Fire Damage Restoration Tips
Fire Damage Restoration Tips
If you had fire damage in your home, here are some steps you can take in the process of restoring your home and some tips to help you avoid common mistakes people make.
Take Safety Precautions: Before entering back into the home, ensure that the area is safe. Confirm that the evacuation orders have been lifted and you have been given clearance to enter back into the building. Avoid breathing air contaminated by smoke odor and try to minimize your exposure to the contaminated areas.
Safeguard Your Documentation Process: Once the fire in your house has been put out, obtain a copy of the fire report. Get in touch with your insurance agent and review your policy to ensure you have coverage.
Be Cautious When Cleaning: When cleaning, avoid using shop vacuums and other common vacuum cleaners. These do not filter out small particles but instead blow them out of the exhaust into the air where they can be inhaled. Avoid disturbing the air as much as possible and do not use leaf blowers or any other methods that will put ash into the air.
Don’t Take Chances: When sorting through your kitchen food contents, don’t take chances. Throw out anything that has signs of heat or smoke damage.
Contaminated Pool Water: You should contact your local government to determine the best method to remedy ashes in the pool water. In some cases the government may recommend to send the water into the sewer system rather than a storm drain.
Change HVAC Filters: Your HVAC filters should be changed right away to remove all soot, ash and smoke residue.
Get The Fire Mitigated: Fire damage in a home can be very dangerous even after the fire has been put out. It can cause weakened structures that cave in, damaged pipes that easily burst, and overall safety and health concerns. Call Affordable Restoration today and our experts can come out to do a free inspection and recommend the best course of action so that your home can be fully restored and the fire damage mitigated.
