We Have The Advanced Equipment To Restore Your Homewood Home After A Fire Disaster

7/30/2019 (Permalink)

Extensive damage was done to this bedroom after a fire struck this home. We showed up as soon as they called and started restoration.

How We Clean the Four Floor Types to Mitigate Smoke Damage in a Homewood Residence

Restoring your Homewood residence to normal after a fire of any size means taking care of the floors in each part of the house. Soot is a highly tricky substance to remove from a large number of surface types, and the individual particles can adhere to minute depressions or within the pores of natural materials. One area that needs skilled professionals is your floors.

Our specialists know how to restore the floors in your Homewood location using fire damage mitigation methods. Flooring falls into four main types – resilient, non-resilient, concrete, and wood. Our building services handles a large portion of the restoration process regarding floors.

After our cleaning process finishes removing the soot and other debris, we re-assess the floor's condition. Some flooring needs nothing else for us to consider it clean and restored to preloss condition. However, many situations call for additional restorative measures.

Resilient floors include those made from vinyl. Slight buffing and several coats of sealer quickly restore such flooring. When needed, drying the floor from underneath, if possible can help preserve the floor.
If your home contains non-resilient floors, including marble, the natural pores and minute depressions that make these substances so beautiful can become clogged with the by-products of smoke and fire damage. An alkaline cleaning agent works well in most cases, but we must wait until the floor completely dries after a thorough rinsing to see how well the floor responded. If residues remain, we can discuss an acid-based cleaning method suitable only for non-polished surfaces.

We check concrete floors for sealants that can make cleaning after a fire much more manageable. Non-sealed floors remain porous, leading to stains from smoke residues that flowed deeper into the concrete with the liquid cleaning agents. Because of the possibility of causing permanent staining, we dry clean such surfaces as thoroughly as possible before applying any liquids.
Hardwood flooring absorbs water from firefighting efforts. Some wood floors made from small-sized pieces, called parquet, suffer significantly during a fire. The heat, humidity, and the soiling tear these types of floors apart at their very base, making replacement a much better option than restoration. Strips of wood often fare much better than their pieced-together counterparts. They can retain water underneath them, and soot can also find its way around to the underside of wooden boards during and after a fire. We use gentle cleaning agents that contain no solvents to pull soot out of the wood's grain.

Homes in Flossmoor and Olympia Fields, as well as those in Country Club Hills with fire damage need the skilled professionals at SERVPRO of Matteson-Homewood. Contact us at (708) 747-9925 to see how our mitigation, restoration, and building professionals can help you and your family.

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