Fire Extinguisher Safety

Being prepared and able to fight small fires can prevent massive fire damage and save you the need for fire and smoke restoration services.

Before considering fighting any fire there are a few things that you should know.

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"Baby It's Cold Inside"

With temperatures plummeting here in Georgia this week, a safe warm home to come home to is on everyone's mind. But if your first comment as you walk in the door is, "Baby, it's cold inside!", you may decide to add a space heater or use your fireplace to toast your cold toes. But here are a few tips from the National Fire Protection Association on using auxillary home heating equipment.

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Don’t Exfoliate Your Oriental Rugs!

Now I’m just as excited about exfoliation as the next warm blooded American man, but it is absolutely your area rugs’ worst enemy.  When dry soil gets on and in an oriental rug it exfoliates the surface of the fiber.  If you have rugs, they have soil in them. 

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Oh No! Not my wood floors!

As the Job Coordinator for our company, much of my time is spent in coordinating the selection and installation of replacement flooring.  To make the experience a little easier here is a Tip on Solid Wood installation.

If your floors are being sanded, finished or refinished, be prepared for some noise and disruption. Dust containment systems can minimize debris (we use an Air Scrubber), but no system is 100% effective, so cover any items that you want to keep dust-free. When the finish is applied, stay off your floors until it has dried. The time required will vary depending on the type of finish used. Keep in mind that no two floor boards will be identical. Variations in appearance are completely normal. As your floor ages, some color change can occur. This also is normal, but can be minimized by limiting exposure to direct sunlight, and periodically moving furniture and rugs. Cracks are normal as well, and will appear and disappear between floor boards during seasons of high and low humidity. Generally, anything less than the width of a dime is considered normal, and will correct itself as seasons change.

National Wood Flooring Association

http://www.woodfloors.org/consumer/

Lisa Moore - Job Coordinator

13 Inches of Standing Water - What a Mess!

Recently in Jonesboro, we dried a house that had flooded resulting in 13 inches of standing water in the crawl space. It took 3 days to pump all of the water out of the crawl space. The dirt had turned into mud and the structure was completly saturated.

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Champion Saves the Day for a Local Restaurant

Recently, a local franchise restaraunt/bakery experienced a burst pipe inside a wall.  The loss was estimated to have occurred sometime after 11 p.m. after everyone had left for the day.  The bakers arrived at 5 a.m. the following morning to discover the loss.  The bakers were at a loss as to what to do until a Champion Marketing Representative called to check on an order she was scheduled  to pick up later that morning.  They explained to her that her order would not be ready because they had water damage in their facility. 

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Have You Seen Our Wraps Around Town?

In 2008 we embarked on a mission to "brand" Champion.  Part of that mission was to wrap our vehicles.  I am happy to say that this week we will have our 14th vehicle wrapped!  This may not seem like a big deal - but as the person who designs these wraps it is a huge deal!  Each time we send a vehicle to be wrapped, I anxiously wait for it to return so I can see the final product.  It's nerve-racking and exciting, although it shouldn't be because the company that does them for us has always been great.  In case you're wondering, it's Gregory's Quality Printing in Powder Springs, GA (www.gqpinc.com) - I thought I should give them a plug.  Below are a sample of some of the wraps we've done.  Let us know how you like them or just if you see them around.

Summer Bishop - Marketing Support

Getting ready for the "Big Freeze" of 2009

Tonight and tomorrow night are supposed to be near 10 degrees.  It's been 5-6 years since the temps went this low.  We're excited!  This will mean lots and lots of water damages!  Is it wrong to be so happy? :)  To prepare for this we're sending a truck to a distributor in Atlanta to buy lots more drying equipment.  And we have contacts where we can rent as much as we need.  Hundreds of pieces of equipment and seven trucks are ready to respond.  And the guys (and gals) are ready to work lots of overtime.    Whoopee!

Larry Banach - Construction Manager