Dean discusses all the exciting future-proof happenings, tech, gadgets and whatsits that went down at the annual 2026 Consumer Electronics Show, which recently took place in Las Vegas.

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Today’s first caller lives in a one-bedroom apartment on the ground floor, and he needs to boost the strength of waterflow from the kitchen sink, and really, every faucet in the house. Is there a way he can do this without tearing out the wall to replace the pipes?

The next caller lives in a house built on a granite mountain and is wondering if she needs earthquake insurance. She also wanted to know about how best to clean and maintain her air ducts without being taken for a ride by outsourcing to professionals who are willing to clean them for her.

Another caller is recaulking his bathroom and needs Dean for a little caulk talk!

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Today, Dean discusses all the exciting future-proof happenings, tech, gadgets and whatsits that went down at the annual 2026 Consumer Electronics Show, which recently took place in Las Vegas.

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Meanwhile, over in Burbank, a caller wants to put in a door that leads from his living room to his garage conversion and needs Dean’s expert design advice on placement and construction.

A caller in Texas lives in a house that's just three years old, but the furnace has fungus! What can he do to remedy that?

To more on copper pipes, one listener is wondering how a soft-water system can impact copper piping?

When doing a bathroom remodel, is there such a thing as cabinets that aren't MDF but also not expensive, custom-made cabinetry?

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Today on another beautiful all-calls Saturday, Dean’s first caller has solar power paneling, which she owns rather than leases, installed on her home, and it isn’t producing energy as it’s meant to, even though it’s only two years old.

Our next caller is re-piping her house for a remodel and needs advice on copper piping vs PEX piping, otherwise known as cross-linked polyethylene?

Got a funny egg smell to your water source? Our next caller does. He has a well on his property that emanates a sulfur smell and taste. He’s wondering if there is a water system that can fix this.

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Bedrooms are among the least expensive places in the home to design and upgrade. Think of it as $10s of dollars per square foot. That room in and of itself is merely a space with walls and a floor, and yet it serves as a retreat. Does it need to be a big space or something more intimate and cozier?

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Today’s first caller is doing a remodel of the family room and is wondering about bias lighting behind a big-screen, flat-panel TV.

Next up, a caller was wondering how long you can keep your water heater beyond the warranty and before it leaks?

Another caller needs to replace her front exterior door and is wondering if she should go for fiber glass, timber, or whatever options Dean may recommend.

And what about water in natural gas? Does one need a dripline to mitigate this phenomenon?

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Bedrooms are among the least expensive places in the home to design and upgrade. Think of it as $10s of dollars per square foot. That room in and of itself is merely a space with walls and a floor, and yet it serves as a retreat. Does it need to be a big space or something more intimate and cozier?

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