November 1, 2025 • 47 mins
Jim gets going with some early calls on the show today. He gets questions about removing stains from the bathtub, a mildew smell in the closet, turning off the water for a potential winter freeze, putting rocks in a gutter channel, and more. Jim mixes in email questions along the way.
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two one two five eight seven four. Going to Shirland first, Nick,
this gym? How can I help you?
Speaker 2 (03:29):
Yeah, good morning, Good morning mister Jim. I'll go the problem. Okay,
I'll go to butt tub. And I placed the non
slippery made on it in the inside the butttub right,
and then after some years I removed it and he's
left stays on the butt tub. Yes, how can I
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remove those stays?
Speaker 9 (03:54):
Did it least stains or did it just just color
the tub?
Speaker 10 (03:59):
No?
Speaker 2 (03:59):
It is the stains their own circles there.
Speaker 9 (04:04):
Yeah, because normally what it does is it'll discolored, or
if you've got a real white tub, h it'll be
kind of a off white. Where that took place.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
The stains are something like grayish blackish, you know.
Speaker 9 (04:23):
Okay, And what type of material is the tub made
out of? Is it a cast iron.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Or the basis metals? I think still it is okay.
Speaker 9 (04:34):
You know, if if it got down into the porcelain finish,
it may not come off. Now normally it will come off.
Speaker 8 (04:46):
Uh.
Speaker 9 (04:46):
The first product I always try to use is what's
called scrubbing bubbles because it does a great job of
taking and cleaning tubs and stuff up. So that would
be my first recommendation. If that doesn't work, you're gonna
have to go to something a little harsher and navel jelly.
(05:09):
It is something to to try. Beyond that, I don't
know of anything that's going to take it out.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
Yeah, yeah, but I tried so many cleaners, you know,
dumb all isaid, Yeah, I don't know what to do. Yeah,
I didn't want to replace the whole tub. Everything else
is fine, but only.
Speaker 9 (05:32):
If you cannot get that off of there, you can
have the tub resurfaced. It it doesn't last as good
as new does, but it still holds up pretty good.
Uh there's a product, yeah, yeah, yeah, it's from Miracle Method. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:49):
I saw in home depot that product, Miracle Method. You
mix it to mix product. You had to mix up
to products, and I apply it.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 9 (06:00):
I would not do that myself because the prep work
is just too intense.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
Oh, so what the product you are echo running for? Refinishing?
Speaker 9 (06:12):
It's a company called Miracle Method.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
Yeah, Gold Method. Okay, okay, okay, thank you, learning, good day.
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I'm fantastic. Hey, you gave us the wrong number right there?
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What it all I'm looking at? I was looking at
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Let me put that away. Seven one three two one
two five eight seven. How can I help you?
Speaker 11 (07:03):
Thank you?
Speaker 4 (07:05):
No.
Speaker 11 (07:08):
I put the soker hose around my slab in May
and that's working well. But part of my homes I'm
peering being how do I go about it irrigating.
Speaker 9 (07:18):
That part of it the same way heer piers. Yeah,
all you're doing is keeping moisture in the ground, and
so you can go around that part of the house
just like it's the concrete slab.
Speaker 11 (07:31):
Okay, so rather than going around the pier of just
school around the outside part.
Speaker 9 (07:36):
Yeah, because the middle part usually stays fairly well. And
if you've got a moist ring going all the way
around the house, uh, there's nothing really going to dry
it out in the middle.
Speaker 11 (07:48):
Okay, I got you. Either that won't cause it the
rod or anything like that.
Speaker 9 (07:51):
Or what's going to rock.
Speaker 6 (07:55):
The piers?
Speaker 9 (07:56):
Oh? Have you got wooden columns?
Speaker 7 (07:58):
Stay?
Speaker 11 (07:58):
And yes, their O saying moist you know, you.
Speaker 9 (08:02):
Know if those were put in right, you shouldn't even
have to water where those are? Okay, are are they
the square columns?
Speaker 12 (08:14):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (08:14):
The square ones.
Speaker 9 (08:16):
I don't know what they're an idea they went.
Speaker 11 (08:20):
I don't have any idea, but I know they put
them in concrete. They're really straight. Yeah, those on the
side over there, that that's caused me my problem. I
had thrubs planted there for years and years, so it
shaded the area and never did have a problem with anything. Yeah,
but I took those shrubs out a few years and
everything dried up. So with all this drought we've been having,
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now I'm having issues with the door over there.
Speaker 9 (08:46):
Ah yeah, if those concrete, if those wooden columns are
in the concrete and everything, you won't Typically they should
be deep enough that you shouldn't have too big a problem.
But put the soul for most is around that part
of the house just like you would a concrete slab,
and it'll keep it moist and keep the soil expanded.
(09:07):
You'll be fine.
Speaker 5 (09:09):
Yeah, that's right.
Speaker 9 (09:10):
It should. It should not cause any problems on those
wooden poles because one they should be treated. And two,
if you've got standing water, you got too much water going.
All you're trying to do is give the soil just
a little bit of water on a regular basis.
Speaker 5 (09:27):
Yeah.
Speaker 11 (09:28):
Yeah, no, I'm That's what I'm doing on around the slab,
and that's that's what I want to deal over there
on those peers. But I got to think of, well, hey,
what about if it just stays so moist that it
just plant them broad away?
Speaker 9 (09:40):
Yeah, No, it won't. It won't do that.
Speaker 11 (09:43):
Okay, all right, Jim, I appreciate you have a good
one you as well, Thank you, sir, take care, bye bye.
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And again our number seven one three two one two
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Speaker 3 (10:03):
Hello, Kathy, Hi, thank you Jim taking my call. I
have a closet. We've been in the house a couple
of couple of years, and I have a closet that
is actually uh the clothes in there smell like mildew,
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and I'm not sure what's.
Speaker 9 (10:25):
To Okay, are you closing that closet up? Uh?
Speaker 4 (10:34):
No?
Speaker 9 (10:35):
And there's probably no air in there?
Speaker 3 (10:37):
Is there there is an air vent?
Speaker 12 (10:39):
Uh?
Speaker 3 (10:40):
And there we took the doors off. It's a small bathroom, okay,
you know it goes and and so the two sinks
are on the outside, but we took the door off
between the closet and the seat area.
Speaker 9 (10:53):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (10:53):
And what we do we we run the uh exhaust
after we take a shower in there, right for like
four hours, trying to make sure there's no that sucks.
Speaker 5 (11:05):
What's caused it?
Speaker 9 (11:08):
Okay? And how old house.
Speaker 3 (11:11):
Is it twenty five years?
Speaker 9 (11:14):
Okay, so it's got PVC plumbing, so you shouldn't be
having a big issue with with like a slab leak
or anything like that. So, yeah, it's gonna be a
matter of it's building up moisture. And I'm gonna give
you two things that you can try. They make a
(11:39):
a bag. It kind of looks like a pillow that
absorbs moisture and it's used in commercial type applications. Putting
one of those in there would help take that humidity
level down. Uh. The other would be obviously to just
put a dehumidifier in there.
Speaker 3 (11:57):
Yeah, we've got one going in there.
Speaker 2 (12:02):
Okay, the bag?
Speaker 5 (12:03):
What what?
Speaker 9 (12:03):
What?
Speaker 3 (12:04):
What's its name?
Speaker 9 (12:08):
I sure wish I could remember. I know it, and
I just I know if I know. It's used for djumdification. Uh,
you know, moisture in the air, if you can get
it from grangers. Oh okay, okay, yep.
Speaker 3 (12:26):
Great, I'll do that. I appreciate you, Thank you.
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Hey, welcome back to Texas Home Improvement. Seven one three
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if you got a question seven one three two one
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two five eight seven four, We're gonna head to Magnolia. Jeff,
This is Jim. What can I do for you?
Speaker 6 (16:22):
Yes times, Jim, Thanks for taking my call. I got
home up in the Dallas area that's currently unoccupied and
I'm considering turning off the water to print. Any issues
with the freezing during the winter.
Speaker 9 (16:35):
Yeah me.
Speaker 6 (16:36):
If so, what what additional steps should I take?
Speaker 9 (16:42):
Yeah, it is a It is a good idea because
when you go up into the Dallas area, we do
get freezes hard enough in Dallas that it will break
the pipes. Now, most of the waterlines are under slab,
but there are some you know, obviously in the walls
and different places that that do freeze. So the additional
(17:02):
steps you gotta take. And this is even if you're
in the Huetonario. If we got to freeze coming, shut
your water off, open all the faucets, all the hose bibs,
and all the faucets inside, flush the toilets, run everything
to drain as much water out of the pipes as
you can, because even with the water shut off, the
(17:25):
water that's in the lines could still freeze and cause
the pipe to break. So when you turn the water
back on, you'd still have a problem. But if you'll
open everything up, drain the lines completely, you'll be fine. Now,
I did see your email, and if you're going to
keep this off for several months, what can happen over
(17:47):
time is the scale buildup that's in the pipe is
going to dry out, and when it dries out, it'll
start flaking off the pipe. So my recommendation would be
in the spring, when you get ready to turn the
water back on, remove all the aeriators off the sinks
(18:08):
so that that screen is not catching any debris that's
gonna come out. And when you turn the water back on,
flush those lines heavily because you're gonna have a lot
of stuff coming through the lines breaking loose.
Speaker 6 (18:24):
Okay, so just kind of repeat through that, make sure
I got it all, so it's okay to leave it off.
Turn off the water. It's actually a good idea, you said.
Open up all the faucets, even the hose bids, flush
the toilets, get as much water out of the system
as you can, and then it can sit for months.
(18:46):
But there's going to be some stuff flaking loose inside
the pipes. So when I turn it back on, take
off the errators on the faucets first, and then have
a flush out the lines. Run it a lot. Would
I avoid that last part? If I if I, like,
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you know, run it once a month, kind of.
Speaker 9 (19:18):
You could, but I don't think I would do that
because you wouldn't avoid it completely, only you'd only lessen
the effect.
Speaker 6 (19:29):
Oh okay, okay, so even leaving it off for a
month is going to cause some playing.
Speaker 9 (19:35):
Sure. I mean, look at it this way. All the
scum build up that's around in that pipe. It's kind
of like the sponge sitting on your sink. As it
dries out, it shrinks up, so does that stuff, and
so it flakes loose. And if you were going to
turn the water on like every week, it would keep
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it moist. But running it, you know, just once a month,
you're still going to have the issue.
Speaker 6 (20:04):
Okay, okay, well, thank you very much. I appreciate it.
Speaker 9 (20:08):
You bet, you take care.
Speaker 6 (20:11):
Oh you're still there, yes, sir? Okay, we got tankless
water heaters in that Is that going to cause any problem?
Speaker 9 (20:19):
They're gonna be okay, they'll be just fine because when
you drain the lines, uh, you know, you're going to
be turning on hot and cold both and that'll help
drain those out. Uh, so they'll be fine.
Speaker 6 (20:33):
Okay.
Speaker 9 (20:33):
Where where is the tankless water heater?
Speaker 11 (20:37):
Uh?
Speaker 6 (20:38):
There on the outs and there's two of them, one
on each external wall.
Speaker 9 (20:42):
Okay, so all right, are you're going to leave? And
are the gas or electric?
Speaker 6 (20:49):
There are gas?
Speaker 9 (20:51):
Okay, and I asked that because some of the tankless
water heaters, especially the electric ones, will have a sensor
that if it starts getting too cold, can keep it warm.
The gas ones typically don't, and so you're gonna want
to just make sure that you drain that. As long
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as it's drained, it won't be an issue.
Speaker 6 (21:16):
Okay, okay, so run plenty of the hot water.
Speaker 9 (21:20):
Well, if you'll look, pull up online your your particular
water heater and it'll say in the when you open
the door, there's usually a drain port on those tankless
water heaters where you can drain the water out of it.
Speaker 6 (21:37):
Okay, okay, okay, cool, thank.
Speaker 9 (21:41):
You, you bet take care good too, Frank. And with
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Hey, welcome back to Texas Home Improvements your total home
Improvement source seven one three two one two five eight
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got all open lines now, so seven one three two
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get in pretty darn quick. With that, I'm going to
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jump into an email question that came uh from Eric
down in Harlingen. He said, Jim, I've decided to replace
woodside in on my house that has been through at
least two floods. The walls on the inside were replaced
with sheet rock and R thirteen insulation. I didn't upgrade
(24:06):
the insulation since there was insurance involved and we didn't
know if we would be paying a lot out of
pocket at that time. I know that the backer behind
the exterior wood siding is the old black asphalt fiberboard
they used in the seventies, oftentimes with the wood siding
on top. My question is should I replace that fiberboard
(24:30):
with OSB or another product and a vapor barrier? Also
what and I'm not sure what he's saying here, do
I remove the fiberboard? Should I go on and have
spray in open cell insulation installed? Absolutely not. Do not
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put open cell you flood. Open cell will absorb that
water just like a sponge and just cause you all
kinds of problems. So no, you definitely don't want to
do that. If you were going to use a foam insulation,
it would need to be a closed cell so it
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doesn't take on moisture. But let's take this one step
at a time. The black board that you're talking about, Yes,
if you're going to put on a new siding, I
probably would replace that because that blackboard doesn't give a
lot of structural strength or anything, and especially if it's
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been wet a couple of times, that bottom portion is
probably shot. So if you take the siding off, let's
reside with either a plywood or an OSB board like
you were talking about, And I would put James Hardy
siding on because that will take the water with no problem.
So you'll put you your plywood up or os B board,
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whichever you want to use, put a wrap on it,
Hearty wrap or tievek either one. Those are the shield
that you were talking about, and then you can go
ahead and put your siding on. As far as insulation,
if you want to go back with a closed cell PHOAE,
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you can do that or go back with a fiberglass.
Just be prepared. Every time it would flood, you're going
to have to pull that insulation out and replace it.
But I definitely would not use open cell because open
cell will absorb that water like a sponge and fill
that entire wall cavity with moisture where the fiberglass and
(26:43):
the closed cell phone won't do that. Will they still
need replacing The fiberglass absolutely would. The closed cell you
may get away with not having to replace it, but
that's something that would have to be determined if a
flood happens again. So that would be my recommendation on that.
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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, And I'll see what I can
do to help you out here on Texas Home Improvement. Huh,
Diane out of Spring has a leak somewhere coming in
(27:28):
from outside. Hi. We have had several people come out
and try to find out why my hardwood floors are
showing signs of water damage in our living room and
master bedroom. Can you help with this? Yes, your concrete
is probably very porous. If you're in spring, it may
(27:51):
not be a new home. So if the and the
soils up there are typically not a black gumbo clay,
pure gumbel clay, it's usually kind of a gray, silty
soil and the water tends to travel through it very
very easily. Well. The concrete is porous as well, and
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moisture travels through it. And if this home is like
twenty or thirty years old or older, through mowing over
the years and stuff, the soil levels typically get raised
and moisture starts wicking through the concrete. That in itself
can be caused in the problems. The other thing is
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if it's an older home, which there are some in
the Spring area, if it's got any type of sewer
leak underneath the house that puts moisture that can wick
up through the concrete as well. So and just regular
ground moisture can cause it as well. There's a reason
it's called Spring Texas because there were springs in the area,
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and so that can moisture coming up through the concrete
as well. All this to say, your floors, I don't
know how old these wood floors are, but your home
may not be suitable for wood floors. Not every place
should have wood floors, and especially glue downs can become
(29:19):
very critical type floors to to try to maintain because
as moisture comes through it gets onto the floor, the
glue softens up, the floor starts buckling, It just creates
all kinds of problems. There are experts on wood floors
engineers who come out and do these type of things.
There's only like seven of them in the state. But
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if you want to google wood floor engineers, not engineered
wood floors, but wood floor engineer inspectors, uh, they would
be able to help you with this. Got a question
seven one three, two one two five eight seven four Larry,
this is Jim. How can I help you?
Speaker 5 (30:01):
Yeah, Jim, I have a gutter and that I've dug
a little trench, better ten foot trench at the bottom
so they would pitch out towards the street area. Do
I need to put spice? What a big god idea
to put splash rocks in that little channel that I dug.
Speaker 9 (30:18):
It depends on how much water is gonna run through there.
If you're gonna have a lot of water going through it,
then yes, because it'll start washing on the soil. The
issue you're gonna have, though, is weeds are going to
try to come up through it and it'll be a
mess to keep clean. So typically, if you're gonna put
those rocks, put a fabric weed inhibitor down first and
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put the rocks on top of that.
Speaker 2 (30:48):
I see okay, Jam, okay.
Speaker 9 (30:50):
Take care and we're gonna take a quick break seven
one three two point two five eight seven four and
I'll see what I can do to help you out here.
You know USA Insulation. I had my house done a
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we had cold fronts coming through and stuff. And you
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Here's Jim Dutton, host of Texas Home Improvement and owner
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And this is the time of year that will absolutely
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Smile you look up in Texas this morning.
Speaker 1 (34:10):
This is Texas Home Improvement with Jim Dutton.
Speaker 9 (34:15):
Oh yeah, I'm smiling. I woke up in East Texas
this morning out at the deer least because it is
opening day of deer season. But I'm still here taking
calls and answering questions. So seven one three two one two,
five eight seven four, Eric and Sugarland, how can I
help you?
Speaker 5 (34:34):
Hey, Jim, were you successful in your hunt this morning?
Speaker 9 (34:36):
You know, I saw one dough but she wasn't big
enough and I wasn't gonna gonna take it because all
that went through my mind is you shoot that thing
and the work just begins.
Speaker 5 (34:49):
H That's right. So my question is it's kind of
a simple question, but I just kind of want to,
uh see what you recommend for door hinges to keep
them from squeaky, Like is it three and one oil
or is it something else?
Speaker 9 (35:05):
You know, there's a lot of lubricants you can use
on them. The three and one does work. The issue
that you can run into to with that is it
tends to draw dust and can start taking up over time.
Graphite actually works very well.
Speaker 5 (35:24):
Okay, I hadn't thought about that. All right, Well, that
was that was all I have for today.
Speaker 9 (35:31):
All right, Well, Eric, you take care and have a
great afternoon.
Speaker 5 (35:35):
You two, thanks so much, bye bye.
Speaker 9 (35:38):
And again our number seven one three two one two
five eight seven four, and I'll see what I can
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Let's see here, Waite in Cyprus. How can I help you?
Speaker 8 (36:34):
Well, I don't know if you want to. I want
to comment on this, but we're looking at a build
on your lot called builders, Okay? Can I mention their names?
Speaker 9 (36:44):
Go ahead?
Speaker 8 (36:47):
Yeah, Telson and Precision Okay. I was wondering if you
how do you tell about that? Or should I consider
one of those if I like what they have to offer,
or would you go with you know, just a regular
home builder individual type.
Speaker 9 (37:04):
Well, that depends are you going to try to do
any of the work yourself.
Speaker 8 (37:12):
Well, I'd like to do all the work myself, you know,
I'd like to build it myself. But then again, I
like the idea of just turning it loose and letting
somebody handle everything. So yeah, I'm kind of torn between that.
Speaker 9 (37:24):
But well, you know, typically the big thing when you
use a place like Tilson Homes or one along that
line is you can do as much of it or
as little of it as you want to do. I mean,
they can do the house turn key, or they can
you can get involved and do part of the work yourself.
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So I mean, that's the big advantage of them. But
I've actually been out to several of their homes, and
I have not if I went back ten to fifteen
years ago, I was seeing some issues where they were
a little light on a couple of things. But in
the last ten years they've tightened up. They became actually
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a pretty darn good builder.
Speaker 8 (38:14):
Okay, well that's that's that's what I wanted to hear
from someone.
Speaker 9 (38:19):
Like yourself, now, Precision. I got to be honest, I
have not been to any of their houses, and I'm
not familiar with their construction techniques. I will tell you
that David Weekly Homes has a division that builds on
your property as well.
Speaker 8 (38:42):
Okay, I'll check into that. I'm fairly sure that it's
it's difficult to line up trade and keep a good
schedule anymore.
Speaker 9 (38:57):
I will agree with that. Nine of the battle with
building a new house is just coordinating and getting everybody
lined up to do what they're supposed to do when
they're supposed to do it. You know, inevitably, what happens
is one of the trades is late, or you know,
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one of the finished crews is late, and it throws
it throws the schedule behind. And the unfortunate part is
most of the time none of them want another trade
working in the house at the same time. They all
want to be there by themselves doing things, and it
does extend building out longer than it needs to be.
Speaker 8 (39:42):
Okay, Well, that answers that I don't appreciate you taking
them a call, Wade.
Speaker 9 (39:47):
You take care, have a good.
Speaker 8 (39:48):
One, Okay, how about it?
Speaker 9 (39:53):
And you know, for somebody who wants to get heavily
involved in building their own home, there is a program
out there called you Build It, and that's where you
actually coordinate the contractors and you build. It is a
resource to help you line out these contractors and to
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help you stay on track with building your home. You
as the homeowner can usually save somewhere in the fifteen
to twenty percent range on the cost of a new home.
But you're going to have some darn shirt, some sweat
equity into it, just coordinating everything. Whether you ever pick
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up a hammer and swing it or not, it's just
one of those things that there's going to be a
lot of work involved. So that may be another option
for some of you that want to take a look
at it. We're going to take a real quick break.
We'll be right back with more Texas home improvement. You know,
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Tramp on your tool belt. It might make your wife
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Jim Dotton.
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Hey, welcome back to Texas Home Improvement, your total home
improvement source again our number seven one three two one
two five at you know what We're We're pretty much
getting running out of time for this hour of Texas
Home Improvement, so we'll cut it off at that. But
I do want to remind you about our website thhipro
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of a quick email here. Rodney out of Deer Park.
I'm planning to add insulation to my attic this winter.
My house is forty years old and I have added
insallation to the attic a couple of times. I have
three questions. Is there a need to remove the old
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insulation before reinsulating only if it is a cellulose. Cellulose
tends to deteriorate usually after twenty to thirty years, it'll
start turning to dust. If you've got cellulos, take it out.
If it's fiberglass, and they'll just go over it. Second question,
what is the best type of insulation to use right now?
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What's available in our market? I would tell you go
with fiberglass. If you put the bat type in, it
doesn't settle over time. If you put the blown in,
it will settle over time where you have to add again,
but it's substantially cheaper to get done. And number three,
I have seen ads saying there insulation that does not
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compact over time, true or false? Well, and that's where
it comes in. If you put the bat type, that's
the roles of insulation that's not going to settle over time.
It costs more, but once it's in, it's there to stay.
So that's an option that you can take a look at.
With that, we got another hour of Texas Home Proven
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We are broadcasting today from the Deer Lease up by Woodville, Texas.
You know it is opening day today, So went out
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two one two five eight seven four. Going to Shirland first, Nick,
this gym? How can I help you?
Speaker 2 (03:29):
Yeah, good morning, Good morning mister Jim. I'll go the problem. Okay,
I'll go to butt tub. And I placed the non
slippery made on it in the inside the butttub right,
and then after some years I removed it and he's
left stays on the butt tub. Yes, how can I
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remove those stays?
Speaker 9 (03:54):
Did it least stains or did it just just color
the tub?
Speaker 10 (03:59):
No?
Speaker 2 (03:59):
It is the stains their own circles there.
Speaker 9 (04:04):
Yeah, because normally what it does is it'll discolored, or
if you've got a real white tub, h it'll be
kind of a off white. Where that took place.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
The stains are something like grayish blackish, you know.
Speaker 9 (04:23):
Okay, And what type of material is the tub made
out of? Is it a cast iron.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Or the basis metals? I think still it is okay.
Speaker 9 (04:34):
You know, if if it got down into the porcelain finish,
it may not come off. Now normally it will come off.
Speaker 8 (04:46):
Uh.
Speaker 9 (04:46):
The first product I always try to use is what's
called scrubbing bubbles because it does a great job of
taking and cleaning tubs and stuff up. So that would
be my first recommendation. If that doesn't work, you're gonna
have to go to something a little harsher and navel jelly.
(05:09):
It is something to to try. Beyond that, I don't
know of anything that's going to take it out.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
Yeah, yeah, but I tried so many cleaners, you know,
dumb all isaid, Yeah, I don't know what to do. Yeah,
I didn't want to replace the whole tub. Everything else
is fine, but only.
Speaker 9 (05:32):
If you cannot get that off of there, you can
have the tub resurfaced. It it doesn't last as good
as new does, but it still holds up pretty good.
Uh there's a product, yeah, yeah, yeah, it's from Miracle Method. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:49):
I saw in home depot that product, Miracle Method. You
mix it to mix product. You had to mix up
to products, and I apply it.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 9 (06:00):
I would not do that myself because the prep work
is just too intense.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
Oh, so what the product you are echo running for? Refinishing?
Speaker 9 (06:12):
It's a company called Miracle Method.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
Yeah, Gold Method. Okay, okay, okay, thank you, learning, good day.
Speaker 9 (06:25):
You too, take care and again our number one eight
hundred two eight eight nine two two seven. That's one
eight hundred two eight eight nine to two seven. Gonna
head out to Laporte. Hello, Tommy, Hey Jim, how's it
going wonderful? How about you?
Speaker 11 (06:47):
I'm fantastic. Hey, you gave us the wrong number right there?
Speaker 9 (06:51):
What it all I'm looking at? I was looking at
a different number. I was looking at the Dallas number.
Let me put that away. Seven one three two one
two five eight seven. How can I help you?
Speaker 11 (07:03):
Thank you?
Speaker 4 (07:05):
No.
Speaker 11 (07:08):
I put the soker hose around my slab in May
and that's working well. But part of my homes I'm
peering being how do I go about it irrigating.
Speaker 9 (07:18):
That part of it the same way heer piers. Yeah,
all you're doing is keeping moisture in the ground, and
so you can go around that part of the house
just like it's the concrete slab.
Speaker 11 (07:31):
Okay, so rather than going around the pier of just
school around the outside part.
Speaker 9 (07:36):
Yeah, because the middle part usually stays fairly well. And
if you've got a moist ring going all the way
around the house, uh, there's nothing really going to dry
it out in the middle.
Speaker 11 (07:48):
Okay, I got you. Either that won't cause it the
rod or anything like that.
Speaker 9 (07:51):
Or what's going to rock.
Speaker 6 (07:55):
The piers?
Speaker 9 (07:56):
Oh? Have you got wooden columns?
Speaker 7 (07:58):
Stay?
Speaker 11 (07:58):
And yes, their O saying moist you know, you.
Speaker 9 (08:02):
Know if those were put in right, you shouldn't even
have to water where those are? Okay, are are they
the square columns?
Speaker 12 (08:14):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (08:14):
The square ones.
Speaker 9 (08:16):
I don't know what they're an idea they went.
Speaker 11 (08:20):
I don't have any idea, but I know they put
them in concrete. They're really straight. Yeah, those on the
side over there, that that's caused me my problem. I
had thrubs planted there for years and years, so it
shaded the area and never did have a problem with anything. Yeah,
but I took those shrubs out a few years and
everything dried up. So with all this drought we've been having,
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now I'm having issues with the door over there.
Speaker 9 (08:46):
Ah yeah, if those concrete, if those wooden columns are
in the concrete and everything, you won't Typically they should
be deep enough that you shouldn't have too big a problem.
But put the soul for most is around that part
of the house just like you would a concrete slab,
and it'll keep it moist and keep the soil expanded.
(09:07):
You'll be fine.
Speaker 5 (09:09):
Yeah, that's right.
Speaker 9 (09:10):
It should. It should not cause any problems on those
wooden poles because one they should be treated. And two,
if you've got standing water, you got too much water going.
All you're trying to do is give the soil just
a little bit of water on a regular basis.
Speaker 5 (09:27):
Yeah.
Speaker 11 (09:28):
Yeah, no, I'm That's what I'm doing on around the slab,
and that's that's what I want to deal over there
on those peers. But I got to think of, well, hey,
what about if it just stays so moist that it
just plant them broad away?
Speaker 9 (09:40):
Yeah, No, it won't. It won't do that.
Speaker 11 (09:43):
Okay, all right, Jim, I appreciate you have a good
one you as well, Thank you, sir, take care, bye bye.
Speaker 9 (09:52):
And again our number seven one three two one two
five eight seven four, And I'll see what I can
do to help you out here. Texas is Home Improvement.
We're going to head out to Roach Sharon.
Speaker 3 (10:03):
Hello, Kathy, Hi, thank you Jim taking my call. I
have a closet. We've been in the house a couple
of couple of years, and I have a closet that
is actually uh the clothes in there smell like mildew,
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and I'm not sure what's.
Speaker 9 (10:25):
To Okay, are you closing that closet up? Uh?
Speaker 4 (10:34):
No?
Speaker 9 (10:35):
And there's probably no air in there?
Speaker 3 (10:37):
Is there there is an air vent?
Speaker 12 (10:39):
Uh?
Speaker 3 (10:40):
And there we took the doors off. It's a small bathroom, okay,
you know it goes and and so the two sinks
are on the outside, but we took the door off
between the closet and the seat area.
Speaker 9 (10:53):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (10:53):
And what we do we we run the uh exhaust
after we take a shower in there, right for like
four hours, trying to make sure there's no that sucks.
Speaker 5 (11:05):
What's caused it?
Speaker 9 (11:08):
Okay? And how old house.
Speaker 3 (11:11):
Is it twenty five years?
Speaker 9 (11:14):
Okay, so it's got PVC plumbing, so you shouldn't be
having a big issue with with like a slab leak
or anything like that. So, yeah, it's gonna be a
matter of it's building up moisture. And I'm gonna give
you two things that you can try. They make a
(11:39):
a bag. It kind of looks like a pillow that
absorbs moisture and it's used in commercial type applications. Putting
one of those in there would help take that humidity
level down. Uh. The other would be obviously to just
put a dehumidifier in there.
Speaker 3 (11:57):
Yeah, we've got one going in there.
Speaker 2 (12:02):
Okay, the bag?
Speaker 5 (12:03):
What what?
Speaker 9 (12:03):
What?
Speaker 3 (12:04):
What's its name?
Speaker 9 (12:08):
I sure wish I could remember. I know it, and
I just I know if I know. It's used for djumdification. Uh,
you know, moisture in the air, if you can get
it from grangers. Oh okay, okay, yep.
Speaker 3 (12:26):
Great, I'll do that. I appreciate you, Thank you.
Speaker 9 (12:29):
Take care, bye bye. Hey, let's talk real quick. You know,
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Let's head over to fort Worth and Garry.
Speaker 4 (13:33):
Thank you, Jim on your head there. Ready seal I've
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What this is Texas Home Improvement with Jim Dutton.
Speaker 9 (15:52):
Hey, welcome back to Texas Home Improvement. Seven one three
two one two five eight seven four. Just a quick reminder,
don't forget to turn your clocks back tonight. You get
an extra hour of sleep. No reason you should be
late for church tomorrow morning with that extra hour of sleep. Again,
if you got a question seven one three two one
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two five eight seven four, We're gonna head to Magnolia. Jeff,
This is Jim. What can I do for you?
Speaker 6 (16:22):
Yes times, Jim, Thanks for taking my call. I got
home up in the Dallas area that's currently unoccupied and
I'm considering turning off the water to print. Any issues
with the freezing during the winter.
Speaker 9 (16:35):
Yeah me.
Speaker 6 (16:36):
If so, what what additional steps should I take?
Speaker 9 (16:42):
Yeah, it is a It is a good idea because
when you go up into the Dallas area, we do
get freezes hard enough in Dallas that it will break
the pipes. Now, most of the waterlines are under slab,
but there are some you know, obviously in the walls
and different places that that do freeze. So the additional
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steps you gotta take. And this is even if you're
in the Huetonario. If we got to freeze coming, shut
your water off, open all the faucets, all the hose bibs,
and all the faucets inside, flush the toilets, run everything
to drain as much water out of the pipes as
you can, because even with the water shut off, the
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water that's in the lines could still freeze and cause
the pipe to break. So when you turn the water
back on, you'd still have a problem. But if you'll
open everything up, drain the lines completely, you'll be fine. Now,
I did see your email, and if you're going to
keep this off for several months, what can happen over
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time is the scale buildup that's in the pipe is
going to dry out, and when it dries out, it'll
start flaking off the pipe. So my recommendation would be
in the spring, when you get ready to turn the
water back on, remove all the aeriators off the sinks
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so that that screen is not catching any debris that's
gonna come out. And when you turn the water back on,
flush those lines heavily because you're gonna have a lot
of stuff coming through the lines breaking loose.
Speaker 6 (18:24):
Okay, so just kind of repeat through that, make sure
I got it all, so it's okay to leave it off.
Turn off the water. It's actually a good idea, you said.
Open up all the faucets, even the hose bids, flush
the toilets, get as much water out of the system
as you can, and then it can sit for months.
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But there's going to be some stuff flaking loose inside
the pipes. So when I turn it back on, take
off the errators on the faucets first, and then have
a flush out the lines. Run it a lot. Would
I avoid that last part? If I if I, like,
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you know, run it once a month, kind of.
Speaker 9 (19:18):
You could, but I don't think I would do that
because you wouldn't avoid it completely, only you'd only lessen
the effect.
Speaker 6 (19:29):
Oh okay, okay, so even leaving it off for a
month is going to cause some playing.
Speaker 9 (19:35):
Sure. I mean, look at it this way. All the
scum build up that's around in that pipe. It's kind
of like the sponge sitting on your sink. As it
dries out, it shrinks up, so does that stuff, and
so it flakes loose. And if you were going to
turn the water on like every week, it would keep
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it moist. But running it, you know, just once a month,
you're still going to have the issue.
Speaker 6 (20:04):
Okay, okay, well, thank you very much. I appreciate it.
Speaker 9 (20:08):
You bet, you take care.
Speaker 6 (20:11):
Oh you're still there, yes, sir? Okay, we got tankless
water heaters in that Is that going to cause any problem?
Speaker 9 (20:19):
They're gonna be okay, they'll be just fine because when
you drain the lines, uh, you know, you're going to
be turning on hot and cold both and that'll help
drain those out. Uh, so they'll be fine.
Speaker 6 (20:33):
Okay.
Speaker 9 (20:33):
Where where is the tankless water heater?
Speaker 11 (20:37):
Uh?
Speaker 6 (20:38):
There on the outs and there's two of them, one
on each external wall.
Speaker 9 (20:42):
Okay, so all right, are you're going to leave? And
are the gas or electric?
Speaker 6 (20:49):
There are gas?
Speaker 9 (20:51):
Okay, and I asked that because some of the tankless
water heaters, especially the electric ones, will have a sensor
that if it starts getting too cold, can keep it warm.
The gas ones typically don't, and so you're gonna want
to just make sure that you drain that. As long
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as it's drained, it won't be an issue.
Speaker 6 (21:16):
Okay, okay, so run plenty of the hot water.
Speaker 9 (21:20):
Well, if you'll look, pull up online your your particular
water heater and it'll say in the when you open
the door, there's usually a drain port on those tankless
water heaters where you can drain the water out of it.
Speaker 6 (21:37):
Okay, okay, okay, cool, thank.
Speaker 9 (21:41):
You, you bet take care good too, Frank. And with
that we've got to take a break for news, trafficing
weather here on seven forty kr H. Will be back
with more Texas Home Improvements seven one three, two one
two five eight seven four and going into news. My
call's just up, so we've got open lines available, so
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pick up the phone, give me a call, and we'll
see what we can do to help you out here
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Speaker 10 (23:15):
Just listening to the show will make your property value
you go up. Here's Jim Dutton on Texas Home Improvement.
Speaker 9 (23:23):
Hey, welcome back to Texas Home Improvements your total home
Improvement source seven one three two one two five eight
seven four. With the news break that just happened, we
got all open lines now, so seven one three two
one two five eight seven four call in now. You'll
get in pretty darn quick. With that, I'm going to
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jump into an email question that came uh from Eric
down in Harlingen. He said, Jim, I've decided to replace
woodside in on my house that has been through at
least two floods. The walls on the inside were replaced
with sheet rock and R thirteen insulation. I didn't upgrade
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the insulation since there was insurance involved and we didn't
know if we would be paying a lot out of
pocket at that time. I know that the backer behind
the exterior wood siding is the old black asphalt fiberboard
they used in the seventies, oftentimes with the wood siding
on top. My question is should I replace that fiberboard
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with OSB or another product and a vapor barrier? Also
what and I'm not sure what he's saying here, do
I remove the fiberboard? Should I go on and have
spray in open cell insulation installed? Absolutely not. Do not
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put open cell you flood. Open cell will absorb that
water just like a sponge and just cause you all
kinds of problems. So no, you definitely don't want to
do that. If you were going to use a foam insulation,
it would need to be a closed cell so it
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doesn't take on moisture. But let's take this one step
at a time. The black board that you're talking about, Yes,
if you're going to put on a new siding, I
probably would replace that because that blackboard doesn't give a
lot of structural strength or anything, and especially if it's
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been wet a couple of times, that bottom portion is
probably shot. So if you take the siding off, let's
reside with either a plywood or an OSB board like
you were talking about, And I would put James Hardy
siding on because that will take the water with no problem.
So you'll put you your plywood up or os B board,
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whichever you want to use, put a wrap on it,
Hearty wrap or tievek either one. Those are the shield
that you were talking about, and then you can go
ahead and put your siding on. As far as insulation,
if you want to go back with a closed cell PHOAE,
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you can do that or go back with a fiberglass.
Just be prepared. Every time it would flood, you're going
to have to pull that insulation out and replace it.
But I definitely would not use open cell because open
cell will absorb that water like a sponge and fill
that entire wall cavity with moisture where the fiberglass and
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the closed cell phone won't do that. Will they still
need replacing The fiberglass absolutely would. The closed cell you
may get away with not having to replace it, but
that's something that would have to be determined if a
flood happens again. So that would be my recommendation on that.
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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, And I'll see what I can
do to help you out here on Texas Home Improvement. Huh,
Diane out of Spring has a leak somewhere coming in
(27:28):
from outside. Hi. We have had several people come out
and try to find out why my hardwood floors are
showing signs of water damage in our living room and
master bedroom. Can you help with this? Yes, your concrete
is probably very porous. If you're in spring, it may
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not be a new home. So if the and the
soils up there are typically not a black gumbo clay,
pure gumbel clay, it's usually kind of a gray, silty
soil and the water tends to travel through it very
very easily. Well. The concrete is porous as well, and
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moisture travels through it. And if this home is like
twenty or thirty years old or older, through mowing over
the years and stuff, the soil levels typically get raised
and moisture starts wicking through the concrete. That in itself
can be caused in the problems. The other thing is
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if it's an older home, which there are some in
the Spring area, if it's got any type of sewer
leak underneath the house that puts moisture that can wick
up through the concrete as well. So and just regular
ground moisture can cause it as well. There's a reason
it's called Spring Texas because there were springs in the area,
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and so that can moisture coming up through the concrete
as well. All this to say, your floors, I don't
know how old these wood floors are, but your home
may not be suitable for wood floors. Not every place
should have wood floors, and especially glue downs can become
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very critical type floors to to try to maintain because
as moisture comes through it gets onto the floor, the
glue softens up, the floor starts buckling, It just creates
all kinds of problems. There are experts on wood floors
engineers who come out and do these type of things.
There's only like seven of them in the state. But
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if you want to google wood floor engineers, not engineered
wood floors, but wood floor engineer inspectors, uh, they would
be able to help you with this. Got a question
seven one three, two one two five eight seven four Larry,
this is Jim. How can I help you?
Speaker 5 (30:01):
Yeah, Jim, I have a gutter and that I've dug
a little trench, better ten foot trench at the bottom
so they would pitch out towards the street area. Do
I need to put spice? What a big god idea
to put splash rocks in that little channel that I dug.
Speaker 9 (30:18):
It depends on how much water is gonna run through there.
If you're gonna have a lot of water going through it,
then yes, because it'll start washing on the soil. The
issue you're gonna have, though, is weeds are going to
try to come up through it and it'll be a
mess to keep clean. So typically, if you're gonna put
those rocks, put a fabric weed inhibitor down first and
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put the rocks on top of that.
Speaker 2 (30:48):
I see okay, Jam, okay.
Speaker 9 (30:50):
Take care and we're gonna take a quick break seven
one three two point two five eight seven four and
I'll see what I can do to help you out here.
You know USA Insulation. I had my house done a
year ago. Love it. What a difference it made when
we had cold fronts coming through and stuff. And you
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know what they can do that with your house as well.
At what they do is they come in and they'll
drow small holes to inject a non expansive foam into
the walls, and it seals the air gaps, raises the
R value, like if you've got regular fiberglass insulation that's
R thirteen, it'll raise it to like an R twenty five,
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helps reduce the noise from outside. It just all around
makes your house more energy efficient and comfortable. Loved it
on my house. My son even had his house done.
You ought to call USA Insulation as well. Four zero
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ninety nine fifty seven. Let's head over to Fort Worth
and Garry.
Speaker 4 (32:02):
Thank you, Jim on your head there ready, Seal. I've
got some garage doors. I put it on about two
years ago. It works great. The ready Seal looks just
as good as it did today.
Speaker 9 (32:11):
I put it on Ready Seal. You know, spray it on,
roll it on, brush it on. You don't have to
worry about laps or streaks, runs, any of that stuff
because of the way it soaks deep down into the
wood fibers. It takes care of all of it. And
it's available everywhere. But to find a store nearest to you,
go to readyseal dot com. James Hardy Siding is the
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to look at James Hardy's siding. You know, he was
just talking about that house that floods and I told
you I would put James Hardy siding on there. Because
the water level comes up, the siding's not gonna rot,
it's not going to deteriorate, and it's not going to
get eaten up by bugs because it got wet. The
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best siding on the planet James Hardy Siding.
Speaker 1 (32:56):
Here's Jim Dutton, host of Texas Home Improvement and owner
of Do West Foundation Repair the heat is on.
Speaker 9 (33:02):
And this is the time of year that will absolutely
wreak havoc on your foundation if you're not watering twice
a day. So if you're noticing cracks in your walls
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Speaker 12 (34:07):
Smile you look up in Texas this morning.
Speaker 1 (34:10):
This is Texas Home Improvement with Jim Dutton.
Speaker 9 (34:15):
Oh yeah, I'm smiling. I woke up in East Texas
this morning out at the deer least because it is
opening day of deer season. But I'm still here taking
calls and answering questions. So seven one three two one two,
five eight seven four, Eric and Sugarland, how can I
help you?
Speaker 5 (34:34):
Hey, Jim, were you successful in your hunt this morning?
Speaker 9 (34:36):
You know, I saw one dough but she wasn't big
enough and I wasn't gonna gonna take it because all
that went through my mind is you shoot that thing
and the work just begins.
Speaker 5 (34:49):
H That's right. So my question is it's kind of
a simple question, but I just kind of want to,
uh see what you recommend for door hinges to keep
them from squeaky, Like is it three and one oil
or is it something else?
Speaker 9 (35:05):
You know, there's a lot of lubricants you can use
on them. The three and one does work. The issue
that you can run into to with that is it
tends to draw dust and can start taking up over time.
Graphite actually works very well.
Speaker 5 (35:24):
Okay, I hadn't thought about that. All right, Well, that
was that was all I have for today.
Speaker 9 (35:31):
All right, Well, Eric, you take care and have a
great afternoon.
Speaker 5 (35:35):
You two, thanks so much, bye bye.
Speaker 9 (35:38):
And again our number seven one three two one two
five eight seven four, and I'll see what I can
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Let's see here, Waite in Cyprus. How can I help you?
Speaker 8 (36:34):
Well, I don't know if you want to. I want
to comment on this, but we're looking at a build
on your lot called builders, Okay? Can I mention their names?
Speaker 9 (36:44):
Go ahead?
Speaker 8 (36:47):
Yeah, Telson and Precision Okay. I was wondering if you
how do you tell about that? Or should I consider
one of those if I like what they have to offer,
or would you go with you know, just a regular
home builder individual type.
Speaker 9 (37:04):
Well, that depends are you going to try to do
any of the work yourself.
Speaker 8 (37:12):
Well, I'd like to do all the work myself, you know,
I'd like to build it myself. But then again, I
like the idea of just turning it loose and letting
somebody handle everything. So yeah, I'm kind of torn between that.
Speaker 9 (37:24):
But well, you know, typically the big thing when you
use a place like Tilson Homes or one along that
line is you can do as much of it or
as little of it as you want to do. I mean,
they can do the house turn key, or they can
you can get involved and do part of the work yourself.
(37:47):
So I mean, that's the big advantage of them. But
I've actually been out to several of their homes, and
I have not if I went back ten to fifteen
years ago, I was seeing some issues where they were
a little light on a couple of things. But in
the last ten years they've tightened up. They became actually
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a pretty darn good builder.
Speaker 8 (38:14):
Okay, well that's that's that's what I wanted to hear
from someone.
Speaker 9 (38:19):
Like yourself, now, Precision. I got to be honest, I
have not been to any of their houses, and I'm
not familiar with their construction techniques. I will tell you
that David Weekly Homes has a division that builds on
your property as well.
Speaker 8 (38:42):
Okay, I'll check into that. I'm fairly sure that it's
it's difficult to line up trade and keep a good
schedule anymore.
Speaker 9 (38:57):
I will agree with that. Nine of the battle with
building a new house is just coordinating and getting everybody
lined up to do what they're supposed to do when
they're supposed to do it. You know, inevitably, what happens
is one of the trades is late, or you know,
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one of the finished crews is late, and it throws
it throws the schedule behind. And the unfortunate part is
most of the time none of them want another trade
working in the house at the same time. They all
want to be there by themselves doing things, and it
does extend building out longer than it needs to be.
Speaker 8 (39:42):
Okay, Well, that answers that I don't appreciate you taking
them a call, Wade.
Speaker 9 (39:47):
You take care, have a good.
Speaker 8 (39:48):
One, Okay, how about it?
Speaker 9 (39:53):
And you know, for somebody who wants to get heavily
involved in building their own home, there is a program
out there called you Build It, and that's where you
actually coordinate the contractors and you build. It is a
resource to help you line out these contractors and to
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help you stay on track with building your home. You
as the homeowner can usually save somewhere in the fifteen
to twenty percent range on the cost of a new home.
But you're going to have some darn shirt, some sweat
equity into it, just coordinating everything. Whether you ever pick
(40:34):
up a hammer and swing it or not, it's just
one of those things that there's going to be a
lot of work involved. So that may be another option
for some of you that want to take a look
at it. We're going to take a real quick break.
We'll be right back with more Texas home improvement. You know,
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Because it is a buyer's market and it's something that
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summer long and now it's time they got to get
it taken care of. And if you need your foundation
checked before you spend a bunch of money on some
fly by night company, please call do West Foundation Repair.
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It doesn't cost you anything to get a second opinion
seven to one, three four seven three seven one five
six and they are there to take calls todays.
Speaker 10 (44:09):
Tramp on your tool belt. It might make your wife
feel all tingly. Here's more in Texas Home Improvement with
Jim Dotton.
Speaker 9 (44:18):
Hey, welcome back to Texas Home Improvement, your total home
improvement source again our number seven one three two one
two five at you know what We're We're pretty much
getting running out of time for this hour of Texas
Home Improvement, so we'll cut it off at that. But
I do want to remind you about our website thhipro
(44:40):
dot com. It is there's a resource to help you
out twenty four to seven and uh let's take care
of a quick email here. Rodney out of Deer Park.
I'm planning to add insulation to my attic this winter.
My house is forty years old and I have added
insallation to the attic a couple of times. I have
three questions. Is there a need to remove the old
(45:02):
insulation before reinsulating only if it is a cellulose. Cellulose
tends to deteriorate usually after twenty to thirty years, it'll
start turning to dust. If you've got cellulos, take it out.
If it's fiberglass, and they'll just go over it. Second question,
what is the best type of insulation to use right now?
(45:23):
What's available in our market? I would tell you go
with fiberglass. If you put the bat type in, it
doesn't settle over time. If you put the blown in,
it will settle over time where you have to add again,
but it's substantially cheaper to get done. And number three,
I have seen ads saying there insulation that does not
(45:44):
compact over time, true or false? Well, and that's where
it comes in. If you put the bat type, that's
the roles of insulation that's not going to settle over time.
It costs more, but once it's in, it's there to stay.
So that's an option that you can take a look at.
With that, we got another hour of Texas Home Proven
(46:05):
to go, So don't go anywhere.
Speaker 3 (46:10):
Ah.
Speaker 9 (46:10):
Texas Remodel Teams Window Division. You know, if you're looking
for windows for your place, you need to call Texas
Remodel Teams Windows and they can do more than just
regular windows. I mean they got the vinyl windows. They've
got the wood windows, the fiberglass windows, but they can
also do a patio, you know, glassroom for you. You've
got this gorgeous patio that you like sitting in, but
(46:33):
you don't like the bugs coming in all the time.
They can put windows in for that and close it.
They when we talked with them on the radio last
week or the week before, they were talking about cat
rooms that way, they can do that for you. The
nice thing about dealing with them, though, is they take
care of everything, even if it's got to have new
(46:55):
trim or there's a bad wood that's got to be replaced.
Oh excuse me, Texas remodel teams. Windows can handle it all.
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