Concord Window Film & Shower Talk

Jim starts the show with an interview on how concord window film works. He then looks at an email question before moving to some calls. Jim talks new showers/tubs, a product to clean aluminum siding, glass walls for a shower, rotting wood from an A/C unit, and more. Jim mixes in more email questions along the way. He continues in the seond hour on the phone lines and we have one more interview on how to install concord window flim.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
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Speaker 9 (01:17):
Hey welcome the Texas Home Improvements your total home Improvement
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kinds of stuff at thhipro dot com. Now. You know,
we do periodically have interviews on the show and different
things like that. And I had the opportunity this week
to speak with the people from Conquered Window Film, and

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I wanted to go ahead and play a section of
that interview for you. But if you got a question
seven one three, two one two five eight seven four,
because this will just take a couple of minutes. We've
got all open lines right now, so it's a great
time to call. But with that being said, let's start
the interview, all right. I've got Kristin Kohler here from

(03:45):
Conquered Window Film, and Kristin, welcome to Texas Home Improvement.

Speaker 5 (03:49):
Hey Jim, thanks for having me.

Speaker 10 (03:51):
Glad to be on the show.

Speaker 9 (03:52):
You know a lot of people have a lot of
misconceptions about window films. One the only thing that they
are really famili You're with this car tinting, and the
first thing they think is, oh, well, I just I
don't want to do that to my house. But you
guys have a wide range of options, whether somebody wants
it virtually clear or to so dark you can't see

(04:13):
through it. Yes, we do.

Speaker 5 (04:14):
So we sell a solar control window film to homeowners.
That is a ceramic window film, and it's different than
what you're going to put on your car because a
lot of folks don't want, as you mentioned, that mirrored
look or the limo tint look and ceramic. What it
offers homeowners is a nice neutral charcoal look to their house.

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And we have light film. We have five shades of
our ceramic film. We have a lightest shade is our
comfort Tech forty five that looks almost invisible on the glass,
and then it goes all the way up to our
Comfort Tech oh five, which is our darkest film, and
that does have some reflectivity to the exterior of the home.
But that's going to provide your maximum solar protection.

Speaker 9 (04:56):
And I would assume privacy as well, exactly.

Speaker 5 (04:59):
So there's as I mentioned, five shades. We have the
forty five, the lightest, and the thirty five. Those don't
offer any privacy because they don't have enough exterior reflectivity.
They're going to be nice and light, and they're a
good option for folks that don't want to change the
look of their windows very much, or they might be
in a condo or a home development where the homeowners

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association has rules about what can be done to windows.
So those are great options if that's the case. And
then are darker film starting with the Comfort Tech twenty five,
the fifteen, and then our darkest the five. They all
provide privacy, and then the darker you go with it,
the more privacy you get in varying light conditions.

Speaker 9 (05:43):
With the film, well, you just hit on one of
the things that as far as homeowners associations and button
their noses into some places where they don't necessarily belong.
But that's a different topic. But you know a lot
of times we have wind doors that are letting in
not just the sunlight, but the bad stuff that's fading floors,

(06:07):
fading furniture, creating a lot of heat. And this window
film really helps with that.

Speaker 5 (06:13):
Yes, yeah, absolutely, the homeowners that are coming to us
are trying to solve an issue with their windows. The
number one thing we see is rooms are too hot.
Sometimes it's a glare issue. If you've got a lot
of folks are working from home these days, so you've
got a home office and it's glare on the computer
screen or a media room with a TV. So it

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definitely helps with that. You mentioned fading. That's another feature
that the film can help help with. All of our
films block the same amount of UV. They all block
ninety nine percent of the harmful UV rays that come
from the sun, and UV is only one portion of
what you need to block in order to really get

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fade protection for your artwork or floors or furniture. So
heat also contributes to fading and visible light. In fact,
both of those are twenty five percent of the causes.
While you'd be as forty so you'd be as important.
But if you really want to protect artwork and your home,
you know, interiors, you need to have protection in all

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three of those areas, and our films will provide that
for fading. And then, as we spoke about before, privacy
is another issue that folks come to us for but
our main customer is really coming to us because they
have a heat problem in their home. And that's what
the ceramic film is. It's a good solar control film.
It's going to reject heat. Our darkest film rejects eighty

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two percent of solar energy, and even our lightest rejects
fifty one percent. So no matter which film you choose,
you're going to get good solar control. It's just a
matter of balancing how dark of a film you're willing
to go with with the performance of the film. So
I tell people, you know, a lot of folks will

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call and say, well, what shade should I Yet, we
have a couple of things on our website that can
help you narrow down options based on what issue you're
trying to solve. So we have a quiz that asks
a couple of questions and then gives you some recommendations.
But I always say to folks, we have a sample
kit available on the site and it gets you all

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five shades of the film. You can get it delivered
to your home and then really look at the film
in your own space, which is important because everybody's houses
different window sizes. There are different the exterior landscaping is different.
You can tape the pieces of film to your window
and look at what does the film look like from
the inside. And also it's important to look from the outside,

(08:41):
as we mentioned with homeowners associations and that sort of thing.
Do I like the way the film's making my windows
look from the outside, so it's important to look at
them from both directions and then also at different times
of the day to see how it affects the lighting
in the room. So I do recommend folks get a
sample kit if they're unsure of the shade of film
they want. That usually helps them narrow it down and

(09:03):
be able to make a choice.

Speaker 9 (09:04):
Okay, So if somebody wants to call to in ask
questions or get the sample kit, where do they call?

Speaker 5 (09:12):
They can call us at eight eight eight two oh
six one four one three. We also have chat function
on our website, so if you visit our website, there's
always a little chat bubble on the bottom right and
you can chat with us. Not quite twenty four to seven,
but pretty close. And yeah, we help customers every day
narrow down the options, talk about their specific issues, and

(09:34):
help them choose film. So give us a call.

Speaker 9 (09:37):
I appreciate that eight eight eight two zero six one
four one three.

Speaker 5 (09:42):
Four concord window film.

Speaker 9 (09:44):
Oh right, well, Chris, and I appreciate your time today
and look forward to talking to you again. Thank you, Jim,
thank you. And you know, look, if you're looking for
a way to make it more energy efficient, I used
it on my grandson's bedroom window because there was just
too much light coming through and we were able to
cut down the amount of light coming through that way,

(10:07):
yet you could still look outside. So there's a lot
of great uses for these products. Anyways, if you got
a question seven one three two one two five eight
seven four. That's seven one three two one two five
eight seven four any home improvement question you have, pick
up the phone, give me a call. I'll see what

(10:28):
I can do to help you out here on Texas
Home Improvement, your total home improvement source. So I got
an email actually an hour ago from Marissa and she says, Hi, Jim,
need to replace the trim and facia around my house,
but also need a new roof. Is it better to
do facia and trim work first or get it damaged?

(10:53):
Or could it get damaged when the roof is replaced
after doing the first, thanks and enjoy the show. No,
you definitely want to do the facia, the trim and
all that stuff first before the roof, because when they
put the drip edge on a lot of times it's
nailed into some of that trim and the facial boards

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and all that stuff. So facia, sawf it's the trim board,
everything that needs to be replaced. Go ahead and have
it done prior to doing the roof, and that way
you can paint and have it all looking nice. Now.
Could the paint get scuffed up a little bit, sure,
but the wood itself it'll be fine. Got a question

(11:35):
seven one three two one two five eight seven four.
That's seven one three two one two five eight seven four.
We're gonna head to Huntsville, Reese. This is a gym.
How can I help you?

Speaker 10 (11:49):
Hey, jim Uh?

Speaker 9 (11:51):
I got some old material I found in the attic
the other day.

Speaker 3 (11:55):
It looks like it's some window tanning from the mid
to late seventies.

Speaker 10 (11:58):
I bought a series of robot You remember those days
when you get that film?

Speaker 9 (12:04):
Yep?

Speaker 3 (12:06):
You think I should try it?

Speaker 9 (12:08):
I doubt very seriously it'll be any good anymore. Just
chumk it yep. Yeah, well here and here's how you
can tell try to unroll it, because I believe what's
going to happen is when you try to unroll it,
it's going to be very brittle and it's probably just
going to break apart.

Speaker 4 (12:24):
But boy, they were telling the dickens out of that
stuff in the day.

Speaker 9 (12:28):
They were so much for it, so much cleared right there,
you go, take care, we'll talk to you.

Speaker 3 (12:35):
Thank you.

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on stuff. Why not call my company, DUS air Conditioning
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Ripped me off. You recommended.

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I called Guardian Roofing. I did. The technician came out,
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Speaker 1 (15:46):
Here's more Texas Home Improvement with.

Speaker 7 (15:48):
You dotting.

Speaker 9 (15:52):
Hey, welcome back to Texas Home Improvement. Your Total Home
Improvement source seven one three two one two five eight seven.
That's seven one three two one two five eight seven four.
We're gonna head up to Austin and Bob. This is
a Jim. How can I help you?

Speaker 14 (16:12):
Yes, sir, thank you for taking my call.

Speaker 9 (16:14):
They appreciate your calling.

Speaker 14 (16:16):
Uh yeah, yeah. About a year ago, was listening to
your program and I was in my car and somebody
called you and asked you about these one day turnaround
baths showers that people you know do, and you started,
you know, telling them what you thought. But I had
I had another call come and I had to take it.
So I've never reready heard your answer. I was I
would keep on forgetting to call you by So what

(16:38):
do you what? I haven't called anybody yet, but I
see all these advertisements on TV. There's so many different companies,
and well, what do you think, what do I need
to be aware of or what do you think of that?
Are they reliable?

Speaker 9 (16:51):
Yeah? Yeah, they're reliable. I think some of them are
a little bit misleading. Uh. And and here's where I'm
coming from. A lot of times they'll say, oh, done
in a day, Well it's really not. I mean, yeah,
they got to come out, they measure, they order the materials,

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then it comes in and yes, they come out to
do the install in a day, and the next day
or two days later you're able to start using it
again because the calking and everything's got to dry before
you start using it. But beyond that, the things I
want you to watch for when they're redoing them, there's

(17:34):
two different ways they do them. Like if they're redoing
a tub and shower and you're going to keep a tub,
a lot of times they're trying to use a insert
that goes into the tub and then boards that go
over the existing tile. I'm not a huge fan of
that because as you're doing hot and cold water in

(17:57):
the tub and stuff, it will sweat between the liner
and the tub the original tub because they're using a
double face adhesive tape in there, and so there is
space for it to way and it does start growing
mildew and stuff, molds and stuff down in there, and
so I'm not a huge fan of that. The ones

(18:18):
where they come in and they tear everything down to
the studs. They go back with all new building materials.
I'm fine with that.

Speaker 15 (18:26):
Uh.

Speaker 9 (18:26):
There is one in particular that I really like above
the others. It's from It's made by Onyx, and I
would look for a dealer who uses that particular product
because it's nice and thick, it's extremely durable. It's very
similar to like a silestone that's used on countertops, extremely durable.

(18:51):
We put those in at the Deer Lease and you
know those are used heavy there and they really hold up.

Speaker 14 (18:58):
You're talking about the tub right.

Speaker 9 (19:00):
Well tubs round as well.

Speaker 14 (19:03):
Oh okay, Well, if I were to uh hire somebody
or decided to do something like that, I would I
would just want to shower. It wouldn't be a chubb.

Speaker 9 (19:12):
Right, But that's what I'm saying this. This material is
used for the surround. So whether it's whether it's a
surround for it's just a brand of material, and whether
you're doing just a tubs round or a walk in shower. Uh,
it's a great product.

Speaker 14 (19:29):
Because it was a O N y X on.

Speaker 9 (19:32):
Yes, yes, sir, yep.

Speaker 14 (19:35):
And where do they say they don't? I mean.

Speaker 9 (19:40):
That that would be the one I would go at
take a look at.

Speaker 14 (19:44):
Okay, but do you how many people should if I
should call it and ask, uh, you know, to get
different prices two or three or I mean, you know
on TV and I don't.

Speaker 9 (19:59):
Know just I'll be honest with you, I personally don't
normally call that many people. I go by I first charge,
I start checking references, and I'm looking for who's going
to do the job right, not for the cheapest one.
And so if I'm real comfortable and you're the first guy, Hey,
you're you're and and I've checked your company out, You're

(20:20):
going to get the business. If I've checked the company
out and I'm not comfortable when you come out and
take a look at it, guess what, I'm going to
get somebody else out there to look at it until
I find someone who checks out good. I'm comfortable with
them when I meet them, and I'm ready to hand
them money to do the project.

Speaker 14 (20:41):
I mean, some of these that you see on T
I'm sure you don't have a game of the name,
but there's there are about three or four that constant
advertisements on TV. You think they're all reliable more.

Speaker 9 (20:49):
Or less, you know, like Rebath is a good example.
That's a franchise system, and so one franchise may be
better than the other. Right, but you do you have
a parent corporation that's behind them, then m.

Speaker 14 (21:05):
Okay, Well appreciate your knowledge and I'll just decide enough
if I'm gonna do it or not. I'll think about it.

Speaker 13 (21:15):
Okay.

Speaker 9 (21:15):
Now, one way you may want to look at doing
it rather than using those type of inserts, because truthy,
I'm looking at redoing my master shower at my place
in Pasadena, and I've gone back and forth, but I
tell you what I have settled on is I'm gonna
take it all out and I'm gonna put a tile
in for the surround. Instead, I'm gonna take the tub out.

(21:37):
I'll put a walk in shower floor in there, and
then I'm gonna use tub or a tile for the surround.

Speaker 14 (21:46):
Okay, So that's not no, no.

Speaker 9 (21:51):
No, that's just that's just tile because I just like
the looks of it.

Speaker 14 (21:56):
Okay, but real quickly, so I just go with a shower.
The floor of the shower, that's what that kinds. It's
kind of plastic in it.

Speaker 9 (22:04):
It is not really correct. Yes, yes, it's same material
as the walls and with that, I gotta let you
go because that music means we've got to take a break.
Let's talk about lental lift. You know all of us
have garage doors and the framework around the garage door.
If you ever look at it as you're pulling in
the drive, well you see how it starts sagging in

(22:25):
the middle of the overhead garage door. I'm not talking
about the door itself, I'm talking about the frame. Well,
that's the lentil sagging Lental lift can fix that problem
and permanently keep it from coming back. They use a
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Speaker 7 (23:09):
You've worked hard all week.

Speaker 9 (23:12):
It's time to kick back and relax.

Speaker 16 (23:15):
Okay, that's enough, Now get up and fix something.

Speaker 1 (23:21):
This is Texas Home Improvement with Jim Gotton.

Speaker 9 (23:28):
Hey, welcome back to Texas Home Improvements seven one three,
two one two five eight seven four. That's head up
to Dayton and Richard. How are you today?

Speaker 4 (23:41):
I'm good.

Speaker 3 (23:42):
Hey. I have a house uping Groves in Texas that
had luminum silent, so I cleaned it and I painted that.
They recommended old base paint because it makes you would
hear it good. But our pressure washed it and got
it clean.

Speaker 17 (23:56):
Well.

Speaker 3 (23:56):
It seemed like it hasn't been no time in this
this gopping dirty again, almost like there's old base changes
attracting the dirt. And I've got all these little like
tracks all on it looks like maybe some kind of
snail or something. That's something I can spray on there
to prevent this from happening. Soften or what can I do?

Speaker 9 (24:19):
Uh? Put a spray a product on there called uh
wet and forget.

Speaker 3 (24:27):
And that's expensive, it is, but.

Speaker 9 (24:32):
It's it's there to do a job.

Speaker 13 (24:35):
Okay.

Speaker 9 (24:37):
Uh Now that's not going to take care of the
slugs that you got there crawling on it. And that's
usually what's leaving those tracks is at night, those darn
slugs like to come out.

Speaker 3 (24:51):
Mm hmm.

Speaker 13 (24:53):
So it is.

Speaker 3 (24:55):
And my question is I wonder why it seems like
it is attracted dirt so so quickly.

Speaker 9 (25:06):
Mostly probably because of the weather cycles we've been having. Okay, yeah,
with this real dry weather and anytime the wind blows,
we got dirt and stuff blown everywhere where at the
time of year where we get palling onto everything, and
so it just makes it naturally look dirty. You may

(25:27):
be surprised. Just wrenching it off may take care of it.

Speaker 3 (25:31):
Yeah, it's a dirt road too, so I'm sure people
travel up and down. So yeah, that makes sense.

Speaker 9 (25:38):
Now if you're getting those tracks, you know, with those slugs.
I have not done this, but one of the things
that I have seen that people have have done is
you can put a dish of beer out and for
some reason, those stupid things like it really and they drowned.

(25:59):
They they literally drink themselves to death. Uh that and
uh you know, obviously something like that that would attract them.
And then if you have salt around it, the salt
kills them as well.

Speaker 3 (26:13):
Okay, okay, all right, well, thank you so much. I
appreciate it.

Speaker 9 (26:18):
You bet, you take care all right? Bye again. Her
number seven one three two one two five eight seven four.
That's seven one three two one two, five, eight, seven four. Again,
any home improvement question you have, feel free to pick
up the phone, give me a call and I'll see

(26:40):
what I can do to help you out here on
Texas Home Improvement, your total home improvement source. Uh So,
David was asking, do you have a recommendation for closed
dryer vent cleaning? Are exits on the roof, so I

(27:02):
want someone competent to do this job. House is five
years old and this would be the first cleaning. Thanks. Look,
any place who does duck cleaning can also do the
dryer vent but some of the other places that can
do it is like I believe Stanley Stanley Steamers has

(27:24):
a division that can take care of that for you.
So you'll just give somebody like that a call and
they can get that handled and cleaned up for you.
And you know, I tell people all the time, don't
worry about the duck work. That's filtered air going through
the duck work, But your dryer vents that needs to

(27:45):
be cleaned on a regular basis because that lint does
build up and it's actually one of the top reasons
for house fires. So you're headed down the right road.
Go ahead and get that stuff cleaned up. Does it
need it every year? Typically not, but you know you
can monitor by simply pulling the hose out and seeing

(28:06):
how much stuff is in there, and if you're getting
build up, get it cleaned now. They do sell the
kits to do it yourself when you go to the
box stores, and if it's a straight run, it's pretty
simple to do. But even if it's one that's got
turns on it and stuff, they've got the kits that
have basically a rope or a chain on it on

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the brush rather than having just a fiberglass rod and
you just pull it through it cleans it out quick
and easy, no big problem. The other way you can
do it yourself is basically tying a towel or a
rag to a rope that you run through it and

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be pulling that through while you have the vacuum hooked
up and you're sucking everything out as it's breaking loose
and pulling it on out. So you can do it yourself.
It really is not that hard to do. Got a
question seven one, three, two, one two, five, eight, seven four.
We're gonna head out to Crosby and Richard. Welcome to

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Texas Home Improvement.

Speaker 17 (29:19):
Thank you, longtime listener.

Speaker 9 (29:21):
Thank you, sir.

Speaker 3 (29:22):
I I kind of have a question.

Speaker 17 (29:24):
I have a log cabin that I built out at
Plattingsville if you know what that is Anderson Evernesota area, Kay,
and I put in a beautiful claw foot tub, and
my wife and I both are kind of getting a
little shaky to standing up in it these days. So

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I was wanting to find an opinion of saying, can
I put a glass a told glass shower enclosure in
where I can still see my logs? I kind of
hate to just tile over logs.

Speaker 9 (29:58):
Sure. Uh?

Speaker 17 (29:59):
And if there's what you think that feasibility is, and
is there somebody that might do that?

Speaker 9 (30:06):
Oh? Yeah, absolutely yes, you could put all four walls
as being glass in a shower. As far as who
can do it, typically it's it's glass shops that will
do that. They're making it for the other contractors who
come in and do it anyway, so you can start
with them. I don't know one out in that area

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that would do it, but if you just call some
of the local glass shops, they'd probably be able to
tell you.

Speaker 17 (30:36):
Okay, Brian's and College Station is not that far away,
so I'll start there with glass shops. You say, yep, okay,
I mean I could pile up against the wall, but
I hate to just block a beautiful log wall.

Speaker 9 (30:52):
Yeah. Now here's here's a big thing you're going to
have though, when you put the glass up on it. Uh,
you may want to keep the glass away enough that
you can reach in there to clean everything, rather than
having it right up against it where it can start
accumulating stuff between the glass and the wood.

Speaker 17 (31:10):
That's a great point.

Speaker 9 (31:12):
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Speaker 9 (34:36):
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 Home improvement. So Jeff from sugar Land says,
I recently had an air quality check done in my

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home to musty smell in one of the upstairs bathrooms.
The company a thorough job evaluating the entire second floor
and did find evidence of mold in the wall behind
the bathroom sink. They also recorded high moisture content in
a couple of areas and as part of their recommendation,

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they suggest we get someone to evaluate the house for
what may be causing high moisture readings. They mentioned possibilities
being windows, roof, although roof is three years old and
we haven't seen any signs of leakage. They also suggested
someone may want to confirm adequate attic insulation. My question

(35:44):
what type of company should I call to evaluate and
what could be allowing high moisture? Thanks in advance. Well,
one of the big things that can be allowing high
moisture is if the AC system not working properly, and

(36:04):
that doesn't mean not working, but means it's not adjusted properly.
Could be missized. Could be a lot of things that
can cause this that relate to the HVAC system itself. Now,
some of the other issues that bother me is it's
behind a sink, and it's behind these other areas. What's

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the moisture source besides just humidity. So yeah, it definitely
needs to be checked out. If you want to get
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you have, feel free to pick up the phone, give
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gonna head out to Magnolia and Robert, welcome to Texas

(39:52):
Home Improvement. How you doing wonderful? How about you?

Speaker 6 (39:57):
I'm doing all right, just getting home from headed home
from one and I have an issue that the water
here broke, and it'll let me know that something was
going on. But well, the worst part about it, the
air conditioner was leaking water and I had put the
foam around the lines that come up through the floor.

(40:19):
This is a trailer home, mind you. Okay, so the
lines come up through the floor where the insulation around
the lines and all that through where the intake is. Well,
the water was sweating or it was dripping down that
because I phoned around it, it went into the wood
and riding about four feet all the way around the
air conditioned area. Yeah, bad enough to where I had

(40:44):
to put extra wood down to keep from stepping through
the floor. Okay, And I was wondering, do y'all do
three pairs for that? Because basically it's a sub floor
and a trailer hose. They always put the plywood down
and then build the walls on top of it. Right,

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And the air conditioner is sitting on two by fours,
that's sitting on this which is sitting on.

Speaker 3 (41:10):
Two by sixes.

Speaker 13 (41:12):
But I don't know.

Speaker 6 (41:13):
I know that that wood in between the two spaces
is not any good anymore, correct.

Speaker 9 (41:19):
Yeah, And I hate to tell you this, but no,
I don't do that kind of work. And the music man,
I need to take a break. I'm gonna put you
on hold for a second. I'll come right back to you.
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Speaker 9 (44:50):
Hey, welcome back to Texas Home Improvement seven one three
two one two five eight seven four. I was talking
with Robert when we left, So Robert, I guess I'm
gonna have a couple of quick questions for you man. First,
is the trailer in the Magnolia area?

Speaker 13 (45:08):
Yes, it is. It's real close to the Renaissance, okay.

Speaker 9 (45:11):
Magnolia okay. Second question, did you have insurance on it?

Speaker 13 (45:17):
Yes?

Speaker 9 (45:18):
Did you call them?

Speaker 6 (45:20):
They came out and looked at it recently, approximately ten
days ago, but I haven't heard anything. Okay, they came
and took pictures and all that good stuff.

Speaker 9 (45:29):
All right, So I'm going to give you two places
that you can talk to then, uh huh. Woodland's Water
Restoration at two eight one, five, seven, six, eight, four,
five nine.

Speaker 6 (45:44):
Can you give me like one minute to just to
stall of the clocks?

Speaker 3 (45:47):
Okay, never go ahead, we're got to stop light.

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Five nine or size talk with them because not only
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it doing it because it should be covered by insurance typically.

Speaker 6 (46:18):
Right, because it's not a flood or nothing.

Speaker 9 (46:22):
No, it's accidental discharge.

Speaker 6 (46:24):
Yeah, okay, okay, all right, thanks for your help.

Speaker 9 (46:29):
You bet you take care.

Speaker 6 (46:31):
You have a great day. Spot by with that.

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Speaker 9 (49:01):
Hey, welcome to Texas Home Improvements. Your total home improvement
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Any home improvement question you have, feel free to pick
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let's get ready to head back into the call. Seven
one three two one two five eight seven Tom and
Tom Ball. Welcome to seven K t r H.

Speaker 10 (50:08):
Hello Jim, thanks for taking my call.

Speaker 3 (50:11):
Good good, thank you.

Speaker 10 (50:13):
I talk to you recently about the duck work in
my attic and whether or not I need to replace
that after so long, and basically you told me I
really didn't unless I had, uh, there was a problem
with it. So there was one another question I had
related to that, but I failed to mention, and that
is that when I had an ac company come out

(50:37):
this has been a year and a half two years
ago now, just to do a check up. They were
up there a little while and they came down and
let me know that there was growth in the duck
work that was getting worse. And uh, of course we
were breathing that and they're recommending for that reason to

(50:57):
get it, you know, get the duck were replaced, So
of course I kind of feel like that might be
just another way to get the business and the work done.
I'm not really knowing if the pictures they had were
from my duck, my attic or not. What do you

(51:18):
think about that the house is about thirty years old
and it's got the original duckwork.

Speaker 9 (51:24):
Well, it's not unusual for a thirty year old house
to have the original duckwork. Nothing, nothing that says you
got to change duck work. When you change out an
HVAC system, you normally just have to check the duck
work to make sure it's okay. If it's got mold
and mildew and stuff like that growing in it, the

(51:46):
first question is going to be why, Uh, you know,
where's the leak that's allowing heat and cold air to
mix to cause this moisture that this that's feeding this stuff.
And so I would start looking at that, and I guess,
as far as you know, is a picture from your

(52:07):
duck work or not that needs to come from? Uh?
Do you trust your contractor or not? And if you don't,
then get somebody else in there to to give you
a second opinion.

Speaker 10 (52:21):
Yeah, yeah, I just don't know. Is it something your
company could do?

Speaker 13 (52:27):
Oh?

Speaker 9 (52:27):
Yeah, absolutely, no, I know.

Speaker 10 (52:29):
I've talked to others that that smaller companies that don't
have the cameras, and they'd have to take it apart.
They claim, Well, guy, that.

Speaker 9 (52:38):
Taking it apart would be the right way to check
it though.

Speaker 10 (52:42):
Oh okay, really yep, okay, I see how common. Well,
like you said, it just depends on if there's a
problem of leak somewhere that would cause that.

Speaker 9 (52:54):
Yeah, now you know, And it depends on where it's
at as well, because yeah, as an example, if it's
right next to the planum, you know, there can be
some cold air and warm air mixing there that's causing
this problem. That's easily insulated and taken care of. But
if it's in the say, the middle of a run,

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why is that happening there? There's got to be something
going on that that's allowing that to happen. And ninety
percent of the time or more, it's going to be
at one of one or two spots. It's either going
to be at the beginning where the planum is, or
it's going to be where it's going in through the
sheet rock into the house. The little boot that that

(53:38):
metal boot that it attaches to. Typically they get light
on the insulation when they start packing stuff back in,
and that's where the sweating takes place, and that's where
it'll grow. Well, if that's the case, that metal boot
can be cleaned on the inside and take care of
it without having to replace everything.

Speaker 3 (53:58):
I see.

Speaker 10 (53:58):
Okay, all right, if I could. I got one other
question related.

Speaker 3 (54:04):
To my addict.

Speaker 9 (54:05):
Well, since right now you're the only call I have
on the line, I hope you talk for a while.
You go ahead and.

Speaker 10 (54:10):
Talk for a while. So I noticed a while back,
I've got a noise coming from my attic and make
a long story short, I finally made it up there.
It's happening really early in the morning. I get up
early early go to work, so the rest of the
family still in bed. I really couldn't go up there
and investigate it until recently I did that. And it's
coming from the water heater and knocking around.

Speaker 13 (54:31):
Talking to a couple.

Speaker 10 (54:32):
Of people that don't know as much as you do,
says they think that's the calcium deposits floating around. It's
only a five.

Speaker 3 (54:41):
Year old water heater.

Speaker 10 (54:45):
That are that are making some noise.

Speaker 13 (54:46):
In there.

Speaker 10 (54:47):
I've been bad, but in the fact that I haven't
had it maintained correctly and have it had it flush
to out drained. So what do you think about that?
Is that something I need to worry about or your
comments about that?

Speaker 9 (55:01):
And what you're hearing is kind of a crackling and
popping noises, right.

Speaker 10 (55:06):
Yeah, that's what it sounds like.

Speaker 3 (55:07):
Knocking.

Speaker 9 (55:07):
Yeah, it is the calcium sediments in the bottom of
the water heater. And you got a gas water.

Speaker 10 (55:14):
Heater, no, I've got electric.

Speaker 9 (55:19):
Then that is not normal for electric. Really, that is
normal for a gas one because the stuff settles in
the bottom and when the gas flame has to heat
all that sediment up, it's expanding and contracting and popping
and all that stuff. But on an electric water heater,

(55:39):
it typically has elements in the bottom and towards the
top of it, and they're kind of in the water itself,
so you don't typically have that type of situation. So
normally electric ones are totally silent the whole time.

Speaker 10 (56:02):
Really, I see, I know what that's about.

Speaker 5 (56:07):
That.

Speaker 9 (56:08):
Well, it sounds like it's probably just some expansion and
contraction of some of the materials. Does it start happening
after you start using the hot water.

Speaker 10 (56:17):
Yeah, for sure. When I get out of the shower
again early in the morning of the house is quiet, Yeah,
I can hear it.

Speaker 9 (56:23):
Yeah, So it's more than likely some of the piping
is kind of wedged in someplace up there near the
water heater. And so when you're running the hot water,
it expands and contracts, you know, changes sizes and just
moves ever so slight where it's wedging on those boards.

(56:48):
But then when you shut the water off and it's
cooling off, it's it's reversing and moving again. And so
it's and when I say just a little bit, I
mean we're talking the thickness of a hair movement. Yeah,
and it just it just sounds like somebody's beating the
heck out of stuff. But that's really all it is now.

Speaker 10 (57:09):
Yeah, And it stopped by the time I leave the
house within thirty minutes, it stopped already.

Speaker 9 (57:13):
Yeah, So that's what it is. It truthfully, is nothing
to lose any sleepover.

Speaker 10 (57:19):
Priority years ago had a problem with the water heater
being in the attic and had a a hose that
wasn't turned out to spec was enough to code and
leaked while we were out of town, so fit of
damage that day. But so it kind of, uh, you know,
concerns me things like that are going on.

Speaker 9 (57:39):
But well, here's here's the things I would recommend for
you to do. Okay, you got a pan underneath the
water heater already, correct, Yes, does it have a sensor
in it?

Speaker 10 (57:51):
So, No, I don't have the sensor. I've had that
the ac company try to upsell me on the light
and that sensor and a couple other things. I've heard
you talk about the light, But you think the sensor
is probably a good idea.

Speaker 9 (58:02):
Put a sensor in in there, because that way if
it ever starts dripping into that overflow pan. Okay, you
you you're well aware of it.

Speaker 10 (58:12):
Yeah, that makes sense.

Speaker 9 (58:14):
And they make a couple of different kinds. They make
some that you know, would just notify you that it's
it's getting water in it then, and they make some
that literally will shut the water off to the water heater.

Speaker 10 (58:27):
Okay, I think that's what my guy's talked about. Okay,
what else do you what you said? You had a
couple of things.

Speaker 9 (58:36):
That that was it. Okay, that's that's the only thing
I would as far as you know, the maintenance on
a water heater. You know, people talk about draining it,
but if if you don't start doing that typically in
the first two years, it's really not going to do
you a lot of good.

Speaker 10 (58:54):
Okay, but you should be doing it then within the
first year or two, though you'd recommend that.

Speaker 9 (59:02):
I truthfully don't do it.

Speaker 10 (59:04):
Really, is that right. It's one of those things like
having your air vents blown out, you know, it's not
really something you need, or the light you've talked about.

Speaker 9 (59:14):
Well, no, I mean it will. It definitely helps extend
the life of your water heater a little bit, and
it keeps it'll help keep that noise down a little bit.
But honestly, neither one of those have bothered me enough
to People always talk about it, oh, oh my gosh,
it's got a new water heater, or I got to
get a new water heater. A water heater is typically

(59:37):
less than two thousand dollars. You replace it once every
fifteen to twenty years. It's not a huge high maintenance
expense or maintenance items. So personally, I just have never
worried about it. Okay, I would make a bigger mess
going up there and draining it than just leaving it alone.

Speaker 10 (01:00:00):
That's what I was thinking. Okay, good, I'm gonna do
for that. But what do you think about why are
they in the attic? You get all kinds of different
opinions and things. One guy told me once, a builder
told me that people were stealing them back in the day,
and when the house is being built, it isn't secure
yet and they were getting stolen, so they're putting him
in the attic.

Speaker 9 (01:00:18):
I don't I don't think that's why they went in
the attic. It's it's a space issue. If it's down
in the house, it's got to be in a closet
in the house or out in the garage.

Speaker 3 (01:00:28):
Yeah, wow, garage.

Speaker 9 (01:00:29):
Yeah, and you know the house I live in, to
be honest with you, it was in the pantry and
I wanted to space, so I moved it into the attic.

Speaker 10 (01:00:42):
Okay really yeah, right, that just makes me nervous. But
of course, like I said, I've already had an issue
with that, so all right.

Speaker 9 (01:00:51):
I did too. But you know, it's a good way
to let insurance pay for a new floor for you.

Speaker 10 (01:00:56):
That's that's what happened. That's what happened. But what mess Yep, yeah,
we were out of we were in Europe and came
back to that so that was that was not good.
All right, Well, sir, appreciate the information. Once again, thanks
a lot for your help.

Speaker 9 (01:01:13):
That's I appreciate it. You take care.

Speaker 13 (01:01:16):
Thank you.

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Speaker 9 (01:04:05):
Out years more. Hey, welcome back to Texas Home Improvements.
Seven one three two one two five eight seven four.
Let's head to Jersey Village.

Speaker 3 (01:04:23):
Joe.

Speaker 9 (01:04:23):
This is Jim. How can I help you?

Speaker 13 (01:04:26):
Well, I've got a question about water heaters too, Since
this gentleman before me was asking about the regular ones,
I've got to tankless water heaters. Do they require maintenance?

Speaker 9 (01:04:38):
Some of them do? How old are yours?

Speaker 13 (01:04:42):
About a year and a half? Two years?

Speaker 9 (01:04:43):
Okay? Almost almost all of the new ones do not
require any maintenance. Uh, the old ones did require descaling
and cleaning up and all that stuff on a on
almost a regular basis, but the newer ones they really don't.

Speaker 13 (01:05:05):
Good good good. Second question, y'all cannot measure for my
driveway to be raised, but it's been a while. She'll
get the measurement. So I was wondering, do I need
to head you back out? And then, if so, when
would the truck be available for pumping the phone to

(01:05:29):
do the raising for the driveway.

Speaker 9 (01:05:31):
Well, as far as do we need to come back
out and measure, Probably not okay, because they probably hadn't
moved that much more. And on the truck, we finally
got it out of the repair shop on a generator
issue and it basically crapped out again. We got another

(01:05:55):
shop who is taking care of it and they're telling
us it's supposed to be out any day.

Speaker 13 (01:06:03):
Oh.

Speaker 9 (01:06:03):
They were basically having to replace and you wouldn't think
that happened. This is a whole new rig that we bought.
We replaced our old one with a brand new one,
and we should have kept the old one.

Speaker 13 (01:06:17):
I know that drill absolutely absolutely well, and I've got
I'm just trying to think my calendar, because between my
calendar and your calendar, it's sure sometimes a challenge. So
but no, that that answers my question about how long
I can wait. So another month or two is not

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is insignificant?

Speaker 9 (01:06:39):
No, Okay, if it was a house foundation, I would
say we'd have to recheck it. But when you're doing
you know, foam injection on driveways and patio sidewalks, then
it's not a big issue.

Speaker 13 (01:06:53):
And what's the life expectancy? I don't I've had it
done once before, but I don't know whether they use
the phone or a slurry.

Speaker 9 (01:07:02):
The mud pump. Yeah.

Speaker 13 (01:07:05):
Yeah, so either way, whichever one is the appropriate one,
what's the life before it needs to be raised? Again?

Speaker 9 (01:07:17):
Well, what determines which one you use is actually how
how much it has to come up. Because of the
sheer cost if you got to lift it a lot,
the mud pumping is is less expensive. But if if
you're only listing like an inch or two, then the
foam is less expensive, uh and does less damage, has

(01:07:42):
better control. So when it's when you got something that's
like six eight inches, you sometimes what we end up
doing is actually pumping mud. First. You let that set
up and cure, and then you come back and fine
tune it with the with the pham so that's that's
what makes the determination. But as far as how long

(01:08:03):
it lasts, the material itself lasts, it's it's the soil
movement that caused your problem to begin with, and it
will move again because the soil continues to move, and
so if you keep it watered, you're less likely to
have a quick problem. If if you just let it sit,
and especially as we're going through this drought, then it's

(01:08:25):
likely to move quicker, right well, And.

Speaker 13 (01:08:30):
I think and that's what I'm wanting. So the waters,
so the soil is not actually washing away per se, right.

Speaker 9 (01:08:36):
No, it's it's just consolidating and shrinking.

Speaker 13 (01:08:41):
So I guess after a drought, when it's compacted, be
the best time to pump it anyway, because it's going
to be its lowest point, or.

Speaker 9 (01:08:51):
Well, it is at its lowest point when when it's shrunk.
But keep in mind if you lift it totally level,
then uh, when when it starts to rain and the
soil swell, it can come up too high. So, right,
it's kind of a darned if you do darned if
you don't.

Speaker 15 (01:09:09):
Situation, so you just have to do a swag and
then yep, yeah, I answers that question, then, yeah, because
that's kind of exactly what I thought so and it's
not any you know, level per se problems with.

Speaker 13 (01:09:27):
Some fine practice correct kind of thing. Yeah, where the
seam is unline, it's not lining up.

Speaker 9 (01:09:33):
So yeah, well I'll let you go.

Speaker 13 (01:09:34):
Then I appreciate that, Joe.

Speaker 9 (01:09:36):
You take care of. Give Nick a call and he
can work that out with you.

Speaker 13 (01:09:40):
Thank you, I appreciate it. Thank you.

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Welcome back to Texas Home Improvement. It's like memories of
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Speaker 16 (01:11:00):
Here's Jim Dotting.

Speaker 9 (01:11:04):
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. We're gonna
head out to Cyprus and Omar. This is Jim. How
can I help you? Hey?

Speaker 13 (01:11:21):
Jim?

Speaker 11 (01:11:21):
How are you doing?

Speaker 9 (01:11:22):
Wonderful? How about you.

Speaker 13 (01:11:24):
Doing all right?

Speaker 9 (01:11:25):
Beautiful day.

Speaker 11 (01:11:26):
I've got a got about ten windows, and I've got
the labor, and I want to get them shipped to
the house. I got my measurements. Who would you recommend
that's gonna be the best bang for the buck? And
I'm thinking Vinyl, just your standard split window where you
just open and close.

Speaker 9 (01:11:44):
Uh.

Speaker 11 (01:11:44):
What I've got are a single pain uh painted aluminum.
Old windows are thrown up there in the early nineties
on some sheep houses.

Speaker 9 (01:11:53):
So are you going to put in regular replacement windows.
Are you going to take the trim and everything off
and go back with windows that have the fins on
them to attach like new construction.

Speaker 11 (01:12:06):
Well, what I'm gonna do. I've got brick on the
front and hardy siding, uh the rest of the area.
So what we're gonna do is just remove the existing
windows and we're going to just set them in where
they've got the little flared edges and just drop them
in and then do whatever finishing we've got to do
interior and exterior to get it done.

Speaker 9 (01:12:26):
Well. And Okay, so you're wanting to use windows that
have the fin or no, no fin?

Speaker 11 (01:12:34):
Well, I would imagine the fin kind of gives you
a backstop, you know, to set them in the hit
the they hit those out or two, but you know
the framing, you know, yeah, and you're you're in position,
then you just drive your your anchors and and read
the fins will be the way to go.

Speaker 9 (01:12:50):
And the reason I'm asking that replacement windows are typically
done without the fin, But if you're pulling off trim
and and doing all that kind of stuff, then you
can go with the the ones with the fins because
they're less expensive. Uh, but regular replacement windows that don't
have the fin are much easier to install without having

(01:13:11):
to take all the trim off.

Speaker 11 (01:13:13):
I see, they'll just slide in.

Speaker 9 (01:13:15):
There's no stop at all.

Speaker 13 (01:13:16):
You just you just said, well.

Speaker 9 (01:13:17):
Now you're gonna when you slide them in from the outside,
You're typically gonna stop when you get to the point
where the outside of the window is in far enough
that it's matching up with the outside veneer of the home.
And so sometimes and sometimes it hits the sheet rock
inside and stops. Other times it doesn't. So but it

(01:13:39):
always lines up with the veneer outside, so like the
edge of your brick, and then you calk and seal everything.

Speaker 11 (01:13:46):
So I would imagine for sure that'd be the way
to go without fins on the around the brick, because
there's no you know, there's nothing correct with that brick, right, yeah, okay,
but who would be able to handle either or I
would imagine, you know, probably do a little research on
exactly what I see, what you're saying, and and that's
that's something to completely think of. It will probably cut

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down on the installation.

Speaker 9 (01:14:08):
Time big time.

Speaker 11 (01:14:09):
You know, Well then that that then I'm going without fins.

Speaker 9 (01:14:13):
Yeah, Okay, talk to the guys over at Texas Free
Model Team their Window division two eight one six one
two fifty nine ninety one.

Speaker 13 (01:14:26):
Okay.

Speaker 9 (01:14:27):
Now normally they put them they're putting them in for you,
but uh, you know, talk to him and I imagine
he can work something out with you.

Speaker 11 (01:14:37):
Okay, So their their material, that would be the way
to go versus just going direct somewhere and ordering.

Speaker 9 (01:14:43):
Well, there's no place online, yeah, there there is, but
most of the options you're gonna find online are are
not are not great windows. When they sell them to
you direct, that's the better window replace. Uh, manufacturers, they
deal with qualified installers and such because really the installation

(01:15:08):
is what makes a huge difference on the windows. And
so they make sure that the guys go through training
and know what they're doing when it comes to the
installation process. And so talk with the tim over there
at Texas freet Model Team and he'll he'll be able

(01:15:30):
to help you out on it.

Speaker 11 (01:15:31):
Okay, Jim, thank you very much.

Speaker 9 (01:15:33):
You bet you take care and again seven one three,
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Speaker 18 (01:15:45):
Oh? I'm in a quandary here, Okay. I spoke to
you about the faucet problem I have here at the
in my kitchen, and I spoke with Chris. He checked
with all his suppliers. He couldn't find anybody who had one.
So and I suggested to him, well, maybe we can

(01:16:07):
put a you know, one of these cutoff alves under
and he said, no, that can't be done for whatever reason,
I don't know. So my next step is, well, I
can't really wait, you know, while we're doing or remodeling.
I'm going to have to remodel the kitchen. But my

(01:16:27):
thought is this. What I could do is knock out
the little wall. This sink is caddy corner. It's in
a corner and it's Caddy corner. So I could knock
out the wall behind the sink, this little wall that's there,
it's not a big wall, a little thing, right, and
have maybe a carpenter make a triangular shaped piece of

(01:16:52):
wood or something to put in there and lower these
the pipe so I can put in a regular or
faucet until I can get the kitchen remodels, because it's
obviously affecting my water bill. Sure, so I've got this,

(01:17:13):
you know, it's like now it's kind of a steady stream.
Before it was just a little dripping leak. Now it's
more of a steady stream, and I gotta do this.

Speaker 9 (01:17:24):
So, yeah, what do you think. I think, yes, you
can do that, But I'm not following why he can't
put a shut off unless it was something that is
because it's normal to have a shut off underneath the sink.

Speaker 13 (01:17:41):
Uh.

Speaker 18 (01:17:43):
I know this house is built in fifty eight, I think, so.
I don't know why they didn't do it then, but
they didn't, and I'm you know, I'm in the future
when I remodel, I'm definitely going to do that. But
I don't know why we couldn't do it this time.
He said something about the pipe. I don't know.

Speaker 9 (01:18:03):
Let's do this. Uh, let me talk with Chris, okay.
And it could be that the pipes are too brittle
or something that he didn't want to take the chance
of messing with it. But let me talk with Chris.
Can you call me at my office, okay, and the
office is seven to one to three four seven three

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seven one five six. I will talk with him and
we'll we'll work something out and get you taken care of.

Speaker 18 (01:18:33):
Yeah, because I'm you know, if I do it this way,
the way. I'm thinking I'm going to Srummer and the
carpenter together because there's there's no way we can do
that separately.

Speaker 9 (01:18:45):
Yeah, but let me let me talk with Chris first,
because I got something in my head, but I want
to run it by him to get it taken care of.

Speaker 18 (01:18:53):
Okay, all right, then I'll call you at your office. Okay,
you know after the weekend obviously, yes, ma'am. Yeah, okay,
thank you, thank.

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Jim Dutton is not perfect, but he's always right. Here's
more with Jim on Texas Home Improvements.

Speaker 9 (01:22:00):
Hey, welcome back to Texas Home Improvement, your total home
improvement source. We talked with Conquered Window Film in the
last hour and we got the second half of that interview,
and let's jump into that all right. I've got Kristin
Kohler here from Conquered Window Film. Welcome back to Texas

(01:22:21):
Home Improvement. Kristin.

Speaker 5 (01:22:22):
Thanks Jim.

Speaker 9 (01:22:23):
Let's talk about conquering one of the big questions about this,
because this is a do it yourself product, how easy
is it to install? And I do know this answer already,
but it's really a simple thing to do.

Speaker 5 (01:22:37):
Yeah, that's right, that's a great question, and folks are
usually a little bit hesitant, but it is.

Speaker 3 (01:22:44):
We think about it as.

Speaker 5 (01:22:45):
A moderately to easy DIY task. If you've ever hung
wall paper, it's a lot easier than that. There's no
heavy lifting or any you know, special strength required to
do it, so it's something that almost anybody can do.
And I've had a lot of customers that have been
wary about doing it, and then they call us back
or they email us back later and say, hey, you

(01:23:06):
know what, this was great. It was easy and not
that hard at all. So I've done it myself, obviously
being part of the company a few times, and I
can attest to it.

Speaker 4 (01:23:14):
There's a few.

Speaker 5 (01:23:15):
Things about our Comfort Tech film that makes it particularly
easy to install and easier to install than some of
the DIY films that you're going to find on sale
online or at the big box stores. And the first
feature of the film is that it has a dry adhesive.
So all window films are going to have an adhesive

(01:23:36):
to get it to stick to the window. And what
you're going to find at the Big box is they
have something called a pressure sensitive adhesive. So when you
remove the liner, that exposes the adhesive on the film.
It's going to be sticky like scotch tape. It's going
to stick to itself, you can stick to other things,
and it makes it tricky to handle during the installation process.

(01:23:59):
Our film, contrast, has a dry adhesive that means when
you remove the liner, it's not going to be sticky.
The adhesive gets activated with water, so you're going to
spray the solution on to the back of the film
and then you have you're able to move it around
on the glass and you have plenty of time to

(01:24:21):
get it into place before it it years and that
makes installation really really easy. The second thing that makes
the film easier to handle is the thickness of our film. Again,
if you look at some of the reviews on the
big box films, it's very fragile, it's thin, it's half

(01:24:41):
as thick as our film. Our film is two mill thick,
and what you can buy in the big boxes is
one mill, so it's twice as thick, and if you
look at the reviews from big box films, they crease
very easily. You have to be careful when you're handling it.
If you prease or wrinkle the film. A piece of
film from the big boxes, it's essentially you can just

(01:25:02):
throw it away.

Speaker 9 (01:25:03):
You're not going to be able to use this sticky
stuff touches each other and they're stuck together as well.

Speaker 5 (01:25:08):
Absolutely absolutely so. The two mil film gives it a
nice thickness. You can really handle it without increasing it.
It's got good maneuverability, and people find it really really
easy to to work with. I tell people it's like
a good quality wrapping paper. That's sort of what it
feels like when you have it in your hands, so
you don't have to be so careful with it during

(01:25:31):
the installation process. So those two things combined make our
film just a lot easier to install. On top of that,
we have installation videos on the website and on our
YouTube channel that walk homeowners through the entire process from
start to finish on how to do it. So people
often tell us, you know, watch the video. Once I

(01:25:51):
watched it, twice before I did it, and it made
it so much easier and I felt really confident installing.
So we feel good about the fact that it's something
any di wire can do.

Speaker 9 (01:26:00):
When somebody gets ready to install it, I mean, they
don't necessarily have to do every window at once anyways.
I mean they can work on one window at a
time or one room at a time and just do
the project in their leisure.

Speaker 5 (01:26:14):
Absolutely, and we have a lot of folks that do that. So,
you know, we spoke about heat rejection and having hot
spaces as one of the biggest issues why people come
to us, and oftentimes they'll have one room right that's
facing south or maybe a west facing room that is
really hot in the late afternoon that is really a
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I need something to cool down the room. My air
conditioner is really struggling to keep the room cool. And
they'll start there. They can do you know, a room
or even one window. Sometimes we have folks start with
a front door or a sliding glass door, that kind
of thing, and oftentimes they'll try it see that a
it works really well and it's lowering their energy costs

(01:26:58):
and it's making the room work comfortable then and be
they see that it's easy to do, and then they'll
come back again and do more spaces in their home.
So absolutely, you don't have to make it a huge project.
We have kits for one window all the way up
to rolls of film if you want to do the
whole house and a big project.

Speaker 9 (01:27:19):
So if somebody is wanting to call get additional information
or help with the window film, how do they get
in touch with conquered Window Film?

Speaker 5 (01:27:29):
You can call us. We have our eight eight eight
number eight eight eight two six one four one three
and you talk to one of our US based personnel.
You can go on our website windowfilm dot com and
we have a chat bubble down in the right hand
corner and that's it's not a chat bot. It's a
live person who will answer questions. So that's a great

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way and a lot of people use that as a
way to get their questions answered. You can email us
at support at Window film film dot com or again just.

Speaker 6 (01:28:02):
Give us a call.

Speaker 5 (01:28:03):
We're happy to talk eight eight eight two o six
one four one three.

Speaker 9 (01:28:09):
Well, christ and I appreciate your time today and look
forward to talking to you again, Thank you, Jim. Take care.
And you know when it comes to window films, this
stuff is great. Like I said, I put it on
my grandson's uh window, wonderful. You couldn't ask for an

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each easier project to do. So if you're looking for
window film, you need to talk to Conquered Window Film.
We're gonna take a quick break. We'll be right back
with more Texas Home improvement. You know, already seal is

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a stain and seiler in one. You don't have to
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kind of stuff because it soaks deep down into the
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is such an easy project because you can roll it on,
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Almost every place that carries building materials carries ready seal.
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find the store nearest to you. You know, if you're
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be addressed by somebody who can take care of the
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the overhead garage door, that's the one that becomes problematic.
It's so wide it tends to sag over time because
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That's eight three three nine zero three two two to six.

Speaker 7 (01:31:12):
When Jim Dunton recommends a contractor, he won't steer you
Rock Dylan.

Speaker 19 (01:31:16):
Hey, Jim, just calling in real quick about one of
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them for four or five years now, just project after project.
He's the only guy we call. And they did a
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Speaker 20 (01:31:29):
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Speaker 1 (01:32:24):
Here's more Texas home improvement with Jim dot.

Speaker 9 (01:32:28):
All right, So I'm gonna do one last email before
we go. This is from stannin Magnolia says I have
a kiss installed Coler generator problem that's been going on
a month now. Uh, the gin is only four years old.
Do you know of someone else that is Coaler certified
that may has a broader, possibly more pull with Colar

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commercial or otherwise may be able to reach out to.
I don't want to sound like I'm jumping out, but
the owner always had a good experience with him. But
he's telling me Coler just doesn't have the part I
need to theoretically fix my surging problem. Well, look, if
Coler doesn't have the part, getting somebody else in there's

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not going to make Coler be able to give you
the part. So what I would do is reach out
to Coler direct and see if they do have the
part or not, and if they don't, when are they
going to be getting them? Remember everything is according to
supply chain, and we had the sum of the supply
chain back up when we had the strikes going on

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in the ports. Most of that I think has been
taken care of already, but it still has to go
through distribution to get back to where it needs to be,
and we sometimes forget that. But look, like I said,
reach out to Colar and verify that they don't have
the part. And if they don't, it doesn't matter who
you call, then they're not going to be able to

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just magically make the part appere for you. With that,
have a great afternoon and look forward to visiting with
you again tomorrow at two o'clock. Here for more Texas
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