Voorhees Fire Restoration Professionals Give Tips for Removing Soot and Smoke From Personal Belongings

6/18/2019 (Permalink)

Smoke and soot are difficult to remove. Call SERVPRO of Haddon Heights / Voorhees for your fire damage restoration needs.

Fire Damage in Voorhees Happens to More than Just the Structure of a House

A fire does more than turn things black with charring. When a resident in Voorhees has a house fire, many of their belongings also sustain damage. Our skilled workers can get these items cleaned up nicely so you and your family can use them again without any of the risks related to smoke or fire damage.

Customers know they can rely on SERVPRO's ability to clean smoke and fire damaged items in Voorhees with excellent results, just like we do the interior of a home. We use some of the same methods to accomplish this, saving you money by keeping restoration costs low, and eliminating the need to replace belongings that only seemed damaged.

The task of removing soot from different articles varies from one type of material to the next. Fabrics of both clothing and washable household textiles require special sudsing agents that can break the soot down and leave these items with a fresh scent. Many times this requires multiple washings. We inspect such items before drying them to avoid setting any stains.

Children's toys can attract soot because of the static electricity in many plastics. While it may seem imperceptible to people, soot particles get drawn to such surfaces. The grain in wooden toys also becomes highly soiled from soot, sometimes bonding to varnishes just like it does to wooden furniture. Kitchen wares can also get layered in soot, and the greasy kind might make you want to throw all of it away.

We can help save you from this additional trouble. For those items that you can wash in water, we can get clean quickly using our ultrasonic water bath equipment. We box these things up, itemizing them as we do so, and take them to our facility.

We keep the contents of each box together as its contents go through the mitigation process of soot removal. We also thoroughly dry these items before repackaging them, so they come back to you in the best condition possible. Any damage we discover gets noted on the item's line on the inventory sheet, so you have no surprises. 

SERVPRO of Haddon Heights / Voorhees wants to provide all of our customers with services tailored to their exact needs. Your home in Magnolia or Somerdale may not need as much mitigation as your belongings require, but their loss can create unnecessary hardship. Restoring this instead of leaving you to replace them saves you time, money, and aggravation. Call us at (856) 566-3388, so we can help you with all of your fire damage mitigation needs.

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