Fire damage is rarely just fire. Smoke, soot, and the water used to put it out all have to be addressed before anything gets rebuilt.
The structure secured immediately against weather and entry.
Surface cleaning matched to the soot type — protein, wet smoke, and dry smoke behave differently.
Hydroxyl and thermal fogging treatment rather than masking with fragrance.
Salvageable belongings inventoried, cleaned off-site, and returned.
Yes, but only by removing the source. Sealing and fragrance alone fail within weeks. We clean or remove the affected material, then treat the air and surfaces.
It gets treated as a water loss and dried the same way — otherwise you trade a fire claim for a mold claim.
Mitigation runs one to two weeks. A full rebuild depends on scope and permitting, typically two to six months.
