How To Clean Items Damaged in a Commercial Fire

6/28/2019 (Permalink)

Restoring belongings after a fire

After experiencing a fire in your building in Holly Springs, NC, there will likely be a lot of resulting damage. If you come across items that have been damaged by smoke, it is important that they are cleaned appropriately, whether you use dry-cleaning services or call a professional. Here is a helpful guide on cleaning fire-damaged items in your commercial building.

Furniture and Textiles

Before fire-damaged items can be cleaned, all of the residual soot must be removed. Soot that remains untreated can stain your belongings and become more difficult to remove. Some items that can be cleaned after accumulating soot include:

• Carpets
  
• Upholstery
  
• Blinds
  
  

You can attempt to remove some of the soot by using a vacuum cleaner nozzle on the surface of the damaged object. However, relying on a professional to perform the content cleaning process can help your items become restored in a more thorough manner.

Clothing

Soot-damaged clothing should be cleaned in a different way than furniture. The best way to ensure that clothing damaged from smoke is properly cleaned is to have it dry-cleaned. Not only does dry-cleaning help to thoroughly cleanse your clothing items, but it can also remove the lingering odor from the smoke. If the smoke odor isn’t eliminated as soon as possible, it can become embedded in the fabric.

Vents and Ducts

Smoke particles from the fire can spread throughout your commercial building and cause the odor to become trapped in vents and ducts. If smoke has become lodged in your ducts or vents, fire restoration services can clean them properly and prevent the smoke from continuing to drift through the air. These professionals can also place any items that have been damaged by smoke particles in content storage so they remain protected.
A fire is a devastating event, but making sure you have peace of mind can help the recovery process go more smoothly. In addition to helping repair structural damage, a professional fire remediation company should be able to help with dry-cleaning, ultra-sonic deodorizing and other services to restore valuable business assets.