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- 1. We Restore More Than Property… We Restore Lives.
- 15. Example of Light Damage
- 17. Example of Moderate Damage
- 18. Example of Moderate Damage
- 20. Example of Severe Damage
- 21. Example of Severe Damage
- 22. Example of Severe Damage
- 24. Example of Very Severe Damage
- 25. Example of Very Severe Damage
- 26. Example of Very Severe Damage
- 27. What a full service Restoration Contractor can do for your insured
- 51. Tools of the Trade
Editor's Notes
- How much can be saved by doing an emergency pre-clean on this job? What items would you clean? Go over what’s visible in the picture.
- What about here? Note the bears on the countertop. We’ll be seeing them again later.
- On this project the tub and faucet was cleaned but the tub surround was an inexpensive laminate product so it was left alone and will be replaced later. You couldn’t see them in the first picture but here you’ll note that the ceramic tile wall has also been cleaned. The floor appears to be vinyl tile so it was probable cleaned to avoid tracking soot onto other surfaces and not specifically to save it. Does anyone know the cost of replacing the tub and faucet set?
- Here you see that the sinks, faucets, countertop, tile wall and floor have been cleaned and will not have to be replaced. What’s the estimated savings here? This counter top is a great example. It’s not new and it’s not an expensive material. This appears to be a Formica counter from the 70’s. Why go to the trouble of saving it? Note the way the counter conforms to the wall. This is a custom piece. If I remove it I will most likely damage the wall so that will need to be dealt with but let’s assume that all I have to do is remove and replace the countertop. Laminate counter in a custom configuration will by itself cost around…..$950.00. I don’t have the price list for your carrier in this zip code but that shouldn’t be to far off. Would you rather do a pre-clean followed by a final clean for a total of around $60 or replace for $950?
- If you have props do hands on review if not move on to next slides. What do you think we mean when we say “set the soot?” Often someone will try to clean up themselves. Not understanding soot, they reach for a bottle of 409 and start cleaning the walls or ceilings or they swipe the wall with their finger to see if there’s soot there. One of the basic tenets of the restoration industry is that the only person allowed to touch anything is the person that going to fix it. If a book is sitting in a puddle of water I can restore it to better then 95% of perfect over 95%of the time but if someone goes over and leafs through it to see how wet it got….it’s ruined. I can not fix it. If it’s the newest Harry Potter book who cares they still sell it and it’s cheaper to replace then it is to restore but if it’s the family bible that has 3 or 4 generations of memories in it, you may want it fixed. How many of you have ever seen or used a chem sponge? Give each person one. The “chem” sponge is like a large eraser. There are no chemicals in it, they call it a chem sponge because it absorbs chemicals.
- If possible tour the local warehouse. If not invite them to see it sometime. If no tour is possible move quickly to the next slide.
- I give a lot of seminars and people that have seen me a few times notice that no matter what the topic is I end up talking about drying. There was a fire but my concern is drying. The reason is well illustrated here. If a computer has smoke or soot damage the correct way to clean it is by immersing it in an ultrasonic tank. Now the computer is clean but is it ready to be turned on? The majority of items that are restored get wet so the real problem is drying. Other items cleaned in an ultrasonic. Get local office to talk about projects they’ve done. Guns Eye glasses Children's toys Pots and pans Any non-porous item can be cleaned with this method.
- Note the bears/pigs from earlier.
- READ SLIDE When a situation calls for a very sensitive cleaning or it would be impractical to sandblast due to clean-up. Dry Ice blasting is a good alternative. The dry ice sublimates, which is the action of turning to a vapor from a solid. So regular ice melts and then evaporates while dry ice sublimates.
- VaporTek is a brand name and patented system. Is safe for use in occupied spaces but not effective in all situations.
- Masks odors.
- HEPA stands for High Efficiency Particulate Air. Cleans the air to .3 microns. What does .3 microns mean in real life? Fungal spores range from .6-25 microns, a razor blade is 300 microns thick and a human hair is between around 75 & 125 microns thick. Under 50 microns is invisible to the naked eye. Positive air rooms use the same equipment but discharge to clean air into the same room they took it from. These are used in many Post offices because of biological scares. Negative air refers to the act of scrubbing the air with a HEPA filtering device and discharging it outside of the sealed environment.