Our Fire Damage Specialists Can Save Your Danbury Home

2/8/2020 (Permalink)

How SERVPRO Handles Fire Damage, Smoke and Odor Problems in Danbury Homes

When a property owner sees their home for the first time and the fire damage left behind, it can seem daunting to imagine the house ever being back to normal. Mainly when the contents of the room get pushed to the middle of the floor and covered in copious amounts of water.

While fire damage in Danbury homes requires cleanup and restoration, an equally significant issue after a fire is the smoke odor. Even when the flames remained in a singular area, the smell has the potential to permeate all over the house requiring larger-scale mitigation.

Why SERVPRO?
The certified technicians undergo extensive training and learn the best practices for cleaning and restoring both structure and contents from all types of damage. This education includes testing before wiping and the use of advanced equipment for lessening loss.

Charred Items Require Removal
While the techs inspect each item in a room for restoration possibilities through their advanced cleaning methods, in the case of charred pieces, they usually require disposal. Before removal, the techs need approval from either the property owner or adjuster, and then they record the condition of the item in a written report that includes photos. This report is given to the property owner to expedite the filing of insurance claims.

Smoke Damage Cleanup
During a fire, the hot air expands and drives the odor-causing soot particles into porous objects, even paint on the wall may have embedded soot if it heated up during the fire. SERVPRO techs test before cleaning to confirm the type of residues they are cleaning and choose the appropriate agents, particularly when faced with wet smoke, where solvents are often needed to release the grip on surfaces.

Final Touches
Once the debris gets removed, and the residues cleaned away. SERVPRO techs use air scrubbers to capture airborne soot particles and perform any needed odor control applications to remove all hints a fire happened in the home.

For fast and thorough restoration services from fire damage, call SERVPRO of Danbury / Ridgefield at (203) 791-0920. The techs use their experience and equipment to make the fire loss “Like it never even happened.”

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