Soot and Smoke Damage Complicate a Fire in Coconut Grove

3/10/2016 (Permalink)

Call SERVPRO For Smoke and Soot Clean Up and Odor Removal

Coconut Grove Soot and Smoke Damage Require Professional Restoration and Clean Up from SERVPRO

Soot and smoke restoration are essential after a Coconut Grove fire has damaged your home. Long after the fire has been extinguished, soot can threaten your household with the damage it leaves behind. This greasy residual with a strong odor blackens surfaces and degrades both fabrics and hard surfaces.

In most cases, you will need help from a fire damage restoration company like SERVPRO to remedy the problems. They will offer smoke odor removal and home restoration services. They have the tools, heavy equipment, knowledge, and experience to rid your home of all traces of smoke and fire damage. The HVAC system can readily be compromised from smoke and soot. Duct and air handler cleaning are essential to prevent cross-contamination to unaffected areas of the smoke damaged house.

When fire consumes wood, it creates a thick smoke that can spread throughout the burning home. Smoke is a product of combustion whose particles and character are the results of the temperature of the flames, fuel type, and sufficient oxygen. It carries chemicals and possibly soot with it through the air. These chemicals and soot stick to walls, floors, clothes, furniture, and appliances. Even after you have cleaned your home, there all still many unseen traces of smoke and soot damage that will remain. If you tried on your own to clean walls and hard surfaces, you probably left behind stains. Little by little smoke and soot damage will eat away at surfaces. They are unhealthy to breathe for pets and humans. They are irritants to the skin, eyes, and throat. SERVPRO utilizes specially developed sponges and chemicals to clean smoke and soot residue from furnishings, walls, and ceilings.

Smoke and soot can create plenty of damage to your home after a fire has been extinguished. It can corrode metals and its acidic nature can lead to etched glass. It can cause appliances to fail or work improperly due to short-circuiting or overheating from lack of proper ventilation. It can damage pictures, artwork, and other valuables. It creates weaknesses in wooden structures. It degrades surfaces and destroys furniture. SERVPRO, after severe fire and smoke damage, can pack-out articles, furniture, electronics, and artwork to our cleaning facilities for professional results. They will be returned when your property is once again clean and safe.

Soot is a fine residue made of carbon and fuel by-products (plastics) that can easily stain anything in its path. Aside from damage to material items, it can be very dangerous to breathe, irritating to the skin, and cause severe respiratory health issues. To remove smoke and soot damage from your home, contact SERVPRO to minimize smoke damage through the efforts of our IICRC trained technicians. We will make your ambient air fresh, clean, and safe again "Like it never even happened."

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When your Coconut Grove, South Miami, or Kendall home experiences fire or smoke damage, SERVPRO of South Miami is dedicated to responding immediately. Call us 24/7 for help. (305) 269-8900