Welcome to 2021 Winter Rain

1/6/2021 (Permalink)

Welcome to 2021! With ringing this new year, it is our hope that 2021 is a great year for us all. It has come to our and probably your attention as well, that we have had a substantial amount of rain kicking off 2021. The Pacific Northwest winters tend to be fairly wet. This is the time of year we see unrelenting rain without much of a break. This is also the time of year Pacific Northwesterners get the itch to go someplace sunny and warm or enjoy the cold and ski some more.

Before you head out the door for your 2021 Winter adventure, we highly recommend considering the following information, then we will give some helpful tips to follow.

Consistent flowing water can be damaging to your home/business. Currently the rain is constant, it ranges from a light drizzle to a down pour. With this ongoing unpredictable rainfall, it is difficult to pinpoint a water damage sometimes. A water damage could have been from a slow leak from two months ago to potentially the down pour from two nights ago. Either way, water damages are not always something we can see before it happens. We recommend looking for the following before leaving your home this winter:

• Check the water lines in your kitchen and laundry room appliances.
• Are your outside spicketts covered in case of a drop into freezing temperatures?
• Let a neighbor or close friend know your going out of town.
  • This helps with any packages you may have delivered, or unexpected people snooping around your home.
  • Example: one of our neighbors left town for a hunting trip, one day we noticed water streaming from his garage door. Luckily, we were able to help stop the water and let him know that everything was looked after while he was out of town. If that water hadn’t been caught right away like it was, the damage could have been substantial.
• Have you replaced your roof recently? Or are you holding out for one more year before replacing? It is a tough trigger to pull for a roof replacement, we completely understand. Before holding off on your new roof consider the loss of personal belongings that could come with a bad roof.

If you have any other questions or would like some more information on this topic. Check out our other blogs on water damages or storms.

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