Don't Shop At The Box Store

just come in, hello everyone, I'm Jeff Thurman from Home Renovision DIY and on this live show today we're going to talk about everything the big box

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s don't want you to know about the industry and what that's like. They are, how should we say, hiding from you some obvious truth as to the quality of the products they sell and the price at which they are sold and what their alternatives are for them. They have done a masterful job. Work has been promoting themselves for the last two decades as the only option for homeowners and the truth is that the touring industry is changing a lot and there are many new options for you to get better products, better value, better prices, better information. better service, better everything, and that's why we're going to talk in today's videos about where you should buy, what are the benefits of changing your traditional oh, I'm, I'm the blue team, I'm the orange team, or the green team, or the red team or whatever, what are the different options for homeowners?

Because well, let's face it, you're the last thing anyone in the world thinks about when it comes to marketing their product, no more Clark Kent, time to go Superman, let's go diving. On this, so here's the deal. There was one main objective that every manufacturer of every product in the construction industry has and that is not to sell to you, but to sell to the builders, to the renovation contractors, to the remodelers. Scam on you, okay, they don't start their business meeting even thinking about any of you, the homeowner, because you are an individual and are easily manipulated.

Yes, it sucks to listen well because many of you are very smart and very successful people. You have beautiful houses and you say, Hey Jeff, I just want to renovate my basement. Looks like a fun project. I'm a smart guy. I am in good physical shape. I can do it myself and I don't need it. to invite strangers into my house, my wife, I and the kids would love to have a little family project. This sounds like a great idea. Here's the deal: You're going to overpay for that project by 50 to 80 100 percent more than you need to, but In today's video, we're going to break down all the nonsense, teach you how to get great value for your investment.

Let me say this again, every manufacturer's main goal has nothing for you in mind. selling from a builder to the renovation contractor because if they can get you on board a contractor or a builder and they can say “hey, our system is the best system”, you can use our system and it will make you money, it's efficient. you're going to train your team, which is very important because systems need training, so you can go out and say now I'm going to be oriented to this system, you can market that system to your clientele, okay, and then you can be efficient and you can be very effective and you may be knowledgeable about a product as a construction worker, but then when it comes to the owner you get the scraps, that's how it works when you go to a trade show a couple of weeks ago. at the Las Vegas trade show, well, thousands of manufacturers, none of them were talking to homeowners and none of them will be at your local Community Home and Garden Show this spring or next fall, they won't be there like You will have all the construction companies in your neighborhood have been indoctrinated and trained on their product, representing the product to you, the owner, and you will not just have to go and listen to all these companies say.

They will tell you what their product is and why they are better, they will tell you: I am going to supply it and install it, you will sit down and get out of my way because that is our business model, so if you are a DIY and want to install a quality product and you don't want to have to pay two or three times more than you should. Where is he going? And that's what it's about. Today let's talk about where to

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as a DIY and get contractor prices. I can understand it, the market is changing.

I'm going to give you all the details, but first I want to tell you another secret: there is no such thing as a traditional three-bedroom, two-bathroom house, everything is different in each real estate market on the coast of the country. to the coast is regional so California New York Florida North Alabama in the middle of somewhere Colorado okay they all have different markets no um I'm going to get a little help here let's move the camera and let's go show you a little bit of a price point and this is going to be a little demo just to give you an idea of ​​what's going on in the market as far as product quality because it's different with cars well we sell a lot of different ones. cars, so if you want to get from A to B, we'll sell you a cheap car, we'll sell you an expensive car, we'll give you all the different amenities, different sizes, well, you have kids. don't have kids, oh yeah, you know you have to compensate, you need a sports car, all the options are different, but here in housing it's different because we're using square footage as a model, we're using three bedrooms and two bathrooms as a model.

You would think that the same house built in the same city in one city would have the same price as in another city, but it doesn't because supply and demand, the workforce, taxes, all the different government policies, everything comes into play. , so let's take a look at this right here, we have a hundred thousand dollar house 200,000 a house 400 500 800 million three bedrooms two bathrooms now, depending on who it is, it's really difficult now because we've increased the confusion factor about which product is suitable for you are right, so first of all, say hello to everyone who lives in a three bedroom two bathroom apartment and is looking to renovate, this is where the confusion begins because

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s traditionally deal with this market here up to half a million, this is where to specialize, okay, they don't sell products to homeowners who live in 800 or a million or a million five or you know 14 bedrooms 17 bathrooms 20 acres.

They don't sell that market so right off the bat you've been eliminated as a homeowner from purchasing quality products for your home and if you've been a fan of this channel for a while you know what I'm saying if you're going to do it. yourself and you will buy the right quality because twenty percent of the cost of a renovation is material, the other 80 is labor and taxes and you have eliminated them by getting involved, so why the hell wouldn't you put quality products in so you can change the valuation of your house from two to four hundred thousand?

In the years to come, don't forget that when you do that, when you sell that house, that extra money, you made that two hundred thousand. Yes, in most places there is no income tax on that right, so you can earn an extra 200,000 after taxes. money in the bank and that's why we do this, it's the oldest secret in the book is to buy an asset, increase its value and then sell it and not have to pay taxes, that's why the law was written like this, it's so that the rich get richer but every owner has the ability to do this so you will be stuck in a market where Box Store says ok so up to a certain threshold we will supply products at that price, what about everyone?

If not, because what do you say? The paint store sells paint to paint this house. The paint store also sells paint to paint this house in the same store. So what's the deal? They have seven different lines. If they do it. Home Depot. The other Lowe's stores do not. They don't have seven lines, they have three or four because they're focused on a smaller market of people who are almost forced to do it themselves because they can't afford a contractor, and that group of people is getting bigger and bigger all the time. year and the number of contractors is shrinking every year, so you need to understand that the conditions in the market dictate that they are selling to the bottom half of people who make money off of their Barrel product and are still trying to make a fortune now.

Keep that in mind, let's get back to my notes, okay, I had a great introduction today before we move on, let's say hello everyone, thanks for joining us today guys, if you're a member of the channel, it's great to see you. You guys here again, we appreciate all your love and support as we grow this YouTube channel. Things are changing this year. We are going to do many more live shows. I think it will be exciting. We have to continue. updated and building this community, it's going to be really important, there's a lot of things going on out there that are blowing me away and I'm going to bring a lot of them to you today, but first of all, if you're watching this watching this video and you're not a member, what do you think? you are losing?

You are missing out on getting answers to your questions. You are missing the community. You are missing our forum where. you can post pictures and get professional advice about your situation because i don't have any skin in the game so i'll just tell you the honest truth i mean that's it i have nothing to hide so if you have questions you want an answer and you don't want someone trying to sell your product. I'm your boy. Greetings. Sandy Rose is in the house. Welcome again. Sandy Barry is in the house. It's great to see you guys existential paintings here again.

Now this is my community, right, you are my people. I love you all, listen here, let's get into this. I have a little presentation, we'll come back to that later, I'm sure, but I wanted to share this. because I said last week, was it last week or two weeks ago or two weeks ago? I said I'm going to share with you where you should

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, okay, and it's not that simple because the answer to where you should shop is not how we say. um a national distributor, it's not a national brand, you're going to have to learn to step out of your comfort zone a little bit if you want to save a lot of money and get a better product, but today we're going to explain to you what's going on. in the market, what it all means, what it looks like and how you can be successful doing it right, so here we go.

First, the goal here is to help teach homeowners how and why they should buy where contractors buy well and this. It's very important historically, we've already talked about marketing everyone to contractors, and then they come up with these design products. HTTP is wonderful for this, they show the whole beautiful million dollar kitchen and the designer this, the designer that and they create this. Fake atmosphere TV shows show these wonderful lifestyles of people living in million dollar homes with average jobs, it's just not fair to the rest of us because it leaves you very confused about what we are going to do.

Make an analogy today because this is very important. I was thinking about this the other day and thought: how can I make this thought a reality? Because we know that a paint company will sell seven different lines of paint. It's basically the same paint with different additives. different performance with different workability, so the more money you spend, the better quality you will get, the better performance you will get, the better coverage you will get, the better stain protection you will get, the better, but it really comes down to just a few important points in the world of the paint, you get water and solids and then you get technology and you put those three together in different mixtures and you can get a 15 or 150 dollar paint, that's basically how it works, so what I want you to look at building materials for the eyes of the food, okay, and you're going to answer this question, shout it out, let me know how many people there are shopping around when they go shopping for renovation materials, you go to the big box stores and here they are.

They all have the same thing in common McDonald's and Burger King, where do you find them on Main Street, right in the most predominant neighborhood part of the city? Well, where all the traffic is, that's where the big box stores are, that's the most expensive real estate there is. They spend a fortune on advertising and marketing just like the big box stores do and then deliver some of the cheapest products on the market, but most people go there because it's convenient because they're already passing by and that's how I want them. to think about your purchasing habits when it comes to buying building materials you are buying at McDonald's and Burger King now think about this for a second wait a minute my house is worth half a million dollars what am I doing buying my building materials at McDonald's and Burger King maybe you should up your game a little and answer this in the comments section.

What do you prefer Subway or Chipotle? Because you know that a good sandwich with some fresh ingredients is better than McDonald's and Burger King any day. week they can't discuss that, right, we're still dealing with Chipotle, but it better not be an option and when you put that in your house instead of McDonald's or Burger King, do you want to go through all the trouble? of taking out the furniture and tearing up an old floor just to put Big Mac all over the floor or you think you want to leave maybe like a southwestern chicken soup maybe that's a better option, think about it right now, let's The next step maybe Maybe instead of a quick walk to the sandwich place, we're going to get some service, we're going to sit down and we're going to get some service at the table, we'reTalking about TGIF or Red Lobster, we're really going to go all out kids now, instead of 20 bucks for dinner for Burger King food, we're going to pay 30 bucks for service and maybe.

Even leave a tip, damn, aren't we living now? But if you're in a three- to five-hundred-dollar house, the Big Mac isn't going to cut it, you're going to lose value when you go to sell that thing. They're going to come in, they're going to smell the Special Sauce, it's going to be obvious, it's going to be like any other flip with the Special Sauce all over the floor and they're going to say: I don't want this house, it's not worth it. what you're asking now, if they saw waves and grass all over the floor, they'd say: hey, that's my spot, there's some value there, you understand, I'm just working on your thought process here, now there's another lift because One thing What all those restaurants have in common is that everyone who prepares that food, none of them are chefs, and we've all seen the shows, we've seen the chefs that we are, we're following the Food Channel where we're learning how to grill.

In our own place, we have cookouts with neighbors, we prepare our own food. If you pay attention, you can learn to cook amazing food on your own and you won't want anything to do with anyone. of those restaurants after a while because you can do a better job yourself, that's what DIY is doing it yourself because you don't want a standard meal as far as renovation, you want a chef, you want chef quality in your home , you want the Gordon Ramsay or the Bobby Flayer or the or the Wolfgang that's the experience you're looking for without the price tag and you can get it.

I've been preaching for years if you do it yourself 20 of the cost of materials and if you're crazy you're going to buy nice things and pay 30 for material and you're going to recoup the investment that will blow your mind, you know, that basement series we just did finish, someone asked me a question in the comment. The other day they told me how many hours did you put in? I hadn't even thought about it so I sat back I looked at the schedule I did the math we saved 80,000 renovating that basement but we did it in the time it made me 220 an hour after taxes because you're investing in your own house who's making 200 per hour after taxes?

Think about it, I'm not just talking about oh you can't find a contractor, maybe you should do it yourself. I let them know that in today's world, with access to information, membership and my help, I am here to help them, we will make them culinary experts when it comes to home improvement. able to make your own things successful increase the asset value of your home make a ton of money the government can't touch yes and if you start early if you're 25 and you're watching this right now and Say I don't know, no I can get into the real estate market, don't lie to yourself, okay, buy yourself a thirty thousand dollar clunker from 1940.

And then for the next three years you fix it up and sell it for 120. and then you hand over that money and then you buy a three bedrooms and two bathrooms for two hundred thousand, which is in its original 1960 condition, the kitchen is an atrocious, hideous mess, there are four-by-four-inch tiles in all the bathrooms, but you know what fixtures? and finishes, you can remodel that thing over the next three to five boom years, it's worth four to five hundred. I'm telling you right now, you can create a whole nest egg of tax-free income when you're 55. It will be like hell, now we own several houses.

I have assets. I have cash flow. You know you're living large. Don't be like the rest of us fools who take a job and spend our entire lives just to pay it forward. Outside of the mortgage, there is another world of opportunity out there, if you are willing to live in chaos, there are unlimited opportunities, okay, what I am saying is that if you live on the land, you are going to do it yourself, you can have important success and let's say this before we go any further, guys, the time to come, where the world is changing, there will be two people on this planet, the people who own and those who don't, and those who own, they will write their own ticket and all the that it's not going to be subjected to all kinds of tyranny and we know it's coming, it doesn't take a genius to see it, I don't know what it's going to look like, I don't know when it's going to go away I just know that if you don't own your own house in the foreseeable future, you will be subject to all kinds of tyranny and that's the end of the discussion, so get in the market and buy your first home if moving is unaffordable. to another state connect your internet start your business there you are not you are not stuck where you are 100 years ago people would go and leave their family months at a time to go work in the logging industry or work in a mine somewhere, suddenly We are so entitled that we don't even want to pick up our bets and move to another state and connect to the same Internet to run our business because it's so far from mom that we don't.

Anyway, I only saw him once a month. Listen, it's time to change the way we think. Now, where to buy. Let's get to the good stuff. This is where it gets fun. Here are some principles I want you to pay attention to. Well, you understand. What you pay for each business will generate profits one way or another, they will give you, they will sell a large volume with a small margin or they will sell a little. a little bit of volume with a huge margin and a low value, okay, so you get what you pay for overhead, that's really the key, okay, every time you see a business that has the top McDonald's location.

The most expensive property in the city. I guarantee that every time you see something that is the most expensive real estate in town, you are not going to get value for your building material because the builders and contractors are not buying there, that's right. It works well, if you've never heard of a company before it's because they don't advertise because they don't need it, meaning they aren't charging a markup, they aren't an overage charge just to pay for their advertising. budget, so let's say you're going to go buy a can of paint, it's worth 20 dollars, oh, don't forget you're on Main Street, you have rent and that parking, that, that.

You park 8,000 cars that no one ever uses, yes, that costs money, right, it's millions of dollars to keep that asphalt paved, now your paint already costs 40 dollars, then you have 100 people walking around with staff and air conditioning and, oh, I don't know Forget about advertising, sales and marketing, well now the can of Pain is 65 a gallon. Wow, well how can I turn my 20 cans of paint into just 12 dollars? Because that's all I can really afford to buy if I sell the 65. Well, that's no problem, I'm just going to sell. a cheaper version of the same paint and we're going to market it as sexy, okay yeah, bless you, what's that old thing at one in the morning, after everyone's had a bunch of drinks and the lights off?

Everything is sexy. I don't want to buy that can of paint that I'm telling you right now, listen, if they are advertising it means that they are selling you garbage, a lot of money is being wasted on advertising, it is not necessary and if you have to pay someone else to tell you where you should buy you're already buying junk there's no wholesale here's a new road it used to be you'd have a manufacturer you'd get a distribution they sell it to a wholesaler they sell it to a retailer I'd spend all kinds of money saying, go buy this product here and the Doors are open and here's our address, we're on Main Street, you can't miss us, boom, you walk in there, buy junk and walk out. happy because you're used to comparing Big Macs and wobbers and you don't know there's an option you don't know you can get steak and seafood you don't know you can for a few dollars you can learn how to be your own chef so let's go over the formula: the cost of product plus location plus labor plus marketing and advertising, the higher all of those things are, the lower the value you're going to get in that store, okay?

The point is that it makes sense, it's that obvious and there are alternatives, which is what we're going to get to now, okay, so never stay and never buy, you'll be disappointed. I did it today just for fun. I walked. in a couple different stores and a local retailer that is also a wholesaler which is weird because some companies actually have a wholesale and retail model in the same store it blows your mind but then I shopped around and said yes so they got five products different. lines like I said from 100 to 500 they have these five different product lines and they use very fancy names and very fancy labels and they try to make everything look sexy and like a nightclub, you know, diamonds, glitter, gold and it says fun, it's paint , for goodness sake, the point is that the cheap stuff was 25-30 bucks a gallon and the expensive stuff was 65, but that expensive stuff is still cheap when you go to a real paint store, but in the paint.

Expensive things are sold between 90 and 100 dollars and if you don't know how to negotiate a better price you think well, paint stores for millionaires, but the reality is that painting contractors go to that store and you get almost 50 percent discount because they open an account because they have a business. Think about every product you make starts and ends with paint, you have to prime something, you have to finish something and all you need to do to open an account at a paint store is use the same information you use to open a paint store account. Google name address phone number send them an email that's it set up a paint store account you can get a great deal I'm telling you this because I've told you this I told you this before and no one did it and I don't know why maybe everyone thought I was crazy, maybe it was too easy in the old days, when I gave you this advice the last time life was good, everyone is making money.

You know, the economy was booming, everything was peaches and cream and we didn't have to worry about our money, but now we sure do have to worry about our money, didn't we get the writing on the wall? There are a lot of scary things happening out there, oh did I? I saved it, that was close, okay, no one should compare apples to oranges, don't confuse marketing with quality, okay, so what do we do as owners? Now, owners, you are one, you are. You are an individual when you go shopping don't forget that you are not part of a shopping group you are just yourself what do you do? where are you going? well use Google machine type on whatever you're looking for for example, how many know?

Hands up, you've been to Home Depot or Lowe's or another store and you've seen the map, a line where you know they have the Cara color or the ultra color for grout products. Maybe you have a couple of cement products and they're all on the floor, okay? Did you know that's double the cost of each floor? Distribution company that is two blocks from the street around the corner and that you don't know. the way it works, so if they sell it for 30, you can get it for 15, three blocks away, okay, Millwork, oh, baseboards enclosing a great example, right, that's labor intensive because what They do is deliver those things from a truck they provide.

They put it in their orange cart, they take it to the other end of the store and then they pay these guys to pick it up one button at a time and put it on the wall and line it up according to the screen and they do this. Every day they tag incredibly or are intensive, but then the same delivery truck goes across the street and around the corner to a Millwork Supply store that sells to contractors has the same product and they sell it for half price in the shop because the rents are very cheap, they are not advertising and the only people that go there are contractors and then you have to wonder where these contractors come from and how they all know to go there.

Here's the easy answer in the recruiting business every time. you hire someone generally speaking, the highest average for a contractor is six months, maybe a year at most, okay and during that six months or year they are learning the following things how they sell how they set the price where they buy what is their process how much money you're making and as soon as they discover your business model, they go off to start their own company and what they do is they go back to the same stores that you shopped at and they open their little cash account or credit account at the same place so these places don't have to advertise, everything is built right, every time a contractor dies, he has created 20 more customers for that same store in the course of his business.

Now it's normal, as a homeowner, what you should do is Everything is fine, so how do I identify this without getting a job as a contractor? Let's really take a minute to address the fact that we're getting some love on screen. Let's take care of this. we are getting we are getting some advice we are getting new members fatality notoday's questions all the answers are in the videos three years ago i made some knocking down your first bathroom it was scary now you are confident in what you are doing looking to make some structural changes with a seal of engineering you know how funny it is when we are making changes with an engineering seal, it is not so complicated because now you have a professionalthat he will give you the process and the drawings and he can guide you through everything, look it's not that hard, I've been telling you for a long time. years, look at the type of people who are working in the renovation business and tell me if you think you can match them mentally, not do it.

He lives in Oakville, a nice area of ​​Toronto, so he has a superstar rental there called the Winka building. and he goes to Sherman Williams to have it painted, he has a good account for him, 40 off everything, yes, Ikea to see it incorporated, it suits you well, so let's talk about this, where should we shop? and we're going to talk about the process. real quick and then we'll dive into some questions, if you have questions about purchasing, materials, pricing or what's good, what's bad, what's ugly, I'll be happy to answer it, um, I'm not on the payroll yet so no one pays me to have an opinion, it's one of the benefits you get here and if I have any knowledge that can help you along the way I will hmm ok so here we go, great story, thanks for sharing. that friend, I'm glad to know that you're doing so well and you know how he is here, he's with three twenty dollar tips in a row and he's laughing all the way to the bank because he probably made himself. 12 or 15 or 20,000 alone in the bathroom and all the power to him, that's why we do this, ah, I told my son the other day, I said if 25 of the people who watch our videos really go out and do some project of renewal. in his house and they make a thousand dollars in assets in his house last year alone we helped homeowners make over a hundred billion dollars.

Think about it, he blew my mind when I sat there and thought. I think 25 of the people actually paint something or change a floor or fix something. I wonder where the hell else they would be here, so that's awesome, yeah, okay, sorry, he made 150,000 last year, he's laughing all the way to the bank. and cheers if you join the membership this is awesome guys okay let's talk quick about where we shop first of all um I want you to go let's do a Google search if you're watching the show right now. and you're near the computer, do a Google search and if you're not sure, watch this video again, we'll repost it, probably in a week or two.

I want you to do it because we would like to edit it. below to make it more complete, but I want you to Google right now, pick something for flooring, okay, flooring wholesalers near me, here we go, flooring wholesalers near me, okay, and you're going to do that and let's see what we get I'm going to display this on the screen for me. This is incredible. We'll give you an example because there are some key things you need to learn here about how to find a flooring wholesaler for flooring near me. Wholesaler is a big key to overcoming the ad boom. boom boom okay, um, okay, so here's a company.

I'm here in Florida right now so I'm just cheating. Orlando ProSource Apartment. I have no idea who he is. Can we click on that because Google would give you? a home page will give you a website option or something, they'll find out what the hours of operation are. Well, these people even have a showroom. Okay, they're open from eight to five, which will probably get you retail and what you need to do is keep looking until you find someone who's open at six or seven in the morning. Well, that's the secret. Wholesalers don't open at eight or nine, they open at six or seven because that's when the contractors are there. picking up the materials so they can show up at work at eight o'clock, okay, so if you do a Google search and find a store that opens at six or seven, chances are it's a wholesaler, that's all there is to it. do. they say they probably close at four or five in the afternoon they don't open at night they don't open on weekends maybe they do half a day on Saturdays but that's traditionally the business model you're looking for So you can wholesale apartments, you can go to Millwork.

Okay, you can find a place that sells doors and trim. If you are in a rural area, you will be out of luck. You have to go look for it. major city next to you, it's okay because builders and contractors usually only work wholesale in larger districts, so you have to have at least thirty to fifty thousand inhabitants in a city and there will be someone there, for example, I'm down . in Florida right now in the Lake County area and there's a company here called Romac and now if you're not from the local area you've never heard of these guys, they don't advertise, that's right, they don't sponsor the ball. teams all over town they're not on the news they're not on the radio and television they don't have billboards again they have some shops and kind of a seedy part of town it's all a commercial industrial area and you know what works great for them because the cost is low and they have great staff, they know what the hell they are doing and they do everything from beams to doors and windows and everything in between, they have a huge business going, they have drive thru.

Picking up wood like the old days, when you didn't have to get out of your car to pick up your wood, you just drove by the lumber yard and they threw it in your truck, it's a miracle, it's 1970 again. Those kinds of things exist, but all you have to do is just flip a switch, turn off your brain, turn off advertising and marketing, and every time you see marketing and advertising working, this is bad, this is counterproductive. for me to succeed, okay, use it. Google, for the first time in history, you have access to someone who will tell you how to get the job done.

You have access to all the information about all the entrepreneurs in your city and all you have to do is search. They make a quick call and say: Hello, can I buy directly from you? I am a homeowner. Here's the thing and I'm going to blow your mind with this over the last two years, during this whole coveted mess, companies, the number one challenge they had. was getting the product supply chain right sales are doubling everywhere because of the real estate boom everything is doubling everyone is renovating everyone is changing interest rates are low the whole world is going crazy with the real estate oh quick we have to buy our new house we have to fix it we have, we can't travel, let's fix the house so everyone sells everything like Mad Dogs, okay, and I'm not going, I'm not going to go here, but suppose, for example. that a flooring company made 2 billion square feet of laminate flooring last year, they sold it all and installed it all, but don't forget their business model is not to sell to you, but to sell to contractors and flooring companies and and and and and Installers made two billion, installed and sold 2 billion this year.

The biggest challenge they have is they manufactured another two billion dollars and two billion square feet of flooring, but they only have enough staff and contractors installing one and a half billion square feet. feet, so they had storage and inventory issues, they're panicking because they don't have enough people to install the floor this year and now they're saying, well, where are we going? They're coming to you, they're going to open the floodgates, so now wholesalers say yes we will sell to the owner because we are motivated because we have inventory, we can't get rid of this stuff, this is a good problem.

I was at the trade show and the people that are in charge of the training, people are panicking this year because they don't have enough people, they don't have bodies on the ground, so if you're a homeowner and you're looking to take advantage of the market, forget about all the detractors. forget about all the Doom and Gloom forget about all the houses are going to crash, everything is going to fall apart, it's a bunch of nonsense, okay, they're just distracting you, they're playing a shell game. The bottom line is that if you own a house, don't sell it. and move right now mortgage rates are crazy renovate it remodel it turn your three into a 400. turn your four into a five turn your five into an eight now is the time because you can get wholesale prices on materials you can get expert tutorials correctly If you want to learn how to do plumbing even better than me because I'm not a master plumber, there's a guy on YouTube named Roger Wakefield.

I met him at the trade show. He is a great guy just as he appears on YouTube. He knows plumbing. He's a damn plumber go on YouTube learn to do things you're more than capable I'm telling you right now if you watch 10 Roger Wakefield videos you'll learn more than an apprentice plumber on a job site in three weeks because they've barely talked to that kid, They just told him to go to the corner and connect all the things, like if you were here you should already know what you're doing. They are brutal, but the point is that wholesalers now sell to retail.

They're selling directly from their wholesale store and it's a little bit different, you know you're going to roll up, you're going to say: this is the place Google Maps will take you there, they're not going to have any fantasy. sign that it won't be a fancy parking lot, there won't be a cart stand area where you push your cart when you're done shopping, it'll just be a roll up garage door or maybe a little man door. on the side of a strange building that comes out of nowhere and what you're going to do is walk in there and it's going to be dark it's not going to be well lit it's going to be a little chaotic it's going to be confusing what you're looking for is a counter and let me be a guy sitting behind that counter and a lot of times they have a 45 pound ashtray there in a big cigar that goes to the right and then they have a computer that looks like it's from 1975.

And they're like they're not saying hello, welcome, can I get you something? Want? Can I bring you a coffee? They're sitting there minding their own business and waiting for the next guy to come along. to that counter who knows what the hell they want and they ask for it and if you stand there looking confused someone will walk right in front of you put things on the counter, make their purchase and leave because they are contractors and they are in a hurry but in that environment you can go buy them paying a floor wholesaler I tell you right now there are products on the floor in those places that are 15 a bag for Thinset and you go to a store pay between 45 and 60 dollars for the same things because you are paying for parking and people running with aprons telling you it's aisle eight and a lot of lighting and customer service and a lot of advertising and that doesn't mean anything to you because you already know what you want because you have your training, don't waste your time and energy.

Okay, I've been ranting for about 40 minutes about this. This is incredible. I'm going to have a drink because I'm running out of throat, guys, let me say, where are we? Let's go, let's come back here for a little bit. Welcome, Eugene and what was it? There is another comment there. We are working on this. I have a big big screen TV in front of me so I don't have to use my eyes to read the comments okay let's answer some questions now and if you're not sure if that was a little overwhelming or I have questions about the supply chain where you should go to buy.

Please contact me with your details to see what I can do to help, but let me go through this quick list. There are places where you can go to buy Windows. Places you can go. to purchase interior doors, trim, work, flooring, flooring installation supplies, tile, exterior facades such as siding and fiber cement board, even roofing materials you can get as a contractor, price, um, uh, roofing material wood, sure it's not the best drywall on the market, yes, but it all depends, but most of these. major purchases you can get, you know, 20 30 40 50 off, you don't have to pay retail duty and they will deliver it to your home in many cases, it's free, like plumbing fixtures for the good of the people.

I shop at Wellesley in Ontario Wellesley Canada Distribution centers from coast to coast everywhere can get everything to you within 48 hours in most cases, and will deliver to the job site. I don't have to come back a second time and pick it up, there is no fee for delivery, that's how much product they sell to contractors who drive around constantly. I think a guy who drives around in circles all day dropping things off, okay you don't have to pay for delivery with these people, they have National Distribution Services, right, it's just amazing, how much preparation do you have to have before you even go up to the counter? ?

Should I order brands or do I just need X pounds of thin film? Well, you know, it's a great question and to be honest with you, the more specific the situation is, the harder it is, but listen to this, this is the key. The guy working behind the counter has been told by his boss, Selda, who owns the house, and they can smell you from a mile away because you smell clean, right, you're wearing clean clothes in most cases, they know you own a house, they are not surprised to see you there, what you say is this is what I am doing, what is the shiny layer in your store? my request because there is more than one manufacturer and there are all kinds of different brands and they will have different lines depending onwho they are in bed with, so let's say: You're going up, classic example.

It's me. I'm just installing 12 by 24 tile on a wood subfloor, what skim do I need for that and they will sell it to you if it's on concrete it's a different product, if it's a tile it's a different size it's a different product. I'm going to ask you if it's ceramic or rectified porcelain. It is a different product. Are you using an uncoupling membrane or is it a different product? What did you use as a primer using a crack isolation membrane? They are very knowledgeable about what they sell. They are like an encyclopedia behind that desk.

They know the products. They have been trained. In everything sales representatives come. They do training seminars. These guys are very well equipped to answer questions. What they don't want are stupid questions. Do your best not to waste too much time on them, but the more motivated they are to deal with you, the more patients they will have. Well, and honestly, I think as we move forward we'll make some videos to help. close that gap in knowledge a little. I would love to be able to go in and make some videos where we can really lay out what the deals are and what's what and for what situation because a lot of times as a YouTuber we get stuck, oh, I'm going to install a tile on a bathroom wall today and this is what I used but that doesn't help you, is it tile and drywall?

Are they tiles on a membrane? Is it a tile on stone? Is it a small tile? The tile is natural The tile does not need to be sealed Is it a natural stone? Is it rectified? What if I want to put it on the ceiling? What cement do I use for that? And if it is glass and if it has a different thickness. about my accent mosaic and what do I do there are so many questions, right? and you get lost, these guys can answer all that for you, but I think it'll be good for us in the future, we're going to do more comprehensive training on the topic. all commerce as commerce, I think that's probably going to be a big key.

Mike wants to know if buying from a wholesaler also works for small repair jobs or if you generally have to buy in bulk. Well, that's an interesting question, so, let's say, let's say you're doing some repair work and you need a special trip, okay, you need it, you want, you want a few feet of baseboard, okay, I'm going to a place in Ottawa called classic wood trim, I'll go in there and I'll talk. for Frank and Frank is in the East End, he is a great guy, he is a carpenter so he knows his trade well, he is not just a retailer, he is a carpenter, he knows how to install these things very well and I even hired him . the past to make things for me, but the point is that Frank can sell you exactly three feet of trim, he'll cut it right there on the spot, you'll sell it by the foot, that's fine, and if you have a weird, complicated trick. situation, he can even sell you the special curved foam molding that looks like wood to go around that staircase, that tricky place where no one knows what to do.

Frank knows what he's doing, he knows if you need a one and a quarter inch nail or a two inch nail, he knows it. That's all what these guys bring to the table, they're trade experts and a lot of them have had injuries or whatever, so they're on their knees and they're taking all that experience and all that training and they're putting it into practice. a store for yourself so take advantage of it because the big stores used to have a policy where they hired business professionals to be in the store, don't forget you can do it, we can help you, that's what they said they had plumbers and electricians. and flooring guys are hard to find now, most of these people that work in the stores don't really have any business experience so there isn't much help there anymore, but the wholesalers know their product and know how to install it okay let's see back to the questions Tim Leahy hey Jeff after watching the show last week I went to a flooring wholesaler to get the laminate in our basement saved almost $50 per square foot compared to Lowe's Home Depot , wait.

Let's take a look at you saved $50 compared to those. Was it exactly the same product or just the same thickness? Because here's the thing and I'm apples and oranges. Just when you look at products, we have our buzzwords, um. how thick it is how wide it is what the wear layer is what the finish on the top is blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, and so we've created an economy where you have three or four talking points and that's what you're comparing and then it's because of the price, but in many cases there are many ways to get to the same quality of talking points and still have a lousy product, so what I'm saying is when you deal with stores specialized, remember that I have to pay for parking and advertising and everything else, they cannot sell the same quality apartments as a wholesaler and be competitive, so if you are saving 50 dollars, you may have the same product or even have a superior product for less money, that's what I'm trying to tell you, it's so good for you and you want to make 50 dollars per square foot, if you flip your entire house right, that's a few thousand dollars in savings, but you know. what you save is the money but the value of the renovation goes up as if a contractor did it and that is what happens with the contractor's prices if 20 of the cost of the material in a renovation is the norm when a contractor goes shopping and buy that material for yourself. you're saving money, so you're really only spending 10 or 12 percent, not 20.

And then they're still getting an 80 percent return on the average renovation of your home's appreciation increase, which is less than paid, which still blows my mind, but when you take into account the amount of taxes and the interference that the government has in the process and it's understandable, so when you do it as a renovator, when you renovate as a homeowner, you sorry and even if you pay The Box Store price and you don't know how to save your money you still get a return on your investment of 300, but when you learn to buy now you get a return on your investment of almost 400.

There is no such thing as a portfolio of stocks with any kind of any kind of comfort degree that can guarantee that kind of return, but on renewal, 400 return on your investment every damn year, like you would have to be almost stupid not to do it. One of the cardinal rules of investing is to invest in what you know most people only know what they have been trained to do for a living and there is no real investment opportunity there so if you own a home , learn how to fix it, make it something you already know, and then make a career working on it.

For the next 20 or 30 years, you are golden, you are going to surpass everyone. Housing exceeds inflation. Housing trumps everything. Okay, yes, there can be some fluctuations in different markets, we have better and worse years and the US market is not as stable as the Canadian market. one, but that will change, they know they still have a lot of room to grow. The average house in Canada costs about $650,000 less than it did in the United States last year to hit $300 after 50 growth. There is a lot of room to grow here. and I'm saying that politics and immigration are a huge factor, plus there's not enough labor, so when there's a labor shortage and there's a huge immigration policy, valuations go up.

I don't care what they say now. A question. here since Lowe's slash Rona, I'm reading, sold out. I bought enough tools that were on clearance at 90% off to start a side business doing repairs using your information. Good for you. I had no idea tools were so cheap. That blows my mind, all I know. It's just that a couple of months ago I wanted to return a tool and I didn't have my receipt and I said we're not going to accept that return, you can't get your money back and I said you don't want to keep the card and then you have proof of purchase and everything okay and they say no we're not doing that anymore and now I understand why because they were selling yeah um interesting hmm okay guys let's get into the questions if you have questions about your renewal I'm open um uh uh what about the power tools and tools?

Yes, there are always options to get better prices on tools. This is what happens with tools. Let's talk about what I know. DeWalt, for example, DeWalt has more than one line of tools as you know, they have different qualities of paints, there are different qualities and tools, as a homeowner you don't need the latest and greatest, you don't need a V60 battery or v200, okay, the tools they sold five years ago. They were twice as good as the tools that were sold 10 years ago and most owners are not competent enough to be able to handle a tool that was sold 10 years ago and get the most out of it, it takes years of training to develop muscle memory, speed and reflexes, so feel free to buy the lower quality tool knowing that it will still exceed your own ability, as if you were just playing street hockey with your kid on the weekend.

Don't go out and buy a carbon fiber hockey stick that costs $800 and is for Sydney Crosby, so you know, keep that in mind. Yes, everyone wants to know about tools. Look at it. Hmm, I'll give you a hint. I'm working here. Right now, in a current project, we haven't published these videos yet, they haven't even gone to the editor. That's how it is again. I have a work visa here in the United States. Okay, I'm doing some fun things. year we are testing different types of construction styles in order to help provide more information to different types of markets.

Well, right now I'm working on a double wide trailer. Oddly enough, there has been a lot of demand for it. over the years so I am upgrading a double wide trailer. I didn't have room to carry all my tools so I bought them here and went to Harbor Freight, yeah if they're in the states guys Harbor Freight. Listen, you know, they're usually the quality of 10 years ago, but the damn things work, you know, like a jigsaw, the blade goes up and down, it's not really that rocket science, you don't need the latest jigsaw and great. out there to cut a piece of wood so that it works very well and if you are a homeowner and you are only doing a couple of projects, consider not investing too much in tools unless you want to sell them again, here we are.

Come on, let's open this now it's six o'clock, we have some time, let's talk about renovation, uh, questions, let's see who's out there that has a question about your project and wants information about it. What different options are there on the market? like let's talk about shower systems, everyone has heard of Schluter, that's the orange thing, right, yeah, it's because they spent billions of dollars advertising on HGTV and now everyone has seen them . Did you know there's probably, let me guess the trade? program I saw one two three four five six seven eight nine I personally know about 13 different shower waterproofing systems on the market that are not Schluter and they are all competing in the same space, but they are not promoting you.

We are only promoting contractors so depending on which contractor comes to your house you may never hear these names and that's how it works. I'm going to do a project on this double wide trailer or the product. you've never heard of it before and that's great, but you can access it and we'll do it. There are some really interesting things coming up. Did you know that you can make a shower out of vinyl plank and not? I don't have to use the tile boom, let me drop a hammer, yeah that video will be up soon. Do you still recommend Prosol for homeowners?

I called the Saskatoon location today. They said they only sell to contractors. Call again and ask to speak to manager Ryan. because, uh, that's just the guy who works there who doesn't know they've changed the policy, but I'll tell you right now. The guys who are selling to Procol told me they changed their policy and We are opening up cash sales to homeowners so try again, don't take no for an answer because that's ridiculous and at the end of the day yes necessary, you can always set up a cash account, you know what? needed here is my name here is my address here is my phone number now sell me your product please that's all there is and you pay for it before you leave traditionally these wholesalers are set up to offer two benefits, a really good price and I would offer net 30, which means you get credit so you can pick up your product, install it in someone's house, wait 30 days to pay for it, so there is time to finish the product, get paid by the owner, and then get paid by the owners. money, then you can buy the product because you are in network 30.

This is actually a really good point. There are a lot of scams right now in Contracting, where contractors say, "We need more money because we have to buy." materials yesDoes a contractor ever tell you that he needs money to buy his materials you just say what's the problem you have bad credit drop the mic on them you don't want to do business with a contractor that has bad credit because people with bad credit in the contracting business are desperate and that's dangerous if a contractor wants to do business with you 10 deposits is all he needs it's a commitment that you're going to move forward and then he should show up and he should buy that product from a wholesaler on credit they give him 30 days and then you should show up at the job site with your equipment and stop it, finish it and get paid or at least a progress payment for having completed the job, then you can take your money once it's done and go back and pay your suppliers if anyone ever say I need money so I can pick up supplies, they're a lion or absolutely broke and that's who you want to do business with.

Free advice contractors have net 30 offers across the city if they are reputable and if they are not, they need your money. Don't say goodbye, say sorry, you can't come to my house, I'm going to look for someone else because the stories are everywhere, people start, they'll do a demonstration, they'll put up a couple of products, they'll spend a couple of hours here, boom, boom, now they've fulfilled the requirement that the law says, well, it's no longer a fraud situation, it's a civil situation, it's just a contractual dispute that we don't want to get involved in. so you're out of luck.

I read an article the other day, someone in Vancouver got $85,000 and they gave it to the contractor who barely showed up. A couple of guys came in for a couple of hours here and there from time to time and I gave him money three times in a row for the materials, listen to me, if you're going to hire, have these guys do the work first, they don't buy the materials for cash, They buy them on credit, that is the objective of the system. foreigner, okay, here we go, uh Paige, I have a question here, posted it on the forum.

Oh yeah, you know what I haven't gotten to that point yet. Paige, you have painter's tape and it doesn't stick to the carpet to protect it. Yeah, buy yourself an edger, get a six-inch drywall knife, okay, here's the trim and here's your carpet, get a six-inch accelerator blade, stick it in there, lay it flat against the carpet, grab your paintbrush. , paint the molding well and then remove the knife. boom done, you don't need tape, it's not going to work, the tape is going to stay on the surface anyway and you're going to have to cut around the tape and the bumps and it's going to look like it's going to look like junk, so just take a six inch drywall knife or a 12 inch drywall knife because it's about the size of a stair, stick it there, pull all the fibers down and then paint, let the fiber stick back to the paint, it won't hurt you if the carpet gets painted and sticks to the paint on the side of the molding but you don't touch it it looks perfect it won't affect anything you'll be fine what's the best way to finish a step in a living room sunk The best way, well, it depends on whether you want to go down or up.

You know, sometimes the best way is to put down a false floor package and make sure there are no steps down. If it's a step, you know the floor package is great. If it's more than one step, you know, then just adjust for the fact that you're going to have steps. I really don't know, Travis. I guess it all depends on the objective. You know, there's the really hard question about what's the best way or what's your goal, you have to tell me if you're going to ask me a question right now, actually, here are the rules, okay, if you're not a member, do a super chat if you remember asking a question, but tell me where you live and how old your house is and what your goal is, give me a little clue because I don't know if you want to renovate your basement so you can practice hockey with your son or if you want to put a wine cellar and entertainment down there.

I mean, is it a movie night or is it just a hangout? So there are many different ways to do many different things. Remember that we have many different prices for houses and many different prices. points for product quality and a lot of different assemblies and processes to renovate the same space for different functions, so you have to be a little specific with what you're looking to get, okay, we have a question here. I'm going to make a custom shower that's 84 inches long, 48 inches deep, which is wide, which is a very deep step, going down eight-foot walls.

I can't find a floor plan large enough for those exact dimensions. Do I build it myself? Okay, so here's the thing. yes the floor plans for the floor panels are made this big ok you just have the drain location wrong so the floor panels may be five and six feet wide and that's what You know, 60 inches is five feet, so you can get 120 inches wide and long, that's not a problem the problem with you is that you probably have a drain on one end and it doesn't fit traditional marketing, but there are companies where you can move the drain location to the middle and place a linear drain. and you have two slopes coming out of the linear drain that will be 48 inches wide, no problem, suddenly you have a pan system that works, you just run a drain through the floor joist to a new location, okay? ? throw that question on the forum and I will send you a link to a company that will sell it to you and then you will be fine because you won't have to sit there and worry and then use a center. drain line, you also don't have to create a wraparound cut for your tile, so you won't have four slopes, okay, which is key so that the length or width of your centerline drains form straight surfaces so you can use large format tiles on the floor. and that will save you a lot of trouble, a lot of trouble, and a lot of money because those little shower floor tiles are usually quite expensive.

Any ideas on how to remove a cast iron bathtub. The house was built in 1967. Cut that fool. in thirds, okay and this is what you do: you go to the hardware store and this is where the box stores are convenient, they are convenience stores, so you have a convenience problem, you need a sheet, it's called an iron sheet melted, there is actually a Sawzall. blade or a reciprocating blade just for cast iron and you can use it for pipes or tubs and the key is to take your reciprocating saw and press the plate right up against the tub and you can cut that suction cup into thirds.

Cut it like a hot knife through butter, no problem at all, the blade costs about 12 bucks, but that's it, come on guys, that's all we have tonight, give me a question that makes me sweat, come on. What is the best way to install tile when I only have a half inch OSB subfloor? I would love to match the height with three quarters of hardwood in the next room okay foreigner okay John this is where we are going to have to put you to work if you have half inch OSB First of all I don't think that there is a manufacturer that makes half inch OSB, as far as I know the thinnest they make is 5 8 or is it a half inch particle board, so what kind of floor joist package?

Do you have two by eight, two by ten, it's 12 inches on center, it's 16 or 24. B, are you sure it's half an inch and C? Where did John go? Come on, um, if he really is half an inch tall. surprise to me, okay next you can't tile to lay half inch OSB unless you are 12 inches on center and then you still have to use a crack isolation membrane like Schluter ditra and then you can join them together, otherwise You have to remove the OSB half an inch, okay, you're going to take the floor joists and you're going to add two at a time 5 8 inches down and you're going to laminate them and you can put down the subfloor. between all the floor joists, okay, and then you're going to add another 5 8 underlayment on top of that or, sorry, another similar one, so you're going to put the two-by-fours in and then you can put down a five-inch subfloor so it's flush. . with the floor joists and then you have a three quarter inch gap that you can work with and you can use Schluter um ditra XL and then lay tile and be flush with your three quarter inch floor or you can put a half inch subfloor in that point and this will have the normal ditra, these options are up to you to figure out, but double check because I really don't think there is half inch OSB out there.

Agnes wants to know if she should install an Ikea kitchen directly on the plywood. subfloor or on top of new glued vinyl. I haven't glued it yet, uh, yeah, put it on top of the vinyl, it makes it sexy, right? You don't have to use quarter round trim to cover anything, uh, glued vinyl. it doesn't expand or contract so just do it it's not a problem the only time you really want to worry about putting something on top of the floor is um and I'll be honest with you I'm not a fan of doing it on top of the wood Hardwood is fine, just because hardwood has a propensity to get wet and damaged, it expands, contracts, warps, and can't be refinished quite well in a kitchen situation, most people are looking for appearance more than practicality. but in your case, with a vinyl attached, don't worry at all, you can put it on top any day of the week, it's a very industrial standard, okay, regards and good luck with your project.

Mark has a question: is it worth trying to reuse the framework? The wood moves well 24 inches as part of a Reno bath. It would be great to just move the top and bottom plate studs etc if possible. Townhouse in Northern Virginia built on 99 um. Yes, why not take a saw blade and cut out all the parts? nails where the joints are and then just relocated, that's not the end of the world right, you can always screw it all in after the fact, I have no problem with that, if it's in good shape, by all means reuse it.

It's not cheap, you know, the funny thing is that years ago I went on vacation. I was in the Dominican Republic. I noticed that the people there were doing a lot of exterior work and purging, stucco and stuff, and there were scaffolding systems there. really creative because they had a variety of these thick scaffolding boards, they all have different lengths and what I saw was they put them up, they nailed them and when they were done, they took them off the nails and do that so often and reuse that same board with so often that the end of the board would start to splinter and then they just cut off a couple of inches and then had a shorter piece of scaffolding for next time like those people. recycled because they didn't grow trees to cut wood and the wood was top quality so they knew how to work with it over and over again so yeah when I mean when a 2x4 was a dollar 50 people threw the whole thing away but now that they're five bucks Yeah of course go ahead and reuse it it would last a good 100 years or so in a house if it's in a decent environment no point throwing it away buddy Starship now there's a name in Kansas City Kansas that usually is where you find it, you're looking to move a laundry room in the basement so it's separate from the bathroom, it would mean digging up the concrete to move the washing machine drain, it's worth a try to do it yourself, well that's one option, the other thing you could do is move it. and then you could put in a pump system to redirect the water so you don't have to open the floor, um yeah, and as far as opening the floor and putting in a drainage system, it's not that complicated, just make sure I'm using a pipe two inches because that's new code for laundry drains.

You know, you can punch a hole in the floor and you can move things and you can add the right slope and you can fill with some crushed stone and you can pour your own concrete these are all skills that you are more than capable of doing the only thing you have to do. to do is make sure you get the permit, get it inspected, and get it approved on the job so you can't have any problems, and that's a piece of cake. If you have questions about the design, once you have opened the hole, you can take a photo and we can send it and I can say yes. you use this plumbing fixture this plumbing fixture and I can approve your design, okay, so I can, at least I can help you that way, I can't help you dig a hole, but at least I can approve your design, okay, Ryan wants know what it is. best option is to flatten basement floor before laying subfloor to get four inch drop over 16 feet, pour concrete or lay pressure treated lumber, best option in 1924 house, snow water problems, okay, so in a 1924 house you have a four inch drop of over 16 feet, okay, you know, this is going to be going out to lunch, you're not going to like this answer, why don't you take out the floor because it's only going to be about an inch and a half or two inches thick anyway, the top isn't that big of a job, regrade it, put down a vapor barrier and then pour a new concrete floor because there's really no way todo it right, a 1920's floor that you don't want to put wood on and then a subfloor system with sleepers that contains a lot of organic compounds, you don't have humidity control you know, and you say there are no water problems, yeah, good luck, 1924 no water problems, you know, I'm not going to go to Las Vegas and put up a million.

Black dollars, you know that's just not going to happen so I'm going to suggest re-pouring the floor or at least calling someone who has a company in town that can do it. Crete, it's a plaster. Concrete flows much easier. And they can pour it like a floor leveler and then you can work on top of that. That's another option, okay, it's not like that, you don't need to use concrete on concrete, you can use gypcrete. I don't know what the price will be in your neighborhood but it's something to consider, but making your own bed subfloor system that is just a nightmare because every single one of those cuts has to be sealed and it won't be pressure sealed, it will just be sealed with paint, it's just not ideal.

The other thing you can do is simply change your flooring option because four inches over 16 feet. I know it may seem dramatic, but the truth is it's not, so maybe your best option is to just put down a carpet floor and move on with your life like you don't know why so many people. They are so obsessed with having a level floor in a basement that it is not a place where we need to spend a lot of time, money and energy trying to make it perfect; after all, it's a basement, so you'd be surprised if you were just throwing out a rug, you might say: well, that's the best damn decision I've ever made in my life, okay, it's a nice day from Toronto, one of my current rehabbers and Gary Indiana, okay, do you want to work for yourself, sir? like your experience, do you recommend any sealant before insulating and then drywall? um no, and I'll tell you why I'm a big fan of letting your wall come together and that's everything from the exterior façade to the paint on the drywall, everything I wanted in between.

Being able to dry in both directions is fine whenever possible, especially in older houses, so as soon as you walk in and say, I'm going to stop the drying process at this point or at this point you cut off the defense ability of the house. it dries in the middle, so I'm not a big fan of vapor barriers and basements, but as part of our building code, we have to do it in Canada, but generally speaking, sealing the masonry, which is in In the middle of assembly, you're going to stop the migration of water, which is the drying process, and it can really cause problems, so you really have to stop and think about how this house is going to turn out. dry, what is the climate that I am exposed to, what are the conditions of the soil and the plants even around the house, you have to look at all of these things to really figure out if I have the right system here in my water trap, okay, wow .

In many cases, if you just insulated an inch of that wall with a rigid foam, it's almost non-permeable, you know, more or less, it's in that nice 90 product and then you let the airspace stand on its own, you'd get the same thing. protective barrier against moisture entering the house, but you are going to allow the building to dry and you will have no problems, okay, oh Vitali, okay, one question, replacing the copper topex throughout the house, have you used the antenna grounded to the current copper. pipe, which is easier, get rid of the antenna or add a proper ground, first of all, grinding the cable ground in the house is really simple, there is a metal plate that is this big, okay , they dig a hole outside and push it into the ground and there's a wire, just a copper wire that comes from there and goes next to the electrical box, which is the grinding process, the grounding, it's not that complicated , so if you want to get rid of all the copper in the house, you can just put it in. a new grounding plate and run the wire from there, you don't have to rely on copper for grounding, it's actually a better system than copper tubing, so you can remove it all together, it's okay, like this you don't have to rely on any old technology applause um wow here we go Kenny wow what a cute photo this looks like to me when I was a kid 1987 Minnesota Home Remodeling bathroom freestanding tub in shower space how do I waterproof around the freestanding tub drain let me get that? again remodeling a bathroom's freestanding tub into a shower space, that's a nice big space, how do you waterproof around the freestanding tub drain?

I'm totally lost Kenny, as I understand it, you know the tub is a dedicated drainage system, no waterproofing is needed, but if you have a floor drain around the tub, it should be part of a six by shower system. seven feet, yes, you should already have a waterproofing system for the entire wet area, so if you have a large room and you put a bathtub in it. and there's a drain that you're not looking to waterproof around the drain that you're looking to waterproof the entire floor, okay, it should be like a shower system, whether it's a roll-on or a membrane or something like that, but you want to have that waterproofing and That drain should just be there for the occasional overflow or something, but you don't want the water to overflow and soak into the grout and get trapped under the slab and not have a waterproofing member there which would potentially be very damaging, okay? so at least put on a roll-on that goes up the drain.

I would prefer an actual physical membrane, um, but that would be the best plan, okay, cheers, oh wow, sure, hey Brian, cheers, man, thanks a lot, that was funny, look. that number one figure okay let's try to stay oh they're Joshua I answered Joshua's question okay Joshua says he has three quarter ply underlayment for laying large format tiles well Schluter Detroit eliminates the need for build the floor. and nail noise and wood also screws well, so if you have a three-quarter subfloor, whether OSB or plywood, you can use Schluter ditra as a finish if you have at least 16 inches on the center floor joists and for me.

They are 2x10 floor joists. I don't like two by eight, but in the literature it says it's okay, but I personally like it. I don't like. I don't like. I think you still need to add more layer now three quarters. plywood is better than a 5 8 OSB, so it's probably fine even if it's a two by eight floor joist, but the point is this, um, whenever you do this, always screw in the subfloor before After installing a membrane, it's okay because it squeaks. This happens due to deflection, there is always deflection in a plywood product and the noise will always be there even after putting the membrane on if you don't screw it on it's ok so help your subfloor a little to screw it on and then add the membrane and everything will be fine but make sure your plywood is also clean and then dry before you put down the adhesive to add the membrane because if it delaminates then the strength of the whole system goes away so you can't afford You may have dirty or dusty plywood when adding the membrane, so be sure to wash it and let it dry completely and vacuum it well before applying the membrane.

Greetings, The previous owner built a deck with no gaps between the boards. I tear it all out, run a circular saw along the seams to create the space, that's a bold concept. I mean, wow, I guess it all depends on a few things, one of which is how good you are with the Skilsaw, dude. uh that's potentially going to look really nasty the other thing is how close it is to the ground and what the soil conditions are and where they live because if it's close to the ground and you don't have good airflow underneath whatever you do The Widow it continues to expand if you're in a high human environment so maybe the best solution for you is to change the boards and seal the bottom first so they don't absorb or absorb moisture all the time or move to a um. move to a composite product that doesn't have the same expansion and contraction issues, okay yeah, it all depends on airflow and where you are geographically, how much rain you get each year and all that kind of jazz, there's so much going on there, wow, ah.

Naveen thanks you, regards by the way planning to convert unused basement stairs into a small bathroom where to start planning the floor structure to convert unused basement stairs into a small foreign bathroom okay wow um ummm start for sending me photos you're a member send me photos let me take a look at the space um and in that comment when you send it to me I want to know the age of the house and where you live because I can't comment on how to start a basement project without knowing your geography. and the age of the home because there's a lot of technology at play there okay I appreciate the love and getting your question here but that's where we have to start because it could send you down the wrong path very quickly and quickly and you could have a mess without me knowing the right information and I don't want to do that okay Vinnie Hi Jeff 60's house in northeastern Pennsylvania.

The basement walls are made of cement blocks and the painted areas are peeling, which can be guessed by the passage of moisture, yes. a dehumidifier, but any concerns, question mark about dry lock, okay, here's the thing, Benny, cinder block walls, if they don't have a waterproofing barrier on the outside of the block, then the moisture will come from the ground and enter to. the masonry and will continue to pass as long as it is dry and the inside of your house in Northeastern Pennsylvania is heated so it will be drier there in the winter than it is on the ground and the moisture will work its way through that paint or the lock I don't care what you put in there, it's okay, you can't build a submarine in your basement with paint, that's not going to happen, moisture is more powerful than any type of paint on the market, so forget the concept, it The only thing you can do to prevent moisture from going from wet to dry is to place an outer membrane so you can roll it up on the outside, but if you roll it up on the inside it will enter the block and climb onto its structure and rot your package of joists and your choice of edging, so that's not what you want to do, don't trap moisture heading to One Direction, just bring it into the trench outside your house if you want. and waterproof it there or don't do any of that mess and then when you finish your house leave an air space and then insulate the inside of that air space like a one inch foam ridge, use a touch method with the adhesive correct and maintain that air space so that moisture can travel find that air space and then it can travel through the house and you control what that looks like over time, you don't want to trap moisture if you can't prevent it from getting in. to your house, you have to find a way to let it dry, that's really the key.

If you can keep it out, then you can control the moisture that way, but once it's in the structure, you have to control how it gets there. comes out again and that's a completely different deal and there's no Fufu powder, there's no magic to that, it's just good old fashioned physics, if you try to solve a physics problem with chemistry you usually just change the definition of the problem you have in some sense physics is more powerful than chemistry okay, that's the association that people who are homeowners especially have to understand this, the world is fascinated right now with the use of new products and they are all based on the chemistry to solve old problems, but physics is stronger than chemistry, okay, it's like Kung Fu, it's good, it works and as soon as you want to rely on an adhesive, a sealant, a chemical or a caulking to solve your problem, you've come down to installing that.

The product and the integrity of the installer and the durability of that product hold up in the long run when it comes to physics, you always win if you have a good physics solution, so be careful with that house from the 80s and 90s. okay, steering wheel 206 OSB, well I guess it's a breakfast bay window and narrower, whichever one someone should worry about more, oh yeah, well if you want to make a window in a narrower exterior wall then you're fine because you don't have any structural problems Because Every window in a house that has any structural loading has something at the top of the window that transfers the load to two points on either side of the window, so if you want to make it narrower, you can automatically do that now if you want. to make it higher you may have to take that load transfer and lift it up towards the wall, okay but that's not a big deal, nothing to worry about, but if you're going to move a load stand. structure like a beam above a window, then you have to temporarily remove the load from that wall in order to restructure it, so you will want to hire a structural engineer there so he can draw the design and schematics can take into account the load of the house and the floor beam package and all that kind of detailsignificant and save a ton. of money in the future and overall electric underfloor heating is not that expensive compared to the benefit of not feeling cold all the time you are in the drafts in the house is pretty impressive.

I think you'll probably end up saving money by investing in and then when you go to sell the house one day you'll say, yeah, I have underfloor heating and I think you'll get a lot of money for it, right, it's definitely electric, it's the way Moving on, Jeff. Can I use semi-rigid ductwork for an island vent? Hood is having a hard time getting, yeah, the driving ducts from the Texas rigid platform working from the Texas semi-rigid ducts, you're talking about the aluminum which is flexible, not the plastic, uh, yeah, now that's assuming you live in Ontario, John, I don't know what your building code is where you're from, the reason they want rigid ductwork is simply because of the grease fire risk, and they want to make sure that they have a material in there that will at least provide some protection against the cavity. from the house wall for a certain period of time, so the best I understand is that semi-rigid is still acceptable, so it shouldn't be a problem.

Use it for um we use it to vent uh gas chimneys and stove vents all the time where I'm from so unless your code is different and you're not familiar with it it might be worth a Google search to check that should be fine hmm , there are many hood ventilation products. out there you can't even install without using the flexible ducts just the nature of the installation is crazy Tim wants to know about your duct tape a vapor barrier underlayment for basement laminate or just leaving it safe unsecured can you also secure it first? floating floor row, okay, basement laminate, you want to seal the vapor barrier for the entire surface of that floor, you don't need to tape it to the concrete at the edges, it's just to stop the direct transfer of the concrete to the laminate is fine but if you tape it on the overlap you will ensure that it doesn't tear during installation, you don't want to have a place where there is a big hole in the vapor barrier and because if the middle of the floor has a stain of mold, the whole floor is garbage, so that's why we tape it all up, it's just to seal it up and make sure there's no direct transfer. um Sandman, wow, Wisconsin '80s house.

Bay window to exterior French doors, no, no, and I'll tell you why, because when you add a bay window to a house, okay, the load-bearing frame stays straight like it would with a French door and everything you add . The exterior just complicates your water diversion system, so getting rid of that window in the wall will actually make your house more energy efficient because it will be much more efficient to have a straight wall with a door than a bay window because they never insulate well. and they always get wet, moldy, drafty and not well insulated and invite my sin and everything else, so to be honest they are horrible, most of them are built badly, most of the bay windows are not built in, integrated into the structure of the house, they are continuous, just added after the fact, so they are just horrendous, most of them look pretty and are just built poorly, it's like putting a screen door in a submarine So yeah, go ahead, your structure is now intact.

You should have a header as long as there is enough space between the bottom of the header and the floor so that if it is a standard door you can take one off the shelf, if not consider this and It will probably be cheaper to buy a custom made patio door measure it to fit within the dimensions of your frame than to hire a structural engineer and go to the trouble of raising the header and redoing the exterior façade. It's okay, sometimes, if you're going. from a 1500 patio door to a three thousand dollar door because it's custom, it's worth it because the engineer is the difference in cost and you don't have all that extra work to do.

Well, cheers, you can wait six to eight months, but that's it, you're going to save some money with a lot of irritation, okay, okay guys, it's a quarter past seven and we'll be done in about 15 minutes, so yeah have any questions, send them here, Jayden Hudson's 1967 house and At the top of Michigan, I'm going to say the Upper Peninsula. I don't know the advantage, the top of the exterior walls in Michigan are two by four, yes that's about right. The facility is basically non-existent. Well power was so cheap back then that you just turn up the heat to 110 degrees in the dead of winter and who cares.

It only cost 10 cents a month. What is your opinion on services that inject foam into the wall so it doesn't have to break? everything, um instead of foam, I would use loose fill with insulation and here's the thing, watch out for the cost because when they fill it everything will settle and there will still be drafts around the top of the wall so don't It will be incredibly warm, it will only help a little in the short term. You'd be surprised how easy it is to remove drywall from exterior walls and put up bad insulation and then just add your own drywall after the fact, it's cost effective.

I think a DIY that learns to do your own drywall work and reinstalls the same edge of the baseboard because you are not changing the thickness of the wall, you just take out the baseboard, remove the drywall and insulate it. put up two new 12 foot sheets of drywall in most rooms that are no more than 12 feet wide, it's not as complicated as you might think and you know you only have to do it on one wall in each room, so Which, generally speaking, is not a bad job. If you blow it out, you'll still have to drill holes, you'll still have to patch and repair, put mud on drywall, sand and paint, so most of the scope of work will be the same if you put it in Bat.

You're not going to have any gaps, you're not going to have any drafts, so I would say, I would say, uh, no, it's just drywall, don't be afraid to rip smoke, it's okay, oh, look at this STFU question. 12 foot galvanized garage panels do. I really need double sided urethane tape on each panel. It seems like I can get away with just screws and grommets. Wow, well, if someone in the manufacturing of that product suggests that they use a double-sided urethane tape for each of the panel seams, there is a reason for that and I would follow the recommendations.

I am not familiar with that product. um, yeah, interesting, okay, sorry, dude. Uh, you got me on that one. Send me a question and send me a link to the product. You can take a look at it and maybe we can help you with your assembly. There may be a recommendation there for thermal versus non-thermal situations. That's the best I can think of at the moment. Here we go. Very good, you are a big fan of your work. You're in Oshawa and want to know where you can get a house plan. I didn't get one from the seller.

Well, it all depends on the age of the house, but in general, anything after 1940 1945, the city has them on file. It should have a record of all the house plans, so it's not like the government with taxes after seven years throws everything away, the cities actually hold on to this stuff, everything is on file, so if you take your address, You call them and say, hello, um. Yes, there should be, they're almost like a librarian who works for the city and has all that stuff, maybe even on microfiche, and for all of you who don't know, it's a very old way of having photographs on a film. that goes in a box and you stare at it and you swipe through the pictures and you can find your pen, yeah it's crazy, our technology has changed a little bit.

I don't know if they updated all those files on a computer or not, but they should have something there unless your house is older than that, then you know, Sol, okay, next question, okay, whatever, dude. Oh, maybe I need to buy my glasses. Gary has a 1980's house that definitely has a plan registered with the city. The basement floor is partially tiled. Can I put dry quartiles on top of the ceramic slab or do I need to tear it all off first? That's a brilliant question, masonry on masonry on masonry. Who cares? It's just going to be a little uneven, so you'll have a little bump there that goes from the tile to Untitled, but because it's all masonry and none of that is going to be, it's not organic if you catch something. the humidity there won't cause anything to mold.

I would say don't worry if you don't feel like starting it then don't do it. Mike 2005 North Carolina this expansion foam is legit to close the gap between the bottom plate and the slab it sits in a corner of the house between the bottom plate and the slab it's ok Mike if you are on a slab and your slab is actually cracked and sagging a little bit and your question is is it legitimate that they can drill holes in the slab and inject foam and lift the slab until you have the wall and you and want to close that gap, yeah their damn right is legit, they do it with garages and stuff and slabs all the time, that's actually a legit thing is to make sure the company you're hiring has been in business for a while and has great qualifications, and then you mean you want Talk to someone who had a slab problem like yours and they fixed it. and that's all you have to do a little research, but the concept is legit, it's a real industry and it's growing, so don't worry about that 1950's house in Concord, North Carolina, what does North Carolina represent this evening?

It's still dirty, it's okay, how far should I go to fix it right? Let's look at 1950. Oh, basements or crawl spaces have weeping shingles, they're usually clay tiles, kind of like a California roof, they're a bunch of half shingles stacked against each other to allow water to flow. traveling in One Direction, tree roots and thyme usually destroy those things and they stop working, so the first thing you need to find out is if your wall has wet spots, look there and find out if your weeping tile is intact, and so are you? You're planning on putting some type of waterproofing in there, but ultimately how you decide if it's worth spending the money on is what the purpose is of the space you want to end up with, if you just want it as a gathering place you know you can get away. with yours.

You can just leave it as concrete and paint it with paint which every five years is fine, if you want to make it much more comfortable, then throw in some rigid foam, frame it and leave an air space for it to dry. just the way things are, but um and then the floor is still dirty, how are you going to fix that? Well, you're going to want to pour a floor like, ultimately, you want to pour a floor, right? There's not much you can do with land. Um, if it were me, I'd just pour the concrete because what they'll do is a truck will come and they'll put it right there, okay, and they'll have a team of like three or four guys with wheelbarrows.

Look, fill them up and then we'll all walk to the other side and they'll throw it out and someone will rake it. A good concrete crew can do a basement like that in an afternoon without any difficulty, so keep that in mind when you're getting price quotes and all that could be a DIY job, but that's hundreds of bags of cement you're going to mix. yourself, so consider that, regards, Alex has oil heating in Massachusetts again with Massachusetts, it's very regional today, it's interesting. finishing basement trying to seal room for sound by Noah close eats airflow yes does a door slotted to one side do enough or do I need more airflow ok well here's the deal generally speaking you want to have a six inch round cold air Go back for every I'm going to say three to four six inch heat sources, it's forced air, but it doesn't work at 50 mile per hour wind pressure, you know what I mean, it's Pretty passive, so, if you have a slotted door. aside you should be fine here's what you're sealing off the room for sound I know you can't have it all you're forced there you have to have cold air coming back the other thing you can do is um you've seen Take a look at putting a cabinet somewhere like a dry bar, okay, and then under the cabinet, where the toe is, put it on a very long rack and then open up the drywall on the back of the cabinet so air can get in . going from there to the next room is also a great way to cheat and it's hard for the sound to really do much from that because the cabinet ends up absorbing a lot as well because it goes from a small space and then to a large and correct space, that's pretty effective, that's a good sheet, okay, um, I need my next question here, uh, here, let me have the mouse here and I'll let you do what you need to do, hey, okay, oh. here's a great question, okay, I have two great questions in a row here, whatfeel about glazing a bathtub?

I love the idea of ​​a bathtub. Showers. I actually call the glazing company in the Orlando area to ask them about my shower. because I was thinking about making a big video to show people how it's done and the guy was looking for $1200 to glaze a tub/shower combo, but I sent him a photo and he was pretty convinced it was just plastic. so there was going to be no guarantee and then after I told him it was ok I will do another option. I can take a shower again. I can get a new shower for less than that.

He came back and is offering me the contractor price of 900 after two or three phone calls. It was surprising how quickly its price changed. This is what I think about it. A bathtub should cost around $300. A bathtub with shower should cost around five. Half of the work is just getting there. and show up, set up and clean the equipment, can we please stop scamming people into showering in the tub? Please, what was your worst day at work? I hate to price market or anything else, but seriously, you're going to do two jobs in one day and it's an employee and you're going to charge $2,400 for that guy who goes out and does two jobs that he'll finish at 2:30.

Give me a break anyway. What was the worst day at work? My worst day at work. I don't even have a worse day at work. Have I ever had a serious accident or anything? I'm just trying to think. I'm going back to you. Look dolphin, I'll formulate the answer to that in a minute, okay, okay, the easiest way to get permits when you DIY. I need a plumber electrician before remodeling kitchen bathroom and removing a wall okay so no many districts allow it. homeowners get their own permit and it really simplifies the process because like where I'm from Ontario and I know this isn't the Bible but it's kind of a standard practice and a building official will say okay then you own the house , it will get the permit for you, the work will be inspected and here is your inspection schedule they want to know this this and this and this and then all you have to do is hire, you know, skilled trades to do the work for everything you you're not going to do it by code, that's fine, the permit is like a couple hundred dollars, but as soon as it goes to a third party, which is a contractor, who gives you a permit, they have to hire someone who has a certification to draw, they want drawings, they want maps of the inside and outside of the house, they want everything for you.

You know in many cases you can cross out what you're doing on a napkin, but as soon as you get the professionals involved, the permit goes from a few hundred dollars to about five or ten thousand dollars in cost for all of these trade professionals. and it's Extreme, so if you're going to get a permit, consider doing it yourself, it's really a great process. They really tighten the screws on the industry professionals to make sure that you know how to do all your due diligence and get all the other paperwork done and they are creating an industry that you don't really need to exist in um oh cheers welcome to the membership program snack boy ah, okay, yeah, worst day, there you go flying stingy things, that's great, worst day. at work it would have been The Farmhouse when I lost my mind and treated my son like shit to be honest with you but that was my worst day, yeah that's on video too that sucks but hey it's out there.

Um, yeah, no, I don't mind getting stung by the Hornets, but I don't like treating my family badly, that was a bad day, can you briefly explain memberships to me? The fact that they are all different just depends on you. What level do you want to join at this point? We only did four because we had people who wanted to bless us so much and people who just needed access want to support us a little bit, it's all good, it's up to you, um below. As we're going to start working this year, we're actually focusing a lot on our membership program and how to offer better value and different options and different tiers, so we'll be developing it a lot as time goes on and that's all.

Well, ah, but basically, right now, whatever level you join, you get the same benefits, it's up to you and that's what Joe's has. Is it better to build a new detached garage with traditional wood or use those modular steel? frame garage kits Northeast US climate hasn't decided if I want to use it for insulation or not it depends on cost the answer has to do with your neighborhood if everyone else has a detached garage that looks like the house and then you don't It couldn't be a um it could be a selling factor issue um but generally speaking if you have enough dirt and you can put a steel one and you just want a place to have a place to work on your car or something like that. so yeah, rock and roll, um, it's all good, here we go, uh, since I would take some time off from work and work for you for free for a chance to get yelled at and learn something, yeah, but the dynamic father-son is different, right?

It has to be that I can't just talk to Gordon Ramsay about the guy, you know? That's not going to work, talking about if he bought a house and brought a bunch of yawns as an apprentice for a month and we liked a contest. and uh, we, uh, we would, we would, we would put you through a lot of skills training, you all renovated the house and in the end maybe someone won the house, would anyone care to let me know maybe maybe maybe uh yeah, yell at me? en by Jeff, what do you know, what an honor, look at this, they're actually buying this guy anyway, maybe I'm too nice to you, okay man, everyone likes that idea, there you go and if you don't make it early, you're late, you're fired, how's that?

Yeah, wow, what a difference it would be if Gordon Ramsay found himself in a utility belt, that would be funny, not where it snows, definitely not there, come on guys, listen up at seven o'clock, I'm just pulling. That idea says something we're playing with logistically speaking, it's almost a nightmare, but we're getting there, we've got our business plan drawn up now, I've got everything in place, I'm down here. in the United States on a work visa, we are still working on some insurance and licensing issues and that's great, um, uh, yeah, if you want to know about a good size and budget for a DIY garage, a garage for two cars with living space, anywhere. 30 to 180,000 is your budget, it really all depends on the finish of your accessories, that's what it all comes down to.

This has been great. I hope this helps. I hope my talk at the beginning opened your eyes to some possibilities, don't be afraid. to change your spending habits and consider that this is the best thing available for you to work with, it's not going to be in your face, you're going to have to go get it, okay, it's like fish, if you want fresh, you have to do it. Get in the boat and catch it yourself, well, cheers until next time, we're almost out of here and I love you all, thanks for coming, it's nice to see you again, we're going to do this again very soon. and uh, because we are going to do a lot more live shows on a regular basis, so pay attention to the home page, we will announce the next date it should be in a couple of weeks, all good, cheers next time.