Ice dams mess up the roof of your home. However, in many cases ice dams also lead to water leakage and flooding into your basement or crawl space. It’s important to remove ice dams and keep up on preventive maintenance. The weather we are currently seeing in Northeast Wisconsin is what causes ice dams […]
Author: Cathy Guilette
Odor Removal and Deodorization
As experts in odor removal and deodorization, CCS technicians are trained to identify and eliminate bad odors from the home. These odors can come from a number of sources both inside and outside a building. But what causes odors to begin with? Let’s start with the definition of odor from wikipedia which tells us what […]
Prepare Your Home for Holiday Guests by Preventing and Removing Mold, Fire, Odor and Water
Prepare Your Home for Holiday Guests! As we get ready for the Season of Giving, many of us will have family and friends descend to our homes. And you know, Murphy’s Law of what can go wrong will! This year, make sure you’re prepared with these fix-ups and preventative maintenance tasks to help take Murphy […]
Bathroom Shower Mold Checklist
Mold, black spots, greenish brown spots, it’s the stuff nightmares are made of. In every home there comes a time when a person may see mold in their bathroom shower. About 20% of the calls we receive at CCS is a question to do with mold in the bathroom shower. The bad news is that […]
Flooding Cleanup in Northeast Wisconsin
Water is a force of nature that follows the path of least resistance. By finding cracks and holes through basement walls, water can easily find its way into your basement. In Northeast Wisconsin flooding usually occurs in our basements or crawl spaces. Most times the flooding is due to insufficient drainage around foundation walls, heavy […]
Professional Odor Neutralizer
Many of us suffer with odors in the home, from cooking with exotic spices, to pets, to cigarette odor to mold and mildew. And although we may become desensitized to those odors, people visiting our homes are not. There are many products that a homeowner can use to mask the odor for a little while. […]
Water Damage Cleanup from Sump Pump Failure – Northeast Wisconsin
This spring and early summer our weather has been quite peculiar. It has been a wet and rainy season causing many water damage cleanup problems for homeowners throughout Northeast Wisconsin. And, once again a sump pump has failed causing its owners damage to the basement. CCS was called in to clean the water damage from […]
Sump Pump Failures Happen – Are You Covered in Your Homeowner’s Insurance Policy
The sump pump is the number one most problematic area in a home. Why? Because sump pumps fail and when they do it’s when you need them the most. Sump pumps fail like all mechanical equipment will do. Today we share how to prepare and offer preventive methods to keep your basement from flooding. At […]
Protecting Your Cabin, Lake Home or Cottage in Wisconsin from Mold
Cabin Mold – Do you have a Lake Home, Lake Cottage, or Cabin? Is Mold a Concern? Spring is here and this is the time of year when people start to open up their lake cottages, homes or cabins. If your lake home, lake cottage or cabin was closed properly and free from damage or […]
Preparing for Spring Storms in Northeast Wisconsin
Spring storms in Northeast Wisconsin…This season we’ve already had one bout of spring thaw and rain causing flooding and water damage to homes and businesses in Northeast Wisconsin. Today we focus on preparing for spring storms. We know we are unable to control mother nature but we definitely can plan for it. After all, spring […]