Every IICRC-certified water damage restoration contractor knows Category 3 water is classified as Category 3 because it is grossly contaminated with fungi, bacteria or other pollutants.
We brought you the neat – yet unusual – story on Jason Brown earlier this month. As you may recall, the Rainbow International Fairfield, N.J. president pumped some 1,500 gallons of water into his own basement so he could dry it, demonstrate he and his team’s expertise and – ideally – drum up some new business with the attention it generated in the process.
That’s the amount of water that Jason Brown, the president of Rainbow International’s Fairfield, N.J. location, estimates he pumped into his home’s basement on Sunday, Oct. 7. A basement that he says he paid $30,000 to refinish not many years prior.
After the devastating fire at New Berlin Road Church in Jacksonville, FL, Paul Davis National, large loss specialists and part of the Paul Davis Restoration franchise network, provided emergency services and disaster response along with demolition, fire damage clean-up, drying and stabilization.
On Jan. 24, the fire suppression system in Grace Baptist Church in Delaware, Ohio froze and subsequently burst, resulting in the flooding of several interior areas.
Many think the science behind drying is simply drying the air; however, it is actually a complicated practice that involves advanced physics combined with applied mathematical principles.
The S500, for the first time, includes some guidance in determining the appropriate amount of drying equipment initially needed on water-damage restoration projects when employing dehumidification in the process.
