Water Getting into the Duct Work

Jim gets right to some calls on the show today. He gets questions about water getting into the flexible ducting and solutions for covering up a tub. Jim mixes email questions as we go. He continues with more callers in the second hour. Don’t forget to check out the website thipro.com

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This is Jim how can I help you?

Speaker 11 (03:42):
Yes, good afternoon, Jim, a long time listener. Uh got
a big question for you to take. I'll try to
make it as quick as I can.

Speaker 2 (03:50):
You're okay.

Speaker 11 (03:50):
Concerns it concerns and air conditioning problem my daughter and
son in law are having with their house. And they're
over in Coral Gables, Florida, which is Miami.

Speaker 2 (04:02):
Okay.

Speaker 11 (04:04):
It's a thousand square foot home. It's pure and beam,
it's got a flat roof. It's one hundred years old.
It's all been renovated, new windows and everything. The problem
they are having is the attic is about twelve inches
because of the flat roof. That's all the bigger it is.

(04:25):
Ever since they've had house, they've had to do the
ceiling sheet rock three times now. They just replaced the
air conditioner. The one in the house now is a
year old, but they're getting water in flexible ducting and
it's coming out the ceiling vents and runs the sheet rock.

Speaker 2 (04:47):
Okay.

Speaker 11 (04:50):
The air conditioner is a vertical one. It's in one
of the closets in the house. As I said, it's
just a year old. They've had engineers and they've had
inspectors in if at everyone they could, but no one
has an idea of why water is getting into flex
s ducting and then leaking out and running the sheet rock.

Speaker 2 (05:12):
Okay, and it's not just coming out where the vents are,
it's coming out elsewhere.

Speaker 5 (05:19):
Correct.

Speaker 11 (05:21):
Yes, Now, the roof was one of the contractors decided
to put a bunch of vents all around the roof
to try to vent the attic. That didn't work. Another
contractor came in and then sealed all of that up
and said, let's make the addict part of the house,
will air condition it with the house. But right now

(05:43):
they're getting ready to rint out this unit that's a
year old and go over to a split system in
the house. But it's cost them tens of thousands of
dollars and work on this, and no one can figure
out why will this problem stop?

Speaker 2 (06:01):
Okay? Is the duc work a metal duct work or
is it the flex duck?

Speaker 6 (06:08):
Do you know some of it is metal?

Speaker 12 (06:10):
Uh?

Speaker 11 (06:11):
And some of it is the the flexible duck like
we use down here.

Speaker 2 (06:15):
Okay. And the reason I'm asking it what more likely
is going on because of the limited attic space it has.

Speaker 6 (06:23):
Uh.

Speaker 2 (06:23):
They're they're very much like us their roofs take a
beating with the heat with the sun, and when you
got the hot air meeting the cold air, and the
cold air is going through that duct, well, there's no insulation,
not enough insulation around it, and so when the duct
gets warm, then the cold air blows through it, it

(06:45):
creates condensation. And when that when it's happening, especially I
bet on that metal duct, then the condensation is able
to leak because the metal duct is not water tight
by any means of the imagination, and it could be
just sweating on the outside of that metal duck more

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than likely, and that's where the water then will start
dripping and coming out. And you know what is a
fix for it? Nothing nice? I mean, the Duckliss system
definitely would fix this problem because it's not going to
be running any air through the ducks up there. However,

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that's an expensive fix, but so is the other proper
fix because it would involve taking the sheet rock down
and using spray foam to seal and protect everything. And
even then, because of the limited space only being twelve
inches up there, you're still subject to having some of
this problem.

Speaker 6 (07:49):
Should the addict the so to speak, air conditioned with
the house.

Speaker 2 (07:56):
It would help, but because of it being sealed behind
the sheet rock, it's not going to get to the
same temperature of the house. It's still going to be
pretty hot up there. And what happens even when you
air condition it with the house. The minute that air
conditioner stops blowing instantly, that little attic space is going
to start heating up. You know, the problem is that

(08:21):
that house was never built to have air conditioning in it,
and we're running ducks where they don't belong. The true
right fixed for it would be to raise the roof
up to where you got enough space to have a
regular attic. And you know, if you if you can
get rid of the flat roof, that would be ideal.

(08:43):
But you got to have enough space to put enough
insulation to protect that duckwork from that heat. Now, the
answer to everybody's going to give me right now is well,
in our homes, even here in the attic is where
the duckwork is. I get it. But the temperature different
you're going to have in that flat roof where the

(09:03):
heat is right against it is astronomical. Where our addicts
will get into say one hundred and forty degrees. That
addicts probably up in one hundred and sixty.

Speaker 13 (09:15):
Uh huh.

Speaker 2 (09:17):
And so that the heat difference, the heat difference is
just too much for for running the air conditioner in it.
Not that it can't handle it, it's just it's going
to cause that condensation.

Speaker 11 (09:32):
Will the split says going to be the best.

Speaker 6 (09:35):
Way to go?

Speaker 2 (09:36):
Yeah? Many? And by split, I'm assuming you're talking a
mini split system correct. Yes, Yeah, that would completely solve
this problem because there's no air going up into that
space now. It's it's going to be mounted on the wall.

Speaker 6 (09:52):
Now.

Speaker 2 (09:52):
They do make options for cassettes that mount in the ceiling.
In this particular case, you definitely don't want to use that,
use the wall all mounted system and you're just running
air now into the living space and not that little
attic space.

Speaker 6 (10:10):
Okay.

Speaker 11 (10:11):
Should they try to then when the sheet rock is
to putting the sheet rock back up, should they then
have them put insulation in up there?

Speaker 2 (10:20):
Or oh absolutely.

Speaker 6 (10:23):
Okay to insulate the addic spray pome or or just
regular bat.

Speaker 2 (10:27):
I think you would be fine with just regular bat
now inch for inch you can't beat the spray foam.
And in that situation, I would use a closed cell
insulation only.

Speaker 6 (10:41):
Okay, but uh.

Speaker 2 (10:46):
Yeah, before and they're gonna have to make that decision
before they put the sheet rock up. You know, we're
gonna make that switch to the mini splits because if
they do, then yes, insulate the heck out of that
attic and this problem is over.

Speaker 6 (11:00):
Okay.

Speaker 11 (11:01):
Should they then reopen the vents up to the attic.

Speaker 6 (11:04):
Or just leave it sealed?

Speaker 2 (11:07):
I don't on a flat roof. I don't think it's
going to make any difference for.

Speaker 6 (11:10):
You, okay, okay, so just leave it sealed then.

Speaker 2 (11:14):
Yeah, leave it sealed like it originally was.

Speaker 11 (11:18):
Okay. Yeah, this has been very frustrating. They've travelly spent
I don't know, seventy eighty thousand on this job so far,
it's only a thousand per foot home, and they're getting
readius another what thirty forty thousand doing it all over again.

Speaker 7 (11:33):
M M.

Speaker 2 (11:35):
You know the easiest thing is for them to pack
up and move back to Texas where they belong, right, yes,
but my daughter is.

Speaker 6 (11:46):
Very much in love with one hundred year old home
in the Barrow Gables.

Speaker 2 (11:50):
You know, we have one hundred year olds homes here too.

Speaker 11 (11:55):
So I don't think i'd ever get her out of there. Yeah, anyways,
anything else you could suggest.

Speaker 2 (12:03):
No, that's that's going to be it. I think if
you make that switch, it'll be just fine.

Speaker 11 (12:09):
Okay, okay, Well, I appreciate all your health then, and
thank you.

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(16:25):
This is Jim. How can I help you?

Speaker 3 (16:28):
Yes, I just moved back into an older town home
that I owned, and I've really done a lot paint
in the flooring, but the tub is just disgusting, and
I just wondered about your thoughts. You hear about companies
that come in and just you know, cover over the

(16:50):
existing tub where you don't have to rip up the
flooring and things like that.

Speaker 2 (16:56):
Yeah, No, I'm not a fan of that. And I'm
gonna tell you why. You know what we were just
talking about with the temperature changes, and how it can
sweat in your duckwork. Those those inserts can do the
same thing. You're running. You know, you got cool temperature there,

(17:17):
you're running hot water on it. It can cause it
to sweat. Also, where the drain is, if it gets
the least little bit of leak, you can get moisture
up underneath there. And what happens is you get moisture
in there and it'll start to mold and mildew and
all kinds of nasty stuff.

Speaker 3 (17:37):
Yeah, you know, that's exactly what I was thinking. But
I just thought you might say something different, but you're no.

Speaker 2 (17:44):
No, it's it's not. It's yeah, in theory, it sounds good,
it looks good, but they are it's not tight enough.
It does have a gap there that can cause these problems.
So what I typically tell people is you got one
or two choices. You tear out the old tub and

(18:06):
put in the new or there are coatings that they
can put on a tub. Now they're not as good
as the original finish, but they do hold up fairly well.
One of them is like a miracle method.

Speaker 3 (18:21):
It's called oh miracle method. Oh that sounds good. So
would I just go on the internet and look for
Miracle Method.

Speaker 2 (18:29):
Yep. It's it's a tub resurfacing where they come in
and they basically prep it, clean it and everything, and
then put a coating on there. It is a franchise system,
so you know, I can't tell you who's a good
franchiser and who's not, but the system itself is good.
Usually is going to buy you somewhere in the you know,

(18:50):
five plus year range, and then it will right because
it's not going to hold up as well as an
original tub, but it buys you a lot of time
and where it really is nice. And this is for
everybody else listening. If this is like a haul bath
and you're typically using the master, I mean, this is
a system that you do and you don't have to

(19:11):
worry about it. Again.

Speaker 3 (19:14):
Yeah, that sounds great, Thank you. That may be just
the thing I was looking forward. I wonder if they've
got one in Houston.

Speaker 2 (19:21):
Oh yeah, they absolutely do.

Speaker 3 (19:24):
Okay, can I get that name again?

Speaker 2 (19:27):
Well, Miracle it's Miracle Method.

Speaker 3 (19:30):
Miracle. Okay, wonderful. Thank you so much.

Speaker 2 (19:34):
You're welcome. You have a great afternoon.

Speaker 3 (19:37):
Same to you, bye bye.

Speaker 2 (19:41):
And again. Seven one three, two, one two five eight
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help you out here on Texas homeproom, because you know,
there is a lot of different ways of doing things,
and where do we run into problems with some of
these methods, yet they're still being done on a regular basis.

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Is corporations who develop these things, they work great in
one part of the country or in half the country,
and then they try to spread it out over the
entire country, and there's areas where it just doesn't work.
Each area of the country has some of their own
unique characteristics that you have to deal with. In our area,

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the temperatures and the sun beating on us is a
huge thing. Well Miami, you know down in Florida they
have those same issues, and that's reason some of our
concerns and methods match each other. But they've got other
things that they have a lot of concern with down there,
and that's the wind and stuff. Yes, we have that

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here when we get hurricanes as well, but look at
how many more hurricanes they get than we do. So
it's a much bigger issue there than here. But nonetheless,
certain building techniques, like in the Northern States they wrap
the house with plastic. You do that here, you'll be
rebuilding that house in ten years because it'll rot from

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the inside out. So you just you cannot move all
these building techniques all over the country, and that's where
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That's seven one three two one two five eight seven four.
And I'll see what I can do to help you
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Speaker 5 (24:27):
Uh.

Speaker 2 (24:28):
This came in from Chris in Santa Fe about gutters.
He says, I think I heard you say you don't
like gutters. I'm getting new sighting and thinking of leaving gutters.
So my question is, what do you do in the
area where two roof sections meet making a valley. I
guess in the water goes to one spot on the ground,

(24:52):
just a splash rock or what.

Speaker 7 (24:54):
Well.

Speaker 2 (24:54):
Look, I don't say I don't like gutters. I say
gutters are over you. I mean, I've got one section
at my house where I have gutters, and there are
places where gutters make sense. Now for what you just
described there, Yeah, splash rock at the bottom can take

(25:15):
care of the issue. Or you may want to put
some gutters to divert that water. It depends on if
it's cutting into the soil. It depends on, you know,
if there's slope away from the house, so the water's
not just coming off the roof and sitting there ponding
next to the foundation. There's a lot of stuff that
goes into it. But above doors, garage doors, you know, patios,

(25:40):
things like that, gutters absolutely make sense. I just think
they're overused by going all the way around the house
every time, because if you've got slope away and then
you got in most neighborhoods nowadays, there is a swale

(26:01):
that will run out to the road to take the
water away from the houses. You know, basically it's just
a veed out area that you can still mow and everything. Uh,
why do you need gutters?

Speaker 6 (26:15):
Then?

Speaker 2 (26:16):
If the if the water's not cutting into the soil
and stuff, it's not going to hurt anything. And if
if you do have issues with it cutting into the soil,
they even make diffusers that you can put up so
the water hits that and then spreads out kind of
like rain drops coming down to avoid cutting the soil.

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But you don't want that above doors and patios and
things like that, and so that's where gutters would come
into the equation. So hopefully that will help you out
with that question. There it's seven one three, two, one two, five,
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So I got this email and it kind of this
one kind of quite frankly upset me A little bit.
Came from Doug and he says, new AC and heating unit.
I love your show, but I'm facing replacing my heat
AC units sometime soon. I had a company come take

(27:26):
a look at my units, and on the air handler,
which is a train single stage from twenty seventeen, the
motor is starting to leak slightly and there is some
molding on the ac coils. Of course I can't just
replace that due to refrigerant issues, and they would want

(27:48):
to go with a Linux three T unit with heat pump.
The current train unit just as a condenser outside, not
a heat pump. My Q is that I have always
heard Train was a good brand, but these guys say
they are not anymore. I see a lot of different

(28:09):
opinions on Lenox versus carrier versus train, so I wonder
what your opinion is. Their other option is to cut
out the ac coils and do a deep cleaning and
put them back, with the costs for that being around
six thousand versus sixteen thousand. Quote for the Lenux replacement units.

(28:32):
My first advice to you is get a new AC
company because they are They are robbing you bluntly. Now,
let's start with this is a system from twenty seventeen.
It's not even ten years old. There is absolutely no

(28:52):
reason this system should have to be replaced. Over the
items that you just listed. The motor is starting to
leak slip lightly, Okay, do you want to replace it
now or replace it later? It could go for several
years with a slight leak that way, and its sure
as that. Ain't no six grand to replace that. And yes,

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you can replace the coils. Even though this is the
old coolant. There's a lot of AC companies who are
trying to tell people, oh no, if it's the old coolant,
you can't do anything but put in a new unit,
And that is not true. They can still be repaired.
You just can't put in a whole new unit using

(29:38):
the old coolant. You can absolutely repair what you have.
And is Train a good brand, Absolutely, Train, Lenox, Carrier,
American Standard, They're all good brands. There is nothing wrong,
no reason to make this change six grand to do that.

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It's ridiculous. Sixteen for a new unit. Hey, that's that's
probably in the right ballpark. But my advice to you
get another HVAC company out there to take a look.
Now obviously I own one, but I'm telling you, I'm
not even telling you you got to call mine. You
just got to call somebody else because this guy's trying
to get into your wallet for no good reason. Got

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our homes anymore, and it's up to us to do
the filtration, to do the cleaning of it, to make
sure it's water that we want to use. I mean,

(30:44):
even the chemicals they put in it, uh, the chlorines
and fluorides and all this kind of stuff. It's always controversial.
Now at my personal home, I use a water softener,
but you know a lot of times people just need
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three thirty nine ninety three. Let's head over to Fort
Worth and Gary.

Speaker 12 (31:33):
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The Ready Seal looks just as good as it did today.
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(32:06):
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You've worked hard all week. It's time to kick back
and relax. Okay, that's enough, Now get up and fix something.
This is Texas Home Improvement.

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With Jim dot.

Speaker 6 (33:49):
Hey.

Speaker 2 (33:50):
Welcome back to Texas Home Improvement. Your total home improvement
sour seven one three two one two five eight seven
four at 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. I do
have all open lines right now, So seven one three

(34:12):
two one two five eight seven four is the number
to call. So Sigmund wrote in about water heaters, he says, Jim,
we have two forty gallon gas water heaters in our attic,
one purchased in twenty fourteen, the other purchased in twenty seventeen.
We had them inspected and cleaned out, working okay, but

(34:33):
just around the pan. Don't know if we should think
about getting new ones this year. We realized the cost
and restrict restrictions are coming if they are not here already. Okay,
what is your opinion and what is the normal cost

(34:56):
or how much does your company charge within stile and
was mentioned to us about replacing the shingles in order
to remove them would appreciate your advice. Well, and I'm
looking for Oh there's rust around the pan. Okay, look,

(35:20):
a little rust around the pan is not a reason
they have to replace the water heater. If it started
dripping or anything, I'd have it replaced immediately. Don't get
me wrong, but there's a lot of things that can
cause that rust. The first thing I would tell you
is they make sensors now that you can put in

(35:40):
the pan under your water heaters, so if water starts
getting into it, it shuts the water supply off. It's
an electronic valve that would close and shut the water
supply off to that water heater, so the only water
that would drip or run out would be what's in
the tank itself, so you wouldn't have a continuous flow

(36:02):
of water coming in. I would highly recommend you look
at something like that. But as far as replacing these, yeah,
one water heater that's eleven years old, the other one
is only eight years old. No, you should get more
life out of it. You know, it's really not unusual
fifteen or twenty years out of a water heater. And

(36:23):
unless there's a good reason to replace and the rust
on the outside housing is really not a good reason.
It can still last for years that way. And keep
in mind that's just a shell on the outside because
behind that is insulation and then inside of that is

(36:45):
the tank. So again, unless you're dripping water, I don't
think you need to worry about replacing it. It sounds
like you've been having it flushed out and stuff, so
I would recommend that you continue to do that and
just keep an eye on it and you'll be just fine.
Oh and as far as how much does it costs,

(37:07):
it depends on what a person has to go through
to put it in. I was thinking it wouldn't be
that much until you started talking about having to remove
shingles and I'm not sure why you would have to
remove shingles for a water heater. And yes, there are
new regulations out as far as the water heater. They've
added the amount of insulation that had to be on

(37:30):
the tanks, but that's already out being done. Yours are
both older than the new REGs as far as the insulation.
And here's all that did. It made them a little
bit larger, and in most cases it just made it
a little bit bigger in diameter, So in some cases

(37:54):
it makes it difficult to get them into the attics
because the staircase isn't big enough to take them up.
But again, it all depends on the eight the UH,
the attic and the water heater that you need. But no,
I see no reason to have to worry about replacing
this at this time. Got a question seven one three

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two one two five eight seven four. That's seven one three,
two one two five eight seven four Douglas out of Kingwood.
I want a solar powered air conditioner that will cool
an area in the house. I'm not interested in a
whole home AC. I want one that cools a room,

(38:40):
for example, just reduce the load on my existing AC system,
which cools the entire house approximately twenty eight one hundred
square foot. Does such a thing exist, not that I'm
aware of. You'd have to have more than just a

(39:01):
solar panel to run the HVAC that way. It have
to feed into a system or into a battery pack
that that AC could be hooked up to. And truthfully,
by time you do all that, it's going to be
so expensive. It really wouldn't do what you're trying to do.

(39:21):
And I'm making the assumption here you'd like to raise
the temperature in other areas of the house a little
bit and just have the area that you're in to
be kept cool. Well, you can do that by simply
adding a window unit even but if you want energy efficiency,
take a look at a mini split type system, a duckless.

(39:43):
You can put that into a room and let that
be the primary in that room, and you can turn
up the temperature and the rest of the house and
just keep that one area nice and cool. And they
are extremely energy efficient if you look at them. Now
there are some that are not as energy efficient, so

(40:03):
you just got to take a look and make that decision.
But here's the downside of all of this. It's not
going to save you a lot of money because it's
expensive to do and the payback is years and years
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Home Improvement your total home improvement source, and i'll see here.
John has a banging noise in the water heaters, Jim,

(44:42):
both my water heaters make a loud banging noise when
the water when we run hot water. What is the
cause of this, Well, it can be a few things, uh,
because I don't know if it's just happening when you
turn the water on or off, or if it's happening
why the water is flowing. And sometimes when the water

(45:07):
is flowing, you know, if you're hearing a constant banging
bang bang bang bang, bank that's being caused by just
a washer that's flapping as the water flows by, and
it's got to be discovered where it's at. If it's
just a hard bang when you shut the water off,
well that means you got to get some air back
in to the risers on the pipe, shut the water off,

(45:29):
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fill it. You'll have air back in and it'll solve
that problem. So there's several things that you've got to
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seven one three two one two five eight seven four.
Let's head up to Lake Conroe and Dave. This is Jim.
How can I help you?

Speaker 6 (49:34):
Hey, listen to Jim. I've been listening to you forever
pretty much. Hey it out.

Speaker 2 (49:39):
Don't don't make me old, now, come on.

Speaker 6 (49:43):
Hey, well, I've always sexty four, but I'm still I
feel twenty five sometimes, but then I don't want to
act like it. Hey, we we bought a new house
over here, right here, down from Lake Conroe, and we
got the wooden fence over here, and uh and it's
fifteen feet by sixteen feet down, I mean sixty feet.

(50:05):
That's big. So what was that product you were talking
about ceiling it up with? Because I know how to
roll and brush, and I mean it may not be
real fast. I may be able to do one picket
at a time, but I could do it.

Speaker 2 (50:17):
You know, ready seal?

Speaker 6 (50:19):
So what is ready seal? Does it coming a stain?

Speaker 2 (50:23):
Yes, it is. It's a staining ceiler and one they
got like I don't know, twelve or fourteen different shades
you can choose from all the way from being virtually clear,
so it just brings out the wood grain to a
dark walnut and everything in between. My favorite, you know
if you do an a fence, is cedar.

Speaker 6 (50:41):
Cedar. Now now my body is too. Yeah, cedar is good.
That's my Okay, I'm glad you told me that. Now,
another question, because we're kind of on a slope over here.
We got kind of a little dish in the back,
and we want to put.

Speaker 14 (50:55):
In a.

Speaker 6 (50:57):
Deck back here. But I'm thinking of put some cinderblocks.
What what do you think, uh, six by six so
that the water is not going to be retreated, you
know when it's coming out of there.

Speaker 2 (51:13):
Six six opening.

Speaker 6 (51:15):
Uh yeah, the like we're we're going to a deck,
but we need to put it over like a ditch.

Speaker 7 (51:21):
Yeah.

Speaker 6 (51:22):
Okay, So but treated treated treated wood, Yeah.

Speaker 2 (51:25):
Yeah, yeah. And I'm gonna tell you what for that
treated wood. I know you're you're you're way up in
Conro but by you city lumber down in Houston, they've
got they've got the best lumber for something like that.
Uh And and it's heavily treated so it holds up

(51:47):
really well. We we we got their rough cut stuff
and built some bridges at the deer least years ago
and they get water running underneath them and all that
suff Still I was, I was at the least yesterday
and it's still great.

Speaker 6 (52:03):
All right. Cool. Hey, I remember when we had Chris o'posts.

Speaker 2 (52:07):
Man, you know, oh yeah, they don't let you use
that stuff no more.

Speaker 6 (52:14):
Uh no, heyd Hey, happy deer hunting. And uh you
know we got some uh we got some sausage. And
I ain't gonna tell you where I got it from
because you probably know already.

Speaker 12 (52:28):
Well.

Speaker 2 (52:29):
Deer season opens next Saturday morning.

Speaker 6 (52:33):
Hey, I tell you what.

Speaker 7 (52:36):
Yeah, yeah for rifle.

Speaker 6 (52:38):
Yeah, but they had the bold season was open already.

Speaker 7 (52:42):
Yeah.

Speaker 6 (52:42):
My brother PJ. He can make uh man, he's got
a sausage grinder and he can make boot in too
and everything else. And yeh, here we go, you know,
out of will willis New Waverley and conrod Man.

Speaker 2 (52:56):
There you go.

Speaker 6 (52:58):
Thanks for your thanks for your here. So I'll start
calling in again. And because I'm gonna have some more
questions because I wanted to find out about that siler.
Now tell me what the neighbor was.

Speaker 2 (53:09):
You know, ready seal.

Speaker 6 (53:12):
Ready seal ready seal honey, and that ready seal Okay.

Speaker 7 (53:16):
She's sitting there in that stream.

Speaker 6 (53:17):
No, all right, shoulder, all right, okay.

Speaker 2 (53:20):
Take care again her number seven, one, three, two, five,
eight seven four. Hey, look at there talking about Woodville. Michael,
list at him. How can I help you?

Speaker 3 (53:34):
Oh?

Speaker 7 (53:35):
Isn't that something I was gonna talk about? The ready seal? Okay,
I my Dick, I'd talked to you about it before
I put the ready seal on it. I rolled it
on there with the road and I thought, man, I
was so disappointed because I had cleaned it and cleaned

(53:59):
it and sandy it, you know, and I put it
on there and I thought, goli. But when I put
that second coat on there, uh huh, you ought to
see it. It is so beautiful, Oh, light color. I
could see the wood grind in it.

Speaker 6 (54:15):
Yep.

Speaker 7 (54:16):
And uh and I used the four inch get in
between the and uh, man, you ought to see its beautiful.

Speaker 6 (54:25):
Well.

Speaker 2 (54:25):
You know a lot of times people mis putting that
second coat on and and then they wonder why it
doesn't hold up for a well, but that second coat
really is is is the key to getting longevity out
of it.

Speaker 7 (54:38):
I think it's mandatory. Yeah, yeah, because that first coat
I was looking at it. I was thinking golly. But
you know what, when I was putting the second coat on,
it went on a lot faster, and I could see it.
It was kind of like fuzzing, yep, like a fuzzy
looking and uh, but it went on a whole lot

(54:59):
better the second. First time, I was you know, I
was rolling in making sure I was getting it in,
and I was having to go back over it a
little bit. And then when I got through, I was
looking at um, thinking kay lean And then I read
the directions and it said forty five minutes or so
I could put the second coat on.

Speaker 2 (55:15):
Yep.

Speaker 7 (55:16):
And so I waited about probably about an hour or so,
and I put that second coat on there, and it
was unbelievable how prudy it is. And me, I can tell,
I can tell it's gonna be good for a while.

Speaker 2 (55:30):
Oh yeah, yeah, it holds up a long time. You
got to recode it every you know, four or five
years or so. But uh, you know, depending on how
how much direct sun you got it them.

Speaker 7 (55:41):
But I got a roof of it, so ah, there
you go. It gets a little son, you know, at
different times, but not just direct sunlight all day.

Speaker 2 (55:53):
Michael, You're you're in wood Woodville area.

Speaker 7 (55:55):
Right, yeah, I'll talk to you about going down seventeen
forty six.

Speaker 2 (56:00):
Yep, yep. But I got a question for you because
I was up there. I went up Thursday evening ate
at Elisha's. You know, you you either eat at Elijah's
or you go down to the Mexican restaurant down the
street there. But uh, that place that they put in
where the dairy queen was the the.

Speaker 7 (56:18):
I don't know.

Speaker 2 (56:18):
It's a sushi taibachi. Have you tried that yet?

Speaker 7 (56:24):
No, So I don't do Johnny Swood.

Speaker 2 (56:29):
I'm not politically correct on the show. So what's the deal?
You don't like cat?

Speaker 7 (56:35):
That's exactly right.

Speaker 2 (56:37):
I knew where you were going.

Speaker 7 (56:39):
But my son says he they have what they called
a bird nest.

Speaker 2 (56:46):
At that restaurant.

Speaker 7 (56:48):
No, I don't know if, but they have something that
they called a bird nest, and it sounds pretty nasty.

Speaker 2 (56:56):
Mean, Okay, Well, I was just curious. I've seen the
place there. They did a nice job remodeling it and everything,
but I haven't. I just hadn't stopped in to try
it yet, and so I was just curious if you had.

Speaker 7 (57:10):
Well, different times, they're they're packed and as matter of fact,
I went there earlier and right around lunchtime and there
was only a couple of cars in there that usually
around lunchtime or so. There, you know, they're packed. There's
a lot of people there.

Speaker 2 (57:28):
Yeah, okay, I appreciate it. Well, we'll talk to you later.

Speaker 7 (57:34):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (57:34):
I'll be back up there next weekend.

Speaker 7 (57:36):
So well maybe i'll come and see you.

Speaker 2 (57:40):
All right. Well you kind of know where the place is.

Speaker 7 (57:42):
So yeah, I know where it is, I think before.

Speaker 2 (57:47):
All right, Well, I'll be up there Saturday and Sunday,
so I just feel free to stop.

Speaker 7 (57:52):
By, Okay, all right, see you a little while.

Speaker 2 (57:56):
Talk to you later again. In our number seven one
three two one two five eight seven four. That's seven
one three two one two five eight seven four. We're
gonna head the Jersey Village. Hello, Robert.

Speaker 7 (58:14):
H Yes, Jim, I've got two questions for you on
the placing expansion joints in my driveway.

Speaker 2 (58:21):
Uh huh.

Speaker 6 (58:22):
And I just need to know what kind of wood
do I look for and how do you keep it
the woolslem popping back out? Yep?

Speaker 2 (58:31):
Well do you want do you want to go back
with wood? Because most of the time people don't.

Speaker 4 (58:38):
Oh no, I like the way the wood looks.

Speaker 2 (58:40):
Okay, So as far as going back with the wood,
I would highly recommend you go back since since you're
having to retrofit it, go back with a redwood.

Speaker 6 (58:56):
Redwood, okay.

Speaker 2 (58:57):
Yeah, And when you do, because there's there's gonna be
probably wire mesh or steel rebar running between the pieces,
so you're not able to just cut the length and
drop it in there now. And sometimes you're able to,
but most of the time you're not. You typically have

(59:17):
to rip it lengthwise and so you're only putting it
in about halfway down or so.

Speaker 6 (59:24):
Uh huh.

Speaker 2 (59:26):
You can put some adhesives in there to hold it
if you want, but typically when you just push it in,
the dirt and stuff will build up around it and
lock it into place and lock it.

Speaker 6 (59:39):
In the place.

Speaker 12 (59:40):
I did notice that where the woods already gone, Uh,
there there like little.

Speaker 7 (59:45):
Matches in the concrete that are there.

Speaker 6 (59:48):
I don't know if that's for a hang or some
type for I don't know nothing in it right now.

Speaker 2 (59:53):
Yeah, little notches in the concrete. Yeah, I don't know
what that would be, but I mean, uh, but yeah,
And the reason I'm telling you to use the redwood,
it won't a lot of times people will try to
use a treated lumber and it warps real bad and
so it starts popping up on you. The redwood doesn't

(01:00:15):
do that as much. And like I say, you can
use an adhesive in there to hold it into place
if you want, but typically if you can get it
in there, you know, like three inches, you typically find
that the dirt will build up around it and kind
of wedge it in amount. Yeah, okay, well that's okay.

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Oak well, sir, you tell you have a good one.

Speaker 7 (01:00:41):
All right, thank you very much.

Speaker 2 (01:00:43):
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What they do is they'll drill a little hole, like
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i can do to help you out here On Texas Home,
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berkshire And. Kim this Is. Jim how CAN i help?

Speaker 4 (01:05:58):
You i'm GLAD i just moved to the area In
january this, year bought a new home out In brookshire and,
uh we had a hot tub back where we used
to live and it was a hot springs one ten
bolt fifteen, amp BUT i. Dedicated, anyways we're wanting to
do the, same but we don't have that fifteen amp

(01:06:19):
in the back of the house in The patuay, area
and So i'm trying to get an idea of what
it would, cost WHAT i should look, for WHO i
should call to get it offully wired bring a line
back there that's dedicated for that one ten hot. Tub
do you have any suggestions or information you could?

Speaker 2 (01:06:38):
Use give a Right Touch, electrical a call and there
a number and then again Right Touch.

Speaker 6 (01:06:48):
Touch.

Speaker 2 (01:06:48):
Electrical, yeah like you turn, right, okay and their number
is two eight, one, six four five fifty five twenty six.
Okay and as far as, COST i wouldn't even have
a clue because it's going to depend on how far
they got to run the line and all.

Speaker 4 (01:07:09):
That, Okay are they typically LIKE i, mean you, know
AND i realized that it's going to be on the line.
Distance but if you were to guess, it what would
it be per? Foot? Now Probably i'm guessing it to
go through the, attic you, know and then drop it
out through, THERE i would guess.

Speaker 2 (01:07:28):
More than.

Speaker 4 (01:07:29):
Likely, yeah, okay is it something like fifty dollars of?
Food hundred dollars of?

Speaker 5 (01:07:34):
Food you?

Speaker 2 (01:07:34):
Know OR i truthfully don't don't have a. Clue all right,
NOW i can tell YOU i had one run in
a commercial building WHERE i had to have it put
in metal conduit all the way and in the whole nine,
yards AND i think that WHEN i spent like eighteen

(01:07:55):
hundred on. It, Okay so if that kind of is you?

Speaker 4 (01:08:01):
Arrange, yeah, yeah, yeah that. Does it kind of gives
me a range THAT i kind of figure in the,
cost you, know with the new tub and and everything
Else i'll put out there and WHAT i WHAT i would. Need,
okay that helps out a, Lot thank you so. Much
oh want to ask. Question, Sure i'm spray insulation on
the sealing in the attic. Ceiling do you think that's

(01:08:21):
a good idea? Worthwhile?

Speaker 12 (01:08:23):
No?

Speaker 4 (01:08:24):
No, okay?

Speaker 2 (01:08:27):
Okay do you put the insulation on your attic?

Speaker 5 (01:08:29):
Floor?

Speaker 2 (01:08:29):
Uh you, know everybody worries that the air conditioning, system,
uh you, know would work better if it's in a cool.
Space it doesn't make a darn bit of difference to
THAT ac.

Speaker 4 (01:08:39):
System so, okay, yeah and they and they didn't insulate
above the. Garage is it worthwhile throwing some insulation above Their?

Speaker 2 (01:08:48):
No, uh you don't insulate on air conditioned.

Speaker 4 (01:08:51):
Space, okay fair. Enough that's that's. Good you're answering all
the questions THAT i did waste any?

Speaker 6 (01:08:57):
Money?

Speaker 2 (01:08:58):
Okay take.

Speaker 4 (01:08:59):
Care appreciated by.

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Siding you were listening To Texas Home improvement With Jim.
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Jim, hey welcome back To Texas Home. Improvement seven one, three,
two one two five eight seven. Four and with, that
let's head To, Galveston. Susan this Is Jim welcome To
Texas Home.

Speaker 4 (01:10:18):
Improvement, Hey, JIM i just have a question for.

Speaker 16 (01:10:22):
You you've been talking, about and it sounds good the
foam insulation in your, walls but ma'am. Concerned what if
you want to add like an outlet or a light.
Switch what complications does that add or does?

Speaker 12 (01:10:36):
It?

Speaker 2 (01:10:37):
Yes it does because now you've got solid walls to
pass it, through so you're not able to just try
to fish it through like you were able to.

Speaker 16 (01:10:49):
Before, OKAY i don't wonder could you just do it
like halfway up or, something or that wouldn't work.

Speaker 2 (01:10:59):
Intually it's kind of defeating the purpose of. It and
if you want to add, OUTLETS i would just suggest
you do it before you do the.

Speaker 16 (01:11:07):
Walls, Okay, WELL i just wanted to double check and
make SURE i was thinking.

Speaker 2 (01:11:14):
That light, Yep so thank, you you're, welcome take, care,
bye and again seven one three two one two five
eight seven. Four and, yes it's definitely going to put
material in there where you you, know you cannot just

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naturally fish it. Through let's face, it usually it's not
all that easy to fish through to begin. With. Uh
and if you do want to do something like, THAT i,
mean how often does something like that get? Done not very,
Often so if you do want to do, IT i
would just suggest you run your lines first and again

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See hops that was THE one i was, looking FOR
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Move it.

Speaker 2 (01:13:13):
Craig up In the woodlands asking about. Radium barrier which
barrier do? You RECOMMEND energy q. RADIANT barrier i recommended
it for the last twenty. Two years the stuff. Works
great i've had it in my attic for twenty. One
years and look the nice thing about THE energy q,

(01:13:33):
Radium barrier it's a multi, layer system thermal break in.
The middle you can lay it on the attic floor
on top of, your insulation and it keeps the heat
that gets in the attic from getting into, your insulation
so your existing insulation can do a better job. For you,
so yeah that barrier. IS great i put it, on

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EVERYTHING and i highly RECOMMEND Energy q. Radiant. Barrier uh
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again our number seven one three two one two five eight.
Seven four we'll look at that back Up, In. Woodville

(01:14:19):
melton This. Is jim HOW can i?

Speaker 6 (01:14:20):
Help, you, Yeah, hey jim how are?

Speaker 12 (01:14:23):
You?

Speaker 6 (01:14:23):
Doing.

Speaker 2 (01:14:24):
Wonderful yep he must have been on a cell phone
and call. Just dropped, So, uh melton if you wanted to,
Call back we'll see if we can try. That again
seven one three two one two five eight, seven Four
and i'll see what we can do to help you
out Here On Texas home improvement your total home. Improvement,

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source uh let's. See One so, aaron says. Good, Morning
sure i've listened to you to you promote rady seal
for quite. A while i built a front deck out
of treated lumber here not too. LONG ago i let
it dry out for about a year or SO and

(01:15:08):
i stained it with. Ready seal according to, the can
it's supposed to last.

Speaker 1 (01:15:14):
For.

Speaker 2 (01:15:14):
Five years not SURE if i did something wrong, or
not but after two years it started fading. Pretty bad
do you have, Any, recommendations well typically you want to
put two, coatings on like we were talking about a little.
Bit earlier but if it is starting to fade, that
way clean, it up put another. Coat on that's a

(01:15:35):
nice thing about ready seal is you can add. To
it and just because it's fading doesn't mean it's not
still protecting. The wood it's just a color, is fading
and depending on how much direct sunlight and stuff, YOU
have i could see that possibly happening shorter than four or.

(01:15:55):
Five years BUT like, i say the oils are still
soaked in and protecting, the wood and that's that's really
the important part. Of it so, just yeah just clean
it up and put another coat.

Speaker 12 (01:16:09):
On.

Speaker 2 (01:16:09):
It meltain let's try, That, again.

Speaker 6 (01:16:13):
Yes sir.

Speaker 13 (01:16:15):
I'M back i had a question about the cabin and
using blown. In, INSULATION okay i know there's there's no
vapor barrier now and there won't be if we do. Blown,
insulation uh is that going to be a problem if
there's no, vapor barrier none. At, all okay is this

(01:16:35):
like a rock wool product that could get Wet that
my concern also is water might migrate in between the
siding and geta and.

Speaker 2 (01:16:44):
You're you're talking ABOUT the, usa insulation.

Speaker 7 (01:16:49):
M THAT'S what i would, need, one, yes, yes, yes, yeah.

Speaker 2 (01:16:55):
Yeah you definitely your your walls needed keep moisture out
because any insulation when it, gets wet can it will have. A,
problem uh it'll hold water at one against, the wood
which can. Cause rot, but yes it'll cause insulation to fail. As, well.

Speaker 13 (01:17:15):
Okay okay and is painting the exterior with caulking and
all the adequate OR do i need to strip the
siding off and put a vapor barrier on and then
put the siding.

Speaker 2 (01:17:25):
Back, on no you should be okay without having to
strip the siding off unless you got big gaps somewhere that.
You know but typically what kind of what do you have?
For siding.

Speaker 13 (01:17:37):
It's it's a grooved MATCHED oh i forget the name.
Of it it's like five eighth inch stick matched uh
siding about six, inches wide tongue.

Speaker 2 (01:17:48):
In, grooves, okay okay then and so is it running
side to side or up and down?

Speaker 6 (01:17:56):
Vertically?

Speaker 2 (01:17:56):
Vertically okay you should would, be okay depending on the gap,
the laps, you know and most of the time those
don't require calking.

Speaker 13 (01:18:06):
Even okay okay because of the.

Speaker 6 (01:18:11):
Vertical.

Speaker 2 (01:18:11):
Side yeah and if it's vertical, that way there's got
to be something behind it that they've nailed. It to
so was it plywood or was it?

Speaker 13 (01:18:19):
Furring, strips no there's There's, horizontal uh fillers that are
nailers that are. Put. In yeah my concern with blown
into it may prevent it, from filling, you know it
may fill it halfway up and then we may not
know we missed.

Speaker 2 (01:18:35):
The, cavity well the strips are running. The side they're
not on the face of the two. By fours they're
they're running in between the. Two, bisons yeah it's.

Speaker 5 (01:18:45):
Like blocking.

Speaker 2 (01:18:46):
It's blocking got you well what they do when there's blocking,
that way because that's. Not Uncommon uh and even even
on a normal wall that doesn't, have blocking they actually
drill three holes in each, okay section so they get at, the, bottom,
section middle and top to get between.

Speaker 13 (01:19:06):
That, stuff, Okay okay and do is this company you
recommend go Up to woodville.

Speaker 2 (01:19:13):
That you would have to talk to. Them about but
my guess is.

Speaker 5 (01:19:16):
Probably, so okay and what's the?

Speaker 2 (01:19:19):
Name AGAIN It's, usa, insulation okay and their numbers four zero,
nine okay three one six ninety. Fifty, Seven okay, Thank,
YOU jim i really.

Speaker 13 (01:19:34):
Appreciate it, you bet you.

Speaker 2 (01:19:36):
Take, care okay you have a.

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you're looking for shutters for, your home something that can
really set each, room off you got to take a
look at. SUNBURST shutters, i mean we just had to
live at the townhouse do and we add drapes and

(01:20:03):
many blinds, in there the wide, mini blinds, you know
the two and a half inch. Mini blinds what a
night and day difference it made to change it out to.
Sunburst shutters it, is gorgeous looks beautiful from, the outside
looks great from. The inside and you know what it

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helps with energy efficiency. As well you close, it up
you close the, shutter blinds and now you've got a
dead air space so when it's real hot out you
can keep that heat from. Coming in it also helps
at night to where you can sleep good because you're
not letting outside, light in, you know street lights and
all that kind. Of stuff so if you're looking for
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Speaker 5 (01:22:07):
And gary, Thank you jim on your.

Speaker 2 (01:22:09):
Head There.

Speaker 12 (01:22:10):
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.

Speaker 4 (01:22:17):
DID today i put.

Speaker 6 (01:22:17):
It On.

Speaker 2 (01:22:18):
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 oh Southern. Front doors, YOU know I said i'm

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gonna be out There. ON tuesday i got some doors to.
Look at i'm gonna talk with the owners out there.
And stuff, but look if you are looking. For doors
whether it's the, front door the, side door the, back
door it. Doesn't matter they got a huge selection over
one hundred and eighty doors in the showroom and they
carry a lot more. Than that but you, know what

(01:23:00):
but if you don't want to, go there they can
come out. To you they don't have an issue. With
that so either come to your home or check out.
Their showroom it. Doesn't matter and, you know whether it's a,
wood door an, iron, door fiberglass you, name it they
have it and a huge selection, of it plus their own.

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Kennon spring HOW can i? Help, YOU.

Speaker 5 (01:24:25):
Well i got a little rental thing, going on and
there's a we keep going back. To it it just
seems going on. And on but there's three plugs in
the kitchen that, they're dead and one of them's in.
The island so we've had probably three or four electricians.
Out there, one, said oh just tighten up all the
plugs and the replace the. Ground STRAP so i did.

(01:24:48):
All that then the other one came out and, he's,
like well we're going to have to tear into all
your walls and jump from plug the plug until we
get to. The kitchen and of COURSE then i. DON'T
know i was, just like we've been through three, of
them and and the one of them he was there
for six hours and that. Wasn't cheap and he got

(01:25:10):
two plugs in another, room WORKING which i don't know
where he went, that Way but i'm, just curious does
that making it sounds like you know it. Could be,
To me i'm thinking it the staple that someone's got
tight on one of, the cords, you know running from
plug to plug and maybe it's finally grounded out or whatever.
It does but shouldn't an electrician be able to, tell, me,

(01:25:32):
like well we have power up to this plug and
it's dead from here on out and and then maybe
or is it because one of them even wants to
change out all the the outside the, Fuse box, i'm like.

Speaker 2 (01:25:49):
And he wants he. Wants it oh you need a new?
Breaker panel, yeah, yeah, Yeah, yeah no you don't need,
breaker panel not.

Speaker 6 (01:25:56):
FOR that.

Speaker 5 (01:25:58):
I mean i watch one of do it to my
neighbor where they kind of had, him trapped, you know
they said that the breaker panel was no good and
then like three days he was out but without, no
POWER and i, was like well? What anyhow and you
know what replaced the.

Speaker 2 (01:26:14):
Breaker panel if there's a, line issue it's not.

Speaker 5 (01:26:17):
Going to, fix, it right it's something in, the, wall right.

Speaker 2 (01:26:22):
More than likely something in, the wall but Uh it and,
you know it doesn't have to BE and i hate to,
say this but it doesn't necessarily have to be that
it is. A, staple uh it could be that a
rodent got in there and showed the wire. As, well
right for, some reason they like that plastic sometimes and

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it'll short out the. Line then.

Speaker 5 (01:26:49):
So so do you think where they go IN and
i can. Picture it they're going to make, a hole
make a hole at, each plug and they're going to
keep tracing it until they get to. The kitchen there no.

Speaker 2 (01:26:59):
Reason that has to go in and make a hole at,
each plug because the plug itself has. A hole they
should be able to take the, the uh the plug
out of the wall and be able and basically they
should be able to take the plug off, the wall
take the wires off and run a test between to

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make sure that the wire is still solid and be
able to trace it down.

Speaker 6 (01:27:26):
That.

Speaker 5 (01:27:27):
Way, right, yes okay but you Know here i'm saying
on the, same rental because this IS where i, start
thinking is that is a is a tenant messing? With
me because we've had a plumbing problem forever in the
in the sync uh for, the Faucet and i've gone
there and. Tightened it i've checked. The dishwasher it's got

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a little, filtration thing it has one of those, airbag THINGS.

Speaker 2 (01:27:52):
And i know that Music meant i'm supposed to be
to take. A break since you asked, that question let
me ask. You something have they been hitting you up
for rent discount becase? These, issues no it's just.

Speaker 5 (01:28:02):
Constantly something and then to have, somebody there, you know
and then it's they call back and say it's, still
LEAKING and, i go they just. Replaced everything how is it? Still? Leaking,
yeah yeah and those same plumber wants to. Charge me, so,
Okay yeah.

Speaker 2 (01:28:15):
I'm questioning you got a? BAD renter.

Speaker 6 (01:28:18):
I think. So too, all right, All, RIGHT jim i.

Speaker 5 (01:28:21):
Appreciate it, thank you.

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You, know what no more time, for CALLS but i
do got one More question i'm going to. Answer here
erica sent in a question as far as at the
end of a, private street long gravel dirt driveway has,
large holes, needs regrading. Drainage work some drainage company says
out of scope concrete driveway compatible with location In. Southeast houston, Nuro.

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Meet am what kind of contractor? Is, needed well you
were headed down the right path with a, drainage company
but really you need somebody who can, do drainage concrete
work and possibly regrade the. Gravel part if you're not
going to concrete it.

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