Fire damage, including smoke and soot, affects not only the structure of your Chesapeake home but also your belongings.

SERVPRO of Chesapeake North understands your family’s furniture, clothing, keepsakes, and other belongings make your house more than a structure; they make it home.

The belongings are boxed and inventoried and taken to our warehouse.  We use various cleaning techniques to help restore your items.

SERVPRO of Chesapeake North specializes in restoring contents damaged by water, fire, or mold.

An unattended pan on the stove caught fire and ignited other surrounding materials which caused a kitchen fire to erupt in this home.

After any fire damage situation, your primary focus should be safety first:

• Is it safe to stay in the house?
• Electrical and "slip and fall" hazards are some of the most prevalent concerns.
• Only do activities that are safe for you to perform.
• Wet materials can be VERY heavy. Be careful!

After the fire trucks have left, your home or business likely suffers from not only fire and smoke damage but extensive water damage from the firefighters efforts.

In this photo, you notice one of our dehumidifier machines that is pulling out the remaining moisture in this particular room while the structural restoration is taking place.  

The water removal process begins almost immediately following a fire and removes the majority of the water.  The "DeHu" as we like to call it and air movers are used to remove the remaining water and complete the drying process.

The restoration process begins after you call SERVPRO of Chesapeake North.  The second step, we carefully inspect and test the adjoining rooms to determine the extent of the fire damage.

In this photo, you notice that the ceiling framework is exposed and the walls are covered. 

This is the structural restoration process to help get this home to its pre-fire condition.  Restoration may involve minor repairs such as replacing drywall, painting, and installing new carpet, or it may entail major repairs such as the reconstruction of a room or rooms in the home or business.

The restoration process begins when you call us at SERVPRO of Chesapeake North.  During a "typical" fire damage emergency, we carefully inspect and test adjoining rooms to determine the extent of damage.

Roof-tarping and boarding of windows and doors are put into place if necessary to secure the home or business. Read more about the process

In this photo, our crew has begun to collect all household items that will be cleaned and inventoried.  Our belief is to restore, not replace.  Restoring helps to save the insurance industry money and you to keep your keepsakes.  

A Chesapeake family was displaced by a fire that was a result of a neighbor's negligence. 

Among structural damage, the family's belongings were covered with soot, burned, or had water damage from the fireman's efforts.  

At SERVPRO of Chesapeake North we have the capability to restore your belongings to their preloss condition.  This service helps to save the insurance industry money while preserving your  precious keepsakes that can't be replaced.