Your Pet and the Threat of Floods Many homes have pets. According to the 2017-2018 National Pet Owner’s Survey, about 85 million US homes (68% of all of them) do, and small wonder. Research has shown that owning pets is good for both our physical and our emotional health. Of course, you probably don’t cherish […]

Water Damage Restoration and the Worst Case Scenario Imagine that you and your family are gone from your home for a week or so, and early on in that time, the basement floods. There could be any number of reasons for this either outdoors or inside. Perhaps torrential rains or heavy snow produce the flooding. […]

The Importance of Winter Plumbing Maintenance It’s tempting to put off home maintenance, including plumbing maintenance. It’s even more tempting to neglect it during the winter when it can take more effort and you might have to venture outdoors in the cold. But winter plumbing maintenance can keep pipes from freezing. Frozen pipes often become […]

Why Should You Care About Frozen Pipes? It’s often easy to let preventive home maintenance go and trust to luck that everything will be all right. But neglecting the measures that can prevent frozen pipes can be a costly mistake. A frozen pipe often becomes a burst pipe because freezing increases the pressure inside, and […]

“What’s worse than a major home maintenance disaster? Try several major home maintenance disasters at once. When a house’s water pipes freeze, the situation is not as simple as calling a plumber. A 1/8-inch crack in a pipe can spew up to 250 gallons of water a day, causing flooding, serious structural damage, and the […]