The RIA kicked off its “Safe Harbor Initiative” last month, a campaign designed to educate its members on the specifics of the settlement reached over the summer in the patent lawsuit settlement with ThermaPure. As part of this initiative, the RIA hosted a Virtual Town Hall webinar on Tuesday, November 11 to discuss details of the settlement and take questions from Association members.

The Restoration Industry Association (RIA) kicked off its “Safe Harbor Initiative” earlier this week, and part of this initiative includes the Virtual Town Hall the association will host on Tuesday, November 11 at 10 a.m. CST.

Adjusters, long-time contractors and even self-styled “experts” will try to tell you that it is impossible to restore wet books, film, electronics and even photographs.

Arid Dry by CDIMS now offers high static pressure desiccant dehumidification systems ranging in size from 600 to 25,000 CFM – big or small enough to tackle any restoration job.

DBK’s Drymatic System combines electric heat and air exchange to continuously measure temperature and humidity, thereby optimizing the drying process on water damage restoration jobs.

The year 2013 saw many research projects conducted at HSG CodeBlue’s Structural Drying Laboratory in Springfield, Ohio.

Structural drying is a simple concept: Remove excess moisture from wet materials that make up the structure until it reaches a reasonable approximation of a dry standard or goal.

Some restorers are afraid to even utter the word “heat.” This article is aimed to help restoration professionals have a better understanding of heat, its consequences and its applications in restoration drying.

Munters manufacturers the HCD series dehus for large scale projects and its DryCool Rental Series hybrid desiccant systems work by using waste heat for reactivation.