What is A Puff Back? How Much Damage Can They Cause To Your Thomasville Home?

2/26/2022 (Permalink)

A puff back can settle all over you home especially the roofs, ceilings and walls.

With regular maintenance your heating system should give you years of smooth use.  But heating systems that do not have regular maintenance can become clogged, or not function properly.  When this occurs, you could experience a messy, dangerous situation in your Thomasville home called a puff back.  They can cause anything from a minor mess to severe damage to your home and possessions. 

What is a Puff Back?

A puff back occurs when an oil burner doesn’t ignite right away.  When his occurs fumes can build up and cause an explosion inside the burning chamber of your heating unit.  This will vaporize the fumes ad expel soot throughout your home or business covering walls, furniture, and floors with an oily toxic soot.

What to do When a Puff Back Happens?

• Document the incident, if you plan to report the incident to your insurance carrier, take photos of the damage immediately
• Contact HVAC repair service to have your system inspected to determine the cause of the puff back.
• Test clean small areas. Soot can be quite difficult to clean and you may cause more damage trying to do it yourself.

If all that seems like a lot, contact SERVPRO of Lexington / Thomasville.  Our team of highly trained technicians have decades of experience in restoration and mitigation.  We work with hundreds of insurance carriers and can handle the entire process for you.  If you would like to schedule your no cost assessment, give us a call at (336) 224-2565 today.