The difference between smoke damage and fire damage is that fires will leave items charred, covered in ash, melted, or otherwise distorted or completely destroyed. Much of this material is likely not salvageable. Smoke damage is caused as the fire is extinguished. Many smoke damaged items are salvageable.
Hot smoke migrates to cooler areas and upper levels of a structure. It also flows around plumbing systems, using holes around pipes to go from floor to floor, and the type of smoke residue left can greatly affect the restoration process. Some of the different types of smoke residues can include:
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Because there are so many different types of fires and so many different ways they must be put out, each fire restoration case is unique and requires a trained professional like Denver Carpet Cleaning to survey the extent of damage done to your building and its contents and properly restore everything as well as possible.