ROOFERS, CLEANERS DELUGED BY WORK RAIN REPAIRS MAY BE WEEKS AWAY.Byline: Gregory J. Wilcox Staff Writer Need a roofer, a carpet cleaner or other help cleaning and fixing up your home or business after the storm? Be patient: Help might be weeks away. ``I've never see it this busy,'' said Jim Tabolsky, owner of Regent REGENT. 1. A ruler, a governor. The term is usually applied to one who governs a regency, or rules in the place of another. 2. In the canon law, it signifies a master or professor of a college. Dict. du Dr. Call. h.t. 3. Carpet Care in Canoga Park. He's been cleaning carpets for 18 years. But he won't be doing any routine cleanings for weeks to come. Since the string of storms started after Christmas, his four three-man crews have done 90 water-damage calls. The typical pace is one a day. ``I'm not scheduling any cleanings for the next month. It's all going to be water damage.'' The pace is just as frantic for Wendy Wilhite, office manager at California Exteriors Roofing Contractors in Sun Valley. As with many roofing companies, work is parceled out depending on how much water is entering the property. Waits for estimates can stretch beyond three weeks. ``I've had people call and say their house is completely flooded, and we send (a crew) out immediately,'' she said. Someone with a leaking ceiling might have to wait awhile a·while adv. For a short time. Usage Note: Awhile, an adverb, is never preceded by a preposition such as for, but the two-word form a while may be preceded by a preposition. . A quicker fix might be a handyman service, but they are busy, too. Lucas Martisius, office manager at the Handyman Connection in Van Nuys, which can make interior and exterior wall repairs, said the company is getting lots of calls, with a wait time of two to five days. ``For that type of work, we can usually start the first day or second day,'' he said. The company does not do roof or carpet repair. Home improvement stores are also scrambling See scramble. to keep up with demand from saturated homeowners. Lowe's spokesman Chris Ahearn said demand for tarps, sandbags sandbags small sacks containing sand used to support an anesthetized animal in dorsal recumbency and prevent it from rolling sideways during anesthesia or surgery. , pumps and rain gear has spiked sharply over the last few days, and the company's command center has been activated to replenish re·plen·ish v. re·plen·ished, re·plen·ish·ing, re·plen·ish·es v.tr. 1. To fill or make complete again; add a new stock or supply to: replenish the larder. 2. depleted de·plete tr.v. de·plet·ed, de·plet·ing, de·pletes To decrease the fullness of; use up or empty out. [Latin d supplies. ``Some stores still have pretty good stock, other stores are wiped out,'' Ahearn said. ``We're working to get gear to stores as quickly as we can.'' George Harper, chairman of the California Real Estate Inspection Association CREIA – California Real Estate Inspection Association. CREIA is a nonprofit education & credentialing organization to benefit consumers and professionals primarily in California. , said that starting the drying-out process as soon as possible is critical to preventing mold mold, name for certain multicellular organisms of the various classes of the kingdom Fungi, characteristically having bodies composed of a cottony mycelium. The colors of molds are caused by the spores, which are borne on the mycelium. . Periodically walk your grounds to check for leaks and pooling water. ``And by all means tell everybody to turn their sprinklers off,'' he said. Staff writer Candice Choi contributed to this report. Gregory J. Wilcox, (818) 713-3743 greg.wilcox(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): box Box: DO-IT-YOURSELF HOME INSPECTION SOURCE: Rainbow International and Daily News research Jon Gerung, Gregg Miller/Staff Artists |
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