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Cigarette Smells In New Home

8/1/2021 (Permalink)

Blue wall with yellow nicotine stains cleaned off half A recent nicotine cleaning to show how visible the stains can be.

With the housing market turning over homes quickly, we’re seeing many buyers close on homes sight unseen.  Idaho is in the top five states people are moving to, which has shown to limit the number of houses available for sale and pushed out of state buyers to make offers and close based on pictures, realtors, and home inspections.

Here at SERVPRO of Blackfoot/Pocatello that means we’ve seen a major increase in inquiries on general cleanings.  Even moreso, nicotine cleaning and removal.  Cigarettes don’t just leave behind a smell, they leave a sticky film on all surfaces that holds in the smell for YEARS if not cleaned properly.  It also makes painting a home extremely difficult, because even if you paint all walls and ceilings, paint is porous and will still allow the smell to permeate through the home.

So how do you get rid of the smell?  That’s where SERVPRO comes in.  We have a process for nicotine removal that not only cleans surfaces, but removes the smell.  Using a thermal fogger, specialty chemicals, and a little elbow grease, SERVPRO employees work on removing the sticky film so you don’t have to worry about the extra step while moving in.  After removal, it’s also recommended that you use a primer to seal the walls prior to painting, so any smells that are deep within the walls are sealed in.

It’s a lot of work to get rid of the odors that cigarettes leave behind, but SERVPRO of Blackfoot/Pocatello is more than happy to help you through the process

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