Keeping water, fire, and mold damage from starting: seasonal checks and early warning signs.
Sandbags work below a burn scar, but only for what they’re built for: steering shallow water and light mud away from doors, vents and the garage. They won’t stop a debris flow. How to fill and place them, where barriers and drainage do more, and what to do when water gets in anyway.
The cheapest water damage is the leak you find while it’s still a drip. A room-by-room monthly route: the water meter test, sinks, toilets, water heater, appliance hoses, the AC drain line and outside.
The roof fails in July — the first storm just delivers the news. The six failure points that fail first, the 20-minute ground-level inspection, and what to do when a ceiling stain blooms mid-storm.
The first storm does the most damage in LA because it hits six months of dry-season neglect. The 10-point weekend checklist: gutters, roof, drains, sandbags, sump pump, shutoff, photos, flood coverage, alerts.
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