Category: Moisture & Water Damage

Dry Summer, Wet Basement: A Fall Moisture Plan for Maine Homes

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Maine went into this weekend with every county in at least moderate drought. WGME's September 17 drought update put the Midcoast from Casco Bay to Penobscot Bay back in extreme drought, with Portland at 8.65 inches of rain for June…

Closing Your Maine Camp Without Opening It to Mold

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A Lewiston Sun Journal fact brief on September 3 confirmed something Mainers already feel every October. In 2024, 14.4 percent of Maine housing units, about one in seven, were classified by the U.S. Census Bureau as vacant for seasonal, recreational…

Storm Water Got In? The 48 Hour Clock Starts Now

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Maine has been running two kinds of weather at once this August, and the combination is putting water into buildings that stayed dry all summer. Most of the month has been hot, humid, and dry enough that the state slid…

Drought Summer, Wet Basement: Maine Mold in August

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We have taken a run of calls this month that all start the same way. Somebody goes down the basement stairs for a tote of school clothes, gets hit with that heavy, wet-cardboard smell, and finds gray fuzz on the…