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Residential Water Damage Tips for Minimizing Flood Damage and Keeping Your Home Safe

July 25, 2024

Residential Water Damage Tips for Minimizing Flood Damage and Keeping Your Home Safe

Flooding can cause significant damage to homes, but taking proactive steps can help minimize water damage. Understanding how to protect your home before and during ...

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When the Storm Hits: Addressing Floodwater in Your Home

June 4, 2024

When the Storm Hits: Addressing Floodwater in Your Home

Rapid Response and Proven Methods from AdvantaClean When a storm rolls in and floods your home, you need fast, reliable help to restore normalcy. AdvantaClean ...

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Commercial Facility Storm Safety Guidelines

May 15, 2024

Commercial Facility Storm Safety Guidelines

Owning a commercial facility demands attention to emergency planning, notably for hurricanes and significant weather disturbances. Such storms can wreak havoc on your enterprise and stall your operations. You might encounter extensive flood and wind damage, necessitating immediate flood remediation and urgent services like roof tarping or window boarding. A ...

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Can Wet Carpet Be Saved?

February 21, 2023

Can Wet Carpet Be Saved?

Can Wet Carpet Be Saved? Water damage from burst pipes, water leaks, or heavy rainfall can lead to mold growth in your home. Wet carpet can become the perfect breeding ground for mold infestation, so it’s important to know what to do if you experience water damage. Here are ...

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Flood Water Damage

June 9, 2022

Flood Water Damage

If your home or property has flooded, damage occurs quickly, so it’s critical to address it as soon as possible. After ensuring your safety, one of the first steps is contacting your insurance company. But did you know that most insurance agencies classify water and flood damage differently? Some ...

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Does Homeowners Insurance Cover Flood Damage?

March 31, 2021

Does Homeowners Insurance Cover Flood Damage?

Although your regular homeowner's insurance policy covers a variety of types of damage, including water damage from within your home, obtaining coverage for flood damage is a bit more complicated. You will generally need to purchase a separate flood insurance policy to adequately cover your home from flood damage ...

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Steps To Take After A Flood

February 24, 2021

Steps To Take After A Flood

Water can cause a lot of damage to your home and threaten the safety of your family. Whether your home floods due to a broken water pipe or rising water outside, you may find yourself with extensive damage to your home and belongings. There are things that you can do ...

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The Best Plants for Flood Control

October 26, 2017

The Best Plants for Flood Control

WHAT ARE THE BEST PLANTS FOR FLOOD CONTROL? Whether you're in a floodplain or not, you should consider the effects of flooding on your property when you work on landscaping. You may be worried about flood waters hitting your home, or you might be worried about the effect flooding ...

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How to Salvage Furniture After Flooding

October 17, 2017

How to Salvage Furniture After Flooding

When a flood strikes your home, whether from an inside force or outside force, the damage can be severe, and your furniture can take the hardest hit. You could have a plumbing failure, or a hurricane, either way, if your furniture is affected, you need to know what and how ...

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What To Do If You Don't Have Flood Insurance

October 17, 2017

What To Do If You Don't Have Flood Insurance

WHAT TO DO IF YOU DON'T HAVE FLOOD INSURANCE - MYTHS There are a lot of myths surrounding home owner's insurance, chief amongst them is that home owner's insurance will cover flood damage. This myth is false. Flood damage to either your home or possessions requires flood insurance ...

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Landscape designs that prevent flood damage

May 12, 2014

Landscape designs that prevent flood damage

Inadequate yard drainage can lead to flooding and ultimately ruin property and landscaping. Landscape drainage solutions can be incorporated in two ways: Surface water drainage, below ground drainage, or both. Redirected downspouts and other structural fixes are effective, but erosion is still possible when gutters are not capable of handling ...

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