San Leandro Property Owners Benefit from SERVPRO's Methods for Salvaging Smoke & Fire Damaged Contents

1/28/2019 (Permalink)

SERVPRO 's Fire & Smoke Cleanup and Restoration Keeps Your San Leandro Home from Going Up in Smoke

The Right Skills and Tools Help with Faster Restoration of Fire Damage in San Leandro

Fire incidents can cause varying degrees of damage depending on the intensity of the blaze and the materials burned. Damage can be from the flames or the heat scorching materials, as well as deposits of soot and other smoke residues. Fire incidents also involve some degree of water damage since it is the most commonly used medium for extinguishing blazes. Involving a professional FSRT, Fire & Smoke Restoration Technician ensures the use of the right tools and skills, which can lead to a better outcome and faster turnaround.
 
It is vital to separate items affected by fire damage in San Leandro varies in different parts of the structure and contents. Separating the items also helps improve the chances of saving more. For severe blazes, our SERVPRO technicians separate items into groups of salvageable, unsalvageable and questionable items. We prepared the unsalvageable ones for disposal and set the others aside for cleaning. Since items categorized as questionable may require additional cleaning and inspection efforts, we might transport them offsite for cleaning.
 
Restorative cleaning helps save more items thus reducing the cost involved unlike replacing damaged materials. Cleaning is possible if flames only char the surfaces slightly or in case of smoke residue damage. Different cleaning actions like agitation with brushes and cleaning with detergents can help restore the surfaces to preloss state. Our SERVPRO crew also uses specialized cleaning techniques such as soda blasting which removed embedded carbonized debris from surfaces such as wood. Since it utilizes sodium bicarbonate, it also acts as a deodorizer. For contents and possessions like dishes, vases, glassware, toys, and such we can emerse them into an ultrasonic bath at our facility for a gentle cleaning and rinsing.
 
The water from firefighting efforts can cause problems if left unaddressed. Once cleanup and debris removal steps are complete, it is necessary to dry off excess moisture. It is possible to dry the area by opening doors and windows, but the effectiveness of such action might not be sufficient. Our SERVPRO technicians use a closed drying system, relying on air movers to evaporate moisture from materials and dehumidifiers to extract the moisture from the air. Using our ASD, Applied Structural Drying, skills it is easy to calculate the right combination of air movers and dehumidifiers for expedited drying.
 
For faster recovery after a fire incident, call SERVPRO of San Leandro at (510) 352-2480. We're Faster To Any Size Disaster.

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