THE MONTHLY ADJUSTMENT

The Vortex Drying System (VDS) is a SYSTEM for drying structures. Step by step, from start to finish it covers every area involved in how a job should be done.

To better understand its effectiveness, one must first learn its purpose:

• To completely dry the structure, regardless of class or category I, II, or III

And to dry the structure as rapidly as possible With the objective of minimizing replacement costs to the structure and contents

There are many major differences, with intricate reasons behind them, which answer the question of why it works better. But from an insurer’s perspective, here's how they stack up:

1.  The first difference is EFFECTIVENESS.

Most companies think that if they simply put equipment on a job, that it has to dry. And while it is true that wet will always go to dry if it can, taking this approach might take a while. The VDS will COMPLETELY dry the structure... PERIOD. No matter what kind of water damage it is: Black, Gray or Clean, or how much water there is: Class 1, 2, 3 or 4 the system will be utilized on EVERY drying job to completely dry the structure.
The fact is that most companies pull their equipment off of a job with the structure still wet. Whether it is because of embarrassment, lack of training, or an inability to do the job correctly, these companies are jeopardizing the health of the homeowner and their business. The reason we have a mold problem today is because most companies in our industry have a drying problem. VDS companies have been trained to inspect all components of a structure to check for moisture, and have been educated in the best ways to dry them. Whether it is sheet rock, flooring, sub-flooring, plaster, structural wood or crawlspaces when a VDS company pulls their equipment off the job, it will be dry.

2.  The second difference is SPEED.

There is a lot of talk today about "rapidly drying" structures in our industry... and for some great reasons. Companies are starting to wake up to the fact that we don't have a "mold problem," but

rather a "drying problem." The fact is, the faster a structure is COMPLETELY DRIED, the better off all parties involved will be. When utilizing the Vortex Drying System, it should be possible to dry most structures in 72 hours. However, some materials take in water slower than others, and release it slower as well... so they take longer to dry. Regardless, a Vortex Company will be done while other companies are still "drying."  What you can be assured of with VDS companies is the fact that the structure: will be completely dry, as rapidly as possible, with a minimization of replacement costs to both structure and contents.

It doesn't mean that a VDS Company will never have to be invasive on a job, or that there will never be repairs. If it is necessary to make structural alterations in order to get to the water, they MUST be done. Yet, even when these events occur you still have to DRY the structure!

Where drying is concerned, on the average, the Vortex Drying System is twice as fast (two to three days faster) than conventional restorative drying methods. (At their best.)

The speed of drying is impressive, and is really what we pride ourselves in. But the most impressive thing to a homeowner in a flooded region (whose life has "returned to normal" in around three days) comes when they look around and see all the other homes in their neighborhood still in various states of disarray and repair 3 or 4 weeks LATER! Now we are talking about the VDS being WEEKS or even MONTHS faster. How often is this the case?