How Does a Lynn Home Get Cleaned After Puff Back Damage?

1/4/2021 (Permalink)

SERVPRO can clean your Lynn home, ducts, and heating system after a Puff Back--Contact us for a professional job!

Our SERVPRO professionals can clean and restore soot-damaged contents and structural elements.

There are inherent risks to running oil furnaces in your Lynn home, especially when these units begin to age without proper maintenance. A stalled ignition in the chamber can cause a small explosion when the furnace ultimately ignites. This event causes soot and smoke particles to blast through the HVAC system and out of vents and registers. Your personal belongings and exposed structural elements are both in need of immediate fire restoration.

How Do Furnace Puff Backs Affect Lynn Homes?

Fire puff back cleaning for Lynn homes hinges on knowing the extent of the damage. Beyond the immediate damage that puff backs can do to both the furnace and its ducts, there are several other impacts that these events can have:

• Surface Damage – When soot comes to rest on the surfaces of structural elements and fixtures throughout your home, it can affect the underlying material. Without immediate cleaning with the appropriate techniques, these residues can permanently mar exposed surfaces. Soot is acidic and can etch glass and corrode metal surfaces.
• Content Damage – Your personal belongings must also get considered when harmful particles are circulating in the environment. These items can become permanently damaged through prolonged exposure. SERVPRO can provide the advanced Esporta Washing System to gently clean fabrics using a hydraulic-based process.
• Environmental Hazards – Circulating soot particles can be hazardous to the health of those exposed, making air filtration vital to begin as soon as possible to capture potentially threatening carcinogens. HEPA filters work with air scrubbers to trap airborne particles.

What Practices Are Used in Soot Removal?

Knowing what happens when soot needs to get removed from your house can help homeowners to prepare for these stages as they happen. Depending on the severity and thickness of present soils, there are multiple approaches to removing oil-based residues. While oil-based solvents and detergents can loosen heaping particles, agitative cleaning practices can reduce the threat's severity so cleaning can become more successful. Some of these approaches include:

• Brushing
• Dusting
• Vacuuming

Whenever a puff back occurs in your home, you can count on our SERVPRO of Lynn / Lynnfield team to help you make it "Like it never even happened." We are available anytime you need us at (781) 593-6663.