The Many Faces Of Fire Damage

5/1/2018 (Permalink)

If your property in Bennington or Rutland County, Vermont suffers from fire damage, you should talk to someone on our team. We are experts at minimizing current damage and keeping damage from increasing in severity. Even after a fire has been extinguished, its effects can continue to grow. We can stop that with state-of-the-art equipment.

Damage can be found even after small fires. These can happen anywhere in the home. They remain small when someone is present and can extinguish the fire before it can spread. The kitchen and bathroom are the most common, with the laundry room and garage coming in second. Bedrooms, living and dining rooms, and hallways can also have fires take place, but these areas are the least common. Patios are also prone to having fires, especially if outdoors cooking is done, or children experimenting with a range of items, from fireworks to magnifying lenses

Fire damage can range from discolored concrete and natural rock outside to charred walls and scorched carpets inside. Drywall can suffer additional damage if water is heavily applied when there is a fire, although drywall should resist small, low-temperature fires. Paneling and wallpaper will burn, however, no matter what it is applied to as a covering. 

Kitchens can experience scorched counter tops and cabinets, which need either repairing or replacing. If the cabinet doors are warped from the heat and then the cold from putting the fire out with either water or a fire extinguisher, they are typically replaced as needed. Then the remaining ones are cleaned. If floors have been soaked with water in the effort to extinguish the fire, we at SERVPRO of Bennington & Rutland Counties are equipped, and experienced, in getting it dry quickly so that underlay and any support beams are not damaged.

We can also create and provide an inventory list of damaged items. We can list which items are damaged beyond repair, salvageable, or undetermined for insurance purposes.

If you've had a fire in your Bennington or Rutland County area home causing damage, don't try repairing the area yourself. You need to call us at SERVPRO of Bennington & Rutland Counties at (802)375-1500. We’ll help you get your home’s beauty back on center stage and put the fire behind you.