Puffback Fire Soot Boiler broken emergency clean up services in Bronxville NY 10708
EMERGENCY TIPS
The following Emergency Tips were compiled by Servpro's nearly 50 years in Fire and soot cleanup and restoration experience. Also, I have added suggestions from our Servpro of Scarsdale / Mount Vernon team: highly trained, Smoke Restoration Tech. and background checked professionals who treat you like family. We are local and family owned, and live and work in the communities we serve -- from Bronxville to White Plains in New York.
There are additional tips from The National Institute of Fire Restoration below, based on their wide experience in this field. You may not need to memorize all of the procedures below.
However, if you or yours, or a client has a fire or soot disaster or a puffback in a home or business, these are common sense steps that can prevent even more destruction:
Fire and Smoke Damage or Boiler puffbacks
After fire damage, it is natural to want to clean a building and its contents. Timely action can be a great help, but incorrect or delayed action can jeopardize or seriously impede satisfactory restoration. Especially in a puffback situation, there may be soot layered on every surface and item in the home or business!
DO...
• Clear and protect chrome trim on kitchen appliances with a light coating of vaseline or other oil.
• Blow off or brush-vacuum loose smoke particles from upholstery, drapery and carpet.
• Open windows for ventilation.
• Changes furnace filter if blower is operating.
• Empty freezer and refrigerator completely if electricity is off, and prop doors open with a rolled towel or newspaper.
• Clean and protect smoked bathroom faucets, tub fittings and towel bars with light coating of oil.
• Pour antifreeze in toilet bowls, sinks, and tubs to prevent freezing it heat is off in winter.
• Wash plants with water on both sides of leaves (water softener helps).
• Call plumber to drain heating system if heat is off in winter.
• Remove pets (especially birds) to clean environments.
Do Not...
• Wipe or attempt to wash walls, ceilings or other absorbent surfaces.
• Use upholstered furniture if it can be avoided.
• Use exposed food items, or canned goods which have been subjected to excessive heat.
• Use TVs, stereos, or electrical appliances until cleaned and checked.
• Send smoked garments to an ordinary dry cleaner. Improper cleaning may set
smoke and odor.
A fire, soot or puffback damage and emergency clean up services in Bronxville NY 10708
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