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do it, you're afraid it won'tget time. All right? That's my
best friend there. Welcome to homewhere every week we help you better understand
that place where you live. Iam Dean Sharp, the house whisper here
with you live like I am everyweekend Saturday morning, six to eight Pacific
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time, Sunday, mornings nine tonoon Pacific time. We are having a
very very important conversation this weekend abouthow one makes a house a home,
what makes a home homie, Andthere's a lot to talk about. We're
going to be getting back to it, but right now it's the top of
the hour, and as always,it is time to go to the phones
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and let's do it. We gota board full of calls. Let's talk
to Jefferson. I like that name, Jefferson. Welcome home. Thank you
for taking my call. You arewelcome, sir. How can I help?
I got a question about outdoor kitchens. I know you did an episode
last week, but I didn't catchthis there. If you catch this in
that episode, it's talked about it. I'm looking to put in an outdoor
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kitchen in my house and or outsidemy house actually obviously, and I was
thinking I would want to put somekind of a little two burner cook top
outside to be able to do sidesor anything beyond what I'm growing. And
I would like to go induction.But I can't find outdoor rated induction cooktops.
Do they exist? I'm not ableto find them. Do they just
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not exist? Yeah? You knowwhat that's a really really good question,
and I am not sure about thatone. You know, you stumped me
right off the bat. Outdoor ratedinduction cook top. The here's the thing,
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even if there isn't one, though, I can tell you this,
Even if there is no such thing. I can't tell you that I've been
approached by anyone and said, lookhere, Dean, look at this as
an outdoor rated hob. And that'swhat you'd be looking for. I think
more than a full cook top isan outdoor rated hob. So I've got
two thoughts for you. One,if you decided to do a well,
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actually there are three options. Ifyou decided to do an induction cook top
outdoors. You could just get astandard induction cook top, make sure that
the top was properly sealed to thecountertop that it's getting set in, and
then have a cover for it,right, have a cover that lays over
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it, just to protect it fromthe elements when it's not being used.
Because induction cooktops, the one thingabout them, they use gorilla glass.
They just have that flat glass surface. It's incredibly durable. There are all
sorts of applications of gorilla glass outdoors, and so I'm not worried about the
gorilla glass somehow failing in the outdoorenvironment. It's just a question of whether
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or not moisture water would seep inunderneath around the edges of the cook top
and get down into components, whichis something you want to be concerned about.
So I would say, seal itwell to the countertop and then keep
it covered when you're not using it. And I can't imagine that there would
be any issues whatsoever with applying astandard induction cooktop outdoors. It is not
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like a gas cooktop that would needto have certain seals and things around it
if it was being applied to anoutdoor environment, just because the very nature
of it is a sealed, singlesurface. So that would be my first
answer. The second response to thatis that a lot of people who do
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outdoor induction work like myself, whenI need to, I don't have a
whole countertop setup. Mine is avery simple kitchen, so when it comes
to that, you know what Iuse. I actually have two induction hobs,
little individual hobs that I picked upat Costco for plug in just little
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plugin one ten hobs. I thinkI picked them up for I don't know.
I want to say, forty tofifty dollars at Costco, and they're
good little burners. We actually havethem set aside if the power ever goes
out because they can run off thegenerator really easily, and all that kind
of stuff so portable. You justtuck it under your arm, bring it
out, plug it in and useit, and then just wrap up the
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cord afterwards, shove it underneath thecountertop or bring it back inside the house.
That would be the second thing.And then if you wanted to get
really fancy. The latest and greatestthat is upcoming in induction that we saw
three years ago, we saw moreof it two years ago, and we
saw tons of it at this leftlast year's this year's Builders Show in Vegas
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is these under counter understone mounted inductionhobs which you can buy, and what
they are is they're the induction emitterand they're designed to mount to the underneath
side of your stone countertop and asa result, there's no exposure whatsoever.
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Zero. You put a little doton the stone so that you know where
to set the pan, and thenthe pan sits on a rubber gasket so
that it doesn't so the heat fromthe pan doesn't discolor or burn the stone,
and the induction works just fine.It moves right through the stone,
it does its job. And inthat sense, Jefferson, that hob,
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now that's the fancy stuff. Okay, But those hobs are completely covered away.
I mean they're literally inside the cabinet, covered away underneath the countertop and
have no exposure to the elements whatsoever. So those are three options for you.
You got the super fancy option ofthe hidden hob. You've got the
super inexpensive, super practical option ofjust buying an individual hob, you know,
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a cook top from There's a there'sa barking Beagle, a cook top
from Costco a place like that.And then the other option is that I
think there's no reason why you can'tweather seal a standard induction cooktop. So
that's my advice along that line.But you know what, I'm going to
look into it for you and seeif there is such a thing as an
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outdoor weather rated one and what thedifferences would be. Thank you, all
right, my friend, Good luck, happy, happy cooking outdoors. With
that, all right, y'all,when we come back more of your calls.
You are home with Dean Sharp thehouse whispered. Kay if I Dean
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sharp, the house whisper. Wellcome home. Hey. We're going to
rejoin our conversation about what makes ahome homie in just a bit. But
right now we are taking calls.It's time to go to the phone.
So I want to go back tothe phones. Let's talk to Mary.
Hey, Mary, welcome home.Hello, Hello, Hello, I am.
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I have a swimming pool and atree that sheds little little berries and
leaflets more than i'd like. AndI like to swim, So I'd like
to figure out a cover that's easyto put on and take off so I
can swim, and then when I'mdone, just cover it up so the
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leaves don't go in. Ah.Yes, And I'm trying to figure that
out, the old swimming pool coverconundrum. Yeah, yeah, well okay,
yeah, swimming pool covers. Here'sthe problem with swimming pool covers is
that they're big. Because pools arebig. Pools are big, and so
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so they're they're a hassle. Uh. Now you know you got your the
the classic cover that that you seelike down at the community pool. Uh,
is probably the easiest one of thebig covers to use, but it's
ugly. You know, it's uglyin your backyard. It's that big reel
uh that's sitting on one side andthen there's rollers and you grab it and
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you you pull it out and youpull it all but that then that thing
is just sitting in your yard andit's just ugly and uh and who wants
to mess with that? Uh?Yeah, it's it's a legitimate concern,
uh Mary. And you know what, I was just talking to a client
the other day about this. You'relike, how do we solve the pool
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problem? Now? I'm still doingsome research in this area actually, so
you caught me on a good weekfor this, because it's been on my
mind. I'm doing some research tofind out if there is a company out
there that makes custom floating sectional piecesfor the pool, because that seems to
be the key when it comes toa cover as far as convenience. So
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and I say, I'm looking rightnow for a company that does custom cut
sectionals. But I am going togive you a a non custom solution right
now. All right. The companyis, I believe it's called let me
look it up here, Hang onjust a second, and Solar Sun Rings.
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Okay, Solar Sun Rings check themout, all right, do a
do a website search on them.What they are? You know, you
know, there's always a there's alwaysa compromise when it comes to a pool
cover, right, So no surprisethat this be one of those things.
But here it is. Imagine youknow, like a pool float right,
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like a like a like one ofthose like you sometimes you seem at costco
like a two person disc that youwould you know, inflate to float around
on the pool. Right. Ibelieve, if I'm not mistaken, that
these are about five or six feetin diameter and they're inflatable and they're floats.
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Okay, they're not designed for people. But what they are these discs.
And the idea is this, youfill the pool up with these discs
and it covers essentially, it coversninety eight percent of the water. There's
a little bit of water that getsexposed in between the discs where they don't
you know, because there are twocircles butting up against each other. But
they they cover ninety eight percent ofthe water. They protect that from debris
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and leaves and whatever. They havethe little ring on them so that they
collect them, and they also helpkeep the pool you know, heat it
because they kind of transmit the solardown into the pool water and so on.
But the key is, the keyis that they're just floating there.
They're just lightweight floaties and it's nobig deal for you to grab one and
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to pull it out of the water. And so you're gonna grab you know,
maybe you know eight or ten ofthem, depending on how big your
pool is, but they're all individualmanageable sizes, and that, as far
as I know, is the onlyyou know, unless you go for the
whole built in spend tens of thousandsof dollars, you have a built in
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motorized cover, or you've got helpdragging the other cover across. This is
as lightweight and easy as possible tocover the surface of pool water one person,
no big sweat, and you knowit's going to take you a few
minutes to pull them all out andpop them back in. But they're light
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and they're easy, and you canjust stack them and they just look like
pool floaties stacked in the corner ofyour yard as opposed to some big,
old, ugly reel. And youknow, I just I think it's a
pretty pretty smart solution. So theseyou can anybody can buy these? You
can order them today, uh andhave them come into your house and uh
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and start doing it. What I'mstill looking for is to find out if
there's a company that takes this ideaand actually would build basically puzzle pieces for
your pool, for your custom poolof these floats to keep them lightweight and
also cover all the water. Idon't know if that company exists right now,
but this, I think is adecent idea. That's what I really
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need because I have a kind ofa kidney shaped large pool. You know,
it's got it's a strange, it'sit's curlin ear and yeah, circle
short of work. But I've alreadylooked at that that solution and it but
and I've determined that, you know, I just the curves just don't match.
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I was gonna say with a kidneybean pool. These actually would work
in a rectangular pool better than akidney bean pool because because it shoves them
in weird spaces and you get toomuch. So that's it's honestly, it's
the best. It's the best ideaI have to offer right now, because
I don't know of anything else that'slightweight enough. And you know, even
the lightweight covers once they get wateron top, you're you know, you're
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you're dragging and pulling weight out.So it's it's tough. It really is.
It's a tough h It's it's toughgig covering a pool by yourself.
Yeah, it is. Well,I thank you very much. Do you
do you know of the of theof the pool covers that are that are
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not just that that are more solid, that are maybe more expensive, but
they but they work. Uh,do you have anything in that realm?
Well? They you know, thesolid ones. Yeah, but the question
is how segmented are they so youcan actually handle the individual pieces? And
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that's the part that I'm doing researchon right now and I don't have an
answer for you on that yet.I thank you very much. Thank you,
Mary. I appreciate the call.Sorry I couldn't solve that one.
But for those of you who don'thave a weirdly shaped pool, these little
discs they may be a great solutionfor you because they're easy to haul in
and out. And you know,it's not going to work for Mary because
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of the kidney bean shape, butit's well worth looking at the what are
they called solar sun rings. Ithink it's a pretty good idea for a
lot of conventional rectangular pools. Doesn'tcover every square inch of water, but
most of it gets most of thejob done, easy to take in.
I mean to put in an easyto take back out and then and then
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isn't an I so sore when it'snot on the pool? So there you
go. I wish I could havesolved that problem for Mary, but I'm
not sure anybody has solved that problemyet. We'll figure it out, though,
we will, all right, y'allwhen we come back, let's dive
back into this conversation about what makesa home. Homie. You're listening to
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Home with Dean Sharp. You're listeningto Home with Dean Sharp on demand from
KFI AM six FORTYFI AM six fortylive, streaming in HD everywhere on the
iHeartRadio app. You are Home withDean Sharp, the House Whisper. We're
talking all things home today, aswe always do every Saturday morning from six
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to eight Pacific time and Sunday morningsnine to noon Pacific time. Great.
Great that you are with us onthe program today. We're talking a very
very important subject when it comes tohome design. Home remodeling some theory.
It's some theory today and tomorrow.I get it. I get those of
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you who are like, oh,theory, Oh call me back when we're
talking about that, like the besttoaster out there. That's fine, that's
fine, you can go, youcan you are, you are dismissed.
But for the rest of you,I want you to take me very seriously
when I say this is truly andyou know what you know. I try
not to get you know, I'ma philosophical guy by nature, but I
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try not to get all ephemeral about, you know, the philosophy of design
too much. I try and keepit as practical for you as possible.
But I just this one has tobe said. This one has to be
said. Okay, this is thefoundation for you to get to do amazing
things to your home, and nobodyelse is talking about it, but I
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am so I'm glad you're here.I'm going to re emphasize the most important
sentence that I have said thus far, the one thing that if you take
nothing away from our conversation this weekend, you will take this away. I
hope and pray, and that isthis. A house provides physical shelter.
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But a home provides emotional shelter,a house provides physical shelter. A home
is all about emotional shelter. That'swhat makes a house a home, emotional
investment with that place. Okay,Now, you may be one of those
people who say, listen, Idon't go in for all this emotion design
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stuff. Just focus on the practicalutility. I'm not an emotional person.
I'm rational. I'm sorry. Ijust couldn't even get through that with a
straight face because I have to disagree, my friend, especially if that's your
tendency to say that. I wantyou to listen very very very carefully to
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me. Okay. Architecture is theart and science of shelter. That's what
architecture is. It is the artand science of shelter. That shelter comes
in two forms, physical shelter andemotional shelter. Physical and emotional. We
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design buildings for human beings, andtherefore you need to understand at least the
basics of human nature. Human beingsare last time I checked, physical.
Yes, we are physical. Thereforethe shelters that we design have to meet
up to taking care of our physicalneeds. Okay, but we are also
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fundamentally emotional. We are not fundamentallyrational, that is not a human being.
A human being is capable of rationality. We hope and pray for rationality,
we train for rationality, we embracethe scientific process because of rationality.
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But human beings have no doubt ourfirst and foremost fundamentally emotional. That is
why I mean that one fact,by the way, explains just about everything
that you experience in your life andin media every day. It's why stories
you know in politics are more powerfulthan facts emotions. It's why what you
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really really want to be the caseyou embrace belief systems that you embrace because
you really really really want it tobe true is more important than whether or
not it actually is true. Allof these things come from the fact that
human being is fundamentally an emotional creature, capable because of our mind's capacity of
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rational thought. Okay, we doboth, but emotions run much much deeper
than rationality in a human being.Now that's not a diss it's just a
statement of fact. And how itrelates to your home is very very simple.
As I said in the previous whenI was previously discussing this, you
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know, the basic physical requirements fora shelter are just you know, four
walls, a place to sleep,running water, you know, a toilet.
There you go, you got it. That could be a prison cell.
Everything else about your home the lookof the window, the paint on
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the walls, the style of sighting, the style of moldings inside the house,
the color of the countertops, theshape of the kitchen, and so
on and so forth, add infinitum. All of that is it about touching
emotions? And what makes some housesso like eh is number one, they've
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been designed without anybody's particular emotions involved. And what makes other houses like h
is you can't put your finger onit, but the fact that they're telling
all sorts of wacky emotional stories andall sorts of different directions, all at
the same time. So, howdo we unify what's going on in your
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house? What is the unifying factor, what's the key, what's the rubric?
What's the secret sauce to get everythinginside your house all headed in the
same direction, all starting to tellthe same story. Well, the secret
sauce is you. You're the secretsauce. You and your story of home,
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your particular story of home, iswhat has the ability to take everything,
all those physical elements around you,and start pushing them towards one storyline,
one cohesive story that makes sense andthat makes people say, oh,
this is lovely. That's what we'reafter. That's what's foundation about it.
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You're the key. You're the key. Not the right style, not what's
the what's the countertop color that's gonnamake the difference for me. I don't
know yet. We need to talkabout you. We need to get under
your skin. We'll do that alittle bit, Okay, if I Dean
Sharp the house whisper welcome home.Hey Jackie, Uh you got that story
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about the hot air balloon and Temeculalanding on the freeway. Yeah, yeah,
right. You know, I wasso intrigued by it. I'm like,
I gotta look it up, andit's you know, you're breaking the
news so fast here that I don'tsee it online. But what I did
get was like, Wow, thishappens a lot. What So I just
put in hot air balloon lands onFreeway t Mecula And there's story after story
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after story here over the years.You know, like three hot air balloons
land near the eye, ten expertsreact. Here is like Riverside County to
make you a hot air balloon makesemergency landing in neighbor's backyard. Come on,
it just goes so they're landing allover the back So I'm saying is,
don't take a hot air balloon ridewell, you know, or expect
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or just expect to land somewhere unexpected. You know. I'm not, I'm
not. I'm just trying to imaginesitting, like sitting in my kitchen on
a Saturday morning, right sipping coffeeand we're talking, and all of a
sudden, a hot air balloon landsin our backyard, Like what is happening?
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What's going on in the world?Like hello, hello, neighbor,
Like I win a golden ticket,but like they got terrified. They'll be
like, oh jeez, oh jeez, what is going you know. So
anyway, apparently it's not that uncommonof a thing, but yeah, pretty
weird. Anyway, I just thoughtI would share that with you because I
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went looking for it and I cameup with like fifty other stories that's insane.
So you know, I guess mosthot air balloon rides end exactly as
planned and that's why people keep doingthem, which is a good thing.
I've never been up in a hotHave you ever been up in a hot
air balloon? I'm terrified of heights. I went skydiving, so that kind
of sounds like an oxymo around butholy cow, yeah yeah, but the
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skydiving, it's like you just haveto accept you might die, and so
it's a little different. But likein a hot air balloon, you expect
to live. And so I don'tknow if I could do that exactly.
It should be all romantic and everything. And yeah, wait, I am
in a wicker basket a mile abovethe ground. What did I do?
What decision led me to this place? All right? All right, anyway,
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here we go. All right,we're wrapping up this morning. Today
was part one of a two partconversation about what makes a home HOMINGE.
I have laid a foundation for thefoundation, truly, truly Again, to
reiterate the most important sentence that Ihave spoke this morning is that a house
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provides physical shelter, but a homeprovides emotional shelter. Architecture is all about
touching and prodding at and soothing andinteracting with human emotions. And I think
we forget that. We forget thatbecause we just accept the structures around us
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as oh, these are all necessary. Of course they're not necessary. The
color of your house is not necessary, the style of the roof is not
necessary, the shape of the windowcasings are not necessary, and so on.
None of that is physically necessary.They are there for emotions, and
houses go in all sorts of differentweird emotional directions, especially a house has
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been lived in by multiple people,or a house that's just been built by
a developer as one of those filler, unremarkable tracked homes. All of this
stuff going on, so it feelslike I've led you up to a cliff
and now we have to stop fortoday. But understand, this is part
one of this two part conversation Tomorrowon The Big Show, or if you're
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a podcast listener, the next episode, we're going to take our big step
right. We're going to talk aboutthe fact that you, you are the
key to your house's story, tothe emotions and the design of your house.
You're the key your identity of home. So a little preview tomorrow,
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this is what I want you tothink about. You can think about this
between now and tomorrow's show. Finishthis sentence When I think of home,
I think of what. Okay,when you think of home, how do
you want your home to be differentthan the one that you grew up in?
And I'm not talking talking about designand style, okay, I'm talking
about emotions, your emotions. Howdo you want your home to be different
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than the one that you grew upin. How has your idea of home
changed or has it? And whatdoes your home look like? More importantly,
what does your home feel like?Okay? I know that seems like
weirdly intangible, and yet those answersto those questions form the foundation of where
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we go with designing your home.They are critical if we're going to get
this right. Anybody can build apretty home, one that looks good in
a magazine, Okay, or Ishould say anybody can build a pretty house,
one that looks great in a magazine. But your home, your home.
It's all about an extrapolation of whoyou are on the inside taking shape
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in the structure around you. Andwe're going to go there tomorrow. So
join us from nine to noon untilthen, get out here in this beautiful,
reasonable health southern California summer day,and get busy building yourself a beautiful
life. We'll see tomorrow. Thishas been Home with Dean Sharp, the
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House Whisper. Tune into the livebroadcast on KFI AM six forty every Saturday
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