Spectrum Maintenance Services Blog

Pressure washing seems like something just about anyone could do. Right?

Wrong!  While periodically cleaning the sidewalks and exterior of a building, a trained service technician will also:

• Prevent debris from dinging nearby vehicles
• Keep muddy overspray from collecting on walls and storefront glass
• Protect windows and doors from high pressure which can damage seals
• Direct spray away from people to prevent injury

Contact SMS today to schedule your thorough and safe pressure washing project.

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Spectrum Maintenance Services works with owners and property managers to help protect public health and minimize liability resulting from faulty systems.

Backflow preventers should be checked annually by a certified technician and replaced when age, wear and tear or malfunction are indicated.

Backflow is the reversal of water’s normal direction of flow. When water passes through a water meter into a customer’s home or business it should not flow back into the County water main. If it does, the condition is referred to as “backflow”. Backflow prevention is keeping the unintentional reversal of water flow from occurring. Prevention of backflow is critical to a water utility because of the potential for contamination of the water system. In the absence of backflow prevention devices and assemblies, reversed water can be drawn back into the distribution system and it may be accessed by other users. If a backflow incident results from industrial customers who may handle hazardous materials, the public system can become contaminated.

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While it’s impossible for anyone to claim “we do it all”, there really are very few services that SMS is not able to perform in-house.

Welding, drywall, painting, pressure washing, lock and key, lighting, HVAC, plumbing…the list goes on and on!

No matter how small or large, simple or complex, in an emergency or scheduled, one of our 28 technicians will be able to take care of it for you.

Contact SMS today to find out if there is anything we can’t do!

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A lot of people recorded this song but Debbie Boone (daughter of Pat Boone) made it the number one selling single of the 1970s. Yes, people actually went to a store to buy a song!

Here’s how SMS can light up your life:

• Engage SMS for monthly or quarterly inspection program
• Regular inspections of lighting systems helps limit liability
• Avoid unexpected outages as bulbs and fixtures approach end of useful life
• Peace of mind through SMS inventory management system
• Cost effective by limiting extra trips to property
• Ask us about our LED retrofit program

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When asked to explain how the 1982 Cardinals became World Series champions, Joaquin Andujar, the late, great pitcher from the Dominican Republic answered: “One word: You never know”.

The same goes for winter weather in Atlanta where cold fronts can either stop short of Metro-Atlanta or deliver devastating snow and ice conditions..

Spectrum Maintenance Services is fully prepared to respond to winter storms:

• Trucks equipped with snowplows and spreaders
• Stockpiles of ice melt
• Teams ready to deploy 24/7 to pretreat, plow and de-ice parking lots and sidewalks

Contact your Client Service Representative at SMS to be added to our list of properties to be covered in the event of a winter storm emergency.

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