Fire Damage Restoration in Morristown Happens Fast with SERVPRO

2/16/2022 (Permalink)

Smoke residues deposited in fire-damaged homes in Morristown can be wet or dry, and SERVPRO can clean them all!

How Does SERVPRO Handle Soot Residues During Fire Damage Restoration in Morristown? 

Once the smoke settles on the various surfaces, it is often referred to as soot. How SERVPRO techs handle the soot during fire damage restoration of your Morristown home depends on several factors.

Characteristics of the soot particles such as the pH, nature, and physical appearance dictate the strategies that SERVPRO techs employ during fire damage restoration of your Morristown home. Based on some of these properties, the techs categorize the soot into the following four types:

• Dry smoke residue
• Wet smoke residue
• Protein smoke residue
• Fuel oil smoke residue

What Makes Residue Left After Smoke Damage to your Morristown Home Wet or Dry?  

Smoke residues deposited in fire-damaged homes in Morristown can be wet or dry. While SERVPRO techs have expertise in cleaning any smoke residue, the wet residues are more challenging to remove than the dry ones.

Whether a residue formed after a fire incident is wet or dry is determined by several variables, such as the amount of oxygen available, the rate of combustion, and the chemical composition of the material. Fast-burning, oxygen-rich fires tend to produce dry smoke, while slow-burning fires that are deprived of oxygen tend to make wet smoke. Furthermore, natural materials like wood, cotton, and paper have dry residues, while synthetic materials such as plastic and polymers produce wet residues.

How are Dry and Wet Residues Cleaned?

SERVPRO techs use less aggressive cleaning methods such as scrubbing with a sponge to clean dry residues. However, the wet residues warrant a more intensive cleaning method involving cleaning solutions and products. 

Call SERVPRO of Hamblen County at (423) 318-6733 with any questions regarding fire damage restoration.