Fast, Reliable Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration Across Davis
Fire and smoke damage restoration in Davis typically runs $1,800-$4,200 for a contained kitchen fire and climbs from there when smoke migrates through shared walls or into ductwork. Most Davis jobs can be assessed the same day you call, with board-up and air scrubbers running within hours, not days. We know the tight alleys off Sycamore Lane, the 1960s duplexes near downtown, and the slab-on-grade tracts in Mace Ranch, because Wade Ferris has been answering calls in the Sacramento Valley since 2007. If you’re standing in a smoky living room right now, call (855) 915-0646 and Wade will tell you straight what needs to happen next.
Why Wade’s Restoration of California Is Davis’s Preferred Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration Company
Davis isn’t like other cities in Yolo County. The housing stock is dense, much of it built during UC Davis’s growth decades, and that changes how fire and smoke work behaves. Our Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration team understands that a kitchen fire in a 1970s wood-frame duplex doesn’t stay in one unit. Smoke pushes through shared wall cavities, chases, and attic spaces into the neighboring rental before the fire department even clears the scene.
Wade Ferris started this company in 2007 and still answers his own phone. When you call about a fire in Davis, you’re talking to the man whose name is on the truck, not a call center routing you to whoever’s on shift. We hold IICRC certification and RIA affiliation, and every fire job includes a written scope before work starts. No surprises at the door. Ask anyone on your street who’s dealt with a restoration outfit that quoted one number on the phone and another at the door, then call Wade. He’d rather lose a job than overcharge a neighbor he’ll see at the farmers market on Saturday.
Response time to Davis: Wade heads out from the Sacramento office and can typically have a crew at your door within 60-90 minutes for board-up and containment. For non-emergency assessments, we schedule around your timeline, not ours. The 90-Day Done Right Promise applies to every fire job we do in Davis, in writing. If it’s not done right, Wade makes it right.
Our Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration Services in Davis
Smoke & Soot Removal
Soot is acidic and starts etching surfaces within hours. In Davis’s older rentals with original gypsum and lath plaster, that means window glass, chrome fixtures, and painted trim get pitted fast if you wait. Our crew uses HEPA-filtered vacuums and dry chemical sponges on the right surfaces, and we know which Davis building materials will clean up and which need replacement. We work room by room, documenting everything with photos for your insurance adjuster.
Odor Removal & Deodorization
Davis sits in the Sacramento Valley’s tule fog belt, and that changes everything about smoke odor. During winter fog events, relative humidity stays near saturation for days inside older, poorly ventilated apartments off Russell Boulevard and around the Olive Drive corridors. A superficial ozone treatment that would work in a dry climate simply fails here. We use thermal fogging paired with XPOWER air scrubbers running negative air pressure, pulling odor molecules out of wall cavities and ductwork, not just masking them. When the fog rolls back in, the smell stays gone.
Emergency Board-Up & Tarping
A fire in Davis’s dense rental districts creates a security problem immediately. Broken windows and burned door frames on a ground-floor apartment near campus invite exactly the kind of attention you don’t want. We board up with structural-grade plywood, cut and painted to fit your openings properly, not slapped over the frame. We pre-coordinate with UC Davis property managers and private landlords so access routes, rear parking courts, and townhome doors stay usable by residents during the restoration.
Contents Cleaning & Pack-Out
Smoke damage doesn’t stop at the walls. Clothes, books, electronics, and furniture all trap odor. In Davis’s student rentals, this often means a whole semester of someone’s life is sitting in a smoky unit. We inventory, photograph, pack out, and restore contents at our facility using ultrasonic cleaning and Dri-Eaz drying equipment. Everything is documented on a line-item basis for your insurer, and Wade deals with the adjuster directly so you’re not relaying messages between two sides.
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 Davis
We run Dri-Eaz and XPOWER equipment on Davis jobs because that’s what actually works in tight spaces with marginal ventilation. The air scrubbers, thermal foggers, and HEPA units we bring into Davis apartments and duplexes are the same professional-grade tools used on commercial losses. We maintain a stocked equipment inventory at our Sacramento office, which means no waiting for a regional warehouse to ship gear when your Davis rental needs an air scrubber running tonight. Wade’s crew is IICRC-certified, background-checked, and uniformed every time they walk onto your property.
Common Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration Problems We See in Davis Homes
- Tule fog odor persistence. Dense winter fog traps smoke molecules in porous surfaces in older Davis rentals. A superficial clean that misses wall cavities means the smell returns with the next fog event, and then you’re paying twice for the same job.
- Shared-wall smoke migration. In 1960s-1980s wood-frame duplexes and apartments near downtown and campus, smoke travels through wall cavities and attic spaces into adjacent units. Containment has to extend beyond the fire unit or the neighboring tenant’s living room smells like your kitchen fire for months.
- Tight alley and parking access. Many Davis rentals off Sycamore Lane, L Street, and East Eighth feature narrow alleys and rear-load parking courts. Equipment deployment takes planning, and pre-coordinating with property managers keeps townhome doors accessible to residents while we work.
- Deferred maintenance surfacing during demolition. Student rental turnover means fire damage often exposes pre-existing plumbing or electrical issues. A crew that only paints over charred framing misses hidden corrosion or wiring damage behind the walls, and that becomes a future fire risk.
Pricing for Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration in Davis, CA
Here’s what Davis homeowners and landlords can expect to pay, based on the scope we see in this housing stock:
| Service | Typical Range in Davis |
|---|---|
| Emergency board-up & tarping | $400-$900 |
| Smoke & soot removal (single room) | $800-$1,800 |
| Full odor removal & deodorization | $1,200-$3,500 |
| Contents cleaning & pack-out | $1,500-$6,000 (depending on volume) |
| Kitchen fire, full restoration | $5,000-$18,000 |
What moves the number: square footage affected, whether smoke reached the HVAC system, how many units share the wall cavity, and whether charred framing needs structural work. Estimates in Davis are free, always. Call (855) 915-0646 and Wade will give you a written scope before any work starts, no charge for the visit inside Yolo County.
We Also Serve Cities Near Davis
Wade’s Restoration handles fire and smoke damage in Davis and throughout the surrounding area, including Dixon, Woodland, West Sacramento, and Winters. Same 24/7 live-answer phone, same 90-Day Done Right Promise, same owner answering his own phone no matter which side of the causeway you’re on.
Serving Davis, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Davis 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 Davis
Mid-June through mid-July creates a sharp spike in restoration work in Davis. When student leases expire and property managers do move-out inspections, they routinely discover months of unreported leaks, roof problems, and smoke damage that never got called in. Experienced Davis restoration crews pre-schedule extra drying equipment and additional crews for this window, because the call volume almost never appears at this scale in neighboring Woodland or West Sacramento. If you’re a landlord facing a fire-damaged unit in June, call early. (855) 915-0646
Yes, and it’s one of the most common calls we get in Davis. In 1960s-1980s wood-frame construction, smoke travels through shared wall cavities, chase ways, and attic space into adjacent units. We ran a kitchen fire in a 1970s duplex off Sycamore Lane near downtown where the fire flashed through a shared wall cavity into the neighboring unit. We set up negative air containment in the narrow alley between the two buildings, thermal fogged both units, and coordinated board-up around the rear parking court so townhome doors stayed accessible to residents. If your neighbor’s fire has your unit smelling like smoke, don’t wait to see if it fades. It won’t on its own.
Narrow alleys, rear-load parking courts, and street parking restrictions near campus can delay equipment deployment if a crew doesn’t plan for them. In Davis’s older downtown blocks and the dense student housing around UC Davis, getting a board-up crew and air scrubbers into position often requires pre-coordination with property managers and sometimes the city’s parking enforcement office for temporary lane access. We handle that coordination. You shouldn’t have to.
Many 1980s and 1990s tracts in east Davis, including Mace Ranch, were built slab-on-grade. That means no crawlspace to ventilate smoke odor downward, and utilities are embedded in or under the slab. Fire suppression water collects against the slab edge and wicks into wall plates and drywall, and smoke odor has nowhere to go but up through the structure. Cleanup in these homes requires more aggressive air movement and longer drying times than raised-foundation homes to reach the same result.
Yes, and this is specific to Davis’s housing stock. A large share of the 1960s-1980s rental housing near campus retains original galvanized plumbing, which corrodes in the region’s moderately hard water and produces pinhole leaks behind walls. When fire restoration opens up charred walls, these pre-existing leaks and corroded sections often surface. A restoration crew that ignores them just closes the wall over the next hidden leak. Our crews identify and address what demolition exposes, with photos and documentation for your insurer.
Call Wade’s Restoration for Fire & Smoke Damage in Davis
If you have smoke in your walls, soot on every surface, or a boarded-up window you just want handled by someone who answers his own phone, call (855) 915-0646 right now. Wade Ferris will answer, or someone on his crew will call you back within minutes. Free estimates, no trip charge inside Yolo County, and a written scope before any work starts. Senior and Veteran discount, always 10%. If you’re in Davis, you’ve probably seen his truck. Now you know who’s driving.
Written by Wade Ferris, Owner at Wade’s Restoration of California, serving Davis since 2007.