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Is Brown Really the Color of 2026? PLUS: Six Checks to Save Your Roof · Repcolite Home Improvement Show

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Speaker 1: Hey everyone, thanks for tuning in. You're listening to Home
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Speaker 1: in Progress sponsored by repcole Like Paints and Benjamin Moore.
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Speaker 1: I'm Dan Hansen, and today we're going to cover a
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Speaker 1: fair amount of ground. On the second half of the show.
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Speaker 1: We're going to take a deep dive into Benjamin Moore's
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Speaker 1: new color of the year. It's a brown won't won't won't.
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Speaker 1: And I've had a lot of people, or a number
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Speaker 1: of people, let's not overplay it. I've had a number
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Speaker 1: of people express, how shall we say it, disappointment, Let's
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Speaker 1: use that word. They've expressed disappointment at the choice. They
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Speaker 1: just can't believe that brown is the color of the year. Well,
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Speaker 1: I know that browns aren't necessarily the flashiest of colors,
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Speaker 1: but I do think there's a lot going on with
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Speaker 1: this color pick, and it is pretty interesting. In fact,
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Speaker 1: one of the ideas I'll just spill the beans a
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Speaker 1: little bit. I'll get it more into it later, but
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Speaker 1: one of the ideas behind the color choice this year
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Speaker 1: is how people are just sick of trends. You know,
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Speaker 1: new trends crop up all the time and we're sick
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Speaker 1: of trying to keep up with them. We're sick of
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Speaker 1: chasing trends. People don't want to repaint their homes every
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Speaker 1: single year, and so Benjamin Moore is leaning into that
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Speaker 1: with a color that has staying power. You know, it's
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Speaker 1: literally in their mind when they pick this color, a
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Speaker 1: color that you can live with for several years, maybe five,
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Speaker 1: maybe even more years without having to repaint. So that's
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Speaker 1: their idea. Does the new color that they picked deliver
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Speaker 1: on that. We're going to get into all of that
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Speaker 1: and you know, dissect it and figure out how they did.
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Speaker 1: That's coming up later. We'll also be talking about how
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Speaker 1: you can get entered into a contest to win one
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Speaker 1: of four two hundred and fifty dollars two hundred and
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Speaker 1: fifty dollars repcolate gift certificates if you don't want it.
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Speaker 1: You know, I've had a number of people say, well,
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Speaker 1: I'm not doing any painting, so that doesn't help me.
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Speaker 1: Christmas is coming right, and who wouldn't love to give
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Speaker 1: away a two hundred and fifty dollars gift certificate for
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Speaker 1: paint for somebody's house. It's a great gift and it
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Speaker 1: didn't cost you anything, and you look amazing when you
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Speaker 1: give something like that. So everybody's got somebody in their
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Speaker 1: life who's going to be painting. So I think this
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Speaker 1: contest really applies to everybody. It's super easy to get entered.
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Speaker 1: We'll talk about that at the end, but right now
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Speaker 1: I want to talk about something that happened to me
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Speaker 1: last week, not this past but the one before. It
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Speaker 1: was not terribly fun. Here's what happened. I'm sleeping peacefully
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Speaker 1: one of these days. I don't remember which day it was,
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Speaker 1: doesn't matter, sleeping peacefully, and then my son wakes me
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Speaker 1: up at five thirty or so, I think it was
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Speaker 1: even earlier than that to let me know that there's
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Speaker 1: water all over the floor in the basement. He'd already
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Speaker 1: cleaned it up as well as he could, but he
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Speaker 1: wanted me to know, so that was nice. Unfortunately, his clothes,
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Speaker 1: which had been strewn all about the room, you know,
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Speaker 1: acted like towels, and they actually stopped the advancing water
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Speaker 1: and soaked it up. So being messy actually saved the
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Speaker 1: day this time. It's nice that it finally has paid
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Speaker 1: off for him. Yeah, it paid off in a big way.
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Speaker 1: Saved him a lot of work because it kept that
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Speaker 1: water localized. I'm sure that it will probably mean that
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Speaker 1: the floor will forever be strewn with clothes, because you
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Speaker 1: never know when water is going to come pouring in. Anyway,
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Speaker 1: we assessed the situation, discovered what the problem was, which
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Speaker 1: I'll explain later, and then we went about our day.
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Speaker 1: Now later, because of that water, you know coming in,
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Speaker 1: you know, because it had happened, I started to get
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Speaker 1: a little antsy. It's how I am. I think through
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Speaker 1: all these different terrible scenarios and assume that most of
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Speaker 1: them are probably going to happen. So I start to
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Speaker 1: think that water is maybe coming in everywhere. Why didn't
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Speaker 1: I look everywhere to make sure? Why did I think
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Speaker 1: it was just this one spot. Oh, I go through
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Speaker 1: the whole house, you know, all through the basement, and
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Speaker 1: I find out that everything is good. It's just the
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Speaker 1: one spot. So I'm relieved, right, taking a breath of
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Speaker 1: fresh air, feeling that weight off my back. And then
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Speaker 1: because water is on my mind, I start thinking about
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Speaker 1: the roof, you know, maybe the roof is leaking. Long
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Speaker 1: story short, I'll explain more about this later, But long
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Speaker 1: story short, I crawl into the attic. You know, I
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Speaker 1: drive myself so crazy that I end up just crawling
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Speaker 1: into the attic to determine that everything is fine so
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Speaker 1: I can go about my day peacefully. And lo and behold,
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Speaker 1: I find out the roof really is leaking in a
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Speaker 1: couple of spots. Well, once I get over that initial
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Speaker 1: pity party moment, I started thinking about all of you
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Speaker 1: out there. Now. It's not fun finding a roof leak,
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Speaker 1: but it's way worse when you don't find one that's
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Speaker 1: already there. So I want to talk today about some
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Speaker 1: preventative maintenance that most of us can do. And I'm
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Speaker 1: going to focus on six realistic steps that you can
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Speaker 1: tackle this fall today, this weekend. You know, some you
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Speaker 1: can do safely by yourself. Some you may want to
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Speaker 1: pro for you know, you know you you'll figure it
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Speaker 1: out as we go. Let's start here. Clean the gutters
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Speaker 1: and the downspouts. This is the first one, and it's
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Speaker 1: one of those projects that gets talked about all the time.
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Speaker 1: I talk about it a bunch, everybody talks about it
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Speaker 1: a bunch. But it's important and it's relatively straightforward. And really,
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Speaker 1: this time of year, you probably should be doing this
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Speaker 1: periodically because more and more leaves are dropping every single day.
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Speaker 1: All right, this is important to do the cleaning the gutters,
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Speaker 1: I said, it's important. Why is it important? It's important
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Speaker 1: because when the gutters clog up with leaves and debris,
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Speaker 1: water backs up and can't be channeled away from your home.
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Speaker 1: That could end up dumping water right at your foundation
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Speaker 1: where it could find a way in. But it can
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Speaker 1: also back up and seep under your shingles, you know,
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Speaker 1: run along your face shut and get into your roofing system. Now,
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Speaker 1: over time, this can lead to leaks, it can lead
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Speaker 1: to rot, it can lead to other problems that you
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Speaker 1: don't want to deal with. So grab a ladder, get
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Speaker 1: somebody to hold the ladder steadily for you, and remove
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Speaker 1: all that gunk. Flush the down spouts with a hose
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Speaker 1: if you need to. Whatever you need to do to
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Speaker 1: make sure that water is flowing freely through the system
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Speaker 1: and away from your house. And while you're at it,
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Speaker 1: do yourself a favor. Inspect the gutters and the down
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Speaker 1: spouts to make sure that everything is attached, you know,
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Speaker 1: make sure it's all hooked together, make sure it's functioning
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Speaker 1: the way it's supposed to be. I had a down
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Speaker 1: spout get bumped off by a garbage can that we
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Speaker 1: wheeled back into place one day, and then when we
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Speaker 1: got all that rain, it ended up dumping it all
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Speaker 1: right at the foundation of the house and it found
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Speaker 1: away into the basement. That's how my problem happened because
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Speaker 1: it wasn't connected and doing its things. So check yours,
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Speaker 1: since you're out there anyway, make sure that they're working
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Speaker 1: all right. So first thing, clean out those gutters. We
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Speaker 1: say it all the time, but do that. That's going
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Speaker 1: to help you. Second thing, inspect your shingles. Cracked shingles,
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Speaker 1: curled edges, missing granules, lifted corners. All of these things
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Speaker 1: are early warning signs. If shingles fail, water gets under them,
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Speaker 1: into the deck and eventually into your attic. So give
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Speaker 1: those shingles a once over. And you know the scope
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Speaker 1: of your skills and the slope of your roof. The
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Speaker 1: scope of your skills and the slope of your roof,
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Speaker 1: it's kind of rimy. That should be easy to remember.
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Speaker 1: Know the scope of your skills and the slope of
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Speaker 1: your roof. What I'm getting at is if you can
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Speaker 1: safely get up there and give them a look, that's ideal.
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Speaker 1: If not, check out what you can from the ground
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Speaker 1: and use binoculars if you need to, but don't get
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Speaker 1: up there if you're not comfortable or if the slope
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Speaker 1: is too much, But if you can get up there,
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Speaker 1: that's great either way. Look for missing shingles, cracked shingles,
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Speaker 1: dark patches, and so on. Inspect your shingles. Third thing
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Speaker 1: that you can do if you're able to get on
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Speaker 1: the roof, give some attention to your chimney flashing, the
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Speaker 1: roof penetrations, anything out there that's penetrating the roof, and
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Speaker 1: specifically vent pipe boots. Now, for me, my roof problem
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Speaker 1: was the chimney. The calking around the flashing had gotten
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Speaker 1: old and brittle and had chipped away in a few spots,
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Speaker 1: and that gave the water an easy path into the attic.
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Speaker 1: So look that over and make sure the sea are
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Speaker 1: in good shape and are doing their job, and also
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Speaker 1: look for possible entry points for water around the base
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Speaker 1: of the chimney. And then do the same thing for
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Speaker 1: your bathroom fan exhausts and any other roof penetrations. And
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Speaker 1: then finally take a peek at any vent pipe boots.
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Speaker 1: Now what's a vent pipe boot. Well, it's that rubber
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Speaker 1: or plastic collar sometimes called a gasket that's around the
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Speaker 1: pipe sticking out of your roof, the seal where the
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Speaker 1: pipe penetrates your roof, that's the vent pipe boot. And
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Speaker 1: those rubber boots, whatever you want to call them, those gaskets,
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Speaker 1: they can fail with time, they dry out, they can crack,
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Speaker 1: they can lose their seal, and when they fail, waters
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Speaker 1: of course got an easy path into the home. Now.
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Speaker 1: Usually they're going to last, you know, anywhere from eight
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Speaker 1: to fifteen years, but it never hurts to give them
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Speaker 1: a quick once over, just to make sure they're in
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Speaker 1: good condition and they're doing their job. So look around
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Speaker 1: each vent pipe for cracked rubber collars separation from the pipe,
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Speaker 1: or gaps you know, between the boot and the roof surface.
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Speaker 1: Check to make sure that the flashing beneath the collar
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Speaker 1: is properly overlapped by shingles on the uphill side. And
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Speaker 1: if you spot cracked collars, visible gaps, or any other issues,
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Speaker 1: you know, anything that would make you suspect that that
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Speaker 1: gasket or that boot is failing, call a probe. They
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Speaker 1: can come out and confirm your diagnosis and do the repair.
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Speaker 1: One other thing not related to the roof, you know,
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Speaker 1: leaky roofs or anything, but since you're up there anyway,
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Speaker 1: you know, shine a flashlight down those vent pipes. Make
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Speaker 1: sure that they're clear. They're important for your plumbing and
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Speaker 1: if that air, if they're blocked, air can't move through there,
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Speaker 1: and that can actually mess with you know, draining sinks
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Speaker 1: and all of that. So with all the leaves coming down,
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Speaker 1: just just if you can shine a light down there,
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Speaker 1: that at least gives you a quick look to see
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Speaker 1: if anything's you know, severely blocking it. At least as
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Speaker 1: far as you can see. It's not perfect. You know,
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Speaker 1: you're not diagnosing everything at that point, but you're up there,
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Speaker 1: you might as well take a peek at that. Moving on,
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Speaker 1: while you're on the roof, if you can safely do so,
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Speaker 1: trim any overhanging branches. Be sure to clear any organic
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Speaker 1: debrithe from the roof, all right, First off, the branches
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Speaker 1: when they're rubbing against the shingles, that can wear shingles
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Speaker 1: down over time, and falling limbs of cores can punch
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Speaker 1: holes in the roof. So clear the branches away if
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Speaker 1: you can safely do that, you know, cut them back
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Speaker 1: and take care of those. Secondly, piles of leaves that
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Speaker 1: have settled into you know, certain pockets on the roof
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Speaker 1: can trap moisture, and they can keep water pooled rather
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Speaker 1: than letting it run off, and all of that gives
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Speaker 1: the water the chance to back up under the shingles.
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Speaker 1: So get those leaves off the roof, all right. Step
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Speaker 1: five the attic check. And here's the step that saved
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Speaker 1: me from much bigger problems. And I want to back
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Speaker 1: up and explain some of this a little more. You know,
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Speaker 1: I said that I crawled through the attic, and it
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Speaker 1: seems a little insane that water in the basement would
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Speaker 1: make me make me check the attic. I got to
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Speaker 1: give you the whole story, so it makes a little
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Speaker 1: more sense. In my living room, when we moved in
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Speaker 1: years back, there was a small stain on the ceiling
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Speaker 1: where water I had previously leaked in around the fireplace.
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Speaker 1: The inspector pointed it out, and whenever I repaint that
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Speaker 1: area that ceiling, I'm gonna have to use a special
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Speaker 1: stain blocking primer to seal it in and then I'll
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Speaker 1: be done with it, hopefully forever. But I haven't done
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Speaker 1: that painting yet. It's just not something that I notice.
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Speaker 1: I don't think about it, and I never really even
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Speaker 1: see that spot unless I shine a light up there.
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Speaker 1: The lighting in their room is so bad. And that's
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Speaker 1: a benefit for having that bad lighting in the room.
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Speaker 1: It doesn't expose all these flaws. But anyway, that's why
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Speaker 1: I haven't repainted that ceiling yet. It just it falls
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Speaker 1: off my radar. I don't even think about it. But
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Speaker 1: every now and then, when we get a lot of
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Speaker 1: rain or something happens, like get water in the basement,
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Speaker 1: which happened because of a lot of rain, I always
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Speaker 1: remember that spot and then I go and look at it,
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Speaker 1: and I wonder, is it worse? Is it the same
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Speaker 1: as it always used to be? So this happened, you know,
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Speaker 1: multiple multiple times. So I ended up taking pictures of
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Speaker 1: it so that when more rain comes in someday, or
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Speaker 1: more rain happens, I can go and consult these old
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Speaker 1: pictures and I can reference them and find out if
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Speaker 1: the spot has changed over time. And the only problem
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Speaker 1: with that plan, it's a good plan. The only problem
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Speaker 1: is that my phone runs short on space, and so
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Speaker 1: periodically throughout the year, I have to delete a bunch
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Speaker 1: of stuff, and I always tool through and I find
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Speaker 1: these pictures, and I have no idea why I've taken them.
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Speaker 1: You know, why do I have pictures of the ceiling.
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Speaker 1: That's stupid. So I delete all those pictures and then
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Speaker 1: we get a lot of rain. I go looking for
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Speaker 1: the pictures and they're gone every single time, so I
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Speaker 1: take new ones and I repeat that. Anyway, I was
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Speaker 1: doing that again this past week, and I finally decided
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Speaker 1: that since it's been a while, maybe I should just
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Speaker 1: crawl in the attic and check. You know, I didn't
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Speaker 1: want to do it, but I couldn't get it out
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Speaker 1: of my head. It just seemed like the thing to do,
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Speaker 1: and so I did it. And when I crawled the
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Speaker 1: little ways in, I immediately spotted damp spots on the underside
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Speaker 1: of the roof decking and in an area around the chimney.
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Speaker 1: What a pain. I was so frustrated. It wasn't bad,
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Speaker 1: but it was bad enough. Now. Of course, it's absolutely
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Speaker 1: no fun to get into the attic. It's messy, it's
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Speaker 1: a tight space, it's dark, it's full of who knows what,
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Speaker 1: who knows what is up there, and you get to
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Speaker 1: try to navigate around an area where there's no real floor. Right,
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Speaker 1: it's not fun, but it's still a surefireway to find many, many,
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Speaker 1: many roofing problems. And as sad as I was about
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Speaker 1: finding it, I'm still really happy to know about the
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Speaker 1: problem so I can address it and deal with it
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Speaker 1: before it becomes worse. So get into your attics, That's
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Speaker 1: what I'm getting at. Get into your attics and take
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Speaker 1: a look, especially after we've had some prolonged rain. Now,
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Speaker 1: quick word about actually getting around and moving around in
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Speaker 1: your attic. If yours is like mine, there's no floor,
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Speaker 1: it's just ceiling joists buried under blown in insulation. You
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Speaker 1: need to know a few things before you go exploring.
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Speaker 1: First off, if you can bring a piece of plywood
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Speaker 1: with you, you know, I'm talking like a two foot wide,
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Speaker 1: maybe a three foot wide piece of three quarter inch
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Speaker 1: thick plywood that you can lay across a couple of joists,
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Speaker 1: and that can become a mobile platform. You can kneel
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Speaker 1: on it, stand on it, kind of slide it ahead
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Speaker 1: of you as you go. It distributes your weight so
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Speaker 1: you're not bowing the joys and cracking your ceilings below
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Speaker 1: or worse yet, falling through. Second, use your feet like
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Speaker 1: you're feeling for stepping stones. All right, with all that insulation.
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Speaker 1: You can't see the choice, so probe gently with your
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Speaker 1: foot until you feel solid wood. Then commit your weight, slow, deliberate,
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Speaker 1: no quick movements up there, or you're going to have
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Speaker 1: a way worse problem than just trying to diagnose a
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Speaker 1: little bit of a leaky roof. Third thing, Bring a headlamp,
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Speaker 1: not a flashlight. You need both hands free. You may
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Speaker 1: not think you do, but you will promise. I promise
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Speaker 1: you this. I mess this up. And so I'm up there,
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Speaker 1: and I need both hands to kind of balance myself
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Speaker 1: because I didn't have the plywood with me. I should
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Speaker 1: have brought that. I knew right away I should have
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Speaker 1: brought that, but I didn't. I thought I could do it.
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Speaker 1: So I need both hands. So I put the flashlight
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Speaker 1: in my mouth right, so I can use both hands
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Speaker 1: and kind of brace myself in a couple spots and
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Speaker 1: crawl forth. And then as I'm doing that, I stirred up,
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Speaker 1: you know, looking for the next floor, Joisce. I stirred
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Speaker 1: up a whole bunch of attic insulation, and it ends
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Speaker 1: up in my mouth right because my mouth's open around
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Speaker 1: the flashlight. And then without even thinking about it, I
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Speaker 1: instantly spit all the insulation out, and of course that
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Speaker 1: sent the flashlight flying, you know, I spit it straight
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Speaker 1: into the insulation, and I watched it disappear, you know,
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Speaker 1: into all that blown in insulation, and suddenly everything is
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Speaker 1: pitch black up there. I've got insulation in my mouth.
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Speaker 1: I'm in the middle of this area over you know,
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Speaker 1: a family room, just trying to find floor. Joyce, I've
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Speaker 1: got no light. It's absolutely terrible, trying to keep my
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Speaker 1: balance trying to find my flashlight. Well, it all worked out, obviously.
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Speaker 1: I'm not still up there waiting to be rescued. But
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Speaker 1: I don't want really to send you to that kind
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Speaker 1: of an experience. So get a headlamp. All of that.
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Speaker 1: Just say, get a headlamp. Also, and this is important,
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Speaker 1: wear a hat, you know, a thick hat. There are sharp,
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Speaker 1: rusty nails sometimes rusty sticking through the roof deck up there,
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Speaker 1: and they're just waiting to puncture your head if you
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Speaker 1: stand up too fast. So just just be aware of
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Speaker 1: all that stuff. It's not the most happy environment up there,
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Speaker 1: but it's good to get up there and take a look.
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Speaker 1: If you spop, moisture damage or anything else that's concerning
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Speaker 1: up there, it might be worth it to call a pro.
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Speaker 1: And that's actually the last recommendation that I've got. That's
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Speaker 1: step six, schedule a roof inspection. Now, when I noticed
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Speaker 1: the leaking chimney and a couple other wet areas in
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Speaker 1: the attic, I reached out to Matt Williams from Sheriff
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Speaker 1: Goslin Roofing. Matt's been on the show multiple times and
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Speaker 1: he drove out and walked me through exactly what was
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Speaker 1: going on. Now. Sheriff Goslin, like a number of other
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Speaker 1: roofing contractors, offers a free inspection. They'll get up there,
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Speaker 1: they'll tell you how long your current roof probably is
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Speaker 1: going to last before it needs replacement. They'll assess any
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Speaker 1: damage or issues that you might be dealing with. They'll
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Speaker 1: talk about fixes and so on. Now, when Matt was
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Speaker 1: up there, we were looking at the spots that I
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Speaker 1: was suspicious of. But he took that investigation way deeper
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Speaker 1: than I did, and he spotted things I never would
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Speaker 1: have caught. You know, one of the leaks was around
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Speaker 1: the chimney flashing. I suspected that one, but a second
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Speaker 1: leak was happening about five feet above and to the
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Speaker 1: left of the spot where I thought it was happening,
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Speaker 1: and Matt explained how common that was, how water can travel,
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Speaker 1: you know, and can be really sneaky. It can make
17:17
Speaker 1: you think that the problem is in one spot when
17:18
Speaker 1: it's actually somewhere else. So all that to say, getting
17:21
Speaker 1: a pro to look at the roof is probably a
17:23
Speaker 1: really good idea. I asked Matt what he recommended, and
17:26
Speaker 1: he said that once the roof gets to be, you know,
17:28
Speaker 1: about fifteen years old or so, even if your own
17:31
Speaker 1: attic inspections and roof inspections turn out nothing, it's probably
17:34
Speaker 1: a good idea at that point to get somebody out
17:36
Speaker 1: there to give you a free inspection. And from that
17:39
Speaker 1: point on, Matt said he usually would determine if it's
17:42
Speaker 1: a good plan to come out the following year, you know,
17:44
Speaker 1: and do it every year, or to settle into kind
17:46
Speaker 1: of an every other year situation. Either way, the inspection
17:49
Speaker 1: is free, or at least they can be, make sure
17:52
Speaker 1: you ask about that, because they're not all free. Sheriff
17:55
Speaker 1: Goslin has free inspections. Other ones do too, but other
17:58
Speaker 1: ones will charge, so make sure you ask those questions
18:01
Speaker 1: so you're clear on the situation. But get a pro
18:03
Speaker 1: out there. They'll walk you through everything they find. All right,
18:06
Speaker 1: let's shift gears dramatically and start digging into Benjamin Moore's
18:09
Speaker 1: new color of the Year. And let's start that conversation
18:12
Speaker 1: right after. This home in progress is brought to you
18:15
Speaker 1: by Repcolite Paints and Benjamin Moore Top toier paint expert advice.
18:19
Speaker 1: Your next project is way easier than you think it's
18:22
Speaker 1: going to be. A couple of weeks ago, Benjamin Moore
18:25
Speaker 1: announced their Color of the Year for twenty twenty six,
18:29
Speaker 1: and I know some of you out there really get
18:31
Speaker 1: into that. You know, you're chomping at the bit. You're
18:34
Speaker 1: sitting on the edge of your seat. You're so pumped
18:37
Speaker 1: because the color of the Year is coming out. And
18:38
Speaker 1: I know there's another group of you who couldn't care less.
18:42
Speaker 1: It'd be impossible for you to muster away to care less.
18:46
Speaker 1: But I've got to dig into it, whether you care
18:49
Speaker 1: less or not. I've got to dig into it on
18:52
Speaker 1: the show because it's my job and it's why they
18:55
Speaker 1: pay me. But I promise you, even if you're one
18:58
Speaker 1: of those people who really don't care about Color of
19:00
Speaker 1: the Year stuff at all, there's still a lot of
19:02
Speaker 1: good stuff in here, so hang with me. It's gonna
19:05
Speaker 1: be worth it for you, all right. The color of
19:07
Speaker 1: the Year from Benjamin mor Is called Silhouette the twenty
19:11
Speaker 1: twenty six color of the Year, and according to their
19:13
Speaker 1: marketing materials, it is and I quote, a rich espresso
19:18
Speaker 1: brown with charcoal undertones. And I know there's a group
19:22
Speaker 1: of you thinking right now, brown seriously. Brown. I know
19:26
Speaker 1: that's true because I've talked to some of you told
19:30
Speaker 1: you it was brown, and I probably should have. I
19:34
Speaker 1: should have said, what is the quote? I should have said,
19:37
Speaker 1: the color of the year is a rich espresso brown
19:39
Speaker 1: with charcoal undertones. And maybe the people I was talking
19:42
Speaker 1: to wouldn't have said brown seriously. But either way, brown,
19:48
Speaker 1: you know, it's not a lovely color. Even when when
19:51
Speaker 1: you hear it said brown. You know, lavender, that kind
19:55
Speaker 1: of sounds like a pretty color at least, even if
19:57
Speaker 1: it's not your thing. But brown, you know, doesn't sound lovely.
20:02
Speaker 1: It sounds boring. Brown typically has been boring. A lot
20:05
Speaker 1: of us think brown is boring, and you know, brown
20:08
Speaker 1: is just it's just not a nice color, at least
20:12
Speaker 1: not in a lot of our minds. And if that's you.
20:14
Speaker 1: If you're one of those people thinking brown, just pause
20:17
Speaker 1: for a second and maybe reconsider. I'm going to give
20:20
Speaker 1: you a lot of reasons to maybe reconsider, So just
20:23
Speaker 1: put pause on your thoughts for a little bit. Ride
20:26
Speaker 1: with me, and then you can hit you know, hit
20:29
Speaker 1: play again or whatever, and see once how you feel
20:31
Speaker 1: about brown. Now. I think brown gets a bad rap
20:35
Speaker 1: for a number of reasons. One is maybe because so
20:38
Speaker 1: many of us are immature at heart. All right, I'm
20:40
Speaker 1: not gonna say more than that, but I think that's
20:43
Speaker 1: part of it. Another reason that brown probably gets a
20:47
Speaker 1: bad rap is that we often associate it with those heavy, dated,
20:50
Speaker 1: you know, nineteen seventies interiors, the brown shag carpet, the
20:54
Speaker 1: brown paneling, the brown everything. You know, brown was everywhere
20:58
Speaker 1: back then, and maybe you just can't get past that idea.
21:02
Speaker 1: But brown really is these days seeing a resurgence. You know,
21:05
Speaker 1: in our interiors. People are more and more and more
21:09
Speaker 1: moving away from all of these grays that we've had
21:12
Speaker 1: through the years, through recent years, going back a ways,
21:17
Speaker 1: you know, we're moving away from those grays, and we're
21:19
Speaker 1: moving towards colors that feel warmer and more livable, and
21:22
Speaker 1: brown naturally produces that vibe. So designers like to recommend
21:26
Speaker 1: browns because the right brown can add depth to a
21:29
Speaker 1: room without making it feel heavy. You know, browns are
21:32
Speaker 1: incredibly flexible. That's another thing that makes them great. You
21:35
Speaker 1: can pare them easily with limestone, walnut, linen, and a
21:38
Speaker 1: huge variety of earthy tones and textures, you know, in
21:41
Speaker 1: different metals. They can be mixed with certain materials or
21:44
Speaker 1: certain colors for a more elevated look. You can mix
21:47
Speaker 1: them with simpler materials for a more rustic look. There's
21:50
Speaker 1: a lot of flexibility, a lot of versatility with a brown.
21:53
Speaker 1: But here's the real reason browns are back. People really
21:57
Speaker 1: do want to preserve this connection to nature and the
22:00
Speaker 1: outdoors when it comes to their interior design. We talked
22:03
Speaker 1: about this several weeks ago, two or three weeks ago
22:05
Speaker 1: with interior designer Andy Gates. You know, just the whole
22:08
Speaker 1: biophilic design. We want to stay connected to nature, and
22:12
Speaker 1: brown is a very very natural color. You know, it's
22:15
Speaker 1: incredibly organic. It's literally the color of earth, right, wood, stone,
22:21
Speaker 1: it's warm, it's grounding, and after years and years and
22:25
Speaker 1: years of cool grays and stark whites, that could feel
22:28
Speaker 1: cold and impersonal. People are really craving the warmth that
22:32
Speaker 1: brown brings. So that's why it's back now for those
22:35
Speaker 1: who like flowery marketing language. Benjamin Moore describes silhouette, you know,
22:39
Speaker 1: the brown for the year, as a sophisticated and warm
22:43
Speaker 1: hue that offers an elegant alternative to black paint, and
22:47
Speaker 1: it pairs easily with a wide range of colors. So
22:49
Speaker 1: that's kind of the whole idea of silhouette in a nutshell,
22:54
Speaker 1: a sophisticated and warm hue. And let me take a
22:57
Speaker 1: quick detour at this point. You know, there's a lot
22:59
Speaker 1: more I want to say, but I do want to
23:01
Speaker 1: stop for a second because pink companies and designers and
23:04
Speaker 1: I just did it. We love to throw around the
23:07
Speaker 1: word sophisticated, and we use all kinds of other jargon.
23:11
Speaker 1: But in this instance, I just used the phrase or
23:14
Speaker 1: the words sophisticated when talking about a color. And I
23:17
Speaker 1: want to dig into what that really means because it
23:19
Speaker 1: sounds good. And you know, I think a lot of
23:22
Speaker 1: you maybe are rolling your eyes. Why do I need
23:24
Speaker 1: to explain this, But if that's you, if you're rolling
23:28
Speaker 1: your eyes or thinking that sophisticated in reference to a
23:31
Speaker 1: color doesn't need to be explained. Well, explain it to
23:34
Speaker 1: yourself for a second, in terms of how it relates
23:36
Speaker 1: to color, or explain it to somebody in the room
23:38
Speaker 1: with you. You know, I don't know what you come
23:41
Speaker 1: up with when you try to explain how sophisticated relates
23:44
Speaker 1: to a color. But when I did it, when I
23:47
Speaker 1: tried that little experiment, uh, I didn't have a whole lot.
23:50
Speaker 1: I ended up saying a sophisticated color is something elegant
23:53
Speaker 1: and timeless. It's sophisticated. You know, cool people would have it,
23:57
Speaker 1: maybe James Bond. You know, really, it was ridiculous. It
24:01
Speaker 1: seems so easy until I did it. I'm not sure
24:05
Speaker 1: what you came up with, and I'm sure you didn't
24:07
Speaker 1: come up with something terrible. What I came up with
24:09
Speaker 1: wasn't terrible. You know, A sophisticated color is something elegant
24:12
Speaker 1: and timeless. But when designers call it color sophisticated, what
24:16
Speaker 1: they're talking about is way more than that. They're actually
24:18
Speaker 1: describing something very very specific, the color's complexity. A sophisticated
24:23
Speaker 1: color is one that has layers, you know, like an
24:25
Speaker 1: onion it's not a straight from the tube one note color.
24:29
Speaker 1: There are subtle undertones that make it shift, you know,
24:32
Speaker 1: depending on the light, what's next to it, the materials
24:35
Speaker 1: around it. Think about it this way. A simple color
24:39
Speaker 1: is kind of like a basic primary color crayon, you know, bright, straightforward,
24:44
Speaker 1: really obvious. You know, fire engine red, it's just really obvious.
24:48
Speaker 1: A sophisticated color has hints of other colors mixed in,
24:51
Speaker 1: so it's quieter, it's moodier, it's more adaptable. With silhouette,
24:56
Speaker 1: you know, let's make it specific. With silhouette, you've got
24:58
Speaker 1: that espresso brown, but there are charcoal undertones. And here's
25:02
Speaker 1: what's really interesting. It also has violet undertones, so there's
25:07
Speaker 1: a lot going on. In cooler light, those violet undertones
25:10
Speaker 1: are going to come forward. In warmer light, the brown
25:12
Speaker 1: undertones show up more, and it feels cozy and grounded.
25:15
Speaker 1: It's like the color is a little bit alive, you know,
25:17
Speaker 1: what changes throughout the day a little bit. And that complexity, again,
25:22
Speaker 1: is what designers mean when they say a color is sophisticated.
25:25
Speaker 1: It's got nuance, it's balanced, it's responding to its surroundings,
25:29
Speaker 1: and that's what makes it interesting to live with. So
25:32
Speaker 1: when people say a color's sophisticated, now you've got a
25:35
Speaker 1: little more of an idea what they're getting at. And
25:37
Speaker 1: I'm betting it's a little more than what you came
25:40
Speaker 1: up with too. So sometimes it's really good to define
25:43
Speaker 1: some of these jargon terms that we all throw around
25:46
Speaker 1: and think we're talking about something, when in fact none
25:48
Speaker 1: of us are really saying anything at all. Okay, now
25:51
Speaker 1: let's move on. Let's talk bigger picture stuff. Because the
25:54
Speaker 1: choice of silhouette, you know, Benjamin Moore making that choice,
25:57
Speaker 1: it's really a response to something that Bench Moore is
26:00
Speaker 1: calling micro trend fatigue. And honestly, I think of all
26:04
Speaker 1: the things that I want to talk about in regards
26:06
Speaker 1: to silhouette, this part's maybe the most important part for sure.
26:10
Speaker 1: To me, it's the most interesting part. Now. Andrea Magno
26:13
Speaker 1: from Benjamin Moore. She leads up the Color of the
26:16
Speaker 1: Year's search every single year, and we've had her on
26:18
Speaker 1: the show before and I'm hoping to get her back
26:21
Speaker 1: soon to talk about silhouette. But until she comes back,
26:25
Speaker 1: all I can do is reference her quotes from articles,
26:27
Speaker 1: and in some of those articles, Andrea explains micro trend fatigue.
26:32
Speaker 1: Like this quote, you go on social media and it's
26:35
Speaker 1: this trend that trend, and it's almost like you can't
26:37
Speaker 1: keep up. But we're seeing almost a reaction to that
26:40
Speaker 1: where people are looking to have good, timeless, classic pieces
26:43
Speaker 1: in their home. End quote. So basically what she's getting
26:46
Speaker 1: at with micro trend fatigue, we're exhausted, that's the bottom line.
26:50
Speaker 1: You know, the constant, constant churn of trends on Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest,
26:56
Speaker 1: it's relentless, you know. One day it's all about this
26:59
Speaker 1: particular paink or whatever. Then it's sage green, then it's
27:03
Speaker 1: terra cotta, then it's you know, another pink, I don't know,
27:06
Speaker 1: it's coastal Grandmother. It never stops, you know. And here's
27:09
Speaker 1: the thing. The reality is people don't want to be
27:12
Speaker 1: repainting their homes every six months. People don't want to
27:15
Speaker 1: be repainting their homes every year or every five years,
27:18
Speaker 1: for heaven's sake. So choosing silhouette as the color of
27:21
Speaker 1: the year is actually a reaction to the idea of
27:26
Speaker 1: chasing that next trend. You know, I know there are
27:29
Speaker 1: people who hear about this color of the year thing
27:31
Speaker 1: every single year, and they think it's a little bit annoying,
27:34
Speaker 1: you know, because it's all about, in their mind, getting
27:36
Speaker 1: a new color scheme in your home every year. That's
27:39
Speaker 1: what Benjamin Moore is after. Actually, the idea behind this
27:42
Speaker 1: year's selection is the opposite. It's about finding and choosing
27:46
Speaker 1: colors that you're not going to regret in five years,
27:48
Speaker 1: Colors that have staying power, colors that feel timeless. You know,
27:52
Speaker 1: there's this whole anti trend movement happening right now in design,
27:58
Speaker 1: and instead of following what social media is telling us
28:01
Speaker 1: to do, people are choosing colors that reflect our personality,
28:05
Speaker 1: the comfort that we want in our space. There's a
28:08
Speaker 1: return to craftsmanship, to heritage, to things that feel like
28:12
Speaker 1: they have a soul. And it's funny, funny, funny, funny
28:15
Speaker 1: to me how everything is so cyclical. You know. Last week,
28:18
Speaker 1: just last week, we talked about how the Victorian era,
28:23
Speaker 1: you know, all the architecture of the Victorian era and
28:25
Speaker 1: the way people designed and decorated their homes, all of
28:28
Speaker 1: that started with this deep longing for a return to
28:32
Speaker 1: craftsmanship and beauty and quality. That's what started that whole movement.
28:36
Speaker 1: But then it got out of control and factory started
28:39
Speaker 1: cranking out machine made decor and all of that. Everybody
28:42
Speaker 1: went nuts. They filled their homes with it, and then
28:45
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, everything comes back again. Pendulum swings,
28:48
Speaker 1: there's a kickback, and the arts and crafts movement rises up,
28:52
Speaker 1: calling again for a return to craftsmanship and natural, simplistic beauty.
28:57
Speaker 1: While we're seeing it again a reaction against the constant
29:00
Speaker 1: content that we're fed on social media and a longing
29:03
Speaker 1: to see designs slow down just a little bit. You know,
29:06
Speaker 1: we want craftsmanship, you know, good quality materials, natural tones,
29:11
Speaker 1: calm and comfortable interiors. And that's what silhouette Benjamin Moore's
29:15
Speaker 1: Color of the Air for twenty twenty six represents. You know,
29:18
Speaker 1: it's not a flash in the pan color. It's not
29:20
Speaker 1: going to look dated next year. It's the kind of
29:22
Speaker 1: color that you can build a room around and know
29:25
Speaker 1: that it's still going to be working for you five,
29:27
Speaker 1: maybe even ten years from now if you want to,
29:30
Speaker 1: you can have it working for you that long down
29:32
Speaker 1: the road. It's a neutral, but it's a neutral with depth,
29:35
Speaker 1: and that means it's not boring, it's not bland, but
29:38
Speaker 1: it's also not pushy, you know, It's going to adapt
29:41
Speaker 1: to fit a lot of different vibes. We hinted at
29:44
Speaker 1: it earlier. It can be elegant and it can be rustic.
29:47
Speaker 1: And the only thing that really needs to change is
29:49
Speaker 1: some of the supporting pieces, you know, accessories, pillows, art, hardware, whatever.
29:54
Speaker 1: Silhouette is a great foundational color, all right, Right now,
29:57
Speaker 1: I want to look at some of the best ways
29:59
Speaker 1: to incorporate silhouette into your space in your home. So
30:02
Speaker 1: I think what I'll do is I'll talk about some
30:04
Speaker 1: key spaces and the kind of vibe that you're likely
30:06
Speaker 1: to get with silhouette and get started. Let's just look
30:09
Speaker 1: at living rooms. If you put it on the walls
30:12
Speaker 1: in your living room, you're going to get a cozy,
30:15
Speaker 1: welcoming space. You could pair it with white trim or
30:18
Speaker 1: off white trim. I'd probably lean towards off white trim,
30:21
Speaker 1: and you're going to get a really classic look. You
30:23
Speaker 1: could bring it onto the ceiling and really create a
30:26
Speaker 1: cozy vibe in that space. You know, it's really going
30:29
Speaker 1: to create a welcoming and relaxing space in that area
30:32
Speaker 1: by not necessarily fully color drenching the area, but putting
30:36
Speaker 1: it on the walls. And bringing it onto the ceiling.
30:38
Speaker 1: You know, definitely that's going to create a cozy vibe
30:41
Speaker 1: in there. And if you've ever thought about putting a
30:44
Speaker 1: color on the ceiling, if you ever think about doing that,
30:47
Speaker 1: a couple of things that I'll say here. First Off,
30:50
Speaker 1: a number of you are probably thinking, why would I
30:51
Speaker 1: put such a dark color on the ceiling. It's going
30:54
Speaker 1: to make the room feel smaller. Well, that's actually, you know,
30:57
Speaker 1: pretty much a design myth. Putting a darker color on
31:00
Speaker 1: the ceiling is in most instances going to push the
31:03
Speaker 1: ceiling further away visually, it's going to make the space
31:06
Speaker 1: feel a little more expansive. So don't instantly discount the
31:10
Speaker 1: idea of, you know, putting a color on the ceiling
31:12
Speaker 1: because you're thinking that's going to make the room feel smaller.
31:15
Speaker 1: It's not going to necessarily do that. In fact, most
31:17
Speaker 1: times it won't. Secondly, if you're even remotely thinking about
31:20
Speaker 1: putting a color on the ceiling, use Benjamin Moore's water
31:23
Speaker 1: borne ceiling paint. I talk about it a fair amount
31:26
Speaker 1: on the show here, but it's a premium ceiling paint
31:29
Speaker 1: that covers and hides really well. Yeah, so it's nice
31:32
Speaker 1: to work with. But most importantly, it stays dead flat
31:35
Speaker 1: even when it's tinted, and that's not the usual case
31:38
Speaker 1: for many, probably most ceiling paints. Most of the time
31:42
Speaker 1: they're going to pick up some sheine from the colorant
31:44
Speaker 1: that's added to them to get to the color that
31:46
Speaker 1: you want. And when they've got that sheene, it makes
31:49
Speaker 1: them trickier to work with. You know, as you roll
31:51
Speaker 1: them onto a ceiling, you're going to see lap lines
31:53
Speaker 1: and all of that much more readily when there's a
31:56
Speaker 1: sheen on your finish on the ceiling. Benjamin Moore's waterborne
32:00
Speaker 1: ceiling paint is going to stay dead flat no matter
32:03
Speaker 1: what color is in it, and that's going to make
32:05
Speaker 1: it really easy to work with and easy to get
32:07
Speaker 1: great results. So keep that in mind. Silhouette in the
32:11
Speaker 1: dining room, what about that, Well, you could pair it
32:13
Speaker 1: with metals like gold or brass in your lighting or
32:16
Speaker 1: your hardware or whatever, and that's going to create this
32:19
Speaker 1: kind of upscale feel without feeling overdone. And then, because
32:24
Speaker 1: it's so versatile, you could pair it with or not then,
32:27
Speaker 1: but instead of that, you could pair it with more
32:30
Speaker 1: natural elements and materials and create this cozy inviting, you know,
32:34
Speaker 1: kind of rustic vibe, you know, like a little hobbit hole,
32:38
Speaker 1: perfect for kicking back and relaxing and having first and
32:41
Speaker 1: second breakfasts and all of those things in it. So
32:43
Speaker 1: that's where you see the versatility of silhouette with what
32:47
Speaker 1: you pair it with. It's a great choice for bedrooms,
32:50
Speaker 1: of course, because it's going to create that naturally cozy,
32:52
Speaker 1: RESTful space. Front Doors another place to use silhouette, and
32:56
Speaker 1: it's one of my favorite uses because it's not your
32:58
Speaker 1: everyday first thought. You know, normally front doors get a
33:01
Speaker 1: little boulder treatment, reds, greens, you know, mustard yellows, blues, blacks,
33:06
Speaker 1: but opting for silhouette gives the door a warm, welcoming feel.
33:10
Speaker 1: It's inviting, it's a little unusual, and that's kind of
33:13
Speaker 1: fun with the front door. If you're thinking kitchens, silhouette
33:17
Speaker 1: would work beautifully on an island or maybe on your
33:20
Speaker 1: lower cabinets. It's going to add a ton of depth
33:22
Speaker 1: and contrast while keeping that space relatively balanced, especially if
33:26
Speaker 1: you keep those upper cabinets or walls lighter exteriors brown
33:31
Speaker 1: tones like silhouette. They're great outdoors too. You could try
33:34
Speaker 1: it on trim to highlight certain architectural details, or even
33:38
Speaker 1: use it as an alternative to black for a softer,
33:40
Speaker 1: more natural look. Now, the thing about brown and silhouette
33:43
Speaker 1: in particular is that it's inherently comforting. You know, you
33:46
Speaker 1: pick that up as we're walking through the rooms. There's
33:48
Speaker 1: other rooms we could look at, but what you're getting
33:51
Speaker 1: with silhouette is this comforting tone, you know, a soothing
33:55
Speaker 1: sense of security that it brings to a space. Rich
33:57
Speaker 1: Brown's work really well in rooms that you want to
34:00
Speaker 1: retire to in the evening. They create, you know, kind
34:03
Speaker 1: of an inviting, relaxing atmosphere. Whether you color drench your
34:06
Speaker 1: space in one shade or layer a selection of similar
34:09
Speaker 1: tones across different surfaces, painting a room brown really creates
34:13
Speaker 1: a cozy feel. That's kind of the bottom line. Now,
34:17
Speaker 1: as many of you know, when Benjamin Moore releases a
34:19
Speaker 1: color of the Year color, they also release a number
34:21
Speaker 1: of color trends colors, you know, supporting actor colors, and
34:25
Speaker 1: this year there are seven and they're all designed to
34:28
Speaker 1: work well together. They can kind of be divided into
34:31
Speaker 1: what we maybe could call some pale tones and some
34:34
Speaker 1: mid tones, so maybe two different groups if you want
34:36
Speaker 1: to think about them that way. The pale tones include
34:39
Speaker 1: Swiss Coffee, which is kind of a warm, creamy white.
34:42
Speaker 1: It's already one of Benjamin Moore's bestsellers. There's First Crush,
34:46
Speaker 1: which is a neutral with a little bit of blush undertones.
34:49
Speaker 1: So it's got a little bit of a pink vibe
34:51
Speaker 1: to it, but very very subtle. There's Batique that's a
34:55
Speaker 1: dusty mauve that really's got a lot more pink to it.
34:58
Speaker 1: That one's not my favorite, to be honest. Bautique kind
35:02
Speaker 1: of feels like a banunk. I didn't really like that one,
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Speaker 1: but hey, it's just me. If you love it, go
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Speaker 1: for it. Rain Dance that's another one that we'd kind
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Speaker 1: of lump into the pails. Maybe it's a steely green
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Speaker 1: with gray undertones, you know, really organic, you know, a
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Speaker 1: mineral quality to it. Really nice colors, except for maybe Bautique.
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Speaker 1: Sorry Boutique, Uh sorry, Bautique. The mid tones, let's just
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Speaker 1: move on a couple mid tones. Three different mid tones.
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Speaker 1: Narroganzt green it's a deep blackened teal, Southwest pottery you
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Speaker 1: can picture what that is, a warm terracotta tone, and
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Speaker 1: sherewood tan now, the idea is that these colors can
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Speaker 1: stand alone or work together. Silhouette pairs beautifully with Swiss
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Speaker 1: coffee for contrast, or you could use it with Sherwood
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Speaker 1: tan for a tonal kind of layered approach. First crush
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Speaker 1: can soften spaces dominated by deeper tones, on and on
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Speaker 1: and on and on. These aren't just random colors thrown together.
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Speaker 1: That's the main thing to take away from this. They're
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Speaker 1: designed to kind of create a balance, colors that can
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Speaker 1: on top of one another without fighting for attention. So
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Speaker 1: looking at Benjamin Moore's Color Trends for twenty twenty six,
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Speaker 1: it's all about warmth and connection to nature and comfort
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Speaker 1: and creating a RESTful space. And like any of the
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Speaker 1: color Trends colors throughout the year, the biggest message is
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Speaker 1: to pick whatever color works best for you. Whether Silhouette
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Speaker 1: is one of those colors or any of these color
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Speaker 1: trends colors, maybe those are the colors that work for
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Speaker 1: you and they're speaking to you right now. But if
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Speaker 1: they're not, go find what is you know. That's what
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Speaker 1: it's all about. Find what you love, you know, Just
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Speaker 1: think about what you want to feel when you're in
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Speaker 1: that particular space that you're painting and bring those ideas
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Speaker 1: you there, and will also help you make sure that
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Speaker 1: you're choosing tones that you'll still love in five years.
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Speaker 1: All right, that's going to do it for today. But
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Speaker 1: the comments tell us which of the twenty twenty six
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Speaker 1: color trends colors moves you and which room they move
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Speaker 1: you to paint. For example, one of the comments out
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Speaker 1: there right now is rain Dance would look great in
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