Dry Ice Blasting for Fire Restoration

Greene Diversified Services provides dry ice blasting for fire restoration helping to remove smoke soot, vaporized synthetic resins and char. With dry ice blast cleaning, we have even been known to reduce or eliminate musty, burnt odors caused by fire, smoke and water damage.

By using dry ice blasting (or co2 blasting), we provide an efficient way to remove smoke damage. We can even get in the tight angles of trusses, around nails, wiring and all plumbing without damage to the surface integrity.

A fire typically causes soot and smoke damage and can char wood, brick, concrete or metal. Fire damage is often unsightly and holds odor. Traditionally, the removal method has been sanding, scraping and wire brushing. Greene Diversified Services provide the best solution with dry ice blast cleaning.

Dry ice blast cleaning is a relatively new cleaning process using solid CO2 pellets (known as dry ice). It is primarily used for industrial use in a variety of applications of which black mold removal is an exceptionally good one. The pellets sublimate (convert directly from a solid blast pellet to a vapor (CO2) leaving no residue. The dry ice blasting process is superior to blasting with sand or glass bead and other types of cleaning methods for numerous reasons (see Dry Ice Blasting Comparison Chart).

Today, the dry ice cleaning method is quickly becoming favored for environmental as well as production reasons. Because of tremendous environmental regulations, industry has accelerated to minimize wastes. Also, there is a growing consciousness that many are placing now on the global environmental impact of their production practices. However, these benefits are accentuated due to the tremendous performance gains through dry ice blasting -- little or no production downtime, quality of clean and minimized damaged to equipment.

To summarize the benefits of dry ice blast cleaning for mold removal:

1. Fastest removal rate available - 5 sq. ft per min. or greater
2. Remediation in days, not weeks
3. Cleanest and most environmentally friendly mold removal process - no secondary waste created
4. Drastic time savings
5. Minimizes demolition
6. Effective in industrial, commercial and residential environments
7. Cleans electrical - outlets, conduit, ceiling fans etc.
8. Elimination of sanding and scraping
9. A natural biocide