Can Items of Mine That Got Coated in Soot After My Haddon Heights Fire be Saved?

6/11/2020 (Permalink)

Call SERVPRO after a fire in your Haddon Heights home, our crew will help you through the process.

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If an inferno ever starts inside your house in Haddon Heights, the smoke coming from it can cause damage to building materials and contents that are far away from the blaze's source. When smoke contacts cooler surfaces, it solidifies in the form of soils and soot residues.

How can you clean my possessions that got coated in soot?

During fire restoration in Haddon Heights, our SERVPRO crew can utilize a variety of techniques, tools, and chemical products to prevent your building materials and contents from being discarded and replaced. Cleaning items of yours that got negatively affected is the most cost-effective way of restoring your structural components and possessions. When cleaning soot-coated items, we always follow the basic principles of cleaning while utilizing the elements of cleaning at the same time.

Principles of Cleaning

• First, our technicians locate all of the soot residues present by carefully inspecting your entire structure.
• Next, we identify the types of residues present based on the kinds of materials that got burned in the fire.
• We then identify the types of surfaces that got affected so we know what techniques will work best.
• Then, our team can take steps to capture and remove all of the residues present.
• Finally, we dispose of the residues in sealed plastic bags so that no soot can spread during the removal.

Elements of Cleaning

• Temperature: Since heat can increase the speed of chemical reactions in chemical products, we always use an appropriate temperature depending on the type of cleaning solution and the material being cleaned.
• Agitation: We can use towels, brushes, or air and water pressure to agitate soiled surfaces and dislodge the residues.
• Chemical Action:  Many cleaning products use chemical actions to remove soils such as dissolving, emulsifying, bleaching, or oxidizing.
• Time: Some chemical products require different amounts of dwell time to work effectively.

Cleaning soiled building materials or contents after a fire burns in your house in Runnemede or Somerdale is a job best left to the professionals. For assistance, call SERVPRO of Haddon Heights / Voorhees at (856) 566-3388.