November 15, 2025 • 28 mins
Welcome home! Fall has arrived in Southern California, with heavy rains heralding the change of seasons.
Today’s first caller is wondering why he needs to get a building permit for his garage on his house, which is more than 60 years old. He makes a valid point: His garage is older than the city, so why is the city council being so obstructive?!
The next caller has a concrete conundrum: Should he grind and smooth out the cracks of his patio, or have it fully replaced?
To reroof, or not to reroof? Following a roof revision more than 30 years ago, a caller’s cave cover is now leaking, and she wants Dean to talk to her about layering asphalt shingles or any other cost-effective repair options she may have.
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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 iHeart Radio app. Good morning,
my friend, and welcome home. I am Dean Sharp, the
house Whisperer, custom home builder, custom home Designer, and every
week your guide to better understanding that place where you live.
(00:24):
Whether you're home for you is a castle, congratulations or
a cottage congratulations. Also, it doesn't matter, it really doesn't,
you know why, because luxury does not a great home make.
It is design that matters most. Good design makes all
the difference. Good design is the thing that changes the game.
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Everything else is just fixing and maintenance, right, it doesn't
change anything radically. Good design makes all the difference. Every
house deserves it, every house should enjoy it. And because
once good design is at work, every house house has
a path forward toward becoming a great home. And that's
why I am here with you every week, you and
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I with the pleasure of talking to you about your home.
Of course, it is a Saturday morning, which means that
we're taking calls today and I am waiting for you
to give me a call and tell me what the
show is about. The number to reach me as always
eight three three two. Ask Dean eight three three the
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numeral two ask Dean eight three three to ask Dean,
whatever has you scratching your head about your home? Whether
it is a design question? Yes, please, construction issue, DIY,
concern inside the house, outside the house, landscape decor. I
got you. We'll put our heads together. We will get
(01:48):
it figured out, I promise, all right. Sitting across the
table from me, zero people, zero people, Tane is a
little bit uh, she's a little bit yet there it
is there. It is my friend the Crickets. She'll be
in here shortly, but she's running a little bit behind
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this morning. But just so you know, my design partner,
my better half, my best friend in all the world,
Tina is here. She's just not here right now. She'll
be here shortly, let's hope. Okay, I'll tell you who
is here. Otherwise we would not be on the air
right now. Sam, Sam, How you doing, Bud good? How's
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it going, dude? It's good, good good. It's a rainy day.
Oh wait, our live study on who let laser guy in?
I think the baby did? It is just one of
those mornings, I tell you what I mean. Come on,
it's it's fall in crazy. I mean, this is this
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is our first big blast of moisture. Yeah for this
holiday season. Yeah, driving in was beautiful today. The rain
calmed down just a little bit this morning on the
drive in. And I love Los Angeles just after it rains.
It's so beautiful. It is. It is pretty amazing. Oh hello,
hello there, Guess who just walked in? Guess who just hey,
(03:20):
grab a microphone. Yeah. I love I love the rain.
I love any change in weather for me, and this
is just great.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
Now.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
I know there are some risks out there so far,
knock on wood, this has not been, you know, a
disaster in the makings, but we got a lot of
rain commings, so everybody hang tight. We'll talk about some
of those tips and some suggestions and some advice this morning.
But here she is, here she is. We were waiting
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for all along. Tina's here.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
Welcome home.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Hey you hey, you have a jacket on.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
Yeah, it's raining out there. The trek through.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
Through seconds of rain. Yes, I wasn't sure if you're
gonna actually just wake up and be a part of
it today.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
I didn't want to.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
I have a photo. I have a photo of you Okay.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
That cat is the reason I'm late.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
That cat cat he pretty he snuggled in.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
Oh yeah, he came in and he just went warmth.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
I have a picture of you and the cat.
Speaker 3 (04:27):
Oh are you cute?
Speaker 1 (04:28):
Oh yeah, he's curled right up against you, and I'm like, oh,
I can't disturb it.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
And he was purrying.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
I mean it was that's it. In a rainy morning.
You hear the rain outside, the windows cracked open, it's raining,
you're warm, the cat.
Speaker 3 (04:40):
Is rolling up against Sure why I woke up? And
then I looked at the clock. I said, oh, shoot, well,
don't question it.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
I'm right here.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
No, I mean, my alarm wouldn't.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Oh, I see, like, I'm not even sure why I
woke up. There's nothing today worth getting out of that bed.
All right, here we are U. By the way, I
was about to announce that we have tickets to give
away for the holiday show. I'm just not sure how
many eight eight we have eight left, and so we
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might end up giving them all away this morning. We
should Okay, so let's do it. Nikki is standing by,
just going to let you know. We'll start now and
we'll sprinkle them through the show as necessary. But we
have eight now that's eight and their plus ones. Yeah,
so we have eight winners, eight winners, eight winners and
plus ones to give away today. This is the last
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day I think that we can give away tickets for
the Holiday Home Show, which is not tomorrow but a
week from tomorrow.
Speaker 3 (05:42):
Yes, already. Oh my gosh, and the tree.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
And the tree and the tree and the tree. So
if you don't know what I'm talking about, let me
tell you. Aldacombe presents the House Whisper Holiday Home Show,
a live audience event Sunday, November twenty, third week from
tomorrow right here in the Burbank Studios at the helpful
Honda Lounge on the fifth floor of iHeart Studios. You
can visit the home of Home at iHeart Studios, Los Angeles.
(06:10):
Hang out with us, hang out with the team. There
are refreshments. We're gonna have maybe some special guests. I'm
not sure. We'll find out. You can get expert advice
from the decor pros at aldacom or A decor Pros
are going to decorate as seven and a half foot
ah gold Christmas tree, finest Christmas trees on planet Earth.
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There's already one sitting in the studio and then one
lucky audience member gets to take it all home. I
can't even tell you what a value that is. It's unbelievable.
So that is our live audience event next Sunday, a
week from tomorrow, the Sunday before Thanksgiving. So I'm going
to tell you right now the number to reach me
(06:51):
eight three three two. Ask Dean eight three to three
the numeral two, ask Dean, and we're gonna give away.
Let's say, let's say we're going to give away four
of those tickets and their plus ones right now. Go ahead,
give us a call, give us a call, and the
first four calls that qualify, Nikki will pick up and
(07:12):
you will win tickets to that show. There you go,
all right, we'll wait for everybody to wake up as well.
All right, when we come back, let's go to the phones.
Your Home with Dean Sharp, the house Whisper, Dean Sharp,
the house Whisper here to help you take your home
to the next level. Hey for the If you want
to see the kind of tree that you could be
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winning at the Holiday Home Show, you got to go
to our socials right now. At Home with Dean on
Instagram or Facebook. Tina's got a post up there that
we actually borrowed from Conway. Conway. The Aldcombe set the
tree up during the Conway show on Thursday night, actually
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while I was on with Bill and you will see
the tree. Oh yeah, Actually that's just the studio tree.
The one that we're giving away is just as good,
if not nicer than that one. So it's just going
to be me. So if you want to preview of
what an Ah Gold aldc Home Christmas tree looks like
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for the giveaway, you go there at Home with Dean. Okay,
it is an all call Saturday morning. The board literally
was just exploding with calls. Thank you so much for
responding and wanting to be a part of the Holiday
Home show. But I also need calls right now for
the show. Questions about your home. I'm going to give
(08:37):
you the number again, eight three three two. Ask Dean
a three three the numeral two. Ask Dean anything that's
got you scratching your head about your home. I want
to talk to Dave. Hey, Dave, welcome home, Hey Dave, you're.
Speaker 4 (08:54):
With me, bud Hi, I'm here, Hey.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
Are you staying dry?
Speaker 4 (09:01):
Well? It's not raining now, but it looks like we're
going to get it.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
Got you? How can I help you?
Speaker 4 (09:09):
I have a house out in the desert. My building
record shows my house fully permitted, and the residential building
record shows my detached garage in the exact dimensions that
it is. Now. The new city out there tells me
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my garage is not permitted and they want me to
get a permit for my fifty year old garage. And
this all started. This all started with I wanted to
upgrade my electrical panel and they gave me the permit.
Then the inspector came out liked my work for the
(09:53):
new electrical panel. That says, Oops, your garage isn't permitted,
so we won't approve your electrical panel upgrade, and you
gotta give us a new framing plan for your garage.
My question is I can't get power turned on because
(10:13):
I don't have a permit supposedly, even though the county
is known about it for fifty years. So I'm wondering
if you have some thoughts.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
Okay, so as far as you know, there was a permit,
like when you bought the place, it was shown as permit.
I'm confused. I mean, is this is this a clerical
error on the part of the county versus the city,
or have we just discovered that nobody actually has any
despite whatever has been said, nobody has any records about
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the garage being permitted.
Speaker 4 (10:47):
Yeah, even though the county has on the Residential Building
Record Sanmarandino County, they show my garage with the exact
dimensions and locate on the property, but it doesn't show
a specific permit for the garage. Shows the permit for
(11:08):
the house and remodeling the house, but it doesn't show
a specific permit. I had an old timer tell me
that in nineteen fifty nine, when this place was built,
they didn't require a garage permit. But I'm getting kind
of I'm just confused, and I don't want to get
(11:29):
in a big fight with the city, but they're killing
me with these requirements.
Speaker 1 (11:34):
Yeah, yeah, I feel you, especially now you've committed to
an electrical panel upgrade and so on. So let me
ask you, Dave, what condition is the garage in. Is
it in good shape?
Speaker 4 (11:45):
Yeah, it's in good shape. Oddly enough, when this was built,
the studs, the wall studs, the framing is turned sideways
if you follow me, so instead of it's normal framing Yeah,
(12:07):
huh yeah, But I mean the roof is in great shape,
the slab's good, you know, the walls are good. But
they want they want to complete new new framing plan
or I could demolish it, which I really don't want
to do.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
Right, Okay, So when you say they want a complete
new framing plan, have you been to the city. Have
you talked I mean, I know the you talked to
an inspector who was out there, But have you been
down to the city and asked them those specific questions, Hey,
what do I need? And they've said they need they
need a new Have you not had that conversation yet?
Speaker 4 (12:42):
No, I have, And they sent me down the proverbial
bureaucratic chase that number one. They wanted a patent easement
and said that this property was not subdividable blah blah blah,
and that took me a year to straighten out with
the title company. So it's just they're not they're not being.
Speaker 5 (13:09):
Friendly.
Speaker 4 (13:11):
It's just like a one little roadbacked block after another
with appointments and paperwork and stuff. And I'm just wondering
if you have any thoughts about that old Manta. Everybody
asked about being grandfathered. But I don't know if I
have any luck here.
Speaker 1 (13:30):
Yeah, okay, so yeah, yeah, So here's the city.
Speaker 4 (13:35):
The city came along after this, after all this was done.
The city is forty is thirty years old, and it's
like fifty sixty year old stuff.
Speaker 1 (13:43):
We're talking exactly. The city is younger than your garage. Yes, yeah,
I get it. I get it. Well, you know, I mean,
I don't. I don't want to sound trite, because I
know what a hassle this kind of thing is. In fact,
we were just we just finished up helping out a client,
a former client, still a client, they're all clients. But
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we just finished up helping out a client who's in
Studio City, who's got a house that was built in
nineteen thirty five, and they ran into they wanted to
make some changes to the garage, and all of a sudden,
the city inspector was like, hey, it's sitting too close
to the property line. But you know, and like, hey,
it was built in nineteen thirty five. Man, every house
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in the neighborhood, so yeah, it is. It can be
frustrating the problem is that there's no universal rule or
law about it. There's no overriding factor when you hear
things like well, hopefully they can grandfather it in because
it's been there's been there longer than the city has.
All of these are possibilities, but there's no there's no
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guarantee about it, unfortunately. So the best thing that you
can do is bake some cookies. Take them down. Don't
bring them a flat screen TV. They'll arrest you for
bribing public official. But you can bake some cookies. Bring
it down, and say, listen, all I wanted was to
change out my electrical panel. The garage has been there
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longer than this city has been there. Please tell me
the simplest things I can do. I'm not here to
make trouble. I am here to just move forward with
my life in the simplest way possible. I am not
trying to pull any hijinks. Just tell me what I
can do, and throw yourself on the mercy of the
court and see if you run into somebody who you
(15:33):
know who's in a decent mood. That's about all I
can tell you. My friend gotcha all right, Bud you
you he're so welcome. You hang tight, man. I uh,
you know what, I'll tell you a little bit about
this on the other side of the break, But we're
gonna take a break right now. Your Home with Dean
Sharp the House Whisper.
Speaker 6 (15:55):
You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
Well, I'm not only happy when it rains, but I'm
pretty happy when it rains. Dean Sharp the House Whisper
here to help you transform your ordinary house into an
extraordinary home. Somebody was just asking me a couple of
days ago. They're like, hey, you know, so your show,
what is the what's the secret sauce for your show?
(16:22):
And I, you know, I think there's more than just
one thing that is kind of you know what we
do that sets us apart. But I will tell you
if I had to narrow it down to one thing,
it's the fact that I'm a home designer, not just
a mixer, mister fix it guy, which I am happy,
thrilled always to help you the builder in me, to
(16:43):
help you figure out stuff about your home. But in
addition to that, okay, because you know, fixing stuff, it's
important keeping stuff in good shape in your home. It's
important you got leaks this weekend because of the rain.
We got to talk about that all of these things
are important, but the thing that changes your home, I
(17:04):
mean changes it. It's not just putting new tile in
the shower. It is understanding the principles of design and
giving you the tools and the vision to truly affect
a major, game changing change about your house. It is
design mattering most that makes the difference. And honestly, you know,
(17:26):
as far as I know, there is not another home
improvement broadcast or show or podcast across this country that
actually incorporates architectural and landscape design into their format other
than you know, apart from just you know, a little
bit of advice here and there. That's what we're all
(17:47):
about here. I'm all about taking this journey with you
and truly transforming your home. And I am pleased as
punch that I get to do it twice every weekend
and this morning Saturday mornings from six to eight, Sundays
from nine to noon, and of course Saturday mornings. It's
an all calls day. It's an all calls show. The
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number to reach me about whatever is going on with
your home, whatever's got you scratching your head. You can
reach me right now at eight three three two. Ask
Dean eight three three the numeral two ask Dean eight
three three to ask Dean give me a call. Let's
talk about your home. Calls are a little light this morning.
Rain is heavy. Calls are light. That's understandable. But if
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you've tried calling before and not gotten through, it's good
morning to give it a shot. In the meantime, let's
go back to the phones. I want to talk to Steve. Hey, Steve,
welcome home.
Speaker 2 (18:42):
Hey Dean, thanks for the call. Hey, I've got a
question in regards to my back patio. It's about twenty
twenty five feet long by about fifteen feet wide, and
the tree that was near it has raised a little
bit and a little bit of it's sunk and it's
not horrible. But I was contemplating I'm rather going to like,
(19:02):
you know, a big box store and renting. I understand
you can rent grinders. I'm pretty handy, so you know,
doing it probably wouldn't be that hard. But rather I
should grind it and then put some I don't know
about self leveling cement and that you know style stuff,
or if I should just rip it out and start
(19:23):
fresh and you know, compact the ground like you should
and go from there. What are your thoughts?
Speaker 1 (19:30):
Okay, my thoughts, so we yeah, you know what. I
always hesitate to spend people's money, I really do, but
I also want to spend your money the right way.
So my thoughts are just straight out. I'll give you
the uh. You know, we'll get to the end of
the story first. If it were me, and I've got,
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you know, some some sagging in one plight, you know,
some sinking in one spot and some lifting maybe because
of tree reachs or whatever. It's starting to crack and
starting to be a problem. I I am thinking about
pulling it out. I'm thinking about pulling it out and
starting over. And I'll tell you why, because I have yet,
in all of my days, and there have been more
(20:11):
days than I care to mention, in a all of
my days, I have yet to find a resurfaced patio
that has held up and not just caused you more
headaches down the road. Sure, day, one week, one month one,
maybe even year one, it's all fine, but we haven't
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actually resolved the problem. And self leveling self leveling concrete
is something you know, and I don't care what anybody
else says. Self leveling concrete is something that I reserve
for interior areas where we've got to control leveling problems
inside a house. Outside, there's just too much moisture. There's
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too much moisture that crawls up inside that patio slab
and once to get out, and believe me, hydrostatic pressure.
This is the thing that is the greatest fear of
any concrete workoutside. Once moisture is inside a stone sponge
like your concrete patio is, then it's gonna want to
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get out, and it's gonna get out by pushing its
way out from behind the self leveling, which could cause delamination,
and it could cause cracking and flaking and all sorts
of things. Plus if we just grind and we don't
self level on top of it, then the ground, the
grinded areas, the grinded grounded grinded anyway, the place where
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you grind the raises, they're gonna be a different texture now,
they're never gonna be the same color and texture as
the rest of the concrete. So you're not gonna like that.
Look as well. I'll tell you what, Steve, let me
pop you on hold. We got to go to a
break real quick. When we come back on the other side.
I want to talk about this just a little bit
more and take a couple of more minutes to give
(22:00):
you some advice. So you hang tight. Everybody hanged tight.
The number to reach me eight three three two. Ask
Dean your home with Dean Sharp the house whisper, Dean Sharp,
the house whisper here to remind you that every home
deserves great design. It's an all calls Saturday morning. Now
we got calls on the board. Everybody's just waking up.
(22:21):
That's all it took. I'm was talking to Steve. Stevie's
still with me, Bud, Yes, sir, okay, thanks for the call.
By the way, So Steve's got a concrete patio out
the back of his house and he's got a tree nearby,
and it looks like it's lifting up part of the
concrete and maybe sagging in other AARs. He just wanted
to know whether he should grind it because he's handy,
(22:42):
he's capable. He can get this stuff done, grind it down,
smooth it out, maybe put some self leveling concrete out
there and call it a day, or whether he should
pull it out. And and I hate to be the
one who says, hey, do the more involved, more expensive thing.
But I will say that without hesitation, if I believe
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that the fix quote unquote air quotes here at the
fix is actually just kind of you know, spending money
that you don't need to be spending because it's not
going to last. And I've yet to see in my
days that kind of a fix last and hold up outside.
Self leveling concrete is amazing. It's just absolutely amazing. And
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there are companies out there that will tell you that, oh,
we'll come and resurface and refinish, but you know, and honestly, yeah, that.
Speaker 2 (23:32):
Would be my next one is what if I were
to just grind it? And because you know, the grind look,
you know sometimes it is actually a decent look, you know,
without the self leveling. What do you what do you
think about the grind? You know it? Can they do it?
You know, do it yourself? Or what is grinding process?
Is it even worth it? Because but I am leaning
your way, just ripping it out, you know, starting over sawly,
(23:54):
I know it's the way it should be. But you know,
the second option would be to grind it and just
leave it the grinded look. Yeah, no, is that a
good alternative without the self lovely right.
Speaker 1 (24:07):
Well, that's why I held you over because I actually
wanted to mention that to you. So, depending on how
severe of a grind you're going to have to make
for the raised parts, right, if it's subtle, If it's
subtle and you're winning too willing to put in the effort,
Grinding a slab is really you know, for those of
us who like to get our hands dirty, and it's
actually kind of fun. Actually, it's kind of fun. You
(24:31):
would think, oh my gosh, what in the world. No,
this is the golden age of tool rentals. You can
go get a concrete grinder right now down at the
rental yard, at the rental place, at the local home depot.
Even you can get a concrete grinder, you bring it
on home. They're very easy to set up. And so
if you're willing to grind the whole thing and not
(24:53):
just the raised area and resurface the whole thing, then
there's a really good chance you're going to end up
with a uniform finish. And if that grinding will take
care of that, that's probably how I would attempt to
address it first. That is the least expensive way. Now,
of course, that doesn't solve the invasive root problem, or
maybe potentially more lift taking place. But you know what,
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especially in the short term, and you know, maybe it's
been a number of years that it's taken place over
and maybe it's gonna last for quite a while, So
that would be possibly the other alternative to pulling it out.
I just wouldn't put any additional laminated layers on top
of that concrete. So if you can get by with
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retreating the whole look, and I agree with you, I mean,
resurfacing garage slabs all the time, they look pristine and beautiful.
And yeah, it's a slightly different finish than what you
had before, but it's all the same finish and it's
still all concrete. And you can also, you know, play
around with it. You could stain it, you can add
color to it if you want. But so grinding down
that area, if you grind it everything, I think you
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might be in good shape.
Speaker 4 (26:02):
Steve.
Speaker 1 (26:05):
I'd lose him. I'm not a lost Steve anyway. Okay,
all right, Steve's off, He's on his way. I know
you're my advice, Steve, so good luck on that. Guess what,
I got just enough time to start another call, So
let's talk to Mary. Hey, Mary, welcome home.
Speaker 5 (26:24):
I have a roof that I we re roofed entirely
in around nineteen ninety. We tore off all the layers
of roof at that time, shingles at that time, and
added plywood and then the black black role and then
(26:48):
we put just the plain asphalt shingles that have done me,
served me well for thirty years, have some leaks, and
I'm thinking of putting another layer of asphalt shingles on.
Speaker 4 (27:05):
At that this time.
Speaker 1 (27:07):
Uh huh.
Speaker 5 (27:08):
And my question is do I need to put another
layer of black? First of all? Can I just add
another layer of shingles to the single layer that is
there right now? And the second question is do I
need to put any more of the black paper or
(27:29):
do I just add another layer of shingles?
Speaker 1 (27:32):
Gotcha? Gotcha? Well, strangely enough, this is one I can
answer very quickly. Yes, you can just add another layer
of roof. You are allowed two layers, two layers before
you have to tear off and start again. Okay, so
you've got you already did the tear off once and
now you've got one layer. You can add one more
layer on top it's the most cost effective way of reroofing.
(27:55):
It's not always necessarily the way that you know roofers
want to wreck commend it, but it can be done,
and know you would not be adding the building paper again.
What you will make sure you do, though, is repair
anything that is an issue, a big issue. You don't
want to cover up a problem. You just kind of
repair over it, and then you can reroof the whole
(28:16):
house so you don't need the building paper again. You
just need a new layer of comp shingle on top
of the comp that you've already got and there you go.
Because everybody is allowed two. Once you have two, you
can add three. You got to tear it all off
and start again. So you're in good shape.
Speaker 6 (28:35):
Mary.
Speaker 1 (28:36):
All right, we are up against a break. When we
come back, more of your calls, and we're going to
give away four more tickets, the four final tickets to
our holiday home show go nowhere your Home with Dean Sharp,
the House Whisper.
Speaker 6 (28:52):
You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from
KFI AM six forty
KFI AM six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp, the
house Whisper on demand on the iHeart Radio app. Good morning,
my friend, and welcome home. I am Dean Sharp, the
house Whisperer, custom home builder, custom home Designer, and every
week your guide to better understanding that place where you live.
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Whether you're home for you is a castle, congratulations or
a cottage congratulations. Also, it doesn't matter, it really doesn't,
you know why, because luxury does not a great home make.
It is design that matters most. Good design makes all
the difference. Good design is the thing that changes the game.
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Everything else is just fixing and maintenance, right, it doesn't
change anything radically. Good design makes all the difference. Every
house deserves it, every house should enjoy it. And because
once good design is at work, every house house has
a path forward toward becoming a great home. And that's
why I am here with you every week, you and
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I with the pleasure of talking to you about your home.
Of course, it is a Saturday morning, which means that
we're taking calls today and I am waiting for you
to give me a call and tell me what the
show is about. The number to reach me as always
eight three three two. Ask Dean eight three three the
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numeral two ask Dean eight three three to ask Dean,
whatever has you scratching your head about your home? Whether
it is a design question? Yes, please, construction issue, DIY,
concern inside the house, outside the house, landscape decor. I
got you. We'll put our heads together. We will get
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it figured out, I promise, all right. Sitting across the
table from me, zero people, zero people, Tane is a
little bit uh, she's a little bit yet there it
is there. It is my friend the Crickets. She'll be
in here shortly, but she's running a little bit behind
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this morning. But just so you know, my design partner,
my better half, my best friend in all the world,
Tina is here. She's just not here right now. She'll
be here shortly, let's hope. Okay, I'll tell you who
is here. Otherwise we would not be on the air
right now. Sam, Sam, How you doing, Bud good? How's
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it going, dude? It's good, good good. It's a rainy day.
Oh wait, our live study on who let laser guy in?
I think the baby did? It is just one of
those mornings, I tell you what I mean. Come on,
it's it's fall in crazy. I mean, this is this
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is our first big blast of moisture. Yeah for this
holiday season. Yeah, driving in was beautiful today. The rain
calmed down just a little bit this morning on the
drive in. And I love Los Angeles just after it rains.
It's so beautiful. It is. It is pretty amazing. Oh hello,
hello there, Guess who just walked in? Guess who just hey,
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grab a microphone. Yeah. I love I love the rain.
I love any change in weather for me, and this
is just great.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
Now.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
I know there are some risks out there so far,
knock on wood, this has not been, you know, a
disaster in the makings, but we got a lot of
rain commings, so everybody hang tight. We'll talk about some
of those tips and some suggestions and some advice this morning.
But here she is, here she is. We were waiting
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for all along. Tina's here.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
Welcome home.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Hey you hey, you have a jacket on.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
Yeah, it's raining out there. The trek through.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
Through seconds of rain. Yes, I wasn't sure if you're
gonna actually just wake up and be a part of
it today.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
I didn't want to.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
I have a photo. I have a photo of you Okay.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
That cat is the reason I'm late.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
That cat cat he pretty he snuggled in.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
Oh yeah, he came in and he just went warmth.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
I have a picture of you and the cat.
Speaker 3 (04:27):
Oh are you cute?
Speaker 1 (04:28):
Oh yeah, he's curled right up against you, and I'm like, oh,
I can't disturb it.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
And he was purrying.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
I mean it was that's it. In a rainy morning.
You hear the rain outside, the windows cracked open, it's raining,
you're warm, the cat.
Speaker 3 (04:40):
Is rolling up against Sure why I woke up? And
then I looked at the clock. I said, oh, shoot, well,
don't question it.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
I'm right here.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
No, I mean, my alarm wouldn't.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Oh, I see, like, I'm not even sure why I
woke up. There's nothing today worth getting out of that bed.
All right, here we are U. By the way, I
was about to announce that we have tickets to give
away for the holiday show. I'm just not sure how
many eight eight we have eight left, and so we
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might end up giving them all away this morning. We
should Okay, so let's do it. Nikki is standing by,
just going to let you know. We'll start now and
we'll sprinkle them through the show as necessary. But we
have eight now that's eight and their plus ones. Yeah,
so we have eight winners, eight winners, eight winners and
plus ones to give away today. This is the last
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day I think that we can give away tickets for
the Holiday Home Show, which is not tomorrow but a
week from tomorrow.
Speaker 3 (05:42):
Yes, already. Oh my gosh, and the tree.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
And the tree and the tree and the tree. So
if you don't know what I'm talking about, let me
tell you. Aldacombe presents the House Whisper Holiday Home Show,
a live audience event Sunday, November twenty, third week from
tomorrow right here in the Burbank Studios at the helpful
Honda Lounge on the fifth floor of iHeart Studios. You
can visit the home of Home at iHeart Studios, Los Angeles.
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Hang out with us, hang out with the team. There
are refreshments. We're gonna have maybe some special guests. I'm
not sure. We'll find out. You can get expert advice
from the decor pros at aldacom or A decor Pros
are going to decorate as seven and a half foot
ah gold Christmas tree, finest Christmas trees on planet Earth.
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There's already one sitting in the studio and then one
lucky audience member gets to take it all home. I
can't even tell you what a value that is. It's unbelievable.
So that is our live audience event next Sunday, a
week from tomorrow, the Sunday before Thanksgiving. So I'm going
to tell you right now the number to reach me
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eight three three two. Ask Dean eight three to three
the numeral two, ask Dean, and we're gonna give away.
Let's say, let's say we're going to give away four
of those tickets and their plus ones right now. Go ahead,
give us a call, give us a call, and the
first four calls that qualify, Nikki will pick up and
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you will win tickets to that show. There you go,
all right, we'll wait for everybody to wake up as well.
All right, when we come back, let's go to the phones.
Your Home with Dean Sharp, the house Whisper, Dean Sharp,
the house Whisper here to help you take your home
to the next level. Hey for the If you want
to see the kind of tree that you could be
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winning at the Holiday Home Show, you got to go
to our socials right now. At Home with Dean on
Instagram or Facebook. Tina's got a post up there that
we actually borrowed from Conway. Conway. The Aldcombe set the
tree up during the Conway show on Thursday night, actually
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while I was on with Bill and you will see
the tree. Oh yeah, Actually that's just the studio tree.
The one that we're giving away is just as good,
if not nicer than that one. So it's just going
to be me. So if you want to preview of
what an Ah Gold aldc Home Christmas tree looks like
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for the giveaway, you go there at Home with Dean. Okay,
it is an all call Saturday morning. The board literally
was just exploding with calls. Thank you so much for
responding and wanting to be a part of the Holiday
Home show. But I also need calls right now for
the show. Questions about your home. I'm going to give
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you the number again, eight three three two. Ask Dean
a three three the numeral two. Ask Dean anything that's
got you scratching your head about your home. I want
to talk to Dave. Hey, Dave, welcome home, Hey Dave, you're.
Speaker 4 (08:54):
With me, bud Hi, I'm here, Hey.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
Are you staying dry?
Speaker 4 (09:01):
Well? It's not raining now, but it looks like we're
going to get it.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
Got you? How can I help you?
Speaker 4 (09:09):
I have a house out in the desert. My building
record shows my house fully permitted, and the residential building
record shows my detached garage in the exact dimensions that
it is. Now. The new city out there tells me
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my garage is not permitted and they want me to
get a permit for my fifty year old garage. And
this all started. This all started with I wanted to
upgrade my electrical panel and they gave me the permit.
Then the inspector came out liked my work for the
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new electrical panel. That says, Oops, your garage isn't permitted,
so we won't approve your electrical panel upgrade, and you
gotta give us a new framing plan for your garage.
My question is I can't get power turned on because
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I don't have a permit supposedly, even though the county
is known about it for fifty years. So I'm wondering
if you have some thoughts.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
Okay, so as far as you know, there was a permit,
like when you bought the place, it was shown as permit.
I'm confused. I mean, is this is this a clerical
error on the part of the county versus the city,
or have we just discovered that nobody actually has any
despite whatever has been said, nobody has any records about
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the garage being permitted.
Speaker 4 (10:47):
Yeah, even though the county has on the Residential Building
Record Sanmarandino County, they show my garage with the exact
dimensions and locate on the property, but it doesn't show
a specific permit for the garage. Shows the permit for
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the house and remodeling the house, but it doesn't show
a specific permit. I had an old timer tell me
that in nineteen fifty nine, when this place was built,
they didn't require a garage permit. But I'm getting kind
of I'm just confused, and I don't want to get
(11:29):
in a big fight with the city, but they're killing
me with these requirements.
Speaker 1 (11:34):
Yeah, yeah, I feel you, especially now you've committed to
an electrical panel upgrade and so on. So let me
ask you, Dave, what condition is the garage in. Is
it in good shape?
Speaker 4 (11:45):
Yeah, it's in good shape. Oddly enough, when this was built,
the studs, the wall studs, the framing is turned sideways
if you follow me, so instead of it's normal framing Yeah,
(12:07):
huh yeah, But I mean the roof is in great shape,
the slab's good, you know, the walls are good. But
they want they want to complete new new framing plan
or I could demolish it, which I really don't want
to do.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
Right, Okay, So when you say they want a complete
new framing plan, have you been to the city. Have
you talked I mean, I know the you talked to
an inspector who was out there, But have you been
down to the city and asked them those specific questions, Hey,
what do I need? And they've said they need they
need a new Have you not had that conversation yet?
Speaker 4 (12:42):
No, I have, And they sent me down the proverbial
bureaucratic chase that number one. They wanted a patent easement
and said that this property was not subdividable blah blah blah,
and that took me a year to straighten out with
the title company. So it's just they're not they're not being.
Speaker 5 (13:09):
Friendly.
Speaker 4 (13:11):
It's just like a one little roadbacked block after another
with appointments and paperwork and stuff. And I'm just wondering
if you have any thoughts about that old Manta. Everybody
asked about being grandfathered. But I don't know if I
have any luck here.
Speaker 1 (13:30):
Yeah, okay, so yeah, yeah, So here's the city.
Speaker 4 (13:35):
The city came along after this, after all this was done.
The city is forty is thirty years old, and it's
like fifty sixty year old stuff.
Speaker 1 (13:43):
We're talking exactly. The city is younger than your garage. Yes, yeah,
I get it. I get it. Well, you know, I mean,
I don't. I don't want to sound trite, because I
know what a hassle this kind of thing is. In fact,
we were just we just finished up helping out a client,
a former client, still a client, they're all clients. But
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we just finished up helping out a client who's in
Studio City, who's got a house that was built in
nineteen thirty five, and they ran into they wanted to
make some changes to the garage, and all of a sudden,
the city inspector was like, hey, it's sitting too close
to the property line. But you know, and like, hey,
it was built in nineteen thirty five. Man, every house
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in the neighborhood, so yeah, it is. It can be
frustrating the problem is that there's no universal rule or
law about it. There's no overriding factor when you hear
things like well, hopefully they can grandfather it in because
it's been there's been there longer than the city has.
All of these are possibilities, but there's no there's no
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guarantee about it, unfortunately. So the best thing that you
can do is bake some cookies. Take them down. Don't
bring them a flat screen TV. They'll arrest you for
bribing public official. But you can bake some cookies. Bring
it down, and say, listen, all I wanted was to
change out my electrical panel. The garage has been there
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longer than this city has been there. Please tell me
the simplest things I can do. I'm not here to
make trouble. I am here to just move forward with
my life in the simplest way possible. I am not
trying to pull any hijinks. Just tell me what I
can do, and throw yourself on the mercy of the
court and see if you run into somebody who you
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know who's in a decent mood. That's about all I
can tell you. My friend gotcha all right, Bud you
you he're so welcome. You hang tight, man. I uh,
you know what, I'll tell you a little bit about
this on the other side of the break, But we're
gonna take a break right now. Your Home with Dean
Sharp the House Whisper.
Speaker 6 (15:55):
You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
Well, I'm not only happy when it rains, but I'm
pretty happy when it rains. Dean Sharp the House Whisper
here to help you transform your ordinary house into an
extraordinary home. Somebody was just asking me a couple of
days ago. They're like, hey, you know, so your show,
what is the what's the secret sauce for your show?
(16:22):
And I, you know, I think there's more than just
one thing that is kind of you know what we
do that sets us apart. But I will tell you
if I had to narrow it down to one thing,
it's the fact that I'm a home designer, not just
a mixer, mister fix it guy, which I am happy,
thrilled always to help you the builder in me, to
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help you figure out stuff about your home. But in
addition to that, okay, because you know, fixing stuff, it's
important keeping stuff in good shape in your home. It's
important you got leaks this weekend because of the rain.
We got to talk about that all of these things
are important, but the thing that changes your home, I
(17:04):
mean changes it. It's not just putting new tile in
the shower. It is understanding the principles of design and
giving you the tools and the vision to truly affect
a major, game changing change about your house. It is
design mattering most that makes the difference. And honestly, you know,
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as far as I know, there is not another home
improvement broadcast or show or podcast across this country that
actually incorporates architectural and landscape design into their format other
than you know, apart from just you know, a little
bit of advice here and there. That's what we're all
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about here. I'm all about taking this journey with you
and truly transforming your home. And I am pleased as
punch that I get to do it twice every weekend
and this morning Saturday mornings from six to eight, Sundays
from nine to noon, and of course Saturday mornings. It's
an all calls day. It's an all calls show. The
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number to reach me about whatever is going on with
your home, whatever's got you scratching your head. You can
reach me right now at eight three three two. Ask
Dean eight three three the numeral two ask Dean eight
three three to ask Dean give me a call. Let's
talk about your home. Calls are a little light this morning.
Rain is heavy. Calls are light. That's understandable. But if
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you've tried calling before and not gotten through, it's good
morning to give it a shot. In the meantime, let's
go back to the phones. I want to talk to Steve. Hey, Steve,
welcome home.
Speaker 2 (18:42):
Hey Dean, thanks for the call. Hey, I've got a
question in regards to my back patio. It's about twenty
twenty five feet long by about fifteen feet wide, and
the tree that was near it has raised a little
bit and a little bit of it's sunk and it's
not horrible. But I was contemplating I'm rather going to like,
(19:02):
you know, a big box store and renting. I understand
you can rent grinders. I'm pretty handy, so you know,
doing it probably wouldn't be that hard. But rather I
should grind it and then put some I don't know
about self leveling cement and that you know style stuff,
or if I should just rip it out and start
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fresh and you know, compact the ground like you should
and go from there. What are your thoughts?
Speaker 1 (19:30):
Okay, my thoughts, so we yeah, you know what. I
always hesitate to spend people's money, I really do, but
I also want to spend your money the right way.
So my thoughts are just straight out. I'll give you
the uh. You know, we'll get to the end of
the story first. If it were me, and I've got,
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you know, some some sagging in one plight, you know,
some sinking in one spot and some lifting maybe because
of tree reachs or whatever. It's starting to crack and
starting to be a problem. I I am thinking about
pulling it out. I'm thinking about pulling it out and
starting over. And I'll tell you why, because I have yet,
in all of my days, and there have been more
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days than I care to mention, in a all of
my days, I have yet to find a resurfaced patio
that has held up and not just caused you more
headaches down the road. Sure, day, one week, one month one,
maybe even year one, it's all fine, but we haven't
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actually resolved the problem. And self leveling self leveling concrete
is something you know, and I don't care what anybody
else says. Self leveling concrete is something that I reserve
for interior areas where we've got to control leveling problems
inside a house. Outside, there's just too much moisture. There's
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too much moisture that crawls up inside that patio slab
and once to get out, and believe me, hydrostatic pressure.
This is the thing that is the greatest fear of
any concrete workoutside. Once moisture is inside a stone sponge
like your concrete patio is, then it's gonna want to
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get out, and it's gonna get out by pushing its
way out from behind the self leveling, which could cause delamination,
and it could cause cracking and flaking and all sorts
of things. Plus if we just grind and we don't
self level on top of it, then the ground, the
grinded areas, the grinded grounded grinded anyway, the place where
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you grind the raises, they're gonna be a different texture now,
they're never gonna be the same color and texture as
the rest of the concrete. So you're not gonna like that.
Look as well. I'll tell you what, Steve, let me
pop you on hold. We got to go to a
break real quick. When we come back on the other side.
I want to talk about this just a little bit
more and take a couple of more minutes to give
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you some advice. So you hang tight. Everybody hanged tight.
The number to reach me eight three three two. Ask
Dean your home with Dean Sharp the house whisper, Dean Sharp,
the house whisper here to remind you that every home
deserves great design. It's an all calls Saturday morning. Now
we got calls on the board. Everybody's just waking up.
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That's all it took. I'm was talking to Steve. Stevie's
still with me, Bud, Yes, sir, okay, thanks for the call.
By the way, So Steve's got a concrete patio out
the back of his house and he's got a tree nearby,
and it looks like it's lifting up part of the
concrete and maybe sagging in other AARs. He just wanted
to know whether he should grind it because he's handy,
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he's capable. He can get this stuff done, grind it down,
smooth it out, maybe put some self leveling concrete out
there and call it a day, or whether he should
pull it out. And and I hate to be the
one who says, hey, do the more involved, more expensive thing.
But I will say that without hesitation, if I believe
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that the fix quote unquote air quotes here at the
fix is actually just kind of you know, spending money
that you don't need to be spending because it's not
going to last. And I've yet to see in my
days that kind of a fix last and hold up outside.
Self leveling concrete is amazing. It's just absolutely amazing. And
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there are companies out there that will tell you that, oh,
we'll come and resurface and refinish, but you know, and honestly, yeah, that.
Speaker 2 (23:32):
Would be my next one is what if I were
to just grind it? And because you know, the grind look,
you know sometimes it is actually a decent look, you know,
without the self leveling. What do you what do you
think about the grind? You know it? Can they do it?
You know, do it yourself? Or what is grinding process?
Is it even worth it? Because but I am leaning
your way, just ripping it out, you know, starting over sawly,
(23:54):
I know it's the way it should be. But you know,
the second option would be to grind it and just
leave it the grinded look. Yeah, no, is that a
good alternative without the self lovely right.
Speaker 1 (24:07):
Well, that's why I held you over because I actually
wanted to mention that to you. So, depending on how
severe of a grind you're going to have to make
for the raised parts, right, if it's subtle, If it's
subtle and you're winning too willing to put in the effort,
Grinding a slab is really you know, for those of
us who like to get our hands dirty, and it's
actually kind of fun. Actually, it's kind of fun. You
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would think, oh my gosh, what in the world. No,
this is the golden age of tool rentals. You can
go get a concrete grinder right now down at the
rental yard, at the rental place, at the local home depot.
Even you can get a concrete grinder, you bring it
on home. They're very easy to set up. And so
if you're willing to grind the whole thing and not
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just the raised area and resurface the whole thing, then
there's a really good chance you're going to end up
with a uniform finish. And if that grinding will take
care of that, that's probably how I would attempt to
address it first. That is the least expensive way. Now,
of course, that doesn't solve the invasive root problem, or
maybe potentially more lift taking place. But you know what,
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especially in the short term, and you know, maybe it's
been a number of years that it's taken place over
and maybe it's gonna last for quite a while, So
that would be possibly the other alternative to pulling it out.
I just wouldn't put any additional laminated layers on top
of that concrete. So if you can get by with
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retreating the whole look, and I agree with you, I mean,
resurfacing garage slabs all the time, they look pristine and beautiful.
And yeah, it's a slightly different finish than what you
had before, but it's all the same finish and it's
still all concrete. And you can also, you know, play
around with it. You could stain it, you can add
color to it if you want. But so grinding down
that area, if you grind it everything, I think you
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might be in good shape.
Speaker 4 (26:02):
Steve.
Speaker 1 (26:05):
I'd lose him. I'm not a lost Steve anyway. Okay,
all right, Steve's off, He's on his way. I know
you're my advice, Steve, so good luck on that. Guess what,
I got just enough time to start another call, So
let's talk to Mary. Hey, Mary, welcome home.
Speaker 5 (26:24):
I have a roof that I we re roofed entirely
in around nineteen ninety. We tore off all the layers
of roof at that time, shingles at that time, and
added plywood and then the black black role and then
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we put just the plain asphalt shingles that have done me,
served me well for thirty years, have some leaks, and
I'm thinking of putting another layer of asphalt shingles on.
Speaker 4 (27:05):
At that this time.
Speaker 1 (27:07):
Uh huh.
Speaker 5 (27:08):
And my question is do I need to put another
layer of black? First of all? Can I just add
another layer of shingles to the single layer that is
there right now? And the second question is do I
need to put any more of the black paper or
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do I just add another layer of shingles?
Speaker 1 (27:32):
Gotcha? Gotcha? Well, strangely enough, this is one I can
answer very quickly. Yes, you can just add another layer
of roof. You are allowed two layers, two layers before
you have to tear off and start again. Okay, so
you've got you already did the tear off once and
now you've got one layer. You can add one more
layer on top it's the most cost effective way of reroofing.
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It's not always necessarily the way that you know roofers
want to wreck commend it, but it can be done,
and know you would not be adding the building paper again.
What you will make sure you do, though, is repair
anything that is an issue, a big issue. You don't
want to cover up a problem. You just kind of
repair over it, and then you can reroof the whole
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house so you don't need the building paper again. You
just need a new layer of comp shingle on top
of the comp that you've already got and there you go.
Because everybody is allowed two. Once you have two, you
can add three. You got to tear it all off
and start again. So you're in good shape.
Speaker 6 (28:35):
Mary.
Speaker 1 (28:36):
All right, we are up against a break. When we
come back, more of your calls, and we're going to
give away four more tickets, the four final tickets to
our holiday home show go nowhere your Home with Dean Sharp,
the House Whisper.
Speaker 6 (28:52):
You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from
KFI AM six forty
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For more than 30 years The River Cafe in London, has been the home-from-home of artists, architects, designers, actors, collectors, writers, activists, and politicians. Michael Caine, Glenn Close, JJ Abrams, Steve McQueen, Victoria and David Beckham, and Lily Allen, are just some of the people who love to call The River Cafe home. On River Cafe Table 4, Rogers sits down with her customers—who have become friends—to talk about food memories. Table 4 explores how food impacts every aspect of our lives. “Foods is politics, food is cultural, food is how you express love, food is about your heritage, it defines who you and who you want to be,” says Rogers. Each week, Rogers invites her guest to reminisce about family suppers and first dates, what they cook, how they eat when performing, the restaurants they choose, and what food they seek when they need comfort. And to punctuate each episode of Table 4, guests such as Ralph Fiennes, Emily Blunt, and Alfonso Cuarón, read their favourite recipe from one of the best-selling River Cafe cookbooks. Table 4 itself, is situated near The River Cafe’s open kitchen, close to the bright pink wood-fired oven and next to the glossy yellow pass, where Ruthie oversees the restaurant. You are invited to take a seat at this intimate table and join the conversation. For more information, recipes, and ingredients, go to https://shoptherivercafe.co.uk/ Web: https://rivercafe.co.uk/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/therivercafelondon/ Facebook: https://en-gb.facebook.com/therivercafelondon/ For more podcasts from iHeartRadio, visit the iheartradio app, apple podcasts, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
The Joe Rogan Experience
The official podcast of comedian Joe Rogan.