When our home or business experiences damage due to environmental forces, you will likely turn to Google to help you find a service that will act fast and help you repair it.

If you have Googled fire and smoke damage remediation, flood repairs or something similar, it is likely that a mix of businesses that offer home and commercial cleanup come up on the first page. The competences needed for each type of job, which is why it is important to contract the right service.

The differences between commercial and home cleanup services are many. Here we mention a few:

  1. The size of the job: The square footage of damage that takes place in a home is often smaller than that which takes place in a commercial setting. Cleanup companies need to be prepared with right equipment and number personnel to address the issues in a timely manner.
  2. Specialized spaces: Commercial business often has specialized rooms or areas that need to be treated with special care. A food packaging facility, for example, needs to be treated with meticulous care, and some substances may not be allowed to be used in the cleanup process in order to allow for a healthy, fully-restored space.
  3. Specialized appliances and equipment: Homes tend to have pretty standard appliances and equipment. These, rather than being restored, are often covered by home insurance for replacement in case of loss. In the case of commercial businesses, the removal and potential restoration of the equipment must be handled with care and know-how.
  4. Differing ventilation systems: The ventilation systems in homes and commercial businesses vary significantly. Often, ventilation systems of homes are lacking altogether. As a result, the care with which ventilation systems are cleaned and restored is essential so that the air quality isn’t affected in the aftermath of environmental damage or disasters.

For these reasons and more, it is very important that you contact a service that is specialized in either home or commercial business cleanup and restoration. There are a few businesses that are able to do both, but even so, make sure to ask the right questions to ensure that the company is equipped to do the job at hand.