Renting or Selling? Odors Are the Enemy.

Renting or Selling? Odors Are the Enemy.

A HOUSE THAT SMELLS IS TOUGH TO SELL Trying to sell a home where tobacco, pet odors or musty smells are the first impression a potential buyer encounters puts a sale in jeopardy. Rental properties are much more desirable if there are no lingering odors from previous...
Tips for Preventing Frozen Pipes

Tips for Preventing Frozen Pipes

Temperatures below freezing put pipes at risk for bursting. A unique property of water is that it expands as it freezes. Unfortunately, this expansion can put enormous pressure on your metal or plastic pipes. This pressure often results in pipes breaking and causing...
Optimal Humidity Levels for Your Basement in Wintertime

Optimal Humidity Levels for Your Basement in Wintertime

Maryland has no shortage of humidity; in the summer it is oppressive heat and, in the winter, it is damp cold. As much as we suffer from the humidity, our basements do too as they hold more humidity then the above grade spaces. Humid conditions encourage mold, mildew...

How to Handle and Eliminate Mold in Your Home

For unwanted mold in the home, Peake Restoration knows what to do. We’d like for you to know these steps in how to handle and eliminate mold in your home. Our experience over the years has ensured that we know how to perform a mold test and provide complete mold...
Signs That Mold May Be Growing In Your Home

Signs That Mold May Be Growing In Your Home

With so much rain and snow this winter, could mold be lurking within your home? This past winter was one for the record books in our region – Maryland experienced a massive amount of wet and snowy weather throughout the months of January and February alone....