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House Fire Prevention in Winter: Chimney, Heater & Wiring Safety
When most people think of “fire season,” they picture hot, dry weather and outdoor wildfires but winter is actually when fire prevention becomes most important. In Utah, freezing temperatures lead many homeowners to rely on fireplaces, space heaters, and aging...
Spring Flooding in Utah: What to Watch For & How to Prevent Water Damage Before It Starts
Spring is a welcome sight in Utah—especially after our long, snowy winters. But along with green lawns and blooming flowers comes a less-welcome guest: flooding from melting snow and spring storms. Homeowners across Cache Valley, Logan, and Northern Utah face the risk...
Prevent Kitchen Fires at Home: Utah Fire Safety and Cleanup Tips You Need to Know
With more Utah families spending time at home and cooking more often, it’s more important than ever to take steps to prevent kitchen fires. At Alpine Cleaning and Restoration Specialists, we’ve seen a noticeable increase in fire-related calls—especially during the...
Northern Utah’s Mold Season is Here: Protect Your Home Now
Introduction Northern Utah's unique climate, with its snowy winters and spring runoff, creates the perfect conditions for mold growth. As temperatures rise and snow melts, the increased moisture levels, combined with potential flooding, make spring and early summer...
Essential Home Insurance Coverage for Disaster Preparedness
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Record Snow In Utah Brings Risk Of Flooding
Winter is over, but Utah's challenges with nature are far from over. This year, the state experienced record-breaking snowfall levels, and now that temperatures are starting to warm up, residents should prepare for a potential flood. As a Utah flood damage restoration...
How to Avoid A Flooded Basement This Winter
Fall is the perfect time to prepare your home for winter. While many of us in northern Utah enjoy the winters, it does bring unique things to consider for your home. One of the biggest things to guard against during winter is flooded basements. Let’s take a look at...
Are You Getting The Best Insurance Coverage?
Insufficient Insurance Coverage Blindsides Many Customers Home insurance is an important part of protecting yourself in the event of an accident or disaster. Right now, we’re in the middle of winter, which is when we run the greatest risk of house fires. Come spring,...
The Convenience of Alpine Cleaning and Restoration
How Alpine Cleaning Helps You In Ways Others Won’t Alpine Cleaning and Restoration has been in this business for more than twenty years now. We pride ourselves on being the best at what we do. We stay in business by providing the best service. Convenience is an...
Have You Ever Burned A Turkey?
Smoke Damage and Its Health Effects How often has this happened to you? You’re enjoying a good time with your family on Thanksgiving. Maybe you build a puzzle, or perhaps you’re watching a football game. You might just be floating around enjoying different...
Cache Valley’s Sudden Cold Snap
What Problems Can This Sudden Cold Snap Cause? Cache Valley’s weather is always a bit unpredictable. It’s been a long time since I remember there being snow in October, but this year, that’s what we got. As much as a foot of snow in some places, the sudden snowstorm...
Fire Restoration Jobs in Utah
Increasing Number of House Fires This year, we’ve been seeing an increasing number of house fires that we’re called in for restoration jobs on. These are some of the causes we’ve seen in the fire restoration jobs we’ve had this summer. Causes of Some of Our Most...
Happy Independence Day and Pioneer Day
Fireworks Safety and Wildfire Concerns July is here and that means celebrations and fireworks! Barbecues with hot dogs and burgers! Family and friends coming for parties. It also means wildfires from people being careless, or just from the hot hot weather. Let’s take...
Preparing For Wildfire Evacuation in Cache Valley
Summer Is On The Way While winter might be house fire season, summer is wildfire season and it’s coming. It hasn’t even got hot yet, but already Utah’s governor has declared this year’s drought situation worthy of a state of emergency. We can count on tight water...
3 Reasons You Shouldn’t Vent Bathroom Exhaust Into Your Attic In Utah
Bathroom Exhaust What is bathroom exhaust? Well, it’s any air from your bathroom drawn out through a vent and exhausted out of the room. Building codes require most bathrooms to have a fan that draws air out of the room. This is often used for showers to prevent...
5 Common Causes of Bathroom Flooding
Bathroom Flooding Bathroom flooding is a fairly common problem. It should come as no surprise, since the bathroom is the place where homes use the most water. With so many pipes going into and out of any bathroom, the potential for flooding is very high. Take a recent...
Are You Protected From Groundwater Flooding?
Groundwater Flooding Problems Groundwater flooding is one problem we see at the end of winter, or sometimes during warmer stretches of mid-winter. It occurs when the natural water table rises from its usual levels. If it rises high enough, it ends up flooding the...
Bear Lake Monster Winterfest
Join The Fun! Alpine Cleaning is helping sponsor the Bear Lake Monster Winterfest this year! The event will be taking place January 22-24 at the Bear Lake State Marina and Sunrise Resort & Event Center. This non-profit event will be donating money to The Family...
4 Winter Problems You Should Watch Out For
Winter Problems For Utah As I write this up, I look out the window and see the snow coming down. Winter is coming. Winter brings problems. Are you ready to deal with them? If not, you may find yourself needing our help fixing them. If you want to avoid needing to...
Major Storm Damage in Cache Valley
Storm Damage Overnight You probably don’t need me to tell you that there were some pretty serious wind storms the past couple of nights. In fact, if you’re one of the thousands left without power, then you probably know why we didn’t get this up yesterday. I certainly...
The Importance of Fire Insurance
There’s been an increase in fires recently. Not just from fireworks, although there is that, too, but also kitchen and grease fires. We’ve taken time to talk about safety tips for dealing with fires, but there’s another thing to ask yourself. Do you have fire...
Fireworks Cause Fires In Utah
Celebrate With Fireworks! All through the month of July, we’ll be setting off fireworks to celebrate Independence Day and Pioneer day. While it is legal to set off fireworks during July, keep in mind that many fires are accidentally started at home. As we’re entering...
Increase in Kitchen and Grease Fires in Utah and Idaho
Uptick in Kitchen and Grease Fires Last winter, we posted an article on common types of fires we see in the winter. Well, since the outbreak of Covid-19, kitchen and grease fires have become the most common type of fire we encounter. I suppose it makes sense. With the...
Best Practices for Reopening Businesses
Reopening Businesses Starts Soon The process of reopening businesses is starting soon. In some places – those least hit by the pandemic – cities have already started reopening businesses in hopes of speeding up economic recovery. A slow down in new cases doesn’t mean...
Have You Got Rid of the Winter Funk?
Winter Is Over, Right? I look out the window and what do I see? Not popcorn popping on the apricot tree, but snow. SNOW! Winter is over, isn’t it? Well, apparently the weather didn’t get the memo. On the subject of winter, though, have you got rid of the winter funk...
Flooding and Water Damage? We’ve Got You Covered!
Spring is one of my favorite times of year. It’s not as hot as summer, not as cold as winter, and the increasing sunlight just makes me feel good. Spring isn’t all sunshine, lollipops and rainbows, however; the melting snow also causes flooding. Water damage is one of...
Is Your Mold Removal Job Being Done Right?
Complete Mold Removal We all know how bad mold is. Not only does it look terrible, but it causes allergic reactions and can even have long-term detrimental effects on your health. As Cache Valley’s top restoration company, mold removal is one of our primary services....
Fluke Fart Fan Fire
For all our talk about fire safety in the past, mistakes happen. Fires can have strange causes, so sometimes we get weird jobs. Okay, perhaps to call it a strange case is a bit much, as there’s nothing all that unusual about it. Mostly, it’s the name of the cause...
Winter Problems to Watch For in Cache Valley
Winter Problems You Can Expect This Year Winter has come to Cache Valley. The snow has fallen, the temperature with it, and Adrian still won’t return your snowblower. Every season has its problems to watch for. All of these can cause damage to your home and while we...