Home with Dean Sharp
1,029 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 9 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsNobody knows your home like The House Whisperer. From architecture and construction to decor and DIY, Dean Sharp—custom home designer and builder—shows you how to transform your ordinary house into an extraordinary home.
Listen live, Saturdays 6-8am PST and Sundays 9-12pm PST.
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Home Elevators - Hour 2
February 25, 2024 05:41 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MBDean continues his discussion of home residential elevators discussing how you can plan ahead for one in a new home build by building a shaft that can be used as a closet until it's needed for an elevator. He discussed various options for home elevators that can fit budgets of all kinds with a specific focus on PVE's, Pneumatic Vacuum Elevators, which are budget-friendly, require a minimum amount of power and cause a minimal amount of intrusion in your home. Dean talks to a listener frustrate...
Home Elevators - Hour 1
February 25, 2024 05:40 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBDean talks about the world of residential home elevators and how they are not just for the rich anymore. He explains how home elevators can be crucial not only for people with disabilities, but also for those who wish to 'age in place' and remain in their homes as long as they possibly can. He offers insights into adding an elevator to an existing home without compromising the integrity of the home, or how to add one or even just plan for one to add later in a new build breaking the bank. Lis...
Movement and Flow | Hour 1
February 18, 2024 22:12 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBDean talks about the importance of movement and flow design; the importance of decluttering and what each means when it comes to construction and design. Dean focuses on some basic design principles regardless of what’s going on with your house. A caller seeks Dean's advice on EV charging and wherther or not the charger will affect the electric bill once her car is fully charged.
Movement and Flow | Hour 2
February 18, 2024 22:11 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBDean talks about the importance of movement and flow in a home; the importance of decluttering and what each means when it comes to construction and design. Dean focuses on some basic design principles anyone should follow regardless of what’s going on with your house. A caller asks Dean's advice on how to remedy a toilet bowl issue where residue 'clings' to it even after flushing, a new homeowner asks for tips about what they should look for during a walkthrough and home inspection on a prev...
Movement and Flow | Hour 3
February 18, 2024 22:09 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBDean talks about the importance of movement and flow in home design; the importance of decluttering and what each means when it comes to construction and design. Dean focuses on some basic design principles regardless of what’s going on with your house. Callers ask Dean's advice on solar panels and whether purchasing or leasing is a better option, fixing a pedestal sink with a leaky shut-off valve, and an issue with sliding glass doors in a home where a landslide occured and soil slippage is...
Space and Spaciousness | Hour 1
February 17, 2024 16:15 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBDean talks the importance of homeowners becoming the captain of their design team; the money-saving difference between space and spaciousness; and a caller seeks Dean's advice on a drainage system for a sidewalk that floods.
Space and Spaciousness | Hour 2
February 17, 2024 16:15 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBDean continues his discussion of 'movement and flow' in a home and how to achieve each through construction and design. He continues his conversation with a caller about the right ground drainage system for her backyard to avoid water pooling in the area and possibly affecting a neighbor, and addresses another's question about adding pocket doors to a bathroom after the remodel has already been finished. Finally, Dean talks about Wayfarers Chapel in Rancho Palos Verdes, which has been closed ...
All Calls Weekend Part 2 | Hour 1
February 11, 2024 20:27 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBIt's an all calls show. Callers ask Dean about changing career paths - from the film industry into construction management field, measuring fixtures and the importance of placing them in the highest part of the property, and about Type L copper pipes and how chemical corrosion causes pin holes in them.
All Calls Weekend Part 2 | Hour 2
February 11, 2024 20:27 - 33 minutes - 31 MBAll About Your Home! In this episode, It’s an all-calls weekend where YOU set the agenda regarding everything about your home! As always, Dean takes callers questions surrounding their home. Dean helps a listener deal with a neighbor's smoking habit that is causing the cigarette scent pierce into her unit - what to use to help eliminate the odor, Dean talks about building a boat house, how to fix water intrusion into homes due to heavy rain, and the differences of gas heaters and heat pumps.
All Calls Weekend Part 2 | Hour 3
February 11, 2024 20:27 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MBEverything About Your Home! In this episode, It’s an all-calls weekend where YOU set the agenda regarding everything about your home! As always, Dean takes callers questions surrounding their home. Callers ask Dean about dealing with a non-operative bathroom that is releasing a stinky scent and the definition of the P-trap., He covers the idea of placing a concrete wall into a fruit and vegetable garden and its safety, Electrical lines for a spa to be relocated to follow state codes, Dean poi...
All Calls Weekend! | Hour 1
February 10, 2024 16:09 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBAll About Your Home! In this episode, It’s an all-calls weekend where YOU set the agenda regarding everything about your home! Callers ask Dean's on how to replace doorknobs and the two types of bore holes where the doorknobs are mounted and how to how to install them, replacing a dishwater and its potential plumbing issues, and fixing a flooding problem in the yard after installing gutters.
All Calls Weekend! | Hour 2
February 10, 2024 16:09 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBAll-calls go! This episode, Dean takes and answers YOUR questions about your lovely home where YOU set the topics for today’s show. Dean shares his view on the Las Vegas Allegiant Stadium and how it was built with a great architecture plan. Callers ask Dean about electric water heaters and if an exhaust is needed, homes built in the 1960s that were wired with aluminum and its risks, and the differences of retrofit windows and new construction windows, Also, the types of floorings to avoid wh...
Building Your Dream Home Part 2 | Hour 1
February 04, 2024 20:54 - 32 minutes - 30 MBDean continues his series on Building Your Dream Home, focusing today on how to be your own 'house whisperer,' and reviews the seven senses to trust to ensure you become the Captain of your project.
Building Your Dream Home Part 2 | Hour 2
February 04, 2024 20:53 - 34 minutes - 32 MBDean answers listener questions about their homes, including where to start when replacing a 40-year-old concrete septic tank, how to fix a staircase where the wall doesn't fully support some stairs, and whether that indicates a possible structural failure in the foundation. Dean also got into Part 5 of Building Your Dream Home - Understanding the Pillars of Design and reviews fundamental pillar #1 - sight. Dean stresses how really paying attention to how things look when you're entering and...
Building Your Dream Home Part 2 | Hour 3
February 04, 2024 20:53 - 31 minutes - 29 MBDean talks about the first pillar of design: sight, and how determining the focal point of a room is imperative so you can start designing around that. Discussed how the concept of 'installation' art can apply to home design and the challenges of designing in both large spaces and small spaces. Also, how the meanings and orientations of shapes and colors in a space can change a design concept and help you maximize each space in your home.
Building Your Dream Home | Hour 1
February 03, 2024 16:03 - 26 minutes - 23.8 MBDean continues his series on How To Build Your Dream home. This week, Step 4 - Where does the design process begin? While your vision may not be crystal clear, there's always something, ONE THING, that is at the front of your mind when you start this process; THAT is where you should start. You don't have to be a home designer or builder to create your dream home, but you do need to be the captain of your team; it's YOUR home, and no one is going to care about it more than you,
Building Your Dream Home | Hour 2
February 03, 2024 16:03 - 26 minutes - 24 MBDean continues his 'How To Build Your Dream Home' series with final thoughts about making sure you're the captain of your creative team and educating yourself on the process. Callers ask Dean's advice on making a step-down living room even with the rest of the home flooring and navigating electrical outlets when you make that change, how to hide ugly toilet shims, and fixing a flooding problem in the yard after installing gutters.
Building Your Dream Home: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Design | Hour 1
January 28, 2024 20:25 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MBDean is giving you a step-by-step guide to building your dream home! Today, Dean continues moving through the four design mistakes and starts with the importance of obeying the fundamentals of home design and the mistake is not holding the design accountable to those fundamentals. He also takes calls and answers questions about homes including on figuring out a tricky problem with a furnace that would release hot and cold air at the same time.
Building Your Dream Home: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Design | Hour 2
January 28, 2024 20:25 - 35 minutes - 32 MBDean continues moving through the four design mistakes and starts with the importance of obeying the fundamentals of home design and the mistake is not holding the design accountable to those fundamentals. Dean discusses the third mistake: Not doing the hard work of imagining your life in each space. He also takes calls and answers questions about homes including the replacement of blinds that tend to need repairing frequently.
Building Your Dream Home: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Design | Hour 3
January 28, 2024 20:24 - 37 minutes - 33.9 MBDean is giving you a step-by-step guide to building your dream home! Today, Dean continues moving through the four design mistakes and starts with the importance of obeying the fundamentals of home design and the mistake is not holding the design accountable to those fundamentals. Dean summarizes the third pitfall: not imagining yourself experiencing every space in the house and he ends with the fourth and final pitfall: Not knowing all of your options. Verbalize to the design team you want t...
Building Your Dream Home: Avoiding Mistakes | Hour 1
January 27, 2024 16:07 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBDean is giving you a step-by-step guide to building your dream home! Today, he begins breaking down the four most common mistakes made in any home plan. What are they - and how to go about avoiding the obstacles that can mess up the design process of building your dream home. He also takes calls and answers questions about homes.
Building Your Dream Home: Avoiding Mistakes | Hour 2
January 27, 2024 16:07 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBDean is giving you a step-by-step guide to building your dream home! Today, he begins breaking down the four most common mistakes made in any home plan. What are they - and how to go about avoiding the obstacles that can mess up the design process of building your dream home. He also takes calls and answers questions about homes.
Building Your Dream Home Pre-Design Part 2 | Hour 1
January 21, 2024 20:52 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MBDean is giving you a step-by-step guide to building your dream home! Today he talks more about pre-design – the most important part of your project because design matters most! He also takes calls and answers questions about homes.
Building Your Dream Home Pre-Design Part 2 | Hour 2
January 21, 2024 20:52 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MBDean is giving you a step-by-step guide to building your dream home! Today he talks more about pre-design – the most important part of your project because design matters most! He also takes calls and answers questions about homes.
Building Your Dream Home Pre-Design Part 2 | Hour 3
January 21, 2024 20:52 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBDean is giving you a step-by-step guide to building your dream home! Today he talks more about pre-design – the most important part of your project because design matters most! He also takes calls and answers questions about homes.
Building Your Dream Home Pre-Design | Hour 1
January 20, 2024 18:09 - 29 minutes - 27 MBDean is giving you the step-by-step guide to building your dream home! Today he talks about pre-design – the most important part of your project, because design matters most! He also takes calls and answers questions about homes.
Building Your Dream Home Pre-Design | Hour 2
January 20, 2024 18:08 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBDean is giving you a step-by-step guide to building your dream home! Today he talks about pre-design – the most important part of your project, because design matters most! He also takes calls and answers questions about homes.
Four American Homes Part 2 | Hour 1
January 07, 2024 21:16 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBToday, Dean revisits the topic of the four types of American Homes. Find out about the House of Neglect is. And as usual, Dean takes calls and answers questions.
Four American Homes Part 2 | Hour 2
January 07, 2024 21:16 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBToday, Dean revisits the topic of the four types of American Homes. Find out about the House of Neglect is. And as usual, Dean takes calls and answers questions.
Four American Homes Part 2 | Hour 3
January 07, 2024 21:16 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MBToday, Dean revisits the topic of the four types of American Homes. Find out about the House of Neglect is. And as usual, Dean takes calls and answers questions.
Four American Homes | Hour 1
January 06, 2024 16:50 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBToday, Dean talks about the 4 types of American Homes. Find out what those are! And as usual, Dean takes calls and answers questions.
Four American Homes | Hour 2
January 06, 2024 16:50 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MBToday, Dean talks about the 4 types of American Homes. Find out what those are! And as usual, Dean takes calls and answers questions.
All Calls Part 2 | Hour 1
December 31, 2023 21:17 - 27 minutes - 24.7 MBDean addresses a caller’s concern about re-roofing her home that was built in the 80s. He discusses the importance of underlayment, the various options for that to give you seamless sealing and superior durability, while still being cost effective.
All Calls Part 2 | Hour 2
December 31, 2023 21:17 - 34 minutes - 31.1 MBDean talks to a caller about opening walls during a home remodel to achieve a more spacious open floor design. Dean recommends bringing a designer into the project early to discuss creative possibilities and aesthetic choices that could help prevent mistakes later but emphasizes why you should always avoid finalizing a full design before assessing the structural feasibility of the space.
All Calls Part 2 | Hour 3
December 31, 2023 21:17 - 31 minutes - 29 MBCallers ask Dean’s advice on plumbing, both traditional plumbing approaches in custom homes and innovations for new construction. Dean talked about tankless water heaters, water-saving recirculation pumps, water softeners and the role of the ‘loop system.’
All Calls | Hour 2
December 30, 2023 17:14 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBCallers seek Dean’s advice on concrete slabs and the difference between traditional rebar and helix fiber steel pins.
Heating Homes Replay | Hour 1
December 24, 2023 20:45 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBYour home's heating system is important. Dean runs through heating system intricacies and how to identify heat cycling warning signs. If your heater consistently toggles, it could lead to decreased efficiency and higher heating bills, but the fixes may be easier than you think!
Heating Homes Replay | Hour 2
December 24, 2023 20:45 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBYour home's heating system is important. Dean runs through heating system intricacies and how to identify heat cycling warning signs. If your heater consistently toggles, it could lead to decreased efficiency and higher heating bills, but the fixes may be easier than you think!
Heating Homes Replay | Hour 3
December 24, 2023 20:45 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBDean continues discussing creative ways to heat your home and also delves into the world of closet storage, talking about out of the box approaches to fix your situation.
Heating Homes | Hour 1
December 23, 2023 16:14 - 29 minutes - 27 MBYour home's heating system is important. Dean runs through heating system intricacies and how to identify heat cycling warning signs. If your heater consistently toggles, it could lead to decreased efficiency and higher heating bills, but the fixes may be easier than you think! A listener asks Dean's advice on buying a generator for backup power for his home.
Heating Homes | Hour 2
December 23, 2023 16:14 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBYour home's heating system is important. Dean runs through heating system intricacies and how to identify heat cycling warning signs. If your heater consistently toggles, it could lead to decreased efficiency and higher heating bills, but the fixes may be easier than you think! Dean addresses a listener question about how to get rid of patches of mushrooms popping up on Saint Augustine grass.
Trends and Predictions for 2024 | Part 2 Hour 1
December 17, 2023 20:34 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MBDean discusses his trends and predictions for 2024, the housing market, affordability, supply and demand, design and the cost of materials for do-it-yourself and remodeling projects. Dean continues his focus on the move away from gas furnaces and appliances and the increasing popularity of electric appliances, heat pumps and radiant floors, kitchen trends and proper lighting for dimentional tile. Dean addresses a listener question about a bathroom remodel and the proper shower drain flange fo...
Trends and Predictions for 2024 | Part 2 Hour 2
December 17, 2023 20:34 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MBDean discusses his trends and predictions for 2024, the housing market, affordability, supply and demand, design and the cost of materials for do-it-yourself and remodeling projects. He talks specifically about kitchens, how they are becoming more of a social gathering spot, which could make it hard for those using the kitchen to actually cook. Dean addresses the possibility of adding a 'keeping room' in your home, an area where people are adjacent to a kitchen versus in the kitchen directly....
Trends and Predictions for 2024 | Part 2 Hour 3
December 17, 2023 20:34 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MBDean discusses his trends and predictions for 2024, the housing market, affordability, supply and demand, design and the cost of materials for do-it-yourself and remodeling projects. He focuses this hour on paint color trends and indoor and outdoor painting styles we're likely to see in the coming year and addresses the trend of lighting different spaces of your home properly and reducing the use of recessed can light. He answers listener questions regarding what to do with a residential ag...
Trends and Predictions for 2024 | Hour 1
December 16, 2023 16:14 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBDean discusses his 2024 housing trends and predictions, addresses California's housing market, supply and demand issues and cost of home improvements and do-it-yourself projects. Dean tackles a listener question about a second story balcony with 1 foot square tiles that is leaking slightly to the area below it, but it's not clear exactly where the leak is. Could an epoxy grout or some kind of tile sealer work to fix the leak without having to replace tiles?
Trends and Predictions for 2024 | Hour 2
December 16, 2023 16:14 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MBDean discusses his housing trends and predictions for 2024 focusing on eco-friendly innovations, cutting-edge construction and new laws that could help transform the way we build and design our homes. Dean says gas furnaces, appliances and fireplaces are on the way out because of the move away from all fossil fuels. So what's on the way in? More electric appliances, heat pumps, radiant heating and more open concept design in homes. A listener asks Dean's advice on restoring a 1930s storybook...
All Calls Day 2 | Hour 1
December 10, 2023 20:12 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBDean spends the entire hour answering calls from listeners on everthing regarding their home and do-it-yourself projects. Listeners ask Dean's advice on the proper venting and radiant barrier for vents in a new, low-profile roof, how to fix single-pane leaded glass that is separating slightly from large, double front doors, and when and how to replace a water pressure gague when the pressure is reading high.
All Calls Day 2 | Hour 2
December 10, 2023 20:12 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MBDean takes listener calls about home issues and home improvement projects. Listeners ask Dean's advice on replacing a dated tile countertop with a solid surface without damaging the backsplash, how to update remote controlled outdoor lighting using X10 wiring and switches that are no longer replacable, the best material to replace exterior home siding in a Dutch Colonial home that is near the beach and the pros and cons of replacing an existing tub/shower combo with a walk-in tub when the ho...
All Calls Day 2 | Hour 3
December 10, 2023 20:12 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBDean continues addressing listener calls about their home, home improvement and do-it-yourself projects. Dean addresses listener concerns about; the difference between a crawl spaces and slabs and what is more cost-effective when considering plumbing in a home, aluminum louvered patio covers, and the longevity and cost-effectiveness of replacing a 50 gallon electric water heater with a tankless.
Holiday Gift Guide Part 2 | Hour 1
December 03, 2023 20:07 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBDean presents his annual holiday gift guide, which features dozens items personally curated by Dean, featuring tools, technology, indoor / outdoor, and kitchen gadget items that can make your personal DIY life or your relaxation time just a little easier and more fun. He also tackles a question from news anchor Heather about whether a vinyl countertop cover is a a cost-effective, quick fix to replace dated tile countertops.