Why Awareness Eases Fire Damage Restoration in Clearwater Properties

2/8/2022 (Permalink)

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Properties in Clearwater damaged by fire exhibit different signs. The subtle differences may not mean much to an untrained eye, but once restoration starts, they have a significant impact that interferes with the process.

Understanding what different signs mean is as essential for successful fire damage restoration in a Clearwater property as having the right equipment. One advantage our SERVPRO technicians have is significant experience from dealing with several fire incidents over the years, so we interpret the implications of fire residues better.

Essential things to know about fire damage include:

• What needs urgent attention
• What signifies severe underlying problems
• What damages look severe, but it is not

Quickly putting out a fire is essential to limit damage in specific areas or how far it spreads around a structure. However, the urgency does not end when the fire is extinguished. Various destructive processes continue afterward. Residues like soot can cause staining or corrosive deterioration. Any moisture leftover from firefighting is also detrimental and thus requires immediate attention.

Most of the problems caused by fires are readily discernible. For example, you can easily tell whether a material is charred or scorched through a simple physical examination. However, some problems may seem subtle, yet they are severe. Our SERVPRO technicians are wary of residues since it is impossible to clean wet smoke residues from most surfaces. Establishing the char depth is also necessary since depths exceeding 15% lead to loss of structural integrity.

Since a significant percentage of the restoration work done after a fire involves cleaning soiled areas, better knowledge about soiling is necessary.

Understanding these aspects helps streamline cleaning:

• What different residue patterns mean
• The residue types deposited by fires
• The different sizes of smoke residues

Residue patterns such as heat lines indicate the fire was scorching and thus left deeply embedded, which can be difficult to clean. Smoke has different-sized molecules, the smallest ranging from 0.1 to 4 microns penetrating deep into materials and leaving stubborn odors.

SERVPRO of Largo has all the necessary knowledge gained from years of experience doing fire damage restoration. Call us at (727) 586-0060. We're Faster To Any Size Disaster.