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Experiencing fire and water damage in your home, office, or business can be a true nightmare. Sage Restoration offers a variety of services to make your difficult time a bit easier to handle. We cover all aspects of fire and water damage restoration, so that you only have to make one call.

Expansion tanks and reducing water and mold damage

Expansion tanks on your water heater can help prevent water damage Expansion tanks and reducing water and mold damage: Having an expansion tank installed on your water heater reduces the pressure of hot water in the tank thereby reducing the amount of water dripping...

Compulsive Hoarding Can Equate into Mountains of Debris

Compulsive hoarding can equate into mountains of debris that needs to be removed from the home. In our experience we often are called in to assist a family member who is left to deal with the aftermath of a home that has endured years of neglect and mountains...

Illness and Hoarding go Hand in Hand

Illness and Hoarding go hand in hand. If you or a loved one are living amidst growth filth in your home you can be at risk for an array of dangerous bacteria or viruses that can cause adverse health effects. Many times a hoarder is not found out until an ambulance or...

Specialty Cleaning in Commercial Buildings

We perform specialty cleaning in commercial buildings on equipment in factories and warehouses as well as work areas. Many times equipment gets very greasy and dirty and the company needs us to come in get a piece of machinery cleaned so it stays in working order....

Tips For Getting Your Home Ready For Winter

Here are some tips for getting your home ready for winter. Some things may need to be done by a professional, but there are a few simple things you can do on your own.Here are a few things you will need to get started. Caulking and weather stripping. You can start by...

Hoarding, where does it all begin?

Hoarding, where does it all begin? Causes of hoarding can be caused by an illness or a major life changing event. Some doctors say hoarding can start even during the toddler years, due to their attachment to objects and toys. Depression and or anxiety can also play a...

Hidden Mold

Think you can paint over mold and make it go away? Think again…hidden mold can reappear in several months…Proper Mold Removal should be performed by a professional mold remediation company.Beware of a lot of misinformation out there regarding the...

Saving Flooded Carpet with Extraction and Drying Equipment

Saving flooded carpet with extraction and drying equipment Saving flooded carpet with extraction and drying equipment. If your carpet has been saturated with water, it requires proper extraction and dry out performed by a professional remediation company....

Pet and Smoke Odor Removal

Pet and Smoke Odor Removal normally is not achieved using only one cleaning technique, it usually requires at least two steps to successfully mitigate the odor.Odor is a gas that has the ability to permeate into the structure of a home and especially into porous...

Health and Hoarding

Health and Hoarding are a bad combination. If you or a loved one are living amidst growth filth in your home you can be at risk for an array of dangerous bacteria or viruses that can cause adverse health effects. Many times a hoarder is not found out until an...

Helping Hoarders

It’s not easy just sitting there watching people you care about living in misery. Helping hoarders in hazardous homes is a very complicated task and there are many steps that need to be taken when it comes to getting a hoarder’s home healthy again.The...

Sewage Clean up from Carpet and Pad

Sewage Clean up from Carpet and Pad or also commonly referred to as Category 3 water or black water cleanup, must be done correctly to keep contaminants from cross contaminating other items in the home or the occupants themselves.Most Category 3 water losses consist...

When does collecting become hoarding?

When does collecting become hoarding? When does a person cross the line from having a hobby in which they collect certain items to when it overtakes their lives? “Why doesn’t their family do something about it or care how their relatives...

Proper containment during a mold remediation

Proper containment during a mold remediation is crucial to preventing cross contamination of mold spores to other areas of the property. If proper containment is not utilized you or the contractor you hire could be putting you and your family at risk. If mold spores...

Working with Hoarders

Working with hoarders can be challenging at times but very rewarding as well.Sage Restoration cares about every item in their home as they would themselves. We normally work with families to help out with these special situations. Keeping what can be kept and throwing...

Halloween Candle Safety

Halloween is one of the top five days for home candle fires. We all love the beauty and mystery of candle light especially around Halloween but to keep your family safe please keep these Halloween Candle Safety tips in mind this Halloween:1. Always keep a burning...