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Fires are destructive and potentially cause the most damage to your home and belongings over other disasters. Fires cause damage in multiple ways, directly from the fire, from firefighting efforts including physical damage and water damage and from fire soot and smoke.
Cleaning up soot residue must be done as quickly as possible. During combustion, soot residue and volatile vapors are carried by rising and expanding air to surfaces throughout a structure, and are deposited. This process occurs repeatedly until combustion ends, with soot residue building up on surfaces layer by layer.
Fire Clean-Up Involves: Property, Smoke, & Personal Damage
Further damage occurs within minutes and with hours and days the damage escalates. Below is a damage timeline.
1.Within Minutes: Acid soot residues cause plastics to yellow; appliances and equipment discolor; highly porous materials (marble, alabaster) discolor permanently.
2. Within Hours: Acid residues stain grout in bathrooms; fiberglass bath fixtures yellow; uncoated metals tarnish, counter tops yellow; finishes on appliances yellow; and furniture finishes discolor.
3. Within Days: Acid residues cause painted walls to yellow permanently; metal corrodes, pits and rusts; wood furniture requires refinishing; vinyl flooring requires refinishing or replacement; clothing becomes soot stained; upholstery stains permanently.
4. Within Weeks: Restoration costs escalate tremendously. Synthetic carpet fibers yellow or discolor permanently; silver plate is corroded permanently; glass, crystal, china may require replacement due to severe etching and pitting caused by prolonged exposure to acid soot residues.
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After a fire it is important to begin clean up efforts as soon as possible in order to prevent further permanent damage. Delaying neutralization, corrosion control and cleaning efforts increases damage, restoration costs and the time required to prepare your home for renovation.