Cleaning Small Items during Fire Restoration in Suffern Homes

7/5/2022 (Permalink)

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Dealing with a fire loss is not just about the big things. Small items in your Suffern home can cause challenges since they require individual attention, and it is costly to throw everything away the moment the embers die down. Evaluating and cleaning small items that you deem salvageable is essential to fire restoration.

Some of the small items you have to deal with during the fire restoration of your Suffern home include light fixtures, kitchen utensils, jewelry, and chandeliers. You can only deal with such items effectively if you have time, a sufficient workforce, or specialized equipment. SERVPRO provides the crew and equipment you might need.

Preparation steps for cleaning

• Disassembling items
• Separating or grouping items
• Pre-cleaning heavily soiled items

Many small items are attached to or are part of larger items. For instance, light fixtures are connected to the ceiling or walls. On the other hand, chandeliers are made up of several small parts. Cleaning the items while still attached elsewhere is not ideal. Our SERVPRO technicians help disassemble the items safely when stripping the electrical from your house.

Performing cleaning

Another essential step is separating items based on their physical properties to facilitate cleaning. Some things, such as jewelry and kitchen items, can withstand immersion in cleaning solutions to remove soot or other fire residues. You might damage electrical fixtures irreparably from such exposure.

Helpful cleaning methods

• Ultrasonic cleaning
• Hand cleaning
• Spray and wipe cleaning

Ultrasonic cleaning effectively removes soot and other fire residues adhering to the surface of items. The system has large tanks where the soiled items are immersed in cleaning solutions. It then generates and implodes millions of tiny bubbles agitating the dirty areas.

SERVPRO of Southern Rockland County, Stony Point readily addresses big or small fire restoration tasks restoring homes to their preloss state. You can reach us at (845) 400-4888.