water damage, wet carpet, building water damage
Water Damage In Buildings
October 09, 2009 08:36 AM
What amazes me the most is when I hear property engineers ( building engineers ) boost how they already know how to dry out wet carpet after a small water leak.
With all due respect ( they really do have a tough job), I ask them to go over exactly how they dry out wet carpet. If you didn’t know wet carpet ( or most things that get wet ) can in many ways lead to mold growth.
So they begin.....
Here is the main answer:
“ Well first we get out the extractor to extract the wet carpet after a water damage. Then we spray the carpet with a deodorizer to prevent mold growth. Then we put down a fan and then when it’s dry we clean the carpet.”
Trying not to be smart sounding, I ask some questions
“ How do you know when the carpet is dry after the water damage?”
Their answer is, “ we touch carpet”
I ask “ well what happens if the carpet is still wet underneath the carpet which is a great place for mold to grow”
Answer: “ We don’t know”
So in fact I say usually then you still have a possible mold issue and you didn’t even address the walls that may have gotten wet.
At that point I get blank stares and questions on what I do in that situation.
Instead of selling our services which most restoration companies would do, I suggest learning the correct way to dry out wet carpet and walls your selves.
Although I don’t recommend handling water damages over 5 square feet your selves, I do recommend smaller damages be done by staff. Why waste a restoration companies time and your money, when the process in a small water damage situation can be handled inside.
If your interested in my free instructions on how to handle water damages by building management staff, please email me at jeff.cohn@si-restoration.com
With all due respect ( they really do have a tough job), I ask them to go over exactly how they dry out wet carpet. If you didn’t know wet carpet ( or most things that get wet ) can in many ways lead to mold growth.
So they begin.....
Here is the main answer:
“ Well first we get out the extractor to extract the wet carpet after a water damage. Then we spray the carpet with a deodorizer to prevent mold growth. Then we put down a fan and then when it’s dry we clean the carpet.”
Trying not to be smart sounding, I ask some questions
“ How do you know when the carpet is dry after the water damage?”
Their answer is, “ we touch carpet”
I ask “ well what happens if the carpet is still wet underneath the carpet which is a great place for mold to grow”
Answer: “ We don’t know”
So in fact I say usually then you still have a possible mold issue and you didn’t even address the walls that may have gotten wet.
At that point I get blank stares and questions on what I do in that situation.
Instead of selling our services which most restoration companies would do, I suggest learning the correct way to dry out wet carpet and walls your selves.
Although I don’t recommend handling water damages over 5 square feet your selves, I do recommend smaller damages be done by staff. Why waste a restoration companies time and your money, when the process in a small water damage situation can be handled inside.
If your interested in my free instructions on how to handle water damages by building management staff, please email me at jeff.cohn@si-restoration.com
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Mold remediation page
April 01, 2009 01:55 PM
I may be the only one reading this blog ( I'm also writing it, but you knew that), but I wanted to tell you that I just added a new page on our mold removal/mold remediation page on our web site.
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By the way if you are reading this please email me at jeff.cohn@si-restoration.com, so at least you saw this and I won't be so lonely LOL.
I'm actually excited about this page, because the issue of mold growth and mold remediation ( mold removal ) is so full of rip off artists , that I wanted to at least straighten out some of the confusion.
When you read the page www.si-restoration.com ( go to the mold section ), you will see that they are many options when removing mold.
Contents of the page are:
Mold Dog ( yes a real live dog )
Mold re-mediators that test as well ( not a good idea )
Industrial Hygienist
and more......
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By the way if you are reading this please email me at jeff.cohn@si-restoration.com, so at least you saw this and I won't be so lonely LOL.
I'm actually excited about this page, because the issue of mold growth and mold remediation ( mold removal ) is so full of rip off artists , that I wanted to at least straighten out some of the confusion.
When you read the page www.si-restoration.com ( go to the mold section ), you will see that they are many options when removing mold.
Contents of the page are:
Mold Dog ( yes a real live dog )
Mold re-mediators that test as well ( not a good idea )
Industrial Hygienist
and more......