Chuck Boutall, director of training with Restoration Technical Institute, shares four tools every restoration contractor should have in their toolbox – you guessed it – something old, new, borrowed and blue!
The fundamental idea on containment is simple: keep one or more contaminants in or out of an area. Quite literally, a containment is an isolation system.
The rapid developments from tools to products to software and more has not slowed. We need to be diligent and thoughtful in our investments in technology.
Though the World Wide Web has changed this area immensely, “low-tech” options for automatically tracking moisture in the air have been around for several decades.
Aw shucks, just slap some paint on it!” My favorite line. I
have heard it several times from many people, none of whom are big in the
contracting business today (thank God).
So where do you write down
all your readings? I mean, you do take readings on every job, right? Besides
just being foolish, having poor or no paperwork means you did not perform the
task allotted.
Through the years, all drying equipment, including instruments, has suffered from misinformation, or MUS. I like the equipment we employ, and even though I use all the tools of the trade, I have been labeled by more than a few as “the desiccant guy” which is as good a place to start as any.
