When Water Damage Hits the Kitchen

When water damage hits the kitchen Kitchen flooding can happen anytime since the kitchen has various plumbing fixtures, and appliances that have an open water source. When such thing occurs, it is important for every homeowner to know how to deal with all these things to mitigate whatever damages this may cause on kitchen fixtures […]

Sanitizing Toys After Water Damage

Sanitizing Toys After Water Damage How To Sanitize Water Damaged Toys Water or flood damage does not choose which household item to contaminate. And children’s toys will always be vulnerable to flood contamination because apart from the fact that toys are usually just scattered on the floor, flooding is literally everywhere. So how should parents […]

Water Damage and Children’s Illnesses

WHAT WATER DAMAGE CAN DO TO A CHILD’S HEALTH Water damage and flooding in general can negatively affect a child’s health. It is important that flooding be fully and professionally dealt with to eradicate the many health problems that both children and adults can encounter. In their official website, the United States Environmental Protection Agency […]

How to Sanitize and Disinfect Water Damaged Kitchen Wares

DISINFECTING UTENSILS AFTER FLOOD DAMAGE Kitchen wares can be easily contaminated with dirty floodwater during a flooding incident. This is because, for the most part, they are stored in different places inside the kitchen, depending on how frequently it is used.  Once a flooding incident takes place, and kitchen items have been exposed to flood […]

Flooring and Water Damage

One of the most expensive parts of a home that can get damaged during an indoor flooding situation is the flooring. Depending on the material used, the damage can range from easily restored, up to a damage that calls for a replacement. DoItYourself.com came up with a step-by-step instructional in dealing with water damaged flooring. […]

How to Safely Handle Water Damaged Electrical Fixtures

How to safely handle water damaged electrical fixtures It is not uncommon to feel stressed out upon seeing expensive electrical equipment getting submerged in residential flooding. But what can a homeowner do? Industry experts warn homeowners though that safety should remain the primal consideration of property owners when trying to salvage water damaged electrical equipment. […]

How to Disinfect Flooded Clothing

How to disinfect flooded clothing Dealing with water-damaged clothing is not for the faint-hearted. Seeing ones wardrobe fully submerged in flood water or soiled with contaminated indoor floodwater can be very disheartening to say the least. Most water-damage restoration experts say though that one has to move on quickly from getting emotional over the sights […]

What to do With Flooded Wood Flooring

When a home gets hit with indoor flooding, one of the primary concerns of homeowners is their wooden flooring if they have one. This is because of its porous nature and the tendency to warp and get damaged easily as compared to tiled flooring. The Washington Examiner recently published an article on dealing with flooded […]

When to Call When You Find Out You Have Water Damage

When to call when you find out you have water damage Water Damage can be insidious. It is not something that a homeowner can shrug off simply because its consequences are really damaging, and it will get all the more destructive when left untreated. So what’s a homeowner to do when he finds out that […]

The Dangers of Prolonged Water Damage

The dangers of prolonged water damage Water Damage can be very destructive, and the longer that it goes untreated, the bigger the damages it can cause. And while some property owners would try to do the clean-up by themselves, what they do not know is that it is very possible that moisture is retained in […]