Fire and Smoke Damage Restoration

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It’s 5:30 a.m. on the morning of Mother’s Day 2015. While most people across the U.S. are fast asleep or pondering, making Mom breakfast in bed, Dana Jennings is answering a call for help from a local restaurant owner.

There are two major news stories restoration contractors need to be monitoring right now.

Are you and the insurance adjuster always on the same page during a job?

Smoke damage restoration is one of the primary services of our industry. Many projects are fairly cookie-cutter while others require more effort to execute.

The most important thing about handling artwork that has been damaged in a fire is to be sure you know about the piece.

Don't be short-staffed when a big job comes in. Annissa Coy shares how she makes sure she always has help when she needs it.

Safety should always be at the front of our minds on any job – from biohazard cleanup to fire restoration. But the truth is, once our mind is focused on the job at hand, it’s easy to forget simple ways to keep ourselves and our team safe. 

This week, Annissa is talking about the importance of not cutting corners on a contents restoration job.

It seems like only yesterday that I first saw abrasive media blasting in use on an architectural restoration job – a fire-damaged, limestone church in central Illinois.