The 24-Hour Tech

The 24-Hour Tech
Author: Andrew G. Mccabe
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 58
Release: 2015-03-27
Genre:
ISBN: 9781511495561

The 24-Hour Tech is a training manual for those in the water damage or "restoration" field. This manual walks the reader through the 20-Step Mitigation Process. It is intended as a complete training manual for new Water Damage Technicians who wish to quickly learn how to properly document insurance losses involving water damage. Andrew McCabe developed this process over years of water damage claims experience. He still uses it today in his consulting practice - Claims Delegates. If you want to learn quickly how to properly document and perform water damage mitigation, without paying for an expensive certification class, The 24-Hour Tech is perfect for you. The process and manual are also the perfect complement to recent grads of WRT or ASD training classes. You may understand HOW to dry a structure, but The 24-Hour Tech teaches you how to get PAID by insurance companies. The system is designed to flow directly into the Xactimate estimating software used by 90% of the insurance claims world.

Repairing Your Flooded Home

Repairing Your Flooded Home
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 60
Release: 2010
Genre: Buildings
ISBN:

When in doubt, throw it out. Don't risk injury or infection. 2: Ask for help. Many people can do a lot of the cleanup and repairs discussed in this book. But if you have technical questions or do not feel comfortable doing something, get professional help. If there is a federal disaster declaration, a telephone "hotline" will often be publicized to provide information about public, private, and voluntary agency programs to help you recover from the flood. Government disaster programs are there to help you, the taxpayer. You're paying for them; check them out. 3: Floodproof. It is very likely that your home will be flooded again someday. Floodproofing means using materials and practices that will prevent or minimize flood damage in the future. Many floodproofing techniques are inexpensive or can be easily incorporated into your rebuilding program. You can save a lot of money by floodproofing as you repair and rebuild (see Step 8).

The DIY Blacksmithing Book

The DIY Blacksmithing Book
Author: Terran Marks
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-06-13
Genre: Blacksmithing
ISBN: 9781514338162

How to build a forge, spend less on an anvil, and start blacksmithing over the weekend.Want to learn how to blacksmith, but don't know where to start? Is the idea of setting up your own shop causing you to feel overwhelmed? You already know that blacksmithing is one of the least expensive trades as well as one of the most impressive once you know how to do it. The problem? You need to know where to start. In The DIY Blacksmithing Book, you'll get a step-by-step plan laid out for you along with resources and suggestions for ways to do it all on your own terms for less money. STOP before you spend $2000 on a forge and anvil alone!There are much cheaper ways to find a makeshift anvil and build your own forge. If you're a true DIYer, you'll be able to put the steps laid out in this book into action over the weekend. Follow the 7 Step Plan for Getting Set Up FastYou'll learn to: - Source anvils, create your own, and avoid ASOs (anvil-shaped objects).- Harden and temper steel for use in knife and tool making.- Finish your pieces with both traditional and modern techniques.- Locate the best deals on hammers on tongs.- Find steel suppliers and know what type of metal to ask for.- Set up a backyard forge with materials you already have available.- Build your own coal forge for less than $50.Would you like to know more?Pick up The DIY Blacksmithing Book and start setting up your forge TODAY. Scroll to the top of the page and select the 'Buy Button.'

Insurance Restoration Contracting

Insurance Restoration Contracting
Author: Paul Bianchina
Publisher:
Total Pages: 637
Release: 2011
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9781572182394

Insurance restoration the repair of buildings damaged by water, fire, smoke, storms, and other disasters is an exciting and challenging field of construction. It also offers contractors lucrative work that's immune to economic downturns pipes still break, buildings still burn, and trees are still blown over, regardless of the economy. And with the insurance companies funding the repairs, your payment is virtually guaranteed. But not just anyone can repair fire- and water-damaged buildings. You need the knowledge and the equipment to get the job done right, and that's what this book is all about. From understanding fire repairs and smoke odors to restorative drying methods, mold remediation, and handling contents, you'll not only learn how to provide top-notch property and content restoration services, but also how to become the person homeowners and insurance companies turn to first in an emergency putting yourself first in line for all the best jobs.

Be Intentional

Be Intentional
Author: Jonathan Isaacson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2020-08-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9781735622705

What is this book about?This book will help sharpen your senses for taking on greater challenges in your professional development. The value of this book is in setting the right growth mindset for approaching insurance repairs and developing habits that will lead you down the path of success with the resources available to you. * If you are new to estimating property damage repairs, this book will help you to form a much better understanding of the framework for clear and consistent estimates. * If you have been using working in property restoration and using Xactimate for a while but have been frustrated with poor results, this book will help you correct many of those bad habits that commonly plague poorly structured teams. * If you are an adjuster or a claims review professional, this will help you understand the estimating dynamics and will be a tool that will help you better converse with restoration professionals. ?* If one of your responsibilities is to train estimators and/or build a team, this book will help you to present the foundational information to your team members and will provide them with resources that will supplement your hands on training.

How to Build a Water Damage Restoration Business

How to Build a Water Damage Restoration Business
Author: T. K. Johnson
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2015-11-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781519563149

In clear, easy-to-grasp language, the author covers many of the topics that you will need to know in order to launch and run a successful business venture.

Painter's Handbook

Painter's Handbook
Author: William McElroy
Publisher: Craftsman Book Company
Total Pages: 326
Release: 1987
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 9780934041287

This complete guide explains what painters and paint contractors need to know to thrive in the paint contracting business. It's loaded with how-to information you'll use every day when preparing surfaces for coating, applying paints, bidding jobs and running your paint contracting company: Doing Professional Quality Work: Selecting the right tools, preparing all types of surfaces. Tips for repainting kitchens, bathrooms, cabinets, eaves and porches, handling new construction, getting good results from your airless spray rig, and much more Paint Problems and Their Cure: Why coatings fail, testing for blisters, chalking, poor adhesion and condensation, removing all types of stains, what to do about voids, skips, holidays, pulls, wrinkles, color changes, gloss spots, streaks, yellowing, peeling, alligatoring, powdering, chipping, checking, cracking, fish eyes, graining, roller stipple, water stains and fire damage.Using the Right Paint and Color: Avoiding paint oxidation, chalking, and fading, creating special effects, using stains, varnishes, lacquer, shellac, plastics, preservatives and primers, avoiding customer complaints about color match, tried and true color schemes for every job, cutting costs by mixing your own colors, making touch-ups blend in perfectly.Setting Up Your Business: Selecting your area and specialty, where to get start-up cash and how much you need, protecting yourself with insurance, controlling expenses, staying legal, getting top value for your advertising dollar, typical budgets for paint contractors, keeping your paperwork straight, tracking job expenses.Finding Your Gravy Train: Over 30 profitable specialty painting businesses you shouldconsider, how to sell the job, estimating areas, material quantities and labor costs for walls, overhangs, gables, molding, trim doors and windows.

SEO Made Easy

SEO Made Easy
Author: Evan Bailyn
Publisher: Pearson Education
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2013-12-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0789751232

'SEO Made Easy' is a practical, actionable, plain-English guide to modern search engine optimisation. Building on his global best-seller 'Outsmarting Google', renowned search/social marketer Evan Bailyn focuses on SEO as a foundation for successful entrepreneurship, reflecting his own experience as an eight-time entrepreneur and as the creator of websites that have attracted millions of unique visitors per month

Leadership in Restorative Drying, 4th Edition

Leadership in Restorative Drying, 4th Edition
Author: Wls Csds Ken Larsen Cr
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
Total Pages: 534
Release: 2014-04
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9781457529016

DO YOU BELIEVE EXCEPTIONAL DRYING RESULTS START WITH SCIENTIFICALLY SOUND UNDERSTANDINGS? Of course you do Drying success is not solely the result of the tool you buy or the certificate on your wall. A adrying goda emerges when they apply the physics that drive water to change phase from a solid or liquid to a gas and understand how to assess, manipulate and control the water molecule a regardless of its phase. However, over the course of 3 decades, compromises in accuracy and agenda driven messages have found their way into some formal education programs and even the industry Standards. These compromises and flawed messages are well documented, yet they are persistently taught as fact to the innocent students and even the consuming public and insurance representatives. Structural restorative drying leaders identify and reject such propaganda and compromises. Leadership in Restorative Drying is the first comprehensive resource guide to clearly identify several of the scientific errors that permeate the structural restorative drying industry, and substitute it with easy to understand explanations and descriptions. What results? Leaders in restorative drying services are able to engineer an effective drying protocol that accommodates ALL drying strategies a refrigerant dehumidification, desiccant dehumidification, heaters, air movement / exchangea why a even the choice to open a window. It's not the tool that dries the structurea it's the restorer's skill in the use of their tools. Courageous leaders are invited to read this book. Stand up and be identified as a bearer of accurate information. Lead in your marketplace. - What REALLY dictates the rate of evaporation? (You may be surprised ) - Do you have a drying plan that defines your daily drying objectives in your drying strategy? - Drying is not entirely about psychrometry (Does that make you a heretic?) - Scientific principles and formulas that dictate how much air movement you need. (This WILL surprise you ) - What's the trick to drying dense materials like wood and concrete? (It's not a specific tool) - Multi-million dollar drying jobs. How are they managed? *NEW: Be ready for the new ideas described in the next edition of the ANSI / IICRC S500 Standard and Reference Guide to Professional Water Damage Restoration. Many are considered within this book. *NEW: An education road-map that creates a solid career and a loyal employee. *NEW: How is restorative drying aleadershipa developed? (Competence is not defined solely by speed ) *NEW: Psychrometry is now explained with vastly improved visual aids *NEW: Have you heard about atriple pointa? (It's the key to vacuum freeze drying success) *NEW: aHeat drying strategiesa and accountabilities. (Have you considered all your risks?) *NEW: Does amorea equipment/energy] always produce faster drying? (Not according to the studies out there.) *NEW: Can you show your customer how a desiccant can sometimes] be a more cost effective approach to drying than an LGR? *NEW: There is an industry that is up to ten times larger than insurance related drying - and they need your skills This 530 page, high quality, full-color book improves upon the industry's only teaching guide that has been approved for use in all three IICRC WRT, ASD and CDS classes. This book has been recommended reading material for those who wish to attain ACAC CSDR and CSDS certification, the RIA's WLS and CR program, as well as those seeking a degree from Purdue University with a concentration in disaster restoration. The information in this book assists every"