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8/19/2019 (Permalink)

Fire Damage Cleanup and Restoration Includes Mitigating Aspects You Cannot See

The amount of soot covering every surface near where a fire happened might provide a hint of the odors your family might experience without proper and complete mitigation of all the changes that took place in your business or home. Heat changes things chemically, meaning not all the changes show up to the naked eye.

When your business or home sustains fire damage, you need to consider the invisible changes. They can make your business or home uncomfortable and possibly cause occupants unwanted health effects. At SERVPRO, we understand the causes behind such risks, and the methods needed to rid your property of them, as well.

Electrical outlets in the structure can sustain damage within the walls, even when no other damage to those walls seems apparent. This can happen not only because of the water used to put the fire out but also because of the heat. When smoke gets pushed around by the air currents, it also gets into the cavities within walls, under cabinets, and other dead spaces. Outlets that no longer work are only one aspect of fire damage.

When the hot smoke gets into the hollow spaces in your house, it does not leave. Instead, it settles on the sides and bottom of the area where it got trapped. Smoke contains not only gases from the things that burned but also solid particles. These make up most of the soot you find, and it is also where most of the odors you smell in a home with fire damage.

We can discuss with you the best methods to get rid of the odors in the structure. While we use air scrubbers to clean the air while we work, we can strengthen the effect of this by fogging the home so the mist bonds with these hidden smoke particles. Once bonded, the number of particles that make their way back into the air drastically diminish because they no longer disintegrate into small enough pieces.

Our experience in eliminating the unseen problems of odor-causing soot from hidden spaces leaves our customers' structure not only looking “Like it never even happened,” but also smelling like a fire never occurred.

SERVPRO of Farmington wants to help you recover faster from fire damage by mitigating your fire damage. This includes odors that do not go away without direct mitigation of the problem. Call 573-756-5191 to do more than mask the problem.