Jim From the Fort Worth Texas Assocation of Fair & Events

Jim is at the FATE in Fort Worth for the show today. He starts with a few email questions about rebuilding a home as it relates to the California fires and flooring options. He also takes calls on relaying tile, a high eclectic bill, a noisy washing machine, and more. Jim continues in the second hour with more home improvement advice.

Episode Transcript

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Broadcasting live from the Dutton Ranch.

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Pers Jim Dunny, Well, We're not exactly at the Dutton
Ranch today. But we are in Cowtown, Fort Worth, Texas.
We're at the Texas Association of Fair and Events TA
F and E. And that's where all the different fairs

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and rodeos and different things come and learn how to
take care of their events and upcoming trends and stuff
like that, and they pass out awards there. And I
will tell you, I bring this up quite often of
the Passing Livestock Showing Rodeo. We did excellent this year

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in awards. We walked away with nineteen awards this year.
It was a great year for us. You know, the
Passing Rodeo just celebrated seventy five years at the past show.
So yeah, it was. It was a good time and
it still goes through tonight. I'm missing some of the

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classes right now, but I wanted to come and do
the show. So I'm actually sitting in my hotel room
doing the show right now. So if you got a question,
I'm here to help you. Seven one three two one
two five eight seven four. That's seven one three two
one two five eight seven four. Any home improvement question
you have, feel free to pick up the phone, give

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home improven question 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. And
you know, you guys pick the subject matters by calling
in and asking your questions, so uh, don't hesitate to
pick up the phone and give me a call. With
that being said, I'm going to start with an email

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question that actually just came in a little while ago.
Comes from Tom and he says, Jim, with all the
fires in California and homes that need to be rebuilt.
Do you think that will have any effect on building
products like lumber, windows, shingles, etc. And No, I really

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don't think that's going to have any effect. And the
reason being, right now, there's eleven thousand homes. Now that
number can grow rapidly and it could change where there
would be an effect. But think about when a hurricane
comes in. We're not talking ten twelve thousand homes. We're

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talking hundreds of thousands of homes that are affected and
need roofs and lumber and windows and all this kind
of stuff. And so that does affect the overall availability
of building materials. But for what's happened so far over there,
as devastating as it is and in those areas, I

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mean it's total devastation. That is not going to affect
our supply chain that much. Because every year there's hurricanes
that cause damage, there's fires that caused damage, there's other
natural disasters that caused damage. So that's realistically, the type

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of numbers we're talking about are already built into the system. Now,
could it affect them on the local basis, you bet
they're gonna have to wait to get some of the
building materials brought into them. But on a national scale,
will it affect us, No, I don't think so. Now.
I do think that we're going to see some other
things there, though in that one, it's gonna take them

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a while because it is California. They're building codes, permit
processes and all that stuff. It's gonna make it a
rather slow process. I think. Number two, I don't think
we're going to see the same type of house as
going back. You know, where some of these neighborhoods were

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old neighborhoods with homes that were alt in the some
of them in the forties, fifties times like that, where
the house was probably, uh, you know, twelve hundred to
fifteen hundred square feet. I think we'll be seeing much
larger homes go back. And I'm not one hundred percent

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sure that the same people who are losing these homes
are going to be able to go back into the
same neighborhood, because I think prices are going to be
driven up to where it's going to be beneficial for
them to just sell it, and you know, quite frankly,
a lot of them will probably sell it, take the
money and leave the state. So I think that's a

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direct more of the issue that we're going to see
taking place. Anyways, that's just my two cents on it.
I don't I don't think it's going to be devastating
to our material supplies. Got a question seven one three,
one two, five, eight seven four. That's seven one three, two,

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one two, five, eight seven four and all see what
I can do to help you out here on Texas
Home Improvement. So Michael out of West Columbia is asking
about a flooring choice for a peer and Beam home
doing an extensive remodel. Have had to rip out sub
flooring to choice most by choice somebody because of previous

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owner bad do it yourself for My question is would
LVP be a safe choice in my situation or a
better suggestion? Biggest concern is mold rotting because a friend
put LVP on top of original hardwood flooring, no insulation

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under and after two years had extensive damages. Would love
to call and talk on the air, but that is
almost impossible, and have called around two hundred times in
the past few weekends with busy signal. Not sure when

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you're calling, but I've always got pretty much open lines available.
I do now seven one, three, two, one, two, five, eight,
seven four. But let's address this. Look, you got these
old homes. They breathe, They literally breathe, and when your
HVAC system is running inside, it's dehumidifying and keeping that

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wood floor in good shape. You put that LVP on
top of it, you're now ceiling the moisture between the
moisture movement between the what's underneath the flooring and the
AC system. You got a barrier now, and so the

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moisture can build underneath of it from just the ground
moisture and things like that. So, yes, it could cause
wood rod, especially on the decking material itself. How do
you combat it? What type of floor and do you use? Well,
if you put carpet in, you won't have this issue

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because it's gonna be breathable. If you're going to put
the LVP in your an area with high humidity, you
may have to put a vapor barrier under the homes
foundation in order to maintain the moisture level in the
crawl space, because that's really what's causing this problem, is

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the moisture level in the crawl space. Now, a lot
of times proper ventilation will take care of this as well,
so you can measure what your moisture level is in
the crawl space and figure out from there what you
want to do. But I will tell you, yes, you
could have an issue. It's rare though it's more the

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exception than it is the norm to have that type
of problem when you put one of these floors in.
So you have to do your homework and that means
checking the moisture levels and seeing if you have a
moisture problem with your cross space before putting the floor in.

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So if you do again encapsulate the ground, that can
take care of it. Now you had a little questionnaire
as far as closed cell PHOAM, closed cell phone can
be used. It would seal you know, it would go
underneath spray it's a spray on and the closed cell

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will not take on moisture. If you use an open cell,
it'll take on moisture and hold it against the wood
like a sponge and cause you problems. But a closed
cell does not take on moisture, and that could be
a solution as well. So it gives you two ways
to address this problem that you may be having. Anyways,
if you got a question seven one three two one

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two five eight seven four. That's seven one three two
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you have, pick up the phone, give me a call.
I'll see what I can do to help you out
here on Texas Home Improvement. Again, we are broadcasting from
Fort Worth, Texas today, and yes, it was cold up
here last night, got down into the twenties. Now they're

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up into low fifties. And you know what, it's sunny.
It's nice. I don't like the cold. And if I
wanted to live in a state with snow, i'd go,
I'd move further north. So no, I'm ready. I'm ready
for the heat to come back. With that being said again,

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our number seven one three two one two five eight
seven four. Any home improvement question you have, feel free
to pick up the phone, give me a call. I'll
see what I can do to help you out here
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Jim Dutton is not perfect, but he's always right. Here's
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Speaker 4 (15:52):
Hey, welcome back to Texas Home Improvements. Seven one three,
two one two five eight seven four. Let's to our
calls and Aaron, where is Zappa?

Speaker 10 (16:04):
Sir?

Speaker 11 (16:06):
Thanks for taking my call?

Speaker 4 (16:08):
Oh my pleasure. It says you're from your calling from Zappata.
Where is that?

Speaker 11 (16:13):
It's the Patta and at South.

Speaker 4 (16:16):
Okay, Well, how can I help you? So?

Speaker 11 (16:20):
We have an issue in three different places in the
house where we need to relay tile. The tiling is
sixteen by sixteen and we had a contractor come in
who didn't do a great job and repairing waterley. He
had to take a tile out and dig down. Got
all that taken care of, but then when he went

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to put the tile back in, did a horrible job,
and I stopped him so that he didn't finish in
the other two areas and now needs to take the
tile up, which I know is going to ruin that tile.
But it's okay. We have extras and I need to
lay tile. What I've noticed is he filled it back
in with dirt. Then he used concrete, but it is

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not level, nor is it high enough, I believe. Okay,
I'm probably about two and a half to three inches
too short. I'm guessing I need some self leveling concrete,
but I don't know that.

Speaker 4 (17:24):
If you're two and a half to three inches, you
need to fill that with concrete first, okay.

Speaker 11 (17:30):
And he is self leveling the desired option.

Speaker 4 (17:35):
At no, because self leveling won't go that thick. If
it goes that thick, it just it breaks up. Uh,
And so it doesn't doesn't work for that thick. So
you'll fill that void with concrete. First, make sure you
leave it a little bit low so that you can
put a self leveling compound on top of it. But

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you want that to only be like a quarter inch thick.

Speaker 11 (18:02):
Okay, so quarter.

Speaker 4 (18:06):
Pretty much?

Speaker 11 (18:06):
Yeah, okay, And then once I d never laid concrete,
never laid tile before, but I gotta be able to
do a better job than these guys did.

Speaker 4 (18:17):
Yeah, you will, because you're gonna take your time and
you're gonna you're gonna look at how it looks, and
and that makes my house. You can't. That's exactly right.

Speaker 12 (18:29):
That's right.

Speaker 11 (18:30):
So my my research has led me to Okay, I
need the filler amount, so I need concrete, then I
need self leveler, and I'm assuming I need certain amounts
of time to dry in between. Then I'm gonna use
a mortar and thin set quick set, and yeah, you.

Speaker 4 (18:55):
Could use it. Well, there are different types of adhesives
to use. Okay, do you have any idea what's on there? Now?

Speaker 10 (19:08):
No?

Speaker 4 (19:09):
Okay, here's what I would do. Then I would find
one of the edges where it looks like you can
still see a little bit of that because there's typically
a trial mark where you can see it, take some
good pictures of it, and go into a floor in
a Core store and talk to them at the pro
desk okay, and they'll be able to tell you what

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that material is that you can use basically the same material.

Speaker 11 (19:36):
Okay, fantastic. And then the final question on that whole
project that I've got going on is the.

Speaker 12 (19:46):
Tile they already laid.

Speaker 11 (19:48):
They did not do the grout. Okay, We're coming back
the next day to do it. And I said, oh no,
please don't. I don't want that permanently where it's at.
How do I remove the tiles that have been.

Speaker 4 (20:06):
Laid, if you're not worried about saving them, you can
just use a hammer and chisel and that'll take it out.

Speaker 11 (20:15):
Okay, So just crack it and then try it up.

Speaker 13 (20:18):
Yep.

Speaker 11 (20:19):
Okay, it's gonna be a fun.

Speaker 4 (20:21):
Project, absolutely, all right.

Speaker 12 (20:25):
I appreciate you, sir.

Speaker 4 (20:27):
All right, you take care. Dang again her number seven
one three, two one two five eight seven four. You know,
and realistically people worry about doing something like this, Oh
they can't do it. If you take your time, yours
will look better than even a professional doing it, because,

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like she said, it is her house and she cares
it does make a difference. Randy and Kingwood. How can
I help you?

Speaker 2 (20:58):
How you doing? Sir? Question regarding house built in nineteen
seventy five, twenty six hundred square feet a brick veneer
and I have outrageous electric bills and it's I suspect
that the exterior walls are not insulated.

Speaker 4 (21:17):
And what year did you say it was built?

Speaker 2 (21:19):
Built in nineteen seventy five.

Speaker 4 (21:22):
It should have R eleven in the walls.

Speaker 2 (21:24):
It should have our eleven. Okay? Is there a settling issue?
Or was it a bat type.

Speaker 4 (21:31):
Is typically at that time period, it was a fiberglass bat.
But if it wasn't stapled in or anything, yes, it
could drop down. How high are your electric bills?

Speaker 2 (21:45):
Use? You know the best rates available on a power
shoes dot org site and the last one they can
paying like twelve since kettle an hour and my electric
bill is seven hundred bucks.

Speaker 4 (21:56):
You definitely got something going on. This is more than
the insulation though, uh is going on for a long time.

Speaker 2 (22:04):
Systems brand new. I try to get ahead of the
high electric books.

Speaker 4 (22:09):
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Speaker 4 (23:51):
Hey, welcome back to Texas Home Improvement seven one three,
two one two five eight seven four. When we left,
I was talking with Randy about a high electric bill,
and Randy, was your electric bill running that high before
you put the new AC in?

Speaker 2 (24:09):
Yeah? It was luga higher. Actually that sort of clarity.
There isn't a farm here, and under outs is insulated
and HVAC, so there's a little bit more than twenty
six center square feet. But the seven hundred bills were
not necessarily not liar, it's five hundred and six hundred
hundred depend upon the mark. Sure that it's silly to

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believe that I must have an insallation problem. I know
I need a solution in the attic itself. I would
think that that would be more of a heating issue
than electric.

Speaker 4 (24:45):
Yeah, I don't think. I don't think it's going to
be uh an insulation problem. Not to not to say
that insulation wouldn't help. But typically, when when the bill
starts getting into those kind of numbers, it's usually caused
because there's a short somewhere the system. And it can
be even in the where the breaker or in the

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breaker panel itself where the electric meter ties in. You know,
the big lugs that come across and it ties into
the breaker box itself. If those start coming loose, it'll
start arcing across and that just runs an electric bill
like it's unreal.

Speaker 2 (25:24):
Okay, So I've done it before.

Speaker 4 (25:28):
And so I truthfully would start with checking some of
that stuff out first. Make sure all the breakers, screws
are tight on all the breakers, make sure the lugs
are tight, all that kind of stuff, and then start
narrowing it down to the insulation and some of that

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kind of stuff. But I mean, quite frankly, houses that
were built in the fifties have absolutely no insulation in
them and don't run that kind of electric bill.

Speaker 2 (26:00):
Okay, I I know I'm a high user, but it
was just uneasily high. So yeah, it could be that
maybe have a pressure on one of the refrigerators going out
or something like that.

Speaker 4 (26:10):
Maybe that typically won't run it that much because if
if that was the case that would normally trip the breaker.
It's normally going to be somewhere in the breaker panel
and lines going to the meter itself.

Speaker 2 (26:29):
Like distribution lines, no, the of the meter.

Speaker 4 (26:35):
So talking about yeah, so it beyond on your side
of the meter.

Speaker 2 (26:38):
Yeah, okay, Well I appreciate that. Okay, we're gonna talk
about fiberglass and cut hosing the wall. Dad. That's the difference.

Speaker 4 (26:47):
If you want to look at insulation in the walls,
take a look at USA Insulation, uh, because they can
inject foam insulation into the walls and and take care
of insulating the house. Great. I just had my house
done about three months ago. And uh oh it made
a huge difference.

Speaker 2 (27:07):
Okay. And would that be a part of the woman
improvement all right?

Speaker 4 (27:16):
The tax credits that are available, yes, absolutely sure is.

Speaker 2 (27:23):
That's good to know as well. I appreciate you count.

Speaker 4 (27:26):
You bet take care too much? Yep, thanks by uh
and you know USA Insulation. I can give everybody that
the number real quick, uh eight three two three seven
six six eight six five. Uh And yes it can
make a huge difference, all right, our number seven one

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three two one two five eight seven four Rita in Kingwood.
Welcome to Texas Improvement.

Speaker 14 (27:58):
Thank you for taking my call. Thank you may have
covered this right before I got on, But the question is,
I was just on the you know, about insurance and
could it affect Texas because of California. We were on
the phone to USAA on on Friday because of the
high our insurance went up twenty two hundred dollars in
two years. So we asked and it had been going up.

(28:19):
So we happened to ask about their exposure to California
and they said, yes, they keep everyone that's been with
them ten years or more. So, yeah, they have heavy exposures.
So question is going to raise They're going to do it.
The company doesn't overall you know, rating of it's how
well it's doing, so it's got to affect it.

Speaker 4 (28:40):
It does. Uh, And I'm a USAA member as well,
and yeah, we I think, you know, unlike what I
was talking about a few minutes ago was the building
material availability. But what you're talking about now is what's
going to happen with because these houses aren't just going

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to be able to be rebuilt. It's total devastation. It's
ground up, it's maxing out policies and yes, we are
all going to feel that on our homeowner's insurance. And
you know, look at what happened with the flood insurance
because of all the hurricanes, how much that has gone up.

(29:24):
And I mean it's to the point where people can't
afford it. And I'm afraid if we keep having these
kind of fires, because you know, we just had it
in Hawaii, now we've got it in California. Yeah, we
could be facing some of those same issues with regular
homeowners policies as well.

Speaker 14 (29:42):
Yeah, our house is about thirty two hundred square feet,
it's about thirty three years old, and it's eighty one
hundred dollars for the insurance for this coming year. So
we had to raise our wind and hel to. We
raised it to five percent, which is about forty five
thousand dollars. So it's basically like so I got it
down to about seven thousand. So you're paying seven thousand

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just with catastrophic insurance. Now you know the the other
perils which would be more likely, that's around two thousand.
The other option was five thousand, but it didn't take
it down but about twenty dollars a month for that,
So we just left it but yeah, we raised it
all that, we can just expect more, I guess. And then, well,
the cost was lumber.

Speaker 4 (30:24):
It is. Lumber has gone up, and so that's raised
the value of the homes. And you know where people
who've lived in their home for twenty thirty years. You know,
the insurance used to be I'm gonna throw a round
number two thousand dollars a year. And you know the
house though, was only worth one hundred and fifty thousand.

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That same house now is six hundred thousand, and so
that insurance policy, it has gone up that same percentage
and it's killing all of us. I mean, it's becoming
a huge issue because it's be real. Our pay doesn't
go up those kind of numbers.

Speaker 14 (31:03):
Not when you're retired for fifteen years. But yeah, they've
cast them going up. You've got the land, although they
said it cost a lot to take that take it off.
So this is going to run lumber up even again.
I know during Iraq they said the lumber was real
high because it was going a lot of it to Iraq.
So now I guess we're gonna be going to California,
so it's gonna hit us all again.

Speaker 4 (31:25):
I don't think this one's going to hit us all
that hard, But yes, it will affect out a little bit.
The insurance, though, I think, will feel that more. And
I gotta let you go because I'm supposed to be
giving a thank you so much thank you by bay. Hey,
let's talk about conquered window film, because if you are
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Recently on Texas Home Improvement, a startling revelation as Jim
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the show.

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Speaker 7 (34:41):
Where wax a Hatchie. Where wax a Hatchie? Where wax
a Hatchie.

Speaker 4 (34:46):
Welcome to Texas Home Improvement.

Speaker 17 (34:48):
Well, now, Jim, you have to say walks Ahatchie, not
wax a Hatchie.

Speaker 4 (34:54):
You want to know the honest truth. What I'm a Yankee.

Speaker 17 (35:02):
That's bad.

Speaker 4 (35:03):
I've only lived in Texas for about forty five years now,
so what can I say?

Speaker 17 (35:08):
Well, we shall appreciate all the information that you give out,
so we'll bypass the fact that you're a Yankee.

Speaker 16 (35:15):
Okay, we're going to stop right there while we're ahead.
Here's more with Jim Dott on Texas Home Improvement.

Speaker 4 (35:25):
Hey, welcome back to Texas Home Improvement. Seven one three
two point 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. So let's see, we're gonna head
to Magnolia and John. This is Jim. How can I

(35:47):
help you?

Speaker 18 (35:49):
Hey, Jim, thanks for taking the call. I've had a
question about plumbing and pipes rattling around. We've lived in
this house for just over twenty years. We're the second owners.
The first owner took position possession I think in ninety nine.
I haven't had any issues with plumbing or fight pipes rattling.

(36:10):
It's a custom built home. But last fall just kind
of like out of the blue. Whenever the washing machine
asked for hot water, it would cycle the valves in
the machine and you hear the water pipes rattling all

(36:30):
the way up into the attic where the water heater is.
What's the cause and what's the.

Speaker 13 (36:36):
Fix for that?

Speaker 4 (36:38):
Is it a new washing machine now.

Speaker 13 (36:41):
We've had it for I don't know eight years or so.

Speaker 4 (36:45):
Okay, well, there's multiple things that can cause it. I
mean I asked if it was a new one, because
a lot of the new ones they turn on and
off and on and off and on and off so
rapidly it's shaking everything. But when it's an older situation
like yours, where the machine's been there for eight years

(37:05):
and it hasn't been causing any problem, it sounds like
some of the fasteners have broke loose, and so what
happens when it turns on and off, The pipe is
jumping a little bit, and it's probably in the walls.

(37:25):
It can be in the attic as well, but it's
more likely in the walls that's doing it.

Speaker 13 (37:32):
Okay, you just take out the wall to fix that,
I guess, yeah, or live with it.

Speaker 18 (37:39):
No wrong answer. Why just heard you talk about phoam
insulation injecting.

Speaker 4 (37:47):
I was just going to bring that up to you
because that could be injected in that wall and it
would stop it.

Speaker 18 (37:54):
H see grape minds. Huh, Well, it's it sounds like
the source of the noise is in the attic by
the water heater.

Speaker 4 (38:05):
And if that's the case, yeah, it could be just
a pipe up there that's loose, so I would start
with that.

Speaker 18 (38:11):
Okay, Now, this is a tankless water heater, and the
guy came by and serviced it in the fall, and
I guess shortly after that is when I've really noticed
this pipe rattling. He serviced it, They flush it, they
they do acid through it to get the scale out.
They do other stuff to the tankless.

Speaker 4 (38:32):
Right, But one of the things that they do is
take In order to do that, they have to take
the inlet pipe and the outlet pipe loose. And if
he didn't get one of those secured, or he got
it too close to a support beam or stud or something,
every time it jumps it it could be slapping just

(38:52):
a little bit. So this could be a very minor
fix for you.

Speaker 18 (38:56):
Okay, that sounds encouraging. It's not air trapped in the line,
you know, think no, Okay, all right, well that's something
I can go up there and look and see if
it looks like something's not anchored right or anchored too
close to the wrong place and rattling against it.

Speaker 13 (39:12):
I can do that. I appreciate the the input here.

Speaker 4 (39:16):
Well, we got nice cool weather, so you can go
sit up in the attic listen to the radio while
your wife puts in a load of laundry so you
can watch the pipes rattle.

Speaker 18 (39:27):
I think he said he said that kind of backwards.
I think maybe she should go sit in the attics.

Speaker 4 (39:32):
And goodness, I don't think she's listening.

Speaker 13 (39:36):
Right now, so I'll probably safe. All right, all right,
you have a good day, So much for taking my call.

Speaker 4 (39:42):
Bye bye, bye bye, and again our number seven one
three two one two five eight seven four. That's seven
one three two one two five eight seven four. Jim.
This is Jim. How can I help you today?

Speaker 19 (39:59):
Yes, I've got a sprinkter line that's leaking and I
can't find the leak and uh, I've looked. I've had
the sprinkler repair man out. He can't find it, and uh.

Speaker 13 (40:14):
It's it.

Speaker 19 (40:15):
It's underground somewhere where the water is leaking. And uh,
I just wondering if you have any suggestions on.

Speaker 4 (40:23):
Can find it. Why if no one's finding it, why
do you think it's leaking?

Speaker 13 (40:30):
Oh?

Speaker 19 (40:30):
I turned the valve off at the sprinkler vave off
at the back flow, and the water meter, Donald, what's
going around? But when I turn it, well, I'm back
on for the sprinkler it uh at the back floor
preventer at the needle for the water meter keeps going.

Speaker 6 (40:52):
On or goes.

Speaker 4 (40:53):
Okay, okay, so uh there's a common the American leak detectors.

Speaker 13 (41:02):
Uh huh.

Speaker 4 (41:04):
Give them a call. They have equipment that basically they
use sound to follow and listen where the leak is
and they usually can pinpoint that for you.

Speaker 19 (41:20):
Okay, that'd be more cost effective than just replacing pipe.

Speaker 4 (41:24):
I guess, oh heck yeah yeah, way, way works more
cost effective.

Speaker 19 (41:32):
Okay, all right, do that, Thank you very much.

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Systems said down to League City. Hello jd Hey Jim,
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Man?

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I did call you last week about kimnicat Fleek and
I've had somebody come out and basically.

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They rip me off.

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You recommended.

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I called Guardian Roofing. I did call them. The technician
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over time, had a lot of air gaps where cold

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Speaker 1 (44:43):
We're back to Texas Home Improvement. Home improvement advice, tips
and information for you and your mama. Here's Jim dott Wormy.

Speaker 4 (44:56):
Welcome back to Texas Home Improvements, your total home human source.
So I got an email from Charles out of Richmond,
and he says, looking for a contractor to level parts
of my driveway and sidewalk which have sunken over time.
I would like to get one or more quotes for this. Well,
I'm only going to give you one company to call,

(45:17):
and that's going to be Dueist. That's my company. We
can replace it if it needs replacement. We can u athane,
a mud pump it, whatever needs to be done to
get it back up. Now, a lot of times people
will look at it and say, oh, well yeah, that
can be you're athaned. Well, but it hits a point
where it's more expensive to buy the eu athane and

(45:40):
continue to go up with it than it would be
to just replace the concrete. And so we will give
you your options on that. Uh. And keep in mind,
just because you can lift it doesn't mean it should
be lifted. You got to look at and see you
know what's what's around it? Is it going to be

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lifting it up above the ground level? Well, now you're
getting into other issues dealing with mud pumping or yourthane,
So call due West. We'll be born happy to come out,
take a look and see what can be done to
help you out with that new driveway and concrete work. There,

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you can call do West at seven one three four,
seven three seven one five six. Well that's it for
this hour of Texas Home PROVEMN. But we got another
hour to go, so don't go anywhere. Seven one three
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Speaker 4 (49:13):
Hey, welcome back to Texas Home Improvements, your total home
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Any home improvement question you have, pick up the phone,
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And again, don't forget about our website thipro dot com.

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phone number seven one three two one two five eight
seven four we're here to take calls and answer questions.
So let's head to pair land and Kay, this is Jim.

(50:18):
How can I help you?

Speaker 12 (50:19):
Hi, Jim. I want to tell you first, I really
really enjoy your program. I listen to it every weekend
pretty much. I'm from a home of do it yourselfers,
and it's very interesting. Right now, I have a question
I'm debating regarding a non functional gas fireplace. I've been

(50:43):
in this home for about six years, and every year
when it gets cold, I think, oh G, I should
have had that done this summer, And every summer I
think about it and then it goes to the bottom
of the list. So right now, with this cold spell,
I've gotten back interested in it again. However, I'm thinking
about maybe using electrical heat fireplace. The only problem with

(51:13):
that is then I lose the ability to have heat
when it have a cold power failure, you know, like
we have had. So I don't know, what what do
you think? And I can't afford twenty thousand dollars for
a generator or so.

Speaker 4 (51:33):
Sure, well, honestly, if I mean, you got a gas
log there, you've got gas going to it, So what's
malfunctioning' what's it doing?

Speaker 12 (51:43):
It's just not doing anything, And I've never had it
looked at, and I don't know. I don't know what's
wrong with it now.

Speaker 3 (51:50):
I know.

Speaker 12 (51:52):
I think maybe you have somebody that could come out
and look at it and see what's going on or not.

Speaker 4 (51:59):
We could check the gas flow to see if you're
getting gas to it. Okay, beyond that, I couldn't say
what we could have couldn't do until we looked at it,
but sure you ought to. When you turn the gas,
can you hear the gas flowing?

Speaker 16 (52:20):
You know?

Speaker 12 (52:20):
I haven't ever. I think I did way back when,
and I don't remember.

Speaker 4 (52:25):
Okay, I think not okay, because it could be something
as simple as there's another cutoff valve somewhere that's off,
like over by the meter or something like that. So
I mean that would be my first inclination would be

(52:46):
let's check and see if we're getting gas flow and
trace it back from there. If it is getting gas flow,
well then we've got to look and say, Okay, why
isn't this thing burning like it should, because you darn
sure don't want to have the gas flowing and blow
the house up with no flame.

Speaker 12 (53:00):
No, And that that was my concern too, about having
a gas bigger gas appliance like that. You know, I
wouldn't leave it on at night when I'm asleep, for sure.
But yeah, you know anyway, I would.

Speaker 4 (53:17):
Be honest with you if it was mine, I would
not change it out for electric, oh okay. Uh. And
and the main reason is the electrics. We're gonna run
your electric bill up quite a bit where gas can
you know, if you're running it for a long time, Yes,
it can increase your gas bill, but nothing like the

(53:38):
dollars that the electric bill would be.

Speaker 12 (53:41):
Amen, I know about that. Okay, If you could give
me your number.

Speaker 4 (53:49):
Oh sure, yeah, give us a call it seven one
three four seven three seven one uh seven to.

Speaker 12 (54:02):
One, Okay, that kind of bleeped, Okay.

Speaker 4 (54:07):
I'm sorry. And then uh tell them that you and
I talked about this gas thing, and I wanted someone
to take a look at it, so they don't charge
you to come out.

Speaker 12 (54:17):
Oh well, I don't mind paying for that, that's okay.

Speaker 4 (54:20):
I just man, this is something that's a simple, simple
drive by, no big deal.

Speaker 12 (54:26):
Okay. Well, thank you so very much for that, and
you have a blessed you bet Dave, what's the left
of it?

Speaker 4 (54:31):
Take care of you as well? Take care bye bye
bye bye, 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 on Texas
home improvement. Let's see, we're gonna head out to Mereland
and Dennis, So can I help you?

Speaker 20 (54:53):
Hey, Jim, how are you doing?

Speaker 4 (54:55):
Wonderful? How about you?

Speaker 20 (54:57):
Okay? So he helped us a couple of times before us.
So now I have two other questions. Hur our home
is fifty six years We built a bitch six years ago,
and some things have never changed, like the gutters. And

(55:17):
so we see all these advertisements about leaf filters and
see all those things about putting the gutters in. Are
you are you a favor of that or not? I
haven't right now. I'm having a clean once a year.

Speaker 4 (55:33):
Yeah. And you know, if you've got a lot of
trees around your house where they get plugged up and stuff. Yes,
I like having something to minimize it. A lot of
times people get in their heads so that these additives
you won't ever have to do anything. And you still do.
Now if you go with like gutter max or something

(55:55):
like that, that's a helmet that takes the leaves over
the top, and rarely do you have issues where you
gotta clean those out, but absolutely I like them. There's
there's one in particular I like called gutter brush. And
it looks like a huge uh pipe cleaner. You know

(56:19):
the old the little pipe cleaner rods that we all
had when we were kids. Well, this this is like
big enough that it fits in the gutter and as
leaves come down, it hits those bristles and they go
over the gutter instead of into it. And if you
ever do have to clean those, which is maybe every
few years, you pick it up, you shake it. You're done.

(56:41):
It's that simple.

Speaker 20 (56:45):
Where they some of the gutters are are not you
know correct, we get water that overflows of them where
they fix those things. Also, the gutter brush people, no,
not that the gutter brush is a product that you
would sit into a regular gutter, not not a replacement gutter. Okay,

(57:07):
it would you recommend for uh that replacement just needs
to be fixed. You know, the water comes just flowing
over it. It doesn't We've headed down.

Speaker 4 (57:18):
For fifty got you. Okay, Well, who.

Speaker 20 (57:23):
Would you recommend to fix the gutters?

Speaker 4 (57:27):
I don't have a gutter guy per se. Uh, but
if you'll call the folks over at Guardian roof Systems,
they do, they would be able to take care of it.
Guardian Roof Systems Systems and the other number I do.

(57:50):
You can reach them at two eight one four zero
seven seven to eight zero.

Speaker 20 (58:00):
Okay, all right, okay, thank you. Now my other thing
that you know, the home is that old and so
uh we see all these advertisements about windows. So we
have seven windows that are I guess about eight and
a half feet tall.

Speaker 4 (58:22):
Okay.

Speaker 20 (58:23):
It was in the sunroom. So in the summer fremendous heat.
In the winter we get.

Speaker 13 (58:30):
From missus cold.

Speaker 4 (58:31):
So yep, would you.

Speaker 20 (58:32):
Recommend somebody to look at those windows because they're fifty.

Speaker 4 (58:36):
Six years and I know there's been a lot of
changes in the windows. Oh yeah, yeah, you're you're still
single pane glass on those Uh give Texas free model
team a call, that's you right, nope, no, but I'm
due west, okay.

Speaker 2 (58:56):
Uh.

Speaker 4 (58:56):
And you can reach them at two weight one all right,
sixty one two uh huh fifty nine ninety one.

Speaker 20 (59:07):
Okay, all right, I appreciate it. Assume you've done so
much helped us in his house. Soon we have to
change the name of the house to Jim Duckett.

Speaker 4 (59:19):
I appreciate that.

Speaker 20 (59:21):
Okay, Yeah, you take care, all right, thank you, all right.

Speaker 4 (59:25):
Bye bye bye. And look when uh, when you talk
to the folks that Texas Room Model Team. One of
the big things that you know, because you mentioned that
was in a sunroom. They do replacement windows, but they
built sunrooms as well, so they definitely would be able
to help out with that type of situation. And they're

(59:47):
remodeler also, so they got other teams to be able
to back them up. But again that was two eight
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That's where I actually live. And when I do the
show from up there, I sit in a room where
when it's cold out, my feet get cold because there's
an electrical outlet that the air leakage is just terrible
coming in the house.

Speaker 21 (01:00:48):
Well.

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Speaker 11 (01:04:14):
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Speaker 16 (01:04:17):
Here, it's Jimmy Dunton.

Speaker 4 (01:04:22):
Hey, welcome back to Texas Home Improvement. Seven one three,
two one two five eight seven four. All right, why
don't we jump back into calls here. We're gonna head
to Richmond and Donna. This is Chim. How can I
help you?

Speaker 2 (01:04:38):
Hi?

Speaker 22 (01:04:38):
Jeff, this is Donna.

Speaker 3 (01:04:40):
Can you hear me?

Speaker 4 (01:04:42):
Yes?

Speaker 22 (01:04:43):
Well, So I'm planning to build an outdoor kitchen. I
already have a covered patio, and I found a contractor
who will do it. He wants me to buy all
the appliances. So is there a store here in Richmond
Sugarland News. I can just goal and look at the
appliances and purchase them. What I'm going to buy is

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a griddle, a burner, and a sink and couple of
cabinets for storage.

Speaker 4 (01:05:14):
There is there's a store on fifty nine. It's outside.
I think it's outside of belt Way eight. I'm not
a one hundred. I'm pretty sure it is outside belt
Way eight on the north side of fifty nine. And
that's all they do is the appliances for outdoor kitchens
like that.

Speaker 22 (01:05:34):
What's the name?

Speaker 4 (01:05:37):
I don't I do not remember the name. Okay, but
they typically have a big blow up thing going in
front of the store and talks about barbecue grills and stuff.

Speaker 22 (01:05:52):
Okay, so just outside the beltwait on fifty nine, yes, sir, okay.
And I was just debating about one thing, whether to
put a put a grill or a griddle. What would
you recommend?

Speaker 4 (01:06:07):
I'd do both.

Speaker 22 (01:06:10):
I don't have room for both. I already have the
green egg really out outside the covered patio. I was
leaning more towards the griddle and griddle.

Speaker 9 (01:06:24):
Sorry, go ahead.

Speaker 4 (01:06:25):
Do you do steaks?

Speaker 22 (01:06:27):
No, sir, not that No.

Speaker 4 (01:06:29):
Then yeah, then go with the griddle because that that
grill is really good for doing vegetables and different things
like that.

Speaker 22 (01:06:37):
Right, and last question on the griddle, a stainless steel
cooking surface or a cast iron cooking surface?

Speaker 4 (01:06:44):
Stainless?

Speaker 2 (01:06:46):
Okay, that's what I was thinking.

Speaker 4 (01:06:48):
Yeah, it'll lasts longer and it's a whole lot easier
to clean.

Speaker 13 (01:06:53):
Yeah, that's what I thought.

Speaker 22 (01:06:54):
And I guess they range somewhere around three three to
four grand, but I was.

Speaker 4 (01:07:00):
Oh that I couldn't answer, because that'll depend on what
you get.

Speaker 22 (01:07:04):
Okay, okay, awesome, sounds good, have a great weekend.

Speaker 4 (01:07:10):
You as well. Take care. Thank you sir, and again
our number seven three two one two five eight seven
four Charlie, welcome to seven forty k TRH. How can
I help you?

Speaker 3 (01:07:25):
How did Jim hope you're doing well? Well? A couple
of questions on what I in ninety nine percent sure
is a break in PBC. We got about a two
hundred foot run a pipe and went out there this
morning and there's an area of about twenty feet where
there's a little bit of standing water. And of course

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my questions are about what's the most efficient way to
find out where it is without having to do a
whole lot of digging, And then the second part of
the question. Answer that, then I'll get to the second part.

Speaker 4 (01:08:00):
Okay, So the first part that the easiest way to
do that is going to be shut the water off first,
dig a little hole to get all the water into
a pocket where you can pump it out, and when
you turn the water back on, look for the spot
that the water is bubbling up.

Speaker 3 (01:08:19):
Okay, and that's so I have already turned it off,
and I thought I'd kind of do this the more
look at it and see if it's where it's coming up.
Maybe what about using a stork crowbar in to kind
of punch holes in the general area? Is that A?
Is that able? Handsome? What that I could do?

Speaker 4 (01:08:42):
I probably wouldn't.

Speaker 3 (01:08:44):
I won't be able to pump it. That's not a
that's not practically there.

Speaker 4 (01:08:49):
Okay. I mean, I guess you could try probing it,
but the problem is if you hit the pipe, you
might poke an up their whole.

Speaker 3 (01:09:01):
Okay, well, okay, keep that in mind. My second Yeah,
I think I've gotten it right. If I found it
is peck pipe compatible and a good potential solution for
that little area, I wouldn't try to replace two hundred
feet of pipe. Well little hold twenty five year old
TVC schedule for party.

Speaker 4 (01:09:22):
Probably I would just replace it back with more PVC.

Speaker 3 (01:09:28):
Then, okay, you wouldn't try to get into the peck.
I didn't know if that'd be.

Speaker 4 (01:09:33):
A Well, if I was going to replace the whole thing,
I would go with pecks. But if if I'm just
finding a leak like that and fixing it. I'm gonna
I'm gonna go back with the PVC.

Speaker 3 (01:09:43):
Okay, Well, that's that's good information, and I very much
appreciate your being there. Information good take.

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Welcome to Dutton Ranch. That's Dutton, Jim Dutton. Here he
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Speaker 4 (01:11:28):
Hey, welcome back to Texas Home Improvement. Seven one three
two one two five eight seven four. That's seven one
three two one two five eight seven four. We're gonna
hand over to Spring Branch, Troy. This is Jim. Welcome
to Texas Home Improvement.

Speaker 21 (01:11:47):
YEA, sure. I have two quick questions. I need to
replace the rotten was in the second floor deck. They're
two by six is what would you recommend to replace
those with?

Speaker 4 (01:12:04):
I would either go back with treated or go back
with cedar.

Speaker 21 (01:12:14):
Okay, don't don't take that again.

Speaker 4 (01:12:16):
I say that because I'm sorry.

Speaker 21 (01:12:21):
Don't take the whole deck off or replace the whole
thing with something different.

Speaker 4 (01:12:25):
Well, and and that's why I was saying I was
I was saying that because you made it sound like
you're only replacing the surface boards. Is the framework underneath
still in good shape, I think, so I need to
check that. If it is, then those those would be

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the two options I would look at. If it's not,
then you could take a look at, you know, building
new and putting in the synthetic boards like trecks. But
those require twelve inch spacing on your oist where the
treated and the seeder. You can go sixteen or twenty

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four inch, and so okay, what you've already got would
meet that.

Speaker 21 (01:13:12):
Okay. The second question is remodeling and debating whether it's
replaced by nineteen seventy nine toilets or just keep it.

Speaker 4 (01:13:27):
Oh wow, it's still working from seventy nine.

Speaker 21 (01:13:30):
Uh huh, I'm singles. It doesn't get used that much.

Speaker 4 (01:13:34):
Okay, Well, here's what you're gonna find. If you go
to a new one, it's gonna be the low flow
and the old one with the you know, the full
flow and fills the tank and flushes everything out. With
a new one. Yes, they do much better than they

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used to do. Uh, but your pipes may still like
having that old one in there. So if it's still
good And I asked that because what happens is a
lot of time in the toilet toilet bowl itself. The
porcelain will wear and and start getting stained and stuff,
and then the solids don't like to flow out of

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it very well. So if it's still working, good, keep it.

Speaker 10 (01:14:21):
Uh.

Speaker 4 (01:14:21):
There's people who who would pay good money to get
hold of that thing. But when it starts not flowing
properly out of the bowl, then it's time to replace it.

Speaker 21 (01:14:34):
If I replace it, what would you recommend?

Speaker 2 (01:14:38):
Uh?

Speaker 4 (01:14:38):
Either take a look at like American standard coaler and
if you want the Cadillac toilet, you go to a Toto.

Speaker 21 (01:14:50):
Okay, I don't need that bec standard or cooler. But
if it's flowing fine and the bowl is not to discolored,
see what you're saying, then keep it yep, Okay, good deal,
Thanks for your help, enjoy your you.

Speaker 4 (01:15:08):
Bet take care you too by life. And look, there's
still people looking for those those toilets from before they
started messing with the water flow on them. Uh, because
they do work better. And again our number seven, one, three, two, two, five,
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Speaker 11 (01:15:32):
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Speaker 23 (01:15:32):
Pretty good? The stuff and join the weather?

Speaker 4 (01:15:38):
Yeah, well, how can I help you?

Speaker 23 (01:15:41):
Well? My master bath has kind of an insect tube.
That has you know, granite surrounding it. Uh, but the
faucets are leaking.

Speaker 4 (01:15:54):
Okay, and.

Speaker 23 (01:15:56):
Uh there's a tiny little opening under the sink area.
But you would need an arm at least three feet
long to reach those faucets under there. One person suggested
cutting around the tub and lifting it out. And I don't,

(01:16:20):
I don't know you know what to do?

Speaker 4 (01:16:26):
Well that yours? Heck doesn't sound like a good option,
does it?

Speaker 14 (01:16:31):
Neither?

Speaker 23 (01:16:31):
One? Well, I mean it's got to be, and I don't.
I just can't see any way to get to them.

Speaker 4 (01:16:44):
So are these bounded on in the wall or on
top of the tub.

Speaker 23 (01:16:51):
They're in the granite surrounding the tub, So.

Speaker 4 (01:16:55):
It's in the wall itself, in the granite next to
the wall.

Speaker 23 (01:17:05):
There's a flat area of granite around the tub.

Speaker 4 (01:17:09):
Okay, Okay, that that tells me there's a ledge around
the tub. Yeah, yes, okay, And there's no other way
to make an access to get to those, Like, what's
the wall behind it there?

Speaker 23 (01:17:26):
Oh, it's an outside wall with tower on it.

Speaker 4 (01:17:30):
Yep, all right. And the only issue that you're having
is that it's leaking, correct.

Speaker 23 (01:17:41):
Yes, And you know, the water seems to be coming
up out of the top of the well, right around
the base of faucet when I turn it on.

Speaker 4 (01:17:52):
So did they look at possibly rebuilding the faucet.

Speaker 23 (01:17:57):
Well? A guy came out and looked through the little
square box in the side vanity and shined is right.
He said, it looked They all looked rusted, so that
whole faucets needs to be replaced.

Speaker 2 (01:18:17):
I guess.

Speaker 4 (01:18:22):
My honest opinion is I think you need a second
opinion on it. Well, I did say.

Speaker 23 (01:18:27):
That because the third opinion.

Speaker 4 (01:18:30):
And they've all told you it's rusted. Yes, okay, because
typically a faucet is made of brass and it doesn't rust,
and that's reading that I'm questioning that.

Speaker 23 (01:18:45):
Yeah, this home is twenty five years old, so I
don't know what they used back then.

Speaker 4 (01:18:55):
It's it was brass then, and it's it was brass
before that, and still asked now. The only thing I
can think of that would be metal is possibly some
of the fasteners on it. You know that they used
to tighten down to hold it in place. So you know,

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the unfortunate part is if it's in there and it's
that far to reach it.

Speaker 13 (01:19:25):
That's the problem.

Speaker 4 (01:19:27):
Yeah, I don't know of a good way without seeing
it to get to it. But I'm afraid just from
the little conversation we had that the easiest is going
to be to go in from the outside wall. Even
if it's a brick wall or something that brick can

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be taken off. It is a brick wall, yes.

Speaker 23 (01:19:53):
The outside all is brick, and then there's you know,
the tile that's up against the wall.

Speaker 4 (01:20:02):
Right, But if it's a brick wall, the brick can
be removed because that's just a veneer and that can
be put back where it doesn't show, and that would
give them the ability to go in and work on it.
Then oh gosh, it's it's Yeah. The unfortunate thing is

(01:20:23):
sometimes they just build them for it, they didn't make
them to be worked on.

Speaker 23 (01:20:28):
Yeah, this is ridiculous. So do you have anyone that
would do good work in this area.

Speaker 4 (01:20:38):
Well as far as for the brick work, because I
would not let any plumber do the brick work. I
own a plumbing company and they would all tear it up.

Speaker 23 (01:20:51):
Okay, Well, you were saying maybe another opinion, So let
who would be in a good plumber in the.

Speaker 5 (01:21:01):
Area to call.

Speaker 4 (01:21:03):
I don't mind having one of my plumbers come out
and take a look at it. And here's the reason
I'm kind of questioning, if you can see it, why
they're not able to reach in and get to it.
Because they make it is But they make a what's
called a Fawcet wrench, and you use it specifically on

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kitchen sinks, but the bathroom sinks and tub sinks, all
of them kind of use the same hookups. And it's
a basin wrench that it can be sixteen inches long,
or you can even make it longer if need be,
for reaching in between the sink basin and the wall.

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And I just have a hard time believing it couldn't
be fixed using something like that. Now it sounds like
it's gonna be a real paint in the butt, Don't get
me wrong.

Speaker 13 (01:22:02):
Uh, but.

Speaker 4 (01:22:05):
If you, if if you call my office and tell
him I want Chris to go out and take a
look at this.

Speaker 23 (01:22:14):
Chris, okay on your office.

Speaker 4 (01:22:17):
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Speaker 23 (01:22:27):
Five shikay, I will do that. I guess I need
to wait on Monday.

Speaker 4 (01:22:35):
He won't. No, you can, well, yeah, because I'm asking
for a specific person. Uh, he will not be there
to repair it that day. But let him take a
look and see what can be done to fix it.

Speaker 23 (01:22:47):
Right, Yeah, I need all the advice I can get.

Speaker 4 (01:22:51):
Yeah, okay, oh, I appreciate it. You bet. You take
care and talking about due Wes. You know, we have
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Hey, welcome back to Texas Home Improvement. Seven one three
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spring and Bob, this is Jim. How can I help you?

Speaker 10 (01:27:24):
Oh? I guess I got a garden, lean Ryan question,
I guess, but I thought i'd just bounce it off
with you. I'm up here in spring and a lot
of trees, and uh, my wife wanted a garden. So
I created a raised bed garden with the concrete blocks
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plastic hoops and put chicken wire over it, and then
the rats and the mice got in it. And she says,
getting nothing out of this garden. I was wondering if
you got any suggestions and how to avoid the critters
without sitting out there was a machine gun.

Speaker 4 (01:28:02):
Well shoot, yeah, now you took my suggestion away.

Speaker 10 (01:28:08):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:28:10):
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Speaker 4 (01:28:13):
How big a garden are we talking about?

Speaker 13 (01:28:16):
Oh okay, so.

Speaker 4 (01:28:23):
You've already got the chicken wire going over the top,
and and yes, the mice and rats and stuff like
that will go through chicken wire with no problem. That
should just keep the squirrels and stuff out. But truthfully,
to keep those out the rest of those critters, you're
gonna have to set traps.

Speaker 10 (01:28:43):
Oh, I got traps to peanut butter, the cheese. I
bought the stuff. You buy a target or home depot
or whatever to kill them, kill them without damaging your pets.

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Screws up.

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There a system and doesn't it's not poison poison, And
you know they don't really like that.

Speaker 13 (01:29:06):
They don't.

Speaker 10 (01:29:06):
They don't go after it at all hardly.

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Well know, they got the good stuff in the garden.

Speaker 10 (01:29:12):
Yeah, yeah, they love the garden.

Speaker 4 (01:29:15):
Yeah, but.

Speaker 10 (01:29:19):
I don't know I'm just wondering if there just wasn't.
I've got motion detector lights, ultrasonicices.

Speaker 4 (01:29:29):
Honestly, I don't know if anything is going to go
beyond that that's going to keep that kind of stuff out.

Speaker 10 (01:29:35):
Yeah. Yeah, well I thought about just tearing all the
garbage out and putting them in a greenhouse.

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But you know what, I will tell you that the
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two eight one six one two fifty nine ninety one
for Texas Remodel Team's Window Division. You know, if you're

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having a sewer league under your homes foundation, 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 found 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 work is done.

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When you want the best, call do West seven to
one three four seven three seven one five six online
at dudash West dot com. Lentil lift. Now, we all
have a lentil above our overhead garage door and if
yours is sagging causing all kinds of issues. One, it

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looks droopy, so your garage is opening is smiling at you.
But beyond that, your roof rafters are settling. If you've
got a second floor, you could be getting sheet rock cracks,
brick veneer cracks, all kinds of stuff that you just
don't want happening. Lental Lift can fix this and usually
fix it in about six hours. All what they do
is they come in with a new lentil. They're not

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replacing the old one that's undersized. They're coming in with
a bigger, stronger one one pushes the old one back
up into place, secures it in place, retrims everything, and
it looks gorgeous like it should when the house was built.
And they're also then gonna trim it out and give
you a lifetime transferable warranty. Call into Lift at eight

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three to three nine zero three two two two six.

Speaker 1 (01:32:22):
When Jim Dutton, I've touched his home improvement, recommends our
company or our contractor, he won't steer you wrong.

Speaker 4 (01:32:28):
I've got Tim Fox here from Texas Remodel Team. You
guys have a great window division.

Speaker 3 (01:32:33):
Yes, we're not.

Speaker 13 (01:32:34):
Locked into one brand only.

Speaker 3 (01:32:36):
We've got some great vendors that we've had long term
relationships with.

Speaker 4 (01:32:39):
The Installation is what truly makes a difference, because you
guys have the remodeling division as well as the window division.
When you go in to do a window job, and
there's other wood that ends up showing up that's got
to be dealt with. You've got people on staff to
do it.

Speaker 13 (01:32:52):
Yeah, for sure. Many times you're going to have some
rotten wood leaks in the window where deciding it might
even have rotten framing. We want to make sure that
if there's.

Speaker 3 (01:33:00):
A problem, you won't have to call another company, have
them come in.

Speaker 15 (01:33:04):
In the middle of all this and then price it separately.

Speaker 18 (01:33:06):
I can pull in one of my crews that's an
expert in framing, for example, and we can keep the
project rolling.

Speaker 1 (01:33:11):
Texas Remodel Team the official remodeling company of Texas Home
Improvement two eight one six one two by nine nine
one or click the Texas Remodel Team link at tchipro
dot com. Some contractors are as crooked as a dog's
hind leg, so slick they can talk a coon out
of a tree, and slippier than an oyster in a

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bucket of asoline. Jim Dutton will run them off like
a yellowjacket in the outhouse.

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Here's more of a Jim on Texas Home Improvement.

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