Understanding the Behavior of Smoke Helps in Restoring Your Dublin Home During Fire Damage

8/31/2018 (Permalink)

Contact SERVPRO if any room in your home suffers from fire damage. We are quick to respond and understand how that creates the best results.

SERVPRO Technicians Use Their Knowledge of What Happens During a Fire to Help Remediate the Damage Left Behind

 
Fire damage restoration is all about removing the soot particles which adhere to surfaces and some of your materials. To effectively restore your property to its earlier state, it is vital to understand the behavior of smoke during the combustion process. With that knowledge, we are in a position to know where to find the lightest and heaviest smoke residues. Here, we are going to look at how the temperature of the surrounding areas and that of the smoke affects how restoration work in Dublin.
 
When your Dublin property experiences a fire damage incident, our SERVPRO team understands that the transfer of heat in the air is through a process known as convection. Since hot air is less dense when compared to cold air, it rises and displaces the colder air above it. This process goes on and on until the fire goes off. I hope you now understand why you usually see smoke residues around the ceiling area.
 
When there is too much heat in the structure, the surface's pores open and lead to deeper penetration of the residues. When that happens, it is hard to clean the smoke particles. In some cases, you can easily see heat lines in areas where the temperature was so high during the fire. When the fire is smaller, and its source is in a raised area, you may witness little smoke damage in regions under its source. When our SERVPRO technicians are restoring your property, we ventilate the site immediately to reduce additional damage from taking place.
 
At the same time, the movement of hot smoke is towards colder areas. During that movement, the colder air around the cold surfaces moves down as it is being replaced. It is the reason why our SERVPRO technicians usually find smoke deposits around colder surfaces such as closed drawers, unheated rooms, closets and outside windows.
 
SERVPRO of Cheshire County is a trusted service provider in commercial and residential restoration. Call us at (603) 352-7251 when you urgently need cleaning services at any time of the day.

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