Hello,
We had a little fire at the house. some Structureal damage, but mostly smoke damage.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/45580368@N06/sets/72157623189656242/
Does anyone have any tips or links for more information on fire remediation?
e.g. cleaning, sealing, … .
thanks,
Roger aka MrSQL
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Maybe you could break this down into more specific topics or areas. Dealing with smoky walls is different from warped floors, for instance. What specifically interests you? If you want a general answer it would beto hire a contractor.
Yeeeeesh.... I'd say you were lucky, real lucky, that it wasn't worse.
I assume everyone's OK, but probably a bit shell-shocked.
Good luck; sorry I'm not any help.
We do a a few of these.
Cleaning. A lot of elbow grease. For metal that needs cleaning we use Inox. ( one of the problems with smoke and soot is it generates acid and will start to corrode items, the sooner you can isolate it the less chance you have of damage).
For smoke and soot damage on windows and frames etc we use a dry ice blaster. Cleans with no pitting.
To help eliminate the smoke smell we run ozone generators all the hours we are not in the building.
Paint. Bin seal Bin seal Bin seal, then a couple of coats of acrylic.
Hope this helps.
regards
Mark
Do you think BIN seal will work on masonry? I have the inside of the brick veneer flue chase that is heavily sooted ...
Thx.
I helped out a friend in a similar situation recently. We used a powerful shop vac to remove soot from walls, then specialty "smoke sponges" to wipe the walls. Everything I read said not to use any water on the soot. I got the smoke sponges from my cleaning company, but you can order them online. After the vac and wipe, paint with shellac based primer like BIN, then topcoat. The damage was in a garage so we didn't need to do any air cleaning. Everything inside needs to be either cleaned or tossed or you will never get the smell out.
Just remember that your Ryobi kit when burnt looks just like a DeWalt or Bosch.
A burnt up Harbor Freight Multi tool is exactly the same as a FEIN.
Nudge Nudge Wink Wink Say no more
I have mostly smoke/soot damage on walls and in the attic space (i.e. framing behind ceiling).
Also warped hardwood floors, but I'm pretty much planning to pull them up and start over.
I have 5" red-oak plank flooring throughout the upstairs, but only two rooms got the water damage. I was thinking of rying to screw them down with "break-off" screws then filling and re-sanding, but I wasn't really expecting that to work well.
Thx.