Here To Help When Fire Strikes Your Home or Business

4/11/2022 (Permalink)

As a leading restoration team in the Greater Chicago area, our professionals are trusted with recovering Park Forest homes and businesses contending with fire damages. We know how challenging restoration of these disasters can become, especially when property owners delay work starting. Smoke odors are particularly challenging because deodorization involves a more scientific and intricate approach than masking present scents with stronger ones.

Eliminating these smoke odors are a priority of our crew addressing fire damage in Park Forest homes. The SERVPRO Fire & Smoke Restoration Technicians (FSRT) we deploy arrive with multiple machines dedicated explicitly to eliminating odor molecules and returning your property to preloss condition. Much like our diverse offerings for addressing these odor issues, rarely is one machine or approach universally successful.
 
A popular selection for addressing widespread fire effects in your home is the ozone machine. Much like the chamber we have in our facility that can work to remove smoke and charring odors from items, furniture, and fabrics, this is a portable unit that can address broad square footage of your property. The drawback to this approach is that the ozone produced by these machines is harmful, or even fatal, to humans and pets. If these units get employed in the house, there is a period where the structure must air out before our SERVPRO team can resume restoration and recovery efforts. This only takes several hours. Ozone, the O3 molecule can also degrade rubber and vinyl materials so it must be used with caution.
 
Another popular choice used by both our restoration technicians and rented by homeowners seeking to deodorize their property on their own is the hydroxyl generator. This device produces a cleansing spectrum of ultraviolet, which can disintegrate odor molecules. Ultraviolet cleaning, unlike ozone, is not unsafe for our technicians and others to be around. We can employ this unit along with addressing other aspects of mitigation and recovery. The positive effects of reduced to zero odors do take a longer time.
 
Foggers present the most portable solution for our restoration technicians on site. These machines produce a dense chemical fog that bonds with harsh lingering odors and neutralizes these molecules. This approach is ideal for soft materials like clothing, carpets, upholstery, and open areas of the house. Heated fogging can also penetrate and mimic the path of fires to the smallest nooks and crannies.
 
While many of these items can get rented through home improvement locations, the cost of rentals along with the time spent in using these units often exceeds the amounts of time and money you were attempting to avoid. For guaranteed results, call the number in the last paragraph.

Our SERVPRO of Chicago Heights / Crete / Beecher team can show you that We’re Faster To Any Size Disaster. Give us a call anytime at (708) 672-0077.

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