Water damage restoration fans and air movers help repair an indoor environment that has sustained serious water damage. These powerful air circulators are often stackable and can be daisy-chained while offering multiple positioning options for effective drying.
We’ll explore the various types of air movers and how they are best used for water damage remediation projects. Follow the quick links to see a specific type quickly.
Most of a fan's cooling power is derived from its blades. Factors such as the number of blades, the blades' angle of orientation, the length of the blades, and the number of revolutions per minute play a role in how effective a fan can move air throughout a room.
Axial Air Movers
The majority of residential fans and certain industrial and water damage restoration fans, including the B-Air Polar Bear Axial Air Mover, use an axial blade configuration, meaning the blades are facing the same direction as the airflow created.
Axial fans are constant-volume air movers and operate at a higher volume with lower static pressure than centrifugal fans. While they are used in a wide variety of applications, they are especially effective for use in smaller water damage restoration projects.
Centrifugal/Snail Blower Fans
The opposite of an axial configuration is a centrifugal fan design, where the blades face perpendicular to the direction of the airflow created. These fans create a higher pressure than axial fans, which is useful for ducted drying purposes and larger water damage restoration projects.
Like axial fans, snail blower fans are constant-volume machines, providing a consistent velocity of airflow relative to the volume. Centrifugal air movers are also very efficient, especially in ducted applications when it is necessary to move air outside an enclosed space in order to completely dry it out.
As such, water damage restoration fans, like the XPOWER X-400A, commonly use centrifugal blade configurations.
Low Profile Air Movers
Low-profile or Thrust air movers provide high velocity air in a compact, low-profile design. These make them ideal for remediation projects that include tight or hard-to-reach spaces. Creating an even, broad path for airflow, these construction fans, or utility blowers, feature a low-profile design usually half the size of centrifugal air movers, that directs fast-drying air underneath carpets, rugs and raised cabinets.
Most models have multiple operating positions, featuring a supporting stand attached near the front of the fan vent so that airflow can be directed at an angle when needed, great for drying out lower wall spaces, stairways, and even ceilings.
Units like the Quest F9 air mover are easy to stack horizontally and vertically for transport and storage, while most can be daisy-chained for drying very large areas.
Floor and Cavity Drying
These air movers are the monsters of water damage restoration equipment, featuring multiple hoses that attach to the main unit resembling a many-armed creature. But when it comes to removing moisture from water-logged walls and ceilings, or from underneath cabinets, nothing beats them.
Using warm, highly pressurized air to reach into structural cavities and spaces, drying systems like the Injectidry HP-PLUS wall and ceiling system are a sure way to remove all moisture quickly. Many models include specialized panels for restoring wood floors without damaging them.
Combine Types for Overall Success
When used in combination, these industrial air movers deliver reliable, fast results for almost any water damage restoration job. For the business-owner in this space, having a number of these in your restoration arsenal can ensure good results and satisfied customers.
In addition to having a variety of fans and dryers, the use of moisture meters and dehumidifiers, along with foggers and restoration chemicals to fight mold, mildew, and microbials, help round out any water damage restoration business.
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