puroclean: Dealing with mold - 09/04/07 05:04 PM
Hire a professional to clean mold damage
Sanitation
Cleaning and disinfecting surfaces with nonpolluting cleaners and antimicrobial solutions will remove mold and protect against mold growth.
Ventilation
Although proper ventilation is important, minimize air circulation and don't use your ventilation systems if mold is detected in the filters or ducts. Using these systems will disperse the spores and create new mold growth. In addition, mold spores might be inhaled and cause respiratory irritations.
Protective Gear
Mold is a contaminant, presenting health hazards. Protect yourself during clean up using protective gear such as:
Disposable plastic gloves. Respirator with a particulate filter, N-95 respirator, or half-face respirator with a HEPA … (2 comments)

puroclean: Document Restoration and Drying - 09/04/07 04:57 PM
Paper is extremely sensitive to water exposure and can be damaged even without direct contact with water. Humidity is enough to start the growth of mold and cause deterioration.
Water damaged paper is usually fragile. Depending on the extent of the damage, paper may begin to distort, swell, and cockle. Ink and pigments may fade and coated papers may begin to adhere to one another.
If you suffered from any kind of water damage, be sure to inspect your paper items for dampness. Keep in mind that paper humidity may be invisible so touching the paper is important for proper damage detection.
As with … (0 comments)

puroclean: Water Damage Restoration - 08/29/07 04:28 PM
Cleaning, Repairing, and Disinfecting
Recovery from exposure to water is more successful if your home is stabilized as soon as possible. This means that the immediate environment must receive attention. Follow the basic structural stabilization procedures before you start cleaning repairing and disinfecting the content of your home.
If you cannot stabilize the environmental conditions in your home, you may want to consider a move out to remove wet items to a stabilized environment and to prevent damage from occurring in dry items.
Items are safer and easier to clean if they have been soaked by clean rainwater as opposed to dirty, contaminated floodwaters … (1 comments)

puroclean: Recovering from Water Damage - 08/29/07 04:26 PM
What to Keep and What to Discard:
Again, the general rule is: anything you cannot wash and disinfect should be thrown away.
Important Note
The following guidelines are applicable only if the damage is caused by clean water. If you know or suspect that the water source was contaminated with sewage, chemical or biological pollutants, consult a restoration professional immediately.
Do not use fans for dry out before determining that the water is clean and sanitary.
Indoors Furnishings and Personal Belongings
Like with building materials, consult a restoration specialist if you are indecisive about high value or sentimental items.
Upholstered furniture may be impossible to salvage if it … (0 comments)

puroclean: Preventing Mold - 08/16/07 07:17 PM
Preventing Mold
After understanding the hazards of mold you probably want to take the measures required to prevent it. A proactive approach is better, healthier and more cost effective than a reactive one.
If you take the measures to prevent it, you will be able to avoid expensive mold mitigation processes and protect your home or business occupants from serious health threats.
The first step to mold prevention is humidity and moisture control. Measure the air moisture levels in your home or office using a moisture meter (hygrometer). Relative moisture (RH) levels must be kept below 45 percent to prevent mold from growing and … (0 comments)

puroclean: water damage - what to keep and what to discard - 07/26/07 06:59 PM
What to Keep and What to Discard: Indoors
While part 1 of this article covered outdoors building materials, this part will cover the indoors.
Again, the general rule is: anything you cannot wash and disinfect should be thrown away.
Important Note
The following guidelines are applicable only if the damage is caused by clean water. If you know or suspect that the water source was contaminated with sewage, chemical or biological pollutants, consult a restoration professional immediately.
Do not use fans for dry out before determining that the water is clean and sanitary.
Indoors Furnishings and Personal Belongings
Like with building materials, consult a restoration specialist if you … (0 comments)

puroclean: Securing your property after property damage - 07/26/07 05:35 PM
Step 2: Secure Your Property
After eliminating water related hazards you should take steps to protect and secure your property and personal belongings from further damage.
It is important to ventilate your property to assist with drying out. However, security is important. Lock and secure your property when not occupied to prevent looting. Keep in mind that alarms may malfunction if the electricity or telephone service has been interrupted.
If your property is looted or vandalized, notify the police immediately. You will, most likely, need a police report to file an insurance claim.
Partially Damaged Properties
If it is not hazardous to do so, consider securing … (0 comments)

puroclean: Water Damage Safety - 07/26/07 05:33 PM
Step 1: Safety First!
Dangers are not over even when the water goes down. Do not endanger yourself or your family after a water event. Keep children and pets away. Try to protect yourself and your family from stress, fatigue, and water-related health hazards.
The following precautions will help neutralize the common water-related hazards, insuring a safe recovery process:
1. Determine Structural Stability
Determine whether your property is structurally safe to enter. Before entering your home or business, take a look at the ceiling and supporting walls. Do not enter if the ceiling is sagging due to water buildup or if walls have collapsed.
If you … (0 comments)

puroclean: The fastest Way to dry a structure after Water Damage - 07/20/07 10:02 AM
Puroclean® QuickDry System Technical Data for Water, Fire and Smoke Damage Restoration
The local Puroclean office is constantly striving to improve the efficiency and quality of services offered and when possible, introduce cost reduction concepts to the insurance industry. Puroclean has been conducting research and is currently training on a new concept when performing water damage restoration services. This new concept is called the Puroclean QuickDry System, (PQDS) and is based upon four principles.
The first principle is the thorough extraction of water from carpet and cushion without disengaging the carpet from the tackless strip. This is accomplished by new extraction … (0 comments)

puroclean: Mold as a health concern - 07/20/07 09:59 AM
Mold seems to be the health concern of the decade. Homeowners, landlords, tenants and businesses alike all have a heightened awareness of the subtle and often unseen menace to health and comfort.
State governments are trying to develop standards of prevention and remediation and define minimum and maximum exposure levels. The only certainties are these:
Extreme mold cases are few so they get all the publicity. Some people have less tolerance to exposure to molds than others. "Black Mold" is not the only one that is cause for concern. Mold is not automatic when water invades our living and work space. … (0 comments)

 

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