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Detecting Water Damage

April 26, 2018 by admin

You may think that a water leak or a burst pipe is easy to detect, but sometimes the signs of water damage can be hidden. If you suspect the possibility of a water leak, make sure to check your home to ensure that the problem isn’t worse than you initially thought.

While water damage can occur in any part of your home, there are some areas that are more susceptible to damage.

Ceilings

Ceiling water damage can come from a few sources. If the room is on the top story of your home, it could be from a leaky roof caused by rain or melting ice and snow. If there is a bathroom above the room with water damage, it might be from a burst pipe or cracks in the floorboards.

Walls

An easy way to spot water damage is through water stains on walls. Make sure to check around the door and window frames as well. An unusual stain might be the sign of a leaky pipe or drain inside the wall.

Floors

Many things can be the cause of water damage to floors, such as overflowing sinks and bathtubs or flooding from faulty appliances and pipes. Hiring a water damage restoration company is the best way to pinpoint the exact cause of flooring water damage. [Read more…]

Wildfire Safety Tips from Paul Davis of Inland Empire

May 9, 2017 by admin

Corona, Calif. – May 8, 2017 – As wildfires have burned more than 1,000 acres of land across Inland Empire, the locally-owned Paul Davis franchise is providing residential and commercial property owners with emergency water, fire and mold damage clean up and restoration services in Corona, Riverside, and the surrounding region. Paul Davis of Inland Empire’s Office Owner, Eli Shapiro, has provided several tips to help keep homeowners and business property owners safe during fire season.

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Is Your Washing Machine a Potential Water Hazard?

March 13, 2013 by admin

Don’t be held captive by your washing machine’s potential for destruction.

Of all the hazards that can damage property, water is the most insidious. Water is for the most part silent, travels in all directions from the source, and often doesn’t surface immediately. It just lies quietly in the dark doing its damage. Sometimes it goes undetected for weeks and even months.

There are many preventative steps any homeowner can take themselves to detect a water leak. Checking the water bill every month is a simple check, as an unidentifiable spike may lead to detecting a leak. Be alert to water stains or standing water. Usually you can track down the leak and correct the cause. [Read more…]

Water Damage Hits With a One-Two Punch

March 7, 2013 by admin

Did a pipe burst and flood your home? You’ve got more to worry about than ruined carpet.

If you have a fire in your home, you call the fire department. Once the fire is extinguished, you have time to take care of insurance assessment and renovation. But water damage—that’s a different story. If you incur water damage of any sort or source, you should be aware of several precautions recommended by restoration professionals and insurance companies. Here’s PDR’s top five tips if you experience a water-damage emergency in your home or business: [Read more…]

Extreme Weather, Natural Disasters Can Hinder Medical Assistance

February 20, 2013 by admin

Scenes from Boston in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

When storms hit a populated area, like Hurricane Sandy did in late 2012, we usually think of devastation like what’s pictured above. We can imagine that it’s hard for emergency vehicles to get through, and that there’s chaos at hospitals across the affected areas.

But did you ever stop to think about how flooding and/or fire can affect the actual tools of the medical industry? Think of how many sterilized products go into just a simple, routine blood test, or even a throat swab. Now think about how you would perform these procedures when you’re entire storage facility has been flooded with rank stormwater, causing all of your hypodermic needles, gauze and other implements to be completely useless. [Read more…]

Sandy Survivors Still Victims…to Mold

January 31, 2013 by admin

Mold on the abandoned house on Staten Island, NY.

Here in California, Hurricane Sandy is but a distant, pre-election, pre-2013 blip on the weather map. But to most of the people on the Eastern Seaboard, the after effects of Hurricane Sandy are still felt on a daily basis.

Take Pat Scala of New Dorp Beach in Staten Island, New York. She’s not so concerned about her own home, but more about the two abandoned houses next door. You’d think the dead animals would bother her—and they do—but what scares her more is the mold growing on the inside and outside of the houses. [Read more…]

Preventing Flooding in Your Home This Winter: 4 Tips from PDR

November 7, 2012 by admin

It was difficult for us in Southern California to understand the devastation left behind on the East Coast by Hurricane Sandy, especially as the Inland Empire’s residents were enjoying record temperatures in October and November. We actually went out to New Jersey to help, and it was no joke—the Eastern Seaboard got hit hard.

But just think back to two Decembers ago, when downtown Laguna Beach was under four feet of water right before the Christmas holiday. Although not as bad as a hurricane by any means, that storm devastated south Orange County, and had people being rescued from their roofs, homes were destroyed and old-growth trees uprooted. Then there were the windstorms last year at this time that were sweeping the Southland, causing millions in damages to homes, businesses and cities. [Read more…]

Beware Inland Empire Scam Artists After Disaster Strikes

October 17, 2012 by admin

We might think that just because we’re in beautiful Southern California, where usually not much happens in the way of disasters, we’re safe from people who prey on the misfortunes of others. Sadly, you’ll be wrong. Although we don’t have hurricanes, flooding rivers, tornadoes or blizzards, we have wildfires, mudslides and earthquakes, and criminals that are ready to make money off the back of someone losing their home or business.

Whenever a disaster happens, whether its as devastating as losing your entire company to a fire or less dire like a leak in your home’s roof, it is a troubling time for a homeowner or business owner. There are so many details to worry about, on top of the event itself—and this is exactly the time when unscrupulous fly-by-night contractors and other scam artists will move in to capitalize on their misfortune. [Read more…]

Disaster Planning on a National Scale and in California

October 3, 2012 by admin

Hurricane Isaac makes landfall.

Whether or not you agree with the claims about global warming, you can’t deny a few facts about the weather from the past few years. And finally, groups like the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) are trying to be proactive.

Let’s have a recap on extreme weather events across the country: [Read more…]

It’s All Sunshine Now, But Winter Is Coming

September 27, 2012 by admin

If you see this on your roof, you will have some unwanted water in your home when it rains.

And even though our winter won’t be as bad as the fictional winter we referenced from Game of Thrones in the title, we should be bracing for an El Niño. Last year we had an La Niña winter, which means it was dry and fairly warm, so you can guess what an El Niño is. That’s right, it’s the exact opposite.

Even though there are varying degrees of El Niño weather, and we’re not absolutely sure what to expect this year, we’re advocating some preparation to head off any potential disasters. Even though flooding and water damage is our business, we’d like to help the Inland Empire stay dry and safe.

We’re more than happy to come out and check your roof—you do remember that we are fully licensed and bonded contractors, don’t you? But there are ways for you to check your roof yourself. Just please be careful—we don’t want any accidents on ladders! (For our commercial customers, we highly recommend that you use a professional to check your roof.) [Read more…]