Blog: Innovative Restorations Team

The Institute of Inspection, Cleaning, and Restoration Certification (IICRC) is a certification and standard-setting non-profit organization for the inspection, cleaning, and restoration industries.

When you purchase a home, the last thing on your mind is all of the different damage types that it can incur. When water enters a home, whether from weather, burst pipes, or broken appliances the damage is often extensive and overwhelming.

Summertime is known for being overscheduled with lots of activities and the “go, go , go” mentality. While you and your family are enjoying to nicer weather and getting out of the house, you might not have time to stop and realize the smells lingering in your home.

​Water damage to your home can be a confusing situation. You want to get it taken care of immediately to prevent further damage, but you don’t want to actually increase the damage by doing the wrong thing.

Condensation can form anywhere where warm and cold air collide. You may see it most often on the side of drink containers or even on your bathroom mirror after a long, hot shower.

A structural fire is a disaster at any time of the year, but especially during the holidays. Unfortunately, this time of year is prime time for house fires. Between frying turkeys, dried out Christmas trees, and burning candles, there are numerous extra fire risks involved in the holiday season.

Simply airing out a room or pointing a fan at the floor will not properly dry out an area that has experienced flooding or water damage. Because of water’s fluid properties, it will seep through porous materials to other structures or behind baseboards and drywalls.

Summer is a time of carefree fun, family vacations, days spent by the pool, and relaxing in the sunshine. However, lurking behind these fun times, the threat of mold is evermore present in your home during the warm summer months.

TS Eliot’s poem The Hollow Men famously ends with the lines, “this is the way the world ends, not with a bang, but a whimper.” And while a water damage to your home isn’t the end of the world, it can be devastating and often follows the path of the poem causing damage not with a bang, but a whimper.

Something is hiding in our homes that we use every day, but rarely give a second thought. That is, we don't think about it until it causes problems – our plumbing. The average household needs approximately 100-120 gallons of water per person per day and has a flow rate of 6-12 gallons per minute.