What we restore · Fire & Smoke Damage
Fire and Smoke — The Water Did Half of It
In most house fires the flames damage one area and the smoke and the firefighting water damage everything else. The restoration is mostly about those two.
Photographs, moisture readings and a written scope. If you should not file a claim, that is what you will be told.
GC
A general contractor — we rebuild, not just dry
1 year
Florida deadline to report a new or reopened claim
No AOB
We do not ask you to sign over your claim
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General contractor, licensed in the state of Florida
Smoke goes where the fire did not
Smoke residue is acidic and it migrates — into wall cavities, through the HVAC system, into the contents of rooms that never saw flame. Left alone it continues to etch metal and discolour surfaces for weeks. Meanwhile thousands of gallons of firefighting water are sitting in the structure, and that clock is the water damage clock.
What the work actually involves
- Water extraction and drying, immediately — the fire is out but the water is not.
- Securing the structure, which is usually open after suppression.
- HVAC assessment, because the system distributed smoke everywhere.
- Residue removal appropriate to the type — protein, synthetic and wood smoke behave differently.
- Odour treatment at the source rather than masking it.
- Contents triage: what is cleanable, what is not, documented for the claim.
How we handle it
- 01Make the structure safe and secure before anything else.
- 02Extract water and start drying the same day where possible.
- 03Document contents room by room for the claim before moving anything.
- 04Clean residue by type, and clean the HVAC rather than ignoring it.
- 05Treat odour at source — sealing over it fails within weeks.
- 06Rebuild under the same contract.
Contents documentation is the part homeowners most regret rushing. An inventory made room by room before anything is moved is what a contents claim is settled on, and it cannot be reconstructed later from memory.
Said plainly
Where we stop
We are not a contents restoration specialist. Textiles, documents and electronics often go to a specialist, and we would rather send them there than pretend otherwise.
FAQ
Common questions
- Can smoke smell be removed?
- Usually, if it is treated at the source. Sealing or masking without removing residue fails within weeks.
- Does the HVAC need cleaning?
- Almost always. It distributed smoke through the house and will keep reintroducing it.
- What about my belongings?
- Triaged and documented before anything moves. Some go to specialist contents restoration.
- Why is there so much water damage?
- Suppression uses thousands of gallons. In most fires the water affects more of the house than the flames.
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Next step
Find out what is actually wrong with it.
An inspection, photographs of what we found, and a written scope. If the honest answer is that it can wait another season, that is the answer you will get.