A New A/C Coil?

Jim starts with an email question about a roofing contractor. He then takes some calls about the cost for a new A/C coil, a whole home surge protector, a chimney cap, geothermal systems, economic homeowners insurance, a radiant barrier, and more. Jim continues in the second hour on the phone lines answering more home improvement questions.  

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
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Speaker 7 (01:16):
E Hey, welcome to Texas Home Improvement, your Total Home
Improvement source. Seven one three two one two five, eight
seven four. Happy to be back from vacation, ready to
take calls and answer questions again. Seven one three two
one two five eight seven fours the number to call. Also,

(01:38):
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But we're here to take calls and answer questions. So
seven one three two one two five eight seven four

(02:02):
is the number to call. And you know, while while
I was gone on vacation, I had quite a few
email questions come in that I haven't got to so
I will use some of those today as well as
taking your calls and answering questions. So seven one three
two one two five eight seven four. So this is

(02:23):
I'm going to start with one about a roof because
this has been a common question while I was gone
because of Burrow. So Rod in clear Lake was saying,
roof inspector, roof inspector to take a look after burrow.
My insurance company USAA recommended I do this before filing

(02:45):
acclaim regards. Okay, I recommend it as well, because you
don't need a ding on your insurance that you you know,
had a question whether you had a roof problem or not,
so get it looked at first. You typically have a
year or and in some cases up to two years

(03:08):
to file a claim, so it's not like you have
to do this immediately. If your roof is damaged where
it's leaking, the roofing contractor is going to put that
as a priority. If it's just an inspection like this,
they'll book an appointment with you, but it's going to
be out a little bit because they are swamped right

(03:29):
now with calls from the hurricane. So I would tell
you to call Guardian roof Systems at two eight one
four zero seven seven two eight zero. Again it's two
eight one four zero seven seven to two eight zero,
and look, any roofing contractor who's any good is swamped

(03:53):
right now, so you know, leave your name and number.
If a machine picks up, give it a few days,
and if you don't hear back, follow up. They really
are that busy right now and You don't need a
roofing contractor who's going to just simply gear up because
a storm came in. You need people with experience coming

(04:16):
out to give you answers. You don't need roofing contractors
who are going out knocking on doors because if they're
having to go knock on doors to drum up business
right now, they probably aren't any good, plain and simple.
So yeah, like get like I said, give Guardian roof
Systems a call, got a question seven one three two

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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, your total home improvement source. With that
being said, let's head up to Austin first and Matt,
this is Jim. How can I help you there?

Speaker 8 (05:00):
Thank you?

Speaker 9 (05:01):
Do you have an approximate cost for a coil replacement
on an air conditioner about ten years old, well brand Linux?

Speaker 7 (05:12):
Okay? You are probably going to be looking at the
four to forty five hundred range.

Speaker 9 (05:21):
Okay, And that would include refilling free on levels stuff
like that. Usually if the if the existing coil is
all rusted, that's most likely the leak.

Speaker 7 (05:36):
On the end. I would have to be looking at
the at the coil because most coils don't rust, they're aluminum.

Speaker 9 (05:45):
Yeap, yes, okay, that's good, all right, Hey, well, thank
you for your help.

Speaker 7 (05:52):
You're welcome, sir, and again our number seven one three, two,
one two five eight seven four. And look, if you're
putting that much into fixing a ten or twelve year
old system, I'm going to tell you may want to

(06:13):
look at replacement. Starting January one, there's going to be
new rules as far as what has to happen on
replacement systems, new coolants again, and all this stuff, and
the current coolants are going to be available forever to
come forward, long after the system that you put in
would die. But because of all the new regulations and stuff,

(06:36):
AC systems are going to go up about thirty eight
percent on January one. That's a lot. And so if
your system's at the end of its life, now's probably
the time you want to start looking at a replacement.
Between now and the end of the year. The other thing,

(06:56):
the ductwork is going to have to pass static tests now,
something they don't do.

Speaker 10 (07:02):
Uh.

Speaker 7 (07:03):
And again this starts January one, something they currently don't
have to do. And they're increasing the r value of
the duckwork again, so that's going to go up substantially
as well, so you need to be prepared for that. Again,
if you got a question seven one three two one
two five eight seven four, that's seven one three two

(07:25):
one two five eight seven four. And I'll see what
I can do to help you out here on Texas
Home Improvement. Let's see this comes from Art and willis
what do you recommend for insulating the garage door to
reduce the heat inside the garage radiant barrier? In fact,

(07:47):
if you'll get you some of the bubble wrap type
radiant barrier, you can get it even at the box stores.
If you've got a metal garage door, they have a
lip that turns down on the inside that you can
use sheet metal screws to screw the radium barrier to it,
so you'll have a dead air space between the door
itself and the radium barrier. Uh and it blocks the

(08:11):
heat that gets onto that door from coming into the
garage cavity. Can make a huge difference on the temperatures
in that garage, and a radium barrier like that is
really cheap to do. So, Yeah, that's that's what I
would recommend. It's a bubble wrap type radium barrier.

Speaker 10 (08:32):
UH.

Speaker 7 (08:32):
Energy Q Radium Barrier has it available, but it's available
at the box stores as well. 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 Kingwood and Brandon. This is Jim. How can I

(08:53):
help you?

Speaker 2 (08:55):
Hey, Jim?

Speaker 10 (08:55):
How are you today?

Speaker 7 (08:56):
Wonderful? How about you?

Speaker 10 (08:58):
Good?

Speaker 6 (08:58):
Good?

Speaker 4 (08:59):
Little hot?

Speaker 8 (09:00):
Hey?

Speaker 11 (09:00):
Got a question for you, what are your thoughts on
whole home surge protectors? You know, with the grid that
we have here and as much as lights go on off, on, off,
what are your thoughts? And then I have another question
regarding soft starts for a home a system with a generator.

Speaker 7 (09:25):
We're needing the surge protectors more and more all the
time as our grid becomes less and less stable. I mean, uh,
and let's be real, how many people have we added
to the grid without upgrading this thing that was put
in how many decades ago? Uh, We're just we're taxing

(09:48):
it to the limits. And so yes, it's becoming more
and more critical to have surge protectors on our homes.

Speaker 11 (09:58):
So they are beneficial.

Speaker 7 (09:59):
They absolutely purpose.

Speaker 11 (10:01):
Okay, Now are they panel specific? Like I have a
square D panel, so when I searched for one, it
needs to be something that is compatible with my panel,
or they are they installed on the panel or.

Speaker 7 (10:16):
Yeah, there's there's different ones you can get, but typically
it's not going to be panel specific. It's going to
tie in between between the the meter a panel itself. Yeah, okay,
all right, good deal.

Speaker 11 (10:33):
And then the soft starts. Yes, I had I had
installed one and I was able to get my you know,
AC working and everything and through the through the power
outage and it worked great. But what was happening with
it is after I got the off the generator with
the power flickering, there was it was kicking a lot

(10:54):
of faults on it and it wasn't allowing the compressor
to kick back on, so I needed to take it off.
Do our soft starts beneficial to just regular running of
the AC as you know, as opposed to just for generators.

Speaker 7 (11:11):
You know, there are times where we need them, but
mostly it is on the generators. Typically what we need
more than a soft start when we're on the regular
power grid is a hard start kit. And so, uh,
they and they are differences in them. Uh so generators, Yeah,

(11:34):
the soft start because what happens is the surge that
the unit pulls is too much for generators a lot
of times, and so the soft start helps that.

Speaker 11 (11:47):
Okay, all right, good deal. Okay, well I appreciate jam,
thank you.

Speaker 7 (11:51):
Sir, you bet you take care? What and again our
number seven one three two one two five eight seven four.
We're gonna take a quick break here on Texas Home Improvement.
When we come back, Joe, you'll be up first, and
beyond that, I got open lines. So seven one three
two one two five eight seven four. All right, let's

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talk about windows. You know, if you listen to the
show for any length of time, you know it's a
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have to take very seriously is who the company I recommend.
So if you need windows for your home, I want
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Speaker 13 (14:33):
When Jim Dutton of Texas Home Improvement recommends a comedy,
he won't steer you wrong, and he recommends Guardian roof Systems.

Speaker 7 (14:40):
Said down to Leak City.

Speaker 8 (14:42):
Hello jd Hey Jim, how you doing that?

Speaker 5 (14:44):
Man?

Speaker 14 (14:44):
I did call you last week about a timneycat cleek
and I'd had somebody come out and basically.

Speaker 10 (14:50):
They ripped me off.

Speaker 14 (14:51):
You recommended I called Guardian Roofing. I did call the
The technician came out, he was on time, he's courteous.
He said, yep, they've used the wrong type of sealing.
He cleaned it and resealed it, and man, that did it.
Kudos to you for recommending Guardian, and kudos to Guardian
for doing a polite, pleasant good.

Speaker 10 (15:10):
Job for me.

Speaker 14 (15:11):
I really really appreciate that, and thank you so much.

Speaker 6 (15:14):
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Speaker 7 (15:59):
Hey, welcome back. Seven one three two one two five
eight seven four. Again it's seven one three two one
two five eight seven four. For any home improvement question
you have, We're going to head out to Jersey Village. Joe,
how can I help you today?

Speaker 10 (16:16):
Well, I think I just got my answer while I
was listening to the break commercial. And I have a roofing,
I mean a chimney cat problem. I think, ok, and uh,
I heard a previous caller had called and asked about
the same thing, and you've returned the Guardian ruthing. But

(16:37):
I've got two chimneys. One is a with a is
the outside one story brick chase chimney, and the other
one in there cheat metal fireboxes inside. The other one
is a tiding. You know it's it's the conventional interior

(17:00):
fireplace chimney chase with the sighting on it. The brick
one is the ones leaking, and I was thinking it
only leaks when there's like a hurricane or side blowing
wind and rain and it drips in the fire box openings.

Speaker 7 (17:19):
Okay, so does it currently have a chimney cap on it.

Speaker 10 (17:25):
Yes, they both have the same kind of It's a
conventional square chimney cap. I have the you know, the
duck work, the aluminum or sheet metal duck chimney pipe
inside the chase, you know the round for the aluminum

(17:46):
box fireplaces. And the house is a built ninety six.
So I'm thinking the outside one could be brick leaking
or is it likely more likely to be the chimney,
I mean the yap.

Speaker 7 (18:01):
It's either going to be the the cap or the
mortar u you know, typically on the top of these
fireplaces there is a mortar bed that goes over the
whole top and if you're a lot of times the
chimney cap is only in the flu itself, you know,
where the pipe comes up, and it doesn't cover that

(18:24):
whole cap, and so that starts leaking, especially after the
number of years that yours is the mortar just dries out,
cracks up there and water can soak down. But the
fact that this is only happening during you know, the
storms like that, I'm actually thinking it's just getting blowing

(18:45):
sideways and getting into the pipe and coming down that way.

Speaker 10 (18:50):
Well, and that was kind of what I was thinking too,
except that the leaking part. It leaks, it's kind of strange.
It's like it's coming off the top of the fire
and leaking right at the opening of the fire place.

Speaker 7 (19:03):
But yeah, but change the way the flues are done.
You know, they don't go straight up. It typically goes
to the back and then angles towards the front, and
so when water comes down it can hit where that
angle is and comes out on the front side.

Speaker 10 (19:24):
Got it, got it? Got it? Okay? Well, and so
should I call guardian roofing?

Speaker 7 (19:34):
Yeah, you can definitely give them a call, Let them
take a look at it, and they'll be able to see,
you know, if if that's where it's leaking or not.
But be honest with you for what you're describing, they're
going to put you off right now.

Speaker 10 (19:49):
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 7 (19:51):
All all the roofers are just so swamped with the
taking care of roofs that blew off and stuff that.
But yeah, definitely, that's who I would give a call to.

Speaker 10 (19:59):
Though, as opposed to a chimney sweep or something. Chimney company,
go ahead and go go with guardians.

Speaker 7 (20:07):
Yep.

Speaker 10 (20:09):
All right, Well that that answered that question, I think,
and I and I knew that was now. It's not
the time to be changing. Yeah, yeah, rout cap out.

Speaker 7 (20:18):
So yeah, besides that, we got time for another hurricane
to come in.

Speaker 10 (20:24):
Well, that's right, and that's kind of fun. I was
trying to get ready for the next one. But uh, yep,
but all the poor folks that need roofing problems fixed,
ye more pressing right now. And I just need concrete
raising machine to be fixed. I get my concrete rays.
So yep, I'm good to go.

Speaker 7 (20:44):
Thanks, I appreciate it.

Speaker 10 (20:45):
Okay, I can't care next time.

Speaker 7 (20:49):
And look, you know, talking about another hurricane coming in,
but look this we're early in the season. We are
likely to get another storm. Just the type of weather
patterns that were in the trees have been a huge problem.
Make sure your trees are trimmed. The wind can go
through the tree and not blow it over much better

(21:12):
than if it's got everything that ever grew on it
up there. It becomes a wall that gets blown over.
That's also what got in and destroyed a lot of lines, houses,
all kinds of stuff. So you know, if you got
power lines that are running through the trees, get them
trimmed and get the the lines off of it. I

(21:35):
bought a new office and they had the power lines
running right through the trees, and everybody asked me why
I cut those trees down, and it was because I
knew the power lines would be destroyed if a storm
came in. And fortunately we didn't have a power issue
because of it. So we'll be back in a moment.

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Speaker 7 (23:23):
Hey, welcome back to Texas Home Improvement. Seven one three
two one two five eight seven four. Let's head over
to Humble. Is it finny?

Speaker 10 (23:35):
This is finny?

Speaker 15 (23:36):
Yes?

Speaker 7 (23:37):
Hey, how can I help you today?

Speaker 10 (23:39):
So?

Speaker 16 (23:39):
I'm curious about the economics of geothermal heat pump and
cooling in Houston. Here a lot a lot of buzz
about it, but it's like, doesn't look like it's very
economical compared to the normal ac for insulation upfront costs
and wondering how to think about that. Okay, it's coming
up there. We should be. If you're about to change

(24:02):
an AC system. I heard a little bit earlier. You
need to do it sooner than later because of the
changes that are coming up.

Speaker 15 (24:09):
Though.

Speaker 7 (24:09):
Well, if you got like a six or eight year
old system, I would not bother looking at a new one.
Yet if you have a say twelve year old or
fifteen year old system, yeah, I'd be looking okay. But
the geothermal systems typically cost about twice what it does
to put in a regular system because they have to
drill these wells. And originally they tried doing them at

(24:33):
like two hundred feet I think it was, and it
just wasn't deep enough. It was scorching the earth. When
they were doing the heat transfer, it was overheating the
soils and stuff. And so now they go quite a
bit deeper. And if i'm and I may be way
off on these numbers, but I want to say they're
going like up to four hundred feet now on some

(24:54):
of them, And it depends on the size of your lot.
Now here's the upside to using them. The average life
on a conventional system is about fifteen years, that's typically
what the manufacturers make them. For a geothermal system is

(25:14):
like twenty five years, so they last quite a bit longer.
Their energy consumption is substantially less, but the conventional has
really been creeping up and getting fairly close to them.
Geothermals can operate typically at like a thirty two seer rating,

(25:37):
and they maybe have some that are a little better
than that. Now even conventional now you're getting up into
the twenty two seer rating, but you're paying dearly, and
when you get into those high of seer ratings, they're
running neck and neck price wise. The other advantage though

(25:59):
to a geothermal system, once those wells are drilled, if
they're deep enough, if you do have to change out equipment,
the same well can be used. So the second goal
round is again substantially less expensive.

Speaker 16 (26:17):
Okay, and if you don't have a lot of property,
I have a very small lot, do they Is it
cost effective in the technology they have to go deep
with the drilling capabilities, or is it more expensive because
they it's just not during them is not a way
to do it.

Speaker 10 (26:37):
You know.

Speaker 7 (26:38):
Yeah, it's you've got to have a big enough lot
to do it. And basically the way they design them
is one whole per ton of cooling. And so if
you've got say five tons of air conditioning, they're going
to have to drill five different wells. And that's that's
where the big expense comes in.

Speaker 16 (26:59):
Okay. And then the longevity of the material that they
put in the whale. I mean, is it a coil.

Speaker 7 (27:07):
Or tube or something they put down there, or it's
a tube that goes down and comes back up because
and then the hole itself is injected with a gel.
Because basically what they're doing is running a fluid through
that tube that's dispersing the heat that's being pulled out
of the air into the cool soils down there. Okay,

(27:29):
and that's where it pulls, it's cooling. Then that comes
back and circulates through the coils to cool down the
air inside.

Speaker 15 (27:36):
The home.

Speaker 16 (27:38):
In the lifetime of that, I mean, is that gonna
ever erode.

Speaker 7 (27:43):
And you need to be replaced or no, it's all
polytype stuff.

Speaker 16 (27:48):
Okay, okay.

Speaker 17 (27:51):
And then and.

Speaker 16 (27:54):
So who would be the leaders who would you recommend
for geothermal cooling and heating in this area?

Speaker 7 (28:02):
You know, that's where you run into the big issues.
There's not very many people doing it, and so that's
if you ever have to have it worked on or
anything like that it becomes a real problem. You're you're
you've got a limited number of people who can work
on it.

Speaker 8 (28:21):
Uh.

Speaker 7 (28:23):
There was a company I had checked out that their
their systems are manufactured in Florida. Uh it's GEO and
I cannot remember that the full name of them at
this point. Okay, but that that is the one I
would recommend because they've been doing it for a very

(28:47):
long time.

Speaker 16 (28:50):
Okay, all right. Basically the other question that we're looking
at generators and not sure. You know, there's there's air cole,
there's water cool there's I'm worried about the duty cycle,
Like how long these these units can run, because some

(29:12):
of the areas got impacted, you know, more than a week,
some of the areas you know, sure a week. So
what what should be considered in looking at a whole
house generator?

Speaker 7 (29:25):
Well, the whole house generators they're designed to run for
an extended period of time. The big thing you got
to look at is what you want to use to
fuel them, because you know, natural gas versus LP gas
is going to be your big choices. And the thing is,

(29:45):
if a really bad hurricane comes in and it starts
destroying homes and stuff, you're gonna have gas leaks all
over the natural gas supply goes down. Now you don't
have a generator working where if you've got the LP
gas that's on your property, if you if you somehow

(30:06):
made it through and weren't destroyed, then you got the generator.
Going as far as brands, I mean, you've got Generac,
which is about eighty percent of the market. And you know,
some people will complain about them because of different complaints
on them, but I mean, quite frankly, they've put in

(30:28):
so many they're going to have some issues. You've got
Cummins makes a couple of the systems, and Kohler makes systems.
All three of them are good systems, but if for
ease of getting them worked on, typically Generack is going
to be the one that is the most common and

(30:48):
probably easiest to get worked on, and typically the one
I recommend.

Speaker 16 (30:52):
All right, all right, thank you so much.

Speaker 7 (30:54):
You bet take care, And let's talk real quick about
American Standard, because if you're looking for air conditioning systems,
we were just talking about geothermal. You know, American Standard
has some systems that will almost rival the energy efficiency
of the geothermal systems. And when you start looking at

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I'm thinking about putting the band back together.

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We're back with Jim Dunton on Texas Home Improvement.

Speaker 7 (34:20):
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
pulled my material out while we were on the break there.

Speaker 8 (34:35):
Uh.

Speaker 7 (34:35):
The one that I have looked up on geothermals, uh
cool air conditioning systems and such is water furnace. And UH,
if if you're wanting to take a look at geothermal
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water furnace is the one that I would recommend you

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go take a look at. Uh. So they in I
believe if they do have some dealers in the Houston area,
and I know their systems and they work well. So
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already that I've kind of followed this company from years ago.
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How can I help you today?

Speaker 12 (35:34):
Hey?

Speaker 18 (35:34):
Yeah, you doing? Thank you for taking my call to Jim,
appreciate it my pleasure. I want to find out where
would be a good place to start to look for
homeowners insurance for saving because my current carriers going up
or has already gone up about twelve hundred dollars from
last year. So I was wondering where's a good place
to start to look for insurance because want to talk

(35:57):
to Liberty Mutual. They said they weren't taking they weren't
doing any claims for anybody in Texas, especially this part
of Texas, and that you said Texas is good to
be like Florida for claims and a lot of carriers
aren't taking new claims from people in this.

Speaker 7 (36:13):
Area new clients, Yeah.

Speaker 18 (36:15):
Yeah, new clients. And so I'm wanting to find out,
you know, where I can go shopping and to look
for saving some money here.

Speaker 7 (36:22):
Well, yeah, you got a couple of choices, I mean
one you can start calling the different companies yourself. I
don't know if you have access to USAA, but they're
usually pretty good Hartford. Uh, you know there's several companies
out there. Otherwise you can go to a broker who
can shop the market for you.

Speaker 18 (36:42):
Okay, well, I'm currently using TGS and they looked around
and said they couldn't find anything less than then look, uh,
talk to another one that's in the r area over
here in Katie. But was wanting to find out if
there were any other brokers in town that you know
that you know that are you know, able to save
people money? And then I keep hearing the All State

(37:04):
commercial when when you know, the radio is on break
and they talk about saving people, you know, money on
homeowners insurance. But I don't know if that's just a
nationwide advertising that they don't really mean it for our area.

Speaker 7 (37:18):
Because well normally if you're going to hear it like that,
it's going to be for that area as well. Unless
it says specifically that some stays not included, you mind
might being really nosy since really nobody knows who you are.
What rates are you looking to have at paying?

Speaker 18 (37:41):
Well, some are less than four thousand a year for
about a twenty seven hundred square foot house that's I
don't know, valued at forty one or at least that's
what my current policy says.

Speaker 7 (37:51):
Take the deal and be tickled to death. You got
it for that?

Speaker 19 (37:54):
Oh okay, good to know.

Speaker 18 (37:58):
So that's kind of a going rate better than the
going right huh yeah, okay, okay.

Speaker 7 (38:05):
Insurance has really skyrocketed in the last couple of years,
and the closer you are to the coast, the more
it costs. But I can tell you I've got a
place in Pasadena, and I've got one up in North
Texas in the Dallas Fort Worth area, and that's a
good rate.

Speaker 18 (38:24):
Okay, all right, thank you.

Speaker 16 (38:26):
Well.

Speaker 18 (38:27):
I do have one of the questions, of course, changes
to the hurricanes and problems, and I heard the fella
from the call while ago talk about generators, and that
was a good point about if the gas pressure goes
down because there's some kind of problem or a catastrophic leak,
then nobody has gas pressure, so the whole home generators
don't work. So as far as the generator that is,

(38:48):
it better to get something that's fueled for multi sources
like regular unleaded gas and propane, or it's.

Speaker 7 (38:55):
Just regular well and answering. Now we're saying an an
LP tank okay, because you know then you've you've got
the choice of bringing stuff in. And I can tell
you a whole house, like a twenty two thousand WAT
generator will run for about three weeks on a I

(39:17):
believe it's a two hundred and fifty gallon tank.

Speaker 18 (39:20):
Okay, okay, And what about smaller units that would just
run like fridge and maybe a little portable air conditioner
for the room, and then I don't know Wi Fi.
And that's about it.

Speaker 7 (39:31):
Well, I just spent while I was on my vacation,
I've been running off generator the whole time for two
weeks with my RV and stuff. And I just carried
a little thirty five hundred watt generator with me and
it would run the AC in the in the r
V and stuff and it's dual power GASP and LP

(39:54):
and it did great. So I like those And what
I want went with was a little Champion that I
actually got several years ago at Camping World.

Speaker 18 (40:07):
Okay, Champion branded Camping World.

Speaker 10 (40:09):
Yep.

Speaker 7 (40:10):
They're the they're the yellow generators. I mean, if you're
gonna get one, get the ones. That have the inverter
on them because they run so much quieter.

Speaker 18 (40:22):
Okay, all right, And thirty five hundred watts is good
for powering to fridge and a few other things.

Speaker 7 (40:28):
Oh, it'll it'll power a lot of things.

Speaker 18 (40:31):
Okay, what are those run for roughly these days?

Speaker 7 (40:35):
I don't know what they're going for nowadays. But it
wasn't thousands of dollars. It was in the hundreds.

Speaker 15 (40:42):
Oh wow.

Speaker 18 (40:44):
Okay, and you're about thirty five hundred Watson General Champion brand.

Speaker 7 (40:49):
Okay, thank you, Jim, you met. Take care. Hey, we're
gonna take a quick break. We'll be right back with more.
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Man?

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I did call them.

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I really really appreciate that and thank you so much.

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Speaker 7 (44:30):
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. Hey, Charlie,
it's Jim. How can I help you?

Speaker 15 (44:45):
I have a high energy bill, high electric bill. My
house is about three two hundred square feet with maybe
one hundred and fifty square feet quarters above the garage,
and the electric is uh six hundred dollars a mone.
I was wondering what suggestions you might have for.

Speaker 7 (45:05):
Boring that electrical How old a home is it?

Speaker 15 (45:10):
Forty years?

Speaker 7 (45:12):
How old? Okay? And what do you set your thermostat.

Speaker 15 (45:19):
At seventy eight ooh.

Speaker 7 (45:24):
And then how old is the HVAC system?

Speaker 15 (45:30):
Ten to fifteen years? Okay, depending on there's three units.

Speaker 7 (45:36):
Yeah wow, okay, So here's the first things I would
be looking at. Then, first we need to check the
insulation in the attic. One of the cheapest things you
can do for energy efficiency would be a radiant barrier.
Take a look at energy Q radiant barrier. You lay
it on the attic floor and that keeps the heat

(45:57):
that's in the attic from coming into the living space. That,
dollar for dollar, is going to be the absolute cheapest
thing you can do. And I got some other things
to go over with you, Charlie, but we're gonna have
to take a break for news, traffic and weather. I'm
going to put you on hold and we will come
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Speaker 7 (48:41):
Hey, Welcome back to Texas Home Improvements. Your total home
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(49:28):
When we left, we were talking with Charlie about energy
efficiency and uh, he's running a very high electric bill
for the size of his home and especially for where
he's set in the thermostat. So you know, one of
the things that the first thing I recommended is a
radiant barrier Energy Q radiant barrier laid on the attic floor.

(49:51):
But Charlie, some of the other things that you can
take a look at. Obviously a forty year old home,
you probably have already double pane windows. That's something you
can look at, though, But insulation, I'm sorry you do not, really, Okay, Well,

(50:13):
then that is definitely something to take a look at.
Is replacement windows, because that can make a pretty big
difference as well. And then beyond the windows, then I
would start telling you to take a look at foam
insulation for the walls. And that can be retrofitted, you know.

(50:36):
But the thing that's really bothering me is you're setting
having to set your thermostat at seventy eight and running
that high a bill. Do you have a swimming pool
or anything like that. I do, okay, So that's going
to add to your electric bill obviously quite a bit. Typically,

(51:03):
with a swimming pool on the size house that you
just mentioned, I would be looking for an electric bill
probably around three fifty a month.

Speaker 15 (51:14):
So how much is the does the pool pump uh
ad per month?

Speaker 7 (51:21):
Well, depending on how well it's running, it's usually going
to run you one hundred hundred and fifty bucks a month,
you know. And an older pool pump that is not
running very efficiently in other words, it's got worn parts

(51:42):
in it and stuff like that, can actually run a
little bit more. So you may want to consider having
that check to see is it the best pump that
And I'm not talking about the pump itself, I'm talking
about the electric motor for the pump. Yeah, you know,
I think I would have that checked out before I
started spending a bunch of money on other stuff in

(52:04):
the house. So my first thing would be, like I said,
the radiant barrier, then I'd probably go to that pool
pump and have it checked out. Check for leaks in
the home, you know where air can be escaping. Fireplaces
are notorious for it, wall insulation, windows, those are going

(52:26):
to be your primary things. The age of your air
conditioners can absolutely make a big difference because as an
AC system ages, it becomes less efficient. And if you've
got units that are fifteen years old, they were probably
a SEER rating of fourteen when they were put in,

(52:50):
and my guess is they're probably operating around eight at
this point. So putting in new units can save quite
a bit. But here's the thing. You have to look at,
how much do you spend to save a little bit.
So an air conditioning system is a good example. They're expensive,

(53:11):
They're no two ways about it. It's expensive. So you
spend fifteen thousand to put in new air conditioners to
save one hundred bucks a month, the payback is pretty
darn slow. Where the radiant barrier you'll spend two thousand
and the payback will be a few months. And so

(53:33):
that's that's how I'd like to look at stuff. And
the same is going to be with that pool pump.
And I got an idea that's one of the things
that's probably running up the bill. The next thing I
would have checked out is actually my breaker box, because
you could have a something that's arcing, you know, loose
connections in there that can be running up the bill

(53:54):
a lot as well.

Speaker 15 (53:58):
It's tilly tilly, But.

Speaker 7 (54:02):
Did you have the high bills before it was put in?

Speaker 15 (54:05):
Yes?

Speaker 7 (54:06):
Okay, so now we're going back to the other items.

Speaker 15 (54:09):
Then the energy queue you mentioned, is that something that's
going to go on top of the floor. You said
it's it's partially only partially floored, but.

Speaker 7 (54:21):
Yeah, well it doesn't have to go on top of
the floor. That's just where I put it in my
house because it can because it can. It can be
sandwiched behind materials, it can be put on the roof rafters.
But the closer you get it to the air conditioned space,
the better.

Speaker 15 (54:39):
Okay, okay, And the next thing is the easy thing
for me. We check out that the new ones, they're
supposed to be more efficient, but they're very expensive. But
there would be paid back there.

Speaker 16 (54:55):
Yeah.

Speaker 7 (54:57):
I'm just looking at you know, what you put into
it versus how it'll pay back. And I think those
two items are gonna be your quickest.

Speaker 15 (55:04):
Okay, I'll take it out all righty very much.

Speaker 7 (55:09):
You take care.

Speaker 15 (55:10):
Thanks Jim bye.

Speaker 7 (55:12):
Seven one three two one two five eight seven four.
Mike and Baytown, how are you today?

Speaker 2 (55:20):
I'm doing good, Jim.

Speaker 10 (55:21):
You probably remember me.

Speaker 2 (55:22):
I'm the guy that had the house on blocks, that
couldn't get it leveled for anything short of the national debt.
And you came out and uh with a crew and
fixed it up in a short harder time hit a
really good price. And I noticed, and I get around
a lot and I hear people talking about, well, we
have a house on blocks and nobody will come and

(55:43):
level it, or we got a guy that's gonna come
level and he's got a you know, a six foot
level and you know yeah. And I just wanted to
put it on your program that you did a fantastic
job for me and you were really cost wise, very good.
And I have another high live owned the Bay now

(56:04):
on Burnett Bab but I still have the other house
and it's still it's pretty well plumbed. I just want
to sing your praises on this. I know I've talked
to you on the show before, but the other thing
I want to talk.

Speaker 10 (56:19):
To you about.

Speaker 2 (56:21):
Is these uh these companies that clean.

Speaker 7 (56:24):
Your air conditioning events, yes, or the duck work?

Speaker 2 (56:28):
Are they work? Because a friend of mine had it
done and it was really expensive. He said he didn't
I don't know what really expensive means, but uh, he said,
it blows better. But are they worth that kind of stuff?
Or is that mostly smoking mirrors?

Speaker 7 (56:44):
Most of the time it's not needed. Now, there are
times where you need to have duck work cleaned. Uh.
If you had a lot of remodeling done and the
duckworks weren't covered, a bunch of dust went up in there,
get them cleaned. Uh. But you know, uh, a lot
of times people will say, well, you know, my house
is ten years old, they've never been cleaned. I need

(57:06):
to get them cleaned. Look to decide if they need
to be cleaned, take a vent off reach in there
and see if it's dirty. And if it is, why
is it dirty? Because all the air that goes through
your duckwork should be filtered air already. So what's getting
in there that's causing this problem? And that needs to
be addressed more so than the cleaning.

Speaker 2 (57:27):
Even Okay that I was kind of thinking that way,
but I wanted to hear what you had to say
about it.

Speaker 7 (57:36):
Yeah, And.

Speaker 2 (57:38):
Who's a good person to put that hardy plank on
a on a house? It's the one on the Bay.

Speaker 7 (57:46):
Yeah, Victor's Remodeling and Construction and you can reach them
at eight three to two two four three.

Speaker 10 (57:57):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (57:59):
Okay, when did your police officer?

Speaker 10 (58:01):
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I suppose you're not going to loan me one of
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this is your lucky day, and he let him go
and went over to the seven eleven and got a pin.

Speaker 10 (58:36):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (58:37):
I'll tell you just a little short when I was
with the Montgomery Kenny Sheriff's Office, when I just got
my master's and I was working on other things, but
I wrote, I said, we stopped the guy Woodlands Parkway
that was speeding, and I had a training sergeant with me,
and I got out to go up to riding, and
I said, hey, Bud, how about showing me your pilot's license?

(58:58):
And he opened his billfoy and showed me up.

Speaker 7 (59:01):
There you go.

Speaker 2 (59:03):
Well, okay, see you later, watch you seeed. I walk
back and CHARD said what happened? Not coming in writing?
And I said, I asked you more the where his
pilot's license were? And he showed me one.

Speaker 17 (59:15):
What can I say?

Speaker 2 (59:18):
But anyway, I want to think the phrases old level
in houses, old blocks.

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Hey, I appreciate that. Mike. You take care, okay, bye
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This is Texas Home Improvement with Jim Dutton.

Speaker 7 (01:02:16):
Welcome back to Texas Home Improvement seven three two one
two five eighty seven four. We're gonna head straight out
to Crosby Dorothy.

Speaker 20 (01:02:25):
How are you today, Jimmy, I'm sorry, Jim, it's this Hue.

Speaker 7 (01:02:31):
Yes, ma'am.

Speaker 20 (01:02:32):
Okay. The question I have is have a slam foundation
and it is the living room. It's sunken living room. Now,
I have a window that had been leaking, but I
had that all cocked and sealed. It's fine. I've even

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taken the dry wall away to see if any more
water is coming in. Nothing seems to be coming in
from the window. However, about two and a half feet
further into the room I have I have a ceramic
towel around the circumference of the room and then carpeting
in the center. Now, now it seems there is water

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when these heavy rains that we've had. No waters come
in from the window, but coming up from the slab,
I have it a wet spot about two and a
half feet from that window.

Speaker 7 (01:03:32):
Okay.

Speaker 20 (01:03:33):
Now across the room and it's on the same side, okay,
discovered about two and a half to three feet into
the room under the carpet. Soaken, wet, yep. Now it
shuns to me as though there're the slab may be
cracked in a couple places. Does that make sense?

Speaker 7 (01:03:55):
No? Oh, all right, people worry a crack slab and
I can guarantee you all concrete has cracks in it.
Concrete is also porous, and moisture will go through concrete.
So how old is this home?

Speaker 20 (01:04:14):
It was built the seventies.

Speaker 7 (01:04:15):
Okay, Okay, you're probably dealing with a drainage issue. Now
there's a chance it's cast iron pipes under there and
can be a sewer leak, but more than likely from
what you described to me, it's a drainage issue. And
what happens is, over the years of mowing and mulching

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and landscaping, we change the drainage around our home without
even knowing we're doing it, and the soil rises up
higher and higher on the wall. You know, when the
house was new, there's four inches of concrete showing, and
now it's down to an inch. The water then is
able to migrate through the concrete and come up in

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places like that. And I will bet that's what's going
on with your home.

Speaker 20 (01:05:06):
Well, here's the other thing against that wall. Mean both
letha on the same side of the house. Okay, there's
a patio there be there forever so did damie hasn't
hasn't changed?

Speaker 10 (01:05:25):
Oh?

Speaker 7 (01:05:26):
But it has?

Speaker 20 (01:05:26):
I mean, you know, I mean it wasn't. I mean,
it wasn't like a sidewall with it, just as plants.

Speaker 7 (01:05:32):
Sure, this is a patio, Yeah.

Speaker 20 (01:05:35):
It's a covered patio. So but the only other thing
is on the part of the patio that's near the window. Okay,
that's exposed to the weather. Now, I do have a
circle of where a plant used to be ahead of

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tree in there. Okay, so we put patios zones all
around it. But there is a circle that is dirt. Okay,
I'm just going to fill it in and put stones
in and everything, but I haven't done that yet. My
thought was similarly what you're saying, that that fills up
with water these heavy rains and they can't go anywhere,
so it's just seeking where it can and that's what's

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causing it at the window.

Speaker 7 (01:06:20):
And since there was a tree there, how long ago
was the tree taken out?

Speaker 6 (01:06:25):
Oh it was a.

Speaker 20 (01:06:29):
It was a palm tree, so you know. But so
that you know, I understand that with the water coming
up from where the window is, but not where you
know on the other side, that's regular part of your
living room where water's coming up from, I don't understand that.

Speaker 7 (01:06:55):
I would have to look at the property to find
where it's at. But I will bet money that's where
it's at. But I'll tell you what, Dorothy, If you'll
call my office at Due West and let's schedule to
come out and take a look at it. And if

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you will.

Speaker 20 (01:07:18):
Something go ahead.

Speaker 7 (01:07:19):
If you will tell them that you and I talked
on the on the radio and that I want to
come out, they'll call me and schedule the appointment where
you and I can both meet there at the same time.

Speaker 20 (01:07:31):
Okay, Now I know you have different locations. Which location
should I call the Houston.

Speaker 7 (01:07:37):
The Pasadena location? The number is seven to one three
four seven, three seven one five six.

Speaker 20 (01:07:47):
Seven, okay, because I get call a service. It was
like a general thing and explain, oh, we don't do
anything with water something or other and that's not what
I asking. Yeah, but anyway, so when I had you
on the radio, I thought I'm going to call you
if I did, but this.

Speaker 7 (01:08:08):
Is something that we do deal with on a regular basis.
So and if you don't mind, I'll bring one of
my guys with me so that I can do some
training on it. But I'm pretty confident we can figure
out what's going on.

Speaker 20 (01:08:23):
Yeah, because I figured, you know, I've tried so many
other ways I mean, I've taken a dry wall to
see sure if the leak is putting in from other areas. No,
perfectly fine. Other ones I had to repair. I did
that myself, so that was a totally different issue. But yeah,
you come on, you'll see this. This is weird.

Speaker 7 (01:08:45):
I kind of say, okay, well, Dorothy, I'll look for
your phone call.

Speaker 20 (01:08:50):
Okay, thank you, bye bye.

Speaker 7 (01:08:51):
Thank you, bye bye. And with that, we're getting ready
to have to take a news break here on Texas
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Speaker 6 (01:10:28):
The devil called.

Speaker 13 (01:10:31):
He wants his weather back.

Speaker 1 (01:10:36):
You're listening to Texas Home Improvements with Jim dott.

Speaker 7 (01:10:42):
Hey, welcome back to Texas Home Improvement. Let's see year.
Let's jump straight back into our calls. We're going to
head to Cyprus and Rick. This is Jim. How can
I help you?

Speaker 4 (01:10:53):
Jim, I have a problem with a sticky door.

Speaker 7 (01:11:00):
Are you there? Yes, sir?

Speaker 4 (01:11:02):
Okay, yeah, I thought I lost it there and I
had a guy that was supposed to be found on
like a carpenter, come by, but whatever he did it,
it didn't really work. But my wife has authoratis real bad,
so she can't pull the door open, you know, or
hit hit the door their arm to get get in.

Speaker 7 (01:11:24):
Uh huh, who do you call?

Speaker 4 (01:11:27):
I mean, I saw I watched videos and they you know,
sitting's pretty easy. But I don't, you know, I rather
have somebody that knows what they're.

Speaker 20 (01:11:34):
Doing to do.

Speaker 7 (01:11:38):
Insight. Uh yeah, Well, let me ask you what kind
of door is just the front door? Back door?

Speaker 10 (01:11:45):
Front?

Speaker 7 (01:11:45):
It's the front door, you know when you walk.

Speaker 4 (01:11:46):
Into the wood door. Okay, thirty six inches. There's a
thirty six inch door.

Speaker 7 (01:11:51):
Okay, And I'm assuming we don't have other signs of
like sheet rock cracks or other doors or anything. It's
just this one door, right, yeah? So how old a home?
How old a door?

Speaker 4 (01:12:06):
The house is from ninety five? So what is that
third about?

Speaker 15 (01:12:11):
Five?

Speaker 7 (01:12:13):
Okay, So here's the first thing I want you to
do then, to check Open up the door, you know,
just open up say six or eight inches, take the
door knobs, and see if you're able to pick up
if that door rocks a little bit on the hinges,
because it's old enough that this may be nothing more

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than the hinges are starting to wear. The little rod
in there will wear and the door will actually get
sloppy where it'll hinge back and forth that way. And
if that's the case, it would be nothing more than
changing out the hinges and you can do that with
one at a time while the door is still hanging there.

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Beyond that, then we get into looking at Okay, is
it rubbing on the weather stripping or something like that?
Now making the assumption, I don't know.

Speaker 9 (01:13:08):
That that rubber it's a plate, yeah, whatever, I seem
like it seemed like right in the middle.

Speaker 4 (01:13:16):
It seems like there's like some where I can see
like rubbing there. Okay, I don't know if that's where
what it is, but I mean it just seems that way.

Speaker 10 (01:13:25):
Yeah.

Speaker 7 (01:13:25):
Well, and and that right there is an indication then
that there may be a slop in the hinges that
would fix that problem because it would raise it up
just a little bit. But the other thing that you
have to look for is underneath a lot of those doors,
when it has a metal threshold that way, there's another
piece of metal that's nailed into the bottom of the
door that seals it up. And sometimes that the little

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nails will start to work their way out, and it
could be something that that's that simple. So check the
hinge first and then you can reach your hand on
the bottom of the door and see if there is
a nail or something that's protruding, and if that's the case,
you just pull the door off and nail it back in.

Speaker 20 (01:14:12):
Okay.

Speaker 7 (01:14:13):
Other than that, then you're calling a door guy to
come out and work on it. You know, you can
call a place like Southern Front Doors, but they're probably
gonna try try to, you know, sell you a new door.
There's not really anybody who comes out just to service them,
but I would talk to them. Yeah.

Speaker 4 (01:14:37):
Uh, there's not anybody that really just services doors.

Speaker 15 (01:14:43):
I guess.

Speaker 7 (01:14:44):
Nope. Okay, well, just just a carpenter, just a carpenter.

Speaker 4 (01:14:52):
Yeah, okay, well I guess I'll give that a shot
and see if we can get something done. Okay, okay, Bank.

Speaker 7 (01:15:01):
Take care, thank you. Yeah, let's head to Manville. Danny,
welcome to seven forty k tr H. How can I
help you?

Speaker 8 (01:15:12):
Okay, mister Donne, thank you so much. I've talked to
you about this house before, and we won't go into
great detail. What you did tell me did help. I
want to talk about energy. Q. Okay, I have very
reputable roofers. My roof was tore up I have it
covered now with uh just temporary taiveek whatever it could

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keep from further damage. And I've already signed and getting
a new roof. So this is a manufactured home. The
manufactured home itself is a double wide and there's no
addict there's eight to nine inches with some insulation. There

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Worthy birds up and it helped. And they are soft
Adventska for a sixteen x thirty two addition on the
back of the house. And it does have an attic.
There's no access to that attic. But what we talked
about was solar powered fans. I put two solar powered fans.

(01:16:25):
I do have faucets and it helps. Since I have
to have a whole new roof, I was looking into
a heat barrier. I did talk to representatives from Energy
Q and they're trying to sell me Energy Q to

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either want when they rip the roof off, lay it
down on top of the plywood, put the felt paper
on top, or put the felt paper on, put the
Energy Q on top, and then the shingles and every
other every other roof and company tells me heat induction.

(01:17:07):
When it's touching something, no matter what it is, it's
going to transfer heat. Down into it and not reflect.
They also said if it does whatever it does, reflect
is going to melt my thirty five year singles. What
do you think about that?

Speaker 7 (01:17:29):
That they need to learn more?

Speaker 8 (01:17:32):
The people telling me it's wrong, Yes, energy Q.

Speaker 7 (01:17:37):
Energy Q is a very specific product. There are dozens
and dozens of different radium barriers, and like, if you
use a single ply radium barrier and put it there,
they're right, it's not going to do absolutely anything because
it has to have that airspace. But the energy Q
is a multi layer system with a thermal break in

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the middle. It's made to be sandwiched in between materials
like this, and it's not going to reflect back and
melt anything. It's not going to do that, but it
does stop the heat transfer. I've got it underneath roof,
so I've got it under underneath hearty siding on different places,

(01:18:20):
and it definitely does exactly what it's supposed to do well.

Speaker 8 (01:18:25):
The only the only thing I'm going to be able
to do is put it on top of the plywood, Okay,
or right? Should I put it on top of the
plywood and then have them put the felt paper on
or felt paper first, energy Q and then shingles or.

Speaker 7 (01:18:45):
It doesn't matter. Either way is fine, whichever way is easiest.

Speaker 8 (01:18:52):
And yeah, do you with what I'm explaining to you,
with my possibility, do you think it's worth it?

Speaker 7 (01:19:00):
Absolutely? Really?

Speaker 10 (01:19:04):
Yep.

Speaker 7 (01:19:05):
Dollar for dollar, the money you spend on energy Q
radium barrier, you typically recoup it in a matter of
months because it does stop that heat transfer and it
just makes everything more energy efficient. And you know, I
think I said this earlier in the first hour, the

(01:19:28):
energy radium barrier, it's not new technology. It's been around forever.

Speaker 10 (01:19:35):
You know.

Speaker 7 (01:19:35):
They use it on the Apollo missions. That was the
gold stuff that you saw that looked like, oh, aluminum foil,
gold aluminum foil on the Apollo missions. Yes, sir, that's
a radium barrier. But the energy Q is just a
more enhanced version of it.

Speaker 8 (01:19:55):
Okay, so you can see one part of it. But
I am gonna sandwich it, like you said, Yep, I'm grateful.

Speaker 7 (01:20:01):
I believe you.

Speaker 8 (01:20:04):
But what about heat induction where if it's touching something,
is it Glinner reflect or is it heat into the
two by six rafter.

Speaker 7 (01:20:20):
Or no, it does not. All it does is stops
the heat transfer because the thermal break that's in between
the layers, the top layer, the heat hits it that
if it's in direct sunlight, would start heating up underneath shingles. No,
it's not going to because it doesn't have the direct sun.

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It's kind of like you know, you got your car outside,
it's in direct sun. You go touch the metal, it's
hotter and snot. You have that same car sitting under
a shade tree. You can sit on that metal and
it doesn't do anything to you. That radium barrier does
the exact same thing.

Speaker 10 (01:21:03):
Wow.

Speaker 8 (01:21:05):
Well, I'm grateful and uh, I appreciate it. I'll thank
you for your show. I enjoy it and thank you.

Speaker 7 (01:21:15):
More questions. Thanks sir Yea By. Hey, let's talk real
quick about sunburn shutters, because you know that's something else
that can help you with your energy bills as well. Now,
sunburn shutters are gorgeous. I have them in my home.
Love them. They they're in the inside and you can
close them up, you know, like when you got a
real hot afternoon or sun's coming in or a cold afternoon.

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It creates a dead air space then or you can
open the lovers if you want to look outside, but
you can close everything and make a dead air space.
That helps with energy efficiency. But the thing is it
transforms the looks of any room to be gorgeous as well.
And you know, talking about the construction of stuff. The

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beautiful thing about Sunburse shutters they never warp, crack, chip
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Speaker 7 (01:25:06):
Hey, welcome back to Texas Own Improvement. I'm going to
try to move through calls here as quick as I
can so we can finish up with the ones we've got.
B How can I help you?

Speaker 21 (01:25:17):
Oh hi, Jim, listen. I you know when it gets
really hot, I can actually seem to feel heat coming
through from the attic stairs. And I was just wondering,
do you know of anything that's like a styrofoam cover
that I could put on there that's easy to take

(01:25:38):
off if I go up there.

Speaker 7 (01:25:41):
Well, they actually make staircase covers that you can unzip
and zip up. And I will tell you what. I
will tell you what I use in my own house
that energy queue I was just talking about, because I
have that lane on my attic floor. I just have
a piece of that lane across on top. So when
I pull the attic staircase down, I have absolutely no

(01:26:04):
heat coming down into my living space. I go up there,
I just set that little sheet aside, and then you
can feel the heat just gushing down at that point. Uh.
Very you know it's it's very simple to just put
a piece of that up there.

Speaker 21 (01:26:19):
Well, how do you get it?

Speaker 7 (01:26:21):
Call Energy Q at one eight hundred, nine hundred sixty
two twenty.

Speaker 21 (01:26:31):
Sixty two twenty okay, And I wanted to ask you,
do you have a number for Rudy's Painters.

Speaker 7 (01:26:39):
Let me see if I've got Rudy's number with me.
I do Rudy's Quality Painting at two eight one two
eight one two two seven two seven six one zero
zero six one zero zero.

Speaker 21 (01:26:56):
Oh, thank you so much because I have some work
that I have to have done. I need a painter.
Not a problem, okay, thank you to.

Speaker 7 (01:27:04):
Take care Jonathan and clear Lake. How can I help you?

Speaker 17 (01:27:11):
Hey, Jim, that's my first time listening to your show
and I'm really enjoying it.

Speaker 7 (01:27:15):
Thank you.

Speaker 17 (01:27:15):
You know, I lived there Lake.

Speaker 22 (01:27:17):
I've been in my house twenty six years and it's
a built in the seventies and it has it's starting
to have several different issues happening.

Speaker 17 (01:27:26):
And the short version is that.

Speaker 22 (01:27:28):
Had some foundation issues that I haven't addressed. They said
it was on the garage. It's an attached garage, and
they said the foundation in that corner was kind of moving, okay,
And with that happening, the sheet rock in my garage
cracked and started.

Speaker 17 (01:27:45):
To call sure and just above that. So I've had
that above my garage.

Speaker 22 (01:27:50):
It's been open now for you know, several months, and
I haven't repaired it yet. And I have a company
coming out next week in fact reinsulate my attic with
the spray and insulation.

Speaker 17 (01:28:05):
And I guess my question is the sheet.

Speaker 22 (01:28:08):
Rock having a space open above the garage that the
insulator guy said it's actually I asked him, is that
making it hotter inside my house?

Speaker 7 (01:28:18):
No?

Speaker 17 (01:28:18):
And he said no.

Speaker 22 (01:28:20):
And my question to you was, I was at home
depot and I saw the radiant barrier.

Speaker 17 (01:28:27):
Kind of styrofoam, Yeah, materials.

Speaker 22 (01:28:31):
Could I put that as a ceiling in my garage?

Speaker 17 (01:28:35):
I mean would it? Would it hurt anything to use that?

Speaker 7 (01:28:38):
It would not hurt anything, but it wouldn't do anything for.

Speaker 17 (01:28:42):
You either, understood.

Speaker 22 (01:28:45):
The only thing I was thinking is because it's so much,
it's so light, it needsy to work with. And I
was my wife and I were saying, maybe we just
do this because we were trying to stay within a
budget sorts and we have.

Speaker 7 (01:28:57):
You can definitely put it up there and it'll be
eat to hang and it'll stay there. It will over
time start to deteriorate, but uh, yeah, it's not going
to hurt a thing. And I hate to do this
to you, Jonathan. I've got to take a quick break.
I'm gonna put you on hold. If you've got more questions,
I'll come right back to you. Let's talk real quick
about ready seal. You know, ready seal is a stain

(01:29:20):
and sealer that you can put on any wood. I mean,
whether it's outside orientside doesn't matter. And they've got different
tints from you know, really dark to natural which is
extremely light. But the beautiful thing about it it protects
the wood from taking on moisture which ruins would. So
if you're looking for a stain and ceialar in one

(01:29:42):
a simple do it yourself project ready seal is it.
You find it at the box stores, lumberyards, hardware stores,
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You know, if you're having a sewer lyk under your
homes foundation.

Speaker 19 (01:29:59):
That's something it really needs to be addressed, but it
needs to be addressed by somebody who can take care
of the plumbing as well as the homes foundation.

Speaker 7 (01:30:06):
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talked quite a bit here about energy q Radium barrier
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two twenty. That's eight hundred nine hundred sixty two twenty
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Speaker 13 (01:30:57):
When Jim Dutton recommends a contractor, he will steer you.

Speaker 7 (01:31:00):
Rock Dylan A.

Speaker 23 (01:31:02):
Jim Just falling in real quick about one of your
trusted contractors, Texas Remodel Teams. We've been working with them
for four or five years now, just project after project.
He's the only guy we call. And they did a
great job on an outdoor kitchen for us, huge patio extension,
outdoor fireplace, the kitchen as well. Nothing but good things

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to say about them. We're constantly spreading the good word
regarding their team from our neighbors.

Speaker 7 (01:31:27):
It really is a good time to get things done
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any type of remodeling, whether it's just a room edition
or an outdoor kitchen, or maybe just a patio cover.

Speaker 13 (01:31:40):
Highly recommended call Texas Remodel Team now at two eight
one six one two five nine nine one.

Speaker 6 (01:31:47):
That's two eight one six one two five nine ninety
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good to know what business is from Texas is until
you find out they're really from California.

Speaker 13 (01:32:05):
There's only one Texas home improvement team.

Speaker 6 (01:32:08):
Here's Jim Dott.

Speaker 7 (01:32:12):
Hey, welcome back. I'm gonna jump straight back into my
call with Jonathan and Jonathan you're there still?

Speaker 22 (01:32:18):
I am well, I appreciate it. Now does your show
end in two minutes? Yes, sir, okay, I'll go fast.

Speaker 17 (01:32:25):
If so, you have a foundation company.

Speaker 7 (01:32:27):
It's a Doo West, Yes, sir.

Speaker 17 (01:32:29):
I would like to give him a call as well.

Speaker 7 (01:32:31):
Just okay, come and look at my foundation.

Speaker 22 (01:32:35):
So the garage, that portion of the house that says
moving yep, and or it's pulling on the attic and
all the wood and everything up there, there's nails separating.

Speaker 17 (01:32:47):
It's a little scary.

Speaker 22 (01:32:49):
And if you're a foundation company, do you also go
up in the attic and look at that kind of
stuff or would that be a totally separate Now.

Speaker 7 (01:32:58):
And usually the nails pulling and all that are not
foundation related unless that foundation has just moved a tremendous amount.
Most of the time the foundation has only moved a
couple inches. But I mean I've done houses where it's
moved eighteen inches and didn't have issues like that. The

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nails will tend to walk out on their own over time.

Speaker 22 (01:33:23):
Okay, because it's it's where one side of the roof
going up, yep.

Speaker 17 (01:33:27):
To the very top. It's the top part that's separate.

Speaker 7 (01:33:30):
Oh, it's on the ridge there. Okay. Yeah, we'll sometimes
take a look up there and see what it's doing.
And since you're aware of it, yes we can take
a quick look at it. I hate to do it
to you, Jonathan, but that music means I am one
hundred percent out of time for today. Appreciate you calling in.

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Let's talk real quick about James Hardy siding though before
we go, and you know, if you're looking for siding
for your home, take a look at James Hardy siding.
This is a cement based siding, so it doesn't rot,
it doesn't deteriorate, bugs don't need it. It's just once
it's there, it's there to stay. And it holds paint

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better than any siding I have ever seen. So if
you're looking to redo your home or build a new
home or office, James Hardy Siding gives you a lot
of choices. Stuck, o, look, shake, look, lap siding, you
name it, They've got it and all the trim to
go with it as well. So you want more information

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on it, go to thchipro dot com, click on the
linked for contractors and take a look at James Hardy Siding.
Don't forget. I'll join you again tomorrow at two o'clock
right here on seven forty KRH