Do You Know Who to Call for Water Damage in Your Home? If your home’s interior has water damage, it can be overwhelming to know what to do first. Your initial stress will likely come from the awareness that your basement is flooding, your ceiling is bulging, or your toilet is overflowing. Once that sinks […]
If your home’s interior has water damage, it can be overwhelming to know what to do first. Your initial stress will likely come from the awareness that your basement is flooding, your ceiling is bulging, or your toilet is overflowing. Once that sinks in, further anxiety arrives as you try to play damage control and […]
Can You Spot the Difference? Mold and mildew, while not the same, have a lot of commonalities. Both are fungi, have similar visual characteristics, are drawn to moist spaces, and make for an unsightly mess in a person’s home. However, that’s where most of their likeness come to an end. While the two can be […]
How Best to Respond When Frozen Pipes Burst When the Farmers Almanac uses words like “numbing cold” and “chilled to the bone” on their 2017 Winter Outlook map, you know Madison and Milwaukee are both in for a whopper of a winter. And while we hate to be the bearer of bad news, when winter […]
Wintertime in Madison – a time filled with the joy of the holidays, hopes for snow days, and dread of just how long this winter might last. Fortunately, before we start getting sick of winter (if you’re like some of us at A&J Specialty Services – that never happens!!), we get to enjoy Thanksgiving, Christmas, […]
Here at A&J Property Restoration, we are often asked about do it yourself mold removal tips and tricks. While we never recommend that homeowners tackle large mold removal jobs on their own, if the affected area is 10 feet or less, do it yourself can be effective. Removing mold safely from your home is the […]
Planning for a disaster, when it seems so impossible, is never a fun task. Often, it seems tedious and a waste of time when there are other money-making tasks to be handled. But failing to plan for the worst could end up costing you tenfold when a disaster really strikes Madison. It could be a […]
A few months ago, we talked about the possible signs of sewage backup. They are pretty straight forward like a foul odor coming from drains, clogged drains, gurgling and bubbling, and so on. Now, we want to talk a little bit about the hazards lurking in that brown water than comes with sewage backup. After […]
The DKI Network – Teaming up with area DKI companies for Storm Damage Clean Up Back in July of 2016 – Madison, Middleton, Verona, Fitchburg, and many other surrounding WI communities were unexpectedly hit with a wave of thunderstorms, flash floods, and hail. Causing over a million dollars in water damages to commercial buildings and residential […]
Does your family have a Home Fire Escape Plan? You say, “That would never happen to us” and although that might be true, every year in the United States, fires claim more lives that all other natural disasters combined. With that said, does your family have a Home Fire Escape Plan? While someone else may […]
