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.
Marco Island fire restoration involves premium content cleaning, custom finish replacement, and HOA aesthetic restoration requirements. Beachfront single-family homes and high-rise condos both have unique fire-restoration considerations.
Our Marco Island crew works across the full city — from Tigertail Beach, Marco Island Historical Museum, Cape Romano Dome House (offshore), JW Marriott Marco Beach Resort, Hideaway Beach Club — and we're familiar with how fire damage restoration scope changes between Old Marco and Hideaway Beach.
Marco Island disaster history: Hurricane Ian (2022), Hurricane Irma (2017 — eye passed near here), Hurricane Wilma (2005). Post-disaster construction quality varies — fire restoration scope often uncovers prior storm damage that was never fully addressed.
A grease fire in a Hideaway Beach single-family kitchen and a circuit-board fire in a 15th-floor condo on Collier Boulevard are completely different jobs from the first hour. Marco's housing mix — barrier-island single-family in Old Marco and Tigertail, dense beachfront towers along the South Beach strand, and waterfront vacation rentals scattered between — means fire restoration here runs three protocols, often two of them in parallel on the same loss. The salt-air envelope changes how smoke residue behaves on every one of them.
A single fire-sprinkler head in a tower unit on the JW Marriott Marco Beach Resort residential floors or any Cape Marco condo dumps 15-25 gallons per minute until somebody finds the shutoff. That water travels down through the slab penetrations, into the unit below, and often two more floors. We open the file under both fire and water mitigation codes immediately, set negative-air containment on the burn unit so acidic soot doesn't migrate down through the open ceiling, and stage extraction crews on each affected floor. The HOA building engineer authorizes corridor access; we don't run hoses through the elevator without written approval.
Synthetic combustion in a Marco home produces a wet, chloride-loaded acidic film that bonds to anything carrying surface salt deposits — window frames facing the Gulf, screen enclosures on the lanai, exterior wall finishes throughout. Standard dry-sponge cleaning lifts the visible soot and leaves the acid film. We neutralize metals with a controlled alkaline wash, run thermal-fog hydroxyl on porous surfaces, and inspect the attic side of any tile or metal roof deck for wind-driven soot migration through the soffit vents. Skip the neutralization and the homeowner is calling about odor and corrosion ninety days later.
Original 1960s and 1970s Old Marco homes have wood-truss framing that wasn't engineered for the heat exposure a modern kitchen fire produces. After a fire, we hold a structural engineer's sign-off before any ceiling closes — connector plates can lose grip from sustained 200°F+ attic temperatures and that failure doesn't show on visual inspection. Aluminum branch wiring in pre-1980 homes that ran through a fire zone gets re-terminated with AlumiConn or pulled and replaced with copper. Vacation-home electrical, often a patchwork of decades of additions, gets a full panel review before reenergizing.
From dispatch the Marco crew rolls a board-up team across the Jolley Bridge within two hours, secures the structure against the Gulf wind, documents contents chain-of-custody for absentee owners, and stands up containment before soot migrates into the HVAC. One project manager carries the file from emergency through reconstruction — and reports daily to the owner in whatever time zone they live in nine months a year.
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 Marco Island homeowners, the answer depends on the specific scope — call us at (239) 989-2430 for a same-day estimate. Our Marco Island fire damage restoration crew handles this routinely; we can give you a clear quote after a 15-minute walkthrough.
For Marco Island homeowners, the answer depends on the specific scope — call us at (239) 989-2430 for a same-day estimate. Our Marco Island fire damage restoration crew handles this routinely; we can give you a clear quote after a 15-minute walkthrough.
For Marco Island homeowners, the answer depends on the specific scope — call us at (239) 989-2430 for a same-day estimate. Our Marco Island fire damage restoration crew handles this routinely; we can give you a clear quote after a 15-minute walkthrough.
For Marco Island homeowners, the answer depends on the specific scope — call us at (239) 989-2430 for a same-day estimate. Our Marco Island fire damage restoration crew handles this routinely; we can give you a clear quote after a 15-minute walkthrough.
For Marco Island homeowners, the answer depends on the specific scope — call us at (239) 989-2430 for a same-day estimate. Our Marco Island fire damage restoration crew handles this routinely; we can give you a clear quote after a 15-minute walkthrough.
Our Marco Island fire damage restoration crew dispatches across the full city — from Old Marco, Hideaway Beach, Marco Beach, Tigertail Beach, Estates, Smokehouse Bay, South Beach, Caxambas, covering ZIP codes 34145. Fire damage spread patterns vary between Marco Island's construction types — we adapt our cleaning passes accordingly.
Marco Island insurance carriers we work with: Citizens Coastal Account VE/V zones, high-value carriers, NFIP. 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:
All services in Marco Island →High-rise fires along Collier Boulevard and near the JW Marriott invariably involve sprinkler activation, so we're handling Category 3 water and fire damage simultaneously. Within the first 24 hours we extract standing water, set drying equipment, and stabilize soot before it sets into finishes. Sprinkler water carries pipe scale and is corrosive on electronics. We separate the scope into fire/smoke restoration and water mitigation for clean carrier documentation — they're often different coverage triggers. Adjacent and lower units almost always have water intrusion requiring their own claims. We coordinate with the building engineer on standpipe restoration and fire-watch logistics.
Salt air. Marco Island's coastal atmosphere is humid and chloride-laden, which makes smoke residues more hygroscopic — they pull moisture and stay tacky on surfaces longer than in dry inland environments. Acidic smoke combined with salt also accelerates corrosion on HVAC coils, electronics, and metal fixtures. Effective deodorization on the island requires HEPA filtration, hydroxyl generation rather than ozone (ozone reacts poorly with chloride), thermal fogging where appropriate, and full HVAC decontamination including the evaporator coil. Wiping surfaces without addressing the AC system leaves a reservoir of contaminated dust that re-aerosolizes every cooling cycle.
Electrical fires in unoccupied Marco Island vacation homes often burn longer before discovery, so structural compromise is more likely than in occupied losses. Our first step is a walk-through with a licensed structural engineer to assess heat exposure on framing — truss connections, top plates, and bearing walls. We document char depth (typically 1/8" of char equals 1/4" of strength loss in dimensional lumber) and identify members requiring sistering or replacement. We install temporary shoring before any debris removal in heat-affected areas. The engineer's letter becomes the basis for the rebuild scope and the carrier's structural reserve, especially important when absentee owners are managing the claim from out of state.
Most contents in a Hideaway Beach home are restorable if we get to them within the first week. Soft contents (textiles, upholstery, clothing) go through ultrasonic and ozone-free deodorization at our offsite facility. Hard contents are HEPA-vacuumed, wiped with appropriate chemistry for the soot type (protein, dry, wet, or fuel-oil), and rinsed. Art, electronics, and high-value items get specialty handling — corrosion inhibitors on circuit boards within 72 hours is critical in Marco Island's salt environment. We inventory with photos and CSV manifests for the carrier. Total-loss decisions on contents are typically driven by smoke odor saturation in dense materials like mattresses and upholstered furniture.
For a contained kitchen fire on an Old Marco single-family — say, $40-80K in damage — total timeline is usually 8-14 weeks. First week is emergency stabilization, board-up, and contents pack-out. Weeks 2-3 are demolition of fire-damaged materials and structural drying. Weeks 4-6 are HVAC decontamination, deodorization, and rough trades (electrical, plumbing). Weeks 7-12 are reconstruction, finishes, and contents return. Larger losses involving the roof or multiple rooms run 4-8 months. Permit timing through Collier County and Marco Island's building department adds 2-4 weeks depending on whether structural work is involved. We sequence work to minimize the owner's ALE exposure.
Free estimate. No pressure. Insurance billing handled. Call our Bonita Springs line and we'll have a project manager in Marco Island fast.
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