No homeowner wants to hear the two dreaded words: water damage. Usually, those words mean you will most likely have to spend money on replacing or repairing items you were not planning on. The truth is water is really harmful to any kind of wood flooring, even if it is water-resistant. If you have a …
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Drywall, plasterboard, wallboard, gypsum board, SheetrockTM, LAGYP, or GypRocTM are all different names for wall coverings that have a similar look and feel but are made using different core materials. These are different wall coverings used in various different applications, during different eras of construction, and in different areas of the US. Whatever you …
Ice dams can occur for a variety of different reasons. There are some things you can do to help prevent these from occurring. The keys to preventing ice dams are making sure there is proper ventilation, maintenance, drainage, and insulation. How to Prevent Ice Dams From Occurring: Make sure your gutters are clear of leaves …
If flooding is handled the right away, it can reduce the amount of water damage that is caused. Often times the leak that caused the flooding isn’t readily visible, because it may be behind (link to pipe section here) a wall or in a ceiling. The longer a leak goes undetected, the more money it can …
Issues with your roof can allow moisture to seep into your property, resulting in the growth of mold. The first step for dealing with roof leaks and mold is to determine the cause of the leak and repair it. Common Reasons for Roof Leaks The most common causes of roof leaks that result in water …
Good faith insurers look for and find ways to accept and pay claims properly and promptly, whereas bad faith insurers unlawfully look for and find ways to not pay, delay, diminish, disapprove, shift blame, and deny payment of claims. You need to know what the red flags are that indicate a bad faith insurer. Once …
Water damage restoration is an industry term used to describe the process of cleaning up water damage. Water damage restoration can also be known as (1) water remediation, (2) water removal, (3) water extraction, (4) water mitigation, and (5) flood cleanup. If your property has been exposed to water damage you may have to do …
So, you have called Expert Restoration to help with resolving your water damage, what can you expect to see our technicians bringing into your property? There are some common and necessary types of equipment carried by our water restoration technicians to help you with your water clean up. We often use detection equipment, air moving …
Often, Expert Restoration of Utah is asked, what determines how much I will get paid out on my homeowner’s insurance claim. All of this information is laid out in your policy, but in many cases, the average person doesn’t know where their actual policy is or they struggle to understand the verbiage in their policy. …
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In our previous article, “Steps to Determining the Level of Mold Contamination“, we outlined what mold is, the steps to determine the presence of mold, and identified the levels of mold contamination that a mold mitigation company, such as Expert Restoration of Utah, might use to rate the level of mold contamination in your property. …
Levels of Mold Mitigation & Procedures for Cleaning Up Each Read More »