Puff Backs, Soot and Air Ducts

12/27/2019 (Permalink)

These are the remnants of a stove fire. Above you can see the soot on the wall and vent above the stove top.

Most times fires and fire damage dangers extend passed just the actual flame. The flames may destroy most everything in its path, what is left behind and the effects it can cause are equally destructive. It leaves behind a black, chalk-dust like material called soot. Soot can vary in toxicity, color and smell based on what was burned. It can pollute your body if ingested and caused serious lung damaged along with a host of other even worse injury and diseases. This soot left behind by a fire can get onto and stain almost everything in your house or company depending on where the fire is and how well it was contained, even though the smoke and soot is almost impossible to contain due to its state of matter. This means that the smoke can rise and contaminate your air ducts polluting the air the circulates through your home. This can also happen with a furnace in the home when it misfires triggering a puff back. Both of these events contaminates the air and could be potentially fatal to living beings if they're exposed to it for a long time. 

Luckily, SERVPRO of Fayette is very well versed when it comes to structure fires and the mediation of all that comes with it. With our extensive duct cleaning, in cases of puff backs and soot infiltrating the duct system, we make sure your air quality is the at its best. We also clean and restore anything that can be recovered from the fire back to its preexisting condition and sometimes better.