Old Vinyl Floor This vinyl floor is probably at least 60 years old, and I am confident that it has a large amount of asbestos in it. These older vinyl floors with asbestos can wear forever. And they continue to look very good forever. You almost literally cannot wear them out. So unless there’s a reason…
Hot Water Heating in Salt Lake City Utah We are here cleaning up a leak from the boiler in this Salt Lake City Utah home. The hot water heating was added at some point in this older home. Some of the PEX tubing for the hot water heating is not inside the walls. The picture…
Commercial Water Damage Cleanup in Salt Lake City This water damage cleanup happens to be in a school. It was actually a fairly new construction but there was a leak in a wall behind a row of cabinets. It has been going on long enough that there was some mold. Because of the mold we…
Water Damage Repairs After water damage event the goal is to get everything back to how it was before the damage. Hopefully so that everything can look as though nothing ever happened. Sometimes that can be a challenge some of the materials and finishes are not easy to match. In this case the hardwood floor…
Do It Yourself Water Damage Mitigations Don’t Always Work Out Do it yourself water damage mitigations do not always work out. In this example there was a water damage event and the builder had their people “dry it out”, but they missed a room that was wet. As a result, it stayed wet for a…
Managing Run Off Water This is a picture of a rain gutter downspout on the front of a very expensive home. Somebody should have thought through the water runoff management better. This downspout is near the front door entrance and just runs onto the driveway concrete. There’s not an adequate slope for the water to…
Thermal Imaging To Detect Water Damage The picture you are looking at is a thermal image showing two wet spots on the floor between a toilet and a shower. The two darker spots are damp from water flowing out of the bottom of the walls around the shower. The walls have been wet for a…
Think Adding AC Is Easy? If you think adding AC is easy think again. This is a small condo unit up in the mountains and it originally did not have AC. Fill holes in this wall work up by the air conditioning contractor in preparation for adding air conditioning. He has to run the lines…
Roof Damage Can Lead To Water Damage This is a picture of two condo units side by side. One unit has a roof that’s in good shape, the other unit has a roof that should have been replaced a long time ago. When a roof is this badly neglected even when it does lead to…
Water Damage and Carpet Replacement Stains like these are from furniture stain bleeding into the carpet when the furniture is sitting on a very wet carpet. The longer the furniture sits on the wet carpet the more stain are able to bleed into the carpet. These stains are usually not cleanable, they won’t come out…