February 28th, 2012

What happened on this date in History?

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Drying a Race Track

One of many drying trucks used at NASCAR

On Television looks pretty cool, a dozen trucks side by side (staggered) driving around the track to get it race ready.

ServiceMaster YELLOW Van

When you want it done right, call ServiceMaster Clean, have the Yellow van parked in your driveway.

Air Movers

Need to dry Fast?   Air movers strategically placed help to reach your dry standard faster.

ready for placement

Fire photo of the Week

Thursday Fire photo of the week.




Heat, smoke & soot...oh my, Heat, soke & soot..oh my

We can fix that.

Happy Birthday Kathy

Happy Birthday wishes to Kathy  of ServiceMaster of Salt Lake  & Servicemaster Cleaning  in Utah county

One of the hardest working people I know ( She's working today at Spring workshops  for ServiceMaster Clean along with Bob (owners of Servicemaster of Salt lake) on her birthday....)

So  HAPPY Birthday from the office and crew's back in Salt Lake




Happy Birthday song...ready   sing.



Blue Man Group says Happy Birthday with this special tribute.

Kapone says Happy Birthday and thank you for sending a crew to clean up after me.

Soot, smoke & heat....part of fire loss

When a fire disaster happens, its bad enough the loss from burned items. It's secondary damage that can make the loss greater. Heat, smoke & soot  will also be part of  a loss.  Soot being blown through the house HVAC system, smoke filling the house and heat melting common items.



Heat damge, melts fake plants.



Soot, smoke, heat damage.

Call   ServiceMASTER of Salt Lake, your experts at disaster, fire cleanup and restoration.

In Place Drying.......Fast Evaporation

(air movers not placed yet)

When performing in-place drying, more airmovers are needed for fast evaporation.

• In a class 2 or class 3 water loss, air movers are placed every 10'-16'  along the wall.  ( if you use metric  3-4 m) along the wall.
• Air movers are directed toward the wall at a 15° to 45° angle, depending upon the type of air mover.
• The air mover snout will almost touch the wall, which means within 1"  (again,  if you are metric- 2.5 cm ) of the wall but not rubbing it.

All air movers ins each area will face the same direction, whether clockwise or counter-clockwise, to ensure that air movers are not pushing against each other .

Portable Desiccant:

• Use for difficult to dry situations, such as difficult class 4 losses.
• Use if a structure cannot be warmed to a temperature where LGRs would be effective

LGR Dehumidifier

LGR-  Low Grain Refrigerant

• Use in most residential , small commercial situations.
• Good for warm/high humidity conditions.
•  Adequate for drier conditions down to 34 gpp

How do you determine which Dehumidifier to use

LGR ?

Portable Desiccant?

Conventional?

Valentines Day & Clean Carpets

Valentines Day & Clean Carpets.  Yes it's valentines day again. What did you get for your Valentines?

Roses ?

What about a clean carpet?

CLEAN CARPET!

Kapone says a clean carpet is the best choice.

Call our office today to setup your appointment.

What is This ?

Can anyone tell me what this is?

What is it doing?

Broken water line and Ice

Unexpected disasters around the home are always stressful. ServiceMASTER of Salt Lake is prepared to help you through the cleanup, restorations and generally just getting your home and life back to normal.

If you have a water line break due to freezing temperatures and come home to this..

ServiceMASTER of Salt Lake  is ready to help.  Damage to the interior of home? No problem, ServiceMASTER of Salt Lake can clean up, dry out and help with any restoration or construction need.

SLC 801-506-0027

Mold

Mold after a flood.



 ServiceMaster of Salt Lake  is here to help.

ServiceMASTER  of Salt Lake has certified -Applied Microbial Remediation  technicians  ready to respond.

Call our office at  801-506-0027 (Salt Lake) in Utah County 801-356-7105

 certification by  thecleantrust     (aka IICRC )

Fire

Nobody expects it to happen, most people are not prepared when it happens to them. If can start from a small crease splatter, embers from a fire place. Careless smokers leaving their burning tube of death in an ashtray (smoking in bed)    FIRE

(no one was injured in this fire)

What do you do if disaster happens in your home? ServiceMASTER of Salt lake and ServiceMASTER Cleaning in Utah county  has the qualified, expert teams to respond- from initial response to cleanup, pack out and content cleaning. Tell your insurance provider you prefer the longest standing disaster restoration  ServiceMaster in Utah to perform all the work.

SLC 801-506-0031  Utah county  801-356-7105

FLOOD

ServiceMASTER of Salt lake  is ready to to your aid when disaster happens. Broken water line fill your basement with water. Give us a call, tell your insurance adjuster you prefer  ServiceMASTER of Salt Lake for all Disaster Restoration work.

ServiceMASTER of Salt Lake & ServiceMASTER Cleaning in Utah County can help bring peace of mind in stressful situations like this.

Salt Lake in a few days..Inversion & clean carpets

Give it a few more days and this is what the valley will look like from top of Little Cottonwood



Inversion- Salt Lake Valley

If you have been thinking of getting your carpets cleaned after that big Super Bowl Party, and need to escape the valley inversion.  Call us to do the cleaning while you enjoy the warm sun and clean air. When you return home your home will be looking like new again.

who you gonna call... ServiceMASTER of Salt Lake  801-506-0031

Inversion Salt Lake City

The Skies are bright blue and Sunny today, but you can look out the window and see the brown haze forming into a new inversion.

Evaporation

What is Evaporation and how does it affect drying when recovering from a water loss?

We always want to remove as much water as possible in flood situation. One way is through Evaporation.all the standing water has been removed but there is moisture in material and air, this is when we want to increase evaporation to speed the drying process.

Evaporation will increase when

• Wet materials are made warmer.
• When drier air is used, and
• When air is moved more rapidly across the wet surface.

This is when you will see us place air movers and dehumidifiers, being that when water is evaporated , the water vapor is removed by dehumidification or ventilation.

The Ground Hog saw his Shadow

On the local news this morning they broke away for breaking news story... From Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania       Punxsutawney Phil declared.... "As I look at the crowd on Gobbler's Knob  Many shadows do I see   So six more weeks of winter I see."      thanks Phil




Well then...If we don't get any snow soon here in Salt Lake City....it's no Winter at all  unless like last year we are cold wet and snow in March & April

GPP

Grains Per Pound


a way to measure water vapor in the air. Also know as humidity ratio.  The weight of water in a given weight of air ( a pound of dry air)