Home Solutions for Small Fire Restoration by Steamatic
We at Steamatic understand the traumatic life-changing nature of fire damages to your property, and operate with equal parts professional expertise and reverence when we are cleaning your family’s home. If you and your family have suffered from fire damages to the home or business, Steamatic Fire Damage Restoration Services can help.
Though even the smallest fire can have a huge impact on your home or work life, these smaller incidents do give home and business owners the opportunity to repair damages themselves, if they so choose. If you feel that your fire damages are not significant enough for a professional Steamatic clean, but enough to require some amateur treatment, then read on to learn different ways you can undo smoke damage to the home from Canada’s cleaning and restoration authority.
What you will need:
- Trisodium Phosphate cleaner – 1 tbsp mixed in 1 gallon of water
- Rubber gloves for handling
- 1 large sponge (sponges commonly used to wash cars are an ideal size)
- 2 larges buckets
- Reliable warm water source
- Protective goggles, mask, and rugged work clothes
- Cleaning rags
- Vacuum cleaner
The cleaning process:
- Vacuum all soot from the surface of your furniture, walls, and belongings.
- With rubber gloves, apply the Trisodium solution to your sponge and scrub down the affected area in manageably-sized segments using hard, firm strokes.
- Dip cleaning rigs in warm water and rinse the sponged areas.
- Repeat until desired result is reached, but do not oversatured your walls in your cleaning solution, or you risk seeping water damages done to your drywall and baseboard.
- Most home owners decide to prime their walls and apply a fresh coat of paint after having cleaned them of soot.
While these tips will help you deal with manageable fire damages, smoke odors may persist. White vinegar, baking soda, and activate charcoal are all excellent DIY choices for home odor control, but you may have to contact the professionals at Steamatic to truly restore your home to its past glory.
