From Mike and Kelly Panoch: When one walks into their 2–story home, the last thing they expect to see is water coming from every light fixture in their kitchen. When this does happen, the emotions are so overwhelming that one is almost in a state of shock. After shutting off the water, I made a phone […]
Sadly, Iowa’s great floods of 2016 and Hurricane Matthew’s remorselessly 120 mph wind wrath have left too many American families up a creek of financial disaster without a paddle. Families that chose to battle the United States’ two major natural disasters of fall 2016 without flood insurance are now facing a two-front storm: 1) The […]
Knowing what your insurance covers is critical to recovering from Iowa’s Floods of 2016 When the rivers finally crest and the waters recede from Iowa’s floods of 2016, the last place Iowa homeowners want to find themselves is high and dry without adequate insurance coverage. Don’t wait to read the fine print of your home’s […]
Iowa is under siege from rising, raging rivers and thousands of home and business owners are wondering how they are going to survive the floods of 2016. A deluge of rain storms have pummeled the Eastern half of the Hawkeye State and have Iowa’s rivers overflowing their banks and invading towns and cities from Decorah […]
Act Now & Save Money, Time & Discomfort Come Winter Autumn is the season of falling leaves, kids returning to school, and football returning to fields nationwide. And even though the calendar may seem as if it’s more packed than a school bus, fall is the perfect time to tackle home repair and maintenance projects […]
“Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.” – Mark Twain One August night, an unsuspecting Iowa homeowner goes to sleep under overcast, but non-threatening skies. The next morning, she wakes up with two inches of water in her basement as the ruthless might of a torrential overnight storm invaded her home. Across […]
Under-appreciated, but a priceless ally in the war against cold showers, water heaters rarely get the love they deserve. And unfortunately, time is not on the side of aging, tired and worn water heaters. Alas, unlike a fine wine, most water heaters don’t get better with age. And if you’re noticing water welling up near […]
On any given day, the average American home faces numerous potential damage and potential costly repair threats. That means on any given day, the Average American homeowner faces numerous potential damage or costly repair headaches that can’t be fixed by a 1000 milligrams of Excedrin. Keeping your home defended from the many threats it faces […]
It’s called black water for good but dirty reasons. Sewage is a smelly, ugly toxic nightmare that comes to ugly life for thousands of American homeowners each year. You haven’t known pure plumbing terror until you’ve walked down to check on your basement after a storm and discovered a terrifying black mass of raw sewage […]
April 28, 2016: An estimated 140 billion gallons of water pour down on Houston’s Cypress Creek, Spring Creek and Adicks watersheds in a mere 14 hours. “So this is what Noah felt like.” – Many a flood-weary Houston homeowner this spring This spring, the rain just won’t go away. From the drenched Eastern Seaboard to […]
