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.
Fort Myers' historical McGregor district has homes with century-old framing, which changes fire scope. Original heart-pine framing carries fire and smoke differently than modern engineered lumber. We've handled enough Fort Myers historic-home fire claims to know that the cleaning + odor neutralization needs more passes than a 2010s build.
Our Fort Myers crew works across the full city — from Edison & Ford Winter Estates, Downtown River District, Centennial Park, JetBlue Park (Red Sox spring training), Bell Tower Shops, McGregor Boulevard — and we're familiar with how fire damage restoration scope changes between Downtown River District and McGregor Boulevard.
Fort Myers disaster history: Hurricane Ian (2022 — significant), Hurricane Irma (2017), historic 1926 Miami hurricane. Post-disaster construction quality varies — fire restoration scope often uncovers prior storm damage that was never fully addressed.
A kitchen fire on the 9th floor of a High Point Place tower and an electrical fire in a 1958 McGregor Boulevard estate are different jobs from the first walk-through. The high-rise loss is fire-plus-water from the sprinkler head before the engine company arrives; the estate loss is acidic synthetic smoke pulled through 70-year-old framing and plaster. Fort Myers' housing mix — historic estates, mid-rise and high-rise condos along the Caloosahatchee, and newer CBS inland — means the same restoration certification has to flex across three distinct envelopes.
When a residential sprinkler activates in a Fort Myers high-rise, 25-50 gallons per minute hits the floor until building engineering shuts the riser. That water then routes down through unit penetrations, elevator shafts, and electrical chases for three to five floors before the building dries out. We open the file under both fire and water mitigation codes the first hour: containment for the soot in the source unit, simultaneous extraction and dehu in every floor below. Lee County hydrant water sitting in a corridor longer than 24 hours is Category 3 — we cut affected drywall to documented inspection height in every impacted unit, not just the unit of fire origin.
Many McGregor and Edison Park estates from the 1950s-1970s still have original cloth-jacketed or early aluminum branch wiring threaded through heart-pine framing. When that wiring fails behind a wall, the fire smolders in dense old-growth lumber long enough to leave deep odor penetration even after open flame is knocked. We don't cosmetically clean an estate fire — we open framing cavities to verify char depth, replace any compromised member, and re-terminate aluminum branch circuits with AlumiConn connectors per current Lee County code. The structural engineer signs off in writing on any heart-pine truss or beam left in place.
Synthetic combustion from modern furniture and electronics produces a chloride-rich acidic smoke that bonds aggressively to plaster, original heart-pine trim, and the painted concrete found in older Fort Myers downtown condos. Dry-sponge cleaning lifts visible soot but leaves the acid film, and that's what brings the odor back six weeks later. We neutralize with a controlled alkaline wash on metals and a hydroxyl thermal-fog treatment on porous surfaces. Plaster ceilings in McGregor estates get a sealed primer (oil-based or shellac) before paint — water-based primer over residual smoke is the most common mistake on a historic-home fire and the reason buyers smell it on a future showing.
Board-up rolls from the Fort Myers dispatch within two hours of a fire call, structural shoring goes up before any contents move, and one project manager carries the file from emergency through reconstruction. Citizens, Heritage, and the broker network downtown will pay the full scope when documentation matches the IICRC S700 fire and smoke restoration framework line by line — and that documentation begins the same hour the engines roll out.
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 Fort Myers homeowners, the answer depends on the specific scope — call us at (239) 920-7972 for a same-day estimate. Our Fort Myers fire damage restoration crew handles this routinely; we can give you a clear quote after a 15-minute walkthrough.
For Fort Myers homeowners, the answer depends on the specific scope — call us at (239) 920-7972 for a same-day estimate. Our Fort Myers fire damage restoration crew handles this routinely; we can give you a clear quote after a 15-minute walkthrough.
For Fort Myers homeowners, the answer depends on the specific scope — call us at (239) 920-7972 for a same-day estimate. Our Fort Myers fire damage restoration crew handles this routinely; we can give you a clear quote after a 15-minute walkthrough.
For Fort Myers homeowners, the answer depends on the specific scope — call us at (239) 920-7972 for a same-day estimate. Our Fort Myers fire damage restoration crew handles this routinely; we can give you a clear quote after a 15-minute walkthrough.
For Fort Myers homeowners, the answer depends on the specific scope — call us at (239) 920-7972 for a same-day estimate. Our Fort Myers fire damage restoration crew handles this routinely; we can give you a clear quote after a 15-minute walkthrough.
Our Fort Myers fire damage restoration crew dispatches across the full city — from Downtown River District, McGregor Boulevard, Iona, San Carlos Park, Gateway, Whiskey Creek, Cypress Lake, College Parkway, Pelican Preserve, Edison Park, covering ZIP codes 33901, 33907, 33912, 33913, 33916, 33919, 33966, 33967. Fire damage spread patterns vary between Fort Myers's construction types — we adapt our cleaning passes accordingly.
Fort Myers insurance carriers we work with: Citizens, full carrier mix; large insurance broker network in downtown. 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:
Combined fire-and-sprinkler losses in Fort Myers high-rises require a sequenced scope. We stabilize first with controlled water extraction and HEPA-filtered negative air, because soot becomes acidic slurry once it mixes with sprinkler water and will etch aluminum window frames and stainless appliances within hours. Then we separate scope into IICRC S500 water mitigation and S700 fire restoration line items, because the master policy and the unit HO-6 often apportion these differently. Vertical water travel to units below is documented as a separate claim path.
McGregor Blvd estates from the 1950s and 60s often retain original lath-and-plaster walls, oak flooring with paste wax, and cellulose or rock-wool insulation. These porous, organic materials absorb protein and synthetic smoke residues deeply, and the cleaning tolerances are tighter than on modern drywall and engineered substrates. We use thermal fogging only after dry chemical sponge and detergent passes, and we test cleaning on an inconspicuous area first. Some original 1950s casework simply cannot be cleaned to pre-loss and must be documented for replacement at like-kind-and-quality.
Modern Fort Myers home contents, vinyl flooring, PVC trim, electronics, and synthetic upholstery release hydrogen chloride and other acidic compounds when they burn. Within 24 to 72 hours in our humidity, those residues etch chrome fixtures, fog window glass, corrode HVAC coils, and discolor stucco. Our S700 protocol prioritizes neutralization of metal surfaces and HVAC components in the first site visit, even before content pack-out. Adjusters from Citizens and Tower Hill expect to see this documented because secondary corrosion damage is a major driver of total claim cost.
Yes, and on McGregor Blvd and Edison Park homes of that era it is non-negotiable. Many still have original cloth-jacketed branch wiring or aluminum branch circuits added in 1960s-70s expansions. Heat and water from firefighting compromise insulation in ways that may not show up until weeks later. We coordinate with a licensed Florida electrical contractor for a circuit-by-circuit megger test before any drywall closes, and the report goes into the file. The carrier almost always pays for this because re-energizing compromised wiring is the most common cause of post-loss secondary fires.
It depends on the smoke type and the structure. On a small grease fire in a River District condo, ultrasonic and dry-chemical cleaning on site may be sufficient. On a structural fire in a McGregor Blvd estate with protein, synthetic, and wet smoke combined, pack-out to a controlled facility is faster and more defensible. We inventory by room with photo documentation, log each item to the claim file, and clean in a climate-controlled environment where ozone or hydroxyl treatment can run for the days required without forcing the family out of temporary housing longer than necessary.
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