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rerunning your home project. It's eight hundred eight two three
A two five five. Going back to Joehagen and the
deck conversation. Like I said, Joe does some marvelous work
and you can check that out at all decked out
five to one three dot com. Now, I understand that
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not everybody can build a six figure deck, So throughout
the weekend, I'm gonna give you some tips of what
you need to look out for, and probably the biggest
tip I can give you on a wood deck, I'll
combine two of them and then we'll get to the phones.
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Number one is I do not recommend a deck cover up, coating.
I have not seen one that's really gonna give you
what you're expecting. Now that's a bold statement. I don't
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know what you're expecting. But most people that use that,
it's called cover up, it's called restore, it's called all
kinds of different things. They think if I put this
on my cracking, splintering, pressure treated wood, I put this
on it and I don't have to worry about it again,
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that's not true. Uh, it'll give you. It'll give you
extended life four to five years, which is what it
was intended to do. And I'm okay. If that's your
expectations to put it on and forget about it and
do no maintenance to it from here on end, I'm
I'm I don't recommend it because this is not going
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to do it. And the other tip I'm going to
throw in at you is, if you want your deck
to last and it's been constructed, you know the correct
way maintain it, clean it, and seal it. And you're
probably gonna have to seal it every two or three years.
In most cases, if you're a real shady are in
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not so much, but direct sunlight probably two to three years,
darker colors the three years, clear one year, okay, but
maintaining that is really critical. And happy to take your
calls on that too. All right, let's get to the
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phone calls we got Mike, Mike welcome.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
Hello, Yes, sir, Yes, yes. Generally is Roto Ruter going
to be cheaper than a plumber to unclog a sewer line?
And do they put in clean outs or just.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
Run is a plumber? So they they When that company
originally started, they were sewer lying cleaners, you know, that's
that was their main business. But they have full service plumbing.
So in terms of price, no, I think they're all
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going to be about in the same category. I don't know.
I think a little bit of it also depends on
what they're going to run into. Is their repair that
needs to be made. They could put a clean out
in there for you, because they are plumbers, they can
run a scope down there for you to see what
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the issue is. A lot of times it's not necessarily
just clogged. The pipe is separate, it's cracked there's tree
roots in it, and there may have to be a
repair made. So, like anything with plumbing, it just doesn't
get us straight answer. But can go ahead?
Speaker 2 (05:03):
Can you kill the tree roots? I mean without cutting them?
Can you?
Speaker 1 (05:11):
Yeah? Yeah? Yeah, yeah. In fact, you know, it depends
on obviously how big they are, but for the most part, yes,
a pipe will separate. Trees will get into the separation
looking for water, and they'll grow and they'll collect stuff
along the way and they'll net together, and you know,
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a plumber or roto router if they come out, they'll
have a snake, a power snake. It can even have
cutting teeth on the front of it where they can
bore through that.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
But can you pour a liquid in there lit'll kill
the roots or does that just too slow a process?
Speaker 1 (05:52):
It's you can pour a liquid in there to prevent roots,
but once they're established, you're going to have to have
somebody clean them out. If you want to check into that,
you go to the hardware store. Look for a product
called aerobic roe Bic and they have a root killer
and it's copper sulfate. It foams and if it's just
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a little bit of hair roots or something just kind
of starting it'll burn those back. But if it's a
you know, established roots into the pipe, no, it's not
going to eliminate that.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
My line is appears to be PBC. Can roots invade
PVC pipe.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
Not as easily as the old clay pipes or metal pipes.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
Okay, but a plumber would have to tell me.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
That, tell you what's in there, sure, or they'll just
try and snake it out. Either a rotor router or
a plumber, they'll try and snake it out. If they
start having problem, they'll usually put a scope down and
see what the problem is and then rectify the problem
at that point. All right, thank you, you bet, take
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care all right. Our phone numbers eight hundred eight two
three eight two five five, you can grab a line
and Mike welcome.
Speaker 3 (07:11):
Thank you for taking my call.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Gary, you bet.
Speaker 3 (07:13):
I had a shingle guy over and he showed me
pictures of granules missing on.
Speaker 4 (07:20):
One side of the house.
Speaker 3 (07:21):
Was on his side, of course, and I was just
wondering if there's some way to just replace those. I know,
there's that roof max stuff that I think it's just
after the cracks kind of ceiling. For a little while,
but I was wondering if you can spray like a
tar and then the granules over it or something like that.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
How old is that roof?
Speaker 3 (07:46):
Fifteen years?
Speaker 1 (07:50):
Did you got pictures of the shingles themselves? I do, Okay,
how worn are they? I mean, is there a lot spots?
Speaker 3 (08:03):
No, I wouldn't say bald spots. I'd say you can
definitely tell the difference between brand new ones which kind
of look like the back ones in the front one.
Speaker 1 (08:13):
Yeah. So to answer your question, can I just spray
tar on it and put some granulas on there? No?
Not really, not really. Can you replace just that side? Yeah, yeah,
you can do that, probably won't match exactly the rest
of the roof, And I'm assuming this is just from
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you know, the worn area is just day to day
living of the shingle. Right in fifteen years, it's just
losing its protection. So think about the granular coatings on that.
That is what protects the shingles. Once it gets to
a point of being worn, it makes the shingle itself
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vulnerable and it's starts cracking and contraar to what you say,
roof Max. Once that shingle really begins to crack and
there's bald spots. They're not even going to mess with
it because what their product does is the intention of
that product is to allow your roof to exist to
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its warranted time frame. So if we have a thirty
year warranted roof, at about year twenty, the granular protection
will probably start being a little worn, and roof Max
will actually spray a ceilant on their They don't add
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granular protection. They spray a ceilant on there to maintain
the existing granular protection for five years, and you can
do that up to three times.
Speaker 3 (09:59):
Is there a rental tool and on default product that
can do that and I can do it myself or not?
Speaker 1 (10:05):
I'm not familiar with it.
Speaker 4 (10:06):
No.
Speaker 1 (10:07):
I mean they probably have something that could spread in
the roof, but I don't know if you can buy
the ceiling. I've not run into that. I actually I
have run into that. There's been a couple I can't
remember the names that have come and.
Speaker 3 (10:20):
Gone yeah, okay, So that tells me how good they were.
Speaker 1 (10:26):
Well, no, it tells you that most people aren't going
to do it themselves, I think is really what it
tells you.
Speaker 3 (10:32):
I don't want to get there anything. Can I switch
gears with a sufficing problem?
Speaker 1 (10:36):
Okay, So I had him cleaned.
Speaker 3 (10:39):
And one guy, the guy that did it, said there
was a pretty big tree route going through one of them.
Of course he doesn't go down there and cut it.
But I'm just thinking, if that tank is built in
two pieces and put together, and then a tree root
goes through that scene, they'd be lifting.
Speaker 2 (10:56):
That scene apart.
Speaker 3 (10:58):
So I'm wondering if I should be concerned and dig
that down and quirk it up.
Speaker 1 (11:04):
Well, if there's a tree roote growing through it, I'd
be somewhat concerned it's going to keep continuing to grow.
What was his answer to the tree root problem.
Speaker 3 (11:17):
Nothing other than he had to work harder.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
Okay, all right, well I guess I uh, I guess
I'm not really in a position and tell you to
go down and cut it and then quirk this septic tank.
I don't know. I can't I can't see it. I
don't think that would be the greatest thing inside a
septic tank.
Speaker 3 (11:42):
Okay, dare enough? All right, Wait, what problem would I
see if that's leaking out like craziness?
Speaker 1 (11:50):
Well, if a septic tank is leaking, usually you'll have
very green grass around the septic tank. Same thing you
would have if you had a leech line, I don't
know what that is. Okay, well that's going to the
septic tank. But anyway, in a septic tank with it,
you know the bacterian stuff that's inside a septic tank.
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If you have a leakage, you're going to have some
very well fertilized grass around that and you will see that.
So that would be an indication that there's a problem.
All right, let's take a break. We'll come back. We
got Don and Rick. If you'd like to join us,
do so. You're at home with Gary Sullivan. He's the weekend.
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your calls. You're gearing a little home improvement and we
had a great conversation Joe Hagen talking about decking and
new decking materials and structures. If you want to check
that out, any boys, got that podcast posted right on
the iHeart app and just put in that home with
Garry Sullivan. All right back to the phones we go.
You can join us if you'd like.
Speaker 6 (15:42):
Don welcome, Hi, Gary, Thank you for taking my calls.
My wife and I listened on Saturdays and have found
a lot of good tips, especially since I'm not a
real handy pan So thank you for all your help.
Speaker 1 (15:56):
Thank you.
Speaker 6 (15:57):
We live in northeast Ohio and I wanted to just
confirm what you said about deck maintenance. There deck that
we've had since around nineteen ninety five on our house,
and sure enough, as we put a darker cedar tone
stain on their latex base every year, that deck is great.
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Many times it looks like it's almost brand new, and
so maintenance was key. We also, about I would say
about fifteen or twenty years, who I can't remember, we
did put that restore product down there, and because we
had some some splintering, like you say, the things that
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would cover up, which it did a great job, and
it did last about ten years for us, probably due
to the fact that I still went out every year
and tried the first year where I put the stain
over the restore and then I watched it the see
if it, you know, the next year to see if
it was a problem. It really helped. It kind of
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brightened it up and it looked new again. Sure so,
that deck has had thirty coats of late tex stained
a quality brand on there. And the thing is lasted great.
Speaker 1 (17:16):
So you maintain the heck out of it. And also,
you know, and let me withdraw a little bit of
that compliment or comment. So much of hell, yeah, so
much of it has to do with the location of
the deck, the color of the deck, how often the
deck is cleaned, how much sunlight the deck gets. If
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you can somewhat shaded area, of course, it's going to
last much longer than a southwest facing with no trees.
I mean. So I'm just saying that for what's worth.
And I'm guessing when you use that restore, and I'll
tell you what problems I have with it in just
a second. When you're using that restore, I'm guessing you
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use like a latex solid color stain on top of it. Yeah, yeah,
which is fine, don't I just don't want anybody to
think you could put a semi transparent over it, because
it wouldn't penetrate, So a latex solid color stain would
be great. Usually the issue don with the restore. And
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I'm not saying in all cases, but I've had you know,
I've probably had more complaints about it than I half
had compliments. So that's what I justify making that comment.
With and usually when I mentioned it, I always have
somebody say, well, I had no problems with it, and
that's wonderful. I got kind of turned off when people
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were buying brand new pressure treated wood and their first
staining project was the restore and they'd say, well, that's
stuff peeled off. Yeah, because that deck was still kind
of wet and it's not going to hang on even
if you follow the direction. So anyway, that's great that
you do that in all honesty.
Speaker 6 (19:02):
Yeah, we didn't put it on there until it was
you know, fifteen years in, yeah or so, and uh,
but I did put it over the stain that I
had there.
Speaker 1 (19:13):
Yeah, and that's fine, And pretend let me put you
on hold. I know you got a question too, And
we got a break. We're at the bottom of the
hour and we'll come back and got Don and again
and Rick and if you'd like to join us, do so.
We'll continue. You're at Home with Gary Sulivon.
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back at it we go, and we've got Don on
the line. We had a conversation about codings for decking
and what else can I do for you?
Speaker 6 (22:38):
Don Yeah, one other question I had real quickly there
is that I cleaned my vinyl sighting myself to share
with a mixture of I forget what it's called the
pool cleaner. And then I did buy a commercial one
from Lows and it seemed to be the same stuff.
But anyway, once I got done with all that kind
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of dull the siding, and I was wondering if there
was a product or something that you can put on
vinyl siding that would kind of bring it back around
a little bit, a little bit brighter. Yeah, instead of
so dull.
Speaker 1 (23:12):
It probably got dull, quite honestly, because it's cleaning, to
be honest with you. But what a lot of people
don't realize is, you know, I know, when you're buying sighting,
you know they claim is this stuff lasts forever because
the colors all the way through the vinyl. Well, the
other side of that coin is, but vinyl, the coloring
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on vinyl sighting oxidizes, so it gets dull and it
almost chalks, not like the old paint where it washes
down on the brick, but it chalks. It oxidizes and chalks,
and it gets dull. There is a product out there
and dog gun, and I can't remember the name of it,
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and it came out on the market. The Flood Corporation
reduced it originally and they were going to use it
as a service. Professional people would come around. They would
use the cleaner on it, and they would paint this
clear liquid on it, and for I think it was
eight years, it would stay shiny and then you'd have
to redo it, and it was too expensive. It didn't
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go anywhere. So then they packaged it and they sold
it as a vinyl shutter cleaner and rejuvenator. So if
you google that, you'll probably find the product. There's a
couple manufacturers out there. Still. I will tell you it's
labor intensive, which is the reason it didn't work as
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a service product. But what you'll do is there's a
cleaner and you will use their cleaner and then you
will apply a clear self leveling film that creates a sheen,
a mild satney sheen. Rejuvenate that color. You'll make that
color pop again.
Speaker 6 (25:04):
You put it on with like a spray or some sort.
Speaker 1 (25:07):
I think you can use a brush. I know. See
it's mainly designed for shutters now, just because of the
amount of work. So it's going to talk more in
terms of shutters. But you can use it on anything vinyl.
You can use it on a vinyl chair if you
wanted to. But and sighting, but I I if if
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memory serves me, it's been a while. I think a
kid of this. I can't remember the price, but it
would do sixteen shutters just to give you an idea
of square footage. So it's not a huge amount of products.
So you'll you'll have to google it. You'll find it
and maybe there's one that's you know, a gallon of
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it is for vinyl, uh, you know sighting, but I
think it's mainly focused on shutters now and just a
caveat here is you can, regardless of what people tell you, you
can paint vinyl sighting. I don't know what color it is,
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but their Sherman Williams has a special tint that can
go into their emerald paint where it will not absorb heat.
The color will not absorb heat and cause vinyl to warp,
and it's called color safe, so they you know, if
worse came to worse than you wanted to paint it,
that's an option also so.
Speaker 6 (26:36):
That do you think appeals after a certain amount of
time or anything like that.
Speaker 1 (26:40):
Well, it's coating, so certainly if you don't have it
really good and clean. Uh, the emerald is self uh
self priming.
Speaker 6 (26:51):
And yes, that's the next product. I use that on
our foundation. So it's been great. I've had twelve years
in space.
Speaker 1 (26:59):
Yeah, well that's an option. I mean you can go
talk to them, but look up the vinyl first. I
mean it's quick and easy and probably a little cheaper,
but more work.
Speaker 6 (27:10):
Yeah, yeah, at my age, more work sounds like maybe
just get.
Speaker 1 (27:16):
Well there is a privilege with that.
Speaker 6 (27:19):
Yeah. Well, hey, I appreciate your time and about to
deck with helpful and reassuring to me anyway. And this
siting thing, I'd answered some of the questions I had
out there while I'm trying to wash that thing and
spray it off.
Speaker 1 (27:32):
So very good.
Speaker 6 (27:34):
Again, thanks for your program, man, We appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (27:36):
All right, Thanks, don call anytime. I appreciate your comments.
Well that's uh, let me give you the phone number.
You can grab a line. We've got a couple open
lines for literally the first time today. It's eight hundred
eight two three eight two five five you can go
ahead and grab a line. Rick.
Speaker 7 (27:53):
Welcome, Hey, Gary, thanks for taking my call. You bet hey,
I have a some pump in a pit and it
used to always be filled with water from the condensate
pump was routed to it. Why fix that years ago
and put a condensate pump you know outside, But they
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I bought a brand new post, some pump with a
cast iron base. Okay, I called a post because it's
the one that you know sits like two feet high. Yeah,
and we had water come in one time because it's
connected to my garage to an underground pipe and when
the car drips in the winter, you know, it gets
six inches of water. And it worked after that. Now
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it's frozen. I think the cast iron, you know, rusted together,
the impeller and the casing and all that could be.
So I was trying to figure out what other type
of some pump to buy that once a year water
won't get it rusty and freeze up.
Speaker 1 (28:53):
Well, that's a good question. So you know, I'm very
familiar with those pumps. In fact, that was just down
at their factory in Louisville about three weeks ago. They're
cast iron, but they're painted so there would be some
protection there. I don't know why that would rust so fast.
Speaker 7 (29:19):
Well, it was just bear cast. It was like black cast.
I figured it was maybe coated, if not even that.
But I saw in the in the home stores, of course,
they have you know, sixteen different kinds of some pumps,
and I didn't know if one of those stubby ones
with the you know, the float that hangs right beside
the motor would be a better choice.
Speaker 1 (29:39):
Well, I think it would be. I'd say most some
pumps that are solder. There's two types. There's what they
call submersible pump, which is the small one that sits down,
and then the tall one is the pedestal pump.
Speaker 7 (29:52):
Okay, yeah, that's I wanted that just because I could
see the motor and it looked a lot more heavy duty.
Speaker 1 (29:57):
Yeah yeah, but for the most part of submercibles of
what you used, and I don't know how far down
your float, whether that thing just satin water all the time?
Speaker 7 (30:07):
No, Well, in the old days, but the previous owner
of this house, like I said, the furnace was routed
to the sump, so during the summertime it was filled
with water all the time from the ac condensation.
Speaker 1 (30:20):
On that water is corrosive.
Speaker 7 (30:24):
Yeah, well this I bought a new pump. When I
put an actual condensate pump on and pumped into my backyard.
Speaker 1 (30:30):
Yeah yeah.
Speaker 7 (30:32):
I actually filled my rain barrel up now and I
water my plants with it, so it can't be too bad.
Speaker 1 (30:38):
Yeah. Well, A lot of times when you have a
floor drain with a metal little cover on the top
of those things are so rusted. People always want to
know why, and quite honestly, it's the cross of nature
of that water. So I don't know about it in
terms of plants.
Speaker 7 (30:53):
But uh, well, this's just from the condensate pump from
the AC unit. Now it goes out into a rain barrel.
Yeah yeah, instead of beento the floor. But anyway, yeah,
I just don't want to buy another one hundred dollars
some pump and you know, two years from now when
it needs to work. One time, it'll work and then yeah,
two years later it's frozen.
Speaker 1 (31:10):
I really I can't imagine it failing because of that
unless there was a very very high salt content. You said,
you know it's no.
Speaker 7 (31:19):
More, well it is from the it would be from
the car.
Speaker 1 (31:22):
Yeah, you know, it turns on once a year, maybe
get a five gallon bucket of water and pour it
in there and just flush that thing out.
Speaker 7 (31:30):
Well I could also just take my wet back and
suck it out every time too, I guess.
Speaker 1 (31:36):
Yeah, if that's all you're using it for, maybe that
is an option. I don't know, but you know, I
do know that I don't know the corrosive nature of
the water. It's obviously corrosive because it's water, plus it's
got salt in it. But one time and you put
a good some pump down there where it's painted and protected,
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I just I'm surprised it froze up that fast as all.
Speaker 7 (32:01):
Well, it shot me because they went to change my
water heater and they said, well, it's easy just to
dump it in the sump pump, and of course it
wouldn't pump, so as they're filling the pit up, we
were getting the flooded basement.
Speaker 1 (32:13):
Yeah. Well that's when we found out that.
Speaker 7 (32:16):
After two years of sitting it just it wouldn't turn.
Speaker 1 (32:19):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (32:20):
Well yeah, well, you know, the garage drips into the
sump pump pit, so whatever comes off your car in
the winter would be salty water.
Speaker 1 (32:27):
Yeah, yeah, salty water. And then the fact that it's
just not being used. I know. On regular maintenance sheets,
which I'll talk about a lot for a home, one
of the things is quarterly testing the sump pump. You know,
five gallon bucket of water port down there, make sure
that pump turns on. Maybe unplug it, five gallon bucket
of water poort in there. Make sure your back of
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the pump comes on, always a good idea. Make sure
it's ready for combat when we have a del user rain.
Speaker 7 (32:56):
So well, I should know that working at a hospit
been all in doing all kinds of maintenance on pipes
and stuff, you know, the HVAC system, you know, exercising
valves all the.
Speaker 1 (33:07):
Time, right right, definitely so, but.
Speaker 7 (33:10):
They don't have water in the pit anymore. I don't
even think.
Speaker 1 (33:12):
About it, right, I understand. All right, Well, you got
your assignment Rick either either or either flushing out or
maybe a shop back.
Speaker 7 (33:23):
Yeah, that's what it sounds like. Thank you, sir.
Speaker 1 (33:24):
All right, take care, All right, let's take a break
when we come back, Walt and Kit and if you'd
like to join us, do so. We got plenty of
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at home with Gary Sullivan and chatting about your issues
around your home. We we had good conversations today and
I appreciate that. A great guess with Joe Hagen talking
about what's available in new decking now. But one of
the things, you know, if I accomplish anything each and
(36:40):
every weekend, it's more about just how important maintaining your
investment your house is. Addressing the issues and working to
the source of the problem. That's the key, and maybe
not trying to do stuff yourself because you just have
(37:02):
this idea that I can go up and spray glue
on my roof and throw sand on it and that
shingle will go for another twenty years. Nothing in life
is usually that easy, and you know that's too easy.
I'm all about easy, but it's got to work, all right,
that kit welcome? Hey?
Speaker 8 (37:23):
How long are you Gary?
Speaker 1 (37:24):
Doing? Fine? Thanks?
Speaker 3 (37:27):
Hey?
Speaker 8 (37:28):
I have just this summer had a garage built. The
garage lab the exterior has two courses of block and
then above that it's framed wood framing. The exterior on
two sides is brick.
Speaker 4 (37:50):
Then the other exit the back is a fib or
smith Satine, My issue is there's water running into my
garage floor where the floor and the block meet. Heavy rain.
We had I think it was two weeks ago. Uh
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water ponding in the garage.
Speaker 8 (38:14):
Running all the way across to the exterior doors and
gathering there.
Speaker 4 (38:19):
The builder came in and said that the drain pipe
around the perimeter.
Speaker 9 (38:27):
Of the garage was above the floor. So he came
back and dug it in and uh, back build it. Well,
I put a sprinkler hose on it to check it,
and I have less.
Speaker 8 (38:41):
Water, but I still have water running across my garage floor.
Speaker 1 (38:49):
And the the sources in that natural scene between the
brick and the slab or the block and the slab
crow correct. Yes, well, I think he was kind of correct. Okay,
Obviously it didn't solve it. So he had one hundred
(39:11):
percent correct. So when you were explaining what was going on,
the first thing I was thinking was exactly what he said.
I wonder how the drain tile is around that structure,
because when we get these monsooner like rains, and we
just happen to be an area where we have a
relatively elevated water table beneath a slab, and you know,
(39:38):
a torrential rain and it moves that water table higher,
and we have this natural seam. If we don't have
any way to carry that water away, that water table
will come up and water finds the path of the
least resistance, and that seam is it. And the answer
is not to not to pass that seem it's you
(40:02):
know the inch the wa Yeah, you gotta get the
water away. So like when you're waterproofing a house, I
use this analogy. The people that will waterproof a house
and give you a warranty, a lifetime warranty, all right,
what they'll do is they will first check what kind
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of drainage pipe you have around the foundation. That'd be
number one. You know, as it's raining, let's catch that
water right away, let's start moving it away from that foundation.
And then they'll go inside the structure and they'll cut
a six inch wide path through that slab and dig
that slab out and put drainage pipe in there, which
(40:52):
will catch the water, rout it to a sump well,
and pump it away from the structure. Now, I don't
know if all that stuff is going to address the
issues you have, But my opinion is it would address
all of the issues. The drainage pipe around the outside
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is certainly catching surface water or the rain from that's
falling from the sky. Right it's catching that water and
it's moving it away. It didn't move it away because
the pipe was above that seam. So he dug it
deeper and he decreased the amount of water that was
(41:36):
coming in, but it didn't get rid of all of it.
And maybe it's because I don't know that the water
table beneath the slab is not being controlled. So beneath
the slab, that drainage system is catching it underneath the slab,
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and it's getting it. You know, it's like Veneza as
the water's coming up. If it can go into a
path least resistance of piping have it on slope and
putting it into sump well and pumping it away from
the house, you've controlled its path of least resistance.
Speaker 4 (42:19):
Okay, Now, the situation I have is I don't believe
it's a water table issue. And I say that because
I am not at the top of the hill, but
near the top of the hill. I believe that it
is probably a drainage issue. The back left corner where
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the water comes in the worst is below grade. The
force lamb is actually below the exterior grade, and the
raid brings the water to the garage in that corner
right the grade. I think it's more of a grade situation.
Speaker 1 (43:06):
Well, yeah, you're yeah, and and so you're there. You
can see that grating maybe the issue. And certainly before
I started cutting the slab on the inside of the structure,
i'd certainly be addressing all of my outside grades. You know,
maybe it needs a bigger pipe on the back end
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where the hillside is, or something along nose lines. I mean,
maybe it's not catching all the water. Uh So that's
probably where I would start. I'd get them out there
and let's talk about this again, you know that, or
get an excavator out there and see what we can do.
Maybe a swale can be done, Maybe an exposed uh
(43:51):
you know grading to move that water away would be
the answer. Hopefully that helps you. Thank you much for
the call. If you're on hold, Dennison, Dan, sit tight.
We'll get you on the other side of the break.
If you'd like to join us and ask a question
about your home, feel free to do so. The number
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A two five five. Going back to Joehagen and the
deck conversation. Like I said, Joe does some marvelous work
and you can check that out at all decked out
five to one three dot com. Now, I understand that
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not everybody can build a six figure deck, So throughout
the weekend, I'm gonna give you some tips of what
you need to look out for, and probably the biggest
tip I can give you on a wood deck, I'll
combine two of them and then we'll get to the phones.
(01:55):
Number one is I do not recommend a deck cover up, coating.
I have not seen one that's really gonna give you
what you're expecting. Now that's a bold statement. I don't
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know what you're expecting. But most people that use that,
it's called cover up, it's called restore, it's called all
kinds of different things. They think if I put this
on my cracking, splintering, pressure treated wood, I put this
on it and I don't have to worry about it again,
(02:39):
that's not true. Uh, it'll give you. It'll give you
extended life four to five years, which is what it
was intended to do. And I'm okay. If that's your
expectations to put it on and forget about it and
do no maintenance to it from here on end, I'm
I'm I don't recommend it because this is not going
(03:00):
to do it. And the other tip I'm going to
throw in at you is, if you want your deck
to last and it's been constructed, you know the correct
way maintain it, clean it, and seal it. And you're
probably gonna have to seal it every two or three years.
In most cases, if you're a real shady are in
(03:21):
not so much, but direct sunlight probably two to three years,
darker colors the three years, clear one year, okay, but
maintaining that is really critical. And happy to take your
calls on that too. All right, let's get to the
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phone calls we got Mike, Mike welcome.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
Hello, Yes, sir, Yes, yes. Generally is Roto Ruter going
to be cheaper than a plumber to unclog a sewer line?
And do they put in clean outs or just.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
Run is a plumber? So they they When that company
originally started, they were sewer lying cleaners, you know, that's
that was their main business. But they have full service plumbing.
So in terms of price, no, I think they're all
(04:23):
going to be about in the same category. I don't know.
I think a little bit of it also depends on
what they're going to run into. Is their repair that
needs to be made. They could put a clean out
in there for you, because they are plumbers, they can
run a scope down there for you to see what
(04:43):
the issue is. A lot of times it's not necessarily
just clogged. The pipe is separate, it's cracked there's tree
roots in it, and there may have to be a
repair made. So, like anything with plumbing, it just doesn't
get us straight answer. But can go ahead?
Speaker 2 (05:03):
Can you kill the tree roots? I mean without cutting them?
Can you?
Speaker 1 (05:11):
Yeah? Yeah? Yeah, yeah. In fact, you know, it depends
on obviously how big they are, but for the most part, yes,
a pipe will separate. Trees will get into the separation
looking for water, and they'll grow and they'll collect stuff
along the way and they'll net together, and you know,
(05:33):
a plumber or roto router if they come out, they'll
have a snake, a power snake. It can even have
cutting teeth on the front of it where they can
bore through that.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
But can you pour a liquid in there lit'll kill
the roots or does that just too slow a process?
Speaker 1 (05:52):
It's you can pour a liquid in there to prevent roots,
but once they're established, you're going to have to have
somebody clean them out. If you want to check into that,
you go to the hardware store. Look for a product
called aerobic roe Bic and they have a root killer
and it's copper sulfate. It foams and if it's just
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a little bit of hair roots or something just kind
of starting it'll burn those back. But if it's a
you know, established roots into the pipe, no, it's not
going to eliminate that.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
My line is appears to be PBC. Can roots invade
PVC pipe.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
Not as easily as the old clay pipes or metal pipes.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
Okay, but a plumber would have to tell me.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
That, tell you what's in there, sure, or they'll just
try and snake it out. Either a rotor router or
a plumber, they'll try and snake it out. If they
start having problem, they'll usually put a scope down and
see what the problem is and then rectify the problem
at that point. All right, thank you, you bet, take
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care all right. Our phone numbers eight hundred eight two
three eight two five five, you can grab a line
and Mike welcome.
Speaker 3 (07:11):
Thank you for taking my call.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Gary, you bet.
Speaker 3 (07:13):
I had a shingle guy over and he showed me
pictures of granules missing on.
Speaker 4 (07:20):
One side of the house.
Speaker 3 (07:21):
Was on his side, of course, and I was just
wondering if there's some way to just replace those. I know,
there's that roof max stuff that I think it's just
after the cracks kind of ceiling. For a little while,
but I was wondering if you can spray like a
tar and then the granules over it or something like that.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
How old is that roof?
Speaker 3 (07:46):
Fifteen years?
Speaker 1 (07:50):
Did you got pictures of the shingles themselves? I do, Okay,
how worn are they? I mean, is there a lot spots?
Speaker 3 (08:03):
No, I wouldn't say bald spots. I'd say you can
definitely tell the difference between brand new ones which kind
of look like the back ones in the front one.
Speaker 1 (08:13):
Yeah. So to answer your question, can I just spray
tar on it and put some granulas on there? No?
Not really, not really. Can you replace just that side? Yeah, yeah,
you can do that, probably won't match exactly the rest
of the roof, And I'm assuming this is just from
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you know, the worn area is just day to day
living of the shingle. Right in fifteen years, it's just
losing its protection. So think about the granular coatings on that.
That is what protects the shingles. Once it gets to
a point of being worn, it makes the shingle itself
(08:58):
vulnerable and it's starts cracking and contraar to what you say,
roof Max. Once that shingle really begins to crack and
there's bald spots. They're not even going to mess with
it because what their product does is the intention of
that product is to allow your roof to exist to
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its warranted time frame. So if we have a thirty
year warranted roof, at about year twenty, the granular protection
will probably start being a little worn, and roof Max
will actually spray a ceilant on their They don't add
(09:44):
granular protection. They spray a ceilant on there to maintain
the existing granular protection for five years, and you can
do that up to three times.
Speaker 3 (09:59):
Is there a rental tool and on default product that
can do that and I can do it myself or not?
Speaker 1 (10:05):
I'm not familiar with it.
Speaker 4 (10:06):
No.
Speaker 1 (10:07):
I mean they probably have something that could spread in
the roof, but I don't know if you can buy
the ceiling. I've not run into that. I actually I
have run into that. There's been a couple I can't
remember the names that have come and.
Speaker 3 (10:20):
Gone yeah, okay, So that tells me how good they were.
Speaker 1 (10:26):
Well, no, it tells you that most people aren't going
to do it themselves, I think is really what it
tells you.
Speaker 3 (10:32):
I don't want to get there anything. Can I switch
gears with a sufficing problem?
Speaker 1 (10:36):
Okay, So I had him cleaned.
Speaker 3 (10:39):
And one guy, the guy that did it, said there
was a pretty big tree route going through one of them.
Of course he doesn't go down there and cut it.
But I'm just thinking, if that tank is built in
two pieces and put together, and then a tree root
goes through that scene, they'd be lifting.
Speaker 2 (10:56):
That scene apart.
Speaker 3 (10:58):
So I'm wondering if I should be concerned and dig
that down and quirk it up.
Speaker 1 (11:04):
Well, if there's a tree roote growing through it, I'd
be somewhat concerned it's going to keep continuing to grow.
What was his answer to the tree root problem.
Speaker 3 (11:17):
Nothing other than he had to work harder.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
Okay, all right, well I guess I uh, I guess
I'm not really in a position and tell you to
go down and cut it and then quirk this septic tank.
I don't know. I can't I can't see it. I
don't think that would be the greatest thing inside a
septic tank.
Speaker 3 (11:42):
Okay, dare enough? All right, Wait, what problem would I
see if that's leaking out like craziness?
Speaker 1 (11:50):
Well, if a septic tank is leaking, usually you'll have
very green grass around the septic tank. Same thing you
would have if you had a leech line, I don't
know what that is. Okay, well that's going to the
septic tank. But anyway, in a septic tank with it,
you know the bacterian stuff that's inside a septic tank.
(12:12):
If you have a leakage, you're going to have some
very well fertilized grass around that and you will see that.
So that would be an indication that there's a problem.
All right, let's take a break. We'll come back. We
got Don and Rick. If you'd like to join us,
do so. You're at home with Gary Sullivan. He's the weekend.
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your calls. You're gearing a little home improvement and we
had a great conversation Joe Hagen talking about decking and
new decking materials and structures. If you want to check
that out, any boys, got that podcast posted right on
the iHeart app and just put in that home with
Garry Sullivan. All right back to the phones we go.
You can join us if you'd like.
Speaker 6 (15:42):
Don welcome, Hi, Gary, Thank you for taking my calls.
My wife and I listened on Saturdays and have found
a lot of good tips, especially since I'm not a
real handy pan So thank you for all your help.
Speaker 1 (15:56):
Thank you.
Speaker 6 (15:57):
We live in northeast Ohio and I wanted to just
confirm what you said about deck maintenance. There deck that
we've had since around nineteen ninety five on our house,
and sure enough, as we put a darker cedar tone
stain on their latex base every year, that deck is great.
(16:21):
Many times it looks like it's almost brand new, and
so maintenance was key. We also, about I would say
about fifteen or twenty years, who I can't remember, we
did put that restore product down there, and because we
had some some splintering, like you say, the things that
(16:43):
would cover up, which it did a great job, and
it did last about ten years for us, probably due
to the fact that I still went out every year
and tried the first year where I put the stain
over the restore and then I watched it the see
if it, you know, the next year to see if
it was a problem. It really helped. It kind of
(17:03):
brightened it up and it looked new again. Sure so,
that deck has had thirty coats of late tex stained
a quality brand on there. And the thing is lasted great.
Speaker 1 (17:16):
So you maintain the heck out of it. And also,
you know, and let me withdraw a little bit of
that compliment or comment. So much of hell, yeah, so
much of it has to do with the location of
the deck, the color of the deck, how often the
deck is cleaned, how much sunlight the deck gets. If
(17:39):
you can somewhat shaded area, of course, it's going to
last much longer than a southwest facing with no trees.
I mean. So I'm just saying that for what's worth.
And I'm guessing when you use that restore, and I'll
tell you what problems I have with it in just
a second. When you're using that restore, I'm guessing you
(17:59):
use like a latex solid color stain on top of it. Yeah, yeah,
which is fine, don't I just don't want anybody to
think you could put a semi transparent over it, because
it wouldn't penetrate, So a latex solid color stain would
be great. Usually the issue don with the restore. And
(18:21):
I'm not saying in all cases, but I've had you know,
I've probably had more complaints about it than I half
had compliments. So that's what I justify making that comment.
With and usually when I mentioned it, I always have
somebody say, well, I had no problems with it, and
that's wonderful. I got kind of turned off when people
(18:41):
were buying brand new pressure treated wood and their first
staining project was the restore and they'd say, well, that's
stuff peeled off. Yeah, because that deck was still kind
of wet and it's not going to hang on even
if you follow the direction. So anyway, that's great that
you do that in all honesty.
Speaker 6 (19:02):
Yeah, we didn't put it on there until it was
you know, fifteen years in, yeah or so, and uh,
but I did put it over the stain that I
had there.
Speaker 1 (19:13):
Yeah, and that's fine, And pretend let me put you
on hold. I know you got a question too, And
we got a break. We're at the bottom of the
hour and we'll come back and got Don and again
and Rick and if you'd like to join us, do so.
We'll continue. You're at Home with Gary Sulivon.
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the line. We had a conversation about codings for decking
and what else can I do for you?
Speaker 6 (22:38):
Don Yeah, one other question I had real quickly there
is that I cleaned my vinyl sighting myself to share
with a mixture of I forget what it's called the
pool cleaner. And then I did buy a commercial one
from Lows and it seemed to be the same stuff.
But anyway, once I got done with all that kind
(22:59):
of dull the siding, and I was wondering if there
was a product or something that you can put on
vinyl siding that would kind of bring it back around
a little bit, a little bit brighter. Yeah, instead of
so dull.
Speaker 1 (23:12):
It probably got dull, quite honestly, because it's cleaning, to
be honest with you. But what a lot of people
don't realize is, you know, I know, when you're buying sighting,
you know they claim is this stuff lasts forever because
the colors all the way through the vinyl. Well, the
other side of that coin is, but vinyl, the coloring
(23:35):
on vinyl sighting oxidizes, so it gets dull and it
almost chalks, not like the old paint where it washes
down on the brick, but it chalks. It oxidizes and chalks,
and it gets dull. There is a product out there
and dog gun, and I can't remember the name of it,
(23:55):
and it came out on the market. The Flood Corporation
reduced it originally and they were going to use it
as a service. Professional people would come around. They would
use the cleaner on it, and they would paint this
clear liquid on it, and for I think it was
eight years, it would stay shiny and then you'd have
to redo it, and it was too expensive. It didn't
(24:20):
go anywhere. So then they packaged it and they sold
it as a vinyl shutter cleaner and rejuvenator. So if
you google that, you'll probably find the product. There's a
couple manufacturers out there. Still. I will tell you it's
labor intensive, which is the reason it didn't work as
(24:41):
a service product. But what you'll do is there's a
cleaner and you will use their cleaner and then you
will apply a clear self leveling film that creates a sheen,
a mild satney sheen. Rejuvenate that color. You'll make that
color pop again.
Speaker 6 (25:04):
You put it on with like a spray or some sort.
Speaker 1 (25:07):
I think you can use a brush. I know. See
it's mainly designed for shutters now, just because of the
amount of work. So it's going to talk more in
terms of shutters. But you can use it on anything vinyl.
You can use it on a vinyl chair if you
wanted to. But and sighting, but I I if if
(25:31):
memory serves me, it's been a while. I think a
kid of this. I can't remember the price, but it
would do sixteen shutters just to give you an idea
of square footage. So it's not a huge amount of products.
So you'll you'll have to google it. You'll find it
and maybe there's one that's you know, a gallon of
(25:53):
it is for vinyl, uh, you know sighting, but I
think it's mainly focused on shutters now and just a
caveat here is you can, regardless of what people tell you, you
can paint vinyl sighting. I don't know what color it is,
(26:14):
but their Sherman Williams has a special tint that can
go into their emerald paint where it will not absorb heat.
The color will not absorb heat and cause vinyl to warp,
and it's called color safe, so they you know, if
worse came to worse than you wanted to paint it,
that's an option also so.
Speaker 6 (26:36):
That do you think appeals after a certain amount of
time or anything like that.
Speaker 1 (26:40):
Well, it's coating, so certainly if you don't have it
really good and clean. Uh, the emerald is self uh
self priming.
Speaker 6 (26:51):
And yes, that's the next product. I use that on
our foundation. So it's been great. I've had twelve years
in space.
Speaker 1 (26:59):
Yeah, well that's an option. I mean you can go
talk to them, but look up the vinyl first. I
mean it's quick and easy and probably a little cheaper,
but more work.
Speaker 6 (27:10):
Yeah, yeah, at my age, more work sounds like maybe
just get.
Speaker 1 (27:16):
Well there is a privilege with that.
Speaker 6 (27:19):
Yeah. Well, hey, I appreciate your time and about to
deck with helpful and reassuring to me anyway. And this
siting thing, I'd answered some of the questions I had
out there while I'm trying to wash that thing and
spray it off.
Speaker 1 (27:32):
So very good.
Speaker 6 (27:34):
Again, thanks for your program, man, We appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (27:36):
All right, Thanks, don call anytime. I appreciate your comments.
Well that's uh, let me give you the phone number.
You can grab a line. We've got a couple open
lines for literally the first time today. It's eight hundred
eight two three eight two five five you can go
ahead and grab a line. Rick.
Speaker 7 (27:53):
Welcome, Hey, Gary, thanks for taking my call. You bet hey,
I have a some pump in a pit and it
used to always be filled with water from the condensate
pump was routed to it. Why fix that years ago
and put a condensate pump you know outside, But they
(28:15):
I bought a brand new post, some pump with a
cast iron base. Okay, I called a post because it's
the one that you know sits like two feet high. Yeah,
and we had water come in one time because it's
connected to my garage to an underground pipe and when
the car drips in the winter, you know, it gets
six inches of water. And it worked after that. Now
(28:37):
it's frozen. I think the cast iron, you know, rusted together,
the impeller and the casing and all that could be.
So I was trying to figure out what other type
of some pump to buy that once a year water
won't get it rusty and freeze up.
Speaker 1 (28:53):
Well, that's a good question. So you know, I'm very
familiar with those pumps. In fact, that was just down
at their factory in Louisville about three weeks ago. They're
cast iron, but they're painted so there would be some
protection there. I don't know why that would rust so fast.
Speaker 7 (29:19):
Well, it was just bear cast. It was like black cast.
I figured it was maybe coated, if not even that.
But I saw in the in the home stores, of course,
they have you know, sixteen different kinds of some pumps,
and I didn't know if one of those stubby ones
with the you know, the float that hangs right beside
the motor would be a better choice.
Speaker 1 (29:39):
Well, I think it would be. I'd say most some
pumps that are solder. There's two types. There's what they
call submersible pump, which is the small one that sits down,
and then the tall one is the pedestal pump.
Speaker 7 (29:52):
Okay, yeah, that's I wanted that just because I could
see the motor and it looked a lot more heavy duty.
Speaker 1 (29:57):
Yeah yeah, but for the most part of submercibles of
what you used, and I don't know how far down
your float, whether that thing just satin water all the time?
Speaker 7 (30:07):
No, Well, in the old days, but the previous owner
of this house, like I said, the furnace was routed
to the sump, so during the summertime it was filled
with water all the time from the ac condensation.
Speaker 1 (30:20):
On that water is corrosive.
Speaker 7 (30:24):
Yeah, well this I bought a new pump. When I
put an actual condensate pump on and pumped into my backyard.
Speaker 1 (30:30):
Yeah yeah.
Speaker 7 (30:32):
I actually filled my rain barrel up now and I
water my plants with it, so it can't be too bad.
Speaker 1 (30:38):
Yeah. Well, A lot of times when you have a
floor drain with a metal little cover on the top
of those things are so rusted. People always want to
know why, and quite honestly, it's the cross of nature
of that water. So I don't know about it in
terms of plants.
Speaker 7 (30:53):
But uh, well, this's just from the condensate pump from
the AC unit. Now it goes out into a rain barrel.
Yeah yeah, instead of beento the floor. But anyway, yeah,
I just don't want to buy another one hundred dollars
some pump and you know, two years from now when
it needs to work. One time, it'll work and then yeah,
two years later it's frozen.
Speaker 1 (31:10):
I really I can't imagine it failing because of that
unless there was a very very high salt content. You said,
you know it's no.
Speaker 7 (31:19):
More, well it is from the it would be from
the car.
Speaker 1 (31:22):
Yeah, you know, it turns on once a year, maybe
get a five gallon bucket of water and pour it
in there and just flush that thing out.
Speaker 7 (31:30):
Well I could also just take my wet back and
suck it out every time too, I guess.
Speaker 1 (31:36):
Yeah, if that's all you're using it for, maybe that
is an option. I don't know, but you know, I
do know that I don't know the corrosive nature of
the water. It's obviously corrosive because it's water, plus it's
got salt in it. But one time and you put
a good some pump down there where it's painted and protected,
(31:57):
I just I'm surprised it froze up that fast as all.
Speaker 7 (32:01):
Well, it shot me because they went to change my
water heater and they said, well, it's easy just to
dump it in the sump pump, and of course it
wouldn't pump, so as they're filling the pit up, we
were getting the flooded basement.
Speaker 1 (32:13):
Yeah. Well that's when we found out that.
Speaker 7 (32:16):
After two years of sitting it just it wouldn't turn.
Speaker 1 (32:19):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (32:20):
Well yeah, well, you know, the garage drips into the
sump pump pit, so whatever comes off your car in
the winter would be salty water.
Speaker 1 (32:27):
Yeah, yeah, salty water. And then the fact that it's
just not being used. I know. On regular maintenance sheets,
which I'll talk about a lot for a home, one
of the things is quarterly testing the sump pump. You know,
five gallon bucket of water port down there, make sure
that pump turns on. Maybe unplug it, five gallon bucket
of water poort in there. Make sure your back of
(32:48):
the pump comes on, always a good idea. Make sure
it's ready for combat when we have a del user rain.
Speaker 7 (32:56):
So well, I should know that working at a hospit
been all in doing all kinds of maintenance on pipes
and stuff, you know, the HVAC system, you know, exercising
valves all the.
Speaker 1 (33:07):
Time, right right, definitely so, but.
Speaker 7 (33:10):
They don't have water in the pit anymore. I don't
even think.
Speaker 1 (33:12):
About it, right, I understand. All right, Well, you got
your assignment Rick either either or either flushing out or
maybe a shop back.
Speaker 7 (33:23):
Yeah, that's what it sounds like. Thank you, sir.
Speaker 1 (33:24):
All right, take care, All right, let's take a break
when we come back, Walt and Kit and if you'd
like to join us, do so. We got plenty of
time another hour ago. It's eight hundred eight two three
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at home with Gary Sullivan and chatting about your issues
around your home. We we had good conversations today and
I appreciate that. A great guess with Joe Hagen talking
about what's available in new decking now. But one of
the things, you know, if I accomplish anything each and
(36:40):
every weekend, it's more about just how important maintaining your
investment your house is. Addressing the issues and working to
the source of the problem. That's the key, and maybe
not trying to do stuff yourself because you just have
(37:02):
this idea that I can go up and spray glue
on my roof and throw sand on it and that
shingle will go for another twenty years. Nothing in life
is usually that easy, and you know that's too easy.
I'm all about easy, but it's got to work, all right,
that kit welcome? Hey?
Speaker 8 (37:23):
How long are you Gary?
Speaker 1 (37:24):
Doing? Fine? Thanks?
Speaker 3 (37:27):
Hey?
Speaker 8 (37:28):
I have just this summer had a garage built. The
garage lab the exterior has two courses of block and
then above that it's framed wood framing. The exterior on
two sides is brick.
Speaker 4 (37:50):
Then the other exit the back is a fib or
smith Satine, My issue is there's water running into my
garage floor where the floor and the block meet. Heavy rain.
We had I think it was two weeks ago. Uh
(38:11):
water ponding in the garage.
Speaker 8 (38:14):
Running all the way across to the exterior doors and
gathering there.
Speaker 4 (38:19):
The builder came in and said that the drain pipe
around the perimeter.
Speaker 9 (38:27):
Of the garage was above the floor. So he came
back and dug it in and uh, back build it. Well,
I put a sprinkler hose on it to check it,
and I have less.
Speaker 8 (38:41):
Water, but I still have water running across my garage floor.
Speaker 1 (38:49):
And the the sources in that natural scene between the
brick and the slab or the block and the slab
crow correct. Yes, well, I think he was kind of correct. Okay,
Obviously it didn't solve it. So he had one hundred
(39:11):
percent correct. So when you were explaining what was going on,
the first thing I was thinking was exactly what he said.
I wonder how the drain tile is around that structure,
because when we get these monsooner like rains, and we
just happen to be an area where we have a
relatively elevated water table beneath a slab, and you know,
(39:38):
a torrential rain and it moves that water table higher,
and we have this natural seam. If we don't have
any way to carry that water away, that water table
will come up and water finds the path of the
least resistance, and that seam is it. And the answer
is not to not to pass that seem it's you
(40:02):
know the inch the wa Yeah, you gotta get the
water away. So like when you're waterproofing a house, I
use this analogy. The people that will waterproof a house
and give you a warranty, a lifetime warranty, all right,
what they'll do is they will first check what kind
(40:27):
of drainage pipe you have around the foundation. That'd be
number one. You know, as it's raining, let's catch that
water right away, let's start moving it away from that foundation.
And then they'll go inside the structure and they'll cut
a six inch wide path through that slab and dig
that slab out and put drainage pipe in there, which
(40:52):
will catch the water, rout it to a sump well,
and pump it away from the structure. Now, I don't
know if all that stuff is going to address the
issues you have, But my opinion is it would address
all of the issues. The drainage pipe around the outside
(41:14):
is certainly catching surface water or the rain from that's
falling from the sky. Right it's catching that water and
it's moving it away. It didn't move it away because
the pipe was above that seam. So he dug it
deeper and he decreased the amount of water that was
(41:36):
coming in, but it didn't get rid of all of it.
And maybe it's because I don't know that the water
table beneath the slab is not being controlled. So beneath
the slab, that drainage system is catching it underneath the slab,
(41:57):
and it's getting it. You know, it's like Veneza as
the water's coming up. If it can go into a
path least resistance of piping have it on slope and
putting it into sump well and pumping it away from
the house, you've controlled its path of least resistance.
Speaker 4 (42:19):
Okay, Now, the situation I have is I don't believe
it's a water table issue. And I say that because
I am not at the top of the hill, but
near the top of the hill. I believe that it
is probably a drainage issue. The back left corner where
(42:42):
the water comes in the worst is below grade. The
force lamb is actually below the exterior grade, and the
raid brings the water to the garage in that corner
right the grade. I think it's more of a grade situation.
Speaker 1 (43:06):
Well, yeah, you're yeah, and and so you're there. You
can see that grating maybe the issue. And certainly before
I started cutting the slab on the inside of the structure,
i'd certainly be addressing all of my outside grades. You know,
maybe it needs a bigger pipe on the back end
(43:28):
where the hillside is, or something along nose lines. I mean,
maybe it's not catching all the water. Uh So that's
probably where I would start. I'd get them out there
and let's talk about this again, you know that, or
get an excavator out there and see what we can do.
Maybe a swale can be done, Maybe an exposed uh
(43:51):
you know grading to move that water away would be
the answer. Hopefully that helps you. Thank you much for
the call. If you're on hold, Dennison, Dan, sit tight.
We'll get you on the other side of the break.
If you'd like to join us and ask a question
about your home, feel free to do so. The number
is eight hundred eight two three eight two five five
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