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Ultrasonic cleaning is very important to have at your disposal when cleaning contents - especially those that have been affected by smoke and soot. 

There are several reasons that adjusters are anxious for a cleaning estimate from a cleaning contractor at the beginning of a job.

 What do you do when you come across rare or unique specialty items on a job that you have no idea how to handle? 

It was April 2014 when heavy rainfall in the Birmingham, Alabama area left roads flooded, properties damaged and several inches of standing water everywhere. The nearby community of Vestavia was particularly impacted by the rainfall – notably Hollywood Imports, a pre-owned luxury vehicle dealership.

There are three ways to bill for contents cleaning: by the hour, by the box and by the item. 

There are indeed a lot of marketing programs out there to choose from. And while many of them are good, some of them miss the mark entirely. There is no one thing or a “magic bullet” if you will when it comes to marketing in this industry. 

Building relationships with adjusters is something that draws attention in our industry, as it is a cornerstone of developing any restoration business.   

 When deciding whether to pack out or clean in-place, I ask myself the following questions: 

In the late hours of July 31, 2013 a fire started in the northwest corner of the 25,000-square-foot field house gymnasium at Waukesha North High School and left the 40-year-old Milwaukee-area school devastated with fire, smoke and soot damage.

Expanding into contents cleaning is a very good profit center to add to any restoration business. It has one of the highest profit margins in the industry if you have a good systemized process and well trained staff.