What Should I Do If the Acoustic Ceilings in My Office Get Stained by Soot Residues After a Fire?

8/4/2020 (Permalink)

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A fire could start inside your office in Morris Plains by mishaps such as your furnace malfunctioning or an electrical short. The flames can quickly begin to consume your contents and building materials and put out excessive amounts of smoke. Smoke rises with the heat and can cause you problems with your office's acoustic ceilings.

Can my ceiling tiles be saved if they get burnt?

During most fire damage restoration projects in Morris Plains, if acoustic ceiling tiles get burnt or charred, they must be removed and replaced. However, if your ceiling tiles did not get charred, but there is black staining present as a result of soot residues, then we can clean your tiles and save them from being removed and replaced. Even if we have to remove burnt tiles, we can also often save the metal tracks they sit on if they did not get warped or melted.

How can you clean my office's acoustic ceiling?

Since acoustic ceiling tiles are made from a porous material, wet cleaning could cause the soots to soak further into the tiles and turn them into a source for foul odors. Most ceiling tiles are best cleaned with one of the following dry-cleaning methods:

Vacuuming- We can use a vacuum equipped with a High-Efficiency Particulate Air or HEPA filter and suck up as much loose soot and debris.

Brushing / Feather Dusting- Using a brush or feather duster can be useful when removing soots that stuck to the surface of your acoustic ceiling tiles.

Dry Sponge Cleaning- For more difficult soots, we can use a dry sponge attached to a metal pole to remove the residues from your ceiling.

Wet Clean the Tracks- If your metal tracks holding up your ceiling tiles also got affected by soot, we can use a rage with a water-based detergent to clean them.

If you ever notice soot residues on your office's ceiling after a structural burn occurs, call SERVPRO of East Central Morris County at (973) 887-9100 seven days a week.

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