April 19, 2025 • 95 mins
Jim gets going with an early phone call about a new A/C system. He also answers some email questions about HomeServe and caulking an enclosure around a deck. Jim takes more calls about a built-in microwave for a kitchen remodel, cleaning a roll up shed, UV lights for mold, and more. He continues in the second hour on the phone lines with more home improvement advice.
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Broadcasting live from the Dutton Ranch. Here's Jim dot.
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Hey.
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Welcome to Texas Home Improvement, your total home improvement source.
I am Jim Dutton here to help you out any
home improvement question you have. Seven one three two one
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tchipro dot com. But it's time to take calls and
answer questions. So seven one three two one two five
eight seven Fords seven one three two one two five
eight seven four and Uh, Faye in Bedford? How can
I help you today? Fay? And I appreciate you holding
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on through UH earlier and calling me here on the
Houston Show.
Speaker 8 (03:19):
Well, thank you for taking my call. And Uh one
of the first I wanted to say. We just had
a new roof put on about two weeks ago by
Errington Rufing.
Speaker 9 (03:28):
Hi very good because of you fire.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
Thank you, ma'am.
Speaker 8 (03:33):
I'm going to read this to you. We have our
air condition checked every six months and the last time
he was here, he said he found the compressor pulling
ninety one startup amps. Okay, it's rated at one LR.
A technician recommended a hard start kit for four hundred
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and five dollars. Okay, so does that sound reasonable?
Speaker 1 (04:00):
It does. Your system's probably what over four years old.
Speaker 8 (04:07):
You won't believe it when I tell you twenty four
years old?
Speaker 1 (04:10):
Oh my goodness. Yeah. And typically after a system gets
around four years or so old, it starts drawing more
and more and the hard start kit just softens that
and helps it to start easier, helps not draw as
much power when it's starting up.
Speaker 8 (04:31):
Okay, well, we're thinking about getting a new one since
it's that old.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
Honestly, I would probably recommend that, And if that's the case,
I wouldn't bother with the four hundred bucks.
Speaker 8 (04:43):
Right right, That's why we didn't have him do it.
Speaker 10 (04:45):
Now.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Have you gotten any pricing on a new one yet?
Speaker 8 (04:49):
We have not. I know that they're expensive and new
ones are coming out, which I understand we don't want
the newer one.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
Well, you're stuck with it now. We're after the first
of the year. If somebody still has something on their
shelf with the old coolant, you can use it. But
h January first, they weren't allowed to make any more
of the new ones. It's only what was left on
the shelves.
Speaker 8 (05:14):
Oh, I guess I knew that. So what would you
if we could get a no one would you recommend that?
Speaker 1 (05:20):
No, I would go with the new coolant.
Speaker 8 (05:22):
Oh, okay. As far as our house, it's twenty three
hundred and fifty five square feet. We have a fourteen
seer right now. Three okay, three times? My husband said,
so what would you recommend?
Speaker 1 (05:36):
Oh, you must have some great insulation to be doing
a house that size with a three.
Speaker 8 (05:40):
Ton Oh it's fourteen speer whatever that is.
Speaker 6 (05:45):
That's well, we do.
Speaker 9 (05:46):
We do.
Speaker 8 (05:46):
We have a lot of insulation. We've got huge trees
in the front and the back.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
Okay, I would recommend you you'd be looking at a
sixteen to eighteen seer.
Speaker 8 (05:56):
Okay, that's what we were thinking.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
Yeah, you know, the minimum they can sell you now
is a fifteen seer.
Speaker 10 (06:04):
Uh huh.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
But the sweet spot in what you pay for it
versus energy savings is that fifteen or is that sixteen
to eighteen seer?
Speaker 8 (06:14):
Okay? What brand would you recommend?
Speaker 1 (06:17):
I personally have American Standard in my house.
Speaker 8 (06:21):
Okay, And we actually have a variable speed.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
Too, and you want to stick with that. That's what
I have as well, right.
Speaker 8 (06:30):
But we have a train, so you think American Standard
would be just as good.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
Yes, ma'am better, I'm not you know what, I'm not
going to say better, and I'm going to tell you why. Okay,
American Standard and Train are sister companies.
Speaker 8 (06:46):
Oh okay.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
The systems are made at the same factory that come
down an assembly line, and one system will go off
to the left and get a train housing put on it.
The other system goes off to the right and gets
an American Standard housing put.
Speaker 8 (07:01):
On it, and so the American Standard is going to
be less expensive, right typically it is, right, Okay.
Speaker 1 (07:09):
Any other recommendation, Uh, well, you're already going with variable speed,
so I would stick with that. Do you have electric
or gas heat?
Speaker 8 (07:17):
Gas?
Speaker 1 (07:18):
Okay? You know, I know a lot of people are
going with the heat pumps now, but if you've got
gas heat, I personally would stick with that.
Speaker 8 (07:27):
Right okay, Okay, thank you so much, And we do
listen to you every Saturday that we are here.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
Well, I appreciate that, and I appreciate you taking the
effort to call me back here in Houston after the
Dallas show.
Speaker 8 (07:45):
I did. It was busy a couple of times because
you hadn't opened up yet, But I kept trying.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
Yep, all right, thank thank you, ma'am. Ye as well.
Seven one three two one two five eight seven four.
That's seven one three two one two five eight seven four. Yeah.
I do two hours in Dallas, then we do the
the Houston and Austin show, uh after that. So uh,
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she was holding on for quite a while in Dallas
as the lines were filled up, and uh, I just
I had told everybody just pick up the phone and
call me in the the Houston number to get things
kicked off down there. So again, if you got a
question seven one three two one two five eight seven four,
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and I'd be happy to see what I can do
to help you out here on Texas home improvement. Uh,
don't forget again about our website, t hipro dot com.
I got an email actually this morning while I was
doing the Dallas show, and uh it came from Daniel
and he says, do you have an opinion on home Serve?
(08:59):
It is promoted through Centerpoint for a fee added to
monthly bill at less than two hundred dollars per year
covers repairs to waterline or gas line from the point
of utility provider line cost. Look, it really is going
to depend on what you need and what your age
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of your systems and stuff are if this is worth
you doing or not. Because let's be clear here, Home
Serve is a home warranty type company, and if everybody
had to have a new line put in, they would
go broke. They couldn't make those numbers work. So it's
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through sheer numbers and age of systems that determine if
this is cost effective for them to do. But that's
the same thing you have to look at. If your
home has say your home is five years old, I
would not buy this because the chances of you having
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an issue in the next twenty years is probably very
very slim. If your home is forty years old or older,
you may want to look at this because the lines
can be deteriorating causing problems if they haven't been changed out.
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And here's what I mean by that. If you've already
got the poly lines for the gas lines in the ground,
then there's no reason for you to take this. What
this is typically going to be good for is people
who still have the old iron pipes in the ground
and they're deteriorating, they're rusting, they start to leak. This
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covers putting in a new one. And it's the same
with your water line. If you've got a poly line,
then you probably don't need to do this. If you've
got the old galvanized pipe, then I would probably take
a look at this. And that's that's my two cents
on it. You know how easy it is to collect
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on it or anything. I got absolutely no idea, but
I can tell you this. They're in business to make money,
so I know they're going to have some restrictions as
far as what they do. The other thing is to
help you make a decision. You may want to call
somebody and get a price what it would cost to
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replace the line, and then you can make that determination.
You know, how many years would you pay the two
hundred dollars before it breaks even for you to just
not carry the insurance, because you're going to find that
replacing a gas line like that or a water line
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is not all that unbelievably expensive. Now, are there some
contractors who will charge out to those, absolutely, but in
general it's not all that unbelievably expensive. It's not like
carrying fire insurance, where you're talking tens of thousands of dollars.
So just my two cents on it got a question
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Gary thank, You jim on your head there Ready.
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Improvement, hey welcome back To Texas Home. Improvement any home
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seven one three two one two five eight seven. Four all,
Right So billy sent in a question and he, Says,
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Hi jim love your. SHOW i just had my deck.
Redone top deck is normal pressure treated. Boards, however the
enclosure around the deck post in top rail is. Cedar
there are a few AREAS i would like to calk before.
STAINING i want to use ready, seal a light, color
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not to take away from the. Seed what is the
best type of calk that would work with ready seal?
Product and what is the best Ready seal color for?
Cedar thank you so, Much. Billy, well you know a
lot of times when you do an outside would that
way you don't bother calking. Anything if you are going
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to cack, IT i would really recommend that you use
a cock that has color to it and get it
as close to your wood color as you, can because
the stain and seiler is not going to stick on the,
calking so you're not going to be able to use
white and clear looks, Tacky so you're gonna want to
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get something as close to the color of the. Wood
but if at all, possible just don't bother with cocking on. It,
now you can use you, know wood fillers and things
like that if you, want because they will take the
stain and then the seiler on top of them and match.
In so that maybe would be a better option for,
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you but you have to make sure that you're using
one that's rated for outdoor. Use as far as the.
COLOR i, mean if you're doing cedar and you're wanting
to try to match the cedar, color THEN i, would,
personally on my cedar, DECK i used the cedar. Sting
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ready seal has LIKE i don't, know twelve, fourteen sixteen
different colors to choose from the natural which just brings
out the wood grain but doesn't really put any color
on it to like the cedar color that would darken
it just a little, bit but again still brings out
all the wood grain to where you can do a
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walnut which is just dark so they make several different.
Ones if you go into even the box stores Like
Lowe's Home depot typically where they sell the ready, seal
they'll have a board. There there are a plank plaque
that has different boards on that have been stained and
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sealed with the different colors that they have. Available so
you can go in and take a look at that
and see the true colors and choose which one suits
you the. Best and all of those, BOARDS i believe
on most of those displays are, seedar so, uh you'll
be able to see exactly what it's going to look. Like,
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again if you got a question seven one three two
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question you, have 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. Dave this Is.
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Jim how CAN i help you? Today?
Speaker 13 (19:46):
Oh, Hey, Jim i've got a. Patio it's got a
tile cover on it today and it's next to my,
pool AND i was willing to see if you have
any recommendations for any kind of COATING i could put
on that tile to improve the slip resistance as well
as change of.
Speaker 1 (20:01):
Color if you go By flooring De. Core, UH i
believe they have a coating that you can put down
on tile when it's a little slick that way that
gives it a little bit of. Grip, now obviously it's
gonna be something that you'll have to apply as time
boson reapply. It but, uh, YEAH i know what you're talking.
(20:24):
About you get some of those, tiles you get wet
feet on, it and it just slips out from under.
Speaker 13 (20:28):
You, yeah you come off to travatine is, great but
you come off that travertine and hit that tile and
it's it's pretty.
Speaker 10 (20:34):
Dangerous.
Speaker 1 (20:35):
Yeah, Yeah so they do make a coating that you
can put. On how often it's got to be reapplied
to be, HONEST i don't, know But i'm SURE i
know it. Does but it solves the.
Speaker 13 (20:45):
Problem, okay you.
Speaker 1 (20:49):
Bet you take care and flooring The core carries virtually
anything for hard floor, surfaces so you, know whether you're
looking for something for look that, way or you're looking
for wood floors or anything. Else, uh they just got
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to a floor and discourse, story it's not like you
got to go in and order and wait for it to.
Come and that includes your, tiles your wood, floors your, laminans,
uh you, know vinyl planks whatever they carry. It and
they've gotten into carrying countertops and and other things as.
Well so it's a it's a complete, outfit, uh for
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all your hard floor. Surfaces got a question seven one
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be right back with More Texas home. Improvement, well we
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had that first question was about air conditioning systems and
what DO i. Recommend, well LIKE i, Said i've Got
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house THAT i. Had now since, Then i've moved and
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SOURCE i Am Jim dutting here to help you out
any home improven question you. Have all you gotta do
is pick up the, phone give me a call seven
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And i'll see WHAT i can do to help you
out here On Texas Home. Improvement let's head straight to
some calls. Here we're gonna go to fred In. Austin
how CAN i help?
Speaker 4 (23:51):
You, hello H.
Speaker 14 (23:55):
Yes i'm having my kitchen. Remodel it's about a thirty
year old home and it originally had a oven and above, that,
separately a microwave of. IT i would like to replace.
Those i've looked at combo, units AND i don't really
like the idea of having something that's a microwave of
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combo because if one breaks, down then you've got.
Speaker 4 (24:20):
To buy or repair the whole new. Thing i'd rather go.
Speaker 14 (24:23):
Separately so my main question right now is a built
in microwave different than a countertop microwave or can you
use a countertop microwave and just use a trim kit on.
Speaker 1 (24:40):
It some of the countertops can be put in as
built in with a trim, kit not all of, them
but some of them.
Speaker 10 (24:47):
Can.
Speaker 1 (24:48):
NOW i will tell. You, Look i'm doing remodeling on
my house and was looking at appliances as. Well and
if you take a look At, bosh they've got a
an oven and a separate microwave that gets built in
as two separate, things but it does look much like
(25:10):
a single, unit so it esthetically looks, great but they are.
Separate and the THING i like on That bosh microwave
one is not only does it, microwave it can double
as an oven as well as a convection, oven so
it actually gives you another oven, also.
Speaker 14 (25:31):
Okay and the, oven, okay the microwave just plugs into the,
wall and it's a pretty big space in, There SO
i think that might work with a countertop and.
Speaker 4 (25:42):
A tipcot on the. Oven though my current.
Speaker 14 (25:49):
Oven THAT i pulled out of there is hardwired and
it's on a thirty five amp. Circuit if, that IF
i buy an oven that requires a large breaker than
the thirty, five like say a, forty does the wiring
have to be replaced or just the.
Speaker 1 (26:07):
Breaker it'll depend on the wiring that they put. In
if they went with minimum, wiring then it would have
to be. Upgraded but most of the time the wiring
that they put in is capable of handling the oven
with no.
Speaker 14 (26:22):
Problem, Okay AND i have that same question on an
island cook. Top i'm looking at those glass cook. TOPS
i don't want an induction but the radiation.
Speaker 4 (26:37):
Type AND.
Speaker 14 (26:41):
I just don't know how easily those will, scratch or
if there's any that are less susceptible to, scratching because
Ones i've seen look like the scar and get messed
up pretty.
Speaker 4 (26:54):
Easily is that?
Speaker 1 (26:55):
Correct, no those glass tops like that tip they are
durable as. HECK i mean you got to watch. It
you don't drop something on them because they'll break that,
Way but what typically messes them up is when people
let stuff boil over on it and then still keep
the burners going in that they burn it into the,
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surface and that's usually what messes them up more so than.
Speaker 14 (27:22):
Scratching, Okay i'm thinking of getting one of the cook
tops that does not have the, dials just Because i'd
like it to look like just a smooth one piece
of glass when we're not using.
Speaker 9 (27:36):
It any at.
Speaker 14 (27:37):
Drawbacks on those type of controls or are they more
prone to not?
Speaker 1 (27:44):
Working, WELL i gotta be, HONEST i haven't used one of.
THOSE i Mean i've seen, them So i'm not sure
how the durability is on. It it is an electronic,
device so you, know, uh do you do a lot of? Cooking?
(28:05):
No not, really THEN i would have zero problem putting it.
Speaker 4 (28:08):
In, Okay so just go with a with a good.
Speaker 14 (28:13):
Brand i've looked On amazon AND i see some real
off brain off brand. Names, yeah they're like super, cheap
BUT i don't think that's a good.
Speaker 4 (28:24):
Idea would you agree with?
Speaker 1 (28:26):
That you typically get what you pay?
Speaker 5 (28:29):
For?
Speaker 14 (28:31):
Uh, okay any any preference on?
Speaker 1 (28:34):
Brands, well LIKE i, Said i'm the own. House i'm
going With. Bosh. Uh After i've looked around at appliances
because you, KNOW i love the the thermidors and vikings
and all those, things you, know but that's mega. Dollars
I'm I'm i'm a working. MAN i can't afford that.
Stuff But bosh is an upper end. Appliance they they
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their stuff is extremely. Durable. Uh so that's WHERE i.
Settled ge makes a good line as.
Speaker 14 (29:03):
Well, OKAY i Think i've watched too many YouTube videos.
Speaker 4 (29:08):
And i'm almost at the point WHERE i don't want
to buy. Anything.
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Yeah you, know all this stuff that goes online is
good and bad because you, know people will post when
they have one, problem but that's, that and that's what
stays on the top of the. List and it's one
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uh they didn't happen to post it that they have
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got to take some of the stuff with a grain of.
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Salt, yeah AND i always look at the worst ratings,
first so, yep it scares. You, yeah all, right, well
thank you very, much AND i will check on those
microwaves and see if it would it say anything to
determine whether you can have it built in.
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Or oh, yes YEAH i, could and they'll make. Bill
they typically will say it and have the option for
uh purchasing the ring with. It, Okay, now your your
best bet is going to be to go to a
regular appliance.
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Store uh, huh like big box store.
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Or, no a true appliance.
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Store oh, really do you know any true appliance stores In?
Speaker 1 (30:34):
Austin, nope not off the top of my. Head oh
they're a little harder to find nowadays than they used to,
be but uh uh. Huh they they typically will have
better customer service and the ability to get the stuff
that custom like that that you.
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Needn't, okay all, right.
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Improvement, hey welcome back seven one three two one two
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Jim how CAN i help you? Today?
Speaker 9 (34:38):
HI i have a question about a SHED i have
in the.
Speaker 16 (34:42):
Backyard and IT'S i think a ten x fifteen or
a fifteen by, fifteen but it has a roll.
Speaker 9 (34:48):
Up door on, it uh. Huh and we've never we've
we've had this shed for about ten.
Speaker 16 (34:56):
Years it still looks good from a, distance but when
you get up, close it really needs a bat. Uh
AND i just was curious of what you recommend if
there's like a spray that you can put on it
OR i don't think don dishwashing and soap stepping water
is gonna get it. Clean AND i was just wondering
if you had any recommendations of something to get it
looking clean.
Speaker 1 (35:15):
Again what's on?
Speaker 9 (35:17):
It just basically dirt and just years of a you,
know being.
Speaker 16 (35:25):
WEATHERED i guess it's, white but it's you can you
can definitely tell it's it's kind of dull and it
needs to be.
Speaker 1 (35:35):
Cleaned like it's just a roll up door that you're talking, about,
then not the not the shed. Itself, WELL i.
Speaker 16 (35:45):
Mean IF i could clean you know the shed itself as.
Well it's got from there's there's one. Window we didn't
put a door. In we just did the roll up.
Door but on the side there's a there's one, window
a little small, window and it's GOT i guess the
stains from years of water dripping down on the, side you,
know both sides of the.
Speaker 9 (36:03):
Window it doesn't lak or. Anything that's really.
Speaker 16 (36:07):
The only thing you can tell that it just needs
to BE i think. Cleaned, OKAY i MEAN i have
a power. WASHER i could do, that BUT i just
didn't know if maybe there was something maybe less, jeler,
easier or faster to.
Speaker 1 (36:21):
Do, actually the pressure washer was exactly WHAT i was
going to recommend because that typically does a great job
along with using a scrub brush and as far as you,
know soap down actually would work just. Fine tied any
type of soap to scrub it. With, usually If i'm
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doing something big that, Way i'll use a broom as my,
brush and you, know pressure wash it first a little,
bit and then brush it down with the soap and
water and, stuff pressure wash it a second. Time that
usually it looks.
Speaker 9 (36:59):
Good oh, okay, perfect. Perfect that's that's pretty. EASY i.
Can we can you know we can do?
Speaker 5 (37:06):
That?
Speaker 16 (37:07):
Yeah CAN i use that also on the garage, door
Because i've noticed that that.
Speaker 1 (37:11):
Kind of you can use that on virtually, anything whether
whether it's the roll up, door the garage, door the,
siding the, brick, everything.
Speaker 9 (37:23):
Oh even the. Brick, okay, yep. Okay and then what
about the, windows the windows that they're.
Speaker 16 (37:31):
They're they're, clean they just NEED i, guess you, know
the annual maintenance of right where you can see at
them and. Everything but the cock has got some it
looks like mold on.
Speaker 9 (37:42):
It that's just on the. Cock is there's something THAT
i should use to clean?
Speaker 1 (37:47):
That, uh the cock if it's ten years, OLD i
would probably try to pull off as much AS i, can,
uh clean it real good with some bleach and then
uh pressure wash it clean again and recock.
Speaker 9 (38:02):
It oh, okay, okay, Perfect, Okay.
Speaker 1 (38:11):
Well that, way that way you're getting, well you had
to have something to.
Speaker 9 (38:15):
Do it's spring cleaning, time, right that's.
Speaker 1 (38:18):
IT i shouldn't say that too. Loud my wife might be.
Speaker 16 (38:22):
Listening, Awesome, okay well that's WHAT i. NEEDED i appreciate, it.
Speaker 1 (38:29):
You, bet you take, Care thank you. Again seven one
three two, one, two five eight seven. Four we're gonna
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Speaker 9 (38:41):
You?
Speaker 10 (38:43):
First thanks for taking my, Call. JIM i heard the
lady at the beginning of your show talk about how
MUCH uh life she got out of her original air conditioner,
there AND i listened to that with. Envy, yeah we've
been IN uh in our home here for thirty years
and we've had to Swap it's a two story, home
(39:05):
and we've had to swap out air conditioning, units sometimes
just THE ac, side sometimes the ENTIRE hvac. Side we've
done that at least twice on the downstairs and on the.
Upstairs we've done that once on THE hvac and several
other times with, compressors, evaporators that type of. Thing. Wow
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one of the things that keeps cropping up is these
issues with regards to, mold AND i wanted to ask
you about that BECAUSE i really got taken to school
about on this several years ago when one of my
family members developed quite a bit of an allergy or
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a reaction to. Mold and in that, EDUCATION i found
out all kinds of things about visible versus invisible MOLD,
yep AND i found. Out what was most disconcerting is
THAT i found out there is no regulation In texas
or the Entire United states that really governs the level
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of mold that can be present in a, house because
one person might react differently than another to the same.
Thing so What i'm, ASKING i, suppose is what do
you think about these mold, lights the rummy or in another,
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case the pure air pro that they recommend inserting into
air conditioners in order to mitigate the mold.
Speaker 1 (40:47):
Issue all, Right, vince that music MEANS i got to
take a quick. Break i'm going to put you on,
hold and when we come, back we'll start addressing that
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seven four when, WE left i was Talking with vince
In the woodlands and we were TALKING about uv lights
for mold, and Such and VINCE the. UV lights i
know a LOT of ac guys will, tell you, you
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know they recommend it on. EVERY unit. I don't i
do tell people if you. Need it it is a,
great tool but there has to be a purpose, for
it not just there to to.
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Be there.
Speaker 1 (44:54):
You, know uh they do kill a lot, of, things
uh including, you know it was tested EVEN when covid,
was out whether it WOULD kill covid bacterias and thing. Viruses, Rather,
so yes they, do work but you've got to have.
A reason now if you've got mold growing in. The,
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house though the FIRST thing i would be wanting to
address is why do you have mold growing and the
fact that you had to put multiple Units in you've
got this mold issue and stuff. Like that. You know
the FIRST thing i would be checking on my HOUSE
is i would have somebody come in and do a
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load calculation to one MAKE sure i got the right
size unit and the right size return air's going to.
The unit when they don't put the right size return
air to, the unit it overworks, that unit and that's
where they start having to. Be replaced like you were describing, To.
Speaker 10 (45:54):
Me, I'm see. I'm, See, well actually a contractor come
back out about two, weeks ago and he mentioned the.
Same thing he said that the return airflow seemed to,
be proper, but interestingly he said the supply needed a couple.
Extra ducts, Ah OKAY so i was just trying to,
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figure out, All right i'd never been told, that Before
and i'm just kind of trying to figure out where
is where is the line in all of this that
one can follow, and, say okay let's remedy this problem
once and.
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robert This. Is jim HOW can i? Help, You.
Speaker 15 (49:45):
HELLO jim i had a couple of questions. For you
we have one card driveway right now and we wanted to,
expand it but we have. LIMITED space i have enough
one point fifty On A ford explorer we'd like to side,
by side and always wondering with seventeen and a half
to like maybe eighteen feet wide be a knife enough
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Two, VEHICLES.
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Well, i mean it's it's gonna, be enough but it's
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Be, Tight okay so standard is, like twenty? Isn't?
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It yep twenty gives you twenty gives you good, Room, though.
Speaker 15 (50:25):
Okay good my next, question, is uh my wife bought
a cedar planter box and she wants to plant herbs,
in it and she was wondering to consider anything non
toxic that she could use to.
Speaker 10 (50:37):
Seal, it.
Speaker 1 (50:41):
Well you can seal it with the, even, plastic.
Speaker 15 (50:46):
Yeah the inside line liner in, other, words yeah.
Speaker 1 (50:50):
On the outside you can put some Ready. Seal okay
and you know that's just an, Oil base so if
you put that on on the outside, of it put
the plastic on, THE inside, i mean it'll never touch the. Dirt, anyways,
Yeah okay well THAT'S what i wanted to make.
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Sure about Oky, don, okay thanks letch.
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I'm fine, Thank, you jim how are?
Speaker 1 (51:28):
You well i'm doing real good because Every time mary,
CALLS in i have to cringe a little bit, and
say oh, my gosh what's my wife calling? About that.
Speaker 3 (51:40):
I'm calling? About Doorbells this mary. Is okay first, OF
all i don't know much. About them do electricians. Install,
them ah that's a really good question because they're, low
voltage but they.
Speaker 1 (51:59):
Do Work. GoF electric is your doorbell?
Speaker 3 (52:01):
Quit, working well it's got a very. Low volume and
that's ANOTHER question. I had is the volume inside the
box that's inside my house or is it in the bell? Area,
itself no.
Speaker 1 (52:16):
It would be the box inside, the, house.
Speaker 3 (52:18):
OKAY which i can't figure out how to take that and.
Open it so that's another REASON why i needed. An
installer But since i'm going to have to adjust the
VOLUME if i got a new ring, type DOORBELL would
i have to adjust it on it? As well since
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it is in. The box.
Speaker 1 (52:45):
The, volume, well WELL when i say it's in, The
box i'm saying that there's a switch somewhere if if. It's,
adjustable now older ones typically. WEREN'T adjustable, i mean you
got what.
Speaker 11 (52:59):
You Got uh so so what do you do in
that case is put a?
Speaker 3 (53:04):
New one but you'd have to put a new box in.
Speaker 1 (53:08):
As, well, yes yeah you take the the old doorbell
off the wall and put uh put the new. One up.
Speaker 3 (53:17):
But the box inside the house would have to be replaced.
As well if the volume is in there rather than.
Speaker 1 (53:23):
In, The, bell well you're. Saying bell are you saying
that when you, say bell you mean the button right?
Speaker 3 (53:29):
That's, outside yeah?
Speaker 1 (53:30):
The, button yeah, you're, right yeah because the bell or
doorbell itself is the box. That's inside, and yes now
here's what you may want. TO consider, i mean if
if that's just not loud enough, for you it's not
a lot of the new ones, are wireless and you
(53:51):
can literally, just go Like into lowser. Home depot you
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on a wall and you can put it wherever so
that you can hear, it better and you mount the
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to worry about the wires. Or anything and those new
ones like that are.
Speaker 3 (54:17):
Very loud do you have to close up the hole
on the outside wall or do you put it?
Speaker 1 (54:23):
INSIDE that i would simply take the old doorbell off
because it's going to be just two screws that hold
or the. Button off there's going to be two screws
that hold.
Speaker 4 (54:33):
It on.
Speaker 1 (54:34):
Put a wire nut onto, the wire push that into,
the hole and then you can just put the new
doorbell button over that so it.
Speaker 3 (54:44):
Doesn't, Show, okay now as far as ring, doorbells go
is there one particular brand that is better than the
others or are they all about?
Speaker 1 (54:54):
The same as FAR as, i know they're all about.
Speaker 3 (54:56):
The, Same, okay, okay well is there anything else you can?
THINK of i need to.
Speaker 1 (55:04):
Know now the only OTHER thing i would, say is,
you know if if the one inside's not, loud enough.
Absolutely there and has this been an ongoing problem or
something that's developed?
Speaker 3 (55:16):
OVER time i think it's been ongoing because we have
had numerous people come to the door and ring the
bell and we can't.
Speaker 1 (55:25):
Hear it okay for another part of. The, house yeah then,
you know that box that's on the wall can easily.
Be replaced you just have to take it off mount
a new one. On there the wires that hook up are.
Very simple it's typically just a. Two wire any electrician
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or handyman would be able to do it.
Speaker 3 (55:47):
For, you okay that's good to, know too. ALL righty
i think that answers most of, my QUESTIONS and i,
appreciate it.
Speaker 14 (55:57):
You.
Speaker 1 (55:57):
BET now i will Tell you THE thing i like
on the ones that plug into the, regular, outlet though
is you can put that in whatever part of the
house you want it so that you can.
Speaker 3 (56:06):
Hear, it yes so where you are the most is
the logical place to, put it like the kitchen or
the family room or something for the. Study, exactly okay,
sounds good not as to HOLD as. I thought thank you.
Speaker 8 (56:22):
Very much.
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You're welcome you take care.
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You too? Thank you.
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Help, You, hey jim how are you?
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Doing? It?
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first is about whole home. The humidifiers i'm looking to
have one installed SO that i can raise the temperature
on a thermostat a couple of degrees in. The, summertime
okay and maybe.
Speaker 14 (56:59):
Some?
Speaker 6 (56:59):
Money yeah is that something worth doing Here In?
Speaker 1 (57:02):
League city depends on what temperature you want to set.
Speaker 6 (57:06):
It. AT well i typically go between seventy five and
seventy seven with a hull. Home djumidifier i'd like to,
go higher maybe, seventy.
Speaker 1 (57:20):
Nine okay. Without question the whole house jumidifier would be
a good option.
Speaker 5 (57:27):
For, you.
Speaker 6 (57:29):
Okay good are you able to estimate about how much
that would say not even a percentage off.
Speaker 1 (57:36):
The, BILL well i don't think it's going to take
as much off the bill as you think that the
air can because the djumidifier is still going to be,
using power, right so.
Speaker 6 (57:47):
But not nearly as much AS the.
Speaker 4 (57:49):
Ac correct that.
Speaker 1 (57:50):
Is correct but when you're getting up into the temperatures that,
you're talking depending on the insulation of the house and
things like that played huge. To, it okay you know
a house that's got a house that, was built say in,
the sixties it would make a, Huge difference but a
house that was built in, the eighties nineties to, current
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time not.
Speaker 10 (58:16):
SO.
Speaker 6 (58:16):
Much O yeah o ours was built in. Ninety nine.
Speaker 1 (58:21):
You are probably going to be seeing a minimum result.
Speaker 9 (58:25):
From.
Speaker 6 (58:25):
It, Then, okay WELL while i have you on, THE
line i have a second question for you regarding soft
starts FOR central. Ac, units yeah about six seven, months
ago we had a soft Start put we have two.
Separate units we had one put on our, upstairs UNIT
and i CALLED my ac guy back to have him
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put one on our downstairs, unit recently but he said
that he wouldn't do it because he's had so many
of them blow The eighty so he's not getting.
Speaker 4 (59:01):
Them anymore you.
Speaker 1 (59:02):
HEARD that i have not. HEARD that, i mean soft
starts are normally put on when you have a generator,
type SITUATION but i have not heard of them causing
issues of.
Speaker 6 (59:17):
THAT nature, i, Mean, uh WELL like, I said i
went back to the guy that did the, first one
and He wouldn't he wouldn't. Do it AND so i
went back to an ac COMPANY that i had used
in the past, before him and they told me the.
Same thing AND then i went On on amazon to
buy the soft start myself and maybe SEE what i
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could figure. It out and reading, the reviews there's more
than ONE that i found that said the. Same thing
they would blow. The compressor and we haven't had any
issue with the one we've had for six. SEVEN months
i guess we just got a good. ONE night i, don't.
Speaker 1 (59:54):
Know well or it hasn't been long. Enough yet, you
know hard, start kids hard start kits are there for
the draw of. The power what the soft start, does
is let's it ramp up when when the generator, is
going because it's too much drain on. A. Generator correct, so.
Speaker 6 (01:00:19):
Well if if you had to recommend a brand a,
soft start which would.
Speaker 1 (01:00:23):
You, Recommend truthfully i've never looked at at at any
of the different brands of them as far as how
well they work or.
Speaker 6 (01:00:30):
Not, work, okay well, all Right theon i'll look more into.
Whole home. These humidifiers, you say you say it's, worth
it but it won't take a large percentage off.
Speaker 1 (01:00:44):
The, Bill, no no it's not going to take a huge.
Percent off, you know you might you might see a,
few percentages but that's going to.
Speaker 6 (01:00:56):
Be, it well it would the worst then be an
extent in the life OF the. Ac.
Speaker 1 (01:01:01):
Unit uh, you know obviously if the unit's not running, As,
much yes it's it's gonna help with the extension. OF that,
i mean keep, in MIND the ac is nothing but
A big. D. Humidifier uh it just happens to cool.
As well and some of the acs have a. Dehumidification
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setting but the problem is when that, kicks in it does.
Start cooling when you PUT a d, Humidifier, in yes
it's going to bring the humidity. Levels down uh it's
it's gonna make the air in the. House drier but
you're probably gonna find that you're gonna start getting a
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little uncomfortable because when the air gets, too dry your
skin starts to. Feel, it, okay.
Speaker 6 (01:01:52):
Well these are all things. TO consider i thank you for.
Speaker 1 (01:01:54):
Your time you bet you, take care.
Speaker 6 (01:01:57):
Keep up the good work on. Here there.
Speaker 1 (01:01:59):
Thank you. Bye bye dejumidifiers though they work very well
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Seven four that's seven, one three two one two five eight.
SEVEN four i got an Email from cindy and, she
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says water in my, interior walls. Baseboards cracking I'M desper
i have water coming into my walls every time. It
rains my home? Is stucco what would be my? First
step and does my homeowner's insurance? Cover this first notice
this last Summer during houston's. Heavy storm also smell mold
(01:06:16):
throughout my three story. Town home thank. You well the
FIRST thing i must say is typically when they're the
three story townhomes, and stuff that's a. Newer Construction and
i'm betting it's not based on this, description here that
it's probably, not stucco but. It's EPHUS and i say
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that because ephis is notorious, for leaking causing that musty
smell that you described. In here you know the smell
of mold throughout and things. Like that so let's check that.
Out first and what happens with the ephis is moisture gets.
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In there there's styrofoam on, the backside and it. Just
stays it has no way, to escape and so it
starts to mildew and create this musty smell that.
Speaker 9 (01:07:13):
You're.
Speaker 1 (01:07:13):
GETTING now i will tell you both stucco and ephis
do need to be. Painted periodically and there is an elastic,
type paint elastomeric type paint that has give to it
that seals it and keeps the material from allowing moisture
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to go. Through it so that could basically be the.
Issue here but if you've already got moisture into, the
walls what they end up doing is tearing the. Walls
out i'm going to tell you To Call Woodland's water
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six eight four. Five nine and this is not as
uncommon as as people think. It, is uh you know a,
brick wall moisture goes, through it but we typically have
an inch and a half gap on, the backside and
that's what the whea poles. Are for when moisture goes,
through it it runs down the backside of, the brick
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comes out the. Wheep, poles uh, no fuss no harm
because it's separated from. The walls but when they do these,
ephis things they don't. Have that it goes right up
against the studs and it just. Caused, problems now the
ethis is much better nowadays than it used. To BE
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but i don't know how old your. Unit is but
the ephis that was, put in, you know twenty thirty,
years ago it was junk and it caused all kinds.
Of problems so hopefully that helps. You, OUT look i
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Home includement let's TALK about usa insulation because if you're
thinking about insulating your, EXISTING walls, i mean you don't
want to go through. THE tearout i mean we were
just talking about having to tear out some of the
walls due. To moisture, but look you've been in your house.
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For years you haven't had any issues other than you
don't like your. ENERGY Bills usa insulation can help. WITH
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Home IMPROVEMENT so i was just listening to the news
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there and when they were talking About that walmart app.
FOR checkout i don't think these people understand that a
lot of us don't want to use. These things, you
know it's bad enough that they have all these, self
checkouts but now they're going to make me put an
app on, My phone they're going to have my, phone
number they start sending me junk on. THE phone i don't,
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do That and i'm not the. ONLY one a lot
of us don't.
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DO that.
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I Went into walgreens last week and they had IT
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Just.
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To.
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Laporte caroline This. Is jim HOW can i? Help?
Speaker 11 (01:12:17):
You, uh yes. All right before we bought, Our, home
uh it had had where it was leveled, And uh
i'm wondering do we need to steal use of soaker
hodes and things like that and water.
Speaker 5 (01:12:35):
The foundation.
Speaker 1 (01:12:37):
It depends if the whole interior and exterior of the house,
WAS underpinned i would. Say no but if all it
was done was say just, the, outside yes or just
part of the, outside.
Speaker 11 (01:12:50):
Yes OKAY and i don't really know if it was
just the outside or what.
Speaker 13 (01:12:58):
It was.
Speaker 11 (01:13:00):
The Reason why i'm asking that because last year we
had to have a rift cut on our house and
they had to put our beans back together with hurricane
straps before they could put our new rift. One right
and then another thing is to another thing is this year,
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just recently we had to have our garage story placed
because the sheet rocks. Just fell we don't. Know why
and so when the guy came to look, at it
they were They were i'm trying to think of what
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it was called they had to look and see That
that i'm trying to think of what. It's called they
had to go and look in. The rafts they were
in the rafts, up here and they were, all loose
so they had to nail all. That DOWN so i
don't know if all that came from, these people, you
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know leveling the foundation and that's caused all that.
Speaker 1 (01:14:13):
Stuff one, SO now, I mean i'm in the foundation.
Repair business i've done probably one hundred and eighty thousand,
jobs now and, you know typically when you're leveling, the
foundation it tends to push stuff like that. Back together
but if the framework was loose to, begin with it's
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not always going to push it all. The Way and
i'm guessing that you were probably talking about like the
uh supports that kept come down to the kickers and
stuff to hold things rigid up in there in the
cross bracing and all that comes. LOOSE foundation, I mean
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i've done houses that were eighteen inches out of levels
with people still living. In it most people when their
house is an inch and, a half they feel it
walking across. The floor that's not really typically going to
do a lot to the framework of. The, house.
Speaker 11 (01:15:15):
Okay, All RIGHT so i wonder should we go ahead
and WATER since i don't know if it was just
the outer part or if it was the. Inner, PART
also i have NO idea.
Speaker 1 (01:15:29):
I would. Recommend it how longgo'd you buy? The house.
Speaker 11 (01:15:33):
Six?
Speaker 9 (01:15:34):
Years?
Speaker 1 (01:15:34):
Ago okay and THE readonnight i was asking that if
it was, REAL reason i would tell you check with
the city to see who did, the work and then
you could call them and possibly get a drawing of what.
Was done but if it six, years ago chances are
the cities not going to have the. Paperwork, ANYMORE.
Speaker 11 (01:15:55):
Well i have the ill get you to draw of
what these, people did because when we bought, THE house
I said i wanted so they said there was a.
Lifetime GUARANTEE but i know how lifetime. Guarantees work they
don't really. Cover anything when they, say lifetime you know
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there's always something that's going to.
Speaker 1 (01:16:17):
Stop it on, foundation repair what the lifetime guarantees are
supposed to cover is if that, peer settles they can
adjust with that peer to lift it. Back up that's
what's normally covered on a foundation. Repair warranty the problem
you run into with foundation, repair contractors though there's a
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lot of Fly by knights who they'll operate under one
name for three four, five years close it and open up,
under another and your warranty. Is, gone.
Speaker 11 (01:16:52):
Yeah that's probably what this. ONE did i, Don't KNOW like,
I said i. CAN'T remember i had the. Paperwork somewhere
from the time we bought the house, until now there's
been a, whole lot a whole lot.
Speaker 1 (01:17:05):
That's, happened, sure yeah, but yeah take a look at.
That drawing and if it's got piers all the way
around and through the middle, of it then you don't
need A water but if, it doesn't.
Speaker 11 (01:17:16):
You, do, OKAY okay, I mean i don't have the
money to have it. Re leveled if that's what it
is going.
Speaker 8 (01:17:29):
To take, you, know.
Speaker 1 (01:17:31):
Well if the peers are, already there the releveling is
typically really inexpensive as compared to doing new, foundation work
and the watering will tend to keep it from.
Speaker 11 (01:17:42):
Getting worse, oh okay, ALL right i may call BACK
after i look at all.
Speaker 1 (01:17:49):
That Then and carolyn call Us At. Due west it
doesn't cost anything for us to come out and go
over this.
Speaker 6 (01:17:57):
With you, oh, okay right.
Speaker 1 (01:18:03):
We, can okay we can take a look at. The
drawings we can take elevations and, you know see where
it sits and what's going on. With, it okay, Oh okay.
Speaker 11 (01:18:14):
SO if i mean you also, come out EVEN if
i mean just to give me an estimate and look.
Speaker 1 (01:18:18):
At, It right, oh, Yes, ma'am, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 11 (01:18:21):
Okay, ALL right i may. Do that thanks so much for.
Speaker 1 (01:18:25):
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My house was about thirty, years old and when we first,
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What would?
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Cookie MICAH do i do a lot?
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Cooking, yeah yes, SO no i mean not. A ton,
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twenty two, years AGO but i am going to be
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Very well it's. Not expensive, you know it's one of
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those things people like, to, say oh you just Have,
for micah But for micah. Is great it's. Extremely durable
if you're gonna do a lot, of cooking and you
know you worry about wine spills or things, like THAT
then i would tell you stick With, for micah or
take a look at the man made countertops like stylestone
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and and things, like that because again they're. Extremely durable
they don't. Hold backteria so it's it's easy to keep
it clean. And everything if you use the kitchen, a
lot this one will. Shock you but the least the
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one you. Should use the lesser choice. Would, be granted granite.
IS gorgeous i love the look. Of it. It's durable
but here's the problem. With it it's. Very porous so
if you spill wine, on it you get blood on
it from a steak or anything, like that it soaks
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down into those pores and it can stain. The granite
on top, of that the porousness of it holds bacteria,
as well and so because, Of that because, of that
you have to clean it on a regular basis and
reseal it and stuff. Like that and by that a,
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REGULAR basis i mean once a year you have to
do a resealing of it typically to minimize. That problem
so if you go with the man maids or, the
formica you don't have. Those, problems.
Speaker 5 (01:26:50):
Excellent and you, call it, you.
Speaker 8 (01:26:52):
Said stylestone is that what.
Speaker 1 (01:26:54):
It's, called yes there's there's there's a whole bunch. Of them,
the stylestone there's, granite transformations there's any. Of those man
made hard countertops are typically, very durable and you don't
have these kind. Of, Issues.
Speaker 5 (01:27:16):
Excellent that's EXACTLY what, i, need, BECAUSE yeah i don't
want anything that's staying Too and i've got. Grand kids.
Speaker 1 (01:27:25):
So, yeah well the other thing that people run into
with the granite countertops is there is a difference in
the thickness, of them and so, you know if you
get the thinner ones and, you drop say a glass bowl,
on them you can crack. The, countertop oh that wouldn't. Be,
good again you don't have that problem with. The, Manmaids.
Speaker 5 (01:27:50):
Well i'll definitely look at the. MAN maids i appreciate,
the information.
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My pleasure and if you have any, other questions you
feel free to.
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REACH out i will you keep up the.
Speaker 1 (01:28:00):
Good work, thank. You ma'am now it says you were
driving Home, from dallas so you're driving down.
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Forty, FIVE yes.
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I am i make that trip. EVERY week i am
so tired of that. Road.
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TRIP yeah i actually used to Live in dallas and
my friend that was my really good, friend there Moved.
To utah so she asked me to meet Her in
dallas for.
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The, week actually.
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And her son still, live there so we had a
good time for this. Whole, week Yep now i'm on my.
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Way back.
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Very well well you have a very safe, trip back.
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Thank, YOU.
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Yes i do make the trip back and forth. EVERY
week i drive part of. THE time I Take Bond
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it's getting harder and harder for me to get a seat.
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I just just, Thinking again i'm going back and Forth
between Houston. AND dallas i don't know if everybody saw,
this week but it looks like the high speed train
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traveling with people who were involved in that on some
of the TRIPS that i made back and forth, and
Stuff and i've been saying for the last, TWENTY years
i don't think this thing will ever. Get, built well
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eight seven four and Uh, Faye in Bedford? How can
I help you today? Fay? And I appreciate you holding
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on through UH earlier and calling me here on the
Houston Show.
Speaker 8 (03:19):
Well, thank you for taking my call. And Uh one
of the first I wanted to say. We just had
a new roof put on about two weeks ago by
Errington Rufing.
Speaker 9 (03:28):
Hi very good because of you fire.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
Thank you, ma'am.
Speaker 8 (03:33):
I'm going to read this to you. We have our
air condition checked every six months and the last time
he was here, he said he found the compressor pulling
ninety one startup amps. Okay, it's rated at one LR.
A technician recommended a hard start kit for four hundred
(03:54):
and five dollars. Okay, so does that sound reasonable?
Speaker 1 (04:00):
It does. Your system's probably what over four years old.
Speaker 8 (04:07):
You won't believe it when I tell you twenty four
years old?
Speaker 1 (04:10):
Oh my goodness. Yeah. And typically after a system gets
around four years or so old, it starts drawing more
and more and the hard start kit just softens that
and helps it to start easier, helps not draw as
much power when it's starting up.
Speaker 8 (04:31):
Okay, well, we're thinking about getting a new one since
it's that old.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
Honestly, I would probably recommend that, And if that's the case,
I wouldn't bother with the four hundred bucks.
Speaker 8 (04:43):
Right right, That's why we didn't have him do it.
Speaker 10 (04:45):
Now.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Have you gotten any pricing on a new one yet?
Speaker 8 (04:49):
We have not. I know that they're expensive and new
ones are coming out, which I understand we don't want
the newer one.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
Well, you're stuck with it now. We're after the first
of the year. If somebody still has something on their
shelf with the old coolant, you can use it. But
h January first, they weren't allowed to make any more
of the new ones. It's only what was left on
the shelves.
Speaker 8 (05:14):
Oh, I guess I knew that. So what would you
if we could get a no one would you recommend that?
Speaker 1 (05:20):
No, I would go with the new coolant.
Speaker 8 (05:22):
Oh, okay. As far as our house, it's twenty three
hundred and fifty five square feet. We have a fourteen
seer right now. Three okay, three times? My husband said,
so what would you recommend?
Speaker 1 (05:36):
Oh, you must have some great insulation to be doing
a house that size with a three.
Speaker 8 (05:40):
Ton Oh it's fourteen speer whatever that is.
Speaker 6 (05:45):
That's well, we do.
Speaker 9 (05:46):
We do.
Speaker 8 (05:46):
We have a lot of insulation. We've got huge trees
in the front and the back.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
Okay, I would recommend you you'd be looking at a
sixteen to eighteen seer.
Speaker 8 (05:56):
Okay, that's what we were thinking.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
Yeah, you know, the minimum they can sell you now
is a fifteen seer.
Speaker 10 (06:04):
Uh huh.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
But the sweet spot in what you pay for it
versus energy savings is that fifteen or is that sixteen
to eighteen seer?
Speaker 8 (06:14):
Okay? What brand would you recommend?
Speaker 1 (06:17):
I personally have American Standard in my house.
Speaker 8 (06:21):
Okay, And we actually have a variable speed.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
Too, and you want to stick with that. That's what
I have as well, right.
Speaker 8 (06:30):
But we have a train, so you think American Standard
would be just as good.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
Yes, ma'am better, I'm not you know what, I'm not
going to say better, and I'm going to tell you why. Okay,
American Standard and Train are sister companies.
Speaker 8 (06:46):
Oh okay.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
The systems are made at the same factory that come
down an assembly line, and one system will go off
to the left and get a train housing put on it.
The other system goes off to the right and gets
an American Standard housing put.
Speaker 8 (07:01):
On it, and so the American Standard is going to
be less expensive, right typically it is, right, Okay.
Speaker 1 (07:09):
Any other recommendation, Uh, well, you're already going with variable speed,
so I would stick with that. Do you have electric
or gas heat?
Speaker 8 (07:17):
Gas?
Speaker 1 (07:18):
Okay? You know, I know a lot of people are
going with the heat pumps now, but if you've got
gas heat, I personally would stick with that.
Speaker 8 (07:27):
Right okay, Okay, thank you so much, And we do
listen to you every Saturday that we are here.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
Well, I appreciate that, and I appreciate you taking the
effort to call me back here in Houston after the
Dallas show.
Speaker 8 (07:45):
I did. It was busy a couple of times because
you hadn't opened up yet, But I kept trying.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
Yep, all right, thank thank you, ma'am. Ye as well.
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That's seven one three two one two five eight seven four. Yeah.
I do two hours in Dallas, then we do the
the Houston and Austin show, uh after that. So uh,
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she was holding on for quite a while in Dallas
as the lines were filled up, and uh, I just
I had told everybody just pick up the phone and
call me in the the Houston number to get things
kicked off down there. So again, if you got a
question seven one three two one two five eight seven four,
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and I'd be happy to see what I can do
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don't forget again about our website, t hipro dot com.
I got an email actually this morning while I was
doing the Dallas show, and uh it came from Daniel
and he says, do you have an opinion on home Serve?
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It is promoted through Centerpoint for a fee added to
monthly bill at less than two hundred dollars per year
covers repairs to waterline or gas line from the point
of utility provider line cost. Look, it really is going
to depend on what you need and what your age
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of your systems and stuff are if this is worth
you doing or not. Because let's be clear here, Home
Serve is a home warranty type company, and if everybody
had to have a new line put in, they would
go broke. They couldn't make those numbers work. So it's
(09:48):
through sheer numbers and age of systems that determine if
this is cost effective for them to do. But that's
the same thing you have to look at. If your
home has say your home is five years old, I
would not buy this because the chances of you having
(10:09):
an issue in the next twenty years is probably very
very slim. If your home is forty years old or older,
you may want to look at this because the lines
can be deteriorating causing problems if they haven't been changed out.
(10:33):
And here's what I mean by that. If you've already
got the poly lines for the gas lines in the ground,
then there's no reason for you to take this. What
this is typically going to be good for is people
who still have the old iron pipes in the ground
and they're deteriorating, they're rusting, they start to leak. This
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covers putting in a new one. And it's the same
with your water line. If you've got a poly line,
then you probably don't need to do this. If you've
got the old galvanized pipe, then I would probably take
a look at this. And that's that's my two cents
on it. You know how easy it is to collect
(11:16):
on it or anything. I got absolutely no idea, but
I can tell you this. They're in business to make money,
so I know they're going to have some restrictions as
far as what they do. The other thing is to
help you make a decision. You may want to call
somebody and get a price what it would cost to
(11:36):
replace the line, and then you can make that determination.
You know, how many years would you pay the two
hundred dollars before it breaks even for you to just
not carry the insurance, because you're going to find that
replacing a gas line like that or a water line
(11:58):
is not all that unbelievably expensive. Now, are there some
contractors who will charge out to those, absolutely, but in
general it's not all that unbelievably expensive. It's not like
carrying fire insurance, where you're talking tens of thousands of dollars.
So just my two cents on it got a question
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seven one three two one two five eight seven. Four all,
Right So billy sent in a question and he, Says,
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Hi jim love your. SHOW i just had my deck.
Redone top deck is normal pressure treated. Boards, however the
enclosure around the deck post in top rail is. Cedar
there are a few AREAS i would like to calk before.
STAINING i want to use ready, seal a light, color
(16:50):
not to take away from the. Seed what is the
best type of calk that would work with ready seal?
Product and what is the best Ready seal color for?
Cedar thank you so, Much. Billy, well you know a
lot of times when you do an outside would that
way you don't bother calking. Anything if you are going
(17:14):
to cack, IT i would really recommend that you use
a cock that has color to it and get it
as close to your wood color as you, can because
the stain and seiler is not going to stick on the,
calking so you're not going to be able to use
white and clear looks, Tacky so you're gonna want to
(17:36):
get something as close to the color of the. Wood
but if at all, possible just don't bother with cocking on. It,
now you can use you, know wood fillers and things
like that if you, want because they will take the
stain and then the seiler on top of them and match.
In so that maybe would be a better option for,
(17:58):
you but you have to make sure that you're using
one that's rated for outdoor. Use as far as the.
COLOR i, mean if you're doing cedar and you're wanting
to try to match the cedar, color THEN i, would,
personally on my cedar, DECK i used the cedar. Sting
(18:19):
ready seal has LIKE i don't, know twelve, fourteen sixteen
different colors to choose from the natural which just brings
out the wood grain but doesn't really put any color
on it to like the cedar color that would darken
it just a little, bit but again still brings out
all the wood grain to where you can do a
(18:41):
walnut which is just dark so they make several different.
Ones if you go into even the box stores Like
Lowe's Home depot typically where they sell the ready, seal
they'll have a board. There there are a plank plaque
that has different boards on that have been stained and
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sealed with the different colors that they have. Available so
you can go in and take a look at that
and see the true colors and choose which one suits
you the. Best and all of those, BOARDS i believe
on most of those displays are, seedar so, uh you'll
be able to see exactly what it's going to look. Like,
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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 eight seven, four any home improvement
question you, have 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. Dave this Is.
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Jim how CAN i help you? Today?
Speaker 13 (19:46):
Oh, Hey, Jim i've got a. Patio it's got a
tile cover on it today and it's next to my,
pool AND i was willing to see if you have
any recommendations for any kind of COATING i could put
on that tile to improve the slip resistance as well
as change of.
Speaker 1 (20:01):
Color if you go By flooring De. Core, UH i
believe they have a coating that you can put down
on tile when it's a little slick that way that
gives it a little bit of. Grip, now obviously it's
gonna be something that you'll have to apply as time
boson reapply. It but, uh, YEAH i know what you're talking.
(20:24):
About you get some of those, tiles you get wet
feet on, it and it just slips out from under.
Speaker 13 (20:28):
You, yeah you come off to travatine is, great but
you come off that travertine and hit that tile and
it's it's pretty.
Speaker 10 (20:34):
Dangerous.
Speaker 1 (20:35):
Yeah, Yeah so they do make a coating that you
can put. On how often it's got to be reapplied
to be, HONEST i don't, know But i'm SURE i
know it. Does but it solves the.
Speaker 13 (20:45):
Problem, okay you.
Speaker 1 (20:49):
Bet you take care and flooring The core carries virtually
anything for hard floor, surfaces so you, know whether you're
looking for something for look that, way or you're looking
for wood floors or anything. Else, uh they just got
great stores and everything is in. Stock when you go
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to a floor and discourse, story it's not like you
got to go in and order and wait for it to.
Come and that includes your, tiles your wood, floors your, laminans,
uh you, know vinyl planks whatever they carry. It and
they've gotten into carrying countertops and and other things as.
Well so it's a it's a complete, outfit, uh for
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It welcome back To Texas Home, improvements your total home improvement.
SOURCE i Am Jim dutting here to help you out
any home improven question you. Have all you gotta do
is pick up the, phone give me a call seven
one three two one two five eight seven. Four that's
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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 let's head straight to
some calls. Here we're gonna go to fred In. Austin
how CAN i help?
Speaker 4 (23:51):
You, hello H.
Speaker 14 (23:55):
Yes i'm having my kitchen. Remodel it's about a thirty
year old home and it originally had a oven and above, that,
separately a microwave of. IT i would like to replace.
Those i've looked at combo, units AND i don't really
like the idea of having something that's a microwave of
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combo because if one breaks, down then you've got.
Speaker 4 (24:20):
To buy or repair the whole new. Thing i'd rather go.
Speaker 14 (24:23):
Separately so my main question right now is a built
in microwave different than a countertop microwave or can you
use a countertop microwave and just use a trim kit on.
Speaker 1 (24:40):
It some of the countertops can be put in as
built in with a trim, kit not all of, them
but some of them.
Speaker 10 (24:47):
Can.
Speaker 1 (24:48):
NOW i will tell. You, Look i'm doing remodeling on
my house and was looking at appliances as. Well and
if you take a look At, bosh they've got a
an oven and a separate microwave that gets built in
as two separate, things but it does look much like
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a single, unit so it esthetically looks, great but they are.
Separate and the THING i like on That bosh microwave
one is not only does it, microwave it can double
as an oven as well as a convection, oven so
it actually gives you another oven, also.
Speaker 14 (25:31):
Okay and the, oven, okay the microwave just plugs into the,
wall and it's a pretty big space in, There SO
i think that might work with a countertop and.
Speaker 4 (25:42):
A tipcot on the. Oven though my current.
Speaker 14 (25:49):
Oven THAT i pulled out of there is hardwired and
it's on a thirty five amp. Circuit if, that IF
i buy an oven that requires a large breaker than
the thirty, five like say a, forty does the wiring
have to be replaced or just the.
Speaker 1 (26:07):
Breaker it'll depend on the wiring that they put. In
if they went with minimum, wiring then it would have
to be. Upgraded but most of the time the wiring
that they put in is capable of handling the oven
with no.
Speaker 14 (26:22):
Problem, Okay AND i have that same question on an
island cook. Top i'm looking at those glass cook. TOPS
i don't want an induction but the radiation.
Speaker 4 (26:37):
Type AND.
Speaker 14 (26:41):
I just don't know how easily those will, scratch or
if there's any that are less susceptible to, scratching because
Ones i've seen look like the scar and get messed
up pretty.
Speaker 4 (26:54):
Easily is that?
Speaker 1 (26:55):
Correct, no those glass tops like that tip they are
durable as. HECK i mean you got to watch. It
you don't drop something on them because they'll break that,
Way but what typically messes them up is when people
let stuff boil over on it and then still keep
the burners going in that they burn it into the,
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surface and that's usually what messes them up more so than.
Speaker 14 (27:22):
Scratching, Okay i'm thinking of getting one of the cook
tops that does not have the, dials just Because i'd
like it to look like just a smooth one piece
of glass when we're not using.
Speaker 9 (27:36):
It any at.
Speaker 14 (27:37):
Drawbacks on those type of controls or are they more
prone to not?
Speaker 1 (27:44):
Working, WELL i gotta be, HONEST i haven't used one of.
THOSE i Mean i've seen, them So i'm not sure
how the durability is on. It it is an electronic,
device so you, know, uh do you do a lot of? Cooking?
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No not, really THEN i would have zero problem putting it.
Speaker 4 (28:08):
In, Okay so just go with a with a good.
Speaker 14 (28:13):
Brand i've looked On amazon AND i see some real
off brain off brand. Names, yeah they're like super, cheap
BUT i don't think that's a good.
Speaker 4 (28:24):
Idea would you agree with?
Speaker 1 (28:26):
That you typically get what you pay?
Speaker 5 (28:29):
For?
Speaker 14 (28:31):
Uh, okay any any preference on?
Speaker 1 (28:34):
Brands, well LIKE i, Said i'm the own. House i'm
going With. Bosh. Uh After i've looked around at appliances
because you, KNOW i love the the thermidors and vikings
and all those, things you, know but that's mega. Dollars
I'm I'm i'm a working. MAN i can't afford that.
Stuff But bosh is an upper end. Appliance they they
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their stuff is extremely. Durable. Uh so that's WHERE i.
Settled ge makes a good line as.
Speaker 14 (29:03):
Well, OKAY i Think i've watched too many YouTube videos.
Speaker 4 (29:08):
And i'm almost at the point WHERE i don't want
to buy. Anything.
Speaker 1 (29:12):
Yeah you, know all this stuff that goes online is
good and bad because you, know people will post when
they have one, problem but that's, that and that's what
stays on the top of the. List and it's one
problem out of three hundred thousand. Units but the other
two hundred and ninety nine thousand units that went, in,
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uh they didn't happen to post it that they have
had great service and it's lasted for the last thirty
five years and all that kind of. Stuff so you
got to take some of the stuff with a grain of.
Speaker 14 (29:45):
Salt, yeah AND i always look at the worst ratings,
first so, yep it scares. You, yeah all, right, well
thank you very, much AND i will check on those
microwaves and see if it would it say anything to
determine whether you can have it built in.
Speaker 1 (30:03):
Or oh, yes YEAH i, could and they'll make. Bill
they typically will say it and have the option for
uh purchasing the ring with. It, Okay, now your your
best bet is going to be to go to a
regular appliance.
Speaker 4 (30:22):
Store uh, huh like big box store.
Speaker 1 (30:26):
Or, no a true appliance.
Speaker 14 (30:29):
Store oh, really do you know any true appliance stores In?
Speaker 1 (30:34):
Austin, nope not off the top of my. Head oh
they're a little harder to find nowadays than they used to,
be but uh uh. Huh they they typically will have
better customer service and the ability to get the stuff
that custom like that that you.
Speaker 4 (30:54):
Needn't, okay all, right.
Speaker 1 (30:59):
Bye, Bye, hey we've got to take a quick break
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Improvement, hey welcome back seven one three two one two
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Jim how CAN i help you? Today?
Speaker 9 (34:38):
HI i have a question about a SHED i have
in the.
Speaker 16 (34:42):
Backyard and IT'S i think a ten x fifteen or
a fifteen by, fifteen but it has a roll.
Speaker 9 (34:48):
Up door on, it uh. Huh and we've never we've
we've had this shed for about ten.
Speaker 16 (34:56):
Years it still looks good from a, distance but when
you get up, close it really needs a bat. Uh
AND i just was curious of what you recommend if
there's like a spray that you can put on it
OR i don't think don dishwashing and soap stepping water
is gonna get it. Clean AND i was just wondering
if you had any recommendations of something to get it
looking clean.
Speaker 1 (35:15):
Again what's on?
Speaker 9 (35:17):
It just basically dirt and just years of a you,
know being.
Speaker 16 (35:25):
WEATHERED i guess it's, white but it's you can you
can definitely tell it's it's kind of dull and it
needs to be.
Speaker 1 (35:35):
Cleaned like it's just a roll up door that you're talking, about,
then not the not the shed. Itself, WELL i.
Speaker 16 (35:45):
Mean IF i could clean you know the shed itself as.
Well it's got from there's there's one. Window we didn't
put a door. In we just did the roll up.
Door but on the side there's a there's one, window
a little small, window and it's GOT i guess the
stains from years of water dripping down on the, side you,
know both sides of the.
Speaker 9 (36:03):
Window it doesn't lak or. Anything that's really.
Speaker 16 (36:07):
The only thing you can tell that it just needs
to BE i think. Cleaned, OKAY i MEAN i have
a power. WASHER i could do, that BUT i just
didn't know if maybe there was something maybe less, jeler,
easier or faster to.
Speaker 1 (36:21):
Do, actually the pressure washer was exactly WHAT i was
going to recommend because that typically does a great job
along with using a scrub brush and as far as you,
know soap down actually would work just. Fine tied any
type of soap to scrub it. With, usually If i'm
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doing something big that, Way i'll use a broom as my,
brush and you, know pressure wash it first a little,
bit and then brush it down with the soap and
water and, stuff pressure wash it a second. Time that
usually it looks.
Speaker 9 (36:59):
Good oh, okay, perfect. Perfect that's that's pretty. EASY i.
Can we can you know we can do?
Speaker 5 (37:06):
That?
Speaker 16 (37:07):
Yeah CAN i use that also on the garage, door
Because i've noticed that that.
Speaker 1 (37:11):
Kind of you can use that on virtually, anything whether
whether it's the roll up, door the garage, door the,
siding the, brick, everything.
Speaker 9 (37:23):
Oh even the. Brick, okay, yep. Okay and then what
about the, windows the windows that they're.
Speaker 16 (37:31):
They're they're, clean they just NEED i, guess you, know
the annual maintenance of right where you can see at
them and. Everything but the cock has got some it
looks like mold on.
Speaker 9 (37:42):
It that's just on the. Cock is there's something THAT
i should use to clean?
Speaker 1 (37:47):
That, uh the cock if it's ten years, OLD i
would probably try to pull off as much AS i, can,
uh clean it real good with some bleach and then
uh pressure wash it clean again and recock.
Speaker 9 (38:02):
It oh, okay, okay, Perfect, Okay.
Speaker 1 (38:11):
Well that, way that way you're getting, well you had
to have something to.
Speaker 9 (38:15):
Do it's spring cleaning, time, right that's.
Speaker 1 (38:18):
IT i shouldn't say that too. Loud my wife might be.
Speaker 16 (38:22):
Listening, Awesome, okay well that's WHAT i. NEEDED i appreciate, it.
Speaker 1 (38:29):
You, bet you take, Care thank you. Again seven one
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Speaker 9 (38:41):
You?
Speaker 10 (38:43):
First thanks for taking my, Call. JIM i heard the
lady at the beginning of your show talk about how
MUCH uh life she got out of her original air conditioner,
there AND i listened to that with. Envy, yeah we've
been IN uh in our home here for thirty years
and we've had to Swap it's a two story, home
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and we've had to swap out air conditioning, units sometimes
just THE ac, side sometimes the ENTIRE hvac. Side we've
done that at least twice on the downstairs and on the.
Upstairs we've done that once on THE hvac and several
other times with, compressors, evaporators that type of. Thing. Wow
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one of the things that keeps cropping up is these
issues with regards to, mold AND i wanted to ask
you about that BECAUSE i really got taken to school
about on this several years ago when one of my
family members developed quite a bit of an allergy or
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a reaction to. Mold and in that, EDUCATION i found
out all kinds of things about visible versus invisible MOLD,
yep AND i found. Out what was most disconcerting is
THAT i found out there is no regulation In texas
or the Entire United states that really governs the level
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of mold that can be present in a, house because
one person might react differently than another to the same.
Thing so What i'm, ASKING i, suppose is what do
you think about these mold, lights the rummy or in another,
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case the pure air pro that they recommend inserting into
air conditioners in order to mitigate the mold.
Speaker 1 (40:47):
Issue all, Right, vince that music MEANS i got to
take a quick. Break i'm going to put you on,
hold and when we come, back we'll start addressing that
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Welcome Back To Texas, home improvement your total home. Improvement
source when seven, one three two one two five eight
seven four when, WE left i was Talking with vince
In the woodlands and we were TALKING about uv lights
for mold, and Such and VINCE the. UV lights i
know a LOT of ac guys will, tell you, you
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know they recommend it on. EVERY unit. I don't i
do tell people if you. Need it it is a,
great tool but there has to be a purpose, for
it not just there to to.
Speaker 5 (44:53):
Be there.
Speaker 1 (44:54):
You, know uh they do kill a lot, of, things
uh including, you know it was tested EVEN when covid,
was out whether it WOULD kill covid bacterias and thing. Viruses, Rather,
so yes they, do work but you've got to have.
A reason now if you've got mold growing in. The,
(45:16):
house though the FIRST thing i would be wanting to
address is why do you have mold growing and the
fact that you had to put multiple Units in you've
got this mold issue and stuff. Like that. You know
the FIRST thing i would be checking on my HOUSE
is i would have somebody come in and do a
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load calculation to one MAKE sure i got the right
size unit and the right size return air's going to.
The unit when they don't put the right size return
air to, the unit it overworks, that unit and that's
where they start having to. Be replaced like you were describing, To.
Speaker 10 (45:54):
Me, I'm see. I'm, See, well actually a contractor come
back out about two, weeks ago and he mentioned the.
Same thing he said that the return airflow seemed to,
be proper, but interestingly he said the supply needed a couple.
Extra ducts, Ah OKAY so i was just trying to,
(46:18):
figure out, All right i'd never been told, that Before
and i'm just kind of trying to figure out where
is where is the line in all of this that
one can follow, and, say okay let's remedy this problem
once and.
Speaker 1 (46:32):
For, all well THAT'S where i would head down is
get somebody in there to do the right Check, AND
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robert This. Is jim HOW can i? Help, You.
Speaker 15 (49:45):
HELLO jim i had a couple of questions. For you
we have one card driveway right now and we wanted to,
expand it but we have. LIMITED space i have enough
one point fifty On A ford explorer we'd like to side,
by side and always wondering with seventeen and a half
to like maybe eighteen feet wide be a knife enough
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for those.
Speaker 9 (50:06):
Two, VEHICLES.
Speaker 1 (50:09):
Well, i mean it's it's gonna, be enough but it's
it's gonna.
Speaker 15 (50:15):
Be, Tight okay so standard is, like twenty? Isn't?
Speaker 1 (50:20):
It yep twenty gives you twenty gives you good, Room, though.
Speaker 15 (50:25):
Okay good my next, question, is uh my wife bought
a cedar planter box and she wants to plant herbs,
in it and she was wondering to consider anything non
toxic that she could use to.
Speaker 10 (50:37):
Seal, it.
Speaker 1 (50:41):
Well you can seal it with the, even, plastic.
Speaker 15 (50:46):
Yeah the inside line liner in, other, words yeah.
Speaker 1 (50:50):
On the outside you can put some Ready. Seal okay
and you know that's just an, Oil base so if
you put that on on the outside, of it put
the plastic on, THE inside, i mean it'll never touch the. Dirt, anyways,
Yeah okay well THAT'S what i wanted to make.
Speaker 15 (51:07):
Sure about Oky, don, okay thanks letch.
Speaker 1 (51:11):
You bet you take care, you too and again our
number seven, one, three two, one two five eight seven
four let's head The Spring, and mary how are? You today?
Speaker 3 (51:26):
I'm fine, Thank, you jim how are?
Speaker 1 (51:28):
You well i'm doing real good because Every time mary,
CALLS in i have to cringe a little bit, and
say oh, my gosh what's my wife calling? About that.
Speaker 3 (51:40):
I'm calling? About Doorbells this mary. Is okay first, OF
all i don't know much. About them do electricians. Install,
them ah that's a really good question because they're, low
voltage but they.
Speaker 1 (51:59):
Do Work. GoF electric is your doorbell?
Speaker 3 (52:01):
Quit, working well it's got a very. Low volume and
that's ANOTHER question. I had is the volume inside the
box that's inside my house or is it in the bell? Area,
itself no.
Speaker 1 (52:16):
It would be the box inside, the, house.
Speaker 3 (52:18):
OKAY which i can't figure out how to take that and.
Open it so that's another REASON why i needed. An
installer But since i'm going to have to adjust the
VOLUME if i got a new ring, type DOORBELL would
i have to adjust it on it? As well since
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it is in. The box.
Speaker 1 (52:45):
The, volume, well WELL when i say it's in, The
box i'm saying that there's a switch somewhere if if. It's,
adjustable now older ones typically. WEREN'T adjustable, i mean you
got what.
Speaker 11 (52:59):
You Got uh so so what do you do in
that case is put a?
Speaker 3 (53:04):
New one but you'd have to put a new box in.
Speaker 1 (53:08):
As, well, yes yeah you take the the old doorbell
off the wall and put uh put the new. One up.
Speaker 3 (53:17):
But the box inside the house would have to be replaced.
As well if the volume is in there rather than.
Speaker 1 (53:23):
In, The, bell well you're. Saying bell are you saying
that when you, say bell you mean the button right?
Speaker 3 (53:29):
That's, outside yeah?
Speaker 1 (53:30):
The, button yeah, you're, right yeah because the bell or
doorbell itself is the box. That's inside, and yes now
here's what you may want. TO consider, i mean if
if that's just not loud enough, for you it's not
a lot of the new ones, are wireless and you
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can literally, just go Like into lowser. Home depot you
buy a. New doorbell it plugs into a regular outlet
on a wall and you can put it wherever so
that you can hear, it better and you mount the
button outside at. The door. It's wireless you don't have
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to worry about the wires. Or anything and those new
ones like that are.
Speaker 3 (54:17):
Very loud do you have to close up the hole
on the outside wall or do you put it?
Speaker 1 (54:23):
INSIDE that i would simply take the old doorbell off
because it's going to be just two screws that hold
or the. Button off there's going to be two screws
that hold.
Speaker 4 (54:33):
It on.
Speaker 1 (54:34):
Put a wire nut onto, the wire push that into,
the hole and then you can just put the new
doorbell button over that so it.
Speaker 3 (54:44):
Doesn't, Show, okay now as far as ring, doorbells go
is there one particular brand that is better than the
others or are they all about?
Speaker 1 (54:54):
The same as FAR as, i know they're all about.
Speaker 3 (54:56):
The, Same, okay, okay well is there anything else you can?
THINK of i need to.
Speaker 1 (55:04):
Know now the only OTHER thing i would, say is,
you know if if the one inside's not, loud enough.
Absolutely there and has this been an ongoing problem or
something that's developed?
Speaker 3 (55:16):
OVER time i think it's been ongoing because we have
had numerous people come to the door and ring the
bell and we can't.
Speaker 1 (55:25):
Hear it okay for another part of. The, house yeah then,
you know that box that's on the wall can easily.
Be replaced you just have to take it off mount
a new one. On there the wires that hook up are.
Very simple it's typically just a. Two wire any electrician
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or handyman would be able to do it.
Speaker 3 (55:47):
For, you okay that's good to, know too. ALL righty
i think that answers most of, my QUESTIONS and i,
appreciate it.
Speaker 14 (55:57):
You.
Speaker 1 (55:57):
BET now i will Tell you THE thing i like
on the ones that plug into the, regular, outlet though
is you can put that in whatever part of the
house you want it so that you can.
Speaker 3 (56:06):
Hear, it yes so where you are the most is
the logical place to, put it like the kitchen or
the family room or something for the. Study, exactly okay,
sounds good not as to HOLD as. I thought thank you.
Speaker 8 (56:22):
Very much.
Speaker 1 (56:23):
You're welcome you take care.
Speaker 3 (56:25):
You too? Thank you.
Speaker 1 (56:29):
All righty again seven one three two one two five eight.
Seven four we're going to Head To lee City. And
steven This. Is jim HOW can i?
Speaker 6 (56:38):
Help, You, hey jim how are you?
Speaker 8 (56:41):
Doing? It?
Speaker 1 (56:41):
Wonderful?
Speaker 6 (56:43):
Good good my question? FOR you i. Have two my
first is about whole home. The humidifiers i'm looking to
have one installed SO that i can raise the temperature
on a thermostat a couple of degrees in. The, summertime
okay and maybe.
Speaker 14 (56:59):
Some?
Speaker 6 (56:59):
Money yeah is that something worth doing Here In?
Speaker 1 (57:02):
League city depends on what temperature you want to set.
Speaker 6 (57:06):
It. AT well i typically go between seventy five and
seventy seven with a hull. Home djumidifier i'd like to,
go higher maybe, seventy.
Speaker 1 (57:20):
Nine okay. Without question the whole house jumidifier would be
a good option.
Speaker 5 (57:27):
For, you.
Speaker 6 (57:29):
Okay good are you able to estimate about how much
that would say not even a percentage off.
Speaker 1 (57:36):
The, BILL well i don't think it's going to take
as much off the bill as you think that the
air can because the djumidifier is still going to be,
using power, right so.
Speaker 6 (57:47):
But not nearly as much AS the.
Speaker 4 (57:49):
Ac correct that.
Speaker 1 (57:50):
Is correct but when you're getting up into the temperatures that,
you're talking depending on the insulation of the house and
things like that played huge. To, it okay you know
a house that's got a house that, was built say in,
the sixties it would make a, Huge difference but a
house that was built in, the eighties nineties to, current
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time not.
Speaker 10 (58:16):
SO.
Speaker 6 (58:16):
Much O yeah o ours was built in. Ninety nine.
Speaker 1 (58:21):
You are probably going to be seeing a minimum result.
Speaker 9 (58:25):
From.
Speaker 6 (58:25):
It, Then, okay WELL while i have you on, THE
line i have a second question for you regarding soft
starts FOR central. Ac, units yeah about six seven, months
ago we had a soft Start put we have two.
Separate units we had one put on our, upstairs UNIT
and i CALLED my ac guy back to have him
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put one on our downstairs, unit recently but he said
that he wouldn't do it because he's had so many
of them blow The eighty so he's not getting.
Speaker 4 (59:01):
Them anymore you.
Speaker 1 (59:02):
HEARD that i have not. HEARD that, i mean soft
starts are normally put on when you have a generator,
type SITUATION but i have not heard of them causing
issues of.
Speaker 6 (59:17):
THAT nature, i, Mean, uh WELL like, I said i
went back to the guy that did the, first one
and He wouldn't he wouldn't. Do it AND so i
went back to an ac COMPANY that i had used
in the past, before him and they told me the.
Same thing AND then i went On on amazon to
buy the soft start myself and maybe SEE what i
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could figure. It out and reading, the reviews there's more
than ONE that i found that said the. Same thing
they would blow. The compressor and we haven't had any
issue with the one we've had for six. SEVEN months
i guess we just got a good. ONE night i, don't.
Speaker 1 (59:54):
Know well or it hasn't been long. Enough yet, you
know hard, start kids hard start kits are there for
the draw of. The power what the soft start, does
is let's it ramp up when when the generator, is
going because it's too much drain on. A. Generator correct, so.
Speaker 6 (01:00:19):
Well if if you had to recommend a brand a,
soft start which would.
Speaker 1 (01:00:23):
You, Recommend truthfully i've never looked at at at any
of the different brands of them as far as how
well they work or.
Speaker 6 (01:00:30):
Not, work, okay well, all Right theon i'll look more into.
Whole home. These humidifiers, you say you say it's, worth
it but it won't take a large percentage off.
Speaker 1 (01:00:44):
The, Bill, no no it's not going to take a huge.
Percent off, you know you might you might see a,
few percentages but that's going to.
Speaker 6 (01:00:56):
Be, it well it would the worst then be an
extent in the life OF the. Ac.
Speaker 1 (01:01:01):
Unit uh, you know obviously if the unit's not running, As,
much yes it's it's gonna help with the extension. OF that,
i mean keep, in MIND the ac is nothing but
A big. D. Humidifier uh it just happens to cool.
As well and some of the acs have a. Dehumidification
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setting but the problem is when that, kicks in it does.
Start cooling when you PUT a d, Humidifier, in yes
it's going to bring the humidity. Levels down uh it's
it's gonna make the air in the. House drier but
you're probably gonna find that you're gonna start getting a
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little uncomfortable because when the air gets, too dry your
skin starts to. Feel, it, okay.
Speaker 6 (01:01:52):
Well these are all things. TO consider i thank you for.
Speaker 1 (01:01:54):
Your time you bet you, take care.
Speaker 6 (01:01:57):
Keep up the good work on. Here there.
Speaker 1 (01:01:59):
Thank you. Bye bye dejumidifiers though they work very well
SO but i just going only one degree or two
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home improvement sour seven one three two one two five eight.
Seven four that's seven, one three two one two five eight.
SEVEN four i got an Email from cindy and, she
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says water in my, interior walls. Baseboards cracking I'M desper
i have water coming into my walls every time. It
rains my home? Is stucco what would be my? First
step and does my homeowner's insurance? Cover this first notice
this last Summer during houston's. Heavy storm also smell mold
(01:06:16):
throughout my three story. Town home thank. You well the
FIRST thing i must say is typically when they're the
three story townhomes, and stuff that's a. Newer Construction and
i'm betting it's not based on this, description here that
it's probably, not stucco but. It's EPHUS and i say
(01:06:41):
that because ephis is notorious, for leaking causing that musty
smell that you described. In here you know the smell
of mold throughout and things. Like that so let's check that.
Out first and what happens with the ephis is moisture gets.
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In there there's styrofoam on, the backside and it. Just
stays it has no way, to escape and so it
starts to mildew and create this musty smell that.
Speaker 9 (01:07:13):
You're.
Speaker 1 (01:07:13):
GETTING now i will tell you both stucco and ephis
do need to be. Painted periodically and there is an elastic,
type paint elastomeric type paint that has give to it
that seals it and keeps the material from allowing moisture
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to go. Through it so that could basically be the.
Issue here but if you've already got moisture into, the
walls what they end up doing is tearing the. Walls
out i'm going to tell you To Call Woodland's water
restoration and talk with them first before you do anything
else so that they can check out the mold and
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Well it's woodland's water restoration two, eight, one, five, seven,
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six eight four. Five nine and this is not as
uncommon as as people think. It, is uh you know a,
brick wall moisture goes, through it but we typically have
an inch and a half gap on, the backside and
that's what the whea poles. Are for when moisture goes,
through it it runs down the backside of, the brick
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comes out the. Wheep, poles uh, no fuss no harm
because it's separated from. The walls but when they do these,
ephis things they don't. Have that it goes right up
against the studs and it just. Caused, problems now the
ethis is much better nowadays than it used. To BE
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but i don't know how old your. Unit is but
the ephis that was, put in, you know twenty thirty,
years ago it was junk and it caused all kinds.
Of problems so hopefully that helps. You, OUT look i
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Home includement let's TALK about usa insulation because if you're
thinking about insulating your, EXISTING walls, i mean you don't
want to go through. THE tearout i mean we were
just talking about having to tear out some of the
walls due. To moisture, but look you've been in your house.
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For years you haven't had any issues other than you
don't like your. ENERGY Bills usa insulation can help. WITH
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Home IMPROVEMENT so i was just listening to the news
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there and when they were talking About that walmart app.
FOR checkout i don't think these people understand that a
lot of us don't want to use. These things, you
know it's bad enough that they have all these, self
checkouts but now they're going to make me put an
app on, My phone they're going to have my, phone
number they start sending me junk on. THE phone i don't,
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do That and i'm not the. ONLY one a lot
of us don't.
Speaker 14 (01:11:33):
DO that.
Speaker 1 (01:11:35):
I Went into walgreens last week and they had IT
where i had to sign in just to get in
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getting a little bit ridiculous on the stuff that they're wanting.
FROM us i get too many phone calls and too
many junk texts and stuff on my, phone already and
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every place that you give your number, out to it's
just another place that's adding more junk coming to your
phone and.
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To.
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Laporte caroline This. Is jim HOW can i? Help?
Speaker 11 (01:12:17):
You, uh yes. All right before we bought, Our, home
uh it had had where it was leveled, And uh
i'm wondering do we need to steal use of soaker
hodes and things like that and water.
Speaker 5 (01:12:35):
The foundation.
Speaker 1 (01:12:37):
It depends if the whole interior and exterior of the house,
WAS underpinned i would. Say no but if all it
was done was say just, the, outside yes or just
part of the, outside.
Speaker 11 (01:12:50):
Yes OKAY and i don't really know if it was
just the outside or what.
Speaker 13 (01:12:58):
It was.
Speaker 11 (01:13:00):
The Reason why i'm asking that because last year we
had to have a rift cut on our house and
they had to put our beans back together with hurricane
straps before they could put our new rift. One right
and then another thing is to another thing is this year,
(01:13:25):
just recently we had to have our garage story placed
because the sheet rocks. Just fell we don't. Know why
and so when the guy came to look, at it
they were They were i'm trying to think of what
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it was called they had to look and see That
that i'm trying to think of what. It's called they
had to go and look in. The rafts they were
in the rafts, up here and they were, all loose
so they had to nail all. That DOWN so i
don't know if all that came from, these people, you
(01:14:10):
know leveling the foundation and that's caused all that.
Speaker 1 (01:14:13):
Stuff one, SO now, I mean i'm in the foundation.
Repair business i've done probably one hundred and eighty thousand,
jobs now and, you know typically when you're leveling, the
foundation it tends to push stuff like that. Back together
but if the framework was loose to, begin with it's
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not always going to push it all. The Way and
i'm guessing that you were probably talking about like the
uh supports that kept come down to the kickers and
stuff to hold things rigid up in there in the
cross bracing and all that comes. LOOSE foundation, I mean
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i've done houses that were eighteen inches out of levels
with people still living. In it most people when their
house is an inch and, a half they feel it
walking across. The floor that's not really typically going to
do a lot to the framework of. The, house.
Speaker 11 (01:15:15):
Okay, All RIGHT so i wonder should we go ahead
and WATER since i don't know if it was just
the outer part or if it was the. Inner, PART
also i have NO idea.
Speaker 1 (01:15:29):
I would. Recommend it how longgo'd you buy? The house.
Speaker 11 (01:15:33):
Six?
Speaker 9 (01:15:34):
Years?
Speaker 1 (01:15:34):
Ago okay and THE readonnight i was asking that if
it was, REAL reason i would tell you check with
the city to see who did, the work and then
you could call them and possibly get a drawing of what.
Was done but if it six, years ago chances are
the cities not going to have the. Paperwork, ANYMORE.
Speaker 11 (01:15:55):
Well i have the ill get you to draw of
what these, people did because when we bought, THE house
I said i wanted so they said there was a.
Lifetime GUARANTEE but i know how lifetime. Guarantees work they
don't really. Cover anything when they, say lifetime you know
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there's always something that's going to.
Speaker 1 (01:16:17):
Stop it on, foundation repair what the lifetime guarantees are
supposed to cover is if that, peer settles they can
adjust with that peer to lift it. Back up that's
what's normally covered on a foundation. Repair warranty the problem
you run into with foundation, repair contractors though there's a
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lot of Fly by knights who they'll operate under one
name for three four, five years close it and open up,
under another and your warranty. Is, gone.
Speaker 11 (01:16:52):
Yeah that's probably what this. ONE did i, Don't KNOW like,
I said i. CAN'T remember i had the. Paperwork somewhere
from the time we bought the house, until now there's
been a, whole lot a whole lot.
Speaker 1 (01:17:05):
That's, happened, sure yeah, but yeah take a look at.
That drawing and if it's got piers all the way
around and through the middle, of it then you don't
need A water but if, it doesn't.
Speaker 11 (01:17:16):
You, do, OKAY okay, I mean i don't have the
money to have it. Re leveled if that's what it
is going.
Speaker 8 (01:17:29):
To take, you, know.
Speaker 1 (01:17:31):
Well if the peers are, already there the releveling is
typically really inexpensive as compared to doing new, foundation work
and the watering will tend to keep it from.
Speaker 11 (01:17:42):
Getting worse, oh okay, ALL right i may call BACK
after i look at all.
Speaker 1 (01:17:49):
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Speaker 6 (01:17:57):
With you, oh, okay right.
Speaker 1 (01:18:03):
We, can okay we can take a look at. The
drawings we can take elevations and, you know see where
it sits and what's going on. With, it okay, Oh okay.
Speaker 11 (01:18:14):
SO if i mean you also, come out EVEN if
i mean just to give me an estimate and look.
Speaker 1 (01:18:18):
At, It right, oh, Yes, ma'am, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 11 (01:18:21):
Okay, ALL right i may. Do that thanks so much for.
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two one two five eight Seven, Four linda HOW can
i help?
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You?
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Today hi how are?
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You wonderful how? About you?
Speaker 5 (01:23:38):
Very good The reason i'm well NOW that i heard
you say that thing About the walmart.
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App too that.
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Sounds ridiculous i'm. With you he started adding something that
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Somewhere else, oh, Yeah.
Speaker 5 (01:23:55):
YEAH but i have a question.
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For you.
Speaker 5 (01:23:59):
My house was about thirty, years old and when we first,
built it we had to very quickly move into it
and we just put In for. Micah, countertops well now
they're all kind of feeling and coming off and all
that kind. OF stuff i, was wondering what is the
best countertop. To Get now i'm going to need to
(01:24:21):
replace my countertops and my KITCHEN and i have an
island and that kind.
Speaker 13 (01:24:25):
Of thing.
Speaker 5 (01:24:28):
What would?
Speaker 13 (01:24:28):
You suggests do you do a lot Of?
Speaker 5 (01:24:30):
Cookie MICAH do i do a lot?
Speaker 4 (01:24:33):
Of?
Speaker 5 (01:24:33):
Cooking, yeah yes, SO no i mean not. A ton,
You know i'm not, empty ESTHER but i do have
my grandkids over.
Speaker 1 (01:24:44):
Every, Weekend OKAY now i will TELL you i Have
for micah in my own house still, right NOW because
i put it in about twenty years a little well
twenty two, years AGO but i am going to be
changing it out this year. As Well for micah holds up.
Very well it's. Not expensive, you know it's one of
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those things people like, to, say oh you just Have,
for micah But for micah. Is great it's. Extremely durable
if you're gonna do a lot, of cooking and you
know you worry about wine spills or things, like THAT
then i would tell you stick With, for micah or
take a look at the man made countertops like stylestone
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and and things, like that because again they're. Extremely durable
they don't. Hold backteria so it's it's easy to keep
it clean. And everything if you use the kitchen, a
lot this one will. Shock you but the least the
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one you. Should use the lesser choice. Would, be granted granite.
IS gorgeous i love the look. Of it. It's durable
but here's the problem. With it it's. Very porous so
if you spill wine, on it you get blood on
it from a steak or anything, like that it soaks
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down into those pores and it can stain. The granite
on top, of that the porousness of it holds bacteria,
as well and so because, Of that because, of that
you have to clean it on a regular basis and
reseal it and stuff. Like that and by that a,
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REGULAR basis i mean once a year you have to
do a resealing of it typically to minimize. That problem
so if you go with the man maids or, the
formica you don't have. Those, problems.
Speaker 5 (01:26:50):
Excellent and you, call it, you.
Speaker 8 (01:26:52):
Said stylestone is that what.
Speaker 1 (01:26:54):
It's, called yes there's there's there's a whole bunch. Of them,
the stylestone there's, granite transformations there's any. Of those man
made hard countertops are typically, very durable and you don't
have these kind. Of, Issues.
Speaker 5 (01:27:16):
Excellent that's EXACTLY what, i, need, BECAUSE yeah i don't
want anything that's staying Too and i've got. Grand kids.
Speaker 1 (01:27:25):
So, yeah well the other thing that people run into
with the granite countertops is there is a difference in
the thickness, of them and so, you know if you
get the thinner ones and, you drop say a glass bowl,
on them you can crack. The, countertop oh that wouldn't. Be,
good again you don't have that problem with. The, Manmaids.
Speaker 5 (01:27:50):
Well i'll definitely look at the. MAN maids i appreciate,
the information.
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My pleasure and if you have any, other questions you
feel free to.
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REACH out i will you keep up the.
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I am i make that trip. EVERY week i am
so tired of that. Road.
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TRIP yeah i actually used to Live in dallas and
my friend that was my really good, friend there Moved.
To utah so she asked me to meet Her in
dallas for.
Speaker 6 (01:28:28):
The, week actually.
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And her son still, live there so we had a
good time for this. Whole, week Yep now i'm on my.
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Way back.
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Very well well you have a very safe, trip back.
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Thank, YOU.
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WELL but i make the trip back and forth. Every,
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I just just, Thinking again i'm going back and Forth
between Houston. AND dallas i don't know if everybody saw,
this week but it looks like the high speed train
finally died. This Week and i've been saying, ALL along
i did, you know for the last, twenty years they've
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been talking, About That and i've gone back, and forth
traveling with people who were involved in that on some
of the TRIPS that i made back and forth, and
Stuff and i've been saying for the last, TWENTY years
i don't think this thing will ever. Get, built well
it lost its grand, this week sixty four. BILLION dollars
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i don't see this rail ever being Built, in texas
at least not in the next not in, My lifetime
i'll put it. That way it's just too costly for
what it was going, to do and it wasn't going
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story look Tomorrow. Is easter we will have a show
on at two. O'clock tomorrow feel free to, tune IN
but i hope you spend time with your family and
keep in Mind what easter weekend is truly. All about
it's not, the eggs it's not The kids easter egg hunt.
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Or anything so let's keep in mind What truly easter is.
All ABOUT and i do hope you have a great
time with family and friends On this. Easter holiday i'll
be honest. With you i'm gonna plug in a previous recorded,
show tomorrow but it'll, it'll be, it'll be it'll. Sound
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good you can listen to it and you probably won't know.
The DIFFERENCE but i must spend time with my family.
As well so, with that have A, happy easter and
don't forget to join us again tomorrow at too And
next saturday at two o'clock here on seven POINT. Forty
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