Fire Damage Restoration London, ON

House fires in older housing

Firefighters in Old North have been called to a vacant two-storey house fire before 3 a.m., a reminder that a fire can start and spread while a building sits empty. Concealed wall and attic spaces let smoke travel into walls and attics, so we check beyond the room that burned.

Soot and smoke odour that keeps spreading

Smoke settles on every surface in the house, including rooms nowhere near the flames. Left alone, soot etches finishes and the smell works into drywall, insulation and fabrics. We clean with the right method for each surface and treat the air, not just the surfaces.

Firefighting water in a cold climate

Hose water soaks floors, walls and ceilings below the fire. In a freezing London winter, a building open to the weather after a fire adds frozen pipes and ice to the damage. We board up, extract the water and dry the structure at the same time as the soot work.

The scope depends on what burned, how far the smoke traveled, and how much water was used. Protein residue from a kitchen fire cleans differently from the dry soot of a paper or wood fire, and synthetic materials leave an oily residue that smears if it is handled wrong. We test surfaces before cleaning and write a room-by-room scope for your adjuster.

A small kitchen fire may take a few days of cleaning and deodorization. A larger fire with structural damage moves into demolition and reconstruction, which can take several weeks or more depending on materials and permits. We give you a schedule at each stage and update it as the work progresses.