What is the Best Way to Clean Fired Damaged Fabrics in Wilmington?

1/20/2020 (Permalink)

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Fire Damage Restoration in Wilmington Often Requires Restorers to Clean Fabrics

Any time something burns inside a building, including your Wilmington townhome, the smoke created by the blaze can spread throughout your entire structure. Smoke rises with the heat and then attaches to cooler surfaces and possibly causes extensive fire damage. Once gases from the burn touch other surfaces in your home, they can leave behind soils and soot residues when the partially combusted particles return to their solid-state.

Smoke can travel through every room inside your townhome complex and cause issues inside your unit. Many fire damage projects in Wilmington require a large amount of cleaning and soot removal efforts during the restoration process. Since blazes put off different types of smoke based on what they burn, our SERVPRO technicians can utilize a variety of methods to clean every surface inside your dwelling. When we first arrive at your residence, one of the first steps we take is to test clean any of your building materials and contents that got negatively affected. Before beginning any restoration procedures, we figure out what we can save with cleaning and which soot removal techniques work best for each item.

During some situations, items inside your home like your carpets or upholstered furniture can get negatively affected by soot residues and soils. When cleaning residues from fabrics, our SERVPRO technicians can utilize a variety of methods based on the types of soot present. For example, carpet inside your home can often be restored through cleaning because heat rises during a fire. In some cases, though, the carpets can collect the fallout of burnt smoke particles from the air.

When cleaning carpets, we first start by dry vacuuming the affected area. Vacuums equipped with high-efficiency particulate air or HEPA filters can be useful when removing light soot residues from fabrics. If the soot residues have soaked deeper into your carpet, we can clean your carpets with detergents and deodorizers.

If any of your upholstered items in your home, such as your couch or recliner chair, get damaged, we can often remove the residues with dry cleaning methods. Dry sponges or vacuuming can also get soils from upholstered furniture if the soot is only on the surface. In some scenarios, soot residues can cause your furniture to stain. When this occurs, we can clean the items with a one percent chlorine bleach cleaning solution to remove the staining.

If you ever notice soot residues or soils present inside your townhome after something burns, call SERVPRO of New Hanover at (910) 762-8180 24/7. We're Faster To Any Size Disaster.

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