Why Cleaning During Fire Damage Restoration of Tarrytown Homes Is Unique

2/23/2022 (Permalink)

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SERVPRO Is Prepared to Address Various Challenges When Cleaning Tarrytown Properties After Fire

One of the reasons you need to do restoration at your Tarrytown property after a fire incident is the severe soiling caused by smoke and other aspects. Therefore, even a small fire necessitates significant restorative cleaning processes to ensure the property regains its preloss condition.

The cleaning done during fire damage restoration of Tarrytown properties differs from other regular cleaning exercises. In most cases, you need help from a professional restorer like SERVPRO to manage many unique soiling challenges that develop.

Some unique soiling patterns after a fire include:

• Widespread residues even in concealed areas
• Residues adhering to surfaces
• Soils with varying chemical and physical properties
• Strong odors

Smoke is a collection of different-sized particles and aerosols, among other things. Since smoke spreads through convection currents, it deposits most of the residues all over the house on wall and ceiling surfaces and in concealed areas like the insides of closets or wall cavities. Cleaning requires lifting all the sooty residues. Our SERVPRO technicians are well prepared for this task since we combine several cleaning methods.

Common cleaning methods used against soiling from fire include:

• Vacuuming
• Dry cleaning with a special medium like chemical sponges
• Wet cleaning with detergents
• Specialized cleanings such as ultrasonic bath immersion or soda blast cleaning

Apart from reaching the widespread residues, using different cleaning methods is also beneficial in other ways. For instance, stubborn soils such as wet smoke residues are easier to manage. Wet smoke is a phenomenon that develops when the fire is not hot enough and thus smolders, producing thick, smeary residues. Better cleaning approaches also help diminish the pungent odors that fires leave in properties minimizing the work needed during the deodorization phase.

SERVPRO of Tarrytown / Elmsford puts all the necessary effort needed for successful cleaning during fire damage restoration. Call us at (914) 358-9000. We're Faster To Any Size Disaster.