May 4, 2025 • 45 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:32):
Well, the weekend, it is welcome. You're at home with
Gary Salvan taking it to another weekend, get a few
things done around the home. And if you've got a
question to asked, well you go ahead and grab a line.
It's eight hundred eight two three eight two five five.
You know, when I was talking to the other fella,
I didn't know if it's a centipede of millipede, I
don't know, crawley ugly critter that's getting in his basement.
(00:53):
We were talking about that and talking about creating a
barrier spray. There are other things that are very very basic.
We talk about them all the time. You know, they're outside,
they're getting inside, and you're hiding. Okay, the whole secret
is to keep them from getting inside. So you know,
we talk about chemic goals. We talk about things like that.
(01:14):
But think about the other things we talk about. Maybe
just not now, but we talk about almost every every
week we do the show, and that is sealing up
the house, taking that walk around the house. They're coming
from the outside. Do you have an area we talk
about the killer g's. We talk about water ponding around
the foundation. Well, that's water. That's what they love that's
(01:40):
their environment in that area where there's water or another
damp area. Do you have firewood stacked up against the house.
You hear me talk about that all the time, being
a big no no. Think about that wood when it
gets wet and those little critters get in between the logs. Yeah,
that's the habitat you want to change for sure. You know, leaves, branches,
(02:07):
just stuff that's near the house that's breaking down. It's
mother nature. That's where they're hiding. Clean it up. It's
not just about the chemicals, and then look for issues.
Issues I'm talking about would be maybe missing mortar joints,
maybe cracks in the foundation. You know, anything that is
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on the outside of the home that doesn't appear to
be sealed up. Get it sealed up and change that environment.
It's not just always about the chemicals. Once you're using
them on the inside. It's kind of the last stance
of defense, if you will, starts on the outside, just
like the water issues. All right, we'll get back to
(02:50):
the phone calls again. If you'd like to join us,
do so. We got Roger. Welcome, Good morning, Gary, morning.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
I helping out a friend this spring to get ready
to take care of some outside work, and I wanted
to see if you could recommend a brand of spar
varnish to go over the sophet he has on his house.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
So is this a this soffat? What kind of wood
is it? Is it painted? Is it stained? Tell me
a little bit about it.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
Okay, already has spar varn it.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
Okay, he did it maybe about ten years ago.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
Okay, Okay, getting a little tired looking. Yes, okay, let's
do something. And he needs help. Yeah, So if it's
you know, they got the spar varneysh on it. The
wood still looks, you know, in good shape. We're looking
to add another code or two of protection. The first
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thing you do, you know, the preparations, the key, washing
it down, soap and water, get that surface as clean
as you can, and then you can take I always
talk about taking a six hundred grit standing paper. Somebody
sent me an email this week and I i'd loved
(04:17):
his suggestion. He said, three M makes a seven hundred
grit wet dry sanding sponge. And he was telling me
how it doesn't clogs easy. It's more it's easier to use.
And I haven't went and looked at it, but I
agree with him, So you can either get the I
agree with you. Yeah yeah, so uh yeah, get that
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seven hundred grit sanding sponge. And all you're doing once
it's cleaned is you're just scratching the surface of the
existing sparurthane uh to get the next code to it
here And quite honestly, ideally it depends on the workload
and stuff. You know, Given that a day or two
and coming back and rescratch it and put another code,
(05:02):
probably not a bad idea. You literally will double the
lifespan of it. So as far as you know, I mean,
Minwax makes a you know, decent spar erthane. If folks
don't know what we're talking about when we say spar yourthane.
That is an outdoor euthane clear protectant that comes in
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satin flat semigloss and gloss and it has a very
good ultra violet ray blocker from the sun. So that's
what keeps it, you know, able to hold up against
the sun. Don't ever use polyurethane there that will break
down quickly.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
Okay, so is a suggestion.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Yeah, min Wax spar erthane. There's also one out there
called tzar which is very good. I would recommend the
TSAR also.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Thank you very much.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Have a great day, Roger. I'll tell you what, Sit tight.
I'm gonna put you on hold, and Danny's got a
little pet rescue giveaway kit we got here for different
insect traps. I'm sure most people can use those around
the house. So sit tight. We'll take care of you there.
All right, let's go to Cliff here. Cliff, welcome, Oh,
(06:25):
good morning morning.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
Got a couple of questions for you. First one is
I've got a infestation a squirrels in my attic. We
changed our facial board party plank and they just ain't
right through the party plank get in the attic. I'd
like to get rid of them humanely, and do you
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have any suggestions on how to get them out and keep.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
Well, Yeah, squirrels are tough. I'll tell you that right
right now. There's many pest control companies and they'll tell
you the biggest nemesis inside the house is squirrels and
identifying how they're entering is going to be how you're
going to keep them out of the house. Quite honestly,
(07:18):
So as I talk to and have guests in the
pest control business. You know, it's always the getting them
out takes knowledge and a little safety, and the biggest part,
or the biggest expense is the repair, the cleanup and
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keeping them out. So you know, in different states. I
do want to add this as people listening. I don't
know what the laws are in Georgia, but there are
different laws in different states on how and what you
can do to squirrels or any animal. I'm talking about
any you know, whether you know you said a you
(08:00):
main way, your main way would be like I have
a trap and relax and a release program. I don't
know if that's allowed in Georgia. You have to check when.
Speaker 3 (08:12):
Didn't catch a squirrel?
Speaker 1 (08:15):
They have a trap, did not catch a squirrel? No? Hmm?
Would you use it for bait?
Speaker 3 (08:25):
Using corn? Whole corn?
Speaker 1 (08:27):
Mm? Hm hm. Squirrels are michievous. I uh, you know,
maybe some peanuts and some peanut butter, uh and try
that way. Uh, and you're sure their squirrel is correct?
(08:48):
I mean, I know you know where a squirrel is,
but have you been up in the attic at all?
Speaker 4 (08:55):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (08:58):
Bone, yeah, yeah. So that's the other next big problem.
So I'm going to talk a little bit in generalities, Cliff,
quite honestly, but when you talk about you mainly getting
rid of them, I would say, still they have a
heart trap is why they're not attracted to the debait?
I don't know, but that would be the main way.
(09:18):
Then the big question is once you get them trapped,
what are you allowed to do with them? And I'm
just telling you that because, like I said, some states,
in terms of trying to control the rabies and things
like that, they don't want you releasing them twenty miles
away in a park. And if you know, if your
house is anything like mine, if you've got ten squirrels,
(09:40):
you got two hundred squirrels the way they yeah, and
then and trying to keep them out of your house,
I mean it's just a line of defense. I'll give
you some quick tips on how they get in the
house where they love to get into pulling up, flashing.
They love to come in through ridge vents. For people listening,
(10:01):
I remember one wildlife control person I was talking is like,
how do you know that your homes at risk? I mean,
I couldn't tell you how my ridge vent, what kind
of shape it's ending is. If you see squirrels walking
all the way across your roof and you see almost
all the time. I'm telling you they're gonna come in
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through that ridge vent. They'll pull the flashing up, so
you know, consulting or getting up there and just checking
the flashing see if there's any pulled up, missing shingles.
You know, anything along nose lines would be a place
that they could enter. The other place when you talk
about the softa in the faci area, I'm telling you
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that's probably number one or number two entry for all animals.
As we go through different seasons, we get wood that's unstable,
that forty five degree mortar cut at the end of
the facia board. As it dries out and it begins
to separate, like raccoons, they get their claws right in
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and they'll pull that board apart, and you know the
family will will nest. But rule number one and one
of the things that's very beneficial with this wildlife control
with different wildlife control companies is they're very knowledgeable habits
of different animals when they're using your attic as their home,
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so you're you're safe when you're doing the trapping process.
It's a quick method. They're going to take care of
the disposal. But then if you want to tackle the
project of cleanup, you're going to have to Once you
get up and examine that blown in insulation, you're going
to have to get rid of that, and the cleanup
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and sterilization of that area is going to be key.
And then the repair of where they were getting in
and I don't know if they're coming in through the
soffe It's like you're talking about. One of the things
you might take a look at is a PVC type
soffitted area called AzaC A Z E K and and
replace it with that. But that's just a general you
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know how it happens and what needs to be done
after it happens.
Speaker 3 (12:22):
Well, we had wood before, and like I said, we
were replaced to a hearty plant and it looks like
the squirrels just.
Speaker 4 (12:30):
Chewed through it.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
Well, squirrels can. I haven't run into that where that's
an ongoing problem, but squirrels can chew through a chain
link fence. Think about that.
Speaker 3 (12:45):
Yeah, take a quick question. I am remodeling a bathroom
and I am using, uh pad water cypress. This the
cypress is dry, but I want to put it up
and keep a natural look to.
Speaker 1 (13:02):
It all right?
Speaker 3 (13:02):
Which your THINGE or clear would you use to keep
that bachtel Look.
Speaker 1 (13:09):
I'll tell you what. We're way past our breaks. Sit tight.
I'm gonna take a little break. We'll come back and
out touch base on that and how to protect that.
We'll continue. You're at home with Gary Sullivan.
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Speaker 1 (16:10):
All right, back at it we go. And our conversation
is with Cliff and Georgia trying to get rid of squirrels. Ah,
they attic, and I know that can be just a
big old problem. And just like the person that had
had the centipedes, doctor Jeff, who was talking, I gave
some tips of you know, different chemicals you can use
talk about changing the environment. Somebody called up and said
(16:32):
those things aren't going to hurt anything. Well, that doesn't
mean you want to live with them either, and he
goes like, you know, you can live with him. That
was really his point. And I understand, but if you've
got a lot of them, it's certainly something you want
to at least work on changing the environment. You may
not want to spray the chemicals, and I get that,
(16:53):
but they are harmless. They're just icky looking, all right, Cliff,
you were talking about tidewater cypress.
Speaker 3 (17:01):
You have, Yes, I can remodel on a bathroom and
I'm using tidewater cypress as the wall covering m tongue
ingram and I want to keep that natural look. And
I was gonna get your suggestions on which poly yourthane
of varnish to use keep that natural look.
Speaker 1 (17:23):
Yeah. A lot of people may even tell you to
take a look at some tongue oil, but I'm a
little leary of using tongue oil in a bath area
for mildew purposes. I think I do lean more to
a a euthane or a type of ceilant that is
really gonna, you know, kind of take the whole wood
(17:45):
out of play. And there is one. It is a
it's it's called a marine wood sealer, and I can't
even recall who makes it. It is totally clear it is.
It's not hazardous, it has a low smell when you're
(18:06):
applying it, and it I believe it's an acrylic. It's
been a while since I've used it, but it's I
think it's if I'm not mistaken. It's called seal. It
wants premium wood sealer. I know Amazon's got it, and I
think i've seen it at home depot. That's probably what
(18:27):
I would use, only because it's you know, it's got
low VOC's. We don't have to really use a spar
your thing. A part of your thing's more of a coating.
This does have some penetration to it, and that's really
the one I think I would use. I would get
on their website and read up a little bit about it.
(18:49):
But they also making colors, but they do have a
pure clear one.
Speaker 3 (18:56):
And you apply it with a brush or arolla.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
Well, how smooth is your cypress?
Speaker 3 (19:04):
Excuse me?
Speaker 1 (19:05):
Is your cypress real smooth? Or is it a rough
type cypress? Oh no, it's smooth smooth. Okay, you can
use a roller on. I'd probably use like a quarter
inch nap on it. All right, Hey, Cliff, sit tight.
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(19:29):
It's got all the traps you might be interested and
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waitin to do this time of year when it comes
to our homes, and after all, it is our biggest investment.
And many things, I get it. Many things are you know,
expensive to do, but maintenance usually is not. And if
we can really take care of what we have, obviously
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we protect that investment. And a lot of the maintenance
things are also the least glamorous and the hardest to
really talk people into, you know, doing and letting everyone
know that's the most important part. I coined the phrase
a long time ago. You know, I have five dollars repair,
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quickly become the fifty dollars repair, which becomes the five
hundred dollars repair, and you know, wait long enough, it'll
be a five thousand dollars repair. So that's what we
talk about, is the maintenance of things and taking care
of some things. And we will continue to do that
and encourage you to look for issues you may have
around your home. All right, our phone number, you got it,
(23:55):
it's eight hundred eighty two three eight two five five
and Chris, welcome.
Speaker 7 (24:01):
Hey, Gary, got a question about some landscape timbers that
I have as steps going down the slope in my yard.
So I got about fifteen steps, you know, landscape timbers
with pea gravel in the middle of them, and they're
about thirty years old, really not looking too good. So
I don't want to tear them out because I don't
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want to disturb the slope, but I do want to
cover them up with pavers. So what I'm thinking about
is just getting pavers, putting them on top of the
timbers on the sides, cutting the front timber down, and
then having pavers at that level where the step actually is. Now,
(24:44):
if that makes sense to.
Speaker 1 (24:45):
You, well, I'm having a little trouble following. So we
got it. How deep is the timber? Is it like
a ten inch timber wide?
Speaker 4 (24:54):
You know it's an eight inch eight inch?
Speaker 1 (24:57):
Okay, So, and you're gonna put I missed you on
the cutting the front part. That's I guess where I'm confused.
I get that you're gonna put the paperstone over the
top of the eight inch timber. Correct, correct?
Speaker 7 (25:13):
And I don't want to raise the level of the
step because you know, when you first walk onto the step,
I want to level okay, yeah there, and I want
to be level at the bottom boards and now keep
the same elevation of the actual step. So create a
border on the side that's going right on top of
the timber. Then when I put the papers on, I'll
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dig out some of the pea gravel, cut down the
front of the cut down the front timber, the thickness
of the paver, so I maintain the level or the height.
Speaker 1 (25:48):
How are you going to cut that timber down?
Speaker 7 (25:53):
Saws or take a circular saw and just make a
pull a bunch of cuts and then chisel it out.
Speaker 1 (25:58):
How are you going to connect the favor onto that?
Speaker 7 (26:03):
Well, that was my next question.
Speaker 4 (26:07):
Glue.
Speaker 7 (26:08):
You know they got some great glues out there.
Speaker 1 (26:10):
I think that's kind of where I was thinking too.
I would think maybe not necessarily glue, but uh, you
know a heavy duty construction adhesive. Yeah, I know. I know.
Gorilla glues got three quality ones that you know, their
premium one is the one I would get because if
there's moisture, it can it can take care of that.
(26:33):
You can actually use this, uh, their Gorilla glue. I
think it's the premium construction adhesive. You could actually use
it underwater if you had to. Uh, but where you
got that, I think I would probably use that. As
far as the cutting. I mean, if you think you
can get that done and you're bringing it, that was
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gonna be my first thing when you start telling me,
it's like, oh, you know you're gonna such a trip hazard.
But if you're going to keep that same level, when
you think you can get that in there and get
that done, I know, the adhesive would take care of that.
The only other issue I would have thinking about your
project would be when you cut it. I don't know
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how those timbers were preserved. They went through different generations,
and in fact, the original generation when they start selling timbers,
they really were railroad tie timbers, and they were really
preserved with creosote, and that creosote is going to migrate
through that wood to a degree. But when you cut
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that off, is there is that wood still preserved? Is
that you know with that fresh cut? Or did we
cut the wood and the and the preservative off I
guess is what I'm saying. And you know, then you
got pavers and they can absorb moisture, and you got
some seams and water could seep in there, and then
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do we cause the timbers to rot?
Speaker 7 (28:05):
Okay, So I'll treat you would have to.
Speaker 1 (28:09):
I think you'll be able to tell a difference. But yes,
treating the wood I think is going to become uh
you know, pretty critical also, and it's got to be
something that penetrates otherwise you could affect your adhesive.
Speaker 7 (28:27):
Right, Okay, So the other thought I have about what
the adhesive is basically getting metal flashing, cover the timbers
with metal flashing, you know, use adhesive and stroom into
into the timbers, and then basically use the adhesive and
put the pavers on top of the metal flashing.
Speaker 1 (28:48):
And then what about well, I mean that's that would
be a good option to keep in that uh water
from rotting the wood. I don't know how that's going
to work with weather and you know, rust and all that.
I keep playing Devil's Advocate on you, but.
Speaker 7 (29:05):
That's what I'm looking for, you know.
Speaker 1 (29:07):
Uh, you know we always do ying and yang right
and do this, but we cause that. So yeah, you'll
have to take a look at if you're going to
use that flashing. I think i'd probably coat that with
something almost like a hammer, right, which is a a
fiberglass infused paint which drives very very hard and and
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seals that flashing up real good too.
Speaker 7 (29:35):
Okay, I'm sorry. What's the name of the paint. It's
called hammer right, hammer right, okay.
Speaker 1 (29:43):
And I'll seal it up. So yeah, I mean it's yeah,
if I could see the project, I can maybe even
offer some more suggestions. So I'm kind of relying on
what you're doing and just trying to play Devil's advocate
of things I would just address. So I'm not concerned
at all about the construction adhesive that I'm recommending, that's
(30:05):
for sure, and and again that that would maybe sealed.
But I think I like the idea that of the
fleshing there to protect it. Also.
Speaker 7 (30:16):
Yeah, okay, all right, very good, Well, thank you, I
appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (30:20):
You're quite welcome. Thank you. Take care. All right, Let's
go to Yeah, let's go to Shirley. Shirley, welcome.
Speaker 2 (30:31):
Here.
Speaker 1 (30:31):
It's great to speak with you.
Speaker 8 (30:36):
I have an issue with outdoor carpet that is over
a concrete porch covered porch, and we would like to
remove it. It's beginning to fray along the edge of
this step and we just really don't like the look
(30:58):
of it. Anyway. It's probably been down for about ten
years and we have no idea how to remove it
or what the process might be after it's off the yeah,
and what our options would be.
Speaker 1 (31:14):
Yeah, well you got a lot of options if you
get it off. So that's the good news. Probably the
difficult news is how to get it off, because the
first question I'm going to ask you, you're going to
probably tell me I don't know, and that is how
is it connected to the porch?
Speaker 8 (31:35):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (31:36):
Yeah, so it's either glued. It's either glued or carpenter's
tape or carpet tape, I mean double sided tape. And
after ten years that can be really challenging. I mean,
you're just not going to in a lot of cases
remove it real cleanly. You can try really really hot
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water that will sometimes loosen it. I just don't know.
In a lot of cases, it's a matter. I mean
it's a chore. It's a chore getting it off. If
somebody used indoor out there carpeting glue and they smeared
it all over the surface of that concrete and then
put the indoor outdoor carpeting on it, it'll be a nightmare.
(32:24):
I mean, it'll be very difficult to get off. You
can get it off, but it'll be it'll take some doing.
It literally will take some you know, a box knife
cutting the carpet, scraping the carpet. You may end up
even half to eventually get a tool where it grinds
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that carpet up. I don't know how thick it is,
but you know you'd want to get as much of
it off. You don't want to use a grinder over
a half inch thick carpet, that's for sure. But yeah,
there are floor scraping.
Speaker 9 (33:01):
Over the what about going over the top of the
carpet with something, well, because it's very very thin and
I'm pretty sure it's doin with glue.
Speaker 1 (33:12):
Yeah. Yeah, well it's outdoors though.
Speaker 9 (33:16):
Right, yes, it's outdoors, but it's covered porch.
Speaker 1 (33:24):
Yeah. Well, all your type of flooring, your lambine, it's
your LVT's and all that. They have them where they're
called water resistant and they have summer waterproof. But I
don't know if I would I don't know if i'd
use that out there. I would really I would start.
(33:45):
Let's let's put this way. I would start with trying
to remove the carpet, okay, because can we can always
give it a whirl when trying to do what you
want to do by putting carpet over it. I mean,
we're not gonna There are also adhesive removers. I'm gonna
give you one. It's called I think you can get
(34:09):
it at the website bluebear dot com. They have an
adhesive or Google adhesive removers. And what you would have
to do most things are going to tell you, you know,
put it on the adhesive. Well. With the indoor outdoor carpet,
you can take a box knife and a yardstick and
just like every two three inches, just put a cut
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through the carpet and then take this adhesive remover and
literally roll it over the surface of the carpet and
let it sit for you know, a day or something.
Do it on a shady day where it can saturate
that carpet and hit the glue, soften the glue. The
only problem is not real cheap, but that might. That might.
(34:54):
I mean you almost have to do something like that.
I said. Originally hard water hot water, which would work
unless it's in a latex adhesive then it's probably not
gonna work. But an adhesive remover and saturating the carpet
so that it saturates the carpet and gets to the
(35:14):
heat adhesive. That's probably gonna be your best bet in
terms of labor.
Speaker 8 (35:23):
All right, what about covering it with flagstone or well
wood porch?
Speaker 1 (35:32):
Yeah, yeah, I guess you know. The problem isn't though
it's I don't know. You could do a tongue in groove,
a tongue in groove pressure treated wood. I'll tell you what.
I don't know if they're out there anymore, but there
(35:54):
was a company about ten years ago, and maybe just
searching the internet for this. They had little squares and
I'm gonna say eighteen inches by eighteen inches of like
a herring bone pressure treated wood. That was a pressure
treated wood tile which was an inch or so thickness,
(36:21):
and you could I would check to see if that's
still available. That's something I would probably be interested in
given a whirl too. There's also, yeah, there's also a
product out of Victoria, Canada. And it's been a long
time since I looked this up. I can't even remember
(36:41):
the name, but it is. It looks like a like
a roll of vinyl for a kitchen floor, okay, it
but it looks like wood and it's it's for outdoor
use like in high rise condo units that have a
(37:02):
little concrete porch so that the water doesn't soak through
the concrete and drip. It's a covering for those that's
something that would work. I'm not really sure how we
would attach it, but that's something to look at, Okay.
But there's also a product out there. I'm just thinking
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of different things. There's a product Utitor called dry core,
which are sixteen inch squares that have little feet on
the bottom which elevates and creates like a wood subfloor
that you could probably put maybe an LVT which would
be a vinyl plank flooring on top of that. Very thin.
(37:49):
That might be something you want to do or check
out too. So a few things to check out, surely.
I hope that helps. And if you get something that
where you're not gonna take it off and it's successful,
please let me know I appreciate it. I got to
think about that one. Probably will all weekend. We'll continue, James.
You'll be up first year at home with Gary Sullivan.
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All right back getting to go. Boy, I'm just like,
there are so many things if you just get that carpet.
I so badly wanted to say yeah rule number one,
I say all the time is don't put carpet on stoops.
I had one on the first house I butt. I
changed it down almost every year, did it with carpet tape,
and it was still a bad idea. All right, let's
(41:25):
go to James. James welcome, Yeah, real quick.
Speaker 4 (41:30):
Regarding the carpet, I had a similar situation. I did
try the blue Bear product once I got the carpet up,
and I would say I got seventy five percent of
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Like I said, they got seventy five percent.
Speaker 1 (41:48):
Yeah, yeah, and I think that's good. You know, another
thing I was just thinking of during the break, which
I didn't mention, is even a heat gun that might
soften it up some too.
Speaker 4 (41:58):
So I'm out of my area of expertise here. I'm
helping a family member in Florida and they want to
have their house clean. There's like this black stuff on
the driveway inside of the house. And I've heard you
over the years say about power washing is more about
washing than power, and so I know you've mentioned wet
and forget over the years. So there's always seems to
(42:20):
be people in the community here doing power washing, Like
there's companies or whatever individuals, and I've talked to a
couple of them, and there seems to be like a
communication barrier here because I've tried to ask them, like,
what what is your material? Are your substance you're using
in there? And I don't think they're following me on
(42:42):
the question. So what First of all, what is this stuff?
Is it algae? What's the correct term to call this stuff?
Speaker 1 (42:48):
Well, it's probably an algae or a fungus, you know,
that's that's the stuff that breaks down all the leaves
and trees and with all the stuff in the woods.
It's an algae, fungus, mildew, there's liking, which are all
families of different funguses and airborne spores. Land they get moisture,
(43:12):
they get at organic material and they form a colony.
And that's the black and the shadow. And a lot
of people just think it's dirt on concrete, but it's not.
It's it. I proved it myself. I always thought it
was dirt. And I was talking to wet and forget
people one time and they go, just spray it on there.
It's gonna kill it's algae and it was, so you
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know you can You could use the wet and forget,
that's for sure. I got some great stories from people
in Florida that used to just powerwash and then they
use the hose en wet and forget and how it
didn't grow back, whereas if they'd powerwashed, it grew back
within six months. Because the wett and forget is a
direct kill. If you want to have something, it takes
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like four to six weeks to see that anything's going
to happen, which is unnerving for some people. But if
you want to have a quick result, you could use
like a oxygenated bleach powder with water and put it on.
Let's sit for about ten to fifteen minutes, and then
(44:17):
powerwatch it. That'll help deep clean it. That'll help kill it.
But probably the when to forget just bring it on
is a quick and easy method. So give that a try, James.
And it is, like I said, it is a fungus
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You know, when I was talking to the other fella,
I didn't know if it's a centipede of millipede, I
don't know, crawley ugly critter that's getting in his basement.
(00:53):
We were talking about that and talking about creating a
barrier spray. There are other things that are very very basic.
We talk about them all the time. You know, they're outside,
they're getting inside, and you're hiding. Okay, the whole secret
is to keep them from getting inside. So you know,
we talk about chemic goals. We talk about things like that.
(01:14):
But think about the other things we talk about. Maybe
just not now, but we talk about almost every every
week we do the show, and that is sealing up
the house, taking that walk around the house. They're coming
from the outside. Do you have an area we talk
about the killer g's. We talk about water ponding around
the foundation. Well, that's water. That's what they love that's
(01:40):
their environment in that area where there's water or another
damp area. Do you have firewood stacked up against the house.
You hear me talk about that all the time, being
a big no no. Think about that wood when it
gets wet and those little critters get in between the logs. Yeah,
that's the habitat you want to change for sure. You know, leaves, branches,
(02:07):
just stuff that's near the house that's breaking down. It's
mother nature. That's where they're hiding. Clean it up. It's
not just about the chemicals, and then look for issues.
Issues I'm talking about would be maybe missing mortar joints,
maybe cracks in the foundation. You know, anything that is
(02:30):
on the outside of the home that doesn't appear to
be sealed up. Get it sealed up and change that environment.
It's not just always about the chemicals. Once you're using
them on the inside. It's kind of the last stance
of defense, if you will, starts on the outside, just
like the water issues. All right, we'll get back to
(02:50):
the phone calls again. If you'd like to join us,
do so. We got Roger. Welcome, Good morning, Gary, morning.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
I helping out a friend this spring to get ready
to take care of some outside work, and I wanted
to see if you could recommend a brand of spar
varnish to go over the sophet he has on his house.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
So is this a this soffat? What kind of wood
is it? Is it painted? Is it stained? Tell me
a little bit about it.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
Okay, already has spar varn it.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
Okay, he did it maybe about ten years ago.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
Okay, Okay, getting a little tired looking. Yes, okay, let's
do something. And he needs help. Yeah, So if it's
you know, they got the spar varneysh on it. The
wood still looks, you know, in good shape. We're looking
to add another code or two of protection. The first
(03:57):
thing you do, you know, the preparations, the key, washing
it down, soap and water, get that surface as clean
as you can, and then you can take I always
talk about taking a six hundred grit standing paper. Somebody
sent me an email this week and I i'd loved
(04:17):
his suggestion. He said, three M makes a seven hundred
grit wet dry sanding sponge. And he was telling me
how it doesn't clogs easy. It's more it's easier to use.
And I haven't went and looked at it, but I
agree with him, So you can either get the I
agree with you. Yeah yeah, so uh yeah, get that
(04:40):
seven hundred grit sanding sponge. And all you're doing once
it's cleaned is you're just scratching the surface of the
existing sparurthane uh to get the next code to it
here And quite honestly, ideally it depends on the workload
and stuff. You know, Given that a day or two
and coming back and rescratch it and put another code,
(05:02):
probably not a bad idea. You literally will double the
lifespan of it. So as far as you know, I mean,
Minwax makes a you know, decent spar erthane. If folks
don't know what we're talking about when we say spar yourthane.
That is an outdoor euthane clear protectant that comes in
(05:26):
satin flat semigloss and gloss and it has a very
good ultra violet ray blocker from the sun. So that's
what keeps it, you know, able to hold up against
the sun. Don't ever use polyurethane there that will break
down quickly.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
Okay, so is a suggestion.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Yeah, min Wax spar erthane. There's also one out there
called tzar which is very good. I would recommend the
TSAR also.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Thank you very much.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Have a great day, Roger. I'll tell you what, Sit tight.
I'm gonna put you on hold, and Danny's got a
little pet rescue giveaway kit we got here for different
insect traps. I'm sure most people can use those around
the house. So sit tight. We'll take care of you there.
All right, let's go to Cliff here. Cliff, welcome, Oh,
(06:25):
good morning morning.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
Got a couple of questions for you. First one is
I've got a infestation a squirrels in my attic. We
changed our facial board party plank and they just ain't
right through the party plank get in the attic. I'd
like to get rid of them humanely, and do you
(06:49):
have any suggestions on how to get them out and keep.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
Well, Yeah, squirrels are tough. I'll tell you that right
right now. There's many pest control companies and they'll tell
you the biggest nemesis inside the house is squirrels and
identifying how they're entering is going to be how you're
going to keep them out of the house. Quite honestly,
(07:18):
So as I talk to and have guests in the
pest control business. You know, it's always the getting them
out takes knowledge and a little safety, and the biggest part,
or the biggest expense is the repair, the cleanup and
(07:39):
keeping them out. So you know, in different states. I
do want to add this as people listening. I don't
know what the laws are in Georgia, but there are
different laws in different states on how and what you
can do to squirrels or any animal. I'm talking about
any you know, whether you know you said a you
(08:00):
main way, your main way would be like I have
a trap and relax and a release program. I don't
know if that's allowed in Georgia. You have to check when.
Speaker 3 (08:12):
Didn't catch a squirrel?
Speaker 1 (08:15):
They have a trap, did not catch a squirrel? No? Hmm?
Would you use it for bait?
Speaker 3 (08:25):
Using corn? Whole corn?
Speaker 1 (08:27):
Mm? Hm hm. Squirrels are michievous. I uh, you know,
maybe some peanuts and some peanut butter, uh and try
that way. Uh, and you're sure their squirrel is correct?
(08:48):
I mean, I know you know where a squirrel is,
but have you been up in the attic at all?
Speaker 4 (08:55):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (08:58):
Bone, yeah, yeah. So that's the other next big problem.
So I'm going to talk a little bit in generalities, Cliff,
quite honestly, but when you talk about you mainly getting
rid of them, I would say, still they have a
heart trap is why they're not attracted to the debait?
I don't know, but that would be the main way.
(09:18):
Then the big question is once you get them trapped,
what are you allowed to do with them? And I'm
just telling you that because, like I said, some states,
in terms of trying to control the rabies and things
like that, they don't want you releasing them twenty miles
away in a park. And if you know, if your
house is anything like mine, if you've got ten squirrels,
(09:40):
you got two hundred squirrels the way they yeah, and
then and trying to keep them out of your house,
I mean it's just a line of defense. I'll give
you some quick tips on how they get in the
house where they love to get into pulling up, flashing.
They love to come in through ridge vents. For people listening,
(10:01):
I remember one wildlife control person I was talking is like,
how do you know that your homes at risk? I mean,
I couldn't tell you how my ridge vent, what kind
of shape it's ending is. If you see squirrels walking
all the way across your roof and you see almost
all the time. I'm telling you they're gonna come in
(10:24):
through that ridge vent. They'll pull the flashing up, so
you know, consulting or getting up there and just checking
the flashing see if there's any pulled up, missing shingles.
You know, anything along nose lines would be a place
that they could enter. The other place when you talk
about the softa in the faci area, I'm telling you
(10:46):
that's probably number one or number two entry for all animals.
As we go through different seasons, we get wood that's unstable,
that forty five degree mortar cut at the end of
the facia board. As it dries out and it begins
to separate, like raccoons, they get their claws right in
(11:08):
and they'll pull that board apart, and you know the
family will will nest. But rule number one and one
of the things that's very beneficial with this wildlife control
with different wildlife control companies is they're very knowledgeable habits
of different animals when they're using your attic as their home,
(11:32):
so you're you're safe when you're doing the trapping process.
It's a quick method. They're going to take care of
the disposal. But then if you want to tackle the
project of cleanup, you're going to have to Once you
get up and examine that blown in insulation, you're going
to have to get rid of that, and the cleanup
(11:54):
and sterilization of that area is going to be key.
And then the repair of where they were getting in
and I don't know if they're coming in through the
soffe It's like you're talking about. One of the things
you might take a look at is a PVC type
soffitted area called AzaC A Z E K and and
replace it with that. But that's just a general you
(12:17):
know how it happens and what needs to be done
after it happens.
Speaker 3 (12:22):
Well, we had wood before, and like I said, we
were replaced to a hearty plant and it looks like
the squirrels just.
Speaker 4 (12:30):
Chewed through it.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
Well, squirrels can. I haven't run into that where that's
an ongoing problem, but squirrels can chew through a chain
link fence. Think about that.
Speaker 3 (12:45):
Yeah, take a quick question. I am remodeling a bathroom
and I am using, uh pad water cypress. This the
cypress is dry, but I want to put it up
and keep a natural look to.
Speaker 1 (13:02):
It all right?
Speaker 3 (13:02):
Which your THINGE or clear would you use to keep
that bachtel Look.
Speaker 1 (13:09):
I'll tell you what. We're way past our breaks. Sit tight.
I'm gonna take a little break. We'll come back and
out touch base on that and how to protect that.
We'll continue. You're at home with Gary Sullivan.
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All right, back at it we go. And our conversation
is with Cliff and Georgia trying to get rid of squirrels. Ah,
they attic, and I know that can be just a
big old problem. And just like the person that had
had the centipedes, doctor Jeff, who was talking, I gave
some tips of you know, different chemicals you can use
talk about changing the environment. Somebody called up and said
(16:32):
those things aren't going to hurt anything. Well, that doesn't
mean you want to live with them either, and he
goes like, you know, you can live with him. That
was really his point. And I understand, but if you've
got a lot of them, it's certainly something you want
to at least work on changing the environment. You may
not want to spray the chemicals, and I get that,
(16:53):
but they are harmless. They're just icky looking, all right, Cliff,
you were talking about tidewater cypress.
Speaker 3 (17:01):
You have, Yes, I can remodel on a bathroom and
I'm using tidewater cypress as the wall covering m tongue
ingram and I want to keep that natural look. And
I was gonna get your suggestions on which poly yourthane
of varnish to use keep that natural look.
Speaker 1 (17:23):
Yeah. A lot of people may even tell you to
take a look at some tongue oil, but I'm a
little leary of using tongue oil in a bath area
for mildew purposes. I think I do lean more to
a a euthane or a type of ceilant that is
really gonna, you know, kind of take the whole wood
(17:45):
out of play. And there is one. It is a
it's it's called a marine wood sealer, and I can't
even recall who makes it. It is totally clear it is.
It's not hazardous, it has a low smell when you're
(18:06):
applying it, and it I believe it's an acrylic. It's
been a while since I've used it, but it's I
think it's if I'm not mistaken. It's called seal. It
wants premium wood sealer. I know Amazon's got it, and I
think i've seen it at home depot. That's probably what
(18:27):
I would use, only because it's you know, it's got
low VOC's. We don't have to really use a spar
your thing. A part of your thing's more of a coating.
This does have some penetration to it, and that's really
the one I think I would use. I would get
on their website and read up a little bit about it.
(18:49):
But they also making colors, but they do have a
pure clear one.
Speaker 3 (18:56):
And you apply it with a brush or arolla.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
Well, how smooth is your cypress?
Speaker 3 (19:04):
Excuse me?
Speaker 1 (19:05):
Is your cypress real smooth? Or is it a rough
type cypress? Oh no, it's smooth smooth. Okay, you can
use a roller on. I'd probably use like a quarter
inch nap on it. All right, Hey, Cliff, sit tight.
We've had a great conversation. Danny's got a price package
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waitin to do this time of year when it comes
to our homes, and after all, it is our biggest investment.
And many things, I get it. Many things are you know,
expensive to do, but maintenance usually is not. And if
we can really take care of what we have, obviously
(23:11):
we protect that investment. And a lot of the maintenance
things are also the least glamorous and the hardest to
really talk people into, you know, doing and letting everyone
know that's the most important part. I coined the phrase
a long time ago. You know, I have five dollars repair,
(23:32):
quickly become the fifty dollars repair, which becomes the five
hundred dollars repair, and you know, wait long enough, it'll
be a five thousand dollars repair. So that's what we
talk about, is the maintenance of things and taking care
of some things. And we will continue to do that
and encourage you to look for issues you may have
around your home. All right, our phone number, you got it,
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it's eight hundred eighty two three eight two five five
and Chris, welcome.
Speaker 7 (24:01):
Hey, Gary, got a question about some landscape timbers that
I have as steps going down the slope in my yard.
So I got about fifteen steps, you know, landscape timbers
with pea gravel in the middle of them, and they're
about thirty years old, really not looking too good. So
I don't want to tear them out because I don't
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want to disturb the slope, but I do want to
cover them up with pavers. So what I'm thinking about
is just getting pavers, putting them on top of the
timbers on the sides, cutting the front timber down, and
then having pavers at that level where the step actually is. Now,
(24:44):
if that makes sense to.
Speaker 1 (24:45):
You, well, I'm having a little trouble following. So we
got it. How deep is the timber? Is it like
a ten inch timber wide?
Speaker 4 (24:54):
You know it's an eight inch eight inch?
Speaker 1 (24:57):
Okay, So, and you're gonna put I missed you on
the cutting the front part. That's I guess where I'm confused.
I get that you're gonna put the paperstone over the
top of the eight inch timber. Correct, correct?
Speaker 7 (25:13):
And I don't want to raise the level of the
step because you know, when you first walk onto the step,
I want to level okay, yeah there, and I want
to be level at the bottom boards and now keep
the same elevation of the actual step. So create a
border on the side that's going right on top of
the timber. Then when I put the papers on, I'll
(25:34):
dig out some of the pea gravel, cut down the
front of the cut down the front timber, the thickness
of the paver, so I maintain the level or the height.
Speaker 1 (25:48):
How are you going to cut that timber down?
Speaker 7 (25:53):
Saws or take a circular saw and just make a
pull a bunch of cuts and then chisel it out.
Speaker 1 (25:58):
How are you going to connect the favor onto that?
Speaker 7 (26:03):
Well, that was my next question.
Speaker 4 (26:07):
Glue.
Speaker 7 (26:08):
You know they got some great glues out there.
Speaker 1 (26:10):
I think that's kind of where I was thinking too.
I would think maybe not necessarily glue, but uh, you
know a heavy duty construction adhesive. Yeah, I know. I know.
Gorilla glues got three quality ones that you know, their
premium one is the one I would get because if
there's moisture, it can it can take care of that.
(26:33):
You can actually use this, uh, their Gorilla glue. I
think it's the premium construction adhesive. You could actually use
it underwater if you had to. Uh, but where you
got that, I think I would probably use that. As
far as the cutting. I mean, if you think you
can get that done and you're bringing it, that was
(26:56):
gonna be my first thing when you start telling me,
it's like, oh, you know you're gonna such a trip hazard.
But if you're going to keep that same level, when
you think you can get that in there and get
that done, I know, the adhesive would take care of that.
The only other issue I would have thinking about your
project would be when you cut it. I don't know
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how those timbers were preserved. They went through different generations,
and in fact, the original generation when they start selling timbers,
they really were railroad tie timbers, and they were really
preserved with creosote, and that creosote is going to migrate
through that wood to a degree. But when you cut
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that off, is there is that wood still preserved? Is
that you know with that fresh cut? Or did we
cut the wood and the and the preservative off I
guess is what I'm saying. And you know, then you
got pavers and they can absorb moisture, and you got
some seams and water could seep in there, and then
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do we cause the timbers to rot?
Speaker 7 (28:05):
Okay, So I'll treat you would have to.
Speaker 1 (28:09):
I think you'll be able to tell a difference. But yes,
treating the wood I think is going to become uh
you know, pretty critical also, and it's got to be
something that penetrates otherwise you could affect your adhesive.
Speaker 7 (28:27):
Right, Okay, So the other thought I have about what
the adhesive is basically getting metal flashing, cover the timbers
with metal flashing, you know, use adhesive and stroom into
into the timbers, and then basically use the adhesive and
put the pavers on top of the metal flashing.
Speaker 1 (28:48):
And then what about well, I mean that's that would
be a good option to keep in that uh water
from rotting the wood. I don't know how that's going
to work with weather and you know, rust and all that.
I keep playing Devil's Advocate on you, but.
Speaker 7 (29:05):
That's what I'm looking for, you know.
Speaker 1 (29:07):
Uh, you know we always do ying and yang right
and do this, but we cause that. So yeah, you'll
have to take a look at if you're going to
use that flashing. I think i'd probably coat that with
something almost like a hammer, right, which is a a
fiberglass infused paint which drives very very hard and and
(29:32):
seals that flashing up real good too.
Speaker 7 (29:35):
Okay, I'm sorry. What's the name of the paint. It's
called hammer right, hammer right, okay.
Speaker 1 (29:43):
And I'll seal it up. So yeah, I mean it's yeah,
if I could see the project, I can maybe even
offer some more suggestions. So I'm kind of relying on
what you're doing and just trying to play Devil's advocate
of things I would just address. So I'm not concerned
at all about the construction adhesive that I'm recommending, that's
(30:05):
for sure, and and again that that would maybe sealed.
But I think I like the idea that of the
fleshing there to protect it. Also.
Speaker 7 (30:16):
Yeah, okay, all right, very good, Well, thank you, I
appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (30:20):
You're quite welcome. Thank you. Take care. All right, Let's
go to Yeah, let's go to Shirley. Shirley, welcome.
Speaker 2 (30:31):
Here.
Speaker 1 (30:31):
It's great to speak with you.
Speaker 8 (30:36):
I have an issue with outdoor carpet that is over
a concrete porch covered porch, and we would like to
remove it. It's beginning to fray along the edge of
this step and we just really don't like the look
(30:58):
of it. Anyway. It's probably been down for about ten
years and we have no idea how to remove it
or what the process might be after it's off the yeah,
and what our options would be.
Speaker 1 (31:14):
Yeah, well you got a lot of options if you
get it off. So that's the good news. Probably the
difficult news is how to get it off, because the
first question I'm going to ask you, you're going to
probably tell me I don't know, and that is how
is it connected to the porch?
Speaker 8 (31:35):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (31:36):
Yeah, so it's either glued. It's either glued or carpenter's
tape or carpet tape, I mean double sided tape. And
after ten years that can be really challenging. I mean,
you're just not going to in a lot of cases
remove it real cleanly. You can try really really hot
(32:01):
water that will sometimes loosen it. I just don't know.
In a lot of cases, it's a matter. I mean
it's a chore. It's a chore getting it off. If
somebody used indoor out there carpeting glue and they smeared
it all over the surface of that concrete and then
put the indoor outdoor carpeting on it, it'll be a nightmare.
(32:24):
I mean, it'll be very difficult to get off. You
can get it off, but it'll be it'll take some doing.
It literally will take some you know, a box knife
cutting the carpet, scraping the carpet. You may end up
even half to eventually get a tool where it grinds
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that carpet up. I don't know how thick it is,
but you know you'd want to get as much of
it off. You don't want to use a grinder over
a half inch thick carpet, that's for sure. But yeah,
there are floor scraping.
Speaker 9 (33:01):
Over the what about going over the top of the
carpet with something, well, because it's very very thin and
I'm pretty sure it's doin with glue.
Speaker 1 (33:12):
Yeah. Yeah, well it's outdoors though.
Speaker 9 (33:16):
Right, yes, it's outdoors, but it's covered porch.
Speaker 1 (33:24):
Yeah. Well, all your type of flooring, your lambine, it's
your LVT's and all that. They have them where they're
called water resistant and they have summer waterproof. But I
don't know if I would I don't know if i'd
use that out there. I would really I would start.
(33:45):
Let's let's put this way. I would start with trying
to remove the carpet, okay, because can we can always
give it a whirl when trying to do what you
want to do by putting carpet over it. I mean,
we're not gonna There are also adhesive removers. I'm gonna
give you one. It's called I think you can get
(34:09):
it at the website bluebear dot com. They have an
adhesive or Google adhesive removers. And what you would have
to do most things are going to tell you, you know,
put it on the adhesive. Well. With the indoor outdoor carpet,
you can take a box knife and a yardstick and
just like every two three inches, just put a cut
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through the carpet and then take this adhesive remover and
literally roll it over the surface of the carpet and
let it sit for you know, a day or something.
Do it on a shady day where it can saturate
that carpet and hit the glue, soften the glue. The
only problem is not real cheap, but that might. That might.
(34:54):
I mean you almost have to do something like that.
I said. Originally hard water hot water, which would work
unless it's in a latex adhesive then it's probably not
gonna work. But an adhesive remover and saturating the carpet
so that it saturates the carpet and gets to the
(35:14):
heat adhesive. That's probably gonna be your best bet in
terms of labor.
Speaker 8 (35:23):
All right, what about covering it with flagstone or well
wood porch?
Speaker 1 (35:32):
Yeah, yeah, I guess you know. The problem isn't though
it's I don't know. You could do a tongue in groove,
a tongue in groove pressure treated wood. I'll tell you what.
I don't know if they're out there anymore, but there
(35:54):
was a company about ten years ago, and maybe just
searching the internet for this. They had little squares and
I'm gonna say eighteen inches by eighteen inches of like
a herring bone pressure treated wood. That was a pressure
treated wood tile which was an inch or so thickness,
(36:21):
and you could I would check to see if that's
still available. That's something I would probably be interested in
given a whirl too. There's also, yeah, there's also a
product out of Victoria, Canada. And it's been a long
time since I looked this up. I can't even remember
(36:41):
the name, but it is. It looks like a like
a roll of vinyl for a kitchen floor, okay, it
but it looks like wood and it's it's for outdoor
use like in high rise condo units that have a
(37:02):
little concrete porch so that the water doesn't soak through
the concrete and drip. It's a covering for those that's
something that would work. I'm not really sure how we
would attach it, but that's something to look at, Okay.
But there's also a product out there. I'm just thinking
(37:25):
of different things. There's a product Utitor called dry core,
which are sixteen inch squares that have little feet on
the bottom which elevates and creates like a wood subfloor
that you could probably put maybe an LVT which would
be a vinyl plank flooring on top of that. Very thin.
(37:49):
That might be something you want to do or check
out too. So a few things to check out, surely.
I hope that helps. And if you get something that
where you're not gonna take it off and it's successful,
please let me know I appreciate it. I got to
think about that one. Probably will all weekend. We'll continue, James.
You'll be up first year at home with Gary Sullivan.
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All right back getting to go. Boy, I'm just like,
there are so many things if you just get that carpet.
I so badly wanted to say yeah rule number one,
I say all the time is don't put carpet on stoops.
I had one on the first house I butt. I
changed it down almost every year, did it with carpet tape,
and it was still a bad idea. All right, let's
(41:25):
go to James. James welcome, Yeah, real quick.
Speaker 4 (41:30):
Regarding the carpet, I had a similar situation. I did
try the blue Bear product once I got the carpet up,
and I would say I got seventy five percent of
the heats it up, so I would suggest that I
know you like that product. So they worked for me.
Like I said, they got seventy five percent.
Speaker 1 (41:48):
Yeah, yeah, and I think that's good. You know, another
thing I was just thinking of during the break, which
I didn't mention, is even a heat gun that might
soften it up some too.
Speaker 4 (41:58):
So I'm out of my area of expertise here. I'm
helping a family member in Florida and they want to
have their house clean. There's like this black stuff on
the driveway inside of the house. And I've heard you
over the years say about power washing is more about
washing than power, and so I know you've mentioned wet
and forget over the years. So there's always seems to
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be people in the community here doing power washing, Like
there's companies or whatever individuals, and I've talked to a
couple of them, and there seems to be like a
communication barrier here because I've tried to ask them, like,
what what is your material? Are your substance you're using
in there? And I don't think they're following me on
(42:42):
the question. So what First of all, what is this stuff?
Is it algae? What's the correct term to call this stuff?
Speaker 1 (42:48):
Well, it's probably an algae or a fungus, you know,
that's that's the stuff that breaks down all the leaves
and trees and with all the stuff in the woods.
It's an algae, fungus, mildew, there's liking, which are all
families of different funguses and airborne spores. Land they get moisture,
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they get at organic material and they form a colony.
And that's the black and the shadow. And a lot
of people just think it's dirt on concrete, but it's not.
It's it. I proved it myself. I always thought it
was dirt. And I was talking to wet and forget
people one time and they go, just spray it on there.
It's gonna kill it's algae and it was, so you
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know you can You could use the wet and forget,
that's for sure. I got some great stories from people
in Florida that used to just powerwash and then they
use the hose en wet and forget and how it
didn't grow back, whereas if they'd powerwashed, it grew back
within six months. Because the wett and forget is a
direct kill. If you want to have something, it takes
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like four to six weeks to see that anything's going
to happen, which is unnerving for some people. But if
you want to have a quick result, you could use
like a oxygenated bleach powder with water and put it on.
Let's sit for about ten to fifteen minutes, and then
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powerwatch it. That'll help deep clean it. That'll help kill it.
But probably the when to forget just bring it on
is a quick and easy method. So give that a try, James.
And it is, like I said, it is a fungus
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