Part 1 of this series, which you can see in the October R&R, discussed some of the physical changes that occur when you add heat to water and wet materials.
RSA and Dri-Eaz Products have donated equipment valued at over $20,000 to be used by Boulder Flood Relief to assist uninsured homeowners in the stricken region
To support the flood relief efforts in Boulder, CO, Restoration Sciences Academy (RSA) will donate 5% of fees from its hands-on restorative drying courses held during October in Burlington, WA. and Nashville, TN locations, according to a press release.
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.
One gloomy morning in 2010, major water damage inundated an upscale Los Angeles residence owned by an unscrupulous and wealthy entrepreneur. He contacted a prominent restoration contractor and signed a generic Work Authorization which did not specify the scope of work or the price.
Most roofing companies don’t do any other restoration work, leaving the customer to find another contractor to do any water damage or other cleanup work
“You’ve gotta reinvent your business every five years – you have to. You’ve gotta be constantly reinventing or else you get stale and fall behind the times.”
The Colorado floods that you saw on the news have been described as “apocalyptic” by local residents. Boulder County and surrounding areas got about 20 inches of rain in four days - that’s roughly equivalent to getting the total annual amount of annual rainfall in less than a week!
You’ve been there. It is day two of a drying project and the numbers on your moisture meter are the same on as they were on day one. Your wet materials don’t seem to be making drying progress.