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2012年9月19日星期三

Cleaning Up Flood Water Damage

Flood water damage causes more problems than other kinds of water damage. Unlike grey water from broken plumbing, that's relative sanitary, flood water is classified as black water, in the same category as sewage. Flood water also tends to spread through the entire floor of a house, not just one or two rooms. This article will give you some basic pointers for water damage clean up.

This first thing to do is clear the flooded rooms of any and all water damaged objects. This includes curtains, pictures on the wall, books, clothes, media devices, and anything else affected. Consider replacing as many of these items as possible, rather than trying to repair or restore them. This will be cheaper and quicker in the long run.

The next step is to remove any water that's still standing. If it's a lot of water, more than you can pick up with a mop, use a HEPA vacuum or some kind up pump to handle it. Any pump you use should not rely on the power supply in the house, since the house's wiring might suffer from water damage. Use a battery powered or water powered sump pump. A water power sump pump is ideal, since its suction mechanism gets its force by connecting to a garden hose faucet. These solutions will remove most of water, so that you'll be left with less than 1/8" of water to mop up.

Next, you want to dry the rooms with a set of high velocity air movers and a low temperature dehumidifier. Your goal is to get the humidity level to stay consistently under 50%, measured with a humidity meter. While the air movers and dehumidifier are running, it's a good idea to bring in a commercial grade air purifier as well, to eliminate any airborne microorganisms that will be circulating due to the air movers. Your goal with drying is not just to eliminate dampness, but more importantly, to prevent the growth of toxic mold and mildew. Once all of the room surfaces are dry, wash them down with a solution of 25% bleach-to-water, then wipe them down with clear water.

The final step is to address the ceiling, floor, and wall water damage. Water stains on the surfaces can't actually be removed, but they can be covered. Apply a layer of primer on the affected areas to kill the stains, then apply paint that matches the surrounding surface.

More important than taking care of the surfaces, however, is checking ceiling, floor, and wall cavities for water damage, and replacing any affected materials, such as subflooring, insulation or drywall. These cavities, being dark and humid, will breed toxic mold in as little as 48 hours if left untreated. This will be pretty labor intensive to do yourself, so it's recommended that you hire an IICRC certified specialist in Water Damage Repair.

For more extensive tips on flood damage clean up and remediation, check out this complete primer on Flood Water Damage.

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2012年9月9日星期日

Water Damage Mold Risks and Removal

Just how dangerous is water damage mold, and what can you do to get rid of it? If you're dealing with mold resulting from clean water, such as a broken pipe, mold removal is safe enough to handle yourself. If the mold comes from flood water, or other contaminated water, you're better off leaving the cleanup to the professionals. This guide will help you make that judgement call, and give you some tips for mold removal if you choose to handle it yourself.

What Is Water Damage Mold?

Water damage mold is a greenish-black infestation more commonly described as "toxic mold". The technical term for it is Stachybotrys chartarum, also known as Stachybortrys atra, but the most accurate popular term for it is black mold.

Black Mold Symptoms

While Stachybotrys chatarum is less common than other household molds, like Aspergillus or Clodosporium, its health risks are not unique among molds. Black mold is a danger to individuals with allergies, as well as those with immune deficiencies and preexisting respiratory problems, but this is true of other household molds. Black mold can irritate the eyes and skin, and cause congestion and wheezing in sensitive individual, so if any rooms need to be dried out with fans, be sure to run an air purifier and low temperature dehumidifier at the same time. Use a humidity meter to check that the humidity in the affected areas remains under 40%.

One of the main reasons why black mold often thought of as more dangerous that other household molds is that water damage remediation contractors frequently ask that the families evacuate the house after a flood. This is because of the water, not the mold. Flood water is technically classified as black water, meaning that it's considered contaminated, like sewage. Water damage cleanup and mold remediation after a flood should be done by certified contractors.

Black Mold Removal and Cleanup

After you've removed any standing water with a wet/dry vacuum or floor sucker pump, then dried and dehumidied them, it's time to remove the visible mold from the walls, ceilings and floors, using a solution of either bleach and water, or borax and hydrogen peroxide. For the exact mixtures, see this article on Water Damage Mold.

Water stained area on walls need to be disinfected with these solutions to prevent further mold growth, then covered with a layer of primer, follow by coats of matching paint. The cavities within the walls, however, are more important. All stained or molded insulation should be replaced, even if only a small area is affected, and while small spots of mold growth and water damage can be cut out and replaced locally, it's highly recommended that you replace the entire sheet. Wall cavities are dark, damp areas that are highly prone to black mold growth. Black mold can flourish rapidly, in 24-48 hours, in dark and humid environments.

Wall and Floor Water Damage

The materials inside the cavities of the floors and ceilings should be examined for water damage and mold as well. Subflooring, carpet backing and insulation should be replaced, not restored. Water damage mold in these less visible areas can get tricky, since a homeowner usually tries to identify mold by sight and smell, which is almost never sufficient. A professional mold remediation contractor will use tools like borescopes to find mold in hard to reach areas. They'll also have a better idea of where to look for mold based on their experiences with other houses in your area. This is why, in many cases, you should leave black mold removal to the experts.

Water damage repair goes well beyond getting rid of mold. Find out everything you need to know about Water Damage Remediation.

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2012年9月8日星期六

Got Water Damage? Hire The Services Of A Professional And Reputed Fire And Water Restoration Company

If you have come in here to read this article, you are probably looking for a fire and water damage restoration company that will do a professional restoration job in your house or commercial property. This article will give you a few tips about picking the right Fire and water restoration company.

It is preferable that you only call for fire and water damage restoration companies that have a solid reputation in the field. Stay away from one man teams or free lancers who will promise you a great job only to give you a run around with poor results.
Look for a company that will offer 24/7 services. Damage restoration is essentially an emergency service and a company that offers that service should ideally have service availability around the clock.
Ask if the company has the latest equipment. Some small companies will often be short handed when it comes to quality equipment. A professional water damage repair company should ideally have state of the art commercial grade equipment such as dehumidifiers, blowers, truck mounted water extraction units, portable extraction units and other tools such as moisture gauges and humidity meters and emergency generators. If the water damage is significant, a good company will use a lot of equipment to bring about the best results in the fastest way possible. Hiring a small company that will have very limited equipment will mean longer water damage restoration times which will in turn greatly increase the related losses. When it comes to the effectiveness of a water damage repair company, their responsiveness and speed should be of utmost concern to you as it can save you a significant sum of money.
Help with the insurance process - Fire and water damage restoration companies are not just important to fix up your house. They in fact play a very important role in your damage situation by helping you with the insurance process. Insurance, as you might already know, can be a very daunting process when approached on your own. You might not know how to fill out the forms correctly or you might ask for too little when you file a form. A good fire and water restoration company will appoint an insurance specialist or insurance consultant to your case. This person will then work with the insurance adjustor appointed by the insurance company. With the insurance consultant on your side, you can relax and be assured that a professional is helping you.

Guarantee on the insurance claim - There could be a situation where you might commission water damage restoration work before being approved by the insurance company. It can be a rude shock to receive a check for an amount that does not cover all the expenses of the restoration work. A professional water damage restoration will help you avoid that pickle of a situation by putting out an estimate that will be accepted by the insurance company. Also, they will guarantee their repair estimates in such a way that they will not charge you personally if the insurance company's check does not cover all of the expenses then the fire and water restoration contractor agrees to waive the additional expenses.

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2012年9月7日星期五

Water Damage Hazards - How to Protect Yourself

A flood is a natural phenomenon that can occur anywhere that have harmful effects on people and the environment, it brings too much water damage in a certain place. There are many reasons or causes of flood, it can be developed and may happen very quickly over a short period of time due to heavy rain that cause river and/or seas to over flow their banks that may happen anytime, anywhere even without warning or signs.

It is very dangerous, it may bring tragedies, and it can damage your home and may bring property loss. Before a flood could happen make sure that you are ready. Make sure that you do not have valuable items and appliances in your basement. Get a flood insurance, it will help you restore everything after a flood happens. And also, make sure your fuse box or the main breaker and utility meters are raised above the flood level in your home because water and electricity cause electrical spark that can cause fireand to avoid electrical shock. It is better to check your local building officials or city engineers, if you are not sure what your flood level is.

Water damage is any damage done by water like the flood and could also happen inside your home like a leak on your sink. This water damage causes wetness or dampness that helps the growth of moisture-related mold and mildew that are toxics, and bring reactions such as immune disorders, pathogenic disease and cancer, and also causes an allergic reactions like headaches, disorientation and dizziness, nausea, diarrhea, chronic asthma, open sores, rashes and chronic fatigue.

Water damage can cause molds, it can be found everywhere; they are microscopic organisms that produce enzymes that digest organic matter to reproduce spores. They are part of the fungi family; it also includes yeast and mildews. In nature, mold plays a key role in the decomposition of leaves, wood and other plant debris because without mold, we wouldn't have great foods and medicines, such as cheese and penicillin. A problem starts when mold starting to digest organic materials like our homes.

Once the mold has settled in your home due to water damage, they need moisture to begin growing. They can grow on wood, ceiling tiles, wallpaper, paints, carpet, sheet rock, and insulation. To control mold, we need to control moisture in our house.

There are many reasons for water damage and are requiring an adequate care to avoid the water damage that can occur in your residence or place like checking and fixing regularly any drips.

Providing attention to the roof is also very important. A leaking roof can do more damage due to rain than a leaking faucet. With a leaking roof, it is possible to have damage that the water might turn into mold.

To avoid this, here are some helpful things that you should do to prevent water damage in your bathroom and kitchen:

- Check if there is hidden water leaks in your home; it is easy and is possible that you have one in your house.

- Turn all appliances off that use water, and then check your water meter.

- After an hour of leaving your appliances off, check again the water meter to see if the reading has changed. If the water meter reading changed then it is possible that there's a leak.

- Check underneath your dishwasher to see if the water pipes are or not leaking. If there's water near the base of the dishwasher, you have leak and may water damage.

- Then, check your refrigerator; it is one of the usual reasons of water damage.

- Then check your sink area under and on top of the counter.

- Also check your bathroom, soft spots in the floors near the tub or shower, and discoloration, means that it has leaks.

- And also check your toilet bowl; the overflow of toilets is also an obvious cause of water damage.

When it comes to water damage, what you don't know can hurt you! Water damage can result increased of insurance rates, decreased value of home and property resale, and even health issues, if not properly repaired.

To protect yourself and your family from water damage and related issues, here are some tips:

- When water damage takes place it is imperative to contact a water damage and extraction company as soon as possible. Do not wait until the next day.

- After all the water is extracted and the humidity levels returned to normal, it is necessary to remove furniture and other items from the area even if they aren't in direct contact with the water. A high humidity and a general unsanitary condition may contaminate other materials in your home. It is better to contact and work with a reputable water damage repair company that provides relocation and storage assistance for your belongings.

- An extensive water related damages sometimes requires the financial support of insurance. Do not risk the health and security of your family, better to contact a reputable water damage and restoration company that works with your insurance to help you begin the process of restoring your property.

- If the water damage is due to sewage overflow, it is necessary to eliminate contaminated items or materials. A qualified water damage restoration expert can assist and provide valuable information whether or not your belongings are safe to keep and capable of being cleaned.

- Water damage can cause and ruin air quality, drywall, upholstery and even hardwood flooring in your house. It is better to deal with a company that is capable of providing a full service. In contacting a Water damage restoration and Water damage extraction company, make sure that they have a full service like carpet and wood floor restoration, air vent cleaning and upholstery cleaning.

Here are some tips if you prefer to do water damage restoration all by yourself:

- Eliminate the source of water if possible; remove the water by mopping and blotting or sweeping it off.

- Wet furniture cushions and then dry them by wiping it off and under furniture legs place a small wood blocks or an aluminum foil.

- Make sure that you wiped all the furniture dry.

- Keep the draperies off the wet carpet, loop the bottom through a coat hanger, and place the hanger on the drapery rod.

- Open all furniture drawers, closet doors, and luggage for better air flow.

- Move all your photos, paintings, and art objects to a safe and dry place.

- Remove wet area rugs or other floor coverings.

- Remove all wet fabrics and dry them.

- Remove damp books from shelves and spread out to dry to avoid mold and mildew.

- Do not ever use an ordinary household vacuum to remove water.

- Do not use electrical appliances while on wet carpet or wet floors.

- Do not go into rooms with standing water if the electricity is still on.

- Do not lift carpet without professional help because lifting the carpet incorrectly could bring shrinkage.

Water damage may also be caused by a clogged in your sink or bathroom. Most clogged drains can be easily cleared off by using things that you can found in your house.

Clearing a blocked drain isn't fun. It is much better to prevent a clog from happening to avoid water damage. Here are some tips on how you can keep your bathtub and sink drains clog-free:

- You can use strainers in your bathroom drains to stop hair from going down the drain. It's easier to clear out a strainer than unclogging a drain.

- Do not drop soap down the drain assuming they will dissolve and wash away, it can cause clogs in a drain. Pour a kettle full of boiling water down the drain will also help you. This will melt any grease and will wash it away before it can build up any clogging but don't do this in a toilet, it could break the porcelain. Once in a while, pour a half cup of baking soda in the drain and then slowly add half cup of vinegar. Leave the mixtures sit in the drain for a few minutes and then rinse it away by hot water down the drain.

Here are simple checks to keep your home safe from water damage and the mold infestations:

- Check your window frames and exterior door frames for any sign stains, and apply caulk or molding as needed because stains on your drywall are the most obvious sign of interior water damage.

- Keep an eye for any buckling or warping of your wooden floors. Even if your home doesn't have hardwood floors, vinyl and carpets are often installed on top of a wooden board layer that can swell when exposed to water.

- Check your attic regularly for stains and other signs of water infiltration. Always pay special attention to the roof and also check the flashing where the roof meets the wall. Also check your roof outside for damaged and cracked or curled shingles.

- Check how your home's gutters handle a heavy rain. If it overflows then your gutters need to be cleaned regularly to keep them free of leaves. Installing a screen in your gutter keeps the leaves out.

Water Damage Hazards- How to Protect Yourself

There are many reasons for water damage and are requiring an adequate care to avoid the water damage that can occur in your residence or place like checking and fixing regularly any drips.

To avoid this, here are some helpful things that you should do to prevent water damage in your bathroom and kitchen:

- Check if there is hidden water leaks in your home; it is easy and is possible that you have one in your house.

- Turn all appliances off that use water, and then check your water meter.

- After an hour of leaving your appliances off, check again the water meter to see if the reading has changed. If the water meter reading changed then it is possible that there's a leak.

- Check underneath your dishwasher to see if the water pipes are or not leaking. If there's water near the base of the dishwasher, you have leak and may water damage.

- Then, check your refrigerator; it is one of the usual reasons of water damage.

- Then check your sink area under and on top of the counter.

- Also check your bathroom, soft spots in the floors near the tub or shower, and discoloration, means that it has leaks.

- And also check your toilet bowl; the overflow of toilets is also an obvious cause of water damage.

To protect yourself and your family from water damage and related issues, here are some tips:

- When water damage takes place it is imperative to contact a water damage and extraction company as soon as possible. Do not wait until the next day.

Here are some tips if you prefer to do water damage restoration all by yourself:

Water damage may also be caused by a clogged in your sink or bathroom. Most clogged drains can be easily cleared off by using things that you can found in your house.

Clearing a blocked drain isn't fun. It is much better to prevent a clog from happening to avoid water damage. Here are some tips on how you can keep your bathtub and sink drains clog-free:

Here are simple checks to keep your home safe from water damage and the mold infestations:

- Check your window frames and exterior door frames for any sign stains, and apply caulk or molding as needed because stains on your drywall are the most obvious sign of interior water damage.

Valerie is a freelance article writer. You can check more articles of Valerie in her site, http://www.valcaulin.com

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How To Repair Water Damage In Your Residence

It is not so straightforward to make deal with the repairing of water damage according to the thoughts of general people. The major complexity with this type of repairing is that there are massive supplementary concerns that you should consider before repairing genuinely complete. This type of smash up comes in more than a few varieties, starting from normal leakage through faults or breakages in your the pipes or water connected hardware, for example your sump pump or flooding from broken pipes.

The procedure, which is connected with this sort of repairing, depends usually on the quantity of the damages. There is an additional factor that affects the system of repairing is the source of water, which makes the problem in the early phase. It may well be the water from an inner plumb sources, for example, water softener, water heater, sump pump, pipe, or water from a source that comes from earth, for instance, waterway or pond or from some other source.

At the same time as you, realize that the steps are the same, and then there, more steps are necessary to make the suitable repairing to the precise damage connected to water. The opening step of this type of repairing is the method of exclusion of all things those are affected by the spoil along with boxes, furniture, clothing, decorations, window treatments, and artwork or pictures. On one occasion, the entire region gets spotless, and then the process of repairing needs to be begun. You possibly will take a commercial vacuum on rent, as it will have improved solution to pull out more water from any mat or pad, and in this way, it will diminish the period of all dehumidifying as well as aeration.

Following removing utmost water from the affected areas, you ought to take house numerous high-speed fans to finish the aeration of drywall, baseboards in addition to carpet. The quantity of fans must be increased if the affected area is larger. You need to let those fans move on a top speed for quite a lot of days in conjunction with a supreme dehumidifier to obtain the precise humidity and put an end to the expansion of mold. There is a special cause behind using the humidity meter. The use of a humidity-meter certainly permit you examine your different levels of your dry wall to examine whether you are obtaining the suitable results, which you need to have for repairing the water damage.

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2012年8月21日星期二

Learn To Avoid Water Damage In Your Property

Apart from earthquakes and fires, only water can have such a devastating impact not only on the life and health in a family's life. This is the main reason why it is so important for property owners to pay attention at leaking pipes, clogged drains or sewage systems that do not drain properly. In almost no time, those few drops that leaked from a pipe in the basement can turn that area in your house into your very own swimming pool and mold can start growing on walls and ceilings.

Water can cause severe damage in your property. To begin with, from the aesthetic point of view, it can damage the painting or wallpaper of the walls. Water causes humidity to make ugly yellowish stains that need to dry out completely before you can cover them with some fresh paint.

Humidity in walls and ceilings can lead to mold. And mold may trigger asthma attacks if you or your children are sensitive to it. Mold not only looks ugly on your walls and ceilings but it is also dangerous for your health.

Fortunately, there are plenty of things you can do to prevent water from causing damage in your house.

One of the most basic ones is doing a regular check up of every drain or pipe in your house. This may be tedious and boring but it is an essential first step to ensuring that there is no leaking pipe or clogged drain. If you see any, you can call a professional plumber to repair it.

Talking about plumbers, they are a second and efficient strategy. You should make it a habit to ask a professional plumber to check your property pipes. They are not only professionally trained to do so but they also have special equipment that can aid them in their task.

It is also really worth it to install a humidity sensor especially in those areas of your house where a pipe may be leaking but either you do not go there very often or is it really difficult to check. A humidity sensor can be placed in basements or attics or even in bedrooms. They are highly sensitive instruments that help you keep moisture under control and prevent water from ruining your flat or house. Moisture sensors are also called hygrometers or humidity analyzers and they are highly sensitive instruments that can immediately let you know when the level of humidity at a certain place is higher than usual.

Eduard Jim written for Moisture Sensors

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2012年8月20日星期一

Drying Water Damaged Buildings in the Hot Humid Summer

Drying a water damaged building in the humid weather is much different than drying a building in the dry weather. In many areas of the world there is a dry season and a wet season.

In the dry season it is often so dry that the use of dehumidification in a water damage is only necessary to remove excess moisture created by evaporation of moisture from wet building materials and contents of the home. The facility is typically dry in one to three days with minimal use of dehumidification.

When the season changes and we get hot, humid weather everything changes. In humid weather dehumidification is used not only to remove moisture created by evaporation but its used to create an atmosphere conducive to allow evaporation to come to pass. When the air is humid water does not readily evaporate.

How can you tell whether or not the air is conducive to allow evaporation? You can only do this by measuring the relative humidity and temperature of the affected air space and then make the necessary calculations to find the absolute humidity or humidity ratio of the air space. This absolute humidity is measured by the number of grains of water there is in every pound of air in the airspace.

If the air is not dry enough, it is highly unlikely that structural materials like concrete, wood and stone will dry. In any water damage situation the water damage technician should be closely monitoring the moisture content of all structural materials in the facility. Many disaster restoration companies use infrared cameras to help track areas that are affected by moisture.

It is extremely important to deal with disaster restoration companies that are concerned with drying your facility until their meters show that your structure is dry. If the company you are dealing with is not providing you with this information then you are exposing yourself to possibly horrific consequences. Sinister mould grows easily in water damaged buildings. Mould can grow very quickly in improperly remediated buildings.

General contractors and carpet cleaners are often the first people called in to remediate a water damage situation. These type of contractors may or may not be able to properly dry a building. Do your homework and ask your contractors questions to determine whether or not they have the training to be able to dry a building.

Ask them if they have the moisture meters (not sensors) to be able to track the process of drying. Ask them whether or not you get a copy of the records at the end of the job. Ask them whether or not there are hard to dry structural items in your structure. Ask them how they are going to dry them. Ask them what their drying goals are. Ask them whether or not they have water damage remediation training. Ask them when they received their certification. The water damage business has progressed significantly over the past five to ten years. There are dramatic changes in the Standards for water damage and someone without recent upgrades in their education may no longer understand the new findings of the drying industry.

James (Lee) Senter is an IICRC Approved Instructor on the subjects of Water Damage Remediation, Applied Structural Drying and Health and Safety. Mr. Senter teaches at The Center For Disaster Recovery and several industry distributors across Canada. Lee is a well known speaker and writer on the subjects of mould remediation and water damage restoration. Lee owns a company that performs large and small water damage remediations and can be found at http://www.dryit.ca.

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2012年5月28日星期一

Drying Water Damaged Buildings in the Hot Humid Summer

Drying a water damaged building in the humid weather is much different than drying a building in the dry weather. In many areas of the world there is a dry season and a wet season.

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2012年5月24日星期四

Learn To Avoid Water Damage In Your Property

Fortunately, there are plenty of things you can do to prevent water from causing damage in your house.

Eduard Jim written for Moisture Sensors

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2012年5月20日星期日

Catharanthus Roseus - An Annual Flowering Plant That Can Save You a Lot of Water

One of the main drawbacks of growing annual flowering plants in Mediterranean and other dry climate regions is their excessive water consumption. Annuals in hot, dry summer areas require water based on at least 6mm a day, which is 6 liters per square meter. Over the year, this can amount to more than a cubic meter of irrigation water for every meter square - an unviable and unacceptable rate, unless the area planted with annual flowers is reduced to a minimum. Catharanthus roseus however, can be successfully grown, creating a lovely carpet of color, on a third, perhaps a quarter of that amount, thereby saving you much water and expense.

Catharanthus roseus is also known by its common name, Madagascar Periwinkle, or the very misleading Vinca rosea. As the latter is the botanical name for a separate genus of plants, it's best avoiding in order to prevent confusion. The plants, technically speaking, are perennials, but because they decline as soon as the temperatures drop in the autumn, they are generally grown as summer annual plants, except in tropical regions.

There are many cultivars of Catharanthus now available, the colors ranging from pure white, pinkish-white, and various shades of rose and pink-purple. The erect varieties reach up to 50 cm, (20 in) while the trailing types get to about 15cm (6 in) in height. In addition to the impressive and virtually continuous blooms through the summer, the dark green, waxy foliage is also attractive. Grown in bold, broad sweeps, it can create a fabulous effect.

As Madagascar Periwinkle needs full sun to flower, the darker, stronger hues are more suited to the harsh light of a Mediterranean summer, than the paler, more pastel shades, which are at their best in soft light or shade. White flowers, which may be excellent for lifting up a shady corner, are far less effective in full, brilliant sun.

Other than full sun, the most important cultural requirement for the plants is a well-drained soil. Poor drainage will kill the plants quicker than aridity. This is what makes Catharanthus so suitable to water-conserving gardening, because the plants can be watered deeply but infrequently, together with the trees and shrubs. Such a regime is especially important in heavy, clay soils, where lack of air in the root zone is exacerbated by the constant moisture required by most annual flowers.

It follows therefore, that consistently adding compost and other organic amendments will create an air/moisture balance in the soil, which is beneficial to the periwinkle. A high organic content also helps to reduce pests and disease by creating balanced population levels between the multitudes of organisms that inhabit the soil, including pathogenic ones.

Catharanthus roseus is hardy to chalky and saline soil, and to both aridity and humidity, but nonetheless vulnerable to soil-borne fungi. Unfortunately, the pathogenic fungi establish themselves best when Catharanthus is planted every year in the same spot. It is safer therefore, to rotate the "crops" from year to year, planting water-conserving perennial flowers, and replacing them with the Madagascar Periwinkle, once every few years.

My name is Jonathan Ya'akobi.

I've been gardening in a professional capacity since 1984.

I am the former head gardener of the Jerusalem Botanical Garden, but now concentrate on building gardens for private home owners.

I also teach horticulture to students on training courses.

I'd love to help you get the very best from your garden, so you're welcome to visit me on http://www.dryclimategardening.com

or contact me at jonathan@dryclimategardening.com

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2012年2月5日星期日

Flow Forms and Putting Water Into Perspective With Iain Trousdell

Kevin: So let's get right into it. What is water? What is your take on water and tell us a little bit of how you got into the study of what you do.

Iain: Okay, it's a huge question. I think when you say what is something it really implies how does one see the world? So there are a variety of ways that people on our planet think about the world and if we take one extreme, which is sort of materialistic thinking, basically, we'd regard water as a wet mineral that lubricates a physiological mechanism and that's basically it and that mineral has to have certain qualities or else it interferes with the mechanism as it's seen. The other extreme, if you go into New Guinea and talk to some of the folks there and you say to them, "What is water?" you get the answer which one of my colleagues has had directly. It's God and that's their answer. There's no discussion needed. It's that obvious to them.

So there's a huge range of thought conceptualizations between those two and we certainly tend, in the Healing Water Institute and in our nature intelligence business, we tend to the divinity side of it. So maybe probably the best way to answer "What is water?" really is we'll do that in the next few minutes as we discuss and I'll try and tease that part all the time.

As for myself, well, I've always been interested in water as a human being. That's been my central quest in my life and I've followed it in a number of different directions and part of it, 1975, I went to a place, Emerson College, in England, which is the root of Steiner Tertiary Education College and there I met John Wilkes, who had very recently discovered the Flow Form principal which is the creation of shapes that bring water into a streaming figure eight flow which has a regular heart pulse, so it lifts water into a condition which is similar to liquids moving within living organisms. So I was absolutely fascinated by that and just studied with him for nearly 3 years and carried on working with it and things just kept on generating for me.

Kevin: Wow and that was years ago.

Iain: Yeah. 30 plus years. So far it's been an interesting journey.

Kevin: So you mentioned the heart pulse of water and you mentioned Flow Forms. Why don't we set a ground work so we can kind of identify what those are for everyone?

Iain: So flow form again, we need to look at what is water, really, from this point of view. Water is obviously everywhere outside. You can look at, even when it is humidity in a desert, very light. So in terms of freshwater, we know about not point 1 percent of all our planet's water supplies is fresh water you can see, so this fresh water makes its way into plants and into animals and human beings and when it enters into those entities in both living organisms, suddenly the water becomes alive, so has that extraordinary capacity that as soon as it goes inside a watery being, it adds to the liveliness of that being and whenever water is in a situation where there are not a lot of different impulses occurring to it, it develops a rhythm in its movement.

It doesn't need a heart to do that. So the materialistic type of thinking, goes "Oh, yes, we have a pulse in our body and animals have pulses in their bodies, because they have hearts, whereas this is just an illusion because in embryology, it's actually the pulse occurring in the little embryo that actually creates the heart - the figure eight movement in the embryo that starts moving and the heart forms around it.

So that's one side of the Flow Form. The other side of the Flow Form is that it brings into it all of the nature's wisdom and capacities to improve the quality of water that you'd find in a mountain stream and so we call them fat city gold smokes from the new ecologists back in the seventies dubbed Flow Form super streams and because one meter in full direction of the Flow Form is at least ten meters movement in the stream because it goes through this side-to-side figure of eight flowing stream repeatedly. So if you had five meters of Flow Forms, you'd have about the same as a fifty meter stream, but with a heart pulse and modern science is now so to speak, beginning to catch up with on this side of it that this heart pulse and this capacity of the water to the move in its own regeneration of water quality is a very powerful mix.

Kevin: Interesting.

Iain: And our technology is beginning to be recognized for this. The applications, Kevin, are very wide. I've counted up at least 50 niche markets, so we have many areas. We can. For instance, we're working on a product to enlighten tap water.

Kevin: Okay.

Iain: We can work to transform it into liquid fertilizer. It can be used in any aspect of food processing. For instance, we've got projects in quite large commercial bakeries where the bread rises faster, it tastes better and lasts longer, because usually what happens in food production is the water is usually gathered from another city's tap supply and then it's put through - if they're concerned about the quality of the water it's put through a filtration system, but the matter is that the water is still, so to speak, not very good at supporting life.

If it's a big city, it might have gone through five or seven pairs of kidneys since it's been out in the big natural water cycle, goes round and round in a pressured situation, then you want to use it for your bread or your food or whatever either at home or in a factory and you filter it. It's still basically as dead as a dodo because of all of this treatment that's gotten. It has a memory for all of the structure or molecular level is very suppressed. So we're basically saying, "Hey, would you like it run through a mountain stream in the kitchen, and as a bonus have a heart pulse in it?" And we've had so many requests for this product. We've also gotten our healing ordinance to consider research now building up without highly qualified stuff that Flow Form water has a remarkable effect on increasing that drinker's, their growth processes improving there.

Kevin: Okay.

Iain: It's also therapeutic. We have extraordinary stories of the use of Flow Forms in Alzheimer hospitals or kindergartens, drug rehabilitation centers, this rhythm, this beautiful rhythm and the movement is very relaxing at a very fundamental level.

When I was in Asia recently giving talks in Taiwan, there was a Tai Chi Master who saw Flow Forms for the first time and he looked at them for five minutes and then looked at me, smiled and said, "This is the closest we will ever see."

Kevin: Wow.

Iain: So there is - they're quite extraordinary. There's something very essential from the heart of nature that John Wilkes has brought into this discovery. We don't call it an invention. It's really a discovery..

Kevin: So first, I want to talk about again just the whole idea of the heart pulsing. What is going on through the Flow Form? What is happening to the water? What are some of the characteristics that the water is taking on? And then the other thing is, explain what a Flow Form looks like.

Iain: Yeah, okay, well, we can go back to "what is water" really. Water has been around from the very beginning of time. There was a meteorite found five or six years ago in some United States and taken to NASA and they dated it 4.5 billion years and opened it up and there's water inside. We've got water throughout, basically, the universe being found in various forms and recent research in the last 10-15 years in top class universities with people who are highly qualified, showing that water has a memory, that it can retain a vast amount of information, very flexibly within what they call cluster structures of the molecular level. All material gives off a frequency like silicon does, and we use that in our computer systems; most materials, they give off a frequency and they're completely inflexible about it. This is who I am; they go "beep, beep, beep." Whatever it has picked up in the airwaves and that's it. Whereas, water is constantly changing its frequencies and it remembers them. This again university research in Europe and America.

If you've got cyanide, for instance, in the tailgating of gold mines and that goes into the water, the water takes up the frequency of cyanide along with everything else like the cadmium and all sorts of other things in there. It takes up that frequency and emits it amongst a symphonic collection of other frequencies it's picking up. You can clean that water; no cyanide at all, but the frequency will stay there if it's not treated in a specific way. Water has a memory, it collects information, and it passes it on and this passing on of natural and unnatural, so to speak, man-made information is what influences the living growth processes in everything that drinks water because water inside living organisms also has a memory.

That's why in physiology, we are beginning to realize how one part of a body two meters away from another part of the body is instantly aware of what's going on, because of this transmission of this what is termed electromagnetic frequency. So water has a capacity for a phenomenal, vast and highly sensitive intelligence. And then, secondly, water also uses this information, it's picking up cosmic radiation as well as local environmental radiation frequencies.

Then within an embryological process, water actually through its phenomenal rhythmic movement, water creates every living form on the planet. Our group has done extensive research into this through the creation of flow patents and the study of formative processes and it's absolutely clear that through the embryo embryological development in mammals, but also in plants around the air of growing plants, there are amazingly sensitive processes going on here which create the shapes of everything that lives and unfortunately, when water is polluted or has certain frequency disturbances, these shapes are affected and are not as healthy or even can't form. And then thirdly, water carries a sort of metabolic process. It dissolves something like 84 of the 103 elements known to science without any agitation, and it carries all the nutrients required into living beings combined with this phenomenal sensitivity and information package.

There's a lot more I could say about that, but what Flow Forms do is they incorporate all this, they're phenomenally good mixers and funnily enough, it took us 10 or 15 years of designing before we realized that the Flow Forms we were making that were very good mixers, had kidney shapes. They look like kidneys - open kidneys and the ones that concentrated on the rhythmical out pulse, made that stronger and very clear, they took on heart shapes and the ones that were best at oxygenating were lung shapes, bigger and wider.

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Kevin Gianni the host of "Renegade Health Show" - a fun and informative daily health show that is changing the perception of health across the world. His is an internationally known health advocate, author, and film consultant. He has helped thousands and thousands of people in over 21 countries though online health teleseminars like The Most Pressing Secrets and Uses of Water. He is also the creator and co-author of "The Busy Person's Fitness Solution."

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2012年2月3日星期五

Getting Water Damage Invoices Past Insurance Adjusters

One of the most frustrating things about water restoration is getting a call from the adjuster saying your invoice is too high. During my 14 + years in the water restoration business I have gotten plenty of calls from adjusters saying that my price is too high on this dehumidifier or this fan, etc. This used to bug me until I learned the secret to prevent most of these calls, COMMUNICATION & DOCUMENTATION. Remember that the adjuster has to justify his work to his boss and as long as the price and scope of work can be justified then it will be paid.

Starting off the job on the right foot is important. You should always get a work authorization signed by the insured before starting work. A work authorization will allow some insurance companies to be able to pay you directly or at least get your name on the check.

Then as soon as the initial mitigation is performed, call the adjuster and let him/her know what you did. This can be done on the way back to your office. During this conversation just let the adjuster know what you saw when you arrived and what you decided to do about. During this conversation I generally try to steer away from talking about pricing. If they ask about it then I will talk about it, but for me this is more of an information phone call to the adjuster. At this point, usually the adjuster has not been there and so to call and inform him/her what is going on is my main objective.

Next, you should have an itemized invoice. The invoice should include your company name, address, (so they can send the check) and your Taxpayer Identification Number. Each room that work was performed in should be separate and have measurements down to the nearest inch. Then within each room list each item or piece of equipment. At this point it is good to comment on the items that are most questioned, such as cost of dehumidifiers, number of fans, extraction, etc. Place comments with the items, if your estimating software will let you, justifying why you charge what you do for a dehumidifier or why you had 3 fans in a 6 x 6 room. Anything that could be questioned comment on it. To me this is one of the most important parts of the invoicing process. Yes, it is time consuming but the adjuster will be able to see the reasoning behind the line item. This alone may prevent most calls.

Next include a copy of the signed work authorization and signed certificate of satisfaction. This not only shows that the customer was satisfied but that they authorized you to do the work. Make sure that your work authorization form includes a section in it that would allow the insurance company to be able to pay you directly. I, personally, had my lawyer look over my form to make sure it was accomplishing what I wanted it to accomplish. I would strongly suggest that you do the same no matter whether you got a generic form from somewhere or you came up with your own form.

Another tool that helps justify your bill to the adjuster is your daily humidity readings. You should be keeping the temperature, relative humidity, and grains (gpp) inside, outside, unaffected area, dehumidifier(s), and the HVAC. By doing this you will be able to learn about what is going on during the job. For example, several years ago we opened up a new refrigerant dehumidifier and took it straight to a job. When we got there and turned it on we started running our pshychrometric readings and discovered that there was a problem with the dehumidifier. It was great to find that out then and not the next day when we would have had a lot of evaporation and no dehumidification. Using the grain readings can also help you prove that the equipment was off, a door was opened that you wanted closed, a window got opened, etc. When this is used correctly then you can prove to the adjuster why you needed an extra day. Also make sure to include plenty of comments to go with your readings to help explain what you saw.

To go along with your daily humidity readings try including a graph from a data logger. Data loggers can be set to record the temperature and relative humidity as often as you would like. I like to set ours to record every minute and this gives you a good graph of what is happening on the job. When the job is complete then print the graph and turn it in with your invoice. Just like with your daily readings a graph will help prove what you saw happening on the job. (i.e. door left open, window open, equipment turned off, etc.) Taking an hour meter reading off your equipment at several points in the job can also help prove when things were not running and should be turned in as part of your documentation.

Kevin Pearson is a partner in Pearson Carpet Care. He has over 17 years experience in the cleaning and restoration business. He serves on several committees with the IICRC (Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification) and is on the board of directors of the PCRA (Professional Cleaning and Restoration Alliance). Kevin has dried building in Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana. He has extensive experience drying residential homes but has also dried office buildings, chemical plants, historical homes, Southern Methodist University, Stephen F. Austin State University, The Toyota Center (where the Houston Rockets play) and more.

You can contact him through their website http://www.pearsoncarpetcare.com

Kevin Pearson is a Master Cleaning Technician with the IICRC and has over 17 years experience in the carpet cleaning industry. Kevin is presently working on a committee to rewrite the carpet cleaning standards in our industry. Kevin also serves on the Board of Directors for the PCRA (Professional Cleaning and Restoration Association). For information Call Pearson Carpet Care at 281-548-7200 or visit our website at http://www.pearsoncarpetcare.com

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2012年1月31日星期二

How to Get Rid of Water Damage Mold

When water gets into certain areas of a home through a natural disaster like a flood, plumbing leak, or simple condensation from humid environments, it provides a breeding ground for mold to grow in your home. Water damage mold is a very common occurrence in homes where water has leaked or where moisture is allowed to remain on surfaces. If you stop cleaning your shower for a while, mold will begin to grow and spread throughout the shower.

While most mold is relatively harmless to most people, some molds are more toxic than other molds. Researchers have yet to determine conclusively that all mold is toxic. It is known that people who live in houses or spaces contaminated with mold tend to suffer more health problems. Apparently, some folks are just more likely to be affected by mold than others. Perhaps the genetic makeup of certain people tend to make their bodies more susceptible to mold.

Water Damage Mold Develops 24 to 48 Hours After Exposure to Water

Mold spores are literally everywhere, even in the air. So, it is fairly easy for mold spores to come in contact with just about any surface and begin to grow and spread to nearby surfaces. Proper, frequent cleaning usually gets rid of any mold spores on most surfaces. However, mold can get to unseen or hidden surfaces like inside walls, attics, or crawl spaces where it can grow and spread unabated. It's best to keep air conditioning on at all times in order to keep indoor humidity levels low. A dehumidifier will also help to maintain drier air inside living spaces.

If you live in an extremely humid climate or a place where temperature can go from cool to very hot every day for long periods, then water damage mold could present a big problem. Extreme temperature swings can cause moisture to condense and collect inside unseen spaces like walls and floors. Natural disasters like floods can cause extreme water damage to every part of a house. Every one of those surfaces exposed to water will provide the perfect breeding ground for mold to grow and spread.

You Need to Know More About Water Mold Damage

No, mold is not one of the world's most awful diseases. However, mold, and specifically water damage mold, can cause problems for those with already existing breathing challenges. Those with allergies, asthma, or even chronic respiratory issues may encounter some health problems when mold is present. Some folks who have lived in houses or worked in offices where mold or water damage mold is present may typically complain of frequent headaches, irritation to the eyes or throat, some folks may suffer even more severe allergic reactions. One thing you need to know for sure is if you have mold in your home or workplace because it may have an adverse affect on your health and the people around you.

Water Damage Mold: Why You Don't Need to Do-It-Yourself

It may be difficult to tell if you have a problem with mold in your home or workplace. The best thing to do is call in a professional water damage service or water damage cleanup company. These professionals deal with all sorts of mold problems everyday. They will have the equipment to determine if there is a mold problem. They also know where mold is likely to appear, grow, and spread.

A professional water damage service will likely have an infrared camera which can be used to look inside walls, under floors, and inside crawl spaces or attics. They will also likely have some type of moisture sensing device, or moisture meter which is useful for measuring the amount of moisture on surfaces. A boroscope may also be used to look into places and provide a view of spaces that could never be inspected otherwise. This device is basically a tiny camera on the end of a long, flexible tube. The boroscope is inserted through a tiny hole where the camera can get a closer inspection.

Most of the companies that handle water damage mold cleanup will likely provide a free inspection of the property. YellowPages.com is an excellent resource for getting help in your local area. Just look under the headings "damage restoration", "water damage service," or "mold remediation."

For more information on how to get rid of mold and water damage mold cleanup, check out these links:

Water Mold Damage Prevention

Water Damage Mold Cleanup and Prevention

Chris Belle's vast experiences in all types of businesses over the past 35 years give him a level of expertise matched by few experts. He has experience cleaning everything from massive sewage spills to eradicating mold from a simple shower stall.

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2012年1月15日星期日

How to Clean Up After Water Damage and Do I Need a Professional?

Within minutes..

Water spreads quickly to additional areas, rapidly increasing the scope and cost of the loss. Stains from furniture can dye carpet permanently. Paper goods are damaged by moisture absorption and warping.

Within hours...

Furniture in direct contact with water swells or splits. Drywall swells and disintegrates; paneling warps. Odor becomes an issue.

Within days..

Mold develops, along with the characteristic "musty" odor. Sensitive components in pianos and organs swell and malfunction with elevated humidity. Metal surfaces begin to corrode. Doors and window casings swell and distort or delaminate. Wood decking, joists and studs begin to swell, warp and split. Electronic components malfunction due to moisture condensation. Allergic reactions escalate.

Within weeks..

Mold discolors and destroys organic materials (jute backings, paper coverings on drywall, paneling, wood). Structural wood warps and splits, while chemicals in wood dissolve and discolor or destroy finishes. Costs escalate dramatically as the requirement for gutting the structure and replacing components becomes necessary. Health hazards are everywhere. Building Occupants may be required to leave their property due to safety and health hazards. Children & the elderly are at higher risk due to weaker immune systems

This is an incredibly technical field of study with constantly evolving technologies that allow professionals to dry buildings completely within 2-3 days with little or no demolition with CLEAN WATER. Typically water damage is far more progressive than what is visible without special tools (thermal cameras, moisture meters and hygrometers are crucial).

Any water other than category 1 "clean" water has completely different protocols and major health hazards will likely be present (and made worse) if the steps needed are not taken. There should be no need to "disinfect" carpet in a clean water loss. You cannot truly sanitize a porous surface such as carpet and you do not need to apply chemicals if the water is from a clean source and dried within 24-48 hours (thorough cleaning is all that is required). In states such as Maine if a company applies disinfectants or antimicrobials they need to be a licensed Master pesticide applicator or risk stiff fines.

To dry carpet, sub floor, hardwood & walls QUICKLY WITHOUT MOLD requires very specialized equipment(often a heat drying application), a sound understanding of temperature/humidity control and moisture meters to measure moisture content to verify that materials have been dried properly. These situations should only be handled by a certified, highly experienced technician.

Time is a huge factor and MANY water damage situations do not require professional help. If there is concrete flooring with glue down carpet, or floor tiles over concrete with little or no wall damage with clean water then a person can certainly handle their own water loss with the right equipment, desire and a little training.

To dry a structure with sub floor, drywall, padded carpet, plaster, hardwood floors, behind cabinets, in a crawlspace or large area it could very well mean permanent loss of property value, refusal of insurance coverage and serious health risk to occupants.

Reputable contractors warranty their work for at least 3-5 years, have liability and pollution insurance, hold IICRC certifications, provide a thorough water damage report when work concludes (we provide a 25 page report documenting everything that takes place including all of the temperature, humidity and moisture readings), have good references and yes will charge for their services like any other professional. The Better Business Bureau is a good resource as well.

Like any professional, liability is a huge factor, the average company will likely have several hundred thousand dollars in specialized equipment, a team of certified professionals with years of experience and tools to determine (and show you) the extent of damages both visible and hidden.

And lastly, there is a reason insurance companies suggest calling in a restoration firm. And not because they want to spend thousands of unnecessary dollars. It is because we save them thousands and thousands of unnecessary dollars. These savings come from rapid drying which can prevent the need for demolition, preventing mold growth, preventing bacterial development, preventing law suits and getting the home owners back in the area quickly and safely.

Another major factor is documentation and warranties. When a property is sold you must disclose water losses or risk major law suits. When handled properly by professionals this is no problem. You have the documentation and we are only a phone call away.

In Summary yes, many small water damage situations do not require the cost of professional restoration firms. However when needed we can be an invaluable resource to you in your time of need.

Robert York (General Manager)
Octagon Cleaning & Restoration
Windham ME
Master Applicator
IICRC Certified Technician
http://octagonrestoration.com/water_damage.html
Water Damage

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