Fast, Reliable Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration Across Citrus Heights
Fire & smoke cleanup in Citrus Heights starts with an asbestos survey, not a fan. Most homes in the 95610, 95611, and 95621 ZIP codes were built between 1955 and 1980, which means original floor tile and popcorn ceilings are common. Before drying equipment goes in, we test. For same-day response, call Wade at (855) 915-0646. He answers his own phone.
We know the tract ranches off Sunrise Boulevard and the older streets around Auburn Boulevard. We know what’s under the vinyl. This page explains what actually happens when a fire hits a 1960s Citrus Heights ranch, what it costs, and how to avoid the mistakes that turn a small kitchen fire into a six-figure nightmare.
If you’re standing in a sooted living room right now, skip to the pricing section or just call. The phone is (855) 915-0646.
Why Wade’s Restoration of California Is Citrus Heights’s Preferred Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration Company
Wade Ferris founded this company in 2007 and still runs every job himself. When a fire crew shows up at a Citrus Heights home, the person in charge is the guy whose name is on the truck. That matters in a city where nearly every street is a 1960s or 70s tract neighborhood and the restoration challenges are predictable if you’ve worked here long enough.
Our Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration crews have pulled charred carpet off original 9×9 asbestos tile in Citrus Heights more times than we can count. We sequence jobs around abatement pauses instead of being surprised by them. Homeowners along Greenback Lane, in the Arcade Creek neighborhoods, and in the older pockets near Sylvan Corners have seen us do this work. Ask anyone on your street.
We’re not a national franchise with a call center in another state. Wade lives locally, publishes his address and license number, and his crews are background-checked and uniformed. When you call (855) 915-0646, a live person answers. Not a voicemail tree. Day or night.
And if the work isn’t done right, Wade makes it right. Every fire job carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise, in writing, on the contract. That’s not a slogan.
Our Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration Services in Citrus Heights
Before anything else: the word “restoration” in Citrus Heights almost always means asbestos protocol. You’ll see that thread through everything below because it changes the order, the timeline, and the price.
Fire Damage Cleanup
Demolition comes first. Charred drywall, insulation, flooring, cabinets. In Citrus Heights, the first cut into a wall or floor often exposes original 1960s materials. We test before we tear. When asbestos is present, which it usually is under vinyl layers and in popcorn ceilings, we seal the room and bring in a licensed abatement partner. Drying equipment goes in after negative air and clearance sampling. This is the step national franchises skip because it costs two days. Skipping it is illegal and dangerous.
Smoke & Soot Removal
Smoke travels. A kitchen fire in a 1972 ranch near Old Auburn Road pushes soot through every room, into closets, behind baseboards, inside HVAC ducts. We clean surfaces, ductwork, and framing. In Citrus Heights’s dense, single-story wood-frame homes, the wall cavities are tight and soot clings to original lath and plaster. A general contractor will paint over it. We remove it. You can smell the difference for years.
Odor Removal & Deodorization
Painting over sooted framing doesn’t kill smoke odor. It entombs it until summer heat pulls it back out. That’s why Citrus Heights homes that had a “quick repaint” after a fire still smell like smoke every July. We use thermal fogging and hydroxyl treatment to neutralize odor at the source. For wildfire smoke seasons, when the whole city gets blanketed for weeks, we also clean HVAC systems and soft goods even when there was no fire inside the house.
Contents Cleaning & Pack-Out
Furniture, clothes, dishes, photos. Soot gets into everything. We inventory, pack, clean, and store contents while structural work happens. In Citrus Heights, where many homeowners have lived in the same ranch since the 1970s, the contents list often spans three generations. We treat it that way. Every item logged, cleaned with professional equipment, and returned.
Emergency Board-Up & Tarping
A fire leaves openings: burned-out windows, a hole in the roof, a kicked-in door. Citrus Heights gets atmospheric river rains that can dump several inches in a day, and an untarped roof hole becomes a second disaster. We board up and tarp the same day the fire’s out. No charge to come out in our own county.
Structural Fire Repair
This is the rebuild phase. Trusses, rafters, subfloor, framing. In Citrus Heights, where so many homes share the same 1960s post-and-beam carport additions and low-pitch roofs, structural repair is often a matter of matching 60-year-old dimensional lumber and retrofitting to current code. We scope it in writing before work starts, with a price you agree to, not one that appears later.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Citrus Heights
We show up with the equipment that actually works on the job, not whatever was rolling around in the truck. Our crews run Dri-Eaz LGR dehumidifiers, Phoenix air movers, and XPOWER air scrubbers for airborne soot. We’re IICRC-certified and RIA-affiliated, and that’s the standard we bring to every Citrus Heights job, from a small garage fire near Sunrise Boulevard to a full-contents cleanup in the older neighborhoods around Sylvan Middle School. We don’t service national chains. We service your home.
Common Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration Problems We See in Citrus Heights Homes
These are the recurring failures, not a generic list. They’re specific to what’s under and inside the houses built here between 1955 and 1980.
- Asbestos exposure during demolition. A contractor tears into a 1960s popcorn ceiling or lifts vinyl flooring to find the original 9×9 asbestos tile, and now the whole house is contaminated. A $5,000 cleanup becomes a $40,000 abatement and a Stop Work Order because nobody tested first.
- Post-fire drying delays. Even after the fire’s out, leftover water from firefighting saturates slab-on-grade wall cavities. If drying waits for abatement clearance and that clearance takes a week, mold has already activated. In Citrus Heights, hidden moisture activates mold within 48 hours.
- Permanent smoke odor from paint-over jobs. A general contractor paints over sooted framing without thermal fogging or hydroxyl treatment. The original wood lath and plaster in these dense 1960s walls traps particulates. The smell comes back in the heat. Every time.
- HVAC smoke contamination. Wildfire smoke blankets Citrus Heights for weeks each late summer. Soot and ash get pulled through return vents into ductwork, then the furnace kicks on in fall and every room smells like a campfire. HVAC cleaning should be part of any fire or smoke job in this city.
Pricing for Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration in Citrus Heights, CA
Expect these ranges in Citrus Heights, where the older housing stock regularly adds abatement steps to the total:
- Fire damage cleanup: $3,000-$8,000 for a small kitchen fire, including demolition, soot removal, and equipment drying.
- Smoke and soot removal: $1,500-$4,500 depending on square footage and how far soot traveled through the home.
- Odor removal and deodorization: $800-$2,500 for thermal fogging and hydroxyl treatment, more if HVAC cleaning is included.
- Contents cleaning and pack-out: $1,200-$5,000 depending on volume, cleaning requirements, and storage duration.
- Emergency board-up and tarping: $400-$1,500 depending on openings and roof size.
- Asbestos testing and abatement coordination: This is the Citrus Heights wildcard. Testing itself runs $300-$600, but a full abatement on a 1,200-square-foot ranch can add $8,000-$25,000 depending on scope. We coordinate with licensed abatement partners and never let a general contractor skip this step to make a bid look cheaper.
We offer a free estimate. Not a quote. An estimate. We walk the property, test what needs testing, and write down what we’ll do and what it costs, before work starts. There’s also a free second opinion on any written estimate, no trip charge inside the county, and Senior & Veteran 10% always.
We Also Serve Cities Near Citrus Heights
Wade’s Restoration of California serves Citrus Heights and the surrounding Sacramento suburbs: Fair Oaks, Orangevale, Foothill Farms, and Roseville. Our crews dispatch from the Sacramento metro office, and Wade heads out the same day for fire damage anywhere in the area.
Serving Citrus Heights, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Citrus Heights area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs - Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration in Citrus Heights
Because most homes in the 95610, 95611, and 95621 ZIP codes were built before 1980, and the original floor tile, popcorn ceilings, and drywall compound used then frequently contain asbestos. Before demolition starts, we test. If it’s positive, which it often is, abatement happens before drying or rebuild work proceeds. The survey itself runs $300-$600 and keeps the entire job compliant and safe. Call (855) 915-0646 and Wade will walk you through exactly what your home is likely to have.
Usually during demolition and abatement phases, yes. If asbestos is present, the work area is sealed under negative air, and you can’t occupy adjacent rooms until clearance sampling comes back clean. For a smaller smoke-only job without structural demolition, you might stay, but we’ll tell you straight after the initial assessment. The assessment is free.
Citrus Heights sits close enough to the Sierra foothills that wildfire smoke settles over the city for weeks each late summer and fall. That smoke gets pulled into HVAC systems, coats walls and soft goods, and embeds in carpet and furniture. You don’t need a house fire to need deodorization. We clean ductwork, surfaces, and contents for smoke exposure, not just fire damage.
Yes, in many cases we can dry the structure without disturbing the tile if it’s intact. Drying equipment runs on top of flooring without tearing it out. If the tile is damaged, cracked, or wet underneath from firefighting water, that’s a different conversation. We test first, then recommend based on what we find. Call (855) 915-0646 for an honest read.
One to three days of thermal fogging and hydroxyl treatment typically, plus one to two days of HVAC cleaning if smoke got into the ductwork. Add a day if contents need pack-out and processing. The bigger variable is access: these 1960s ranches have tight wall cavities, and we often need to cut access holes in closets and soffits to treat behind walls. Total odor remediation usually lands within a week. Get an exact timeline at no charge.
Written by Wade Ferris, Owner at Wade’s Restoration of California, serving Citrus Heights since the company’s founding in 2007.