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Knowing this information can save you a lot of time when drying a structure.  In this article you will learn that the moisture meter is only as good as the technician using it.

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The Lies Meters Tell - Feature Article - ICS: Cleaning Specialist

There's lots of good stuff in this article.  Meters can trick you if you don't know how they work and what they are telling you.  This is essential when trying to dry a structure.

The Lies Meters Tell - Feature Article - ICS: Cleaning Specialist

Oriental Rug Cleaners Houston - Area and Oriental Rug Cleaning: IICRC Board Votes to Return to Original Name

Oriental Rug Cleaners Houston - Area and Oriental Rug Cleaning: IICRC Board Votes to Return to Original Name: IICRC Board Votes to Return to Original name Keeps cleantrust as the consumer-facing service mark VANCOUVER, WA (February 17, 2012) - T...

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Floating Carpet When It Is Wet

When do you float carpet and why do you need to float carpet?

· If leaving the carpet in a structure, how do you dry it?

Floating carpet can cause it to delaminate or to fray at the edges. If carpet is allowed to bounce up and down on the tack strip, the edges will fray and you just bought carpet. What if your restoration company could dry carpet and pad in place and reduce the cost of your claims. Reducing the cost of your claims is our goal. Since carpet and pad is the majority of the cost on many claims, by drying the carpet and pad in place along with the rest of the structure, we can drastically reduce the cost of your claims.

Floating the carpet is a thing of the past and should never be done. It will actually slow down the drying time by floating the carpet.

Most of the time, delaminated carpet is the result of the way it is handled while wet. Carpet is 70 - 80% weaker when it is wet and thus it can delaminate very quickly in a water damage situation. If the carpet and pad are left down to dry and not disturbed, the chances of delamination are almost none. There have been tests done by the carpet mills that show after a carpet has been wet and dried, in a reasonable amount of time, the carpet is actually stronger than before it ever got wet.

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Be a Restorer, Not a Reconstructor

In the water restoration industry there are many companies with many different ideas about how things should be done. I would like to propose to you that being a restorer rather than a reconstructor has many benefits that most companies overlook.

First being a restorer is often harder work and requires that someone have skills in drying and knowledge of drying a home or office. For example in the photo on the right, the column was completely saturated from the top of it down to the floor. We were able to completely dry it in 3 days by wrapping it in plastic and forcing dry air in the plastic. Where this differs from someone that is mainly a reconstructor is they would have tore into the column and then it would have been a costly rebuild. The paint on the column and in the two rooms it was located in was a faux finish. So you would have had to re-faux paint two rooms plus sheetrock and trim work on the column. Since we restored it without tearing into it these reconstruction cost were eliminated. This said the insurance company money and saved the insured the hassle of going through the reconstruction process.

Second if you can dry and restore a home or office with little or no damage then insurance companies will love you. This helps keep the cost of claims down and when you can do that adjusters, insurance companies, and most of all your customers will refer you and want to use you. Another benefit would be to the water restoration company owner. If you are drying and restoring rather than reconstructing you don't need as many employees. This helps keep your overhead down as well as your liability down.

With all this said the reason a lot of restoration companies still remove things that can be dried is because they do not take the time to go to water restoration schools and learn the latest techniques. Then when and if they do go to a water restoration school they don't implement what they are taught. It cost a lot of money to buy the necessary equipment to be able to dry and restore things in a home or office without having to replace them. One of the most popular dehumidifiers still manufactured today is a standard dehumidifier, not a low grain dehumidifier. When insurance companies stop paying for the use of standard dehumidifiers on water restoration jobs then companies will be forced to buy low grain refrigerant dehumidifiers and almost by default will become better at drying. This will push the industry to learn how to dry and restore when possible.

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February Newsletter - How to choose a Vacuum Cleaner

The Newsletter below is about how to choose a vacuum cleaner. It also includes a few tips on how to keep the one you got in good working condition. Vacuum cleaners can affect the indoor air quality when not functioning properly.http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif

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