April 25, 2026 • 30 mins
6:05am – It’s an All-Call Saturday where Dean takes all types of questions surrounding your home!
6:20am – Dean instructs a caller on how to go about hiring contractors for landscaping and remodeling.
6:35 am – Dean talks sanded grout tile and how to clean countertop tile in the kitchen.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
KFI AM six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp, the
house Whisper on demand on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Good morning, my friend, and welcome home. I'm Dean Sharp
aka the house Whisper, custom home Builder, custom home designer,
and every week your guide to better understand that place
where you live. Whether home for you is a castle
or a cottage like my own, it doesn't matter, you
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know why, because it's not luxury that makes a great home.
It is design that matters most. And finding that path,
finding that route through your home that opens it up
from ordinary to extraordinary. That's what I'm here for every
weekend to help you do just that. That's what makes
our little shows here on the weekend so unique because
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we're not just a mister fixed it show, even though
today undoubtedly I'll be taking some mister fix it calls, uh,
But in the bigger sense of things, I want you
to better understand your home and find a real path
forward with it before you lay down just a lot
of renovation money on it. Because the renovation money that
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you have worked so hard to acquire to save is
money that has to make the biggest difference possible. And
that's where good design comes into play, so we'll be
talking about that as well. And of course it is
and all calls Saturday morning, and we are ready for you.
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In fact, we're just sitting around, all of us, just
sitting around, sipping our coffee. Ready for you. Eight three
three two, Ask Dean. Is the number to reach me?
Eight three three the numeral two, and then you just
spell out, ask Dean eight three three two. Ask Dean.
Whatever's got you scratching your head about your home, be
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it design or construction, DIY, concerns or questions inside the house,
outside landscape decor.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
I got you.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
We will put our heads together and we will get
it figured out. All right, there's a few things to
talk to you about today, But first let's talk to
the rest of the team. Sam, Good morning, sir, Good
morning Dean. How you doing. I'm good, I'm good. How
is our not so live studio audience? They are lively.
(02:31):
They got energy today. Hey, they always they always have energy.
Sam sounds exactly the same. They're consistent. I will give
them that. They have a sense of good consistency behind them.
They are very, very consistent. Even they've even learned to
clap and cheer exactly the same way every week, which
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is impressive.
Speaker 4 (02:52):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:53):
They know their role and they stick to it. All right,
All things well with you?
Speaker 5 (02:58):
Yeah, Yeah, a lot more free time on my hands nowadays,
but it's good because I need it.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
Yes, the the part of your family moved to Spain.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (03:09):
Yeah, they found beautiful spot on the Mediterranean, really nice
spot about maybe like three or four hours away from Madrid.
Can't complain. They look very happy out there. I just
got off a video chat with them. They're nine hours
ahead and they had top us, so of course they did. Yeah,
it's it's awesome. I get it.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
I'm really happy.
Speaker 5 (03:29):
I'm really excited for what's going on with them out there.
It's pretty cool top us.
Speaker 3 (03:34):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
You know, in recent years, Spain has rivaled France as
like the culinary capital of Europe, and food in Spain
is just off the charts.
Speaker 5 (03:44):
Yeah, and that spot is known for having really good
fresh seafood. It's a port town on the coast of
the Mediterranean, so it's gonna bring in some really good
fresh seafood.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
All right.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
Important question. Do they need a roommate.
Speaker 5 (03:58):
I think they're taking applications at this point.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
Yes, all right, I'm going to submit mine excellent.
Speaker 6 (04:05):
Heather Brooker, Hello, good morning, how you do girl?
Speaker 4 (04:09):
Good?
Speaker 6 (04:10):
It was so nice to see you last week, you
and Tina here in person. We got to know it
was nice. And then I snuck in a personal question
about my house.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
Yes you did. It's one of the.
Speaker 6 (04:22):
Persons of getting to see you or talk to you
off air.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
Oh, it's all right, it's always good, and it's always good.
I'm always happy to help. How are things with you today?
Speaker 6 (04:30):
Everything is good to just hear working away in the newsroom,
you know, like we do.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
Okay, all right, I have no plane.
Speaker 6 (04:37):
Are you coming to my comedy show tonight? You and Tina?
I want to come out and see some comedy.
Speaker 3 (04:42):
I absolutely do. I did not know what was happening.
Tell us about it.
Speaker 6 (04:46):
Go ahead, I've got a stand up show tonight at
the ice House. A's seven thirty. Oh and it's We're
gonna tell some chokes and have a little you know,
good time, little break from the news and have some fun.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
That sounds Yeah, everybody, go out and see Heather at
the ice House tonight at seven point thirty.
Speaker 6 (05:05):
Good time. I'm going to try to take a naut.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
Before I go. Well, Okay, that's good.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
Yeah, it's you know, audience members can be tired, but
it's probably not good for the median to be tired.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
Exactly exactly.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
So, now see a lot of people just said, I
didn't know that Heather did comedy.
Speaker 3 (05:24):
You didn't.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
You can't hear it in the news every morning.
Speaker 6 (05:28):
My little bun ump ump ump bump after every story,
walk a walka Did you imagine that's what? That's the
Daily Show?
Speaker 5 (05:37):
Right?
Speaker 6 (05:38):
The Daily Show's got a little comedy in with their news, right.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Well, I just always think that the news has a
lot of comedy built into it already.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
Sure, that's true. Thing.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
Uh well, congrats on that. That'll be awesome. I have
to talk to Tina. I mean literally, if we can
come down, we're gonna come down.
Speaker 6 (05:54):
Yeah, please do. I would love to see you guys.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
That's sweet.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
All right, Well y'all, uh we have got well, we've
already got a couple of calls on the board.
Speaker 3 (06:03):
Look at us, Look at us.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Everybody's up and or waking up and figuring out, oh
my gosh, we got a call. We got to talk
about our house. I was going to, uh, well, you
know what, if we have time today I want to
talk to you a little bit about sauna's saunas. Had
a very intriguing conversation this week about saunas a lot
of questions about it, and it's an It is a
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major upcoming trend for homes right now. Saunas. Have you guys,
Have you guys ever done saunas like a dry sauna or.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
Yeah, like a dry sauna, not a steam room, not
a hot tub, but.
Speaker 6 (06:40):
Yes, dry sauna where they have like those stones.
Speaker 3 (06:44):
Yes, heat up.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
The heaters with the stones and the ladle and you
pour a little bit of water on the rocks.
Speaker 6 (06:50):
And I prefer that, I think to steam rooms. Something
about steam rooms I don't enjoy, but saunas for sure.
Speaker 3 (06:58):
Yeah I do too.
Speaker 5 (06:59):
I went to a house that actually had one built
in and it was really cool.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
Do you know, well, you know, maybe I can do
this right before we go to break? Do you know
that there is a ton, I mean a ton of
medical evidence that indicates, especially for individuals over forty years old,
that if you sauna three to four times a week,
twenty minutes at a shot, a forty to fifty percent
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reduction in coronary events me heart attacks, strokes, all of
that kind of Yeah, it is a major major health benefit.
Speaker 6 (07:40):
I wonder if it's because it lowers your blood pressure, and.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
Like, well, there there are a bunch of reasons. It
doesn't lower your bread pressure while you're in there, but
there are but afterwards, absolutely, yeah, And there's this system
inside of us called heat shock proteins that get excited
when we sit in the sauna and they do miraculous
and amazing things inside our bodies. But all right, so
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I don't want to go along and get a start
off on the wrong track. But if we have the chance,
I want to talk about that and how more and
more people are finding a place either inside their house
an existing room or outside in the yard for an
exterior sauna. Sauna is sauna culture is slowly but surely
becoming a thing in southern California and across the nation,
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but especially here. We'll talk about that a little bit
more when we have a chance. But it looks like
we've got a couple of calls on the board, so
we're gonna do some news with Heather and then we'll
get to the phones. Your home, Dean Sharp, the house whisper,
Dean Sharp, the house whisper, here to help you take
your home to the next level. Good Saturday morning to you.
(08:50):
Thank you for tuning in and listening to us here
on the show. Thanks for joining in. I understand how
important your weekends are. And for those of you who
are up early on Saturday mornings like the rest of
us here, congrats on that. Good for you early risers.
I love early risers. Saturday is actually a sleep in
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day for me. I get to sleep in a little
bit later than you know, four am, which is when
I'm up usually. Tina and I both Tina's sleeping in.
She's she had a night last night and she's sleeping in. No,
not that way, No, she it was a long day.
She's catching up on some sleep and we'll probably see
her in a little bit. But good to have you
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here on the program. And I love it when people
are up and about early in the morning. Give me
a call, and we've got some calls on the board
right now, so let's get it started. I want to
talk to Eileen. Hey, Eileen, welcome home.
Speaker 7 (09:48):
Hi Ten. I like your suggestion of Kitty three estimates
for different jobs, and I don't know how to begin.
I have two projects I want to completely redo the
front and backyards, and bathroom remodeling, the guest bath and
the master bath. I did hear your Sunday show with
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new Lucks in San Diego, so I do plan to
check them out. They sound great, but I probably should
check two of the companies. So anyway, I just need
some guidance.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
Okay, okay, Well, hey, first bit of guidance is tomorrow's show,
The Big Show on Sunday morning. We are literally dedicating
the entire show to this topic. Is the ten steps
to finding the right contractor. So I'm going to be
able to have the opportunity to deep dive on this tomorrow.
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But there are a couple of things that I could
just give you off the top of my head. First
of all, and this is something that either enlightens people
I wish it enlightened everybody, or annoys people when I
say this. But the first step is don't look for
a contractor make sure that you've got a great design
in place. So get a good designer first. That's something
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that a lot of people roll their eyes at because
they're like, oh, listen, this thing is already costing me enough.
But you hear me harp on it all the time here.
It is the missing factor in the American home improvement experience.
It's why, in my opinion.
Speaker 3 (11:25):
Uh. And I'm right.
Speaker 2 (11:27):
About this, by the way, so I shouldn't even just
say my opinion.
Speaker 3 (11:29):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
It's why home improvement in the United States of the
three hundred billion dollar industry. I mean, that's a lot
of money we are spending on our homes, and yet
by and large, most homes don't significantly improve.
Speaker 3 (11:46):
So what we.
Speaker 2 (11:47):
Call home improvement in the US is really just home
maintenance and home repair, not improvement. And so when I
hear people saying, Hey, I'm getting ready to remodel, to renovate.
I want to remodel the inside my house, I want
to remodel my landscaping, the first hall to make is
not to a contractor.
Speaker 3 (12:08):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (12:08):
And we've been trained to do that. But the fact
of the matter is contractors, you know. I mean, it's
hard enough to find just a good contractor these days.
On top of that, even good contractors, they're not trained
to do design. They may have some design ideas, but
I walk into homes all the time that are designed
by contractor, and think about that. I walk into these
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homes because I'm being called out because people are saying, ah,
my home is not working. It's just not working. And
I'm not saying again that there aren't contractors who have
a good design design sense. I mean, I am a
general contractor, but I'm also a home designer trained in both.
You don't have to be trained in any form of
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design whatsoever to get the contractor's license. Which you have
to be trained in are the methodologies of executing a
design plan, but not to actually come up with the
design itself. And the reason why I want you to
focus on good design is because good design is going
to make the difference in your budget. It's where you're
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putting things, how you're placing them, what you're deciding to
do when and where throughout your property that actually ends
up making the difference. And then materials and the craftsmanship
follows after that once that design is in place. So
I just want you to to to work that through
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in your own mind. I lean that the kitchen contractor
is not necessarily the best person to, you know, to
redesign your kitchen. A landscape contractor, they're going to be
full of suggestions and they're not going to say to you, hey,
you know you should get this designed first before you
call me. They're going to pick up the phone and
be there.
Speaker 7 (13:54):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (13:55):
And then they're just going to work it out the
best they know how. The problem is, the best they
know how in this situation is usually not good enough
to really transform your home. So anyway, that's first and foremost,
and as far as finding those three prospects, when the
time comes, you got to look around. Somebody in your
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world is likely remodeling or likely has remodeled, So you
ask around, ask friends, ask family, as co workers. I
really strongly suggest this. This pans out for a lot
of people drive in the neighborhood and looking at construction
signs that are in people's yards and then very politely,
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you know, knocking on a door and saying Hi, I'm
one of your neighbors and I'm looking for a good
contractor I'm just wondering how you know what you guys
are doing and how that's turning out. Would you give
them to us as a referral or would you not?
And then online you've got lots of places like home Advisor, Angie,
house Pro, build Zoom, Thumbtack, next Door, I. The list
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goes on and on, but you want to get those
three prospects in place. It takes some time. It just
takes some time. There are no shortcuts to this, Eileen.
And that's the problem that most homeowners end up having.
They end up getting somebody who was the first call,
or you know, they didn't put in enough effort. And
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the fact of the matter is, and again, this is
something not a lot of homeowners are ready to hear
or want to hear. This is not impossible, but it
only happens when you don't yield up your agency. It's
like having a loved one in the hospital, right, You're
not the doctor, but you have to be there as
a patient advocate for them in order for things to
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just pop along smoothly. And so your home is your
loved one in the hospital, and you are its advocate.
So the point is you're in charge. It's on you.
Don't rush the project, take your time, and if you
don't have tons of time to spend it, just just
pushed the project off. Spend what time you can until
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you have successfully secured three reputable contractors who are able
to bid the job that you have had well designed.
All right, that's as far as I can go right now.
Because we're up against a break. More on that tomorrow.
Ten Steps to finding the right contractor tomorrow. Eileen, thank
you so much for the question and for the call.
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I hope that helps a little bit. When we come back,
we're going back to the phones. Your Home with Dean Sharp,
the House Whisper.
Speaker 1 (16:34):
You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (16:40):
Dean Sharp, the House Whisper, here to transform your ordinary
house into an extraordinary home. Thanks for joining us on
the program today. It's an all calls Saturday morning. Let
me give the number out for you cause you can
give me a call. Got something scratching your head about
your home? Give me a call. You'll be the star
of the show today. Eight three three two Ask Dean.
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Eight three three the numeral two ask Dean. While you
are dialing in, let's go back to the phones. I
want to talk to U. Katrina. Hey Katrina, welcome home.
Speaker 8 (17:16):
Hi Dean, good morning. I live in a rented house
and the kitchen tile is just so fun and dated
from like the seventies. I believe it's a two by
two inch tiles and it's growded. There's two issues. Everything
gets in the grout and I have to scrub it
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out each and every time, and then the tiles are
starting to come loose and break. Is there a way
for me to epoxy all of this where it's nice
and smooth so I'm not having to clean the grout
and not worrying about the tiles popping off.
Speaker 2 (17:57):
Yes, yes, I don't know if you want to go
into all that, but yes there is. And the reason
why I say that two by two tiles that's a
lot of grout. That's a lot of grout on the countertop.
Let me ask you, though, how close are these tiles
set together? How wide are these grout lines?
Speaker 8 (18:17):
Oh, it's probably less than a quarter of an.
Speaker 2 (18:20):
Inch Okay, yeah, so there are probably little eighth inch
grount lines. Is the grout kind of rough on the
surface or is it smooth?
Speaker 8 (18:30):
It's sort of rough.
Speaker 3 (18:32):
Okay, so it's rough.
Speaker 2 (18:33):
So that's what we call the minimum eighth of an
inch is the minimum gap in between tiles for sanded
grout sanded, meaning that the sand is part of the
grout mix, as opposed to non sanded grout. If you
get smaller than an eighth of an inch gap in
between the tiles, you have to use non sanded grout,
which is fine for certain applications as well, but it's
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not as durable. So sanded grout is a more more
durable grout because it has that sand in as an aggregate,
making it kind of strong like gravel gets put into concrete.
But that's a lot of grout on a countertop. Now,
if you absolutely love this countertop, I mean, if you're
just like, oh yeah, just love it, don't want to
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do anything with it, then you know, loose tiles can
be reset and the counter can be you know, grouted.
You find matching grout and patching the grout in order
to keep it in place. If you're talking about redoing
the whole thing, all the grout, it can be done.
It totally can be done. It's not going to be inexpensive.
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You either going to spend a lot of time doing
it yourself or you're going to hire somebody to do it.
But basically, all that grout has got to be ground
out in between all of those cracks, in between all
of the spaces of the tile, all that grout has
to be removed, and then you could absolutely regrout the
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entire countertop. In any POxy based grout, and I'm impressed
that you knew about that or had heard about it.
Epoxy grouts are not cement, they are not porous, they
don't absorb stains, and they are super super easy and
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way nicer to take care of long term with far
less maintenance. But you can't just put an epoxy grout
on top of the existing grout. You have to remove
the existing grout and put in new grout. And that's
a lot of chipping out or grinding out of the
grout throughout the whole kitchen, but it can totally be done.
I come from a world of construction, you know, the
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high end ultra custom world, in which the answer to
everybody's question, no matter what it is, can we do
this is always yeah, of course we can. It's just
a question of how big of a check do you
want to write in order to get and to get
that done, So it has to mean that much to you.
Now you should call a grout repair service, and they're
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all over the place and they specify they specialize in this.
Call a grout repair company, have them come out and
take a look and give you a quote for exactly that.
Now I will tell you this short of the epoxy ground.
All right, you can have your grout professionally cleaned, and
you know they'll use a high pressure, high temperature steam
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to clean it. Just get it sparkling and brand new,
and then once it dries out, seal it, reseal it,
and that could end up saving you so much trouble.
At this point. If you haven't done that yourself, that
grout is just a giant sponge waiting for you to
make the next spill or stain on it. But once
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it's cleaned, a good quality grout sealer will last for
several months, maybe in a high use kitchen, maybe six
months on the highest use areas, and then you can
reapply it just with a rag, a little sealer and
a rag and just reseal those you know, the grout
lines and keep it sealed up, and it won't be
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It'll be a fraction of the cleaning and maintenance trouble
that you have experienced with it if you just repair
the grout, get it really good and clean, and then
do a nice big penetrating sealer on it.
Speaker 8 (22:26):
Okay, now, is there something that if I get it,
I'll clean? Can I pour over the whole countertop and
just make it nice and smooth and not have to
worry about any of the ground. No, just flush.
Speaker 2 (22:41):
No, no, nothing that's gonna nothing that's going to last.
There are a lot of gimmicks out there. You see
a lot of stuff online and DIY stuff on YouTube saying, hey,
look how I transform my cout. Yeah, it doesn't last.
It'll peel, it'll crack, it'll yellow, it'll chip. It's it's
no no, no license pro is ever going to recommend
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that you can pull the counter, replace the counter. But no,
not not not leveling it all out with like a
clear epoxy and just sealing it all in. It looks
great on day one, maybe even week or month one,
but it will not last the way that you hope
it would.
Speaker 8 (23:24):
Okay, sounds good. I guess that I'll just go the
cheaper route in regards of the steam, planning it and
then feeling it and just keep that maintenance up.
Speaker 2 (23:37):
Yeah, I'm afraid that that's the that's that's your safest route,
least expensive route, least hassle. But you might, you know,
once it's sealed, you might be you know, pleasantly surprised.
Can't change the surface but you can change the amount
of elbow grease that you have to put into it
on a day to day basis. Katrina, I'm sorry that
I did not give you more encouraging news, but I
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did give you the truth, and so now you've I've
got better information to work with. All right, when we
come back, more of your calls your home with Dean Sharp,
the house Whisper. Dean Sharp, the house Whisper here to
remind you every home deserves great design, especially yours, because
that is where you live your life, my friend. So
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let's let's step it up. Let's find the path together.
That's why I'm here every weekend for you, and every
Saturday it is an all Calls Saturday, which means there's
room for you here on the program to talk to
me directly about whatever's going on with your home. The
number two reach me eight three three two. Ask Dean
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eight three three, the numeral two ask Dean A three
three two ask Dean. We've got room on the callboard
for you, my friends, So don't hesitate. Give me a call.
All right, let's get back to the phones. I want
to talk to Pamela. Pamela, welcome home.
Speaker 4 (24:58):
Yes, Hello, my question is is I've never heard any
home improvement person ever talking about security screen windows. And
like Sanpano Valley, if you talk to the news reporter,
she'll confirm that there's been lots and lots of burglaries
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in Sampano Valley. If you have security screen windows, you
can see out. That's not bars. If you have it
keeps the bad guys out, but you can get out
in case of fire. How can nobody talks about them?
Speaker 7 (25:36):
Uh?
Speaker 2 (25:37):
I don't know why they don't get talked about more often.
We actually have.
Speaker 4 (25:42):
When's the last time you've talked about them?
Speaker 2 (25:45):
I usually talk about them every time I do a
security show when we talk about security, so you know,
I talk about them, and then when people call in.
But security windows screens are always one of the layers
that I discussed every time we do home security, So
we talk about alarms and cameras and all of that stuff,
and then when it comes to the physical stuff, the
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proper kinds of doors and how to protect windows and
window protection with security screens. Family, You're absolutely one percent right,
they're brilliant. We actually had for the first two or
three years on the show, we had Winston, which was
a popular security screen was a sponsor of the show,
so I literally talked about them multiple times every week
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just because they were a sponsor of the show. But
you're absolutely right security screens. But people are wondering what
are security screens. They're very very heavy duty mesh screens
that go on the outside and sometimes they can be
mounted on the inside of your windows as well. And
what do they look like? They look like screens now
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because they're so thick, they have a slightly darkening tint
to them, but they are screens, so and they are
the kind of screens though. In fact, I don't even
know if I have this video up online anymore, but
I did a video for Winston Security Screens at the
time where I took a baseball bat in their showroom
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and literally tried my best for about a minute to
bash my way through a security screen. And then we
took an axe and tried to do the exact same thing.
All that happened was the baseball bat did not get through.
It left some dents in it. The acts actually got
through the screen and then got stuck in the screen,
and that's it. So there's no tearing them open. I mean,
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if you were a if you were a swat team
with security screens, you would much rather. It's much easier
to bang down the front door than it is to
get in through these screens. You're absolutely right. And so
the idea of like unsightly bars on the outside of
a house which just basically screams to the neighborhood high
crime district. The security screens are just screens. They don't
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mess up the front of appeal, curb appeal of the house.
And yet you can sleep at night with your windows
wide open knowing nobody is going to get in through
these screens. It is safe and safe and safe. And
yet they are hinged because by law, those windows out
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of bedrooms and such have to be egress for you
to be able to get out of the house during
the fire. So they just pop open from the inside
and you're out, super super easy. So people can't get in,
but you can get out. And you're absolutely right, Pamela.
Speaker 4 (28:35):
And the thing that I noticed is like all these
people had they have like ring video, and they've got
the videos in the house, so they got to see
the bad guys coming in steal the stuff in two minutes.
The private security took five minutes. The police took ten minutes,
but the guys were gone in two minutes. With there
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was security screen windows, and putting a security screen door,
the people wouldn't even gotten in. So why you spend
money on cameras inside the house when you can That
just means you get to watch people get in the house,
but if you put security screens on, they don't get in.
Speaker 2 (29:15):
Yeah, yeah, you're absolutely right. You're absolutely right, And security
screens are absolutely a viable option. There are several security
screen companies in southern California. And I would tell anybody
if you're tempted to like do more, you somehow want
to get more protection for your home, physical barrier protection
for your home, then a security screen is the most artistic,
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most architecturally pleasing, and highly highly effective way of sealing
up the perimeter of the house. Pamela, I gotta go
to a break. Thank you so much for your call.
And I promise you every time I do a security show,
home security show, I talk about those screens and so
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and anytime somebody like you calls in and asks about
him and you keep preaching the good word. All right, y'all,
when we come back, more of your calls We've got
room for you on the board though. Here's the number
eight three three two. Ask Dean eight three three the
numeral two.
Speaker 3 (30:17):
Ask Dean.
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Good morning, my friend, and welcome home. I'm Dean Sharp
aka the house Whisper, custom home Builder, custom home designer,
and every week your guide to better understand that place
where you live. Whether home for you is a castle
or a cottage like my own, it doesn't matter, you
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know why, because it's not luxury that makes a great home.
It is design that matters most. And finding that path,
finding that route through your home that opens it up
from ordinary to extraordinary. That's what I'm here for every
weekend to help you do just that. That's what makes
our little shows here on the weekend so unique because
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we're not just a mister fixed it show, even though
today undoubtedly I'll be taking some mister fix it calls, uh,
But in the bigger sense of things, I want you
to better understand your home and find a real path
forward with it before you lay down just a lot
of renovation money on it. Because the renovation money that
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you have worked so hard to acquire to save is
money that has to make the biggest difference possible. And
that's where good design comes into play, so we'll be
talking about that as well. And of course it is
and all calls Saturday morning, and we are ready for you.
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In fact, we're just sitting around, all of us, just
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Whatever's got you scratching your head about your home, be
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it design or construction, DIY, concerns or questions inside the house,
outside landscape decor.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
I got you.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
We will put our heads together and we will get
it figured out. All right, there's a few things to
talk to you about today, But first let's talk to
the rest of the team. Sam, Good morning, sir, Good
morning Dean. How you doing. I'm good, I'm good. How
is our not so live studio audience? They are lively.
(02:31):
They got energy today. Hey, they always they always have energy.
Sam sounds exactly the same. They're consistent. I will give
them that. They have a sense of good consistency behind them.
They are very, very consistent. Even they've even learned to
clap and cheer exactly the same way every week, which
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is impressive.
Speaker 4 (02:52):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:53):
They know their role and they stick to it. All right,
All things well with you?
Speaker 5 (02:58):
Yeah, Yeah, a lot more free time on my hands nowadays,
but it's good because I need it.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
Yes, the the part of your family moved to Spain.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (03:09):
Yeah, they found beautiful spot on the Mediterranean, really nice
spot about maybe like three or four hours away from Madrid.
Can't complain. They look very happy out there. I just
got off a video chat with them. They're nine hours
ahead and they had top us, so of course they did. Yeah,
it's it's awesome. I get it.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
I'm really happy.
Speaker 5 (03:29):
I'm really excited for what's going on with them out there.
It's pretty cool top us.
Speaker 3 (03:34):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
You know, in recent years, Spain has rivaled France as
like the culinary capital of Europe, and food in Spain
is just off the charts.
Speaker 5 (03:44):
Yeah, and that spot is known for having really good
fresh seafood. It's a port town on the coast of
the Mediterranean, so it's gonna bring in some really good
fresh seafood.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
All right.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
Important question. Do they need a roommate.
Speaker 5 (03:58):
I think they're taking applications at this point.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
Yes, all right, I'm going to submit mine excellent.
Speaker 6 (04:05):
Heather Brooker, Hello, good morning, how you do girl?
Speaker 4 (04:09):
Good?
Speaker 6 (04:10):
It was so nice to see you last week, you
and Tina here in person. We got to know it
was nice. And then I snuck in a personal question
about my house.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
Yes you did. It's one of the.
Speaker 6 (04:22):
Persons of getting to see you or talk to you
off air.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
Oh, it's all right, it's always good, and it's always good.
I'm always happy to help. How are things with you today?
Speaker 6 (04:30):
Everything is good to just hear working away in the newsroom,
you know, like we do.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
Okay, all right, I have no plane.
Speaker 6 (04:37):
Are you coming to my comedy show tonight? You and Tina?
I want to come out and see some comedy.
Speaker 3 (04:42):
I absolutely do. I did not know what was happening.
Tell us about it.
Speaker 6 (04:46):
Go ahead, I've got a stand up show tonight at
the ice House. A's seven thirty. Oh and it's We're
gonna tell some chokes and have a little you know,
good time, little break from the news and have some fun.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
That sounds Yeah, everybody, go out and see Heather at
the ice House tonight at seven point thirty.
Speaker 6 (05:05):
Good time. I'm going to try to take a naut.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
Before I go. Well, Okay, that's good.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
Yeah, it's you know, audience members can be tired, but
it's probably not good for the median to be tired.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
Exactly exactly.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
So, now see a lot of people just said, I
didn't know that Heather did comedy.
Speaker 3 (05:24):
You didn't.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
You can't hear it in the news every morning.
Speaker 6 (05:28):
My little bun ump ump ump bump after every story,
walk a walka Did you imagine that's what? That's the
Daily Show?
Speaker 5 (05:37):
Right?
Speaker 6 (05:38):
The Daily Show's got a little comedy in with their news, right.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Well, I just always think that the news has a
lot of comedy built into it already.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
Sure, that's true. Thing.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
Uh well, congrats on that. That'll be awesome. I have
to talk to Tina. I mean literally, if we can
come down, we're gonna come down.
Speaker 6 (05:54):
Yeah, please do. I would love to see you guys.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
That's sweet.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
All right, Well y'all, uh we have got well, we've
already got a couple of calls on the board.
Speaker 3 (06:03):
Look at us, Look at us.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Everybody's up and or waking up and figuring out, oh
my gosh, we got a call. We got to talk
about our house. I was going to, uh, well, you
know what, if we have time today I want to
talk to you a little bit about sauna's saunas. Had
a very intriguing conversation this week about saunas a lot
of questions about it, and it's an It is a
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major upcoming trend for homes right now. Saunas. Have you guys,
Have you guys ever done saunas like a dry sauna or.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
Yeah, like a dry sauna, not a steam room, not
a hot tub, but.
Speaker 6 (06:40):
Yes, dry sauna where they have like those stones.
Speaker 3 (06:44):
Yes, heat up.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
The heaters with the stones and the ladle and you
pour a little bit of water on the rocks.
Speaker 6 (06:50):
And I prefer that, I think to steam rooms. Something
about steam rooms I don't enjoy, but saunas for sure.
Speaker 3 (06:58):
Yeah I do too.
Speaker 5 (06:59):
I went to a house that actually had one built
in and it was really cool.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
Do you know, well, you know, maybe I can do
this right before we go to break? Do you know
that there is a ton, I mean a ton of
medical evidence that indicates, especially for individuals over forty years old,
that if you sauna three to four times a week,
twenty minutes at a shot, a forty to fifty percent
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reduction in coronary events me heart attacks, strokes, all of
that kind of Yeah, it is a major major health benefit.
Speaker 6 (07:40):
I wonder if it's because it lowers your blood pressure, and.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
Like, well, there there are a bunch of reasons. It
doesn't lower your bread pressure while you're in there, but
there are but afterwards, absolutely, yeah, And there's this system
inside of us called heat shock proteins that get excited
when we sit in the sauna and they do miraculous
and amazing things inside our bodies. But all right, so
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I don't want to go along and get a start
off on the wrong track. But if we have the chance,
I want to talk about that and how more and
more people are finding a place either inside their house
an existing room or outside in the yard for an
exterior sauna. Sauna is sauna culture is slowly but surely
becoming a thing in southern California and across the nation,
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but especially here. We'll talk about that a little bit
more when we have a chance. But it looks like
we've got a couple of calls on the board, so
we're gonna do some news with Heather and then we'll
get to the phones. Your home, Dean Sharp, the house whisper,
Dean Sharp, the house whisper, here to help you take
your home to the next level. Good Saturday morning to you.
(08:50):
Thank you for tuning in and listening to us here
on the show. Thanks for joining in. I understand how
important your weekends are. And for those of you who
are up early on Saturday mornings like the rest of
us here, congrats on that. Good for you early risers.
I love early risers. Saturday is actually a sleep in
(09:10):
day for me. I get to sleep in a little
bit later than you know, four am, which is when
I'm up usually. Tina and I both Tina's sleeping in.
She's she had a night last night and she's sleeping in. No,
not that way, No, she it was a long day.
She's catching up on some sleep and we'll probably see
her in a little bit. But good to have you
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here on the program. And I love it when people
are up and about early in the morning. Give me
a call, and we've got some calls on the board
right now, so let's get it started. I want to
talk to Eileen. Hey, Eileen, welcome home.
Speaker 7 (09:48):
Hi Ten. I like your suggestion of Kitty three estimates
for different jobs, and I don't know how to begin.
I have two projects I want to completely redo the
front and backyards, and bathroom remodeling, the guest bath and
the master bath. I did hear your Sunday show with
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new Lucks in San Diego, so I do plan to
check them out. They sound great, but I probably should
check two of the companies. So anyway, I just need
some guidance.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
Okay, okay, Well, hey, first bit of guidance is tomorrow's show,
The Big Show on Sunday morning. We are literally dedicating
the entire show to this topic. Is the ten steps
to finding the right contractor. So I'm going to be
able to have the opportunity to deep dive on this tomorrow.
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But there are a couple of things that I could
just give you off the top of my head. First
of all, and this is something that either enlightens people
I wish it enlightened everybody, or annoys people when I
say this. But the first step is don't look for
a contractor make sure that you've got a great design
in place. So get a good designer first. That's something
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that a lot of people roll their eyes at because
they're like, oh, listen, this thing is already costing me enough.
But you hear me harp on it all the time here.
It is the missing factor in the American home improvement experience.
It's why, in my opinion.
Speaker 3 (11:25):
Uh. And I'm right.
Speaker 2 (11:27):
About this, by the way, so I shouldn't even just
say my opinion.
Speaker 3 (11:29):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
It's why home improvement in the United States of the
three hundred billion dollar industry. I mean, that's a lot
of money we are spending on our homes, and yet
by and large, most homes don't significantly improve.
Speaker 3 (11:46):
So what we.
Speaker 2 (11:47):
Call home improvement in the US is really just home
maintenance and home repair, not improvement. And so when I
hear people saying, Hey, I'm getting ready to remodel, to renovate.
I want to remodel the inside my house, I want
to remodel my landscaping, the first hall to make is
not to a contractor.
Speaker 3 (12:08):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (12:08):
And we've been trained to do that. But the fact
of the matter is contractors, you know. I mean, it's
hard enough to find just a good contractor these days.
On top of that, even good contractors, they're not trained
to do design. They may have some design ideas, but
I walk into homes all the time that are designed
by contractor, and think about that. I walk into these
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homes because I'm being called out because people are saying, ah,
my home is not working. It's just not working. And
I'm not saying again that there aren't contractors who have
a good design design sense. I mean, I am a
general contractor, but I'm also a home designer trained in both.
You don't have to be trained in any form of
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design whatsoever to get the contractor's license. Which you have
to be trained in are the methodologies of executing a
design plan, but not to actually come up with the
design itself. And the reason why I want you to
focus on good design is because good design is going
to make the difference in your budget. It's where you're
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putting things, how you're placing them, what you're deciding to
do when and where throughout your property that actually ends
up making the difference. And then materials and the craftsmanship
follows after that once that design is in place. So
I just want you to to to work that through
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in your own mind. I lean that the kitchen contractor
is not necessarily the best person to, you know, to
redesign your kitchen. A landscape contractor, they're going to be
full of suggestions and they're not going to say to you, hey,
you know you should get this designed first before you
call me. They're going to pick up the phone and
be there.
Speaker 7 (13:54):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (13:55):
And then they're just going to work it out the
best they know how. The problem is, the best they
know how in this situation is usually not good enough
to really transform your home. So anyway, that's first and foremost,
and as far as finding those three prospects, when the
time comes, you got to look around. Somebody in your
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world is likely remodeling or likely has remodeled, So you
ask around, ask friends, ask family, as co workers. I
really strongly suggest this. This pans out for a lot
of people drive in the neighborhood and looking at construction
signs that are in people's yards and then very politely,
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you know, knocking on a door and saying Hi, I'm
one of your neighbors and I'm looking for a good
contractor I'm just wondering how you know what you guys
are doing and how that's turning out. Would you give
them to us as a referral or would you not?
And then online you've got lots of places like home Advisor, Angie,
house Pro, build Zoom, Thumbtack, next Door, I. The list
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goes on and on, but you want to get those
three prospects in place. It takes some time. It just
takes some time. There are no shortcuts to this, Eileen.
And that's the problem that most homeowners end up having.
They end up getting somebody who was the first call,
or you know, they didn't put in enough effort. And
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the fact of the matter is, and again, this is
something not a lot of homeowners are ready to hear
or want to hear. This is not impossible, but it
only happens when you don't yield up your agency. It's
like having a loved one in the hospital, right, You're
not the doctor, but you have to be there as
a patient advocate for them in order for things to
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just pop along smoothly. And so your home is your
loved one in the hospital, and you are its advocate.
So the point is you're in charge. It's on you.
Don't rush the project, take your time, and if you
don't have tons of time to spend it, just just
pushed the project off. Spend what time you can until
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you have successfully secured three reputable contractors who are able
to bid the job that you have had well designed.
All right, that's as far as I can go right now.
Because we're up against a break. More on that tomorrow.
Ten Steps to finding the right contractor tomorrow. Eileen, thank
you so much for the question and for the call.
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I hope that helps a little bit. When we come back,
we're going back to the phones. Your Home with Dean Sharp,
the House Whisper.
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Dean Sharp, the House Whisper, here to transform your ordinary
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Eight three three the numeral two ask Dean. While you
are dialing in, let's go back to the phones. I
want to talk to U. Katrina. Hey Katrina, welcome home.
Speaker 8 (17:16):
Hi Dean, good morning. I live in a rented house
and the kitchen tile is just so fun and dated
from like the seventies. I believe it's a two by
two inch tiles and it's growded. There's two issues. Everything
gets in the grout and I have to scrub it
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out each and every time, and then the tiles are
starting to come loose and break. Is there a way
for me to epoxy all of this where it's nice
and smooth so I'm not having to clean the grout
and not worrying about the tiles popping off.
Speaker 2 (17:57):
Yes, yes, I don't know if you want to go
into all that, but yes there is. And the reason
why I say that two by two tiles that's a
lot of grout. That's a lot of grout on the countertop.
Let me ask you, though, how close are these tiles
set together? How wide are these grout lines?
Speaker 8 (18:17):
Oh, it's probably less than a quarter of an.
Speaker 2 (18:20):
Inch Okay, yeah, so there are probably little eighth inch
grount lines. Is the grout kind of rough on the
surface or is it smooth?
Speaker 8 (18:30):
It's sort of rough.
Speaker 3 (18:32):
Okay, so it's rough.
Speaker 2 (18:33):
So that's what we call the minimum eighth of an
inch is the minimum gap in between tiles for sanded
grout sanded, meaning that the sand is part of the
grout mix, as opposed to non sanded grout. If you
get smaller than an eighth of an inch gap in
between the tiles, you have to use non sanded grout,
which is fine for certain applications as well, but it's
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not as durable. So sanded grout is a more more
durable grout because it has that sand in as an aggregate,
making it kind of strong like gravel gets put into concrete.
But that's a lot of grout on a countertop. Now,
if you absolutely love this countertop, I mean, if you're
just like, oh yeah, just love it, don't want to
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do anything with it, then you know, loose tiles can
be reset and the counter can be you know, grouted.
You find matching grout and patching the grout in order
to keep it in place. If you're talking about redoing
the whole thing, all the grout, it can be done.
It totally can be done. It's not going to be inexpensive.
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You either going to spend a lot of time doing
it yourself or you're going to hire somebody to do it.
But basically, all that grout has got to be ground
out in between all of those cracks, in between all
of the spaces of the tile, all that grout has
to be removed, and then you could absolutely regrout the
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entire countertop. In any POxy based grout, and I'm impressed
that you knew about that or had heard about it.
Epoxy grouts are not cement, they are not porous, they
don't absorb stains, and they are super super easy and
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way nicer to take care of long term with far
less maintenance. But you can't just put an epoxy grout
on top of the existing grout. You have to remove
the existing grout and put in new grout. And that's
a lot of chipping out or grinding out of the
grout throughout the whole kitchen, but it can totally be done.
I come from a world of construction, you know, the
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high end ultra custom world, in which the answer to
everybody's question, no matter what it is, can we do
this is always yeah, of course we can. It's just
a question of how big of a check do you
want to write in order to get and to get
that done, So it has to mean that much to you.
Now you should call a grout repair service, and they're
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all over the place and they specify they specialize in this.
Call a grout repair company, have them come out and
take a look and give you a quote for exactly that.
Now I will tell you this short of the epoxy ground.
All right, you can have your grout professionally cleaned, and
you know they'll use a high pressure, high temperature steam
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to clean it. Just get it sparkling and brand new,
and then once it dries out, seal it, reseal it,
and that could end up saving you so much trouble.
At this point. If you haven't done that yourself, that
grout is just a giant sponge waiting for you to
make the next spill or stain on it. But once
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it's cleaned, a good quality grout sealer will last for
several months, maybe in a high use kitchen, maybe six
months on the highest use areas, and then you can
reapply it just with a rag, a little sealer and
a rag and just reseal those you know, the grout
lines and keep it sealed up, and it won't be
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It'll be a fraction of the cleaning and maintenance trouble
that you have experienced with it if you just repair
the grout, get it really good and clean, and then
do a nice big penetrating sealer on it.
Speaker 8 (22:26):
Okay, now, is there something that if I get it,
I'll clean? Can I pour over the whole countertop and
just make it nice and smooth and not have to
worry about any of the ground. No, just flush.
Speaker 2 (22:41):
No, no, nothing that's gonna nothing that's going to last.
There are a lot of gimmicks out there. You see
a lot of stuff online and DIY stuff on YouTube saying, hey,
look how I transform my cout. Yeah, it doesn't last.
It'll peel, it'll crack, it'll yellow, it'll chip. It's it's
no no, no license pro is ever going to recommend
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that you can pull the counter, replace the counter. But no,
not not not leveling it all out with like a
clear epoxy and just sealing it all in. It looks
great on day one, maybe even week or month one,
but it will not last the way that you hope
it would.
Speaker 8 (23:24):
Okay, sounds good. I guess that I'll just go the
cheaper route in regards of the steam, planning it and
then feeling it and just keep that maintenance up.
Speaker 2 (23:37):
Yeah, I'm afraid that that's the that's that's your safest route,
least expensive route, least hassle. But you might, you know,
once it's sealed, you might be you know, pleasantly surprised.
Can't change the surface but you can change the amount
of elbow grease that you have to put into it
on a day to day basis. Katrina, I'm sorry that
I did not give you more encouraging news, but I
(23:58):
did give you the truth, and so now you've I've
got better information to work with. All right, when we
come back, more of your calls your home with Dean Sharp,
the house Whisper. Dean Sharp, the house Whisper here to
remind you every home deserves great design, especially yours, because
that is where you live your life, my friend. So
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let's let's step it up. Let's find the path together.
That's why I'm here every weekend for you, and every
Saturday it is an all Calls Saturday, which means there's
room for you here on the program to talk to
me directly about whatever's going on with your home. The
number two reach me eight three three two. Ask Dean
(24:39):
eight three three, the numeral two ask Dean A three
three two ask Dean. We've got room on the callboard
for you, my friends, So don't hesitate. Give me a call.
All right, let's get back to the phones. I want
to talk to Pamela. Pamela, welcome home.
Speaker 4 (24:58):
Yes, Hello, my question is is I've never heard any
home improvement person ever talking about security screen windows. And
like Sanpano Valley, if you talk to the news reporter,
she'll confirm that there's been lots and lots of burglaries
(25:20):
in Sampano Valley. If you have security screen windows, you
can see out. That's not bars. If you have it
keeps the bad guys out, but you can get out
in case of fire. How can nobody talks about them?
Speaker 7 (25:36):
Uh?
Speaker 2 (25:37):
I don't know why they don't get talked about more often.
We actually have.
Speaker 4 (25:42):
When's the last time you've talked about them?
Speaker 2 (25:45):
I usually talk about them every time I do a
security show when we talk about security, so you know,
I talk about them, and then when people call in.
But security windows screens are always one of the layers
that I discussed every time we do home security, So
we talk about alarms and cameras and all of that stuff,
and then when it comes to the physical stuff, the
(26:07):
proper kinds of doors and how to protect windows and
window protection with security screens. Family, You're absolutely one percent right,
they're brilliant. We actually had for the first two or
three years on the show, we had Winston, which was
a popular security screen was a sponsor of the show,
so I literally talked about them multiple times every week
(26:31):
just because they were a sponsor of the show. But
you're absolutely right security screens. But people are wondering what
are security screens. They're very very heavy duty mesh screens
that go on the outside and sometimes they can be
mounted on the inside of your windows as well. And
what do they look like? They look like screens now
(26:52):
because they're so thick, they have a slightly darkening tint
to them, but they are screens, so and they are
the kind of screens though. In fact, I don't even
know if I have this video up online anymore, but
I did a video for Winston Security Screens at the
time where I took a baseball bat in their showroom
(27:12):
and literally tried my best for about a minute to
bash my way through a security screen. And then we
took an axe and tried to do the exact same thing.
All that happened was the baseball bat did not get through.
It left some dents in it. The acts actually got
through the screen and then got stuck in the screen,
and that's it. So there's no tearing them open. I mean,
(27:36):
if you were a if you were a swat team
with security screens, you would much rather. It's much easier
to bang down the front door than it is to
get in through these screens. You're absolutely right. And so
the idea of like unsightly bars on the outside of
a house which just basically screams to the neighborhood high
crime district. The security screens are just screens. They don't
(28:00):
mess up the front of appeal, curb appeal of the house.
And yet you can sleep at night with your windows
wide open knowing nobody is going to get in through
these screens. It is safe and safe and safe. And
yet they are hinged because by law, those windows out
(28:20):
of bedrooms and such have to be egress for you
to be able to get out of the house during
the fire. So they just pop open from the inside
and you're out, super super easy. So people can't get in,
but you can get out. And you're absolutely right, Pamela.
Speaker 4 (28:35):
And the thing that I noticed is like all these
people had they have like ring video, and they've got
the videos in the house, so they got to see
the bad guys coming in steal the stuff in two minutes.
The private security took five minutes. The police took ten minutes,
but the guys were gone in two minutes. With there
(28:57):
was security screen windows, and putting a security screen door,
the people wouldn't even gotten in. So why you spend
money on cameras inside the house when you can That
just means you get to watch people get in the house,
but if you put security screens on, they don't get in.
Speaker 2 (29:15):
Yeah, yeah, you're absolutely right. You're absolutely right, And security
screens are absolutely a viable option. There are several security
screen companies in southern California. And I would tell anybody
if you're tempted to like do more, you somehow want
to get more protection for your home, physical barrier protection
for your home, then a security screen is the most artistic,
(29:40):
most architecturally pleasing, and highly highly effective way of sealing
up the perimeter of the house. Pamela, I gotta go
to a break. Thank you so much for your call.
And I promise you every time I do a security show,
home security show, I talk about those screens and so
(30:01):
and anytime somebody like you calls in and asks about
him and you keep preaching the good word. All right, y'all,
when we come back, more of your calls We've got
room for you on the board though. Here's the number
eight three three two. Ask Dean eight three three the
numeral two.
Speaker 3 (30:17):
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