You smell it before you know what it is: That strong, musky odor that just won’t go away. You’d say it smells like propane gas . . . except you don’t use propane. It’s not until you hear the rustling noises coming from under the deck that you realize: You’ve got a skunk situation. 🦨 Early spring is the prime season for skunks to move into your house - and sneaky spots like under the deck, inside tight crawl spaces, and in the garage (!!) are some of their favorites. To make sure you, your...

My father started a water damage restoration business in 1962: Here's Dad in the mid-1960s - he would've been about 30 years old here. His 8 siblings knew him as Bobby, but everyone else called him Bob. That meant my weekends and summers as a kid were spent helping him on job sites. I didn’t just learn about water damage and restoration; I learned what it meant to truly help people. I’ve never been a corporate salesperson, but working with people is something that’s always made sense to me....

I was all the way across town when it happened. I got the ping on my phone. The app’s familiar icon caught my eye as I checked my lock screen. The app icon you hope you never see. There is a fire brewing at your house. Okay, so that’s not exactly what the notification said. But it may has well have. The app was linked to a device I installed in my house earlier in the year. A device called Ting. (Have you heard of it?) It’s a small sensor that you plug into the wall, and it monitors your...