After a Property Fire Is it Hard to Remove Burnt Odors

4/2/2022 (Permalink)

What equipment is practical for odor removal?

Tackling odors in your Chicago property can be a challenge. Many commonly used deodorants use potentially harmful chemicals to eliminate fire odors. When dispersing any gas into the home environment, it is essential to wear professional safety equipment. SERVPRO technicians use chemically resistant clothing and eyewear to protect themselves from exposure to deodorant chemicals. Equally using a respirator of at least, or equivalent to, N95 masks is a vital part of ensuring that implementing odor control methods is safe. If your property requires fumigation, it may be necessary to vacate when deodorizing occurs.

Can air-filtration equipment remove odors?

• Air scrubbers can draw in odorous air and filter it, exhausting cleaner air back into the indoor environment.
• A Vaportek unit uses natural oils to capture volatile odor particles and absorb them from the indoor air.
• Duct cleaning technology, such as negative air-pressure machines, can draw large amounts of odorous air from the property.

What are wet-fogging pieces of equipment, and how are they used?

When conducting smoke and odor removal in your Chicago home, ultra-low volume (ULV) foggers may be deployed. One potential issue with wet foggers is that they can add moisture damage to specific soft furnishings. This equipment vaporizes liquid deodorant and disperses it in a fine mist. Often portable, SERVPRO technicians can use this equipment throughout a building to put deodorants into small cracks and crevices or a ductwork system in the home. Often, we combine a ULV fogger with venting fans to ensure that deodorant particles remain suspended in the air for a more protracted period and therefore remove more of the fire odor.

How is dry-fogging ULV equipment put in use safely?

• Initiate the fogging equipment outside the property to reduce the chances of drips
• Maintain the fogger at an even angle as they can become less efficient when tilted
• Use sparingly to avoid leaving oily residues on surfaces after fogging.

Getting control of an odor problem is essential to returning your home to its preloss condition. Contact SERVPRO of Evergreen Park / South Chicago City at (773) 337-3900.