Property Care Resource Library
Browse practical information about property damage, cleaning and reconstruction. Guides and definitions help you prepare questions; the work needed at a particular property depends on its conditions and assessment.
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Water damage (38)
- 24-Hour Emergency Contact
- Basement Flooding: Top Five Reasons a Basement Floods
- Before a flood happens: How to prepare for high water
- Can I Keep My Appliances After a Flood?
- Cleaning and Sanitizing
- Drying and Dehumidification
- Emergency Basement Restoration: How to Deal with a Flooded Basement
- Emergency Restoration
- Five Home Appliances That Could Cause Water Damage
- Flood Watch Versus Flood Warning and How to Prepare
- Flooded Basement Cleanup and Restoration
- How to Prevent Roof Leaks in a Commercial Property
- How to Prevent Your Water Pipes from Bursting
- How to Tell If Water Damage Is New or Old?
- I Have Water Damage In My Wall, What Do I Do?
- Inspection and Water Damage Assessment
- Is That a Leak in the Ceiling? Know the Signs and What to do About Ceiling Water Damage
- Know the Four Classes of Water Loss
- Repairing Water Damage to Hardwood Floors
- Sprinkler Season: When Can I Turn on My Yard Irrigation System?
- Step by Step Guide to Drying a Wet Book
- The Water Damage Restoration Process
- Three Categories of Water Damage Most Commonly Covered by Homeowners Insurance
- Understanding Basement Flooding
- Water Damage Emergency Tips
- Water Damage Restoration
- Water Damage Wall Repair
- Water Removal and Extraction
- Weeping Tile: What is it?
- What Are The Signs of Water Damage In Walls?
- What Does Water Damage Look Like? The Signs of Water Damage
- What Happens if My Sump Pump Fails?
- What is the Difference Between Water Mitigation and Restoration?
- Where to Find Your Main Water Shutoff Valve
- Who To Call For A Water Leak or Water Damage
- Why are Ice Dams a Problem for Property Owners?
- Why Do Water Pipes Burst?
- Your Belongings and Water Damage
Fire and smoke (37)
- Are You at Risk of a Fire Sprinkler Accident?
- Canada Wildfires: 5 Things to Know About the Country's Most Destructive Wildfire Season on Record
- Commercial Fire Prevention
- Commercial Fire: What is it?
- Commercial Warehouse Fire Safety: Protecting Your Investment
- Dryer Lint: The Fire Hazard That Lurks in Your Laundry Room
- Everything Smells Like Smoke! How to Get Rid of Cigarette Smoke Smell
- Fire Damage Emergency Tips
- Fire Damage Repair and Construction: A Step-by-Step Guide
- Fire Damage Restoration Process
- Five Reasons You Should Never Use an Oven to Heat Your Home
- Heat Watches, Warnings, and What it All Means
- How to Clean Black Soot from Walls
- How to Clean Fire Extinguisher Residue
- How to Prepare Your Fireplace for Winter
- How to Remove Fire Smoke Smell from Your Home and Belongings
- It's Time to Turn Back Your Clock and Change your Smoke Detector Battery
- Outdoor Grilling Safety Facts: What to Know Before You Fire Up the Grill
- Prep Your Business for California Wildfire Season
- Restoring Valuable Documents after Fire, Water, or Storm Damage
- Smoke Detectors Play a Crucial Role in Fire Readiness Plans
- Soot Cleanup and Removal Services
- Space Heater Safety: A Little Heat Can Cause a Big Fire
- The Connection Between Excessive Heat and Wildfires
- Turkey Frying and Fire Safety Go Together
- Types of Fire Extinguishers
- What Are Soot Tags and Are Those Spider Webs After A Fire?
- What is Damage Reconstruction?
- What Is Soot and How It Can Be Dangerous
- What to Do After a House Fire
- What To Do with Candle Soot on Walls
- Which Smoke Detector is Right for Your Home or Business?
- Why Do Smoke Alarms Go Off for No Reason?
- Why Excessive Heat can be Devastating to your Personal Property
- Wildfire Smoke Map: Track Air Quality Alerts Near You
- Wildfires and Board-Up Services
- Your Belongings and Fire Damage
Mold and moisture (12)
- How Long Does it Take for Mold to Grow?
- How to Get Rid of Mildew Smell
- How to Get Rid of Musty Smell in Basement
- Mold Damage Tips
- Mold Guide: Types of Mold
- Mold Remediation: How to Do It
- Mold Removal vs. Remediation
- The Mold Remediation Process
- The Signs of Mold in Your Wall
- What Is Black Mold?
- What is Mold?
- Your Belongings and Mold Damage
Storm preparation (47)
- 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season Begins with Tropical Storm Arlene in the Gulf of Mexico
- 2023 Hurricane Season Names, Pronunciations, and NHC Storm Outlook Changes
- 7 Facts About Hurricanes That You May Not Know
- A Super El Niño Could Affect Winter 2023
- Atlantic Hurricane Season Starts June 1: Are You Prepared?
- Does Severe Weather Happen in the Spring?
- Extreme Weather Events of 2023
- Fascinating Facts About Hail
- Hail Alley: Where Is It?
- How El Niño Affects the Weather
- How Snow Can Damage Your Home
- How to Find and Repair a Roof Leak
- How to Prepare and Recover from Hurricane Damage
- How to Prepare for a Winter Storm
- How to Prevent Your Water Pipes from Freezing this Winter
- How to Protect Your Roof from Snow Damage
- How to Winterize Your Home
- Humidifier Health: Keeping Indoor Air Healthy All Winter
- NOAA Predicts Busy 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season
- Protecting Your Property from Lightning Damage
- Rip Currents Can be Deadly
- Roof Tarping: Do I Need to Tarp My Roof
- Securing Your Home or Business After a Tornado
- Storm Damage and Construction Services
- The Hidden Weather Dangers of a Tropical Storm
- The Importance of a Strong Roof (Roof Tarping Services)
- The Pacific, Atlantic, and Central Pacific Hurricane Season and Hurricane Damage Details
- Three Major Effects of Landslides
- Tornado or Derecho: How to Tell the Difference
- Tornado: What to watch for and how to prepare for the storm
- Tornadoes and Hailstorms - Seasons, Details, and More
- Tracking Hurricane Lee in Illinios and Wisconson
- What do the Hurricane Categories Mean?
- What is a Nor'easter?
- What is Storm Surge
- What is Wind Chill and How it Works
- What to Know About the 2024 Hurricane Season
- What to Know About the La Niña Weather Pattern
- When is Hailstorm Season?
- When is Hurricane Season 2023?
- When Storm Damage Strikes, Aqua Restore Pro Storms in to Your Rescue
- Why Do the Great Plains Get So Many Tornadoes?
- Why You Need to Winterize Your Windows
- Winter Emergency Survival Kit: What to Include
- Winter Safety Tips for Home
- Winter Storm Cleanup and Restoration
- Your Belongings and Storm Damage
Construction (7)
- Aqua Restore ProCan Clean and Restore Damaged Heavy Civil Construction Projects
- Aqua Restore ProCan Help Clean and Restore Your Mixed-Use Construction Project
- Defining Residential Construction
- Does Aqua Restore ProClean Damaged Industrial Construction Projects?
- Slab Foundation vs Crawlspace: What's the Difference?
- What are the 7 Different Types of Construction?
- What is Commercial Construction?
General cleaning (29)
- 3 Warning Signs of Clogged Air Ducts
- 5 Facts About A Polar Vortex and How to Prepare for One
- Commercial HVAC and Air Duct Cleaning
- Food Safety After the Power Goes Out
- Home Protection: Four Types of Home Safety Devices
- How Hoarding Damages a Property
- How to Clean Your House After a Mudslide
- How to Deodorize Commercial Properties
- How to Get Rid of Skunk Smell
- How to Get the Musty Smell Out of Carpets
- How to Keep Drapes Clean
- How to Remove Rust from Chrome Fixtures
- Is your phone making you sick?
- Let Aqua Restore Pro Clean Your Home This Holiday Season
- Love the Pet, Hate the Smell? Here's how to Remove Pet Odor from Your Home
- Pool Season: Cleaning and Storing a Pool Cover
- Renovation Cleaning Guide: How to Clean After a Renovation
- Residential Cleaning Services
- Should Air Ducts be Cleaned in the Spring?
- Signs of a Mudslide and How to Prepare
- Southwest Monsoon Season: How to Prepare
- Spring Cleaning Guide: Tips and Steps to Spring Cleaning
- Spring Cleaning Tips for Your Commercial Business: What You Need to Know
- Staying Safe from Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
- Steam or Shampoo: Which Type of Carpet Cleaning is Best?
- Surge Protector or Power Strip: What's the Difference?
- The Art of Cleaning Artificial Flowers and Plants
- The Great Christmas Tree Debate: Real vs Artificial
- When to Hire a Cleaning Service for Hoarders
Specialty cleaning (8)
Frequently asked questions (7)
- Flood and Storm Damage Restoration Frequently Asked Questions
- General Deep Cleaning Frequently Asked Questions
- Mold Removal, Remediation, and Restoration Frequently Asked Questions
- Residential & Commercial Construction Frequently Asked Questions
- Smoke and Fire Damage Restoration Frequently Asked Questions
- Specialty Cleaning Frequently Asked Questions
- Water Damage Restoration Frequently Asked Questions
Glossary: A (13)
Glossary: C (2)
Glossary: D (4)
Glossary: E (1)
Glossary: F (3)
Glossary: G (7)
Glossary: H (3)
Glossary: I (20)
- Impervious Cover
- Incident
- Incidental Damages
- Independent Adjuster
- Indoor Air Pollution
- Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)
- Indoor Air Quality Testing
- Infection
- Infiltration
- Infrared Drying
- Infrared Thermal Imaging
- Inhalable Particulates
- Inorganic
- Inspection
- Institute of Inspection Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC)
- Insulation
- Investigative Demolition
- Ion
- Ionization
- Irritant
Glossary: K (2)
Glossary: M (24)
- Maintenance
- Mandatory Purchase
- Masking
- Masonry
- Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
- Maximum Contamination Level (MCL)
- Mechanical Contractor
- Membrane
- Micro
- Microbes
- Microbial Volatile Organic Compound (MVOC)
- Microorganism
- Migration
- Mildew
- Mineral Deposits
- Mitigate
- Mitigation
- Mobilization
- Moisture Content
- Moisture Meter
- Mold
- Mold Remediation
- Monitoring
- Mycotoxins
Glossary: N (7)
Glossary: O (14)
Glossary: P (26)
- Pack-out
- Pad
- Particles of Incomplete Combustion (PIC)
- Pathogens
- Periodic Cleaning
- Permeability
- Permeance Factor
- Permeate
- Personal Protection Equipment (PPE)
- Plaster
- Plenum
- Pollutant
- Pollution
- Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)
- Porous
- Post-Conditions
- Potable
- Preparation
- Preparedness
- Pressure Power Washing
- Pressurized Smoke
- Prevention
- Professional Inspection
- Property Defect
- Protein Fire
- Puff Back
Glossary: Q (2)
Glossary: R (23)
- Radiant Heating System
- Radiation
- Radon
- Rafter
- Registers
- Relative Humidity (RH)
- Remedial Investigation
- Remediation
- Remediator
- Remove and Reset
- Repair
- Residential Sprinkler System
- Residue
- Restoration
- Restorative Cleaning
- Restorative Drying
- Retaining Wall
- Retardant
- Return Flow
- Roof Drainage Systems
- Routine Cleaning
- Runoff
- Rust
Glossary: S (30)
- Sanitizers
- Saturation
- Scope of Work
- Secondary Container
- Secondary Damages
- Seepage
- Septage
- Sequence
- Sewage
- Sheet Vinyl
- Sludge
- Smoke Residue
- Smoke Stain
- Solution
- Solvent
- Soot
- Sponge
- Spores
- Sporicide
- Squeegee
- Stachybotrys
- Sterilizer
- Stress Crack
- Structure
- Subcontractor
- Subfloor
- Submersible Pumps
- Subsurface Drying
- Subsurface Flood Extractor
- Sump Pump
Glossary: T (6)
Glossary: U (9)
Glossary: V (11)
Glossary: W (10)
Glossary: Y (1)
Planning a property project (8)
- Five Things to Look for in a Restoration Team
- Organizing Help After Water Damage
- Planning an Unusual Cleanup Project
- Planning Cleaning Before Reopening
- Preparing Heating Systems for Seasonal Use
- Questions About Project Skills and Training
- Residential Restoration and Cleaning Planning
- Reviewing Property Safety and Emergency Contacts