Commercial Fire Damage Restoration Gets Handled Fast in Saugus by SERVPRO

1/14/2021 (Permalink)

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Saugus Business Owners Count on SERVPRO For Professional Fire Damage Restoration Services

Saugus had come a long way from when it was first settled in 1629. The city's name comes from an Algonquin word for "great" or "extended," describing the vast forested area, the present-day city's location.

In 1646, the first big business began in Saugus, the ironworks, called Hammersmith. This facility put out nearly one ton of iron daily but did not turn enough of a profit to stay in business, and it closed in 1670. At the time of its operation, it was considered one of the most advanced places that produced iron. After it closed, the building went into a disrepair state and was covered by underbrush. An archaeologist named Roland W. Robbins discovered the site in 1948 and reconstructed the Saugus Iron Works with financial assistance from the First Iron Works Association. The building opened to the public as a museum in 1954 and became part of the National Park Service properties in 1968.

During the nineteenth century, the iron industry had long since waned, and the ice manufacturing picked up speed in Saugus. This cottage industry's roots can get traced to 1804 when Frederic Tudor cut ice from a pond on his land and sold it to nearby Martinique. He was inspired to do this after a trip to the Caribbean where tourists were lamenting, they wished they had ice in their drinks. Tudor became known as "The Ice King," and he made a fortune selling ice worldwide, as far away as India and Hong Kong. Some of the most significant factors that helped Tudor become a success were:

• Ice was free.
• Sawdust used to pack the ice was free.
• Ships in Boston Harbor were empty and cheap to hire. 

The U.S. 1 Highway, known as the Newburyport Turnpike in 1805 when it got built, was considered a mistake initially as the designers had it running through hills, swamps, and grass grew over the road. It required regular maintenance until automobiles became the most widely chosen form of transportation in the 1930s, and it became a toll-free public highway. As the traffic increased, savvy business people moved along Route 1, and in the present, this area generates millions of dollars in sales yearly for Saugus. 

President Andrew Jackson donated a revenue surplus of $2,000 to build the first town hall in Saugus. The building still stands and gets used as an American Legion Hall. The actual cost to build the hall put the city in debt to the tune of $48,000. 

Saugus played a crucial role in the Civil War and sent many of its citizens to fight. Several notable names emerged from the city, such as Gustavus Fox, who was the United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy during the Civil War. A ship launched in 1863, a Union Navy monitor, named the USS Saugus, in honor of the town's commitment. After the end of the war, resident Henry E. Hone donated a large monument made of granite to honor the city's soldiers. The memorial contains all 166 names of the men who served in the war on bronze tablets. 

In the late 1800s, another industry sprang up in Saugus: the tobacco industry. Because during the Civil War, many of the significant southern tobacco plantations got destroyed. The local company of Waitt & Bond became the major exporter of cigars and snuff for the rest of the country, and soon the city was the nation's largest producer of those products. When the tobacco industry began to decline in the 1970s, the city attempted to create two new businesses - an oil refinery and a garbage incineration plant. The plans did not pan out for the refinery, but in 1975 the incineration plant opened. It became the first commercially successful type of operation of this nature in the United States and still runs in the present. The top three industries in the city today are:

• Health
• Technology
• Waste management

Does A Saugus Business Need to Close During Commercial Fire Damage Restoration?

In most cases, commercial fire damage restoration, a Saugus property will need to close during the services. The reasons can range from the danger of structural damage causing an injury to air quality concerns from airborne particulate. 

SERVPRO technicians have an array of specialized equipment to use against soot and smoke damage. The techs deploy air scrubbers and sometimes use negative air chambers to improve the air quality during the restoration. When only a portion of the structure has damage, the techs put up containment to inhibit the spread of airborne soot. Cleanup for this type of loss takes several forms, including:

• Immersion cleaning as needed for non-porous items.
• Removal of smoke damage from surfaces using various methods.
• Application of sealants as needed.

The techs give special care to moving out items that show no signs of damage and separate them from inspection for cleaning and reuse. When articles get removed from a worksite, also known as a pack-out, the techs take careful notes about each item's location and condition. When the business is ready to reopen, it gets put back in its original place. 

This SERPVRO location holds a general contractor license #cs-114298 and offers local commercial properties the opportunity to streamline the restoration and rebuilding services as needed through one place. The trained techs can handle the structural reconstruction and replace drywall, flooring, or install carpet. The need for cosmetic touches such as painting walls and trim can complete the job and leave the building ready to reopen. 

When Saugus properties need commercial fire damage restoration, the owners look to SERVPRO of Saugus, West Lynn at (978) 744-0409 for the solution. The trained technicians can handle any size clean up and make it, "Like it never even happened."