STRUCTURAL RESTORATION

Smoke and water have the ability to creep through
a structure, spreading their destruction. Sturctural
restoration is achieved by first removing contaminates
from the environment. Followed by deodorization,
treatment of air handler, and then carefully cleaning
of all restorable surfaces.

Upon completion of structural cleaning, a
reconstruction plan is created and implemented
to restore
the facility.
Prudently
following the
restoration plan,
American Catastrophe
will bring about an
expeditious reparation
of the facility.

Successful structural clean-up following a fire can be
very labor intensive proposition. Smoke and soot are
both fast traveling and pervasive, quickly coating every
square inch of the affected area. To insure thorough
cleaning and deodorization of the damaged area, all
walls, ceilings, floors and every surface in between
must be thoroughly treated.

To effectively clean soot residue, two factors must be
considered to determine appropriate cleaning methods:

The Type of Soot To Be Cleaned
When burned, different materials release different
types of residue. For instance, the fire soot from
synthetics, like plastics, can create chlorides causing
soot to be corrosive in nature requiring lubrication and
different cleaning methods than soot residue from
burned wood.

The Type of Surface To Be Cleaned
Most surfaces can be cleaned with vulcanized dry
sponges and/or washed. However, certain surfaces
like textured ceilings, are not 'cleanable' unless the
soot residue is light enough to be vacuumed.

American Catastrophe has developed a number of
specially formulated products designed for specific
cleaning tasks: A "non-run" disinfecting cleaner, an
alcohol based sealer with special resins, and a cleaning
solvent specially designed for use against synthetic
residues (plastics, etc).