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Speaker 1 (00:31):
Well the weekends upon us. Welcome. You're at home with
Garriy Salvan as we take your calls regarding your home project,
feel free to join us. We got a couple of
lines that are open. It's eight hundred eight two three
eight two five five. That's eight hundred eight two three
eight two five five. And depending on where you are,
you're either working outside or inside. Kind of a rainy
(00:53):
day where I met so one. They gotta be inside
getting a few things done. And there's never never a
case of not having something to do when it comes
to your house, that's for sure, all right. One of
the things we talk about a lot of times is,
you know, the bathroom drain that's running a little slow.
(01:13):
I say that because my bathroom drain is running a
little slow. Mine too, yours? Two? All right, Danny, and
we have a contest, okay, when we get back on
tomorrow at nine am Eastern time. Okay, I want to
know if you fixed yours or I fix mine. There's
a good chance neither one of us will do.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
It correct because we'll be tied up with something else.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
Or we'll just you know, a slow running drain is
easy to just put off. Mine's been slow running for
a battle week, how about yours about a week same time.
So it is, it's not really a huge deal.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
Not really bad.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
But you can tell yeah, And you might have to
rinse out the sink. There may be some whiskers down
there on the bottom of the sink after the water
slowly erodes away down the drain. But so there might
be a little little more cleanup, but jeez, what's that
take three seconds? Whereas cleaning out that drain might take
a little bit more. But again, if you have that issue, folks,
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there's all kinds of expensive drain cleaners, enzyme drain cleaners,
which are fine, you can use them, But I still say,
without a doubt, the zip it strip for five bucks
is the best drain tool you can find. So it's
three feet long, thirty inches long somewhere in there. It
has a sometime as wide as a pencil, flat as
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a credit card, as thick as a credit card, and
it's got a little barb sticking out. And you turn
the water on and you wiggle it down the drain
around the stopper, and you might, I don't know, you
might piddle around with it for five to seven minutes
and all of a sudden, gone, you remove the blockage,
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and hell, we'll give ourselves a see. Who's a heron
one of us. I'm personally betting on neither one of
us will do that today, correct, But maybe the next
day or two we'll see. All right. Our phone number
again is eight hundred eight two three eight two five five.
Happy to talk to you about your project. Let's go
to Tom. Tom. Welcome, Hi Gary, are you doing fine? Thanks?
Speaker 3 (03:24):
Good?
Speaker 4 (03:25):
Hey, last week you were talking to somebody who had
a pink chipping on the on the upstairs bedrooms. I
believe it was, and instead there was something you could
put over it that was like almost as thin.
Speaker 5 (03:36):
As a sheet a piece of paper.
Speaker 4 (03:39):
Was it like a roll on or something like a
I don't want to say, like a wallpaper.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
But so so there is something called wall liner, and
I think that's what I was speaking of. I have
to rewind, but there's a wall liner. So folks had
have plaster walls, yes, mainly I would say, designed for that.
You can use it on dry wall, but mainly for
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plaster walls where you get the cracks, you get the
you know, if it's a plaster wall that was in
a house in nineteen forty. You've got all these layers
of an oil based paint on there. You got probably
fifteen different layers of paint on there, and it gets
very brittle. It doesn't breathe, and it peels, and then
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you scrape and you scrape and it's you know, it's
got lead in it too, so you got to be
careful there. Then you can see you got to patch
it in. So there's there's this wall liner, which is
a it is kind of like wallpaper. You hang it horizontally.
It's about thirty inches in width. It can be smooth,
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it can be herringbone, it can be stippled like a popcorn.
And it can be painted.
Speaker 5 (04:58):
Yeah, that was my next question. They can I think
it'll be painted correction.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
Sure, sure, So a couple options on that is. Some
people will go to a point of putting quarter and
strywall on top of it. But then your outlet boxes,
your switches, your moldings. You know you got some work
there too with the.
Speaker 6 (05:17):
So there isn't really okay, I'm sorry.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
Yeah, with the wall covering, it's not a quarter and stick.
It's again about the thickness of a credit card. So
you're hanging on there and this seems and just and
paint it out wall liner. Yes, sir, okay, okay.
Speaker 5 (05:34):
That's a that was my question.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
Very good, Thank you very much. You're quite welcome. Take care. Yeah,
and older homes those are that's a I think a
great solution. We've talked also about ceilings where you know, plaster,
you run in the same thing on ceilings and dry wall.
You run into some issues because people get to the
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point where they just hate that popcorn ceiling and taking
that off is I think a nightmare. Maybe not a nightmare,
it's just time consuming, is very messy nightmare. But there's
a ceiling tiles that are thin as literally a piece
of paper, that are decorative. It can look like a
pewter ceiling, it can look like a wood ceiling, it
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look like a copper ceiling. And I've seen people do
that in like offices and dining rooms to hide the
surface of a popcorn ceiling and just dress it up
like that like bang right now and decorative ceiling tiles
dot com or dot net now you can take a
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look at some of those. It's a great way to
hide a past woes or just kind of give it
a little pizzazz in a particular room in your home.
All right, let's go to Maria. Maria, welcome. Hello.
Speaker 3 (06:54):
I had listened to you last week in regards to
what and forgets for your driveway, and I read into
it and everything, and I approached my husband and said,
we don't have to do pressure wash, let's do this now.
I noticed that we have stone steps for our front door.
Can I also use that on that as well? Because
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there is kind of a dark gray looking stone because
of the leather.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
Sure, sure, you can use that on brick, you can
use it on pavers, you can use it on concrete,
you can use it on stone. You can use it
on your roof. If you drive through different subdivisions, you'll
see black streaking down roofs. That's an algae. It's a fungus.
It's airborne, and once it starts in a neighborhood, it
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can go from roof to roof. So you can use
it on that. You can use it on siding, vinyl siding,
aluminum siding, wood siding. It's not going to hurt the
substrate at all.
Speaker 6 (07:54):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (07:55):
And then also some people have mentioned that they put
seal a seal on their driveway after they've cleaned it.
So is this something you recommend or no reason for
a seal?
Speaker 1 (08:08):
Well, where are you at? You and Ohio? Yeah, you
could probably do that. And how old is the driver? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (08:16):
Yea is about twenty six years old.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
Okay, Yeah, I'd get it sealed. I really would. So
the wedd and forget, let me finish that. So when
you put that on and then you know, four to
six weeks later you walk out and you go, bang, man,
that's clean. It happens overnight, even though you waited six weeks.
I don't I'm not really sure how that happens, but
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it does. And it has a residual in it where
that algae, moss, mildew has a very difficult time getting
started again, so it will last through next year. You
could spray it again next year and just use it
as a preventive spray should be the smart thing to do.
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Or you can spray that on and you could seal
it right away. You could wait a year to seal
it and just quick pressure washing and then seal it.
And what it protects you from is a couple things
in northeast Ohio. It's going to protect you from road
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salt from causing a concrete driveway to pit, which is
fairly common and you've been very lucky if you don't
have that issue, so I would get it sealed. It
will also minimize the penetration of water that goes into
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the driveway, which that water is kind of the food
source for molds, mild analgae. It needs water, it needs
organic material. By sealing that that driveway will dry out
faster than the driveways around you. You'll minimize that growth.
So yeah, a breathable sealant. There's a wonderful one on
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a website called Masonrydefender dot com. And their seilers on
that website are projects specific, so they have one called
driveway in Sidewalk seiler. You can put it down with
a tank sprayer and all you're doing is just moistening
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the surface. You don't want it to puddle where it'll
be shiny. You just moisten the surface. It penetrates into
the concrete and seals the capillaries in the concrete.
Speaker 3 (10:40):
That sounds great, perfect, Okay, all right, I will get
the products. I thank you very much and I enjoy
your show.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
Thank you, take care bye bye, all right, h Tim
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to Bob. Bob.
Speaker 9 (15:20):
Welcome, Hi Gary, Good morning morning.
Speaker 10 (15:25):
I have a concrete driveway that we have.
Speaker 9 (15:32):
Now, some rust came off aftermarket product on a car,
and I want to know if there's a product that
I can remove the rust.
Speaker 10 (15:43):
It's pretty unsightly.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
Yeah, uh you can. It's got limitations, so it's a
very very very mild acid. There's a product it's been
around for a long time called iron out and iron
now well, I have found the best way to remove it.
And folks, if you got patio furniture, steal patio furniture,
(16:06):
pay attention because where the legs are you may end
up with rust on the concrete there also. And you
take the iron out and you mix it with warm water.
It comes in a liquid. It comes in a granular.
I usually use the granular. I can't tell you why,
it's just the one I use. And when you mix
that up, get yourself a little comfortable step stool and
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have a seat, because you're going to take a paint
brush and you're gonna baste that rusted area with the
paint brush and I'm talking dipping the brush putting a coat.
You might do that fifty times and you'll see it
you slowly dissipate. So all you're doing is just kind
of splashing on, just putting moron and moron. It's soaking
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right in and it's a chemical that is eating the
iron oxide. That's why you just keep basting it on,
basting it on, But you can see it slowly start
to fade and if you're patient enough, you will eliminate it. Now.
One caution. When rust is present on the surface and
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the metal is still you know, I'm not going to
say still there, but there, it can I guess what
I'm going to say. It can be penetrating down into
the concrete and this iron out has to come in
contact to it. That's why you're basting it slowly. You're
allowing it to get into the concrete. And even if
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it's down into that concrete a little bit and it's
being based properly, goes down into the concrete and hits
the wrong iron oxide, it can start dissipating it. So
that's the way you would use it. And that's the
way to remove rust stains off the concrete. Even though
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it's a little time consuming, I think it's probably still
the best way. If you use too strong an acid,
you're gonna bleach out that concrete and you're gonna see
exactly where the problem was.
Speaker 10 (18:11):
Okay, and iron out. Do I need to get it
online or is it available at big Box?
Speaker 1 (18:17):
Available pretty much anywhere? I mean big box stores, neighborhood
hardware stores, probably grocery stores, Amazon, the whole works.
Speaker 10 (18:26):
Okay, okay, all right, I just you know, it's pretty unsightly.
It's on my front drive, and so I just I
figured you would know something.
Speaker 1 (18:38):
That'll take care of it. Very good. Thank you about it, sir,
You bet you? Bye bye? All right. Uh so we're
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We go at home with Gary Sullivan taking your calls
or going to your home projects. Feel free to jump
on board. Got a spot for you. Let's talk to Willis.
Speaker 6 (22:43):
Willis welcome, Hey, Gary, Thanks for what you're doing farst.
Is there any way to know how many turbons I should.
Speaker 11 (22:52):
Have on my roof?
Speaker 1 (22:55):
Well, yeah, because I'm talked about a formula earlier, Willis.
And it's a little complicated formula. But if you take
the footprint of the house, okay, and so you take
your your your find out how many square feet you have.
So if you so you're with time, you're you're you're length,
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and you're with and let's let's just say arbitrarily, you know,
you got you know.
Speaker 6 (23:24):
Fifteen I got four thousand square feet under roof.
Speaker 1 (23:30):
That doesn't mean anything. I'm just talking about the first floor,
the footprint of the house that's going to be ventilates.
Take the garage out of there, take the second floor
out of there, take the basement out of there. Just
that footprint of the house, that square footage, and then
for every three hundred square feet you use one square
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foot of ventilation that is uninterrupted. So we got some
figure to do, right, So there's there's there. Yeah, so
there's the soft events. Do you have soft events in
the house?
Speaker 3 (24:13):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (24:14):
Okay, so you got to figure out what the square
footage is of the soft event. So again you're with
you know, times your length and they're usually what six
inches wide and however long you got them. Yeah, you
got to see if they're they're interrupted, and they are
because they got little fins, they got screening on it.
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So you probably got seventy percent of it's interrupted. So
you got then you got to do the math there
and do you have a ridge vent?
Speaker 6 (24:46):
Then no, no ridge vent?
Speaker 1 (24:50):
Just to I Okay, So those are probably open and clear.
There's probably nothing on the insides of them. So you
got you got to figure out how much you know
square area you have there, and you basically split it
fifty to fifty, half the intake and half the outtake.
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So if you've got too much intake, you could put
three instead of two. And it's better to have more
intake than outtake. The actual formula I think calls calls
for sixty percent of that to be intake forty outtake.
And that's the formula you use. I mean, that's the
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basic formula. And so if you want to dive into
a little bit more, just just google you know, the
equation for ventilation of an attic and it'll pretty much
tell you the same type of thing.
Speaker 6 (25:53):
Okay, Well, in your opinion, i'f I got a large
house and setne colabime, I've only got two turbines. If
the addice of'm assuming is going to get hotter because
you don't have enough turbans, does that heat affect the
living area inside and more?
Speaker 1 (26:14):
Yeah? Well, do you want to stay with the formula?
I mean, that's that's the whole thing. You want to
stay with the formula. If you do not have the
correct formula. And you know, one of the things if
you don't have enough intake. The intake is vital because
that hot air cannot go out those turbans until there's
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cooler air pushing it up. It kind of works like
a chimney, all right. And in the summertime, that cooler
air might be ninety degrees, might be ninety five degrees,
but the air in the attic could be one hundred
and forty. So you got to have enough air coming
in to push it out. So it's really kind of
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it really has to be in balance. I'd really follow
that formula. Otherwise you might help it a little, but
you wouldn't really have it operating at maximum capacity.
Speaker 6 (27:07):
I got you, Okay, sure, I'll appreciate that advice.
Speaker 1 (27:11):
All right, you very good. Thanks will stake care. I
said this before, and it bears repeating. There's probably probably
sixty to seventy percent the latest that I read homes
that are inadequately ventilated in the attic. And just to
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complicate things even further, is there is now been a
trend for probably the last fifteen years or so called
whole home encapsulation where we're not ventilating the attic anymore.
I'm not saying this is for you. It started in
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the southeast Southwest and they've created that attic where it's
kind of a condition space and it's good for the
air handler, if you got an air handler up there.
It's not for everybody, but staying true to that ventilation,
you know, and if you want to know who does that,
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roofers do ventilation, and they should be talking to you
about a formula to make sure it's properly sized for
adequate ventilation. And ask them that question. They'll be able
to explain to you. But many many homes. I just
had a call earlier today. He was talking about the
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ventilation and he didn't even have a ridge vent. He
had two gable vents and he had soft events. And
that's fine. There's some air down at the bottom which
is going to push and it's going to allow it
to go out the gables. But I can't tell you
how many people I've talked to that have ridge vents,
(28:55):
gable vents and the lower area e vents and then
it's you know, that ridge vent is taking the air
right out the gable vent up, so you know, the
little overhangs those events, it's rendered useless. You don't get
that big lift out of that attic. Then all right,
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let's go to Jim. Jim Welcome, Hi Gary.
Speaker 5 (29:23):
Appreciate your show. I enjoy it. We got a house
that was built in nineteen fifty two and I was
about seven eight years old at that time, and down
in the basement there's a metal lid and they called
it a grease pit or grease trap or something. And
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I once upon a time, when I bought the house
twenty years after it was built, I pumped that thing out.
But I've never done anything with it since. And the
only thing it dumps into that is our utility sink
and the washing machine. So don't know exactly what the
intent of the thing was in the first place.
Speaker 1 (30:06):
When you start talking about grease pits, they started thinking
about a mechanic's grease prit pit. But I know restaurants
they have I'm not really sure what to tell you
for the house. I know restaurants have grease traps and pits.
Words kind of captures the grease from kitchen wastewater. I mean,
it is a trap.
Speaker 5 (30:28):
I think at one time the kitchen sink did drain
in there also, but we don't have a garbage disposal
or anything like that. But but years ago when we
remodeled the kitchen that they redrained that into the septic system.
So the kitchen sink hasn't drained, so.
Speaker 1 (30:48):
It's not really functioning. It's just there.
Speaker 5 (30:52):
I don't think so I've not looked in the thing.
It's got a maybe about a one foot wide that
lid on it that at the time I cleaned it out,
I dropped the submerciful pump down there and just pumped
it out. And you know, but if as I remember,
it was maybe about four foot square, just chamber like
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four concrete in the floor.
Speaker 1 (31:19):
So is there any valves that are going into that,
like on the wasted water pipe where they can shut
it off.
Speaker 5 (31:28):
No, it just it just went into the floor drains.
It connects into the floor drains. I do know that
because right above it is where the washer and this
thinks that the utility sink, and they both drain into it.
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And you know, when the washer runs, the wash walk
goes into this thing and hits the file system and
ends up into some pump.
Speaker 1 (32:04):
Yeah. Yeah, And I don't know what to tell you
I I. My guess is, you know there is no
you know, when that became enabled, and I'm assuming it
is enabled, that there is no grease collection taking place, okay.
Speaker 5 (32:28):
At all?
Speaker 1 (32:29):
Yeah, so you got a do you have a concrete
lid over the top of it or.
Speaker 5 (32:37):
No, it's got a it's it's in the floor and
it's got to steal steel.
Speaker 1 (32:42):
Okay, And have you taken that off lately?
Speaker 10 (32:47):
No?
Speaker 5 (32:47):
We actually the utility sink fits over top of it,
and I when we put that sink in, we made
the connection so we can take it apart and get
it out of the way we ever wanted in there.
But now I didn't know if it collected the soaps
well or something, or.
Speaker 1 (33:09):
I don't know if it collects the soaps. And I'm
not even really sure exactly how they were configured on
collecting grease. You know, back in the day. If that
thing was active, first of all, and you haven't done
anything really with it, the smell would be really strong.
Used to have to I think liquefy or scoop out
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even the grease once it became like twenty five thirty
percent of the trap itself. That's what I'm saying I'm sure,
I'm I'm sure it's not collecting any grease. I'm pretty
sure it's not collecting any soap.
Speaker 5 (33:50):
Okay, Well, like I said, the utilities think, you know,
basically it gets used for some hand washing or cleaning
out paint or things like that, and not really any
thing terribly greasy there. And the laundry.
Speaker 1 (34:07):
It would be kind of like a disposal too, I mean,
not what it only trapped grease, it would you know,
food solids too.
Speaker 5 (34:15):
Yeah, so I think at one time, yes, yeah, you know,
at one time. But but like I said that that
kitchen sink I recall was drained into it at one time.
But we when we replumbed the house, they vented that
kitchen sink and didn't have a vent and and ran
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it into the sewer.
Speaker 1 (34:39):
Well, I would say, if curiosity is getting the most
of you get somebody out there that's qualified to get
in there inspect it. My guess is it's basically a
pit that's going to drain off that maintenance sink and
that's that.
Speaker 5 (34:56):
Yeah, it really Yeah, I don't think it's doing a
thing that stands the water in it all the time.
Speaker 1 (35:06):
Right, Well, that's probably because of the trap in there too,
So yeah, unless you want to have somebody check it out,
I would say that I could file that under not broken,
don't fix it. Uh yeah, okay, And we don't really
know what's going on there, but if curiosity gets it,
maybe the next time you have a plumber or your
house have and pull that lid and see what's going
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on there. But outside that, I personally, as a do
it yourself or would leave that baby alone.
Speaker 5 (35:35):
Yeah, I've never heard anybody ever talking about having one,
and I just thought, well, maybe it's something, uh in
a rural area that they thought we needed.
Speaker 1 (35:45):
Well, I think they're trying to keep it out of
the septic systems that they put that in a rural area.
You're right, restaurants for sure that when a septic system
that was you know, just to prevent uh, you know,
wastewater line clogs. You know, it's just a it's a
catch really and trying to keep it out of your
(36:06):
main wastewaters. But I think that's a long time ago,
So appreciate the call. And if you ever get an
answer on that in terms of somebody checking out, will
you let me know Richard, You'll be up first. We
got Denise and Jim, and if you'd like to join us,
do so. We'll continue. You're at Home with Gary Sullivan.
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All right, you're at home with Gary Sullivan and talking
a little home improvement. There's always time to talk about
home improvement. I'm not here to motivate you to get
some of that done right now, but I do encourage
it occasionally. And one of the things I like to say,
and it's so so true, and that is that five
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dollars solution, if not executed, can certainly become a fifty
dollars to a five hundred dollars to a five thousand
dollars solution. And especially if it's pretending to the intrusional water,
those problems obviously never go away, and they do compound.
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So heed my advice on that. I can save you money.
Trust me. If I can get you encouraged enough to
tackle that project, that little tuba cock can go a
long way saving you some bucks. All right, let's go
to Richard Richard welcome. Hello, Yes, sir, nice.
Speaker 11 (40:28):
My question has to do with at the beginning of
year program today, you mentioned your gutters and you mentioned
gutter brushes. Is that the best thing to put in
the gutters or leaf control.
Speaker 1 (40:44):
I would say it's one of the better ones for
the value. For the price, I would consider one of
the best options. You know, there's all kinds of there's
all kinds of things to protect your gutters and keep
them free flowing. I think it's safe to say some
of them are more effective than others. There's probably not
(41:05):
a really perfect one out there on the market. Some
of them can range from three hundred and fifty bucks,
some of them can be one hundred bucks. Some of
them can be five thousand bucks. To protect the gutters
on your home, I got the gutter brush. I've had
it for years. It casts you about three hundred bucks.
Do your whole house in those, and occasionally, if you've
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got a lot of trees around one side of the house,
you might have to, you know, every third year, take
them out, shake them off, take a hose and square
them off and put them back in. They just slide in.
There's no mechanical, you know, attachments. They just simply slide
into the gutter. It's like a big bottle brush. It
slides into the gutter.
Speaker 11 (41:47):
Yeah, you don't have to screw them in or anything.
Speaker 1 (41:49):
No sir, they just simply lay in the gutter.
Speaker 11 (41:54):
Okay, I think you answered my question because I'm looking around,
all right.
Speaker 1 (41:58):
Yep, you bet take care.
Speaker 4 (42:02):
Um.
Speaker 1 (42:04):
Yeah, that's a good question too. Gutters are a pain.
I think we all agree on that. And man, if
you don't keep those things clean and free flowing, especially
with the amount of rain that we've had in my
city in the last few weeks. Man, I'll tell you what.
(42:25):
You can do some damage to your house Riot Soffitt's
leaky basements just because the gutters are clocked. But there's
no perfect solution. You may still have to do minimal maintenance.
But let you make that decision. All right, let's go
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to Jim. Jim.
Speaker 12 (42:46):
Welcome, Hey Gary, thanks for taking my call. I bought
a house a couple of years ago as a fixer upper,
and the asphaltse dribeways was just like by the folks poorly,
and I mean it was pretty cracked. It looked like
a road mask and so I filled the cracks in
(43:07):
and I stealed it that first year, and I'm pretty
happy with the job. But the cracks would seep out
that car.
Speaker 8 (43:17):
And I had it done. I had it built in
last year by our professional and the same thing happened,
and it wasn't everywhere, but it was in certain, you know,
certain spots as soon as it would get hot, and
you know, it went on all summer long. So you know,
I don't want to put a new driveway in because
of the expense, so I kind of just want to
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put some more band aids on.
Speaker 3 (43:39):
It for now.
Speaker 12 (43:40):
Do you have any suggestions on a product I should
use to help me out but that doesn't happen.
Speaker 1 (43:44):
How wide are the cracks?
Speaker 12 (43:48):
They are less than a half inch mostly, but it's
it's significant crackage.
Speaker 11 (43:55):
I mean a lot of them.
Speaker 1 (43:56):
So maybe it's not maybe it's not meant to be
repaired with a crack filler. Maybe we dig that area
out and we put in like an asphalt patch like
they would fill potholes with. So that's something to consider,
if you don't mind, hang on, Jim, I kind of
(44:17):
goofed up the clock on that and we'll get you
on the other side of the uh of the break
and we'll talk about that driveway because a lot of
people are kind of battling that issue right now. So
sit tight if you will, happy to chat to you
about sealing it and sometimes just digging out that cracked areas.
The answer all right. Our phone number is eight hundred
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Well the weekends upon us. Welcome. You're at home with
Garriy Salvan as we take your calls regarding your home project,
feel free to join us. We got a couple of
lines that are open. It's eight hundred eight two three
eight two five five. That's eight hundred eight two three
eight two five five. And depending on where you are,
you're either working outside or inside. Kind of a rainy
(00:53):
day where I met so one. They gotta be inside
getting a few things done. And there's never never a
case of not having something to do when it comes
to your house, that's for sure, all right. One of
the things we talk about a lot of times is,
you know, the bathroom drain that's running a little slow.
(01:13):
I say that because my bathroom drain is running a
little slow. Mine too, yours? Two? All right, Danny, and
we have a contest, okay, when we get back on
tomorrow at nine am Eastern time. Okay, I want to
know if you fixed yours or I fix mine. There's
a good chance neither one of us will do.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
It correct because we'll be tied up with something else.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
Or we'll just you know, a slow running drain is
easy to just put off. Mine's been slow running for
a battle week, how about yours about a week same time.
So it is, it's not really a huge deal.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
Not really bad.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
But you can tell yeah, And you might have to
rinse out the sink. There may be some whiskers down
there on the bottom of the sink after the water
slowly erodes away down the drain. But so there might
be a little little more cleanup, but jeez, what's that
take three seconds? Whereas cleaning out that drain might take
a little bit more. But again, if you have that issue, folks,
(02:15):
there's all kinds of expensive drain cleaners, enzyme drain cleaners,
which are fine, you can use them, But I still say,
without a doubt, the zip it strip for five bucks
is the best drain tool you can find. So it's
three feet long, thirty inches long somewhere in there. It
has a sometime as wide as a pencil, flat as
(02:39):
a credit card, as thick as a credit card, and
it's got a little barb sticking out. And you turn
the water on and you wiggle it down the drain
around the stopper, and you might, I don't know, you
might piddle around with it for five to seven minutes
and all of a sudden, gone, you remove the blockage,
(03:00):
and hell, we'll give ourselves a see. Who's a heron
one of us. I'm personally betting on neither one of
us will do that today, correct, But maybe the next
day or two we'll see. All right. Our phone number
again is eight hundred eight two three eight two five five.
Happy to talk to you about your project. Let's go
to Tom. Tom. Welcome, Hi Gary, are you doing fine? Thanks?
Speaker 3 (03:24):
Good?
Speaker 4 (03:25):
Hey, last week you were talking to somebody who had
a pink chipping on the on the upstairs bedrooms. I
believe it was, and instead there was something you could
put over it that was like almost as thin.
Speaker 5 (03:36):
As a sheet a piece of paper.
Speaker 4 (03:39):
Was it like a roll on or something like a
I don't want to say, like a wallpaper.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
But so so there is something called wall liner, and
I think that's what I was speaking of. I have
to rewind, but there's a wall liner. So folks had
have plaster walls, yes, mainly I would say, designed for that.
You can use it on dry wall, but mainly for
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plaster walls where you get the cracks, you get the
you know, if it's a plaster wall that was in
a house in nineteen forty. You've got all these layers
of an oil based paint on there. You got probably
fifteen different layers of paint on there, and it gets
very brittle. It doesn't breathe, and it peels, and then
(04:26):
you scrape and you scrape and it's you know, it's
got lead in it too, so you got to be
careful there. Then you can see you got to patch
it in. So there's there's this wall liner, which is
a it is kind of like wallpaper. You hang it horizontally.
It's about thirty inches in width. It can be smooth,
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it can be herringbone, it can be stippled like a popcorn.
And it can be painted.
Speaker 5 (04:58):
Yeah, that was my next question. They can I think
it'll be painted correction.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
Sure, sure, So a couple options on that is. Some
people will go to a point of putting quarter and
strywall on top of it. But then your outlet boxes,
your switches, your moldings. You know you got some work
there too with the.
Speaker 6 (05:17):
So there isn't really okay, I'm sorry.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
Yeah, with the wall covering, it's not a quarter and stick.
It's again about the thickness of a credit card. So
you're hanging on there and this seems and just and
paint it out wall liner. Yes, sir, okay, okay.
Speaker 5 (05:34):
That's a that was my question.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
Very good, Thank you very much. You're quite welcome. Take care. Yeah,
and older homes those are that's a I think a
great solution. We've talked also about ceilings where you know, plaster,
you run in the same thing on ceilings and dry wall.
You run into some issues because people get to the
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point where they just hate that popcorn ceiling and taking
that off is I think a nightmare. Maybe not a nightmare,
it's just time consuming, is very messy nightmare. But there's
a ceiling tiles that are thin as literally a piece
of paper, that are decorative. It can look like a
pewter ceiling, it can look like a wood ceiling, it
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All right, let's go to Maria. Maria, welcome. Hello.
Speaker 3 (06:54):
I had listened to you last week in regards to
what and forgets for your driveway, and I read into
it and everything, and I approached my husband and said,
we don't have to do pressure wash, let's do this now.
I noticed that we have stone steps for our front door.
Can I also use that on that as well? Because
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there is kind of a dark gray looking stone because
of the leather.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
Sure, sure, you can use that on brick, you can
use it on pavers, you can use it on concrete,
you can use it on stone. You can use it
on your roof. If you drive through different subdivisions, you'll
see black streaking down roofs. That's an algae. It's a fungus.
It's airborne, and once it starts in a neighborhood, it
(07:43):
can go from roof to roof. So you can use
it on that. You can use it on siding, vinyl siding,
aluminum siding, wood siding. It's not going to hurt the
substrate at all.
Speaker 6 (07:54):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (07:55):
And then also some people have mentioned that they put
seal a seal on their driveway after they've cleaned it.
So is this something you recommend or no reason for
a seal?
Speaker 1 (08:08):
Well, where are you at? You and Ohio? Yeah, you
could probably do that. And how old is the driver? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (08:16):
Yea is about twenty six years old.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
Okay, Yeah, I'd get it sealed. I really would. So
the wedd and forget, let me finish that. So when
you put that on and then you know, four to
six weeks later you walk out and you go, bang, man,
that's clean. It happens overnight, even though you waited six weeks.
I don't I'm not really sure how that happens, but
(08:41):
it does. And it has a residual in it where
that algae, moss, mildew has a very difficult time getting
started again, so it will last through next year. You
could spray it again next year and just use it
as a preventive spray should be the smart thing to do.
(09:02):
Or you can spray that on and you could seal
it right away. You could wait a year to seal
it and just quick pressure washing and then seal it.
And what it protects you from is a couple things
in northeast Ohio. It's going to protect you from road
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salt from causing a concrete driveway to pit, which is
fairly common and you've been very lucky if you don't
have that issue, so I would get it sealed. It
will also minimize the penetration of water that goes into
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the driveway, which that water is kind of the food
source for molds, mild analgae. It needs water, it needs
organic material. By sealing that that driveway will dry out
faster than the driveways around you. You'll minimize that growth.
So yeah, a breathable sealant. There's a wonderful one on
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a tank sprayer and all you're doing is just moistening
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the surface. You don't want it to puddle where it'll
be shiny. You just moisten the surface. It penetrates into
the concrete and seals the capillaries in the concrete.
Speaker 3 (10:40):
That sounds great, perfect, Okay, all right, I will get
the products. I thank you very much and I enjoy
your show.
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Thank you, take care bye bye, all right, h Tim
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to Bob. Bob.
Speaker 9 (15:20):
Welcome, Hi Gary, Good morning morning.
Speaker 10 (15:25):
I have a concrete driveway that we have.
Speaker 9 (15:32):
Now, some rust came off aftermarket product on a car,
and I want to know if there's a product that
I can remove the rust.
Speaker 10 (15:43):
It's pretty unsightly.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
Yeah, uh you can. It's got limitations, so it's a
very very very mild acid. There's a product it's been
around for a long time called iron out and iron
now well, I have found the best way to remove it.
And folks, if you got patio furniture, steal patio furniture,
(16:06):
pay attention because where the legs are you may end
up with rust on the concrete there also. And you
take the iron out and you mix it with warm water.
It comes in a liquid. It comes in a granular.
I usually use the granular. I can't tell you why,
it's just the one I use. And when you mix
that up, get yourself a little comfortable step stool and
(16:29):
have a seat, because you're going to take a paint
brush and you're gonna baste that rusted area with the
paint brush and I'm talking dipping the brush putting a coat.
You might do that fifty times and you'll see it
you slowly dissipate. So all you're doing is just kind
of splashing on, just putting moron and moron. It's soaking
(16:53):
right in and it's a chemical that is eating the
iron oxide. That's why you just keep basting it on,
basting it on, But you can see it slowly start
to fade and if you're patient enough, you will eliminate it. Now.
One caution. When rust is present on the surface and
(17:16):
the metal is still you know, I'm not going to
say still there, but there, it can I guess what
I'm going to say. It can be penetrating down into
the concrete and this iron out has to come in
contact to it. That's why you're basting it slowly. You're
allowing it to get into the concrete. And even if
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it's down into that concrete a little bit and it's
being based properly, goes down into the concrete and hits
the wrong iron oxide, it can start dissipating it. So
that's the way you would use it. And that's the
way to remove rust stains off the concrete. Even though
(18:00):
it's a little time consuming, I think it's probably still
the best way. If you use too strong an acid,
you're gonna bleach out that concrete and you're gonna see
exactly where the problem was.
Speaker 10 (18:11):
Okay, and iron out. Do I need to get it
online or is it available at big Box?
Speaker 1 (18:17):
Available pretty much anywhere? I mean big box stores, neighborhood
hardware stores, probably grocery stores, Amazon, the whole works.
Speaker 10 (18:26):
Okay, okay, all right, I just you know, it's pretty unsightly.
It's on my front drive, and so I just I
figured you would know something.
Speaker 1 (18:38):
That'll take care of it. Very good. Thank you about it, sir,
You bet you? Bye bye? All right. Uh so we're
gonna have another break and then I'm gonna tell you
to give us a call because we do have open lines. Now.
It's eight hundred eight two three a two five five
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Zip it strip. Zip it strip just about three feet long,
(19:23):
very skinny. It does the deal all right. Taking your
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We go at home with Gary Sullivan taking your calls
or going to your home projects. Feel free to jump
on board. Got a spot for you. Let's talk to Willis.
Speaker 6 (22:43):
Willis welcome, Hey, Gary, Thanks for what you're doing farst.
Is there any way to know how many turbons I should.
Speaker 11 (22:52):
Have on my roof?
Speaker 1 (22:55):
Well, yeah, because I'm talked about a formula earlier, Willis.
And it's a little complicated formula. But if you take
the footprint of the house, okay, and so you take
your your your find out how many square feet you have.
So if you so you're with time, you're you're you're length,
(23:19):
and you're with and let's let's just say arbitrarily, you know,
you got you know.
Speaker 6 (23:24):
Fifteen I got four thousand square feet under roof.
Speaker 1 (23:30):
That doesn't mean anything. I'm just talking about the first floor,
the footprint of the house that's going to be ventilates.
Take the garage out of there, take the second floor
out of there, take the basement out of there. Just
that footprint of the house, that square footage, and then
for every three hundred square feet you use one square
(23:55):
foot of ventilation that is uninterrupted. So we got some
figure to do, right, So there's there's there. Yeah, so
there's the soft events. Do you have soft events in
the house?
Speaker 3 (24:13):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (24:14):
Okay, so you got to figure out what the square
footage is of the soft event. So again you're with
you know, times your length and they're usually what six
inches wide and however long you got them. Yeah, you
got to see if they're they're interrupted, and they are
because they got little fins, they got screening on it.
(24:35):
So you probably got seventy percent of it's interrupted. So
you got then you got to do the math there
and do you have a ridge vent?
Speaker 6 (24:46):
Then no, no ridge vent?
Speaker 1 (24:50):
Just to I Okay, So those are probably open and clear.
There's probably nothing on the insides of them. So you
got you got to figure out how much you know
square area you have there, and you basically split it
fifty to fifty, half the intake and half the outtake.
(25:13):
So if you've got too much intake, you could put
three instead of two. And it's better to have more
intake than outtake. The actual formula I think calls calls
for sixty percent of that to be intake forty outtake.
And that's the formula you use. I mean, that's the
(25:34):
basic formula. And so if you want to dive into
a little bit more, just just google you know, the
equation for ventilation of an attic and it'll pretty much
tell you the same type of thing.
Speaker 6 (25:53):
Okay, Well, in your opinion, i'f I got a large
house and setne colabime, I've only got two turbines. If
the addice of'm assuming is going to get hotter because
you don't have enough turbans, does that heat affect the
living area inside and more?
Speaker 1 (26:14):
Yeah? Well, do you want to stay with the formula?
I mean, that's that's the whole thing. You want to
stay with the formula. If you do not have the
correct formula. And you know, one of the things if
you don't have enough intake. The intake is vital because
that hot air cannot go out those turbans until there's
(26:35):
cooler air pushing it up. It kind of works like
a chimney, all right. And in the summertime, that cooler
air might be ninety degrees, might be ninety five degrees,
but the air in the attic could be one hundred
and forty. So you got to have enough air coming
in to push it out. So it's really kind of
(26:55):
it really has to be in balance. I'd really follow
that formula. Otherwise you might help it a little, but
you wouldn't really have it operating at maximum capacity.
Speaker 6 (27:07):
I got you, Okay, sure, I'll appreciate that advice.
Speaker 1 (27:11):
All right, you very good. Thanks will stake care. I
said this before, and it bears repeating. There's probably probably
sixty to seventy percent the latest that I read homes
that are inadequately ventilated in the attic. And just to
(27:33):
complicate things even further, is there is now been a
trend for probably the last fifteen years or so called
whole home encapsulation where we're not ventilating the attic anymore.
I'm not saying this is for you. It started in
(27:53):
the southeast Southwest and they've created that attic where it's
kind of a condition space and it's good for the
air handler, if you got an air handler up there.
It's not for everybody, but staying true to that ventilation,
you know, and if you want to know who does that,
(28:13):
roofers do ventilation, and they should be talking to you
about a formula to make sure it's properly sized for
adequate ventilation. And ask them that question. They'll be able
to explain to you. But many many homes. I just
had a call earlier today. He was talking about the
(28:34):
ventilation and he didn't even have a ridge vent. He
had two gable vents and he had soft events. And
that's fine. There's some air down at the bottom which
is going to push and it's going to allow it
to go out the gables. But I can't tell you
how many people I've talked to that have ridge vents,
(28:55):
gable vents and the lower area e vents and then
it's you know, that ridge vent is taking the air
right out the gable vent up, so you know, the
little overhangs those events, it's rendered useless. You don't get
that big lift out of that attic. Then all right,
(29:18):
let's go to Jim. Jim Welcome, Hi Gary.
Speaker 5 (29:23):
Appreciate your show. I enjoy it. We got a house
that was built in nineteen fifty two and I was
about seven eight years old at that time, and down
in the basement there's a metal lid and they called
it a grease pit or grease trap or something. And
(29:44):
I once upon a time, when I bought the house
twenty years after it was built, I pumped that thing out.
But I've never done anything with it since. And the
only thing it dumps into that is our utility sink
and the washing machine. So don't know exactly what the
intent of the thing was in the first place.
Speaker 1 (30:06):
When you start talking about grease pits, they started thinking
about a mechanic's grease prit pit. But I know restaurants
they have I'm not really sure what to tell you
for the house. I know restaurants have grease traps and pits.
Words kind of captures the grease from kitchen wastewater. I mean,
it is a trap.
Speaker 5 (30:28):
I think at one time the kitchen sink did drain
in there also, but we don't have a garbage disposal
or anything like that. But but years ago when we
remodeled the kitchen that they redrained that into the septic system.
So the kitchen sink hasn't drained, so.
Speaker 1 (30:48):
It's not really functioning. It's just there.
Speaker 5 (30:52):
I don't think so I've not looked in the thing.
It's got a maybe about a one foot wide that
lid on it that at the time I cleaned it out,
I dropped the submerciful pump down there and just pumped
it out. And you know, but if as I remember,
it was maybe about four foot square, just chamber like
(31:15):
four concrete in the floor.
Speaker 1 (31:19):
So is there any valves that are going into that,
like on the wasted water pipe where they can shut
it off.
Speaker 5 (31:28):
No, it just it just went into the floor drains.
It connects into the floor drains. I do know that
because right above it is where the washer and this
thinks that the utility sink, and they both drain into it.
(31:51):
And you know, when the washer runs, the wash walk
goes into this thing and hits the file system and
ends up into some pump.
Speaker 1 (32:04):
Yeah. Yeah, And I don't know what to tell you
I I. My guess is, you know there is no
you know, when that became enabled, and I'm assuming it
is enabled, that there is no grease collection taking place, okay.
Speaker 5 (32:28):
At all?
Speaker 1 (32:29):
Yeah, so you got a do you have a concrete
lid over the top of it or.
Speaker 5 (32:37):
No, it's got a it's it's in the floor and
it's got to steal steel.
Speaker 1 (32:42):
Okay, And have you taken that off lately?
Speaker 10 (32:47):
No?
Speaker 5 (32:47):
We actually the utility sink fits over top of it,
and I when we put that sink in, we made
the connection so we can take it apart and get
it out of the way we ever wanted in there.
But now I didn't know if it collected the soaps
well or something, or.
Speaker 1 (33:09):
I don't know if it collects the soaps. And I'm
not even really sure exactly how they were configured on
collecting grease. You know, back in the day. If that
thing was active, first of all, and you haven't done
anything really with it, the smell would be really strong.
Used to have to I think liquefy or scoop out
(33:31):
even the grease once it became like twenty five thirty
percent of the trap itself. That's what I'm saying I'm sure,
I'm I'm sure it's not collecting any grease. I'm pretty
sure it's not collecting any soap.
Speaker 5 (33:50):
Okay, Well, like I said, the utilities think, you know,
basically it gets used for some hand washing or cleaning
out paint or things like that, and not really any
thing terribly greasy there. And the laundry.
Speaker 1 (34:07):
It would be kind of like a disposal too, I mean,
not what it only trapped grease, it would you know,
food solids too.
Speaker 5 (34:15):
Yeah, so I think at one time, yes, yeah, you know,
at one time. But but like I said that that
kitchen sink I recall was drained into it at one time.
But we when we replumbed the house, they vented that
kitchen sink and didn't have a vent and and ran
(34:37):
it into the sewer.
Speaker 1 (34:39):
Well, I would say, if curiosity is getting the most
of you get somebody out there that's qualified to get
in there inspect it. My guess is it's basically a
pit that's going to drain off that maintenance sink and
that's that.
Speaker 5 (34:56):
Yeah, it really Yeah, I don't think it's doing a
thing that stands the water in it all the time.
Speaker 1 (35:06):
Right, Well, that's probably because of the trap in there too,
So yeah, unless you want to have somebody check it out,
I would say that I could file that under not broken,
don't fix it. Uh yeah, okay, And we don't really
know what's going on there, but if curiosity gets it,
maybe the next time you have a plumber or your
house have and pull that lid and see what's going
(35:28):
on there. But outside that, I personally, as a do
it yourself or would leave that baby alone.
Speaker 5 (35:35):
Yeah, I've never heard anybody ever talking about having one,
and I just thought, well, maybe it's something, uh in
a rural area that they thought we needed.
Speaker 1 (35:45):
Well, I think they're trying to keep it out of
the septic systems that they put that in a rural area.
You're right, restaurants for sure that when a septic system
that was you know, just to prevent uh, you know,
wastewater line clogs. You know, it's just a it's a
catch really and trying to keep it out of your
(36:06):
main wastewaters. But I think that's a long time ago,
So appreciate the call. And if you ever get an
answer on that in terms of somebody checking out, will
you let me know Richard, You'll be up first. We
got Denise and Jim, and if you'd like to join us,
do so. We'll continue. You're at Home with Gary Sullivan.
Speaker 7 (36:28):
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All right, you're at home with Gary Sullivan and talking
a little home improvement. There's always time to talk about
home improvement. I'm not here to motivate you to get
some of that done right now, but I do encourage
it occasionally. And one of the things I like to say,
and it's so so true, and that is that five
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(40:08):
So heed my advice on that. I can save you money.
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to Richard Richard welcome. Hello, Yes, sir, nice.
Speaker 11 (40:28):
My question has to do with at the beginning of
year program today, you mentioned your gutters and you mentioned
gutter brushes. Is that the best thing to put in
the gutters or leaf control.
Speaker 1 (40:44):
I would say it's one of the better ones for
the value. For the price, I would consider one of
the best options. You know, there's all kinds of there's
all kinds of things to protect your gutters and keep
them free flowing. I think it's safe to say some
of them are more effective than others. There's probably not
(41:05):
a really perfect one out there on the market. Some
of them can range from three hundred and fifty bucks,
some of them can be one hundred bucks. Some of
them can be five thousand bucks. To protect the gutters
on your home, I got the gutter brush. I've had
it for years. It casts you about three hundred bucks.
Do your whole house in those, and occasionally, if you've
(41:27):
got a lot of trees around one side of the house,
you might have to, you know, every third year, take
them out, shake them off, take a hose and square
them off and put them back in. They just slide in.
There's no mechanical, you know, attachments. They just simply slide
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Speaker 11 (41:47):
Yeah, you don't have to screw them in or anything.
Speaker 1 (41:49):
No sir, they just simply lay in the gutter.
Speaker 11 (41:54):
Okay, I think you answered my question because I'm looking around,
all right.
Speaker 1 (41:58):
Yep, you bet take care.
Speaker 4 (42:02):
Um.
Speaker 1 (42:04):
Yeah, that's a good question too. Gutters are a pain.
I think we all agree on that. And man, if
you don't keep those things clean and free flowing, especially
with the amount of rain that we've had in my
city in the last few weeks. Man, I'll tell you what.
(42:25):
You can do some damage to your house Riot Soffitt's
leaky basements just because the gutters are clocked. But there's
no perfect solution. You may still have to do minimal maintenance.
But let you make that decision. All right, let's go
(42:46):
to Jim. Jim.
Speaker 12 (42:46):
Welcome, Hey Gary, thanks for taking my call. I bought
a house a couple of years ago as a fixer upper,
and the asphaltse dribeways was just like by the folks poorly,
and I mean it was pretty cracked. It looked like
a road mask and so I filled the cracks in
(43:07):
and I stealed it that first year, and I'm pretty
happy with the job. But the cracks would seep out
that car.
Speaker 8 (43:17):
And I had it done. I had it built in
last year by our professional and the same thing happened,
and it wasn't everywhere, but it was in certain, you know,
certain spots as soon as it would get hot, and
you know, it went on all summer long. So you know,
I don't want to put a new driveway in because
of the expense, so I kind of just want to
(43:37):
put some more band aids on.
Speaker 3 (43:39):
It for now.
Speaker 12 (43:40):
Do you have any suggestions on a product I should
use to help me out but that doesn't happen.
Speaker 1 (43:44):
How wide are the cracks?
Speaker 12 (43:48):
They are less than a half inch mostly, but it's
it's significant crackage.
Speaker 11 (43:55):
I mean a lot of them.
Speaker 1 (43:56):
So maybe it's not maybe it's not meant to be
repaired with a crack filler. Maybe we dig that area
out and we put in like an asphalt patch like
they would fill potholes with. So that's something to consider,
if you don't mind, hang on, Jim, I kind of
(44:17):
goofed up the clock on that and we'll get you
on the other side of the uh of the break
and we'll talk about that driveway because a lot of
people are kind of battling that issue right now. So
sit tight if you will, happy to chat to you
about sealing it and sometimes just digging out that cracked areas.
The answer all right. Our phone number is eight hundred
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