Smoke Residues Are a Major Component of Fire Damage in Ferndale

8/15/2022 (Permalink)

Fire damage restoration is a lot of work. SERVPRO techs will be on-site within 4 hours of the initial call.

Mechanical Action Cleans Up Ferndale Fire Damage

When Ferndale homes suffer a fire, various types of residues can be left behind. These fire remnants are usually wet, greasy, or dry and necessitate using different cleaning methods to remove them effectively. While detergents are required to remove wet or greasy residues, dry ones can usually be cleaned off affected surfaces with just mechanical action.

SERVPRO’s fire damage professionals in Ferndale have the necessary training and tools to eliminate dry residues from your home successfully. In fact, our fire damage restoration crews have saved countless other fire-damaged homes via smoke remediation and their overall house fire clean-up efforts. As for the tools and techniques we employ to remove dry fire/smoke remnants, we:

• Clean electronic equipment and other sensitive items with compressed air blowers so that particles can be blown off without otherwise impacting their surfaces or internal elements
• Use feather dusters or paint brushes of differing softness/size to push light, powdery residues off of delicate objects or the hard surfaces of furnishings
• Vacuum heavy deposits of loose particles from structural elements like floors, walls, and ceilings
• Wipe lightly soiled surfaces with mineral oil-treated dusting cloths and pull dry rubber cleaning sponges across more heavily soiled surfaces to pick up loose fire and smoke-related residues
• Agitate harder to remove remnants with abrasive powders, like those found in Stain Scrub (#110), steel wool, sandpapers, or roto pads
• Use blast cleaning to “blast” some abrasive material like ground corn cobs, baking soda, sand, or CO2 at the most severely soiled surfaces

So, as you can see, your neighborhood SERVPRO of Whatcom County has all of the experience and equipment necessary to remediate your home’s fire damage. Take comfort in knowing that, regardless of the severity of your situation, our highly-trained experts usually know just what is needed to return your residence to its pre-fire state. Call us anytime at (360) 733-1800.