During the big fires in Southern California a restoration company (with a fully equipped contents division) was asked to clean, deodorize and decontaminate a small group of schools in Los Angeles and Ventura counties. Each school had about 30 o so classrooms, offices,...
When Hurricane Ike slammed into Galveston Texas, it tore through a two- story book store like a locomotive – leaving the first floor with a foot of mud, debris, and thousands of rare and vintage books scattered, damaged and some floating in severely contaminated...
There is a website (and download) from the American Chemistry Council that lists products that have been pre-approved by the EPA. It says in part, “The American Chemistry Council’s (ACC) Center for Biocide Chemistries (CBC) has compiled a list of products that have...
Some contents restoration companies have elected to perform in-house laundering of virally infected or smoke-impregnated soft contents. In fact, various restoration companies have banded together to support others with similar machines. One such consortium claims,...
Some contents restoration companies have elected to perform in-house laundering of virally infected or smoke-impregnated soft contents. In fact, various restoration companies have banded together to support others with similar machines. One such consortium claims,...
In an exclusive interview with industry spokesperson Barb Jackson CR, Contents Solutions has found that an internationally known contents (and structural) restoration company has just been approved to clean and sanitize the Diamond Princess (the “coronavirus ship).”...
So how do we know that the solutions used by the contents valet to deactivate COVID-19 actually work – even though the testing process is not yet officially complete? FactCheck.Org, a highly awarded “watchdog” and fact checker for news worldwide points out, “…the EPA...
Viruses are not technically alive, so they can’t be “killed” per se. But they can be “deactivated” with disinfectants. The contents valet have compounds that have deactivated coronaviruses before – SARS coronavirus, MERS coronavirus, as well as a host of other...
Some of the articles in this issue may give the false impression that we are cavalier in our attitudes toward this very serious virus. We aren’t – we are confident.When we say that experts tell us it has a less than 2% fatality rate – we know that it took someone’s...
Time Magazine recently ran an article with the headline, “Airlines Are Using Disinfectant That Kills Herpes and MRSA to Clean Planes in Wake of Coronavirus Outbreak.” The first sentence read, “Airlines are turning to some of the world’s hardest-hitting disinfectants,...
When there is a Category 3 (think “raw sewage”) water damage job, some contents cleaning companies find that they spend much of their time separating total loss items and creating accurate lists. However, there are cases in which Exclusively Contents Inc. have...
When there is a contamination in an office or home, from mold growth, airborne contaminants, sewage back up, or flood, there is sometimes a disagreement between the homeowner or office manager, and the adjuster, or the contents professionals. Our rule of thumb is, “If...
You already know about bacterial contamination – the flu, H1N1 (the one that devastates some cruise ships), MRSA (flesh-eating) and even the common cold. And you have heard of the horrors of black mold that quietly grows and multiplies in quiet, dark, unseen areas of...
It has often been said that “Sing Sing” prison is not a pleasant place to live. But when a sewage pipe broke inside the facility, things went to a whole new level! The product selected by Exclusively Contents, Inc. to clean and sanitize the penitentiary comes in two...
They called it “coronavirus,” because, under high magnification, it has little spikes with protuberances at the ends (sort of like a crown). Even so, researchers tacked on another word, “Novel,” so the new one was officially called, “Novel Coronavirus,” (until they...
So a contents crew finds a bunch of dusty, old vinyl records in the same room where a slow, oily fire occurred. A few were actually warped by the heat, but some look okay, except they are covered in soot. The adjuster takes a quick look and realizes that it would cost...
The contents pros don’t just use obvious resources such as Ebay to help them decide an item’s worth (as was indicated in the first article in this issue, the figures found there can be wildly inflated and inaccurate). In point of fact there are far too many avenues of...
Let’s take a look at some practical examples of a contents valet making things easier for an adjuster. It isn’t always monetary when an argument arises between an insurance representative and the insured. A year or two ago, we reported a case in which an elderly...
The CDC has a website where they research many types of disinfectants and sanitizers. They pointed out that alcohol, as an example, does pretty well with some bacteria, but, “… lack sporicidal action and they cannot penetrate protein-rich materials.” Bleach looks...
Do you recall the article about the contents pros who hired a cosplay batman to return some memorabilia to a little boy? Well, sometimes you don’t need a cape to be a hero. The structural restoration team had arrived before the contents pros were assigned the job. The...
Upholstered furniture and bed mattresses are very difficult to restore after they have become saturated with water. There are some techniques that can be used to decontaminate couch cushions, but the rest of the couch would have to be disassembled all the way down to...
When water from the runoff held back by an ice dam, trickles down into a home and across the carpet or flooring, particleboard or “pressed wood” furniture is especially vulnerable. Those types of wood pull water up into themselves, then swell, crack and even expand...
Many adjusters across North America are selecting restoration companies based on whether they can restore the insureds’ valued contents, not just the damaged structure of their home or office. An agent, who wants a policy renewal from an important client, may...
Winter water intrusions are often traced to two sources, ice dams and frozen pipes that expand burst, and flood rooms or even entire homes. Ice dams form at the edge of a roof and keep melting snow from running off. The resultant liquid is held in place until it finds...
From the moment the contents restoration professionals arrive at a client’s front door, they are on the job. They restore the home or office – not contribute to its further damage. That’s why, in the middle of winter, you will see them lay down as many as 18 feet of...
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