• Water Damage Restoration • Mold Remediation & Prevention • Moisture Inspection • Odor Removal • Structural Drying • Reconstruction Services • Equipment Rental • Fire & Soot Damage Restoration • Hardwood Floor Drying     Water Damage Restoration   Rainstorms, sewer back-ups, broken pipes and plumbing malfunctions are just some of the water related emergencies that can strike at anytime day or night. Quick response to such events is crucial. Practical experience along with the use of proper instrumentation to identify effected areas and a complete inventory of drying equipment is essential to properly performing water mitigation. With our 24-hour emergency service, our certified technicians can be on site to evaluate the situation and get the environment under control. The reduction of humidity and control of temperature levels will help prevent secondary damage such as swelling, splitting, delamination, absorption or fungal growth. Maui Fire & Flood is equipped with large Truck-mount extractors, pumps and portable extraction equipment. Upon arrival at the site, the extent of the damage is immediately assessed using a thermal infrared camera, a variety of meters and visual inspection. The information we gather helps us devise a comprehensive drying plan. With the proper balance of dehumidification, air movement and temperature manipulation, moisture is forced from the wet structure and contents. The job site is monitored and readings documented daily. Successful completion is verified through a variety of moisture detecting instruments and a visual inspection. These procedures allow Maui Fire & Flood to thoroughly, quickly and efficiently dry all effected areas. Sewage and Flood Damage: Raw sewage and floodwaters contain bacteria and other microorganisms that are extremely hazardous to human health. These can be transmitted by touching contaminated items or by tracking them into uncontaminated areas on shoes. Children, the elderly and pets are especially vulnerable. Absorbent materials such as carpeting and drywall may not be restorable after direct contact with sewage-contaminated or category 3 flood-contaminated water.   Mold Remediation & Prevention   Mold is recognized by the EPA as one of the leading indoor air quality contaminants. Because of this everything relative to a mold remediation project must be approached with the utmost concern and comprehensiveness. When ever you deal with mold your concern shifts from the property your working on to the health and safety of the individuals occupy the property. In an essence a mold project is more about human life than the property. Our technicians are very proficient at building a containment to keep mold from spreading to unaffected areas of the property. The area is then placed under negative pressure as an added layer of protection. This keeps the mold from traveling outside of the containment. In addition, our technicians are outfitted with the latest in personal protective equipment from tyvek coveralls to positive-air purifying respirators they stay safe. Only when all of these safety measures are in place does the actual remediation take place. The remediation will consist of removing drywall, base moulding or any other porous building material that is supporting growth. Then the area is cleaned using hepa filtered vacuums and then wet wiped using low lint towels and an anti-microbial solution. Lastly, upon request, an anti-microbial encapsulant, or paint, can be applied to resist future growth. Using these processes can ensure that the remediation will be done completely and the health risks associated with mold will be remediated with it.   Moisture Inspection   If you have suffered a water intrusion the use of Infrared has become a mandatory step in the drying process. The first rule of water damage restoration is to figure out what is wet and how wet it is. Without the use of Infrared (IR) technology determining what is wet is a tedious guessing game. The use of IR has revolutionized the technician’s ability to figure out what is wet. With Infrared a trained technician can examine an entire structure quickly, reliably, and without causing any further damage to a structure. It is only by using IR that a technician can reliably cover all possible 'wet' areas. Thermal imaging cameras detect heat differential between a wet building material and a dry building material and then puts it into a picture. By using this picture we are able to find and document water intrusion. Because wet drywall may appear dry to the naked eye finding the full extent of the water intrusion with meters alone is very difficult if not impossible. Our thermal imaging cameras allow us to do our work more effectively but just as important is the fact that they allow us to document the water loss in pictures. The documentation we give your insurance adjuster the true extent of your damage and this documentation can only be done with a thermal imaging camera. Infrared detection is an excellent way to locate suspicious areas, which can then be checked with a moisture meter. We offer several levels of moisture inspection services: • Maui Fire & Flood uses IR technology as part of all of its restoration services • We offer a stand-alone IR walk-through for homeowners or contractors who would like to see what is wet. • We offer a post inspection walk-through or report to prove the drying was done sufficiently. • We offer printed IR reports to clients wishing to have a physical report to submit to insurance companies or contractors.   Odor Removal   All odors can be removed. For any odor control method to work you must first find and eliminate the source of the odor. Using a masking agent just guarantees that you'll have to keep using the masking agent. Our solutions involve odor counteractant which neutralizes the odor. Fire Smoke: Smoke Odor steaming from a fire that was in your house or from an exterior fire where the smoke penetrated your living structure is the hardest to remedy. Smoke odors penetrate the structure and contents removal techniques are hot and wet fogging to the smoke-damaged areas, the use of an Ozone, Vapor Tech, and HEPA (High Efficiency Particulate Air) air scrubbing. We use only EPA approved products Cigarette / Cigar Smoke: Cigarette and Cigar smoke damage is influenced greatly by the quantity and the duration the smoker was smoking. In the best case the smoke will have only penetrated every porous surface in your house. By using the proper equipment we can successfully remove odor from the porous services without much disruption using our specialized equipment as an airborne counteractant. If the smoker has been smoking a long time a thin layer of 'tar' may have formed on other surfaces. The 'tar' has become the source of the odor and must be removed before any airborne counteractant will be successful. The removal of the 'tar' residue requires a complete wipe-down of surfaces and cleaning of the carpets with the proper agents and only then can we be sure that the airborne counteractants will be successful in neutralizing the odor. Urine: Urine doesn't go away when it dries up it remains in a crystallized form and the smell will return anytime those crystals get moist. Most times those crystals are found lying deep within the pad of a carpet where a normal 'carpet-cleaning' won't get them out. The steps for removing urine odor require that the proper products be used in accordance with the specification a proper cleaning with specialized carpet odor counteractants may also be required. Feces, Rotten, or Dead: To remove this type of odor you must first remove the source of the odor. Even after the source is gone you'll usually be left with a strong odor. For a while the odor may be masked by cleaning agents but will probably remain once the masking agent has dissipated. If the source has been properly removed Maui Fire & Flood will successfully remove the remaining odor with our specialized equipment. Musty, Mold, Mildew: Once again the source of the odor must be removed and generally with this type of smell the source is excessive moisture. Maui Fire & Flood can help you detect where that excess moisture is coming from and offer solutions to remedy the situation. This is not a do-it-yourself job the equipment to identify, properly gauge, and cure excess moisture is very specialized. There is also the possibility of a mold issue that may be made worse if not handled by a certified professional.   Structural Drying   Water damage to building materials can create huge health risks. That's why our team holds more training in structural drying than any other on the island. Through a series of thermal imaging scans, penetrating and non-penetrating moisture meter readings we will establish a dry standard for your property. That dry standard will be used as a gauge to determine when it is safe for us to remove our equipment and deem the structure as dry. To accomplish this we have some highly specialized equipment specifically designed to dry those hard to reach places. All of this is done in the interests of health and safety.   Reconstruction Services   Maui Fire & Flood has teamed up with Hawaii Disaster Kleenup - License #ABC-29774 to provide full service reconstruction of your loss from minor paint touch / replacement of baseboard to complete reconstruction of kitchens or large fire reconstruction.   Equipment Rental   Flood Rentals Hawaii by: Maui Fire & Flood Supply has a complete inventory for all your rental needs. Click here to visit them online.   Fire & Soot Damage Restoration   Fire, soot and smoke by-products usually travel to all areas of a building when a fire catastrophe occurs. Even small fires can cause severe damage. Smoke odors penetrate the structure and contents. Visible soot and invisible odor are an immediate concern for the home and business occupants. Unless these contaminants are quickly and effectively cleaned, costly secondary damage may occur. Our state-of-the-art cleaning processes and equipment coupled with our specially trained technicians and certified restorers ensure such damage does not occur. Structure cleaning, smoke and soot damage restoration, air scrubbers, thermal fog deodorization, and ozone gas deodorization. Content restoration for your valued items can occur onsite at your location or we can pack, clean and store your contents at our site in our controlled and secure storage space. Either way, clients are assured of the most thorough cleaning possible.   Hardwood Floor Drying   Hardwood floors can be one of the hardest elements of any drying project or simply the project it's self. Hardwood is dence in nature. In addition most hardwood floors are built upon multiple layers of subflooring. Both of these make hardwood floor drying very difficult. Fortunately we have highly specialized equipment specifically designed to dry hardwood floors. Using both positive and negative pressure drying techniques we are able to get air moving beneath the floor and dry it from the unfinished side. Under most circumstances we can reduce or eliminate the "cupping" most hardwood floors expreience when they have gotten wet.

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