RIA News for June 2016: The Passing of Butch Carpenter, S500 Changes, & Forensic Restoration
The restoration industry has lost one of its trailblazers. Hubert T. Carpenter, known to his friends as Butch, passed away on April 11 2016 in his home in Lincoln (Sacramento), Calif., with his wife Michelle and daughters Nicole and Jaclyn by his side.
Butch was a pioneering restorer and early adopter of methodology and technologies who became known as restorative drying specialists. In the mid 1980’s, he was the third contractor in North America to invest in a trailer mounted desiccant dehumidifier at a time when the industry hadn’t yet discovered the LGR. Butch was one of those guys who always wanted to be first in the marketplace to differentiate his company, Ideal Restoration which served the San Francisco bay area.