Fixing Unique Problems after Fire Damage Affects Your Mount Vernon Home

4/4/2022 (Permalink)

SERVPRO will help with everything from soot damage, to feather dusting when you have fire damage in your Mount Vernon home.

What Does SERVPRO Do to Complete Fire Restoration in Mount Vernon Homes Conveniently

Fire is one of the highly destructive forces which consumes materials or causes physical deterioration. Fires in Mount Vernon homes differ in many ways, including the intensity and ignition sources. Like the intensity, the sources affect the outcomes by influencing the types of deposits, odors or stains created. 

Fire damage in Mount Vernon homes can develop in many ways, including spontaneous combustion, proximity to hot materials, or during household activities like cooking. SERVPRO has a wealth of experience resolving all types of fire events.

Typical sources of house fires include:

• Candles or smoking
• Chemicals
• Home heaters
• Cooking equipment

A fire caused by smoking or candles mostly ignites fabrics when someone falls asleep while smoking in bed or leaves unattended candles. If the fire is localized, it might not cause significant structural damage. However, multiple residues remain in the structure, including hard plastic-like beads that develop when fibers melt and drip. Cleaning such residue requires a unique approach, unlike dealing with ordinary powdery soot. 

You may wonder what chemicals you have in your home, which might ignite spontaneously. However, cleaning agents or products like motor oil easily combust when exposed to the right conditions. Fuel oils produce a special type of soot that can bond with surfaces making it difficult to clean.

Proximity damage after a fire

While in most cases, fire moves from one item to another once it ignites, spreading over vast sections of a property, in some cases, the spreading is limited. Fire damage from space heaters or cooking equipment is likely to cause such damage as the heat radiates from the source without igniting materials. Stove flare-ups might also result in the same type of damage.

Fire restoration requires

• Cleanup
• Surface refinishing
• Deodorization

SERVPRO of Skagit County has developed elaborate fire damage management practices over the years. You can reach us at (360) 873-8744. We're Faster To Any Size Disaster.