Fire Damage Restoration in South Florida

As soon as the property is released. Soot residue is acidic and keeps damaging surfaces, so the delay is what turns restorable items into replacements.

Often, when it is treated at depth in the porous materials holding it. Surface cleaning and air fresheners do not get there.

Water damage repair and extraction is on the service list. Fires are almost always followed by water from firefighting, so mention it when you call.

Call your insurance company as soon as you can, and photograph the damage before anything is cleaned or thrown out. Your adjuster will tell you what they need from the contractor.

It is priced after a free in-person inspection, because the cost depends on how far smoke and water reached. Most fire losses go through homeowners insurance.

Smoke residue works into porous surfaces and the HVAC system. Until it is cleaned out, warm or humid days bring the smell back.

Yes, once the residue causing it is cleaned out of the surfaces, the fabrics and the HVAC system. Airing the house out or covering the smell only works until the next humid day.

Homeowners policies generally cover sudden fire and smoke damage. Photograph everything, call your insurer before work starts, and keep receipts.

Much of it can. Soot and smoke residue can be cleaned from many surfaces and the water used to put the fire out can be dried. Burned structure is rebuilt by a contractor once the cleanup is done.

The work after a fire: removing soot and smoke residue, getting rid of the odor, drying the water from firefighting, and getting the home ready for repairs.

Hard, nonporous items such as metal, glass and sealed hard surfaces often clean up. Porous items depend on how much smoke and heat they took. Throw out food, medicine and cosmetics that were exposed to heat, smoke or soot.

From days for a small kitchen fire to weeks for a larger one. The free inspection gives you a timeline before work starts.