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11/22/2011

Seeking for the Best Air Conditioning Services

Air conditioners these days are no longer just luxuries in getting by warm summers or cold winters, but are now considered as necessities being used almost every day, at any given time of the year. Because of the demands of use, it can be very challenging if these cooling equipments go down and malfunction. In order to assure that they work all year long, hiring and looking for the right air conditioning services is essential to keep your home or business as cool and as comfortable as possible, without the need to spend too much money and burning your pocket.


How can you assure yourself that the service you will be getting is dependable? First of all, you need to look for air conditioning services that can be available during not only business hours, but also can assist customers at any day, even on holidays, all year long. They should have a team that can cater calls 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to make sure that even when your unit breaks down in the middle of the night, that someone can come to your place and have it fixed right then and there, arriving in the fastest time possible.

Another thing that should be sought for reliable and trustworthy air conditioning services are professionals and technicians that know how to establish a working relationship with their clients, being friendly, approachable, and easy to get along with. These people should also be qualified and certified in repairing air conditioning units, to make sure that your unit can be fixed with no additional liabilities or concerns. Exposure with various brands, models, and types of cooling devices is also a plus, as knowledge in this particular field lessens installation time and increases the productivity of the technician that fixes the unit.

Even though services are more essential when it comes to air conditioners, it should also be considered that the company offering air conditioning services have a steady reputation that can be counted on. Why is this vital? In occasions that certain parts are needed to be replaced, others are taking advantage of providing cheaper parts, instead of original-quality parts that should be used in the first pace. A considerate and professional service provider can go through lengths of offering an instant quotation to make sure that you, as an owner, know how much it will cost you to have your cooling unit be serviced, repaired, or maintained.

11/09/2011

Water Damage Restoration: Classification

Water damage could start as small as water spot that can mar a surface and could be as threatening as floods. However it occurs. Water damage restoration is very there to rescue your property and to normal life. Within our homes and commercial complexes, almost everything is badly affected because of the water damage. Not many insurance companies provide much relief in the damage to the property, therefore it is better to save as much as possible.


Classes of Water Damage losses are determined by the rate of evaporation based on the type of materials affected by water damage to your property. Determining the Class of Water is an important first step, and will determine the amount and type of equipment utilized to restore your property. There are four IICRC water damage classifications, they are as follows:

Class 1 Water Damage - Slow Evaporation Rate: Water losses that affect only part of a room or area, or losses with lower permeance/porosity materials (e.g., plywood, particle board, structural wood, VCT, concrete). Little or no wet carpet or padding is present. Minimum moisture is absorbed by materials, releasing moisture slowly.
Class 2 Water Damage - Fast Evaporation Rate: Water losses that affect an entire room or carpet and cushion. Water has wicked up walls 12" - 24”. There is moisture remaining in structural materials (e.g., plywood, particleboard, structural wood, concrete).
Class 3 Water Damage - Fastest Evaporation Rate: Water may have come from overhead. Ceilings, walls, insulation, carpet, cushion and sub-floor in the entire area are saturated.
Class 4 Water Damage - Specialty Drying Situations: These consist of wet materials with very low permeance/porosity (hardwood, plaster, brick, concrete, stone, crawlspace). Typically, there are deep pockets of saturation, which requires very low specific humidity.

Water Damage, under the IICRC's S-500 Standard and Reference Guide for Professional Water Damage Restoration, has been broken off into three categories. These categories are based upon the level of contamination present, or presumed present, in the source water (see Water Damage Restoration: Knowing Categories)

Water damage, whether through flood, weather or leakage, can easily derail the life off the normal track with lot of damage to the property. What should we do, when it occurs, remains a question of many as most of us lack the skills to deal with water damage.
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