The Insulation to Use for Flooring

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Speaker 9 (02:48):
Uh.

Speaker 8 (02:49):
Last weekend was the last weekend of the Passing Livestock
Show on Rodeo. Uh, Saturday night was amazing. Uh full house,
I mean, uh Randy Rogers brought him brought them in
for that show along with the bullfighting, which I don't

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know how anybody can be insane enough to get in
the ring with those bulls, but but they do it.
And this was a night that the bulls won. I
will I will put it to you that way, because
they got a hold of those clowns more than once.
But uh, total different story. We're back into doing a

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regular show. So if you got to Home improven question
seven one three two one two, five eight seven four.
By the way, our auction just it went exceptionally well. Uh,
so thank you for everybody who attended the livestock auction
on on that Thursday. So I got an email from

(03:53):
Kelsey and San Marcos. I'm looking to build a detached
garage on my property. I'm guessing I'll need a general
contract for the job. But I'd love to know who
to trust. Well, you know, if truthfully, if if all
you're going to build is is a like a two

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car detached garage or something, you got a lot of choices.
One of them is tough Shed. They actually build two
car garages. Now you'll you'll want to look at the
specs and see exactly what you want done, because you know,
some builders will do twenty four inch on centers, others
do sixteen. Tough Shed will do the sixteen inch centers

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and stuff. Other places that you can look at though,
you can order materials like from oh oh, now all
of a sudden, it lost my mind here from some
of the building supply stores, McCoy's, that's where I was
trying to think. McCoy's has Roger kits, and if you

(05:02):
go in and talk to them athe McCoy's, they a
lot of times will have contractors. Because I don't have
a contractor in San Marcus that I could recommend for you.
But here's the things you go want to make sure
of if you're within city limits, that they're pulling a permit,
that they're doing the dig test and having lines marked
and things like that. Get a copy of their general

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liability insurance policy, and I recommend workers comp I carry it,
you know, because if somebody gets hurt, you don't want
them coming back after you for it. So those are
the things that you would want to check to make
sure that they have. And my rule of thumb is
typically on contractors, do they have a real office or

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they's a suitcase contractor who just works out of their pickup.
You know, brick and mortar office makes a big deal
for the verifying that it's somebody who's going to be
tip around for a while. And I usually try to
stick with contractors who have already proven themselves and been

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around for a while. Definitely, I wouldn't look at somebody
under three years, and normally I'm looking for at least
five years in business. So hopefully that helped you out
with looking for a contractor.

Speaker 2 (06:19):
For that.

Speaker 8 (06:21):
Again, if you got a question seven one three, two
one two five eight seven four, Adrian, this is Jim.
How can I help you?

Speaker 10 (06:30):
Jim good to talk to you, listen to you from
time to time. I have an older frame house. It's
on blocks, you know, dirt underneath. We kind of remodeled
this man. I have one Uh, I keep like conversation
anywhere you try to put a vinyl or something like
that on the floor, toe wood floors and stuff right well,

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and went through last year. I mean I've had a
variety of stuff, everything from parfet to linoium to last year,
we come down some remodeling and they put down that
uh thick vinyl plank click clock stuff yep.

Speaker 6 (07:08):
And.

Speaker 10 (07:10):
Within six months, eight months, it's all buckled up and everything,
my underlayment rotting. Uh now we did this last about
a year ago, a little over a year ago, and uh,
my question, I think maybe part of what my problem
is is that I underpin the house in the winter.

(07:31):
Maybe I shouldn't just leave it home where the wind
can blow.

Speaker 8 (07:35):
Uh oh, you're closing it up.

Speaker 10 (07:38):
Yeah, to a point. I mean there's some gaps. It's
an old house with vinyl siding. I just take the
siding and prop it up and drive some stakes in
the ground around and.

Speaker 8 (07:47):
Uh, now you gotta leave it open and let the
wind blow.

Speaker 10 (07:51):
That's what I figured. Uh My wife was just wondering
for you know, comfort, ortle utility. But I got thinking
about it after I got I hated to put anything
else on the floor to I can figure out what
I need to do.

Speaker 8 (08:04):
Well, here's what you got to look at one on
homes like that, you got to make sure that there's
no standing water underneath, and you've got to have plenty
of ventilation. Anytime it starts getting closed up, especially during
the winter months, a lot of people like to try
to close it up, and that hot and cold air

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meat and it just sweats. And when it does, you're
causing wood rot and all these other problems like you're
already experiencing.

Speaker 10 (08:35):
Correct And I got carpeted floors too. But now that
also brought in something I wasn't worried about. I didn't
know if it was a vine or what. But this
time around we put in the real heavy top of
life proof or whatever it was from the hot box store,
and I hope that don't make it sweat. But anyway,

(08:58):
it's been pretty good. So what about like the spray
phone there. You don't recommend that, No.

Speaker 8 (09:05):
I don't. I mean, if you're going to insist on
some insulation underneath there, the only insulation I would recommend
would be a spray foam. But it's got to be
a closed cell. And the reason for that the open
cell actually can take on moisture and hold it on
there and still cause the problem. The open cell basically

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will not take moisture on UH and it will block
the moisture that's in the soil and everything from coming
up and getting into it. The reason you're you really
wasn't experiencing big problems with the carpet areas is the
air conditioners dehumidifying and taking the moisture out and you know,

(09:49):
keeping the UH subfloors and everything from getting moist and expanding.

Speaker 10 (09:56):
I got it, I got you all right, Well, so
be safe to just go ahead and put some new
flooring down and leave it open.

Speaker 8 (10:06):
Yeah, I mean you may want to get the ventilation
checked just to make sure. Is it an open skirt
or do you have just a certain sects you drop by.

Speaker 10 (10:17):
It's about twelve fifteen inches off the ground. It's sitting
on blocks. Okay, you can lay down in the yard
on one side and look through plump to the other side.

Speaker 8 (10:28):
Yeah, okay, yeah, just leave it open and that as
long as you don't have any standing water underneath there,
that that should take care of your problem.

Speaker 5 (10:37):
Now.

Speaker 10 (10:37):
I do get some from time to time with these rains.
But I've kind of worked on that over years too,
and we'll have some because un there seems to be
the lower part of the yard, you know, but I
have underground. I have put in underground drainage. I'm fortunate
enough to have a property where there's a ditch and

(10:58):
all the terrain work over into I could I just
kind of transit and put some on the ground with
some uh uh, you know, little catch facing things like
you're on them to drain it out, you know, so
it wouldn't stand yep, Okay, I just I've done this
and it's just probably out of my ignorance because I've

(11:18):
replaced it flooring, yeah uh two or three different times.

Speaker 8 (11:23):
But now, what what I hear from people all the
time is, you know, they want to keep their toes warm.
And what I tell people is, just get you a
good pair of fuzzy slippers and your totally warm. Don't
worry about the insulation.

Speaker 10 (11:35):
I grew up in the house where the wind and
blount the flooring. There wasn't nothing that was cold in
the wintertime. Hot, yeah summer, so you know, but okay, then,
well I appreciate it, and you've been the first time colder.
I listened from time to time. I've looked at your
thing and uh so uh they call that that luxury
vinyl flooring come bick box stores.

Speaker 8 (12:02):
I got mine at floor Decore and I'm in the
process of putting some in in my house right now.
I got just a little piece left to finish tomorrow
in the master bedroom. So yeah, I like it.

Speaker 10 (12:14):
Well, okay, well, Coop appreciate it.

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Said down to League City, Hello jd Hey.

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Jim, how you doing that?

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I did call you last week about a chimney cat
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ripped me off. You recommended I called Guardian Roofing. I
did call the The technician came out, he was on time,
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and kudos to Guardian for doing a polite, pleasant, good
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Speaker 8 (15:46):
Hey, welcome back to Texas Home Improvement. Seven one three
two one two five eight seven four. That's seven one
three two one two five eight seven four. And I'll
see what I can do to help you out here
on Texas Own Improvement. So Marta sends in an email
and the subject is roof stained after burrow. What kind

(16:10):
of contractor do you need for roof? Well, look, there
are cleaners that you can put on your roof. I'm
gonna make the assumption this is just a standard asphalt
shingle roof. Roof Guard is one of the companies who
makes a system that you can put up there that
cleans it and then seals it down better so it

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with stands, wins better. You'll see TV commercials for that
company right now. Who extends the life of your roof?
You know, don't put on a new roof, extend it
blah blah blah. It costs. I think it was eighty
percent less or some darn thing I don't know, But
look I don't I don't really buy into that one

(16:55):
when I look at it. It's just an oil that
they're putting in. Yes, the shingle will absorb some of it.
Will it help Yes. Is it going to truly extend
the life of your shingle any significant amount of time. No,
but it's going to depend on the shape your shingle
was in to begin with. But if you're having stains

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and I don't know what you would have gotten from
the hurricane that stained the roof, it's really just a
matter of a normal cleaning. What gets up on these
roofs is really just dirt and pollution, and so you
don't want to go up with a pressure washer and
hit it hard. But basically they put these solutions on,

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then hit it with a light pressure to rinse it off,
and it makes it look good again for a small
period of time. It will build up again, and you
see it the streaks down below where vent covers are
that are made of lead. That area typically stays cleaner
because materials just not sticking where the lead runoff is.

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Also shows you how much damage lead can do, but
that's a different story anyway. Seven one three two, one two,
five eight seven four. Let's head to Conroe and Paul.
This is Jim. How can I help you?

Speaker 12 (18:18):
Hi, Jim, I have a house in Galveston. The last
caller prompted me to call. We've got uh. We had
moisture on the between the subfloor in the boards that
were underneath the house, the plywood, and uh, you end

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up causing mold in that area. We in moisture filled up.
We're in the process of replacing the subfloor. But my
question is, you know, is is there insulation that I
should put in that that space between We're gonna put
a hardy plank underneath it, you know, as a as

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a surface on the outside.

Speaker 8 (19:03):
Yeah, and I know a lot of codes are not
required are now requiring that, And it's a mistake because
that's where it's locking in the air and allows it
to sweat and cause a lot of these issues that
people are having with the moisture and molds and stuff
like that. If you can leave it open, you're usually

(19:26):
better off. If you want to close it up, though,
I would would recommend then that you do fill it
with a foam insulation, but closed cell only so that
it doesn't take on any moisture or anything. It's basically
just filling the space. Absolutely, no fiberglass, cellulose, anything like

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that because all of that will hold moisture against the
wood and cause a bigger problem.

Speaker 9 (19:52):
Yeah. Yeah, that's what we were experiencing.

Speaker 12 (19:55):
So if you don't have any insulation, Uh, is there
anything we ought to do on the flooring to help
keep it insulating?

Speaker 9 (20:03):
No?

Speaker 8 (20:05):
Okay, you know the amount of energy that lost that's
in those floors is so minor. I mean it's really
just when you're walking on the floor that you feel it.
So if you got carpet, you won't even notice it.
It's typically just if you've got hard floors.

Speaker 9 (20:24):
Got it.

Speaker 12 (20:26):
Okay, Yeah, we were struggling as to what because we
know that the insulation was holding in most ye put
the temperature dot dropped in there.

Speaker 8 (20:34):
So okay, well you bet you take care YouTube bye,
And it's they changed the building codes and it's it's
just waked havoc along the coast. But look, if you
fill that cavity with spray foam, closed cell only, not

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the open cell, closed cell only, Uh, you're just not
going to allow that in there, and it will avoid
having these major problems that people are having. Again our
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Speaker 8 (22:43):
Hey, welcome back to Texas Home Improvement. To your total
home improvement sour seven one three two one two five
eight seven four. That's seven one three two one two
five eight seven four. And I'll see what I can
do to help you out. I'll tell I spent this week.
I finished with Rodeo last Saturday and had to do

(23:06):
clean up on Sunday Monday morning. First thing, I headed
to Orlando for a conference down there on the software
that a lot of oh trades used, the air conditioning companies,
plumbing companies, you know, electrical companies, stuff like that. And

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it's a piece of software that I use. Well, you
go down there and you learn about the upgrades and
coming things stuff like that, how to make different segments
of it work. So it's at a very nice hotel.
There's four thousand people there for the conference, large conference,

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and I go to get my hotel room and shower
doesn't work right. When you're running a show hour, you're
hearing gurgling in the sink in the bathroom. When you're
draining the sink. You heard gurgling in the shower, and
the shower's draining really slow. You can't even run it

(24:13):
the whole time you're taking a shower or it'll start
running over. And so I called the front desk and say, hey,
we got, you know, this little issue, need to get
it taken care of. And they send somebody up while
I was off doing other stuff, and it didn't work.
I don't know what he did, but it didn't work.
So the next morning I call him again and you know,

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we kind of need to get this taken care of.
And I happened to be in the room when they
came this time, and I said, it's got to be
hard to be in a hotel that's got four thousand
contractors in it all telling you how to fix something,
isn't it? He said, He just kind of giggled and laughed.
But I'm sure it was. And I know it was
nothing more than the event, the way that the pipe

(24:56):
was draining and stuff. But he got it, got it
going and everything was fine. But uh, you know, seeing
a lot of the different contractors, one of the big
topics was the AC stuff that's taking effect now that
wasn't what the subject matters were at the conference that

(25:17):
was all on the software. But you know, sitting at
lunch and in between talking with contractors, uh, with the
HVAC guys, that's gonna be a big deal. A lot
of them have stocked up with with some of the
old systems because manufacturers are already quitting making the old
ones and making the new ones. Uh. So you know,

(25:38):
if your system is on its last leg and you
were thinking before next summer you were going to get one,
and talking to the different people there, thirty to forty
is going to be the increase rate on the new systems.
And I'm gonna tell you right now, there's already talk

(25:59):
of a different coolant coming out five years from now.
So I don't know why they want to keep messing
with the coolants, but nonetheless, uh, there's always going to
be changes, but uh, and it's always just doing nothing
but driving up the cost of these units. So again,

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if you've if you're been putting off getting a unit,
or you know you're just barely making it through this summer,
it's going to be a pretty husky price increase. January
one for the new equipment. Got a question seven one three,
two one two five eight seven four. Let's see here. Uh,

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this came in from Ralph. Got a sheet rock problem,
needs a ceiling repair or replaced, and he's down in Houston.
So uh if he was up, if you're up in
the you know, Woodlands, Kingwood and all that area, I'm
going to tell you to call Texas Remodel Team. The

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rest of Houston, you call Victor's Remodeling and Construction and
they will come out and help you out with it.
And I better get Victor's number out here. You can
reach Victor's Remodeling Construction at eight three two two four
three ninety nine ninety seven. You can reach Texas Remodel

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Team two eight one six one two fifty nine ninety one.
So either one of them can get that taken care
of for you. Again, if you got a home improvement
question seven one three two one two five eight seven four,
and I'll see what I can do to help you
out here on Texas Home Improvement your Total Home Improvement source.

Speaker 5 (27:51):
Ah.

Speaker 8 (27:51):
So this came from Judy out of Seabrook and she
says Environmental Inspector recommendation. I just moved into a newer
apartment in Seabrook May of twenty four that was never occupied.
Since moving in, I have had numerous upper respiratory issues

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that may have been coincidental to weather conditions or not.
I wonder if I should have an air quality environmental
inspecter come out so that I can be sure it
is safe. I always look to you for advice for
items like this. Thank you, Judy. Well, Judy. Look, it

(28:32):
could be several factors. One, since it's new, it can
be off gasing building materials. You know a lot of
times apartments don't use necessarily the top end stuff, just
put it bluntly. It can be that there's mold and
mildew issues. If moisture is being trapped in the walls.

(28:56):
My daughter had an issue with that in an apartment
she was in. I got a nephew having that issue
right now down in League City. So very common in
apartments where they just don't put things together right and
moisture gets into it. And once it's into the insulation
and stuff, and moisture is still being fed on a

(29:17):
regular basis, you're gonna have molds that can be harmful
for you. You know, carpets can off gas. You know
we had a big issue with sheet rock from China
off gasing years ago. So any number of building materials
can do it. So here's what I would tell you

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if you want to get it checked. I don't see
any problem with that at all. You got a choice
to make, though. You can go to like a box
store home depot lows one of them and get some
do it yourself test kits, or you can call Woodland's
Water Restoration and they come out and check it for you.

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You can reach Woodlands at two eight one five seven
six eight four five nine. But either way, I would
tend to agree with you. Let's get it checked. Just
for peace of mind. We're gonna take a break. We'll
be right back seven one three two one two five
eight seven four. You know I just mentioned Texas Remodel

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Pretty good and drinking big.

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I'm pretty good and drinking big.

Speaker 8 (33:45):
Hey, welcome back to Texas Home Improvements. Your total home
improvement sore seven one three two one two five eight
seven four. And I apologize for that uh sneeze there there.
I've got a mute button, but you know, just couldn't
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two one two five eight seven four, and I'll see
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roofing in AC. That's all he put on his email.
Doesn't tell me what he needs for anything, but I

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that part of the country, and the devastation, the flooding
and all that stuff. You know, there by the grace
of God go us, because all it takes is one
storm to come in the wrong way and cause all
that kind of destruction. There are things we can do
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lot of that when Burle came in. You know, as
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it may keep your trees from blowing over completely because
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And so you know, make sure you take the time
to let's go get all that taken care of. I
am gonna mute one second here. Okay, this is my

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allergy season. Ragweed just tears me up every year, So
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Speaker 9 (36:43):
All right.

Speaker 8 (36:43):
This was an email that came in that I really
would like to talk with Marie about. But sand collecting
at least at base of two story brick wall. The
front of my two story house is brick built in
nineteen seventy two. Sand is collecting a small uh a

(37:04):
at some places on my front porch at base of wall.
What would be going on it is not excessive, Well,
it can be multiple things depending on the sand. It
can be sand is coming out of the mortar and

(37:26):
that would spread everywhere. So I don't think that's going
to be it. When when I hear about sand being
isolated like that, it's almost always going to be either
ants or termites, And a lot of times it looks
like sand uh when it's ants or termites. Now, typically

(37:49):
when it's termites, it's going to be a dark color,
and when it's sand, it's or sand. When it's uh ants,
it's going to be more or less the color of
the soil around. But typically it's going to be a
light colored sand because that's what's under the foundation. And

(38:09):
if they're coming up through you know, hairline cracks in
the in the concrete or something like that, they will
leave those type of piles. So here's what I would
recommend you. Know, most of us have a service that
comes in for bugspraying. I would highly recommend you have

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the house checked for the ants or termites, because even
if it's ants, they can stay in the walls. They
can get into the wood just like termites do and
eat stuff up. So that would be my recommendation. Got
a question seven one three, two, one two, five eight

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seven four So Ray and Dickinson says, I have a
front window that when it rains, leaks water from the
top inside each of the front window. On the right side,
the sheet rock is getting wet, not the glass on
the window. My home is a brick home built six

(39:14):
years ago. I have water tested and cannot find where
the water is getting in. It does not appear to
be the calking around the windows. What is your advice?
What type of company should I call? Six year old house?
I'd be calling the builder to find out why it's leaking.

(39:36):
But beyond that, it can actually be If it's a
brick home, it can actually be the brick itself. Moisture
can travel through the brick and it will typically then
run down the backside. That's the reason there's a gap
between the brick and the wood frame of the house

(39:57):
because of the water, and that's what the wheepholes are
forced to let that water out well where windows are.
When it's running down, it can hit the lenthel above
the window and if that wasn't sealed properly, it allows
it to leak in. And that is what I'm guessing
is probably happening here, is the top of the window
wasn't sealed properly. That's what you need to have checked

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Hey, welcome back to Texas on Improvement. Seven one three
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I help you today?

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Good afternoon, Jim.

Speaker 9 (44:16):
Hey, I had a question for you.

Speaker 13 (44:18):
Uh.

Speaker 12 (44:18):
We bought some wine and hardwood polish and restore for
our oak floors.

Speaker 16 (44:23):
Uh huh, and my wife accidentally splash some on the
laminate flooring.

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How can we get that off?

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What's a good way to wipe it off?

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Did it stain it or is it just the oil
color that you're seeing?

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It's as the old color, you know, it's shiny, it's
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Speaker 8 (44:41):
Yeah. Uh, you should be able to just wipe it
down with any type of cleaner decreaser, but you're gonna
have to be careful that you're not rubbing too hard
and messing up the laminate flooring.

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Okay, So any kind of degree there.

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Yeah, because it really it's just an oil based product,
and so anything that you know, uh, even like your
dish soap, you should be able to clean it up
for you.

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I appreciate it.

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Speaker 8 (48:09):
Hey, welcome back to Texas Home Improvement. Seven one three
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So seven one three two one two five eight seven four,
and we're going to head to my hometown of Pasadena. Randy,

(49:15):
how can I help you today?

Speaker 9 (49:18):
Well, I have a question.

Speaker 14 (49:20):
I'm sure you've answered it before considering repainting my garage,
and I've noticed the paint house is about twenty years old,
but the paint doesn't seem to adhere to the sheet rock,
especially around the door itself, because I'm assuming all because
of humidity. But I've also got some friends that are

(49:42):
having the same issue. What do you recommend to paint
that with to make it make it adhere?

Speaker 8 (49:49):
Yeah, it isn't an issue with the moisture and humidity.
The best thing you can try is some exterior paint
instead of into.

Speaker 14 (50:02):
Okay, I'm sure they use the cheapness.

Speaker 8 (50:06):
Oh absolutely, they're they're a builder.

Speaker 9 (50:09):
Yeah.

Speaker 14 (50:10):
Yeah, So so you think I may have a better
chance with it he adhering with with a next are
or top tank.

Speaker 8 (50:17):
Yeah, and the fact that it's peeled off those areas
where it goes down to two straight sheet rock, you're
going to want to put a primer sealer on there,
okay now, because it's already subject to pealing because of
what's happened already. Uh, take a look at zenser z
I n Z E R and uh just a you

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can just spot prime with it in the areas that
are bare. Now. The issue, the issue you're going to
run into is other areas are still subject to peel
like that, and so typically what you're going to want
to do is try to scrape off as much as
you can before you get started, right.

Speaker 15 (51:01):
I've seen people paint up to what they thought was
sticking to the sheet rock, and as soon as it
got wet with the new paint, yep started peeling off
the same.

Speaker 8 (51:12):
So exactly, it just snowballs on you. But if you'll
take just a six inch putty knife, uh, you know
for doing sheet rock work, it scrapes it off pretty
quick and easy.

Speaker 14 (51:25):
All right, Well, I'll give it a try, Jim, I
may just play with a little section of it and
see how it works.

Speaker 8 (51:31):
Alrighty, you take care, Thank you so much.

Speaker 9 (51:34):
You take care.

Speaker 8 (51:35):
Bye and again our number seven one three two one
two five eight seven four and again I'll see what
I can do to help you out here on Texas
Home Improvement. Gonna head out to pair Land and Sharon.
Welcome to seven forty k t H. How can I
help you?

Speaker 18 (51:54):
Thank you. I appreciate you taking the call. I have
a toilet that I fill in one of my bathrooms.
I mean, I keep it turned off because I really.

Speaker 17 (52:06):
Probably need a new toilet.

Speaker 18 (52:08):
But the problem is when I turn it on to
fill with water, the tank is hot.

Speaker 8 (52:17):
So is the water hot that's coming in?

Speaker 18 (52:19):
The water is hot. I can take the back off
of it and stick my hand down in it, and
it is hot water.

Speaker 8 (52:29):
Okay. And my question is going to be a couple here. Now,
when you flush at a time or two, does it
get to where it's cold water or eventually yes? Okay,
So it's getting the hot water from the attic. It's
the pipes are just heating up in.

Speaker 6 (52:47):
The attic, okay.

Speaker 8 (52:51):
And so when it comes in there, yeah, there's not
a lot You're going to be able to do about that.

Speaker 18 (52:58):
Okay, all right, was curious then, thank you so much.

Speaker 8 (53:02):
You bet you take time.

Speaker 18 (53:05):
I have a great day, bye.

Speaker 8 (53:08):
And again seven one three, two one two five eight
seven four. And that is one of the the issues
with the pipes running through our attics. I mean, they're
always subject to heat up during the day. And you know,
if you think about solar water heaters, it's nothing more
than the pipes running back and forth in a in

(53:29):
a box that the sun is shining on to heat
it up. And that's the same thing that happens with
our water pipes in the attic. You can slow it
down some by insulating the pipes, but it's not going
to eliminate it by doing that. Let's head out to
Seabrook and is it Michael?

Speaker 9 (53:51):
Yeah? How you doing, Jim great?

Speaker 8 (53:53):
How are you today?

Speaker 9 (53:55):
Doing good? Sir? Doing good? You have a question?

Speaker 16 (53:57):
This house is my house is built there. I bought
it in December of two thousand and four. A buddy
of mine did the home inspection, and you know, they're
they're limited on the how deep they can go into things.
So he said, he advised me because says it has
three HVAC units. He advised me to go ahead and
have an HVAC company do a deep look into the

(54:18):
three systems, and all three systems had cracked heat exchangers.
So now they were twenty one years old. Now they're
twenty years old, and my concern is, you know, do
I just replace them because they're getting that old, or
do I wait, I only haven't checked once a.

Speaker 8 (54:39):
Year in the fall, right to look.

Speaker 16 (54:41):
For you know, so I've got the carbonox side detectors
in the house. But do I go through the expense
of replacing what does your gut tell you with with
twenty year old heat exchangers?

Speaker 8 (54:52):
They are not worth rearing.

Speaker 9 (54:55):
Okay?

Speaker 8 (54:57):
How old is the outside unit?

Speaker 16 (55:00):
Oh god, there's there are three of them, yeah, ten, twelve,
and fifteen. Okay, in case something this might be clear
as mud, I want to clear them being But the
concern I have is not the systems. It's the heat
exchangers being cracked as the pumping carbon oxide over.

Speaker 8 (55:20):
The house, and that's why they need to be replaced
and not used. The risk factor is just way too
high to be messing with them, and they're too old
to bother fixing normal on the HVAC systems. You know
the inside your heater exchange which is your blower motor

(55:40):
as well, that you a lot of times get two
outside units to it. Well you've you've already done that,
and so realistically you're going to be looking at replacements.

Speaker 9 (55:53):
So just to be safe, replace the heat exchangers.

Speaker 8 (55:56):
Yep.

Speaker 9 (55:58):
Now, even if the guy this fall uh says they're
not cracked.

Speaker 8 (56:02):
Well, now if he if he looks at him and
says they're not cracked, if you want to continue, that's fine.
But if you've already had somebody look at him and
say they're cracked, then more than likely they're going to
be cracked.

Speaker 16 (56:19):
Well okay, yeah, when I first bought the house in
December of four they were cracked and they were replaced then.
So now they're the same age the now they're twenty
years old. Sure, and the ones that were cracked when
I bought it were twenty years old.

Speaker 8 (56:31):
So about I got you. Okay, I misunderstood that part
of it. No, just because yeah, just because they're twenty
years old does not mean they're going to be cracked. Now,
I will tell you starting January first, there's new regulations
as far as the coolants and stuff and all that
equipment's going to go up thirty to forty percent.

Speaker 9 (56:53):
Yeah I heard that earlier.

Speaker 8 (56:54):
Yeah, so you know, you may want to take that
into account, but it is not is not unusual to
get out of the heat exchange system between twenty and
thirty years.

Speaker 9 (57:07):
Okay.

Speaker 16 (57:09):
And then the line I walk here that I worry
about is you know, you know, he could look at
it not and he cracks, then about halfway through the
winter that maybe one of them cracks.

Speaker 8 (57:20):
And that that but that that can happen on a
five or ten year old system as well.

Speaker 9 (57:24):
Yeah, yeah, okay, So as.

Speaker 8 (57:27):
Long as long as you get it and then if
you get it inspected and there's no cracks, if you
want to continue using it. I would have no no
fear of that, especially since you've got the carbon monoxide detectors.
But once it has a crack, don't use it. The
risk factors toodly, Oh.

Speaker 16 (57:43):
Absolutely absolutely not. Okay, All right, Jim, thank you very much.

Speaker 8 (57:47):
You bet you take care.

Speaker 9 (57:49):
You have a great day.

Speaker 8 (57:50):
By and again seven one three, two, one two five
eight seven four. Yes, gas heats especially, you got to
get those checked every year for that reason. Right there.
You don't know when they're gonna develop a crack and
have an issue like that. We're gonna head out to Dayton.

Speaker 2 (58:11):
Hello, Mark, good afternoon. I'm calling you. I had some
hardy plank. I want to build my house twenty plus
years ago. The it's break. Then the hardy plank is
up in the higher spots for my house. But what
I've noticed is that the hardy plank is setting on
the shingles and some of it, you know, it's started

(58:36):
to deteriorate. And I'm in the process of fixed and
reroos the house, and I'm talking to the rooter about
the solution, and he says, they're making this cut that
up about an inch, you know, after they take the
shingles off right a straight edge and cut it. My
concern is you're cutting into the flashing behind it in

(59:00):
the valley. They got some type of flashing on the
foot wall, and then you know, the the rap they
didn't put. I got the looking they didn't put like
a os B. They just put a wrap and then
attached the party plank in these particular areas of the
house directly to the studs. Okay, so my concern is,

(59:22):
I don't know I mean, in theory, it should not
be that hard to do. How would you know if
you cut into anything behind there? And it's all about
putting step flashing, But how are you going to force
step flashing up under there? I mean, I see, I'm
just kind of curious if you ran across this before
all the.

Speaker 8 (59:37):
Time, and every every roof job that gets done, you know,
has similar issues. Uh, they're going to have to cut
it in order to put the step flashing up under
it to begin with. So uh, and the way it's
done is, you know, the saw can be set to
a depth and literally you run it up and you

(01:00:00):
leave it like at a sixteenth of an inch short
and snap off the hardy then so it is no
concern at all. I wouldn't lose any sleep over that.

Speaker 2 (01:00:12):
Now, how would you get the So if you get
the shingles off and you lay a straight edge, got
to be my idea of don't get the shingles off
and put a straight edge and maybe set a jig
or some depth on a You probably couldn't use a
skill saw because you ain't enough room. It may have
to be some kind of a grinder, you know, like
a four inch little grinder I don't know what you
would use, you know, what kind of tool or may

(01:00:33):
be a vibrate.

Speaker 8 (01:00:36):
They make different types of skill sauce. They make like
what's called a worm drive skill saw and that uses
very little space.

Speaker 2 (01:00:46):
Okay, but how do you get that flashing that step
slashing out there that that sighting is nailed?

Speaker 8 (01:00:53):
It is and they end up pushing, pulling it loose,
sliding it up and then just read reattaching it.

Speaker 2 (01:01:02):
So how do you attach the step flash? I mean
you got to shoot nails back into the hardy or
what do you do?

Speaker 8 (01:01:08):
Yes?

Speaker 2 (01:01:10):
Okay, so you have to renail it once you cary
in there, yep.

Speaker 9 (01:01:14):
Okay.

Speaker 2 (01:01:14):
And how high should that go up under the hardy?
I mean is it one inches? Two inches?

Speaker 9 (01:01:20):
Oh?

Speaker 8 (01:01:20):
No, normally it's it's going to be like four inches.

Speaker 2 (01:01:25):
Yeah, because you wouldn't want it too small that may run,
So you need a minimum of four inches or so. Okay,
and all right, yeah, that's that's my concern, you know.

Speaker 8 (01:01:35):
Uh yeah, but yeah, it's in every house that has
sighting that comes down to the roof. They I mean,
I just had mine done last year and had to
deal with the same thing last year earlier.

Speaker 2 (01:01:48):
One year recommended heights I read on Hardy's site they
say an inch and a half to two inches, but
I'm thinking the two inches I was reading for, like
you know, in the snow load areas for their snow
what's acceptable in the South. I mean, I think two
inches off the roofs pretty high.

Speaker 8 (01:02:04):
Now inch and a half two inches is still fine.

Speaker 2 (01:02:07):
Okay, So now I don't want to look too go
so you don't see any issue.

Speaker 8 (01:02:11):
Doing that, No, none at all.

Speaker 2 (01:02:14):
And uh, even if they did cut into because I
know there's already some flashing in there, you know sometime
that laid kind of that, they got to hit them
valid they put something there, you know, running.

Speaker 8 (01:02:22):
Up that wall, right, yeah, and that's gonna they're gonna
have to overlay it or pull it out, which normally
they pull it out.

Speaker 2 (01:02:30):
But even if you cut into that, it wouldn't be
a big deal. You school back then put your step
flashing a tick car.

Speaker 8 (01:02:35):
Yeah, yeah, you're putting new flashing anyways, Now do you.

Speaker 2 (01:02:39):
Call all of that or they just put the step
flashing in there?

Speaker 8 (01:02:41):
Now you tip Typically it's just put the flashing in
and and that's it.

Speaker 2 (01:02:46):
Okay, But then you put the flashing Mark, I'm gonna.

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Speaker 7 (01:05:34):
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Speaker 8 (01:05:39):
And people cranes. Hey, welcome back to Texas Home Improvement
We were talking with Mark when we went to break
and sorry about that. Mark.

Speaker 2 (01:05:59):
Oh no, Paul, just one more question. I'll let you go,
just out of curiosity. Uh, when we put up party
plank these days, is it common to just put wrap
and go with the studs or pretty much they're putting
some type of like an OSB or plywood then going
directly that. What do you see that?

Speaker 17 (01:06:19):
Uh?

Speaker 2 (01:06:20):
Just the studs.

Speaker 8 (01:06:21):
No, Normally, depending on the type of siding yours is
lap siding or four by eight sheets yep, lap siding,
it's normally recommended to go over ap, plywood or OSB
board or something.

Speaker 2 (01:06:34):
Right, I want to want to own part of my
house they didn't, and part of what they didn't I
just cratched on my head.

Speaker 8 (01:06:38):
Is gonna WI money?

Speaker 2 (01:06:40):
But anyway, yeah, okay, well I certainly appreciate your help,
so you have a oneful that.

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You as well take care. Okay, and again our number
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Speaker 13 (01:07:00):
Hello, Paul, Hello, Jam, I'm glad the robio went good.

Speaker 8 (01:07:06):
Oh, it went great.

Speaker 13 (01:07:08):
Yeah, all this should be quick. About four years ago
I re pipped my house down there like that on
city water with pegs, put in a new high quality
rain water heater. Your thought flushing just got me a new.

Speaker 8 (01:07:24):
And uh, how long ago did you put the water heater?

Speaker 19 (01:07:29):
In?

Speaker 13 (01:07:30):
Four years?

Speaker 8 (01:07:31):
It's okay and bubbling once you know, yep, is this
a tank or tankless?

Speaker 13 (01:07:40):
It's forty gallon?

Speaker 8 (01:07:42):
Okay tank. If it's four years old, chances are you'll
have a hard time flushing it. Anyways. The sediment is
already starting to build in the bottom. Normally you have
to do that in the first two years. Uh. And
I will tell you up front, I never bothered a
flush mine me either.

Speaker 13 (01:08:03):
I've never done it. I'm sixty five.

Speaker 8 (01:08:05):
Yeah, and you know, The whole thing is to extend
the life of it. Man, those things last so long. Anyways,
I'm just not going to worry about it.

Speaker 13 (01:08:16):
I was just I was doing that YouTube thing and
you know how the bubble and burp and oh yeah,
I had so much stuff in the bottom.

Speaker 2 (01:08:25):
Yep, Okay, that.

Speaker 8 (01:08:26):
Was it, Jim, all right, you take care.

Speaker 13 (01:08:29):
Thank you, sir. I have a great weight there.

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You as well, and you know, if you want to
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Speaker 7 (01:09:56):
Here's Jim Dutton.

Speaker 8 (01:09:59):
Hey, welcome back. Seven one three two one two five
eight seven four. Any home improven question seven one three
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(01:10:20):
five eight seven four. With that being said, I'm gonna
jump into an email question. This comes from John up
in or out in Katie rather Uh. I'm a longtime
due west AC customer and THHI listener. About mid July,
after Hurricane Burl, I started noticing an odd, faint brown

(01:10:43):
line on my upstairs ceiling. Line was about three feet
long then and below my downstairs ac unit I had noticed.
I had not noticed any roof damage from the storm.
I had a plumbing check for any leaks done by
Abacus and none were found. I've had Brinkman Roofing who

(01:11:05):
installed the roof in twenty twelve. We found one furnace
roof fence small leak at the collar about eight feet
away from the ceiling stain. There's no plumbing near the
ceiling stain. A moisture meter reads normal on the stained area.
Plumbing and roof has been ruled out as likely cause

(01:11:25):
of brown line on ceiling. Both those men said it
could not be electrical either. The ceiling stain line has
gotten longer, about ten feet now and more noticeable. The
line is about three inches wide and makes one ninety
degree turn. Gemini do not think it resembles a water stain.

(01:11:52):
Could you please help suggest what cause of ceiling stain
line is and how to a limate it. Thanks well. If,
and this is a big if, if it's not a
water stain, you probably don't really want to know what

(01:12:13):
it is because there could be a critter up there
leaving his marks and that can be causing it. If
you get a typically a squirrel is not going to
urinate that much. But if you get a raccoon or
something like that up in your attic, they can leave
enough that it follows like a ceiling joist or something

(01:12:36):
along that line, and it's hitting something that's making the turn.
It's got to be a moisture source of some kind
that's causing it. And the fact that it's brown in color.
I mean, it could be going through some old insulation

(01:12:57):
or something that's given it color. But there is something
up there that's doing moisture. And just because it wasn't
found the first time everybody came out and looked doesn't
mean it's not there. So I would take a look
at all those items again. Now there's also the thing
that it could have been leaking during the hurricane, you know,

(01:13:19):
with the winds and all that, and that was the
only time it leaked, and that the damage is just
showing through now from the moisture. If that's the case.
If it is dry, then you should be able to
put like a pigmented schlac over it, like a zenz
or sealer over the top and paint it. But until

(01:13:39):
you find what the cause was, I wouldn't recommend doing that.
And I know you've had it checked for moisture, but
everything you're describing says that there's moisture up there. So
I would really suggest to get somebody else up and
take another look at it. Got a question seven one, three, one, two, five, eight,

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seven four. Let's head down to Texas City, Lawrence. How
are you today?

Speaker 17 (01:14:07):
I'm doing well, Jim. I hope you aren't too.

Speaker 8 (01:14:11):
I'm doing great.

Speaker 17 (01:14:13):
Okay. I'm fixing to do a couple of bathroom models
in my house, and we were looking out. Uh, I'll
see them on TV all the time, these walking tubes. Yeah,
and I want your opinion on those.

Speaker 8 (01:14:29):
First of all, well you're probably looking at the stuff
like rebath in some of those places.

Speaker 17 (01:14:38):
No, I really don't want I want to. I don't
want to get with those. I want to the tube itself.
I'm gonna do the whole bathroom, okay, and just want
to I want I want some hydro therapy is what
I wanted getting at. I know those those tubes have jets,
but I'm curious as to how if they're not really

(01:15:00):
real strong. I don't want to get a tub like that.
And then and just get your opinion. I really don't
like those those kind of tubs. I really want another
tube that have the jets, but I'm afraid that, uh,
I want to just to be strong.

Speaker 8 (01:15:18):
Well, you've got two types. You got the the the
tubs that are like a regular tub but have the
jets in them, or you have the type that are
a walk in tub, and typically the walk the walk
in tubs usually have a lot more jets. I've installed
a few of those over the years. They actually work

(01:15:39):
very well. Uh, real pricey, but you know they uh,
they work extremely well. You'll want to take a look though,
at the drain time on them if you're using the
walk in type. Uh, you know, and you'll even see
that on one of the commercials, because that really is
a big deal. If you use them just regular drain,

(01:16:02):
it sometimes can take four or five minutes for it
to drain, where like the American standard has a pump
system on theirs and can drain it down in less
than two minutes. And when you're sitting there wet, it's cold,
it so that drain time really makes a huge difference.

(01:16:22):
But uh, the ones that that I've installed over the
years have no issues with them. They've they've always been
real good. Now I typically did do the American standard brand.

Speaker 17 (01:16:37):
Okay, now, do they make a typical tub standard tub?

Speaker 8 (01:16:41):
Yep, they make us. Yes, they do.

Speaker 17 (01:16:43):
Are pretty strong also.

Speaker 8 (01:16:45):
Yep, and I have one of those in my own house.

Speaker 17 (01:16:49):
You know those sit up on pedestals or are just
such as natural.

Speaker 8 (01:16:53):
It's it's just like a normal tub would be mounted
in the house.

Speaker 17 (01:16:58):
Okay, I have a question about that if you want to.

Speaker 8 (01:17:02):
But hang on. They do make the type though, that
sit into a pedestal as well.

Speaker 17 (01:17:09):
Okay, well, I don't want to have to climb over.
I've seen something that you almost have a stairway to
get up into the Yeah.

Speaker 8 (01:17:15):
No, no, no, no, they it can replace a regular tub
and be just fine.

Speaker 17 (01:17:20):
Can you this is sort of a weird thing. Can
you Can you dig a hole deeper in your Uh
you're taking out your old tub and set that thing
so it's closer to the floor so you don't have
to make that step over a traditional tub.

Speaker 8 (01:17:35):
Uh. If you were doing it as new construction, you could.
I wouldn't recommend it on retrofitting because the tub does
need the concrete under it, so literally what you would
have to do is jackhammer out the slab reform everything
and poor concrete and the costs would just be not

(01:17:56):
worth doing it.

Speaker 17 (01:18:01):
I didn't know they set up. Actually, I thought they
were sitting on dirt or something underneath there.

Speaker 8 (01:18:06):
Yeah, no, it's it's concrete under.

Speaker 17 (01:18:08):
Them, Okay. And then they and to those jets pretty strong,
like on an American standard typical tub. All right, all right?

Speaker 8 (01:18:17):
They are what your Yeah, And actually the one the
tub I have at my at my house, which is
a regular type tub, is a Cohler brand. The the
walk in tubs I've done were American standard, but the
regular tubs are typically colder. They don't have a lot
of jets on them. They usually have about six jets

(01:18:39):
as all. But yes they are they actually are you
familiar with like a hot tub a jacuzzi type tub? Yeah, same,
same type of jets set up, just not as many.

Speaker 17 (01:18:51):
Okay, Well they are pretty strong, yes, And I was
actually looking and putting a little jacuzzi in one bathroom
of one one seater to uh instead of a tub,
and with a shower too. But they do make one
like that, but I haven't really researched it totally. But
it's real small that only one person get in it.

(01:19:13):
But that's all I need. Yeah, okay, I just want
to be strong though. Whatever makes it, it's not worth work.

Speaker 8 (01:19:23):
It is is very, very similar to just a regular
hot tub, okay.

Speaker 17 (01:19:30):
And the only thing about that is I wanted to
get away from having to step over to we're getting
elderly and ye trying to get that. That's the thing
about the walk in. You can you can. We'll just
walk right in and you don't have to exactly get
over that tub.

Speaker 8 (01:19:45):
Now they do make they do make a walk in
that you can have of set up with a shower
as well, now.

Speaker 17 (01:19:53):
Okay, and we'll put both in, BUTU okay.

Speaker 8 (01:19:57):
And I will tell you when you take a look
at it, you're gonna want to make a switch to
a tankless water heater when you get one of these,
because you know you'll fill it up with hot water
and it'll start cooling off on you and you'll want
to add hot water to it, and a tank just
doesn't keep up.

Speaker 17 (01:20:20):
Okay. Have you ever installed a jacuzzi in a home,
I mean inside the home it's supposed to outside.

Speaker 8 (01:20:26):
I have not, okay, and I hate to do this
to you, but I got to take a quick break.

Speaker 17 (01:20:31):
Well, that's that's that's perfectly fine, all right, ok.

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There's Jim Dunton.

Speaker 8 (01:24:03):
Hey, welcome back to Texas Home Improvements. Your total home
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seven four Rallie, this is Jim. How can I help you.

Speaker 17 (01:24:17):
Yeah, I wanted some information and hopefully uh uh, some
input on I had an inspector come out and they
looked at my I'm trying to I'm getting ready to
sell the house. House was built in sixty three and

(01:24:37):
uh the inspector said that I have Orangeburg pipe and
I you know, the whole house and underneath the house
it's all cast iron. And I've been in this area
for like forty years and I've seen I've seen cast

(01:24:58):
iron deep. But I'm wondering when did they stop putting
in Orangeburg? And what are my options? Because I think,
I like, I'm I'm getting ready to start digging right now.
I go down and see but that's you know, it's
four foot down and calling you and getting some input

(01:25:24):
would be helpful or hopefully helpful for me.

Speaker 8 (01:25:28):
Yeah. So and why is he thinking you have this?

Speaker 17 (01:25:36):
Well, I put it up for sale. They had an
inspector come out and he looked at my cast iron pipe,
ran it around and he goes, it goes outside and
right before it goes to the sewer, it's Orangeburg And
he wanted a phenomenal amount of money to to change it.

(01:25:56):
And I say, I don't have Orangeburg. But I'm thinking
about getting somebody out to scope it and say what
I what really I have?

Speaker 8 (01:26:06):
Yeah, you may not have it under the home, but
the yard line maybe it where it goes out and
ties into the city line.

Speaker 17 (01:26:15):
Right, And that is that what's my options there? Dig
it up and take a look.

Speaker 8 (01:26:22):
Yeah, I mean, you can dig it up and replace it.
But if it's not causing problems, there's not a reason
to replace it.

Speaker 17 (01:26:30):
Right, it isn't. But you know, when you go to
sell a house, they have a a like a questionnaire
on the real estate form and says, you know what
sellers known defects. And so I want to eliminate that

(01:26:52):
because that's like a you know, a red flatment.

Speaker 2 (01:27:02):
Yeah yeah, And I say.

Speaker 17 (01:27:04):
I don't have it because I've dug up these yards
around here and I've never seen I've never seen Orangeburg.

Speaker 8 (01:27:12):
Right, And Well, the easiest way to tell if you
have it would be to just have a camera run
down through the pipe.

Speaker 17 (01:27:21):
Right, And I mean, that's that's four or five.

Speaker 8 (01:27:25):
But it's a heck of a lot cheaper than digging
it up to look.

Speaker 17 (01:27:29):
Well, yeah, yeah, I mean, and that's that's is that
my only option? And then I don't have a problem.

Speaker 8 (01:27:38):
Yeah, personally everything, I wouldn't do anything. Uh, because a
house built in sixty three is going to have all
kinds of stuff that doesn't meet current code. This is
just one item, and so I wouldn't worry about it.
But yeah, as far as checking it, running, running the
camera is going to be your best option. And I

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with them for four or five years now, just project
after project. He's the only guy we call. And they
did a great job on an outdoor kitchen for us,
huge patio extension, outdoor fireplace the kitchen as well. Nothing
but good things to say about them. Were constantly spreading

(01:30:54):
the good word regarding their team from our neighbors.

Speaker 8 (01:30:57):
It really is a good time to get things done
around the house. Texas Remodel Team if you're needing any
type of remodeling, whether it's just a room edition or
an outdoor kitchen, or maybe just a patio cover.

Speaker 19 (01:31:10):
Highly recommend it.

Speaker 6 (01:31:11):
Called Texas Remodel Team now at two eight one six,
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Speaker 7 (01:31:26):
Real men don't google how to do home improvement. They
listen to Jim Dutton on Texas Home Improvement. That goes
for you real women too. Here's more with Jim on
Texas Home Improvement.

Speaker 8 (01:31:40):
Hey, welcome back to Texas Home Improvement. And look, yeah,
I mentioned a house built in sixty three is going
to have all kinds of stuff that's not going to
meet current code, and they're going to flag all kinds
of stuff. That drainpike was just one item. The cast
iron under the home is going to be the same problem.

(01:32:01):
In fact, you probably got more problems with the cast
iron under the house than you do with the yard line.
But you're gonna have old galvanized pipes. Probably, you're gonna
have windows if they haven't been upgraded, that aren't meeting
current code. There's, like I said, even the insulation. A

(01:32:23):
house built in sixty three may or may not have
insulation in the walls. Probably that unless insulation has been
added to the attic, doesn't have enough insulation up there.
Take what inspection reports say on stuff like that. With
a grain of salt, because an older home is always

(01:32:44):
going to have that kind of stuff. What you're looking
for on these inspection reports are going to be things
that are damaged that need to be repaired, because that's
the stuff that won't pass a mortgage inspection. So keep
that in mind. With that, I hope you join me
again tomorrow right here on seven forty k H at

(01:33:05):
two o'clock again for more Texas home improvement. Before we
go the let's talk about James Hardy siding, the best
siding on the planet. You know, we were talking about
it earlier where it comes down and was touching the roof,
and yeah, you do want to keep it up off
the roof a little bit so you got room for
flashing and all that kind of stuff. But look, it's

(01:33:26):
cement based, so it's not going to rot, it's not
going to deteriorate. Bugs aren't going to eat it. Once
you install it, it's there to stay and it holds
paint better than wood ever thought about. So if you're
looking at building a home, remodeling the home, or even
an office, you need to take a look at James

(01:33:46):
Hardy siding, whether it's lap siding or stucco look or
wood shake. They got all the trim and everything to
go with it, and it's permanent. Now, you can go
to thchipro dot com, click on the link for James
Hardys Siding and start scrolling through and just imagine how
beautiful your home could be with James Hardy siding

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