Before

After

Remodeled kitchen

In this kitchen, there was extensive damage. Shelves were burnt to crisps, and many items melted. The entire house was affected, and every object was touched by soot. Plastic items do not survive any fire ever. When plastic is heated, it expands. When plastic expands soot stains it on a molecular level. This action makes plastic nearly impossible to clean. Much of the paint on the cabinets and shelves of this kitchen had melted off; therefore, it all had to be replaced. The rooms were repainted. Each item that survived was cleaned individually. Most things that made it were metal or glass. Remarkably a few wooden items survived. At the end of this job, the client got an entirely new kitchen, all walls freshly painted, and every single item that survived cleaned and returned to her.