Disasters can happen quickly and without warning, but occasionally, you’ll get a warning before the disaster arrives. At ServiceMaster C2C, we help the Glendale, CA, area prepare for the worst and save their home and belongings. There are things a person can do to prepare and one of thos...
Water is an essential part of any home. It’s used for cooking, cleaning, and drinking. A home can’t run without water which means, every home faces the potential of water damage. Water damage can be the result of natural or man-made disasters and can quickly change your life from wo...
Summer in Thousand Oaks, CA brings with it a fun and carefree spirit. This spirit often leads to cookouts, bonfires, and late nights under the stars. These fun activities bring with them an inherent potential for fire damage and the need for fire damage restoration. Any time that open flame is prese...
With the Fourth of July holiday comes the increased risk of fire damage and the need for fire damage restoration, especially for Santa Ana, CA. As winter ends, the summer dry season starts for the Santa Ana, CA area, increasing the possibility of a fire. To add to the natural potential, July 4th cel...
The sun is shining bright on this clear day in Long Beach, CA. You're sitting in your yard watching your teenage son cutting the old branches out of the big tree in the backyard. Normally this would be a job you would do, but you threw your back out and didn’t think climbing into a tree was a...
It’s supposed to be a beautiful weekend in Santa Maria, CA, so you’ve decided it would be the perfect weekend to invite all your buddies over and party. You have it all planned out; you’re going to get the hot tub on the three-season porch fired up. You’re also going to grill...
It’s been one of those weeks at work that make you want to take a month off to run away and sleep for a week. You’re rushing around your Oxnard, CA home desperately trying to get out the door. You slept so well last night that you slept right through your alarm and ended up waking up 45...
It’s a beautiful day in Anaheim, CA, but after last night’s festivities, all you want to do is stay in bed for the foreseeable future. It was a long night of conversations and copious adult beverages around the campfire with friends. As you lay in bed contemplating how many activities yo...
The day started off as a beautiful Los Angeles, CA, morning with barely a cloud in the sky and lots of sun. As the morning slipped into afternoon, large, ominous storm clouds began developing. Sitting on your back deck you watched the clouds move slowly across the sky and continue to build. Wh...
It’s been a chilly spring in Lompoc, CA. The wind has been blowing and the winter rains just don’t want to end. Since you’re really craving grilled burgers, you’ve spent the better part of the last few hours trying to figure out how to make that a reality. You came up w...
It’s a beautiful day in Simi Valley, CA. You've been airing out the house and finishing the spring cleaning that you hadn’t had a chance to get done. Your final chore for the day is cleaning the basement bathroom. This bathroom is used only a handful of times during the year, and b...
It’s a beautiful spring day in Irvine, CA, and you’re busy working away on your yard getting everything to look perfect. You have a few flower beds around the house and then a few more beds around your detached garage. Your plan is to be done with all of the planting today and spen...
It’s a beautiful Glendale, CA, day, and your spouse has spent the entire morning in the bathroom working on the toilet. For the better part of the week the toilet has been running non-stop, so today's chore was to get the toilet back to working order. You had originally thought about st...
It’s a beautiful spring day in Santa Maria, CA, and you’re in high spirits. Your spouse is finally coming home after a month-long training for work. You’ve spent the entire week cleaning the house and getting prepared for their homecoming, which included watching every cooking show...
It’s been one of the longest Easter weeks you can remember. You’ve been working hard all week at work plus spending your evenings preparing and cleaning your Oxnard, CA, home before the relatives arrive for the holiday. Luckily, or unfortunately, depending on when you’re thinking a...
It’s just another day in your Anaheim, CA home. You made supper, cleaned up the kitchen, and filled and started the dish washer. As you're sitting in the living room working on your latest needlework project you catch an odd scent, as if something is burning or melting. You look around,...
It's early morning in your Los Angeles, CA, home. Normally you’re not up this early, but you have a breakfast meeting to get to. You stumble your way into the kitchen, brew an extra strong cup of coffee, then hustle to the bathroom for a hot shower. As you stand under the spray of the...
Your Santa Maria, CA home is spotless, and every candle you own is either in the living room, dining room, or hallway in between. They're all lit, bathing each area in the soft, flickering, romantic glow that comes only from candlelight. Tonight is going to be perfect and will be a night that...
You’ve spent the entire day scrubbing and cleaning your Oxnard, CA, home. It’s almost spotless, and the only room left is the living room. You’ve been trying to think of a way to get the room cleaned as quickly as possible so you can tackle cleaning the centerpiece of the room - a...
The Anaheim, CA, spring has brought with it an abundance of spring thunder storms. The lightning show has been amazing to watch as it dances across the sky and touches the earth. You’re sitting in your living room sipping your tea and settling in for the night watching the show through your pi...