Where is Fire Damage the Worst in My Brandon Home?

6/28/2020 (Permalink)

Residues and soot can affect every part of your home after a fire. Contact our experienced team to assess and remediate.

Often residues and coatings on surfaces occur the worst in specific areas of the house, and our SERVPRO team can work on cleaning these damages fast.

While smoke and soot residues can circulate throughout your entire Brandon home from its origin point, certain portions of wall surfaces and other materials get the worst of this soiling. Because of the science of cooler air sinking in a structure fire, warmer, smoke saturated air gets forced towards the ceiling of damaged rooms. As a result, the densest concentrations of wall and surface residues are on the upper portions of drywall, ceiling materials, and ceiling fixtures.

Cleaning up these residues as part of the fire restoration in Brandon homes can be a challenge, especially with many homes having high vaulted ceilings. In addition to the obstacle of reaching the damaged areas, which often requires our SERVPRO team to utilize machinery and ladders, there is no one-size-fits-all solution to addressing the residues that we find. With varying compositions, acidic content, and hosting surfaces, there are many approaches to removing wastes and soils without compromising the material underneath it.

What Cleaning Practices Can Address Soiling and Residues?

There is a finite timeline to address soiling on surfaces, especially conditions like soot damage. With an acidic base and particles that are already a carcinogenic health hazard to those exposed, residues can be highly destructive to the surfaces and contents they come into contact with circulating in a house. We have a line of potent products that can help with three unique practices to clear residues from wall and ceiling surfaces, as well as contents and flooring in your home. These include:

• Emulsification
• Dissolving
• Soda Blasting

Cleaning up after a fire loss incident requires many different practices. No matter what your property needs, our SERVPRO of Brandon / North Riverview team can help. Give us a call today at (813) 741-3473.

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