Restoration glossary
Browse practical information about property damage, cleaning and reconstruction. Guides and definitions help you prepare questions; the work needed at a particular property depends on its conditions and assessment.
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Glossary: A (13)
Glossary: C (2)
Glossary: D (4)
Glossary: E (1)
Glossary: F (3)
Glossary: G (7)
Glossary: H (3)
Glossary: I (20)
- Impervious Cover
- Incident
- Incidental Damages
- Independent Adjuster
- Indoor Air Pollution
- Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)
- Indoor Air Quality Testing
- Infection
- Infiltration
- Infrared Drying
- Infrared Thermal Imaging
- Inhalable Particulates
- Inorganic
- Inspection
- Institute of Inspection Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC)
- Insulation
- Investigative Demolition
- Ion
- Ionization
- Irritant
Glossary: K (2)
Glossary: M (24)
- Maintenance
- Mandatory Purchase
- Masking
- Masonry
- Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
- Maximum Contamination Level (MCL)
- Mechanical Contractor
- Membrane
- Micro
- Microbes
- Microbial Volatile Organic Compound (MVOC)
- Microorganism
- Migration
- Mildew
- Mineral Deposits
- Mitigate
- Mitigation
- Mobilization
- Moisture Content
- Moisture Meter
- Mold
- Mold Remediation
- Monitoring
- Mycotoxins
Glossary: N (7)
Glossary: O (14)
Glossary: P (26)
- Pack-out
- Pad
- Particles of Incomplete Combustion (PIC)
- Pathogens
- Periodic Cleaning
- Permeability
- Permeance Factor
- Permeate
- Personal Protection Equipment (PPE)
- Plaster
- Plenum
- Pollutant
- Pollution
- Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)
- Porous
- Post-Conditions
- Potable
- Preparation
- Preparedness
- Pressure Power Washing
- Pressurized Smoke
- Prevention
- Professional Inspection
- Property Defect
- Protein Fire
- Puff Back
Glossary: Q (2)
Glossary: R (23)
- Radiant Heating System
- Radiation
- Radon
- Rafter
- Registers
- Relative Humidity (RH)
- Remedial Investigation
- Remediation
- Remediator
- Remove and Reset
- Repair
- Residential Sprinkler System
- Residue
- Restoration
- Restorative Cleaning
- Restorative Drying
- Retaining Wall
- Retardant
- Return Flow
- Roof Drainage Systems
- Routine Cleaning
- Runoff
- Rust
Glossary: S (30)
- Sanitizers
- Saturation
- Scope of Work
- Secondary Container
- Secondary Damages
- Seepage
- Septage
- Sequence
- Sewage
- Sheet Vinyl
- Sludge
- Smoke Residue
- Smoke Stain
- Solution
- Solvent
- Soot
- Sponge
- Spores
- Sporicide
- Squeegee
- Stachybotrys
- Sterilizer
- Stress Crack
- Structure
- Subcontractor
- Subfloor
- Submersible Pumps
- Subsurface Drying
- Subsurface Flood Extractor
- Sump Pump