Directors

Chris R Netherton

Restoration industry consultant, Trainer and Technical Author.

Born in 1944, Chris Netherton, former British Trampoline Champion, began his working career at the Royal Aircraft Establishment Farnborough serving a five-year apprenticeship as an instrument maker.

This engineering and drawing office education could probably be considered one of the most prestigious apprenticeships at the time. These precision skills were later applied to projects which included work on Concord and the Harrier Jump Jet.

The engineering experience was put to good use in his first business venture repairing tools for a rental company working. Within 6 months the entrepreneurial spirit resulted in Chris buying out the company. Over the following ten years, Chris married and had four children. The family home was a converted Hop Kiln used in the brewing industry which had lain empty for thirty years having been abandoned during the Second World War.

This extensive, four year conversion project involved an extraordinary range of building techniques which Chris learned while labouring under an expert builder whom he had employed. It was this project which really started his interest in building restoration which continues to this day.

The rental company, in its present incarnation of supplying the restoration industry, continues to be a successful and thriving business.

In 1988 Chris founded the National Flood School which is now widely accepted as a leading authority in the restoration industry.
 

Industry landmarks:

• Conducted first IICRC Water Damage Restoration School, 1988.
• Started new Restoration Business as a division of the Rental Business.
• UK Distributor for Dri-Eaz products with fastest growing sales, 1989
• Winner of Product of the Year award at Hirex, 1989
• Acquired Bristol Dehumidifier manufacturing Company from British Electric Traction Company, 1990
• Qualified as Senior Tech with the British Damage Management Association, 2001
• Built first Flood House in Europe to teach IICRC Applied Structural Drying School, 2001
• Added Applied Structural Drying Instructor Grade, 2001
• Added Fire and Smoke Restoration Instructor Grade, 2001
• Joined the Board of IICRC representing the National Carpet Cleaning Association, 2002
• Appointed Financial Director of NCCA, 2002
• Added Carpet Cleaning Instructor Grade, 2002
• Served as the International Representative in the writing of the IICRC Mould Standard and Guide S520, 2003
• Appointed as Technical Author by British Standards Institute to write the Publicly Available Specification for Water Damage Restoration PAS64, 2004