Our Work
Recent fire damage restoration projects.
After a fire, the smoke and water from suppression do as much damage as the flames. We handle board-up, soot removal, odor neutralization, contents cleaning, and full structural reconstruction — billed direct to your fire claim.
The hardest part of fire restoration isn't the fire — it's the layered damage from smoke and the firefighting water. Soot is acidic; left untreated it corrodes metal and stains permanently within days. Smoke odor migrates into HVAC, insulation, and behind drywall. We handle all of it, plus the structural rebuild.
Cape Coral's tight residential street grid and high density of CBS (concrete-block) homes change fire damage scope significantly versus inland Lee County. Soot migrates differently through tile-roof homes with hurricane shutters; smoke odor settles into AC ductwork that runs through soffit cavities. Cape Coral fires usually require full HVAC decontamination on top of structural cleaning.
Our Cape Coral crew works across the full city — from Cape Coral Yacht Club, Sun Splash Water Park, Four Mile Cove Ecological Preserve, Cape Coral Bridge, Tarpon Point Marina, Cape Coral Hospital — and we're familiar with how fire damage restoration scope changes between Cape Harbour and Tarpon Point.
Cape Coral disaster history: Hurricane Ian (2022 — Cat 4 direct hit), Hurricane Irma (2017), Hurricane Charley (2004), repeated tropical storm flooding. Post-disaster construction quality varies — fire restoration scope often uncovers prior storm damage that was never fully addressed.
A kitchen fire in a 1978 Pelican home and a lightning strike in a new Coral Lakes build are two different jobs from the first walk-through. Cape Coral's housing stock is mostly concrete-block-stucco with tile or metal roofs, salt-impregnated soffit vents, and HVAC trunks routed through unconditioned attics. Smoke residue behaves differently in that envelope than it does in a wood-frame interior — and when the fire department or a sprinkler discharges hundreds of gallons, you have a fire+water loss that needs both protocols running in parallel.
Synthetic combustion (couch foam, electronics, vinyl plank) produces a wet, acidic smoke that bonds aggressively to anything with surface salt deposits — common on canal-front windows, screen frames, and exterior wall finishes throughout Yacht Club and Tarpon Point. Standard dry-sponge cleaning lifts the soot but leaves the chloride-acid film, and that's what keeps the odor coming back two months later. We neutralize with a controlled alkaline wash on metals and a thermal-fog hydroxyl treatment on porous surfaces. Tile roofs catch wind-driven soot in the underlayment seams — we inspect the attic side of the deck before signing off on exterior cleaning.
Homes in 33904 and the older 33990 corridor often have original 1970s-1980s framing — open-web wood trusses, sometimes with aluminum wiring runs through them. After a fire, the engineering review has to verify connector plates haven't lost grip from heat exposure, and any aluminum branch circuit that ran through a fire zone gets re-terminated with AlumiConn or pulled and replaced with copper. We don't sheetrock over compromised trusses. A structural engineer signs off in writing before we close the ceiling.
Lee County hydrant water from a fire-suppression response is Category 3 once it sits more than 24 hours — bacterial load, road contaminants, dissolved metals. We open the file under both fire and water mitigation codes from hour one. The drying equipment goes in alongside the soot containment, with negative air to keep odor-loaded particulate out of the unaffected zone. That dual track is what keeps Citizens and Tower Hill from kicking the claim back for incomplete scope, which happens often on Cape Coral fire losses because the carrier only sees the fire and not the gallons.
From the SE 27th Terrace office we roll a board-up crew within two hours, secure the structure, document chain-of-custody on contents, and stand up containment before the soot has time to migrate further into the HVAC. One project manager carries the file from emergency through reconstruction. That's how a Cape Coral fire claim ends with the homeowner moving back in, not arguing with their adjuster about residual odor six months later.
Roof tarp, window board, and structural assessment within hours of dispatch. Stops further damage from rain and intrusion.
Water extraction, structural drying, soot cleaning, and HVAC decontamination. Contents pack-out for off-site cleaning when needed.
Thermal fogging and hydroxyl generators eliminate odor. Then full reconstruction — drywall, paint, flooring, fixtures, finishes.
For Cape Coral homeowners, the answer depends on the specific scope — call us at (239) 920-7972 for a same-day estimate. Our Cape Coral fire damage restoration crew handles this routinely; we can give you a clear quote after a 15-minute walkthrough.
For Cape Coral homeowners, the answer depends on the specific scope — call us at (239) 920-7972 for a same-day estimate. Our Cape Coral fire damage restoration crew handles this routinely; we can give you a clear quote after a 15-minute walkthrough.
For Cape Coral homeowners, the answer depends on the specific scope — call us at (239) 920-7972 for a same-day estimate. Our Cape Coral fire damage restoration crew handles this routinely; we can give you a clear quote after a 15-minute walkthrough.
For Cape Coral homeowners, the answer depends on the specific scope — call us at (239) 920-7972 for a same-day estimate. Our Cape Coral fire damage restoration crew handles this routinely; we can give you a clear quote after a 15-minute walkthrough.
For Cape Coral homeowners, the answer depends on the specific scope — call us at (239) 920-7972 for a same-day estimate. Our Cape Coral fire damage restoration crew handles this routinely; we can give you a clear quote after a 15-minute walkthrough.
Our Cape Coral fire damage restoration crew dispatches across the full city — from Cape Harbour, Tarpon Point, Pelican, Burnt Store, Sandoval, Trafalgar Woods, Hancock Bridge, Yacht Club, Rose Garden, Coral Lakes, covering ZIP codes 33904, 33909, 33914, 33990, 33991, 33993. Fire damage spread patterns vary between Cape Coral's construction types — we adapt our cleaning passes accordingly.
Cape Coral insurance carriers we work with: Citizens Property Insurance, FEMA Flood Zones AE/X/VE, NFIP claims, Florida Peninsula, Tower Hill. We bill direct on most claims and document to adjuster standards from the first call.
Same crew, same standards — we cover the surrounding cities too:
It's one loss with two scopes. Combined fire-plus-water events are common in Cape Coral homes with monitored systems near Cape Coral Hospital and in newer Coral Lakes builds. Adjusters write them as a single claim but Xactimate separates the line items: FIR for soot, smoke, and structural fire damage; WTR for the sprinkler discharge and resulting Category 2 water. The sequencing matters — water mitigation has to start within 24–48 hours to prevent secondary mold, but soot stabilization (sealing HVAC, plastic-wrapping contents, applying chemical sponges) needs to happen first so the wet cleanup doesn't drive acidic residue deeper into porous finishes.
Modern home fires burn synthetic materials — polyurethane foam, vinyl, PVC, engineered wood resins — and produce acidic, chloride-laden residues that bond chemically to drywall paper, framing, and HVAC components. Surface cleaning alone won't remove it. We use a combination of HEPA vacuuming, chemical sponging, thermal fogging, and a sealed-room hydroxyl or ozone treatment depending on occupancy. Hydroxyl generators are safe for occupied spaces; ozone is faster but requires evacuation. In Cape Coral's humid envelope, residual smoke odor returns if the HVAC plenum, duct interior, and attic insulation aren't addressed — those reservoirs re-emit for months.
Quite possibly. Garage fires in older Hancock Bridge ranch homes often compromise the truss heel where the garage ties to the main roof — that connection is usually a single top-plate splice and a few hurricane straps. Before any cleaning we walk the structure with an engineer if there's visible char on truss members, sagging, or melted strapping. Shoring goes in first (temporary posts and headers), then we tarp the opening per FEMA documentation standards so the carrier's adjuster can see the pre-mitigation condition. Skipping shoring to get to cleaning faster is how secondary collapses happen during demolition.
For a contained kitchen fire with smoke migration through one HVAC zone, expect 4–8 weeks total: 1 week for stabilization and contents pack-out, 1–2 weeks for soot remediation and odor treatment, then 2–4 weeks of reconstruction for cabinets, drywall, paint, flooring, and appliances. Cape Coral cabinet lead times have stretched to 6–10 weeks post-Ian for semi-custom lines, which is often the gating item. We push to get the kitchen rough-in and the rest of the house cleared for occupancy first, then finish cabinetry, so the family in Pelican or Rose Garden isn't in a hotel for the full duration.
Depends on what burned. Hard goods — ceramics, glass, sealed electronics, solid wood furniture — usually clean well with ultrasonic and ozone chamber processing and are reasonable to restore. Soft goods exposed to synthetic smoke residue — upholstered furniture, mattresses, pillows, baby gear — often retain odor and acidic residue even after professional cleaning, and we recommend replacement. The Xactimate decision usually comes down to cost-to-clean versus actual cash value. In Cape Coral homes with heavy HVAC smoke distribution, we document item-by-item with photos and lab swabs when needed so the adjuster has data, not opinions, to work from.
Free estimate. No pressure. Insurance billing handled. Call our Cape Coral line and we'll have a project manager in Cape Coral fast.
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