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With the weather getting colder you can just feel that winter is on the way.  Snow, wind, ice and frigid temperatures, many areas will be experiencing them soon.  Don’t get me wrong though, winter can be a beautiful time of year, it is just a matter of being prepared because it’s so unpredictable.  One day it is snowing and the next day it’s raining and the problem is that you never know where all that rain water is going to end up.  You hope that it is not inside of your home, but if it is you will be facing a good deal of very costly damage. 

It’s never fun to talk about preventing damage or worse, having to recover from it, but it is something that you need to do - just in case.  Anyone that has ever had to clean up a flood will tell you that it is not a pleasant experience. All too often personal possessions, sometimes irreplaceable are lost not to mention the damage to your home.  Then there is always the possibility of mold which can make even the healthiest person sick.
   
Over the years I have cleaned up from quite a few floods, many that could not be prevented, but many that had the homeowner taken just a couple of small precautions could have been.   Then it never fails to amaze me how once someone experiences water damage they fix what caused it after the fact.  I guess it’s the experience of having a flood and it being such a devastating experience that they don’t want to go through it again.  Who could blame them, but wouldn’t it make sense to fix these things before there was water in your home?

To make sure that you do not ever have to go through this devastating experience here is a look at the four most common causes.

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When it comes to space there never seems to be enough of it.  Everywhere that you turn something seems to be there.  The shelves are full, the closets are jammed and you haven’t seen the basement floor in years.  Yep, the amount of stuff that one can collect over just a short period of time can be incredible.  Just ask anyone who has ever moved, they will certainly be able to tell you about all the junk that they collected and either had to pack or throw out.  It’s a simple fact, most people just have to much clutter.

Fixing your clutter problem is not easy, but it can be done!  Returning your home to a clutter free living space is a three part process. (more…)