Smoke Deodorization Is A Crucial Part Of Our Fire Damage Restoration Process In Chicago

7/22/2019 (Permalink)

Any type of smoke that gets into your Chicago rental home can cause you many problems.

Fire Damage Experts From Chicago Talk About Smoke Deodorization

Any type of smoke that gets into your Chicago rental home can cause you many problems. Smoke and fire damage costs residents and landlords across the country millions of dollars each year. Cigarette smoke is also a common issue, and our SERVPRO technicians always treat these scenarios the same as any other type of smoke-related problem. If your tenant inside your rental property smokes tobacco, your house could develop a serious odor problem.

Cigarette smoke causes landlords in Chicago many fire damage claims each year. Cigarette smoke can travel throughout your structure and penetrate your building materials and contents just like smoke from any other burnt substance can. Once tiny partially combusted particles penetrate deeply into porous materials, foul aromas can exist for a very long time.

Once the smoke has affected your rental house, it is wise to call in a professional restoration company such as SERVPRO. We have advanced equipment and knowledge when it comes to removing unpleasant smells. When conducting deodorization procedures, we use these four tools the most.

1. Hand/Electric Sprayers
For light odors, we can use sprayers to spray a chemical that deodorizes by both masking and pairing. Masking is when foul aromas get covered up by more pleasant ones, and pairing is when malodor particles get chemically neutralized.

2. Ultra Low Volume (ULV) Foggers
ULV systems use similar masking and pairing detergents, but the machine breaks the particles down and applies them in a mist form. The fog can mimic how smoke behaves and penetrate affected items.

3. Thermal Fogging
Thermal fogging systems get used for more severe scenarios, and they work by heating the chemicals and breaking them down into even tinier particles. The hot fog works in the same way as the ULV fog, but it can penetrate further into some substances due to the smaller particles.

4. Ozone Generator
Ozone systems work differently as the other techniques and use unstable O3 or ozone particles to deodorize. These particles float around and give an oxygen atom to malodor molecules to oxide and neutralize them.

If you ever have a tenant smoke tobacco inside your Brighton Park, Scottsdale, or Gage Park rental home, call SERVPRO of Marquette Park / West Lawn / Ford City at (773) 337-3993 as soon as possible because We’re Faster to Any Size Disaster.

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