Our Professionals Discuss Soot Removal Strategies For Your East Hampton Home

8/20/2019 (Permalink)

Give our specialists a call anytime that you need us at (860) 826-5169.

Soot Removal Strategies For East Hampton Homes

For as dangerous and stressful as fire loss can become for East Hampton properties, many homeowners still mistakenly believe that restoring and recovering the house afterward is a simple and straightforward process. Even with some training and ability, the average homeowner lacks the experience to manage multiple pressing effects within a fire-damaged house at the same time. Even approaches like soot removal are not universal and vary depending on the surface affected, the severity of the situation, and the location of these effects.

Fire damage in East Hampton always occurs in layers, often requiring the extensively trained Fire & Smoke Restoration Technicians (FSRT) accredited through the Institute of Inspection Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) on our SERVPRO team. Our professionals have years of hands-on experience to combine with continued educational opportunities to be among the most knowledgeable in the industry. This expertise has given us multiple strategies for handling soot damage spread across the property as well.

Homeowners might believe that soot is much like any dirt or grime on the walls and that some elbow grease and the right cleaning products can quickly clear it right up. Due to the acidic nature of soot, it can begin affecting the composition of surfaces the longer it remains there, and can only set more deeply into the material when scrubbing occurs. Because of how widespread this effect likely is, smearing up multiple walls and surfaces attempting to clean soot can become a costly error.

Our SERVPRO team has unique products available to help maximize our effectiveness in removing this threat from your property. Our process begins with vacuuming loose sediment from the surfaces to reduce the thickness of the soot coating before we begin. Chemical sponges can get used wet or dry, and have become a staple in removing upwards of fifty square feet of soot damage on a given surface. These strategies are not as effective or guaranteed when a homeowner has already smeared, and potentially stained surfaces with DIY soot removal approaches.

Our professionals know how alarming it can be to see large areas of your home affected by soot or smoke residue, but our SERVPRO of Middletown / New Britain professionals can help. We can respond to these situations quickly and confidently, working efficiently to return your property to preloss condition. Give our specialists a call anytime that you need us at (860) 826-5169.

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