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How to Properly Cleanup Fire and Smoke Damage in Smithtown Homes

3/13/2022 (Permalink)

a house with its roof and top floor on fire When smoke and fire damage has occurred on your property, the situation needs to be handled by professionals. Contact SERVPRO 24/7.

SERVPRO Uses Unique Methods in Smithtown Homes to Resolve Fire Damage

While fire consumes materials directly, smoke causes indirect damage by depositing residues. Depending on how severe smoke damage is, specialized equipment and chemicals may be necessary. To combat the different residues, professionals such as SERVPRO use unique cleaning methods to effectively restore both structure and contents in your Smithtown home to preloss conditions.

When performing fire and smoke damage repair in Smithtown homes, SERVPRO technicians consider factors like the type, age, and permeability of materials. Smoke residues tend to bond with the surfaces they contact, and when unfinished wooden or concrete surfaces are affected, they absorb most soot residues, thus requiring aggressive cleaning.

Various methods effective at dislodging soils from surfaces

  • Dry ice blasting
  • Dry-cleaning using sponges
  • Vacuuming

Challenges while cleaning smoke residues

To dislodge soils from unfinished wooden surfaces, we rub the surface with a dry cleaning sponge or a dust cloth working in the direction of the grain to reduce the rate of wear of the cleaning sponges. Working along the grains prevents residues from embedding deeply into the unfinished surface. However, if more agitation is needed, or when the sponges tend to smear soot, we apply a strong cleaning solution capable of cutting through grease using a clean towel to wipe off the residues.

Using dry cleaning sponges, our technicians remove loose soot from walls, floors, and ceilings. Starting from the ceiling is practical since the debris that drops off would re-soil other areas such as the floors if cleaning starts here. As cleaning progresses, the sponges become clogged with soot, so we skim it off to reveal a new cleaning surface.

Other challenges might include

  • Containing soot from spreading
  • Reaching soot in hard to reach areas
  • Cleaning soot with unique physical or chemical properties

SERVPRO of Greater Smithtown offers an intense and detailed fire and smoke damage cleaning, returning surfaces to preloss conditions. Call us at (631) 265-9200. We're Faster To Any Size Disaster.

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