Home with Dean Sharp

Home with Dean Sharp

Nobody knows your home like The House Whisperer. From architecture and construction to decor and DIY, Dean Sharp—custom home designer and builder—shows you how to transform your ordinary house into an extraordinary home. Listen live, Saturdays 6-8am PST and Sundays 9-12pm PST.

Episodes

February 15, 2025 30 mins
With remodeling season quickly approaching, Dean explains the sandbox portion of his and Tina’s method when evaluating a home project. Dean talks about structured homes, working with the type of home you live in and creating your dream home the way you’d like it. Dean says ideas are not decisions. And how ideas should be rolling in always. Lastly, Dean talks about sealing a toilet tank that leaks.
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Dean says to free your mind when remodeling your home to help gain more creativity. Dean talks retrofitting an attic with fire& ember protective vents, how to remove gray spots/mold on a vinyl tub wall, advice on a chipping living room ceiling, Dean talks about replacing a mirrored-closet door, installing a sliding door in a mobile home, and marrying two different materials for countertops. 
Dean believes that there are no bad i...
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February 8, 2025 27 mins
Dean previews a call-in session where listeners share their home improvement dilemmas, and he dives right in by discussing the surprising 45% drop in Southern California water usage—reminiscing about the days of harsh fines and urgent warnings. He then fields callers' questions on everything from the aesthetic trick of painting roof eaves the same color as the roof to a mysterious miracle spray that promises to revive aging asphalt...
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February 8, 2025 28 mins
Dean continues his conversation by clarifying that if a roof shows significant wear, no miracle spray can fix it—but if the damage is minor, a maintenance roof spray might extend its life by up to 15 years, though roofers can sometimes be conflicted about such solutions. He then updates listeners on the latest fire recovery efforts, urging them to check Governor Newsom's new executive order on gov.california.gov by searching for "N...
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February 2, 2025 28 mins
Dean talks about the burning of France 'Norte Dame Cathedral and everything that stood out at the Consumer Electric Show. Dean gives the silver lining result of the ancient European structure after the fire. Dean talks about AI being everywhere at the C.E.S. when to expect to see some new changes with home security features such as home security cameras, entry locks, facial recognition, and palm reading.
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February 2, 2025 29 mins
Dean talks about wood flooring that tends to trap moisture and how it could create a cupping/lifting effect and shares what to do to fix the problem. Dean talks about the many amounts of new and techy Televisions on display over at the C.E.S. including a wireless TV. Dean talks about an electric spoon that stimulates the tongue to make believe that the food one is consuming with the spoon has salt when it doesn’t... providing a hea...
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February 2, 2025 35 mins
Dean talks about the robots straight from the C.E.S. including intelligent cleaning type of devices.
Dean mentions the AI air bladder pillow system and how it changes the angle of where your head is placed when one starts to snore. Dean continues to mention all the smart home features as they  relate to your home like AI controlled and LED floor lights. Plus, the Anchor backup powered batteries and new fan but it also allows to trai...
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February 1, 2025 27 mins
Dean chats about the Palos Verdes peninsula dealing with landslides. He discusses how a portion of the Palos Verdes peninsula is falling into the ocean but not all of it. Dean talks about the love of nature and architecture from the 1950s at the Wayfarers Chapel in Palos Verdes. Plus, restoring and seeking a new location for the Wayfarers Chapel, and his appreciation for it. 
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February 1, 2025 31 mins
Dean chats with a caller who lives a few hundred yards from where the Wayfarer Chapel used to stand in the Palos Verdes neighborhood and discusses landslides and what the community are dealing with. Dean advices a caller dealing with her LED lights that are projecting light even when the switch is set to off. Lastly, Dean talks about in-home smoke detectors and how they are not connected to the water systems.
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January 26, 2025 29 mins
It’s part two with an all-call weekend, as Dean takes all your concerning questions surrounding your home. Dean talks about battery/solar panel-powered generators and whole house generators that are out on the market + some of the brands that have good ones. Dean provides design tips to a caller dealing with a home remodel and adding a gutter. Dean talks about how he would go about designing  a natural disaster proof home and how i...
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January 26, 2025 33 mins
Dean talks about the international code for roofing materials in California, low pressure issues and the steps on what to do to fix the issue. Also, information about re-roofing a home, dealing with HOA policies and shower doors with a Hydrophobic coating that doesn’t require constant cleaning duties. 
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January 26, 2025 32 mins
Dean talks about ember-free crawl space vents and the importance of this type of fire hardening investment. Dean advised a caller about repurposing a piano with glued panels and how to dissolve glue. Dean discusses sanding down walls with bad texture and painting over the old coat.  Plus, placing tile in an outdoor exterior patio..
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January 25, 2025 26 mins
It's an all-calls week, as Dean is here to take all types of home related questions such as design, construction or DIY situations surrounding your home. Dean talks about the future of homes that burned down due to the recent wildfires that affected Southern California. Dean talks about water heaters and water pressure psi levels and how to book a house consultation with him.
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January 25, 2025 29 mins
Its all-calls week, as Dean is here to take all types of home related questions such as design, construction or DIY situations. Dean talks to a caller dealing with bald patches of grass and what could be causing the problem, a soft water system that is leaving residue in a caller's toilet bowls and lastly,
Dean talks to caller who is dealing with a rug with rubber on the bottom that is deteriorating and provides a hack on dealing wi...
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Dean continues with part two in fire hardening your home as the highest risk of natural disasters in Southern California is fire and not earthquakes. Dean provides an update on the Palisades and Eaton fire containment. Dean dives right into the various myths on fire protection surrounding your homes and how to do it reasonably and affectively. He shares that the biggest mistake made by civilians is trying to save their properties w...
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Dean says that the most dangerous thing of fire are embers as 90% of homes ignite because of the embers and not the fires on the Fireline. California building codes get updated every three years and there will be one this year that will reflect in 2026. Dean talks about Class A fire rating walls in your property and everything about it. Dean talks about how standard doors and glass doors are not an issue when it comes to safety dur...
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Dean talks about his card game with friends last night and separates fact and fiction of fire hardening your home. He re-explains the simplest way how fire interacts with home + who and how to do so. Dean provides the latest on the Palisades and Eaton wildfires in phases. Starting with phase one; removing things, phase two debris removal, and phase three is testing trees and soil for contamination... even undamaged homes.need to go...
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Dean previews more of what’s to come on fire hardening your property as he separates facts from fiction. Dean provides a caller advice on how to build a chicken coop, explains KFI radio’s origin and how to fix an outdoor fireplace that doesn’t create enough heat. Dean recaps what he touched on when it comes to facts and fiction on fire hardening your home. 
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January 12, 2025 39 mins
Dean continues to take calls, Dean chats about water curtains and how effective they are during a wildfire. Dean gives you a step-by-step breakdown on what to do after a natural disasters, about infrastructures dealing with heat, power outages and how to approach it. 
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January 12, 2025 38 mins
Dean has his friend John White, a retired boulder driver with Cal Fire during wildfires. - he talks about ways to save your home. Dean recaps fireproofing your home with ember proof vents or simply removing them completely, fire rated windows or films, fire gel, defensible space. 
Lastly, Dean answers caller's calls regarding fireproof roofs, fire gel and how effective they are.
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