March 2, 2025 • 25 mins
Dean continues with part two of the International Builder’s Show 2025 and its highlights! Dean talks about kitchen hood venting appliances. PlasmaMade is a company that has been making recirculating kitchen filters that help bring air back into the room and how it is placing a new standard for filtering systems. Dean talks about a soft-closing screen door that comes with a small cartridge with a coiling wind that helps with those stubborn doors that tend to be left open... As it closes perfectly
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
KFI AM six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp, the
House Whisper on demand on the iHeartRadio app Good Sunday
Morning to you, Welcome home. I am Dean Sharp, the
house Whisperer. I design custom homes and on the weekends,
I am your guide to better understanding that place where
(00:22):
you live today. On the show, part two of our
two part series this weekend, The Best of The International
Builders Show twenty twenty five. The International Builders Show, the
largest construction and design show presentation on the planet, just
wrapped up its annual convention this week in Las Vegas,
(00:45):
and we are reporting to you. I am reporting to
you everything that I can think of that I can
fit into the show that is of significance to you
as a homeowner, as somebody who's living in a home
home and just wanting to know what's the latest and greatest,
whether you're planning a remodel or just new decor, or
(01:06):
whatever the case may maybe a brand new house build,
who knows, whatever the case may be. I want to
bring you some of the highlights of that show. And
I say highlights because we're talking about a show that
fills the entire Las Vegas Convention Center, all the new
wings at everything corner to corner, a million square feet
(01:27):
of exhibit space. There were nearly two thousand exhibitors there,
well over one hundred thousand industry professionals in attendance.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
It is a big deal.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
It is as big for the home building industry as
the Consumer Electronics Show is for the electronics industry. It
is the show, the show, and a lot of good things.
Yesterday I started my list, and so I'm not going
to repeat those items because we've got too much ground
to cover today. So you just need to know that
(02:03):
this show, right here, this broadcast is also the House
Whisperer podcast, which means that you can find on wherever
your favorite podcasts are found. You can find all of
our episodes, and the previous episode to today, part one
has the beginning of that list, and there was some
choice nuggets of goodness shared with you yesterday. So if
(02:24):
you missed it, make sure you go back and listen
to that and subscribe to the podcast while you're at it.
What's stopping you. It's free, it's on demand, all right.
That's where we're going today, and of course, of course
we're going to be taking your calls. Producer Richie is
standing by. He has opened up the phone lines. The
(02:44):
number to reach me, and this is about anything you
want to talk about, not just about builder show stuff,
anything that's got you scratching your head about your home.
This is what we always do with calls. Anything, design, construction,
diy inside, outside, corner to corner i'd walk to, backfence,
does not matter, architecture, high and lofty, artistic ideas, or
(03:06):
how to fix that leaky toilet and everything in between.
The number to reach me eight three three two. Ask
Dean A three three the numeral two. Ask Dean A
three three two Ask Dan. The phone lines are open.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
Now and I will await your calls.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
What are we serving up for you? Uh, We're going
to be posting some of images to just help you
out on social media today. We are all over social media,
all the usual suspects, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook X Home with
Dean is the handle for the mall. And finally, you know,
if you're listening to the show and you're like, Wow,
(03:44):
what I really need is that guy standing in my
living room telling me what I need to do with
this problem, Well that can happen too if you need
some personal Housewhisp pretension, you can book an in home
design consult with me and the t right here. Just
go to house Whisper dot Design. Okay, let me introduce
you to our awesome team. This morning, Tony Sorrentino talkative
(04:08):
Tony is on the board. Good morning, Tony Born. That's
exactly why we call him. I love Tony. Tony is is.
Tony is just one of those guys. He's great, he's interesting,
he's fun. We love each other. He has helped me
out on so many occasions. He is the he is
(04:30):
the uh, the all things media and electronics whisperer. By
the way, exactly exactly Whisper. You are hearing me the
way you are today in large part because of Tony Trentino.
That's just the truth of it. So Tony, it's always
a pleasure to always today. Like I said, Producer Richie
(04:53):
is standing by, not near Mike, but he is getting
ready to screen calls as you call in.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
And you already heard her tiny little giggle. Eileen Gonzalez
at the news desk.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
Good morning, I lean, good morning, Tony had me giggling.
You can't see him, but he's got this huge smile
on his face. He doesn't have a lot to say,
but his smile says a lot.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
It does, it does. Tony's just one of those guys.
I can tell you. How are you doing today? I'm
doing great.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
How are you? I'm well, I'm well. It's been a
full weekend. There's still some things to be knocked down.
I'm not sure it's actually a weekend off for me,
you know, even at post show.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
But it's fine. I'm fine. I'm fine actually.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
By that show. I was there Wednesday. Oh did you Yeah,
I just for a super quick trip to Vegas. Yep,
what'd you think?
Speaker 2 (05:40):
Amazing?
Speaker 3 (05:41):
Amazing?
Speaker 2 (05:42):
It's huge, what a great show. Yeah, it's massive, it
really is.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
It's the kind of thing that I don't necessarily encourage
our listeners to just spend the money and go unless
they're really in for the deep dive, because it is
an industry show. It really is speaking to industry professionals,
speaking to industry profession and so a homeowner can really
just get lost there. But you know, with the right guidance,
(06:06):
it could could be really useful if you're thinking about,
you know, a new remodel or something, and there's just
so much there is so so much.
Speaker 3 (06:13):
Let the experts go and like you and bring back
the best ideas to everybody else.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
And that's what today is all about. Perfect segue.
Speaker 1 (06:21):
Sitting across the table from me, my better half, my
design partner, my best buddy in the universe, Tina of
course is here.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
Welcome home. How you do.
Speaker 4 (06:31):
I'm great and it's so good to hear Tony, is it,
even if it's just a little bit.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
Yeah, just a little bit of Tony in our life,
that's right. Of course. You are going to be.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
Posting some of these images today throughout the show just.
Speaker 4 (06:45):
To give Yeah, I'm going to try to put it
together in either one or two posts and just maybe
with a little bit of.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
A little bit of shotgun blast of images and the descriptions.
Speaker 4 (06:54):
Yeah, just to get a sense of kind of what
we're talking about. In that way, you can see the
name of it and if you want to go and
search it out and check out these really cool new
either gadgets or really great I love the garage door.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
Yeah exactly, So people need to see that. I agree.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
All right, So Tina is going to be doing that
throughout the show. Let's get it going. The best of
the International Builder Show twenty twenty five.
Speaker 5 (07:19):
You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (07:24):
Hey, we're going to be going to the phones in
a bit right around the top of the hour as
per usual. Here's the number to reach me eight three
three two. Ask Dean eight three three two Ask Dean
A three to three the numeral to ask Dean anything
you want to talk about that's got you scratching your
head about your home today?
Speaker 2 (07:43):
I am game, I'm ready, all right.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
We are continuing as part two today of our list
of highlights from the International Builder Show, the Best of
the International Builder Show twenty twenty five, which just wrapped
up Las Vegas this week. I want to dive into
something very very simple here. Sometimes some of the best
things for you, the homeowner are some of the simplest things.
(08:11):
And it's one of the tricks of walking the floors
at the International Builder Show because there's just so much
to see and there's so many large format, you know,
things going on that sometimes it's not easy to catch
belittle things. But here is one that is a long
(08:34):
time coming, well long overdue. So there's a company called Revent.
Revent is a great exhaust vent company, the kind of
company that puts like, you know, exhaust fans in bathrooms. Okay,
beautiful fans, beautiful venting fans, really really kind of cutting
edge stuff. And so I'm always happy to spec Revent
(08:58):
because they're attractive, they take design into consideration, but they
are super functional.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
So just as a blanket endorsement for me, if you're
thinking about, you know, quiet, powerful exhaust fans for a bathroom,
then consider Revent. But here is something that you don't
have to buy a Vent for. You say, well, I've
got a Vent fan in my bathroom, then fine, And
then here's a product that you can pick up that
doesn't have to be paired with one of their fans,
(09:27):
and that is a switch to control that fan. You're like, yeah,
I know, being it's on a switch.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
Yeah. But here's the thing.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
Bathrooms, especially smaller bathrooms, bathrooms with showers especially, man, do
they take a lot of abuse and they prematurely age
because of the humidity and the moisture that builds up
inside a bathroom when you're taking your steaming hot shower
forever in the day, you know, and you get out
of the shower, and you got to wipe off the
(09:56):
mirror you can't see her. I mean, there is a
lot of humidity, it's heat, and it's moisture. It's like
your bathroom is being subjected to exterior weather forces on
a regular basis. Now, how do I deal with that
when I'm designing out and we're building out a bathroom. Well,
first of all, I want to use as much tile
(10:17):
as possible everywhere to protect the walls and surfaces. Number two,
I tile or stone, hard surface materials is what I mean.
And number two, the dry wall that I put in
a bathroom is always what we call green board dry wall.
I don't bother just putting it over the shower because
the steam goes everywhere. Green board is it's not waterproof,
(10:40):
but it is moisture resistant dry wall. It's better drywall
from moist areas than standard drywall. So we always use
green board. And then of course we use the best
kind of paints like Benjamin Moore or a bathroom Spa,
which is a beautiful paint and just an amazingly heat
and moisture resists, and so on and so forth. But
(11:01):
here is the thing. The switch for the bath fan.
I know you got a switch. Uh, and so let
me talk about how it normally happens. You jump out
of the shower, maybe you're gonna stay in there for
a while, or maybe your boom out of the bathroom,
which means as you leave the bathroom, you turn off
the fan, you turn off the light, and there's still
(11:23):
humidity in there. So here's the point. This switch from
Revent has a humidity sensor on it and it simply
does this. Once humidity starts developing the bathroom, whether you've
turned the fan on or not, it automatically turns on
the exhaust fan and it keeps it on even if
(11:44):
you turn the lights out and leave. It keeps it on,
not for a timer setting, but until it senses that
the humidity level has dropped to an acceptable level. Finally,
a smart switch that actually runs the fan until the
fan actually doesn't need to run anymore, instead of you
turning it off prematurely or maybe never turning it on
(12:07):
at all. It's brilliant. It's just a switch, but it
makes a huge difference in long term life of a
small bathroom, especially and I would say every bathroom in general.
So that is a humidity sensing switch from revent.
Speaker 5 (12:23):
You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from
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Speaker 1 (12:28):
Live like we are every Sunday morning from nine to
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So if you live in the East Coast, you can
sleep in and still catch us and enjoy us. We
are going to be going to the phones in just
a bit. The number to reach me eight three three
two Ask Dean eight three three the numeral to ask Dean. Okay,
(12:50):
back to our list of the best of the International
Builders Show for twenty twenty five. Just wrapped up in
Las Vegas this last week here and a lot of
good things, A lot of good things came out of it. Also,
I just want to remind you yesterday's broadcast, the previous
podcast episode is part one of this A lot of
juicy nuggets shared then, and today is part two. Okay,
(13:15):
here is a This is this is significant. I mean
it really is in terms of kitchen design, and I
predict this is going to become a game changer. I'm
already looking at ways to apply this. Plasma made. That's
a brand, plasma made, all one word plasma made in
(13:38):
Capital m. You can check this out yourself. Plasma Made
is a company that has been developing filters for you know,
recirculating filters for kitchen vent hoods for a number of years.
Really good company, really good filters. And when I say filters,
I mean the kind that circulate air back into the
(14:02):
room as opposed to ducting it completely out of the room. Now,
right now, in the residential kitchen world, the only kind
of filtration system that aescension that most homeowners are aware
of that to vent the air from you know, smoke
or air coming through the vent back into the room.
(14:24):
Are simple, very very simple, charcoal based filters and they
do a little bit of good. And those are usually
built into like a microwave hood combe unit that is
designed to sit over the cook top. And you guys
know of what I speak the microwave that is also
the hood. It's a good microwave, it's not a good
(14:46):
hood just I don't care what brand it is, just
they're just they can't do both of those things the
best possible. The fans aren't very powerful, and those microwave
hoods can either be hooked up and ducted out of
the house, which is better in that case if there
is existing ducting, or if there's no ducting available, they
(15:07):
can be redirected through a charcoal filter that is cleanable
and accessible and just blow the air back into the
kitchen space. Okay, that sounds that has for long, for
the longest time, been kind of the low end version
of how you do kitchen hood venting. Then along comes
(15:28):
Plasma Made and.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
They have developed a.
Speaker 1 (15:34):
Recirculating filter and a set of recirculating filters for range hoods,
and their promise is that they are reshaping the way
kitchens are designed and built because their new advanced E
filter series sets an entirely new standard of efficiency of
removing particles that pass the air that pass through it
(15:56):
down to point one micro on That is unbelievable. It
essentially annihilates any particulate that is floating through the air
that passes through this that is down to the microscopic level,
filtering out particulates as small as even the coronavirus. Okay,
(16:20):
that's how filter strong this filter is. And yet there
is massive airflow going through it all right, So why
is that so exciting? Is it's just that your new
microwave hood combo, you know, it has a better filter
out no, no, no, they aren't made for that. What these
are designed to do is solve one of the biggest
(16:43):
headaches that designers and builders have in regards to your
new kitchen design, and that is where do we put
the cook top? And once we put the cook top
where we want to put it, can we get it
effectively vented? Because we've got to get a vent pipe
up and out. We've got to get it into the rafters,
(17:05):
into the attic. If there's a second floor above us,
that gives us even more limitations. We've got to find
an open joist bay to carry us to the out
the nearest outside wall of the house. There are so
many limitations. This is one of the reasons why Soffitts
bulkheads appear inside kitchen designs sometimes because we can't get
(17:25):
the cook top event where we want it to go
without going below the ceiling line, which means we've got
to build out a special chase for it below the
ceiling line. And ugh, it's just a it's a frustration
because of these limitations. Now, if we're lucky enough to
put a cook top on an outside wall, then it
(17:45):
gets a lot easier. But the point is there are
always limitations when it comes to this. Plasma made though
has created these high capacity, high cfm flow filters that
sly do such a good job of cleaning the air
in a recirculation manner that we don't have to duct
(18:09):
the air outside. I don't need a duct going outside
anymore to give you the highest quality venting off your
cook top, ventless ventless, high quality ducting. That is exciting
and I hope that I'm conveying you know, the usefulness
(18:30):
of that, the amount of flexibility that that enhances us with.
I mean, that's just like handing me, as your kitchen
designer and builder, that a gigantic present wrapped in a
bow that we can really work on the design that
you want. We can put the cook top anywhere you
(18:51):
want it to be. And if we incorporate one of
these plasma made filters into the vent hood system, then
we don't have to worry about venting that thing outside.
Speaker 2 (19:04):
And man, is that great.
Speaker 5 (19:07):
You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (19:12):
You may be in the middle of Ohio in two
degree weather. I'm sorry, but I'm glad you're with us
on the program. We're talking all things the International Builders
Show that just wrapped up in Las Vegas this last week. Uh,
just highlights from that show that I wanted to bring
to you so that you know, you could be if
you're thinking about remodeling or whatever the case may be,
(19:35):
that you can you know, get a little inspiration from this.
We're going to be going to phones, by the way,
right after the next news break, as is our custom,
at the top of the hour. So I'll give you
the number one more time, eight three three two ask
Dean A three three the numeral to ask Dean anything
you want to talk about regarding your home. We've got
(19:56):
some lovely calls on the board, but there is room
for you as well. So eight three three two as Dan.
That's coming up right after the next news break. Okay,
here's another small item which I believe is worthy of
your notice. Not a major thing. I've got plenty of
(20:18):
those two, But this is an item that is just
a brilliant little design. Screen doors, you know, on your
sliding glass doors, not a hinged screen door. We've had
closers for hinge screen doors since pretty much the beginning
of time, right, I mean for a long time, because
(20:39):
you can just use a normal door closer for a
hinged screen door, and it does just fine. But sliding screens,
what do we do with the sliding screens. We've got
some sliding screen doors around here, and we've got some
children around here, Olivia my eight year old granddaughter who's
always running around, and of course it is the way
(21:02):
of things right to just plow open a screen door
and run outside, and you're so excited, and then of
course you hear the adult voice somewhere in the background,
shut the screen door. We would all love that to
just not even be a thing. And you know, and
we've all done it as well.
Speaker 2 (21:22):
You know.
Speaker 1 (21:22):
Maybe it's you've got a handful of things and you
open the door and you just don't want to turn
around and close it. You don't want to push your
foot through the screen trying to close it. So screen
door closers, and there have been all sorts through the years,
better or worse. Here is one of the simplest and
loveliest by latch Line. Okay latch you know, like a
(21:46):
latch on a door line. That's the name of the company.
You should check it out. Look for their soft closed
screen door. It is a little cartridge And when I
say little, I mean it is a cartridge that will
mount uh and not stick into the screen area. It'll
mount the top of the metal of your screen frame.
(22:07):
And it's a di y install You don't need a
professional to install this. You all all you have to
do is mark out two little screw holes, uh and
get these screws started. Then screw this cartridge on, and
then that this this little cartridge mounts on the screen itself,
top corner of the screen, and then across from it
(22:28):
onto the frame, a small retainer stud mounts a little
stainless steel stud. And then what happens is a cable
is pulled out of this cartridge and hooks onto that
retainer stud. So yeah, it is a tensioned cable like
a little recoiling cable winch system. Okay, but what I
(22:49):
love about it is that you can this coiling winch.
It's it's the genius of the thing is its simplicity.
But the the other genius of the thing is that
it is fully adjustable. So it's not just you know,
because I've turned down these ideas before, where you know,
(23:10):
like a recoiling tape and a tape measure like you
had a spring loaded wheel in there, and it's like, yeah,
but if I throw the screen open and then all
of a sudden swam boom, you know, it just slams
in and nobody likes that. This is a soft closing
screen door sliding screen door closer. So you hook up
(23:30):
this cable and then you've got a dial to adjust
whether the screen closes slowly or whether it closes more quickly.
But always right at the end it eases off and
it gently just silently glides in to make final contact.
Soft closing screen door closing mechanism for a sliding screen
(23:53):
door retrofit. It's brilliant. It works. Finally something that really
actually works. It is inobtrusive, it's out of everybody's way.
You may not even you'll get to the point where
you won't even notice it. And it's well worth a
serious look. Latch line soft close sliding screen door closing mechanism.
(24:20):
You can put them in pairs as well, yeah you can.
And so yeah, for to finally have a screen door
that you can slide open and then it just slowly
glides back over and softly closes itself. That is brilliant.
Will screen door Companies actually start mounting these into their
(24:41):
hardware at some point, probably probably, But right now you
don't have to wait for that, and you don't have
to go buy a new door. You can just get
yourself one of these latch line closers and you will
be in summer entertaining.
Speaker 2 (24:53):
Heaven for it.
Speaker 1 (24:54):
All right, Okay, we've got so much more. When we
come back, we're going to the phones. You're listening to
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KFI AM six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp, the
House Whisper on demand on the iHeartRadio app Good Sunday
Morning to you, Welcome home. I am Dean Sharp, the
house Whisperer. I design custom homes and on the weekends,
I am your guide to better understanding that place where
(00:22):
you live today. On the show, part two of our
two part series this weekend, The Best of The International
Builders Show twenty twenty five. The International Builders Show, the
largest construction and design show presentation on the planet, just
wrapped up its annual convention this week in Las Vegas,
(00:45):
and we are reporting to you. I am reporting to
you everything that I can think of that I can
fit into the show that is of significance to you
as a homeowner, as somebody who's living in a home
home and just wanting to know what's the latest and greatest,
whether you're planning a remodel or just new decor, or
(01:06):
whatever the case may maybe a brand new house build,
who knows, whatever the case may be. I want to
bring you some of the highlights of that show. And
I say highlights because we're talking about a show that
fills the entire Las Vegas Convention Center, all the new
wings at everything corner to corner, a million square feet
(01:27):
of exhibit space. There were nearly two thousand exhibitors there,
well over one hundred thousand industry professionals in attendance.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
It is a big deal.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
It is as big for the home building industry as
the Consumer Electronics Show is for the electronics industry. It
is the show, the show, and a lot of good things.
Yesterday I started my list, and so I'm not going
to repeat those items because we've got too much ground
to cover today. So you just need to know that
(02:03):
this show, right here, this broadcast is also the House
Whisperer podcast, which means that you can find on wherever
your favorite podcasts are found. You can find all of
our episodes, and the previous episode to today, part one
has the beginning of that list, and there was some
choice nuggets of goodness shared with you yesterday. So if
(02:24):
you missed it, make sure you go back and listen
to that and subscribe to the podcast while you're at it.
What's stopping you. It's free, it's on demand, all right.
That's where we're going today, and of course, of course
we're going to be taking your calls. Producer Richie is
standing by. He has opened up the phone lines. The
(02:44):
number to reach me, and this is about anything you
want to talk about, not just about builder show stuff,
anything that's got you scratching your head about your home.
This is what we always do with calls. Anything, design, construction,
diy inside, outside, corner to corner i'd walk to, backfence,
does not matter, architecture, high and lofty, artistic ideas, or
(03:06):
how to fix that leaky toilet and everything in between.
The number to reach me eight three three two. Ask
Dean A three three the numeral two. Ask Dean A
three three two Ask Dan. The phone lines are open.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
Now and I will await your calls.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
What are we serving up for you? Uh, We're going
to be posting some of images to just help you
out on social media today. We are all over social media,
all the usual suspects, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook X Home with
Dean is the handle for the mall. And finally, you know,
if you're listening to the show and you're like, Wow,
(03:44):
what I really need is that guy standing in my
living room telling me what I need to do with
this problem, Well that can happen too if you need
some personal Housewhisp pretension, you can book an in home
design consult with me and the t right here. Just
go to house Whisper dot Design. Okay, let me introduce
you to our awesome team. This morning, Tony Sorrentino talkative
(04:08):
Tony is on the board. Good morning, Tony Born. That's
exactly why we call him. I love Tony. Tony is is.
Tony is just one of those guys. He's great, he's interesting,
he's fun. We love each other. He has helped me
out on so many occasions. He is the he is
(04:30):
the uh, the all things media and electronics whisperer. By
the way, exactly exactly Whisper. You are hearing me the
way you are today in large part because of Tony Trentino.
That's just the truth of it. So Tony, it's always
a pleasure to always today. Like I said, Producer Richie
(04:53):
is standing by, not near Mike, but he is getting
ready to screen calls as you call in.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
And you already heard her tiny little giggle. Eileen Gonzalez
at the news desk.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
Good morning, I lean, good morning, Tony had me giggling.
You can't see him, but he's got this huge smile
on his face. He doesn't have a lot to say,
but his smile says a lot.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
It does, it does. Tony's just one of those guys.
I can tell you. How are you doing today? I'm
doing great.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
How are you? I'm well, I'm well. It's been a
full weekend. There's still some things to be knocked down.
I'm not sure it's actually a weekend off for me,
you know, even at post show.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
But it's fine. I'm fine. I'm fine actually.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
By that show. I was there Wednesday. Oh did you Yeah,
I just for a super quick trip to Vegas. Yep,
what'd you think?
Speaker 2 (05:40):
Amazing?
Speaker 3 (05:41):
Amazing?
Speaker 2 (05:42):
It's huge, what a great show. Yeah, it's massive, it
really is.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
It's the kind of thing that I don't necessarily encourage
our listeners to just spend the money and go unless
they're really in for the deep dive, because it is
an industry show. It really is speaking to industry professionals,
speaking to industry profession and so a homeowner can really
just get lost there. But you know, with the right guidance,
(06:06):
it could could be really useful if you're thinking about,
you know, a new remodel or something, and there's just
so much there is so so much.
Speaker 3 (06:13):
Let the experts go and like you and bring back
the best ideas to everybody else.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
And that's what today is all about. Perfect segue.
Speaker 1 (06:21):
Sitting across the table from me, my better half, my
design partner, my best buddy in the universe, Tina of
course is here.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
Welcome home. How you do.
Speaker 4 (06:31):
I'm great and it's so good to hear Tony, is it,
even if it's just a little bit.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
Yeah, just a little bit of Tony in our life,
that's right. Of course. You are going to be.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
Posting some of these images today throughout the show just.
Speaker 4 (06:45):
To give Yeah, I'm going to try to put it
together in either one or two posts and just maybe
with a little bit of.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
A little bit of shotgun blast of images and the descriptions.
Speaker 4 (06:54):
Yeah, just to get a sense of kind of what
we're talking about. In that way, you can see the
name of it and if you want to go and
search it out and check out these really cool new
either gadgets or really great I love the garage door.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
Yeah exactly, So people need to see that. I agree.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
All right, So Tina is going to be doing that
throughout the show. Let's get it going. The best of
the International Builder Show twenty twenty five.
Speaker 5 (07:19):
You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (07:24):
Hey, we're going to be going to the phones in
a bit right around the top of the hour as
per usual. Here's the number to reach me eight three
three two. Ask Dean eight three three two Ask Dean
A three to three the numeral to ask Dean anything
you want to talk about that's got you scratching your
head about your home today?
Speaker 2 (07:43):
I am game, I'm ready, all right.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
We are continuing as part two today of our list
of highlights from the International Builder Show, the Best of
the International Builder Show twenty twenty five, which just wrapped
up Las Vegas this week. I want to dive into
something very very simple here. Sometimes some of the best
things for you, the homeowner are some of the simplest things.
(08:11):
And it's one of the tricks of walking the floors
at the International Builder Show because there's just so much
to see and there's so many large format, you know,
things going on that sometimes it's not easy to catch
belittle things. But here is one that is a long
(08:34):
time coming, well long overdue. So there's a company called Revent.
Revent is a great exhaust vent company, the kind of
company that puts like, you know, exhaust fans in bathrooms. Okay,
beautiful fans, beautiful venting fans, really really kind of cutting
edge stuff. And so I'm always happy to spec Revent
(08:58):
because they're attractive, they take design into consideration, but they
are super functional.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
So just as a blanket endorsement for me, if you're
thinking about, you know, quiet, powerful exhaust fans for a bathroom,
then consider Revent. But here is something that you don't
have to buy a Vent for. You say, well, I've
got a Vent fan in my bathroom, then fine, And
then here's a product that you can pick up that
doesn't have to be paired with one of their fans,
(09:27):
and that is a switch to control that fan. You're like, yeah,
I know, being it's on a switch.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
Yeah. But here's the thing.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
Bathrooms, especially smaller bathrooms, bathrooms with showers especially, man, do
they take a lot of abuse and they prematurely age
because of the humidity and the moisture that builds up
inside a bathroom when you're taking your steaming hot shower
forever in the day, you know, and you get out
of the shower, and you got to wipe off the
(09:56):
mirror you can't see her. I mean, there is a
lot of humidity, it's heat, and it's moisture. It's like
your bathroom is being subjected to exterior weather forces on
a regular basis. Now, how do I deal with that
when I'm designing out and we're building out a bathroom. Well,
first of all, I want to use as much tile
(10:17):
as possible everywhere to protect the walls and surfaces. Number two,
I tile or stone, hard surface materials is what I mean.
And number two, the dry wall that I put in
a bathroom is always what we call green board dry wall.
I don't bother just putting it over the shower because
the steam goes everywhere. Green board is it's not waterproof,
(10:40):
but it is moisture resistant dry wall. It's better drywall
from moist areas than standard drywall. So we always use
green board. And then of course we use the best
kind of paints like Benjamin Moore or a bathroom Spa,
which is a beautiful paint and just an amazingly heat
and moisture resists, and so on and so forth. But
(11:01):
here is the thing. The switch for the bath fan.
I know you got a switch. Uh, and so let
me talk about how it normally happens. You jump out
of the shower, maybe you're gonna stay in there for
a while, or maybe your boom out of the bathroom,
which means as you leave the bathroom, you turn off
the fan, you turn off the light, and there's still
(11:23):
humidity in there. So here's the point. This switch from
Revent has a humidity sensor on it and it simply
does this. Once humidity starts developing the bathroom, whether you've
turned the fan on or not, it automatically turns on
the exhaust fan and it keeps it on even if
(11:44):
you turn the lights out and leave. It keeps it on,
not for a timer setting, but until it senses that
the humidity level has dropped to an acceptable level. Finally,
a smart switch that actually runs the fan until the
fan actually doesn't need to run anymore, instead of you
turning it off prematurely or maybe never turning it on
(12:07):
at all. It's brilliant. It's just a switch, but it
makes a huge difference in long term life of a
small bathroom, especially and I would say every bathroom in general.
So that is a humidity sensing switch from revent.
Speaker 5 (12:23):
You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (12:28):
Live like we are every Sunday morning from nine to
noon and Saturday mornings from six to eight, all Pacific time.
So if you live in the East Coast, you can
sleep in and still catch us and enjoy us. We
are going to be going to the phones in just
a bit. The number to reach me eight three three
two Ask Dean eight three three the numeral to ask Dean. Okay,
(12:50):
back to our list of the best of the International
Builders Show for twenty twenty five. Just wrapped up in
Las Vegas this last week here and a lot of
good things, A lot of good things came out of it. Also,
I just want to remind you yesterday's broadcast, the previous
podcast episode is part one of this A lot of
juicy nuggets shared then, and today is part two. Okay,
(13:15):
here is a This is this is significant. I mean
it really is in terms of kitchen design, and I
predict this is going to become a game changer. I'm
already looking at ways to apply this. Plasma made. That's
a brand, plasma made, all one word plasma made in
(13:38):
Capital m. You can check this out yourself. Plasma Made
is a company that has been developing filters for you know,
recirculating filters for kitchen vent hoods for a number of years.
Really good company, really good filters. And when I say filters,
I mean the kind that circulate air back into the
(14:02):
room as opposed to ducting it completely out of the room. Now,
right now, in the residential kitchen world, the only kind
of filtration system that aescension that most homeowners are aware
of that to vent the air from you know, smoke
or air coming through the vent back into the room.
(14:24):
Are simple, very very simple, charcoal based filters and they
do a little bit of good. And those are usually
built into like a microwave hood combe unit that is
designed to sit over the cook top. And you guys
know of what I speak the microwave that is also
the hood. It's a good microwave, it's not a good
(14:46):
hood just I don't care what brand it is, just
they're just they can't do both of those things the
best possible. The fans aren't very powerful, and those microwave
hoods can either be hooked up and ducted out of
the house, which is better in that case if there
is existing ducting, or if there's no ducting available, they
(15:07):
can be redirected through a charcoal filter that is cleanable
and accessible and just blow the air back into the
kitchen space. Okay, that sounds that has for long, for
the longest time, been kind of the low end version
of how you do kitchen hood venting. Then along comes
(15:28):
Plasma Made and.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
They have developed a.
Speaker 1 (15:34):
Recirculating filter and a set of recirculating filters for range hoods,
and their promise is that they are reshaping the way
kitchens are designed and built because their new advanced E
filter series sets an entirely new standard of efficiency of
removing particles that pass the air that pass through it
(15:56):
down to point one micro on That is unbelievable. It
essentially annihilates any particulate that is floating through the air
that passes through this that is down to the microscopic level,
filtering out particulates as small as even the coronavirus. Okay,
(16:20):
that's how filter strong this filter is. And yet there
is massive airflow going through it all right, So why
is that so exciting? Is it's just that your new
microwave hood combo, you know, it has a better filter
out no, no, no, they aren't made for that. What these
are designed to do is solve one of the biggest
(16:43):
headaches that designers and builders have in regards to your
new kitchen design, and that is where do we put
the cook top? And once we put the cook top
where we want to put it, can we get it
effectively vented? Because we've got to get a vent pipe
up and out. We've got to get it into the rafters,
(17:05):
into the attic. If there's a second floor above us,
that gives us even more limitations. We've got to find
an open joist bay to carry us to the out
the nearest outside wall of the house. There are so
many limitations. This is one of the reasons why Soffitts
bulkheads appear inside kitchen designs sometimes because we can't get
(17:25):
the cook top event where we want it to go
without going below the ceiling line, which means we've got
to build out a special chase for it below the
ceiling line. And ugh, it's just a it's a frustration
because of these limitations. Now, if we're lucky enough to
put a cook top on an outside wall, then it
(17:45):
gets a lot easier. But the point is there are
always limitations when it comes to this. Plasma made though
has created these high capacity, high cfm flow filters that
sly do such a good job of cleaning the air
in a recirculation manner that we don't have to duct
(18:09):
the air outside. I don't need a duct going outside
anymore to give you the highest quality venting off your
cook top, ventless ventless, high quality ducting. That is exciting
and I hope that I'm conveying you know, the usefulness
(18:30):
of that, the amount of flexibility that that enhances us with.
I mean, that's just like handing me, as your kitchen
designer and builder, that a gigantic present wrapped in a
bow that we can really work on the design that
you want. We can put the cook top anywhere you
(18:51):
want it to be. And if we incorporate one of
these plasma made filters into the vent hood system, then
we don't have to worry about venting that thing outside.
Speaker 2 (19:04):
And man, is that great.
Speaker 5 (19:07):
You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (19:12):
You may be in the middle of Ohio in two
degree weather. I'm sorry, but I'm glad you're with us
on the program. We're talking all things the International Builders
Show that just wrapped up in Las Vegas this last week. Uh,
just highlights from that show that I wanted to bring
to you so that you know, you could be if
you're thinking about remodeling or whatever the case may be,
(19:35):
that you can you know, get a little inspiration from this.
We're going to be going to phones, by the way,
right after the next news break, as is our custom,
at the top of the hour. So I'll give you
the number one more time, eight three three two ask
Dean A three three the numeral to ask Dean anything
you want to talk about regarding your home. We've got
(19:56):
some lovely calls on the board, but there is room
for you as well. So eight three three two as Dan.
That's coming up right after the next news break. Okay,
here's another small item which I believe is worthy of
your notice. Not a major thing. I've got plenty of
(20:18):
those two, But this is an item that is just
a brilliant little design. Screen doors, you know, on your
sliding glass doors, not a hinged screen door. We've had
closers for hinge screen doors since pretty much the beginning
of time, right, I mean for a long time, because
(20:39):
you can just use a normal door closer for a
hinged screen door, and it does just fine. But sliding screens,
what do we do with the sliding screens. We've got
some sliding screen doors around here, and we've got some
children around here, Olivia my eight year old granddaughter who's
always running around, and of course it is the way
(21:02):
of things right to just plow open a screen door
and run outside, and you're so excited, and then of
course you hear the adult voice somewhere in the background,
shut the screen door. We would all love that to
just not even be a thing. And you know, and
we've all done it as well.
Speaker 2 (21:22):
You know.
Speaker 1 (21:22):
Maybe it's you've got a handful of things and you
open the door and you just don't want to turn
around and close it. You don't want to push your
foot through the screen trying to close it. So screen
door closers, and there have been all sorts through the years,
better or worse. Here is one of the simplest and
loveliest by latch Line. Okay latch you know, like a
(21:46):
latch on a door line. That's the name of the company.
You should check it out. Look for their soft closed
screen door. It is a little cartridge And when I
say little, I mean it is a cartridge that will
mount uh and not stick into the screen area. It'll
mount the top of the metal of your screen frame.
(22:07):
And it's a di y install You don't need a
professional to install this. You all all you have to
do is mark out two little screw holes, uh and
get these screws started. Then screw this cartridge on, and
then that this this little cartridge mounts on the screen itself,
top corner of the screen, and then across from it
(22:28):
onto the frame, a small retainer stud mounts a little
stainless steel stud. And then what happens is a cable
is pulled out of this cartridge and hooks onto that
retainer stud. So yeah, it is a tensioned cable like
a little recoiling cable winch system. Okay, but what I
(22:49):
love about it is that you can this coiling winch.
It's it's the genius of the thing is its simplicity.
But the the other genius of the thing is that
it is fully adjustable. So it's not just you know,
because I've turned down these ideas before, where you know,
(23:10):
like a recoiling tape and a tape measure like you
had a spring loaded wheel in there, and it's like, yeah,
but if I throw the screen open and then all
of a sudden swam boom, you know, it just slams
in and nobody likes that. This is a soft closing
screen door sliding screen door closer. So you hook up
(23:30):
this cable and then you've got a dial to adjust
whether the screen closes slowly or whether it closes more quickly.
But always right at the end it eases off and
it gently just silently glides in to make final contact.
Soft closing screen door closing mechanism for a sliding screen
(23:53):
door retrofit. It's brilliant. It works. Finally something that really
actually works. It is inobtrusive, it's out of everybody's way.
You may not even you'll get to the point where
you won't even notice it. And it's well worth a
serious look. Latch line soft close sliding screen door closing mechanism.
(24:20):
You can put them in pairs as well, yeah you can.
And so yeah, for to finally have a screen door
that you can slide open and then it just slowly
glides back over and softly closes itself. That is brilliant.
Will screen door Companies actually start mounting these into their
(24:41):
hardware at some point, probably probably, But right now you
don't have to wait for that, and you don't have
to go buy a new door. You can just get
yourself one of these latch line closers and you will
be in summer entertaining.
Speaker 2 (24:53):
Heaven for it.
Speaker 1 (24:54):
All right, Okay, we've got so much more. When we
come back, we're going to the phones. You're listening to
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