A Fire Caused by a Cooking Appliance Left a Homeowner with Severe Fire Damage. Where Does a Homeowner in Wilmington Seek Help?

9/27/2020 (Permalink)

A fire in your house can cause much more damage than you’d expect. Contact SERVPRO for fire damage remediation services to get life back to normal.

Talk to SERVPRO Technicians to Help You Deal With the Fire Damage in Your Wilmington Residence.

The secondary damages of a fire are not only traumatizing but also tricky to handle. Watching your belongings and building materials damaged or covered in soot can cause massive stress. Fortunately, SERVPRO professionals in Wilmington can mitigate the damage and get your property to its preloss state.

What can I clean myself?

It can be overwhelming to handle the fire damage in your Wilmington property without the right equipment, products, and expertise. Proper training, hi-tech equipment, and advanced cleaning products are essential in getting your property to its pre-damaged state. If you try to clean any surface by yourself, you can worsen the destruction.

However, before our technicians get to your property, you can set aside items that require urgent restoration. Valuable items such as TV's and computers can have priority over items like glassware. That way, you can make the fire mitigation work a bit easier for our restorers.

Can the type of fire affect the restoration process?

The cause of fire and items burned determines the type of residues that settle on various surfaces. This can affect the cleanup process significantly. For instance:

• If protein-based substances such as beef or chicken were involved in the fire, the greasy film could spread in your kitchen. Also, the grease can burn various surfaces when heated further, and only powerful chemicals can remove it. We can use concentrated wood oil soap to clean your finished wood surfaces such as paneling, kitchen cabinets, and wood floors.
• If natural substances such as wood, paper, among other organic materials, were involved in the fire, a gray or black residue could cover surfaces in your property. Our crew can rely on a powerful vacuum and approved products to clean the area.

Can restorers remove the smoke odor in my property?

Even after cleaning smoke residues, your property can still have a charcoal-like odor. Our SERVPRO technicians can use appropriate tools, products, and cutting-edge techniques to remove the odor from your property permanently. Some products we can use to remove the odors include:

• Odor counteracting beads
• Water-based wet mist deodorizers
• Solvent-based thermal fog deodorizers

We can also use air scrubbers to combat the odors. The equipment draws indoor air through several filters to capture gases and odors and exhausts clean air into your property.

The primary and secondary damages of a fire can lead to costly home repairs. Contact SERVPRO of Hockessin / Elsmere at (302) 992-0104 for proper restoration. "Like it never even happened."

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