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Speaker 1 (00:35):
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I'm all riled up because the first thing I hear
this morning is where I'm at. Duke Energy has starting tomorrow,
not a year from today, but starting tomorrow, a twenty
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five percent increase per kill awat hour, And you can
look up and get all the kilowat is like a
thousand watts, so you can do the calculation of what
kind of increase. That means that's if you're buying your
energy from Duke in our area. I'm bringing this up.
(02:10):
I know it's a national show, but we all have
energy providers. If it's affecting one area, it's probably affecting
every area. And if not, before coming your way. And
I've started last week's show off asking you what you
thought of battery mowers and gas mowers. Today, I'd like
(02:33):
to ask you do you keep ignoring the twenty five
percent per kilowatt our increase? Do you keep ignoring energy cost?
It seems like and you know as well as I do,
everything's going up. You know, streaming TV, cable TV subscriptions here,
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subscriptions makes you crazy after a while. Do you just
keep going about or do you take action and say, well,
I'm gonna I'm gonna change some things. So, speaking of
energy increases, what are you gonna do? What are you
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going to do about it? Are you going to So
I was just looking up a couple of things this
morning on cost, and I don't want to turn this
into a mass show at all. You know, it's about
home improvement, maintenance and repair, and as homeowners, I ask
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what are you gonna do about it? Is it as
simple as Oh, I'm gonna put some weather stripping on
the front door. Gee, I'm gonna check the threshold. Gee,
I'm gonna add insulation. I'm gonna buy windows. I'm gonna
increase the ventilation in my home. I'm gonna turn off lights.
I know they're led. They don't consume as much as
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the old lights. Does it really make a difference? Well, yeah,
I guess even though we don't have pennies, you know,
every penny counts as I drive through thermostat up termine, Yeah,
that's another one.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
Turned you do you do that? And I was thinking
too Nanny this morning, and I preach this a lot.
It's it's you know, your air conditioner is your biggest?
Do you midifier? Yes?
Speaker 1 (04:36):
And sometimes units are sized wrong. And I know this
starts getting complex and everything, but dog gone it. If
we can have a less humid house, we can turn
the thermostat up from a comfort standpoint. If you're running
fifty humidity in your home and you got it set
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it uh, or let's say sixty percent and you got
it set at seventy five degrees, maybe you drive that
humidity down the fifty percent inside your home, and we'll
talk about how to do that. Maybe you can turn
your thermostat to seventy eight degrees.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
So you know, what are you going to do about it?
Speaker 1 (05:22):
That that's my question to you, what are you thinking
about doing? I started making a list, and believe it
or not, there's still plenty of ways to cut down appliances.
A refrigerator, you know, a new refrigerator versus that twenty
five year old refrigerator you have in the garage is
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way more efficient and you can get again, don't want
to turn into a mass show. You can look it
up online. It'll talk about energy consumption and the difference.
It's huge that that old refrige is costing you a
bundle and maybe you need it, maybe you don't.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
Maybe the refrigerator in the garage and the best places
for it, maybe it should be in the basement.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
Anyway, that's the question for the day. We'll certainly focus
on other things that need to be done around the home.
Had my wet and forget out this past week because
my driveway, my sidewalk, my front stoop has just become gray,
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dingy and dark, and of course that's just algae fungus,
mildews growing on the concrete. It's time to get it cleaned.
It's time to get it sealed. And the reason you
would seal concrete, one of the reasons is it won't
absorb as much moisture, whether it's rain and where I'm
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at we've had a lot or morning dew, which we're
gonna have a lot when the humidity sets in for
the summer, and that moisture doesn't penetrate as deep into
the concrete if it's sealed, which means it dries out faster,
which means it doesn't give the mold, the mildew, the
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algae fungus a chance to take root and start growing,
which is that black shadow. And no a pressure washer
will clean it. But the magic's in the juice, right,
The magic is in the cleaners. Regardless of what you're using.
It will help lift that and kill that or fade
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that algae, fungus, mildew and mold.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
All right, So that's one of the things we're going
to talk about that also today, of course, we're going
to talk to you and I'm gonna give you the
phone number in a minute and you can grab a line.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
The other thing we're going to talk about is with
the wet, coolish weather we've had this year, has that
brought more wildlife into your home or has it been
slowing them down? Are they in your home now and
you don't notice? When do the babies get born? That's
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when all the activity starts. Have we seen that yet?
How do we get rid of them? How do we
know we have a problem? Well, Ron Krueger will join us.
He is our expert. That'll be in about an hour
and fifteen minutes. We'll have Ron on and we'll talk
about what you can do and what you should be
listening for or paying attention to because that's a big
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expense not always covered by insurance either. Mind you keep
that in mind. So we'll have him on. Also talk
about home generators, and of course we'll take your calls
as we do each and every weekend. Danny Boy is
ready to take your calls. Our phone number is eight
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Speaker 2 (09:04):
Five y five.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
You can grab a line. Ron Wilson he's coming up.
We'll see what's going on in the garden. I understand
some of the northern states can be having some frost tonight.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
Yikes. We'll continue You're at home with Gary Sullivan.
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Speaker 1 (11:54):
All Right you're at home with Gary Salivon. It's about
twenty minutes after the top of the air. Time to
bring in Ron Wilson. Ron does a national gardening and
landscaping show and he joins us this time each and
every week. And mister Wilson, we talked earlier in your
show about how the landscaping, the yard, the garden always
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part of your home. And uh, this is a busy
time of year for you, as I mogress about every
four days now.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
Yes, Miche Shelman, Yes, sir. What do I do? When's
it gonna keep on keep on mowing? You know that quit?
I don't know, you know.
Speaker 4 (12:30):
But I'm not complaining because you know, the weather's been
actually has been very nice. We've been sleep sleeping with
the windows open and nice.
Speaker 2 (12:37):
The weather's been very nice.
Speaker 4 (12:39):
I like it. You know. The rainfall has been a
little frustrating, There's no doubt about it.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
How about the gloom?
Speaker 4 (12:45):
What about the gloom?
Speaker 2 (12:46):
I mean you don't like that or you do like it?
Speaker 4 (12:48):
I like rainy days. I like overcast days because I
know there's other sunny days that are going to come
along with it as well.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
You are so sunny.
Speaker 4 (12:55):
Look at how well the plants have done so for
the most.
Speaker 1 (12:58):
Part, Ron, I'm gonna make a confession here. It was
kind of gloomy and coolish last Sunday. Lot this week, probably,
I don't know, right around the upper sixties. I love
this weather.
Speaker 4 (13:13):
There you go.
Speaker 1 (13:14):
I might be the only person. Everybody else is throwing sticks.
I'd rather have it sixty eight degrees than eighty eight.
Speaker 4 (13:20):
I'll give up swimming in a swimming pool in the
summertime to keep it cool like this.
Speaker 2 (13:24):
I agree. You can get a lot of work done too, yep.
Speaker 4 (13:26):
But what's gonna happen is you know, you know, darn well,
we've been through this too many years, you know, in
another couple of weeks, probably four days or days a day,
I don't know. Yeah, but uh, you know, we're gonna
it's gonna get hot, yeah. And it's gonna get sunny, yeah.
And it's gonna stop raining.
Speaker 2 (13:43):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (13:43):
And all these plants that have all this great lush,
new foliage and lots of leaves and new needles and
just in your lawn looking great, all of a sudden
is deprived of that moisture and they start ship. Now
it's gonna be sunny and hot, so they lose more
moisture and they can't support all the all the leaves
and all and then they start yellowing and then your
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your your neighbor's tree starts to drop leaves on your
on your driveway.
Speaker 2 (14:14):
Now it's just seed pods.
Speaker 4 (14:15):
But yeah, uh so you know it's coming. It'll it'll happen.
We go through that transition and we get into some
news today, but you know, what can I say? But
you know, so that's what my point is, enjoy it
while we got it, because you know it's going to
change somewhere down the road, just like you know when
you're talking about that possible frost up in the northeast.
You know, again, average wise, you know, it all averages out.
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But I still, you know, we see these extremes like
this more and more. You know, it's like and it's
it's crazy, and I just I don't let weather bother me.
Enjoy it is what it is. You deal with it,
You work with it. You know, you go with it.
You can't change it, so you just try to do
the best that you can. And every year is going
to be different.
Speaker 2 (14:58):
Yeah. One of the cool things all the products we
use outside, they're becoming more and more tolerant of crazy
weather conditions.
Speaker 4 (15:06):
They have to be.
Speaker 2 (15:07):
Yeah, they do well.
Speaker 4 (15:09):
They do plant selections the same way. Now, all of
a sudden, we're looking at plants that, you know, you
can really tolerate the drought. You know, you're looking at
plants that are tough and durable. That's you know, native
plants starting to make a major comeback into the not comeback,
but back into our landscapes at all that are native
for the climate, and even they suffer from drought. But
you know, looking at that's use the word what's that?
(15:33):
I'm sorry, missus, missus saliva is not listening, is it carry?
Speaker 2 (15:38):
Tell ron to quit talking about a drought. It's raining
every day.
Speaker 4 (15:42):
Not so far, we're in good shape. But but but
but then it gets very confusion because we will get
into that and then folks can use because four weeks ago,
in an all spring, it rained like crazy. Why why
am I watering now? Because what happened four weeks ago
doesn't mean anything. It doesn't today.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
What's amazing really as much, I don't know if we've
had any real downpours. It's just been kind of wet
and gloomy, which is really weird for this time of year.
I mean it is weird or unusual, but that within
a couple hours it seems like the lawns dry. I
mean you can mowte you can work in it, you
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can edge it.
Speaker 4 (16:22):
So you know, it's our landscape crews for the most
part of it going every day. Yeah, I mean there
are some sites I'm sure that we're open sites where
there's no sod, no turf all. You know, new construction
that can be a little slick for a day or two,
but then they're right back into it again. Sure, so
you know it does it dries out, So you know,
I don't, I really don't. I don't let water get
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to me. We got a special event. Maybe I'm a
little disappointed for that day. Otherwise, it is what it is,
and we deal with it right and do our best.
Speaker 1 (16:50):
So well, I used I used your teachings to me
this week because I was pretty excited about wanting to
kind of shape up some things and prune some things.
And I had somebody telling me that it would be
a really good day to do that. I'm not going
to mention any names, and I said, well, my friend
Ron Wilson told me I should let these light green
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leaves just kind of harden off before I trim them up.
So that's what I did.
Speaker 2 (17:17):
Good for you.
Speaker 4 (17:19):
I mean, you know a lot of times that new
folds will die back when you cut it in half,
and not all of it, but a lot of it will.
Speaker 1 (17:24):
So I actually I use I think it was chapter three,
page four of the Ron Wilson Guide to Getting Out
of Work. That's what I used.
Speaker 2 (17:33):
I used that quote and dog Gonet I got an
eye roll, but it worked.
Speaker 4 (17:37):
I bring all those out for Father's Day especially, you know,
it's the you'll just get out and pretend that you're
working in the yard and garden. Yeah, yeah, and there's
ways to pretend.
Speaker 2 (17:47):
Yeah, I'm going to get that chapter today. Yeah, I'm
going to read that.
Speaker 5 (17:51):
Well.
Speaker 4 (17:51):
It's titled It's all about Easy as it should be
so co written by Gary Sullivan.
Speaker 1 (17:57):
All all the chores around the house, you should you
should kind of do your research, know what needs to
be done, and then try to figure out not the
cheapest way and not the you know, unsuccessful way, but
the easy way. And there's a difference.
Speaker 4 (18:14):
You know what I saw, friend of mine, I haven't
seen the long time. Yesterday and he just retired and
he said, you know, I can't do stuff like I
used to blah blah blah. And I agree, it's all
about easy. So now when I start to do projects
and I just get into them, go, now that ain't
gonna work. I say, call somebody to fix this for me.
Well that's the Can you call somebody to come out
and redo this deck? Can you call somebody to come out?
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And he said, so, yeah, it's really easy. I just
make a phone call.
Speaker 1 (18:38):
Yeah, yeah, well that's true. That's true. The biggest thing
now is getting people out.
Speaker 2 (18:43):
To do it. That's the Yeah, that's you know, that's
a challenge now.
Speaker 1 (18:47):
And I was just reading an article about trade schools
how the enrollments increase so much, and colleges enrollments kind
of down, and you know, with AI and with jobs
and everything else, good skill are gonna be big time
in demand.
Speaker 2 (19:04):
So hooray.
Speaker 4 (19:05):
And there you heard it right there, ladies and gentlemen.
Speaker 2 (19:07):
Anyday, there you go. All right, Ron, thank you much
for joining us. I appreciate my pleasure.
Speaker 1 (19:12):
All right, check out Ron's website. It's Ron Wilson online
dot com. All right, Brad, you'll be up first, If
you'd like to join us, do so. It's eight hundred
eight two three A two five five at Home with
Gary Sullivan.
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Speaker 1 (22:26):
It's eight hundred eight two three eight two five five.
Let's go to the phones, and Brad welcome. You're at
home with Gary Sullivan.
Speaker 6 (22:37):
Good morning, Gary, morning. I've got a question. I think
you called it Spaulding. My son had a house built
to two summers ago, in summer of twenty twenty three,
beautiful home. In this past winter, he threw some salt,
you know, to mount the snow and ice on his
front porch and steps, And when the snow cleared and
everything dried out, we were shocked at that, just like
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the order sized chips or flakes that came out of
the new concrete. So I was wondering if a vinyl
concrete patch will work or I recommend it. To call
these builder and see what they recommend. But I always
listen to your show and I enjoy it, so get
your advice.
Speaker 2 (23:14):
Yeah, and if there's a lot of them, maybe even
the whole I would call the builder.
Speaker 1 (23:20):
I don't know if you're going to get any relief
there at all. It's always kind of an argument whether
it's the rock salt or the ice melterer that caused
the problem, or whether they added water when they were
trialing it and that caused the problem because it gets
to be a cream that forms on the top of
the concrete. So you know, sometimes nobody wins. Sometimes it
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gets taken care of, sometimes it doesn't. So takes us
back to where we're at today, and that is the spawling,
which is little chips and the surfaces pop.
Speaker 6 (23:52):
Off, and when you walk up the front sidewalk, Okay,
it's just it shocks you.
Speaker 5 (23:59):
It's like, holy craph.
Speaker 2 (24:00):
Yeah. Yeah. So so here's the question. If you went
around and you could patch the spawling areas, there's a
good chance to patch. Isn't going to match the concrete exactly.
So do you think you would end up patching or
do you think you would end up resurfacing the whole surface.
Speaker 6 (24:25):
Probably have to resurface, because I mean, it's it's probably
four four feet by three feet area that's just all
pitted for lack of a better term. You know, so
when you go over the edge of the concrete slab
down to the step or down to the sidewalk, even
the edge, you know, the edge has a couple chips
on it too. It I couldn't believe it.
Speaker 2 (24:46):
Yeah, So there's the vinyl concrete patcher that you talked about.
Is strictly a patcher, you know. It comes in paths
of a three pound, five pound I think a twenty
pound and a forty pound bag. Add water and you
patch the spawling areas. It has a bonding agent in it.
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You would clean that surface and you would strictly patch,
so you'll see the patch. It's even though it's gray
in color, it's not going to match. You'll see the patch.
The texture will be different. And then the next step
up in that same product line, quick Crete makes a
resurfacing product which is not exactly always a walk in
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the park. It comes in a forty pound bag.
Speaker 1 (25:33):
It's a powder you mix with water. You have to
get an industrial drill with a mixer on it to
blend it. It's about then the viscasi of like an
asphalt driveway seiler, and you apply it. You would still
patch the areas where the spawling is, and then you
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would take this resurfacer and you would use it just
like a driveway, an asphalt driveway sailor. You pour it on,
you move it around with the squeegee, and then you
use a broom to create a new finish on it.
It's got a bonding agent in it. Also, because concrete
doesn't like to stick to concrete, a bonding agent's critically important.
Speaker 2 (26:17):
And that's that.
Speaker 1 (26:19):
Then I'll give you a third option, which is RelA
certainly new. You hear me talk about dish coatings a lot,
probably and they have created a product called.
Speaker 2 (26:32):
Rock Patch.
Speaker 1 (26:34):
I can't recall whether it's rock patch or rock Fix,
and it's dish codings. It's Daichcoatings dot com. This is
a real unique product. You can get it in a
gallon can, you can get in a three gallon can.
It is pre mixed and it is non cementatious. It
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is a high acrylic resin product. Where you clean it.
You can use this rock fix or rock Patch as
a patch, and then you would trial a finished coat
over that and a little more expensive. Not horrible, but
(27:20):
I like that idea. You can go on our website
and take a look at a video and you know,
just get your feel rock patch. Thanks, so you can
get a feeling on whether that's something you want to do. Also,
that might be a more permanent solution.
Speaker 6 (27:36):
Yeah, that sounds like a good, good solution. All right, well,
very good.
Speaker 5 (27:41):
I appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (27:42):
All right, very good, Brad. Thanks, take care my b
All right. By the way, I said, I got out
the wet and forget and did the sidewalk trying to
brighten up the concrete. It needs to be sealed. And
I'll tell you, with the weather this winter in a
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lot of parts of the country, I assume there's going
to be some questions just very.
Speaker 2 (28:11):
Similar to what Brad had. And during the winter last
year I made reference many times about it and just
trying to put this in your memory bank. If you
live in a cold weather climate and you're going to
use a.
Speaker 1 (28:30):
Rock salt or rock salt, or even if you're going
to use a product like an ice melter, a lot
of the ice melters have rock salt in it. You
got to read what's in the uh you know what's
in the bag if you will. To make that price
more appealing.
Speaker 2 (28:48):
In a lot of the brands, they've added rock salt,
which I don't know whatever, you just got to know
what you're buying. I'd prefer not.
Speaker 1 (28:57):
To use rock salt because it does cause spawling. And
I had reminded people throughout the course of the winter
last year that listen, once you melt at and melt
the snow with the rock salt or the ice melt
or whatever you're using, get that residue off those sidewalks
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in driveways because if it lays there, the residue, if
it lays there and you have a little drizzle, you
have a little snow, you have a little morning dew,
that activates that salt to a salty brain solution, which
is corrosive. And another reason why I talk about sealing
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concrete because again, even if you use the rock salt,
you know, it still creates a salty brain solution. But
if that concrete is sealed, the penetration of that water
or that salty brain solution is diminished. It's not as destructive.
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So if you have it sealed and you're wiping away residue,
I'm not gonna say you're gonna be okay, but you'll
certainly minimize any issues that you would have.
Speaker 2 (30:16):
It's kind of too late for that. Now.
Speaker 1 (30:18):
I'm giving that information because now we're seeing the results
of our deeds, and that is probably not following back
up and getting that residue off or you used it
and you probably shouldn't have. When you're using it on
new driveways and I'm talking about the rock salt or
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the ice melt, really shouldn't do anything for a couple
of years nothing, and it's you know, concrete keeps continually hardening,
and even though there's capillaries in it, it's difficult more
difficult to get water in there. So if you can
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go two years of that using anything, hooray, that's that's good.
It's when you start using it it's still i'm not
gonna say soft, but it's poorous, absorbing more and it's corrosive,
and it's not sealed, and you're not removing the residue,
you're gonna have problems. I saw this development. It was
a big industrial development, a nice boulevard in sidewalks and
(31:24):
drive and roads and everything, and oh my gosh, they
obviously went right after the development ended. In the fall,
they had a harsh winter, and you know, the rock
salt from salting the boulevard then splashes.
Speaker 2 (31:39):
Up on the sidewalks. It looked terrible. And you know,
once you have a municipalities throwing salt on this streets
and stuff gets drug in by your car on the
apron into your garage on new concrete, you're gonna have
some corrosion. We gotta patch it up, we gotta get sealed.
All right, We're gonna take a break then have Chris
(32:00):
and Tim. If you'd like to join us, do so.
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All right, you're at home with Garry Sullivan as we
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To do just that. Let's go to Chris. Chris, Welcome, Barney, Gary.
I was going doing fine, Thank you.
Speaker 5 (35:24):
Yeah, I tad a question.
Speaker 7 (35:26):
I have a brick how it's about seven years old,
and I've been noticing like the mortar is kind of
I don't know, like I got like a gap in there.
So I first thing I tried was like it mixed
up some concrete and like smeared that and there, and
that seems you working all right. But then somebody told
me to mix up mortar and use that.
Speaker 2 (35:46):
Yeah, mortar's a little more fine. Now let me ask
you a question.
Speaker 1 (35:50):
When you say it's got a gap, is that like
a real narrow crack between the brick and the mortar
where you could get your fingernailing or is it a
missing piece of mortar or what?
Speaker 5 (35:59):
Is it exactly?
Speaker 7 (36:00):
Like maybe two three millimeters, I mean, not that bad,
but it's just it's there's a lot of it, you know.
Maybe I just maybe I didn't notice, and I was
doing my check this year. I'm on the outside of
the house.
Speaker 5 (36:14):
I just noticed it's everywhere.
Speaker 2 (36:17):
Yeah, so mortar does shrink, and when it's against a brick,
I mean, it's kind of common. It doesn't make it right,
but that's why they put wheepoles down at the bottom
of the brick wall. Is if water gets behind there,
behind that brick wall. It could if there's a volume
amount of it, it will work its way out or
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the brick will absorb it. You know, however, a bit
of a crank or I'm sorry.
Speaker 5 (36:47):
Like, is it all right to have a little bit
of a crank?
Speaker 2 (36:49):
I think all houses due to a degree, But it's
something you want to really watch. You don't want water
to get behind that brick, even though there is wheepoles,
so sometimes see the brick there will also seal the
mortar and minimize the absorption of water.
Speaker 5 (37:07):
Also, there's a.
Speaker 2 (37:09):
Okay, hold on just a second. There's also a product called.
Speaker 1 (37:13):
Uh Mortar Crack and Joint Repair. It's a clear liquid.
It looks like milk and you brush it on and
it'll seal a crack like that and dry clear.
Speaker 2 (37:26):
Really okay, Mortar Joint.
Speaker 1 (37:28):
And Crack Sealant. That's the name of Mortar Joint and
Crack Sealant. It's made by Chimney RX.
Speaker 7 (37:35):
Chimney.
Speaker 1 (37:36):
Now, let me just kind of go back, you know,
rubbing concrete on it, like you said, that won't be
a long term solution because again, concrete doesn't like to
stick to other cementatious products, So if there wasn't a
bonder in it, it's probably gonna break down relatively quickly.
(37:57):
There is mortar talking, which I don't particularly like that either,
because when the sun hits it over a period of time,
it turns it white, at least the ones I've used.
If it's an opening, you can get a product called
zip it mortar. It's a uh it's like a little,
(38:20):
you know, plastic bag with a zipper on the top
of it. It's got like three pounds of mortar in it.
You add water, you zip it clothed, hence zip it mortar.
You knead it together, and you got some good workable
mortar with a bonding agent in it where it will
stick for small cracks that would you know if it's
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depends how big the gap is.
Speaker 7 (38:43):
If it's real thin, like like I said, a couple
of millimeters, that's like a.
Speaker 5 (38:49):
Yeah, I find of get it done now before it
gets worse.
Speaker 1 (38:52):
Yeah, So that's kind of like a So it may
have shrunk and it may be I mean, if you
haven't noticed any problems, I'm just keep an eye on it.
If you want to get some of that mortar joint
crack ceiling and brush it over that little gap. I
think it covers up the cracks about up to about
an eighth of an inch and it dries clear, and
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maybe just you know, that may be enough. You might
just try some down at the bottom. Keep an eye
on and see what's going on. You know, more things
you put on that, you know, eventually it becomes noticeable.
Speaker 2 (39:29):
That's all. I just hate to see you get.
Speaker 7 (39:34):
The other day put the mortar on and it kind
of turned the bricks a little bit white. My wife, Yeah,
that's what happened.
Speaker 2 (39:44):
So a couple of ideas for you. Great, all right,
you bet take care. All right, let's go, Tim, Tim welcome,
how are you doing doing fine? Sir? Thank you.
Speaker 5 (40:00):
A fiberglass shower, Well, that's actually a tub, complete enclosure,
and it's been there for several years. It was put
in a children's room downstairs, children's restaurant or bathroom, and
it's worth fine. But now we've grown up, we've got
(40:20):
adults using that walking around in that tub, and the
tubs move, the bottom of the tub's moving, and I'm
wanting to know about a putting a flowable grout or
a flowable fell underneath that. What can I can get
to one end without any problem, the end where the
drain is. Is there something that I can mix up?
(40:43):
I know that some grouts or some mortar mix when
you and stuck old shrinks some when you pour it.
I'm wanting something I can like run a inch and
a half pipe or a holes back in their ways,
put a phone on it and pour something in there
and drag it out and fill that up, you know,
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put an inch or an inch and a half of
groud underneath that. What What could I use for that?
Speaker 2 (41:11):
I really don't know.
Speaker 1 (41:12):
It's got to be under pressure to get into all
the gaps, I would guess because there is some slope
in there so that the water would drain. There might
even be some openings in that.
Speaker 5 (41:25):
I'm just wanting to put it underneath the yeah.
Speaker 2 (41:28):
But at the bottom of the yeah.
Speaker 1 (41:30):
Well, I'll be honest with you, I don't know the
answer to that. The one thing that comes to mind is, jeez,
when they lift concrete, you know, the slabjackers and stuff,
those are under pressure and they're pumping a cementatious grouting
beneath that, usually a limestone grouting. That sounds like something
you would need, but I don't know if anybody does that.
Speaker 5 (41:55):
Okay, I mean, I guess I could just get on
Facebook and advertisers of help.
Speaker 1 (42:00):
Because when you get the uh, you know a lot
of people probably listening right now, going, well, what about
expandable foam and you know, maybe, but I don't know
how much weight I just don't I don't know I
would use.
Speaker 5 (42:18):
I have used expandable foam and other products to uh
for a safety bumpers and things and to keep people
hitting sharp corners right and when you when you move
that very much, it crumbles up, and I don't think
that would.
Speaker 1 (42:36):
Work under Yeah, when you got a bumper, though, I
don't know if you've got anything that's really encasing it.
See where you're at, You've got the you know, you've
got the sides, you got the top, you got the bottom.
It's not gonna move, but I don't know if it
will break down, right, So.
Speaker 5 (42:55):
Well, I'll just keep asking around that.
Speaker 1 (42:57):
Yeah, you might call somebody like a one concrete level.
You know, somebody does slab jacking. See if they do
anything like that. I have not heard of it, But
that doesn't mean it's not done.
Speaker 5 (43:08):
Okay, all right, Well, I really appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (43:11):
All right, very good, let me know what you all right? Thanks,
take care all right? And again our phone number is
eight hundred eighty two three eight two five five. Again
sometimes just saying and again, how do you get it
where it's everywhere? I don't know, I don't really know
if that can be done. And again why why is
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it really moving around to begin with? I always think
about that too, going right to the source and something
was it installed, walm And we're trying to fix something
that's already wrong, so we got to check that out too.
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I'm gonna I'm gonna change some things. So, speaking of
energy increases, what are you gonna do? What are you
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going to do about it? Are you going to So
I was just looking up a couple of things this
morning on cost, and I don't want to turn this
into a mass show at all. You know, it's about
home improvement, maintenance and repair, and as homeowners, I ask
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what are you gonna do about it? Is it as
simple as Oh, I'm gonna put some weather stripping on
the front door. Gee, I'm gonna check the threshold. Gee,
I'm gonna add insulation. I'm gonna buy windows. I'm gonna
increase the ventilation in my home. I'm gonna turn off lights.
I know they're led. They don't consume as much as
(04:03):
the old lights. Does it really make a difference? Well, yeah,
I guess even though we don't have pennies, you know,
every penny counts as I drive through thermostat up termine, Yeah,
that's another one.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
Turned you do you do that? And I was thinking
too Nanny this morning, and I preach this a lot.
It's it's you know, your air conditioner is your biggest?
Do you midifier? Yes?
Speaker 1 (04:36):
And sometimes units are sized wrong. And I know this
starts getting complex and everything, but dog gone it. If
we can have a less humid house, we can turn
the thermostat up from a comfort standpoint. If you're running
fifty humidity in your home and you got it set
(04:57):
it uh, or let's say sixty percent and you got
it set at seventy five degrees, maybe you drive that
humidity down the fifty percent inside your home, and we'll
talk about how to do that. Maybe you can turn
your thermostat to seventy eight degrees.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
So you know, what are you going to do about it?
Speaker 1 (05:22):
That that's my question to you, what are you thinking
about doing? I started making a list, and believe it
or not, there's still plenty of ways to cut down appliances.
A refrigerator, you know, a new refrigerator versus that twenty
five year old refrigerator you have in the garage is
(05:45):
way more efficient and you can get again, don't want
to turn into a mass show. You can look it
up online. It'll talk about energy consumption and the difference.
It's huge that that old refrige is costing you a
bundle and maybe you need it, maybe you don't.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
Maybe the refrigerator in the garage and the best places
for it, maybe it should be in the basement.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
Anyway, that's the question for the day. We'll certainly focus
on other things that need to be done around the home.
Had my wet and forget out this past week because
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mildews growing on the concrete. It's time to get it cleaned.
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(06:57):
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the concrete if it's sealed, which means it dries out faster,
which means it doesn't give the mold, the mildew, the
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Speaker 2 (07:47):
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Speaker 1 (07:57):
The other thing we're going to talk about is with
the wet, coolish weather we've had this year, has that
brought more wildlife into your home or has it been
slowing them down? Are they in your home now and
you don't notice? When do the babies get born? That's
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when all the activity starts. Have we seen that yet?
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You can grab a line. Ron Wilson he's coming up.
We'll see what's going on in the garden. I understand
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All Right you're at home with Gary Salivon. It's about
twenty minutes after the top of the air. Time to
bring in Ron Wilson. Ron does a national gardening and
landscaping show and he joins us this time each and
every week. And mister Wilson, we talked earlier in your
show about how the landscaping, the yard, the garden always
(12:14):
part of your home. And uh, this is a busy
time of year for you, as I mogress about every
four days now.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
Yes, Miche Shelman, Yes, sir. What do I do? When's
it gonna keep on keep on mowing? You know that quit?
I don't know, you know.
Speaker 4 (12:30):
But I'm not complaining because you know, the weather's been
actually has been very nice. We've been sleep sleeping with
the windows open and nice.
Speaker 2 (12:37):
The weather's been very nice.
Speaker 4 (12:39):
I like it. You know. The rainfall has been a
little frustrating, There's no doubt about it.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
How about the gloom?
Speaker 4 (12:45):
What about the gloom?
Speaker 2 (12:46):
I mean you don't like that or you do like it?
Speaker 4 (12:48):
I like rainy days. I like overcast days because I
know there's other sunny days that are going to come
along with it as well.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
You are so sunny.
Speaker 4 (12:55):
Look at how well the plants have done so for
the most.
Speaker 1 (12:58):
Part, Ron, I'm gonna make a confession here. It was
kind of gloomy and coolish last Sunday. Lot this week, probably,
I don't know, right around the upper sixties. I love
this weather.
Speaker 4 (13:13):
There you go.
Speaker 1 (13:14):
I might be the only person. Everybody else is throwing sticks.
I'd rather have it sixty eight degrees than eighty eight.
Speaker 4 (13:20):
I'll give up swimming in a swimming pool in the
summertime to keep it cool like this.
Speaker 2 (13:24):
I agree. You can get a lot of work done too, yep.
Speaker 4 (13:26):
But what's gonna happen is you know, you know, darn well,
we've been through this too many years, you know, in
another couple of weeks, probably four days or days a day,
I don't know. Yeah, but uh, you know, we're gonna
it's gonna get hot, yeah. And it's gonna get sunny, yeah.
And it's gonna stop raining.
Speaker 2 (13:43):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (13:43):
And all these plants that have all this great lush,
new foliage and lots of leaves and new needles and
just in your lawn looking great, all of a sudden
is deprived of that moisture and they start ship. Now
it's gonna be sunny and hot, so they lose more
moisture and they can't support all the all the leaves
and all and then they start yellowing and then your
(14:07):
your your neighbor's tree starts to drop leaves on your
on your driveway.
Speaker 2 (14:14):
Now it's just seed pods.
Speaker 4 (14:15):
But yeah, uh so you know it's coming. It'll it'll happen.
We go through that transition and we get into some
news today, but you know, what can I say? But
you know, so that's what my point is, enjoy it
while we got it, because you know it's going to
change somewhere down the road, just like you know when
you're talking about that possible frost up in the northeast.
You know, again, average wise, you know, it all averages out.
(14:39):
But I still, you know, we see these extremes like
this more and more. You know, it's like and it's
it's crazy, and I just I don't let weather bother me.
Enjoy it is what it is. You deal with it,
You work with it. You know, you go with it.
You can't change it, so you just try to do
the best that you can. And every year is going
to be different.
Speaker 2 (14:58):
Yeah. One of the cool things all the products we
use outside, they're becoming more and more tolerant of crazy
weather conditions.
Speaker 4 (15:06):
They have to be.
Speaker 2 (15:07):
Yeah, they do well.
Speaker 4 (15:09):
They do plant selections the same way. Now, all of
a sudden, we're looking at plants that, you know, you
can really tolerate the drought. You know, you're looking at
plants that are tough and durable. That's you know, native
plants starting to make a major comeback into the not comeback,
but back into our landscapes at all that are native
for the climate, and even they suffer from drought. But
you know, looking at that's use the word what's that?
(15:33):
I'm sorry, missus, missus saliva is not listening, is it carry?
Speaker 2 (15:38):
Tell ron to quit talking about a drought. It's raining
every day.
Speaker 4 (15:42):
Not so far, we're in good shape. But but but
but then it gets very confusion because we will get
into that and then folks can use because four weeks ago,
in an all spring, it rained like crazy. Why why
am I watering now? Because what happened four weeks ago
doesn't mean anything. It doesn't today.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
What's amazing really as much, I don't know if we've
had any real downpours. It's just been kind of wet
and gloomy, which is really weird for this time of year.
I mean it is weird or unusual, but that within
a couple hours it seems like the lawns dry. I
mean you can mowte you can work in it, you
(16:21):
can edge it.
Speaker 4 (16:22):
So you know, it's our landscape crews for the most
part of it going every day. Yeah, I mean there
are some sites I'm sure that we're open sites where
there's no sod, no turf all. You know, new construction
that can be a little slick for a day or two,
but then they're right back into it again. Sure, so
you know it does it dries out, So you know,
I don't, I really don't. I don't let water get
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to me. We got a special event. Maybe I'm a
little disappointed for that day. Otherwise, it is what it is,
and we deal with it right and do our best.
Speaker 1 (16:50):
So well, I used I used your teachings to me
this week because I was pretty excited about wanting to
kind of shape up some things and prune some things.
And I had somebody telling me that it would be
a really good day to do that. I'm not going
to mention any names, and I said, well, my friend
Ron Wilson told me I should let these light green
(17:12):
leaves just kind of harden off before I trim them up.
So that's what I did.
Speaker 2 (17:17):
Good for you.
Speaker 4 (17:19):
I mean, you know a lot of times that new
folds will die back when you cut it in half,
and not all of it, but a lot of it will.
Speaker 1 (17:24):
So I actually I use I think it was chapter three,
page four of the Ron Wilson Guide to Getting Out
of Work. That's what I used.
Speaker 2 (17:33):
I used that quote and dog Gonet I got an
eye roll, but it worked.
Speaker 4 (17:37):
I bring all those out for Father's Day especially, you know,
it's the you'll just get out and pretend that you're
working in the yard and garden. Yeah, yeah, and there's
ways to pretend.
Speaker 2 (17:47):
Yeah, I'm going to get that chapter today. Yeah, I'm
going to read that.
Speaker 5 (17:51):
Well.
Speaker 4 (17:51):
It's titled It's all about Easy as it should be
so co written by Gary Sullivan.
Speaker 1 (17:57):
All all the chores around the house, you should you
should kind of do your research, know what needs to
be done, and then try to figure out not the
cheapest way and not the you know, unsuccessful way, but
the easy way. And there's a difference.
Speaker 4 (18:14):
You know what I saw, friend of mine, I haven't
seen the long time. Yesterday and he just retired and
he said, you know, I can't do stuff like I
used to blah blah blah. And I agree, it's all
about easy. So now when I start to do projects
and I just get into them, go, now that ain't
gonna work. I say, call somebody to fix this for me.
Well that's the Can you call somebody to come out
and redo this deck? Can you call somebody to come out?
(18:36):
And he said, so, yeah, it's really easy. I just
make a phone call.
Speaker 1 (18:38):
Yeah, yeah, well that's true. That's true. The biggest thing
now is getting people out.
Speaker 2 (18:43):
To do it. That's the Yeah, that's you know, that's
a challenge now.
Speaker 1 (18:47):
And I was just reading an article about trade schools
how the enrollments increase so much, and colleges enrollments kind
of down, and you know, with AI and with jobs
and everything else, good skill are gonna be big time
in demand.
Speaker 2 (19:04):
So hooray.
Speaker 4 (19:05):
And there you heard it right there, ladies and gentlemen.
Speaker 2 (19:07):
Anyday, there you go. All right, Ron, thank you much
for joining us. I appreciate my pleasure.
Speaker 1 (19:12):
All right, check out Ron's website. It's Ron Wilson online
dot com. All right, Brad, you'll be up first, If
you'd like to join us, do so. It's eight hundred
eight two three A two five five at Home with
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Speaker 1 (22:26):
It's eight hundred eight two three eight two five five.
Let's go to the phones, and Brad welcome. You're at
home with Gary Sullivan.
Speaker 6 (22:37):
Good morning, Gary, morning. I've got a question. I think
you called it Spaulding. My son had a house built
to two summers ago, in summer of twenty twenty three,
beautiful home. In this past winter, he threw some salt,
you know, to mount the snow and ice on his
front porch and steps, And when the snow cleared and
everything dried out, we were shocked at that, just like
(22:59):
the order sized chips or flakes that came out of
the new concrete. So I was wondering if a vinyl
concrete patch will work or I recommend it. To call
these builder and see what they recommend. But I always
listen to your show and I enjoy it, so get
your advice.
Speaker 2 (23:14):
Yeah, and if there's a lot of them, maybe even
the whole I would call the builder.
Speaker 1 (23:20):
I don't know if you're going to get any relief
there at all. It's always kind of an argument whether
it's the rock salt or the ice melterer that caused
the problem, or whether they added water when they were
trialing it and that caused the problem because it gets
to be a cream that forms on the top of
the concrete. So you know, sometimes nobody wins. Sometimes it
(23:40):
gets taken care of, sometimes it doesn't. So takes us
back to where we're at today, and that is the spawling,
which is little chips and the surfaces pop.
Speaker 6 (23:52):
Off, and when you walk up the front sidewalk, Okay,
it's just it shocks you.
Speaker 5 (23:59):
It's like, holy craph.
Speaker 2 (24:00):
Yeah. Yeah. So so here's the question. If you went
around and you could patch the spawling areas, there's a
good chance to patch. Isn't going to match the concrete exactly.
So do you think you would end up patching or
do you think you would end up resurfacing the whole surface.
Speaker 6 (24:25):
Probably have to resurface, because I mean, it's it's probably
four four feet by three feet area that's just all
pitted for lack of a better term. You know, so
when you go over the edge of the concrete slab
down to the step or down to the sidewalk, even
the edge, you know, the edge has a couple chips
on it too. It I couldn't believe it.
Speaker 2 (24:46):
Yeah, So there's the vinyl concrete patcher that you talked about.
Is strictly a patcher, you know. It comes in paths
of a three pound, five pound I think a twenty
pound and a forty pound bag. Add water and you
patch the spawling areas. It has a bonding agent in it.
(25:07):
You would clean that surface and you would strictly patch,
so you'll see the patch. It's even though it's gray
in color, it's not going to match. You'll see the patch.
The texture will be different. And then the next step
up in that same product line, quick Crete makes a
resurfacing product which is not exactly always a walk in
(25:29):
the park. It comes in a forty pound bag.
Speaker 1 (25:33):
It's a powder you mix with water. You have to
get an industrial drill with a mixer on it to
blend it. It's about then the viscasi of like an
asphalt driveway seiler, and you apply it. You would still
patch the areas where the spawling is, and then you
(25:55):
would take this resurfacer and you would use it just
like a driveway, an asphalt driveway sailor. You pour it on,
you move it around with the squeegee, and then you
use a broom to create a new finish on it.
It's got a bonding agent in it. Also, because concrete
doesn't like to stick to concrete, a bonding agent's critically important.
Speaker 2 (26:17):
And that's that.
Speaker 1 (26:19):
Then I'll give you a third option, which is RelA
certainly new. You hear me talk about dish coatings a lot,
probably and they have created a product called.
Speaker 2 (26:32):
Rock Patch.
Speaker 1 (26:34):
I can't recall whether it's rock patch or rock Fix,
and it's dish codings. It's Daichcoatings dot com. This is
a real unique product. You can get it in a
gallon can, you can get in a three gallon can.
It is pre mixed and it is non cementatious. It
(26:58):
is a high acrylic resin product. Where you clean it.
You can use this rock fix or rock Patch as
a patch, and then you would trial a finished coat
over that and a little more expensive. Not horrible, but
(27:20):
I like that idea. You can go on our website
and take a look at a video and you know,
just get your feel rock patch. Thanks, so you can
get a feeling on whether that's something you want to do. Also,
that might be a more permanent solution.
Speaker 6 (27:36):
Yeah, that sounds like a good, good solution. All right, well,
very good.
Speaker 5 (27:41):
I appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (27:42):
All right, very good, Brad. Thanks, take care my b
All right. By the way, I said, I got out
the wet and forget and did the sidewalk trying to
brighten up the concrete. It needs to be sealed. And
I'll tell you, with the weather this winter in a
(28:05):
lot of parts of the country, I assume there's going
to be some questions just very.
Speaker 2 (28:11):
Similar to what Brad had. And during the winter last
year I made reference many times about it and just
trying to put this in your memory bank. If you
live in a cold weather climate and you're going to
use a.
Speaker 1 (28:30):
Rock salt or rock salt, or even if you're going
to use a product like an ice melter, a lot
of the ice melters have rock salt in it. You
got to read what's in the uh you know what's
in the bag if you will. To make that price
more appealing.
Speaker 2 (28:48):
In a lot of the brands, they've added rock salt,
which I don't know whatever, you just got to know
what you're buying. I'd prefer not.
Speaker 1 (28:57):
To use rock salt because it does cause spawling. And
I had reminded people throughout the course of the winter
last year that listen, once you melt at and melt
the snow with the rock salt or the ice melt
or whatever you're using, get that residue off those sidewalks
(29:17):
in driveways because if it lays there, the residue, if
it lays there and you have a little drizzle, you
have a little snow, you have a little morning dew,
that activates that salt to a salty brain solution, which
is corrosive. And another reason why I talk about sealing
(29:43):
concrete because again, even if you use the rock salt,
you know, it still creates a salty brain solution. But
if that concrete is sealed, the penetration of that water
or that salty brain solution is diminished. It's not as destructive.
(30:04):
So if you have it sealed and you're wiping away residue,
I'm not gonna say you're gonna be okay, but you'll
certainly minimize any issues that you would have.
Speaker 2 (30:16):
It's kind of too late for that. Now.
Speaker 1 (30:18):
I'm giving that information because now we're seeing the results
of our deeds, and that is probably not following back
up and getting that residue off or you used it
and you probably shouldn't have. When you're using it on
new driveways and I'm talking about the rock salt or
(30:38):
the ice melt, really shouldn't do anything for a couple
of years nothing, and it's you know, concrete keeps continually hardening,
and even though there's capillaries in it, it's difficult more
difficult to get water in there. So if you can
(31:00):
go two years of that using anything, hooray, that's that's good.
It's when you start using it it's still i'm not
gonna say soft, but it's poorous, absorbing more and it's corrosive,
and it's not sealed, and you're not removing the residue,
you're gonna have problems. I saw this development. It was
a big industrial development, a nice boulevard in sidewalks and
(31:24):
drive and roads and everything, and oh my gosh, they
obviously went right after the development ended. In the fall,
they had a harsh winter, and you know, the rock
salt from salting the boulevard then splashes.
Speaker 2 (31:39):
Up on the sidewalks. It looked terrible. And you know,
once you have a municipalities throwing salt on this streets
and stuff gets drug in by your car on the
apron into your garage on new concrete, you're gonna have
some corrosion. We gotta patch it up, we gotta get sealed.
All right, We're gonna take a break then have Chris
(32:00):
and Tim. If you'd like to join us, do so.
It's eight hundred eight two three eight two five five.
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I was going doing fine, Thank you.
Speaker 5 (35:24):
Yeah, I tad a question.
Speaker 7 (35:26):
I have a brick how it's about seven years old,
and I've been noticing like the mortar is kind of
I don't know, like I got like a gap in there.
So I first thing I tried was like it mixed
up some concrete and like smeared that and there, and
that seems you working all right. But then somebody told
me to mix up mortar and use that.
Speaker 2 (35:46):
Yeah, mortar's a little more fine. Now let me ask
you a question.
Speaker 1 (35:50):
When you say it's got a gap, is that like
a real narrow crack between the brick and the mortar
where you could get your fingernailing or is it a
missing piece of mortar or what?
Speaker 5 (35:59):
Is it exactly?
Speaker 7 (36:00):
Like maybe two three millimeters, I mean, not that bad,
but it's just it's there's a lot of it, you know.
Maybe I just maybe I didn't notice, and I was
doing my check this year. I'm on the outside of
the house.
Speaker 5 (36:14):
I just noticed it's everywhere.
Speaker 2 (36:17):
Yeah, so mortar does shrink, and when it's against a brick,
I mean, it's kind of common. It doesn't make it right,
but that's why they put wheepoles down at the bottom
of the brick wall. Is if water gets behind there,
behind that brick wall. It could if there's a volume
amount of it, it will work its way out or
(36:38):
the brick will absorb it. You know, however, a bit
of a crank or I'm sorry.
Speaker 5 (36:47):
Like, is it all right to have a little bit
of a crank?
Speaker 2 (36:49):
I think all houses due to a degree, But it's
something you want to really watch. You don't want water
to get behind that brick, even though there is wheepoles,
so sometimes see the brick there will also seal the
mortar and minimize the absorption of water.
Speaker 5 (37:07):
Also, there's a.
Speaker 2 (37:09):
Okay, hold on just a second. There's also a product called.
Speaker 1 (37:13):
Uh Mortar Crack and Joint Repair. It's a clear liquid.
It looks like milk and you brush it on and
it'll seal a crack like that and dry clear.
Speaker 2 (37:26):
Really okay, Mortar Joint.
Speaker 1 (37:28):
And Crack Sealant. That's the name of Mortar Joint and
Crack Sealant. It's made by Chimney RX.
Speaker 7 (37:35):
Chimney.
Speaker 1 (37:36):
Now, let me just kind of go back, you know,
rubbing concrete on it, like you said, that won't be
a long term solution because again, concrete doesn't like to
stick to other cementatious products, So if there wasn't a
bonder in it, it's probably gonna break down relatively quickly.
(37:57):
There is mortar talking, which I don't particularly like that either,
because when the sun hits it over a period of time,
it turns it white, at least the ones I've used.
If it's an opening, you can get a product called
zip it mortar. It's a uh it's like a little,
(38:20):
you know, plastic bag with a zipper on the top
of it. It's got like three pounds of mortar in it.
You add water, you zip it clothed, hence zip it mortar.
You knead it together, and you got some good workable
mortar with a bonding agent in it where it will
stick for small cracks that would you know if it's
(38:41):
depends how big the gap is.
Speaker 7 (38:43):
If it's real thin, like like I said, a couple
of millimeters, that's like a.
Speaker 5 (38:49):
Yeah, I find of get it done now before it
gets worse.
Speaker 1 (38:52):
Yeah, So that's kind of like a So it may
have shrunk and it may be I mean, if you
haven't noticed any problems, I'm just keep an eye on it.
If you want to get some of that mortar joint
crack ceiling and brush it over that little gap. I
think it covers up the cracks about up to about
an eighth of an inch and it dries clear, and
(39:17):
maybe just you know, that may be enough. You might
just try some down at the bottom. Keep an eye
on and see what's going on. You know, more things
you put on that, you know, eventually it becomes noticeable.
Speaker 2 (39:29):
That's all. I just hate to see you get.
Speaker 7 (39:34):
The other day put the mortar on and it kind
of turned the bricks a little bit white. My wife, Yeah,
that's what happened.
Speaker 2 (39:44):
So a couple of ideas for you. Great, all right,
you bet take care. All right, let's go, Tim, Tim welcome,
how are you doing doing fine? Sir? Thank you.
Speaker 5 (40:00):
A fiberglass shower, Well, that's actually a tub, complete enclosure,
and it's been there for several years. It was put
in a children's room downstairs, children's restaurant or bathroom, and
it's worth fine. But now we've grown up, we've got
(40:20):
adults using that walking around in that tub, and the
tubs move, the bottom of the tub's moving, and I'm
wanting to know about a putting a flowable grout or
a flowable fell underneath that. What can I can get
to one end without any problem, the end where the
drain is. Is there something that I can mix up?
(40:43):
I know that some grouts or some mortar mix when
you and stuck old shrinks some when you pour it.
I'm wanting something I can like run a inch and
a half pipe or a holes back in their ways,
put a phone on it and pour something in there
and drag it out and fill that up, you know,
(41:05):
put an inch or an inch and a half of
groud underneath that. What What could I use for that?
Speaker 2 (41:11):
I really don't know.
Speaker 1 (41:12):
It's got to be under pressure to get into all
the gaps, I would guess because there is some slope
in there so that the water would drain. There might
even be some openings in that.
Speaker 5 (41:25):
I'm just wanting to put it underneath the yeah.
Speaker 2 (41:28):
But at the bottom of the yeah.
Speaker 1 (41:30):
Well, I'll be honest with you, I don't know the
answer to that. The one thing that comes to mind is, jeez,
when they lift concrete, you know, the slabjackers and stuff,
those are under pressure and they're pumping a cementatious grouting
beneath that, usually a limestone grouting. That sounds like something
you would need, but I don't know if anybody does that.
Speaker 5 (41:55):
Okay, I mean, I guess I could just get on
Facebook and advertisers of help.
Speaker 1 (42:00):
Because when you get the uh, you know a lot
of people probably listening right now, going, well, what about
expandable foam and you know, maybe, but I don't know
how much weight I just don't I don't know I
would use.
Speaker 5 (42:18):
I have used expandable foam and other products to uh
for a safety bumpers and things and to keep people
hitting sharp corners right and when you when you move
that very much, it crumbles up, and I don't think
that would.
Speaker 1 (42:36):
Work under Yeah, when you got a bumper, though, I
don't know if you've got anything that's really encasing it.
See where you're at, You've got the you know, you've
got the sides, you got the top, you got the bottom.
It's not gonna move, but I don't know if it
will break down, right, So.
Speaker 5 (42:55):
Well, I'll just keep asking around that.
Speaker 1 (42:57):
Yeah, you might call somebody like a one concrete level.
You know, somebody does slab jacking. See if they do
anything like that. I have not heard of it, But
that doesn't mean it's not done.
Speaker 5 (43:08):
Okay, all right, Well, I really appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (43:11):
All right, very good, let me know what you all right? Thanks,
take care all right? And again our phone number is
eight hundred eighty two three eight two five five. Again
sometimes just saying and again, how do you get it
where it's everywhere? I don't know, I don't really know
if that can be done. And again why why is
(43:37):
it really moving around to begin with? I always think
about that too, going right to the source and something
was it installed, walm And we're trying to fix something
that's already wrong, so we got to check that out too.
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