Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration in Clovis, CA: What It Costs and How Fast We Can Be There
Fire and smoke damage restoration in Clovis typically runs $2,800 to $9,500 depending on square footage, whether the fire reached structural framing, and how far soot traveled through the ductwork. Most Clovis jobs we handle are completed within 5 to 14 days, with emergency board-up and odor control started the same day you call. If you’re standing in a smoke-damaged house right now, call (855) 915-0646 and Wade Ferris will answer.
Why Clovis Homeowners Call Wade’s Restoration First
Wade Ferris started this company in 2007 and he still answers his own phone. Not a call center, not a dispatcher. When a kitchen fire fills your Harlan Ranch home with smoke at 2 a.m., the man on the other end of the line is the same man who’ll be at your door in under an hour. That matters in Clovis, where word travels fast and nobody wants to explain to their neighbors why a rotating crew of strangers spent three weeks in their house.
Wade’s team has worked fire jobs in every corner of Clovis: the mature ranch homes along Fowler Avenue in 93611, the tree-lined streets of Old Town 93612, the packed master-planned communities in 93619, and the semi-rural parcels off Shepherd and Locan where homes sit within sight of the foothills. We know which neighborhoods have older electrical panels fed by overhead lines that arc during Valley wind events. We know which post-2000 production builds share a single HVAC return that pulls smoke from a garage fire into every bedroom in under ten minutes. That local knowledge changes how we scope a job from the first hour.
Every fire restoration job in Clovis comes with the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it’s not done right, Wade makes it right. One call brings him back.
Our Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration Services in Clovis
Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration covers a lot of ground, but these four services handle the bulk of what we see in Clovis homes.
Fire Damage Cleanup
After the fire department leaves, you’re left with charred framing, water from the hoses, and debris that’s actively corroding whatever it touches. In Clovis’s older 93611 and 93612 homes, that often means water running down through plaster walls into crawl spaces that haven’t been opened in 40 years. In newer 93619 homes, it means water pooling on OSB subflooring beneath the sheet vinyl. We remove the damaged material, dry the structure with Phoenix and Dri-Eaz equipment, and document everything for your adjuster.
Smoke & Soot Removal
Clovis sits against the foothills, and that affects the soot itself. Fires in 93619 homes often burn juniper, manzanita, and pine that homeowners keep as ornamental landscaping against the house. That soot has a different chemistry than what you’d get from a grease fire in a Fresno apartment. It clings harder and requires specific agitation and chemical agents to break the bond with painted surfaces. We’ve learned this the hard way over hundreds of Clovis jobs, and we stock the right products for it.
Odor Removal & Deodorization
Smoke odor in a Clovis summer is a different animal than smoke odor in a mild coastal climate. The heat bakes volatile organic compounds into sheetrock, insulation, and even the wood framing itself. A contractor who just sprays a deodorizer and paints over it will be back in six weeks when the first 100°F day pulls the smell right back out. Our team runs negative-pressure air scrubbers, uses hydroxyl generators, and when needed, removes and replaces insulation and ducting so the odor doesn’t come back in September.
Contents Cleaning & Pack-Out
We pack out furniture, clothing, dishes, and personal items to our secure cleaning facility, where each item gets ultrasonic cleaning or hand-cleaning based on what it’s made of. For Clovis families displaced after a fire, we keep a photo inventory and work directly with your adjuster so you’re not the one stuck explaining to your insurance company why the smoke got into that box of Christmas decorations you haven’t opened in three years. You shouldn’t have to be the middleman. Wade deals with the adjuster directly.
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 Equipment and Credentials on Every Clovis Job
When we show up to a fire-damaged home in Clovis, the truck is stocked with Dri-Eaz HEPA air scrubbers, XPOWER axial fans, Injectidry cavity-drying systems, and Phoenix dehumidifiers. These aren’t rental units from a big-box store. They’re professional-grade tools maintained by our own crew. Wade and his team carry IICRC certifications and maintain RIA affiliation, which means we follow restoration industry standards that a lot of handyman crews don’t even know exist. The person taking readings in your hallway has done this before, hundreds of times.
Common Fire & Smoke Problems We See in Clovis Homes
- Builder-grade smoke detectors that never went off. Many Clovis production homes built in the 2000s and 2010s came with the cheapest ionization detectors the builder could spec. They’re fine for fast-flame fires but slow to trigger on smoldering fires behind walls or in attics. By the time anyone notices, heat has already compromised structural members behind the stucco.
- HVAC systems in open-floor-plan homes spread smoke everywhere. In 93619 master-planned communities, one shared return can pull smoke from a small kitchen fire into every bedroom, bathroom, and closet in under ten minutes. Contractors who only clean the fire room leave soot inside the ductwork, and that odor resurfaces every time the air conditioner kicks on.
- Stucco cracks hiding moisture behind fire-repaired walls. Clovis gets almost no summer rain, so gutters and grading get neglected. When winter storms hit, water flows straight into hairline stucco cracks and saturates the OSB sheathing behind them. If that happens on a wall we repaired after a fire, the moisture feeds mold behind the patch before you ever see a stain.
- Smoke-affected contents stored in hot garages. A Clovis garage in July can hit 130°F. If you move smoke-damaged furniture or boxes into the garage while deciding what to do with them, that heat drives the odor deeper into the materials and makes cleaning much harder, sometimes impossible.
Pricing for Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration in Clovis, CA
We Serve All of Clovis and the Surrounding Area
Wade’s Restoration is locally owned and owner-operated, and we serve every Clovis ZIP code: 93611, 93612, 93613, and 93619. If you’re outside Clovis, we also run jobs in Fresno, Old Fig Garden, Sanger, and Fowler. Dispatch and scheduling are coordinated from our Fresno, Central Valley office, but the crew that shows up knows Clovis streets and Clovis homes. This is where we work every day.
Serving Clovis, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Clovis 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 Clovis
Why do homes in Clovis’s 93619 zip code need different smoke odor treatment than older 93611 or 93612 ranch homes?
Homes in 93619 are mostly 2000s-era production builds with open floor plans and a single central HVAC return, which spreads smoke into every room fast. Homes in 93611 and 93612 are older ranch-style builds with compartmentalized layouts that contain smoke better but have decades of dust, pet dander, and old insulation that absorb odor differently. We treat 93619 homes with full ductwork decontamination and verify every room with thermal imaging before we call the job done. Call (855) 915-0646 and Wade will walk you through what your specific home needs.
Can hidden moisture from winter storms cause smoldering fire damage to reappear behind Clovis stucco?
Yes. Clovis’s stucco-over-OSB construction means water that gets behind a hairline crack has nowhere to go. It saturates the OSB sheathing, which then holds heat from a smoldering event and can reignite or continue degrading the structure. This is a failure mode we see in 93619 production homes more than anywhere else in the county. If you’ve had a fire and then a wet winter, we inspect the wall cavities with moisture meters and IR cameras before and after every repair.
How quickly does mold start in a hot Clovis attic after a fire is extinguished?
Within 24 to 36 hours in the San Joaquin Valley summer. Clovis attics routinely hit 140°F in July and August, and firefighting water soaks insulation and framing immediately. Without industrial drying and negative air pressure, mold will colonize before your adjuster has even returned your first phone call. That’s why we show up fast, set up Dri-Eaz and Phoenix drying equipment the same day, and log moisture readings daily. Wade hands you the complete log at the end of the job.
Does the 2020 Creek Fire smoke damage require different soot removal in eastern Clovis homes?
Yes. Homes in eastern Clovis, especially 93619, were blanketed for weeks with smoke from the Creek Fire. That smoke carried pine and manzanita residue that bonds to painted surfaces more aggressively than typical urban soot. The wildland-urban interface soot profile we see in those homes requires specific chemical agents and longer dwell times. A company that only cleans city house fires won’t know the difference. Wade does.
What’s the risk of leaving smoke-affected contents in a Clovis garage during summer?
A Clovis garage in July hits 130°F or higher. That heat drives smoke residue deep into upholstery fibers, wood grain, and clothing fibers, making cleaning far more difficult and often turning a cleanable item into a write-off. We recommend packing out contents immediately or, at minimum, keeping them in air-conditioned space until our team can assess them. Don’t let the heat make a $300 cleaning into a $3,000 replacement claim.
Call Wade’s Restoration of California Today
If your home in Clovis has fire or smoke damage, don’t wait for the odor to set in or the insurance paperwork to arrive. Call (855) 915-0646 right now. Wade answers, 24/7. He’ll give you an honest assessment over the phone, tell you what to do in the next hour, and be on the road to your house with the equipment you need. Estimates are free. No charge for the second look if another company already gave you a number. Senior and veteran discounts apply on every job. Wade’s name is on the truck, his address is published, and he’s going to run into you again at the Bulldog Pizzeria or the Clovis Rodeo. That’s the oldest accountability system there is, and it still works.
Written by Wade Ferris, Owner at Wade’s Restoration of California, serving Clovis and the Central Valley since 2007.