Recognizing Water Damage in Electronics Dealing with water damage in your home can be a stressful experience. Once you have experienced flooding or another water damage scenario in your home, you need to quickly assess what items have been affected, determine if they can be restored, and how to restore them. Throughout your home you may find that some of your electronics have also suffered water damage. Even the slightest amount of exposure [...]
April Showers, No May Flooding: Spring Water Damage Prevention Tips We all know the saying, “April Showers, Bring May Flowers.” However, in the world of homeowners, it should be April Showers, No May Flooding”. Flooding and water damage in your home is something that homeowners never want to experience. Unfortunately, it happens all too often. In the Spring season, we usually experience a large amount of rainfall. The amount of rain mixed with [...]
Sump Pump Maintenance Tips to Prevent Water Damage Experiencing flooding in your basement or water damage is a homeowner’s worst nightmare. To avoid these situations there are certain preventive measures that you can take to ensure your home and your family are safe. You can keep an eye on cracks or disruptions in the foundation, seal your windows efficiently, or install well covers on your windows. If all these precautions fail, it is [...]
How to Prevent Water Damage to Important Documents When your home experiences water damage from cracked pipes, flooding, or another avenue it can be a stressful experience for you and your family. Dealing with home damage, finding a place to stay, and the entire home restoration process are only a few things you will have to deal with. While many parts of your home can be restored or replaced, there are certain documents [...]
Experiencing water damage can be a devastating experience for both homeowners and business owners. However, experiencing water damage in commercial buildings comes with additional problems that are different than the problems you may encounter with residential water damage. When experiencing water damage, it is important to mitigate the situation accurately and quickly so there are limited health risks for employees and customers, and there is no lasting financial burden for the building or company. [...]
6 Hidden Signs of Water Damage in Your Home As a homeowner, experiencing water damage can be an extremely stressful situation. It’s important to address any water damage as quickly as possible. Repairing water damage before it gets too severe can save homeowners money, time, and increased stress. However, it can sometimes be hard to tell when you have a case of water damage. Be on the lookout for these 6 hidden signs [...]
One of the main causes of water damage in homes is due to pipes freezing and bursting. When the pipes in your home freeze, even the smallest of cracks can allow hundreds of gallons of water to come pouring through into your home. The flooding can cause severe water damage to your home and even lead to mold growth in your home. To help, follow our guide on how to prevent frozen pipes from causing water damage in your home. [...]
Home Disaster Prevention and Safety Tips for 2022 Another year is upon us, and that means it's time to evaluate your home disaster prevention plan again. Unfortunately, there are so many different home disasters you can encounter as a homeowner. Some of the most devastating home disasters are fires in the home, water damage, and mold growth. While these events are not completely avoidable, there are home disaster prevention and safety tips you can put into place to help decrease the risk. Here are just a [...]
What is Water Damage? Seeing water in your home where it isn’t supposed to be, is a homeowner’s worst nightmare. Water damage is one of the most feared home issues because of the amount of damage, time needed to fix the issue, and the stress it can cause on your family. Water Damage can be caused by heavy rainstorms, snow melting, or pipes bursting. When something like this happens, the water quickly spreads causing damage to building materials, furnishings, and possessions within the home. When you have a [...]
