Fire Damage Repair
You also may start asking yourself questions like, Is it worth it to repair and restore my property? Should I just purchase a new property? Is there anything that I can do to prevent more damage from occurring after the fire? How can I save money on fire damage restoration?
As damaging as a fire can be to your property, there is always hope in restoring it. As long as you hire quality fire damage restoration companies to assist you in the repairing of your property, it can be a worthy investment. With the right fire restoration companies assisting you, you may even get to save money on your property’s remodeling.
To help you understand why hiring a quality fire restoration company like Restore Remodel Renew. is a worthy investment after having a fire on your property, you must first understand the ways and reasons in which a fire can damage your property.
What Causes Residential and Commercial Property Fires?
Residential and commercial property fires occur for a number of different reasons. For one, there are numerous different appliances in the home that can easily catch on fire. This is especially true when it comes to electronic appliances and devices. There are also many day-to-day actions that we as people make that can cause fires to occur on our properties.
Cooking Mishaps in the Kitchen
Cooking alone is an action that people do every day that can easily lead to fires. This is because cooking often combines heat from sources, such as fire, with flammable ingredients like oil, grease, or alcohol. In fact, cooking mishaps are the number one cause of home fires each year. As a result, cooking mishaps in the kitchen are also the number one reason why people should hire fire restoration companies.
One of the reasons why kitchen fires are so common is that there are many appliances in the kitchen that can easily catch on fire. Some of these appliances include the oven, microwave, and stove-top.
Oven Mishaps
If you never monitor or clean up the grease, crumbs, or food overflow that spills onto the bottom and insides of your oven while cooking, it could cause a fire to develop inside of your oven one day. Since the oven is a powerful appliance that is often associated with kitchen fires, starting a fire there could lead to extensive fire damage on your property. Therefore, you should be on the safe side and clean your oven regularly.
Stove-top Mishaps
Fires often develop on stove-tops because of carelessness. For example, when cooking food on a stovetop, always make sure to monitor your food so that a fire does not erupt without you being aware of it. Also, when cooking on stove-tops, make sure to not keep any flammable objects, such as paper towels or objects made out of fabric, nearby. This means that you should roll up your sleeves while cooking. Monitoring the temperature of the food that you are cooking on your stovetop is also important if you don’t want to start a fire.
Make sure to be careful and not have the handles of pots and pans sticking out while cooking on a stove-top. Doing so could cause you to accidentally hit the handles of your pots and pans while cooking. This could then cause food and objects to fall all over the hot stove, which could then cause a fire.
Microwave Mishaps
It is important to not heat up any metals or flammable objects in the microwave. Doing so could easily cause a fire. Examples of objects that you should not heat up in your microwave include foil, silverware, metal-edged boils or plates, Styrofoam, and paper bags.
Faulty or Damaged Extension Cords
Not using extension cords properly can cause fires. For example, permanently wiring extension cords can cause fires. Plugging in high-draw appliances like toasters, refrigerators, and coffee pots into extension cords or power strips can also cause dangerous fires. Therefore, only plugin such high-draw appliances directly into electrical outlets.
When using extension cords, it is important to make sure that you’re using the right kind of cord for the occasion. For example, if you are using the cord outside, use an outside extension cord. Also make sure to check your extension cords for damage, fraying, or bare wires prior to using them. To avoid damaging your extension cords, do not shut them in doorways or windows or nail or staple them to walls.
To avoid fire mishaps, do not run extension cords under carpets or rugs or through ceilings or walls. Doing so could lead to overheating, which could then lead to fires starting. In general, if you find that an extension cord is hot, do not use it, as doing so is a fire hazard.
Faulty or Worn-Out Electrical Outlets
Electrical fires often occur because of faulty or worn-out electrical outlets. That is why it is important to check your electrical outlets for faulty wiring. Signs of faulty wiring in your electrical outlets include warmness, shooting sparks, and burning smells coming out of the outlets. Also, check your electrical outlets for discoloration, cracks, looseness, and corrosion. These are signs that your electrical outlets are not safe to use.
If you overload or overwhelm your electrical outlets, it can cause fires. To prevent this from occurring, only plug-in one high-wattage appliance into an outlet at a time. For larger appliances that require higher voltage, such as ovens and refrigerators, use special outlets.
Avoid putting objects that are not meant to be plugged into outlets inside electrical outlets. For example, do not place a metal fork inside the slits of an electrical outlet. Although this may seem like common sense for adults, children will often try to plug random objects into electrical outlets. To prevent your child from doing this, place outlet plugs and covers over your outlet openings.
Lint Buildup in Clothes Dryer Machine
A fire can occur in the vent of clothes dryer machines. This is because electrical shorts can spark and ignite lint buildup in the dryer machine’s vent. This could then cause a fire. Fires in clothes dryer machines often go through walls and under buildings, until it damages an entire property. To avoid such fires from occurring, clean your lint traps and filters on a regular basis.
Overheated Space Heaters
The second leading cause of home fires after kitchen mishaps is heating equipment. That’s why it’s important to not leave your space heater on unattended. It’s also important to inspect your heater for damage on a regular basis.
To be safe, you should also never plug your space heater into an extension cord. When putting a new space heater in your house, make sure to put the heater on a flat and hard surface. You should also make sure to keep the space heater at least 3 ft. away from flammable objects.
Dirty Air Conditioning Units
To avoid fires from occurring from your air conditioner machines, clear the area around the AC unit for at least 2 ft. You should also change your AC filter every 3 months and remove any debris from the outdoor unit.
Unkept Fireplaces
Because fireplaces literally have fire in them, it is important to know how to properly manage them. To upkeep your fireplace, get your chimney cleaned regularly and make sure your damper is open. You should also make sure to use a fire screen when using your fireplace. That way embers and logs do not escape. Once you are done using a fireplace, completely extinguish your embers. Also, make sure to pour water over any ashes, let them cool, and dispose of them.
Misplaced Cigarettes
It’s imperative that you are cautious about where you place your cigarettes after you are done smoking. If you are inside, do not place a cigarette down anywhere until the cigarette is put out. Also, make sure to not nod off or fall asleep while smoking a cigarette. If you are outside, do not place cigarettes in leaf piles, dry grass, or bushes.
Burning Candles
As relaxing as candles are, they can also act as a fire hazard. To avoid fires starting from candles, do not place them on the edge of tables or countertops. You should also keep your candles away from flammable objects. When burning a candle, make a proactive effort to not leave a room without blowing it out first.
Types of Fire Damage
When fire damage restoration companies repair properties that have been damaged by fires, the damages are often placed in one of several categories. These categories include structural damage, electrical damage, plumbing damage, heating damage, cosmetic damage, and damage to your personal items.
Structural Fire Damage
Structural fire damage is any damage that a fire causes to the outside and structure of a building. This includes a building’s walls, roof, support beams, floors, foundation, doors, locks, etc.
If the support structure of a building catches on fire, there is a good chance that the rooms in that building will collapse. Once firefighters come to your burning building, they will use water to put the fire out. When this happens, the high levels of water that they use will usually also cause water damage to the structure of your home.
Electrical Fire Damage
Electrical fire damage to a building includes loose, damaged, and broken power lines. They also include broken telephones, sparked, broken, or frayed electrical wires, and damaged or broken electrical fuses and breakers.
Plumbing Fire Damage
Plumbing fire damage is evident by damaged sewer lines and water pipes. If you think that you have damaged sewer lines after a fire, do not use the building’s sinks, showers, or toilets until a plumber fixes the damage. If your water pipes are broken, turn the water off at the main valve until a plumber can come to look at the pipes.
Heater Fire Damage
Fire restoration companies should take a look at heaters after a fire occurs. If you have a heating oil tank system, turn the valves off until fire restoration companies or other maintenance professionals can look at it.
Cosmetic Fire Damage
Cosmetic fire damage is any fire damage to the interior of a building and its objects. This includes fire stains and damage to ceilings, walls, carpets, floors, furniture, and fabrics. Over time, fire soot can even corrode and damage metal-based materials in your home or commercial building.
Fire Damage to Personal Items
Fire damage to personal items is fire damage to items such as electronics, books, photographs, musical instruments, clothes, shoes, etc. Even after the fire is put out, residual smoke damage from the fire can still damage your personal items. If the fire damage to your personal items is extensive enough, you will likely have to throw those items away.
What Are Fire Restoration Companies?
Fire damage restoration companies are companies that specialize in removing the smell, stains, and overall damage that fire can cause to your home and personal items. While the services provided by all fire restoration companies are pretty much the same, the quality of service provided by different fire restoration companies is not. If you want to receive high-quality fire restoration services at an affordable price, you should call Restore Remodel Renew!
Restore Remodel Renew is the Fire Restoration Company That You Need
Restore Remodel Renew is a professional residential and commercial emergency restoration service company. Restore Remodel Renew is special because we not only specialize in restoring fire damage. In fact, we specialize in restoring damage from mold, water, storms, and fires. With such a wide range of restoration expertise, we can help you restore, remodel, and renew every aspect of your home or commercial property.
Sometimes fire damages also lead to water and mold damage. This is due to the amount of water that it takes to put out a fire and the mold that comes up afterward due to all the water, soot, and smoke. Because of this, it would be ideal to receive fire restoration services from a company that specializes in mold and water damage on top of fire damage. That way, your home, commercial property, and personal items can all be restored at the highest level possible.
To learn more about Restore Remodel Renew and why we are one of the best fire damage restoration companies out there, contact us anytime by phone, email, or web message.