Reading Retail Fire Damage Requires Specialized Cleanup and Restoration--We Advise You to Call SERVPRO

5/1/2019 (Permalink)

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Commercial Fire Damage Restoration In Reading, Pennsylvania

For Reading business owners, a fire can be the most fear-inducing event to ever happen in their retail facility. The results affect how they support their customers and pay their employees. The sprinkler or another suppression system quickly extinguish many commercial fires, so cleaning and restoration often depend on the property inside the building.
 
Restoring commercial fire damage in a Reading mattress store means cleaning surfaces that quickly absorbed smoke residues and the water used to put the fire out. There is nearly always some physical damage from heat and flames, but SERVPRO team members can quickly remove and dispose of that so they can get to the majority of the work.
 
Where possible, our technicians use dry sponges and cloths to wipe down surfaces and remove smoke residues. For very damp or wet residues, they bring in a mild cleaning agent from our chemical inventory to return items to a clean condition. For thicker residue layers, they have the option to use either hand brushes or a powered agitation device from our equipment inventory to break them up for easier removal.
 
As team members clean the mattresses and other inventory, more SERVPRO specialists set up equipment to dry everything as well. They use a combination of air movers to generate warm, dry air, and fans to circulate it throughout the facility and across damp surfaces to force out the cooler, moist air. The fans also help remove airborne odor particles from the building. Mattresses are particularly problematic for cleaning, especially in a retail situation where much value is lost since they must be sold at "fire sales" prices if they can be salvaged.
 
In addition to the store’s inventory, there is also the structure which requires restoration. With a quickly extinguished fire, technicians can remove smoke and soot residues from walls, tables, and other surfaces with a mild cleaning agent. For ceilings and areas high on walls, team members use sponges and cloths on long-handles to reach overhead. The air movers and fans that dry inventory also works well to lower the inside humidity and dry building material like ceiling tiles and drywall without causing secondary damage. The use of chemically altering odors by using hydroxyl generators and ozone machines can be advantageous under specific conditions.
 
At SERVPRO of Reading, our goal with each business is to help the owner reopen her doors so she and her employees can provide goods and services in the same excellent manner as before the fire. If you need our help, call our office today at (610) 779-8189 to see what we can do for you.

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