Austin Fire and Flood

09/10/2026

It is Mold Awareness Month, so here is the part of remediation almost nobody sees coming: the plastic.

When we open up a moldy wall, we disturb millions of spores that were sitting still. Without containment, your HVAC picks those up and delivers them to every room in the house. The bathroom problem becomes a whole-home problem.

So before any demo happens:
➡️ We seal the work area off with plastic sheeting
➡️ We run air scrubbers that pull air out through HEPA filters
➡️ That creates negative pressure, so air flows in but never back out

Air only moves one direction. Toward the filter.

How the full process works: https://austinfireandflood.com/knowledge-base/what-to-expect-during-professional-mold-remediation/

09/09/2026

Jump To What Your Insurance Company Actually Needs Which Documents Matter Most, and When What Slows a Fire Claim Down Frequently Asked Questions A fire claim moves faster when you can prove what you lost, what it was worth, and what you were told. Adjusters aren’t trying to trip you up. They work from a […]

Filing a fire damage claim in Austin? Here are the 7 things your insurance company wants to see, from photos and a contents list to a written call log.

09/07/2026

Happy Labor Day, Austin!

A lot of you are walking back into a house that sat empty for three days, so this feels like the right morning for it.

Two ways a pipe fails, and they could not be more different.

A burst pipe: loud, obvious, immediate. You know within minutes. Bad day, but at least it announces itself.

A pinhole leak: a drip the width of a needle behind drywall. No sound, no puddle, no clue. It just wets the same eight inches of framing for months until the baseboard swells or the paint bubbles.

Empty house, either one runs unsupervised. Worth a walk-through before you unpack.

We dry it, we fix it, we rebuild it.

09/04/2026

When water damage hits, the stress is real. That is why hearing from the homeowners we help means so much to us.

This Leander family had an upstairs bathroom leak spread through their second floor before they even knew it was happening. Damp carpet, swollen baseboards, the works.

Our team stepped in, mapped out how far the water had traveled, dried everything down, and kept checking until the home was fully dry.

Hearing that we took the stress out of a rough situation is exactly why our team at Austin Fire & Flood does what we do. Give the video a watch to hear their experience in their own words.

09/03/2026

A water heater does not usually fail politely. It rusts from the inside out, quietly, for years. Then one morning the bottom of the tank gives up and forty or fifty gallons hit the floor all at once.

Ten years is roughly where the odds start turning. Past twelve, you are running on luck.

Go look at yours right now. There is a sticker on the side with a serial number, and the first four digits usually tell you the month and year it was built. Anything 2015 or older means you are on the clock.

If yours already went, we can be there today. Call us at 512-967-6780.

09/01/2026

September is National Preparedness Month, which usually makes people think hurricanes and go-bags.

Most of the emergencies our team at Austin Fire & Flood responds to start somewhere a lot less dramatic than that.

Five things worth checking this month:
➡️ Water heater age (the serial number sticker tells you)
➡️ Washing machine hoses for bulges or rust at the coupling
➡️ Under every sink for slow drips or swollen cabinet bottoms
➡️ The AC drain pan and line, since Austin runs them hard through September
➡️ Where your main water shutoff is, and whether it actually turns

None of that takes an afternoon. All of it beats the alternative.

More signs to watch for: https://austinfireandflood.com/7-early-warning-signs-of-hidden-water-damage-in-your-home/

08/28/2026

If you have had a fire, do not plug in or power up anything that lived through the smoke. Not the TV, not the microwave, not the game console.

Smoke leaves behind a fine, acidic residue that settles inside electronics and appliances. It looks like nothing on the outside, but underneath it keeps eating at the circuit boards and wiring. Turn the device on and you can short it out or make the corrosion worse. Wiping the outside does not touch what is happening inside.

Our team packs out, documents, and properly cleans smoke-affected contents, so more of your things can actually be saved.

Dealing with smoke damage? Call us at 512-967-6780.

08/27/2026

Water is sneaky. At a two-story home in Leander, a small upstairs bathroom leak quietly slipped under the door and worked its way down the carpeted hallway, into the bedrooms, and toward the stair landing before anyone caught it.

By the time we got the call, the carpet was damp and the baseboards were swelling. Our team mapped the moisture, floated back the carpet, pulled the soaked pad, and got air movers and dehumidifiers running fast. A few days of drying and monitoring later, the home was dry with no rebuild needed.

Want the full before-and-after with photos? Read the whole story here.

➡️ https://austinfireandflood.com/case-studies/how-a-small-bathroom-leak-caused-water-damage-across-a-leander-home/

08/25/2026

August in Central Texas means heat, but also the pop-up storms that dump inches of rain in an hour and flood streets fast.

Keep one simple kit ready: a flashlight, a phone charger, copies of your insurance info, and a short list of who to call. Not a hurricane setup, just the basics for a water or fire emergency.

If a storm gets into your home, Austin Fire & Flood is here around the clock: https://austinfireandflood.com/storm-damage-cleanup/

08/21/2026

See a brown ring or a damp spot on your ceiling? That is water getting in from above, and it almost never fixes itself.

The leak might come from your roof, an upstairs pipe, or the AC unit sweating in the attic. Small stains are worth watching. Bubbling paint means water is pooling behind it. And a sagging ceiling? Get everyone out of the room and call for help fast.

Our team at Austin Fire & Flood breaks down what each sign means and what to do next, so you can catch a small problem before it becomes a big one.

Read the full guide here: https://austinfireandflood.com/knowledge-base/signs-of-water-damage-on-ceilings-and-what-they-mean/