Smoke damage doesn’t just cause harm to your home and personal belongings. It can also cause harm to your physical health as well. But smoke damage restoration can return your home to a safe and livable condition.
The Biodynamic team is well-versed in how to remove smoke damage from a home, protect the home from further damage, and restore the property to its pre-loss condition. If you need our assistance, here’s what to expect from our smoke damage restoration services.
Safeguarding Your Home
Homes that have burned in a fire may be vulnerable to further damage. For instance, an already compromised structure will be more susceptible to the threat of severe weather. While a structurally sound home may be able to weather the storm, a home damaged by fire is less likely to withstand strong winds, heavy rains, and other inclement weather conditions.
In addition to safeguarding your home against Mother Nature, you’ll also need to protect it from those who may try to capitalize on your losses. For example, burglars may target homes based on occupancy and accessibility. Vacant homes are more often a target of burglaries, as are homes with weakened entry points. If you have broken windows or damaged doors as a result of the fire, your home may be at greater risk of a property crime.
Fortunately, there are ways to mitigate these risks. Before we begin smoke damage restoration, the Biodynamic team provides emergency board-up services and tarping to protect your home from any further losses.
Restoring Your Belongings
In the event of a fire, your family’s safety should always come first. As a result, emergency situations often leave you with little time to protect your home. When fire and smoke have already damaged your belongings, the Biodynamic team uses cutting-edge technology to restore everything that is salvageable.
Our services include cleaning your clothing, artwork, electronics, appliances, and other goods. We also clean and restore pictures because we understand that certain things, like precious memories, are simply irreplaceable.
As we work to fully restore your home, we’ll pack your belongings and place them in climate-controlled storage. This prevents them from sustaining further damage. We will also provide a full-contents inventory for insurance reporting purposes, including 360-degree photo documentation of all smoke and soot damage. You can then provide this documentation to your insurance company to substantiate any insurance claims you file.
Once your belongings are documented and secured, we will perform full structure cleaning and restoration services. We’ll handle everything so you don’t have to worry about hiring separate contractors. Instead, you can deal with the same team from start to finish.
To clean your home’s surfaces and restore them to a pristine condition, we use a safe and effective method known as dry ice blasting. This technique saves you both time and money, in addition to preserving items that would otherwise have to be discarded.
The health and well-being of your family is always our top priority. We use nontoxic products so you never have to worry about us leaving any harmful residue or messy cleanups behind. Instead, you can be confident that when you return home, it will feel and look just as it should.
Removing Signs of Damage
Once the smoke dissipates, some aftereffects may remain unless proper smoke damage restoration is performed. For instance, odor from smoke is absorbed by the materials that make up your home and the items inside, and it can linger long after the fire. Not only is the smell unpleasant, but breathing in polluted air from smoke fumes can cause breathing problems and other health issues. That’s why the Biodynamic team works fast to eliminate all signs of damage as quickly as possible, including odor.
Our team uses BioSweep technology, for example, to permanently eliminate odors and other surface contaminants, reviving your home and refreshing the air quality in the process. This powerful and environmentally friendly technology rids your home of smoke odors and takes care of any contaminants embedded in the structure and other materials.
In addition to odor removal capabilities, BioSweep is also used for mold elimination. The water used by firefighters to put out the fire can cause a lot of damage and increase the risk of mold growth. A base of BioSweep treatment removes airborne and superficial surface mold spores. Then, a defense treatment prevents mold from returning to treated surfaces for a period lasting up to 12 months.
That means there will be no lingering smell or other signs of smoke or fire damage. With BioSweep technology, we are able to restore your home faster so you’re able to breathe easier. In fact, the BioSweep base treatment can reduce the time it takes to deodorize your home by up to 90 percent.
Returning Home
How long you have to remain outside your home during the restoration process will vary, depending on the extent of the damage sustained. It could be anywhere from a few days to several months. However, we promise to work as efficiently as possible and communicate with you throughout the rebuild.
When you do return home, there will be no question it is safe for you to do so. Once our treatment and rebuild are complete, we use highly sensitive vapor monitoring equipment to confirm your home has been restored to a healthy, secure, and comfortable environment.
After all, your house is more than a place of shelter. We believe it’s a place where you should feel at peace and be able to fully enjoy the comforts of home.
Preventing Future Loss
Don’t allow one of your most prized possessions—your home and belongings—to become a total loss. Take steps to mitigate the risk of fire, such as ensuring there are working smoke alarms throughout your home. Or if your home has already incurred smoke damage, take swift action to preserve as many of your belongings as possible through smoke damage restoration.
When it comes to fire and smoke damage, time is of the essence. Get superior results in a cost-efficient, timely manner from a dedicated and proven team you can trust.
