Restoring a Room After a Fire

1. After the fire

SootSootThe black, greasy dust that smoke leaves on walls and ceilings after a fire, or from a fireplace or stove. Paint straight over it without cleaning and priming and it comes back through. covered the walls and ceiling, and the heat had loosened plasterRender (plaster)A layer of mortar (sand, cement or lime, and water) spread over brick or concrete to give a wall a straight, sound surface ready for paint or tiles. and paint.

2. Assessing the damage

Before anything else we check what is still sound and what has to go. Anything the heat has loosened comes off.

3. Cleaning the ceiling

The soot is cleaned off section by section. Paint over it and the stain comes back through the new paint.

4. Repairs and primer

The plaster is repaired and a stain-blocking primerPrimerThe thin first coat that goes on before the main material. It binds dust, seals the pores and helps paint or waterproofing stick firmly. goes on, so the final paint stays clean.

5. Painting

Two coats of paint on the walls and ceiling.

6. The result

A bright room, ready to be used again.