Use caution in smoke filled rooms

4/2/2019 (Permalink)

Avoid or limit moving through heavily smoke damaged rooms such as this.

You've had a fire.  Luckily, no one was injured.  But, several rooms in the house suffered smoke and soot damage.

Your first reaction is to start going through your belongings, to see how much damage they have incurred during the fire.  You start moving boxes around and rummage through drawers and closets.

But beware!  Going from room to room could drag soot particles into rooms that did not have any initial damage.  Repeated walking in soot-filled rooms could also embed the smoke particles into the carpets and flooring, making them harder (if not impossible) to clean.

Also, touching the walls, whether on purpose or by accident, could cause the smoke particles to stain the drywall permanently, because of the oils in your fingers.  

We understand that you are in a hurry to check the status of your belongings.  But just haphazardly checking items from room to room can cause more secondary damages than necessary.

Calling SERVPRO of Bedford Park/Burbank and scheduling an inspection is the correct option.  We can walk through the home with you, assess the damaged areas, recommend options that you can do safely, and set up a cleaning plan.

Don't delay!  Call us today!  708-430-3600.