Need Fire Damage Restoration of Your Los Angeles Home? Call SERVPRO

5/7/2021 (Permalink)

After a fire in your property, you will need a team of experts by your side for the build back. Call SERVPRO for assistance.

How SERVPRO Eliminates Odors After Fire and Smoke Damage?

Fire damage restoration of your Los Angeles property is a complex task. The removal of lingering odors from fire-damaged homes can be especially challenging. SERVPRO technicians undergo extensive training to understand how odor molecules permeate various structures and utilize multiple methods to eliminate them. 

Odors in a fire-damaged Los Angeles home can be one of the following two types:

• Real Odors: Caused by smoke and soot residue that interacts with olfactory sensors of the nose
• Imaginary/Psychological odors: Circumstances, such as smoke damage, dictate the sensation of these odors though non-existent. Phantosmia is the clinical term.

SERVPRO technicians of Los Angeles address both these odors for an efficient restoration during a house fire cleanup. The first with our advanced equipment and protocols, the second with a simple explanation that there are no odors. (We may still do a light spray or set up another unit for a short time.)

What Types of Deodorants do SERVPRO Techs use During House Fire Cleanup in Los Angeles?

Different types of odors due to smoke damage require a different kind of deodorizing action. SERVPRO restorers in Los Angeles use some of the following deodorants to combat odors after a fire and smoke damage:

• Masking Agents: Used to combat odors in fire-damaged homes, especially during the project of cleanup and odor removal
• Pairing Agents: Combine with odor particles, physically or chemically, and render them odorless. They work either by changing chemical property or precipitating the odor particles 
• Enzyme Digesters: Used to combat odors arising from organic or protein material. The enzymes break down the molecules into odorless fragments.

For 24/7 assistance with fire and smoke damage restoration, call SERVPRO of Silver Lake / Echo Park at (213) 628-2000.