Wednesday, December 31, 2008

How to cleanup fire damage

Cleaning the mess after fire damage is not an easy task. It becomes really very difficult if you do it all by yourself. Well are well-known water damage restoration companies offering you with the competent fire damage services.

For fire water damage restoration it is necessary to first clear the smoke and water, to prevent further damage to things. This will help in easily assessing the extent of damage.

Next is clearing the mess that’s there in the room. We need to be really careful about how we pick up the things after fire damage. Care and caution both are required here.

While picking up the things wear gloves and lift the things properly. At times things that can be restored are damaged due to mishandling.

After the things are cleared, one need to check for the damages caused due to water, soot and smoke. Accordingly one needs to give the treatment. All smash ups are treated first. If the pipe has damaged, then it will be replaced. For different materials we use the required techniques.

For instance, if there is soot on the wall and is light one then easily by rubbing the alcohol it can be treated. But be VERY VERY careful…. Otherwise we as professionals use special chemicals for neutralizing the odor and cleaning the walls & hard surfaces good quality cleaners are used on sponge.

This prevents allergies also. For soft material like upholstery, power vacuum cleaner is being used. For scrubbing carpets special brush and cleaners are used.

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2 comments:

jacob said...

Fire & smoke can damage your property, expenses will occur with any loss to your home and property.
Public Adjusters has knowledge of proper construction methods, proper clean up methods and the critical estimating tools to develop a detailed line by line estimate of damages which will work to your advantage in building your fire damage insurance claim against your insurance company.

Unknown said...

Hi there! I will be looking forward to visit your page again and for your other posts as well. Thank you for sharing your thoughts about fire damage in your area. I am glad to stop by your site and know more about fire damage. Keep it up! This is a good read.
The glow of a flame is complex. Black-body radiation is emitted from soot, gas, and fuel particles, though the soot particles are too small to behave like perfect blackbodies. There is also photon emission by de-excited atoms and molecules in the gases. Much of the radiation is emitted in the visible and infrared bands. The color depends on temperature for the black-body radiation, and on chemical makeup for the emission spectra. The dominant color in a flame changes with temperature. The photo of the forest fire is an excellent example of this variation. Near the ground, where most burning is occurring, the fire is white, the hottest color possible for organic material in general, or yellow. Above the yellow region, the color changes to orange, which is cooler, then red, which is cooler still. Above the red region, combustion no longer occurs, and the uncombusted carbon particles are visible as black smoke.
Do not use any electrical appliances such as a TV or stereo until it has been cleaned and checked.

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