How We Clean Residues After Knoxville Housefires

9/30/2019 (Permalink)

SERVPRO keeps the ball rolling with your fire damage clean up in knoxville.

Let us show you the right way to take care of the aftermath of your Knoxville fire damage.

As much as we stay dedicated to providing Knoxville homeowners with the most efficient and effective response to their fire loss incidents, we can often help the most when we take a moment and establish what our team faces. Many potential sources and materials could generate hazardous residues that vary in both severity and methods to clean. We must follow a specific plan to ensure that these threats get addressed promptly and correctly.

 This fire damage in Knoxville homes can be an overwhelming sight, especially when residues are overtaking many of the contents in an affected area of your home. Our professionals can detail these potential risks within our initial damage assessment conducted by the crew chief and production manager. With the experience and training that these technicians have, we can assess the severity of the damage to your home, and begin the process of identification with individual residues.

Finding the damage is not always a challenge, though certain residues require specific approaches to overcome. Smoke residue, for example, requires different cleaning agents and tools than the chemical sponges and pre-vacuuming with a HEPA filtered device necessary when addressing soot effects. The best approach to determine both the type of residue present and the best approach to remove it entirely is pre-testing.

In most situations, our restorers utilize practices like vacuuming and dissolving to carry soil away from affected surfaces and contents. Vacuuming involves removing dry, loose particulates heaped on surfaces like you find with smoke residues. This pre-treatment must occur before applying a cleaning agent and other moisture, as these factors can allow the particulates to become absorbed in the material below and be even more of a challenge to remove. Dissolving does not pull loose sediment, but it removes the bond between the residue and the surface beneath it so it can get more easily wiped clean.

 Because of how challenging removing residues can be, especially in identifying the best practice for each type, you can count on our SERVPRO of Rocky Hill / Sequoyah Hills / South Knoxville team to help. We have the training and expertise to handle residues where they are found to make losses “Like it never even happened.” Give us a call today at (865) 862-8907.

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