Smoke and Fire Damage from Matches in Keene

1/3/2018 (Permalink)

A simple match can cause fire damage to your home, call SERVPRO immediately after the fire is out if you experience a house fire.

SERVPRO's Highly Trained Technicians Understand the Smoke Damage Left Behind by a Fire

Some children in Keene have a fascination with fire, and the opportunity to play with matches presents a huge temptation. However, it is a dangerous situation as well, since most children do not realize how easily a fire can start and how quickly they can spread throughout a home. Many times, fires are caused by children playing outside with matches and the wind catching fire.

Matches need to be kept out of reach of any children, but sometimes accidents still happen. Fire and fire damage to your Keene home from matches is an unfortunate and hard lesson for anyone to learn. Once the fire is out, your home needs the help of professionals to get it cleaned and repaired back to its original state. SERVPRO has the training and tools to get the job done correctly and in a timely fashion.

One thing we have to fully understand about a fire is the smoke damage that is left behind. As smoke travels from its source, it flows around your home and obstructions with the air current which arrives it. Each thing in the way tends to pick up residues from the smoke as it passes by, acting as a filter. The farther the smoke travels from the source, the fewer residues it has.

SERVPRO techs know that smoke follows airflow patterns throughout your home, spreading residues within the structure. Convection currents many times follow the direction of heating mains and tubing in homes where hot water heating is. Smoke goes upward behind radiators, which results in more substantial deposits on walls right about these units.

Some areas of your home get more smoke residues than others because of the airflow pattern. The cavity above a suspended ceiling can also serve as an air return and have heavier smoke deposits than the ceiling underneath it. The cavity can spread residues to a broader area of the home as well.

Closed doors do not stop smoke. We might find heavier concentrations around or under closed doors, around the edges of carpets, and around cracks. As the smoke flows around and through cracks, it deposits heavier concentrations of residues.

SERVPRO of Cheshire County understands all the places to check for smoke and soot residues so that we can thoroughly clean your home after a fire to make it safe again for you and your family. Residents in the areas of Swanzey, Dublin, and Fitzwilliam should call us as soon as the fire is out at (603) 352-7251.

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