The Best Way To Deal With Leaky Appliances In Your Home Or Business

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Steam Team technicians have years of experience working on leaky appliances and repairing water damage, and we’ve learned a lot. One important thing we’ve learned is that every home or business owner needs to keep a close eye on their appliances for potential damage and leaks. Far too often, people don’t notice leaky appliances until the water has already done significant damage to the property. Let’s talk about how The Steam Team can help when you’ve found a leak in your appliance.

Leak Repair Process

When you catch a leak in your home or business, whether it's just starting to drip or it has already caused flooding, call in The Steam Team and our technicians will be there in no time. They’ll arrive with only the most effective equipment for water extraction, leak cleanup, water damage restoration and even structural drying. We can handle any burst or overflowing appliances including AC units, water heaters, dishwashers and sinks. Any overflowing drain or p

ipe in the home will be easily handled by our technicians as well. 

Steam Team Difference

When it comes to plumbing and leaky appliance issues, certainly there are other companies or contractors that you could hire for repairs, so you might be wondering what it is that sets The Steam Team professional technicians apart from other groups. Well first of all, our pricing policies. We offer direct insurance billing for your convenience, as well as free inspections and free onsite estimates from all of our technicians. But if that isn’t enough to convince you, you should also know that we always have someone available to take your call and we always have technicians ready to be sent to fix your leaks, since we have 24 hours a day, 7 days a week availability when it comes to water damage. We know that your leaky appliances and plumbing issues are time sensitive, so we strive to have a team of skilled and readily available technicians.

For more information on appliance leak repair and our many other services, please visit The Steam Team website.

Maintaining Your Marble Floor The Professional Way

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Marble flooring is a great choice to add sophistication and beauty to any home, as long as you know how to properly take care of the marble. Marble can be more sensitive to cleaning solutions than other flooring may be, so we’re here to tell you about the professional way to maintain that sleek shine of your marble floor.

The Importance Of Polishing

Polishing your marble is extremely important to keep its deep lustre. Most marble will need to be polished at least every one to three years, and some may even last five if they’re properly maintained. If you don’t have it polished in this time, it will have dull, damaged spots from day-to-day things like spills damaging the floor over time. This occurs because marble is sensitive to anything acidic, and as the seal is worn down over time, the marble starts to become damaged. Marble also happens to be very porous, so dirt will settle into it if the seal is damaged. If you notice any of this occurring, you need to have your marble floor professionally polished as soon as possible.

Professional Marble Polishing

As we mentioned before, marble is extremely sensitive to anything acidic, which is why most household cleaning products are not a good choice for polishing marble. Only certified marble polish, marble cleaner and marble sealer should be used. Without the proper equipment and methods, you can’t polish your marble floor on your own. That’s why we recommend our professional marble polishing service. We’ve got our very own line of marble polishing products to give the shine back to your marble. So if it’s time to have your marble polished and renewed, give us a call and let our team of professional restoration technicians help you today! For more information, please visit The Steam Team website.

5 Dangers To Remember After Fire Damage in Austin, Texas

When you’ve had a fire in your home or business and it's just been put out by firefighters, you’ll need to have someone go in the property and do some intensive cleaning and restoration, and you’ll probably need it very quickly. You might be thinking you can go in and handle the job yourself, but here are 5 things you should know about if you’re thinking of attempting this.

Immediate Threats

If you enter a fire-damaged property, there’s likely still smoke in the air inside the building. By entering, you’re putting yourself at risk of irritation to the eyes, throat and nose, and possibly nausea due to the odor of the smoke.

Long-Term Threats

By exposing yourself to smoke inside the property, you could potentially increase your chances of negative long term effects like developing cardiovascular diseases. It's important to know what’s at risk when inhaling smoke.

Dangerous Chemicals

What makes the smoke even more dangerous is that you may not know the source. In many homes, there are cleaning products or other harsh chemicals that could have combusted during the fire or mixed in such a way that they become toxic to inhale.

Weak Immune Systems

Anyone with a weakened immune system such as infants, children or the elderly are at even higher risk of having negative reactions to smoke and soot. Keep anyone with a weakened immune system far away from the property in the aftermath of a fire.

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

And perhaps the most immediate and obvious threat, if you enter the property and it's filled with smoke, you could suffer from a lack of oxygen and experience carbon monoxide poisoning, which could cause you to pass out.

The Steam Team

But none of these dangers will be a problem for you or your family at all if you call in The Steam Team! Our professional technicians are trained and given the right equipment to enter these fire-damaged properties and completely clean and restore them. For more information, please visit The Steam Team website.

The Best Tips for Keeping Carpet and Rug Clean

Keeping carpet clean and in good condition is no easy job! But with a few easy tips and tricks, The Steam Team can help you keep your carpet looking its best. So without further ado, here are five great tips for keeping your carpet clean! 

Use a Welcome Mat

Welcome mats serve three purposes: they greet you and your house guests, add a touch of decoration to your porch, and most importantly, they help to catch dirt, sand, mud, etc that’s on your shoes! How convenient is that? If we were you, we’d get ourselves a doormat! 

Remove Shoes at the Door

It can be helpful to remove your shoes altogether once you’ve entered your home. You can keep a decorative basket near the entrances to your home for the shoes to be tossed into. Then, the only thing to make contact with your clean and pristine carpet are your clean, fresh socks!

Vacuum Regularly

Vacuuming is, of course, important when it comes to keeping carpet clean. It’s the easiest way to extract dirt and dust from your carpeting! But unfortunately, sometimes our vacuum cleaners just can’t get it all and we need to go to greater lengths to clean our carpet. That’s when the pro’s step in! 

Collect Pet Hair

Pet hair, it’s a plight, for sure! It often becomes entangled in the fibers of our carpeting, and sometimes the vacuum cleaner can’t pull it up. In these cases, it could be helpful to use a broom to essentially sweep the pet hair off of your carpet, and into a pile that you can easily pick up and remove. 

Call in the Professionals

Occasionally, call in the professionals to care for your carpet! The Steam Team is a team of trained professionals who are standing by 24/7 to help you out! So go ahead, give us a call today! Your carpeting will look like brand new when we’re finished.

Why Start Carpet Cleaning?

As you begin to plan out your spring cleaning ritual, why not consider steam cleaning? There are many benefits to this type of cleaning; we can’t wait to tell you all about them! Below, you’ll find five reasons to start steam cleaning now!

It’s Completely Safe for the Environment

Steam cleaning doesn’t involve the use of chemicals at all. The only things it uses are hot water, and high water pressure! With nothing but steam, it efficiently cleans, sanitizes, and removes stains from flooring, upholstery, and more.

It’s Easy and Efficient

Finally, no more scrubbing on your hands and knees! No more unwieldy dusters. A steam cleaning machine effortlessly removes dirt, dust, and debris from just about any surface! You can even clean your window blinds without having to remove them!

It’s Safe for Pets

For some (or most) of us, our pets are like our children. We want them kept safe and healthy! While some cleaning chemicals may be harmful to animals, steam cleaning isn’t! Simply because it doesn’t use chemicals in the first place!

It Kills Germs and Bacteria

Is it that time of year again? Is the stomach bug spreading around? Steam cleaning kills 99.9% of germs and bacteria! So you can rest assured that your home is properly cleaned and sanitized.

It Can Be Done By Professionals

A professional steam cleaning company, like The Steam Team, will have all of the right equipment (and expertise!) for any job. They’ll save you the time and effort of cleaning your home; all you have to do is make a phone call!

Did you know that The Steam Team is available 24/7? We sure are! Contact us for all of your cleaning needs; we’d love to come help out! We can restore your home to its original condition!