I bought a single story house that was moderately damaged by a fire, It started in the living room in a trash can possibly by a discarded cigarette. the fire was quickly extinguished by the fire dept, it burned through the roof over the living room but didnt go through the floor. The sheetrock did its job in this house, very little damage to the framing, the ceiling joists, rafters,and headers for the window and exterior door of the living room were burned badly, all easily replaced. After stripping every thing out, down to the studs and floor there was little damage left. The attic and attached garage remains to deal with, the garages exterior walls and ceiling were not finished nor insulated. So there is smoke and soot deposits. I have been told you can coat these areas with a sealer paint of some kind. I intend to insulate and drywall the garage along with the rest of the house, But first the odor and any health hazards of the fire have to be taken care of. My questions are, Is there an exceptable way to spray seal , what cleaning or prep work should I do? , I am considering spray foam insulation for the 2/4 walls for the R value and to help seal. Any advise would be appreciated.
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on commerical jobs we use a "dry fall" sealer /paint & cover everything with it (airless sprayer...bigger is better), it's the first thing on after the gutting... any good paint store should be able to help u...
good luck
pony
Thanks Pony, I will check out "dry fall".
we use to spray aluminum paint on all exposed framing and seathing.
for heavy smoke damage. In your case I will go with latex KILL'Z stain killer.
I will spray the entire house one fast light coat and two on heavy smoke damage areas. Make sure the whole house is stripped and left open few days.
Before and after the spray.
Good luck.
Thanks for the info, I am familiar with Killz,I use it often for painting over stains.
replace any framing members with more than 10% loss of integrity
scrape and wire brush any remaining light char
brush and vac any remaining dust and debris
spray seal with dryfall, KILZ, LOKTITE, or BIN
any of the above sealers will work
only use alkyd or shellac based sealers. do NOT use latex based products
we have had nothing but trouble with latex sealers. we have found they do not contain smoke odors
carpenter in transition
Thank you Tim for the advice.