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      "title": "Fridge Stopped Cooling — Who Do I Call?",
      "description": "Four checks to run before you call anyone, the food safety clock in plain numbers, and the honest repair-or-replace maths by appliance age and failed part.",
      "category": "appliance",
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    {
      "title": "Carbon Monoxide Alarm Going Off — Who Do I Call?",
      "description": "CO alarm sounding? Get everyone out first, then call 911 or your gas utility — both respond free. What causes it, what happens next, and when it's safe to go back in.",
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    },
    {
      "title": "I Smell Gas in the House — Who Do I Call?",
      "description": "Rotten-egg smell indoors? Leave immediately, don't touch switches or phones inside, then call your gas utility's emergency line or 911 from outside. Free, 24/7.",
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    {
      "title": "Chimney Leaking — Sweep, Mason, or Roofer? (It's Usually the Flashing)",
      "description": "Water around the chimney has four possible sources and three possible trades. How to tell flashing from crown from masonry, what each fix costs, and why the Level 2 inspection is the diagnosis.",
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    {
      "title": "Wall Cracks, Settling, or Sagging — Structural Engineer or Contractor?",
      "description": "Which cracks are cosmetic, which mean the house is moving, and why the $300–$600 engineer visit comes before any contractor quote. Load-bearing walls, settling, and the sinkhole question.",
      "category": "home",
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    },
    {
      "title": "Gutters Overflowing — Roofer, Gutter Company, or Handyman?",
      "description": "Who actually handles overflowing, sagging, or leaking gutters (hint: usually not a roofer), what cleaning, repair, and replacement honestly cost, and when overflow becomes a basement problem.",
      "category": "home",
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      "json_url": "https://whodoicallfor.com/home/gutters-overflowing.json"
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    {
      "title": "Is This Quote a Scam? Real Price Ranges for 12 Common Home Emergencies",
      "description": "Every 'was I scammed?' thread is posted after payment. Here are honest national ranges for the 12 most common emergencies — lockouts, water heaters, sewer clogs, and more — so you have the number before you say yes.",
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    {
      "title": "Landlord Won't Fix the Heat, Mold, or Leak — Who Do I Call?",
      "description": "The renter's escalation ladder that actually works: written notice, code enforcement, repair-and-deduct, withholding — in order, with the retaliation protections that make each step safe(r).",
      "category": "home",
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    },
    {
      "title": "Every Trade Says It's Not Their Job — Who Actually Does This?",
      "description": "Pest control won't touch the dead animal, the roofer says call an electrician, the electrician says call HVAC. The jobs trades routinely refuse, why, and who actually takes each one.",
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    },
    {
      "title": "Sewage Backing Up Into My House — Who Do I Call?",
      "description": "Call the city sewer line before you call a plumber — if the blockage is in the main, they clear it free. Plus who pays for the lateral, why sewage is a biohazard, and the endorsement most policies don't include.",
      "category": "home",
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    },
    {
      "title": "Soft Spot in the Floor or Mold in the Crawlspace — Who Do I Call?",
      "description": "A bouncy floor and a musty crawlspace are usually the same problem wearing two faces: moisture. Who to call in what order — and when it's a structural engineer, not a contractor.",
      "category": "home",
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    {
      "title": "Roofer Knocking After the Storm — Scam or Legit? (Mostly Scam)",
      "description": "The storm-chaser playbook, move by move: the free inspection, the created urgency, the deposit that disappears, the AOB that takes over your insurance claim — and the boring process that beats all of it.",
      "category": "home",
      "slug": "storm-chaser-roofers",
      "vertical": null,
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      "json_url": "https://whodoicallfor.com/home/storm-chaser-roofers.json"
    },
    {
      "title": "A Tree Fell on My House — Who Do I Call?",
      "description": "The order matters: wires and 911 first, then your insurer, then a tree service, then a roofer. Plus the neighbour's-tree question everyone gets wrong.",
      "category": "home",
      "slug": "tree-fell-on-house",
      "vertical": "tree",
      "updated": "2026-08-10",
      "url": "https://whodoicallfor.com/home/tree-fell-on-house/",
      "json_url": "https://whodoicallfor.com/home/tree-fell-on-house.json"
    },
    {
      "title": "How to Vet an Emergency Contractor in 5 Minutes",
      "description": "The five checks that catch almost every bad contractor — license, insurance, locality, bid, deposit — runnable from your phone while the water's still being mopped. Reviews aren't one of them.",
      "category": "home",
      "slug": "vet-a-contractor",
      "vertical": null,
      "updated": "2026-08-11",
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      "json_url": "https://whodoicallfor.com/home/vet-a-contractor.json"
    },
    {
      "title": "What Is This Part of My House Called — and Who Fixes It?",
      "description": "Can't name the part that broke, fell off, or is leaking? Find it by where it is — roofline, walls, pipes, basement — get its real name, and the exact trade that fixes it.",
      "category": "home",
      "slug": "what-is-this-part-called",
      "vertical": null,
      "updated": "2026-08-11",
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      "json_url": "https://whodoicallfor.com/home/what-is-this-part-called.json"
    },
    {
      "title": "No Heat in Winter — Who Do I Call?",
      "description": "Furnace dead in the cold? Six checks before you pay a call-out fee, who to call for gas vs electric vs boiler, emergency costs, and what your landlord owes you.",
      "category": "hvac",
      "slug": "no-heat-in-winter",
      "vertical": "hvac",
      "updated": "2026-08-11",
      "url": "https://whodoicallfor.com/hvac/no-heat-in-winter/",
      "json_url": "https://whodoicallfor.com/hvac/no-heat-in-winter.json"
    },
    {
      "title": "Locked Out of My House — Who Do I Call?",
      "description": "Locked out? Check these free options first, then how to call a locksmith without getting scammed by the bait-and-switch operators that dominate lockout ads.",
      "category": "locked-out",
      "slug": "house-at-night",
      "vertical": "locksmith",
      "updated": "2026-08-10",
      "url": "https://whodoicallfor.com/locked-out/house-at-night/",
      "json_url": "https://whodoicallfor.com/locked-out/house-at-night.json"
    },
    {
      "title": "There's a Bat in My House — Who Do I Call?",
      "description": "A bat indoors can be a rabies exposure even without a visible bite. Here's how to contain it, why you may need to keep it instead of releasing it, and who actually removes bats.",
      "category": "pests",
      "slug": "bat-in-house",
      "vertical": "wildlife",
      "updated": "2026-08-10",
      "url": "https://whodoicallfor.com/pests/bat-in-house/",
      "json_url": "https://whodoicallfor.com/pests/bat-in-house.json"
    },
    {
      "title": "I Think I Have Bed Bugs — Who Do I Call?",
      "description": "Bed bugs confirmed or suspected? Why DIY sprays fail, who to call, heat vs chemical treatment costs, and what your landlord owes you.",
      "category": "pests",
      "slug": "bed-bugs",
      "vertical": "pest",
      "updated": "2026-08-10",
      "url": "https://whodoicallfor.com/pests/bed-bugs/",
      "json_url": "https://whodoicallfor.com/pests/bed-bugs.json"
    },
    {
      "title": "Something Died in My Wall — Who Do I Call?",
      "description": "That smell is an animal decomposing inside your structure. Here's how to find it, who cuts the wall open, what cleanup actually involves, and how long it lasts if you do nothing.",
      "category": "pests",
      "slug": "dead-animal-smell",
      "vertical": "wildlife",
      "updated": "2026-08-10",
      "url": "https://whodoicallfor.com/pests/dead-animal-smell/",
      "json_url": "https://whodoicallfor.com/pests/dead-animal-smell.json"
    },
    {
      "title": "Raccoon in the Attic — Who Do I Call?",
      "description": "Animal in your attic? City animal control almost never removes wildlife from inside homes. Here's who actually does it, what it costs, and why sealing matters more than trapping.",
      "category": "pests",
      "slug": "raccoon-in-attic",
      "vertical": "wildlife",
      "updated": "2026-08-11",
      "url": "https://whodoicallfor.com/pests/raccoon-in-attic/",
      "json_url": "https://whodoicallfor.com/pests/raccoon-in-attic.json"
    },
    {
      "title": "Wasp or Hornet Nest at My House — Who Do I Call?",
      "description": "When a wasp nest is a $12 can of spray and when it's a professional job. Plus the sting reaction that is a 911 call, and why an in-wall nest is a different problem entirely.",
      "category": "pests",
      "slug": "wasps-nest",
      "vertical": "pest",
      "updated": "2026-08-10",
      "url": "https://whodoicallfor.com/pests/wasps-nest/",
      "json_url": "https://whodoicallfor.com/pests/wasps-nest.json"
    },
    {
      "title": "Power Is Out at Just My House — Who Do I Call?",
      "description": "Neighbors have power but you don't? How to tell whether it's your breaker, your meter, or the utility's line — and who pays for which repair.",
      "category": "power",
      "slug": "outage-just-my-house",
      "vertical": "electrical",
      "updated": "2026-08-11",
      "url": "https://whodoicallfor.com/power/outage-just-my-house/",
      "json_url": "https://whodoicallfor.com/power/outage-just-my-house.json"
    },
    {
      "title": "My Basement Is Flooding — Who Do I Call First?",
      "description": "Basement flooding right now? What to do before anyone arrives, and exactly who to call first depending on whether it's groundwater, a burst pipe, or sewage.",
      "category": "water",
      "slug": "basement-flooding",
      "vertical": "water-damage",
      "updated": "2026-08-11",
      "url": "https://whodoicallfor.com/water/basement-flooding/",
      "json_url": "https://whodoicallfor.com/water/basement-flooding.json"
    },
    {
      "title": "I Found Black Mold — Who Do I Call?",
      "description": "Found black mold at home? Who to call for testing vs. removal, why you shouldn't hire the same company for both, what it costs, and when it's your landlord's problem.",
      "category": "water",
      "slug": "black-mold",
      "vertical": "water-damage",
      "updated": "2026-08-11",
      "url": "https://whodoicallfor.com/water/black-mold/",
      "json_url": "https://whodoicallfor.com/water/black-mold.json"
    },
    {
      "title": "A Pipe Just Burst — Who Do I Call?",
      "description": "Burst pipe flooding your home? Shut-off steps first, then exactly who to call — emergency plumber, restoration, insurance — with real costs and what not to do.",
      "category": "water",
      "slug": "burst-pipe",
      "vertical": "water-damage",
      "updated": "2026-08-11",
      "url": "https://whodoicallfor.com/water/burst-pipe/",
      "json_url": "https://whodoicallfor.com/water/burst-pipe.json"
    },
    {
      "title": "Water Damage: Should You Call Your Insurance at All?",
      "description": "One water claim raises premiums ~25% and follows the house for seven years in the CLUE database. The honest math on when filing pays and when it costs you — before you dial the claims line.",
      "category": "water",
      "slug": "call-insurance-or-not",
      "vertical": "water-damage",
      "updated": "2026-08-11",
      "url": "https://whodoicallfor.com/water/call-insurance-or-not/",
      "json_url": "https://whodoicallfor.com/water/call-insurance-or-not.json"
    },
    {
      "title": "Water Leaking From the Ceiling — Who Do I Call?",
      "description": "Ceiling leaking? Exact order of who to call — plumber vs. restoration vs. insurance vs. landlord — plus what it costs and the one thing to do before anyone arrives.",
      "category": "water",
      "slug": "ceiling-leaking",
      "vertical": "water-damage",
      "updated": "2026-08-11",
      "url": "https://whodoicallfor.com/water/ceiling-leaking/",
      "json_url": "https://whodoicallfor.com/water/ceiling-leaking.json"
    },
    {
      "title": "Sudden vs. Gradual: Why Water Damage Claims Get Denied",
      "description": "The exact policy clause that kills water claims, the 14-day line courts draw, and what to say — and never say — to the adjuster. Real denial mechanics, sourced.",
      "category": "water",
      "slug": "claim-denied-gradual",
      "vertical": "water-damage",
      "updated": "2026-08-11",
      "url": "https://whodoicallfor.com/water/claim-denied-gradual/",
      "json_url": "https://whodoicallfor.com/water/claim-denied-gradual.json"
    },
    {
      "title": "No Hot Water — Who Do I Call?",
      "description": "Water heater dead? The five checks to do first, whether you need a plumber or an electrician, when to repair vs replace, and what each costs.",
      "category": "water",
      "slug": "no-hot-water",
      "vertical": "plumbing",
      "updated": "2026-08-11",
      "url": "https://whodoicallfor.com/water/no-hot-water/",
      "json_url": "https://whodoicallfor.com/water/no-hot-water.json"
    },
    {
      "title": "Sewage Smell in the House — Who Do I Call, and Is It Dangerous?",
      "description": "Sewer smell from a drain, bathroom, or vent? Usually a $0 fix you can do in five minutes — a dried trap — before it's ever a plumber call. Where the smell comes from, in order of likelihood and cost.",
      "category": "water",
      "slug": "sewage-smell",
      "vertical": "plumbing",
      "updated": "2026-08-11",
      "url": "https://whodoicallfor.com/water/sewage-smell/",
      "json_url": "https://whodoicallfor.com/water/sewage-smell.json"
    },
    {
      "title": "Water Damage: Plumber, Mitigation, Restoration, or Insurance — Who Does What?",
      "description": "One water event, four different players. Who fixes the source, who dries the house, who rebuilds, who pays — in the right order, with real costs, so you don't pay twice.",
      "category": "water",
      "slug": "who-does-what",
      "vertical": "water-damage",
      "updated": "2026-08-11",
      "url": "https://whodoicallfor.com/water/who-does-what/",
      "json_url": "https://whodoicallfor.com/water/who-does-what.json"
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