Things to Replace in Your West Hills House After Fire Damage

1/31/2022 (Permalink)

SERVPRO IICRC certified fire damage restoration technicians have the training and experience for every size of disaster. We are here to help.

SERVPRO Helps Inspect and Replace Unsalvageable Things in West Hills Homes

Fire is known to cause significant damage to a house within a short period. Some damages such as soiling on various materials can be reversed through cleaning, or refinishing thus saving the material. However, other damages are irreversible, necessitating replacing the affected material for your west hills home to regain its preloss state.

Replacing extensively affected things after fire damage at your West hills home is expected. Doubts only arise when the damage does not seem significant enough to warrant a replacement. One of the advantages of engaging fire restoration technicians from SERVPRO is the expertise in determining what can be salvaged.

Some items you should expect to replace even with slight damages include:

• Electrical installations
• Insulation
• Sensitive appliances

The reasons for these mandatory replacements range from costs to preventing further damage to the property. For example, when walls or ceilings are left intact by the fire, you may not see the need for replacing insulation. However, since smoke moves uninhibited all over a property, it tends to reach even the concealed areas depositing soot and other residues. It is cheaper to replace the top layers of insulation than clean it. 

Appliances might not show any significant problems in the immediate aftermath of a fire. However, the residues inside the item can corrode internal components or cause short circuits. Such appliances are spoiled later and might even cause new fires. Any electronic apparatus that cannot be opened and cleaned should be replaced if exposed to fire to minimize future risks. SERVPRO for specialized cleaning of all exposed electronic appliances in your house.

The electrical system in a house comprises of several things, including:

• Cables
• Lighting fixtures
• Sockets and switches

Fire can damage all or just a few parts of your electrical installation. Since it is impossible to inspect every inch of the cables, our SERVPRO technicians strip off the entire electrical in the affected rooms. 

SERVPRO of Canoga Park / West Hills helps identify unsalvageable items after fire damage. Call us at (818) 998-1500 for assistance. We're Faster To Any Size Disaster.