Ask The Experts: Water Removal After Fire Suppression In Your Home

1/18/2021 (Permalink)

Water Removal After Fire Suppression In Your Colorado Springs Home

Disasters occurring in your home often do not exclusively fall into one category of damage or another. Recovering from an instance like a fire in your house requires specialists in the effects of the fire, but might also require those with certifications to contend with water damages and drying efforts as well.

While the fire damages to your home might be more than enough to get overwhelmed as a homeowner when you compound that with the need for water removal services, you need trusted technicians that can arrive quickly like our SERVPRO team. Our rapid response unit is available 24/7 to begin mitigation practices and early stages of restoration work to keep the situation from getting worse.

When it comes to contending with water damages that require extraction, time is of the essence. Our SERVPRO technicians have the tools and equipment to rapidly pull high volumes of water from the affected areas, including two truck-mounted pumps in our Green Fleet. Extraction is not the only point of concern about the need for water removal, as this damage can spread and saturate quickly through materials in the affected region of the property.

Oversaturation is a common occurrence in these situations, causing construction materials and surfaces to bloat and distort as the abundance of water warps their composition. If managed at the appropriate times, our professionals can work with air movers and dehumidifiers to pull the moisture from the area entirely, pulling the relative humidity in your home back to acceptable parameters to avoid effects like mold growth.

Odors and Damage Related to Smoke and Fires in Your Home

After a fire emergency, most homeowners are concerned about the damage that the flames have done to their home's structure and contents. While the impact of fire itself is destructive, the damage that it leaves behind can be just as ruinous.
 
If your home has fire damage you should be aware that smoke resulting from the event will linger in your home if it's not carefully remedied. Here's information about the dangers of smoke and how SERVPRO works to get rid of it.
 
Unsightly Marks
A telltale sign that you have smoke damage left over from a fire is soot marks. They are most often seen as streaks along tall surfaces, walls, mantles, and shelves, but they can appear anywhere. The problem with soot is that it is nearly impossible to eradicate with the cleaners and tools available on the consumer market. We have industrial grade equipment and cleaners that may get rid of soot marks for good. If the greasy residue is too damaging the best we can do is to carefully wipe it off hard surfaces and apply a prime coat to seal in the staining.
 
Poor Indoor Air Quality
Smoke hangs in the air after fire damage has affected a home, and it not only smells bad but compounds breathing. When you sense that the indoor air seems thicker or the smell in your house is noticeably affected, trust SERVPRO to thoroughly deodorize and clean so you can truly breathe easier. Rather than masking odors we can place ozone machines and hydroxyl generators to capture the unwanted odor causing particulates or transform them into non-disturbing molecules.
 
Ruined Possessions and Furniture
Everything from electronics to paper documents and furniture will be adversely affected by soot and smoke if they're allowed to linger after a fire event. This type of fire damage is what leads to homeowners to throw out their possessions. Our skilled technicians can salvage items affected by smoke and fire damage, saving you money in the process.
 
At SERVPRO we're prepared to get your home back in top shape after any fire emergency and prevent damage from smoke and soot. To receive a quote or get more information about our fire damage restoration services, call us today! We are faster to any disaster and will make things "Like it never even happened."