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3 Steps Your Fire Damage Restoration Company Will Take To Get Rid Of Damage

by Clara Nichols

Whether your house fire started because of something like an unattended candle or it started entirely of no fault of your own like an electrical fire, it's devastating. To help you get everything cleaned up and get your life back on track, you may want to hire a fire damage restoration service. Depending on your homeowners' insurance plan, they may actually cover the costs associated with these services.

Once all of the firefighters have been dispatched and the fire is out, your fire damage restoration service company can get to work doing what they do best. Here's how. 

Step 1: Prevent the Damage from Spreading

The first task your fire damage restoration services will start with is preventing the damage from worsening. By carefully walking through your property, they will check for things like live electrical wires, holes in the roof, or even flood damage that has happened. From there, they will try to seal everything off and fix it so that no damage worsens. 

Step 2: Clean Up 

The next task is cleaning up after the damage. How extensive the fire damage was will determine just how much clean up needs to take place. For instance, if your drywall and electrical were damaged, then your clean-up crew will tear everything down and dispose of it. Additionally, if there is a lot of standing water from the firefighters, they will clean it up so that the flood damage doesn't get any worse. 

At this time, they will also clean up any smoke damage. Smoke damage is one of the hardest things to clean up and can even be a bit difficult to identify. When they are cleaning up the smoke damage, they will clean out the air vents, the flooring and anything else to get it as clean as possible. 

Step 3: Restoration and Repairs

The next step in the process is the repairs and restorations, which can be the most expensive part of the process and the part that takes the longest. If most of your house was damaged, then it will have to be repaired and restored to how it was before the fire.

The good news is that this is also an opportunity for you to revamp some things in your house as long as you are within your budget. For instance, if your kitchen was outdated and it burned down, you can pick all new cabinets and appliances as long as they are within the budget. 

To learn more, reach out to a company like Clean Care Inc near you. 

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