Dry Ice Blasting for Fire and Smoke Restoration
Dry ice blasting is one of the best ways to restore properties that have smoke or fire damage. Dry Ice blasting is ideal for the restoration of wood, concrete, brick and building materials because it’s fast, dries instantly and leaves little or no residue. Dry Ice has become popular with the insurance industry and adjusters who now recommend it because of its efficiency and effectiveness of remove smoke, smell, mildew, mold and fire damage without causing further deterioration of the surface materials.
Dry ice blasting removes charred wood, soot, AND gets rid of that burnt musty smell while it cleans – other companies and processes can clean it, but dry ice blasting removes the smell that accompanies it.
Why Dry Ice Blasting for Fire and Smoke Restoration?
cleans without surface erosion and etching caused by typical abrasive blasting
safe for electrical components
no water damage
no need for using caustics and acids
cleans concrete, wood, brick and other areas and gets rid of the smell
Dry Ice Blasting has become the preferred method to remove smoke soot, vaporized synthetic resins, and char. US Cleanblast uses C02 dry ice blasting can reduce or eliminate the musty burnt smell that results from fire, smoke and water damage.
Benefits:
- Dry Ice Blasting is Faster than traditional fire restoration methods
- Dry Ice Blasting is Cleaner – no residue (sand, soda, etc)
- Dry Ice Blasting is Safer – no chemicals or residue
- Dry Ice Blasting provides fast and efficient removal of smoke damage and fire damage.
Why US Cleanblast & Dry Ice Blasting?
This type of cleaning is very precise in tight spaces without any damage to the cleaned surfaces. Most fires result in soot, smoke damage and charring to wood, brick, concrete and metal. The residual odor and residues traditionally are removed using sandblasting, sanding, scraping and wire brushing. With Dry Ice Blasting, this time consuming and tedious process is eliminated.
We provide the complete solution for any fire restoration project. As experts in the Mold Remediation industry, we have tremendous experience using multiple methods to re-mediate mold, smoke, toxic materials from fire ravaged buildings. Using Dry Ice cleaning we can increase the speed of the clean up but the process is both environmentally safe and safe the to be cleaned surfaces. We use the state of the art systems and accessories to ensure that your property will be restored and be free of smoke, odors, and toxic residues from fire.
Traditional fire restoration methods take 3 to 5 times longer than Dry Ice Blasting which uses C02 which converts to high pressured gas which is blasted against the surface resulting in quicker recovery and a restore to normal operating. The dry ice blasting eliminates odor that is left behind by fire damage. Typically, 24 hours after blasting, the odor is undetectable. This means that the use of encapsulation can be drastically reduced in fire restoration. Further, Dry Ice Blasting process has no secondary waste stream. So, when you are done cleaning, there is no need to go back and clean up the added mess other blasting medias, such as soda, water and sand, can leave behind.