Water Mitigation
Water intrusion can be a very destructive force. Evergreen Restoration’s staff of IICRC trained technicians is suited for any Water Loss situations. Through intensive, on-going schooling and in-house training, we have staff available and answering the phones 24/7. Evergreen Restoration’s response time is unrivaled in the industry. Once on site, we are able assess the situation and address it immediately with our specialty equipment designed for these situation. In most instances, a few days of drying can reverse the effects of water damage. When the excessive moisture has been removed from the structure, our contractors can efficiently repair any damages to pre-loss condition.
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When a water loss has occurred it is important to remember that the longer that water stands, the more difficult it becomes to remove and the more likely it is to become contaminated and/or germinate mold.
When Evergreen Restoration, is called to your home or structure in Tacoma our IICRC Certified Technicians will do the following procedures EVERY TIME:
1. Take photo of the front of the home or structure and physical address.
2. Introduction of the crew to the Tacoma homeowner/property manager.
3. Speak with the Tacoma homeowner/property manager about the damage and find the point of origin.
4. Start with the point of origin and inspect all affected areas of the home for moisture.
5. Take Photo’s of all affected areas, including documenting the condition of all the personal belongings in the affected areas.
6. Walk through the home or structure with the Tacoma homeowner/property manager to explain the documented damage and the drying process.
7. All authorizations and releases signed and dated.
8. Begin extracting highly saturated areas from the water damage.
9. Remove any baseboards and doors to promote better airflow.
10. Remove all affected carpet and padding and any affected insulation in the crawl space.
11. Take samples of the damage areas for lead and asbestos and have the samples tested.
12. Remove all affected drywall from the Water Damage.
13. Set up equipment to begin the drying process.
14. Take photos of the water damaged areas with equipment operating and sheetrock removed.
15. Send documents to insurance company.
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Tacoma was inhabited for thousands of years by American Indians, predominantly the Puyallup people, who lived in settlements on the delta.
In 1852 a Swede named Nicolas Delin constructed a sawmill powered by water on a creek near the head of Commencement Bay, but the small settlement that grew up around it was abandoned during the Indian War of 1855-1856. In 1864, pioneer and postmaster Job Carr, a Civil War veteran and land speculator who hoped to profit from the selection of Commencement Bay as the terminus of the Transcontinental Railroad, built a cabin (a replica of Job Carr’s cabin, which also served as Tacoma’s first post office, was erected in “Old Town” in 2000 near the original site), and later sold most of his claim to developer Morton M. McCarver (1807–1875), who named his project Tacoma City. The name derived from the indigenous name for the mountain.
Tacoma was incorporated on November 12, 1875. Its hopes to be the “City of Destiny” were stimulated by selection in 1873 as the western terminus of the Northern Pacific Railroad, thanks to lobbying by McCarver, future mayor John Wilson Sprague, and others. The transcontinental link was effected in 1887, but the railroad built its depot on “New Tacoma”, two miles (3 km) south of the Carr-McCarver development. The two communities grew together and joined. The population grew from 1,098 in 1880 to 36,006 in 1890. Rudyard Kipling visited Tacoma in 1889 and said it was “literally staggering under a boom of the boomiest”.[13]
George Francis Train was a resident for a few years in the late 19th century. In 1890, he staged a global circumnavigation starting and ending in Tacoma to promote the city. A plaque in downtown Tacoma marks the start/finish line.
In November 1885 white citizens led by then-mayor Jacob Weisbach expelled several hundred Chinese residents peaceably living in the city. As described by the account prepared by the Chinese Reconciliation Project, on the morning of November 3, 1885, “several hundred men, led by the mayor and other city officials, evicted the Chinese from their homes, corralled them at 7th Street and Pacific Avenue, marched them to the railway station at Lakeview and forced them aboard the morning train to Portland, Oregon. The next day two Chinese settlements were burned to the ground.”
The discovery of gold in the Klondike in 1898 led Tacoma’s prominence in the region to be eclipsed by the booming development of Seattle.
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