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What kind of equipment should you buy? Should you buy new or used equipment? Find out how to sell used equipment, and what kind of repairs and maintenance to prioritize. First Choice will answer some of your burning questions and provide you with up-to-date information about the industry’s new technologies and trends. First Choice Drying Equipment provides tips, advice, and updated information about the restoration industry on this blog. We’ll also provide information about how to spot trouble with a water damage project and let you know how to order our drying equipment.
Why Is Differentiation Important?
In a land where there are around 75,000 mitigation and restoration contractors in the US, each performs their work by doing similar services. We all extract water approximately the same way. Fire and Smoke remediation is also very much the same. Even mold abatement is...
What’s Your Problem?
You need to see what the problem is made of - before trying to solve it. So many restoration contractors, (and even marketers) tend to dive into the issue without considering what’s really needed. We’ve had contractors call us for equipment or supplies and often...
Sizing A Job Correctly – Use The Right Equipment
We get phone calls all the time asking how much drying equipment we should put on the water-damaged property. So many contractors don’t know whether the equipment they plan to use will be supported by the available electric system. First – let’s address the amount...
Maintenance After A CAT
You had a very successful run during the Hurricane. So now what? Aside from recouping your expenses, which I hope you have done, and aside from collecting all of your invoices, you used a lot of equipment for a few weeks. And they really did get used heavily during...
Prepare Your Equipment for Winter
By Beth Hinton Winter, Snow and Ice, and potential damage to your restoration equipment should be on the agenda if you live in the northern regions of the US. Below are several tips and suggestions to properly prepare your restoration and cleaning equipment for this...
Doing Restoration Work Post Pandemic
By Beth Hinton In case you didn’t realize it, doing restoration work today is uniquely different than it was before the Covid-19 scare. Our world has changed significantly since 2019 and we need to recognize that it’s no longer business as usual – like it was prior to...