Where to Go After a Fire in Your Home When you are dealing with a fire in your home, your main priority is making sure your family and any pets are out of the house safely. Then, your concerns are calling your insurance company and a restoration company to assess the damage and put your home back together again. Dealing with all of this can be overwhelming for you and your family. Often, [...]
What Damage Emergencies and Water Shut Off Locations The last thing any homeowner wants to experience is gushing water flowing throughout their home. Water damage can occur in your home from a variety of factors. Some of it is unavoidable such as flooding from an outside source. However, if the water damage occurs from a burst pipe, leak, or another issue within your own plumbing, most times you can shut off your water [...]
Preventing HVAC Water Damage The weather is getting colder and that means it will be time to put the air conditioners away for the season if you haven’t already. Before putting it away for the winter months, it’s important to have it serviced and check for any maintenance issues, so it is prepared for the upcoming year. If you don’t service your air conditioner properly, you could end up with malfunctions that could [...]
Be Prepared: Home Restoration Resource Guide As a homeowner, it’s important to be prepared for a wide variety of home emergencies that could happen. Popular home emergencies include water damage, fire damage, and mold growth in your home. With each of these disasters, you need to be prepared on how to prevent them as best as possible, what to do if they occur, and what the home restoration process will entail. Use our [...]
How to Handle Water Damaged Hardwood Floors Have you ever noticed a spot on your hardwood floors that is starting to discolor? Or have you ever walked across your floor and felt one of the floorboards sticking up underneath you? These are all signs that you may have water damaged hardwood floors. Whether you realize the damage right away, or it takes some time to see it, it’s important to address it as [...]
Commercial Mold Damage in your Business If you own a business, keeping your building and your employees safe is one of your top concerns. Experiencing mold in your business can jeopardize the safety of both your staff and the building you work in. Mold growth can lead to a variety of health issues for people who encounter it, and it can also lead to structural problems if not addressed. That is why it [...]
Restaurant Fire Damage Prevention Fire damage doesn’t just happen in homes, it can happen to commercial properties as well. Restaurants are no exception. According to the National Fire Protection Association, there are around 8, 000 fires at restaurants each year. As a result of these fires, there are around 115 injuries, and $245 million+ in property damage for restaurants across the country. So, as a restaurant owner, how do you keep your customers, [...]
Preventing Carpet Mold After Water Damage Dealing with water damage and mold growth in your home can be a stressful experience. But how do you deal with water damage and mold that you can't see? This is often the case when the carpets or rugs in your home suffer water damage. Wall to wall carpets and rugs are extremely susceptible to mold growth when they are exposed to moisture. Most times, the mold [...]
Water Damage: What is Black Water? Water damage is typically broken up into three different categories of severity. Clean water damage is a category 1 level of water damage, which means that it is mostly clean water throughout your home and does not pose a health hazard. Category 2 water damage would be what’s known as grey water. This is when your home or office is filled with slightly contaminated water. Lastly, category [...]
How Does Mold in Your Home Affect Your Health? Has a family member in your household been experiencing unexplained allergy symptoms? Or, has your home recently experienced water damage and now has a musty smell? There’s a good chance you may have mold growing somewhere in your home. So, how does mold in your home affect your health? Common Places to Find Mold in Your Home [...]
