ServiceMaster Restore Savannah

Hurricane season is here, and aside from hurricane-proofing your home for protection, you also need to check on your indoor equipment to prevent unnecessary breakdowns in the middle of a disaster. Your water heater, as the name implies, provides your home with a supply of heated water, and you wouldn’t like for it to experience a breakdown during bouts of bad weather! Here are some things that you need to do when your water heater breaks. · Shut off the water valve . In the event of breakage, locate your home’s cold water supply pipe and shut it. Water typically stops flowing into your heater once it is full, but with the breakage on hand, it will continue to flow out. Shutting off the water valve will prevent further spillage. If you can’t locate your cold water supply pipe, just turn off your main water valve. · Kill the power . After you have turned off your water valve, locate your electrical breaker box and turn off the breaker for your heater. If you leave the power ...

Most of us are familiar with the term “hoarding”, but what exactly is it? Hoarding is not equivalent to collecting, as collectors carefully choose the items they keep and take pride in them. Hoarding happens when you amass things other people would typically discard, and are ashamed of them. Hoarders usually have a difficulty parting with trivial items because of extreme attachment or sentimental value and would feel anxious when they are thrown away. The belief that something might be needed in the future also compels some people to hoard stuff which don’t serve any purpose as of the moment.  Hoarding can cause serious problems when not given proper solutions. It can lead to: Loss of living space inside the house Health and fire hazards Family and financial problems A sense of isolation  Clinically, serious hoarding is classified as a mental disorder related to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). If you feel that you have a real hoarding problem and a...