Personal Property/Content Cleaning
Cleaning up and restoring your home or office contents after a disaster strikes can be devastating.
In many cases though, fires that were contained and isolated to one area of the property and other areas of the property may not be as serious. When the contents of a home such as furniture, kitchen utensils, dishes, toys, clothing, bedding and draperies, or other personal items are damaged by smoke/soot mitigating the fire damage, cleaning and restoring the contents to its pre-loss condition is a job for our restoration professionals. If the fire damage is deemed a total loss, there may be nothing, or very little, left to save.
Smoke/soot particles are Products of Incomplete Combustion (PIC). These are carcinogens that are dangerous. They can start to degrade contents of a home within just a few days, so dealing with them properly and immediately is the key in being able to salvage your belongings.
Once we have taken safety precautions the next step is to determine which items should be cleaned and where.
Offsite Content Cleaning Services:
Cleaning up and restoring your home or office contents after a disaster strikes can be devastating.
Having to deal with the aftermath of a fire or water is difficult for a few reasons. If you find yourself cleaning up after a home fire, you will find that it is both mentally and psychically tough. You are looking at what may be left of your home or office from the fire damage. Construction Zone Cleaning understands this is a difficult time and our team of professionals are trained to help you in every way possible.
While some fires are a total loss, not all of them are. If the fire is a total loss, there may be nothing, or very little, left to save, but many fires are not as serious. In some cases, there is little structural damage to the home. Even in those cases, there is usually significant smoke/soot damage to the contents of the home. When the contents of a home such as furniture, kitchen utensils, dishes, toys, clothing, bedding and draperies, or other personal items are damaged by smoke/soot mitigating the fire damage, cleaning and restoring the contents to its pre-loss condition is a job for our restoration professionals.
Smoke/soot particles are Products of Incomplete Combustion (PIC). These are carcinogens that are dangerous. They can start to degrade contents of a home within just a few days, so dealing with them properly and immediately is the key in being able to salvage your belongings.
Pack Out
With restorable items, our staff may decide conditions in the home are severe enough to warrant removing the smoke/ soot damaged items to our secure and climate-controlled facility for offsite cleaning (See our facility). This process is referred to as a “pack out.” If this is done, careful records will be kept for items taken, location of the items, and condition of the items when removed. Inventory lists will be kept on stored items and our available per request.
Our team at Construction Zone Cleaning will evaluate the contents in every room to determine whether they should be replaced, or can be successfully restored to a pre-loss condition. Cost, sentimental value, and antique value are all considerations. In many cases, if items have not been damaged directly by the fire or by excessive heat, they do not need to be discarded. One of our professionals will perform testing to determine the appropriate product and mix ratio to use on each content item.
Feel assured that we will use environmentally friendly products for all cleaning and restoration processes when possible. Food items must be treated with caution.
Food items must be treated with caution. Any open items should be thrown away. Unopened items in original packaging that were away from the heat can be considered safe. If there is any doubt, throw the items away. Remember to keep aninventory of what is being thrown away.
Odor issues come with smoke/soot damage. The first step in getting rid of odors is to get rid of the source. Once the restoration is complete, if there is still a small odor then an additional step may be added to the restoration process. This could include ozone or hydroxyl deodorizing, as appropriate.