Restoring Your Ducts & HVAC After a Fire

7/9/2020 (Permalink)

Lingering smoke odor? It might be in your ducts.

Imagine a fire in your home. Terrible, right? You’re probably imagining flames on the wall, smoke pooling on the ceiling, and soot on the floor after the fire’s put out.

Now imagine fire restoration and cleanup like we provide at SERVPRO of West Seneca/Lancaster. You’re probably imagining technicians with scrub brushes cleaning up the soot, picking up the debris and reconstructing the damaged areas.

Sure, all of that can happen. But we don’t just stop at what’s visible on the surface. We go deeper to ensure that your home or business is returned to preloss condition. And one of the places where we focus in particular is your HVAC and duct system.

Why focus on ducts after your fire?

Why do we pay so much attention to ductwork, air registers and HVAC units after a fire? Because these are places where soot can spread unseen. They’re also potential sources of lingering smoke odor, which can be enormously difficult for homeowners to eliminate on their own. By cleaning these systems, we prevent soot and odor-causing particles from circulating throughout the house and contaminating areas that may have been far away from the fire itself.

Aside from smoke and fire damage, ducts can also be potentially damaged by water as well. When a fire department cranks up their hoses to extinguish some flames, it’s inevitable that water will get all over your home or business. That moisture can easily get inside your ducts, promoting mold and mildew that are hidden from plain view and compromising your indoor air quality. We don’t just restore fire damage – when necessary, we lead the industry in restoring water damage after a fire as well.

When you need restoration, cleanup and repair after a fire, you have plenty of choices. Why choose SERVPRO of West Seneca/Lancaster? Because the attention to detail that we pay to your ducts and HVAC system is the same attention to detail that we pay to your entire property. If you want to make your fire “Like it never even happened,” call us today at 716-674-1103.