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After

Naples Retail Business Bathroom Gets Professional Fire Damage Restoration

One major component of a retail shop is the stream of foot traffic necessary to have a successful business. No one wants to come into a Naples store that smells like fire damage still lingers. Worse, if the odor remains, it has the potential to spread throughout the building and even affect areas that were never part of the initial fire that occurred. SERVPRO techs know that the goal of a commercial property is to reopen for business as usual as rapidly as possible, and the technicians work hard to make that happen. 

The aftermath of the fire damage in the retail shop bathroom shown in the Before Photo started from the small event of a patron tossing a smoldering cigarette butt into a wastebasket. Once the wastebasket contents ignited, smoke filled the bathroom, depositing itself on all the surfaces in the area and creating a large odor.

Luckily for this Naples business, the fire was extinguished rapidly before the heat and flames could damage it. However, the Before Photo shows a large amount of soot on the toilet tank, roll holder, and the floor is a mess. SERVPRO technicians can extract the water or fire extinguisher residues, clean the soot off surfaces and eliminate fire odors.

Attention to Detail During Fire Cleanup

The metal handrails and faucet are a source of concern as soot can be caustic to metal and cause pitting or discoloration if allowed to remain in contact. These are the areas that SERVPRO cleans first to ensure as little damage occurs as possible. The techs do not have a one-size-fits-all approach to cleaning and use different cleaning agents depending on the surface getting cleaned. The techs have specifically formulated solutions for the ceramic toilet tank and the plastic seat and lid.

SERVPRO Concentrates on Air Quality During Fire Restoration Services

Also, to ensure that soot does not spread outside the worksite, SERVPRO techs can put up containment over the bathroom door to ensure anything airborne in the room stays in that room. Additional assistance comes from applications such as air scrubbers which pull airborne soot into its HEPA filtration core and trap it in there. Or a technician-made negative air chamber captures airborne particulate and ports offsite through an opening in the room. Both of these methods work to improve the air quality for the retail store and shorten the time until it can reopen. 

The After Photo shows the power of using a professional fire damage restoration service. The toilet tank and lid have zero signs of previous fire damage. All smoke residues have been removed from the floor, rails, and other areas affected by the fire. Last but not least, the techs used hydroxyl generators to get rid of every last bit of the odors, so there were no reminders of the bathroom fire.