Full Restoration after Fire Damage is Multi-Faceted for Nashville Homes

3/7/2017 (Permalink)

SERVPRO Performs Full Fire Damage Restorations to Nashville Homes 

Fires in the home happen for countless reasons. Some are electrical fires caused by shorts in the wall, or an appliance and others occur when something ignites after touching something hot enough. Even small fires can make a home unsafe in which to live.

When Nashville residents have the misfortune of fire damage in their home, the technicians at SERVPRO can restore your home, so it is “Like it never even happened.” They do this by repairing any structural damage, removing and replacing charred materials, cleaning away the soot and grime, boxing up personal belongings, and deodorizing your home.

Structural soundness of your home is crucial to our technicians' safety and is addressed before any other work can begin. After ensuring that the weight of both our employees and their equipment can be safely held by your home's floors, we can start working on other aspects of the restoration process. Sometimes support beams show obvious damage, and these are replaced or fortified first. Floorboards are also quickly inspected, and those with damage are replaced or covered. Additional repairs that are permanent can be made as we work.

The flames of the fire do not have to touch certain items in your home to damage them. The heat inside your home can become so intense that some materials combust on their own, melt, or even shatter. These items need to be disposed of so that any leached toxins, sharp broken edges, or soiling can create problems in the rest of your home.

Different items in your home have special surfaces that are easily damaged when soot or ash remains on them. These items include fixtures, décor, memorabilia, and much more, and they all must be cleaned of any residue before this damage can happen. This damage, which includes etching and discoloration, may seem insignificant, but as the microscopic particles work deeper into the metal and other hard surfaces, the damage becomes more and more noticeable.

Many times there is a fire, substantial amounts of personal belongings need to be laundered or cleaned by hand, which can be an intensive task. Items, such as blankets, need to be laid out and examined. Baby and toddler gear need to be opened and examined for sharp edges that may have been created when the heat melted plastic materials. These items can be taken to our SERVPRO site and cared for there. Other items too fragile to be handled in your home can also be boxed for the same purpose.

When carpets, ceilings, walls, and your personal things are returned to pre-fire condition, the odor can remain. This does not mean that there is still fire damage, but rather that the soot produced such fine particles that they have permeated into areas that are largely inaccessible without additional, and otherwise unneeded, reconstructive work. Instead, SERVPRO technicians deodorize your home to your standards. Deodorization includes the use of ozone machines, packets that are placed in locations that cannot be reached by children or pets, and also by the use of deodorants injected directly into the carpet and padding.

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We want your home to feel like home again, and we have the training and experience to do so. For complete fire damage restoration, call SERVPRO of Madison / Goodlettsville anytime, at (615) 868-5324.