Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration — Chicago, IL
Need a fire & smoke damage restoration in Chicago? You've got two real options: roll the dice on a Yelp listing, or call a shop that's been working in your zip code for a while. We're the second one. What you get with us: licensed work, upfront pricing, a tech who can read what's wrong before opening up a wall.
A recent fire & smoke damage restoration call
Got a call last month from a the south side Chicago home — any era build. Symptom: kitchen grease fire that spread to upper cabinets, with significant smoke damage throughout the home. Cause: unattended cooking. Soot pre-clean, water extraction from suppression, structural drying, cabinet replacement, thermal fog deodorization, full repaint, all done in the same visit, billed flat-rate at $525.
What's typical for this job
Fire damage almost always comes with water damage from the suppression effort. We handle both as a single coordinated restoration.
Soot is acidic and continues to damage materials over weeks if not stabilized fast. We pre-clean affected surfaces within the first 72 hours to lock in restoration potential.
Smoke odor permeates porous materials throughout the building, not just in the fire room. Whole-home thermal fogging and ozone treatment are standard final steps. Sometimes carpet and porous fabrics still need replacement.
Structural drying follows immediately after suppression water — same protocol as standalone water damage.
Local context for Chicago
Chicago has a wide mix of housing — from pre-war brick to last-year new builds. We work on all of it; the diagnostic just takes a different shape.
That said, newer construction in Chicago has its own set of typical issues. We see both.
Cost range
For fire & smoke damage restoration jobs in the Chicago area:
- Small-area fire damage (single room): $6,875 – $22,500
- Significant fire damage (multi-room): $22,500 – $100,000
- Whole-home fire damage: $100,000 – $500,000+