I found it interesting that both Cliff and Jon referred to the IICRC standards as “prescriptive” standards when they are in fact supposed to be performance based standards not prescriptive standards. It goes in line with the talk you just had on communication and how what the receiver hears is not a...

I had a couple of comments on what I heard on the show. 1) Specific gravity is about he only setting that can be used to measure the moisture in bamboo. Even then you need to know the specific gravity of the product. But that can be obtained from most reputable manufacturers. 2) There was a comment/...

On the subject of permeability and OSB. We have seen over the last decade many tidbits from the building science industry that the permeability of OSB increases once it was saturated wet and then dried. We also have qualitative evidence from the wood floor industry that chronic dampness to OSB cause...

It would be really nice if we used the S500 Standard's lingo- 12.3.5 Humidity Control in Contaminated Structures The priority for restorers is to complete remediation activities before restorative drying. However, the restorer should control the humidity in contaminated buildings to minimize moistur...