Drying In Place: Why aren't you doing it?

Pearson Carpet Care drying a home

Here is an article I wrote for ICS magazine online. Even though the equipment, knowledge, and training to completely dry structures in place has been in the industry for over a decade now, there are still very few companies that try to dry and restore.  Most companies still want to remove and replace things can be dried and restored.  In the article I talk about things that need to change in our industry so that we can move forward.  

Cracked Tile on Water Restoration Job

You don't see this often on water restoration jobs, but it does happen.  The cracked tile in the photo on the right is from walking on the tile after water got up under the installation.  Most of the time tile installed on a concrete slab is not adversely affected by a water damage.  However, if the tile is not sitting flat on the subfloor and weight is applied to it then it will crack as is evidenced in the photo. 

Specialty Rug Cleaning

Specialty Rug Cleaning

We clean rugs from all over the world and so we get in a lot of unusual / specialty rugs that really take a lot of care when cleaning.  The rug in the photo is a machine made wool rug with suede "leaf" insets. Since wool and suede are cleaned differently rugs like this will need extra care and attention. You can find out more on our rug cleaning services and other services we offer by going to our website.  As always, when you drop off your rugs for cleaning at our rug cleaning facility you receive 25% off our normal pick up and delivery price.