Wood Furniture Looks Ruined After Fire Damage?

10/1/2021 (Permalink)

Answering Your Questions About Fire Damaged Furniture

Does wood furniture burn quickly in a property house fire? During a house fire, flames do not sky away from certain materials more than others. Fire is typically devastating and can be fatal to you and your family. Fire and its flames can and will quickly engulf your home if not responded top quickly.
However, types of wood furniture and their density does have a correlation to how quickly flames will blaze through your home.

Knowing which pieces of wood furniture can be salvaged after a house fire and how it can be treated to be potentially restored is typically quickly identifiable by SERVPRO professionals. SERVPRO crews will always attempt to restore your property are efficiently as possible, instead of your insurance company attempting to simply replacing your beloved items.

Smoke Residue and Soot Residue in Home After a Fire

Aggressive abrasion methods are part of fire restoration in Evans. Our crew chiefs and technicians use a carefully balanced combination of SERVPRO-grade products and detergents to wash, rinse, then dry walls to clean walls affected by soot and smoke damages. After walls are prepped, painting can begin to give a complete restoration treatment.

Types of Abrasion Used for Woods

• Sandblasting: This is a more aggressive type of abrasion and is typically used for hardwood surfaces.
• Soda Blasting: This is a method of using bicarbonate of soda to gently ease on soft layers of wood for cleaning purposes.
• Dry Ice: Typically used for softer woods. Dry ice blasting is unique for antique furnishings that helps to remove only a small amount of wood surfacing while simultaneously not adding excess moisture.

To help with cost of replacing wood furniture, restoring from experts like SERVPRO of Augusta can help mitigate the issue of cost and you can keep irreplaceable furniture you may have initially thought was lost. Need to schedule a consultation after your fire loss? Our teams can help you and your home on the road of recovery – Call our teams at 706-868-5441.