Fire Damage Cleanup and Restoration: Our Process and Results

9/28/2021 (Permalink)

This East Hartford homeowner called SERVPRO of West Hartford after a kitchen fire damaged this two-family home.

A fire in your West Hartford-area home changes everything. Whether it’s a small, contained fire with mostly smoke and soot damage or a total loss, you’re facing a challenging cleanup and restoration process. The skilled pros at SERVPRO of West Hartford follow a time-tested process to restore your home and possessions to their pre-fire condition. After the flames are out, you can be confident that SERVPRO will restore your home and possessions quickly and completely.

Our Proven Process

• Step 1: When you call SERVPRO—any time, 24/7—we’ll ask for details about your fire so that we can bring the right equipment and resources. 
• Step 2: Upon arrival, we inspect your home and assess the fire damage. With this information, we create a plan of action. 
• Step 3: If the fire has damaged your roof, windows or walls, we quickly board them up and cover them with tarps to prevent additional damage from the elements. 
• Step 4: If water damage has occurred, we get going fast on removing it. Once we’ve pumped out most of the water, we use dehumidifiers and air movers to remove the rest of the moisture and dry your home. 
• Step 5: Using our specialized equipment, products and procedures, we remove smoke and soot from ceilings, walls and other surfaces. 
• Step 6: Next, our crew uses a range of cleaning techniques to clean your possessions. We evaluate and clean, sanitize and disinfect your restorable items, and remove odors from your home with industrial air scrubbers and foggers.
• Step 7: The final step is to return your home to its pre-fire condition. This process ranges from minor repairs, such as replacing drywall, painting and installing new carpet, to major reconstruction of one or more rooms.

Our Results

The photo above shows the “after” view of a completely gutted and rebuilt kitchen after a fire, which started in the kitchen of a two-family home in East Hartford and almost completely destroyed the building. Our cleanup was complicated by the residue left by the use of a fire extinguisher, but we determined that much of the damaged structure and possessions were actually salvageable.

This particular homeowner decided to remodel their kitchen as part of the restoration, and installed new cabinet fronts, countertops and appliances. A frightening fire situation was turned into an opportunity to upgrade the home, and we are thrilled that the homeowner trusted SERVPRO of West Hartford with the job.

We’re Here for You

The team at SERVPRO of West Hartford has specialized training and experience in fire restoration and cleanup, as well as natural disaster and storm damage cleanup, water damage and mold remediation, and chemical and biohazard cleanup. Call SERVPRO of West Hartford (860.206.6141) any time.

If your home or business suffers damage from a fire, call SERVPRO of West Hartford today at 860.206.6141

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If your home or business suffers damage from a fire, call SERVPRO of West Hartford today at 860.206.6141