Whether a fire or a flood damages your property, you’ll be thankful after calling for emergency board-up services. Covering up doors, windows, and other broken entrances with plywood and tarps is essential for the safety of both residential and commercial buildings. To learn more about the importance of board-up services, here are three of the …
You might be skeptical that you could have a smelly home and not notice; many people often believe that their home is perfectly clean, and if they can’t smell anything, then it must be okay. Oddly enough, a perfectly clean home can still house odd smells that persist, and you may not even realize it.
Read more What’s That Smell? Finding & Eradicating Annoying Odors in the Home or Office
With restrictions beginning to lift across the state as the world still grapples with COVID-19, there are some factors that you need to take into consideration when reopening your building. Larger commercial buildings that have sat idle for the past few months have not been subject to their regular cleaning routines. This lapse in the …
Read more Back in Business: Some Common Issues With Commercial Buildings That Have Been Sitting Idle
A basement can be a versatile and extremely useful feature in a home. But if yours has historically been used as an overgrown “junk drawer” where you can store everything you don’t use (and then forget about it), or if it’s a dark, dank dungeon where only your appliances dare to tread, it might be …
April showers bring May flowers, and its already begun. Frequent, heavy showers can lead to flooding, which can cause thousands of dollars in damage to your home. To help minimize damage, use and share the following tips: Fix leaky roofs and foundation cracks immediately. Keep gutters and drains clear so they can do their job by carrying water away …
Do you know how to prevent a water damage? ServiceMaster is certified and specializes in water damage cleanup in Berks County and Surrounding Areas. Here are a few tips for you on how you can prevent water damage as well as what you need to do if you find yourself affected by one. Tips for preventing water damage: …
What is Drywall? Drywall is a specialized panel board made of gypsum plaster that is pressed between two thick sheets of paper, and it is very popular in most homes. Drywall can also be called plasterboard, wallboard, gypsum board, or sheetrock. When drywall is made, the plaster is mixed with materials such as starch, fiber, plasticizer, foaming …
August, it can be argued, is the most beautiful, warm, “reminding us what’s coming” type of month…… with no holidays. You wake up and think to yourself “its almost the end of the summer, SCHOOL will be back in session soon.” Yet, you still have so much more to do before winter. Well, now is as good a time …
Spring is finally here…. Below find a checklist of things you should look for to prepare for the upcoming rainy days. Gutters and downspouts: Pull leaves and debris from gutters and downspouts. Reattach gutters that have pulled away from the house. Run water from a hose through the roof gutters and downspout; checking for proper …
Staying warm is especially important during this cold winter weather, but there’s a chance your furnace could make you sick. Homeowners need to be aware of carbon monoxide poisoning in the winter when furnaces are working overtime and cars are warming up in the garage. CO (carbon monoxide) is a colorless, odorless, and tasteless gas …
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