Services / Fire & Smoke- Residential

Residential Fire & Smoke · Southern California · Since 2000

After a house fire — cleaned, deodorized,
and rebuilt by one firm.

25+ years bringing homes back from fire and smoke — by our own crews, on one schedule, returned to the day before the loss, not a shell of it.

THE BASICS

A fire leaves three losses in your home, not one.

The flame, the smoke that travels room to room, and the water used to put it out. Restoration handles all three — structural cleaning, soot removal, content cleaning, and deodorization — and then the rebuild that makes the house whole again.

KNOW THE DIFFERENCE

What was burning changes
how we clean it

Category 01

C2C

Dry Smoke

Fast, hot fires leave powdery soot; dry cleaning of surfaces.

Category 02

C2C

Wet Smoke

Smoldering fires leave sticky, staining residue and strong odor; heavier cleaning.

Category 03

C2C

Kitchen & Protein Residue

Near-invisible film and persistent odor; specialized deodorization.

THE C2C COMMERCIAL PROCESS

From the smoke line to a finished room.

C2C Process Steps

step one

Dispatch & Assessment

Crews dispatched immediately to the loss site; on-site within 60 to 90 minute response time.

C2C Process Steps

step two

Board-up & Stabilization

The home secured, suppression water extracted, the area contained.

C2C Process Steps

step three

Cleaning & Deodorization

Soot removed, belongings cleaned and inventoried, odor neutralized at the source.

C2C Process Steps

step four

Restoration

Where Loss Construction lives.

Reconstruction performed in accordance with the insurance scope, by our own crews. Daily or weekly updates issued.

BEFORE WE ARRIVE

First hour after
a house fire.

HOMEOWNER GUIDANCE

Do this now

Do

Wait for the fire department's all-clear before going back inside.

Do

Photograph the damage before anything is moved — it helps the claim.

Do

Call us first — we answer 24 hours, live — then contact your insurer.

Don't do this

Do

Don't run the HVAC — it pulls soot through the whole house.

Do

Don't wipe soot off walls; improper cleaning sets the stain for good.

FROM LOSS TO REBUILD

When mitigation ends, most firms hand you a list of trades. We keep going.

Drying the house is the easy half. Putting it back is the second part of the loss — and where we live. The same crew rebuilds what was removed, so the home is returned to the day before the loss, not a shell of it.

Next Step

C2C

Residential Reconstruction & Build-Back

One firm, one schedule, single point of contact through sign-off.

INSURANCE & DOCUMENTATION

We document every surface — so the scope covers what the fire actually touched.

Fire and smoke claims are frequently underscoped. We record odor migration, soot distribution, and content condition from the first walkthrough, giving your adjuster a complete picture before negotiations begin.

C2C

Soot & Odor Assessment

Room-by-room mapping of soot deposit and smoke migration, logged before any cleaning begins.

C2C

Xactimate Estimates

Line-item scopes aligned to the carrier's software — structural cleaning, content, and rebuild on one document.

C2C

Contents Inventory

Itemized record of affected belongings — condition, location, and restoration or replacement status.

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Photo & Video Record

Time-stamped documentation from initial walkthrough through structural cleaning and deodorization — kept for the file.

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Residential fire crews cover every county we serve.

Residential fire crews cover every county we serve. We've staged crews and equipment across all five Southern California counties — Los Angeles, Ventura County, Santa Barbara County, Orange County, and San Diego County — since 2000.

RELATED SERVICES

Damage rarely arrives alone.

RESIDENTIAL

Fire & Smoke

Common cross-over

Water
Damage

Suppression water is part of nearly every fire — extraction and drying.

Mold

If drying stalls

Mold
Remediation

Trapped water can seed mold; containment and post-clearance testing.

Storm

Seasonal cause

Reconstruction & Build-Back

 Charred rooms framed and finished back to the day before the loss.

COMMON QUESTIONS

Residential fire & smoke, answered.

RESIDENTIAL

Can the smoke smell really be removed?

Yes — deodorization treats the source, not just the air, and is checked before sign-off.