Water damage, mold and fire restoration advice from the Apex Restoration team.
29 articles
Homeowners insurance can pay for mold removal in a Caldwell home when the mold traces back to a covered water event, often only up to a limit. Here's how that limit often works, what an adjuster weighs, and what to tell your insurer.
When a water heater or washer floods a Star garage, stay clear of anything electrical the water reached, stop it at the source, and move it away from the house wall. Here's what to check next, and which board Idaho's code calls for when that wall is repaired.
A leak inside a Middleton wall can show up in the water bill, a faint running sound or a bubbling paint seam before any stain appears. Here's how to narrow it down, what the City's meter rules mean for you, and when opening the wall makes sense.
A leaking water softener is often a small repair, but brine is salt water, and the salt stays behind when a leak dries. Here is how to trace the leak, stop it safely and spot salt damage in Garden City drywall and framing.
A sewer gas smell in a Kuna home usually has a plumbing cause that a plumber fixes. Here is how to rule out natural gas first, check the usual sources, and tell when the smell means sewage is leaking under the floor or inside a wall.
When black mold keeps coming back in a Meridian bathroom, the moisture feeding it is what needs fixing. Here is how to check the fan first and then tell shower steam from water getting behind the tile, plus the signs of a failed shower pan and what EPA's guide says about cleaning it yourself.
The first week after a house fire runs in an order, and almost nobody tells you the last step exists. Here is the sequence, from the fire department's all-clear to the water still sitting inside your walls.
Holding an asbestos abatement quote and trying to work out whether it is fair? Here is what the published numbers say, what Ada County charges to take the waste, and why five bids on one house came back thousands apart.
A sump pump that has stopped is more often a bound float, an airlock or a failed check valve than a dead motor. This is the order to check them in an Eagle basement, and the one electrical rule that governs all of it. It also covers backups, the annual test, and the point where the job stops being yours.
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