December 21, 2025 • 45 mins
In this hour of At Home with Gary Sullivan, Gary shares a personal experience with a clogged dryer vent that led to a surprising discovery. He talks about the importance of checking your home's exterior, including the venting system, to prevent potential issues like fires or costly repairs. Gary also invites listeners to share their own home maintenance stories and discusses the benefits of smart home technology/lighting with Chris McCoy from Haven Lighting.
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grave a line. Happy to chat with you. Where I'm at.
No frozen pipes this weekend, so that's good. Last weekend
is a little different story. And I hope everybody got
through the snow, got through the cold snap, and now
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we're warming up. So I don't know even today after
the holiday Christmas, after Christmas, at least, it's looking pretty
nice where I met. So you know, by that time,
we'll all be the you know, the fatted calf, and
we'll be looking for something to do. So well, let's
kind of make a list of things we can do
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if it's going to be warm in your area of
the day after Christmas or two days after Christmas, and
in other words, a little break in the action, talk
a little bit about some things we can check on
the outside of the house. Yesterday I was telling the
story and gosh, it's just it's just funny how things
you can never let your guard down in a way,
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you can never quit looking at what could be going
on wrong in your house. And it was it was crazy.
I was pulling in the driveway and I noticed underneath
the dryer vent the brick was all wet. And I
get it. You're blowing out hot moist air through the
vent and you know it's cold outside. You get a
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little condensation. Maybe that brick should be wet. I don't know.
I looked at it. I looked at it twice. I
kind of stopped the car, looked at it a little
closer and where the screen is at the exit point
of the vent, I saw some a little lin. I
pulled the car in the garage and I was trying
to think about not going out there and looking closer,
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but it was kind of like you better look. So
I went out and it was amazing what I found,
quite honestly. I pulled the screen out and it slides
right out. There's a little channel there and periodically I'll
clean it out. And as I pulled it out, I
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don't know what is that maybe maybe three inches by
three inches, two inches by two inches something like that.
There was a layer of lint that was probably three
ace to a half inch thick. I don't kidding, I'm
not kidding, and sopping wet and every every you know,
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every inch of that surface was covered. So I scraped
it out with my hand, and like I said, it
was ringing wet. I mean it was who was not
in good shape, and had about the size of a
small snowball of lint in my hand and went in
pitched it in the trash can, and I walked in
and my wife was doing had the dryer run it,
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And I said, hey, Sue, if you had trouble with
the clothes drying. And she says, man, that's funny you
mentioned I was just going to tell you there's something
wrong with his dryer. I said, well, it's fixed, and
she was, what do you mean? And I was telling
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her how much lint was in there, and I was
asking her about the inside lint filter and she goes, well,
I cleaned that up before I use it every time
I used the dryer. Said that's good, and she goes,
you think we need to have the the pipe actually
cleaned out, and I said, you know, I don't think so.
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It's pretty short, there's just one little turn, but I'll
keep an eye on it. I actually left that screen
out for about an hour and there was a couple
of little specks that kind of blew out of the
vent without the screen, and I said, I'll check it
in the next couple of days, let me know if
there's an improvement, let me know if it's still not
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quite right. And after a couple loads of drying, she's like, man,
what a difference this makes, So put that on your checklist.
It is easy as heck to forget about that, and
especially when the weather kind of goes south on us
and the telltale signed quite honestly outside of seeing it,
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which we are lucky, and she was getting ready to
tell me there was something wrong with the dryer, and
of course when your clothes aren't drying properly, there is
a good chance that there is a problem with the
venting in the vent pipe. Years ago, a neighborhead a problem.
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And here's the problem. Not only does it not dry
the clothes, so you end up running the dryer longer
and longer and longer, and it costs energy. Of course
that's just just just an energy hog, but also you
can have the problem where it's not working in the
motor overheats. And years and years ago, one of my
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neighbors across the street, I just actually moved into the house,
and that's exactly what happened. I was out mowing the
grass and I see smoke coming out. It was in
the springtime, I think, and we had to everybody had
their windows open, and they had the laundry room was
actually in the front of the house, which is kind
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of strange, and it was I could see smoke coming
out of the window, and I grabbed the fire extinguisher,
ran across the street and I shouldn't. I shouldn't say
this gives somebody an idea, But anyway, it's an electric drawing.
He's standing with the hose and that's a big no no,
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of course, And the dryer had just started to catch
on fire. Clothing in the dryer started to catch on fire,
and we put it out with the fire extinguisher, and
you know, everything was fine. But you know, a simple
little thing like that, and certainly it can cost you
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an abundance of money. It can cost you a little money.
It can just keep your eyes open. So when you
have a vent and it goes outside, just you know,
just check to make sure something's not clogged. Make sure
there's not even lint where it keeps the damper open
that can have cold air rushing in if it's if
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there's a screen there and there should be something there
to keep you know, mice from going up and getting
in that vent. Make sure that's cleaned out. There's also
a vent on the inside usually the dryer. Make sure
that's clean out. And that's just a really good tip.
And especially this time of year, maybe a lot of
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guests doing a lot of sheets, doing a lot of
maybe blankets and things like that that have more than
your usual lint, and I think that's really what it was.
So keep your eye open for that. All right, let
me give you the phone number you can join us
happy to talk about maybe something you've discovered around your
home or something you're planning on working on, some maintenance
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you're doing. And even I asked a question yesterday and
I would like some response here. Also, is where do
you stand on a smart home. I'm sure there's people
that fight it. I'm sure there's people that one hundred
percent embrace it. I'm sure there's people that have apps
on their phone that operate this and operate that. Do
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about control of some pumps, garage, door openers, lighting shades, thermostats.
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phone number is eight hundred eight two three eight two
five y five. Will take your calls. Next you're at
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All right, nineteen minutes after the top of the air,
by the way, you're at home with Gary Salvan talking
about Yes your home, happy to take your calls at
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and Tom, welcome all right there, Yes, sir, yes, sir.
Speaker 5 (12:17):
Yeah. I used to live out in the country and
we go out to this one little lake and drink
beer half the night and eat potato chips and stuff.
When we started noticing that raccoons were fond of potato chips.
And so if you ever end up with a raccoon
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in your attic, they've got a company makes a trap
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So it's a real easy way to get rid of
the raccoon. Just take your halvar, put some potato chips
in it, and he'll go in there like he was
going to the feast of the all Karaze.
Speaker 1 (12:59):
But is that right? Well, I'll tell you Tom another
thing you know that I'd like to impress on everybody,
quite honestly. Animal removal is fine. Have heart traps are great,
They are wonderful. And of course you figured out the
bait that would be good. But a lot of different
states and states we're talking to right now, they'll have
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different laws in different rules on what to do once
you trap an animal. So the one thing I would
recommend to people is if you suspect there is an
animal in the attic, just to find out if you
decide to do that yourself, which you know, if you're
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confident in doing that, have edit, but know what you're
getting into. Know what you can do with that animal
after it's been been trapped. I think that's real important.
Be safe. You know, there's animals that could be have
rabies and things like that. But really the important thing here,
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and this is one of the things we talk about
a lot, is the prevention, you know, the maintenance. I'm
not an insurance kick right now, and I'd even asked
several insurance brokers about you know, is that covered, because
these animals, once they get in your attic, they can
do a lot of damage, especially start nesting up there.
(14:30):
And the insulation. I mean, it's nice and warm, but
it's their birthing room, it's their bathroom, it's their bedroom,
and it's your insulation. And I've said many times, you know,
there's people that have the expertise and the confidence to
get up there and the mobility to get up there
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and trap the animal and then you know, do what
you can do with that animal in your state, which
is by law, and then you know that might be
the easy part, and the hard part might be the cleanup,
and maybe even a little bit of the dangerous part
is the cleanup. So you know, the areas that are
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subject to being the weak link where animals can get
in your home would certainly be the ridge vents. Just
kind of pay attention to activity on your roof. Also
around the gutters, the soffet boards, if they're not tightly
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calked and tightly nailed and you know, properly painted, and
the wood isn't soft or dry rotted, those are areas
they love with their claws. They can just pull that
s facia board back a little bit and get right
into their attic. I've seen it in countless times. And
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also gable vents. So you know, I was talking in
the next few days, we're going to have a couple
of nice days and walking around and inspecting that house.
It would be well worth your time. And I encourage
everybody kind of do that. Just see what's going on.
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We just got to finished a season of all the
leaf drops, and did we get time to clean out
the gutters. Did we I hope so, because you know,
it snows and nice and then we got ice dams.
I think we were talking about ice dams last week.
And some of that is, you know, clogged gutters from
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the leaves never got cleaned out, or we didn't have
gutter guards to prevent that from happening. And also it's
caused by a lack of insulation. We had a long
discussion about that. Not to just kind of pile on here,
but one of the things you certainly consider, with or
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without an animal suspect up in the up in the attic,
but to get up in the attic and see what
kind of insulation you have, and see how much insulation
you have, because boy, you know, I keep hearing it,
You keep hearing it, you keep seeing it, and I
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keep seeing it. The price of heating, the price of energy,
it's it's not going down, it's going up. And you know,
get up there with the yardstick and just see how
much insulation you have. Every inch of fiberglass inches is
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usually about the value of an art two point five
two and a half. You can find out what the
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are thirty eight new construction R forty two for remodeling.
And then what's that sixteen inches seventeen inches or something
like that. You can do the math, and boy, if
you go up there and you measure and you got
ten inches of insulation, you're woefully under insulated. And you
can mix different kinds of insulations on top, whether you
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got batting or you got fiberglass, just get some insulation
on top. Be careful that you don't cover up the
soft events. You may have baffles up there now to
protect the insulation from going over the soffits, because if
you don't have good ventilation, that insulation is going to
be helpful, but it's not going to perform it its
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top peak if in the summertime you're holding all that
hot air in that attic. But yeah, we went from
that to critters in the attic. But there's a lot
that can be going on up there, and some of
us don't pay attention to it. We dismiss it. Just
like when I was talking about the dryer event. If
you hear noises in the attic, you may not even
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know what kind of animal it is. Is that something
you really want to get up there and start, you know,
poking around to see what you got?
Speaker 6 (19:17):
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Back to Whek we go. As promised, we'd have Chris
McCoy on he is with Haven Lighting and Chris Welcome
that home with Gary Salvan.
Speaker 6 (22:34):
How you doing, Hi, Gary, Thanks for having me. I'm
doing great well.
Speaker 1 (22:38):
I'll tell you what this time of year, I mean,
you know, it's dark and nothing really perks up a
neighborhood like outdoor lighting. But I think most of us
always think about outdoor lighting as a summer thing. But
I'm telling you it's important in the wintertime, even from
a safety standpoint. I'm sure you agree with that.
Speaker 6 (23:00):
I sure is. And uh, this time of year, it's
always you see you see more than you see it
during the summer. Actually it's it's a lot of fun
driving around.
Speaker 1 (23:06):
The neighborhoods, right right. Well, I'll tell you one thing.
You know, I have the lighting on my home and
you've got it. You've got unique lighting at Haven Lighting.
And you've saved me so much time because I have
a program on your lighting that makes my house green
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and red. And I've incorporated some outdoor lighting on the
bushes and it looks outstanding. I wanted to tell you,
I've had more compliments on it than ever before whenever
I've decorated. So tell me how old that work?
Speaker 6 (23:43):
Oh, it's uh, it's it's great technology. And I think
I think, as we you know, as we move forward,
the we start to seeing more and more color and
smart and smart lighting in all the neighborhoods. And and
hopefully you didn't have to even do anything. It just
turned green red automatically that it was supposed to Thanksgiving, Yep,
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it did.
Speaker 1 (24:05):
And like I light up everything, I mean, the gutters,
the roof, the peaks of the house. And then I
did some regular Christmas lighting on a couple of bushes
with bulbs that kind of really even intensified it. The
first few years I didn't do that, and I've added
a couple just a couple things. It took it took
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me every bit of fifteen minutes to put the additional
bulbs on, but it just made everything really pop. So
I'll let you explain to people how all that works,
because I'm thinking I've seen people, you know, there's so
many people now that are hanging Christmas lights. They're having
their homes professionally decked decorated, and I've talked to some
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of the owners. They're like, it's like three thousand dollars
every year, and it's like, what's going on. I can
do my whole house.
Speaker 6 (24:57):
Yeah, yeah, that's right. The technology is very, very easy
to use, and that's one of the things that you
get with Ayman is the app is is super simple.
There's a picture of your house and and every light
that you have is a is a is a little
dot on the picture and you can select one and
change it whatever color you want, and then and then
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save different scenes to schedule them all year around. And
the idea like at my house and hopefully your house
is you don't really you don't ever touch the app.
It just automatically happens for Memorial Day weekend it'll be red,
white and blue, and and and for Christmas it'll be
red and green, and then and then the rest of
the year, or however you want it can be. It
can be white. And I know you like our color
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sunset more than more even than the white.
Speaker 1 (25:42):
So I do I doibility. In the summertime, I don't
use white. I use the sunset. And really, if you
think of a summer sunset, you know, late in the
day or in the evening, late in the evening, it
is kind of an orange yellow. And I'll tell you what.
In the summer, I don't think i'd use it in December,
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but I think I usually have it from uh, you know,
June through August. And I just love that color.
Speaker 6 (26:12):
Yeah, it looks, it looks great. You're right. I think
in the winter you want a little more colder, colder
white than than than that color. But the great thing
is the flexibility you have is you basically have any
color that you want any time of year, and and
hopefully it's scheduled and you don't have to touch it,
and remember to put out Christmas lights and and and
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if you do accent a couple of bushes along during
Christmas time. I think I think you're right. I think
it does. It does add just just a ton of
flair for the Christmas time.
Speaker 1 (26:43):
Yeah, and what's really neat is, you know, I certainly
with your with your lighting. I've accented some trees normally
and bushes which go red and green, but just the
forward bushes where they're you know, adding some smaller bulbs there.
It did really really accent. But you know, a lot
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of people, I guess, how how much does this industry growing?
When I was a kid, everybody had, you know, a
light post in their front yard, except our house did
not have one, but a lot of people light posts
were big. And now we've just incorporated, and your business
has got to be grown because I even start thinking
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about the backyard.
Speaker 6 (27:31):
Yeah, it's we're growing like crazy. This this last quarter
was was insane. So we've I've been working, working a lot,
but it's been a lot of fun. And sure, you know,
the latest trend is really this roofline lighting, like you mentioned,
oh my gosh, for people paying for for putting it
on Christmas lights. And we offer three different We manufactured
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three different styles of roofline lighting to kind of give
the people, there's there's differ there's different looks of it.
And one of the things one of the challenges that
I think roofline lighting has uh and I think one
that we have solved is when I see it. One
of the one of the challenges that the that I
have with most of the roofline lighting out there is
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it just doesn't feel like Christmas. It just doesn't. The
balls are a little bit different, they're they're facing down,
the colors mix and it just doesn't give you that
Christmas kid feeling that you have when you were a kid.
And and uh and and when we developed ours, we
put some samples up in our showroom and and I
walked in, I'm like, yeah, that's you get that feeling
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and you just know it.
Speaker 1 (28:39):
So these so my outdoor lighting and what a lot
of people's outdoor lighting is spotlights. When you're doing roof lighting,
I see the homes and I can pick them out
immediately because they're balls that go across and it's got
the chords on it. You got to take them all
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down with yours. It's not spotlights, it's actually bulbs up there.
Speaker 6 (29:04):
Then right, Yes, it's a it's a track system that
you put up, and like I said, we have a
couple of different varieties depending on what you want. One
is completely linear, so if you want it to and
then you can make that do whatever you want you to,
make it look like balls you can make you can
make it completely linear and do some really cool stuff.
Whether there's some flag we have some flag effects that
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on a moral day we can look ridiculously cool, but
but you can you can do whatever you want. And
then all the way from linear and then we have
we have a Christmas style like look to one version,
and then we have a more of a down like
version that are that are much more spread out, that
look like you know, some soffit down lights, but they're
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programmable so you can make them do all kinds of
patterns and red and green for Christmas and things like that.
So you know, we've kind of attacked all three varieties
because different people like different different styles.
Speaker 1 (30:00):
So I'm sure somebody same boy, if we're lighting up
that much of the outside of the home, what's this costing?
But with LED, probably not that much.
Speaker 6 (30:07):
Huh, it's not too bad. I mean, if you're definitely
if you're paying for somebody to put up Christmas lights,
this will definitely be very, very attractive to you, you know.
And I started the business just because I was out.
I literally was outside putting up Christmas lights, and I
was like, I don't want to do this anymore.
Speaker 1 (30:28):
So is a lot of your business is it just
is it individual homes or is it commercial or I'm
sure it's both, but because I see a lot of commercial.
Speaker 6 (30:39):
Properties, it's definitely a mix of both. So we do.
We're about thirty percent commercial seventy percent residential, and we
do some really cool commercial projects. You know, with our
with our technology, you can interface it with sports teams.
So the University of Kentucky has our lives all around
their football stadium so when they score, they can I
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make the light dance automatically and do all kinds of stuff.
It's it's it's super cool technology, the way the way
that all that works.
Speaker 1 (31:07):
Yeah. And when you talk about the cost, you're right.
I mean that's what prompted my call is I look
at these beautiful homes that are lit up, and then
I start talking about the costs and somebody coming up
and putting all this stuff up every year taking it down.
I'm thinking, like, I don't even I don't even flip
a switch. It just happens. Granted, I put a couple
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of lights on some bushes just to accent and build
on it. I was feeling guilty. It was so easy,
and uh, I'm thinking, like I got to get Chris
on here, because I don't know how many people know
about the flexibility of of of color, you know, I mean,
(31:50):
it's more than just putting a light fixture in the ground.
Speaker 6 (31:55):
So yeah, I think one of the I think one
of the misperceptions is that just because you have color
doesn't mean that you it doesn't mean that you can't
have white most of the year and make white look
really really nice and people wouldn't you drive you by,
People wouldn't really know that they were color lights. So
I think one of the misperceptions is you either have
one or the other. And with our with our technology,
(32:17):
that's that's not true. You can have it white most
of the year and then and then celebrate and make
your house look super cool for the kids and grandkids. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (32:25):
Absolutely, Well, now I guess you're gonna get big ornaments
with a light in right, big bubbles, big big what's
on the planning board?
Speaker 6 (32:36):
Well, I'll tell you this roofline, this roofline technology has
really really taken off.
Speaker 1 (32:42):
And uh got on the website we do.
Speaker 6 (32:47):
Yeah, if you get to shophavn dot com, there are
there are definitely all kinds of pictures of the roofline stuff.
Speaker 1 (32:54):
Okay, okay, so that's the hot one right now. And
you can lighting a round decks in the summertime.
Speaker 6 (33:01):
Is that?
Speaker 1 (33:02):
I guess that's pretty big. I don't have a deck
on my house, but that's got to be pretty big too,
because I'm seeing party lights on screen porches and everything else.
And your your your jobs can do a lot of
that from a safety standpoint, and also cosmetics.
Speaker 6 (33:17):
Correct, Yes, that's correct. A lot of times, a lot
of times our customers will use our products in their
backyard and you know, it's fun. The the uh the
most common thing I hear when I ask why did
why did you do what you did in the backyard
is uh? And the answer is there to bring their
kids back home. Their kids are their kids are either
(33:38):
moved out or of the of independent agent. They want
them to come back and hang out. And that's that's
that gives me chills. I love it.
Speaker 1 (33:45):
Yeah, don't we all? Well? Chris how did people get
started with you? I mean, they can visit your website
and it's.
Speaker 6 (33:52):
What again, Yeah, shophaven dot com.
Speaker 1 (33:56):
Okay at h O P H A V E N
all right, and then they kind of get an idea
of what they want to and do you come and
visit the home. And because there's some there's some skill
and kind of getting the light shadows. I'm assuming not
everybody can just stick lights in the ground make it
look beautiful.
Speaker 6 (34:17):
Yeah, we do. Uh so, we are the actual manufacturers
of the product. We write all the software, We handle
all of the the app and the servers and the
and the lighting technology and the lights themselves. Locally, we're
located in Cincinnati. Locally in Cincinnati we do the installs.
We'll do them on some major commercial projects around the country,
(34:38):
like we did a couple of resorts at Disney things
like that. But around the country, we have trained installers
all over the country that are independent companies that that
we'll do exactly what we do in Cincinnati, and even
we have some in Cincinnati that also.
Speaker 7 (34:53):
Do what we do. Well.
Speaker 1 (34:55):
I'm gonna take a picture of my lovely looking as
some I'll send it to you.
Speaker 6 (34:59):
Great looking forward to it.
Speaker 1 (35:01):
Well, Chris, thanks for joining us. It really is. It's
it's one of the most versatile things I've added to
my home. It really is, uh, not only the light changing,
but just you know, being able to you know, change
the light for summer to winter and the layout and
you know, I don't know, the lights and the gutters
(35:22):
that shoot up on the roof. It's beautiful. And just
wanted to, you know, tell everybody about it because I
still think there's a lot of people that don't understand
what you can do. And every now and then, like
I said, I see people hanging lights, and I see
people putting their own lights in and I'm going, it's
a mistake. You can make it look good.
Speaker 6 (35:44):
Yeah. And ladders are super dangerous, honestly.
Speaker 5 (35:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (35:47):
Oh I know, if you.
Speaker 6 (35:48):
Don't it yourself, just be just be extremely careful on
the ladder. It's it's very dangerous.
Speaker 1 (35:53):
All right, Haven Lighting. Chris McCoy, thank you very much
for joining us. Appreciate it.
Speaker 6 (35:58):
Thanks for having me.
Speaker 1 (35:59):
All right, take care, all right, very good. That's very interesting.
And coming up next to course is your call. So
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We got Mike, Mike welcome.
Speaker 7 (39:08):
Hello, Yes, m hm okay, Well, uh I have you
know the vent pipe for the bathroom?
Speaker 1 (39:19):
Yes, sir, well mine.
Speaker 7 (39:23):
Is filled up with water? Okay, like it's hogged up?
Speaker 1 (39:30):
Well is it clogged up? I mean, how do you
know that?
Speaker 8 (39:33):
I'm just curious it must be because I had somebody
go up on the roof and they said it was
felled up.
Speaker 9 (39:39):
And they tried like a sixteen foot uh one of
one of.
Speaker 8 (39:46):
Those things you put down, you know, and the water
he couldn't get it. Okay, And I'm in a mobile
homes or rather, you know it's it's it's good. Well,
uh so, what what does that mean? What's the problem?
Speaker 1 (40:04):
Well, you tell me, I mean you got water in
the pipe. Is it affecting where the toilets flush or
the sink strain? Or water's dripping in the home. What's
the issue?
Speaker 9 (40:14):
No, Well, the issue is, well I had I had
somebody get up there and put tar down all around,
you know, And he had to do that about probably
about eight years ago too, or seven years ago, Yeah,
you know, because I was getting water, but I'm not now,
(40:35):
And that's probably the leaking out of there and getting
right on the root, right on the roof there, you know,
and he packed it all up and it's self felling
all with the water.
Speaker 1 (40:45):
Though, Well is you know, is the pipe? I mean,
so let me just go through some of the things.
It can be. I can't tell you what it is.
I mean, you got water in the pipe? How's the
water getting there? I guess one of the things on
some vent stacks, A lot of them are just opened
(41:06):
by design. But if you live in an area where
you get a lot of wind or heavy rain, sometimes
that cap is installed. Sometimes there is no cap. Sometimes
that cap has been blown off. That could be one
reason why we get an excessive amount of water in there.
That the vent pipe itself, it could be made of
(41:28):
cast iron, it could be made of PVC. If it's
cast iron, the vent pipe itself could be cracked.
Speaker 7 (41:37):
And then I have a lot of trees in the area.
Speaker 1 (41:43):
Yeah, well there could be debris in there. Sure, yeah,
I know, so it could be. You know, you're talking
about adding the you know, flashing patch and stuff like that.
But around those vent pipes is also a rubber booted
as a lifespan of about ten years, and that boot
(42:05):
has to be replaced. Condensation a lot of times warm
air gets up there, hits that pipe in cold temperatures,
and you know, that's usually not a lot of you know,
steady water, but certainly some dripping just had some snow
and ice that could melt, that could get in there.
But if there's debris in there also along with that water,
(42:29):
and it's clogged and it's kind of plugged up, the
only way, Mike, you're going to really know that is
to get somebody in there, run a camera down through that.
It's kind of like a snake with a camera on it.
They'll see exactly what the issues are and then they
can alleviate the issues. And the main way they would
(42:50):
do that is pretty much with an augur just like
you would have a clogged drain and they would you know,
solve that issue for you. So that's so you're gonna
have to have it inspected thoroughly, and you can rent
those cameras at a tool rental. But we we just
(43:13):
we can't assume things, is what I'm saying. There's a
reason and a cause for everything. You know, for as
many pipes as you got going down, you have the
same amount of pipes going up to those vents so
that it flushes or the sinks flow better. So if
it's clogged, there's parley water in it. How it got there,
(43:35):
I don't know. I just gave you some places to check,
but I'm sure there's debris down there also. And you
get a camera down there, you find out where it's at,
what's causing it, and you alleviate the problem, all right.
Our phone number is eight hundred eight two three A
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No frozen pipes this weekend, so that's good. Last weekend
is a little different story. And I hope everybody got
through the snow, got through the cold snap, and now
(01:37):
we're warming up. So I don't know even today after
the holiday Christmas, after Christmas, at least, it's looking pretty
nice where I met. So you know, by that time,
we'll all be the you know, the fatted calf, and
we'll be looking for something to do. So well, let's
kind of make a list of things we can do
(01:58):
if it's going to be warm in your area of
the day after Christmas or two days after Christmas, and
in other words, a little break in the action, talk
a little bit about some things we can check on
the outside of the house. Yesterday I was telling the
story and gosh, it's just it's just funny how things
you can never let your guard down in a way,
(02:19):
you can never quit looking at what could be going
on wrong in your house. And it was it was crazy.
I was pulling in the driveway and I noticed underneath
the dryer vent the brick was all wet. And I
get it. You're blowing out hot moist air through the
vent and you know it's cold outside. You get a
(02:39):
little condensation. Maybe that brick should be wet. I don't know.
I looked at it. I looked at it twice. I
kind of stopped the car, looked at it a little
closer and where the screen is at the exit point
of the vent, I saw some a little lin. I
pulled the car in the garage and I was trying
to think about not going out there and looking closer,
(03:01):
but it was kind of like you better look. So
I went out and it was amazing what I found,
quite honestly. I pulled the screen out and it slides
right out. There's a little channel there and periodically I'll
clean it out. And as I pulled it out, I
(03:23):
don't know what is that maybe maybe three inches by
three inches, two inches by two inches something like that.
There was a layer of lint that was probably three
ace to a half inch thick. I don't kidding, I'm
not kidding, and sopping wet and every every you know,
(03:48):
every inch of that surface was covered. So I scraped
it out with my hand, and like I said, it
was ringing wet. I mean it was who was not
in good shape, and had about the size of a
small snowball of lint in my hand and went in
pitched it in the trash can, and I walked in
and my wife was doing had the dryer run it,
(04:12):
And I said, hey, Sue, if you had trouble with
the clothes drying. And she says, man, that's funny you
mentioned I was just going to tell you there's something
wrong with his dryer. I said, well, it's fixed, and
she was, what do you mean? And I was telling
(04:32):
her how much lint was in there, and I was
asking her about the inside lint filter and she goes, well,
I cleaned that up before I use it every time
I used the dryer. Said that's good, and she goes,
you think we need to have the the pipe actually
cleaned out, and I said, you know, I don't think so.
(04:53):
It's pretty short, there's just one little turn, but I'll
keep an eye on it. I actually left that screen
out for about an hour and there was a couple
of little specks that kind of blew out of the
vent without the screen, and I said, I'll check it
in the next couple of days, let me know if
there's an improvement, let me know if it's still not
(05:13):
quite right. And after a couple loads of drying, she's like, man,
what a difference this makes, So put that on your checklist.
It is easy as heck to forget about that, and
especially when the weather kind of goes south on us
and the telltale signed quite honestly outside of seeing it,
(05:38):
which we are lucky, and she was getting ready to
tell me there was something wrong with the dryer, and
of course when your clothes aren't drying properly, there is
a good chance that there is a problem with the
venting in the vent pipe. Years ago, a neighborhead a problem.
(05:58):
And here's the problem. Not only does it not dry
the clothes, so you end up running the dryer longer
and longer and longer, and it costs energy. Of course
that's just just just an energy hog, but also you
can have the problem where it's not working in the
motor overheats. And years and years ago, one of my
(06:19):
neighbors across the street, I just actually moved into the house,
and that's exactly what happened. I was out mowing the
grass and I see smoke coming out. It was in
the springtime, I think, and we had to everybody had
their windows open, and they had the laundry room was
actually in the front of the house, which is kind
(06:39):
of strange, and it was I could see smoke coming
out of the window, and I grabbed the fire extinguisher,
ran across the street and I shouldn't. I shouldn't say
this gives somebody an idea, But anyway, it's an electric drawing.
He's standing with the hose and that's a big no no,
(07:01):
of course, And the dryer had just started to catch
on fire. Clothing in the dryer started to catch on fire,
and we put it out with the fire extinguisher, and
you know, everything was fine. But you know, a simple
little thing like that, and certainly it can cost you
(07:23):
an abundance of money. It can cost you a little money.
It can just keep your eyes open. So when you
have a vent and it goes outside, just you know,
just check to make sure something's not clogged. Make sure
there's not even lint where it keeps the damper open
that can have cold air rushing in if it's if
(07:45):
there's a screen there and there should be something there
to keep you know, mice from going up and getting
in that vent. Make sure that's cleaned out. There's also
a vent on the inside usually the dryer. Make sure
that's clean out. And that's just a really good tip.
And especially this time of year, maybe a lot of
(08:06):
guests doing a lot of sheets, doing a lot of
maybe blankets and things like that that have more than
your usual lint, and I think that's really what it was.
So keep your eye open for that. All right, let
me give you the phone number you can join us
happy to talk about maybe something you've discovered around your
home or something you're planning on working on, some maintenance
(08:31):
you're doing. And even I asked a question yesterday and
I would like some response here. Also, is where do
you stand on a smart home. I'm sure there's people
that fight it. I'm sure there's people that one hundred
percent embrace it. I'm sure there's people that have apps
on their phone that operate this and operate that. Do
(08:53):
you like it? Is it worth it? And I'm talking
about control of some pumps, garage, door openers, lighting shades, thermostats.
It goes on and on outdoor lighting. So again, our
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All right, nineteen minutes after the top of the air,
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and Tom, welcome all right there, Yes, sir, yes, sir.
Speaker 5 (12:17):
Yeah. I used to live out in the country and
we go out to this one little lake and drink
beer half the night and eat potato chips and stuff.
When we started noticing that raccoons were fond of potato chips.
And so if you ever end up with a raccoon
(12:39):
in your attic, they've got a company makes a trap
called a half a Hearte's nurnt the animal at all, yep.
So it's a real easy way to get rid of
the raccoon. Just take your halvar, put some potato chips
in it, and he'll go in there like he was
going to the feast of the all Karaze.
Speaker 1 (12:59):
But is that right? Well, I'll tell you Tom another
thing you know that I'd like to impress on everybody,
quite honestly. Animal removal is fine. Have heart traps are great,
They are wonderful. And of course you figured out the
bait that would be good. But a lot of different
states and states we're talking to right now, they'll have
(13:21):
different laws in different rules on what to do once
you trap an animal. So the one thing I would
recommend to people is if you suspect there is an
animal in the attic, just to find out if you
decide to do that yourself, which you know, if you're
(13:44):
confident in doing that, have edit, but know what you're
getting into. Know what you can do with that animal
after it's been been trapped. I think that's real important.
Be safe. You know, there's animals that could be have
rabies and things like that. But really the important thing here,
(14:05):
and this is one of the things we talk about
a lot, is the prevention, you know, the maintenance. I'm
not an insurance kick right now, and I'd even asked
several insurance brokers about you know, is that covered, because
these animals, once they get in your attic, they can
do a lot of damage, especially start nesting up there.
(14:30):
And the insulation. I mean, it's nice and warm, but
it's their birthing room, it's their bathroom, it's their bedroom,
and it's your insulation. And I've said many times, you know,
there's people that have the expertise and the confidence to
get up there and the mobility to get up there
(14:51):
and trap the animal and then you know, do what
you can do with that animal in your state, which
is by law, and then you know that might be
the easy part, and the hard part might be the cleanup,
and maybe even a little bit of the dangerous part
is the cleanup. So you know, the areas that are
(15:16):
subject to being the weak link where animals can get
in your home would certainly be the ridge vents. Just
kind of pay attention to activity on your roof. Also
around the gutters, the soffet boards, if they're not tightly
(15:37):
calked and tightly nailed and you know, properly painted, and
the wood isn't soft or dry rotted, those are areas
they love with their claws. They can just pull that
s facia board back a little bit and get right
into their attic. I've seen it in countless times. And
(15:57):
also gable vents. So you know, I was talking in
the next few days, we're going to have a couple
of nice days and walking around and inspecting that house.
It would be well worth your time. And I encourage
everybody kind of do that. Just see what's going on.
(16:20):
We just got to finished a season of all the
leaf drops, and did we get time to clean out
the gutters. Did we I hope so, because you know,
it snows and nice and then we got ice dams.
I think we were talking about ice dams last week.
And some of that is, you know, clogged gutters from
(16:41):
the leaves never got cleaned out, or we didn't have
gutter guards to prevent that from happening. And also it's
caused by a lack of insulation. We had a long
discussion about that. Not to just kind of pile on here,
but one of the things you certainly consider, with or
(17:02):
without an animal suspect up in the up in the attic,
but to get up in the attic and see what
kind of insulation you have, and see how much insulation
you have, because boy, you know, I keep hearing it,
You keep hearing it, you keep seeing it, and I
(17:23):
keep seeing it. The price of heating, the price of energy,
it's it's not going down, it's going up. And you know,
get up there with the yardstick and just see how
much insulation you have. Every inch of fiberglass inches is
(17:44):
usually about the value of an art two point five
two and a half. You can find out what the
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(18:04):
are thirty eight new construction R forty two for remodeling.
And then what's that sixteen inches seventeen inches or something
like that. You can do the math, and boy, if
you go up there and you measure and you got
ten inches of insulation, you're woefully under insulated. And you
can mix different kinds of insulations on top, whether you
(18:27):
got batting or you got fiberglass, just get some insulation
on top. Be careful that you don't cover up the
soft events. You may have baffles up there now to
protect the insulation from going over the soffits, because if
you don't have good ventilation, that insulation is going to
be helpful, but it's not going to perform it its
(18:47):
top peak if in the summertime you're holding all that
hot air in that attic. But yeah, we went from
that to critters in the attic. But there's a lot
that can be going on up there, and some of
us don't pay attention to it. We dismiss it. Just
like when I was talking about the dryer event. If
you hear noises in the attic, you may not even
(19:10):
know what kind of animal it is. Is that something
you really want to get up there and start, you know,
poking around to see what you got?
Speaker 6 (19:17):
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Shine all right.
Speaker 1 (22:24):
Back to Whek we go. As promised, we'd have Chris
McCoy on he is with Haven Lighting and Chris Welcome
that home with Gary Salvan.
Speaker 6 (22:34):
How you doing, Hi, Gary, Thanks for having me. I'm
doing great well.
Speaker 1 (22:38):
I'll tell you what this time of year, I mean,
you know, it's dark and nothing really perks up a
neighborhood like outdoor lighting. But I think most of us
always think about outdoor lighting as a summer thing. But
I'm telling you it's important in the wintertime, even from
a safety standpoint. I'm sure you agree with that.
Speaker 6 (23:00):
I sure is. And uh, this time of year, it's
always you see you see more than you see it
during the summer. Actually it's it's a lot of fun
driving around.
Speaker 1 (23:06):
The neighborhoods, right right. Well, I'll tell you one thing.
You know, I have the lighting on my home and
you've got it. You've got unique lighting at Haven Lighting.
And you've saved me so much time because I have
a program on your lighting that makes my house green
(23:28):
and red. And I've incorporated some outdoor lighting on the
bushes and it looks outstanding. I wanted to tell you,
I've had more compliments on it than ever before whenever
I've decorated. So tell me how old that work?
Speaker 6 (23:43):
Oh, it's uh, it's it's great technology. And I think
I think, as we you know, as we move forward,
the we start to seeing more and more color and
smart and smart lighting in all the neighborhoods. And and
hopefully you didn't have to even do anything. It just
turned green red automatically that it was supposed to Thanksgiving, Yep,
(24:04):
it did.
Speaker 1 (24:05):
And like I light up everything, I mean, the gutters,
the roof, the peaks of the house. And then I
did some regular Christmas lighting on a couple of bushes
with bulbs that kind of really even intensified it. The
first few years I didn't do that, and I've added
a couple just a couple things. It took it took
(24:28):
me every bit of fifteen minutes to put the additional
bulbs on, but it just made everything really pop. So
I'll let you explain to people how all that works,
because I'm thinking I've seen people, you know, there's so
many people now that are hanging Christmas lights. They're having
their homes professionally decked decorated, and I've talked to some
(24:50):
of the owners. They're like, it's like three thousand dollars
every year, and it's like, what's going on. I can
do my whole house.
Speaker 6 (24:57):
Yeah, yeah, that's right. The technology is very, very easy
to use, and that's one of the things that you
get with Ayman is the app is is super simple.
There's a picture of your house and and every light
that you have is a is a is a little
dot on the picture and you can select one and
change it whatever color you want, and then and then
(25:18):
save different scenes to schedule them all year around. And
the idea like at my house and hopefully your house
is you don't really you don't ever touch the app.
It just automatically happens for Memorial Day weekend it'll be red,
white and blue, and and and for Christmas it'll be
red and green, and then and then the rest of
the year, or however you want it can be. It
can be white. And I know you like our color
(25:39):
sunset more than more even than the white.
Speaker 1 (25:42):
So I do I doibility. In the summertime, I don't
use white. I use the sunset. And really, if you
think of a summer sunset, you know, late in the
day or in the evening, late in the evening, it
is kind of an orange yellow. And I'll tell you what.
In the summer, I don't think i'd use it in December,
(26:04):
but I think I usually have it from uh, you know,
June through August. And I just love that color.
Speaker 6 (26:12):
Yeah, it looks, it looks great. You're right. I think
in the winter you want a little more colder, colder
white than than than that color. But the great thing
is the flexibility you have is you basically have any
color that you want any time of year, and and
hopefully it's scheduled and you don't have to touch it,
and remember to put out Christmas lights and and and
(26:33):
if you do accent a couple of bushes along during
Christmas time. I think I think you're right. I think
it does. It does add just just a ton of
flair for the Christmas time.
Speaker 1 (26:43):
Yeah, and what's really neat is, you know, I certainly
with your with your lighting. I've accented some trees normally
and bushes which go red and green, but just the
forward bushes where they're you know, adding some smaller bulbs there.
It did really really accent. But you know, a lot
(27:08):
of people, I guess, how how much does this industry growing?
When I was a kid, everybody had, you know, a
light post in their front yard, except our house did
not have one, but a lot of people light posts
were big. And now we've just incorporated, and your business
has got to be grown because I even start thinking
(27:29):
about the backyard.
Speaker 6 (27:31):
Yeah, it's we're growing like crazy. This this last quarter
was was insane. So we've I've been working, working a lot,
but it's been a lot of fun. And sure, you know,
the latest trend is really this roofline lighting, like you mentioned,
oh my gosh, for people paying for for putting it
on Christmas lights. And we offer three different We manufactured
(27:53):
three different styles of roofline lighting to kind of give
the people, there's there's differ there's different looks of it.
And one of the things one of the challenges that
I think roofline lighting has uh and I think one
that we have solved is when I see it. One
of the one of the challenges that the that I
have with most of the roofline lighting out there is
(28:15):
it just doesn't feel like Christmas. It just doesn't. The
balls are a little bit different, they're they're facing down,
the colors mix and it just doesn't give you that
Christmas kid feeling that you have when you were a kid.
And and uh and and when we developed ours, we
put some samples up in our showroom and and I
walked in, I'm like, yeah, that's you get that feeling
(28:37):
and you just know it.
Speaker 1 (28:39):
So these so my outdoor lighting and what a lot
of people's outdoor lighting is spotlights. When you're doing roof lighting,
I see the homes and I can pick them out
immediately because they're balls that go across and it's got
the chords on it. You got to take them all
(28:59):
down with yours. It's not spotlights, it's actually bulbs up there.
Speaker 6 (29:04):
Then right, Yes, it's a it's a track system that
you put up, and like I said, we have a
couple of different varieties depending on what you want. One
is completely linear, so if you want it to and
then you can make that do whatever you want you to,
make it look like balls you can make you can
make it completely linear and do some really cool stuff.
Whether there's some flag we have some flag effects that
(29:25):
on a moral day we can look ridiculously cool, but
but you can you can do whatever you want. And
then all the way from linear and then we have
we have a Christmas style like look to one version,
and then we have a more of a down like
version that are that are much more spread out, that
look like you know, some soffit down lights, but they're
(29:47):
programmable so you can make them do all kinds of
patterns and red and green for Christmas and things like that.
So you know, we've kind of attacked all three varieties
because different people like different different styles.
Speaker 1 (30:00):
So I'm sure somebody same boy, if we're lighting up
that much of the outside of the home, what's this costing?
But with LED, probably not that much.
Speaker 6 (30:07):
Huh, it's not too bad. I mean, if you're definitely
if you're paying for somebody to put up Christmas lights,
this will definitely be very, very attractive to you, you know.
And I started the business just because I was out.
I literally was outside putting up Christmas lights, and I
was like, I don't want to do this anymore.
Speaker 1 (30:28):
So is a lot of your business is it just
is it individual homes or is it commercial or I'm
sure it's both, but because I see a lot of commercial.
Speaker 6 (30:39):
Properties, it's definitely a mix of both. So we do.
We're about thirty percent commercial seventy percent residential, and we
do some really cool commercial projects. You know, with our
with our technology, you can interface it with sports teams.
So the University of Kentucky has our lives all around
their football stadium so when they score, they can I
(31:00):
make the light dance automatically and do all kinds of stuff.
It's it's it's super cool technology, the way the way
that all that works.
Speaker 1 (31:07):
Yeah. And when you talk about the cost, you're right.
I mean that's what prompted my call is I look
at these beautiful homes that are lit up, and then
I start talking about the costs and somebody coming up
and putting all this stuff up every year taking it down.
I'm thinking, like, I don't even I don't even flip
a switch. It just happens. Granted, I put a couple
(31:30):
of lights on some bushes just to accent and build
on it. I was feeling guilty. It was so easy,
and uh, I'm thinking, like I got to get Chris
on here, because I don't know how many people know
about the flexibility of of of color, you know, I mean,
(31:50):
it's more than just putting a light fixture in the ground.
Speaker 6 (31:55):
So yeah, I think one of the I think one
of the misperceptions is that just because you have color
doesn't mean that you it doesn't mean that you can't
have white most of the year and make white look
really really nice and people wouldn't you drive you by,
People wouldn't really know that they were color lights. So
I think one of the misperceptions is you either have
one or the other. And with our with our technology,
(32:17):
that's that's not true. You can have it white most
of the year and then and then celebrate and make
your house look super cool for the kids and grandkids. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (32:25):
Absolutely, Well, now I guess you're gonna get big ornaments
with a light in right, big bubbles, big big what's
on the planning board?
Speaker 6 (32:36):
Well, I'll tell you this roofline, this roofline technology has
really really taken off.
Speaker 1 (32:42):
And uh got on the website we do.
Speaker 6 (32:47):
Yeah, if you get to shophavn dot com, there are
there are definitely all kinds of pictures of the roofline stuff.
Speaker 1 (32:54):
Okay, okay, so that's the hot one right now. And
you can lighting a round decks in the summertime.
Speaker 6 (33:01):
Is that?
Speaker 1 (33:02):
I guess that's pretty big. I don't have a deck
on my house, but that's got to be pretty big too,
because I'm seeing party lights on screen porches and everything else.
And your your your jobs can do a lot of
that from a safety standpoint, and also cosmetics.
Speaker 6 (33:17):
Correct, Yes, that's correct. A lot of times, a lot
of times our customers will use our products in their
backyard and you know, it's fun. The the uh the
most common thing I hear when I ask why did
why did you do what you did in the backyard
is uh? And the answer is there to bring their
kids back home. Their kids are their kids are either
(33:38):
moved out or of the of independent agent. They want
them to come back and hang out. And that's that's
that gives me chills. I love it.
Speaker 1 (33:45):
Yeah, don't we all? Well? Chris how did people get
started with you? I mean, they can visit your website
and it's.
Speaker 6 (33:52):
What again, Yeah, shophaven dot com.
Speaker 1 (33:56):
Okay at h O P H A V E N
all right, and then they kind of get an idea
of what they want to and do you come and
visit the home. And because there's some there's some skill
and kind of getting the light shadows. I'm assuming not
everybody can just stick lights in the ground make it
look beautiful.
Speaker 6 (34:17):
Yeah, we do. Uh so, we are the actual manufacturers
of the product. We write all the software, We handle
all of the the app and the servers and the
and the lighting technology and the lights themselves. Locally, we're
located in Cincinnati. Locally in Cincinnati we do the installs.
We'll do them on some major commercial projects around the country,
(34:38):
like we did a couple of resorts at Disney things
like that. But around the country, we have trained installers
all over the country that are independent companies that that
we'll do exactly what we do in Cincinnati, and even
we have some in Cincinnati that also.
Speaker 7 (34:53):
Do what we do. Well.
Speaker 1 (34:55):
I'm gonna take a picture of my lovely looking as
some I'll send it to you.
Speaker 6 (34:59):
Great looking forward to it.
Speaker 1 (35:01):
Well, Chris, thanks for joining us. It really is. It's
it's one of the most versatile things I've added to
my home. It really is, uh, not only the light changing,
but just you know, being able to you know, change
the light for summer to winter and the layout and
you know, I don't know, the lights and the gutters
(35:22):
that shoot up on the roof. It's beautiful. And just
wanted to, you know, tell everybody about it because I
still think there's a lot of people that don't understand
what you can do. And every now and then, like
I said, I see people hanging lights, and I see
people putting their own lights in and I'm going, it's
a mistake. You can make it look good.
Speaker 6 (35:44):
Yeah. And ladders are super dangerous, honestly.
Speaker 5 (35:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (35:47):
Oh I know, if you.
Speaker 6 (35:48):
Don't it yourself, just be just be extremely careful on
the ladder. It's it's very dangerous.
Speaker 1 (35:53):
All right, Haven Lighting. Chris McCoy, thank you very much
for joining us. Appreciate it.
Speaker 6 (35:58):
Thanks for having me.
Speaker 1 (35:59):
All right, take care, all right, very good. That's very interesting.
And coming up next to course is your call. So
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We got Mike, Mike welcome.
Speaker 7 (39:08):
Hello, Yes, m hm okay, Well, uh I have you
know the vent pipe for the bathroom?
Speaker 1 (39:19):
Yes, sir, well mine.
Speaker 7 (39:23):
Is filled up with water? Okay, like it's hogged up?
Speaker 1 (39:30):
Well is it clogged up? I mean, how do you
know that?
Speaker 8 (39:33):
I'm just curious it must be because I had somebody
go up on the roof and they said it was
felled up.
Speaker 9 (39:39):
And they tried like a sixteen foot uh one of
one of.
Speaker 8 (39:46):
Those things you put down, you know, and the water
he couldn't get it. Okay, And I'm in a mobile
homes or rather, you know it's it's it's good. Well,
uh so, what what does that mean? What's the problem?
Speaker 1 (40:04):
Well, you tell me, I mean you got water in
the pipe. Is it affecting where the toilets flush or
the sink strain? Or water's dripping in the home. What's
the issue?
Speaker 9 (40:14):
No, Well, the issue is, well I had I had
somebody get up there and put tar down all around,
you know, And he had to do that about probably
about eight years ago too, or seven years ago, Yeah,
you know, because I was getting water, but I'm not now,
(40:35):
And that's probably the leaking out of there and getting
right on the root, right on the roof there, you know,
and he packed it all up and it's self felling
all with the water.
Speaker 1 (40:45):
Though, Well is you know, is the pipe? I mean,
so let me just go through some of the things.
It can be. I can't tell you what it is.
I mean, you got water in the pipe? How's the
water getting there? I guess one of the things on
some vent stacks, A lot of them are just opened
(41:06):
by design. But if you live in an area where
you get a lot of wind or heavy rain, sometimes
that cap is installed. Sometimes there is no cap. Sometimes
that cap has been blown off. That could be one
reason why we get an excessive amount of water in there.
That the vent pipe itself, it could be made of
(41:28):
cast iron, it could be made of PVC. If it's
cast iron, the vent pipe itself could be cracked.
Speaker 7 (41:37):
And then I have a lot of trees in the area.
Speaker 1 (41:43):
Yeah, well there could be debris in there. Sure, yeah,
I know, so it could be. You know, you're talking
about adding the you know, flashing patch and stuff like that.
But around those vent pipes is also a rubber booted
as a lifespan of about ten years, and that boot
(42:05):
has to be replaced. Condensation a lot of times warm
air gets up there, hits that pipe in cold temperatures,
and you know, that's usually not a lot of you know,
steady water, but certainly some dripping just had some snow
and ice that could melt, that could get in there.
But if there's debris in there also along with that water,
(42:29):
and it's clogged and it's kind of plugged up, the
only way, Mike, you're going to really know that is
to get somebody in there, run a camera down through that.
It's kind of like a snake with a camera on it.
They'll see exactly what the issues are and then they
can alleviate the issues. And the main way they would
(42:50):
do that is pretty much with an augur just like
you would have a clogged drain and they would you know,
solve that issue for you. So that's so you're gonna
have to have it inspected thoroughly, and you can rent
those cameras at a tool rental. But we we just
(43:13):
we can't assume things, is what I'm saying. There's a
reason and a cause for everything. You know, for as
many pipes as you got going down, you have the
same amount of pipes going up to those vents so
that it flushes or the sinks flow better. So if
it's clogged, there's parley water in it. How it got there,
(43:35):
I don't know. I just gave you some places to check,
but I'm sure there's debris down there also. And you
get a camera down there, you find out where it's at,
what's causing it, and you alleviate the problem, all right.
Our phone number is eight hundred eight two three A
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