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Home Builder - Servpro of Scarsdale / Mount Vernon - Fire/Water Certified
My husband and I bring 25 years in general contracting and hazard mitigation to our family owned business, where we clean and remediate after a fire, water or mold emergency. I enjoy writing for local papers and online e-mags about home safety tips and how to prevent our having to come and clean your home or business after a flood or fire.
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How to prevent & thaw Frozen Pipes that could flood your home or business in Bronxville, NY 10583               With crazy low temps that I'm calling "Bi-polar weather" -- heck with Polar Vortexes -- some of us may have the messy and often expensive issue of frozen pipes.  If it could just be nor...
02/13/2015
SAY IT ISN'T SO...SIX MORE WEEKS OF WINTER, AFTER A SNOWY DOUBLE WAMMY IN THE PAST WEEK FOR SCARSDALE, NY 10583     On the heels of the hellish snow removal effort last week, we got hammered again overnight and this morning!  Now the issue is "to drive, or not to drive" in this half foot of snow,...
02/02/2015
    Much of the Northeast was going into shutdown mode Monday ahead of a blizzard of "historic proportions," with thousands of flight cancellations, a statewide travel ban in Connecticut and road crews and utilities braced for a long night of work heading into Tuesday, when the storm could reach ...
01/26/2015
Preventing and Thawing Frozen Pipes that can flood your home or business in Scarsdale, NY 10583               With crazy low temps that I'm calling "Bi-polar weather" -- heck with Polar Vortexes -- some of us may have the messy and often expensive issue of frozen pipes.  If it could just be norma...
01/07/2015
Last night, we left our southern Westchester County offices and warehouse late.  A busy Monday with four disasters coming in by closing, including water in basements to clean and dry out, plus a fire in The Bronx.  One of them involved a hoarder/collector who had passed away in the home.  What a ...
01/06/2015
Hello Southern Westchester and Rainmakers:   This is to wish all a great rest of the holiday season and a super New Year.   Be safe and beware of holiday fires with any candles lit for entertaining or heaters turned up to high for cold winter nights.  That's after yummy eggnog or a great glass of...
12/30/2014
Bronxville and Scarsdale residents may experience flooded basements from a slow moving Winter Storm that will dump heavy rain ~ 10708   ** Most parkways in the area are now flooded and closed, including the Bronx River Parkway from Scarsdale to the Sprain Parkway.  Check your radio and local traf...
12/09/2014
DON'T LET AMERICA'S ENDANGERED WOLVES GET DELISTED AS ENDANGERED ~ BRONXVILLE, NY 10708   Forrest and I try to support our local wolf rescue community in our area.  Whatever your fav organization, including our local NPR broadcasters, we hope that you can reach out to them today.  For wolf and ca...
12/02/2014
EVERYONE IS OR SHOULD BE BRACING FOR A BAD SNOW STORM IN TOWNS LIKE SCARSDALE, NY 10583   Winter Storm Warning in NYC and Southern NY State Print the Alert Send via Email Share on Twitter Share on Facebook   Posted 2 hours, 32 minutes ago – National Weather Service  How likely:   How soon:   How ...
11/25/2014
Some realtors are arriving up to 40+ minutes early to show our home for sale in Westchester County, NY   Don't get me wrong!:   We are so grateful that our home is attracting terrific realtors who want to show it to their buyers.  Often, I am racing home from work or spending a weekend morning cl...
11/09/2014
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My husband and I bring 25 years in general contracting and hazard mitigation for the feds to our family owned business, where we clean and remediate after a fire, water or mold emergency. I enjoy writing for local papers and online e-mags about home safety tips and how to prevent our having to come and clean your home or business after a flood or fire.