Contents Remediation Helps Heal Disasters' Emotional Toll

It is understandable to focus first on the structural devastation of water, fire, storms, or mold to your dwelling in Mercer Island, but walls, floors, and ceilings alone do not make a house a home. Severe damage to building materials might seem irreversible, but current structural restoration technologies from AdvantaClean of the Eastside support a swift return to pre-disaster conditions. Damaged structural components switch out straightforwardly after partial or even total demolition, with generic replacement surfaces needing only paint or other refinishing to replicate the previous feel and appearance of a wall, floor, or ceiling. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for contents damaged by disastrous conditions.

Contents Damage Is a Tougher Challenge 

"Contents cleaning" is basically cleaning items in the home that were exposed to smoke and soot.

Every personal possession suffering from water, fire, storm, or mold damage possesses unique features and histories. Tossing out seemingly ruined contents is expensive, whether measured in dollars and cents or by the emotional toll that losing precious items takes on you and your loved ones. Generic replacement is impossible for well-loved content.

Think about it this way: a deteriorating wall can be rebuilt and redecorated to specifications nearly identical to its previous function and appearance. However, water, fire, or mold-damaged artwork, diplomas, or pictures hanging on the same refurbished wall cannot be purchased new. The list of contents you can lose to a natural or human-caused disaster is infinitely long, ranging from well-loved toys to grandma's china, sports trophies to academic awards, inherited photo albums to modern electronics, everyday clothing to wedding dresses or the outfits newborns wore home from the hospital. Every Mercer Island property owner coping with property damage has a personalized list of items that are too precious to discard but in need of professional cleaning.

AdvantaClean Has Contents Cleaning Expertise

During the initial assessment after a disaster, we address Mercer Island home contents cleaning requirements. We plan a pack-out of affected items, creating an inventory that includes careful documentation and digital photographs of articles transported to our facility for processing by Content Processing Technicians (CPT) trained in the Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) protocols. Further evaluation and services rendered could include:

  • Cleaning using methods appropriate to the particular items

  • Industrial laundry machines, dry cleaning, or even gentle hand washing for textiles--clothing, window treatments, rugs, toys, linens

  • Immersion or ultrasonic cleaning tubs for soaking dirt or soot-encrusted items, using cleaning additives that research demonstrates are effective

  • Wet/dry vacuums to extract moisture and soil from upholstered items or some floor coverings

  • Drying, disinfection, and deodorization using advanced technologies

  • Containment pods that concentrate the effects of heated and moving air to evaporate moisture

  • Specialized treatments using oxygenation methods (ozone or hydroxyl generators), UV light, enzymes, and other methods to release stubborn soiling and malodors

  • Application of EPA-registered antimicrobial products

Note: We work with your insurance company throughout the contents cleaning phase, ensuring the insurer has the necessary documentation to process restoration claims and limiting your out-of-pocket costs.

AdvantaClean of the Eastside offers comprehensive disaster restoration by ensuring our restoration team earns certification from the IICRC across many restoration strategies, including content cleaning. Mercer Island homeowners calling us at (425) 649-0600 benefit from the compassion and skills of our IICRC certifiedContents Processing Technicians (CPT), who realize firsthand how personal possessions make your house a home.

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