How Fast Can Water Damage Your Floors?
Your home is humming with activity- morning, noon and night. Family members rush for the shower first thing in the morning. Someone is responsible for coffee, someone else starts a quick breakfast. Throughout the day, you might run a load of laundry. The last task before you turn off the lights is to run the […]
Water Damage: Causes and Preventions
Ideally, the best course of action for any disaster is to prevent it. That’s probably how most people feel about water damage. Why worry about clean-up after it has happened if you can prepare and prevent it from ever happening. In order to prevent damage from happening it is important to understand what the common […]
Can Hard Water Cause Water Damage?
Most Connecticut cities receive their water from surrounding lakes and rivers. A majority of Connecticut’s rural areas obtain their drinking water from wells. Either way, Connecticut’s water is hard, based on the USGS Measures of Water Hardness. Hard water presents numerous mechanical and aesthetic problems in homes, but it is not considered a health hazard […]
Becoming A Water Damage Expert In Your Seymour CT Home
Water damage is never something anyone wants to deal with hardly ever, especially during the holiday season! Many areas in the United States, especially Connecticut, experience an increase in precipitation when winter arrives. Water damage is sneaky, and oftentimes goes undiscovered until it has affected a good chunk of area. In the Seymour area there […]
Water Damage On Hardwood Floors In Connecticut
Water is the enemy of hardwood flooring. Due to the porous nature of wood, moisture can be easily absorbed into the material. Your flooring may show signs of staining from small spills. Worse may also begin to buckle and swell when large amounts of water are absorbed as the planks. While sealers and waxes are […]
Avoiding Water Damage Problems In Seymour, CT
When water damage occurs in your home in Seymour, CT, it is important to get it cleaned up quickly before secondary problems begin to arise. The longer water damage sits unresolved, the worse the damage will be. The experts at PCS/PRS Southern are trained and experienced to handle water damage restoration and know that water damage […]
Preventing Water Damage In Your Seymour CT Basement
Your first home is a very important step. You want to make it special and make it your own. One of your requirements was to have a basement because you wanted a space for the kids to be able to go and play without disturbing the rest of the house. As you inspect lots of […]
Your Seymore CT Home Floor Water Damage
A dishwasher or bathroom fixture leaks, a window is left open during torrential rains or the basement floods, and flooring gets very wet. Murphy’s Law is real — when you least expect it, the water damage will happen. When it does, the flooring can be damaged to the point that it needs to be cleaned, […]
What To Expect From Water Damage Cleanup
Summer in Seymour is one of the best times of the year. Sunshine, warm air, and cool drinks are just a few things to look forward to. Summer is a time for many people to relax, with no worries. However, although one may not think of it in the heat, water emergencies still occur. Floods, […]
Household Appliances: The Dangers of Flooding
Any household appliance that you own that connects to a water line has the potential to malfunction or develop clogs that can lead to serious flood damage. PCS Southern has compiled a list of the top 5 flood damage culprits and how you can prevent them from causing water damage. Refrigerators Refrigerators are known to […]