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hundred eight two three eight two five five and Jerry
lead us off. Welcome.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
Yeah, Gary, I had some duck work on a furnace
that's rusting about first two feet both ways coming out
of the duck and severely rusting. I've got it taped
up with that aluminized duck tape right now, so it's
not leaking any air. But I'm just wondering how I've
(01:55):
had that serviced every year for you know, twice a
year by company. And and in fact, they installed the
furnace in twenty twelve, so they've been watching it and
I just don't understand. I think it's caused by the humidifier,
but I'm not positive. Uh, And they installed the humidiffactor.
(02:16):
Well yeah, liability for not catching that before it got
so bad, Well, I.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
Don't know about liability, was it Did they ever address
it to you? Did you not.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
Until the last six months?
Speaker 1 (02:30):
And what did they say at that point?
Speaker 2 (02:32):
Well, they just said, it's going to cost you two
thousand dollars to fix it. And I thought, well, you
guys been maintaining my furnace for fifteen years.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
Well you and the motors go bad, you know. I mean, well,
that's true.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
I do nothing about that. But rust is a light,
you know. It seemed like they had to notice that
rust right there at the top of a No, not really,
not until the about a year and a half or
two ago. And I said, and then one day the
guy's their service and I said, put your flashlight up
(03:10):
there and you could see through. You know, it was
like perforated, you know, it was so and it had
gotten to the point where it was literally perforated.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
Well, again, I probably don't have all the facts and
can't see it. You asked me, is there any liability there?
I would say no, but I don't know that. I
would certainly challenge them with the questions you just challenged me,
is weren't you watching this? Or I don't know? Is
(03:42):
this this is on the ductwork that's carrying the heated air.
It's not carrying the fumes away. It's carrying the heated
air or the cold air out. My guess is yeah,
you know one of the things. You know, obviously moisture's
causing it. It could be humidity down in a basement
that could be causing it, could be caused the rust
could be going from the outside in. I don't know.
(04:05):
It could be from the air conditioner. You know, it's
pulling moisture out of the air, and you know, the
the coils in there stay wet when it's very humid
and very hot, and maybe the fans on on and
that area is getting you know, a lot of moisture
and it's rusting from the inside out. I I I'm
(04:26):
just surmising that given enough time, that always happens. Maybe
they noticed it, and so what you know, it's it's metal,
it's getting some moisture, it's rusting, and all of a
sudden it's.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
Percent yeah, it's yeah. They put it in. Yeah, And
I'm just thinking maybe the metifiers caused it. Well he
put up a type maybe it was though.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
Maybe, but you know, when that thing's on, it's usually
pretty ryan the house. I get it that it's trying
to move the amenity up to maybe for I'd be
more suspect of it, quite honestly, of the air conditioner.
How it's pulling all that moisture out. I had a
fella called me one time and stand there and said,
(05:17):
you know, do you run your fan on on or
do you run it on manual in the summertime. And
I'm going like, well, I leave it on all the time.
I'm always mixing the air up because that's that's that's
not what you should do. And he explained to me,
and I went, you know, I think you're right. You know,
it's pulled the moisture out there. No, just turn it
(05:38):
on when the air conditioner turns on. So it's on automatic,
it's on automatic, it's not on on so you know,
and again, I don't know the answer to that calling
them maybe they you know, documented it or something. But
one of the things I could see happening is maybe
maybe they picked that up through your four years ago
(06:00):
and it's like, well, yeah, you know, it's not really
a problem. But having said you know, and now it
is a problem, my question is why does it cost
two thousand dollars? What are they replacing?
Speaker 2 (06:14):
Well, that's their quote, is to just replace about two
feet of duck coming out one sad and got to
foot the other sad where it's bad.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
Well, it seems like a lot of money for metal
duck work.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Well I thought so too, But they're talking. I guess
you know, time is money these days.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
Well, I understand, I'd get a better explanation for it, though.
That's all I'm saying. I'm not trying to be hard
to get along with. I'm just telling you I don't
know if we have all the facts. I hear what
you're saying, and as a homeowner, i'd be questioning the
same thing. But I think you really need to question them, like, hey, listen,
we have a service agreement.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
M exactly I have I have?
Speaker 1 (07:00):
And what answer did they give you?
Speaker 2 (07:02):
Well, they're two thousand dollars will fix.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
It, Yeah, but cost it?
Speaker 2 (07:09):
Well, I don't think anybody has. I don't think anybody
said that. You know, nobody has given it. Now. You know,
there's two schools of thought on that phone, on that fan.
I've had a lot of AC people or HVAC people
tell me leave it on all the time.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
Yeah, so have I.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
So so here here's my quick story. And this is
just for the benefit of everybody. Jerry, I start having
a humidity issue in my home probably three years ago,
and I couldn't get my home humidity below you know,
fifty five sixty the summertime. And I mentioned it on
(07:49):
the show, and I've talked to HVAC guys and you
know the same thing. You could run that fan all
the time in the summer. And this one guy called
and said, no, He goes, is it's taking the humidity
out of your home. And that's what an air handler does.
An air conditioner takes the moisture out, the compensation occurs
on the coils. He goes. If you have that fan
(08:12):
on automatic, those coils never have a chance of drying out.
You're taking the water out and you're blowing the air
right back in, and it made sense to me, and
I changed it to auto and I haven't had the
problem since. And I still have asked several HVAC guys.
I've never had ambody tell me, yeah, just run it on. Uh,
(08:33):
just run it on automatic. Don't don't run it on
oncause you're running on on in the winter time but
not during the summer. I've never had anybody else ever
tell me you do that. But I'm telling I'm just
saying it solved my problem.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
So running on automatic in the summertime, but fan on
in the sir, Yeah, yes, sir, well that's of course
in the winter time. You're blowing at humidity too. That
came from the humidifier. I don't know you are.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
It's such a it's such a mild it. I mean,
I have an april air on my furnace too. I've
never had rusted duckwork. I don't. That's why I said,
I just don't know what that problem is. I know
why the duckwork's rusting, but what's really causing that and
why is it two thousand dollars? Those are two questions
(09:27):
I want to answered. You know, if I give you
two thousand dollars. You replaced three feet of duckwork is
five years? Is it going to be rusted again or
what's going on? I know? And it probably also has
a little bit to do with a ninety five percent efficiency.
I'm just wondering that too. Yeah, I'm just kind of
(09:48):
guessing that. But I just think you need maybe even
a second opinion of with another.
Speaker 2 (09:58):
H of course, they about the same price to fix it,
but they said. What they said was why fix it?
Just your ducks tapes working great, just leave that. Basically,
they said, you got it all sealed up. You know,
all the duck does is carry the air.
Speaker 1 (10:17):
Sure, but why is there water there?
Speaker 2 (10:21):
Why? Why is there so much water that's caused that
to rust through like a like it's perforated.
Speaker 1 (10:28):
Yeah, yeah, you've never had that problem before.
Speaker 2 (10:31):
I didn't. I didn't know. Of course, they replaced the
old furnace, like I said, which was there the house
adult eighty seven, and it was replaced in twenty twelve,
and they would have noticed that if they when they
replaced the furnace, then they.
Speaker 3 (10:48):
Would have noticed the But I also I would have thought, yeah,
I would also say that condensation from the air conditioner
and stuff is corrosive, which will cause rust.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
I mean, I don't know if you you ever had
the condensation tube that was clogged or anything like that
where it backs, you never had that. It can concrete,
it can rust the top of the drain where the
condensation pipe is putting water in. So I get the
corrosive nature of it. I just want to know, is
(11:22):
this normal? I don't think so.
Speaker 2 (11:26):
Yeah, what's what's the cause of that?
Speaker 1 (11:28):
That's what I would be focusing on. But your original questions,
do you think you know they would.
Speaker 2 (11:33):
Be any responsibility.
Speaker 1 (11:37):
I'm going to say, no, they should give me a
good deal to fix it. Well, they could also, I think,
do a better job of explaining it.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm like you. I think it's maybe
the air conditioner maybe have to do with that nine
furnace They had to run, you know, some special pipes
out to the front of the house.
Speaker 1 (12:04):
The exhaust that's where it's going out. But I really think,
you know, I know you called another one, but maybe
even call a third one. A lot of a lot
of air conditioning companies will give you a free uh
look see if it's a second opinion, and boy, be
there and just ask questions. I agree to a point
(12:25):
where you got it all sealed up, it's it's okay.
I don't know. I don't know. I would say, I
just want to know what's causing it? And why is
it two thousand dollars? And is it going to happen again?
That's that's the three questions I want answered. And if
it's nobody's responsibility, fine. If it is somebody's responsibility, fine,
(12:47):
but I want to know why. And if somebody out
there is in the A HVAC business that can tells why,
that would be that would be fine. Also, thank you
much for the call Quick Break. You're at home with
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All right, back at it at home with Gary Salvin,
just kind of weighing on the last caller talking about
the pipe. You know again, the two thousand dollars and
three feet of duckwork. I'm not in that industry. I
didn't think in two thousand dollars seems pretty expensive. One
of the things they do have is you know, galvanized
(16:13):
which would and rust nearly as fast, and there's also
coated duckwork. But still it's not going to get you
that category. Remember when we were always talking about insulating
and lining the duckwork with that spray aerosol that would
I believe also really helped that. One of the things
(16:33):
the problem is mainly caused, I would believe in the summertime,
again the coils being really wet, maybe there was a
little bit of blockage in the condensation line that was
bringing that moisture up into that. But also when you've
got a basement and it's humid. My basement's always ten
(16:53):
fifteen percent are points higher in the basement than it
is in the first floor, and you blast a lot
of cold air through that pipe, and that pipe is
cold and the basement air is warmer and its moist
and condensation occurs. That's why I was talking, is that
rust occurring from the inside or the outside. And then
(17:14):
even on some you know, the the high efficiency ones,
there's going to be more moisture. But again, getting a
second opinion somebody it's air and can examine it. I
think is going to be worth your investment.
Speaker 6 (17:29):
Cindy, welcome, Hey Gary, Wow, let me take you off
the speaker. All right, Hi, Gary, thanks for taking my call.
You bet I had this project. This is going to
be a touch point project for the front porch. But
(17:50):
the water from this figot, he's going to need water
to do the cement job.
Speaker 7 (17:57):
So okay.
Speaker 6 (17:58):
So, but the thicket had been used in a really,
really long time. So my concern is when we turn
this on, is there a likelihood that there's going to
be a leak or something into the basement.
Speaker 1 (18:13):
I wouldn't think so. I mean, with plumbing, all things
are possible, but no, I wouldn't think so. Is it
a do you know if it's a regular spicket or
is it a frost proof spicket?
Speaker 6 (18:27):
See, I don't know. To me, it's just a regular
one where if you were using a sprinkler or something,
you would attach it to it and turn it on
and the sprinkler would work. But I'm not using it
very often, but I'm kind of leery.
Speaker 1 (18:41):
About I just think i'd get somebody in the basement
and you go outside and turn that on and just
a little bit, get some water flown through that tube
and seeing if it's a frost proof The shut off
is actually all the way inside, even though the spicket
handles on the outside, it's all the way inside the home.
(19:02):
And if a hose was left attached in a wintertime
there's a possibility the water frozen the hose also frozen
the frozen the line and create a little bit of
a split. And if it's never been turned on again since,
then yeah, you could cause it. But I would say,
you know, as a quick answer to your question, you know, no,
(19:25):
that should not. I would test it before he got there.
Get somebody on the inside, yourself on the outside. Just
turn it on gradually, see if you see a water leak.
But a good chance. I think you'll be fine. All right, Cindy,
thank you very much. We're gonna talk mosquitoes. We've got
water going on. I wasn't talking about mosquitoes. That's next.
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back at it, We go at Home with Gary Sullivan,
taking you through another weekend, talking about well all the
things we encounter in our homes and if you'd like
to join us, do so right now. We have a
friend that we've had on a couple of times this year,
Heather's Stickney. She is with some chemical and Heather welcome
again that home with Gary Salvin.
Speaker 7 (23:08):
How you doing good morning, Gary. I'm doing great, Thanks, How.
Speaker 1 (23:12):
Are you good? Good? So we're always talking about ticks
and mosquitoes. Where I met, it's been hot, humid, and
we've had our fair share of storms and rain. How's
that season.
Speaker 7 (23:30):
For ticks and mosquitoes? It's prime. Unfortunately, all of that
standing water can serve, as you know, a great breeding
ground for mosquitos and their offspring. So unfortunately, weather like
that brings more mosquitoes into the yard.
Speaker 1 (23:49):
Yep. I had Ron Wilson and we're always talking about
the outside landscaping. Earlier today and he was talking and
asked him the same kind of question. He goes like, man,
it's like crazy grass has grown. It's like fungus in yards.
It's a big problem this year. We've learned from you
over the years and through summit about the mosquito dunks
(24:11):
and mosquito bites. And you just said are bits I said,
you just said just a second ago. This weather's a
perfect breeding ground for mosquitoes. And we've learned from you
about the dunks and the bites. Bits. I don't know
why I keep saying bites because mosquitoes bite. Yeah, where
(24:31):
do you use these products to minimize the breeding of mosquitoes.
Speaker 7 (24:36):
Well, so we've talked about the rain that has come,
and you know, mosquitoes breed in standing water. So any
area that might collect water is an area where you
would want to use either a dunk or mosquito bits
to control the larvae that develop in that standing water.
For example, pot saucers. People don't often think of pot
(24:59):
saucers an area where you might sign mosquitos. But if
you've got if you've got standing water in them, there's
opportunity for mosquitoes to lay their eggs and hatch into larva,
kiddie pools, toys out in the yard. Your brain gutters
any place, bird bath, fountains, any place that might hold water,
(25:24):
how long would.
Speaker 1 (25:24):
Be How long is a dunk last if you put
it in an area or the.
Speaker 2 (25:32):
Well.
Speaker 7 (25:33):
So there's a little bit of a difference between dunks
and bits. Dunks are designed to float on the surface
of standing water. They release over time the active ingredient,
and they last for up to thirty days. Bits work
a little bit more quickly because of the way they're formulated.
They're designed for broadcast application. And the active ingredient releases
(25:56):
off the granule very quickly to within twenty four hours, okay,
and then we recommend reapplication every seven to fourteen days.
So what I would say is that bits are very
quick acting. Dunks have more of a sustained release.
Speaker 1 (26:14):
And there's different sizes and there's also different applications for
it too. As you just stated, when would you you
would use a dunk more like a little pond or
a decorative fountain or a bird bath, and then the
the bits maybe like a little swale in the yard.
(26:36):
Is that how you.
Speaker 7 (26:36):
Would I would necessarily apply bits to the yard. They're
not really designed as a yard application. But for example,
in those pot saucers or in your gutters where you
might have something that you need to clean up a
population very quickly, gotch leaf piles areas where it's a
little bit harder to apply a dunk and float, a
(26:58):
dunk would be ideal for ideal for bits.
Speaker 1 (27:02):
So what's the ingredient in there? And how safe is it?
Speaker 7 (27:08):
The ingredient it's a mouthful. It's called Bacillus thringentious subspecies israeliensis,
so it's more commonly known as btia, but It is
a soil borne bacterium, and it is toxic only to
mosquito larva, black fly larva, and fungus net larva, So
(27:30):
if you're using it outdoors, for example, in a bird bath,
you don't have to worry about toxicity to birds. It's
essentially harmless to any other living species other than mosquito larva,
fungus net larva, and blackfly larva.
Speaker 1 (27:45):
So when you get into a season like this with
excessive heat and humidity and moisture, it's not an overwhelming
project to tackle. And if you redoce the population, you're
in pretty good shape, are you not? Or how far
does a mosquito travel? I mean, if I take care
(28:08):
of my yard, am I still going to have the
problems with the neighbors? I got to sit down and
talk to them about doing it too.
Speaker 7 (28:15):
You know, mosquitoes are not typically known as being very
strong flyers, but they can travel from yard to yard,
so you know, it might be if your neighbors are
friendly and you want to talk to them about treating,
that might be great. But certainly by doing your part
in your own yard to keep populations low, you're going
(28:36):
to prevent a heavy infestation and risk of those you know,
nasty mosquito bites.
Speaker 1 (28:44):
Hey, you bring up a good point, those pot saucers.
That's true because everybody's probably watering every day and you
just you know, they drain into those saucers. So that
is a that's a great place to start your project.
That in gutters. I'm always talking about, you know, making
sure those you know, gutters are free flowing and pulling
that water away from the home. And you know, nobody
(29:07):
likes mosquitoes.
Speaker 7 (29:10):
They bite, they can be unpleasant in terms of the itching.
But you know, mosquitoes are widely regarded as one of
the most deadly animals in the world. You know, carry disease. Yeah, yeah,
so I don't know that we have the same kind
of trouble here in the States that they do in
(29:31):
other parts of the world. But you want to avoid
mosquito bites whenever possible.
Speaker 1 (29:38):
Sure. Now, the mosquito dunks and the bits they're they're there.
They're easy to find. Most hardware stores, garden centers they
carry them.
Speaker 7 (29:47):
That is correct. You can find them in mass merchants,
local hardware stores and garden centers and online as well.
Speaker 1 (29:55):
Shift gears quickly to ticks, I read the headlines, and
I didn't read the article. I saw it yes yesterday,
but it was basically saying this tick issue continues to
become a bigger and bigger issue. True.
Speaker 7 (30:07):
That is absolutely true. We're hearing more and more in
the news about ticks and the disease that they carry.
It seems that warmer popular warmer climate has led to
an explosion in tick population. So we're hearing more and
more about the diseases they carry.
Speaker 1 (30:25):
And you've got a wonderful product, especially if your folks
that are listening are going to be outdoors where you
can actually spray in your clothing and protect yourself.
Speaker 7 (30:35):
That is correct. We make a product called green Armor.
It's a prometern based spray that you apply to your
clothing and equipment so backpacks, tents, drop cloths, or you know,
groundcover cloths. Sure, and essentially it will repel and kill mosquitoes, ticks, chiggers,
(30:56):
and mites. So it's not something you apply directly to
your person. I probably want to use a deep or
something EPA approved unexposed areas of the skin, but the
Green Armor will add a layer of protection to that
to keep ticks away from you.
Speaker 1 (31:13):
And I can't remember the exact amount of time, but
it stays on the clothing even after washings for a
period of time, which is awesome.
Speaker 7 (31:22):
That is correct. It will last, I believe, for up
to six weeks even after washing.
Speaker 1 (31:26):
Wow.
Speaker 7 (31:27):
So it's a great added safety measure.
Speaker 1 (31:31):
Sure sure, where do folks get the green armor, the heather?
Speaker 7 (31:35):
You can find green armor at your local garden centers
and hardware stores as well, and of course always online.
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Is that true?
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Very good, Thanks, hey, enjoy the rest of the summer.
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Appreciate your time, Gerry, thank you for having me.
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All right, Heather, take care, take care. All right, let's
take a break. We come back. We got Matt and
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A two three A two five five. Matt, Welcome, Hey,
thanks for taking my call.
Speaker 8 (36:17):
I really love your show.
Speaker 1 (36:19):
Thanks.
Speaker 8 (36:20):
I have a I have an old farmhouse also, and
my old steel oil furnace that I bought the house with.
Speaker 9 (36:33):
Went bad and so I had an HDAC company come
in and put a new air conditioner in and a
new propane furnace in, and.
Speaker 8 (36:48):
I still have trouble getting air up to the second story.
And they said that you that that trunk is big
enough and you have plenty of return. So what they
suggested was instead of getting mini splits, which those things,
(37:10):
I know, they are awesome, are expensive, they said, well,
let's just put a new termostat upstairs so that at
night we can shut down the the air going downstairs
(37:32):
and divert it all upstairs.
Speaker 1 (37:35):
That happened.
Speaker 8 (37:35):
I guess I'm asking your opinion.
Speaker 1 (37:37):
No, it's it's a wonderful answer to the problem. We've
talked about zone heating multiple times over the course of times,
and there's different types of.
Speaker 8 (37:48):
Systems, so they said, we'll just zone it.
Speaker 1 (37:51):
Yeah, exactly. You know, I remember one time, I can't
remember the company, but I was sitting in the president's
office and we were just chatting and he goes like,
this is probably fifteen years ago when zone heating and
cooling was just being talked about, and he said like,
now we're putting in zone heating and cooling in our cars,
but we haven't started our houses yet. And I went, oh,
(38:12):
my gosh, that is so true because what you're doing,
there's plenty of air, plenty of returns. And again a
good you had the HVAC guy company. He's given you
the answers. You're asking the right questions and he's giving
you solutions and that's the way it should work. But
you've got enough them. Yeah, you got enough cooling air.
(38:33):
But your thermostatu, you know down in the hallway or
the dining room where nobody's living.
Speaker 8 (38:37):
You know, the living room.
Speaker 1 (38:40):
Yeah, and you're satisfying that thermostat, but you know there's
a six to eight degree differential upstairs in the bedrooms
and it don't work.
Speaker 8 (38:50):
My wife, my wife is she runs a stand upstairs
and I refuse to put in the window air conditioner
is what it's because that's what I used to do.
I'm like, no, we're going to figure this problem out.
Speaker 1 (39:06):
Yep, yep. So zone heating and cooling is the ticket.
There's homes being built right now. You can drive by
track builders building homes. I can almost guarantee you the
allowable differences of temperatures in that house or six degrees
from first Florida upstairs, it's allowable.
Speaker 8 (39:25):
Well that that other caller who was getting the price
for his I don't know, duck work or whatever. This
wasn't that bad. They're like, Matt, all we had to
do is run a wire up through this chase, put
a thermostad in and a justice duck work a little bit,
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and we're good to go. Okay, I do it.
Speaker 1 (39:50):
I hear you. I hear you.
Speaker 2 (39:52):
No.
Speaker 1 (39:53):
I think it's I think it's the it's the perfect solution,
the least expensive solution. I think you'll be very well
satisfied with him, Matt.
Speaker 8 (40:03):
And if it, if it doesn't do what I want
to do, you can always add many splits, but you.
Speaker 1 (40:09):
Can also always adjust. You can also always adjust. It
might take a little fine tuning to get it in
balance where you want it, but you can make that adjustments.
And there's even another step up. And I'm not suggesting
you do this. I'm just bringing it up where they
have controlled dampers inside the duck work. So if you
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have a sister.
Speaker 8 (40:33):
That's what they're putting in. All right, all right, good,
so they're putting in.
Speaker 1 (40:37):
So it'll work. It'll work, dog gone.
Speaker 8 (40:42):
It very selevant. I'll tell you what I love. I've
learned so much from roofine and everything from you cash.
Speaker 1 (40:52):
I appreciate it, Thank you much, good luck, take care, okay,
see by bye. All right, very good. Yeah, we use
his own heat and cool our cars, but not our homes.
Silly Jeff, welcome. Hello, Yes, sir, Hello, yes, Gary? Can
(41:16):
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now I can't hear you at all. Maybe your fun
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it's the weather. Is is I think getting a little crazy?
Or maybe we just hear about all the disasters more,
(41:58):
but moisture in floods is certainly horrible news in the
past year from North Carolina to Texas, Florida, and insurance companies, uh,
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becomes you know, when you get your bill coming up.
I'm not trying to panic anybody all I'm telling you,
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lead us off. Welcome.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
Yeah, Gary, I had some duck work on a furnace
that's rusting about first two feet both ways coming out
of the duck and severely rusting. I've got it taped
up with that aluminized duck tape right now, so it's
not leaking any air. But I'm just wondering how I've
(01:55):
had that serviced every year for you know, twice a
year by company. And and in fact, they installed the
furnace in twenty twelve, so they've been watching it and
I just don't understand. I think it's caused by the humidifier,
but I'm not positive. Uh, And they installed the humidiffactor.
(02:16):
Well yeah, liability for not catching that before it got
so bad, Well, I.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
Don't know about liability, was it Did they ever address
it to you? Did you not.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
Until the last six months?
Speaker 1 (02:30):
And what did they say at that point?
Speaker 2 (02:32):
Well, they just said, it's going to cost you two
thousand dollars to fix it. And I thought, well, you
guys been maintaining my furnace for fifteen years.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
Well you and the motors go bad, you know. I mean, well,
that's true.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
I do nothing about that. But rust is a light,
you know. It seemed like they had to notice that
rust right there at the top of a No, not really,
not until the about a year and a half or
two ago. And I said, and then one day the
guy's their service and I said, put your flashlight up
(03:10):
there and you could see through. You know, it was
like perforated, you know, it was so and it had
gotten to the point where it was literally perforated.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
Well, again, I probably don't have all the facts and
can't see it. You asked me, is there any liability there?
I would say no, but I don't know that. I
would certainly challenge them with the questions you just challenged me,
is weren't you watching this? Or I don't know? Is
(03:42):
this this is on the ductwork that's carrying the heated air.
It's not carrying the fumes away. It's carrying the heated
air or the cold air out. My guess is yeah,
you know one of the things. You know, obviously moisture's
causing it. It could be humidity down in a basement
that could be causing it, could be caused the rust
could be going from the outside in. I don't know.
(04:05):
It could be from the air conditioner. You know, it's
pulling moisture out of the air, and you know, the
the coils in there stay wet when it's very humid
and very hot, and maybe the fans on on and
that area is getting you know, a lot of moisture
and it's rusting from the inside out. I I I'm
(04:26):
just surmising that given enough time, that always happens. Maybe
they noticed it, and so what you know, it's it's metal,
it's getting some moisture, it's rusting, and all of a
sudden it's.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
Percent yeah, it's yeah. They put it in. Yeah, And
I'm just thinking maybe the metifiers caused it. Well he
put up a type maybe it was though.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
Maybe, but you know, when that thing's on, it's usually
pretty ryan the house. I get it that it's trying
to move the amenity up to maybe for I'd be
more suspect of it, quite honestly, of the air conditioner.
How it's pulling all that moisture out. I had a
fella called me one time and stand there and said,
(05:17):
you know, do you run your fan on on or
do you run it on manual in the summertime. And
I'm going like, well, I leave it on all the time.
I'm always mixing the air up because that's that's that's
not what you should do. And he explained to me,
and I went, you know, I think you're right. You know,
it's pulled the moisture out there. No, just turn it
(05:38):
on when the air conditioner turns on. So it's on automatic,
it's on automatic, it's not on on so you know,
and again, I don't know the answer to that calling
them maybe they you know, documented it or something. But
one of the things I could see happening is maybe
maybe they picked that up through your four years ago
(06:00):
and it's like, well, yeah, you know, it's not really
a problem. But having said you know, and now it
is a problem, my question is why does it cost
two thousand dollars? What are they replacing?
Speaker 2 (06:14):
Well, that's their quote, is to just replace about two
feet of duck coming out one sad and got to
foot the other sad where it's bad.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
Well, it seems like a lot of money for metal
duck work.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Well I thought so too, But they're talking. I guess
you know, time is money these days.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
Well, I understand, I'd get a better explanation for it, though.
That's all I'm saying. I'm not trying to be hard
to get along with. I'm just telling you I don't
know if we have all the facts. I hear what
you're saying, and as a homeowner, i'd be questioning the
same thing. But I think you really need to question them, like, hey, listen,
we have a service agreement.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
M exactly I have I have?
Speaker 1 (07:00):
And what answer did they give you?
Speaker 2 (07:02):
Well, they're two thousand dollars will fix.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
It, Yeah, but cost it?
Speaker 2 (07:09):
Well, I don't think anybody has. I don't think anybody
said that. You know, nobody has given it. Now. You know,
there's two schools of thought on that phone, on that fan.
I've had a lot of AC people or HVAC people
tell me leave it on all the time.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
Yeah, so have I.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
So so here here's my quick story. And this is
just for the benefit of everybody. Jerry, I start having
a humidity issue in my home probably three years ago,
and I couldn't get my home humidity below you know,
fifty five sixty the summertime. And I mentioned it on
(07:49):
the show, and I've talked to HVAC guys and you
know the same thing. You could run that fan all
the time in the summer. And this one guy called
and said, no, He goes, is it's taking the humidity
out of your home. And that's what an air handler does.
An air conditioner takes the moisture out, the compensation occurs
on the coils. He goes. If you have that fan
(08:12):
on automatic, those coils never have a chance of drying out.
You're taking the water out and you're blowing the air
right back in, and it made sense to me, and
I changed it to auto and I haven't had the
problem since. And I still have asked several HVAC guys.
I've never had ambody tell me, yeah, just run it on. Uh,
(08:33):
just run it on automatic. Don't don't run it on
oncause you're running on on in the winter time but
not during the summer. I've never had anybody else ever
tell me you do that. But I'm telling I'm just
saying it solved my problem.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
So running on automatic in the summertime, but fan on
in the sir, Yeah, yes, sir, well that's of course
in the winter time. You're blowing at humidity too. That
came from the humidifier. I don't know you are.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
It's such a it's such a mild it. I mean,
I have an april air on my furnace too. I've
never had rusted duckwork. I don't. That's why I said,
I just don't know what that problem is. I know
why the duckwork's rusting, but what's really causing that and
why is it two thousand dollars? Those are two questions
(09:27):
I want to answered. You know, if I give you
two thousand dollars. You replaced three feet of duckwork is
five years? Is it going to be rusted again or
what's going on? I know? And it probably also has
a little bit to do with a ninety five percent efficiency.
I'm just wondering that too. Yeah, I'm just kind of
(09:48):
guessing that. But I just think you need maybe even
a second opinion of with another.
Speaker 2 (09:58):
H of course, they about the same price to fix it,
but they said. What they said was why fix it?
Just your ducks tapes working great, just leave that. Basically,
they said, you got it all sealed up. You know,
all the duck does is carry the air.
Speaker 1 (10:17):
Sure, but why is there water there?
Speaker 2 (10:21):
Why? Why is there so much water that's caused that
to rust through like a like it's perforated.
Speaker 1 (10:28):
Yeah, yeah, you've never had that problem before.
Speaker 2 (10:31):
I didn't. I didn't know. Of course, they replaced the
old furnace, like I said, which was there the house
adult eighty seven, and it was replaced in twenty twelve,
and they would have noticed that if they when they
replaced the furnace, then they.
Speaker 3 (10:48):
Would have noticed the But I also I would have thought, yeah,
I would also say that condensation from the air conditioner
and stuff is corrosive, which will cause rust.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
I mean, I don't know if you you ever had
the condensation tube that was clogged or anything like that
where it backs, you never had that. It can concrete,
it can rust the top of the drain where the
condensation pipe is putting water in. So I get the
corrosive nature of it. I just want to know, is
(11:22):
this normal? I don't think so.
Speaker 2 (11:26):
Yeah, what's what's the cause of that?
Speaker 1 (11:28):
That's what I would be focusing on. But your original questions,
do you think you know they would.
Speaker 2 (11:33):
Be any responsibility.
Speaker 1 (11:37):
I'm going to say, no, they should give me a
good deal to fix it. Well, they could also, I think,
do a better job of explaining it.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm like you. I think it's maybe
the air conditioner maybe have to do with that nine
furnace They had to run, you know, some special pipes
out to the front of the house.
Speaker 1 (12:04):
The exhaust that's where it's going out. But I really think,
you know, I know you called another one, but maybe
even call a third one. A lot of a lot
of air conditioning companies will give you a free uh
look see if it's a second opinion, and boy, be
there and just ask questions. I agree to a point
(12:25):
where you got it all sealed up, it's it's okay.
I don't know. I don't know. I would say, I
just want to know what's causing it? And why is
it two thousand dollars? And is it going to happen again?
That's that's the three questions I want answered. And if
it's nobody's responsibility, fine. If it is somebody's responsibility, fine,
(12:47):
but I want to know why. And if somebody out
there is in the A HVAC business that can tells why,
that would be that would be fine. Also, thank you
much for the call Quick Break. You're at home with
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All right, back at it at home with Gary Salvin,
just kind of weighing on the last caller talking about
the pipe. You know again, the two thousand dollars and
three feet of duckwork. I'm not in that industry. I
didn't think in two thousand dollars seems pretty expensive. One
of the things they do have is you know, galvanized
(16:13):
which would and rust nearly as fast, and there's also
coated duckwork. But still it's not going to get you
that category. Remember when we were always talking about insulating
and lining the duckwork with that spray aerosol that would
I believe also really helped that. One of the things
(16:33):
the problem is mainly caused, I would believe in the summertime,
again the coils being really wet, maybe there was a
little bit of blockage in the condensation line that was
bringing that moisture up into that. But also when you've
got a basement and it's humid. My basement's always ten
(16:53):
fifteen percent are points higher in the basement than it
is in the first floor, and you blast a lot
of cold air through that pipe, and that pipe is
cold and the basement air is warmer and its moist
and condensation occurs. That's why I was talking, is that
rust occurring from the inside or the outside. And then
(17:14):
even on some you know, the the high efficiency ones,
there's going to be more moisture. But again, getting a
second opinion somebody it's air and can examine it. I
think is going to be worth your investment.
Speaker 6 (17:29):
Cindy, welcome, Hey Gary, Wow, let me take you off
the speaker. All right, Hi, Gary, thanks for taking my call.
You bet I had this project. This is going to
be a touch point project for the front porch. But
(17:50):
the water from this figot, he's going to need water
to do the cement job.
Speaker 7 (17:57):
So okay.
Speaker 6 (17:58):
So, but the thicket had been used in a really,
really long time. So my concern is when we turn
this on, is there a likelihood that there's going to
be a leak or something into the basement.
Speaker 1 (18:13):
I wouldn't think so. I mean, with plumbing, all things
are possible, but no, I wouldn't think so. Is it
a do you know if it's a regular spicket or
is it a frost proof spicket?
Speaker 6 (18:27):
See, I don't know. To me, it's just a regular
one where if you were using a sprinkler or something,
you would attach it to it and turn it on
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About I just think i'd get somebody in the basement
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And if a hose was left attached in a wintertime
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the frozen the line and create a little bit of
a split. And if it's never been turned on again since,
then yeah, you could cause it. But I would say,
you know, as a quick answer to your question, you know, no,
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that should not. I would test it before he got there.
Get somebody on the inside, yourself on the outside. Just
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But a good chance. I think you'll be fine. All right, Cindy,
thank you very much. We're gonna talk mosquitoes. We've got
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taking you through another weekend, talking about well all the
things we encounter in our homes and if you'd like
to join us, do so right now. We have a
friend that we've had on a couple of times this year,
Heather's Stickney. She is with some chemical and Heather welcome
again that home with Gary Salvin.
Speaker 7 (23:08):
How you doing good morning, Gary. I'm doing great, Thanks, How.
Speaker 1 (23:12):
Are you good? Good? So we're always talking about ticks
and mosquitoes. Where I met, it's been hot, humid, and
we've had our fair share of storms and rain. How's
that season.
Speaker 7 (23:30):
For ticks and mosquitoes? It's prime. Unfortunately, all of that
standing water can serve, as you know, a great breeding
ground for mosquitos and their offspring. So unfortunately, weather like
that brings more mosquitoes into the yard.
Speaker 1 (23:49):
Yep. I had Ron Wilson and we're always talking about
the outside landscaping. Earlier today and he was talking and
asked him the same kind of question. He goes like, man,
it's like crazy grass has grown. It's like fungus in yards.
It's a big problem this year. We've learned from you
over the years and through summit about the mosquito dunks
(24:11):
and mosquito bites. And you just said are bits I said,
you just said just a second ago. This weather's a
perfect breeding ground for mosquitoes. And we've learned from you
about the dunks and the bites. Bits. I don't know
why I keep saying bites because mosquitoes bite. Yeah, where
(24:31):
do you use these products to minimize the breeding of mosquitoes.
Speaker 7 (24:36):
Well, so we've talked about the rain that has come,
and you know, mosquitoes breed in standing water. So any
area that might collect water is an area where you
would want to use either a dunk or mosquito bits
to control the larvae that develop in that standing water.
For example, pot saucers. People don't often think of pot
(24:59):
saucers an area where you might sign mosquitos. But if
you've got if you've got standing water in them, there's
opportunity for mosquitoes to lay their eggs and hatch into larva,
kiddie pools, toys out in the yard. Your brain gutters
any place, bird bath, fountains, any place that might hold water,
(25:24):
how long would.
Speaker 1 (25:24):
Be How long is a dunk last if you put
it in an area or the.
Speaker 2 (25:32):
Well.
Speaker 7 (25:33):
So there's a little bit of a difference between dunks
and bits. Dunks are designed to float on the surface
of standing water. They release over time the active ingredient,
and they last for up to thirty days. Bits work
a little bit more quickly because of the way they're formulated.
They're designed for broadcast application. And the active ingredient releases
(25:56):
off the granule very quickly to within twenty four hours, okay,
and then we recommend reapplication every seven to fourteen days.
So what I would say is that bits are very
quick acting. Dunks have more of a sustained release.
Speaker 1 (26:14):
And there's different sizes and there's also different applications for
it too. As you just stated, when would you you
would use a dunk more like a little pond or
a decorative fountain or a bird bath, and then the
the bits maybe like a little swale in the yard.
(26:36):
Is that how you.
Speaker 7 (26:36):
Would I would necessarily apply bits to the yard. They're
not really designed as a yard application. But for example,
in those pot saucers or in your gutters where you
might have something that you need to clean up a
population very quickly, gotch leaf piles areas where it's a
little bit harder to apply a dunk and float, a
(26:58):
dunk would be ideal for ideal for bits.
Speaker 1 (27:02):
So what's the ingredient in there? And how safe is it?
Speaker 7 (27:08):
The ingredient it's a mouthful. It's called Bacillus thringentious subspecies israeliensis,
so it's more commonly known as btia, but It is
a soil borne bacterium, and it is toxic only to
mosquito larva, black fly larva, and fungus net larva, So
(27:30):
if you're using it outdoors, for example, in a bird bath,
you don't have to worry about toxicity to birds. It's
essentially harmless to any other living species other than mosquito larva,
fungus net larva, and blackfly larva.
Speaker 1 (27:45):
So when you get into a season like this with
excessive heat and humidity and moisture, it's not an overwhelming
project to tackle. And if you redoce the population, you're
in pretty good shape, are you not? Or how far
does a mosquito travel? I mean, if I take care
(28:08):
of my yard, am I still going to have the
problems with the neighbors? I got to sit down and
talk to them about doing it too.
Speaker 7 (28:15):
You know, mosquitoes are not typically known as being very
strong flyers, but they can travel from yard to yard,
so you know, it might be if your neighbors are
friendly and you want to talk to them about treating,
that might be great. But certainly by doing your part
in your own yard to keep populations low, you're going
(28:36):
to prevent a heavy infestation and risk of those you know,
nasty mosquito bites.
Speaker 1 (28:44):
Hey, you bring up a good point, those pot saucers.
That's true because everybody's probably watering every day and you
just you know, they drain into those saucers. So that
is a that's a great place to start your project.
That in gutters. I'm always talking about, you know, making
sure those you know, gutters are free flowing and pulling
that water away from the home. And you know, nobody
(29:07):
likes mosquitoes.
Speaker 7 (29:10):
They bite, they can be unpleasant in terms of the itching.
But you know, mosquitoes are widely regarded as one of
the most deadly animals in the world. You know, carry disease. Yeah, yeah,
so I don't know that we have the same kind
of trouble here in the States that they do in
(29:31):
other parts of the world. But you want to avoid
mosquito bites whenever possible.
Speaker 1 (29:38):
Sure. Now, the mosquito dunks and the bits they're they're there.
They're easy to find. Most hardware stores, garden centers they
carry them.
Speaker 7 (29:47):
That is correct. You can find them in mass merchants,
local hardware stores and garden centers and online as well.
Speaker 1 (29:55):
Shift gears quickly to ticks, I read the headlines, and
I didn't read the article. I saw it yes yesterday,
but it was basically saying this tick issue continues to
become a bigger and bigger issue. True.
Speaker 7 (30:07):
That is absolutely true. We're hearing more and more in
the news about ticks and the disease that they carry.
It seems that warmer popular warmer climate has led to
an explosion in tick population. So we're hearing more and
more about the diseases they carry.
Speaker 1 (30:25):
And you've got a wonderful product, especially if your folks
that are listening are going to be outdoors where you
can actually spray in your clothing and protect yourself.
Speaker 7 (30:35):
That is correct. We make a product called green Armor.
It's a prometern based spray that you apply to your
clothing and equipment so backpacks, tents, drop cloths, or you know,
groundcover cloths. Sure, and essentially it will repel and kill mosquitoes, ticks, chiggers,
(30:56):
and mites. So it's not something you apply directly to
your person. I probably want to use a deep or
something EPA approved unexposed areas of the skin, but the
Green Armor will add a layer of protection to that
to keep ticks away from you.
Speaker 1 (31:13):
And I can't remember the exact amount of time, but
it stays on the clothing even after washings for a
period of time, which is awesome.
Speaker 7 (31:22):
That is correct. It will last, I believe, for up
to six weeks even after washing.
Speaker 1 (31:26):
Wow.
Speaker 7 (31:27):
So it's a great added safety measure.
Speaker 1 (31:31):
Sure sure, where do folks get the green armor, the heather?
Speaker 7 (31:35):
You can find green armor at your local garden centers
and hardware stores as well, and of course always online.
Speaker 1 (31:43):
Okay, seems like mosquitoes love the bite right at dusk?
Is that true?
Speaker 7 (31:48):
I think that you see an increase in mosquito activity
typically at dawn and dusk. So yes, if you're outside,
you know, trying to enjoy cooler temperatures, you're probably going
to experience more bites than you would right in the middle.
Speaker 2 (32:04):
Of a day.
Speaker 1 (32:05):
All right, folks, that's the dunks in the bits. And
you can find the mosquito dunks and bits at your
hardware store, nurseries and of course you got Zamazon and
everything else. But Heather, thank you so much for joining us.
I figured the news we're gonna have today was not
real good news for the folks that'd like to enjoy
(32:26):
the outdoors. Has been a little uncomfortable, and then with
the mosquitoes and tick issues, they got to get real
familiar with some of your wonderful products in your website
for Summit Chemicals is what it is.
Speaker 7 (32:41):
Summit Responsible Solutions dot com.
Speaker 1 (32:46):
Very good, Thanks, hey, enjoy the rest of the summer.
Speaker 7 (32:48):
Appreciate your time, Gerry, thank you for having me.
Speaker 1 (32:52):
All right, Heather, take care, take care. All right, let's
take a break. We come back. We got Matt and
Jeff and if you'd like to join us, do so.
We got open lines after Matt and Jeff. It's eight
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A two three A two five five. Matt, Welcome, Hey,
thanks for taking my call.
Speaker 8 (36:17):
I really love your show.
Speaker 1 (36:19):
Thanks.
Speaker 8 (36:20):
I have a I have an old farmhouse also, and
my old steel oil furnace that I bought the house with.
Speaker 9 (36:33):
Went bad and so I had an HDAC company come
in and put a new air conditioner in and a
new propane furnace in, and.
Speaker 8 (36:48):
I still have trouble getting air up to the second story.
And they said that you that that trunk is big
enough and you have plenty of return. So what they
suggested was instead of getting mini splits, which those things,
(37:10):
I know, they are awesome, are expensive, they said, well,
let's just put a new termostat upstairs so that at
night we can shut down the the air going downstairs
(37:32):
and divert it all upstairs.
Speaker 1 (37:35):
That happened.
Speaker 8 (37:35):
I guess I'm asking your opinion.
Speaker 1 (37:37):
No, it's it's a wonderful answer to the problem. We've
talked about zone heating multiple times over the course of times,
and there's different types of.
Speaker 8 (37:48):
Systems, so they said, we'll just zone it.
Speaker 1 (37:51):
Yeah, exactly. You know, I remember one time, I can't
remember the company, but I was sitting in the president's
office and we were just chatting and he goes like,
this is probably fifteen years ago when zone heating and
cooling was just being talked about, and he said like,
now we're putting in zone heating and cooling in our cars,
but we haven't started our houses yet. And I went, oh,
(38:12):
my gosh, that is so true because what you're doing,
there's plenty of air, plenty of returns. And again a
good you had the HVAC guy company. He's given you
the answers. You're asking the right questions and he's giving
you solutions and that's the way it should work. But
you've got enough them. Yeah, you got enough cooling air.
(38:33):
But your thermostatu, you know down in the hallway or
the dining room where nobody's living.
Speaker 8 (38:37):
You know, the living room.
Speaker 1 (38:40):
Yeah, and you're satisfying that thermostat, but you know there's
a six to eight degree differential upstairs in the bedrooms
and it don't work.
Speaker 8 (38:50):
My wife, my wife is she runs a stand upstairs
and I refuse to put in the window air conditioner
is what it's because that's what I used to do.
I'm like, no, we're going to figure this problem out.
Speaker 1 (39:06):
Yep, yep. So zone heating and cooling is the ticket.
There's homes being built right now. You can drive by
track builders building homes. I can almost guarantee you the
allowable differences of temperatures in that house or six degrees
from first Florida upstairs, it's allowable.
Speaker 8 (39:25):
Well that that other caller who was getting the price
for his I don't know, duck work or whatever. This
wasn't that bad. They're like, Matt, all we had to
do is run a wire up through this chase, put
a thermostad in and a justice duck work a little bit,
(39:46):
and we're good to go. Okay, I do it.
Speaker 1 (39:50):
I hear you. I hear you.
Speaker 2 (39:52):
No.
Speaker 1 (39:53):
I think it's I think it's the it's the perfect solution,
the least expensive solution. I think you'll be very well
satisfied with him, Matt.
Speaker 8 (40:03):
And if it, if it doesn't do what I want
to do, you can always add many splits, but you.
Speaker 1 (40:09):
Can also always adjust. You can also always adjust. It
might take a little fine tuning to get it in
balance where you want it, but you can make that adjustments.
And there's even another step up. And I'm not suggesting
you do this. I'm just bringing it up where they
have controlled dampers inside the duck work. So if you
(40:32):
have a sister.
Speaker 8 (40:33):
That's what they're putting in. All right, all right, good,
so they're putting in.
Speaker 1 (40:37):
So it'll work. It'll work, dog gone.
Speaker 8 (40:42):
It very selevant. I'll tell you what I love. I've
learned so much from roofine and everything from you cash.
Speaker 1 (40:52):
I appreciate it, Thank you much, good luck, take care, okay,
see by bye. All right, very good. Yeah, we use
his own heat and cool our cars, but not our homes.
Silly Jeff, welcome. Hello, Yes, sir, Hello, yes, Gary? Can
(41:16):
you hear me? Are right? I can hear you? Fine? Well,
now I can't hear you at all. Maybe your fun
was dying. So okay, let me give you the phone
numbers because we just had everybody kind of get wiped
out there, so we got open lines. Our phone number
is eight hundred eight two three eight two five five.
(41:36):
Eight hundred eight two three eight two five five. You
can grab a line talking about your home, and there's
always things to work on. I was thinking today, I again,
it's the weather. Is is I think getting a little crazy?
Or maybe we just hear about all the disasters more,
(41:58):
but moisture in floods is certainly horrible news in the
past year from North Carolina to Texas, Florida, and insurance companies, uh,
you know, they're starting to struggle a little bit, and
all that works down to us eventually. And I'm just
(42:21):
reading an article about, you know, insurances in Florida and
the difficulty of people even obtaining insurance, and then it
becomes you know, when you get your bill coming up.
I'm not trying to panic anybody all I'm telling you,
and I'll get my friend in about insurance adjusters and
(42:41):
and and insurance policies so we can be motivated to
really go through them and know what we're paying for
because they're gonna go up. I mean, I'm sure there's
headlines that are out there. They're gonna scare us all,
but they're gonna go up. And there are things you
can do, and probably one of the things we don't
(43:04):
want to do it. Probably one of the things we
could all do is take a look at you know
what the deductible is. I know, the Sullivan household. Last
time the bills came out, I can't remember when it was,
whether it was last fall or earlier this year, but
(43:24):
we went through it. We went through every line, not
with even the insurance company. We went through it ourselves
and highlighted to when we got the conversation with the
insurance company or the broker he was a broker. We
were asking questions why because these bills they get not
(43:49):
only the amount of the bill, but the volume of
the bill and what they cover. There's a lot of
questions you have and a lot of things that are
in corporated. You don't really or we didn't feel like
we really needed that, and had it shopped and then
we're very satisfied with the company we've been with and
(44:11):
the broker we've been with, and then you can make
a decision whether you stay with them or move on.
But shopping multiple companies I think is critical. Also, all right,
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