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.
Lehigh Acres fire claims usually involve 1990s-2010s CBS single-family construction with modern engineered framing. The fire spread and soot patterns in these builds are well-characterized.
Our Lehigh Acres crew works across the full city — from Veterans Park, Lehigh Senior High, Mirror Lakes Golf Club — and we're familiar with how fire damage restoration scope changes between Lehigh North and Lehigh South.
Lehigh Acres disaster history: Hurricane Ian (2022), Hurricane Irma (2017), repeated freshwater flooding. Post-disaster construction quality varies — fire restoration scope often uncovers prior storm damage that was never fully addressed.
A working-class housing stock built across 1980-2010, much of it converted to long-term rental, has produced a recognizable Lehigh Acres fire profile: dryer-vent fires in laundry closets, kitchen range fires in tenant-cooked units, and bedroom-outlet fires from overloaded power strips behind furniture. The CBS shell contains the fire well - that's the upside of Lehigh's construction stock - but smoke residue tracks through the interior in patterns that depend on whether the unit has a single-trunk return or individual returns per zone.
Modern rental-grade carpet, vinyl plank flooring, polyurethane foam furniture, and ABS appliance housings all produce a wet acidic smoke when they burn. The residue bonds aggressively to drywall paint, laminate cabinetry, and any aluminum window frame in the burn zone. A dry-sponge wipe lifts the visible soot but leaves the chloride and hydrochloric acid film, and that film keeps the odor coming back. We neutralize with a controlled alkaline wash on metals, run hydroxyl thermal-fogging on porous surfaces, and replace any item where the substrate has chemically bonded to the residue - most painted MDF cabinet boxes in a kitchen fire fall in that category.
Lehigh Acres homes from the 1980s-1990s rapid-build era used 14- and 12-gauge copper branch wiring with standard backstabbed receptacles. After 30+ years of plug load - especially in rental units where tenants run window AC units, space heaters, and overloaded outlets - backstabs loosen, terminals heat-cycle, and arcing faults develop behind drywall. After a fire, the electrical post-mortem on a Lehigh Acres rental almost always finds more compromised circuitry than the burn zone alone. We open and inspect every receptacle and junction box on the affected circuit, re-terminate with side-screw connections, and pull a permit for the electrical scope as part of the fire rebuild. Lee County inspectors will require it.
The 1990s-2010s Lehigh Acres housing stock uses pre-engineered wood trusses with metal connector plates. Heat from a fire that reaches the attic space can compromise the plate grip without obvious char on the wood. A structural engineer has to verify connector integrity before any ceiling closes back up. We don't sheetrock over heat-exposed trusses on a verbal sign-off. The engineer's stamped letter goes in the homeowner's file and in the carrier file. That documentation is what prevents a future buyer's inspector from flagging the rebuild years later.
Fire-plus-water is the standard Lehigh Acres scope. Lee County hydrant water that sits more than 24 hours is Category 3 under IICRC S500. We open both the fire mitigation and the water mitigation file from hour one, run containment and dry-out in parallel, and carry one project manager across both scopes through reconstruction. That's what closes a Lehigh Acres fire claim with the family - or the tenant - back in the building without residual odor or hidden moisture 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 Lehigh Acres homeowners, the answer depends on the specific scope — call us at (239) 920-7972 for a same-day estimate. Our Lehigh Acres fire damage restoration crew handles this routinely; we can give you a clear quote after a 15-minute walkthrough.
For Lehigh Acres homeowners, the answer depends on the specific scope — call us at (239) 920-7972 for a same-day estimate. Our Lehigh Acres fire damage restoration crew handles this routinely; we can give you a clear quote after a 15-minute walkthrough.
For Lehigh Acres homeowners, the answer depends on the specific scope — call us at (239) 920-7972 for a same-day estimate. Our Lehigh Acres fire damage restoration crew handles this routinely; we can give you a clear quote after a 15-minute walkthrough.
For Lehigh Acres homeowners, the answer depends on the specific scope — call us at (239) 920-7972 for a same-day estimate. Our Lehigh Acres fire damage restoration crew handles this routinely; we can give you a clear quote after a 15-minute walkthrough.
For Lehigh Acres homeowners, the answer depends on the specific scope — call us at (239) 920-7972 for a same-day estimate. Our Lehigh Acres fire damage restoration crew handles this routinely; we can give you a clear quote after a 15-minute walkthrough.
Our Lehigh Acres fire damage restoration crew dispatches across the full city — from Lehigh North, Lehigh South, Country Club, Eastwood, Mirror Lakes, Pinewood, Buckingham (border), covering ZIP codes 33971, 33972, 33973, 33974, 33976. Fire damage spread patterns vary between Lehigh Acres's construction types — we adapt our cleaning passes accordingly.
Lehigh Acres insurance carriers we work with: Citizens, mixed carrier base; flood insurance important for lower-elevation sections. 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:
Lehigh Acres has a substantial stock of 1970s and early-1980s homes that were wired with aluminum branch circuits, particularly in the older sections south of Lee Boulevard. Aluminum connections oxidize and loosen over decades, creating high-resistance heating at receptacles and switches. When a tenant plugs in a high-draw appliance, the heat ignites the surrounding wood or insulation. The fix is AlumiConn pigtail terminations or full copper rewires at devices. After a fire, we work with a licensed electrician to remediate the aluminum issue across the whole unit, not just the burn area, because the same failure mode exists at every other device.
Modern fires burn a lot of synthetic materials, and the resulting smoke is acidic, depositing chloride and sulfur residues on every surface. In a humid Lehigh Acres environment, those residues continue corroding copper, brass, and electronic boards for weeks after the fire is out. We see fire claims in 33976 where the smoke damage to HVAC coils, electronic locks, and copper plumbing exceeds the structural burn damage. Mitigation has to start within 48-72 hours: HEPA filtration, thermal fogging, and surface-by-surface cleaning of fixtures and electronics before the corrosion becomes permanent.
Yes, when properly documented. Citizens and most private carriers cover smoke and soot damage throughout the affected dwelling, not just the room of origin. The challenge in Lehigh Acres claims is documentation: we use particulate sampling and visual inspection room by room to establish the extent of smoke migration. CBS construction limits smoke movement somewhat compared to wood-frame, but HVAC distribution spreads particulate through every connected room. A thorough scope including duct cleaning, contents cleaning, and odor remediation is supportable. A vague 'smoke damage throughout' line item often gets reduced on adjuster review.
For a contained kitchen fire in a typical 33972 home, the structural and smoke remediation phase usually runs two to four weeks, depending on how far smoke penetrated and whether the HVAC system needs replacement. Reconstruction of the kitchen itself adds another six to twelve weeks because cabinets are usually a custom or semi-custom order. Total displacement on a moderate kitchen fire near Mirror Lakes runs three to four months. Your ALE coverage under the policy should pay for temporary housing during that period, but the limit varies by carrier so confirm it early.
Not yet. Contents restoration is its own line of work, and many items that smell strongly of smoke can be successfully cleaned through ozone, hydroxyl, or thermal fogging combined with surface cleaning. Soft goods like clothing and bedding typically go to a specialized textile cleaner. Hard goods are cleaned on-site or in a contents facility. The carrier wants an itemized inventory of damaged contents, photographed and documented, before disposal. We work through every room methodically because the difference between 'restore' and 'replace' on contents can swing the claim by tens of thousands.
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