Fire and smoke damage restoration
A fire's damage is rarely just where it burned. Smoke travels the whole house and lands in closets, ductwork, and insulation; the water used to put the fire out becomes a second water-damage job underneath the first. Older Portland houses add their own wrinkles: knob-and-tube wiring in pre-war walls is a known ignition source, and lathe-and-plaster construction holds soot in places drywall doesn't.
What the work looks like
- Soot and smoke removal from surfaces, contents, and air-handling paths
- Water extraction and drying from firefighting water
- Odor treatment, including thermal fogging or ozone where the job calls for it
- Selective demolition of burned or unsalvageable material
- Documentation for the claim, which on a fire loss is extensive
The part people underestimate
Smoke odor in porous material outlasts surface cleaning. A crew that cleans the walls and skips the insulation, the attic, and the ductwork hands you a house that smells like the fire every warm day. The scope should name the odor treatment explicitly, and the crew that calls back will walk you through where the smoke actually went.
The cost conversation
Fire restoration scopes swing widely: a kitchen flash fire cleaned in place is a different job from a room-and-contents loss with a rebuild. The crew documents the damage for your insurer and writes the scope to the claim. For smoke-only events, which are common after wildfire season infiltration, the work is cleaning and air handling rather than reconstruction.
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