1. The most critical course of action in restorative drying is to
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and begin S as soon as possible.: Respondquickly,mitigation S S S S S S S
2. All restorers should follow the standard of carte for the water restoration pro-
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fession developed by the restoration industry entitled the IICRC
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3. The goal of the restoration process is to transform an abnormally wet, poten- tially
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damaged structure into an environment that can be reoccupied, of equal or better
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appearance and cleanliness than before the intrusion occurred and to do so in the
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most
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4. affected materials are evaluated against three criteria to determine if they S S S S S S S S S S
S should be restored or replaced. The three criteria are:: Contamination,Damage,Replace- ment
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amount of moisture absorbed by the material is
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6. Dryingprocessisnotedduringdailymonitoringvisits.Therestorerasks"Is it
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drying?"whilecomparingtwosetsofdata.Thefirstandthesecondsetsof data,
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recordedonamonitoringreport,reflecttheimpactofthedryingerffort on the
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affected materials over a
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7. ifmaterials are not drying the restorer must re-evaluate the equipment, systems
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Sand processes. The current system is not working. The restorer must re-
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evaluate the equipment, systems and processes and S hisorher S S S S S S S S
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levels. The restorer must constantly ask "Is it done?" during the monitoring process.
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Thismeanstherestorermustknowwhat"done"is.Thematerialsmust be compared
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, 9. It is important that restoration processes and procedures are carefully eval-
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Suatedtoensurethattheyareappropriate.Becauseeveryjobisunique,the
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approach should also be
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