Winter Water Damage Prevention As the weather gets colder, many homeowners believe that their worries of water damage are minimal. Rainfall is less than other times throughout the year, meaning less chances of flooding. However, water damage is still very likely in the winter months. Between frozen pipes and melting snow, your home can still experience water damage if you are not prepared correctly. Here are some winter water damage prevention tips. [...]
Leaky Pipes and Water Damage Emergencies The words water and damage are two words that a homeowner never wants to hear. One of the most common water damage emergencies that can happen within a home is leaky pipes. Even the smallest leak in your home can end up causing a great deal of damage in your home. Let’s take a closer look at leaky pipes and water damage [...]
Using a Dehumidifier for Water Damage When your home suffers from any type of water damage, it’s important to address it quickly and accurately. One of the ways that homeowners do this is by using a dehumidifier to help dry the moisture out of the room. Dehumidifiers take in the air in a room, separate the moisture, and replace the air with dry air and blow it back out into the room. Even [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
What to Do If Your Electronic Device Has Water Damage If you have ever dropped your phone in the toilet or spilled a glass of water on your computer or Ipad, you know the struggle of when your electronic device has water damage. Water damage is not only annoying to deal with, but it can also be extremely dangerous and damaging to your belongings. It’s important to know the correct way to [...]
Types of Water Damage Seeing your home filled with water is an alarming sight for any homeowner. Whether it’s from a broken pipe, appliance malfunction, or flood water, water damage of any kind can be detrimental to your home and belongings. Water damage can also pose significant health risks and lead to mold growth in your home as well. It’s important to know the difference between the different types of water damage, how [...]
Protecting Hardwood Floors from Water Damage Do you have hardwood floors in your home? Or are you considering installing some in your home? If you have them or have done your research, you have learned that hardwood floors can be costly. They also require a lot of work to install. If you do have hardwood flooring, it’s important to take excellent care of it so you are not spending money down the road [...]
