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10 Water Damage Safety Tips Water damage can happen at any time to any home. While homeowners may take many different precautions to prevent water damage or intrusion, water damage is always at the back of you mind. While we cannot promise to prevent water damage from happening, we at Action Extraction have 10 [...]
Navigating Through a Sewer Backup Nightmare If you have ever experienced a sewer backup in your home you may have wondered to yourself, what should I do now? Between worrying about lost personal items and the overwhelming smell of raw sewage, most people are not sure what to do after a sewer backup. The [...]
Vacation without Fear of Water Damage Many of the calls from frantic homeowners we get are from people returning home from vacation to find their homes in varying states of disarray due to unexpected water damage. You may be wondering how to protect your home from water damage while on vacation. The easiest solution [...]
Often, when I’m working in homes, I’m asked about different types of water damage. It’s normal for homeowners to ask if their situation could have been worse. While every flood is a catastrophe in its own right, and for its own reasons, there are 3 types of water damage. Fresh water, storm or ground [...]
Looking at this flooded basement today I had to ask myself, “how could anyone believe they could do the water cleanup themselves?” This present customer said he considered an attempt himself but, figured a professional water restorer would probably do better. Probably! I am looking at more than just carpet needing water removal service. [...]
Most things occur for multiple reasons not just one. This is especially true of things related to property insurance claims made regarding home disasters. Fires can occur from electrical issues, irresponsibility and even arson. Residential water damage manifest when pipes break, appliances malfunctions and toilets overflow as examples of just a few. Because basement [...]
Facts about Water Damaged Carpet you Should Know More than 51% of homes in the US have carpet and if they get wet from flood damage can become highly unsanitary. Although it is known that the stomach flu can live up to 4 weeks in an unclean carpet, the detrimental health effects of a [...]
Just as there are varying types of sports injuries to the body there can be several types of water damage in the home. For instance when a water heater burst or a pipe breaks it can allows unrelenting water to flow for hours before it is discovered. In that amount of time several [...]
Flood Damage in Michigan Floods are the most common natural disaster apart from wildfires. When Presidents declare natural disasters 90% are related to flood damage of some sort. Flooding can affect cars, items stored in garages like lawn mowers and bicycles; however, the worst flood damage imaginable is the type that enters the home [...]
4 Reasons home water damage happens Interestingly multiple things people talk about regularly are related to the number 4. Here is just a small list of recognized items identified with the number four, before I continue with the 4 reasons home water damage happens. The 4 gospels There are 4 directions [...]
