When To Think About Re-Piping

Jim gets started with a thank you and shoutout to Bubbas 33 for hosting a rodeo event last Thursday. He then looks at a couple of email questions as we wait for some calls to come in. Jim answers questions about re-piping a house, solar fans in the master bedroom, a leak and condensation caused by rain, insulating a converted second floor, and more. Jim continues in the second hour with more helpful advice on all your home improvement projects.  

Episode Transcript

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to help you out here on Texas Home Improvement. I

(03:18):
want to take just a moment to thank Bubba's thirty
three out on Beltway eight in Pasadena. They had an
event for the Pasaden Livestock Showing Rodeo on Thursday evening,
you know where. They contribute so much of their tickets
back to the Rodeo Association that night, and we had

(03:42):
a good turnout. Everybody had a lot of fun, and
I want to thank Bubba's thirty three for hosting that
event on Thursday evening out there again. They're on belt
Way eight in Pasadena right there at Spencer Highway. But
why don't we jump into an email question here? This

(04:05):
came in from Ron and he says, gurgling bathroom sink,
Hi Jim. After I flush one of my toilets and
it refills, the sink next to it gurgles for a while.
Sometimes a small amount of water backs up into the
tub as well, not much, probably less than an inch. Thanks. Well,

(04:28):
that is a vent line that's plugged. The gurgling you're
hearing is the system trying to draw air into it,
and that should be coming from the vent. But when
the vent is plugged, the next easiest spot it's finding
is that sink. I'm thinking you may have two issues

(04:51):
going though, one being the vent and probably the other
being in a drain plug. Or it's just that it's
back or slowing down enough that the sewage water is
backing up into the tub. You need to get this
fixed because right now you got raw sewage backing into

(05:13):
your tub, and you know it needs to be disinfected
after every single time that happens, I highly recommend you
don't be using it for a tub right now. But
even taking a shower in it, you've probably got bacterias
and stuff there that you just don't want to know about.
So let's get this drain system fixed so that stuff

(05:35):
is flowing out like it should and correct all the
issues you're having with that wrong. You should be able
to call any plumber and get this rectified. But really,
if you want to try to do it yourself, the
vent pipe will be on the roof near where that

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bathroom is, and you can run a snake down through
that pipe to clear it up. And you know, people
always wonder, well, what gets in there? A wasp ness
could be in there, Squirrels crawl down in there and die.
Uh So there's any number of things that can happen

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that get in it and plug it. But again, just
simply running a snake through there, usually we'll get it
taken care of. So hopefully that'll help you out with
that one again. Her number seven one three two one
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one two five eight seven four. Any home improvement question
you have, pick up the phone, give me a call,
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Cindy sends in a message about water damage and She says, Hello,

(07:00):
I have had water damage coming into my dry wall
throughout my three story townhouse. Who do I call to
find out where the water is coming in? It's not
a plumbing problem. It is coming in near all of
my windows. I live in a stucco home. I need

(07:20):
to pinpoint the exact entry points so that this can
be fixed. I have lived here four years and I
noticed one area right after I moved in. I also
have mold now and my pets are sick. I will
continue to contact a mold company, but I need to

(07:41):
fix the entry problem so it doesn't happen again. I
don't know who else to turn to, and I trust
your recommendations. So it could be something as simple as
the calking. But typically these three story houses, they didn't
really build them with stucco. They built it with ephis

(08:03):
and the epis is notorious for getting cracks in it
and moisture being able to go through them. This is
not an uncommon thing. But as far as somebody that
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and so they can really get this taken care of
where you don't have to worry about it in Cindy.
I sure hope that gets taken care of sooner than later,

(08:49):
because yes, that's not not anything good that you want
to be living with anytime for a long length of time.
The more moisture that gets in walls, the more likely
you are that you're going to have some major issues
from it. And uh so, yeah, Woodland's water restoration again.

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Tankless water heaters, George sends in a question, do tankless
water heaters need to be flush maintenance if manufactured and

(09:37):
installed in twenty seventeen, Well more than likely. Yes. Uh
it wasn't long after that that they started changing them
from being where they got to have them flushed and
everything to self taking care of that. But in twenty seventeen,
I think most of them still were where you had
to have that done. Those plumbers can handle it for you.

(10:02):
It is something you can handle yourself if you want,
but it does get kind of messy and cumbersome. So
I normally would tell you just call it a plumber and
let them come out and take care of it for you.
But you know, it does bring up something else. A
lot of people when they get tankless water heaters, having

(10:23):
their head that, oh, I'm going to have instant hot
water at all my fixtures. I now have a tankless
water heater. That is not what a tankless water heater does.
The water still has to travel the same distance to
get to the faucet as if it was coming from
the tank because the water heater is normally in roughly

(10:45):
the same spot. In fact, it could take an extra
second or two because the way a tankless water heater
works is it starts making hot water when it feels
the flow of water going through it. When the sensor
picks up that, hey, water's flowing through here. We got

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to heat it up. And when I say a second
or two, I literally mean just one or two seconds
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to a tankless water heater is a fact that you
got continuous hot water. I mean, you could leave that
thing running all day long and never run out of

(11:29):
hot water. The secondary thing is the fact that when
it's not running, it's not using any power to keep
water hot in a tank. And let's face it, most
of us we go to work during the day, we
go to sleep at night, we're really not using that

(11:50):
much hot water. But with a tankless, when you're not
using hot water, it's not running, so it's not running
up your energy bill. And your water heater accounts for
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Speaker 9 (15:49):
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
get ready to head into some calls here. Let's head
out to Missouri City. Pat this gym. How can I
help you?

Speaker 3 (16:10):
I need to repipe my house. Can I do? I
have a two story house? Can I do two separate times?
That don't have to do it at one time?

Speaker 9 (16:19):
No, ma'am. You can definitely be split up where you
replace part of the pipes now and the other part later.

Speaker 3 (16:26):
Okay, thank you very much.

Speaker 9 (16:28):
Alrighty, you take care.

Speaker 3 (16:31):
Thank you.

Speaker 9 (16:34):
Now. I will say you may spend a little more
money doing it that way, but no, it absolutely can
be split up. I mean, you can just replace one
pipe if that's all that's needed to be replaced. And
the question comes up a lot of times, when do
you need to replace the pipes? If you're getting multiple

(16:54):
leaks in your lines, whether they're copper lines or galv
nice pipes or even PVC whatever, it's probably time to
repipe the home in order to avoid the water damage
that comes with pipes that start leaking. All right, got

(17:16):
a question seven one three, two, one, two, five, eight
seven four. We're gonna head out to northwest Houston. Bob,
Welcome to Texas Home Improvement.

Speaker 2 (17:28):
Hello, Hello, Jimmy, you're a genius, you really are.

Speaker 9 (17:33):
I'm sure glad I got that recorded. I'll play it
for my wife later.

Speaker 2 (17:39):
I bet your wife.

Speaker 5 (17:40):
Has a lot of friends that they want to just borrow.

Speaker 2 (17:42):
You for a few days.

Speaker 9 (17:43):
Right, Surprisingly enough, she does.

Speaker 12 (17:46):
Yes, I know.

Speaker 13 (17:48):
Anyway, my daughter bought a house a couple of years ago,
and the one of the bedrooms upstairs. He has three
teenagers and they don't always run the bathroom san uh,
you know, like they should. And then but it was
shortly after they bought it, she saw this mildew or
mold growing on the outside, you know, in the bathroom
everywhere they shot power and uh, I told her she

(18:09):
needs to dry that thing out completely and maybe painted
with a mildew inhibit or some type of paint.

Speaker 5 (18:16):
Is that true?

Speaker 9 (18:18):
Yeah, I mean if it's just milded growing on the
surfaces from getting wet too much, yeah, you can, like
you said, dry it out. I personally would say, let's
put a dehumidifier in there, bring that humidity way down
to dry everything off. Put on a mold killer. You know,

(18:41):
they make sprays that are there to just do nothing
more than kill the mold and everything. Then yes, I'm sorry.

Speaker 13 (18:51):
But like that X fourteen you see instant mildew removal.

Speaker 9 (18:55):
Yeah, stuff like that. Put it on where you can
see it and get everything killed. And yes, put a
mold inhibitor into the paint itself before you repaint the bathroom.

Speaker 5 (19:07):
Oh well, you mix it in the paint, got it, yep?

Speaker 2 (19:09):
Okay, yep.

Speaker 9 (19:11):
And that that will keep it on the long run
from having issues.

Speaker 13 (19:17):
And so there's no putting another ac vent in there
to help, but that none of that would be necessary
right now.

Speaker 9 (19:25):
If you start putting vents in there and stuff, you're
you're gonna mess up the airflow.

Speaker 13 (19:31):
Okay, okay, And we don't want those teenagers to be uncomfortable,
so okay.

Speaker 9 (19:36):
Well, you know they know everything I mean.

Speaker 12 (19:40):
They should do.

Speaker 4 (19:41):
But there's cute as can be, so you know then
my grandkids.

Speaker 13 (19:44):
Oh okay, so okay, Well, thank you for your advice.

Speaker 9 (19:49):
You bet you take care you too, Bye right again?
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(20:10):
will be coming up on a news break here in
a minute, but let's go ahead and get started.

Speaker 14 (20:16):
Good afternoon, How are you today, I'm.

Speaker 15 (20:20):
Great, Thank you, thanks for taking my call. I have
a question regarding my master bedroom suite.

Speaker 14 (20:28):
The home is twenty years old.

Speaker 15 (20:31):
It's well constructed home, but the master bedroom has tended
to always stay a little bit warmer than the rest
of the house. And I think part of the reason
is because the bathroom suite has those curved clear blocks
on the south side of the bathroom area, so it

(20:51):
heats up the bathroom and then the bathroom tends to
heat up the master bedroom. I looked at possibly doing
a mini split in there, but it's a real problem
running electricity from the main panel, which is on the
north side of the house in the garage, and so
I kind of trash that idea.

Speaker 14 (21:12):
My question is somebody had recommended.

Speaker 15 (21:15):
That these new solar powered attic vents or turbans, that
I could add a couple of those on the top
of the master bedroom roof area.

Speaker 14 (21:29):
Do you have any experience with those.

Speaker 15 (21:31):
Or you know whether or not they would be helpful
in drawing extra heat out of the attic space above
the master bedroom.

Speaker 9 (21:41):
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God, it's great.

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Speaker 9 (23:02):
And people cranes. Hey, welcome back to Texas Home Improvement
seven one three two one two five eight seven four.
Any home improvement question seven one three two one two

(23:23):
five eight seven four. When we left, we were talking
about a hotspot in John's house in the master bedroom
and in bathroom. And John the question was about the
solar fans up in the attic. And yes, I'd recommend
solar fans all the time, not to control what you're

(23:46):
talking about, though they're great for attic ventilation. I mean,
my first recommendation is always ridge vance if that's possible.
If ridge vans aren't possible, then I go to the
solar fans. But for what you were doing describing, I
don't think it would do you much good because the
heat that's coming in through those through those block uh

(24:10):
glass blocks, right, is in the living area, and it's
not gonna move any air in the living area. So
normally what you end up having to do is balance,
have the air conditioning system balanced where they'll take some
of the air and that's in the other parts that

(24:30):
are cooler, choke it down just a hair to push
more air into the master bedroom to cool it down more.
And that's usually how it would be addressed.

Speaker 15 (24:42):
Could I could I also increase the od or the
diameter of the of the air conditioning duck coming off
the planet I'm going into the master bedroom.

Speaker 9 (24:53):
Well, it's gonna it's it's gonna depend uh you know,
all all that the CFM that goes through the duck
work and all that stuff has to be calculated out.
Because if you have a room that say only needs
an eight inch ducked and you put a twelve inch
ducked on it, well, you're creating other problems. Now you're

(25:18):
not going to pressure up enough for the proper airflow,
and so you're still going to have issues. And so
when they look at balancing the ducks, one of the
first things that they've got to do is check to
make sure that everything is the right size. Then if
it is, that's when they'll start having to put the

(25:39):
dampers on and choke stuff down. Now, I will tell
you those block windows, the dead air space in them
actually is pretty good for insulating. But that's not to
say that all of them are good. When you go
in that bathroom, can you feel the heat coming in
through those windows? Yeah?

Speaker 14 (25:57):
You can.

Speaker 15 (25:57):
I mean the blocks are are on the outside south
wall on that that entire side of the house is brick,
but it's on the outside that those blocks.

Speaker 14 (26:09):
Uh right in front of those blocks is a is.

Speaker 15 (26:13):
A whirlpool whirlpool jacuzzi tough yeah, yeah, which never gets used.
And you know, I've thought about it, just taking those
blocks out of there and and uh, you know, finishing
that that area off with you know something else other
than see through blocks, you can't see through them. They're

(26:35):
those kind of uh mirage looking blocks that you can't see.

Speaker 9 (26:39):
Through it, but it's only on your side. You can't
see through you gotta see what they're seeing from the
other side.

Speaker 15 (26:46):
Yeah, exactly, well that Yeah, here's what I would do.

Speaker 9 (26:51):
Before I would I did anything else, just to check
things out. Cover those blocks from the outside so that
they're shaded, okay, and see how the temperature does.

Speaker 14 (27:04):
That's a great idea. I hadn't even thought about that.

Speaker 9 (27:07):
Because if it is the heat coming in through the
glass blocks that way, that would solve that problem. Because
it's going to be the sunlight that's hitting them that
that heats them up so bad. So just shading them
would make probably a huge difference. And if that's the case,
you may not need to take them out, but just
plant some bushes or something in front of them.

Speaker 14 (27:29):
That's that's that's definitely a possibility.

Speaker 15 (27:31):
Yeah, So temporarily to shade that, I could just put
like a tarp across exactly right.

Speaker 9 (27:37):
Yep, Yeah, just put a tarp across there. And if
that's handled, if that takes care of your temperature controls,
it tells you you don't need to go through and
you know a lot of other funny stuff.

Speaker 15 (27:48):
Yeah, great, Well, and the other thing that I didn't
mention but just this past weekend, and I've been wanting
to do it for years. I blew in more out
of insulation there.

Speaker 14 (27:59):
I researched that.

Speaker 15 (28:01):
Very carefully and found a great company up in the
Woodlands that that does.

Speaker 14 (28:07):
This for a living.

Speaker 15 (28:07):
That's all they do, and they use the latest and
greatest fiber seal. Yeah, and so we got the art
factor back up to where it should be and the
rest of the house is already cooler.

Speaker 14 (28:20):
Yeah. So yeah, the glass block covering, that is a
great idea.

Speaker 15 (28:25):
I hadn't even thought about that, but that would that
would rule out if if it does bring the temperature
down in the bathroom area and causes the bedroom, master
bedroom to be cooler, that would.

Speaker 14 (28:41):
That would be the solution.

Speaker 9 (28:43):
There we go.

Speaker 14 (28:44):
Okay, I appreciate it. Thank you so much.

Speaker 9 (28:46):
You bet take care again. Seven one three, two, one
two five eight seven four. Joe, where is Marina Park?

Speaker 2 (28:59):
Is actually not Marina, It's Goalina.

Speaker 9 (29:01):
Park through the ship channel.

Speaker 2 (29:07):
I figured you did I ate over park.

Speaker 9 (29:11):
Uh, let's see Thursday. Nope, Well yeah, I go over
I go over there to Papa does on and Papasitos
over there on a regular base. Yeah, you just go
through the tunnel when you're there.

Speaker 2 (29:28):
Awesome, that's great. Well, listen, I'm a long time listener,
first time caller today because we have a situation and
I was gonna touch base with you and see what
you think. It's in our church, fellowship, Paul, and we
have water that's for some reason seems to accumulate on
our kitchen floor and it looks like it's coming from

(29:50):
the vent above. We did have some insulation put in.
It's been months months and months and ago, but we
can't figure out why. And I've had a few people
look at it and they said they thought it was condensation.

Speaker 9 (30:04):
So, well, was the problem happening before the installation was
put in.

Speaker 4 (30:10):
Nothing I'm aware of, Okay.

Speaker 2 (30:16):
My son said, it also happens when it rains, so
and that's the only spot in the whole church where
this issue is occurring. And so you know, sometimes it's
a lot of water, sometimes it's not. Yep, So we
didn't know if it was condensation. We didn't know what

(30:37):
was going on.

Speaker 16 (30:38):
Joe.

Speaker 9 (30:39):
The music means I got to take a quick break.
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Speaker 9 (34:32):
Hey, welcome back to Texas Home Improvement seven one three,
two one two, five eight seven four. When we left,
we were talking with Joe, and so, Joe, you mentioned
a couple things there when it rains, you're getting some
water coming, and then other people are thinking it is

(34:54):
a a condensation issue. Yeah, yeah, I'm thinking it both.
Since you had new insulation put in. What I would
really recommend is have somebody go up in the attic
there and look where that vent opening is. Okay, and

(35:16):
the fact that it's happening when it rains, I'm wondering
if there it wasn't a leak that just happened to
be hitting where that vent is and it messed up
the insulation around that vent. And so now that vent
is exposed to the heat of the attic because the
insulation's not there any longer like it was, and so

(35:37):
when it's hot out and you run cold air through it,
condensation hits. And that would explain why it's happening both times.

Speaker 2 (35:46):
Okay, hmm oh sure, yeah, we'll definitely look into that.

Speaker 9 (35:52):
Now.

Speaker 2 (35:53):
Well, I appreciate that.

Speaker 9 (35:55):
And it doesn't cost anything to climb up in there
and take a look.

Speaker 7 (35:58):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (35:59):
Well I tried to climb up there and I couldn't
find anything. And its way in the back. It's fill
the end. And you know, when I say it rains,
it may not rain. I you know, it's hard to
It's hard to know because I'm sure when we come,
when we come, you know, come on Sunday morning, there's
a little puddle of water laying there next to the

(36:19):
sink where that where that vent is, I.

Speaker 9 (36:23):
Really don't question that it's condensation. Okay. So regardless, somebody
is gonna need to have to go back there and
pack insulation around that vent.

Speaker 2 (36:34):
Okay.

Speaker 14 (36:35):
Uh.

Speaker 9 (36:35):
And if they get back there and there's water damage,
it tells you you got a leak that's got to
be fixed in the roof.

Speaker 2 (36:42):
In the roof, Okay, all right, Well, I I appreciate it, Jill.

Speaker 9 (36:46):
Now, Joe, I gotta I got to bring up another subject. Hey,
let's go for it, Okay. Passing a livestock showing rodeo. Uh,
Galina Park. We have expanded into including the schools from
Lena Park this year into the Passing Livestock Showing Rodeo.
So I just want to put a plug out there
that you've got to come out and support the rodeo

(37:06):
this year.

Speaker 2 (37:08):
Absolutely.

Speaker 4 (37:09):
Hey, we love the rodeo.

Speaker 9 (37:12):
I look forward to seeing any of there.

Speaker 2 (37:14):
Hey, anytime you're in this area, come by and have
coffee with.

Speaker 9 (37:17):
Us or something. I'm in the area every week. That's
I mean, my office is right there on two twenty five.

Speaker 2 (37:23):
You're kidding, I did not know that.

Speaker 9 (37:24):
Yeah, I mean I had.

Speaker 2 (37:25):
To do for years.

Speaker 9 (37:28):
Well, yeah, the do West office is right there on
two twenty five, and I'm there every week.

Speaker 2 (37:33):
You know, what is it? Okay?

Speaker 9 (37:34):
If I just drop by, absolutely all right? Well might
just do that, all right? You take care, Thank you.

Speaker 2 (37:42):
I appreciate your help.

Speaker 14 (37:43):
Yep.

Speaker 9 (37:43):
Bye bye, okay, bye bye again our number seven one three,
two one, two five eight seven four. Look, if you
want to see the entertainment lineup for the Passing Livestock
Showing Rodeo, go to Pasadena Rodeo dot com. We got
a great entertain lineup this year. Gonna have the carnival.
Monday Night is free to the public to come in

(38:06):
to watch the rodeo. So, I mean it's it's open
for everybody. There's something to do out there. Our exhibit hall,
you know, which is Campbell Hall, has been expanded. It's
taken in where the Spur Club has been for years.
Spur Club is now in another area, so you want
to come and see that as well. But so we'll

(38:27):
have more exhibitors, more food, bigger entertainers. Is going to
be a great year at the Passing Livestock Showing Rodeo
Pasadena Rodeo dot com. Let's head out to Richmond, Danny,
how can I help you today?

Speaker 2 (38:42):
Hey, I got.

Speaker 17 (38:43):
A nineteen twenties house that I think we're fiting to
cheat rock and closing that addic basically.

Speaker 9 (38:50):
Okay, question I got for you is it's on.

Speaker 17 (38:53):
The rafters are on T fours and they are on
twenty four in centers. I was thinking about scaving on
two by six. Is so I get a little more
installation in there, maybe a little more strength because we're.

Speaker 5 (39:08):
Gonna be adding to the roof line.

Speaker 14 (39:11):
Basically.

Speaker 5 (39:13):
Any thoughts or opinions on that.

Speaker 9 (39:15):
Yeah, yeah, a lot.

Speaker 4 (39:16):
Uh.

Speaker 9 (39:17):
If it's a deep subject, well, if the ceiling joys
are only two by fours, and back then it was
a true two by four. Uh, that is not heavy
enough to be walking on. Uh, putting floors on and
walking on and everything.

Speaker 17 (39:38):
Those are no, that's on the rafts on the scene.

Speaker 9 (39:42):
Oh the raptors. I'm sorry I missed that. Okay, floor, Look,
you can go ahead. Yes, I I probably if you've
got the space to do it, would recommend going up
to a two by six up there and on a
I would put spray foam in it. Then.

Speaker 5 (40:03):
Yeah, I have thought about that too.

Speaker 9 (40:05):
Because inch for inch it gives you more R value. Now,
I don't like encapsulating the whole house with spray foam,
but that's not what you're doing, and you will. The
other thing I would put in there would be a
radiant barrier. Take a look at the energy Q radiant barrier.

Speaker 14 (40:24):
And that roof, that roof was it was just years ago.

Speaker 16 (40:29):
Uh.

Speaker 17 (40:30):
Would would planks, you know though.

Speaker 14 (40:34):
Cedar shaped or whatever.

Speaker 18 (40:36):
Yeah, and so then they put they.

Speaker 15 (40:39):
Put they put top fourds.

Speaker 14 (40:42):
Yeah, but machineles.

Speaker 2 (40:44):
But then I I went in there and put h
R panel.

Speaker 5 (40:47):
On top of the machine.

Speaker 9 (40:48):
Okay, but yeah, yeah, so you should you should be good.
But uh yeah, two by six with added insulation would
will make a huge difference. I'm gonna put you on
hole for just quick second here, Danny. Let's talk about
James Hardy siding real quick. You know I love James
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Once it's on, it's there to stay. It holds paint
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Speaker 17 (44:03):
There's something going down in the little town.

Speaker 9 (44:09):
Oh, welcome back to Texas Home Improvement. Seven one three
two one two five eight seven four. I was talking
to Danny when we left, and Danny, you mentioned that
house was built in the in the twenties, and I
grew up in Pasadena and the house built in nineteen
twenty six in the second floor where it was converted

(44:31):
like you're talking about doing, and that actually when I
was a kid was the hardest thing is it didn't
have all the insulation. Well, the house, first of all,
built in the twenties has no insulation unless it's been added.
And so if you'll put that in there, you'll be
able to control the temperatures better because otherwise those rooms
with those sloped ceilings and stuff, they they will get

(44:55):
extremely hot.

Speaker 17 (44:58):
Yeah, yeah, we're gonna gonna do, definitely do the insulation.
I was trying to figure out if I should do
the like I said, add two by fours to it
and and uh, or just do spray phone in between
the two by fours.

Speaker 5 (45:09):
That was one of my questions.

Speaker 9 (45:11):
Yeah, I would increase it to the because it is
a ceiling and you got the the the heat of
the roof up there and stuff. Increase it to the
two by six, use spray poam and then you know
down the road, if I would take a look at
USA Insulation for insulating the walls of the existing house up.

Speaker 17 (45:33):
There, it's all open, so I'm gonna I'm gonna catch wall.

Speaker 9 (45:36):
I'm talking about on the first floor because it would
make one heck of a difference on your energy bills.

Speaker 17 (45:42):
When we when we remodeled the bottom we where we
had to pull off ships last.

Speaker 9 (45:47):
Week there, but not everywhere. Yep. Okay, well Daddy, good
luck with the with the remodel. I love those old houses.
They're great.

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Yeah, for sure.

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Open open, open, closed.

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Do you're a very logical.

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Man you or you are so, Correct so thank you very.
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Honor thank you so, Much.

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Speaker 9 (48:34):
Ducky, hey welcome back To Texas Home, improvement your total
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five eight seven four and no see WHAT i can
do to help you out here On Texas Home. Improvement

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it's head up To conroe and carolss Is, Jim how
CAN i help? You?

Speaker 19 (49:00):
HI i have seen some advertisements for little ceiling fans
that screw into the. Ceiling socket blades on them are
not very. LONG i don't know how effective they would,
be but for like a hallway or a bathroom or
a small little. Nook but in the comments this was On,

(49:21):
facebook and then comments people were, saying, oh that'll trip your,
breaker that's going to heat up the light socket or.

Speaker 16 (49:27):
Whatever are they?

Speaker 19 (49:28):
Safe should we be? Worried do they come in various?
Wattage tell me about.

Speaker 9 (49:33):
THOSE i would not worry about it tripping the breakers
or heating up the socket or, anything because you, know
nowadays the motors that they use on these things draw
so little. Power it's just not a big. Issue you're,
right the blades are. Small but keep in, mind like
an oscillating fan that you sit on the, table how

(49:59):
much air that, moves and it's, Small so it just
has to do with the angle of the blades and
how fast it spins as far as how much air
it's going to. Move my biggest concern with them is
in the efficiency of, them because they if they get

(50:19):
too close to the, ceiling they're not going to have
enough draw from moving proper. Air but you, know SO
i wouldn't be putting it out in the middle of
the kitchen like they're showing or something like. That but
for the areas that you just, described it would be.

Speaker 19 (50:37):
Perfect, okay all, Right, WELL i just want to make
sure they were safe.

Speaker 9 (50:42):
Before, yeah you know you. Don't, yeah you do not
have a safety issue to worry. About, okay, great thank,
you you bet take Care richard and again seven one, three,
two one two five eight seven. Four it's to the, Heights.
Larry how are you?

Speaker 20 (51:02):
Today, hello Jim island on my grandmother's old bungalow on
center blocks that it's got gable two gable vents in
the front and one in the back facing north.

Speaker 4 (51:14):
South Uh is that? Sufficient but for my grandparents all those,
years it was sufficient not to have ridge? Vents are
those vents.

Speaker 9 (51:24):
Typically those old houses that, way they were situated in
a way for the air to pass through them better
than we do. NOWADAYS i mean used to. Be they
actually put houses in for that kind of. Stuff we
just don't worry about that. Now something built in the
era that you just, described leave it. Alone you're.

Speaker 4 (51:47):
Good so, no ridge vents are not necessarily.

Speaker 14 (51:52):
Soft.

Speaker 9 (51:52):
Invents soft advents.

Speaker 4 (51:54):
Are oh what kind of what is?

Speaker 9 (51:57):
That that's the vents in the overhang you, know, uh
where the roof comes out beyond the. Wall uh huh.

Speaker 4 (52:06):
UH i doesn't have. That it's got the it doesn't
have any events on the side like. That it's got
the two gable vents in the front happen one in the.

Speaker 9 (52:15):
Back, Yeah but now you, know if you're ever redoing
the softs and, stuff put in some soft events that
that will just enhance because what happens is the air
moves out through those gable. Vents the new air will
come in through the soft events and it just helps
circulate the air. Better but they did a better job

(52:36):
of circulating the air in those old homes than we
do even in the new. Ones so you're you're.

Speaker 4 (52:41):
Good, yeah these are an overhang type on the. Side,
yeah it. Does it. Wouldn't it wouldn't go to the
attic if you put a hole in a vent in
one of, those because they're overhangs and they know WHAT i.
Mean it's very old. Home, yeah, YEAH i got. You,
okay thank you so, Much, jim you. Bet i'm gonna

(53:01):
take care here.

Speaker 9 (53:04):
And again our number seven one three two one two
five eight seven, Four, marcie how CAN i help?

Speaker 18 (53:14):
YOU i.

Speaker 16 (53:16):
Have some cooreyan uh countertops in the kitchen with a you,
know the built in sink that's. White, yeah and they
were put in like twenty five years, ago and the
sink is all you, know all of a, sudden it's it's,
well it's it's beginning to look. Dull but not only.
THAT i ended up getting a. Spot it seems to

(53:37):
want to UNLESS i wash things out very, quickly it
wants to like. Stain is there any way to either
replace the sink Or i've tried some of these cleaners and,
whatever AND i can't seem to get the it's just
a small little. SPOT i can't it's. BROWN i just
can't get it.

Speaker 9 (53:55):
Out it sounds like more more than likely what happened
is it might have been something hot that's probably scorched
the surface a little.

Speaker 2 (54:06):
Bit uh.

Speaker 9 (54:08):
Huh and typically what you can do is using use
some buffing compound which takes the surface off and you
know that'll get it back down to where it's. White
and if you want to put some shine back into,
it you can use some uh oh like turtle, wax

(54:30):
the old car wax, stuff okay on there and it'll
put a shine back on. It problem is you got
to do it on a regular. Basis. Uh as far
as the what's.

Speaker 16 (54:46):
A buffing, compound, like is there a brand or something like?

Speaker 21 (54:50):
That?

Speaker 9 (54:50):
Uh, Yeah Turtle turtle wax makes. It you can go
into any autocomp auto parts house and get a rubbing,
compound buffing.

Speaker 16 (55:00):
Compound all, Right, well that sounds, good.

Speaker 9 (55:05):
And you, know and that can take the surface and
buffet out again and then you can reseal it with
the LIKE i, said it's just putting a hardshell turtle
wax on there and that that will help. It you
just have to put the wax on on, it you,
know like probably every couple months as. All but it's

(55:25):
not that big a deal to do it.

Speaker 16 (55:28):
If you don't redo. That and YOU i, mean IF
i just buffed, it, yep well it looked. Weird to
just buffet and have it turned will it looks a
lot different than the rest of the sank IF i.

Speaker 9 (55:38):
Know, man all the buffing's going to do is rub
off all the dried surface and scratched surface and stuff
and buffs it back smooth.

Speaker 16 (55:49):
Again, okay all, right, GREAT i have another, question sure
go ahead to. This so with your air conditioning, company
do you actually install the ENERGY?

Speaker 9 (56:03):
Q we actually. Do we didn't used, to but here
in the last, year uh we we did start.

Speaker 16 (56:11):
Doing, that, RIGHT i THINK i will give you a
fall okay?

Speaker 9 (56:16):
Doak all, right thank, you you're, Welcome take Care, bie
and again our number seven one, three two one two
five eight seven four And ENERGY q she was talking.
About it is the ENERGY q radiant barrier And paul
In Missouri. City how CAN i help?

Speaker 8 (56:36):
You, yeah, Hello. Jim you, KNOW i like to get your.
Input my small concrete slab that supports my ecy units
on the side of the.

Speaker 2 (56:45):
House, yeah that.

Speaker 8 (56:47):
Slab that slab is sliding away from the.

Speaker 2 (56:51):
House it's. MOVED i moved in.

Speaker 8 (56:53):
BOTH i mean the house was built in ninety eight
and it's moved one. Inch so there's a, slight slight
slope you, know to the, land, okay and it's kind
of kind of, moving And i'd like to consider either
moving it back or secure, it securing it in. Place

(57:14):
i've been thinking OF i have a two and a
half ton floor. JACK i was thinking of taking some
four by fours and put them up against the the
fence line at the, base, okay and then then jacking it,
back you know the. Way the WAY i figure, it
the slab with the eight unit's weigh about two thousand.

Speaker 9 (57:37):
Pounds oh, no and not even.

Speaker 8 (57:41):
Close, well the the slab alone is fourteen hundred. Pounds
it's an eight by four by four inch Thick.

Speaker 9 (57:51):
Okay so it's place. Pad THEN.

Speaker 4 (57:56):
I SUPPOSE i don't.

Speaker 9 (57:57):
Know, Okay, yeah a REGULAR a regular ac pad's not that.
Big so this is something that somebody poured in. Place
if it's, uh if it's out.

Speaker 8 (58:09):
Large LIKE i, said it was put in place back
in ninety. Eight so, yeah you're all part of the
new construction of the.

Speaker 2 (58:16):
House.

Speaker 9 (58:17):
Yep, OKAY i Guess i'll ask ask you a couple
of quick questions on. It. Okay i'm assuming originally then
it was tighted up against the foundation and now it's
got about an inch.

Speaker 8 (58:30):
Gap, yes probably originally they probably looks like they poured
in a little bit of concrete in there just to
fill in the gap after they made the.

Speaker 9 (58:40):
Poor, okay and remove remove the, form, right and you're
sure it wasn't just an expansion joint that was in
there that's giving that.

Speaker 8 (58:50):
Space, NOW i see you residue concrete just hanging on
the lip of the foundation of the.

Speaker 9 (58:56):
House, Okay and you would even if it was an
expansion joint, there because the expansion joint is typically three
quarters of an inch, wide and when they pour the,
concrete it gets concrete on the top of, it and
it'll make it look like the concrete was originally up against.

(59:18):
It but over the last twenty plus years that expansion
boards typically will rot out and it'll look like it's
separated where it maybe really.

Speaker 8 (59:30):
Hasn't you, know you could be describing exactly what happened.

Speaker 9 (59:35):
Here, yeah and even if it has moved that an
inch there really wouldn't be a reason that it needs
to be pushed. Back now what you were. Describing as
far as using a jack to slide it, back absolutely
you can do. That you'd have to be at the

(59:55):
base of the fence, post not on the fence. Itself so, YEAH.

Speaker 8 (01:00:02):
I know about overturning.

Speaker 9 (01:00:03):
Moment, yeah and, uh even at, that it's probably going
to take enough pressure that it could be an. Issue
and what size jack did you say you.

Speaker 8 (01:00:14):
Had it's a two and a half, ton so it
can create five thousand pounds.

Speaker 9 (01:00:20):
Of, fours, right probably won't be strong enough to push
it because the drag on the dirt would be more than.
That i've done it a couple of, times But i'm
using twenty ton.

Speaker 8 (01:00:31):
Jacks twenty ton jack, Wow, okay, yeah, yeah, gotcha. Gotcha,
WELL i sure don't want to break the.

Speaker 9 (01:00:38):
Fence, Yeah and, honestly if all it is is a
one inch, gap. THERE i personally wouldn't worry about it a.

Speaker 8 (01:00:45):
Bit, well what IF i were to go To low's
and buy some rod steal steel rods and half of
them in?

Speaker 9 (01:00:54):
There did you keep it from moving?

Speaker 2 (01:00:57):
Further jim at in?

Speaker 9 (01:00:59):
Place, yeah, yeah, yeah you could do.

Speaker 10 (01:01:01):
That.

Speaker 8 (01:01:02):
Yeah NOW i could drive those down two feet with
a ten pounds.

Speaker 9 (01:01:05):
Hammer, yeah two feet won't stop. It but, uh if
you put something heavy enough and drive it, down say
six or eight, feet.

Speaker 8 (01:01:16):
Oh, okay really, okay, yeah all, right a little more
a little more work THAN i, thought but, OKAY i got.

Speaker 9 (01:01:23):
You but, again if it was, ME i wouldn't worry
about it because that that little GAP's not going to hurt.
Anything And i'll and and from what you described this
being a separate, poor it would have had an expansion
joint in. There AND i bet that's all you're.

Speaker 8 (01:01:37):
Seeing, well in twenty seven, years it's only moved went
in so ill did by the time it gets to
be a, Problem.

Speaker 9 (01:01:45):
Yep there you. Go so, PERSONALLY i would just leave
it alone if you want. To if you want to do,
anything when you go to the, stores get you some
expansion joint. Material, yeah and and put that in there
and that keeps water from go one in at that top. Spot,
uh and that would minimize future.

Speaker 8 (01:02:04):
Movement very, Good thank you so.

Speaker 9 (01:02:07):
Much you bet.

Speaker 4 (01:02:08):
You take care right bye.

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Speaker 9 (01:05:52):
Hey welcome back To Texas Home. Improvement your total Home
improvement sour seven one three two one two five eight seven.
Four that's seven one three two one two five eight seven.
Four let's, see we're gonna head out to Sugar land And,
jerry this is a Chim how CAN i help?

Speaker 4 (01:06:11):
You, Hi, JIM.

Speaker 18 (01:06:13):
I had some, UH i think what to call manufactured wood.

Speaker 5 (01:06:19):
Flowers, Yeah ciro's.

Speaker 18 (01:06:22):
Something like That Veronica hancar. Plant, okay, uh map it's
it's a beautiful floor and it's flaming down almost twenty years.
Now but in glarious spot not even just one, location
but in glarious spots around the. House the corners are
starting to. Pop fuck just a little, yeap AND i don't.

(01:06:45):
KNOW i got some extracluses of the, wood BUT i
don't know exactly what to.

Speaker 9 (01:06:50):
Do is it a glue down or is this floating?
Floor it's?

Speaker 18 (01:06:56):
Floating?

Speaker 9 (01:06:57):
Okay.

Speaker 18 (01:06:58):
Uh the contractor and the blowing people good that this
was an excellent poor for our thawed out here in
suland so and it's done, well really well all but
until get right recently from pop.

Speaker 9 (01:07:12):
Up yeah and, yeah what you've got is an engineered wood,
floor and they do, UH i, mean they have a
lifetime to, them you. Know unlike the old wood floors
that we put in in the sixties where it was
solid three quarter or one inch thick. Wood these have
just a little veneer over the, top and as time goes,

(01:07:37):
on you, know you get twenty twenty five years out of,
them they'll start, peeling the glues start delaminating a little,
bit and you end up typically just replacing. It, now
you can replace a, board but it's very difficult on
a Floating. Uh if it was glue, down you can
cut the tabs off the edges and be able to

(01:08:00):
set it into place and glue it. Down but when
when it's a floating floor that they, interlock and when
you start cutting all those edges, off then it doesn't
want to lock into place like it. Should so you.

Speaker 18 (01:08:14):
Couldn't cut out an tire place or maybe a put
long or something in the.

Speaker 5 (01:08:20):
Place it would you or.

Speaker 9 (01:08:22):
Not really because you got no way of you got
no way of holding it in.

Speaker 18 (01:08:26):
Place, yeah, Okay.

Speaker 9 (01:08:30):
So WHAT i would suggest on those little corners that
are starting to peel, up, uh if you go into
the stores where they sell, uh linoleum. Floors they they
have a adhesive for the joints and that it basically
goes over the top of the joints when you have

(01:08:52):
to when it's wider than the linoleum floor would be
for a. Room and if you'll get a tube of
that that, stuff you can just put a little dab
of it on those corners in it it'll stop them
from peeling up. Them oh, okay, okay all, right, right thank,
you you bet you take. Care, Yep we're gonna take

(01:09:14):
a quick break for, news traffic and weather here on
seven FORTY kgrh will be right back with More Texas home.
Improvements seven, one, three two point, two, five, eight seven.
Four let's talk ABOUT Usa insulation though before we, go
because you, know we talked about some older, homes stuff
built in the, sixties stuff built in the, twenties they

(01:09:35):
don't have insulation in. Them can you imagine the difference
putting foam insulation in the walls would. Make AND Usa
insulation can do that without tearing all the walls. Apart
if it's a brick, home they just drill a hole
through the mortar line injected two and put this non
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(01:09:59):
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Jim dutton with a big old hammer in his head.

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Tfd he was.

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Looking for a wall that he could knock. Down here
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Speaker 9 (01:10:47):
Dutton oh, oh.

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Here Comes Jim.

Speaker 1 (01:10:56):
Dutton here's more of a gem On texas.

Speaker 9 (01:11:02):
Homeroom, hey welcome back To Texas Home improvement seven one,
three two one two five eight seven. FOUR i still
got a lot of open. Lines in, fact we're going
to talk With joe And. Alvin now And, joe how
CAN i help you?

Speaker 5 (01:11:20):
Today, Hey, Jim, Hey SO i have a ten by
twelve backyard shed that's sitting on a concrete. Base apparently
it was built years. Ago but the bass, sounk and
not only that cracked and so my now my shed
is leaning a little bit and it also it rotted
the THE i guess the two by four treated for

(01:11:43):
ring though it was treated back. Then but the bottom
base where the studs go down on top of it
right called rod, It, yes, Sir So i'm just maybe
you can instruct me on HOW i can get this
thing lifted up and maybe build a treated subfloor underneath.

Speaker 9 (01:12:00):
It, well you got a. Choice you could lift it
up and put a treated, subfloor or pick it up
and pour another concrete slab under it and just set
it back. Down you you can go either way on. It,
typically when we're picking them, up because we do this
even with entire, houses we will go around the outside

(01:12:25):
and put a cleat system where basically we got a
two by four coming down straight down on the, wall
and then one that we angle and have a two
bay that goes across back into the one that's on the.
Wall so we've got a place to set a jack
on the. Outside it looks like a lopsided, triangle, Okay

(01:12:52):
and we put those about every four to six feet around,
it set jacks on all of them and pick the
whole thing.

Speaker 5 (01:13:00):
Up how high can you go with that to be
able to build the sub? Floor are your inches or
something like, that or.

Speaker 9 (01:13:09):
With, cribbing you could take, it you, know as high
as you want to build that sub. Floor SO i
mean you could easily pick it up three four, feet
build your floor and set it back.

Speaker 5 (01:13:20):
Down and the STUDS i have to, cut SHOULD i
need to cut the rod wood all out? Completely DO
i run? Studge whether the studge are coming down, mounds
is tone element or.

Speaker 9 (01:13:33):
Well you're gonna end up putting in a new sil plate,
Anyways so you'll you'll you'll have your new sial, plate
your studs cut them off wherever they're. Rotted so you
get back to, goodwood and you'll put a piece in
to fill in which you just cut, off and then
fish plate another piece next to. It, okay that goes
up above the cut at least twelve, inches and that

(01:13:58):
way you're nailing above and blow it and that that
locks everything. Together and then as far as the seal
plate on the bottom as you're as you're setting it back,
down be putting the sial plate into. Place after you've
got it set back, down you can toenail the studs
into that sial.

Speaker 5 (01:14:14):
Plate, okay where DO i? Go where CAN i find?
Jacks like. That is that something like a farm jack
or something like That i'd.

Speaker 9 (01:14:23):
Use or we just we just use bottle.

Speaker 5 (01:14:25):
Jacks, oh bottle. Docks, okay, yeah and.

Speaker 9 (01:14:29):
You can you can get those At Northern tool And
supply even.

Speaker 5 (01:14:34):
Okay, Okay uh sounds LIKE i got a project then.

Speaker 9 (01:14:39):
Yeah and if you need help with the with the
layout as far as how the the cleaning stuff, goes you,
know just call us at the office and we can
help you out with.

Speaker 5 (01:14:48):
That, Okay, JEM i appreciate your health.

Speaker 9 (01:14:51):
Care you betake you bet take? Care all right? Again
our numbers seven one three four, Seven i'm giving you
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On Texas Home improvement seven one three two one two

(01:15:15):
five eight seven Four And, david who's my producer here
you just told me earlier because last WEEK i gave
the wrong phone number to start. With and he, says
long as you're giving a seven one, Three i'll know you're.
Good And, DAVID i screwed it. Up, sorry let's, See,
raphael this Is. Jim how CAN i help?

Speaker 12 (01:15:34):
You, uh we want to spray the outside of house
with a lot of roads is that are coming in
from different parts of the. Outside and we were wondering
what you like to do when you might have experience.

Speaker 9 (01:15:49):
With, that what do you want to spray it.

Speaker 12 (01:15:51):
With we don't know a brand name that might be the, best.

Speaker 9 (01:15:56):
Okay. Uh and the ones you got coming, in is
that those? Real those large ones.

Speaker 12 (01:16:02):
Yeah loge the ones that fly around the.

Speaker 9 (01:16:04):
Room, yeah, yeah, uh and those are tough a lot
of times it's because of the type of landscaping that's.
Around they like the the moist landscaping type. Stuff. Uh
and so you're gonna have those in your. Yard but
there is a product and, uh out of spring called Cedar.

Speaker 12 (01:16:28):
Side say that.

Speaker 9 (01:16:30):
Again it's called cedar side and it's C E D
A r S I D e S I D E.
Yeah and is it C I D, YEAH i can't remember,
now but, Anyways, uh it's an all it's a natural
product that's made from cedar oil out of cedar trees and,

(01:16:51):
stuff and it repels all kinds of insects and bugs
and things like, that and it works very. Well but
they also have it in sprays and. Stuff they have
it in a a wood, like, uh sawdust type product
that you can put a ring of it around your

(01:17:12):
home and keep bugs and stuff like that. Out Uh,
It LIKE i, say it works very.

Speaker 12 (01:17:18):
Well okay, side can you get that a box?

Speaker 9 (01:17:23):
STORE i don't know that in any if any of
the box stores are carrying. IT i know it comes
out Of spring.

Speaker 12 (01:17:31):
You Mean, Spring?

Speaker 9 (01:17:32):
Texas, yes, sir, yeah right up there on the north.
Side and and now you can you can order it
and they can ship it to you as.

Speaker 12 (01:17:42):
Well oh is there is there a name of a
store or.

Speaker 9 (01:17:47):
Something, oh here we, Go cedar. Side it is C
E D A R C I D E.

Speaker 12 (01:17:54):
C I D. E, yes we could probably look at.

Speaker 9 (01:17:57):
And their their website is eaterside dot.

Speaker 12 (01:18:01):
Com, Okay, ahi, great thank you so.

Speaker 4 (01:18:04):
Much you're.

Speaker 9 (01:18:05):
Welcome you take. Care and you Know i've used this
product for gosh twenty years. Probably LIKE i, said it
does work very. Well and they've got several different things
that they make using those cedar. Oils so let's talk

(01:18:27):
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(01:19:09):
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Dutton, hey welcome back To Texas Home. Improvement your total
home improvement source seven one, three, two one, two, five
eight seven, Four And i'm going to jump into an
email question For Carsonado. Laporte he says hard start versus

(01:23:51):
soft start. KID i have a five year OLD ac
that y'all put a hard start kid on last. Year since,
Then i've had a twenty TWO kW generator. Installed DO
i need to replace the hard start kit with a
soft start? KIT i have a whole home surge protector
on the breaker box and a surge protector on the

(01:24:15):
automatic transfer switch for the. Generator thank you in. Advance,
well when you have generators, on, yes it is recommended
that you use a soft start. Kit the hard start
kits are basically designed for a hard hit to control
how much is going into the system to get it.

(01:24:37):
Going the soft start kit is really they're using it
a lot more without, generators but basically it's meant to
be able to handle the power coming in from a
generator which is not going to spike like it would
coming in from a power, line and so it ramps

(01:24:58):
up and gets the THE uh compressor and stuff going
for THE hvac. System so if you don't typically have
a soft start kit on for a, generator you look
at putting too much stress on the electrical parts and

(01:25:22):
burning them out basically is what happens because they struggle
to have enough power to fire off as they're. Starting, so,
YES i would recommend you take a look at a soft.
Start got a home improvement question seven one three two
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Home improvement, again it's seven one three two one two
five eight seven. Four, well head over To Southeast, Houston,
steve this is A. Jim how CAN i help?

Speaker 21 (01:25:56):
You, Hey, jim how are you doing this?

Speaker 14 (01:25:58):
Season?

Speaker 21 (01:25:59):
Wonderful, HEY i got a question About Kieren. Beam i've
got a property up In East. Texas the house was
moved to this property like in the.

Speaker 14 (01:26:10):
Sixties It's Karen.

Speaker 21 (01:26:12):
Beam AND i noticed we got, some you, know some
movement in the walls and so, Forth AND i was just,
curious how does a company come out and test the
structural integrity of the, beams how they go about, that
and if it is, faulty how do they actually facilitate the?

Speaker 9 (01:26:35):
Repair, okay as far as testing the integrity of the,
beams there's not a whole lot of testing done because
it's a wooden, beam it's either good or it's, rotted
and so you can't always see the. Rot but when
you start putting a jack on it or, something if it's,

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rotten it's just going to start, crushing in which case
it needs to be. Placed so that's just the integrity
part of. It and what was the other part of the, Question.

Speaker 21 (01:27:09):
Well how do they do the repair the cross? Space
they're very small underneath the.

Speaker 14 (01:27:15):
House.

Speaker 21 (01:27:16):
Yeah do they have to take the floors out to
actually do the?

Speaker 14 (01:27:20):
Repair?

Speaker 9 (01:27:21):
No. Not, Typically typically what will happen is if there's
not enough space for somebody to be able to crawl
around under, there then we'll dig what's called a half. Tunnel,
basically it's a trench so that we can crawl and
get to where we need to be in that, trench
and then you can take the wood in and replace

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what needs to be replaced and level it that.

Speaker 14 (01:27:45):
WAY i.

Speaker 9 (01:27:47):
Gotcha and typically all you're looking for typically is at
least eighteen inches under the.

Speaker 14 (01:27:54):
Floor Joist, okay, okay, interesting it's very.

Speaker 7 (01:28:01):
Good thank, You.

Speaker 14 (01:28:01):
JIM i appreciate.

Speaker 21 (01:28:02):
IT i listened to you all the, time first time,
caller AND i appreciate your.

Speaker 9 (01:28:06):
Advice, WELL i appreciate the, call and if you need
somebody to look at, it give my office Do West
Foundation repair a. Call we'll come out and take a.

Speaker 14 (01:28:13):
Look, well this is.

Speaker 21 (01:28:15):
Up In East, texas up around The Toddler kilgo.

Speaker 9 (01:28:19):
Area got an office In dallas as, well and there'll
be more happy to go out there and look at.

Speaker 21 (01:28:24):
It, Excellent i'll get your number off the. Website all,
right take, care thank, you.

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Sir, yeah we pretty much travel all Over texas with The,
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time of year for foundation, Work so give us a.
Call we'd be more happy to look at. It we'll
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foundation stop, Moving but did it come back up all the?
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