ProSteam Carpet Care and Restoration

09/03/2026

An upstairs bathroom leak is the one that gets expensive fast, and it has nothing to do with how much water there is.

Gravity does the damage. Water leaves the bathroom and works down through everything under it:
➡️ Bathroom subfloor soaks and starts to swell
➡️ Ceiling below stains, sags, then lets go
➡️ Insulation packs down wet and stays wet
➡️ Wall cavities take on water two rooms away from the leak

One toilet supply line can wreck three levels of a house. That is why our team at ProSteam checks the floor below before we open anything up.

https://www.prosteamstlouis.com/services/water-damage-restoration

09/02/2026

A Wentzville homeowner called us about damp carpet. We found mold on two levels. See the full remediation, from hidden subfloor mold to dry structure.

A Wentzville homeowner called us about damp carpet. We found mold on two levels. See the full remediation, from hidden subfloor mold to dry structure.

09/01/2026

After a storm, the instinct is to start cleaning. Slow down for ten minutes first.

Photograph everything before you touch it. Wide shots of each room, then close-ups of the damage. Get the outside too.

Then start mitigating, because your policy expects you to stop the damage from spreading. Photos protect the claim. Mitigation protects the house. You need both.

Questions about a claim? Call us at (314) 333-4380.

08/31/2026

Set-in spots on a living room floor and down a hallway in one home. A threshold walked black and a stairwell worn gray in two commercial buildings. Same service, two different problems.

Residential carpet is usually spot work. Pretreat the mark, agitate it by hand, then steam the whole room so the clean matches edge to edge.

Commercial carpet is the opposite. The soil is even, ground deep into the traffic lanes, and the pass has to be slow enough to pull it out of the backing without soaking a floor that gets walked on again right away.

Both came back several shades lighter.

One room or a whole building, our team at ProSteam Carpet Care & Restoration cleans and maintains carpet across the St. Louis Metro.

08/28/2026

After a fire, the damage doesn't stop when the flames are out. An open, unsecured house is exposed to weather, animals, and anyone who wanders by. Getting it boarded up fast protects what's left.

Proper board-up is more than a sheet of plywood over a window.

What our team actually does:
➡️ Cover broken windows and doors so the structure is sealed
➡️ Tarp roof openings to keep rain out of an already soaked house
➡️ Secure entry points so the property is safe until repairs start

Because we handle everything in-house, the same crew that boards it up carries the job all the way through the rebuild. One call, no juggling contractors.

Need help now? Start here: https://www.prosteamstlouis.com/request-a-service-form

08/27/2026

That little grease fire on the stove? It was out in thirty seconds, and now the whole house smells like it. Here is the good news: homeowners insurance usually covers smoke damage from a kitchen fire, because fire is a named peril on most standard policies.

Soot cleaning, odor removal, and the water your fire crew used typically fall under the same claim. Here is the part that costs people money. Cleaning before you document the damage gives your adjuster less to verify and gives you less to claim.

Photograph everything first, then call a certified crew.

We break down the whole process here ➡️ https://www.prosteamstlouis.com/blog/does-homeowners-insurance-cover-smoke-damage-from-a-kitchen-fire

08/26/2026

Free fireworks show from the parking lot. We'll take it.

Something most folks don't think about though: night is when water damage does its worst work. A supply line or water heater lets go at 11 PM, nobody hears a thing, and by morning it's been soaking into the subfloor for eight hours.

At ProSteam Carpet Care and Restoration, we answer at 2 AM the same way we answer at 2 PM. On call every night of the year, on site in about an hour, and it's our own crew that pulls up, never a subcontractor.

Water where it shouldn't be? https://www.prosteamstlouis.com/services/water-damage-restoration

08/25/2026

Braided steel hoses, a drain pan, and a five minute check stop washing machine leaks from flooding your O'Fallon laundry room. Here is how to get it done.

Braided steel hoses, a drain pan, and a five minute check stop washing machine leaks from flooding your O'Fallon laundry room. Here is how to get it done.

08/24/2026

August in the St. Louis metro means heat, humidity, and an AC that barely gets a break. That same muggy air is a gift to mold, which grows a lot faster when the humidity climbs.

Keep an eye on the damp spots, basements, bathrooms, closets on outside walls, and run a dehumidifier where the air feels heavy. Catching it early beats cleaning it up later.

Spot something fuzzy? Give our team a call: (314) 333-4380

08/21/2026

August around St. Louis does something sneaky. The air gets heavy, your basement stays cool, and mold quietly sets up in the six places nobody thinks to look: attic sheathing, bathroom ceilings, behind drywall, inside the HVAC system, around window frames, and down in basement corners.

Warm air leaving through your attic pulls humid air in from below, so one damp corner downstairs becomes a whole house problem in a few days.

Our new post walks through all six spots, plus a 20 minute check you can run this weekend with nothing but your eyes and your nose.

Find something you would rather not touch? Our mold inspections are free and we answer 24/7.

https://www.prosteamstlouis.com/blog/6-places-mold-hides-in-greater-st-louis-homes-during-humid-summers