Let's go to Conroe again
and hello, Ellen. Hello,I've got a Kevin and we've got a

(57:52):
hard water coming out of our willand I'm looking at water softeners to put
on there. But I can't findany consistent information on being able to leave
a water softener for three or fourmonths while we're well, we're not there.
Can you help me with that?Sure? Again? Because I've got
a dear, lease, we haveone and we leave it all the time.
Just leave it then we we normallyif we're leaving for an extended period

(58:15):
of time, shut the water off. Okay, But other than that,
uh yeah, we don't. Wedon't have to do anything special. Okay.
Well that's simple enough. Thank youfor that. Appreciate it. You
bet all right? Bye bye bye, and again our number 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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there today? Then? Yeah,it's pretty hot, Jim, but making
it. That's all. We gotair conditioning for right, right, Mike.

(59:00):
Then I wanted to piggyback on theother gentleman's call regarding the generator.
Yes, I think I have thesame one who has at Western Homes,
and I intend to use a licensedelectrician to install it. As far as
the what's the best and safest wayof hooking up hooking it up to the

(59:21):
breaker box, Well, what theelectrician will do is put in a relay
box basically so that when the powergoes out, it switches over to where
the generator is. You'll have aplug that will go into a box below
your braker panel and plugs into thegenerator and it runs it. And the

(59:47):
reason you need it done that wayis it keeps the power that you're feeding
into your electric box then from goingout onto the power lines and electrocuting somebody
trying to repair power lines. There'sgot to be a switch in the yeah,
and so that's what the electrician willinstall. But for as far as

(01:00:10):
what you're going to see is justgoing to be a plug there that you
plug one end into that plug andyour other end into your generator and you're
good to go. And that's arelay, and that's okay, that's the
best way to do it. Theygot it into something that dimmer switch.

(01:00:31):
That's for the air conditioning system,and even as air conditioners age, they
sometimes have to have those installed.But when you're running on a generator,
especially if the generator is going tobe questionable, if it's big enough for
the HVAC system, you definitely aregoing to need one. And and honestly,

(01:00:52):
I don't a generator of the sizethat he was talking about is not
going to be big enough for anormal house hold HVAC system. It'll run
everything everything else in the house,but you need a little bit bigger generator
for the h va C. Okayin that instance, maybe a portable AC

(01:01:15):
system or a c oh, absolutely, yeah, you can. You know
what I what I would recommend inthat type of situation, you get one
of those portable units for a roomthat you want to keep cool, and
you can have it. When it'sportable, you can move it from room
to room. I got a friendwho has one that he just puts a

(01:01:36):
window unit in anytime he needs itand runs that off the generator. Uh.
But you know they got if youif you look at even lows in
home depot, they'll got those portableones that you can roll around. Uh.
You could run one or or eventwo of those and and be okay
in a room. But a normalhousehold HVAC system it draws pretty good,

(01:02:00):
especially when it's starting. Okay,that's a great idea. Okay, Well,
I've learned so much from their show. Thank you very much and appreciate
advice. My pleasure. You takecare. Thank you too, by and
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have enough gun control. What weneed is idiot control. But enough of
politics. Here's Jim Dutton with moreTexas Home Improvement. Hey, welcome back
to Texas Home Improvement. Your totalhome improvement sour seven one three two one
two five eight seven four rent headout to my hometown of Pasadena, Gene.

(01:06:04):
How can I help you today?Thanks? Javan call. I have
a zone HVAC have one unit andthree zones. Okay it on the return
air right directly on the air handle. It has a weighted damper. And

(01:06:26):
when I looked at it, theweight weighted damper has two weights on it.
Now I don't know why. UhAnyway, it wasn't moving at all.
I took the whole arm off.Now why does it happened? A
weighted damper on it main return air? How old a home is it?

(01:06:47):
Oh? Eighty seven? Okay?The unit itself, the unit itself is
me. It had a It hada zone system when we bought the house,
and I replaced the unit about fiveyears ago, and I went back
with his own system. Okay,But but I think that maybe they just

(01:07:08):
reused that weighted damper. I don'tknow. I think maybe it's left over
from there originally. I can telloriginally the house had two units, sure,
which is like most houses in mosttwo story houses in Pasadena have two
units. Yeah, and you cantell this one at one time had two

(01:07:29):
units. Well, my guess isyou have more than one spot where the
air returns back to the unit?Correct have three? And what that weighted
damper does you know? When theair is moving through there, that ten
is not gonna It doesn't stay putvery well. The weight gives it more
stability, uh, and for movementsand everything. So I'm guessing that's why

(01:07:55):
it's got the weights on it,and that's why it's in there, is
when you're cooling on one zone oranother and it's going to be drawing air
from the zone that it's trying tocool from. Now, I will tell
you if you didn't see it movingany more than likely the motor had gone
bad in it and it wasn't operationalanymore. Anyways, it's not a motor.

(01:08:18):
It's just a weighted it's just aweighted damper. It has two Okay,
so it had two weights on it. Now, I looked at pictures
of you know, places to sellthem, and none of them have two
weights. Yeah, they're all theway. They're all the way at the
bottom. So that's all the clothesall the time, right, I mean,

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if it's all the way at theno, if it's all the way
at the bottom, when the airis moving, it may be enough to
open it up. And and sothat's yeah, it won't open. I
looked at it when all three zoneswere calling, yeah, it doesn't move.
It's not moving. Well, thenI'm not sure why it's there.
But I can. I can tellyou that the weight is going to be

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there to control that when the airis moving through it. So yeah,
there could be something else to dealwith on it. It should have been
it should it should be moving upwith all three calling it should opened.
No, No, it would onlyopen if if it starts to choke off
different sections that way, So becauseit's going to try to be redirecting where

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the air is coming from. Andso when when if all three are if
it's drawing air from all three,then it's got an even draw. But
if it's only drawing from one,it's going to be trying to close off
sections. And I hate to dothis to you. I got to take
a quick break here for news,traffic, and weather. We'll be back
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Hey, welcome back to Texas HomeImprovements your Total Home Improvement source seven
one three, two one two fiveeight seven four. And okay, look,
I need to finish readdressing that zonething. Look, the flapper isn't

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there when everything is running full boreit's there, or when it is running
at reduced air in other words,you're not running all three zones. Maybe
one zone is running or two zonesis running. Then it recirculates the air
back through the system. And that'sthat's the reason that's there, and it
the sole reason for the weights onit is to control it with the breeze,

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with the air, the wind.As the air is going through there,
that's it. That's that's what theweights are for. So I know
that's probably not the best explanation onit, but that is why they're there.
Okay again seven one three, twoone two five eight seven four.
Going back to Cyprus, Robert.This is Jim. How can I help

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you? Hi, Jim? Uh, I want to let's know, I'm
getting a uh, I got aportical generator. It's a thirteen thousand a
lot particle generator. Later that I'mgonna be hooking up to run my house.

(01:12:05):
Uh when the power goes out.Uh. Now I've got right touch
electrical. That's gonna put ah thebox in uh to plug in. Uh.
I recommend right touch all the time, yes, and UH. Then

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I'm going to put a uh asoft start uh on my air conditioning unit.
Dropped the voltage on it when itstarts up. Okay, so you
know, so when the air conditionerstarts up, it doesn't have that sudden
power drain on the generator all atonce. Right, it's a you know,

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I think it drops it forget whatit is. It's something like a
seventy four amps or whatever when itfirst starts up. That it'll actually drop
it down to like a round twentysix or twenty five when the air conditioner
actually starts up. So it's nota big drain on the generator when it

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when the air conditioner first starts up. Okay, but they're gonna put the
interlock box. That's what it is, the interlock box in so that I
can run my whole I was offthis generator, and quite frankly, I

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had them put one in at ourat our office in Pasadena is a box
that we can hook a generator upto to run things. But we've got
a twelve five generator that we hookup and that's not big enough to run
the the HVAC system are a halftons, and that's what I was just

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gonna say, But we're running afive ton. If you have a smaller
system than it may and at threeand a half tons you probably have at
thirteen thousand, you probably have agood chance that it's going to do it.
And I've heard other people say,you know, and I've got a
Duramax is what it is. Andthere are people that have run, you

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know, they've got like a fourton and they've actually, you know,
they've run a four ton off ofthis thing, and they said they've had
no problem off of you know,running a four ton off of it.
So mm hmm, I know I'llrun you know, I've had you know,
like I say, I've had righttouch out there. He looked at

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it and I should have no problemrunning my house off of it. Yep.
And and uh, you know,I trust those guys. If they've
looked at it and said it shouldwork, it'll work. But I wanted
to, you know, call,let you know uh what I've you know,
I've already got my generator and Ihave planned on having them, uh
come out well after this rain weget here. Don't say that we don't

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need any more ring well, I'llnever I'll never complain about the rain.
M I know the way it drivesup around here, we'll be short on
it. So yep, okay,But I wanted to I wanted to tell
you that though. Alrighty well,Robert, you take care all right,

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you too? Thank you boy againour number seven one three two one two
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so this is gonna be the thirdtime I replaced it. Why why are
you having to replace it? Thatthe tank it doesn't hold it. It's
a it's a the brand of thetank under the stain. Uh huh,
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in it. Okay. When whenI replaced it, I have to replace
the tank and they come with thewhole unit. Yeah, and how often
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But I've okay, okay, okay, I'll just bite the board and buy
another one. Okay, you bettake care, yes, sir, thank
you. I've had to reverse osmosisin my house for at least five years

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already. And I mean I've alwaysrun reverse osmosis, and the tanks do
tend to, you know, dothat where they'll they'll start not holding as
much. But it's a matter ofadding changing the air pressure. And I
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but you have to look at eachtank to to figure out how and
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Do you think it's hot now?We're just getting warmed up. We're
back to Jim dot on Texas homelyproof Lan. Yeah, we're already complaining
and it's only in the nineties.Wait until we get the triple digits.
Oh, that'll be bad. Sevenone three two one two, I've eight

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seven four. We're gonna head thefriends. Would hello, Charlie, how
would you have? Thank you forgetting my call, and thank you all
for a very good recent job onan air conditioning we had a problem with.
Well, thank you for that.Thank you very much for the world.
Yep, we just had an issuewith our refrigerator and had probably about

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a quarter bucket full of water maybemore than that on our hardwood floor in
front of it and underneath it.We got it mopped up and piled up
as quick as possible, but nowwe're beginning to see slight signs of warpage.
We need some help on trying tofigure out what to do. And
when did this happen. You knowthat happen, but it was about about

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a week and a half ago.Okay, Yeah, it's the water that
got underneath it's causing the problem.Uh. Woodland's water restoration, if you'll
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not take care of itself over time. Uh, and being a week and
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Oh not well, we'll do ourbest for that, Ben Jim,
And thank you very much, Thankyou all for being a great costany hey
appreciate it. And you go ondown there to Perry's and uh, have
you a nice steak for dinner tonight? I love to? Okay, so
I did, thank you. Goodbyeyou bet by bye. There's the old

(01:24:08):
Perry Steakhouse is in Fringewood. Imean they got the nice fancy ones all
over now, but I tell youthat the one that's down there in Friendswood,
it's been there, Perry's and Sonshas been there forever in a day
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(01:24:28):
with the thick port shops. Ialways get the port shop but oh it
is really good. Let's see here, Mike and Kingwood. How can I
help you? Hey, good afternoon. I had a question for you about
a portable generator for my home,the best bang for my bucks. So
my home's about nineteen hundred square feet, built in twenty seventeen, and just

(01:24:54):
wanting to get your thoughts on thebest one I can get for the price.
You want a portable, yes,okay, yeah, I don't want
to fork out the money for thegeneral sitting out back yet. No,
I get it. Uh. Iwill tell you I have two portables myself.
I have a Honda one, andI love the sound of the Honda

(01:25:17):
because it's really quiet. But theone that is my workhorse is ah,
oh shoot, all of a sudden, a champion. It's uh. I
got it at Camping World, okay, and and I use it. I
use it to run my r Vwhen I'm out in areas where I don't

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have power. Uh. It's notas noisy as some of the other ones
that you can get. Uh.The power that it puts out is a
little more stable. You know.You can get the you can get those
noisy ones that uh that are atthe like the box stores and stuff.
Uh, and this one's not asnoisy as though the power is cleaner for

(01:26:04):
the r V I just had reallygood luck with that system. Okay,
but how much does that run?Depends on how big a one you want
to get? Yeah, yeah,depends on how much I want to have
powered in the house. Is thatright? Exactly how big a house you

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got? Yeah? Yeah, it'snineteen hundred square feet one story. Yeah,
so you got a good size HVACsystem. You're probably running a five
ton system in there, so youwould need a pretty good sized one.
Okay, what would you recommend,like a bit was your was your house?
What what size would you get?Well, honestly, I've been cheap

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enough. I haven't put one inmy house yet, but I'm seriously thinking
it's time for me to do it. I would probably be looking personally for
something in the eighteen thousand range asfar as the size. I know you

(01:27:11):
can on the smaller houses, Yes, you can do things and use a
smaller generator, but if you wantto truly run that HVAC, and you're
going to have the bigger HVAC.But here's what you got to do.
You know, you heard them talkabout right, touch electrical right, if
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stuff. Anyways, you don't wantto try to do that yourself. Call
them and have them come out.They'll take a look at it and tell
you how much load that you're goingto have, and they'll be able to
give you specs as far as whatsize generator you need. Okay, okay,
that's good, Okay, all right, I'll give them a shout.

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Hey, Well, thanks so muchfor your help. You bet you take
care, all right, have agood day. Uh by. All right,
we're gonna take a quick break whenwe come back, Gary, you're
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How can I help you? Lookingfor advice on who I should ask?
I've got a kick garage with premade trusses that are on two foot

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centers, and I put a wallin the middle because it was spanning twenty
two foot. But I'm still concernedthat they had cheap plywood on the top.
I'm concerned that if I go tohalf itch, it may not bear
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make sure the old half inch flywould before. Okay. Now, at
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any any further sagging. Then okay, That's what I'll do. Thank you,
you bet you take care, thankyou. And with that being said,
I want to take this opportunity towish all the fathers out there a
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