Cleaning Fire Damage in your Bloomfield Home

4/2/2020 (Permalink)

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Best Practice for Cleaning Fire-Damaged Areas in Bloomfield Homes

Surfaces can show several types of damage after a Bloomfield house fire, and cleaning and restoring these affected materials can be a challenge for even our talented restoration team. The processes involved in making fire losses “Like it never even happened,” begin before our Fire & Smoke Restoration Technicians (FSRT) reach the scene. We dispatch our crew chief and project manager to meet with the customer to determine both the affected areas of the house and any pre-existing conditions.

Cleaning up after fire damage to Bloomfield homes is not a universal approach, and can involve multiple pieces of equipment, cleaning products, and even personnel to achieve. Choosing which of these methods best suits the present damage involves multiple factors, including the type of residue, the affected material, and the severity of the soiling.

Soot Removal
Soot can be a considerable hazard for our technicians and others in the house exposed, so cleaning these residues from the surfaces is vital to improving indoor air quality in the residence. Unlike oily residues that fires can leave behind, many of the wipe cleaning practices and products can smear soot on a surface – leading to staining and marring of the material. Many of the affected surfaces that can sustain abrasive cleaning can benefit from soda and media blasting techniques that protect the underlying material while removing the soot at the surface.

Oily Soils
Carcinogens and debris in the environment after a fire loss can leave our SERVPRO professionals combating oily residues on walls, ceilings, and floors. The choice in cleansers and residue removal at this point is critical, as the wrong cleaning agent can damage the underlying material. Water-based chemical agents can emulsify oily soils on surfaces to allow them to get rinsed away with pressurized water or cleared with high-pressure air blasts.

Cleaning up your home after a fire loss incident can feel overwhelming, especially when residues and soot blacken many of the exposed materials. Our SERVPRO of Nutley / Bloomfield team can help with effective cleaning practices beginning as soon as mitigation does. Give our experienced technicians a call anytime at (973) 662-0062.

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