Water Damage in Anchorage Alaska.

Here’s what one of our restoration clients had to say about us after we helped take care of a water damage in his rental.   For more testimonials go to http://www.tcmrestoration.com

Prepare now to avoid frozen faucets and pipes later….

It’s that time of year!  Time to to disconnect your garden hoses from the faucets. If you don’t they could freeze and cause the faucet to crack which could mean extensive water damage.  We hope that doesn’t happen to you but if it does we are here to help!    We respond 24 hours a day to water damage.  Anchorage 562-7410 or Mat Su Valley 373-7410.  We work with all insurance companies.   Fast Response…Guaranteed Results!

Don’t mess with mold!

If you have mold in your home make sure you hire a professional company that is certified in mold remediation.  Some people are more sensitive to mold than others.  Some types of mold can be very dangerous.  Below is a link to a family that didn’t have the right contractor helping them with mold in their home.  Don’t let it happen to you!  Hope this article helps gives you info for if you ever have a mold issue in your home.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/botched-mold-remediation-destroyed-my-life-sanjay-gupta-lion-1000-

Tips to prevent Water Damage in your home

Here’s some tips to prevent a big water damage in your home.  It can save you $$$ and a big inconvenience of having drying equipment and crews in your home for days.

Replace old water heaters. Water heaters do damage when they get too old and the tank rusts and bursts, allowing water to pour into adjacent rooms. On average, water heaters last 10 to 12 years. Don’t wait for them to fail; replace your tank once a decade. Today’s energy-efficient systems will also be cheaper to operate.

Switch to stainless steel hoses: Consider replacing standard rubber or plastic hoses with stainless steel-braided or mesh hoses. Worn out hoses with kinks, cracks or bulges need to be replaced immediately.

Don’t leave dishwashers and washing machines running if you leave the house. If something breaks while a home owner is away, what could have been a small mop-up job often turns into a thousand-gallon mess best left to professionals.

Consider water alarms: Home owners can install water alarms for a quick alert when an appliance isn’t working right. Hooking up the system to an appliance is usually as simple as hooking up a hose to an outdoor faucet.

Great article from IICRC.org

“Water damage can be deceptive. Water penetrates into structural cavities creating trapped pockets of saturation. The detection of water in these areas can often only be discovered with sophisticated moisture detection meters. Undetected moisture will continue to cause damage. This damage, at a minimum, will cause odors. Greater damage will surface when materials delaminate, shrink, split and further deteriorate to where costly repairs are required.

More than just removing excess water, IICRC-certified restorers have the knowledge and equipment to further dry a home or facility (including substructure materials) completely back to pre-loss conditions. Through timely response and the careful monitoring of water damage, mold and other health issues can be prevented. If water damage has been present too long, mold will occur.

All IICRC-certified professionals have the training and experience to identify moisture sources, evaluate mold growth (visible or suspected), contain damage, remove contamination and dry materials to ensure that mold will not return.”

We are IICRC certified and ready to help you if you have a water emergency in your home.   Frozen pipes, water tank ruptures, leaky roofs, toilet overflows, dish washer flooding, ice maker lines leaking…we’ve seen it all! Our crew responds 24 hours a day even on Holidays!  We work with all insurance companies and serve Anchorage, Eagle River, Palmer, Wasilla, Big Lake, Willow & Talkeetna.

Flooded Laundry Room

Uh Oh!   These kinds of emergencies we can help with!   Even if you are doing laundry at midnight.  We have crews on call 24/7 that are used to drying out homes in the middle of the night.  Frozen pipes that break and flood homes, toilet over flows, malfunctioned dishwashers, water heaters that break,  broken refrigerator water lines…we have seen them all and then some!  If you are in Anchorage  (907-562-7410) or the Mat Su Valley (907-373-7410)  we can help for any water emergency.  We do everything from drying out floors & sheet rock, doing repairs, drying & restoring contents.  

We use state of the art drying equipment and have well trained crews.  A flood in a home is never planned and never fun…but we try to make it as easy and less stressful for the homeowner.  We work directly with the insurance company and try to restore the job as quickly as possible so the owner can get on with their life.   Click on this link  “testimonials”  to hear what some of our past clients had to say about us.

Frozen pipes? Flooded carpet?

Below zero temps can freeze and literally pop & burst pipes.  If you find this happening and water gushing everywhere….  The most important thing to do right away is to stop the source of water.  Does everyone in your  home know where the main water shut off valve is?  If not take the time to show everyone.    This can save a homeowner thousands of dollars in damage by stopping the water as quick as possible.

The next step is to remove the water from your flooded home.  A wet vac is NOT going to take hundreds of gallons of water out of wet carpet and flooring.  You need to call a professional restoration expert and have the water removed as quick as possible.  Most restoration companies have crews on call 24 hours a day.  If the one you call can’t get to your home immediately you should call another one.  Time is of the essence and we know by getting to the flooded house fast we can save the homeowner money & shorter length of time dealing with this disaster in their home so they can get back to their regular life.     We serve Anchorage and the Mat Su Valley and do everything from intial dry out, monitoring, content cleaning  & if needed reconstruction.

“Great experience if you can call having your house flooded a great experience.”

Testimonial from a client after we took care of their flooded vacation home.

Leaking Dishwasher Caused Water Damage in Kitchen

Here’s what our clients had to say about TCM Restoration & Cleaning after we took care of their water damage that happened in their kitchen from a leaky dishwasher.

 

Watch what this customer had to say about what our crew did!!