October 4, 2025 • 39 mins
Wrapping up Saturday with your calls. We also hear from our friends at Champion Windows.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Well, the best part of the day. I got to
say good afternoon and welcome now our number four. You're
at home with Gary Salvan. As we take your calls
are regarding your home projects. Feel free to join us
and our phone numbers five, one, three, seven, fifty five
hundred and uh go ahead and jump on board. All right,
(00:20):
let's get back to the phones and Bill. Welcome Gary.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
It's a pleasure to talk to you.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
Thank you, sir.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Retired handy man. So I do a lot of things
around the house. But here's a question that I haven't
run into before. I have a brand new pole building.
It's been up for maybe two months now, and let
the Contry creek dry real good before I started putting
anything in there. I sealed it while it was trying.
But my question is about the expansion cracks that they
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cut in there. I only have two, one down the
center each way. Can I use something like that concrete
crack filler that gray stuff to fill them and keep
the dirt and debris and everything out of that well
it's like some new birdie.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
Well you could, yes, I mean, you know, there's a
lot of different crack fillers out there, So maybe we
got to get a little more specific. It's normally not
used to keep dirt and debris out outside. When you
have expansion joints like that, are they they cut in
or are they separate pores?
Speaker 2 (01:34):
They are cut.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
Okay, Outside they happen to be cut and people have
you know, ants at tunnel in there and let's say cracked,
which usually happens, and you know people will clean that
out real good and then maybe use a cracked celant.
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So let me just give you there's three basic types
of crack sels. There's the stuff you've seen probably in
a jug court jug quick crete. It's got a spout
on it. It's an acrylic. It's a latex crack ceiling.
So that would be I think probably good enough. You
would put that in area. It's an acrelic could drive
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you gonna keep dirt out of there. I wouldn't use
that outside because you got probably more settling that's going
to take place. You got weather, and I'd hate to
see that stuff start peeling up, and then you got
to kind of got a mess. Now now we got
this expansion cut in there and we got stuff peeling
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out of it. So that's the one type is the jug.
The other one is the other extreme. It's a you're
a thane self leveling crack sealer. It you need an
industrial clocking gun. It's an industrial bigger tube. It's kind
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of really hard to get out, but it's got the
best flexibility and the best adhesion. Usually gonna be used
in cracks or spaces at least three aces of an inch,
maybe as much as a half inch, so that's probably
not gonna work. Then there's a middle of the road
that has pretty much the same adhesion as a eurothane.
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It's an advanced resin self leveling crack filler. You can
use it in a regular cocking gun. It's a regular
cocking tube, a little thicker than the stuff we're gonna
pour in that we talked about, so it's got a
little better adhesion. So i'd probably be good looking at
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that one and the latex one if I was gonna
use it.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
Okay, And then one other question on the same subject.
I don't know how deep they cut. I assume it's
a couple of inches, you know, the poor was three
three to four inches, But I don't think they went
all the way through.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
I think I don't think they're going to go all
the way through. But that is why I asked if
it was a separate poor not just to kind of
get an idea. But you can probably get a piece
of paper and insert that and find out how far
down it goes, yeah, or.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
You know, any kind of little scale. But it's it's
an more than an inch. I mean, I'm not looking
to fill the thing.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
They're not going to fill it now. No, So as
you know that adhesion is taking place on the sides
of the opening, so it's not a matter of filling.
You're simply allowing it to attach to the sides. It'll
stiffen up enough and you might have to put a
second layer of it on since it is self leveling.
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The first one would weep down it create adhesion, it
would smaller that gap. Your next one would fill and
level it.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Yeah, okay, versus putting like a little thin backer rod
or something down in the hold kind of prop it up.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Usually backer rods don't even start till about three aces
of an inch. You can fill it with sand. There's
an idea because that's another thing, you know, for gaps
like in between a driveway and a garage floor. If
it's a half inch gap and somebody wants to use
your thing, I'll say, well, back a rod or fill
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it with sand and just bring it up to about
three aces of an inch of the of the surface,
and the sand.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Is flexible enough that it's not going to stop any
movement or whatever it wants to do. Right, Okay, awesome,
all right, thanks Gary, appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
All right, You're quite welcome. Thank you. Take care all right. Yeah,
Backer roads are really important, especially on the outside, that's
for sure. Let's go to Tom. Tom welcome, Thank.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
You, Garry, Thank you for taking my call.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
You bet.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
The reason I called, well, first, the reason I called
was for the the paint you were talking about from
Truan Williams that reflects the heat, yes, sir. And the
first thing I thought of was I live in a
neighborhood where the houses are relatively close together. Oh excuse me,
and the neighbor, one of the neighbors got these new windows.
They had like a reflective coating on it. Yeah, and
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it ended up melting the a section of the vinyl
siding on the house across the street months before they
and it was months before they could put two and
two together to figure out where that heat was coming
from that was melting deciding, and just just this one,
just one small sports spot like maybe uh square feet.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
It's a magnifying glass exactly.
Speaker 3 (06:35):
So my question is do you run the same risk
in the neighborhood where the houses are close together and
dealing with that reflective paint. Does it concentrate the heat
and then send it someplace else?
Speaker 1 (06:45):
You know, I'm gonna think not. But I don't know
that for a fact, Tom, because when it's so windows
have a clearish film which eliminates, so not eliminates, minimizees
solar heat gain. And I think it's more because it's
clearing glass that it's creating almost a pinpoint, you know,
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like a magnifying glass. Whereas if she was painting that
whole side of her house, say in a forest green.
The tint that they use, I use the reflectivity to
All paints have some reflectivity to it, and you know
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when it's when it's a real dark paints, it's going
to absorb the heat. And this is just a tint,
So it's not a clear code or anything. I really
don't know. I will tell you this, I've heard of
the problem that you described with the window glass and
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vinyl sighting. I've never heard it caused by vinyl sighting. Okay,
so even darker colored vinyl siding would have to have
some reflectivity to it or it would warp. Also, you know,
I mean if it was originally you know, chocolate brown
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or something, but I've never heard of that. But I
have definitely heard it many times on the low eglass
windows and vinyl sighting.
Speaker 3 (08:24):
And the second thing that I wanted to mention was
while I was on hold, I heard the woman with
the popcorn ceilings. Uh huh, And you're right about how absorbable,
how quickly that popcorn ceiling will absorb moisture. I had
an entire second floor of popcorn ceilings and just using
basically a tank sprayer a little bit of dishwater with
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warm water. Once I got so the second time I
sprayed it, it practically fell off myself.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
Yeah. Yeah, that's uh way.
Speaker 3 (08:55):
The water will actually pull that thing down and there's
minimal scraping involved. The only thing is you have to
be patient. You know, the spray you want to get
up there, it st to scrape away, but if you
let it s drive to hit it again with a second,
a second spray of the warm water with a little
bit of dish salt, it'll practically fall off by itself.
Speaker 1 (09:15):
Sure, sure, now, you're exactly right. I've taken that phone
call many times too. And if you talk to me
about wanting to remove it, that's the directions I'm going
to give you before we get into trying to remove it.
You know where it's been painted, and you can even
remove that by using kind of a paint stripper and
then moisture and a shop back and put a big
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old taping knife on front of it. But that's a
messy job. That's a messy job. They appreciate your call, Tom,
thank you very much.
Speaker 3 (09:46):
It's always a pleasure. Gary, thank you.
Speaker 1 (09:48):
Take care you bet all right, you can join us.
We've got a spot for you. It's five one three
seven fifty five hundred. We got a spot for one
because we're going to talk about replacement windows. Excuse me.
At the bottom of the hour, you're at home with
Gary Salvan right here in fifty five air see detalk station.
(10:09):
All right, back at it. We go at home with
Gary Sullivan, taking you up to the one o'clock hour.
If you'd like to join us, do so, and in
the meantime, we've been talking about the gutter brush that
sale goes through Tuesdays, thirty percent off. It's gutterbrush dot com.
Things to do maybe around the house. This was an
(10:32):
interesting it is interesting. Do you know where your main
water shut off is in your home? Does everybody in
your home know where the main water shut off is?
You know? I've had an instant long time ago that
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I had a faucet that was left running on by
one of the kids, and it wasn't draining all the
water out of it out of the bowl. It overflowed
and the water began to drip through the ceiling below.
Not good. And I was not home, my wife wasn't home,
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My fifteen year old son was home. Didn't know where
the water shut off was my bad anyway, coached them
through it, shut it off. We had a little problem
and a little repair to do, but nothing nothing bad,
nothing bad. And the reason I'm bringing it up is
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we were I think last week I was talking. We
were just in the process of going over all our
auto insurance and home insurance and all this, and in
the mail yesterday or the day before, we got these tags.
And I've had these I've used these tags. I've had
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them where they had gas shut off, water shut off,
but apparently not in this home because Sue asked me, hey, here,
we got this tag. Should we use this? And I go,
if you want you know where the water is, don't
you should? Yeah? I think I do. Well, let's go downstairs.
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Here's this. Oh yeah, I didn't see that lever valve.
I was looking for a round valve and she was
looking at the pressure regulator. She didn't know. I didn't
show her. I thought she knew, so I said, sure,
use that tag, and she goes, well, I got a
couple of them. I said, well, we'll give one to
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our son. Probably a pretty good idea. I bring that
up because I know you can buy these things, probably
through Amazon, probably pretty cheap. And I remember probably thirty
years ago, doing a show where we talked about tagging
you know, the gas line, you know, the electrical box,
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the water supply lines, and if I was kind of surprised.
So I bring that up because if you had a
problem and the person at home isn't aware of where
the shutoffs are, obviously that could become a big problem.
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So if you're interested in kind of checking that out,
just Google tags for you know, water service, etc. Or
make your own. Is just a little zip tie and
a piece of laminated cardboard. It's a nice color. It
drew your attention, but that's a good thing to have
and it really should be in every home. So I
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want to pass that along. Ron. Welcome Carrie. Hello, Hello,
yes me.
Speaker 4 (14:10):
Yep, okay, Hey. I had a couple of weeks in
my roof and I called a reputable roofer coming out,
come out, and he took I don't know, ten or
fifteen pictures up, you know. He got up on the
roof and came back down and said he showed me
all these pictures where the pedal part of the shingle
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was gone and just showed black underneath. I have like
a light gray roof. And he said, mister Sherman, you
need you need a new roof. So of course I'll
get a couple of bits. But the roof is only
fifteen years old. But what should I do? You have
someone that you like to use for a roofer.
Speaker 1 (14:55):
Yeah, Brian Addis roofing is who I would call Brian
adis a.
Speaker 3 (15:03):
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Speaker 4 (15:05):
Ye Hey dd okay, yes, I s okay, And but
what kind of questions, do I want to know?
Speaker 1 (15:14):
Well, so, yeah, you're first of all, you're smart. Get
a couple of quotes. Even when I talk about Brian Adis,
if you want to still get a couple of quotes,
that's fine, He's not going to be mad about that
at all. I think that's a good thing to do.
I think it's kind of what you want. You know,
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you can get all kinds of different roofings. That's why
I tell people, quite honestly, ron to get a couple
of estimates, because you can really kind of compare and
you can ask questions. You know, you definitely want to
tear the old roof off. If it were me, I'd
want the old roof off. I'd want the old flashings replaced.
Speaker 3 (16:00):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
Ice garred underneath the roof for the first four feet
up from the gutters. And I know he's I think
it's Owen's Corning and he's a certified. It might be
another brand. I don't know. He's a certified with the shingles,
which is key. In other words, he's in the master
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class of what he's using. And I know you can
get a m I'm trying to think what they call it.
Uh gosh, having a senior moment, I think. But anyway,
it's a it's a it's not a three tab shingle,
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it's a you know where it's a it's almost three
D like and it carries it yeah, yeah, it carries
a thirty year warranty, one hundred and ten mile win warranty.
And you know those would be my specifications, he'll probably
quote right away.
Speaker 4 (17:01):
Anyway, let me interrupted for a second. I'm eighty four,
so the last thing I want to think about is
a replacement a roof. So would you still go with
you know, at eighty four, you know there's like the
top quality roof or what would you do at eighty four?
Speaker 1 (17:18):
Well again, why don't you ask him on what his
differences are? In opinion, there's not many three tab shingle
roofs being used anymore. Quite honestly, I think it starts.
He's a good honest guy.
Speaker 2 (17:33):
Ron.
Speaker 1 (17:35):
Why don't you see what he's quoting and tell him,
you know, you might sell the house in three years.
Of course, a new roof, which is a long term warrant.
He's going to help sell that house too, and it's
gonna you know, could lower your house insurance also, uh
ask those questions. I hear what you're saying, but you know,
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eventually going to have to sell the house anyway, and
certainly a nice uh roof on a house is a
good selling point.
Speaker 4 (18:05):
Would you replace the gutters?
Speaker 1 (18:07):
Not necessarily? Okay, not necessarily. I mean, there's all the
things you can there's all the things you can do.
I'm kind of giving you. You know, this is the way,
this is a top shelf way. Would you have to
replace the flashing? No, but if I was going to
be in that house for a while, I'd definitely replace
the flashings. Uh. But that's up to you, you know,
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if you want to go with it. But I just
you know, at this point, if if the financers are there,
I'd replace it the proper way and do it right.
Speaker 4 (18:39):
The guy that's already given me a bit said they
would replace the Yeah.
Speaker 1 (18:45):
That's pretty common practice, to be honest.
Speaker 4 (18:47):
Okay, all right, I appreciate you.
Speaker 1 (18:53):
All right, I hear you loud and clear, though. Yeah,
Bryan asked roofing again. We've had this conversation a couple
of times a day, not just with roofing, but on
bigger projects. I think we had the patio doors and
Window call and it seemed high. But you know, I
can't see the job. I seemed high. Can you get
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it done cheaper? Yes? Does that mean you should do that?
Don't know. Let's see what the different bids look like.
Let's do a little research on the companies. You know,
in this one particular fella, he checked out the brand,
he checked out the contractor, and he was satisfied. I
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read all the reviews. There's no complaints. You know. Then
you know, if you're satisfied, has a good energy rating
and all that, you can make that move anyway. We're
going to talk about that too. Brady Morse, he's with Champion.
I got my windows through Champion. I don't know, it's
probably been at least ten years ago. Now you ask
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these questions, it's amazing what you can learn. And just
like I was talking to that fellow first call today,
I was talking about one source accountability. In other words,
you got a manufacturer, you got somebody that's selling it,
you got somebody installing it, or you want somebody that's
manufacturing it and selling it and installing it and warranting
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it might be a little different, different ballgame. What's that
worth to you? I bet Brady has the answer for that.
We'll continue. Brady Morris from Champion Windows, Doors Exteriors. He's next.
You're at home with Gary Salvin right here on fifty
five KRC, the talk station. All right back at it
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we go, and a wonderful weekend for sure, but we
all know it's coming. It's gonna get called. Uh, no
surprise there. If you're from the Cincinnati area, yep. We
have lots of cold weather and then you need good windows,
and that's why we have Brady Morrisey's with Champion and
Champion Windows and Brady, welcome again at home with Gary Salvan.
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How in the world you doing doing great?
Speaker 5 (21:12):
Gary, Thanks for having us back on. We appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (21:14):
You're quite welcome. We've had our conversation about windows today,
windows and doors, and we got windows melting siding. I
know you've heard of that before. Yes, there are all
kinds of things going on. So tell us a little
bit about the background of the Champion Window Company and
then we'll get into all the concerns.
Speaker 5 (21:33):
Yes, sir, absolutely so. Champion started right here in Cincinnati,
then in Norwood back in nineteen fifty three. So we've
been the areas in now the nation's source for single
source accountability windows, meaning we manufacture windows, we install windows,
and therefore we wanted them. So it's one phone number
for the entire process, which is really great for the
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consumer because there's only one person respond before the project
that they can go to.
Speaker 1 (22:02):
Well, I use that phrase when this fellow was he
was giving me the price of a patio door and
a couple of windows, and he says, gave me the price.
I don't want to mention. I can't remember, to be honest,
like fifteen thousand dollars, twenty thousand dollars is that good price? Well,
that's not a way to shop for windows and doors,
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And I don't know. It sounds hot, but I don't
know what you're buying exactly. And I started talking about,
you know, one source. There's a little comfort blanket is
the one source and that has some value also, I'm sure.
So there's all these things that have value. What is
the Champion Windows value with the windows you sell versus
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the one source? I guess.
Speaker 5 (22:52):
Yeah, absolutely. And in terms of the value, you know,
being that we are the single source accountability, we have
the ability to put so much more emphasis us into
the quality of the product. You know, everything out there,
you know you call a contractor, well, that product are
installing your home. Started at a factory somewhere, made it
through a whole sale or distributor, and finally it gets
into that contractor's hands who then puts it in your home. Well,
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all along the way from one person to the next,
the cost of that window increases because everybody that gives
it to somebody else adds their margin to it. Right
whereas a champion, because we make the window, bring it
right to your home and install it, it allows us
again to really put the emphasis into the quality and
still maintain that middle of the road costs and eliminate
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any of the finger pointings. So you know, for the customer,
you'll never hear. Well, Gene, folks, I'm really sorry we don't.
We don't carry that window now, or that styles not available.
We're no longer an authorized dealer for them. So it
really gives as you said, Gary, it gives peace of
mind to the consumer, to the homeowner that somebody's going
to be there for him. And you know, with a
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long standing reputation is seventy two year hit history of
backing our products.
Speaker 1 (24:02):
Yeah, well, we'll certainly get the energy efficiency in a second,
because that's super important. I know Champion has different styles. Also,
you have a phenomenal warranty and also you've got parts
if you run into problems.
Speaker 5 (24:20):
Correct, yes, sir. So we have the ability to service
all of our product lines from you know, many many
years ago up until you know recent installations, and so
it's again easy for the customer. You know, the warranty
speaks for himself. Like you said, you know, it's a
lifetime warranting, but you know what doesn't mean a lot
unless the company stands behind it. And so that's one
thing that's unique with Champion. It covers the glass, the installation,
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even screen repair geary. A lot of home owners are
blown away that we are willing to re screen their
screens for them, no questions asked, should it get torn?
Speaker 1 (24:51):
Hm? So yeah, I know your warranty's phenomenal. In fact,
that ran across the warning card going through files this
week and I didn't look at the date, but it's
probably been ten fifteen years since I got my Champion.
Speaker 5 (25:11):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (25:13):
And I'll tell you they service us so well. So
tell me about that energy efficiency. People, they don't need
to be sold that there's proof of how efficient windows are. Correct, Yeah,
there is, and.
Speaker 5 (25:27):
So thereas windows have what's called an NFR Steed label,
and that's a governing body that kind of can rape
the windows insulating value from wintertime performance which is more
what is known as a U factor, and then summertime performance,
which is called a solar heat gain coefficient is kind
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of we've all stood by our windows before, and you
can in the summertime the shades are up, the blinds
are open, and you just feel that intense heat coming in. Well,
that's going to make your air conditional work a whole
lot harder maintain a comfortable level in the home. And
the same goes for the winter. If the heat pours
into your home in the summer, it just goes to
say that in the winter time you're probably losing a
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decent amount of heat as well through that window. And
so it's important, you know, a represent can kind of
share with the homeowners and actually demonstrate the efficiency of
the window right there in the home so the consumers,
so a homeowner can make an informed decision on their
project and really you know, maximize the efficiency of their home,
which definitely improves their return on their investment.
Speaker 1 (26:32):
Sure, I love your TV commercials. You buy two, you
get two, you get four, you get four. Don't people
just replace all their windows at the same time in
their home?
Speaker 5 (26:43):
I mean that's I mean that people do that, but
you know, windows are an investment, and so, believe it
or not, it's more common for homeowners to break their
projects up into phases, their stages, and you know that's
that's really the norm is to kind of break them
up into groups more of an attack the entire house
at one time. And so you're right. We have a
phenomenal promotion right now, the BUYE two you get to
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sale with our Yes program, and it really gives the
consumer a chance to save some extra money and improve
the efficiency of their home.
Speaker 1 (27:14):
I'm I'm only laughing because I broke our project up to.
Speaker 5 (27:19):
I was going, I believe you did your home in
phases as well, didn't you get it?
Speaker 1 (27:23):
Well? Yeah, but that phase was short. I think we did.
I can't remember what. I think we did the back first,
the back of the house first, because there was some
bad windows back there. And that was in like October
something like that, and I think in December I was
calling you and say, can we schedule to do the front.
Speaker 5 (27:46):
Well, that's one thing that's very common. Yeah, I mean
the you know, homeowners, everybody has the side of their
house that takes the most abuse from the weather, and
that's usually the side that you know, homeowners start with.
And once you, once you owned the window, experience the
benefits and the improvement and the comfort of your home
and the efficiency of your home. It's not long. You're
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right that phase two, phase three project takes effect pretty
quickly once people really have a chance to benefit from
the windows.
Speaker 1 (28:15):
Brady, you're exactly correct when you said, we experienced what
a Champion window can do by having the backside of
that house done, and my wife and I we both
looked and said, we got to get the front done.
This is crazy. I mean, it was just like you
could tell we didn't replace all the windows, but you
could tell there's definitely been some good things going on,
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and we did. Now the whole house is done. We
have had no problems with them. Let's take a break,
we'll come back. We'll learn a little bit about the
Yes program. Brady Morris as my guest. He is with
Champion Windows, and if you're looking for replacement Windows. I
highly recommend Champion Windows and Brady Morse we'll continue You're
at home with Gary Salvan right here in fifty five
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care the talk station. All right, Beck, get it. We
go talking with Brady Morris. He is with Champion Windows
talking about replacement windows. And you know what is the
Yes program? You mentioned the two for two, the four
for four and a Yes program. Oh.
Speaker 5 (29:17):
Absolutely, So it's an exciting program that we're offering this
month for customers, something typically reserved for previous customers as
a loyalty program that we've extended to everyone this month.
So the promotion through the end of the month here
we're offering is forty percent off of windows for a homeowner.
But for those homeowners who feel, you know, that they
found the company, the right company for them, set for
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their home and the products right and you know it's affordable,
Champion offers an additional savings when we come out to
the house to take advantage of our sale when we
first come out to the home. I think customers can
save up to an additional ten percent off their entire
project should they go ahead and choose to move forward
when we come out to their house. So it's really
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a wonderful opportunity for customers to you know, take advantage
of the additional savings and get their home ready for winter, because,
as I've heard you say numerous times today, Gary, you know,
winter's right around the corner. The cold's coming, and it's
a good chance to you know, get ahead of it.
Speaker 1 (30:15):
Yeah, uh, Brady, So many things have changed. I think
one of the things that uh people buy windows is style, right,
I mean we we we we The windows are broken,
the windows don't look good, the windows are inefficient. Those
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are all things that kind of come into play. But
when you start shopping for windows, there's different styles, and
Champion has different styles.
Speaker 5 (30:46):
Correct, you know most you know, most most homes these days,
everybody's familiar with what's called a double hung window, which
is that window that you know goes up and down
and can tilt in for easy cleaning. But as you mentioned, Gary,
Champion being a custom window manufacturer, we have the ability
we manufacture many different styles of windows, from casement windows
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that crank open and closed, sliding windows go left and right,
awning windows, you know, bay windows, bow windows. So a
lot of opportunity for homeowners to improve the not only
the comfort and efficiency, of their home, but also you know,
freshen things up and to improve the beauty the style
of the house. You know, windows are one of the
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very very few projects that you can do to your
house that can improve both interior and exterior beauty at
the same time. I mean new windows. Can you know,
it makes up about twenty five percent of your home's
curb appeal, so it's kind of like putting a you know,
fresh look to the house. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (31:47):
I think sometimes you say replacement windows, people think they're white. Period.
You've got colors. You've got options there too, don't you.
Speaker 5 (31:59):
Correct. We have a project, a process called color bonding,
where we have some exterior color options, and then another
interior process actually called timber bonding, where we can offer
a beautiful, rich wood grain on the vinyl window. That really,
I mean, rival is the look of a wood window.
I mean it's it's just it's incredible, how authentic that looks.
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It's just beautiful.
Speaker 1 (32:23):
I hear people say, and I know the answers, but
I'm going to ask you. I hear people say, oh,
I wouldn't get a vinyl window. There's they're not stable,
not true a lot. I mean, yeah, I'm sure you do.
That's not true. It is in some cases, well correct.
Speaker 5 (32:41):
I mean, you know, it's kind of like anything, Gary,
there's a lot of recycled materials out there, a lot
of you know, you know, make more material for less
money type of process out there. So a Champion we
use what's called a pure virgin vinyl R and so
no recycled fillers in there, so we can make more
product for less money, where eventually, you know, it could
become brittle or start to change shape over time or
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even discolor. So a Champion it is a significantly higher
grade of vinyl with modifiers and improve strength and stability.
And again, part of our warranty actually covers the frame
itself to where gives a homeowner peace of mind. That
is something that they just truly do not have to
worry about in terms of expansion and contraction or changing
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shape or even absorbing moisture that could cause things to
kind of rotten deteriate over time.
Speaker 1 (33:34):
Sure, well, chances are you're not going to guaran or
warrant something for the lifetime if it's going to fall apart.
So I just wanted to make sure you had a
chance to explain that. Let's talk about the buying experience.
How do we start with a schedule with estimates? Do
talk me through that whole thing.
Speaker 5 (33:55):
Yeah, I mean we've done a really wonderful job here
in the last few years with making it so it
will be easy for our customers to, you know, schedule
a free in home messment, whether you call calls directly
at the office or just hop on our website and
go right through our booking tool. And it's a really
easy process. Just hop on there any of your zip
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code and answer a couple of questions about what it
is you're looking for, put your information in and as
a homeowner you have the ability you can pick the
date and the time we come out. You'll get an
email confirmation and we show up. So, I mean, it
just it makes it very very convenient. It's really quite easy.
Speaker 1 (34:35):
Sure, and if you go out, you got you got
the showroom right and Sharonville you can take a look
at it. Is there any way, Uh, you can look
at it on your phone or any tours of a
home or anything along those lines. I know I see
some of that in the home remodeling business.
Speaker 5 (34:53):
Yeah, so it's really nice a champion we do have.
Of course, our showroom and we you know, people come
in every now and then to have a look at
those things. It's a beautiful showroom display. Yeah much every
style of window and sunroom that we offer. But in
the home there we have really we bring. We come
with samples into the home, lots of pictures and some
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virtual materials that we can use to really help you
make the best decision in terms of style and design
to maximize the duty of your house.
Speaker 1 (35:25):
Yep, when you get to the showroom, you'll see all
the different sidings and entry doors and patio rooms. And
I understand you got a home makeover giveaway going on there.
We've got a couple of minutes explain that we do.
Speaker 5 (35:40):
This will be a yearly contest that we run and
it's absolutely no purchase necessary to hop onto our website
and register for our home fifty thousand dollars home makeover
and it's a lot of fun. We've helped a lot
of people over the years improve their home and so
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it's it's a big deal and it's fifty thousand dollars
goes a long way for your house to really to
freshen things up and make it more comfortable.
Speaker 1 (36:10):
You know, I think Brady, I've talked to you and
Champion Windows for probably thirty five years about replacement windows.
Do people still need replacement windows? By golly, what's going on?
Speaker 5 (36:23):
You would think you would think eventually we'd see everybody.
But as we all know, houses are popping up all
over the place every day, and you know, there's a
lot of home improvement projects and you have to spend
your money wisely and chip away at things. It'd be
nice if we could just do everything at once, but
you know, like everybody else, you just kind of prioritize
what's important to you and your family and your home
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that year, and you know, do a little bit of time.
And that's what makes it so nice that you know,
of course we do windows, siding, doors, sun rooms. We
are a full home exterior improvement company to help the consumer.
Speaker 1 (36:55):
I'm sure you're replacing windows that people could have bought
from Champion years ago but didn't.
Speaker 5 (37:02):
Oh. Yes, It's often times we go out to the
house and you know, owners, how long have you been here?
We've live over twenty five years and these windows here
are only ten years old, which means they this this
is the second and in some cases even the third
time they've replaced the windows in their home, and I'll
you know, we'll ask, well, what you know, why didn't
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you have us out earlier? Well, we you know, we
went this route, we went that route, and we were
ready to get it done the right way. We're tired
of dealing with this. We don't want to have to
do this again in ten or fifteen more years.
Speaker 1 (37:32):
Yeah, get her done right, Get her done right. So
we're going into the colder months of the year, and
I'm sure you install year round, but I guess no
sense in waiting until January. Get on board now, and
could you still have it done by the end of
the year. Maybe not. That's a little tight.
Speaker 5 (37:53):
Yeah, it's getting a little tight right now. I mean,
whether permitting there's a good chance that could happen before
the end of the year.
Speaker 1 (37:59):
The uh.
Speaker 5 (38:01):
But you're exactly right. A lot of homeowners right now
really is that's why you see such a huge promotion
and sale going on. Right now really is the ideal time.
If you want to be prepared for winter and benefit
from the windows for the winter, now would be the
time to do it. But it's you know, what ends
up happening in a lot of times, gary is until
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you get the first couple of cold snapta. I know
that's when that's when people's eyeballs open back up, like, oh,
that's right, our windows, our windows are so inefficient. We
meant to get this done, and then our phones start
ringing in the wintertime when you know it and it's
really you don't get you don't get the benefits of
it by it that way.
Speaker 1 (38:41):
I used to always sell you can't sell snowshovels until
there's a first winter storm warning about right, yes, sir,
all right, So give me a website where folks can
go their schedule an estimate and take a look at.
Speaker 5 (38:54):
The website, absolutely champion window dot com. Of course, I
just log on there. You We have a window buyers
guides on there what to look for when replacing your windows,
and you know we're kind of needing to replace your windows.
That's the water tool for people to get on and
determine whether or not you may need new windows for
your home. And if you choose to have us out
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of the house, you can of course call the phone
number there or just go ahead and schedule your free
and home messment right there through our online looking system
which is again probably one of the most convenient things.
Speaker 1 (39:27):
Well, Brady, it's been a pleasure. Thank you for your
time today, and I certainly encourage people if they're in
the window market check out Champion Windows.
Speaker 5 (39:36):
Thank you, sir. Have a great weekend.
Speaker 1 (39:37):
All right, my friend, take care bye bye. All right,
music's playing. I'm coughing, Danny says he wants to go home.
I don't know. That's a bad combination, isn't it. Well, no,
don't worry, Danny. Thank you did a great job today, sir.
It's been diusy and well good Lord Willing. We'll be
back tomorrow for more At Home with Garry Sullivan.
Well, the best part of the day. I got to
say good afternoon and welcome now our number four. You're
at home with Gary Salvan. As we take your calls
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let's get back to the phones and Bill. Welcome Gary.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
It's a pleasure to talk to you.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
Thank you, sir.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Retired handy man. So I do a lot of things
around the house. But here's a question that I haven't
run into before. I have a brand new pole building.
It's been up for maybe two months now, and let
the Contry creek dry real good before I started putting
anything in there. I sealed it while it was trying.
But my question is about the expansion cracks that they
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cut in there. I only have two, one down the
center each way. Can I use something like that concrete
crack filler that gray stuff to fill them and keep
the dirt and debris and everything out of that well
it's like some new birdie.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
Well you could, yes, I mean, you know, there's a
lot of different crack fillers out there, So maybe we
got to get a little more specific. It's normally not
used to keep dirt and debris out outside. When you
have expansion joints like that, are they they cut in
or are they separate pores?
Speaker 2 (01:34):
They are cut.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
Okay, Outside they happen to be cut and people have
you know, ants at tunnel in there and let's say cracked,
which usually happens, and you know people will clean that
out real good and then maybe use a cracked celant.
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So let me just give you there's three basic types
of crack sels. There's the stuff you've seen probably in
a jug court jug quick crete. It's got a spout
on it. It's an acrylic. It's a latex crack ceiling.
So that would be I think probably good enough. You
would put that in area. It's an acrelic could drive
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you gonna keep dirt out of there. I wouldn't use
that outside because you got probably more settling that's going
to take place. You got weather, and I'd hate to
see that stuff start peeling up, and then you got
to kind of got a mess. Now now we got
this expansion cut in there and we got stuff peeling
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out of it. So that's the one type is the jug.
The other one is the other extreme. It's a you're
a thane self leveling crack sealer. It you need an
industrial clocking gun. It's an industrial bigger tube. It's kind
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of really hard to get out, but it's got the
best flexibility and the best adhesion. Usually gonna be used
in cracks or spaces at least three aces of an inch,
maybe as much as a half inch, so that's probably
not gonna work. Then there's a middle of the road
that has pretty much the same adhesion as a eurothane.
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It's an advanced resin self leveling crack filler. You can
use it in a regular cocking gun. It's a regular
cocking tube, a little thicker than the stuff we're gonna
pour in that we talked about, so it's got a
little better adhesion. So i'd probably be good looking at
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that one and the latex one if I was gonna
use it.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
Okay, And then one other question on the same subject.
I don't know how deep they cut. I assume it's
a couple of inches, you know, the poor was three
three to four inches, But I don't think they went
all the way through.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
I think I don't think they're going to go all
the way through. But that is why I asked if
it was a separate poor not just to kind of
get an idea. But you can probably get a piece
of paper and insert that and find out how far
down it goes, yeah, or.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
You know, any kind of little scale. But it's it's
an more than an inch. I mean, I'm not looking
to fill the thing.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
They're not going to fill it now. No, So as
you know that adhesion is taking place on the sides
of the opening, so it's not a matter of filling.
You're simply allowing it to attach to the sides. It'll
stiffen up enough and you might have to put a
second layer of it on since it is self leveling.
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The first one would weep down it create adhesion, it
would smaller that gap. Your next one would fill and
level it.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Yeah, okay, versus putting like a little thin backer rod
or something down in the hold kind of prop it up.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Usually backer rods don't even start till about three aces
of an inch. You can fill it with sand. There's
an idea because that's another thing, you know, for gaps
like in between a driveway and a garage floor. If
it's a half inch gap and somebody wants to use
your thing, I'll say, well, back a rod or fill
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it with sand and just bring it up to about
three aces of an inch of the of the surface,
and the sand.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Is flexible enough that it's not going to stop any
movement or whatever it wants to do. Right, Okay, awesome,
all right, thanks Gary, appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
All right, You're quite welcome. Thank you. Take care all right. Yeah,
Backer roads are really important, especially on the outside, that's
for sure. Let's go to Tom. Tom welcome, Thank.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
You, Garry, Thank you for taking my call.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
You bet.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
The reason I called, well, first, the reason I called
was for the the paint you were talking about from
Truan Williams that reflects the heat, yes, sir. And the
first thing I thought of was I live in a
neighborhood where the houses are relatively close together. Oh excuse me,
and the neighbor, one of the neighbors got these new windows.
They had like a reflective coating on it. Yeah, and
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it ended up melting the a section of the vinyl
siding on the house across the street months before they
and it was months before they could put two and
two together to figure out where that heat was coming
from that was melting deciding, and just just this one,
just one small sports spot like maybe uh square feet.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
It's a magnifying glass exactly.
Speaker 3 (06:35):
So my question is do you run the same risk
in the neighborhood where the houses are close together and
dealing with that reflective paint. Does it concentrate the heat
and then send it someplace else?
Speaker 1 (06:45):
You know, I'm gonna think not. But I don't know
that for a fact, Tom, because when it's so windows
have a clearish film which eliminates, so not eliminates, minimizees
solar heat gain. And I think it's more because it's
clearing glass that it's creating almost a pinpoint, you know,
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like a magnifying glass. Whereas if she was painting that
whole side of her house, say in a forest green.
The tint that they use, I use the reflectivity to
All paints have some reflectivity to it, and you know
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when it's when it's a real dark paints, it's going
to absorb the heat. And this is just a tint,
So it's not a clear code or anything. I really
don't know. I will tell you this, I've heard of
the problem that you described with the window glass and
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vinyl sighting. I've never heard it caused by vinyl sighting. Okay,
so even darker colored vinyl siding would have to have
some reflectivity to it or it would warp. Also, you know,
I mean if it was originally you know, chocolate brown
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or something, but I've never heard of that. But I
have definitely heard it many times on the low eglass
windows and vinyl sighting.
Speaker 3 (08:24):
And the second thing that I wanted to mention was
while I was on hold, I heard the woman with
the popcorn ceilings. Uh huh, And you're right about how absorbable,
how quickly that popcorn ceiling will absorb moisture. I had
an entire second floor of popcorn ceilings and just using
basically a tank sprayer a little bit of dishwater with
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warm water. Once I got so the second time I
sprayed it, it practically fell off myself.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
Yeah. Yeah, that's uh way.
Speaker 3 (08:55):
The water will actually pull that thing down and there's
minimal scraping involved. The only thing is you have to
be patient. You know, the spray you want to get
up there, it st to scrape away, but if you
let it s drive to hit it again with a second,
a second spray of the warm water with a little
bit of dish salt, it'll practically fall off by itself.
Speaker 1 (09:15):
Sure, sure, now, you're exactly right. I've taken that phone
call many times too. And if you talk to me
about wanting to remove it, that's the directions I'm going
to give you before we get into trying to remove it.
You know where it's been painted, and you can even
remove that by using kind of a paint stripper and
then moisture and a shop back and put a big
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old taping knife on front of it. But that's a
messy job. That's a messy job. They appreciate your call, Tom,
thank you very much.
Speaker 3 (09:46):
It's always a pleasure. Gary, thank you.
Speaker 1 (09:48):
Take care you bet all right, you can join us.
We've got a spot for you. It's five one three
seven fifty five hundred. We got a spot for one
because we're going to talk about replacement windows. Excuse me.
At the bottom of the hour, you're at home with
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All right, back at it. We go at home with
Gary Sullivan, taking you up to the one o'clock hour.
If you'd like to join us, do so, and in
the meantime, we've been talking about the gutter brush that
sale goes through Tuesdays, thirty percent off. It's gutterbrush dot com.
Things to do maybe around the house. This was an
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interesting it is interesting. Do you know where your main
water shut off is in your home? Does everybody in
your home know where the main water shut off is?
You know? I've had an instant long time ago that
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I had a faucet that was left running on by
one of the kids, and it wasn't draining all the
water out of it out of the bowl. It overflowed
and the water began to drip through the ceiling below.
Not good. And I was not home, my wife wasn't home,
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My fifteen year old son was home. Didn't know where
the water shut off was my bad anyway, coached them
through it, shut it off. We had a little problem
and a little repair to do, but nothing nothing bad,
nothing bad. And the reason I'm bringing it up is
(11:41):
we were I think last week I was talking. We
were just in the process of going over all our
auto insurance and home insurance and all this, and in
the mail yesterday or the day before, we got these tags.
And I've had these I've used these tags. I've had
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them where they had gas shut off, water shut off,
but apparently not in this home because Sue asked me, hey, here,
we got this tag. Should we use this? And I go,
if you want you know where the water is, don't
you should? Yeah? I think I do. Well, let's go downstairs.
(12:26):
Here's this. Oh yeah, I didn't see that lever valve.
I was looking for a round valve and she was
looking at the pressure regulator. She didn't know. I didn't
show her. I thought she knew, so I said, sure,
use that tag, and she goes, well, I got a
couple of them. I said, well, we'll give one to
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our son. Probably a pretty good idea. I bring that
up because I know you can buy these things, probably
through Amazon, probably pretty cheap. And I remember probably thirty
years ago, doing a show where we talked about tagging
you know, the gas line, you know, the electrical box,
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the water supply lines, and if I was kind of surprised.
So I bring that up because if you had a
problem and the person at home isn't aware of where
the shutoffs are, obviously that could become a big problem.
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So if you're interested in kind of checking that out,
just Google tags for you know, water service, etc. Or
make your own. Is just a little zip tie and
a piece of laminated cardboard. It's a nice color. It
drew your attention, but that's a good thing to have
and it really should be in every home. So I
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want to pass that along. Ron. Welcome Carrie. Hello, Hello,
yes me.
Speaker 4 (14:10):
Yep, okay, Hey. I had a couple of weeks in
my roof and I called a reputable roofer coming out,
come out, and he took I don't know, ten or
fifteen pictures up, you know. He got up on the
roof and came back down and said he showed me
all these pictures where the pedal part of the shingle
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was gone and just showed black underneath. I have like
a light gray roof. And he said, mister Sherman, you
need you need a new roof. So of course I'll
get a couple of bits. But the roof is only
fifteen years old. But what should I do? You have
someone that you like to use for a roofer.
Speaker 1 (14:55):
Yeah, Brian Addis roofing is who I would call Brian
adis a.
Speaker 3 (15:03):
D d.
Speaker 4 (15:05):
Ye Hey dd okay, yes, I s okay, And but
what kind of questions, do I want to know?
Speaker 1 (15:14):
Well, so, yeah, you're first of all, you're smart. Get
a couple of quotes. Even when I talk about Brian Adis,
if you want to still get a couple of quotes,
that's fine, He's not going to be mad about that
at all. I think that's a good thing to do.
I think it's kind of what you want. You know,
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you can get all kinds of different roofings. That's why
I tell people, quite honestly, ron to get a couple
of estimates, because you can really kind of compare and
you can ask questions. You know, you definitely want to
tear the old roof off. If it were me, I'd
want the old roof off. I'd want the old flashings replaced.
Speaker 3 (16:00):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
Ice garred underneath the roof for the first four feet
up from the gutters. And I know he's I think
it's Owen's Corning and he's a certified. It might be
another brand. I don't know. He's a certified with the shingles,
which is key. In other words, he's in the master
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class of what he's using. And I know you can
get a m I'm trying to think what they call it.
Uh gosh, having a senior moment, I think. But anyway,
it's a it's a it's not a three tab shingle,
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it's a you know where it's a it's almost three
D like and it carries it yeah, yeah, it carries
a thirty year warranty, one hundred and ten mile win warranty.
And you know those would be my specifications, he'll probably
quote right away.
Speaker 4 (17:01):
Anyway, let me interrupted for a second. I'm eighty four,
so the last thing I want to think about is
a replacement a roof. So would you still go with
you know, at eighty four, you know there's like the
top quality roof or what would you do at eighty four?
Speaker 1 (17:18):
Well again, why don't you ask him on what his
differences are? In opinion, there's not many three tab shingle
roofs being used anymore. Quite honestly, I think it starts.
He's a good honest guy.
Speaker 2 (17:33):
Ron.
Speaker 1 (17:35):
Why don't you see what he's quoting and tell him,
you know, you might sell the house in three years.
Of course, a new roof, which is a long term warrant.
He's going to help sell that house too, and it's
gonna you know, could lower your house insurance also, uh
ask those questions. I hear what you're saying, but you know,
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eventually going to have to sell the house anyway, and
certainly a nice uh roof on a house is a
good selling point.
Speaker 4 (18:05):
Would you replace the gutters?
Speaker 1 (18:07):
Not necessarily? Okay, not necessarily. I mean, there's all the
things you can there's all the things you can do.
I'm kind of giving you. You know, this is the way,
this is a top shelf way. Would you have to
replace the flashing? No, but if I was going to
be in that house for a while, I'd definitely replace
the flashings. Uh. But that's up to you, you know,
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if you want to go with it. But I just
you know, at this point, if if the financers are there,
I'd replace it the proper way and do it right.
Speaker 4 (18:39):
The guy that's already given me a bit said they
would replace the Yeah.
Speaker 1 (18:45):
That's pretty common practice, to be honest.
Speaker 4 (18:47):
Okay, all right, I appreciate you.
Speaker 1 (18:53):
All right, I hear you loud and clear, though. Yeah,
Bryan asked roofing again. We've had this conversation a couple
of times a day, not just with roofing, but on
bigger projects. I think we had the patio doors and
Window call and it seemed high. But you know, I
can't see the job. I seemed high. Can you get
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it done cheaper? Yes? Does that mean you should do that?
Don't know. Let's see what the different bids look like.
Let's do a little research on the companies. You know,
in this one particular fella, he checked out the brand,
he checked out the contractor, and he was satisfied. I
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read all the reviews. There's no complaints. You know. Then
you know, if you're satisfied, has a good energy rating
and all that, you can make that move anyway. We're
going to talk about that too. Brady Morse, he's with Champion.
I got my windows through Champion. I don't know, it's
probably been at least ten years ago. Now you ask
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these questions, it's amazing what you can learn. And just
like I was talking to that fellow first call today,
I was talking about one source accountability. In other words,
you got a manufacturer, you got somebody that's selling it,
you got somebody installing it, or you want somebody that's
manufacturing it and selling it and installing it and warranting
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it might be a little different, different ballgame. What's that
worth to you? I bet Brady has the answer for that.
We'll continue. Brady Morris from Champion Windows, Doors Exteriors. He's next.
You're at home with Gary Salvin right here on fifty
five KRC, the talk station. All right back at it
(20:46):
we go, and a wonderful weekend for sure, but we
all know it's coming. It's gonna get called. Uh, no
surprise there. If you're from the Cincinnati area, yep. We
have lots of cold weather and then you need good windows,
and that's why we have Brady Morrisey's with Champion and
Champion Windows and Brady, welcome again at home with Gary Salvan.
(21:10):
How in the world you doing doing great?
Speaker 5 (21:12):
Gary, Thanks for having us back on. We appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (21:14):
You're quite welcome. We've had our conversation about windows today,
windows and doors, and we got windows melting siding. I
know you've heard of that before. Yes, there are all
kinds of things going on. So tell us a little
bit about the background of the Champion Window Company and
then we'll get into all the concerns.
Speaker 5 (21:33):
Yes, sir, absolutely so. Champion started right here in Cincinnati,
then in Norwood back in nineteen fifty three. So we've
been the areas in now the nation's source for single
source accountability windows, meaning we manufacture windows, we install windows,
and therefore we wanted them. So it's one phone number
for the entire process, which is really great for the
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consumer because there's only one person respond before the project
that they can go to.
Speaker 1 (22:02):
Well, I use that phrase when this fellow was he
was giving me the price of a patio door and
a couple of windows, and he says, gave me the price.
I don't want to mention. I can't remember, to be honest,
like fifteen thousand dollars, twenty thousand dollars is that good price? Well,
that's not a way to shop for windows and doors,
(22:24):
And I don't know. It sounds hot, but I don't
know what you're buying exactly. And I started talking about,
you know, one source. There's a little comfort blanket is
the one source and that has some value also, I'm sure.
So there's all these things that have value. What is
the Champion Windows value with the windows you sell versus
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the one source? I guess.
Speaker 5 (22:52):
Yeah, absolutely. And in terms of the value, you know,
being that we are the single source accountability, we have
the ability to put so much more emphasis us into
the quality of the product. You know, everything out there,
you know you call a contractor, well, that product are
installing your home. Started at a factory somewhere, made it
through a whole sale or distributor, and finally it gets
into that contractor's hands who then puts it in your home. Well,
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all along the way from one person to the next,
the cost of that window increases because everybody that gives
it to somebody else adds their margin to it. Right
whereas a champion, because we make the window, bring it
right to your home and install it, it allows us
again to really put the emphasis into the quality and
still maintain that middle of the road costs and eliminate
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any of the finger pointings. So you know, for the customer,
you'll never hear. Well, Gene, folks, I'm really sorry we don't.
We don't carry that window now, or that styles not available.
We're no longer an authorized dealer for them. So it
really gives as you said, Gary, it gives peace of
mind to the consumer, to the homeowner that somebody's going
to be there for him. And you know, with a
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long standing reputation is seventy two year hit history of
backing our products.
Speaker 1 (24:02):
Yeah, well, we'll certainly get the energy efficiency in a second,
because that's super important. I know Champion has different styles. Also,
you have a phenomenal warranty and also you've got parts
if you run into problems.
Speaker 5 (24:20):
Correct, yes, sir. So we have the ability to service
all of our product lines from you know, many many
years ago up until you know recent installations, and so
it's again easy for the customer. You know, the warranty
speaks for himself. Like you said, you know, it's a
lifetime warranting, but you know what doesn't mean a lot
unless the company stands behind it. And so that's one
thing that's unique with Champion. It covers the glass, the installation,
(24:42):
even screen repair geary. A lot of home owners are
blown away that we are willing to re screen their
screens for them, no questions asked, should it get torn?
Speaker 1 (24:51):
Hm? So yeah, I know your warranty's phenomenal. In fact,
that ran across the warning card going through files this
week and I didn't look at the date, but it's
probably been ten fifteen years since I got my Champion.
Speaker 5 (25:11):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (25:13):
And I'll tell you they service us so well. So
tell me about that energy efficiency. People, they don't need
to be sold that there's proof of how efficient windows are. Correct, Yeah,
there is, and.
Speaker 5 (25:27):
So thereas windows have what's called an NFR Steed label,
and that's a governing body that kind of can rape
the windows insulating value from wintertime performance which is more
what is known as a U factor, and then summertime performance,
which is called a solar heat gain coefficient is kind
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of we've all stood by our windows before, and you
can in the summertime the shades are up, the blinds
are open, and you just feel that intense heat coming in. Well,
that's going to make your air conditional work a whole
lot harder maintain a comfortable level in the home. And
the same goes for the winter. If the heat pours
into your home in the summer, it just goes to
say that in the winter time you're probably losing a
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decent amount of heat as well through that window. And
so it's important, you know, a represent can kind of
share with the homeowners and actually demonstrate the efficiency of
the window right there in the home so the consumers,
so a homeowner can make an informed decision on their
project and really you know, maximize the efficiency of their home,
which definitely improves their return on their investment.
Speaker 1 (26:32):
Sure, I love your TV commercials. You buy two, you
get two, you get four, you get four. Don't people
just replace all their windows at the same time in
their home?
Speaker 5 (26:43):
I mean that's I mean that people do that, but
you know, windows are an investment, and so, believe it
or not, it's more common for homeowners to break their
projects up into phases, their stages, and you know that's
that's really the norm is to kind of break them
up into groups more of an attack the entire house
at one time. And so you're right. We have a
phenomenal promotion right now, the BUYE two you get to
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sale with our Yes program, and it really gives the
consumer a chance to save some extra money and improve
the efficiency of their home.
Speaker 1 (27:14):
I'm I'm only laughing because I broke our project up to.
Speaker 5 (27:19):
I was going, I believe you did your home in
phases as well, didn't you get it?
Speaker 1 (27:23):
Well? Yeah, but that phase was short. I think we did.
I can't remember what. I think we did the back first,
the back of the house first, because there was some
bad windows back there. And that was in like October
something like that, and I think in December I was
calling you and say, can we schedule to do the front.
Speaker 5 (27:46):
Well, that's one thing that's very common. Yeah, I mean
the you know, homeowners, everybody has the side of their
house that takes the most abuse from the weather, and
that's usually the side that you know, homeowners start with.
And once you, once you owned the window, experience the
benefits and the improvement and the comfort of your home
and the efficiency of your home. It's not long. You're
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right that phase two, phase three project takes effect pretty
quickly once people really have a chance to benefit from
the windows.
Speaker 1 (28:15):
Brady, you're exactly correct when you said, we experienced what
a Champion window can do by having the backside of
that house done, and my wife and I we both
looked and said, we got to get the front done.
This is crazy. I mean, it was just like you
could tell we didn't replace all the windows, but you
could tell there's definitely been some good things going on,
(28:38):
and we did. Now the whole house is done. We
have had no problems with them. Let's take a break,
we'll come back. We'll learn a little bit about the
Yes program. Brady Morris as my guest. He is with
Champion Windows, and if you're looking for replacement Windows. I
highly recommend Champion Windows and Brady Morse we'll continue You're
at home with Gary Salvan right here in fifty five
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care the talk station. All right, Beck, get it. We
go talking with Brady Morris. He is with Champion Windows
talking about replacement windows. And you know what is the
Yes program? You mentioned the two for two, the four
for four and a Yes program. Oh.
Speaker 5 (29:17):
Absolutely, So it's an exciting program that we're offering this
month for customers, something typically reserved for previous customers as
a loyalty program that we've extended to everyone this month.
So the promotion through the end of the month here
we're offering is forty percent off of windows for a homeowner.
But for those homeowners who feel, you know, that they
found the company, the right company for them, set for
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their home and the products right and you know it's affordable,
Champion offers an additional savings when we come out to
the house to take advantage of our sale when we
first come out to the home. I think customers can
save up to an additional ten percent off their entire
project should they go ahead and choose to move forward
when we come out to their house. So it's really
(30:00):
a wonderful opportunity for customers to you know, take advantage
of the additional savings and get their home ready for winter, because,
as I've heard you say numerous times today, Gary, you know,
winter's right around the corner. The cold's coming, and it's
a good chance to you know, get ahead of it.
Speaker 1 (30:15):
Yeah, uh, Brady, So many things have changed. I think
one of the things that uh people buy windows is style, right,
I mean we we we we The windows are broken,
the windows don't look good, the windows are inefficient. Those
(30:37):
are all things that kind of come into play. But
when you start shopping for windows, there's different styles, and
Champion has different styles.
Speaker 5 (30:46):
Correct, you know most you know, most most homes these days,
everybody's familiar with what's called a double hung window, which
is that window that you know goes up and down
and can tilt in for easy cleaning. But as you mentioned, Gary,
Champion being a custom window manufacturer, we have the ability
we manufacture many different styles of windows, from casement windows
(31:07):
that crank open and closed, sliding windows go left and right,
awning windows, you know, bay windows, bow windows. So a
lot of opportunity for homeowners to improve the not only
the comfort and efficiency, of their home, but also you know,
freshen things up and to improve the beauty the style
of the house. You know, windows are one of the
(31:28):
very very few projects that you can do to your
house that can improve both interior and exterior beauty at
the same time. I mean new windows. Can you know,
it makes up about twenty five percent of your home's
curb appeal, so it's kind of like putting a you know,
fresh look to the house. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (31:47):
I think sometimes you say replacement windows, people think they're white. Period.
You've got colors. You've got options there too, don't you.
Speaker 5 (31:59):
Correct. We have a project, a process called color bonding,
where we have some exterior color options, and then another
interior process actually called timber bonding, where we can offer
a beautiful, rich wood grain on the vinyl window. That really,
I mean, rival is the look of a wood window.
I mean it's it's just it's incredible, how authentic that looks.
(32:21):
It's just beautiful.
Speaker 1 (32:23):
I hear people say, and I know the answers, but
I'm going to ask you. I hear people say, oh,
I wouldn't get a vinyl window. There's they're not stable,
not true a lot. I mean, yeah, I'm sure you do.
That's not true. It is in some cases, well correct.
Speaker 5 (32:41):
I mean, you know, it's kind of like anything, Gary,
there's a lot of recycled materials out there, a lot
of you know, you know, make more material for less
money type of process out there. So a Champion we
use what's called a pure virgin vinyl R and so
no recycled fillers in there, so we can make more
product for less money, where eventually, you know, it could
become brittle or start to change shape over time or
(33:04):
even discolor. So a Champion it is a significantly higher
grade of vinyl with modifiers and improve strength and stability.
And again, part of our warranty actually covers the frame
itself to where gives a homeowner peace of mind. That
is something that they just truly do not have to
worry about in terms of expansion and contraction or changing
(33:28):
shape or even absorbing moisture that could cause things to
kind of rotten deteriate over time.
Speaker 1 (33:34):
Sure, well, chances are you're not going to guaran or
warrant something for the lifetime if it's going to fall apart.
So I just wanted to make sure you had a
chance to explain that. Let's talk about the buying experience.
How do we start with a schedule with estimates? Do
talk me through that whole thing.
Speaker 5 (33:55):
Yeah, I mean we've done a really wonderful job here
in the last few years with making it so it
will be easy for our customers to, you know, schedule
a free in home messment, whether you call calls directly
at the office or just hop on our website and
go right through our booking tool. And it's a really
easy process. Just hop on there any of your zip
(34:16):
code and answer a couple of questions about what it
is you're looking for, put your information in and as
a homeowner you have the ability you can pick the
date and the time we come out. You'll get an
email confirmation and we show up. So, I mean, it
just it makes it very very convenient. It's really quite easy.
Speaker 1 (34:35):
Sure, and if you go out, you got you got
the showroom right and Sharonville you can take a look
at it. Is there any way, Uh, you can look
at it on your phone or any tours of a
home or anything along those lines. I know I see
some of that in the home remodeling business.
Speaker 5 (34:53):
Yeah, so it's really nice a champion we do have.
Of course, our showroom and we you know, people come
in every now and then to have a look at
those things. It's a beautiful showroom display. Yeah much every
style of window and sunroom that we offer. But in
the home there we have really we bring. We come
with samples into the home, lots of pictures and some
(35:14):
virtual materials that we can use to really help you
make the best decision in terms of style and design
to maximize the duty of your house.
Speaker 1 (35:25):
Yep, when you get to the showroom, you'll see all
the different sidings and entry doors and patio rooms. And
I understand you got a home makeover giveaway going on there.
We've got a couple of minutes explain that we do.
Speaker 5 (35:40):
This will be a yearly contest that we run and
it's absolutely no purchase necessary to hop onto our website
and register for our home fifty thousand dollars home makeover
and it's a lot of fun. We've helped a lot
of people over the years improve their home and so
(36:01):
it's it's a big deal and it's fifty thousand dollars
goes a long way for your house to really to
freshen things up and make it more comfortable.
Speaker 1 (36:10):
You know, I think Brady, I've talked to you and
Champion Windows for probably thirty five years about replacement windows.
Do people still need replacement windows? By golly, what's going on?
Speaker 5 (36:23):
You would think you would think eventually we'd see everybody.
But as we all know, houses are popping up all
over the place every day, and you know, there's a
lot of home improvement projects and you have to spend
your money wisely and chip away at things. It'd be
nice if we could just do everything at once, but
you know, like everybody else, you just kind of prioritize
what's important to you and your family and your home
(36:44):
that year, and you know, do a little bit of time.
And that's what makes it so nice that you know,
of course we do windows, siding, doors, sun rooms. We
are a full home exterior improvement company to help the consumer.
Speaker 1 (36:55):
I'm sure you're replacing windows that people could have bought
from Champion years ago but didn't.
Speaker 5 (37:02):
Oh. Yes, It's often times we go out to the
house and you know, owners, how long have you been here?
We've live over twenty five years and these windows here
are only ten years old, which means they this this
is the second and in some cases even the third
time they've replaced the windows in their home, and I'll
you know, we'll ask, well, what you know, why didn't
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you have us out earlier? Well, we you know, we
went this route, we went that route, and we were
ready to get it done the right way. We're tired
of dealing with this. We don't want to have to
do this again in ten or fifteen more years.
Speaker 1 (37:32):
Yeah, get her done right, Get her done right. So
we're going into the colder months of the year, and
I'm sure you install year round, but I guess no
sense in waiting until January. Get on board now, and
could you still have it done by the end of
the year. Maybe not. That's a little tight.
Speaker 5 (37:53):
Yeah, it's getting a little tight right now. I mean,
whether permitting there's a good chance that could happen before
the end of the year.
Speaker 1 (37:59):
The uh.
Speaker 5 (38:01):
But you're exactly right. A lot of homeowners right now
really is that's why you see such a huge promotion
and sale going on. Right now really is the ideal time.
If you want to be prepared for winter and benefit
from the windows for the winter, now would be the
time to do it. But it's you know, what ends
up happening in a lot of times, gary is until
(38:22):
you get the first couple of cold snapta. I know
that's when that's when people's eyeballs open back up, like, oh,
that's right, our windows, our windows are so inefficient. We
meant to get this done, and then our phones start
ringing in the wintertime when you know it and it's
really you don't get you don't get the benefits of
it by it that way.
Speaker 1 (38:41):
I used to always sell you can't sell snowshovels until
there's a first winter storm warning about right, yes, sir,
all right, So give me a website where folks can
go their schedule an estimate and take a look at.
Speaker 5 (38:54):
The website, absolutely champion window dot com. Of course, I
just log on there. You We have a window buyers
guides on there what to look for when replacing your windows,
and you know we're kind of needing to replace your windows.
That's the water tool for people to get on and
determine whether or not you may need new windows for
your home. And if you choose to have us out
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of the house, you can of course call the phone
number there or just go ahead and schedule your free
and home messment right there through our online looking system
which is again probably one of the most convenient things.
Speaker 1 (39:27):
Well, Brady, it's been a pleasure. Thank you for your
time today, and I certainly encourage people if they're in
the window market check out Champion Windows.
Speaker 5 (39:36):
Thank you, sir. Have a great weekend.
Speaker 1 (39:37):
All right, my friend, take care bye bye. All right,
music's playing. I'm coughing, Danny says he wants to go home.
I don't know. That's a bad combination, isn't it. Well, no,
don't worry, Danny. Thank you did a great job today, sir.
It's been diusy and well good Lord Willing. We'll be
back tomorrow for more At Home with Garry Sullivan.
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