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Satisfaction in the Trades, Deck Safety, and Choosing Colors for West-Facing Spaces · Repcolite Home Improvement Show

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Speaker 1: Hi everybody, and welcome to Home in Progress, brought to
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Speaker 1: you by Recolite Paints and Benjamin Moore. I'm Dan Hansen,
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Speaker 1: and on today's episode, we're going to be covering a
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Speaker 1: lot of ground. We're going to end the show with
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Speaker 1: some guidance on choosing the right paint colors for west
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Speaker 1: facing rooms. You know that afternoon sun can really change
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Speaker 1: the way a color reads, and we've got the tips
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Speaker 1: to help you get it right. Before that, we're going
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Speaker 1: to be discussing some mysterious white powdery substances that can
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Speaker 1: show up on your basement walls. They look like mold,
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Speaker 1: but they're not. It's called efflorescence, and we're going to
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Speaker 1: break down what causes it and how to deal with it.
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Speaker 1: And coming up next, we're going to talk about something
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Speaker 1: that's often overlooked but super important, deck safety. You know, collapses.
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Speaker 1: They're rare, but they're not impossible. So we'll walk through
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Speaker 1: a simple annual inspection process that could make all the difference.
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Speaker 1: But right now, I want to start with something that's
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Speaker 1: kind of been on my mind a bit lately. I've
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Speaker 1: been thinking about how quickly technology and especially AI is
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Speaker 1: changing the world of work. And I started thinking about this.
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Speaker 1: I've been thinking about it, but it really hit home
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Speaker 1: maybe a week ago or so when I ran into
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Speaker 1: an article published by Microsoft. Now, Microsoft ran a study
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Speaker 1: with their bing co pilot AI and ranked the top
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Speaker 1: forty jobs that are most at risk from AI. AI's
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Speaker 1: coming for these jobs. They listed the top forty jobs
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Speaker 1: that were at risk, and then they gave the top
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Speaker 1: forty that are the safest. Now the at risk list,
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Speaker 1: it was full of jobs like customer service, reps, writers, paralegals,
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Speaker 1: web developers, even some programming roles. Now the safe list
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Speaker 1: that was a whole different picture. It was caregivers, cleaners, roofers, pipefitters, plumbers, plasterers,
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Speaker 1: and right there in the middle of that mix professional painters.
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Speaker 1: What do all of those safe jobs have in common.
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Speaker 1: I mean, we can see it instantly. They require hands
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Speaker 1: on work, They require real skill, you know, human judgment.
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Speaker 1: They require a presence. You know, you've got to be
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Speaker 1: on site. A human has to be on site to
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Speaker 1: do these jobs. No matter how smart the tech gets,
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Speaker 1: it can't paint your house. And that really hit me.
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Speaker 1: I love talking about the trades. I love the fact
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Speaker 1: that the value of the trades is becoming more and
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Speaker 1: more apparent to everybody out there. You know, that's great,
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Speaker 1: and I love the fact that that's, you know, coming
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Speaker 1: around because when I was in high school, and maybe
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Speaker 1: this was true for you, trades were a little bit discouraged.
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Speaker 1: You know, it was all about college. It was all
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Speaker 1: about pursuing some of these big careers. And it's funny
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Speaker 1: because some of these big careers we were encouraged to
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Speaker 1: pursue are the same ones that are in a little
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Speaker 1: bit of jeopardy today thanks to AI. Now, meanwhile, we've
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Speaker 1: got this, you know, entire world of trade skills that,
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Speaker 1: sure they can be enhanced by AI. I get that,
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Speaker 1: but they're not going to be replaced by AI. You know,
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Speaker 1: a palmer or an electrician whoever might use AI to
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Speaker 1: help diagnose the complex issue. But at the end of
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Speaker 1: the day, somebody still has to do the work. You know,
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Speaker 1: you still need a hands on skill, you still need
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Speaker 1: people there. And that brings me back to painting because
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Speaker 1: it's something that I see up close every day more
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Speaker 1: than all these other trades. I see painting every day,
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Speaker 1: and it's a skill, you know, it's a trade, it's
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Speaker 1: a craft. You know, good painters They don't just roll
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Speaker 1: color on a wall. They don't just roll paint on
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Speaker 1: the wall. They prep the walls. They patch, they sand,
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Speaker 1: they prime. They know all the things that are necessary
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Speaker 1: to do on a project before they get to applying
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Speaker 1: the paint. And then when they're applying the paint, they
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Speaker 1: understand how humidity is going to affect it. They know
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Speaker 1: which products are going to be best in which situations.
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Speaker 1: They know how to cut razor sharp lines with just
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Speaker 1: a brush, no tape at all. Good painters make all
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Speaker 1: of that look effortless. And I've seen all of this firsthand,
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Speaker 1: not just because I work with it, but because my
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Speaker 1: kid has been working on a painting crew for the
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Speaker 1: past two summers. And when he started, he had no experience.
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Speaker 1: I had not done a lot with him with painting,
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Speaker 1: you know, I normally just took care of that myself.
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Speaker 1: So when he started, no experience, but a few weeks
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Speaker 1: in he's confidently working on extension ladders. You know, at
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Speaker 1: that point, already I was blown away how fast they
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Speaker 1: had him on the ladders. By the end of that summer,
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Speaker 1: he could pretty much handle anything that they threw at him.
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Speaker 1: And this year, his second year, it's even better. The
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Speaker 1: other night he was talking about how he could paint
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Speaker 1: our house. You know, I'll just take care of our
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Speaker 1: house if you want me to, Dad, And he means it,
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Speaker 1: and you know what, I might take him up on it.
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Speaker 1: You never know, I mean, you're not. You're not going
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Speaker 1: to get that offer very often, so you might as
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Speaker 1: well grab it when you can. Anyway, what really struck
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Speaker 1: me in all of that conversation was something else that
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Speaker 1: he said, And this is really why I wanted to
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Speaker 1: talk about in the first place. He was talking about
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Speaker 1: how satisfying it is to finish a job and actually
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Speaker 1: see you know, the transformation before and the after, the
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Speaker 1: faded siding that looked bad and now it looks good again.
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Speaker 1: And that's different. That's really different to me from the
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Speaker 1: kind of satisfaction that I get at work. And I
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Speaker 1: love what I do. Don't don't get me wrong. I
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Speaker 1: make things. I saw problems. Sometimes I make problems and
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Speaker 1: then I solve them. But some days, a lot of days,
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Speaker 1: all I feel like technically I've done is move digital
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Speaker 1: ideas from one folder to another. You know, it's progress,
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Speaker 1: but not quite the same as standing back and seeing
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Speaker 1: a house completely transformed, because you made it happen. You know,
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Speaker 1: he comes home with pictures, he points out tricky spots,
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Speaker 1: the colors that he liked, and he's proud of himself.
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Speaker 1: And it made me realize once again that there's something
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Speaker 1: incredibly rewarding about the trades. It's physical, it's creative, it's demanding,
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Speaker 1: but it's real work. It's literal stuff you're doing. You know,
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Speaker 1: I work with painting contractors every day, and I just
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Speaker 1: want to say this. These folks are professionals. You know,
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Speaker 1: they're running businesses, they're managing crews, they're coordinating with builders,
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Speaker 1: with homeowners. They're making a space beautiful, you know, whether
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Speaker 1: it's a brand new office building or kitchen cabinet repaint
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Speaker 1: in somebody's home, or what a library a bedroom. I
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Speaker 1: don't have to list rooms, you know what I'm saying.
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Speaker 1: The painters, they're showing up, they're communicating, they're delivering quality work,
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Speaker 1: and that work matters, and no matter how fast technology
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Speaker 1: moves and improves, that isn't going away. You know, the
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Speaker 1: trades are always going to require real people. In fact,
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Speaker 1: I think the human touch is probably only going to
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Speaker 1: become more and more valuable in a world that becomes
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Speaker 1: increasingly digital. You know, AI is not going to walk
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Speaker 1: into somebody's home with a drop cloth. It's not going
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Speaker 1: to stand there with a homeowner second guessing their color
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Speaker 1: and help them feel confident in their choice. It's not
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Speaker 1: going to climb a ladder or roll the ceiling or
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Speaker 1: touch up a base board. That still takes people. So
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Speaker 1: if you're a painting contractor out there, keep doing what
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Speaker 1: you're doing. It matters. And if you're somebody looking for
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Speaker 1: a career path, something you can learn, something you can
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Speaker 1: build on, something real, you know, maybe painting or any
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Speaker 1: of the trades. But let's focus on painting. You know,
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Speaker 1: in this last little bit, painting might just be worth
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Speaker 1: a closer look, So check that out. And even if
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Speaker 1: painting isn't a career path for you, remember at Repcolite
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Speaker 1: we're here to help you with whatever you're working on
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Speaker 1: at home home, so that you can experience that same
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Speaker 1: sense of satisfaction at a job well done that I
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Speaker 1: was talking about earlier. You know, it doesn't matter your
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Speaker 1: skill level, stop out at the closest Repcolite and will
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Speaker 1: help you get moving. All right, let's talk deck safety.
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Speaker 1: They don't fail often, but when they do it's catastrophic.
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Speaker 1: So coming up next, I'll walk you through a quick
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Speaker 1: inspection that you can do today to make sure your
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Speaker 1: deck is safe for the rest of the season. That's
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Speaker 1: all coming up right after. This home in progress is
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Speaker 1: brought to you by Repcolite Paints and Benjamin Moore Top
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Speaker 1: to your paint expert advice. Your next project is way
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Speaker 1: easier than you think it's going to be. All right,
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Speaker 1: we're here. Let's talk about deck collapses, you know, decks
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Speaker 1: falling down. Now, Thankfully, this is a rare occurrence, but
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Speaker 1: it can happen, and when it does happen, the deck
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Speaker 1: collapse usually results in serious injuries or worse. Now, the
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Speaker 1: good news, of course, is that a quick safety check
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Speaker 1: is super easy to do and it can give you
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Speaker 1: real peace of mind and make sure that your family,
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Speaker 1: your friends, everybody is safe throughout the rest of deck season.
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Speaker 1: So let's talk about it, and right off the bat,
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Speaker 1: I want to talk about the risk, you know, the
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Speaker 1: risk of your deck collapsing. What is the real risk
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Speaker 1: of that. To be honest, the injuries from this kind
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Speaker 1: of thing, they don't show up in the headlines every
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Speaker 1: day because it's incredibly rare, you know, like I said, already,
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Speaker 1: they're thankfully rare. It's it's really rare. Most likely you're
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Speaker 1: not going to encounter this, and that made me hesitant
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Speaker 1: to even talk about it in the first place. Why
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Speaker 1: waste time talking about something that most of us probably
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Speaker 1: won't encounter. The reason I chose to do that is
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Speaker 1: because when the accidents happen, and they do happen from
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Speaker 1: time to time, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, if
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Speaker 1: I'm reading that right, they estimate that there are around
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Speaker 1: six thousand injuries every year tied to failures with decks,
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Speaker 1: you know, and then they add in porches, stairs, balconies,
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Speaker 1: things like that, but a large part of it is
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Speaker 1: from deck failure and about six thousand injuries every year.
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Speaker 1: And because decks are elevated usually you know, usually they're
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Speaker 1: up in the air somewhere, when a collapse does occur,
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Speaker 1: they're almost guaranteed to cause injuries. It's usually just a
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Speaker 1: matter of how bad those injuries are going to be.
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Speaker 1: So maybe you remember this particular case. I did not,
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Speaker 1: but maybe you do. One of the most well known
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Speaker 1: deck collapses happened back in two thousand and three in Chicago.
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Speaker 1: A large group of young adults. They run a third
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Speaker 1: story wooden deck. When it gave way, the weight of
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Speaker 1: the collapse carried two lower decks down with it, so
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Speaker 1: three total decks collapse in that event in Chicago back
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Speaker 1: in two thousand and three. And in the end, you
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Speaker 1: know the aftermath of all of that, thirteen people had
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Speaker 1: died and fifty seven others were injured. So while deck
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Speaker 1: failures and collapses and all of that are rare, they're
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Speaker 1: not small events when they happen, all right. So that's
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Speaker 1: why we're talking about it. And like I said, because
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Speaker 1: you can check your deck right now today after the
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Speaker 1: show and make sure you're fine, you know, that's why
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Speaker 1: we're talking about it. Now, let's get to what usually
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Speaker 1: causes a deck to collapse, and the most common failure
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Speaker 1: point by far is the ledger board. And now in
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Speaker 1: case you're not sure what that is or where that is,
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Speaker 1: it's the board that connects your deck directly to the house.
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Speaker 1: Usually it's made from pressure treated lumber, but that doesn't
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Speaker 1: make it immune to problems. And the biggest culprit with
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Speaker 1: this ledger board is usually moisture. Now, if the flashing
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Speaker 1: on your house, you know, the metal or vinyl barrier
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Speaker 1: that keeps water out. If that flashing wasn't installed correctly
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Speaker 1: or has failed over time, water can sneak behind the
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Speaker 1: ledger board and then start to rot the wood that
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Speaker 1: it's fastened to. You know, that's usually the rim joist
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Speaker 1: inside the wall of your home. And once that rim
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Speaker 1: joy starts to soften or decay, it can't hold the
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Speaker 1: bolts that are anchoring the ledger board in place, and
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Speaker 1: they'll just pull free, and that takes the ledger board
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Speaker 1: right with it, even if it looks solid. Even if
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Speaker 1: the ledger board looked fine. Now, on some older decks,
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Speaker 1: especially those built before code updates in the early two thousands,
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Speaker 1: or maybe DIY projects that you know we skipped a
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Speaker 1: few steps on. In those cases, the ledger board might
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Speaker 1: not even be pressure treated, so that's possible, or it
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Speaker 1: might be cut or drilled improperly and never sealed up
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Speaker 1: so moisture was able to creep in and slowly break
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Speaker 1: it down. That's less common, but it happens. Another big
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Speaker 1: issue is how the ledger was attached. Using plain nails
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Speaker 1: instead of bolts or leg screws creates a much weaker connection.
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Speaker 1: You know, after that two thousand and three Chicago collapse
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Speaker 1: that I was talking about. Earlier, building codes were updated
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Speaker 1: to require stronger ledger attachments like bolts or leg screws
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Speaker 1: instead of nails. Now, the big problem is that over time,
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Speaker 1: of course, nails can loosen, and if they aren't corrosion resistant,
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Speaker 1: they could even rust completely, and that can leave your
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Speaker 1: deck looking solid, you know, seeming like everything's great, but
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Speaker 1: hiding serious weaknesses. So those are some of the big
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Speaker 1: concerns with the ledger board. But that's not the only concern.
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Speaker 1: Railings they're another frequent failure point. If they're not securely fastened,
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Speaker 1: or if they're not bolted into proper framing, they can
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Speaker 1: give way when somebody leans on them. You know, that's
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Speaker 1: exactly when they tend to fail, when somebody's leaning back,
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Speaker 1: resting their full weight against the railing thinking it safe.
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Speaker 1: It's also worth looking underneath the deck, you know, at
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Speaker 1: the posts and the joists that support everything. Most of
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Speaker 1: these are going to be pressure treated, but exposure to sun, moisture, insects,
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Speaker 1: all of that can cause rot, warping, splitting, whatever. And
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Speaker 1: if your deck posts are sunk directly into the soil
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Speaker 1: instead of sitting on concrete, footings, they may be rotting
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Speaker 1: from below without you even knowing it. Finally, last thing,
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Speaker 1: many decks develop problems with their metal connectors, things like
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Speaker 1: joist haangers, bolts, screws, things like that. These components they
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Speaker 1: carry a huge portion of the structural load, and if
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Speaker 1: they're rusted out or missing, or you know, maybe they
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Speaker 1: weren't installed right in the first place. If that's the case,
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Speaker 1: any of those things are the case, the deck safety
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Speaker 1: is compromised. So when you take all of that ledger
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Speaker 1: board issues, loose railings, rotted support posts, rusted hardware, take
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Speaker 1: all of that into account, it's easy to see how
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Speaker 1: a deck that looks perfectly fine on the surface could
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Speaker 1: be hiding some big problems underneath. Right, that part makes sense. Now,
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Speaker 1: let's make it all practical and take the fear out
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Speaker 1: of it so that you can rest in peace. I
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Speaker 1: don't mean that I don't want you to rest in peace. Literally,
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Speaker 1: I want you to rest peacefully because you're not concerned anymore,
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Speaker 1: because you've taken care of your deck, because you've looked
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Speaker 1: for things, and you've eliminated any scary possibilities. Oh how
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Speaker 1: word choice can change a conversation. So dramatically. I want
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Speaker 1: you to rest peacefully knowing that your deck is safe.
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Speaker 1: And if you want to dig deeper into the soundness
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Speaker 1: of your deck, that's what we're after, right We want
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Speaker 1: our family and friends when we're entertaining in the fall
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Speaker 1: months in Great Michigan fall weather, we want to make
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Speaker 1: sure that we're safe. Here's a quick safety check that
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Speaker 1: you can do today, right after the show. In fact,
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Speaker 1: after I told you to rest in peace, maybe you
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Speaker 1: want to just turn the show off and head out
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Speaker 1: there right now, you know, as soon as I give
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Speaker 1: you the info either way, go outside, you know, because
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Speaker 1: that's where most of your decks are going to be located.
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Speaker 1: And then start by walking the entire surface of the
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Speaker 1: decks slowly, you know, pay attention to how it feels.
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Speaker 1: Do the boards bounce underneath your feet or you know,
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Speaker 1: they springy anything like that. Are any of them warped
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Speaker 1: or any of them uneven? All of that's worth noting.
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Speaker 1: Then check the railing. Give it a firm push, you don't,
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Speaker 1: don't lean on it with all your weight. That's not
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Speaker 1: how you test it. It is how you test it.
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Speaker 1: You'll find a weakness that way, But you don't want
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Speaker 1: to be on the ground. As you're pondering and calculating
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Speaker 1: just exactly how weak it was, you want to be
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Speaker 1: standing on the deck. So push on it a little bit,
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Speaker 1: push some weight on it, lean on it, make sure
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Speaker 1: it's sturdy. Make sure that somebody at your party or
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Speaker 1: at your next event, if they lean on it, it's
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Speaker 1: not going to have a problem. If it wobbles, if
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Speaker 1: it creaks, if it does anything like that, that's something
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Speaker 1: to dig into a little bit deeper, and of course
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Speaker 1: fix it sooner rather than later. All right, If you're
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Speaker 1: able to get safely underneath your deck, take a look
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Speaker 1: at the area where the deck connects to the house.
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Speaker 1: You know, this is probably the biggest area to make
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Speaker 1: sure that you're examining and to make sure that it's safe.
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Speaker 1: Go and look where the deck connects to the house.
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Speaker 1: Find that big board that runs that full length. That's
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Speaker 1: the ledger board that we talked about. Is the flashing
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Speaker 1: intact Look for that. Do you see any signs of
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Speaker 1: rot or water damage along the house or the ledger itself,
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Speaker 1: anything like that. And while you're down there, look at
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Speaker 1: how that ledger board is attached. If you see only nails,
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Speaker 1: you know, no bolts, no leg screws. It's time to
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Speaker 1: think about reinforcing that connection. Now. If you've got a
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Speaker 1: screwdriver or a small all awl, a small all use
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Speaker 1: it to gently put into any suspicious looking wood, you know,
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Speaker 1: the choice, the posts, the ledger, whatever looks suspect. You know,
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Speaker 1: if the tip sinks easily in you know, a quarter
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Speaker 1: inch or more, that could indicate rod or decay, and
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Speaker 1: you're going to want to investigate further. Also, while you're
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Speaker 1: down there, check for any rusted or missing screws. Check
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Speaker 1: for nails or hangars that aren't in great condition. If
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Speaker 1: anything looks corroded, tighten it up or swap it out
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Speaker 1: with a corrosion resistant replacement. As for the posts, make
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Speaker 1: sure they're resting on proper concrete footings and not buried
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Speaker 1: in the ground. Posts in direct soil, they do tend to,
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Speaker 1: you know, rod a little bit faster, so look into that.
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Speaker 1: Look for signs of movement, shifting, cracks at the base,
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Speaker 1: anything that looks a little bit suspect. You know, these
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Speaker 1: are the kinds of things that sneak up on people.
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Speaker 1: They're often what caused the most damage. So all of
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Speaker 1: that it shouldn't take you more than you know ten
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Speaker 1: to fifteen minutes to go around make sure everything's good.
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Speaker 1: Chances are you're going to walk away feeling that everything checked,
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Speaker 1: every box at all looks good. But it's worth doing
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Speaker 1: because if you do find anything, you're going to be
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Speaker 1: so glad that you did now. Normally, this is a
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Speaker 1: basic safety inspection that you would do once a year,
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Speaker 1: ideally in the spring before your deck seeds a lot
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Speaker 1: of heavy use. But for sure, right now, if you
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Speaker 1: haven't done it yet, get out there and do it today.
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Speaker 1: It's not going to take long. Could save you a
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Speaker 1: lot of trouble down the road. Now if your deck
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Speaker 1: is over fifteen to twenty years old, or if maybe
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Speaker 1: you notice something when you go around and do the check,
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Speaker 1: you know, something that seems questionable, it might be a
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Speaker 1: smart move to bring in a licensed contractor you know.
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Speaker 1: It doesn't have to be a big ordeal, but having
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Speaker 1: to pro check things out, especially with older decks or
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Speaker 1: ones that are built before two thousand and three, that
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Speaker 1: can give you a lot of peace of mind. We
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Speaker 1: mentioned it earlier, but building codes changed significantly in the
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Speaker 1: early two thousands, and a lot of older decks just
17:48
Speaker 1: weren't built to the standards that we see today. So remember,
17:51
Speaker 1: deck collapses are really rare. I'm not trying to hype
17:54
Speaker 1: everybody up get everybody freaked out. They're really rare. But
17:58
Speaker 1: that little safety check that we walked through that could
18:00
Speaker 1: save you a lot of trouble down the road. It's
18:02
Speaker 1: worth doing just to make sure everything's good. And if
18:05
Speaker 1: you do go through that inspection and you decide that
18:08
Speaker 1: the only thing wrong with your deck is that the
18:10
Speaker 1: wood hasn't been protected in a while, then swing out
18:13
Speaker 1: to your closest repcolite and we'll walk you through the
18:15
Speaker 1: process so you can clean the wood and get a
18:18
Speaker 1: wood protector on there that's going to dramatically enhance the
18:20
Speaker 1: look of the wood, but which also is going to
18:22
Speaker 1: protect it from sun, rain, weather, all of that. You know,
18:26
Speaker 1: regularly coding and protecting the wood of your deck is
18:28
Speaker 1: just one more way that you can make sure that
18:30
Speaker 1: you keep that surface in good shape for as long
18:32
Speaker 1: as possible. It's not a bad project, and this time
18:35
Speaker 1: of year, it's definitely something you can jump into and tackle.
18:38
Speaker 1: Stop out at any repcolite, we'll walk you through it
18:41
Speaker 1: all right. Have you ever uncovered or discovered. I guess
18:44
Speaker 1: I should say a white, powdery substance. Maybe it's just
18:48
Speaker 1: little streaks, maybe it's just a hint of it. Maybe
18:50
Speaker 1: it's full on fuzzy stuff seeming to grow out of
18:53
Speaker 1: the block walls in your basement. If you ever run
18:56
Speaker 1: into that, If you have, I'm sure it startled you,
18:59
Speaker 1: because it's definitely not something you want to see down there.
19:02
Speaker 1: We're going to talk about exactly what it is, what's
19:04
Speaker 1: going on, how to fix it, and how to make
19:07
Speaker 1: sure it doesn't come back, and we'll get to all
19:09
Speaker 1: of that right after this. This is home in progress
19:13
Speaker 1: where the to do list is long, and that's all right.
19:17
Speaker 1: We're not crabbing at you. We're not going to yell
19:18
Speaker 1: at you. That's how it is. It's how ours is too.
19:21
Speaker 1: It's probably supported by Repco like Paints and Benjamin Moore
19:24
Speaker 1: because home projects are easier when you've got people you
19:27
Speaker 1: can trust. All right, For this next segment, just imagine
19:31
Speaker 1: for a second this scenario. You go down to your
19:34
Speaker 1: basement and you notice something odd on the walls. You know,
19:37
Speaker 1: the black wall, the concrete wall that you've got down there,
19:39
Speaker 1: has developed these strange white, you know, chalky streaks. Maybe
19:43
Speaker 1: it's literal fuzzy stuff that seems to be growing out
19:46
Speaker 1: of the wall. White fuzzies growing out of the wall.
19:49
Speaker 1: It wasn't there before. It wipes off pretty easily with
19:52
Speaker 1: your hand, but then you notice a few weeks later
19:54
Speaker 1: they come back pretty readily. You know, what in the
19:57
Speaker 1: world is going on? Well, it's not mold, it's not
20:00
Speaker 1: a bad paint job. It's something else entirely. It's called efflorescence,
20:04
Speaker 1: and it's actually pretty common. What is efflorescence, Let's dig
20:09
Speaker 1: into that right off the bat. It's basically just salt
20:12
Speaker 1: deposits that are forming on masonry surfaces like brick, concrete, block,
20:16
Speaker 1: poured concrete, you know, things like that. It it happens
20:20
Speaker 1: when water moves through a wall one way or the other.
20:22
Speaker 1: It's moving through a wall, it's picking up salts from
20:25
Speaker 1: the masonry material as it travels through, and then when
20:28
Speaker 1: the water reaches the surface and evaporates, it leaves those
20:31
Speaker 1: salts behind, leaving you with that white residue. Now, sometimes
20:34
Speaker 1: it's subtle, you know, just a light dusting of it.
20:36
Speaker 1: Other times, you know, it looks like full on streaks
20:39
Speaker 1: or even this fuzzy or crusty build up. You know,
20:43
Speaker 1: it looks pretty gross. Sometimes that's efflorescence. And if you
20:47
Speaker 1: think about it, you know what I just described. If
20:49
Speaker 1: you think about that for a second, you realize that
20:52
Speaker 1: the trigger for efflorescence is moisture. So if you've got
20:55
Speaker 1: efflorescence on a wall, it's a sure sign that there's
20:59
Speaker 1: some kind of moisture issue at play in your space.
21:02
Speaker 1: You know that moisture could be coming from outside. It
21:04
Speaker 1: could be poor drainage, clogged gutters, improper grading around your home,
21:09
Speaker 1: something like that. It could be coming from inside, like
21:12
Speaker 1: a damp basement, or even you know, vapor movement from
21:15
Speaker 1: interior spaces. But wherever it's coming from, there's a moisture issue.
21:19
Speaker 1: So how do you fix this? Well, the first step
21:22
Speaker 1: to fixing efflorescence is to clean it, and that's really
21:25
Speaker 1: not that hard. You can remove efflorescence with a stiff
21:28
Speaker 1: brush and plain water. If you've got really stubborn build up,
21:32
Speaker 1: you might need to get a diluted solution of white
21:35
Speaker 1: vinegar or even a masonry cleaner that's designed specifically for efflorescence.
21:40
Speaker 1: If you do that, just be sure to follow the
21:42
Speaker 1: manufacturer's instructions. We're protective gear, you know, all the things,
21:46
Speaker 1: do all the safety things. Do it right, because some
21:50
Speaker 1: of those cleaners are a little bit acidic. But here's
21:53
Speaker 1: the thing. Cleaning is really only solving the symptom. The
21:57
Speaker 1: white powder might go away for now. Unless you address
22:00
Speaker 1: that issue, that moisture issue that's causing it, it's going
22:03
Speaker 1: to come back. And that means you're going to need
22:05
Speaker 1: to inspect the area for leaks. You're going to need
22:09
Speaker 1: to check your down spouts, you're grading, you might need
22:12
Speaker 1: to seal cracks in the foundation walls. I don't know.
22:14
Speaker 1: You'll have to just take a look and try to
22:16
Speaker 1: figure out where the moisture's coming from. Now. For me,
22:18
Speaker 1: I ran into this in my basement years back, and
22:22
Speaker 1: it freaked me out. I thought it was something really
22:24
Speaker 1: gross growing on the walls. When I figured out what
22:27
Speaker 1: it was, I felt a little bit better. But then
22:28
Speaker 1: I had to address the moisture problem. And my situation,
22:32
Speaker 1: it was really easy to diagnose. The house had no
22:36
Speaker 1: gutters installed on it, so all the water would pour
22:39
Speaker 1: off the roof, you know, rain water straight at the foundation,
22:42
Speaker 1: and that's where it was coming from. So I had
22:44
Speaker 1: to install gutters around the home, and that completely took
22:47
Speaker 1: care of the moisture problem and the effluorescence went away.
22:51
Speaker 1: So you'll have to figure out your situation. The efflorescence
22:54
Speaker 1: is just a sign that there's too much moisture going
22:57
Speaker 1: through through those walls. You'll just need to figure out
22:59
Speaker 1: what's causing that, all right, So what do you do?
23:02
Speaker 1: Can you paint over it? You know, how do you
23:04
Speaker 1: get the walls looking good again? Well, you can't paint
23:06
Speaker 1: over it until the wall is completely dry. You know,
23:09
Speaker 1: if moisture's moving through it and you've got to deal
23:11
Speaker 1: with that source of moisture, you know, that's got to
23:14
Speaker 1: be fixed really before you can paint over this issue
23:17
Speaker 1: with any kind of lasting success. You know, if you
23:20
Speaker 1: paint over active efflorescence, you're basically just ceiling in the
23:24
Speaker 1: problem a little bit. You're covering it over with a
23:26
Speaker 1: band aid. Let's say that's a smarter way to say it.
23:29
Speaker 1: The moisture in the salt, they're still going to continue
23:31
Speaker 1: to work their way to the surface, except now they're
23:33
Speaker 1: going to bring the paint with them. You know, they're
23:35
Speaker 1: going to cause blistering, peeling, things like that. More frustration.
23:39
Speaker 1: I've lived this. The first time I dealt with mine,
23:42
Speaker 1: I just painted over it, thinking that might do it,
23:45
Speaker 1: and it did not do it. I had to repaint again,
23:47
Speaker 1: and now I had peeling paint and all of those
23:50
Speaker 1: things to deal with. Now, if you figured out your
23:52
Speaker 1: moisture problem and took care of it and you need
23:54
Speaker 1: to repaint, you just need to get that powdery residue gone,
23:57
Speaker 1: and we talked about how to clean that off. Get
23:59
Speaker 1: that off, and then you can repaint. If you've got
24:02
Speaker 1: beaar concrete walls or block something that's never ever been painted,
24:06
Speaker 1: you could consider using a special water blocking product like
24:09
Speaker 1: water block from in Selects. Stop out at any repcolite
24:12
Speaker 1: and ask about it. There are specific application instructions and
24:16
Speaker 1: conditions that need to be followed for the product to work.
24:18
Speaker 1: But water block will prevent a certain level of moisture
24:22
Speaker 1: from you know, traveling through the walls, but it has
24:24
Speaker 1: to be applied to over concrete that's never been painted.
24:28
Speaker 1: Be aware it's out there. That's why I bring it up.
24:30
Speaker 1: Water block from Inselects. All right, efflorescence. It's one of
24:33
Speaker 1: those issues that looks like a cosmetic problem, but really
24:36
Speaker 1: it is a bit of a red flag. You know,
24:37
Speaker 1: it's not dangerous or gross or anything like that, but
24:40
Speaker 1: it is a sign that moisture is moving where it
24:42
Speaker 1: shouldn't be. If you have any questions, stop out at
24:45
Speaker 1: your closest Rep. Collite and let us help all right.
24:47
Speaker 1: Choosing colors for west facing rooms it can be a
24:49
Speaker 1: bit of an adventure, and I'm going to walk you
24:51
Speaker 1: through everything you need to know. Right after this, you're
24:55
Speaker 1: listening to Home in Progress, where the projects are real,
24:58
Speaker 1: the mistakes they're educatingtional, sometimes painful, mostly educational. And the
25:04
Speaker 1: only thing more stubborn than that old wallpaper on your
25:07
Speaker 1: bathroom wall is your determination to get it fixed. Proudly
25:11
Speaker 1: sponsored by Repcolite Paints and Benjamin Moore Paint with a Purpose,
25:15
Speaker 1: people who care, and everything you need to get the
25:17
Speaker 1: job done right well. Over the last few weeks, we've
25:20
Speaker 1: been working our way through, you know, one of the
25:22
Speaker 1: most important and most overlooked aspects of interior painting of
25:28
Speaker 1: choosing the colors when you're doing interior painting, and that's
25:32
Speaker 1: the direction that your room faces. You know, my mom
25:35
Speaker 1: has painted rooms in our home as far back as
25:38
Speaker 1: I can remember. I mean lots and lots of rooms.
25:42
Speaker 1: She did it often. It wasn't really that unusual to
25:46
Speaker 1: arrive home from school and honestly, to walk into the space,
25:49
Speaker 1: it sounds ridiculous, Nah, it is ridiculous. We'd walk into
25:53
Speaker 1: the breeze way and there was a part of you
25:55
Speaker 1: that kind of wondered for a split second if you
25:58
Speaker 1: were in the right house, because you didn't even know
26:01
Speaker 1: that the room was going to be a different color
26:04
Speaker 1: when you left in the morning. I mean, it wasn't
26:05
Speaker 1: not anybody's radar. We were all surprised, and that would
26:09
Speaker 1: happen throughout the home all the time, all the time,
26:12
Speaker 1: all the time, all the time. I've told you about that.
26:15
Speaker 1: But with all of that painting that mom did, all
26:18
Speaker 1: the time that she spent choosing colors, I really can't
26:21
Speaker 1: remember one single time when she was talking about the
26:26
Speaker 1: room exposure for whatever room she was painting, you know,
26:30
Speaker 1: on the radio. Here in the store at Repcolite, when
26:33
Speaker 1: I worked there, I've talked a lot about color, and
26:36
Speaker 1: I've helped a lot of people find colors for their home,
26:39
Speaker 1: and I've asked a lot of questions when people come in.
26:42
Speaker 1: You know, I do my due diligence. What's on the floor,
26:45
Speaker 1: is it carpet? Is at hardwood? What's the color of
26:48
Speaker 1: that material? Do you have a sample of it? That'd
26:50
Speaker 1: be great. I've asked about how much natural lighting is
26:53
Speaker 1: in the space, about furniture, colors, about artwork. I've asked
26:56
Speaker 1: all kinds of important, important questions that are necessar when
27:00
Speaker 1: you're picking colors. But I can't remember ever once asking
27:04
Speaker 1: what direction the room faced. So I'm making up for
27:08
Speaker 1: that the best I can by diving into the different
27:11
Speaker 1: exposures and what each one does to the colors in
27:15
Speaker 1: your space. Now, we've already talked about north facing rooms
27:18
Speaker 1: and the challenges of their cooler, flatter light. We've explored
27:21
Speaker 1: south facing rooms where the light is bright and consistent.
27:24
Speaker 1: A couple weeks ago we dug into east facing spaces,
27:27
Speaker 1: and they're shifting tones from morning to afternoon. Today, we're
27:32
Speaker 1: going to wrap up this little series by turning our
27:34
Speaker 1: attention to west facing rooms. And let me tell you,
27:38
Speaker 1: if you've ever felt like your paint color changes throughout
27:41
Speaker 1: the day, like dramatically changes, or worse, starts to look
27:44
Speaker 1: really strange and unpredictable by late afternoon. By late afternoon,
27:49
Speaker 1: this might be the episode that answers some of the
27:51
Speaker 1: questions you've got. All Right, here's what makes west facing
27:54
Speaker 1: rooms such a challenge. In the morning, they're cool, they're shady,
27:58
Speaker 1: they're a little bit flat. I'm not shady like, well,
28:01
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. I don't need to make
28:03
Speaker 1: a joke about that. Shady sounds like you know the
28:05
Speaker 1: guy on the street corner in the alley. You know,
28:08
Speaker 1: he's a little shady. He's leaning against the wall, he's
28:10
Speaker 1: got his hat pulled down over his eyes. You don't
28:12
Speaker 1: even remotely think that's what I was referring to. So
28:15
Speaker 1: I can just leave that ridiculousness and not even talk
28:19
Speaker 1: about it. So I'm not even gonna mention that. So
28:22
Speaker 1: in the morning, these rooms are cool, they're shady, they're
28:24
Speaker 1: a little bit flat. The sun is rising on the
28:27
Speaker 1: opposite side of the house, So these spaces feel a
28:30
Speaker 1: little bit sleepy, right, a little bit sleepy. But then
28:33
Speaker 1: as the afternoon rolls in, things start to change. And
28:37
Speaker 1: by mid afternoon, especially early evening, western light is pouring
28:41
Speaker 1: into those spaces and it brings with it a strong,
28:44
Speaker 1: reddish golden warmth that often has rich amber or peach undertones.
28:49
Speaker 1: Now it's beautiful, beautiful light, but it is kind of unpredictable.
28:54
Speaker 1: That subtle beige that you loved at noon, for example.
28:57
Speaker 1: You know, imagine a beige you love it at noon,
29:00
Speaker 1: it might look orangish by five o'clock. That soft gray
29:04
Speaker 1: that can suddenly look a little bit pink as the
29:07
Speaker 1: afternoon deepens. The calm, muted space that you enjoyed at
29:11
Speaker 1: breakfast time might actually feel overly warm and energized by dinner. So,
29:16
Speaker 1: in short, it's a lighting personality shift that makes color
29:19
Speaker 1: selection a little bit tough, and getting it right comes
29:23
Speaker 1: down to a couple things. And these things are pretty
29:26
Speaker 1: much the case in any exposure, but we're still going
29:30
Speaker 1: to talk about them here. You've got to think about
29:32
Speaker 1: when you use the space the most, that's important, and
29:35
Speaker 1: what kind of feeling you want to create in that space.
29:39
Speaker 1: Those are the two things that will really help you
29:41
Speaker 1: get to where you need to be color wise, all right,
29:44
Speaker 1: So let's start with the time of day that you
29:46
Speaker 1: most often are in this room using it. And because
29:49
Speaker 1: the light changes so dramatically in a west facing space,
29:52
Speaker 1: you can't always find one perfect color that works at
29:55
Speaker 1: every single hour. Right, we talked about the same idea.
29:58
Speaker 1: With east facing spaces, there is no necessarily there is
30:03
Speaker 1: no one size fits all color. So instead of trying
30:06
Speaker 1: to find magic, we really need to just focus on
30:09
Speaker 1: the time that matters most to you and choose a
30:12
Speaker 1: color that works well there and just live with it
30:15
Speaker 1: through the rest of the time. You know, as long
30:16
Speaker 1: as it's not too off putting in the other parts
30:18
Speaker 1: of the day, it's still a win if you love
30:21
Speaker 1: it in the time of day that you're most often
30:23
Speaker 1: in that space, all right, So if you use the
30:25
Speaker 1: room mostly in the morning, that's when the west facing
30:28
Speaker 1: spaces are at their flattest and their coolest. Right, we
30:31
Speaker 1: talked about being them being a little sleepy, them being
30:34
Speaker 1: a little shady, like that guy on the street corner,
30:36
Speaker 1: you know, the alley guy they have pulled low, a
30:39
Speaker 1: little bit shady. So are these rooms in the morning
30:42
Speaker 1: now if you want to counteract that, you might want
30:45
Speaker 1: to bring in some warmth with your color. Now. It
30:47
Speaker 1: doesn't mean you need to go full tuscan sunset on
30:50
Speaker 1: your walls. In fact, too much warmth in a space
30:53
Speaker 1: like this on a western facing space can make that
30:55
Speaker 1: afternoon light feel completely overwhelming. But a gentle, warm bay
31:00
Speaker 1: a soft tope, you know, even a richer you know,
31:03
Speaker 1: warm grayish color that can bring just enough tone, just
31:07
Speaker 1: enough color to the morning light without turning the space,
31:10
Speaker 1: you know, into the face of the sun when afternoon
31:13
Speaker 1: comes around. Now, if you're not into warm tones, you
31:16
Speaker 1: can still use cooler colors, just make sure they're not
31:18
Speaker 1: too gray. You know, a cool blue, a green, maybe
31:22
Speaker 1: a violet color. They can all liven up a space
31:25
Speaker 1: that otherwise feels dim and sleepy in the morning. Lighting
31:29
Speaker 1: is going to be really important here in the morning hours,
31:32
Speaker 1: especially a twenty seven hundred K or a three thousand
31:36
Speaker 1: K light bulb can help simulate a soft, natural warmth
31:39
Speaker 1: and make even a shaded space, a shady space feel
31:42
Speaker 1: inviting before the sun shows up. Remember we talked about
31:46
Speaker 1: it a couple of weeks ago. The daylight bulbs sound
31:49
Speaker 1: really good, you know, that sounds like what you want.
31:51
Speaker 1: But generally the light they give off is too white
31:54
Speaker 1: or too stark. So the soft white bulbs in that
31:57
Speaker 1: twenty seven hundred K to three thousand K are going
32:00
Speaker 1: to add warmth into the space during the morning hours
32:03
Speaker 1: when it's not naturally present, not as naturally present, all right,
32:08
Speaker 1: So keep that in mind. Keep the lighting in mind. Now.
32:10
Speaker 1: If you use the room mostly in the afternoon, this
32:13
Speaker 1: is when western light is at its boldest. You know,
32:16
Speaker 1: it's warm, it's direct, it's full of amber and orange tones.
32:21
Speaker 1: In this case, if this is when you're in the space,
32:24
Speaker 1: the name of the game for you is balance, you know,
32:26
Speaker 1: finding balance here. Cooler tones generally are going to be
32:29
Speaker 1: your friends, especially blues, greens, purples, if you would lean
32:34
Speaker 1: into that. You know, not everybody loves purple, but that
32:36
Speaker 1: would work here. Neutrals with those undertones would work. You know,
32:40
Speaker 1: they're gonna help calm down the intensity of that late
32:42
Speaker 1: day glow without making the room feel cold. That said,
32:46
Speaker 1: if you love warmer colors, if that's your gig, if
32:48
Speaker 1: that's your jam, you don't have to avoid them altogether.
32:52
Speaker 1: You just need to choose ones with you know, a
32:54
Speaker 1: bit more of a neutral base or a gray base,
32:56
Speaker 1: colors that are grounded. You know, you don't want anything
32:59
Speaker 1: that's too thinks, maybe soft putties, earthy blushes, things with
33:04
Speaker 1: muted depth. A few weeks ago, I talked about a
33:07
Speaker 1: yellow that we had used, and I brought that yellow.
33:10
Speaker 1: It was used in a west facing room. I brought
33:12
Speaker 1: it into my east facing room and it didn't look
33:16
Speaker 1: good at all. It looked really green and stuff on
33:18
Speaker 1: the walls. I hated it in that room and I
33:20
Speaker 1: was blown away. That was the same color, you know,
33:23
Speaker 1: between the two rooms in that west facing room. That
33:27
Speaker 1: yellow is absolutely wonderful. And we the reason it works
33:31
Speaker 1: so well. What we did that made that so smart.
33:34
Speaker 1: We completely did it without thinking about the exposure. We
33:37
Speaker 1: picked the color without thinking about that. But the yellow
33:39
Speaker 1: that we picked has cooler undertones. So as the warmer
33:44
Speaker 1: western light is coming through in the afternoons, it just
33:47
Speaker 1: warms that yellow up to exactly what we would want
33:49
Speaker 1: it to feel like. It doesn't get overpowering because it's
33:52
Speaker 1: got those cooler or grounded tones, you know, those undertones
33:57
Speaker 1: that keep it a little more balanced. So and make
34:00
Speaker 1: sure you're keeping that in mind. You don't have to
34:01
Speaker 1: completely avoid warmer colors, just make sure you're careful when
34:04
Speaker 1: you choose them. Now, when it comes to specific colors,
34:08
Speaker 1: Benjamin Moore has a ton of great options for pretty
34:11
Speaker 1: much every situation that we talked about. And I'm going
34:14
Speaker 1: to reel off a fair amount of colors here, maybe
34:17
Speaker 1: eight to nine or so. Don't worry so much about
34:21
Speaker 1: memorizing them, there will not be a test afterwards. If
34:25
Speaker 1: you do have notepads, you can write them down. Otherwise,
34:27
Speaker 1: just head to repco light dot com and check out
34:30
Speaker 1: the blog post about west facing spaces, and I've got
34:33
Speaker 1: all the colors right there all right. So if you're
34:37
Speaker 1: leaning cool and you want to calm down, you know
34:40
Speaker 1: the afternoon warmth. You want that cool feeling in the afternoon. Moonshine.
34:45
Speaker 1: You don't need the liquor that probably, I don't know
34:49
Speaker 1: that could help, That could mess things up. That's not
34:51
Speaker 1: what I'm recommending. The color is moonshine. It's a barely
34:54
Speaker 1: they're gray with a quiet coolness. I mean, it sounds perfect.
35:00
Speaker 1: So that would be one option. Silver Chain another Benjamin
35:03
Speaker 1: More color. It's going to add a little more richness
35:05
Speaker 1: without feeling too heavy. White hair and white wisp they're
35:09
Speaker 1: both soft whites with cool undertones that won't yellow up
35:13
Speaker 1: too much in golden light. Now, if you do want
35:15
Speaker 1: a touch of warmth for the early morning hours, Edgecomb
35:19
Speaker 1: gray that's a favorite. It's warm but not too golden.
35:22
Speaker 1: Pale oak has a subtle kind of creamy look to it.
35:25
Speaker 1: That's great. For shaded spaces, pale oak that would work
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Speaker 1: really well. Hazy Skies kind of walks the line like
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Speaker 1: Johnny Cash walks the line. Hazy Skies walks the line
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Speaker 1: between warm and cool with a bit of a soft,
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Speaker 1: earthy base. If you want a bold and dramatic space,
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Speaker 1: especially one that you use in the evening, Silvery Blue
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Speaker 1: Catalina blue. Both are going to feel fresh and clean
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Speaker 1: as the sun comes pouring in Casba like rock the Kasba.
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Speaker 1: It's a rich, earthy blue that grounds a room and
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Speaker 1: absorbs light beautifully. And if you want an no fail,
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Speaker 1: no fail trim or ceiling color that works well with
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Speaker 1: all of the above, all of the above. Normally we
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Speaker 1: would say all of the above. Sometimes I like to
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Speaker 1: shorten it just to speed things along, and I just
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Speaker 1: say all of the above. You know, I drop letters
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Speaker 1: left and right. If you want a color that works
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Speaker 1: well with all of the above, try Shantilly Lace. It's clean, bright,
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Speaker 1: perfectly neutral. You'll love it. You'll thank me later. So
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Speaker 1: I'm going to put all of those in show notes
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Speaker 1: and you can also go find them at repco light
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Speaker 1: dot com. Just check out our blog post for west
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Speaker 1: facing spaces and while you're there. Check out the blog
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Speaker 1: posts on the other exposures. Lots of great info all
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Speaker 1: right there, all right. At the end of the day,
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Speaker 1: West facing rooms. They're a little bit unpredictable, right, I
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Speaker 1: think we gathered that as we walk through this. But
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Speaker 1: they're also full of personality. You know, they can be vibrant, glowing, moody, calm,
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Speaker 1: all of these different things. You just have to learn
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Speaker 1: to work with the light, not against it. So take
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Speaker 1: your time, test your samples at different times of day,
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Speaker 1: so critical. Benjamin Moore has color samples available. Half pint
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Speaker 1: of paint. It's about five six bucks something like that.
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Speaker 1: It is just such an easy way to literally get
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Speaker 1: some paint in your hands without dropping a lot of money.
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Speaker 1: Sample it on your wall, Sample it on some poster
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Speaker 1: board or phone board that you can move around the
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Speaker 1: space and look at it at different times of the day.
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Speaker 1: And when you're doing that, don't worry that the color's
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Speaker 1: got to be perfect all the time. You know, we
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Speaker 1: talked about that, it's going to be tough to find
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Speaker 1: a color that's perfect all the time. So choose a
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Speaker 1: color that looks best when you're mostly using that room.
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Speaker 1: That's what you're shooting for and just make sure it
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Speaker 1: doesn't look like garbage the rest of the day. If
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Speaker 1: it looks like garbage the rest of the day, keep looking.
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Speaker 1: If it looks okay, you know you can live with
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Speaker 1: it the rest of the day, you might have found
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Speaker 1: the color that you want for that space. And of course,
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Speaker 1: if you're unsure, come see us at Repcolite. We've got
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Speaker 1: all the samples, the swatches, the expertise to help you
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Speaker 1: find the color that works with your light, your life,
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Speaker 1: your style, everything you could possibly want. So stop out
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Speaker 1: at a store and let us help. All right, that's
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Speaker 1: going to do it for this episode of Home in Progress.
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