Restoration and Cleaning Tips

Air Duct HVAC Cleaning

Breathe and Relax: 4 Reasons Why You Should Keep Your Air Ducts Clean

After a long day at work, what is the first thing you do when you arrive at home? Some may change into comfortable clothes and relax in your favorite chair. Others may pour a glass of wine to enjoy with dinner. Many are ready for a relaxing bath and some quiet time to reflect on their hectic day. No matter your favorite downtime activity, everyone will take a deep breath not long after entering the home. But is this deep breath filled with harmful contaminants, dust and other allergens? This is a question for the experts… Week 2 – 4 Reasons Why You Should Keep Your Air Ducts Clear Our air ducts are invisible pipes in our home, traveling below the floor or in the ceiling above us, and they accumulate dirt and dust and other substances that fall out of the air. For this reason, it is very ...

Mold cleaning, Mold mildew remediation

Preparing Your Home for Sale: Removing Mold From Your Home

Even though the economy is unsteady, people are still going through various changes in their lives. Whether a family expands with the birth of a new child or the last child leaves the home and the parents become “empty nesters”, the need for space (or the desire for less space) remains prevalent today. While it is not easy to sell a home today as it was five years ago, there are some measures you can take today to make your home as appealing as possible to a potential buyer. Week 1 – Removing Mold From Your Home Money Saved by Using a Professional Mold Removal Service: $8,750 - $57,000+ Replacing roof shingles (without a warranty): $6,000 - $50,000 (depending on roof) Replace drywall and shower tile: $100 - $200 per wall Doctor visits to the allergist and medicine: $100+ Replacing an...

Upholstery Cleaning

Easy Money-Saving Tips for Homeowners – Don’t Buy New Furniture: 4 Tips to Clean Upholstery

In a home, one of the best ways to express your style and individuality is by your furniture. Whether the mood for the space is contemporary, rustic, provincial or just cozy, the items you select will detail your personality. Over time, your furniture will show wear and tear or show dirt and stains. Here are four steps you can take today to care for your upholstery, courtesy of DoItYourself.com: 1. The cushions on upholstered furniture should be reversed and turned once a week. This frequent turning will help the cushions wear evenly. Reversing the cushions on a regular basis will also help you spot any stains early, before they have had time to set. 2. Before cleaning the upholstery, brush or vacuum away the loose dirt first. This will help to avoid rubbing in any existing dirt a...

Fire Damage Restoration

Easy Money-Saving Tips for Homeowners – 5 Ways to Protect Your Valuables from Fire Damage

Here are five ways you can protect your possessions and your home from fire damage, courtesy of the Home Safety Council: 1. Blow out candles before leaving any room. It may look nice or save electricity to have candles burning all around your home, but it could lead to a disaster if left burning close to something flammable. 2. Learn how to extinguish a small pan fire. If you are cooking and your pan catches fire, be sure you know how to eliminate a grease fire and use the back burners with the pan handles turned toward the back of the stove. 3. As you get close to the holiday season, be sure that your Christmas tree is at least 3 feet away from all power and heat sources and replace all light strings that show any signs of damage or are missing bulbs. 4. Don't install smoke al...

Carpet Cleaning

Easy Money-Saving Tips for Homeowners – 4 Reasons to Contact a Professional Carpet Cleaner

What is soft and durable, experiences lots of traffic each day and is often not replaced until it begins to wear away? It’s the carpet in your home, and it deserves your attention. Vacuuming daily and carpet freshener can only pick up surface dirt and mask smells for so long before you realize it’s time to replace the floor coverings. In today’s economy, however, most homeowners cannot afford to replace their carpet. Many homeowners that are trying desperately to sell their home may consider do-it-yourself carpet cleaning products and equipment, in an attempt to remove old stains, but this may not be the best option. 1. Many commercial stain removers actually make carpet stains worse or permanent. 2. If you use a shampooer incorrectly, you could damage your carpet fibers. 3. No...

Air Duct HVAC Cleaning

Easy Money-Saving Tips for Homeowners – 5 Things to Know About Air Ducts

It’s August…that means there are three things on the horizon: children will be back to school, leaves will begin to change color and allergy season will kick into overdrive. If you are one of the millions that suffer from seasonal allergies, you can save money on medicines and frequent doctor visits by cleaning the air ducts in the location where you spend the majority of your time – the home. OK, what are air ducts and where can I find them? Air ducts are components of a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system in a building. If you have central air or central heat in your home, the conditioned air is being routed to various rooms courtesy of a number of air ducts. You can find these ducts connected to air vents in your ceilings, floors and walls. How often should air...

Property Damage and Insurance

Remediation Services for Insurance Agents and Adjusters

As an insurance agent or adjuster, you are interested in finding the best and fastest service providers to help you get your clients back in their homes and taken care of, and at the best price. You have a unique profession, because you are able to gain a sense of pride after assisting your clients during a trying time to get their lives in order. Before remediation begins, our agents and adjusters are skilled at revealing all problems caused by smoke, fire and water damage that can help you accurately quote a repair job. Find a service specialist in your clients' area by visiting RestorationMasterFinder.com. Not only can Restoration Master Finder quickly and expertly lead to you the best resources to restore your clients' home after it has been ravaged by fire, smoke or water damage...

Emergency Tips

Restoring Your Home After Extreme Weather Damage

Extreme weather conditions can bring anything from gusty to ravaging wind, heavy rain, hail and even tornados. With strong storms the likes of which we've seen recently, it pays to be prepared and to know who to call in the event of major damage. Whether you had high winds topple trees or rip loose heavy limbs, or tornados tear through your area, you can rely on our disaster restoration specialists to help you pick up the pieces and restore your home to its original condition. Service Master damage restoration professionals can contain water, and help reduce damage from water or fire if a fallen power line ignites a tree, your property or even your home. Our disaster recovery, restoration and cleaning specialists are available whenever disaster strikes -- 24/7, 365 days a year. Knowing...

Mold remediation services, Water damage remediation

Restoring Your Home From Mold Caused by Water Damage

Until you're faced with the harsh reality of the health problems associated with mold growth in the home, you might not think of mold as being as devastating to you as fire or water damage. The truth is, mold is a second-most and even more troublesome invader. Consider the following scenario: Flooding occurs in your home. For the next several days, you work tirelessly to dry out the home - from carpets and walls to furniture and belongings. Once you are no longer walking in standing water, you breathe a sigh of relief. But, if you stop at only what you can see inside your home, you may be breathing in more than just relief - you might be inhaling toxic mold. A must for any home that's encountered water damage After water damage has occurred in the home mold is often found on walls, floor...

Fire Damage Restoration

Restoring Your Home After a Fire

Few things are as heart wrenching as enduring a house fire. The hopelessness, the loss and the pain of ruin to your worldly belongings stings on a visceral level. While you can sometimes replace, repair and recover a great deal, many things often are destroyed - some of a priceless nature - like keepsakes or ordinary items that in and of themselves aren't of great value, but the memories connected to them are. Your sense of security also falters after a fire, and you will most likely become extremely vigilant about fire hazards after having been through it. Despite the overwhelming destruction left in a fire's wake, there is still hope for many homes. Professional fire restoration services and professional cleaning can salvage much of your home and its belongings. What do I tackle first...

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