After a fire, many are anxious to clean their house. They see the damage caused by the fire, the black walls, the burned furniture, the obvious visible damage that a fire can cause.
But what many don’t think about is the smoke damage. After all, while house fires are the #1 leading cause of accidental death in homes across America, it is not the fire that generally kills, but rather the smoke. And likewise, smoke is ultimately speaking the thing that can remain in walls and structures, causing the most potential damage later on.
But while you can quite easily address the superficial problems associated with smoke damage and fire damage, you need professional smoke damage restoration services in order to really address all potential problems. Yes, new paint and a new dresser may make the area look nice. But it is only covering a bigger problem, putting a bandaid on a broken limb in so many words. So how do you really address proper smoke damage restoration?
First of all, you can do part of the work to get things moving. The first thing to do is to open windows. Get the area properly ventilated, start a fan. In cold weather, you can start your heater while changing the furnace filter on a daily basis. You should dry wet items as efficiently as possible, and address the risk of mold damage.
Smoke odor is often obvious in personal belongings. So you can wash your sheets, blankets, clothes, and upholstered furniture, sometimes even obtaining professional cleaning services to make sure that they are using the proper cleaners and other materials to really get the smell out and properly deodorize the items.
But while you can address these superficial things yourself, there are things that you cannot do for yourself, and that is when it is time to call a smoke damage restoration professional. Smoke damage can come in various types. You can get wet smoke, which is low heat, smoldering, pungent, sticky, and smeary. It is often more difficult to clean. Likewise, there is dry smoke which burns fast and at high temperatures, there is protein smoke which is invisible, but discolors paint with a pungent odor, and there are various other types.
The important thing to note is that things like soot, oil, and fuel can easily become entrapped in the walls, causing future health and livelihood problems. The best smoke damage restoration services will help you by thoroughly cleaning these surfaces, replacing some all together, and properly evaluating the needs of your home so that your home will not only look better, it will actually be better.
At Damage Clean, our goal is to help you get the best smoke damage restoration services in the business. We conduct a thorough and complete evaluation with qualified and trained professionals, and then we explain the process to you, allowing you to understand exactly what is going on. From there, we take the steps necessary to help you properly restore your home and livelihood to the safe and beautiful condition that it should be in.
