[00:00:00] Eric Goranson: It's around the house when it comes to remodeling and renovating your home. There is a lot to know though. We've got you covered. This is around the house. Welcome to the Around the House Show. This is where we help you get the most outta your home through information and education. Thanks for joining us today.

[00:00:32] Eric Goranson: Well, I wanted to dive into, Uh, a subject that I heard on the, well, I heard on the radio and saw on the TV this last week, and people are talking about no mo May, which started over in England. But basically you don't mow your lawn for an entire month, the month of May. So that way you give more, um, you know, more flowers and stuff in weeds, you know that, that.

[00:00:59] Eric Goranson: Go for the [00:01:00] honeybees. And so this started out, like I said, over in England and they basically are trying to get people to not mow their lawn the entire month of base. So first off, let's get really clear here before we get too far into this, check your local H o A and your local building codes. I know of a city that I used to live in here in Washington State when I lived over there that if I didn't mow my lawn for a few weeks and it got too tall, I had a fine show up in the mail.

[00:01:27] Eric Goranson: So I don't wanna see anybody get fined as well as I wanna make sure that you're following your h o A rules before we get too deep into this, because I don't want this costing people a bunch of money, having to go to court, getting fines, that kind of stuff. So let's, let's get that outta the way first. So, really, Make sure and check with that.

[00:01:46] Eric Goranson: And, you know, adopt, if you're going to adopt it in your community, then, you know, talk to those leaders as well and see if you can do it. Uh, could be something that the, um, that they just don't want to do. And I get it. So, [00:02:00] well, here's, you know, no mome is a, you know, that's super catchy little phrase there.

[00:02:06] Eric Goranson: But here's the thing. This is to help honeybees and before we get into honeybees, I wanna talk about, The elephant in the room here, and I love honeybees. Don't get me wrong. I mean, I love honey. Uh, I have no problem with them, but let's be honest, honeybees are not native to North America. They were originally imported from Europe in the 17th century.

[00:02:29] Eric Goranson: Honeybees now help pollinate US crops, you know, like fruits, nuts, you know, and so it's really good, but it's interesting. When people freak out over critical honeybee populations in the US have been declining. Keep in mind they were never designed or, or had never lived here in the United States. So this is actually, you know, in most things, they, in most areas, if we brought something else in, they would call [00:03:00] that an invasive species.

[00:03:01] Eric Goranson: And I'm not saying that honeybees are, but you could ar you could make that argument. That, uh, they weren't intentionally supposed to be here to begin with. They hadn't lived here. Somebody had brought 'em on a ship over from Europe and said, Hey, let's, uh, let's get some honey over here. So, um, I got a feeling that most of us around here were, uh, dealing with wasps and hornets.

[00:03:22] Eric Goranson: Now there are different bees and stuff around. So, you know, there are about over two 20, well, geez, 20,000 known bee species in the world, and 4,000 of 'em are native to the United States. So there's a lot of different bees out there, but I'm just talking about the big honey bees that everybody's been freaking out about.

[00:03:41] Eric Goranson: So that's an interesting t uh, subject. And where did I get that from? That information came from the US Geological Survey. So this isn't some weird thing there. That is the, uh, The cold hard facts about honeybees. So really, if you're not gonna do that, just, you know, watch out your avoid, avoid your pesticides, [00:04:00] and uh, really try to not hurt the bees out there.

[00:04:03] Eric Goranson: You know, if you don't wanna mow your lawn and you wanna have a, a more natural thing and it's legal in your area, then enjoy it. Um, am I gonna be participating in it? No. No, I'd much rather have flowers and stuff around all year long and do it by planting than worry about two or three or six different Danny lines are in my lawn and then having to go back and use weed killer cuz I've let them get out there and grow and get bigger.

[00:04:29] Eric Goranson: So I like what they're doing. Uh, I'm gonna go about a different way and just make sure that I've got lots of, uh, Lots of flowers out there, that would be more than what I would have in my yard. Um, I'm just not gonna go that route with it. So up to you. But if you want to enjoy, no Moe, enjoy yourself. Just make sure you're legal when you're doing it.

[00:04:51] Eric Goranson: All right. Now on our weekly recalls, here's Stanley Black and Decker recalls 2.2 million DeWalt. Stanley and Craftsman, fiberglass [00:05:00] sledgehammers due to impact injury hazard. So, uh, they say that the head of the sledgehammer can loosen prematurely and detach unexpectedly during use. Uh, consumers should immediately stop using the recalled sledgehammers and contact Stanley Black and Decker for instructions to receive a full refund.

[00:05:18] Eric Goranson: So there are 2.2 million of these out there. And about 53,000 in Canada. So something to look at there. That's kind of a big one. So watch it. If you've got a those brand sledgehammers that are the fiberglass handle, I'd go over to the cpsc.gov and follow the directions as well. And then there is a Dina Drive, freshwater well pump recalled due to risk of electric shock.

[00:05:41] Eric Goranson: Manufactured by Davy Water Products. And so there is, uh, a ground issue there. So do not attempt to turn the pumps off chain settings and the pumps inspect to repair the pumps or otherwise touch the pumps. Uh, consumers should register the pumps on davies's website to schedule free inspection to verify the [00:06:00] connections are cr correctly grounded, and if necessary, repair the grounding.

[00:06:04] Eric Goranson: So, uh, you can do that over@dvwater.com and find it over there. There's only about 1,060 of 'em, so it's not a huge number over there, but it's something to really take a peek at because, uh, you always want those things to be grounded. That could be its own issue. And then everything else we talked about last week, so if you ever wanna know on the recalls, uh, that are out there in the United States for us here, that is the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

[00:06:29] Eric Goranson: You can head over to cpc.gov. And, um, just to keep an eye on that. Now, I wanted to have a quick talk. We're gonna talk about it this weekend a little bit, but I want to talk about. There's a lot of snow melt going across the country right now, and we do have a lot of areas that I think are gonna be, uh, flooding along big rivers.

[00:06:47] Eric Goranson: So, uh, co you know, lot of snow coming outta the Sierra Nevadas a lot of snow up in the Midwest. I know, uh, my son up in North Dakota has had a record amount of snow up there, or nearly a record amount of snow [00:07:00] that all has to go someplace. So now's the time. If you were in a flood-prone area, I would take a couple extra steps and just get ahead of it.

[00:07:09] Eric Goranson: Getting ahead of it means if you know where the water's gonna come from, might as well get the sandbags going. I think it's gonna be a smart idea to get ahead of this, you know, if you can, uh, legally do some landscaping to help direct water, man, it's a good time to do that. And if you can do anything to help protect your house or property, uh, make sure you can do that.

[00:07:28] Eric Goranson: It might not also be a bad time to, uh, check on your insurance and make sure that you've got that where you want it to, but as soon as they start putting out flood warnings and stuff, guess what? Uh, probably too late to make those changes on a homeowner's insurance or a flood insurance. And then also take the advice of professionals that I, we've talked to, go back and listen to some of our shows here in the past that have talked about insurance stuff.

[00:07:50] Eric Goranson: Be careful. How you make claims if you have, you know, downspouts that have leaked into the basement. Um, that is one thing. Be careful using. At [00:08:00] any time that you're making an insurance claim the word flood, unless the water outside the building has risen up and come in, it's most likely a broken pipe or a broken storm drain or something like that versus a flood.

[00:08:13] Eric Goranson: A flood usually means that a riverbank has gone over our lake and it has surrounded your house and then created water that was above what the structure is. So be very careful when you call your insurance company if you have to make claims on what you call a flood. Because that can be a bigger deal, and so be very careful with that one.

[00:08:33] Eric Goranson: Uh, you could put yourself into a lot of headaches just by trying to describe it, using common language that your insurance company is not gonna want to hear you using. So just be careful with that because, uh, uh, many times you can get dropped for using the word flood when it wasn't a flood, and then you fight a big battle just trying to get that taken care of.

[00:08:54] Eric Goranson: So something to be careful with. All right, well, coming up this weekend and around the house, uh, we're gonna have some great show [00:09:00] ahead here. We're gonna be talking about all the questions that you guys have sent in, and if you have questions that you want to have answered. There's two ways to do this.

[00:09:09] Eric Goranson: Head over to around the house online.com or head over to, uh, my TV station that, uh, my show is broadcast, which is, uh, go to kp tv.com and if you go over to the, around the House Northwest Page over there, if you wanna end up being on my TV show, there's an easy way to do it. Head over to, uh, you'll see this thing where it says added on kp tv.com around the House Northwest and, uh, added is a little burst page where you can add a video question.

[00:09:38] Eric Goranson: And if you do that with your question, you might be able to have your. Your question on the show. So let's, uh, see if you can come up, uh, with some good questions for me. I'd love to bring in our listeners into this, uh, show so you guys can have some fun with that. So, all right, everybody, have a great rest of the week.

[00:09:55] Eric Goranson: Happy midweek special today. Hope this answered a few of your questions on, [00:10:00] uh, no mo me. I know it's, it's a crazy one, so, uh, not a bad idea. And that's up to you to handle. All right guys. Thanks for listening around the house. We'll see you on Saturday. Always appreciate you tuning in