How To Address Smoke & Soot In Your Home

10/21/2024 (Permalink)

Call SERVPRO of Great Neck/Port Washington to professionally remove the smoke and soot damage from a fire on your property.

Post-fire recovery requires lots of cleaning and restoration. After you had a fire the remaining damage can be harmful and have threatening effects. Soot is commonly one of the most challenging parts of restoration after a fire. It can be airborne and stick to any and all surfaces, and it's hard to clean. SERVPRO of Great Neck/Port Washington has a comprehensive approach to fire damage restoration. Our step-by-step process for restoring your home or business after a fire has occurred is removing the water after firefighting efforts. Our trained team then will assess the damage caused by the fire and handle the proper fire cleanup and fire damage restoration. After, we will do a deep clean of your property including soot removal from walls, carpets, and more. 

Is Soot Dangerous?

Smoke and soot can be toxic, creating a dangerous situation in your home or business. Even if the fire was in one area of the property, smoke and soot traveled throughout the entire building. SERVPRO of Great Neck/Port Washington is highly trained, with the experience, tools, and knowledge to clean up soot and return your property to pre-fire damage. 

What Smoke Remediations Remove Soot?

Items inside your building, when a fire occurs, are at risk for soot particles landing on those surfaces. Soot can be destructive to building materials, due to its acidic composition. When it has been on materials for a long time the particles can ruin the finish on wood and even strip paint. Our team at SERVOPRO of Great Neck/Port Washington can identify the right cleaning approach depending on different methods to preserve your home’s items. Some of the options commonly needed in fire-damaged homes after smoke damage are: 

• Surface cleaning with detergents
• Soda and media blasting
• Abrasive cleaning techniques
• Controlled demolition

Can Smoke Damage Be Removed?

How to clean smoke damage depends on the extent of the soot and the material of the surfaces. Soot can be very dangerous to your lungs so it must be removed properly with the proper equipment. For large-scale fire damage with soot, it's best to contact SERVPRO® for fire and smoke restoration. When you have a fire in your house, the small particles can spread throughout your home and absorb into areas that were not affected by the fire. At SERVPRO we have the training, expertise, and equipment to remove soot safely. 

Fire Restoration Services For Great Neck/Port Washington Residents

If your Great Neck/Port Washington residence or business has recently had fire damage, we can help. We provide 24/7 emergency fire damage services for properties throughout the Great Neck/Port Washington area. For more information, please visit our website.