Fast, Reliable Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration Across Santa Rosa
Fire and smoke damage in Santa Rosa requires a restoration team that understands this city’s specific history. Most companies learn fire restoration from a manual. We learned it here, working through the aftermath of the Tubbs Fire and the thousands of homes it touched. If you’re standing in a house that smells like an ashtray weeks after a kitchen fire, or a neighbor’s burn pile drifted smoke through your vents, we can be at your door fast, usually within the hour for emergencies. Call (855) 915-0646 and Wade himself will answer, not a call center.
We’re Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration specialists serving the full Santa Rosa area, from Coffey Park rebuilds to the older ranch homes east of Highway 101. This is not a side service for us. It’s the work we’ve done for nearly two decades, and we do it the way Santa Rosa demands: thorough, code-aware, and documented.
Why Wade’s Restoration of California Is Santa Rosa’s Preferred Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration Company
Wade Ferris put his name on the truck in 2007, and he publishes his address and license number. That matters in Santa Rosa, where homeowners got burned twice after 2017: first by fire, then by out-of-area outfits that quoted low and disappeared when the adjuster asked questions. Wade’s crew is background-checked, uniformed, and trained on IICRC standards. But more importantly, they’re local. They know what a Fountaingrove home smells like three years after a neighboring lot burned, because they’ve fixed it. They know which Coffey Park rebuilds have Chapter 7A materials that need special handling, because they’ve worked on dozens.
We answer our own phone, 24/7. No answering service. When you call at 2 a.m. with smoke still creeping through your hallway, you get Wade or someone on his crew, not a script. We’ll tell you exactly what we’d do first, and what it’ll cost before we start, in writing. That’s the whole point of being owner-operated: the person who quotes the job is the person accountable for the work. Ask anyone on your street. Wade’s name gets around.
Our Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration Services in Santa Rosa
Every fire is different, but the playbook stays the same: contain the damage, remove what’s burned, clean what can be saved, and deodorize so the smoke doesn’t come back. Here’s what that looks like in Santa Rosa homes.
Fire Damage Cleanup
We remove charred drywall, burned framing, ruined insulation, and anything else the fire took. In older Santa Rosa homes near Railroad Square or the Montgomery Village area, that often means working around legacy materials like original wood lathe and, in some pre-1980s builds, asbestos. We test before we tear. On newer Coffey Park rebuilds, we work around Chapter 7A ignition-resistant materials that need a different touch. Either way, we photograph everything for your adjuster and give you a line-item scope before the first cut.
Smoke & Soot Removal
Smoke and soot do not just sit on surfaces. They work into drywall pores, behind baseboards, and through HVAC returns. In Santa Rosa, we see a specific pattern after the Diablo wind season: fine particulate blown in through ember-resistant vents on newer homes, and through older single-pane windows on mid-century stock. We use HEPA air scrubbers and dry-chem sponges, not buckets of water that drive soot deeper. That distinction is why our smoke jobs stay cleared.
Odor Removal & Deodorization
This is the hard part, and it’s where generic companies fail in Santa Rosa. Ozone and masking sprays do not fix smoke odor that’s embedded in ductwork and attic insulation. We use hydroxyl generators, thermal fogging, and, when necessary, full duct cleaning with Injectidry equipment. On a hillside property in Fountaingrove (95404), our crew responded to a smoke-damaged 2018 rebuild whose HVAC ducts and attic batts had absorbed months of off-gassing from a neighboring burned lot. Standard chemical wiping and ozone failed, so we ran HEPA air scrubbers for 72 hours, pulled the ductwork for Injectidry cleaning, and replaced the contaminated insulation. Final particulate air testing came back clear on the first retest.
Contents Cleaning & Pack-Out
Your furniture, clothes, dishes, and heirlooms did not burn, but they absorbed smoke. We pack them out, clean them off-site with esporta wash systems and ultrasonic equipment, and store them until your home is ready. In Santa Rosa, where many families rebuilt after 2017 with new furniture and irreplaceable keepsakes, this service matters more than people expect. We inventory everything with photos. You get a list. Nothing disappears.
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 Santa Rosa
We stock parts and supplies for the equipment Santa Rosa homes already have, from older Carrier and Trane HVAC systems in 1960s ranch houses to the newer variable-speed units going into Coffey Park rebuilds. Our techs are IICRC-certified, RIA-affiliated, and IFA-recognized, and we run Dri-Eaz and Phoenix equipment on site. That means we can usually start work on your first call without waiting on specialty parts to ship from the Bay Area. For Santa Rosa customers, that’s the difference between a five-day wait and same-week restoration.
Common Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration Problems We See in Santa Rosa Homes
- Post-Tubbs off-gassing in surviving homes. Homes in the Fountaingrove hillside corridor (95404) that physically survived often absorbed months of fine particulate and char odor from adjacent burned lots. It settles in HVAC ducts and attic insulation, and standard restoration protocols miss it completely. We test for it specifically now.
- Improper ash cleanup by unfamiliar crews. Technicians without DTSC hazardous ash protocol training use conventional shop vacuums on post-Tubbs residue. That spreads toxic ash instead of containing it. We follow California’s cleanup requirements on every ash-related job.
- Diablo wind recontamination. Homeowners rush to seal smoke-damaged homes before the October-November wind season passes. If gaps around vents or rooflines stay open, heavy autumn gusts push new particulate in, and winter rains then drive moisture into unsealed wall cavities. Mold follows. We sequence the work so sealing happens before the wind shifts.
- Unsealed smoke damage turning into mold. Santa Rosa gets 30-plus inches of rain a year, mostly between November and March. A smoke-damaged home that was never fully resealed or deodorized before the rains hit will grow mold inside wall cavities by February. We see it every year, and it’s always more expensive to fix then than if the smoke job had been done right the first time.
Pricing for Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration in Santa Rosa, CA
Here’s what real fire and smoke work costs in Santa Rosa, based on the jobs we’ve done in the past year across 95405, 95406, 95407, and 95409.
- Smoke & soot removal (single room): $900-$2,400
- Whole-house deodorization with hydroxyl and thermal fogging: $2,800-$6,500
- Contents pack-out, cleaning, and storage: $3,000-$12,000 depending on volume
- HVAC duct cleaning for smoke contamination: $1,200-$3,000
- Full attic insulation removal and replacement after smoke: $3,500-$8,000
What moves the number: square footage, whether attic and HVAC were involved, and whether we’re dealing with post-Tubbs off-gassing rather than a contained kitchen fire. We give you a written scope with line items before we start, and we never bill above it without you approving the change in writing. Estimates are free. We don’t charge a trip fee anywhere in Santa Rosa.
We Also Serve Cities Near Santa Rosa
If you’re in Roseland, Larkfield-Wikiup, Rohnert Park, or Sebastopol, we cover those too. Same crew, same warranty, same owner answering the phone. Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration in Santa Rosa is our core service area, but the border towns call just as much, and we show up just as fast.
Serving Santa Rosa, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Santa Rosa 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 Santa Rosa
Newer rebuilds in Coffey Park and Fountaingrove were built to California Chapter 7A standards, which means Class A roofing, ember-resistant vents, and ignition-resistant siding. Those materials behave differently during a fire event and often require different cleaning agents and techniques than the drywall and asphalt shingle on a 1990s tract home. Restorers who do not know Chapter 7A materials can damage them or fail to deodorize them properly. We work on both stock types every week in Santa Rosa and adjust the process block by block. Call (855) 915-0646 for a full assessment.
It’s not surface odor. It’s fine particulate and char that settled inside HVAC ductwork, attic batts, and wall cavities over months of exposure to a neighboring burned lot. No amount of wiping or spray deodorizer touches it. You need HEPA scrubbing, duct cleaning, and often insulation replacement, followed by air-quality testing to confirm clearance. That’s the exact sequence we documented on a Fountaingrove hillside rebuild in 95404, and it’s reproducible on any surviving home with the same exposure history. Call us and we’ll test before we quote.
Yes, and the differences are material. Older homes near Railroad Square (95401) and the West End often have original wood lathe and plaster, single-pane windows, and pre-1980s materials that may include asbestos. We test before demolition, and we clean with methods that don’t drive water into old plaster. Newer Coffey Park rebuilds (95403) have Chapter 7A materials that need gentler chemistry and special sealing around ember-resistant vents. A one-size-fits-all approach fails on both. We scope each home individually.
Start with an air-quality test and an HVAC inspection. In Santa Rosa, this exact scenario is common in Fountaingrove and the hillside corridors where surviving homes sat adjacent to burned lots for months. The odor is almost always in the ductwork and insulation, not the living space. We run particulate testing, inspect the attic, and give you a written report with line-item pricing before any work starts. No charge for the second opinion if you already have an estimate from another company. Call (855) 915-0646.
Yes, if the home was not properly sealed after the initial fire or smoke event. Diablo winds in October and November push fine ash and particulate through any gap around vents, rooflines, or window frames. If those gaps are not closed before the wind season, you reintroduce exactly the contamination we just cleaned. We sequence sealing before deodorization and always leave a checklist of vulnerable points we sealed and what to watch for seasonally. If something reopens, the 90-Day Done Right Promise covers it. Call and Wade will head out.
Call Wade’s Restoration of California for Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration in Santa Rosa
If smoke is in your house right now, call (855) 915-0646. Wade answers. If you’re looking at an estimate from another company and want a second opinion, bring it in. No charge for that. If you’ve been living with a smoke smell since the Tubbs Fire and you’re tired of it, let’s test the air and find out where it’s hiding. We show up with equipment ready, we write down exactly what we’ll do and what it costs, and we back it with the 90-Day Done Right Promise, in writing, on every fire and smoke job in Santa Rosa.
Written by Wade Ferris, Owner at Wade’s Restoration of California, serving Santa Rosa fire and smoke restoration since 2007.