Fire Damage Experts In Oakland Describe Mitigating Structural Problems

7/3/2018 (Permalink)

If a fire ever burns somewhere on your property in Oakland, it can torch just about everything in its path.

Fire Damage Experts Describe Mitigating Structural Problems

If a fire ever burns somewhere on your property in Oakland, it can torch just about everything in its path. If a blaze gets hot enough, it can use just about anything as fuel. The longer a fire burns, the more of your building's structure and contents it can engulf. The hotter flames get, the more items they can consume in a smaller area. Homes are built with layers of materials, and it is possible that one or more of these structural layers get ruined.

In most cases, when building materials or your possessions get severely charred, they get removed and replaced. When mitigating fire damage in Oakland, removing burnt items is the first step in every restoration project. When most things inside a home burn, they get ruined and must be replaced before reconstruction and the final cleaning process take place. Heat can partially combust building materials and cause them to lose their structural integrity. In some cases, our SERVPRO technicians can treat and refinish objects that get charred, reducing the overall cost of the job.

For example, if a fire burns inside your kitchen, several materials can receive different levels of damage. In places where the heat is the most extreme, flames can burn through the drywall and burn the wooden studs inside the wall cavity. If this scenario ever takes place, our SERVPRO restoration crew cuts the drywall and removes as far out to where it is no longer affected, and the charred wood studs get pulled from their positions. In other places of the kitchen, the drywall might just have to be sealed and repainted. Some parts of the studs might not have got badly charred and can be sanded down and treated instead of replaced.

If heat severely affected the kitchen cabinets, they too must get disposed of and reinstalled. If the charred region of the cabinets is not deep and large, then the cabinets can get sanded down and repainted or refinished. When working with most types of wooden materials, items can be saved if the charred region is less than a quarter inch deep. If you ever need help restoring severe burn damage at your place of residence, call SERVPRO of San Leandro at (510) 352-2480 24 hours a day.

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