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It's now over a week since the flooding that heavily affected East Oahu and turned Kalanianaole Highway into a river of mud.  Many homeowners who were affected by the flooding of water and mud are still just beginning to deal with the extensive clean up that destroyed so much in its path. ...

This is a question we are often asked at our call center before we ever send technicians out. Bottom line is that even in emergency situation, many people are still concerned about costs and rightfully so. Just to get a single family home safe and dry following a devastating flood costs on average...

Check out the latest episode of Condo Insider on Think Tech Hawaii . Robert Egbert, our Senior VP of Sales and Marketing and Brent Bennett, Commercial Projects Manager sit down with host Richard Emery to discuss the importance of disaster preparation and all of the different nuances of property...

When living in Hawai’i, it’s not a matter of if your home will be affected by mold growth, but when!  Mold in the home is prevalent in our humid island climate, however, there is a lot of misunderstanding regarding what mold is, what causes its growth, how to get rid of it and its severity on i...

Thank you to everyone who came out to make IREM Hawai'i's 23rd Annual Aaron M. Chaney Scholarship Golf Tournament a great success and an all around really, really fun day!  Mahalo to IREM Hawai'i for the opportunity to sponsor this year's tournament which benefits real estate managers alre...

Flooding is the #1 Natural Disaster, yet only a small number of homeowners are covered by flood insurance. Unless your home is located in a zoned floodplain, you aren’t required to purchase flood insurance with your homeowners insurance policy which results in only about 18% of homeowners carrying f...

Let's face it - Mold in the home is not fun! Not only is it very difficult to get rid of once present, it is also detrimental to the quality of the air in your home and responsible for a number of different respiratory irritants. And all it needs to grow are the following ingredients: MoistureWarmth...

To an untrained eye, this room looks dry. To IICRC- Certified Water Damage Technician and Mitigation Manager, Josh Tappero, it is anything but.  More than just removing visible standing water caused by a flood, our IICRC-Certified Water Damage experts are equipped with the right tools and know...

Building Management Hawai’i is the leader in relevant content and expert opinion related to property management in Hawai'i; we are very excited to be gracing their latest issue with a story on our recent acquisition of Can Clean Hawaii and how this strengthens and expands our existing service lines...

If you have experienced a flood and your carpet was damaged, can it be saved? Well, that depends.  Because carpets tend to be highly permeable allowing for a high degree of evaporation, carpets are most often salvageable if the water source of the cause of the flood is a clean water source. H...