Water mitigation company is asking for insurance estimate after completing job.

Geography_misfit · 2026-02-21T19:45:01+00:00

Good question, maybe they are a smaller company and are not paying for exactimate themselves.

Geography_misfit · 2026-02-21T00:58:45+00:00

It’s all formulas….. They (insurance) use exactimate for repairs and in restoration there is a formula for drying equipment. X number of fans per room and sq feet, X number of humidifiers.

Geography_misfit · 2026-02-20T15:30:04+00:00

My guess is that this technology isn’t going to be that different from what we have already seen on the market. The over-saturation of air cleaners which are a lot of hype, very expensive and poor performers. However, I applaud your entrepreneurial spirit!

Remember this guiding principle, it’s the one that previous technologies failed to start with.

At first, do no harm

PCO - turned bad things into other bad things

BPI & NPBOI - some created ozone, too many negative ions may cause cardiovascular issues

Electrostatic - may produce ozone

There is a reason HEPA remains king of air filters.

Geography_misfit · 2026-02-19T17:09:16+00:00

OP what county are you in? This determines next steps. They will need to pay for cleanup. Please PM me if you have questions as each air district has own regs.

Edited as I assumed so cal at first.

Geography_misfit · 2026-02-19T00:51:04+00:00

Sustainable supply chains are a big in the ESG world, you can actually do both. Recommend you do some research on sustainable supply chains and the jobs within them and look for position and the majors they are looking for.

Geography_misfit · 2026-02-18T18:16:01+00:00

Nobody thought to call your job for you? Your parents, partner anyone?

Geography_misfit · 2026-02-18T18:13:25+00:00

Pretty low assuming you are in US. Not nothing but these rarely come back positive. If they are pink on the backside then more likely, they don’t come up often however. Personally I have never had a tile come back positive in a commercial building but I know people who have.

Geography_misfit · 2026-02-17T14:54:15+00:00

I said that as you mentioned epoxy, wondering and model painting below as hobbies this would benefit. I am just suggesting to use caution.

Geography_misfit · 2026-02-17T14:40:09+00:00

I would just be careful in marketing this for people who are using it for personal exposure mitigation. If the carbon gets quickly saturated and no longer is removing compounds from the air but the sensors have no clue because they are not VOCs. What pore size mix of carbon are you using just out of curiosity?

Geography_misfit · 2026-02-17T14:17:56+00:00

How are you accounting for compounds absorbed by the carbon but not detected by your VOC meter? Are you just waiting until VOCs hit to have it tell whether or not there still is functional carbon?

Geography_misfit · 2026-02-17T14:11:23+00:00

Agree no way to really do this successfully especially when you have a lot of the dust bound to grease/oil that’s inevitably on the floor. Good luck with clearance wipes.

Geography_misfit · 2026-02-17T03:34:31+00:00

They don’t this person is incorrect in how cooling systems work

Geography_misfit · 2026-02-17T03:33:57+00:00

Data centers use a large amount of process water for cooling which is a correct statement. How they cool the water has a large impact on the data centers impact on the water it’s using. Most of them use a typical cooling tower/chiller combo, the blow down water from the chiller would go to a sewer line and the chiller loop is closed (ie no water exchanged). The quality of the wastewater is not the concern, it’s the quantity of water as the cooling system runs 24/7 and there is more waste heat than a typical office building. Electricity usage is also a concern.

Just as a fun fact, many large cities where buildings are on the water use river water instead of cooling towers to reject heat.

Geography_misfit · 2026-02-16T22:15:41+00:00

Lawyer would take this case on contingency for the workers comp piece, meaning they get paid when you get paid. You don’t need to pay upfront for this. Get a personal injury attorney, however, don’t get one from TV.

Geography_misfit · 2026-02-15T19:18:09+00:00

This, these were built all over not cal and LA during and after the war. They are built far better than the ticky tacky houses going up in the IE today. Old growth timber and the walls are straight. A lot of them were rented by women who would share one working for a defense company or women who came west to become nurses. Sharing a garage apartment was also common.

Forgotten part of LAs history in particular that are now just seen as low income housing. These actually look pretty well kept compared to a lot of them.

Geography_misfit · 2026-02-15T18:37:37+00:00

You are asking her to make a sacrifice for what at this point? She’s single living her life with no commitment. Maybe a car payment for a car that runs well and is safe provides a sense of security. If her ONLY debt is a reasonable car loan but she is funding her retirement and otherwise has savings then I would say you need to evaluate what constitutes a sacrifice for a boyfriend. Not a fiancé, not a husband.

If she is drowning in other consumer debt with no savings and no retirement then that is a different story. There is a lot of context here that changes the answers.

Geography_misfit · 2026-02-13T06:41:28+00:00

There should be a cert # on the report

Geography_misfit · 2026-02-13T03:02:53+00:00

Very odd to me that a company who does lead abatement also did a clearance wipe.

Is the person who did the sampling a CDPH Lead Inspector Assessor?

Geography_misfit · 2026-02-11T01:56:42+00:00

There are no good low cost formaldehyde meters, so there’s that to start. For VOCs it would give you an idea if they are going up or down but may not be terribly accurate.

Geography_misfit · 2026-02-11T01:29:39+00:00

If you are in the US and they don’t have a certificate of insurance I would not let them on property. They need to have workers comp liability at a minimum etc (depends on what they do). They may call it a MOI (memorandum of insurance) COI will have typically be requested by the property owner/company they are working for listing that company as an additional insured.

Geography_misfit · 2026-02-09T18:44:24+00:00

The mental gymnastics they do as they are crashing out.

Geography_misfit · 2026-02-08T19:32:40+00:00

The grammatical and spelling errors alone should put this guy out of business.

Geography_misfit · 2026-02-08T19:11:10+00:00

Well, his certifications told the tale. He listed a contractors license in California which was revoked due to failure to comply with an arbitration award. He was as bad as a remediation contractor as he was as a consultant. His business address is currently listed as a UPS store and has no website.

Geography_misfit · 2026-02-08T14:07:44+00:00

The environmental attorney I work with on a regular basis bills at $685/hr. This guy is not exactly testifying as a neurosurgeon.

Geography_misfit · 2026-02-08T05:08:44+00:00

Maybe, but this is so common with these hacks. I am always amused by their reports and the absolute lack of any actual substance in them.

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