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- Not every job requires professional assistance. However, when a professional is needed, not all professionals measure up. How can consumers choose whom to hire?
- Be in the know before panicking about mold.
- It's dark, it's dangerous, and it's alive....
- The non-profit IICRC continues to reach out to consumers, insurance companies, and government agencies to raise awareness of the value of using well trained, certified technicians and firms to perform restoration and remediation work.
- Identify the source and attack it intelligently.
- Every year the combination of winter storms and frozen pipes causes millions of dollars in water damage to homes and buildings. Here's what you can do to prevent problems or clean up.
- What to wear when removing mold from your home.
- Technical tips on removing fire retardants.
- Life is full of surprises, and not all of them good! Depending on the severity of the incident, picking up the pieces and putting things back as they were can be a challenge many homeowners would rather avoid.
- A safety alert from the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
- Hannah Keeley offers this first installment in her Healthy Home series about hidden dangers in your home — and what to do about them.
- Where there's fire, there's usually smoke. Although experts do their best to contain a fire, they are all but helpless in controlling the billowing clouds of smoke that fire creates. What can you do once the damage has been done?
- The Clean Trust has a few tips to make cleaning easier.
- Many of today's homes are built with products difficult to clean (stone, ceramics, specialty woods). Also, carpet or leather and upholstered furniture can be expensive to replace if irreversibly damaged by harsh chemicals or techniques.
- Why you might have it, how to make it go away.
- Mold loves a moist environment.
- Steam vapor cleaning differs from traditional "steam cleaning" of carpet.
- In many cases restoration can cost less than replacement.
- U.S. environmental officials discuss the problem and outline steps to clean up and prevent mold from returning.
- The IICRC provides a consumer referral service to locate trained and certified cleaning and restoration firms and technicians.