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UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: JetVac Cleaning on February 15, 2014, 10:59:14 am

Title: Flood restoration
Post by: JetVac Cleaning on February 15, 2014, 10:59:14 am
How hard is flood restoration work. Is it just a case of getting the building dry and making the repairs? Is there any courses available? This is something I think is going to be an ongoing problem in this country
Title: Re: Flood restoration
Post by: B Bailey on February 15, 2014, 04:50:09 pm
National flood school in Farnham
Title: Re: Flood restoration
Post by: BDCS on February 15, 2014, 05:10:31 pm
I would have they would have applicants flooding in at the moment  ;D You'll be wading through stacks of course work  ;D Its a good course but the lecturer is a bit dry  ;D
Title: Re: Flood restoration
Post by: Blast Away on February 15, 2014, 07:57:06 pm
I would have they would have applicants flooding in at the moment  ;D You'll be wading through stacks of course work  ;D Its a good course but the lecturer is a bit dry  ;D

Wetting myself!  ;D
Title: Re: Flood restoration
Post by: John Kelly on February 15, 2014, 08:55:06 pm
Its very stressfull. The paperwork is unrelenting as you are dealing with loss adjusters and insurers who have strict timescales for visits reports etc. You are also constantly dealing with emotional people who have lost their homes and sometimes in fires have lost pets and even family members. I did it for 20 years but packed in last March to concentrate on my supply business. I don't miss it. Even though the rates have been slashed over recent years it can still be a good earner.
Training is essential as mistakes can be costly. If you dry a building and issue a drying certificate which is then re-instated and a few weeks or months later mould appears, if it wasn't dried properly the drying company is liable. That can mean a complete re-stripout and further drying. One job I got called in to sort out cost the restoration company £88,000.