San Diego fire & smoke damage restoration
If you'd rather not get a sales pitch, you're in the right place. Tell us what's wrong, we'll quote it, you decide. We work clean, leave the area better than we found it, and stick around to test the repair before we drive off.
Sample job
Last spring we got a call from a homeowner near the south side San Diego. Kitchen grease fire that spread to upper cabinets, with significant smoke damage throughout the home. Diagnosis: unattended cooking. We soot pre-clean, water extraction from suppression, structural drying, cabinet replacement, thermal fog deodorization, full repaint, ran the test, and were out the door in in one trip. Total: $1100 including parts.
What we cover
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.
San Diego-area patterns we see
Most jobs are residential, but we handle small commercial too — restaurants, multi-unit rentals, retail strips along the main corridors.
Typical investment
For fire & smoke damage restoration jobs in the San Diego area:
- Small-area fire damage (single room): $5,500 – $18,000
- Significant fire damage (multi-room): $18,000 – $80,000
- Whole-home fire damage: $80,000 – $400,000+