Carpet Material & Windows from Texas Remodel Team

Jim starts the show with a quick email question on sealing countertops. He also takes calls about carpet material, mold on pocket doors, whether to drain your water heater, changing from a gas to electric fireplace, low water flow, and much more. In the second hour Jim plays a few interviews with Tim Fox and Texas Remodel Teams Window Division and answers more home improvement questions.  

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Texas Is Home Improvement is on the air with your host,
Jim Dutton.

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Speaker 1 (00:23):
That tall Jim, Now with all your home improvement questions.
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Here's Jim.

Speaker 5 (01:15):
Ny Hey, welcome to Texas Home Improvements, your total home
improvement source. Seven one three two one two five eight
seven four. That's seven one three two one two five
eight seven four. That's the number to call with any
home improvement question you have with you doing it yourself,

(01:38):
thinking about a project. Maybe you're uh got a contractor
working on something and you're not sure if they're doing
what they need to be doing. Feel free to pick
up the phone, give me a call, and let's talk
about it here on Texas Home Improvement again. Seven one
three two one two five eight seven four. Of course,
don't forget about our website tipro dot com. It is

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there's a resource to help you out twenty four to seven.
So anytime you're thinking about a project, got something in mind,
just start at thhipro dot com. You're gonna find that
there's a lot of questions and answers and videos and
just all kinds of helpful information there, as well as
links to all the people you hear me talk about.

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And that's why you don't hear me give their web
addresses out because I know you'll get the right one
when you go to thchipro dot com. Too many companies
are doing this copycat stuff. You put in the right
web address you want to go to, and it redirects
you somewhere else. Drives me nuts, These new search engines stuff,
So stick at thchipro dot com and you won't have

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that problem anyways. By the way, that is where the
Askjim button is, where you can send in email questions,
and you can sign up for our newsletter that goes
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(03:08):
Any home improvement question you have, feel free to pick
up the phone, give me a call, and I'll see
what I can do to help you out here on
Texas Home Improvement, your total home improvement source.

Speaker 6 (03:20):
Uh.

Speaker 5 (03:20):
With that being said, why don't we jump into an
email question here real quick? Let me get that. Uh
let's see there we go and bring that open. Okay,

(03:42):
So I had a milo out in Campwood, Texas. Do
you recommend ceiling exterior rock walls. We're out on our
twenty twenty completion date house and two and a quarter
inch thick rock countertop in outdoor kitchen. If so, please

(04:02):
describe best practices for cleaning before ceiling and ceiling practice
and recommendation of brand or ingredients in best brands. We
live in the Texas hill Country outside of Campwood, Texas. Okay, look, yes,
typically I'm going to tell you it's going to have
to be sealed, especially the countertop. You'll want to clean

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it according to the manufacturer's recommendations of the sealant you're
going to use, because they do have different recommendations as
far as where to get something. Go buy one of
the floor into Core locations. They have different sealants for
these products. Now on your rock walls and grout and stuff, yes,

(04:49):
put a masonry seiler on there. You can pick that
up at White Cap. It soaks into the rock, It
soaks into the mortar and everything, and you I don't
see it. So yes, I do recommend that. Now, you
said rock and grout, So if it is like a
tile and grout to maybe a slate or something, they

(05:11):
still make great sealers for it, and that you would
go back to Florinda Core for so hopefully that'll help
you out with that. My little again, if you got
a question seven one three two one two five eight
seven four that's seven one three, two, one, two, five,

(05:32):
eight seven four. Let's see here, Graphael, How can I
help you today?

Speaker 7 (05:41):
Yeah, I uh, I want to get a carpet put in,
and I just was wondering if there's anything new in
the carpet material that I should be looking for anything special,
Not that I want anything expensive. I just said anything
about that.

Speaker 5 (06:01):
No, there's really not. They're still using the same materials.
They've gotten better of putting stained guards on them, but
other than that, it's it's still the same old materials.

Speaker 7 (06:13):
Yeah, yeah, well, yeah, the smell always used to be
a concern. So you're saying that the stain guards may
not be as pungent now as it used to be.

Speaker 5 (06:22):
Correct. Yeah, you're still gonna smell it when you put
a new carpet in, but it's not near a strong young.
You used to get that almost ammonia smell when you
when you put new carpets in it, And that's nothing
like it used to be.

Speaker 7 (06:38):
Yeah, let's see I put the carpet in. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.
I always noticed in the past that whenever I see
carpet people putting things in, they don't seem to clean
the cement. You know, maybe I'm a professionalist. But this
the padding has been down for thirty years on this floor, right,

(07:03):
what padding was there? Any special? I should look forward
that they're putting in as far as padding.

Speaker 5 (07:09):
For the paddings are a little more dense than they
used to be.

Speaker 3 (07:13):
Uh.

Speaker 5 (07:14):
And typically you're right, they pull up the existing padding,
they'll sweep a little bit, scrape where the glue was
from the old padding. Boom, throw the new padding down
and go to town. So if you're looking for him
to clean the concrete all the way, that not happening.
Not saying they shouldn't, but they don't do it.

Speaker 7 (07:36):
I'm glad you said they should. Uh yeah, okay, as
long as it doesn't smell. I don't care what what's
down there, you know. But anyway, okay, so that's good.
The padding, the padding has gotten better, Huh.

Speaker 5 (07:52):
It has, especially the dense ones.

Speaker 7 (07:56):
Okay, Now the padding is that it cannot be expended
or what should I look for when someone says, oh,
you got to pay for that padding? The padding went
up in price? I mean, what's going I mean, you know,
is it?

Speaker 5 (08:08):
Well? It has? I mean life in general has gone
up in price. So yeah, the padding costs has gone up. Uh,
but yeah, you know, it's still just a fraction. And
be honest with you, a lot of the carpet places
they have a standard padding that they include with the carpet,

(08:28):
and then you can upgrade to a thicker, more dense pad.
You don't want to get the real thick pads. Stick
stick with like the half the the quarter half inch
type thickness and you'll be better off.

Speaker 7 (08:45):
Yeah, because that thick one. Can you be comsy when
you work on it and then put it down? It
is exactly well good. I'm getting some information here, and
I thought you would just a foundation, man, and.

Speaker 5 (09:04):
From the ground up, I've done it.

Speaker 7 (09:07):
Oh boy, Okay, if I think of any I'm having
something else done with the kitchen. But I'll call back
if I think of in DJ Okay, thank you.

Speaker 5 (09:17):
You take care by bye. Yeah, keep keep in mind. Uh,
the stuff I talk about is stuff straight out of
my head. It's from experience. It's not from reading a book,
it's not from looking at a computer screen. I mean,
I literally have four pieces of paper in front of
me that shows me the schedule for today, and even

(09:41):
even the commercials I do are from the top of
my head. So got a question. Seven one three two
one two five eight seven four. Again it'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. You're totally homeproven source. Uh, We're

(10:02):
gonna head to Seabrook and Tim, this is Jim. How
can I help you?

Speaker 8 (10:09):
Yes, I got a question about insulation. My house is
about almost twenty years old. In the attic it got
those bad insulate. I mean it doesn't look bad, but
now I'm looking at it, uh here and there, I've
got gap and all that. So I'm thinking about either

(10:33):
low another bad on top of it or just left
home before. They have those look more like aluminium boy
fabric kind of thing, and I assume either nail or
put it again the uh the wraps under the roof back,

(10:55):
and I wanted if that thing is it do any good?

Speaker 5 (11:03):
I believe what you're talking about is a radiant barrier,
and yes, they do a lot of good. In fact,
if you've got insulation on your attic floor, I talk
about a radium barrier called energy Q radium barrier, and
I would highly recommend you take a look at it.

(11:25):
Now they're on my website thchipro dot com or you
can call them at one eight hundred nine hundred sixty
two twenty. But the thing I like on that Energy
Q radium barrier is you'd lay it on top of
your existing insulation, so you don't really have to add insulation.

(11:47):
And it makes your house so much more energy efficient
because it stops the heat that's in the attic from
getting into the insulation. And by doing that, your AC
system works better your insulation and it is not having
to fight the heat. Uh. And in my personal home,
I've got the energy Q with about only three inches

(12:08):
of insulation and I run an electric fill of about
two hundred dollars a month for a three thousand square
foot house. So yes, it makes a huge difference. And
I hate to do this to you, but that music
means I gotta let you go because we're up against
the break here. We'll be back with more Texas Home
Improvements seven one three, two, one two, five, eight seven four.

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and I've had somebody come out and basically they.

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Ripped me off.

Speaker 11 (14:54):
You recommended I called Guardian Roofing. I did call them.
The technician came out, he was on time. He said, yep,
they've used the wrong type of sealing. So he cleaned
it and resealed it and.

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Manage that did it.

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(15:41):
I saw Jim Dutton with the big old hammer in
his head walk in the streets of DF.

Speaker 13 (15:50):
He was looking for a wall that he could knock down.
Here comes Jim Dutton again. Oh, here it comes Jim Dutton. Oh,

(16:11):
here comes Jim Dutton.

Speaker 1 (16:16):
Here's more with Jim on Texas Home Improvements time.

Speaker 5 (16:21):
Hey, welcome back to Texas Home Improvements. Your total home
improvement sours 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 up to Kingwood and Liz.
How can I help you today?

Speaker 4 (16:41):
Hi?

Speaker 14 (16:41):
Jim?

Speaker 15 (16:41):
How are you?

Speaker 5 (16:43):
I'm wonderful? How are you great?

Speaker 16 (16:46):
Thank you. We have some pocket doors on our game
room upstairs, and usually we keep them open, and the
few times we've closed them lately, when we close them,
there's been mold on the doors, and we're trying to
figure out where that might be coming from. They don't
have any contact with the walls. The doors don't. There's

(17:08):
no bathroom near there, there's no leak from above. So
we're wondering, how do we find out where it's coming from?
And is there anyone we can trust to come out
and test it for us, who isn't just going to
tell us we have mold?

Speaker 5 (17:24):
Yes. Well, first, where it's coming from is probably the attic, okay,
because the way a pocket door goes in, there's more
likely a little air gap that's going into the attic,
and so the HVAC system if it's not on a

(17:45):
positive pressure. If it's it may be drawing air in
through that opening, and that's what's causing it because it
gets the cool air and the hot air hitting each other.
As far as somebody who can do the testing, there
is a company Woodland's Water Restoration, okay, and they would

(18:07):
be able to do the testing. And I don't have
their number with me today. Oh yes I do, uh
two eight one, five, seven, six, eight, four, five nine,
of course.

Speaker 4 (18:20):
Five nights.

Speaker 16 (18:21):
Okay, it's great because we were just afraid to call
somebody who is just good to tell us, oh, we
need to rip out your walls and things like that.
So we were looking for someone we could trust.

Speaker 17 (18:32):
So that.

Speaker 16 (18:35):
Yeah, okay, wonderful. Thank you so much for your help.

Speaker 5 (18:39):
My pleasure. You take here you two bye bye bye
and again seven one three two one two five eight
seven four. We're gonna head to my hometown of Pasadena.
Hello Art, Hello there, How can I help you?

Speaker 18 (18:58):
I got a quick question from you. I am a
d UI personally and I want to install my own
water filter whole house system. Pretty confident that I can
do it. Uh, where can I get the materials fart
of the tank and the salt storage?

Speaker 19 (19:16):
You know?

Speaker 5 (19:16):
Truthfully, they actually sell them even at the box stores,
Low's and home depot. Uh, so you can go down
there and get one.

Speaker 18 (19:25):
Well, I was looking at Amazon. They have one, but
it's one that's about five foot tall, and I don't
think that'll filter my water that good. So I'm not
looking for a cheapie. I'm looking for something good.

Speaker 5 (19:37):
Yeah, what they have down there. You can get the
tank that not only does water softening, but filtration and
the whole nine yards. And they have the separate tank
that is for the salt that you know, takes care
of cleaning the system back out. So if you, if truly,

(19:58):
if you want to do it yourself, that that's where
I would send you.

Speaker 18 (20:02):
Okay, Well there's another store in Paarland.

Speaker 20 (20:05):
Do you know if they.

Speaker 18 (20:06):
Only sell the equipment, because I know their labor, I
mean labor costs is high.

Speaker 5 (20:12):
Yeah, you see everybody wanting raises.

Speaker 21 (20:16):
Well, I think it's called Aqua Aqua Systems. But I
don't know if they.

Speaker 18 (20:20):
Just sell aqua text Okay, I don't know if they
just sell the equipment.

Speaker 5 (20:26):
I don't know that they'll sell to the public. Right,
they're more they're more geared towards the contractors.

Speaker 18 (20:34):
Right, And I know they got some good equipment if
I go to low So I'm gonna I want to
go ahead and go like you're saying, and look at
what they have, uh, and then take it from there.
But I know the taller of the tank, the more
filtration I will get.

Speaker 5 (20:48):
And like the one there, here's here's the issue that
people run into when when we do it ourselves, when
you have a company come in that puts in a system,
they first test the water, and it doesn't matter if
it's col again, it's Britta or any of these these companies.

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They're gonna test the water and those tanks are then
filled with the materials based on what the water tests
showed for our particular water. When you go get one
at the box store, it's gonna be a generic one.
It's yes, it's gonna filter, it's gonna soften, it's gonna
do the whole nine yards. But when you do have
somebody else do it, the professional companies, it is more

(21:30):
geared towards your particular house.

Speaker 18 (21:34):
Okay, I didn't know that. I thought they were all standard.

Speaker 5 (21:37):
No, okay, well, let me do break.

Speaker 20 (21:41):
I appreciate you taking my call.

Speaker 5 (21:43):
You bet take care by bye, right, and that music
means we're gonna take a quick break. Seven one three,
two one two five eight seven four We'll be right back.

Speaker 21 (21:59):
You know.

Speaker 5 (22:00):
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Speed did a great job. So as time has gone
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(22:24):
never before. In fact, you can call control temperatures like
never before. You don't hear the system running whisper quiet.
I just love it. Well, if you're thinking about a
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(22:44):
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nuts and boats.

Speaker 1 (23:11):
You're with Jim Dutton on Texas Home Improvement.

Speaker 5 (23:20):
All right, let's see here, let's jump back into our
call with Adam. We did have a little problem there. Adam,
I'm sorry about that. Can you hear me now?

Speaker 22 (23:30):
I've got you? Yeah, thank you so much.

Speaker 5 (23:33):
All right, how can I help you?

Speaker 22 (23:36):
I've got two water heaters. One's in the attic, one
is in the second story, addicts, so they're both upstairs.
Someone told me I need to drain those. I've never
done that.

Speaker 4 (23:48):
Do I need to drain my water heater?

Speaker 22 (23:50):
And how often? And if I don't? What happened? The
house is built in seventy eight, It's got all original plumbing,
so imagine it feel or maybe.

Speaker 5 (24:02):
How old are the water heaters? Are they from seventy eight?

Speaker 4 (24:06):
No?

Speaker 22 (24:06):
No, no, no, they're new?

Speaker 21 (24:07):
Or they're.

Speaker 5 (24:12):
So how old do you think they are?

Speaker 22 (24:14):
Probably ten years old?

Speaker 5 (24:16):
Okay, I wouldn't bother then at that point. Typically if
you don't start draining them within the first two years,
it's it's not worth doing. In fact, a lot of
times they won't drain very well after that. But the
whole reason for draining them is they build sediment in
the bottom, and by draining them, you're flushing that stuff out. Well,

(24:40):
the sediment gets locked in after a period of time,
and so it just doesn't come out. Is it worth doing? Truthfully?
I have never bothered doing it with my own.

Speaker 22 (24:54):
Okay, yeah, I'm I don't know. My brother in law's
a plumber and he asked me to do it, but
he's a new plumber, and that's what they and.

Speaker 21 (25:07):
Not that it's definitely.

Speaker 22 (25:09):
It's definitely a good thing to do it. But I
just didn't know if it was going to be a
real big problem. They're already ten years old.

Speaker 5 (25:18):
They're already ten years old. You're going to hook the
stuff up. It's you're running the risk of leaking and
it not wanting to seal back when you close it
up on one that hadn't been done like that, I
would not start doing it now.

Speaker 22 (25:31):
Okay, well there you go, Thank you so much.

Speaker 5 (25:36):
You bet you take care and again seven one three,
two one two five eight seven four. It's not that
I wouldn't tell you if hey, if you got a
new one and you want to start doing it to
maintain it, by all means do it. You got about
two years after that, Uh, then you start running too
much risk. I wouldn't do it. So let's head to

(25:57):
uh Greg, this is how can I help you?

Speaker 23 (26:02):
Well, yes, sir, I have a front door question. We
have a front door that that faces the west, gets
the setting sun and Weather's seem like every two or
three years we wind up having to have it refinished.
We're considered because the door has some other issues that
are pretty significant. Right now, we are considering replacing the

(26:23):
door with something else and considering a harberglass door with
a wood would finish would look finished? Okay, do you
have any thoughts on that option and how durable that
might be.

Speaker 5 (26:39):
Well, you're going to find that if it's getting that
direct west sun, just like your other door, the finish
on it is going to suffer from that. I mean,
the the unfortunate part is our son is just brutal
around here on things. So you would still have some
issues with it. But those fiberglass doors are the energy efficient,

(27:01):
they look good, they hold up really well, so I've
got no problems with them. You just got to be
sure that you are refinishing it periodically.

Speaker 23 (27:12):
So how would that refinishing work when it's not really
real wood?

Speaker 5 (27:22):
Uh, you actually can paint them and things like that.
As the finish starts going that that initial finish it's
on there, it's gonna it's gonna be very durable. It's
gonna hold up really well. But down the road you'll
end up painting it or something like that. And you know,
and I'm not saying anytime soon, you may get ten

(27:42):
years out of it before you got to do that.

Speaker 23 (27:47):
Okay, Well, that would be attractive. So yeah, any other
Foster comments, So you think that would be a better
choice than than replacing it with another wooden door that
that would you like the one we have?

Speaker 5 (28:02):
Yeah, no, because if you go with a metal one,
it's gonna heat up like it's unreal. And uh so
I think for the situation you're in, that fiberglass is
probably gonna be your best choice to for least amount
of maintenance.

Speaker 23 (28:22):
Okay, well great, thank you very much.

Speaker 5 (28:25):
You bet you take care? Okay, goodblike right, and with
that we're gonna have to take a quick break seven
one three, two one two five eight seven four. You know,
if you're thinking about replacement windows for your home, you
need to talk to the folks over at Texas Remodel
Teams Window Division. Yeah, you've heard me talk about Texas

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Remodel Team for years. Uh but they've got a window
division that can not only do replacement windows for you,
but if you're thinking about a sunroom for your home, hey,
so they can take care of that is what. In fact,
I talked with Tim over at Texas Remodel Team earlier
this week. In fact, i'll probably play that in the

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second hour here of Texas Home Improvement. But if you're
needing windows, you're needing a sun room, you need to
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I'm thinking about putting your band back together. We're back
with Jim Dunton don Texas Home Improvements.

Speaker 5 (31:56):
Hey, welcome back to Texas Home Improvement, your total home
improvement source, and we're going to head to North Harris County. Paul.
This is Jim. How can I help you?

Speaker 21 (32:09):
Hi?

Speaker 17 (32:10):
Jim, thanks for what you do. I have a traditional
gas fireplace. The home's going. I'm nineteen years old and
basically here in Houston. I never run the thing the
few times I have for various reasons. I really didn't
like the odor or the wasp and the flu and
things like that, and I just don't use it. I'm

(32:31):
contemplating changing it to a more modern, horizontal style electric fireplace.
I know they don't look as realistic, but you can
use the ambiance whether it's hot or cold. And I
have a whole house generator in case I needed the heat,
I have a generator. Would that value the home? Was

(32:54):
it really worth doing?

Speaker 5 (32:57):
Is if you told me you wanted to take the
your place out completely, I would say.

Speaker 17 (33:02):
Yes, the electric.

Speaker 5 (33:06):
But if you're going to change it to that electric, no,
it's not going to devalue the home. In fact, a
lot of people would prefer that now, especially in the Houston.
You know, in the warmer climates like we're in. Uh,
so I would definitely take a look at doing it.

Speaker 17 (33:22):
I really appreciate it because that's been the big concern.
And listen, just thanks for what you do.

Speaker 5 (33:28):
Hey, my pleasure. I have a great time doing it.
Have a good day you as well. By by, look,
this is the highlight of my week. I mean, I
take the equipment with me every place I go. I'm
I'm up in Bernie, Texas this weekend. I'm gonna be

(33:50):
going over to the Bronsville for the Worst Fest this evening.
After the show's done. I work what I do around
doing the show because I do have such a good
time doing it. Let's see here, we're gonna go out
to spring Robert. Welcome to Texas Home Improvement.

Speaker 25 (34:08):
Oh hold, Jim, thank you. And I just want to
tell that I called last week about that plumbing problem
I had and you told me what they're doing. It
worked real well, so I want to thank you for that.
Now I have another problem now, okay, just finished. Uh

(34:30):
speaking about garage doors, well, I had one. I had
another garage door in Stall, the first one I had
when we bought the house. It was a chamberlain and
I've always had good luck with Chamberlain garage door. But uh,
this guy came out and he put up uh no

(34:55):
knock one garage door opener, and it worked well for
a while. But the biggest problems that I'm having. If
I push the button on it, it'll go down halfway,
then it'll come back up. Now I can go inside
and hit the main button, and as long as I

(35:17):
hold it, the garage door go con cleanly down. But
if I turn it a loose, it'll come back and
go up. You're you're in it.

Speaker 5 (35:32):
Your sensors are out of alignment. It needs it needs adjusting.
It needs adjusting, So you need to call a garage
either them or a garage door company come out and
make some adjustments. Because what's happening is the sensors are
out of alignment, and so as it's coming down, it's

(35:52):
sensing something and going back up. It's a safety precaution
easily taken care of, though, So.

Speaker 25 (36:02):
It needed justing.

Speaker 5 (36:04):
Yep, all right.

Speaker 25 (36:06):
I started to appreciate it and thank you very much.

Speaker 5 (36:10):
How long ago was it put in?

Speaker 25 (36:13):
Oh about two and a half or three months ago?

Speaker 5 (36:18):
Oh, just call the company who put it in and
they they should be coming back without even charging you
to make that adjustment, because for it to go out
of kilter that quick, there's probably just something came loose somewhere.

Speaker 25 (36:35):
Okay, I'll certainly do that, thank you very much.

Speaker 5 (36:39):
All right, you take care, all right.

Speaker 25 (36:42):
You as well?

Speaker 5 (36:44):
Right and again seven one three, two, one two five
eight seven four. And you know garage doors, do you
need adjustments periodically and lubricating and stuff like that to
stay working like they should? Mike, this is GM. How
can I help you?

Speaker 4 (37:03):
Hi?

Speaker 19 (37:03):
Good afs so concrete foundation on the corners.

Speaker 20 (37:08):
You know how it seems like builders can never get
it right and it always falls, always seems to small
there on the corner and expose every what's the best
compound to use or one of the best compounds to
use to repair that?

Speaker 5 (37:25):
I'm sorry, Just just use a concrete epoxy to epoxy
it back.

Speaker 19 (37:30):
On concrete epoxy, Okay, yep, I've been looking for that
and just can't do you.

Speaker 20 (37:39):
Do you have like a name brand or someplace.

Speaker 5 (37:41):
Where You're probably not gonna find it at the box stores.
You'll have to go to a place like White Cap
who sells to contractors, or even Granger would have it.

Speaker 19 (37:57):
Okay, okay, because the box store them some concrete repair
like I think acrylic or yeah, it's a mix something,
will that not?

Speaker 22 (38:08):
Hold on?

Speaker 8 (38:09):
Is that that?

Speaker 5 (38:10):
Well, if it's an epoxy type form where you got
to mix it and stuff, yes, it probably.

Speaker 19 (38:15):
Would, Okay, okay, all right, I think it's just a
water mix.

Speaker 14 (38:22):
Uh.

Speaker 19 (38:24):
I don't think it's an Yeah, all right, well I'll.

Speaker 8 (38:27):
Give it a try.

Speaker 5 (38:29):
Alrighty, you take care, okay, thank you, bye bye bye
and again seven one three, two one two five eight
seven four. I'll see what I can do to help
you out here on Texas Home Improvement. Hey, let's talk
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replacement windows for your home, you need to talk to
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If somebody tells you you can't do it, tell him
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Speaker 5 (42:12):
Hey, welcome back to Texas Home Improvement again. It's seven
one three two one two five eight seven four. We're
gonna head on down the clear lake. Hello, Lee, how
are you today?

Speaker 26 (42:24):
I'm doing good?

Speaker 5 (42:25):
How about Josef jeam wonderful?

Speaker 17 (42:28):
How can I help water to.

Speaker 26 (42:30):
My dish and dishwasher to washer gradually got a slower
and the slower and on the other side of the
wall almost same area. That is a faucet and that
got the same disease. Barely any water coming out of it.
Any idea.

Speaker 5 (42:50):
Hmm. And and it's it's the cold water side or
the hot.

Speaker 26 (42:54):
It is I usual want to use cold water time.
And I also opened the input see if there is
any screen clot that. I didn't see any screen by
the way, Well.

Speaker 5 (43:08):
That's what I was thinking right up to you said,
it's doing it on the faucet on the other side
as well.

Speaker 26 (43:14):
The faucet in the sink cues got half the way
decent flow. So I use a piece of garden hose
and hook it up to that and about eight feet
away from the washer, and I use it this way.

Speaker 5 (43:29):
Now when you say you where did you check for
the screen?

Speaker 26 (43:34):
I dis connected the hose in the back of the.

Speaker 5 (43:38):
Washer, okay, because yeah, they'll be there. They'll put it
sometimes where it goes in the washer itself, but other
times it's right there on the hose bib where the
line hooks to the washer. So it checked both places.
Because it really sounds like that's what it is.

Speaker 26 (43:59):
Yeah, that's it.

Speaker 5 (44:00):
Other than that, I don't know what which And I
hate to do this too, you I gotta. I'm gonna
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Speaker 5 (46:22):
Hey, Welcome back to Texas Home Improvement seven one three,
two one two, five eight seven four Again, any home
improvement question you have, pick up the phone, give me
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dot com again. Seven one three, two, one two, five
eight seven four. When we went to news, I was
still talking with Lee and Lee are you there, yes, sir? Okay,

(47:23):
So we were talking about your washing machine and you
know that it the waterflow has slowed down, and you
were saying a faucet on the other side of the
wall has slowed down as well. Has there been any
type of work done around the house before that happened.

Speaker 26 (47:43):
Yeah, as you know, in this area of we had
a lot of broken pipes and uh leackage and all
of that. I wondered if ye sediment from those pipes
affected that particular area which is close to my income
and water from the main water.

Speaker 5 (48:00):
Yes, but it should have not done it that way.
I mean, on both cases for for both of them
to be slowed down. I'm almost wondering if a pipe
got crushed a little bit somehow or something along those lines.

Speaker 26 (48:20):
Right, But anywhere else in the house or outside, I
got halfway decent slow okay. Portion the portion that I
got problem with it is not too far from the
main income in line, right did?

Speaker 5 (48:38):
It used to have good flow and now it doesn't though,
that is correct, Okay, So realistically, the only thing I
could think to do would be to take the You're
going to have to open things up to do this
is literally take those valves off one side or the
other of the wall and hook something else onto that

(49:04):
pipe to see if we can uh increase the water
flow enough to clean them out. Because I'm agreeing with you.
I'm thinking there's something in there, but the only way
to get in there is going to be to take
the valves off.

Speaker 26 (49:21):
That is what I thought.

Speaker 11 (49:23):
Okay.

Speaker 26 (49:23):
Well, I want to thank you for your help and
keep up the good work, sir.

Speaker 5 (49:30):
Thank you very much. You have a great afternoon you too,
by now and again seven one three, two one two
five eight seven four and a head the sugar Land Steven.
This is Jim. How can I help you?

Speaker 6 (49:46):
Yes, mister Jim, I guess recently bought a beach house
and it's two story. One is the garage and the
other one is the living space.

Speaker 21 (49:55):
Two questions.

Speaker 6 (49:55):
The first one is that the garage smells like mel dud.

Speaker 4 (50:00):
There's no sheet.

Speaker 8 (50:01):
Rock in the garage.

Speaker 6 (50:02):
They have insulation and I have some type of black
tarp over the insulation. The second question, well, I.

Speaker 5 (50:09):
Guess, and is that on the ceiling of the garage
or is that on the walls of the garage?

Speaker 6 (50:14):
Throughout the ceiling the walls and the ceiling is insulation
and the black tart.

Speaker 5 (50:20):
Okay, that's what stinks.

Speaker 26 (50:21):
Then the black tarp or the inlation.

Speaker 5 (50:25):
The insulation, that black tarp over it, it's it's it's
allowing moisture to build up behind it. It's getting in
that insulation and it that's that's what your stink is.

Speaker 6 (50:36):
So should I remove everything and reinflate the seat rocket.

Speaker 5 (50:40):
Or or well, are you air conditioning cooling that garage?

Speaker 6 (50:45):
Negative, it's just the garage. I have no intention.

Speaker 5 (50:48):
Yeah, don't then just remove the insulation and leave it off. Okay,
let it breathe. The insulation's not gonna do any good in.

Speaker 6 (50:57):
There, yes, sir. The second question is that the second floor,
it's it I guess as some type of wood flooring. Yes,
I want to have pets on the second floor. If
I were to get the waterproof lamit or vinyl, would
that would that? I guess that's basically waterproof, right, even

(51:20):
pet urine and stuff.

Speaker 19 (51:21):
Correct.

Speaker 5 (51:23):
Yeah, as long as you clean it up in a
reasonable amount of time. Yes, I mean, if you'll leave
on there for you know, days on end, it's gonna
ruin it. But uh, those those waterproof ones you know,
like New Core and some of those others, they work
really good.

Speaker 6 (51:40):
Yes, sir, Okay, great, Thank you very much for for
your your answers.

Speaker 5 (51:46):
Oh, not a problem at all. You take care, think
you soon. But now I will say on that where
you take the insulation off, if you want to be
able to control temperature a little in there, put radium barrier.
Take a look at the energy Q radium barrier. Put
that on the walls and that will make a big

(52:07):
difference for you. So again our number seven one three
two one two five eight seven four. I had the
opportunity earlier this week to sit down and talk with
Tim Fox over at Texas Remodel Team, and uh, I'd
like to go ahead and play the first segment from
that discussion for you.

Speaker 19 (52:27):
Now.

Speaker 5 (52:29):
Hey, I've got Tim Fox here from Texas Remodel Team,
and Tim, welcome back to Texas Home Improvement.

Speaker 21 (52:34):
Thanks Jim, I'm glad to be back.

Speaker 5 (52:36):
You know, we've talked with Texas Remodel team over the years.
And one of the things we haven't spent as much
time talking about is your window division. And you guys
have a great window division.

Speaker 21 (52:48):
Yeah, it's an area of the business that continues to
grow and be a more prominent part of the company.
You know, people like us, you know, doing their windows
for a couple of reasons. One is we're not lot
into one brand only. We've got some great vendors that
we've had long term relationships with. If somebody started their
home and maybe they have Anderson Appella or one of

(53:09):
the other brands out there, we can continue on with those.
We're not opposed to that. But well, also for that
customer that hasn't started anything in their house yet, we
could present you know, those options as well as our
typical manufacturer options you know for custom windows. So that
gives us, you know, some other bullets to talk about
with people and some other opportunities, you know, to present options.

(53:32):
And you know, I like to think that we were
trying to put together something that is best for that
customer situation and their home.

Speaker 5 (53:41):
Well and talking about the best situation the installation is
what truly makes a difference and because you guys have
the remodeling division as well as the window division. One
of the things I truly love about your company is
when you go in to do a window job and
there's other wood that ends up showing up that's got
to be dealt with, You've got people on staff to

(54:03):
do it.

Speaker 21 (54:04):
Yeah, for sure. In any of these homes, especially as
we go into some of the older homes, even when
it's you know, ten or fifteen years old, many times
you're going to have some rotten wood, or if you've
had some leaks in the window or the siding in
the past, might even have rotten framing. And the last
thing we would want to do is go in there

(54:24):
and skip past that and steal that in. We want
to make sure that if there's a problem, we're going
to take care of it while it's exposed, and you
won't have to call another company have them come in
in the middle of all this and then price it separately.
I can pull in one of my crews that's an
expert in framing, for example, or one of the trim crews.

(54:45):
They can take care of it and we can keep
the project rolling for the customer.

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customer service a it's it's great. I mean, these guys
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makes all the difference in the world how that installation's
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We're gonna take a quick break. We'll be right back

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This is Jim. What can I do for you?

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Here's more with Jim Dutton on your Total home improvement source.

Speaker 5 (57:59):
Hey, gome back to Texas Home Improvement. We now have
all open lines available seven to one three two one
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one two, five, eight seven four. Any home improvement question
you have, pick up the phone, give me a call
and be more than happy to help you out here
on Texas Home Improvement. While we start getting calls coming

(58:22):
back in, why don't we play the second half of
that interview with Tim Fox at Texas Remodel Team. Hey,
I've got Tim Fox here from Texas Remodel Team and
Tim welcome back to Texas Home Improvement.

Speaker 21 (58:34):
Thanks Jim.

Speaker 5 (58:35):
Sun rooms are one of those things I think that
are going to make a big comeback this year because,
you know, mortgage rates in the past, we're so low
that right now, when people want additional space or something,
you can't afford to sell the house you have and
get rid of that, you know, two and a half
three four five percent interest rates and go into something

(58:57):
that's at seven plus right now, it just makes sense
to remodel what you have add on in order to
accommodate what your new needs are.

Speaker 23 (59:07):
Yeah.

Speaker 21 (59:07):
Absolutely. The nice thing about if somebody has a covered
porch or like again, even if we need to build one,
A great way to add some square footage to the
house in an economical way and also in a quicker
way is to add on a sunroom, you know, and
we can do it with either it's framed and finished
out in hardy or brick, or it could be as

(59:28):
simple as, you know, an aluminum framed sunroom so that
you might be more familiar with that you would typically see.
But this is a great way to add budget friendly
square footage to.

Speaker 5 (59:39):
The home, going into the fact that you're staying in
the house because of the mortgage interest rate. You do
you offer financing for windows and sun rooms and all
that we do.

Speaker 21 (59:49):
We've got some excellent financing. We have a relationship now
with the First National Bank of Omaha and we picked
them up, created that relationship about six or seven months ago.
We're really really having a good time with that they
it's been been good for our customers. They offer very
reasonable financing.

Speaker 5 (01:00:09):
We just went through a election this week, and you know,
people are expecting interest rates are going to change and
different things are going to happen with the financing that
you have. Is it putting a lien on the property
or do you have a non lean type financing available.

Speaker 15 (01:00:29):
Yeah. Yeah.

Speaker 21 (01:00:30):
One of the nice things that I like about what
we're offering through FNBO is it's non lean. It's a
signature loan, very easy application process, doesn't even it's even
a what they call a soft pull on the credit,
so doesn't hit your credit in any way. To apply

(01:00:51):
for it, and we'll send the customer a link they
can go in, fill out the application and then they'll
get two or three offers back from then FMBO with
different terms that they can select from. So it's been
like says it's been a really good say consumers.

Speaker 5 (01:01:07):
So if somebody's needing to or thinking about doing remodeling
and want to get started, how do they get in
touch with you?

Speaker 21 (01:01:14):
Yes, could either go to our website or probably the
easiest thing to do would be call my office and
the number there is two eight one six one two
five and again it's or go to Texas from model
team dot com. But if you call the office, we'll
get your own schedule and come out and see us

(01:01:35):
as as soon as your schedule permits.

Speaker 5 (01:01:38):
So we're coming into the holidays. I mean we're in November, Thanksgiving,
this coming, Christmas is right behind it. Have you got
space still this year?

Speaker 2 (01:01:47):
We do?

Speaker 19 (01:01:48):
We do.

Speaker 21 (01:01:49):
It's kind of coming. You know, we are getting towards
the in terms of ordering, we're getting towards the end
of the year. We probably could still get some new
projects in before then, but certainly would want to start
getting them booked into and ordered for January as well.
So a lot of times, you know, the installations will

(01:02:13):
slow down those last couple of weeks of December, so
we're trying to provide a little boost to that. And
with that in mind.

Speaker 5 (01:02:21):
You don't like I do and you're trying to fill
holes in your schedule to keep guys busy.

Speaker 21 (01:02:25):
Exactly, keep everybody rolling through the holidays, right, yep, you
know everybody. You know they need to keep funded, right,
So we are doing for the for the remainder of November,
we're offering a twelve month same as cash through that
same finance company through FMBO and then it has a

(01:02:46):
three month deferment too. It so so realistically that would
take you into twenty twenty six with a same as
cash program. Oh man, that'd be great, good opportunity there.

Speaker 5 (01:02:58):
Yeah, so let me ask you one more question. Sure
do you guys do or have the capability of doing
any renditions of what the room would look like when
it's installed.

Speaker 21 (01:03:10):
Yeah, absolutely, we have. We have designers in the office
and we can do a three D model.

Speaker 5 (01:03:16):
So for for the family that wants to, you know,
put a room on, a sunroom on, and uh need
something for Christmas, you could do a nice rendition that
they can put in the box to give to each
other for Christmas.

Speaker 21 (01:03:28):
That'd be an awfully nice gift gift for the whole family.

Speaker 5 (01:03:31):
Right there, you go, that's that's what we're talking about.
I mean, but by doing it now, giving it to
them for Christmas, you got you got the time to
build it in the you know, January and February, and
can enjoy it all spring time and through the summer
for sure. So again, how they get in touch with
Texas Free Model Team.

Speaker 21 (01:03:50):
Two eight one six one two five nine nine one.

Speaker 5 (01:03:55):
All right, well, Tim, I appreciate it and look forward
to talking to you again later.

Speaker 21 (01:03:59):
It sounds great. Thanks, appreciate you.

Speaker 5 (01:04:01):
Take care.

Speaker 21 (01:04:01):
Bye back.

Speaker 5 (01:04:04):
All right again the number for Texas Free Model Team
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(01:04:29):
I'm going to jump into an email question that came
a few minutes ago, says uh Hi Jim. Listened to
you on the radio for many years. Thank you for
such an informative show and web reference that covers so
many areas of homeowners. Well done. You have discussed the
new refrigerant change effective January twenty fifth on the air
on several occasions, an EPA mandate based on climate change,

(01:04:52):
which is debatable subject in the first place. With the
recent presidential election results, what are your thoughts with respect
to a possible probable change of direction which will bring
common sense and science into the AC technology enhancement process
and not a political driven mandate to develop expensive functionality

(01:05:16):
that will introduce significant cost to consumers without any quantifiable benefits.
Refrigerant is so expensive now and according to the supposedly
neutral document on the link below which he supplied, refrigerant
costs will increase sixty to eighty percent and safety censors

(01:05:36):
shut down hardware will add additional cost as the new
refrigerants will have the risk of igniting and the trend
is towards propane based refrigerant. Thanks you in advance. Well, look,
no question, this new refrigerant is going to be expensive.

(01:05:56):
As far as the new refrigerant igniting, it is pro
paying based, but it has to have a flame on
it in order for it to stay lit. If you
take the flame away, it does go out. As far
as do I think that it's poing to change with
the presidential election, not this time, And the reason I
say that is the old units have already stopped being made.

(01:06:20):
All it's left is what's still available and hasn't been sold.
The new ones are already built and at the supply
houses and already being sold to the public. So the
manufacturers aren't going to go back and retool back to
what it was. Do I think this is going to
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Speaker 1 (01:07:52):
We're back to Texas Home Improvement. Home improvement advice, tips
and information for you and your mama. Here's Jim don't.

Speaker 5 (01:08:05):
Hey, welcome back to Texas Home Improvement seven one three
two one two five eight seven for any home improvement
question you have. Seven one three two one two five
eight seven four. We're gonna head over to Bradswood and George.
This is Jim. Welcome to seven forty k T e H.
How can I help you?

Speaker 19 (01:08:26):
Well?

Speaker 20 (01:08:26):
That was that was quick.

Speaker 5 (01:08:27):
Jim just called a few minutes.

Speaker 2 (01:08:30):
Yes, anyway, Oh my concern is, you know a lot
of the how the public is uninformed about the new
A two L refrigerates and anybody who had a refrigeration
company come into their home or their business wasn't really
informed about what was going to be coming up. Well,

(01:08:50):
I had to refrigeration. I'm in I'm an automotive mechanics,
so I do refrigeration work. Okay, Uh, month, we've had
to make some changes and the just R one thirty
four is gone tripled in price. Now, okay, my cost
is tripled. I mean I bought quite a bit bit

(01:09:11):
because I knew it's gonna happen. Same thing can happen
with R twelve. Things gonna happen, Same thing's gonna happen
with what they're using. Now it's gonna go through the roof.
I just think a lot of it have to do with, uh,
some greed on the parts of the refrigerator companies. That's

(01:09:32):
just my opinion. Now you can also the you know,
this was supposed to be coming several years ago they
put it off.

Speaker 5 (01:09:43):
From what I've read, yeah, yes and no, uh yes,
it's gonna skyrocket. I mean the predictions are starting January first,
it's gonna be thirty to forty percent increase in the
cost of HVAC systems going in because of the new
coolants and uh equipment change. But as far as when

(01:10:06):
it was supposed to come out, uh, you know, they
actually came out with a new coolant about five years ago,
and now here we are changing again. Uh. In my opinion,
guys put a little time into getting it right and
quit changing it every other year. I mean, that's that's
really what's happening. And it's not the HV, it's not

(01:10:29):
the AC manufacturers. This one is being shoved down their
throats from e p A.

Speaker 2 (01:10:36):
I'm dealing with EPA because well, I'm not going to
go into that, but yuh, you're right. It's the e
p A and and the refrigerates that they come out
with the pressures that are really any more beneficials of
the system. Pressures as far as the long ubiity goes

(01:11:01):
and ease on the equipment.

Speaker 21 (01:11:04):
No, what I'm talking.

Speaker 5 (01:11:05):
About, honestly, I I honestly think there's gonna be more
breakdowns with this new systems because they are operating on
higher pressures. They've got more check valves, shut off switches
and all this stuff that fails, and so we're gonna
end up with more repairs and it's going to cost

(01:11:27):
more money to trace them down to find out which
one actually failed.

Speaker 2 (01:11:32):
Right, I understand. I appreciate you talking to me, George.

Speaker 5 (01:11:37):
You take care, okay, sir, thank you. Okay, Now, this
this new system is a little bit aggravating to say
the least. Anyways, you got a question seven one three, two,
one two, five eight seven four. Let's head over to

(01:11:58):
West Houston, h Ericia, How can I help you?

Speaker 3 (01:12:04):
Hey there, mister Dutton. I have a painted tub about
three four years ago when I bought the condo that
I did and started peeling, so I started removing it.
I've used Jasco Citrix, whatever that name brand is cleaning
products have scraped and sanded and all kinds of mess.
I'm wondering, is there something that will get the rest

(01:12:25):
of the residue off or do you have someone that
you can recommend to.

Speaker 16 (01:12:29):
Take care of that.

Speaker 5 (01:12:32):
I know of nothing that's going to take it off,
because was it paint or was it a redo of
the tub?

Speaker 3 (01:12:39):
I don't know what they did before. What I'm seeing
underneath the places I've been able to clear that look okay.
So I don't know really if it's a redo or
if it's a fresh three years ago when I've got
the place.

Speaker 5 (01:12:57):
Okay, Because if you're and you know, good stuff underneath,
it sounds like somebody had the tub refinished. And you know,
some of the products that are used require special care
and they don't don't hold up all that well. When
they don't get that special care, they look good, but
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Speaker 16 (01:13:29):
Okay.

Speaker 5 (01:13:31):
Uh, and I don't, I say, I don't. Let me
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(01:13:54):
give them give them a call because they're actually in
that business of refinishing tubs and they do come in
behind other companies sometimes and have to work that stuff,
so they should be able to go over what it
would take.

Speaker 3 (01:14:08):
Okay, wonderful, Thank you so much.

Speaker 5 (01:14:11):
You're welcome. You take care, thank again. Seven one three
two one two five eight seven four Spike, this is Jim.
How can I help you?

Speaker 15 (01:14:26):
Well, I just heard you all just cout of there
just a few minutes ago, and I heard you talking
about the new refrigerants for home systems HVAHT systems now
and then you said something about that the current refrigerant
is different than it was like ten years ago.

Speaker 11 (01:14:46):
Yes, sir, so it's not four ten a anymore.

Speaker 5 (01:14:52):
Oh, they'd already come out with a different one and
now we're going into another one.

Speaker 15 (01:14:57):
So the one they got now what is that?

Speaker 8 (01:15:00):
What's it called?

Speaker 5 (01:15:01):
I gotta be honest, I don't keep up with the
names of them, uh, like I should. I own an
ac company, and I just know that I have to
keep adding storage on my vans and trucks to add
bodies for the new coolands they keep coming out with.

Speaker 15 (01:15:18):
So it's no longer four ten ally.

Speaker 5 (01:15:22):
Currently No, the current one is four ten A. I'm sorry, yes,
currently current on.

Speaker 15 (01:15:27):
So that's been around fifteen years or so.

Speaker 5 (01:15:32):
But they there was another one that came out about
five years ago that they were pushing and it didn't
get the mandate that this current one asked it, and
so a lot of companies didn't switch to it.

Speaker 27 (01:15:45):
Some did, okay, So so the there was something as
the interim one, you know, so like, yes, you get
a train unit, it's probably going to be four ten A, gotcha, okay.

Speaker 5 (01:15:59):
I will train has a train has already shut down.
They're manufacturing on the four ten A uh, and had
to make the switch to the new coolant. That doesn't
mean there's not systems still. There's there's still systems available,
but the supply houses are running out because they will
not be allowed to sell them after January first, so

(01:16:21):
they're not going to carry an inventory through the end
of the year. They're already switched over.

Speaker 27 (01:16:28):
So yeah, I'll get a four real quick, get it.

Speaker 5 (01:16:32):
And that's what I've been telling everybody. If you're having
to make us get an AC unit, get it now,
because after the first of the year, it's going to
be a thirty to forty increase.

Speaker 15 (01:16:46):
Well, thank you so much. I appreciate you show all right.

Speaker 5 (01:16:50):
Thank you sir, take care and again our number seven
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With Jim Dutton, Hey welcome back to Texas Home Improvements.
Your total home improvement sour seven one three two one
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How are you today, good afternoon?

Speaker 26 (01:20:36):
Doing good?

Speaker 19 (01:20:38):
Well?

Speaker 5 (01:20:38):
How can I help you?

Speaker 1 (01:20:40):
Okay?

Speaker 28 (01:20:40):
This this deals with a older wood frame house, maybe
build back in mid seventies or so. And uh when
I was moved into where it sits now, it was
folks got a I guess it's saying foundation four. I want,
I must want to say. It's probably like sandbox hand
but maybe not that consistency. But I knew it was

(01:21:00):
trucked in from somewhere, and you know over the heres, uh,
you know it stays dry underneath there and over there
as you got. It's on a peer and beam foundation
with uh center box and you know house uh constantly shifts.
You know, I'm always un there, you know, replacing bricks
or releveling it. But over the years, various friends and

(01:21:20):
I had told my parents that if you run I
guess a soaker holes around the perimeter of the house, that.

Speaker 21 (01:21:27):
Would take care of a little of that problem.

Speaker 28 (01:21:30):
But my question is, though, well, that's sand. I guess
over time whisk enough water to the center perimeter of
that house to take care of those bricks, or is
it always going to be dry there? And that just
takes care of the outside perimeter of the house, you know,
because with the dry summers, you know, it's you know,
it's the house has always been shifting. But not the
pain of my question, they getting well the water uh

(01:21:53):
so through to get to the center, you know, in
the middle of the house, I go.

Speaker 5 (01:21:57):
So I would have to assume that underneath that sand
layer they put in, it's probably got an expansive clay,
and when the expansive clay dries out, it shrinks. When
it gets wet, it expands again. So it's impossible to
keep it dry all the time. And that's the reason
you water it, to keep it moist and keep it expanded. Now,

(01:22:18):
the only concern that I would have on watering on
what you're talking about is those center columns. It's going
to work great for the perimeter of the house. But
those center columns if they're sitting on the surface of
the sand, on the top of the sand layer, and
you start watering, and there was any type of dig

(01:22:41):
out to put this foundation in you could actually cause
the sand to start shifting a little bit and settle down. Now,
you would think it at some point it would consolidate
enough where it stopped doing that, but you do run
a little bit of risk of that. So truthfully, what
I would do prior to starting to a watering program

(01:23:03):
on that, and I wholeheartedly believe in the watering is
go in and just stick a pro rod down into
the ground and see how deep that sand is. And
you may know already are those blocks the pads sitting
on the surface or do they go down into the
ground some for those columns.

Speaker 28 (01:23:24):
It's on a I guess a flat concrete block that's
maybe eight eight by maybe four inches of three. That's
you know, the the that block, and then then maybe
there might be three concrete center blocks on top of that,
and then above that hits the beam is just you
know what shims or whatever the foundation people found back

(01:23:44):
then to put underneath there to shim it up.

Speaker 5 (01:23:46):
Yeah, so that that block, though, that four inch block
that's at the bottom is just sitting on the sands
on the top ten right, yes, yes, yeah, So definitely
probe and see how much sand is there. First and
that will also will help you understand if there's a
moisture in it already. But watering definitely helps. It'll help

(01:24:07):
stabilize the perimeter a whole lot faster than that interior
because it does take time for the moisture to travel.
If you go to our website thhipro dot com, you'll
see some watering instructions on there in a video how
to set up a do it yourself watering system with
soaker hoses, and it shows it for a for a

(01:24:29):
slab foundation, but it works on peer and beam and
blocking base as well.

Speaker 28 (01:24:35):
Okay, and well that'll I guess eventually risk to the
more to the center perimeter. Oh yeah, center part part
of the house that over the years or months, and
I know it takes some time to get there, but
I guess it'll eventually happened to where when I get
on either all the sand will be Eventually I feel
some moisture to it, not just the outside perimeter but

(01:24:55):
as well as the middle.

Speaker 5 (01:24:56):
I guess, well, if if it's working right, what's going
to happen is the the moisture's going to go down
into that clay and that's or on the surface between
the sand and the clay and travel to the middle
that way. The thing you got to watch is that
it doesn't get so much water that the sand begins
to hold water. You want it just to keep the

(01:25:17):
clay moist and expanded, not to saturate the sand.

Speaker 28 (01:25:22):
Right, because I think even various folks have said, you know,
and I do this about maybe fifteen to twenty minutes
a day, twice a day. How many times a day
I got, I guess a day twenty minutes and then
shut the water off and then you know, just get.

Speaker 5 (01:25:33):
That practice and in it. Eventually you'll solve it exactly.
And if you'll follow those instructions I got on the
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timer where you don't have to go out and mess
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You know, Ready Seal is a product that you can
put on any wood. I always talk about it for
outside would but you can use it inside as well.
And you know, earlier today we had a call from
a guy about his front door wanting to protect it
and whether he should go back with fiberglass or wood.
You know, you can go back with a wooden door

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if you want to put some Ready Seal on it.
You just wipe it on. It soaks deep down into
the pores of the wood protecting it, and every couple
of years you can put another coat on there and
it's very simple to do. It literally takes just a
few minutes on a door. So if you're looking for
something that can protect the fence, the deck, the dock,

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the front door, whatever wood you're trying to protect, Ready
Seal is what you want to take a look at.
It's available at the box stores, lumberyards, hardware stores, and
of course you can go to readycal dot com to
find a store nearest to you.