Challenges of Kitchen Fire Damage Restoration in Rockaway

12/7/2024 (Permalink)

SERVPRO eliminates pungent protein-based fire damage from your Rockaway kitchen. "Like it never even happened."

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Whether your home is recent construction or dates back to the 1800s in our historic area, recovery from a kitchen blaze in Rockaway Borough requires professional attention. Even with prompt extinguishing, the smoke and soot spread quickly, potentially affecting all spaces in the house.

Protein-Based Soot Cleanup Is Demanding

The soot produced during a kitchen fire is unique, composed of fats heated past their smoking points and dehydrated food ingredients. High cooking heats transform the grease and foot into a fine mist that coats surfaces transparently and tightly. Rockaway kitchen fire restoration requires the skills of SERVPRO Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC)-certified technicians to loosen and remove protein-based residues:

• We assess the residue spread, inspecting all spaces in your Rockaway dwelling as the soot disperses on super-heated air currents.
• We use oil-based cleaning products or detergents because protein-based residues contain high oil levels that do not dissolve in water-based solutions.
• We test the efficacy of the proprietary soot cleanup products in inconspicuous places on damaged surfaces to ensure that the soot is removed without damaging the underlying materials.
• We adjust the four elements of cleaning to complete the fire damage restoration:

1. Chemical Action--we choose products that work to loosen the soot by emulsifying the oily residues.
2. Temperature--we moderate the temperature to enhance the speed of the selected cleaner’s action, usually by applying heat.
3. Time--we give the cleaner chosen the dwell time necessary to break the bond between the residue and the damaged material.
4. Agitation--we use a scrubbing or scraping action to loosen the greasy film, sometimes adding a rough-edged tool or grit to the cleaning solution to help dislodge the coating. Proper agitation requires a careful and experienced hand.

Rely on the crews' expertise from SERVPRO of North Morris County for effective fire damage restoration. Call us to schedule an assessment and begin planning for recovery.