A sump pump is one of those things you forget exists until it scares you. After Winter Storm Fern, the melt and pressure around the foundation can ramp up fast, and a struggling pump can turn a quiet basement into a soaked one before you’ve even grabbed a towel. That’s how mold starts, belongings get [...]
After Winter Storm Fern, a lot of homes are still dealing with the kind of freeze stress that doesn’t announce itself. Sometimes it’s a quiet drip that keeps feeding the floor. Other times, it’s a sudden pipe burst that turns one room into a soaked mess in minutes. Either way, water spreads fast, sets up [...]
You ever gotten that damp, slightly sticky feeling under your feet indoors while it’s basically a snow blanket outside? That’s the kind of winter moisture that messes with people, because it doesn’t always come with a dramatic leak. After Winter Storm Fern, a lot of homes got stretched, and water can quietly shift under flooring [...]
Winter storms in North Carolina don’t always leave a dramatic mess behind – except snow, of course. Sometimes everything looks fine at first. But this time, Winter Storm Fern has stretched things to the limit in a lot of homes, and moisture has a way of shifting fast when temps swing, and heaters run nonstop. [...]
