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Speaker 1 (00:01):
All right, welcome now our number three at home with
Gary Sullivan, and doesn't appear to be raining out there
right now. This guy's lightened a little bit and hopefully
a drier afternoon and evening are in the forecast as
we talk.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
A little home improvement and encourage you to jump on board.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
We got an open line. It's five one, three seven
fifty five hundred. Will be taking your calls regarding your
home projects until noon today right here on Kitchen Podcare
see the talk station. All right, do we get it?
Is welcome aboard. You're at home with Gary Salvin, taking
it through another weekend, getting a few things done around
the home.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
And many people talk this time of year.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Spring cleaning, spring cleaning, and usually this time of year
I also give you some tips on spring cleaning. So
let me give you a quick one and then we'll
get to Shelley and Kurt and Karen. And that is
your kitchen needs your attention. I'm just saying I think
that's probably true. Anyway. There's a product it's called the
Jaws Kitchen clean I use it all the time. It's
(01:01):
a perfect every day cleaner all kitchen surfaces. It'll cut
grease and grime stovetops, microwaves, and I.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
Even use it on my barbecue grill.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
It's streak free and uh, you know, I mean even
your granted stainless steel and dark marble surfaces will stay
spotless without damage.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
And that's always a good news.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
Hey, here's another little tip of that too. Using the
Jaws kitchen cleaner is tougher messes. Wet the area down,
then wet a paper towel down and stick it to
that area and just let it sit for a while
and then wipe it off. But the Jaws kitchen Cleaner,
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if there's a grease and oils involved, I would certainly
grab a bottle of that. You can pick it up
at jawscleans dot com. It's Jaws cleans dot com. All right,
let's go to Shelley. Shelley, welcome, Thanks Gary.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
I'm calling because my home was built in nineteen fifty
five and it still had all the original windows and
they were storm windows. So I got new windows in December,
and I have called the company about this little issue
and they said they've never heard of it before and
(02:21):
they don't have any answer for me. So yeah, So
when I when it rains, it is very loud. It
sounds like pebbles being thrown at my bedroom windows. And
I never noticed the rain. It was very quiet when
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I had the storm windows. And unfortunately I've had all
the bedroom windows replaced with these new windows. They are
double paned, so they said they should function as a
storm window. This should not be a problem, but it
is so every time it rains at night.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
I can't well, I have to admit I haven't really
heard that issue either. I will say, but listening to
you that, what tell me about the old windows? I
knew you had storm windows in it, but how about
the window itself?
Speaker 2 (03:14):
What kind of window was it? How old were they?
Speaker 3 (03:16):
It was well, nineteen fifty five the original to the.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
House ice steel, casement, aluminum, aluminum, and they cranked out,
did they or did they slide up in them? No,
they slid up and down, okay, and they okay, And
they had one pane of glass in them.
Speaker 3 (03:40):
I do believe they had one pain and then they
had the storm window outside of that, the whole separate pain.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
Yeah. I was going to say, if there was a
big enough gap between the single pane and a storm window,
there would be more air and they would create more
sound deadening. But man, yeah, what kind of window did
you put in there? Was it a wood window or
a vinyl window.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
Or what vinyl double pain? But you're right, there is space.
I still have the living room windows that are the
old ones, and there is space. There is air in
between that storm Well.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
There's air in between that vinyl replacement window too. It's
probably not as wide as the you know, with a
storm window.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
I've not really heard of that.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
In fact, quite honestly, I've been to different job sites
with various manufacturers of vinyl replacement windows, and when I
would interview folks and ask them, you know, what did
you like about the windows? We save money on the electricity,
you know, we But one thing that always comes up
is its quieter. It always comes up, well, it's so
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much quieter now. So I don't know if I have
a really great answer for you.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
Okay, and nothing nothing I can do to maybe put
some kind of.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
Buffer or where's your screen at that's that on the inside.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
Oh my goodness, I'm so sorry i'd have to.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
And I don't even know if that really changes anything.
I was just thinking if it's on the outside, that
would even help it quieter, because it would take the
force off the rain.
Speaker 3 (05:35):
Mm hmmm. Right.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
And I don't know how it.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
Was before, whether it was there. It was probably on
the outside of the window, but not on the outside
of the storm windows.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
So I think you're right.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
You know, So I don't know, it's the screen on
the inside now. I I don't even know if that'd
make a difference, just thinking of things.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
That would change.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Uh hmmm. I don't know. If anybody's got any ideas
for Shelley. I'm sure she'd like to hear him, so
would I. I I don't know.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
I would think a single pain aluminum window where a
storm window is going to be a very noisy window,
to be honest, I mean, that's that's what I would think.
And I would think a vinyl replacement double pain would
be pretty quiet. And I know my my double pain
vinyl windows. You know, it's got the you know, spacing
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between it and this is in the screens are on
the outside, so that that to me would even make
it more quiet than having a storm window and then
a single pane of glass.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
I really don't know.
Speaker 3 (06:49):
M hmm, Okay, well that's fine. I just knew if
anybody would know it would.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
Be you, and you've been so patient with me. You
sit on hold. I got a bottle of the Jaws
hitching cleaner for you. How's that?
Speaker 3 (07:02):
Oh my goodness, I've never tried it. I hear you
talk about it. I've never tried any of the Jaws
products yet.
Speaker 1 (07:07):
So that as right. Well, here's your chance. We'll put
you on hold and Joe get your address and we'll
send you a bottle out. Thank you, Michell, I appreciate it,
you bet you, bye bye.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
All right, let me give you the phone number. It's
eight hundred eight two three eight two five five. You
can grab a line as we march.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
Through the weekend. Let's go to Rick. Rick.
Speaker 4 (07:27):
Welcome, thanks for taking my call. Gary appreciate it, Yes, sir,
good question. Actually two possibly, But first one, I've got
the four inch filter in our furnace and they're pretty expensive.
I was just curious it might be silly if I
could use four of the one inch and put those
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in there instead of one of the four inch and
then maybe change it out more frequently.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
Well, well, you would definitely have to change it out
more frequently because the other three probably basically you're making
a box with one one inch filter, so you would
have to change out a pleated filter, say a MERV eight.
You'd probably want to change that about every fifty days
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or so. That would be number one. The four inch
I think they give you up to six months to
change it.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
How holds the furnace?
Speaker 1 (08:24):
You think twenty three years old.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
That's a new house.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
Yeah, so here's one thing to be concerned about. All right,
maybe since I'm yeah, maybe, since I'm telling you this
is nothing to be concerned about. Then, But one of
the things that will happen with newer furnaces is and
I know something this happened to They have a ninety
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day one inch pleated filter in their furnace system changed
in January and the unit, the unit furnace started flashing
all these code lights and it was because it wasn't
getting enough air. And I said, change the filter or
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it's going to shut down. And he did change it
and reset it. So the newer furnaces, if it's not
getting enough volume of air through there, it could shut down.
And if it's accessible and it's blinking and it says
air filter, if you google the code, it wouldn't be
much of a problem.
Speaker 2 (09:35):
But I'm just telling you how to beware.
Speaker 1 (09:37):
So when you get a MERV eight, MERV is how
efficient and how small particles it'll filter out. And if
you have a MIRV eight and then you have three
more MIRV eight filters, I don't know how that equates
in the density of airflow, but I'm thinking it might
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be too dense then.
Speaker 4 (10:00):
All right, all right, I just wanted to run by
see someone or if you'd had experience with that, because
I mean, even changing it out every other month.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
Well, first of all, I don't think you need to
change it out every other month. I think on a
six inch filter, you can you know, check me on this,
but I believe the recommended amount of time to change
it is every six months on a four inch because
remember each of those pleats when you're talking about surface
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to catch the dust, you have more surface now than
you have in a.
Speaker 2 (10:37):
One inch.
Speaker 1 (10:40):
Okay, you know if you pulled you accordion out. So
I don't think you need to yeah, because they're like
what fifty.
Speaker 5 (10:45):
Bucks, they're pretty expensive, and I was just doing the
math and like four times one is like less than
four even though I would have to change them out
this frequently.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
But this is the this is the main furnace, correct
it is?
Speaker 4 (11:05):
Okay, it's a fore inch sticks filtering.
Speaker 2 (11:09):
Yeah, I'm familiar with them.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
I actually had one in a secondary furnace up in
an attic, and uh, we didn't use that furnace very often,
so I literally didn't change those but once a year.
I didn't leave the fan on, I didn't really use
the kids moved out, and you know, I change it
once a year. But if it's on the main furnace,
you know, the next thing. Do you have an h
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VAC company that you work with, maybe that they do
an inspection annually or something along those lines.
Speaker 4 (11:37):
No, this spring would be my first.
Speaker 1 (11:40):
Right, Here's what I recommend you do, regardless of who
you're doing. When they do your inspection, talk to them
about that furnace. There's a lot of different air handlers,
air cleaners now that you're not going to have to
replace that you know all the time. You know, more
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of a permanent type filter. There's electrostatic ones, and do
the math on your cost it may be worth switching
that out or at the same time, just make sure
I'm right on changing that maybe every six months, and
I feel pretty certain I am, and then you can
make a decision of whether that's the least expensive way
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to get good filtering of the air in the house.
At least you'll you'll have some numbers to make that decision.
Speaker 4 (12:30):
It's good, sounds good, because yeah, I just when you
pull those filters out, just on one side is usually
pretty clogged up because it's meeting well, it's meeting that
air where it comes into the furnace, and so that
one side is usually well, yeah, thirty than the other.
And I say, well, if I get rid of that
front and replace with something clean more frequently, is going
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to make that air flow well, I.
Speaker 1 (12:59):
Just don't want you to the floor the flow air
and then you start having you know, the furthest away
bedrooms getting cold.
Speaker 2 (13:06):
My guess is that would not be a good idea.
Speaker 1 (13:09):
But double check with double check with them, just to
be sure. I wouldn't do it till I did double
check with them. And there was something else I was
going to add, but I can't remember what it was.
But uh, yeah, I don't think i'd do it until
I double checked with them, and and and again I I, oh,
I know what I was going to say. If you're
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changing that thing like every two months or one month
or whatever. You said, did you happen to have the
duck work cleaned before you moved into that house? Yeah?
Another question, do you find that you have a lot
of dust in the home on end tables or things.
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You feel like it's more dusty than what you're accustomed to.
You know, I'll let you just think about that or
watch that over the next two months, because a lot
of times I went almost four years before I had
my field, before I had my duckwork clean. When I
moved in my house, I could not believe how much
junk was in there. It was drywall dust, it was
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small fibers and they get very dense. And I remember
we were dusting a lot, and I was changing fields
a lot, and then all of a sudden, I had
my duckwork clean and went solved that problem.
Speaker 4 (14:22):
There we get we had that flexible duck work through
the house.
Speaker 1 (14:26):
Okay, yeah, I don't know if they can clean that.
Speaker 4 (14:31):
Yeah, yeah, that's the problem. When they built these houses,
they use up flexed and that's I seemed like they
took a hole.
Speaker 6 (14:38):
They're trying to clean that.
Speaker 1 (14:39):
Yeah, they would, they would, but well, you got a
couple of things to talk to your AC guy when
he comes out. And that's good. Made some good information
right on the spot, you know, and uh, maybe there's
nothing we can do, maybe there is something very good.
Speaker 4 (14:55):
All right, all right, I appreciate your insight on that,
and then you have a great day.
Speaker 2 (15:00):
All right, you do the same. Thanks. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
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come back to haunt you, all right. Quick break at
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All Right, as we.
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Kind of work on our way through the weekend, lot
lots of things to cover, and and it's one of
the things we talked about was decking earlier. And I
want to spend just a second here, and we're gonna
have to take another break anyway, and then we'll get
to Kurt and Jeff and Karen and Chris. But we're
talking about how people change down floorboards and decks. I
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do want to do if you're gonna stain your deck
this year, make sure you get the right kind of stain.
Speaker 2 (16:13):
You get two choices.
Speaker 1 (16:14):
A semi transparent, which is going to show the wood grain.
Speaker 2 (16:18):
It's going to look like wood. Everybody likes that, but you.
Speaker 1 (16:21):
Need to know that the longevity of that is less
than a solid color stain.
Speaker 2 (16:27):
A solid color stain.
Speaker 1 (16:29):
More or less appears to be a painted deck, and
some people don't like that, and that's fine. If you
have an older deck where it's really grayed out, maybe
it has some cracks in it, and you really want
to hide it a little bit, you might consider going
to a solid color stain rather than putting another semi
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transparent on. Because as you put another semi transparent on,
instead of being a grade tired looking deck, it'll show
the grain, also showed the cracks that have showed the
raised grain.
Speaker 2 (17:03):
It is just not going to last.
Speaker 1 (17:06):
But maybe two or three years, whereas a solid cloch
thing and get you five years plus hide all that.
So do consider the type of application you want to
make depending on the state of the deck. All right,
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a little bit about the maintenance and repair of our homes.
Let's go to Kurt. Kurt welcome, Thanks for holding.
Speaker 6 (19:24):
Yeah, Gary, h Just a quick question before we get
to my main one. Just I was wondering on a dishwasher.
I put in there's some kind of a cleaner that
you go every thirty days. I go every other thirty days.
Go use it that much three four times a month.
Dishwasher doesn't get full until about you know, five five
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days and five six days and just wondering. Uh uh you, well,
you would probably want to scrap t dishes rinsome before
you put them in the dishwasher. You don't really want
to put a heavy spaghetti sauce plate. I've heard people saying,
you know, put dirty plates right in the dishwasher. Well,
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you don't use it that often, right, If I don't
like that idea either.
Speaker 2 (20:12):
I totally agree.
Speaker 1 (20:13):
If you're going to leave them in there for four
or five days until it's filled up, I would definitely
I would rinse them and I'd get as much off
as I could.
Speaker 6 (20:23):
Yeah. Well, and then basically back in the old days commercially,
I worked in restaurants and that's here is and you
use you clean the plate with a spatula and a sprayer,
and it's pretty much uh it's a clear plate. And
then the dishwashers were sanitizing.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
Right right, I totally agree with you.
Speaker 6 (20:45):
Yeah, that's my quick question. Now I'll get to my
main one. Uh. I got a new construction two by
four construction. Uh, it's two car garage attached. So I
got my inside wall is of courseated with firewall sheet rock,
so that that wall is good to go. My opening
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is sixteen x seven garage door insulated, so that's covered,
and then there's not much more to insulate on the
front wall, considering the heater that goes all the way
across above the door. Maybe a couple of pockets that
could be insulated. So I understand that. My problem is
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the contractor put up some nice sheet rock with tape
and everything and a light a light coat of mud,
so it's pretty much all finished off right into paint,
but he didn't put any insulation. And we live in
the Great White North here in the Dakotas, and it
gets a little cold up here, so I don't know.
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There's a I've heard fifty different ideas, and I just thought,
you know, I'll try one last time to make a decision.
But I thought it better get your thoughts that before
I do anything.
Speaker 2 (22:06):
So tell me which walls not insulated.
Speaker 6 (22:10):
Well, it's the sidewalls, and there's about twenty three feet
of sidewall and it is sheet rocked, and it's four
by about ten foot sheet rock hanging vertically. So it's
a really easy deal. You know, It's not a whole
bunch of pieces of sheet rock.
Speaker 2 (22:29):
What's on the olk side.
Speaker 6 (22:32):
It would be LP sighting, I believe they call it.
Speaker 1 (22:39):
I would say probably your best bet would be to
use a foam insulation and have it injected into the space.
Speaker 6 (22:51):
I like that idea way better than you know, dumping
cellulos from the local.
Speaker 1 (22:56):
Yeah, I'll tell you what if you're really look at
it insulating and no kidding about this, those expendable foams
that some of these phamers use now and on the
outside walls, you could use a closed cell phone where
it would be like a vapor barrier. Also, it'll have
it'll have it'll have a good high r value per
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inch of thickness is probably going to be double what
cellulose or fiberglass is. So and there may be less
spacing there and that's good. So there's no question that's
what I would use. And it'll make a big difference.
Speaker 6 (23:38):
Yeah, oh yeah, yeah. My brother would use a foam
and quite a large structure that he put up and
it tightens everything up. It adds a lot of strength
as well, I guess they say as far as just
kind of pulling everything together long and it.
Speaker 1 (23:57):
Eliminates I mean, that's the big thing. Even if you
just had It's like if you had an old, old
brick house that was built in nineteen sixty and you
had just you know, threequarters of an inch between the
brick and the and the inside wall. Uh, it would
be so beneficial just because it would eliminate air penetration.
Speaker 2 (24:20):
So yeah, it'd be a big deal.
Speaker 6 (24:24):
Yeah, I guess I really hadn't thought of going the
foam direction. Probably be a little bit more expensive, but
it would be a way better job, that's for sure.
Speaker 1 (24:31):
So for sure, for sure, did that garage ever get
below freezing? Oh?
Speaker 6 (24:37):
It it will. When we get blow zero, the garage
can get. I think it's got down to the low
twenties before in the garage. But you can even pop
a heater out there. And I've got the ceiling. I
have that all blown in insulation. So I got the
ceiling done okay, but at least sidewalls.
Speaker 4 (24:55):
I don't know.
Speaker 6 (24:55):
I some days I just want to take a claw
hammer and just rip all that.
Speaker 1 (25:00):
Ask that's kind of what your choices are. I wouldn't
try to dump like cellulus on there it and get
hung up on wires and wood and pipes and everything else.
I would either get it foamed or tear it down
and start over.
Speaker 6 (25:13):
Yeah, I think you're right. Okay, GARYT.
Speaker 1 (25:15):
Good day, Thank you all right, thanks Art take care
by Mike Jeff welcome.
Speaker 11 (25:21):
Yeah, how you doing today, sir?
Speaker 2 (25:23):
Doing fine? Thank you?
Speaker 1 (25:25):
Hey.
Speaker 11 (25:25):
You got a couple of quick ideas on the gal
that had the noisy windows. The first idea, I would
hope that her gutters aren't overflowing and it's making noise
that way.
Speaker 1 (25:38):
Good point. Early in the conversation that did go through
my mind, but I didn't vocalize it. So thanks for
reminding me again. I thought the same thing I did,
because that happened not long ago.
Speaker 11 (25:52):
Yeah, it does. It makes all huge amount of noise
if the gutters were overflown. The other situation would be
are of the law drawing the windows tight together?
Speaker 2 (26:04):
Good point. That's another good one.
Speaker 11 (26:07):
The other situation is and I would hope that this
was done because if it wasn't done, it's going to
be a major situation.
Speaker 6 (26:13):
To correct it.
Speaker 11 (26:15):
Was there insulation put in around the windows at the
time of the replacement.
Speaker 1 (26:20):
Yeah, I had a call like that yesterday and they
had windows and they were drafty, and I asked that question.
They didn't know, but not only that even if they
had put some fiberglass insallation in there and didn't.
Speaker 2 (26:35):
Pack it in there real good.
Speaker 1 (26:36):
The best way to really dead nose sounds is with
a foam rather than a tyberglass. That could be it,
I gosh, I would sure hope a window company would
certainly be insulating that, but that could be an option.
Speaker 11 (26:54):
But the gutters, the locks, and the insulation around the
windows might be three possibilities.
Speaker 1 (26:59):
If she's listening, I'm going for the gutters. I'm going
for the gutters. I think I think that's it. I was,
like I said, I thought of that when she first
started talking. And the locks are I always remind people
about the locks when we go from fall to winter,
because it's easy to forget locking those windows, especially if
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they're open a lot during the during a nice fall.
But hey, appreciate the tips. Thank you very much, Jeff
All eight and let's go to Karen. Karen, welcome, Hello
the first time collar Well welcome.
Speaker 12 (27:39):
I'm glad I kept your number. I had it for
years and years.
Speaker 2 (27:43):
There you go.
Speaker 12 (27:44):
Anyhow, I was listening to your show last night that
would be the fifteenth of March, and unfortunately I should
have gotten out of bed and loaded named down, but
I didn't, and when I woke up this morning, I
couldn't remember it. Okay, you you talked about a product
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that takes smoke and odors out of the house.
Speaker 1 (28:17):
Mm, hm.
Speaker 2 (28:19):
So and so yeah.
Speaker 1 (28:22):
So the name of the company is oder Exit. So
it's O D O R x I T And what
kind of is this from someone smoking? Or is this
from cooking, or what kind of odors are these?
Speaker 12 (28:39):
X I T x I T order XI T.
Speaker 1 (28:44):
Yep, it's oder x IT So it's odor x I
T oder exit dot com.
Speaker 2 (28:50):
That's our website.
Speaker 1 (28:51):
They've got a several different odor products and the one
we were talking about for smoke was one one called MOMS,
which is a liquid spray. And if it's over a
larger area, there's one called AQM and AQM is a
(29:13):
packet that you moisten and you attach it to a
fan and it blows it out through the room and
that will eliminate smoke odors. I've been in some of
the places where that was used, and one was trying
to sell a house that somebody had smoked in and
after they cleaned the walls, they used the Mom's product,
(29:37):
or they used the AQM the packet product, and it
circled back the next day and that odor was gone.
And so anyway, go on your website. Their phone numbers
there also you can look at the products, but the
ones you'd be interested in, unless it was cooking odors,
then you would use their eliminator. They welcome you to
(29:59):
call them also, but it's odo r xit dot com.
And for folks that want to learn a little bit
about orders, you can pick up that podcast. It was
an interview yesterday, it was a podcast today. It's on
the iHeart app, hit the magnifying glass, it's at Home
with Gary Sullivan and it's appropriately labeled and you can
(30:22):
take a listen at your leisure. Thank you much for
the call, Karen. I appreciated a quick break and wrapping
things up for the weekend. You're at home with Gary Sullivan.
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Speaker 1 (31:08):
All right, back in it we go. We are about
eleven minutes away from the top of the r as
we talk a little home improvement and hopefully you'll get
a good week of weather where we can get some
of these projects started, or at least plan to start
the planning on how to accomplish that. Let's go to Chris.
Speaker 2 (31:27):
Chris, welcome, Hi Gary, how are you doing doing fine?
Thank you?
Speaker 13 (31:32):
That's good. I think I have a solution to the
noisy windows. Okay, one of the I actually had done.
I had some double hung windows put in, and I
also had my house final sided, and it previously had
nineteen fifties windows and storm windows on the outside. So
(31:55):
after I had them installed, of course, you know, it
ran it out and I heard noise. And what I
discovered the noise was was the window sill was more
showing on the outside along with the vinyl side in
which you know, they use the aluminum frame around the windows,
(32:18):
so the water hitting the aluminum on the sill would
cause the noise to run right through to the house.
Speaker 1 (32:27):
So that was I can see that. I can see that.
In fact, the other fellow may be as correct as
you are, Chris, because quite I still like the overflow
on the gut or to a degree that would even
exacerbate that noise on an aluminum sill, And so so
a combination of both or just the aluminum seal may
(32:50):
be a cause. That's that's good thinking.
Speaker 13 (32:52):
I like that, Yeah, because that's you know, because the
storm windows, of course are installed on the outside of
the house, so the sill kind of disappear here, is sure.
So it's never there's never a noise coming off because
the lot never hits that shelf. So that's what I discovered.
Speaker 1 (33:08):
I think that's probably it. And and there's not a lot
you're gonna do about that though, right.
Speaker 13 (33:14):
No, No, I just got used to the noise and
it doesn't really happen in the bedroom.
Speaker 1 (33:18):
Sell, I know, I think I think that's probably right.
I was trying to think of, you know, the aluminum windows,
the air pockets, the screen to slow down the velocity.
But you're right, you know, if if if you changed
out the sighting too, or you trim it out in
aluminum from the windows, that's absolutely gonna make more noise,
(33:42):
no question about it. Thanks Chris, appreciate it. All right,
let's go to Troy. Troy Welcome, Hey.
Speaker 14 (33:50):
Gary, thanks for taking my talk.
Speaker 2 (33:51):
Can you hear me?
Speaker 1 (33:52):
Okay, I can, thank you.
Speaker 14 (33:55):
Yes, I've got a tankless water heater and I was
it's in a little like utility closet outside of my
condo unit, and I went in there to check it out,
and there's water all over the floor. It's dried up now,
but it's it's still wet, but pretty significant amount of
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water that had come out of it.
Speaker 2 (34:18):
Huh.
Speaker 14 (34:19):
And it's not currently leaking, and the pipes never froze
or anything like that. So I'm trying to figure out
what I might check on that thing. I'm not real
familiar with how the tankless water fronters works.
Speaker 1 (34:33):
The first time I've had a problem with them leaking,
to be honest with you, So I'm not real sure either.
How about where the water lines. Have you checked the
water lines themselves?
Speaker 14 (34:44):
Yeah, I mean I kind of inspected all the lions
in there, and there's no active leak or anything like that.
It just looks like it happened at one time, almost
as though it like flushed the whole out, because there's
a like a drain type that goes into a there's
(35:05):
a drain on the floor. Of course, in that closet
and it's the mark on the wall. The water went
up a good three or four inches on.
Speaker 2 (35:14):
The drywall, Okay, and so we could get so we
could cross off loose connections.
Speaker 1 (35:22):
It sounds like.
Speaker 4 (35:22):
Huh, I think.
Speaker 14 (35:24):
So I didn't see any activity.
Speaker 1 (35:27):
So then the other thing I would look at too
would be, you know, excessive water pressure. If the pressure
is too high, that could cause a leak when the
pressure is high. And is there a pressure relief valve
on there? And I don't know this. I know there
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is on type wall water heaters. I'm assuming there's a
pressure relief valve on a tank.
Speaker 14 (35:53):
List Also, I don't know it's a it's this is
actually a rental property, so I'm not I don't see
it every day. And just went over there and noticed
with the other guys, all have to take a look
for something like that.
Speaker 1 (36:04):
Yeah, take a look at that and if if that,
if there is one, see if it kind of lines
up where you know the water would have been. And
let's get that water pressure tested and you would test
that on an outside outlet. Okay, So that's just another
thing to put in our toolbox.
Speaker 2 (36:25):
Here.
Speaker 1 (36:25):
The other thing that would come to mind and again
it depends on where it's position. You'll be able to
answer is better than I. It's been a pretty cold
winter and maybe condensation, but I know that's a lot
of water, so.
Speaker 2 (36:46):
The ventilation, I.
Speaker 14 (36:47):
Don't think it's condensation, just given the volume of water
that was in there, you know, because it's a little
closet and the whole floor is still kind of wet.
You know, it went down the drain, but it's like
I said, it went up on the drywall, probably a
good three to four inches.
Speaker 2 (37:04):
Yeah, it was a lot amount, but.
Speaker 14 (37:06):
I didn't see it because by the time I.
Speaker 2 (37:08):
Thought it had drained.
Speaker 1 (37:09):
But how old is it?
Speaker 14 (37:12):
It's like two years old.
Speaker 1 (37:14):
Has it ever been cleaning?
Speaker 14 (37:18):
Uh no, not to my knowledge, So.
Speaker 1 (37:21):
I believe and get in your owner's manual just read
about flushing those out. They vary from brand to brand,
but some of them recommend flushing, you know, every six months.
And if there was a hard water issue and a
scale build up that could that could create a leak
and maybe loosen that scale up during the leak.
Speaker 2 (37:46):
So I would put that in your toolbox.
Speaker 1 (37:49):
And then probably the only thing I could ever think
of that really could be a problem would be if
that heat exchanger was cracked, and maybe water could leak,
you know, because those high efficiency furnaces and tankless water heaters,
if you get a faulty heat exchanger, that's where we
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see a lot of water leaks and water issues with
furnaces and stuff in attics because of a faulty you know,
heat exchanger. So that would you know, that could be
it too. But I'd cross off the condensation, I'd cross
off the loose connections, and then that kind of leaves us,
you know, to worn seals, mineral build ups, excessive pressure,
(38:38):
you know, those functional things. So hopefully that helps. I
know that's a lot to get through, but hopefully that'll
kind of send you in a direction. But odd there's
no codes flashing saying there's a problem, So I might
want to have a plumber take a look at that too. Also,
some people require a plumber to do the flushing and
(39:00):
the cleaning on some techless water heaters. All right, Joe Streckerd,
thanks so much for producing today. I certainly appreciated. A
happy birthday to Danny and good Lord. Willing back next
weekend for more at Home with Gary Sullivan.
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Speaker 2 (00:14):
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see the talk station. All right, do we get it?
Is welcome aboard. You're at home with Gary Salvin, taking
it through another weekend, getting a few things done around
the home.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
And many people talk this time of year.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Spring cleaning, spring cleaning, and usually this time of year
I also give you some tips on spring cleaning. So
let me give you a quick one and then we'll
get to Shelley and Kurt and Karen. And that is
your kitchen needs your attention. I'm just saying I think
that's probably true. Anyway. There's a product it's called the
Jaws Kitchen clean I use it all the time. It's
(01:01):
a perfect every day cleaner all kitchen surfaces. It'll cut
grease and grime stovetops, microwaves, and I.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
Even use it on my barbecue grill.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
It's streak free and uh, you know, I mean even
your granted stainless steel and dark marble surfaces will stay
spotless without damage.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
And that's always a good news.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
Hey, here's another little tip of that too. Using the
Jaws kitchen cleaner is tougher messes. Wet the area down,
then wet a paper towel down and stick it to
that area and just let it sit for a while
and then wipe it off. But the Jaws kitchen Cleaner,
(01:43):
if there's a grease and oils involved, I would certainly
grab a bottle of that. You can pick it up
at jawscleans dot com. It's Jaws cleans dot com. All right,
let's go to Shelley. Shelley, welcome, Thanks Gary.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
I'm calling because my home was built in nineteen fifty
five and it still had all the original windows and
they were storm windows. So I got new windows in December,
and I have called the company about this little issue
and they said they've never heard of it before and
(02:21):
they don't have any answer for me. So yeah, So
when I when it rains, it is very loud. It
sounds like pebbles being thrown at my bedroom windows. And
I never noticed the rain. It was very quiet when
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I had the storm windows. And unfortunately I've had all
the bedroom windows replaced with these new windows. They are
double paned, so they said they should function as a
storm window. This should not be a problem, but it
is so every time it rains at night.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
I can't well, I have to admit I haven't really
heard that issue either. I will say, but listening to
you that, what tell me about the old windows? I
knew you had storm windows in it, but how about
the window itself?
Speaker 2 (03:14):
What kind of window was it? How old were they?
Speaker 3 (03:16):
It was well, nineteen fifty five the original to the.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
House ice steel, casement, aluminum, aluminum, and they cranked out,
did they or did they slide up in them? No,
they slid up and down, okay, and they okay, And
they had one pane of glass in them.
Speaker 3 (03:40):
I do believe they had one pain and then they
had the storm window outside of that, the whole separate pain.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
Yeah. I was going to say, if there was a
big enough gap between the single pane and a storm window,
there would be more air and they would create more
sound deadening. But man, yeah, what kind of window did
you put in there? Was it a wood window or
a vinyl window.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
Or what vinyl double pain? But you're right, there is space.
I still have the living room windows that are the
old ones, and there is space. There is air in
between that storm Well.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
There's air in between that vinyl replacement window too. It's
probably not as wide as the you know, with a
storm window.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
I've not really heard of that.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
In fact, quite honestly, I've been to different job sites
with various manufacturers of vinyl replacement windows, and when I
would interview folks and ask them, you know, what did
you like about the windows? We save money on the electricity,
you know, we But one thing that always comes up
is its quieter. It always comes up, well, it's so
(04:56):
much quieter now. So I don't know if I have
a really great answer for you.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
Okay, and nothing nothing I can do to maybe put
some kind of.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
Buffer or where's your screen at that's that on the inside.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
Oh my goodness, I'm so sorry i'd have to.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
And I don't even know if that really changes anything.
I was just thinking if it's on the outside, that
would even help it quieter, because it would take the
force off the rain.
Speaker 3 (05:35):
Mm hmmm. Right.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
And I don't know how it.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
Was before, whether it was there. It was probably on
the outside of the window, but not on the outside
of the storm windows.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
So I think you're right.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
You know, So I don't know, it's the screen on
the inside now. I I don't even know if that'd
make a difference, just thinking of things.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
That would change.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Uh hmmm. I don't know. If anybody's got any ideas
for Shelley. I'm sure she'd like to hear him, so
would I. I I don't know.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
I would think a single pain aluminum window where a
storm window is going to be a very noisy window,
to be honest, I mean, that's that's what I would think.
And I would think a vinyl replacement double pain would
be pretty quiet. And I know my my double pain
vinyl windows. You know, it's got the you know, spacing
(06:33):
between it and this is in the screens are on
the outside, so that that to me would even make
it more quiet than having a storm window and then
a single pane of glass.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
I really don't know.
Speaker 3 (06:49):
M hmm, Okay, well that's fine. I just knew if
anybody would know it would.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
Be you, and you've been so patient with me. You
sit on hold. I got a bottle of the Jaws
hitching cleaner for you. How's that?
Speaker 3 (07:02):
Oh my goodness, I've never tried it. I hear you
talk about it. I've never tried any of the Jaws
products yet.
Speaker 1 (07:07):
So that as right. Well, here's your chance. We'll put
you on hold and Joe get your address and we'll
send you a bottle out. Thank you, Michell, I appreciate it,
you bet you, bye bye.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
All right, let me give you the phone number. It's
eight hundred eight two three eight two five five. You
can grab a line as we march.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
Through the weekend. Let's go to Rick. Rick.
Speaker 4 (07:27):
Welcome, thanks for taking my call. Gary appreciate it, Yes, sir,
good question. Actually two possibly, But first one, I've got
the four inch filter in our furnace and they're pretty expensive.
I was just curious it might be silly if I
could use four of the one inch and put those
(07:50):
in there instead of one of the four inch and
then maybe change it out more frequently.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
Well, well, you would definitely have to change it out
more frequently because the other three probably basically you're making
a box with one one inch filter, so you would
have to change out a pleated filter, say a MERV eight.
You'd probably want to change that about every fifty days
(08:16):
or so. That would be number one. The four inch
I think they give you up to six months to
change it.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
How holds the furnace?
Speaker 1 (08:24):
You think twenty three years old.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
That's a new house.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
Yeah, so here's one thing to be concerned about. All right,
maybe since I'm yeah, maybe, since I'm telling you this
is nothing to be concerned about. Then, But one of
the things that will happen with newer furnaces is and
I know something this happened to They have a ninety
(08:48):
day one inch pleated filter in their furnace system changed
in January and the unit, the unit furnace started flashing
all these code lights and it was because it wasn't
getting enough air. And I said, change the filter or
(09:15):
it's going to shut down. And he did change it
and reset it. So the newer furnaces, if it's not
getting enough volume of air through there, it could shut down.
And if it's accessible and it's blinking and it says
air filter, if you google the code, it wouldn't be
much of a problem.
Speaker 2 (09:35):
But I'm just telling you how to beware.
Speaker 1 (09:37):
So when you get a MERV eight, MERV is how
efficient and how small particles it'll filter out. And if
you have a MIRV eight and then you have three
more MIRV eight filters, I don't know how that equates
in the density of airflow, but I'm thinking it might
(09:58):
be too dense then.
Speaker 4 (10:00):
All right, all right, I just wanted to run by
see someone or if you'd had experience with that, because
I mean, even changing it out every other month.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
Well, first of all, I don't think you need to
change it out every other month. I think on a
six inch filter, you can you know, check me on this,
but I believe the recommended amount of time to change
it is every six months on a four inch because
remember each of those pleats when you're talking about surface
(10:33):
to catch the dust, you have more surface now than
you have in a.
Speaker 2 (10:37):
One inch.
Speaker 1 (10:40):
Okay, you know if you pulled you accordion out. So
I don't think you need to yeah, because they're like
what fifty.
Speaker 5 (10:45):
Bucks, they're pretty expensive, and I was just doing the
math and like four times one is like less than
four even though I would have to change them out
this frequently.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
But this is the this is the main furnace, correct
it is?
Speaker 4 (11:05):
Okay, it's a fore inch sticks filtering.
Speaker 2 (11:09):
Yeah, I'm familiar with them.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
I actually had one in a secondary furnace up in
an attic, and uh, we didn't use that furnace very often,
so I literally didn't change those but once a year.
I didn't leave the fan on, I didn't really use
the kids moved out, and you know, I change it
once a year. But if it's on the main furnace,
you know, the next thing. Do you have an h
(11:31):
VAC company that you work with, maybe that they do
an inspection annually or something along those lines.
Speaker 4 (11:37):
No, this spring would be my first.
Speaker 1 (11:40):
Right, Here's what I recommend you do, regardless of who
you're doing. When they do your inspection, talk to them
about that furnace. There's a lot of different air handlers,
air cleaners now that you're not going to have to
replace that you know all the time. You know, more
(12:00):
of a permanent type filter. There's electrostatic ones, and do
the math on your cost it may be worth switching
that out or at the same time, just make sure
I'm right on changing that maybe every six months, and
I feel pretty certain I am, and then you can
make a decision of whether that's the least expensive way
(12:22):
to get good filtering of the air in the house.
At least you'll you'll have some numbers to make that decision.
Speaker 4 (12:30):
It's good, sounds good, because yeah, I just when you
pull those filters out, just on one side is usually
pretty clogged up because it's meeting well, it's meeting that
air where it comes into the furnace, and so that
one side is usually well, yeah, thirty than the other.
And I say, well, if I get rid of that
front and replace with something clean more frequently, is going
(12:55):
to make that air flow well, I.
Speaker 1 (12:59):
Just don't want you to the floor the flow air
and then you start having you know, the furthest away
bedrooms getting cold.
Speaker 2 (13:06):
My guess is that would not be a good idea.
Speaker 1 (13:09):
But double check with double check with them, just to
be sure. I wouldn't do it till I did double
check with them. And there was something else I was
going to add, but I can't remember what it was.
But uh, yeah, I don't think i'd do it until
I double checked with them, and and and again I I, oh,
I know what I was going to say. If you're
(13:29):
changing that thing like every two months or one month
or whatever. You said, did you happen to have the
duck work cleaned before you moved into that house? Yeah?
Another question, do you find that you have a lot
of dust in the home on end tables or things.
(13:51):
You feel like it's more dusty than what you're accustomed to.
You know, I'll let you just think about that or
watch that over the next two months, because a lot
of times I went almost four years before I had
my field, before I had my duckwork clean. When I
moved in my house, I could not believe how much
junk was in there. It was drywall dust, it was
(14:11):
small fibers and they get very dense. And I remember
we were dusting a lot, and I was changing fields
a lot, and then all of a sudden, I had
my duckwork clean and went solved that problem.
Speaker 4 (14:22):
There we get we had that flexible duck work through
the house.
Speaker 1 (14:26):
Okay, yeah, I don't know if they can clean that.
Speaker 4 (14:31):
Yeah, yeah, that's the problem. When they built these houses,
they use up flexed and that's I seemed like they
took a hole.
Speaker 6 (14:38):
They're trying to clean that.
Speaker 1 (14:39):
Yeah, they would, they would, but well, you got a
couple of things to talk to your AC guy when
he comes out. And that's good. Made some good information
right on the spot, you know, and uh, maybe there's
nothing we can do, maybe there is something very good.
Speaker 4 (14:55):
All right, all right, I appreciate your insight on that,
and then you have a great day.
Speaker 2 (15:00):
All right, you do the same. Thanks. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
I think putting them four together and is going to
come back to haunt you, all right. Quick break at
Home with Gary Sullivan weekends.
Speaker 7 (15:10):
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Speaker 2 (15:44):
All Right, as we.
Speaker 1 (15:45):
Kind of work on our way through the weekend, lot
lots of things to cover, and and it's one of
the things we talked about was decking earlier. And I
want to spend just a second here, and we're gonna
have to take another break anyway, and then we'll get
to Kurt and Jeff and Karen and Chris. But we're
talking about how people change down floorboards and decks. I
(16:08):
do want to do if you're gonna stain your deck
this year, make sure you get the right kind of stain.
Speaker 2 (16:13):
You get two choices.
Speaker 1 (16:14):
A semi transparent, which is going to show the wood grain.
Speaker 2 (16:18):
It's going to look like wood. Everybody likes that, but you.
Speaker 1 (16:21):
Need to know that the longevity of that is less
than a solid color stain.
Speaker 2 (16:27):
A solid color stain.
Speaker 1 (16:29):
More or less appears to be a painted deck, and
some people don't like that, and that's fine. If you
have an older deck where it's really grayed out, maybe
it has some cracks in it, and you really want
to hide it a little bit, you might consider going
to a solid color stain rather than putting another semi
(16:51):
transparent on. Because as you put another semi transparent on,
instead of being a grade tired looking deck, it'll show
the grain, also showed the cracks that have showed the
raised grain.
Speaker 2 (17:03):
It is just not going to last.
Speaker 1 (17:06):
But maybe two or three years, whereas a solid cloch
thing and get you five years plus hide all that.
So do consider the type of application you want to
make depending on the state of the deck. All right,
like I said, we'll have Kurt, Mike, Jeff, Karen, Chris
as we take a break. You're at home with Gary Sullivan.
Speaker 7 (17:31):
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All right back in it we go at home with
Gary Sullivan to the phones we had as we talk
a little bit about the maintenance and repair of our homes.
Let's go to Kurt. Kurt welcome, Thanks for holding.
Speaker 6 (19:24):
Yeah, Gary, h Just a quick question before we get
to my main one. Just I was wondering on a dishwasher.
I put in there's some kind of a cleaner that
you go every thirty days. I go every other thirty days.
Go use it that much three four times a month.
Dishwasher doesn't get full until about you know, five five
(19:47):
days and five six days and just wondering. Uh uh you, well,
you would probably want to scrap t dishes rinsome before
you put them in the dishwasher. You don't really want
to put a heavy spaghetti sauce plate. I've heard people saying,
you know, put dirty plates right in the dishwasher. Well,
(20:08):
you don't use it that often, right, If I don't
like that idea either.
Speaker 2 (20:12):
I totally agree.
Speaker 1 (20:13):
If you're going to leave them in there for four
or five days until it's filled up, I would definitely
I would rinse them and I'd get as much off
as I could.
Speaker 6 (20:23):
Yeah. Well, and then basically back in the old days commercially,
I worked in restaurants and that's here is and you
use you clean the plate with a spatula and a sprayer,
and it's pretty much uh it's a clear plate. And
then the dishwashers were sanitizing.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
Right right, I totally agree with you.
Speaker 6 (20:45):
Yeah, that's my quick question. Now I'll get to my
main one. Uh. I got a new construction two by
four construction. Uh, it's two car garage attached. So I
got my inside wall is of courseated with firewall sheet rock,
so that that wall is good to go. My opening
(21:08):
is sixteen x seven garage door insulated, so that's covered,
and then there's not much more to insulate on the
front wall, considering the heater that goes all the way
across above the door. Maybe a couple of pockets that
could be insulated. So I understand that. My problem is
(21:30):
the contractor put up some nice sheet rock with tape
and everything and a light a light coat of mud,
so it's pretty much all finished off right into paint,
but he didn't put any insulation. And we live in
the Great White North here in the Dakotas, and it
gets a little cold up here, so I don't know.
(21:53):
There's a I've heard fifty different ideas, and I just thought,
you know, I'll try one last time to make a decision.
But I thought it better get your thoughts that before
I do anything.
Speaker 2 (22:06):
So tell me which walls not insulated.
Speaker 6 (22:10):
Well, it's the sidewalls, and there's about twenty three feet
of sidewall and it is sheet rocked, and it's four
by about ten foot sheet rock hanging vertically. So it's
a really easy deal. You know, It's not a whole
bunch of pieces of sheet rock.
Speaker 2 (22:29):
What's on the olk side.
Speaker 6 (22:32):
It would be LP sighting, I believe they call it.
Speaker 1 (22:39):
I would say probably your best bet would be to
use a foam insulation and have it injected into the space.
Speaker 6 (22:51):
I like that idea way better than you know, dumping
cellulos from the local.
Speaker 1 (22:56):
Yeah, I'll tell you what if you're really look at
it insulating and no kidding about this, those expendable foams
that some of these phamers use now and on the
outside walls, you could use a closed cell phone where
it would be like a vapor barrier. Also, it'll have
it'll have it'll have a good high r value per
(23:19):
inch of thickness is probably going to be double what
cellulose or fiberglass is. So and there may be less
spacing there and that's good. So there's no question that's
what I would use. And it'll make a big difference.
Speaker 6 (23:38):
Yeah, oh yeah, yeah. My brother would use a foam
and quite a large structure that he put up and
it tightens everything up. It adds a lot of strength
as well, I guess they say as far as just
kind of pulling everything together long and it.
Speaker 1 (23:57):
Eliminates I mean, that's the big thing. Even if you
just had It's like if you had an old, old
brick house that was built in nineteen sixty and you
had just you know, threequarters of an inch between the
brick and the and the inside wall. Uh, it would
be so beneficial just because it would eliminate air penetration.
Speaker 2 (24:20):
So yeah, it'd be a big deal.
Speaker 6 (24:24):
Yeah, I guess I really hadn't thought of going the
foam direction. Probably be a little bit more expensive, but
it would be a way better job, that's for sure.
Speaker 1 (24:31):
So for sure, for sure, did that garage ever get
below freezing? Oh?
Speaker 6 (24:37):
It it will. When we get blow zero, the garage
can get. I think it's got down to the low
twenties before in the garage. But you can even pop
a heater out there. And I've got the ceiling. I
have that all blown in insulation. So I got the
ceiling done okay, but at least sidewalls.
Speaker 4 (24:55):
I don't know.
Speaker 6 (24:55):
I some days I just want to take a claw
hammer and just rip all that.
Speaker 1 (25:00):
Ask that's kind of what your choices are. I wouldn't
try to dump like cellulus on there it and get
hung up on wires and wood and pipes and everything else.
I would either get it foamed or tear it down
and start over.
Speaker 6 (25:13):
Yeah, I think you're right. Okay, GARYT.
Speaker 1 (25:15):
Good day, Thank you all right, thanks Art take care
by Mike Jeff welcome.
Speaker 11 (25:21):
Yeah, how you doing today, sir?
Speaker 2 (25:23):
Doing fine? Thank you?
Speaker 1 (25:25):
Hey.
Speaker 11 (25:25):
You got a couple of quick ideas on the gal
that had the noisy windows. The first idea, I would
hope that her gutters aren't overflowing and it's making noise
that way.
Speaker 1 (25:38):
Good point. Early in the conversation that did go through
my mind, but I didn't vocalize it. So thanks for
reminding me again. I thought the same thing I did,
because that happened not long ago.
Speaker 11 (25:52):
Yeah, it does. It makes all huge amount of noise
if the gutters were overflown. The other situation would be
are of the law drawing the windows tight together?
Speaker 2 (26:04):
Good point. That's another good one.
Speaker 11 (26:07):
The other situation is and I would hope that this
was done because if it wasn't done, it's going to
be a major situation.
Speaker 6 (26:13):
To correct it.
Speaker 11 (26:15):
Was there insulation put in around the windows at the
time of the replacement.
Speaker 1 (26:20):
Yeah, I had a call like that yesterday and they
had windows and they were drafty, and I asked that question.
They didn't know, but not only that even if they
had put some fiberglass insallation in there and didn't.
Speaker 2 (26:35):
Pack it in there real good.
Speaker 1 (26:36):
The best way to really dead nose sounds is with
a foam rather than a tyberglass. That could be it,
I gosh, I would sure hope a window company would
certainly be insulating that, but that could be an option.
Speaker 11 (26:54):
But the gutters, the locks, and the insulation around the
windows might be three possibilities.
Speaker 1 (26:59):
If she's listening, I'm going for the gutters. I'm going
for the gutters. I think I think that's it. I was,
like I said, I thought of that when she first
started talking. And the locks are I always remind people
about the locks when we go from fall to winter,
because it's easy to forget locking those windows, especially if
(27:21):
they're open a lot during the during a nice fall.
But hey, appreciate the tips. Thank you very much, Jeff
All eight and let's go to Karen. Karen, welcome, Hello
the first time collar Well welcome.
Speaker 12 (27:39):
I'm glad I kept your number. I had it for
years and years.
Speaker 2 (27:43):
There you go.
Speaker 12 (27:44):
Anyhow, I was listening to your show last night that
would be the fifteenth of March, and unfortunately I should
have gotten out of bed and loaded named down, but
I didn't, and when I woke up this morning, I
couldn't remember it. Okay, you you talked about a product
(28:10):
that takes smoke and odors out of the house.
Speaker 1 (28:17):
Mm, hm.
Speaker 2 (28:19):
So and so yeah.
Speaker 1 (28:22):
So the name of the company is oder Exit. So
it's O D O R x I T And what
kind of is this from someone smoking? Or is this
from cooking, or what kind of odors are these?
Speaker 12 (28:39):
X I T x I T order XI T.
Speaker 1 (28:44):
Yep, it's oder x IT So it's odor x I
T oder exit dot com.
Speaker 2 (28:50):
That's our website.
Speaker 1 (28:51):
They've got a several different odor products and the one
we were talking about for smoke was one one called MOMS,
which is a liquid spray. And if it's over a
larger area, there's one called AQM and AQM is a
(29:13):
packet that you moisten and you attach it to a
fan and it blows it out through the room and
that will eliminate smoke odors. I've been in some of
the places where that was used, and one was trying
to sell a house that somebody had smoked in and
after they cleaned the walls, they used the Mom's product,
(29:37):
or they used the AQM the packet product, and it
circled back the next day and that odor was gone.
And so anyway, go on your website. Their phone numbers
there also you can look at the products, but the
ones you'd be interested in, unless it was cooking odors,
then you would use their eliminator. They welcome you to
(29:59):
call them also, but it's odo r xit dot com.
And for folks that want to learn a little bit
about orders, you can pick up that podcast. It was
an interview yesterday, it was a podcast today. It's on
the iHeart app, hit the magnifying glass, it's at Home
with Gary Sullivan and it's appropriately labeled and you can
(30:22):
take a listen at your leisure. Thank you much for
the call, Karen. I appreciated a quick break and wrapping
things up for the weekend. You're at home with Gary Sullivan.
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Speaker 1 (31:08):
All right, back in it we go. We are about
eleven minutes away from the top of the r as
we talk a little home improvement and hopefully you'll get
a good week of weather where we can get some
of these projects started, or at least plan to start
the planning on how to accomplish that. Let's go to Chris.
Speaker 2 (31:27):
Chris, welcome, Hi Gary, how are you doing doing fine?
Thank you?
Speaker 13 (31:32):
That's good. I think I have a solution to the
noisy windows. Okay, one of the I actually had done.
I had some double hung windows put in, and I
also had my house final sided, and it previously had
nineteen fifties windows and storm windows on the outside. So
(31:55):
after I had them installed, of course, you know, it
ran it out and I heard noise. And what I
discovered the noise was was the window sill was more
showing on the outside along with the vinyl side in
which you know, they use the aluminum frame around the windows,
(32:18):
so the water hitting the aluminum on the sill would
cause the noise to run right through to the house.
Speaker 1 (32:27):
So that was I can see that. I can see that.
In fact, the other fellow may be as correct as
you are, Chris, because quite I still like the overflow
on the gut or to a degree that would even
exacerbate that noise on an aluminum sill, And so so
a combination of both or just the aluminum seal may
(32:50):
be a cause. That's that's good thinking.
Speaker 13 (32:52):
I like that, Yeah, because that's you know, because the
storm windows, of course are installed on the outside of
the house, so the sill kind of disappear here, is sure.
So it's never there's never a noise coming off because
the lot never hits that shelf. So that's what I discovered.
Speaker 1 (33:08):
I think that's probably it. And and there's not a lot
you're gonna do about that though, right.
Speaker 13 (33:14):
No, No, I just got used to the noise and
it doesn't really happen in the bedroom.
Speaker 1 (33:18):
Sell, I know, I think I think that's probably right.
I was trying to think of, you know, the aluminum windows,
the air pockets, the screen to slow down the velocity.
But you're right, you know, if if if you changed
out the sighting too, or you trim it out in
aluminum from the windows, that's absolutely gonna make more noise,
(33:42):
no question about it. Thanks Chris, appreciate it. All right,
let's go to Troy. Troy Welcome, Hey.
Speaker 14 (33:50):
Gary, thanks for taking my talk.
Speaker 2 (33:51):
Can you hear me?
Speaker 1 (33:52):
Okay, I can, thank you.
Speaker 14 (33:55):
Yes, I've got a tankless water heater and I was
it's in a little like utility closet outside of my
condo unit, and I went in there to check it out,
and there's water all over the floor. It's dried up now,
but it's it's still wet, but pretty significant amount of
(34:16):
water that had come out of it.
Speaker 2 (34:18):
Huh.
Speaker 14 (34:19):
And it's not currently leaking, and the pipes never froze
or anything like that. So I'm trying to figure out
what I might check on that thing. I'm not real
familiar with how the tankless water fronters works.
Speaker 1 (34:33):
The first time I've had a problem with them leaking,
to be honest with you, So I'm not real sure either.
How about where the water lines. Have you checked the
water lines themselves?
Speaker 14 (34:44):
Yeah, I mean I kind of inspected all the lions
in there, and there's no active leak or anything like that.
It just looks like it happened at one time, almost
as though it like flushed the whole out, because there's
a like a drain type that goes into a there's
(35:05):
a drain on the floor. Of course, in that closet
and it's the mark on the wall. The water went
up a good three or four inches on.
Speaker 2 (35:14):
The drywall, Okay, and so we could get so we
could cross off loose connections.
Speaker 1 (35:22):
It sounds like.
Speaker 4 (35:22):
Huh, I think.
Speaker 14 (35:24):
So I didn't see any activity.
Speaker 1 (35:27):
So then the other thing I would look at too
would be, you know, excessive water pressure. If the pressure
is too high, that could cause a leak when the
pressure is high. And is there a pressure relief valve
on there? And I don't know this. I know there
(35:47):
is on type wall water heaters. I'm assuming there's a
pressure relief valve on a tank.
Speaker 14 (35:53):
List Also, I don't know it's a it's this is
actually a rental property, so I'm not I don't see
it every day. And just went over there and noticed
with the other guys, all have to take a look
for something like that.
Speaker 1 (36:04):
Yeah, take a look at that and if if that,
if there is one, see if it kind of lines
up where you know the water would have been. And
let's get that water pressure tested and you would test
that on an outside outlet. Okay, So that's just another
thing to put in our toolbox.
Speaker 2 (36:25):
Here.
Speaker 1 (36:25):
The other thing that would come to mind and again
it depends on where it's position. You'll be able to
answer is better than I. It's been a pretty cold
winter and maybe condensation, but I know that's a lot
of water, so.
Speaker 2 (36:46):
The ventilation, I.
Speaker 14 (36:47):
Don't think it's condensation, just given the volume of water
that was in there, you know, because it's a little
closet and the whole floor is still kind of wet.
You know, it went down the drain, but it's like
I said, it went up on the drywall, probably a
good three to four inches.
Speaker 2 (37:04):
Yeah, it was a lot amount, but.
Speaker 14 (37:06):
I didn't see it because by the time I.
Speaker 2 (37:08):
Thought it had drained.
Speaker 1 (37:09):
But how old is it?
Speaker 14 (37:12):
It's like two years old.
Speaker 1 (37:14):
Has it ever been cleaning?
Speaker 14 (37:18):
Uh no, not to my knowledge, So.
Speaker 1 (37:21):
I believe and get in your owner's manual just read
about flushing those out. They vary from brand to brand,
but some of them recommend flushing, you know, every six months.
And if there was a hard water issue and a
scale build up that could that could create a leak
and maybe loosen that scale up during the leak.
Speaker 2 (37:46):
So I would put that in your toolbox.
Speaker 1 (37:49):
And then probably the only thing I could ever think
of that really could be a problem would be if
that heat exchanger was cracked, and maybe water could leak,
you know, because those high efficiency furnaces and tankless water heaters,
if you get a faulty heat exchanger, that's where we
(38:12):
see a lot of water leaks and water issues with
furnaces and stuff in attics because of a faulty you know,
heat exchanger. So that would you know, that could be
it too. But I'd cross off the condensation, I'd cross
off the loose connections, and then that kind of leaves us,
you know, to worn seals, mineral build ups, excessive pressure,
(38:38):
you know, those functional things. So hopefully that helps. I
know that's a lot to get through, but hopefully that'll
kind of send you in a direction. But odd there's
no codes flashing saying there's a problem, So I might
want to have a plumber take a look at that too. Also,
some people require a plumber to do the flushing and
(39:00):
the cleaning on some techless water heaters. All right, Joe Streckerd,
thanks so much for producing today. I certainly appreciated. A
happy birthday to Danny and good Lord. Willing back next
weekend for more at Home with Gary Sullivan.
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