Enviro-Clean Services, Inc. has the training and experience required to understand the frustrations and trauma that natural disasters cause for home owners and business owners.
We are qualified to properly evaluate the loss, test damaged materials, select the optimum restoration alternative, coordinate with insurance professionals, and ultimate, to restore property and contents
to a pre-loss condition.
PROCEDURES FLOOD CLEANUP:
1. Assessment
- Greet customer and ask about the source of the water or flood
- Sign work authorization sheet
- Determine the Class and Category of loss
- Using a water probe measure to determine the scope of the loss
- Draw out a map of the areas affected
- Record samples for monitoring and drying goals
- Take room measurements
- Use a camera to document initial conditions
- Relative humidity is recorded on affected, unaffected, and outside conditions
2. Manipulation of contents
- Ask customer for permission to move contents into drier areas
- Take pictures of positioning of furniture and contents
- Using dollies or proper lifting techniques move contents into unaffected areas
- Raise materials onto blocks to allow for proper drying or removal of floor
- Load contents into storage containers or off site if required
- Raise containment barriers or cover contents if needed
- Note storage of removed contents on check sheet
3. Implementation of Equipment
- Remove dehumidifiers, air movers, and extractors from truck
- All equipment is placed in the unaffected area for safety
- Psychrometric assessment from a trained technician
- Equipment is assigned to rooms for drying purposes
- Cords, hoses, and tubes are taped down to avoid trip hazards
- Equipment is run to assess electrical compatibility with breaker
- Each dehumidifier is recorded for relative humidity
- Make appointment with customer for monitoring and safe operation of drying equipment
4. Structure Drying
- Typically we utilizes a Dri-Eaz 2400 (LGR) that pumps 146 pints per day
- An Air mover should be placed in a room for every 10-16 linear feet of wall area
- Extractors are deployed in the initial phase of removal of excess water
- Dehumidifiers and air movers are used to dry the absorbed water that enters the floor
- Class 1 Water loss require 100 pints be extracted per day, little extraction, and few air movers
- Class 2 Water loss require 50 pints large amount of extraction, floating of carpet, blocking of furniture and many air movers
- Class 3 Water loss require 40 pints large amount of extraction, removal of carpet, pad,
baseboards, as well as some wall materials and many air movers
- Class 4 Water loss require 50 pints and the application of Air injection or extraction machinery;
aka Specialty drying
- Dehumidifiers and other drying equipment are added as needed according to
Class drying requirements
- Based upon the Category of loss apply anti-microbial to affected areas
- Greater Categories of loss require more personal protective equipment used and
care with disposal of wastes
- Always remain safe and recommend vacancy for Category 2 > contaminations
5. Monitoring
- Arrive on time for all customer appointments
- Greet the customer and gain property access
- Ask customer about any concerns about drying process
- Address customer concerns and record them in job file
- Record relative humidity readings on samples and equipment
- Input data into the job file and note any changes to scope
- Adjust or remove equipment as needed
- Thank the customer and set next monitoring appointment
6. What are we trying to accomplish?
- We want to meet industry standards of drying:
< 16% moisture content removes the possibility of fungal growth, dry/wet rot, and
alleviates cupping, crowning, buckling, and heaving
- And above all we want to help people in their time of need
