Fast, Reliable Biohazard & Crime Scene Cleanup Across Sonoma
When a biohazard situation happens in your Sonoma home, you need someone who understands adobe walls, Victorian trim, and wildfire ash the way only a local does. Wade’s Restoration of California responds to crime scenes, unattended deaths, hoarding situations, and blood cleanup throughout the 95476 zip code, from the historic Plaza district to the hillside estates off Arnold Drive. We handle the biology, the chemistry, and the paperwork so you don’t have to. Call (855) 915-0646 any hour, and Wade himself will answer and tell you exactly what happens next.
Why Wade’s Restoration of California Is Sonoma’s Preferred Biohazard & Crime Scene Cleanup Company
We’ve worked in enough Sonoma homes to know that the mess you can see is rarely the whole story. In a pre-1900 adobe near the Plaza, blood and bodily fluid wick into thick earthen walls and sit there. In a hillside Victorian off Lovall Valley Road, wildfire ash works its way into HVAC ducts and wine cellars even when the fire never touched the structure. That’s why our Biohazard & Crime Scene Cleanup team approaches every job with moisture meters, HEPA air scrubbers, and a respect for old materials that national chains don’t bring.
Wade Ferris founded this company in 2007, and he still answers his own phone. When you call at 2 a.m. because a death has occurred in a Sonoma home, you get Wade, not a call center in another state. His address is published. His license number is published. If something isn’t right, you’ll run into him at the hardware store, and he’ll make it right. That accountability matters when you’re letting someone into a house during the worst week of your life.
We hold IICRC and RIA credentials, and every job gets the same standard: background-checked, uniformed crew members who treat your home with the care they’d give their grandmother’s house. Sonoma homeowners have called us after other companies quoted one price on the phone and another at the door. We don’t work that way. The estimate is written, the scope is agreed to before a single tool comes off the truck, and our 90-Day Done Right Promise is stamped on every contract.
Our Biohazard & Crime Scene Cleanup Services in Sonoma
Here’s the specific work we do for Sonoma homeowners, from Glen Ellen to Boyes Hot Springs and everywhere in the 95476 zip code.
Crime Scene Cleanup
After law enforcement releases the scene, you’re left with blood, bodily fluid, and often fingerprint dust or tear gas residue inside your own home. Our crew arrives in unmarked vehicles, works quickly and quietly, and restores the space to a clean, safe condition. In Sonoma’s older homes, we pay special attention to porous materials: wood floors from the 1920s, unsealed grout, and the soft adobe plaster you’ll find within walking distance of the Plaza. Those materials absorb biofluids deeply, and the cleanup has to account for what’s below the surface, not just what’s visible.

Trauma & Unattended Death Cleanup
When a death goes undiscovered for days or weeks, the biological aftermath is severe. Decomposition fluids move through floorboards, soak into subflooring, and in Sonoma’s adobe homes, saturate the earthen walls themselves. After an unattended death in a historic adobe home near the Sonoma Plaza, our crew found blood and bodily fluids that had wicked into the thick earthen walls, requiring specialized moisture mapping and controlled demolition that preserved the original lime plaster. We used HEPA-filtered air scrubbers and hydroxyl generators from our Dri-Eaz and Phoenix fleet to neutralize odors without ozone, then matched the adobe patch materials so the repair was invisible to the homeowners. That’s the difference between sanitizing a surface and actually restoring a room.

Hoarding Cleanup
Hoarding situations in Sonoma are complicated by the same conditions that make any cleanup here harder: recurring wildfire smoke and elevated humidity from the Carneros fog. When a property has years of accumulated material, you’ll almost always find mold in the lower layers, rodent activity, and fine particulate that has settled into every surface. We sort, remove, and sanitize with compassion and discretion. We work with the homeowner, family members, and mental health professionals when needed. Nobody on our crew judges. We just do the work carefully and thoroughly.

Blood & Bodily Fluid Cleanup
Bloodborne pathogens are dangerous, and cleanup requires more than bleach and elbow grease. Our crew is trained to IICRC standards for biohazard remediation, and we use hospital-grade disinfectants that are effective against hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV. In Sonoma’s older Victorians, blood seeps into the gaps between floorboards and down into the joist bays below. In mid-century ranch houses off Fifth Street West, it pools on slab foundations and wicks into drywall. We map the affected area, remove what can’t be sanitized, and verify with ATP testing that the space is clean, not just clean-looking.
We also handle Biohazard & Crime Scene Cleanup in Sonoma for infectious disease disinfection and tear gas or chemical cleanup when a home has been contaminated.

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 Sonoma
When we set up air filtration and drying equipment in a Sonoma home, we use professional-grade machines from Dri-Eaz, Phoenix, and Injectidry, not the rental-shop units you might see elsewhere. For biohazard work, HEPA-filtered negative air machines and hydroxyl generators matter because they pull contaminated air out of the space without the corrosive side effects of ozone. If you’ve had another restoration company look at your home in the past, bring us their written estimate and we’ll give you a free second opinion, no charge. That’s a standing offer for every Sonoma homeowner.
Common Biohazard & Crime Scene Cleanup Problems We See in Sonoma Homes
These are the failure modes we run into again and again in the 95476 zip code. If any of these sound familiar, call us sooner rather than later, because the damage only compounds.
- Adobe walls that hide biofluids for months. Thick earthen walls in pre-1900 adobes near the Sonoma Plaza absorb liquids like a sponge and release odors slowly over time. Standard biocides and a surface wipe don’t touch what’s inside the wall. Moisture mapping and selective wall opening are the only way to actually fix it.
- Wildfire ash cross-contamination inside a trauma scene. In Sonoma’s hillside homes, a hoarding cleanup or unattended death almost always includes fine Diablo-wind particulate in HVAC ducts and wine cellars. Generic cleaners miss it entirely. We inspect and clean the ductwork as part of the biohazard scope.
- Aggressive chemical fogging in Victorians with original wood doors. Ozone and harsh fogging agents corrode custom hardware, bleach original trim, and void restoration warranties. We use hydroxyl generators instead, which neutralize odors without damaging the materials that make a Sonoma Victorian worth restoring.
- Underestimating the humidity problem in Carneros lowland homes. Morning fog rolling north from San Pablo Bay keeps crawl spaces damp for much of the year. Any biohazard event that introduces moisture into a crawl space or wall cavity in that part of Sonoma accelerates mold colonization within days, which means the biohazard cleanup and the mold remediation have to be addressed as one continuous job.
Pricing for Biohazard & Crime Scene Cleanup in Sonoma, CA
Biohazard cleanup costs in Sonoma depend on the scope, but here’s what we typically see. A straightforward blood cleanup in a single room of a mid-century ranch off Fifth Street West runs between $800 and $1,500. An unattended death cleanup in a hillside estate on Lovall Valley Road, where fluids have moved through flooring into subfloor and insulation, typically runs $2,500 to $7,000. A hoarding cleanup in a 2,000-square-foot home can range from $3,000 to $12,000 or more when structural damage and mold are involved. In adobe homes near the Plaza, wall remediation adds cost because the earthen material must be removed, replaced, and matched. Every estimate is free, written, and agreed to before work begins. Call (855) 915-0646 for an exact quote on your situation.
We Also Serve Cities Near Sonoma
Wade’s Restoration of California serves all of Sonoma County and the surrounding area, including Boyes Hot Springs, Petaluma, Napa, and Rohnert Park. If you’re outside the 95476 zip code and dealing with a biohazard situation, call us anyway. We’ll tell you over the phone whether we can get there quickly, and what the first hour should look like.
Serving Sonoma, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Sonoma 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 - Biohazard & Crime Scene Cleanup in Sonoma
No. Biohazard remediation does not require a city permit in Sonoma, but if the cleanup involves removing wall sections from a historically designated adobe or Victorian near the Plaza, you may need approval from the city’s design review board before structural work begins. We coordinate that for you. Call (855) 915-0646 and we’ll tell you whether your specific home triggers any review requirement.
We don’t try to wash blood out of adobe, because the material is too porous; the blood wicks deep into the wall and keeps re-releasing odor no matter how much disinfectant you apply to the surface. The correct protocol is to map the affected area with moisture meters, cut out the contaminated adobe, and rebuild the wall with matched materials so the repair is invisible. That’s what we did on the Plaza adobe job after the plaster and patch work was complete, the homeowners couldn’t tell where the wall had been opened.
We clean it as part of the same job. In Sonoma, ash from the Diablo wind events settles into ductwork and wine cellars even in homes far from any visible burn scar. If we’re already running HEPA air scrubbers and negative air machines for a biohazard cleanup, we inspect the ducts and wine cellar surfaces and include the particulate remediation in the written scope. You don’t get a surprise second invoice.
Ozone is not safe for those homes. Ozone oxidizes everything it touches, including the original shellac finishes on Victorian wood doors, the patina on brass carriage-house hardware, and even the rubber seals on window frames. In a Sonoma Victorian, we use hydroxyl generators instead, which neutralize odors just as effectively but don’t damage materials. If another company proposes ozone in your historic home, call (855) 915-0646 and get a free second opinion before you agree to anything.
We answer the phone immediately and can typically be on site in the hillside neighborhoods off Sonoma Mountain Road within 60 to 90 minutes. Wade takes the call himself and tells you exactly what to do in the meantime: keep people and pets out of the affected area, don’t attempt to clean anything yourself, and don’t touch any materials that may contain blood or fluid. The faster we get contamination under control, the less damage spreads. Call (855) 915-0646 now.
Written by Wade Ferris, Owner at Wade’s Restoration of California, serving Sonoma and Sonoma County since 2007.