Protect Your Home From Snow And Ice Damage

Tri State Restorations offers these tips to help you protect your home from snow and ice damage this winter. The winter months can be especially hard on your home, its structure and foundation. When the temperature drops, your pipes might freeze, leaving you with extensive damage… Continue reading

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Weatherize Your Home And Save On Your Heating Bills

You might not know that weatherizing your home, plugging and sealing air leaks, can save you as much as to 30 percent on your heating and cooling bills. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, drafts can waste from 5% to 30% of your home energy use… Continue reading

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Protect Your Home From Ice Dams This Winter

Ice dams cause millions of dollars of water damage to homes and businesses every year. An ice dam is created when snow and ice high on your building’s ridgeline begins to melt from indoor heat loss. Here’s how to prevent… Continue reading

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How to Be Prepared for an Electrical Outage

Harsh winter storms can create an electrical outage when you least expect it, leaving you without light, heat, water and other basic necessities. Here are some tips from Tri State Restorations to help you be prepared… Continue reading

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Keep Your Home Fire Safe During the Holidays

Tri State Restorations, a fire and water damage cleanup and restoration company serving Maryland, Virginia, and Washington DC, offers these life-saving steps you can take to ensure a fire-free and happy holiday. Continue reading

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My Washer Overflowed, Flooding My Basement

Like many professionals, Dr. Patterson is very busy and has a hard time fitting laundry into her schedule. A few weeks ago, she put a load of bedroom sheets into her washing machine and left to meet some close friends for dinner, not realizing that the washing machine hose would break… Continue reading

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How to Clean Up Sewage

If you should have a sewage backup in your home or business, here are some tips to help you clean it up and minimize the sewage damage. If a small amount of sewage has spilled onto the floor, and you can take care of it right away… Continue reading

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An Unfortunate Sewage Damage Story

Sewage damage is one of the most frustrating and possibly dangerous problems a homeowner can have. Listen to what happened to this family in Montgomery County, Maryland and how Tri State Restorations performed their sewage cleanup. The Warrens live in an old farmhouse in Potomac… Continue reading

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To Repair Water Damage, Here Are the Do’s and Don’t's

If you are unfortunate enough to have water damage to your home, here is what you can do to minimize the damage and restore your home. First, remove all of the standing water by sponging and blotting. A mop and old towels… Continue reading

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If You Have Extensive Water Damage, Call a Cleanup Expert

When water rushed into their home during Hurricane Irene, the Greely family called on Tri State Restorations, a water damage cleanup expert, for help. During the hurricane’s widespread power outage, their sump pump shut off. Water seeped into the basement, flooding everything except for… Continue reading

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