SDM Intelligence

Fire & Smoke Material Diagnostics

Material-specific fire, smoke, soot and residue guidance for evaluating building assemblies and concealed pathways.

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• Contents are not a single category—and traffic can turn residue into secondary damage.
• Smoke can move with pressure, convection and building systems—so the visible room boundary is not always the migration boundary.
• “Hard surface” does not mean “chemically or thermally unaffected.”
• The coating is often the first restoration question—not merely the gypsum behind it.
• Wood can be finish-sensitive, porous, structural, concealed—or all four at once.