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If you have been an insurance adjuster, agent or building manager for more than a few years, you may recall the days when some restoration companies claimed to be able to restore wet electronics but were terribly inept at it. They would hose them down and dry them out in working condition, only to have […]
Article written by Andrew Rynhart Remote monitoring has been a buzzword in the restoration industry for a several years. In case anyone reading this is not familiar with it, remote monitoring means setting up sensors on site so that data can then be viewed with a mobile device or computer in real time. Most […]
It has been our experience that each claims adjuster has a way of performing a job that is different from any other. Of course there are similarities, but each has preferences that are uniquely their own. Some will appear on the job, some won’t. Some will ask for meticulous site diaries, others don’t want to […]
Often mothers of infants and rug-crawling toddlers are very concerned about what sorts of cleaning agents the contents pros will use when cleaning floors or carpets. One report from Purdue University “…found that babies crawling across carpeted surfaces stir up high levels of dirt, skin cells, bacteria, pollen, and fungal spores,” even without water damage, […]
Canadian Underwriters tells us that bed bugs can be a liability risk, “The US federal appellate court awarded $372,000 in punitive damages in 2003 – 37 times the compensatory award in the case – to a couple who had been bitten by bed bugs while staying at a chronically infested hotel in Chicago, Lloyd’s said in […]
Article written by Pete Dame As a restoration professional you have several unique advantages in adding bed bug eradication to your service portfolio to generate additional revenue. First, you already have a majority of the equipment needed to conduct eradications and secondly you have comprehensive and expert knowledge of airflow. You have vehicles, […]
Restoration and Remediation Magazine’s 4th Annual Case Study Contest Winner was a story about a warehouse assignment. The building itself was 111,159 square feet and needed roof repair after a severe rain and wind storm. The contractor on the case said that the size of the warehouse was several times the size of a Super […]
Article written by Damon Sanchez It was another warm and windy night in Southern California. As with any strong East wind event, we anticipated hearing about a small brush fire or two in the morning, so it wasn’t much of a surprise to hear about the one that kicked up about 20 miles away. As […]
The contents pros have cleaned soot and smoke from flat painted walls, from tricky gloss walls, from brick and even textured wall paper, but few surfaces are more challenging than unfinished wood. Every splinter, every nook and cranny can be filled with smoke particulates. So when one company was faced with a whole house full […]
The contents pros were faced with the aftermath of a fire that spread smoke and soot damage throughout a 60,000 square-foot manufacturing plant including a 9000 square-foot office area. We’ll tell you more about the office area in a future issue of Contents Solutions, but the major challenge faced that night was that the company had a […]
