Carrie had a luxurious week-long vacation but opened the door to a hellish scene when she returned home. A washing machine hose on the second floor of her home had ruptured and apparently been leaking for several days. Areas of the soggy ceiling now rested on the kitchen floor and… Read more »
The Minneapolis Grain Exchange, which opened in 1881 in the city’s downtown, has moved tons of hard red wheat through its halls. The historic building functioned for many years as the ‘Wall Street” for grain, a bustling meeting place in which buyers and sellers traded, purchased and hawked this starchy… Read more »
When a broken water main flooded the strip mall, the property owners knew clean up and restoration would take time. And it did: six weeks of mopping up, refurbishing contents, removing soaked drywall and flooring, and replacing building materials. The stores gleamed after restoration, shoppers returned, business flourished. Two months… Read more »
When a commercial property floods, the damage may be confined and easily mopped up. A supply line bursts in a hair salon at lunch hour, for example, spewing clean water for several minutes until an employee finds the valve and twists it shut. Few people were inconvenienced, the gushing was… Read more »
When Paul Davis of Long Island responded to a call for help at a New York residence, immediately they knew the project would require special care. A world-renowned artist had experienced an extensive fire with smoke, soot and odor damage throughout a dwelling packed with hundreds of priceless artworks. The… Read more »