We Have The Proper Techniques To Restore Your Flossmoor Home After A Fire

10/31/2019 (Permalink)

During a fire, early warning from a working smoke alarm plus a fire escape plan that has been practiced regularly can save lives. Call us today!

Thorough Cleaning Of Contents after Fire Damage in Your Flossmoor Home

When a fire breaks out, the main concern is on what the flames consume. However, the incident is likely to leave contents soiled with different types of residues, including ash, soot as well as dry and wet smoke residues. Although it might not seem so, a thorough cleaning exercise can restore your items to their preloss state. Hiring SERVPRO to handle the restoration process helps in many ways because we have the equipment and skills to clean up your property.

Cleaning Upholstery Items

A case of fire damage in your Floorsmoor home can soil upholstery items in different ways. For instance, the fabric material can absorb fine particles from such as ash and soot, requiring deep cleaning. The water or other fire suppressants used are also likely to spill over unaffected areas, soiling items. Cleaning upholstery items is not an easy task. Our SERVPRO technicians take steps such as using Upholstery Cleaning Machines to ensure deep cleaning and rinsing of the affected items, eliminating all the residues. Adding odor counteractants to the cleaning solutions also helps remove malodors, replacing them with a sweet scent.

Cleaning Wooden Furniture

Although fire readily consumes wood, it also leaves other damages such as scorching and residue deposits. Proper cleaning can help solve these lessor problems restoring your items to their preloss state. Our SERVPRO technicians evaluate all affected items establishing, which can be saved through cleaning. We use specially formulated cleaning agents such as All Surface Green Clean, which help remove stubborn soot deposits. We can also use soda blasting to clean charred surfaces.

Cleaning the Structure

Fire damage incidents soil different areas of your home, depending on the intensity and materials burnt. Cleaning these areas poses several challenges ranging from simple ones such as difficulty in accessing soiled areas such as the ceiling, to more complicated ones such as handling delicate materials. FSRT, Fire and Smoke Restoration Training, helps our SERVPRO technicians address all cleaning difficulties, including using specialized cleaning techniques such as peroxide active cleaning which removes residues from delicate materials such as acoustic tiles without ruining them.

A thorough cleaning exercise can help save your fire-damaged property. Call SERVPRO of Matteson-Homewood at (708) 747-9925 to assist you in eliminating the effects of a fire, "Like it never even happened."

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