Filling Concrete

Jim gets right to some calls to start the show today. He gets questions about filling concrete for a tub, a contractor for a church ceiling, a produut for brick mold, and more. Jim also talks A/C work, a water softner countinuly running, whether or not to clean out air ducts, and more. He also takes a minute to wish his wife a happy anniversary tomorrow. Jim continues in the second hour with more home improvement calls and questions.

Episode Transcript

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call first call for the day, and we're gonna head
out to Rosenberg. Dave. Welcome to Texas Home Improvement.

Speaker 10 (02:35):
How you doing today, Jen?

Speaker 9 (02:37):
Doing good? How about you?

Speaker 10 (02:39):
Oh? Not too bad? Not too bad?

Speaker 9 (02:40):
Uh?

Speaker 11 (02:41):
Yeah, what I've got is a sunken garden tub which
for the last eight years has had a piece of
ply with over the top of it has been full
of junk.

Speaker 10 (02:51):
I would like to turn it into a nice, big shower.

Speaker 9 (02:55):
Okay, how do I fill up that hole?

Speaker 11 (03:00):
And what do I need to do to replace or
to close off that window? It does look a look
out on a nothing part of my house.

Speaker 10 (03:11):
I mean, there's nothing you can't see.

Speaker 9 (03:13):
Now, I'm gonna be scaring the neighbors when you're showering,
is what you're saying.

Speaker 11 (03:17):
Well, what I mean is I could put a I
could just I was thinking I would just put a
panel in there of some kind and just in the
window slots.

Speaker 9 (03:24):
It's brick, sure, okay, and nobody ever.

Speaker 11 (03:27):
See that, So I'm not as worried about that as
I am filling up that hole in the ground.

Speaker 9 (03:32):
Okay. Actually filling up the hole in the ground is
going to be fairly simple. You'll take out the old
tub and you're going to get down to where it's
just concrete down there, and in some cases under the
sunken tub is going to be concrete anyways, and in fact,
in most cases, so you get everything down to the

(03:53):
concrete and you fill it in with concrete to floor level.
It really is that simple.

Speaker 10 (04:00):
That's a lot of concrete.

Speaker 9 (04:04):
Your foundation won't know the difference.

Speaker 11 (04:12):
Okay, is there anything that I can put in there
to take up some of the space before the concrete
over the top of it like that, I mean rip
rap or something that would be if it's.

Speaker 9 (04:25):
Filled solid with concrete, Yes you could, but truthfully, concrete
is not all that expensive. I would just fill it
with concrete and be done. Because when you put other
materials like rip rap or dirt or anything like that
in there, remember that's a low spot. It can take on.

(04:47):
It could take on moisture that can get in there
because concrete is porous, where if you fill it with concrete,
you really won't have to worry about any moisture that
would get in there because it's not an enough to
cause any type of you know issues, mold and stuff
like that. But if you have rip wrap in there

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and then there's air pockets and stuff, you can just
run into issues and you know, you're you're talking the
size of a tub a yard. If you're having a
concrete truck bring it a yard of concrete is like
one hundred and forty bucks, and so it's just not
that expensive. Now, granted you're not going to get a

(05:32):
concrete truck to come out for one yard at one
hundred and forty. They're going to charge you a minimum
of like eight hundred dollars. But if I was doing it,
I would just be using the bags that i'd get it,
you know, the bottom door. Yeah, so I was planning
to do it, and.

Speaker 11 (05:51):
I guess i'd just mix them right outside that window
and and.

Speaker 9 (05:56):
Yep, yeah, you don't. Yeah, and you can fill in
the bottomn portion with dry you don't even have to
mix it. Wait till you get it up to you know,
six twelve inches, then start mixing. There we go.

Speaker 10 (06:10):
That's the secret right there.

Speaker 11 (06:11):
So I don't have so I could just start dumping
bags in there until like, sure, what's the top?

Speaker 9 (06:17):
Yeah, okay, Now on the window, because you mentioned the
window that's there, you know what, you might want to
take a look at doing on that because it will
be problematic for you to just leave that existing window there,
but you may want to take that out and look
at using the glass block window in there.

Speaker 10 (06:39):
I thought of that. I'm not sure I want to
not sure I want to bother with it.

Speaker 9 (06:45):
Yeah, I'm.

Speaker 10 (06:48):
Technically I could.

Speaker 11 (06:50):
Probably leave the window in there, put a piece of
uh siding over the over the outside of it, and
dry wall over the inside.

Speaker 9 (06:58):
Good night. Well, I'm not wororried about the outside as
much as I am the inside, because unless you put
like a tubs round kit or something around it, uh,
it will leak into the walls. Yeah, it's not. It's
the window itself is not the way it sits right now,
is not going to be water tight from the inside.

Speaker 11 (07:20):
Oh no, I would be retiling over that hole.

Speaker 10 (07:24):
Okay, I'm just.

Speaker 11 (07:25):
Gonna yeah, then you'd be fine.

Speaker 9 (07:29):
Yeah, you can definitely do that. Then.

Speaker 10 (07:32):
Okay, Well I got one more question.

Speaker 9 (07:35):
Okay, is there a is there?

Speaker 11 (07:39):
I'm a carpenter and I've used to dealing with four
y eight sheets of stuff? Does anybody make a product like, ah,
that's like cultured marble, that's you know, I could buy
in sheets and cut up with a table saw and
use that for my tubs.

Speaker 9 (07:59):
Or go or to floor and de core.

Speaker 5 (08:04):
Yeah.

Speaker 9 (08:05):
And they have huge tile pieces that are like five
foot by seven foot long type stuff where yes, you
could do the whole wall that way.

Speaker 11 (08:18):
Oh wow, I didn't five foot by seven foot. That's okay, Okay,
I like that.

Speaker 5 (08:24):
All right.

Speaker 10 (08:24):
Well, great, you've answered a bunch of my questions.

Speaker 9 (08:27):
All right, you take care. Good you two and again
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(08:50):
eight seven four. We're gonna head to the east side
and Robert, this is Jim. How can I help you?

Speaker 5 (08:59):
Yeah?

Speaker 7 (08:59):
Sure, Thank you so much for taking the call.

Speaker 9 (09:02):
My pleasure.

Speaker 7 (09:03):
Appreciate your show and your service. Our church facility was
badly damaged. We've already replaced the roof.

Speaker 10 (09:14):
But.

Speaker 7 (09:16):
On the inside we had the ceiling to coming in
down in about four different places, so all of that's
going to have to be changed on the inside. So
I was just trying to find somebody who could give
us an estimate that we could really trust to do
a good job on our church facility.

Speaker 9 (09:39):
Okay. And what kind of building materials is it?

Speaker 12 (09:47):
Was that wood?

Speaker 9 (09:48):
Was sheet rock or yeah? Sheet rock okay? And the
wood structure has all been redone. It's just a matter
of doing the sheet rock work now, correct, yes, okay ah.
And as you say you're on the east side, can
you can it be more specific? Where this is.

Speaker 7 (10:12):
Right off of near the ship channels, across the ship channel,
right off of Clinton Drive, Okay, okay, right next to
Galena Park.

Speaker 9 (10:26):
Got it? All right. I'm going to give you two
people to call. Then you can call Victors Remodeling in Construction.

Speaker 7 (10:40):
Victors yep.

Speaker 13 (10:44):
Okay at eight three two eight three two two four
three two four.

Speaker 9 (10:53):
Three ninety nine ninety seven.

Speaker 7 (10:57):
Ninety nine, ninety seven. And that's Victors, yes.

Speaker 9 (11:05):
And then there's another company who's just across the ship
channel from you, and it's Alasco Home Improvement.

Speaker 13 (11:16):
Is that he's the l A s CEO, l A
s c O, l A s yep CEO.

Speaker 7 (11:27):
Oh Alasco, Yes, sir, yes, sir, okay.

Speaker 9 (11:31):
And his number is eight three two eight seven eight
nine zero.

Speaker 7 (11:38):
Five five nine seven five five.

Speaker 9 (11:45):
No nine zero five five oh.

Speaker 7 (11:50):
All right, nine zero five five yes, sir, all right,
thank you so much. In what they could eat deal
with the lighting some of the lighting that may have
to be changed.

Speaker 9 (12:05):
Both of them would be able to help you with
that as well.

Speaker 7 (12:08):
Okay, all right, thank you so much, God bless you.

Speaker 9 (12:11):
You as well. Take care all right, And with that
being said, sounds like we're going to take a quick break.
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Hey, Welcome back to Texas Home Improvements your Total Home
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out here on Texas Home Improvement your Total Home Improvement source.
Let's head back into the calls against seven one three
two one two five eight seven four. We're gonna head
to west. You and Mark. This is Jim. How can
I help you?

Speaker 15 (16:26):
Hey, Jim, I have a question for you regarding a
I have a brick fountain adjacent to a pool and
a pool we've had to put in. It's kind of
about eight foot wide, I'd say two and a half
three foot high, a bit of a U shape, so
you can sit in the pool with three little fountains
that come down. It's raw brick, and I'm getting a
lot of you know, green mildew mold kind of in

(16:49):
the corners and in a few spots. The Weton forget
has been great to make.

Speaker 16 (16:53):
It go away.

Speaker 15 (16:54):
But I was wondering, is there any kind of a
perhaps coating I can put on the brick that would
you know, maybe you make it less porous, less prone
to grow stuff.

Speaker 9 (17:04):
A masonry sealer would possibly help sank a jam a
masonry sealer, okay. And you can get that at like
white Cap or any place that sells masonry supplies. But
basically it'll be a product that you can just spray on.

(17:25):
It soaks into the brick and help seal up the
pores from taking on moisture.

Speaker 6 (17:31):
Okay.

Speaker 15 (17:31):
And it has a clear coating.

Speaker 9 (17:33):
Yes, sir, you'll you'll never see it on there.

Speaker 6 (17:37):
Great.

Speaker 15 (17:37):
And one more time, what was the replace you recommended
white Cap?

Speaker 9 (17:43):
W Yeah, it's a it's a commercial supply house place.

Speaker 15 (17:49):
Great, that's exactly what I needed, sir. Thank you so much,
appreciate you listening.

Speaker 5 (17:53):
All the time.

Speaker 9 (17:54):
Thank you, sir. Talk to you later and again our
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(18:15):
I actually talk about white Cap quite often. Uh. It
is a commercial place, but you're more than welcome to
go in to get stuff. Uh, just be prepared that
sometimes you may have to describe a little bit what
you're looking for, but those guys are really great to
work with in there, so uh, anytime you're looking for

(18:37):
that kind of stuff, White Cap is isn't is a
great place. Another place that we probably don't talk about
as much is Granger. Uh. Now I do find Granger
to be on some things, a little on the high side,
but dang, they carried virtually everything and anything that you're
looking for. All right, seven one three, two one two

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two five eight seven four, We're gonna head over to
north Shore and Tom, welcome to Texas Home Improvement. How
can I help you?

Speaker 5 (19:08):
Well? Thank you.

Speaker 17 (19:10):
I have a house that was built in sixty four,
nineteen sixty four, and on the bathtub wall has tile
four inch tile, and I have a line of where
the cocking had chipped off, and it's no longer there anymore.
And I'm worried about water getting back behind the tower.

(19:33):
And so how would what would you recommend? Would you
recommend tube cocking that comes.

Speaker 5 (19:39):
In a tuber?

Speaker 17 (19:40):
Should I buy a five pound bag of cocking and
mix it or what's your recommendation?

Speaker 9 (19:46):
Is it the cocking or the mortar that you're worried
about some mortar. Okay, you know typically what color mortar
is it?

Speaker 17 (19:57):
It's off white white.

Speaker 9 (20:00):
Okay. They actually make a white mortar that's already mixed
that you can get it in just a tub so
that you don't have to mix it if you don't
want to. Uh. So I would take a look at that. Now,
if it's just in the corners, then you could get away.

Speaker 17 (20:20):
It goes all it's on the in between the bottom
tie and the second tie goes all the way to
the link to the bathtub.

Speaker 9 (20:28):
Okay, yeah, then yeah, the mortar is what the is
what you're gonna want to get. Uh you know, I
I'm saying mortar. It's not mortar, it's grout. I'm sorry. Yeah,
I've been I was talking about bricks earlier on something
else and that's mortar. But no, this is this is grout.

(20:50):
But uh, if you'll go over to floor and decre
they'll have some that's pre mixed that you could use. Yeah,
and it's white like that.

Speaker 17 (21:02):
Okay, Okay. I've done tall or before, so I know
how to appuy that. And that's that's what I was asking.
That's what I'm dealing with. So okay, thanks for the information.

Speaker 9 (21:15):
Hey, I appreciate the call, and you have a wonderful weekend.

Speaker 17 (21:18):
Yeah, sir, you do same, Thank you all.

Speaker 9 (21:20):
Right and again seven one three two one two five
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Hey, welcome back to Texas Home Improvements. Your total home
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get ready to head to our next call and constantine.
How can I help you?

Speaker 5 (23:57):
Hi?

Speaker 9 (23:58):
How are you?

Speaker 19 (23:58):
Jims?

Speaker 9 (23:59):
Wonderful? How about you?

Speaker 18 (24:01):
Very well? First of all, I just want to let
you know once you had helped me over my foundation
twenty years ago or so, and you're very honest. I
didn't need any any work or any but anyway, this
time I'm calling you about my acy. I wanted to

(24:25):
replace it. I wanted to replace it. Can I replace
the coil upstairs? Without the heater.

Speaker 9 (24:36):
You can, yes, is your coil got a leak in it?

Speaker 18 (24:41):
Well, it's twenty twenty three years old, maybe twenty four, Okay,
so everything is going out like free and wise and
everything everything changes, yep. And I saw the other day
he has some rush spot where the water h drain
needs to go out. So I think it's time for

(25:04):
me to replace it.

Speaker 9 (25:05):
Sooner or later, I have to do it exactly now.
You can replace the coil and not have to replace
the whole air handler up there. But truthfully, when it
gets to be really over twenty years that way, yes,
it's not worth the money to do that because the
ok the coil is so expensive on its own, and

(25:29):
you may not be able to get it being that old,
but it's expensive enough on its own that it pays
to just replace the whole unit.

Speaker 19 (25:37):
Upstairs, like AC and the hitter. Yes, sir, okay, how
about the outside.

Speaker 17 (25:50):
Part?

Speaker 18 (25:51):
I have to.

Speaker 9 (25:53):
Is how old? Is it the same?

Speaker 18 (25:58):
You know, I'm not going to man here, and I'm
not going to mention the previous people. You know what
I mean? Who they is a lesson which they did
a great job. Yeh, get me wrong, But I just
like you and I like your honesty. And you know,
I'd rather go with you because uh my friend David

(26:20):
and the other uh service that they did, you know,
he's not alive anymore. Uh huh Okay, anyway, I'd rather,
I'd rather, you know, deal with you all on your company,
go through them.

Speaker 9 (26:36):
Sure, I appreciate that. And look if if it's if
the whole system is that old, you really don't want
to be sticking a lot of money into it. Uh,
it needs to be replaced. And the whole thing, yes, sir,
inside and out.

Speaker 18 (26:57):
Inside and out all right, because it's an amana unit
and it has h you know, the coil you know
he used to do. He used to make it smaller
to uh fight the humidity.

Speaker 9 (27:11):
Yep.

Speaker 18 (27:13):
So you know, and what do you recommend.

Speaker 9 (27:16):
Jim Constantine? Did you work with Jay? Because I know
what company you're talking about and Jay, who's my head technician. Uh,
that's where he came from.

Speaker 18 (27:29):
Yeah, but you see Jay, they used to be a guy.
He used to come every year in my house because
I live in uh down by Sedge Meadow Provision. You
used to live near there too, I did, But I
know you had told me way back if your personally
had come to my house to inspect my foundation. Anyway,

(27:52):
Jay used to be Uh, he used to come. I
really liked you. He used to come over to my
house and service the unit. Okay, I think that's that
day I'm talking about.

Speaker 9 (28:02):
Yep, yep, Okay.

Speaker 18 (28:05):
Let me ask you something. Who uh, I mean, maybe
should I Now let's go to another to a unit. Okay,
what do you recommends? Simple? You know what I mean. Sure,
I don't want anything with bell a lot of bells
and whistles, to be honest with you, Okay, I think

(28:26):
I carry go, go ahead.

Speaker 9 (28:28):
I carry multiple lines at the US American Standard is
one of the lines we carry, and you know they
got from the single speed all the way up to
the variable speed. Great systems. They work very well, last
a long time. Uh. And then the other systems that
we carry, we do a lot of the Dyson systems.

(28:49):
They dyke and they do they do extremely well also,
but Dyke and.

Speaker 18 (28:55):
It's the one that is part of the units outside
and the other one comes to the world.

Speaker 9 (29:00):
Yes, sir, No, no, no, you're thinking of Duckless.

Speaker 5 (29:03):
Uh.

Speaker 9 (29:04):
It's just another brand. But it's it's the same same
as what you have.

Speaker 18 (29:11):
All right, and uh, price wise their differences or not.

Speaker 9 (29:15):
Oh yeah, there.

Speaker 18 (29:17):
Is so okay, So Americans Sender is more expensive.

Speaker 9 (29:24):
It depends on the system that you buy from either
one of them, but in general, yes, American Standard is
considered more of a Cadillac type system and does cost
a little bit more, okay.

Speaker 18 (29:37):
And the warranty work, I mean the warranty is which
one has a better warranty?

Speaker 9 (29:43):
Actually they both offer very good warranties on the compressor.
American Standard offers up to a ten year warranty on it.

Speaker 18 (29:53):
All right, all right? And uh, I need to call
over at your office and make an appointment for somebody
to come.

Speaker 9 (29:59):
Out, Yes, sir, just just call the office at seven
to one, three four. I'm yeah, seven six, and they'd
be more happy to take care of you.

Speaker 18 (30:12):
Yeah, because I I cannot ride down because I'm driving.

Speaker 9 (30:15):
So that's okay. So you've got You've got the number.

Speaker 18 (30:19):
I got it, I got it? Well, Uh all right?
And uh one the last question and I'm living is this,
how can you clean the flex uh dockwork or not?

Speaker 9 (30:33):
No? Typically not because when you run a cleaner through there,
it normally tears it up. All right.

Speaker 18 (30:41):
So do you recommend to change it after all these years?

Speaker 9 (30:46):
Uh, if it's only twenty years old, probably not. If
it's in good shape, there's no reason to.

Speaker 20 (30:51):
Uh.

Speaker 9 (30:52):
If it's if it's got holes and tears and stuff,
then we take the oka.

Speaker 18 (30:57):
No, none of that, None of it.

Speaker 9 (30:58):
Okay, and without a I'll let you go. We got
to take a break. I appreciate the call. And uh,
let's talk real quick about Texas Remodel Teams Window Division.
You know, there's a lot of different companies out there
doing replacement windows nowadays. The advantage of the Texas Remodel
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Jim Dunton is like a cool drink of water out
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Here's more with Jim on Texas Home Improvement.

Speaker 9 (34:16):
Hey, welcome back to Texas Home Improvements. Seven one three
two one two five eight seven four. Again it's seven
one three two one two five eight seven four. I'm
gonna take just a minute here while I got a
little lull in the calls. I got all open lines
right now to wish my wife a happy anniversary. Tomorrow

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is our fortieth wedding anniversary, and uh, you know a
lot of times people wonder how you make forty years
and it doesn't come easily because all married couples will
have squabbles now and then, and it's easy to walk
out and leave, but you stick it out, and you
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and that that's just life. There's ups and there's downs,
and you know, you stick through the downs for all
the good times. And quite frankly, the longer you're married,
the more the good times you have because you become
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what makes life enjoyable for you. So with that, I'll
take this opportunity to wish marry my wife a happy anniversary. Now,
if you've got a question seven one three two one
two five eight seven four, that's seven one three, two
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Home Improvement. Now. I did get in the email from
Susan in League City asking about foundation work, and she
needs somebody who can do foundation work and home renovation. Well,
give Due West a call my company. Obviously we can
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But again, if you have a home improvement question seven
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one three two one two five eight seven four. Uh,
this one I found very different. It just came in
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plantation shutters. And I, honestly, I'm not sure if he's
trying to take the sh hutters off and take them
somewhere that can do this, or look them for somebody
who can come out and do it. And honestly, I've
never heard of ultrasonic cleaning for plantation shutters. I've heard

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of dipping them to strip them, and you know, pressure
washing them. I've heard of ultrasonic cleaning for like jewelry
and small items like that, but never truthfully, never on
a shutter basis like that, something large like that. So uh,
I would have to, I guess have a little more information.

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And it's one of the reasons I like it when
people call because I'm able to ask questions and get
more information to help you out better on it. So Stan,
if you want to give me a holler, be more
than happy to talk to you here on the show
about it seven one three two one two five eight
seven four, and we'll see what we can do to
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home improvement source. And let's see, we're gonna head to Kingwood.

Speaker 5 (38:04):
Yah.

Speaker 9 (38:05):
Yeah, we got time for a call here and Bruce,
this is Jim. How can I help you, sir?

Speaker 16 (38:14):
Thanks for taking my call. Jim, I've got a whole
house water softener system that for the last couple of days,
it seems like it's constantly running. Is that probably an
easy fix like a gasket leak or what.

Speaker 9 (38:32):
Well? It depends on what kind of softener it is,
because you know, some of them just measure the gallons
going through it and then that would be a gasket type.
Others are electronic and if the electronic board got stuck
on something, that would be something different. So do you
have an electronic display?

Speaker 5 (38:53):
No?

Speaker 9 (38:54):
Okay, so yes, it very well could be then that
it is just a gasket. So the first thing I
would do on that type of situation. Almost all of
them have shut off valves that you can bypass the
softener and start with that valve. It's typically on top
of the tank and it just rotates a typically a

(39:19):
quarter turn to shut things off and just bypass all
the softener tanks. And I would do that first, and
then you can shut everything off in the house and
you'll know if it's bypassing that particular valve or not.

Speaker 6 (39:40):
So I got three valves, one at the top and
then it splits off to one on the right and
one on the left.

Speaker 16 (39:49):
Yeah, so would it be the very top valve, yes, sir, okay,
I'll give that try, and then.

Speaker 9 (39:57):
If that shuts off, you can turn that one back
on and then start messing with the other two doing
the same thing, and you'll be able to trace it
down where it's bypassing, because it's going to be in
something along those lines that's bypassing.

Speaker 5 (40:14):
Okay, Well, I know the left one when I shut
that off, it shuts.

Speaker 6 (40:20):
Off water to the house.

Speaker 16 (40:23):
Okay, so I'll try the top one.

Speaker 6 (40:28):
See what happens.

Speaker 9 (40:29):
Oky, Do you take care of all?

Speaker 5 (40:32):
Right?

Speaker 9 (40:32):
Thank you Jim, Bye bye, and again. If you've got
a question seven one three, two one two five eight
seven four. That's seven one three, two one two five
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I said, down the League City, hello jd.

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Hey Jim, how you doing that?

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Man?

Speaker 14 (42:24):
I did call you last week about a timneycat fleek
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Speaker 9 (44:43):
A seven one three two one two five eight seven four.
That's seven one three, two one two five eight seven
four Again. Any home improvement question you have, pick up
the phone, give me a call and let's talk about
it here on Texas Home Improvement. Let's head to our
next call, Tim. This is Jim. Welcome to Texas Home Improvement. Whoops,

(45:06):
I got it. Here we go, Jimmy, Jamy, how can
I help you? I got a question for you.

Speaker 3 (45:14):
I got a probably an eighteen year old home to
East units that I replaced about two years ago for
the first time.

Speaker 22 (45:23):
Home is about call it five thousand square sheets and
been getting a lot of quotes to have the air condition,
I mean the air duck's cleaned out, and I'm hearing
mixed reviews that that's kind of a myth that.

Speaker 10 (45:37):
Really don't need to be done.

Speaker 3 (45:38):
Wanted to hear your take and kind of get an
idea of what is a an appropriate price because of
the prices have been across the board.

Speaker 9 (45:46):
Okay, so you know a lot of places will recommend
air duck cleaning simply because they make good money off
of it, and unless something has happened to put dirt
and stuff in your duck, typically not a reason to
do it. The air that blows through there is typically
filtered air. And if you have flex stucks, a lot

(46:09):
of times you can't clean it because it'll tear up
the inside of it. They start with a cleaning and
the next thing you know, they're telling you, well, sorry,
but it tore it up and now we got to
put new duck work in. If you got the old
metal duck work, then the duck cleaning is fine, but
the flex stuck just doesn't do well with it. And
I hate to do this to you. I'm gonna put

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you on hold because I got to take a break
for news, traffic and weather, and we can continue on
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Speaker 9 (48:43):
Hey, welcome back to Texas Home Improvements. Your total home
improvement source seven one three, two one two five eight
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I was talking with Tim, and I think he has
some additional questions. We'll see here. Tim, you there, I
am so there, Yes, sir, go ahead.

Speaker 3 (49:43):
Ah, very good. I think answer my question on that
next one ahead is uh. It kind of goes into
my overall question I was going to have is that,
you know, when the house is about twenty years old,
trying to do some preventive maintenance, you know, with your
extensive background, wanted to see what you kind of recommended
from a preventative mate and standpoint for houses twenty years

(50:03):
With that, I've already had the roof completed, but the
guys have noticed and cracks in the gables and the
at the top of my two story where where the
not the brick but kind of the stone is And
I wanted to find out if that's something I really
need to have you know, you know, treated and take

(50:26):
care of, or if that's just another I would say,
just you know, cracking the house that that comes comes
with the old age. But the bigger question is outside
of the gables, what other improvements that you recommend to
be proactive on a twenty year old home.

Speaker 9 (50:43):
On a twenty year old home, you know, obviously you
do start getting some cracking like that, so people start worrying, Oh,
I'm gonna have bugs coming in, I'm gonna have water
coming in the brick, the rock, all that stuff is
of an ear and so it really doesn't allow things

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to come inside. You don't have to lose a lot
of sleep over that. Should it be handled at some point, absolutely,
but let's look at what caused it, because it's usually
not an age thing. It's usually something has shifted around
a little bit. Doesn't mean there's a foundation problem, but
that something has shifted. So it's always good if you
can check that you are at the age because normally

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eighteen to twenty years is when people start seeing foundation
movement because of trees that were planted around the house.
And at that point, root barriers can help eliminate that
type of movement and correct any problems that may have
started with the foundation. But now we get into some

(51:48):
of the other stuff that you got to take a
look at. That's usually when your faucets are going to
start going bad. You're going to and it's not just
like the kitchen faucet or bathroom sink. You're gonna find
that the faucets for the shower and tub and things
like that will start going bad as well, So you're

(52:09):
gonna have to do some replacements on some of that stuff.
The porcelain, even in the toilet, starts showing not showing where,
but showing where to a degree in that it won't
flush everything down like it used to, and so you

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know a lot of times we start end up having
to replace toilets and things like that at that type
of age. Now, the bigger thing that's more expensive stuff
that you're going to start getting into is the windows,
because at that age it has builder's grade double pane windows,
and they may start fogging up. That means the seal

(52:52):
is broke. And if the seal broke and it's fogging up,
the only fix for that is to replace the windows.
So that's going to be some of the big items
that you're going to have to be dealing with on it.
Beyond that, it's just routine cleaning and maintenance and keeping

(53:13):
stuff painted so you don't get wood rocked, and other
issues along that line. So hopefully that helps you out
with all that stuff. Got a question, but it'll go ahead, Tim.

Speaker 3 (53:25):
Yeah, I'm just going to say, and how about the
pool about you know, fifteen years old, even recommended that
gets resurfaced, kind of almost going back to the.

Speaker 10 (53:38):
Air ducts.

Speaker 3 (53:39):
I didn't know if that's just another myth that it
needs to be done if it's not really showing any sign.

Speaker 9 (53:46):
No, No, the swimming pool, you don't have to resurface
it until it's it's actually showing wear and tear, and
you'll definitely be able to tell when that happens. Is
it a white marsite finish or or the pebblestones.

Speaker 3 (54:06):
I don't even know if it's either one of those.
It has not the pebble finish, but it's not white.
It's kind of a bluish pebble tech or not pebble tech.
Maybe it's pebble tech, but I mean they're definitely not
pebbles on the bottom.

Speaker 10 (54:19):
It's a blue.

Speaker 9 (54:22):
Okay. So as long as and typically the ones that
are like that last longer. The Mars site is the
ones that people always talk about fifteen to twenty year lifespan,
and you end up redoing it and in those you
know you have to do it because you can't keep
it clean any longer. It starts wearing through down to

(54:42):
the concrete. It's got to be replaced on the type
that you're talking about, it's going to be the same thing.
When you can see that you're wearing through it and stuff,
that's when it's time to replace it. Or it's holding
algae so much. And the reason some people last longer
than others. If you maintained the chlorine levels right and

(55:03):
all that stuff, you don't have the LGA causing damage
that pools that were left go for months at a
time do uh. So you know people say, oh, I
don't want to spend that much on chemicals, so they
skip it. Well, pay now or pay later, because if
you don't keep the chemicals right, you end up paying
to refinish the pool. And so if you've kept that up,

(55:27):
it's not unusual to get thirty years or more before
you got to refinish it.

Speaker 10 (55:33):
That's fantastic.

Speaker 3 (55:33):
You've saved me a ton of money on this call. Already.
Tell you to Tim, I need I need to send
you send you a commission.

Speaker 9 (55:39):
Check my AH number is. I do have one last
question pure here.

Speaker 23 (55:45):
I don't have a lot of trees.

Speaker 3 (55:46):
We match gutters in your mind wasting money or a necessity.

Speaker 9 (55:52):
In Texas, gutters are not a necessity, but if you
have patios under it, doorways, gutters are great if you
water is not running away, because you know, we're pretty
flat here. If the water's not draining away, sometimes you
need gutters just to drain the water away. If the

(56:13):
water is coming off the roof and cutting plants up
or creating trenches, you know, from hitting the grass and stuff,
then you need gutters. But gutters are way over recommended
and way overused. If the water comes off and it
drains away from the foundation five to ten feet with
no problem, you don't need gutters. Did that get you?

Speaker 5 (56:42):
Yeah?

Speaker 3 (56:42):
I think I think you cut off for a second
there on the gutter quaite. I guess I'm less concerned
about the the plants, but more the water that's coming
off the top roof to hit the second roof. If
you feel that gutters are necessary to protect the roof
from water damage of just of falling water.

Speaker 9 (57:03):
You mean it's cutting in like cutting the shingles or something.

Speaker 3 (57:07):
That's right, you know, Yeah, coming off the top on
top and then it hits like the next level.

Speaker 9 (57:11):
Sure, if it's a short drop, it's not going to
cause a problem. If you're dropping it, you know, ten
twelve feet, Yeah, it can start knocking the rock off
the shingles in short cycle the life span of the shingles.

Speaker 5 (57:25):
Uh.

Speaker 9 (57:25):
But you'll see that if that's happening, and in a
twenty year old house. I mean, if you haven't had
an issue with it yet, you're probably not gonna That's.

Speaker 5 (57:33):
Great to know.

Speaker 3 (57:34):
Hey, I do appreciate the time today.

Speaker 9 (57:36):
You bet you take care all right? But and again
our number seven one three two one two five eight
seven four. That's seven one three two one two five
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Year's more Texas Home Improvement with Jim Dotton.

Speaker 9 (01:01:25):
Hey, welcome back to Texas Home Improvements. Your total home
Improvement source seven one three two one two five eight
seven four. That's seven one three two one two five
eight seven four. Let's head straight back into some calls here.
Let's see we're gonna Cheryl, Welcome to Texas Home Improvement.

Speaker 8 (01:01:46):
Turn it off.

Speaker 20 (01:01:47):
Hi, my name is Cheryl. And uh we had some
new steps, uh put in woodsteps at a house, and uh,
I was wanting to know after we get the seal.
I believe it's an inn of your product put on them.
I was looking at treads, Okay, those are the ones

(01:02:07):
I'm seeing. Are they're actually made of rubber? I looked
on Amazon and I also looked on home Depot. I
mean do they just lay there? Because I don't see
any thing that says install or screw them down or
you know, anything like that. I mean, what do you
suggest for a tread over a wooden step and.

Speaker 9 (01:02:29):
You just want to get something for slipping correct?

Speaker 20 (01:02:33):
Correct?

Speaker 17 (01:02:33):
Yeah?

Speaker 9 (01:02:34):
Okay, So they make a couple of different types that
you can look at. They make a metal strip that
can go down that has grooves in it. It'd be
a metal plate that would screw down into the wood.
But they also make just the adhesive type that it
would be black and have yeah, that has the granules
on it. They're made for outdoor use like that, so

(01:02:56):
they last a long time as far as a place
that down, yes, ma'am, yep.

Speaker 20 (01:03:03):
Yeah, we saw some of those at home depot.

Speaker 9 (01:03:05):
Yeah, they've got them. Granger carries those as well in
more of an industrial type size. So that would that's
really your two choices going down on the wooden treads
short of just not doing anything. Uh And honestly, if
you're putting the ready seal on there, m you you

(01:03:27):
may not need to do anything else because you're ready.

Speaker 20 (01:03:30):
To get this is in This house is in the
hill country. So okay, you know they're going to get
a little colder it might be a little icier than
what we have here in Houston. So that's what I
was thinking of, because they go from a deck.

Speaker 18 (01:03:42):
Okay, it's the hill.

Speaker 20 (01:03:43):
Country, right, so yep, well a deck, it's actually it's
to the ground. The steps are to the ground because
of the hill that's on the back side of the house.
So you know, I was thinking we needed something there that.

Speaker 9 (01:03:59):
Yeah, well, if if it's up in the hill country. Uh,
once you start getting the ice layer, regardless of what
you put on those treads, it's going to ice over
as well, so you're still going to have to be careful,
but it will buy you a little bit of time
on it. So I personally would look at those metal

(01:04:21):
strips because typically that's going to be a little higher,
it'll drain off the water, be a little bit more
difficult for it to ice, and usually at one end, uh,
and it'd be the end you put towards the outside
of the tread, it'll have about a three quarter inch
wide strip that has that sandpaper like granule material already

(01:04:45):
in it as well.

Speaker 7 (01:04:47):
So, uh, metal strips.

Speaker 9 (01:04:51):
Yeah, it's just just a metal, non non skid strip.

Speaker 20 (01:04:57):
Okay, So where's the where's the sandpaper on that bench.
You said metal strips, So it's that's just going to
go along the edge of the of the.

Speaker 9 (01:05:05):
Uh, it goes on, it goes on top, and it's
usually about four or five inches wide.

Speaker 20 (01:05:13):
Okay, okay, all right, I guess I'll look for that.
I was looking at some of those pretty wounds that
they look like wrought iron, but there were a rubber
That's what I was seeing online.

Speaker 9 (01:05:26):
Sure, and those those are are fine, but uh, because
of the rubber material they gotta you don't they just
kind of sit there and they have a very short
lifespan because our sun just beats the heck out of
that rubber.

Speaker 20 (01:05:43):
Okay, Well that and I read on one of because
I'm a big user review reader, you know, I want
to see what people actually think of something, And somebody
said that within six months some of that rubber was
beginning to crumble away.

Speaker 9 (01:05:57):
I guess that's what yep, Yeah, And that's basically what
I say. It's got a very short life span. Now
it's those treads that I'm talking about. Uh, you're normally
gonna you can find them at Granger. You can find
them at a safety supply store.

Speaker 20 (01:06:13):
Oh okay, I never thought about that. Okay, safety supply store.
All right, okay, okay, very much.

Speaker 9 (01:06:22):
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And let's see here if we did that one, let's
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(01:07:03):
good afternoon. I love listening to your show. A huge fan.
Have a question. I have a home that was built
in seventy two. I believe the original plumbing is still
in the home. The home size is fifteen hundred square feet.
My bathtub faucet is leaking, and even when shutting off,
water is still leaking. I have tried turning off AC

(01:07:24):
and draining all faucets. I'm not sure why she's saying AC,
but it keeps running the bathroom fawcet like it's on NonStop.
I'm perplexed as all the hardware for the facet is
pretty newly replaced. Could you advise as to what you
may think this would be and why, Okay, I'm really

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questioning if it was if the water fawcet's draining, you
would see the water running. If it's the ace rain,
that would be something that is tied into a vent
pipe or into a pea trap underneath a sink, so

(01:08:11):
you wouldn't see it, but you would hear it. And
I'm kind of wondering if that's not what we're talking
about here, just because you mentioned theac so honestly, I'm
not sure where to direct you on something like that.
If it is the faucet that's leaking, it has a

(01:08:31):
bad seat in it. It could have a bad O ring,
something along those lines. Could be a nickel and dime item,
but it's got to be changed out. So as much
water as you're talking about it very well sounds like
it's a bad seat in the valve itself that has
chewed up the rubber gasket at the end, and its

(01:08:54):
probably started as a slow leak and it's getting worse
over time, which tells me the seat, which is just
the part that everything pushes against to close the water off,
probably has a gouge in it, and if that's the case,
it would be replaced with that. We're going to take
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Speaker 9 (01:10:37):
Hey, welcome back to Texas Home Improvements your total home
Improvement source seven one three two one two five eight
seven four. We're gonna head straight back into our calls. Terry,
how can I help you today?

Speaker 25 (01:10:53):
Hey, Jim, we have purchased a new RV and kenn
of becme full time more beers. And I was reading
the blook talking about people who had decided to put
a mini split in UH to be their primary cooling
for the.

Speaker 23 (01:11:08):
UH living area of it.

Speaker 25 (01:11:11):
Yeah, and uh, what I understand is there's a mini
split made nowadays. It doesn't require a line set. I
don't understand that, but any rate, I didn't know if
you'd heard anything about something like that or.

Speaker 9 (01:11:26):
Possibly for a for a split. Yeah, a mini split
that doesn't require a line.

Speaker 25 (01:11:31):
Set, that's what he said.

Speaker 6 (01:11:33):
I don't know.

Speaker 9 (01:11:35):
I have not heard of that, and I have an
ac company, so uh. The only way I could think
that's working is if if it's like a regular r
V type system where it's all built into one thing
and it mounts on the wall or whatever and has
a unit sticking out the back. Now, I will say,

(01:11:57):
you know r V systems the way they mount on
the roof mini splits do have ceiling mount units like that,
but it's still it still has a line set.

Speaker 25 (01:12:16):
To when you got to get to that compressor somehow.

Speaker 9 (01:12:19):
Right, so unless the compressors right there with it, and
that's what that's what the rooftop mount units do on
a on an RV system, it's all built in one unit.
That way, I will tell you the mini split would
do a great job keeping an RV cool.

Speaker 25 (01:12:35):
But that and also the noise factor, because yes, rooftop
units are horrible with noise.

Speaker 9 (01:12:42):
They are.

Speaker 23 (01:12:45):
So well.

Speaker 25 (01:12:46):
I was just hoping that you had some feedback that
I've never seen it. My dad had air conditioning company.
I've never seen any uh split system was too without
a line set, you know, right, yeah.

Speaker 9 (01:13:00):
Okay, well, thank you. I will definitely be checking on
that though, And.

Speaker 25 (01:13:04):
They're their Their lead into it was to mister Cool
and I've I've not been able to find anything but
mister Cool yet.

Speaker 9 (01:13:11):
Well, mister Cool is a system that you can buy
yourself and put it in.

Speaker 25 (01:13:17):
Uh.

Speaker 9 (01:13:17):
It's not the greatest system in the world and the
biggest issue, but it does require a line set. The
biggest issue that you will run into is most AC
companies don't want to come out and do the work
on them.

Speaker 25 (01:13:32):
I see, I see, well the all installed standard Minige splits.
Oh yeah, well I may get in touch with you then,
possibly this week and talk to you about it, because
I would like something these these units that I have
freeze up. And the problem is is the fury On,
which is now a lipritummy. Yes, put their UH sensor

(01:13:56):
for the U up in the return their pluntum instead
of having the center down on the wall with the thermostat.
And that's the stupidest thing that they've ever done, and
it doesn't it's very ineffective as far as maintaining your
room temperature.

Speaker 23 (01:14:11):
Moving yeah, get it out of there.

Speaker 9 (01:14:15):
Yeah yeah. You literally can install a different sensor for
it and and move it back into the living space
if you wanted to.

Speaker 25 (01:14:27):
Okay, would that be something you would be willing to tackle?

Speaker 9 (01:14:30):
Also, well, we don't do that, but in our V
shop definitely could.

Speaker 10 (01:14:37):
Okay.

Speaker 25 (01:14:38):
All right, Well I'll tell you I'm really interested in
the mini split, more so for the noise factor than
so okay, all right, well I'll give you a call
sometime this week.

Speaker 9 (01:14:47):
All right, You take care and let's see here, we'll
head over to another call.

Speaker 13 (01:14:58):
Here.

Speaker 9 (01:14:59):
We're going to go to to myreland and get the click.
There we go, Chuck, Welcome to Texas Home Improvement.

Speaker 6 (01:15:11):
Yeah, good, good afternoon, Jim. I'm considering my wife and
aren't considering solar and there's a company contractor that installs
GAF solar shingles. What are your thoughts.

Speaker 9 (01:15:30):
They're fairly new, they've been It's something that they've been
working on for about twenty years because I've been following it.
They've been working on that out of Austin for a
long time. They don't produce as much electricity as the
panels do, but they dual purpose because it is your

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roof and the solar panel. Are they trying to charge
you a lot for him or anything?

Speaker 6 (01:15:57):
I don't know yet. I haven't received the quote. That's
you know, that's what we're looking at our roofs of
what I think ten years old proxy and so this
would involved whole new roofs. Uh. They're an integrated system.
I have clients that have that system and they're happy

(01:16:21):
with it, and so I'm considered.

Speaker 9 (01:16:24):
I just want Yeah, where it really comes into play
is is, uh, you know places that won't allow solar
panels and all that kind of stuff. These these shingles
are still able to be put on. The shingles, from
my understanding, are very durable. They hold up quite well.

(01:16:45):
So as long as it makes cost the sense as
far as the amount of the electricity it produces for
the cost, I got no problem with them. Like I said,
I've been following it for a long time and I've
been waiting for once they perfect that that will take
over the solar panels on the roof, Because at that point,

(01:17:09):
solar panels will be fine for you know, out in
fields and yards and things like that, but up on
the roof, if you can do it with a shingle
that is cost effective and produces enough electricity to pay
for itself, I would see a lot more people making
that switch.

Speaker 6 (01:17:27):
The way I look at it from a standpoint to
part to Caldy, if a shingle goes bad, it's a
whole lot easier to replace a shinglement it is to
a panel.

Speaker 7 (01:17:42):
Yeah.

Speaker 9 (01:17:42):
Yes, And though because the way these are put together,
my understanding again is that it's a basically a shingle
that when they're installed they link to each other to
pass the power along to the collection point. Yes, so
it shouldn't be a whole lot different than replacing just

(01:18:05):
a regular shingle. And let's be real, how often do
we have to replace a shingle on a roof? Normally?
If it gets to the point where you're replacing a shingle,
you're replacing the roof.

Speaker 6 (01:18:18):
Yeah, and I think my client paid about thirty five
thousand dollars, but they didn't pay the thirty five thousands.
They got rebates. Plus their roof was in disrepair.

Speaker 9 (01:18:32):
And you got covered.

Speaker 6 (01:18:36):
It makes a lot of sense. Yep, it makes a
lot of sense for them.

Speaker 9 (01:18:40):
Yeah, and that's what you have to look at, you know,
if you're having to do a roof anyways. Okay, so
it's gonna cost you, we'll just round it twenty grand
to do the roof, and for another twelve you can
turn it into a solar power that will produce enough
electricity to power let's just say half your how else

(01:19:00):
are three quarters? Man, it's a no brainer.

Speaker 6 (01:19:04):
Right, Okay, that's you know, it's you know, I've got
a lot to consider.

Speaker 9 (01:19:10):
Thank you, you bet take care.

Speaker 26 (01:19:16):
Again.

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Hey, welcome back to Texas Home Improvements your Total Home
Improvement source seven one three, two one two five eight
seven four. We're gonna head straight back into the calls. George,
this is Jim, How can I help you?

Speaker 5 (01:22:58):
Hey?

Speaker 12 (01:22:58):
Jim.

Speaker 27 (01:22:59):
So I've gone a forty eight year old house with
the way the engineering was in my backyard about twenty
five years ago. They put a pool in three inches
higher than the flat foundation.

Speaker 9 (01:23:13):
Of the house.

Speaker 26 (01:23:14):
Okay, so everything runs towards the back of the house
inside straight into the adobe brick, which is cheap, old
Mexican brick, and it just pours through there and it
goes right into the house.

Speaker 27 (01:23:28):
So what I've done is I've broken up the concrete
all the way up to the brick to the house,
and I need a concrete guy to kind of slope
it away from the house. And then I also need
to put in drainage. So I'm thinking about getting two
different contractors because I've tried to get some quotes from
some guys that do concrete and they say, yeah, I'll
do the drainage, and it's you know, you're looking at

(01:23:50):
about thirty grand man, it's like a lord. So I'm
thinking about just getting two different contractors, one for concrete
and then one for the drainage, and that's gonna take
a little coordination. So just wanted to get your thoughts
of what you think.

Speaker 9 (01:24:07):
You're gonna need channel drains on that and typically you're
gonna want your concrete guy to do that, okay, because
if you've said it first and they're not used to
coming in doing the concrete up to the channel drain,
it won't work. They're gonna step on them, they're gonna

(01:24:28):
move them. It's just it becomes a hard time. And
you're in clear Lake, right, Yes, okay, call my office.
We do both the drain system and the concrete work, okay,
and just get a price from us. I mean thirty
grand for the drainage sounds extremely high to me.

Speaker 27 (01:24:49):
Yep, that's what I thought. So well, I'm already using
you guys for air conditioners. So I'll go ahead and
call your office that division that does that, and have
you guys.

Speaker 9 (01:25:00):
The same phone number will get you in and get
you to the right people.

Speaker 27 (01:25:03):
Cool Dell, Thanks lot, Jim.

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how can I help you?

Speaker 5 (01:25:30):
How are you doing today? My friend?

Speaker 9 (01:25:32):
I am doing wonderful. How about you?

Speaker 5 (01:25:35):
Good? Good, good been listening to you for years. Got
a brand new home two years old.

Speaker 12 (01:25:41):
Okay, I noticed that the humidity was kind of high
in the house, and I was concerned with it, and
found out that I'd actually left the fan in the
on position instead of auto position on the AC.

Speaker 5 (01:25:56):
And which led to constantly bringing in outside of air. Okay,
what is the purpose that I'm calling it makeup air.

Speaker 9 (01:26:07):
Duck because you have obviously, if you've got that, you've
got a foam filled house. And if you don't bring
in fresh air, you will have mold out the yin
yang in that house. It'll get what's called sick home syndrome. Uh,
it's just a nightmare to deal with. Those houses are

(01:26:30):
sealed up so tight that it needs that fresh air
coming in from outside.

Speaker 5 (01:26:36):
Yeah. But I was pulling it in all the time
for several days. Actually, I noticed it because the salt
shaker wouldn't shake salt out good because the humidity was
so high.

Speaker 10 (01:26:46):
Yeah.

Speaker 5 (01:26:48):
But when I switched it back to auto, where the
fan only ran when the AC ran, yeah, humidity went
back down. Yeah.

Speaker 9 (01:26:56):
Well, that'll happen even in a regular insulated house with
fiberglass insulation that's not sealed up like that. The the
on fan mode really isn't something to use a whole lot.
I'm not even sure why we included anymore. But I

(01:27:17):
will tell you when I used it was when uh,
you know, a couple of years ago, when we had
the uh snowmageddon, you know, all the ice and all
that stuff, and I would I had heat going in
my house, and when I did have power going, I
would use that to circulate the heat through the rest

(01:27:37):
of the house.

Speaker 5 (01:27:39):
That makes sense.

Speaker 9 (01:27:40):
That was that was the only thing I've ever found
it to be any good for.

Speaker 5 (01:27:45):
So just really to distribute the heat, even to keep
the entire house comfortable. Yes, because I was I was
thinking about closing that off.

Speaker 9 (01:27:54):
No, you can't. You can't close the the that vent off.
You gotta you gotta keep that one going.

Speaker 5 (01:28:00):
That That was my question. There are several homes in
this neighborhood and one of my nose today they're replacing
all the duckwork everything, yep, And I'm wondering if that's
that's something there.

Speaker 9 (01:28:13):
There is a there is an electronic flapper valve in
there that when it goes bad, Uh, you it's just
like shutting the thing off because it can go bad
with it closed. You don't get the air flow and
you start getting into major repairs because of the moisture
that it allows to build so interesting. It's one of

(01:28:33):
the reasons I don't recommend a fully encapsulated foam. I
love foaming the walls, but I don't want to fully.

Speaker 5 (01:28:43):
This is not foam in the ceilings.

Speaker 9 (01:28:45):
It's just in the walls, but not on the roof deck.

Speaker 13 (01:28:49):
Nope, hmm.

Speaker 9 (01:28:51):
That then I'm not blown.

Speaker 5 (01:28:53):
In in the ceilings and foam in the walls.

Speaker 9 (01:28:57):
Then I'm not sure why you have a fresh air
duck coming in because you shouldn't need it then. And
I hate to do it to you, but that music
meant I was supposed to take a break, So I'm
gonna have to let let you go with that. Thank you, sir,
You too. Hey, let's talk about ready seal far in
a way, the best way to stain and seal any

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outdoor wood, And it doesn't have to really be outdoor.
It can be any type of wood that you want
to protect. You can use ready seal. It soaks deep
down into the wood fibers, moisturizing the wood and sealing
it from taking on moisture in the future, and by
doing that, you keep the wood looking gorgeous for years

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to come because it doesn't crack and split by having
moisture in and out of it. You want some ready Seal,
go to the box stores, the lumber yards, the hardware stores.
To find a store nearest you just go to readyseal
dot com. You know, if you're having a sewer leak
under your homes foundation.

Speaker 24 (01:29:55):
That's something that really needs to be addressed, but it
needs to be addressed by somebody who can take care
of the plumbing as well as the homes foundation.

Speaker 9 (01:30:02):
That's why you want to call do West both the
plumbing company and the foundation repair company to make sure
if your homes foundation stays intact years after the plumbing
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overhead door opening is sagging in the middle, it's time
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When Jim Dutton recommends a contractor, he won't steer you
Rock Dylan.

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Speaker 1 (01:31:48):
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Speaker 9 (01:31:55):
We love you all.

Speaker 8 (01:31:56):
Here's more with Jim Dutton on your total home improvement.

Speaker 9 (01:32:02):
Hey, welcome back. Let's jump into the last call of
the show today. Blue This at Jim. How can I
help you?

Speaker 5 (01:32:12):
All?

Speaker 17 (01:32:12):
Right?

Speaker 23 (01:32:12):
How you doing this afternoon?

Speaker 9 (01:32:14):
Doing good?

Speaker 5 (01:32:16):
Hey?

Speaker 23 (01:32:17):
I wonder to tell you something I know you wondered,
But I finally found an outfit that works on gas fireplaces.
It's called gas Products, Okay, and Russell Russell mexical and
he's like Jay when he comes to service. I mean

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he's got the parts and everything you need and he's done.
So I was pretty impressed. He can't get a hold
of anybody to do that kind of work. And another thing,
another thing, gas products, So.

Speaker 9 (01:32:52):
I got to take them out.

Speaker 5 (01:32:53):
Ye yeah, Russell.

Speaker 23 (01:32:56):
Another thing I was talking to, Jay kind of gave
me an estimate about the Mensabi she meanie split and
I'm thinking about getting this put in. But are the
prices going up after the first year on those two yes, sir,
Oh well then I'm better get on it then.

Speaker 5 (01:33:17):
Yeah, oh brother, Okay.

Speaker 9 (01:33:21):
Give give Jay a call and talk to him about
what your options are. On it.

Speaker 23 (01:33:27):
Yeah, you're lucky you got that guy.

Speaker 17 (01:33:31):
I hope don't run them all.

Speaker 9 (01:33:34):
I try not to you I might, I might make
it mad once in a while, though. We'll talk to
you later. Thank you, sir. With that, we are out
of time for today. Make sure you join me again
tomorrow at two o'clock for more Texas Home improvement. But
before we go, let's talk about James Hardy siding. The
best siding on the planet, and if you are looking

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for siding for your home or your business, you need
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