Cleanfax, April 2019
TECHNICAL TIP RUGS AND FLOODS Textile Triage During a Water Loss It can be difficult to know which water damaged rugs are salvageable and which must go These on site techniques will prepare your team BY LISA WAGNER W hen a home fl oods and professionals are called out to attempt to save the structure and its contents it is rare that one of the teams areas of expertise will be oriental and area rugs Th e wet rug in the family room may be worth a hundred dollars or a hundred thousand dollars Th e rug might be an easy to replace contemporary piece or a rare and antique piece of textile art In the middle of the chaos usually in the middle of the night the rugs may be the last concern of those tackling the job of saving this home However when a rug is a memory from a past trip or an heirloom handed down through family generations saving this rug may be the one bright spot in the middle of a very dark and damp disaster APR 2019 cleanfax com 35
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