Fast, Reliable Reconstruction & Cleanup Across Sonoma
Reconstruction and cleanup in Sonoma means something different than it does in most places. Around here, the real work starts with what you can’t see: fine ash packed into adobe walls, soot inside HVAC ducting, and wine cellars that absorbed smoke even when the rest of the house looks untouched. Wade Ferris and his crew have worked these homes since 2007, and we know what Sonoma 95476 throws at a structure. If you’ve got damage from a fire, water, or just years of deferred maintenance, call (855) 915-0646 and Wade will answer the phone himself.
We’re not a franchise. Wade’s name is on the truck, his address is published, and he’s going to run into you at the hardware store on a Saturday. That’s the oldest accountability mechanism there is, and it still works.
Key takeaways:
- Sonoma homes need smoke-first remediation, not generic cleaning, because of the 2017 Nuns Fire pattern and recurring Diablo wind events.
- Full-service reconstruction in Sonoma typically runs $15,000-$80,000 depending on scope; post-construction cleanup runs $400-$1,800 per room.
- Older adobe and Victorian homes in Sonoma require different moisture and smoke protocols than modern builds.
- Every job includes direct adjuster coordination and written documentation for your insurance claim.
- The 90-Day Done Right Promise is stamped in writing on every contract.
Why Wade’s Restoration of California Is Sonoma’s Preferred Reconstruction & Cleanup Company
Wade’s Restoration has been rebuilding Sonoma homes since 2007, and the company’s reputation was forged in the weeks after the Nuns Fire. Homeowners who had never dealt with restoration before suddenly needed someone who could walk a Victorian near the Plaza, point to the window casings, and say exactly where ash was hiding. Wade could do that because he’d already spent a decade working on older Sonoma construction before fire season ever tested him.
Ask anyone on your street. The people we’ve worked for in Sonoma don’t remember a call center. They remember Wade showing up with a moisture meter, walking the property, and writing down what he found. He takes moisture readings every single day on water and mold jobs and hands you the full log at the end. Almost nobody in the trade does that. It’s not a pitch; it’s just how Wade works.
Response time to Sonoma matters because smoke damage doesn’t wait. Ash is alkaline. It etches finishes, corrodes metal, and works deeper into porous materials the longer it sits. When you call, Wade heads out. He coordinates scheduling from the brand’s San Francisco Bay Area office, but the crews live and work locally in Sonoma. No voicemail. No answering service. You’ll talk to a person, often Wade himself.
Our Reconstruction & Cleanup team handles everything from structural repair to final cleaning, and every job carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise: if it’s not done right, we make it right, in writing.
Our Reconstruction & Cleanup Services in Sonoma
Homes in Sonoma don’t respond to restoration the way a track-built subdivision house does. The housing here runs from pre-1900 adobe and wood-frame Victorians around the historic Plaza to mid-century ranches and newer estate properties in the hills. Each one demands a different approach. Here’s what we do most often.
Full-Service Reconstruction
Rebuilding a Sonoma home after fire or water damage means working with materials that aren’t sold at every lumberyard. Older homes around the Plaza have true dimensional lumber, plaster walls, and trim profiles you can’t buy off the shelf. We match those finishes, from custom wood doors to carriage-house details, so the repair doesn’t look like a repair. Full-service reconstruction in Sonoma typically runs $15,000-$80,000 depending on square footage and scope, and it’s always scoped in writing before work starts.
Post-Construction Cleanup
After reconstruction, the dust doesn’t disappear because the last board is nailed down. Fine gypsum dust and construction debris settles into every crack, every duct register, every cabinet. Post-construction cleanup in Sonoma runs $400-$1,800 per room depending on size and what’s being cleaned. We run air scrubbers, wipe every surface, clean the ductwork where needed, and leave the house ready to live in, not just ready to look at.
Contents Restoration & Pack-Out
When a Sonoma home needs structural work, the contents usually need to move out first. We pack out, inventory, clean, and store household goods, then bring everything back when the work is done. Contents restoration in Sonoma runs $3,000-$20,000 depending on volume and what’s been through fire, smoke, or water. Wine collections get special handling: inventory, padded transport, climate-controlled storage if the job runs long.
Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning
After a smoke event or water intrusion, carpets and upholstery hold onto odor and particulate in ways hard surfaces don’t. We clean them with professional-grade equipment from Dri-Eaz and B-Air, not a rental machine from the grocery store. Carpet and upholstery cleaning in Sonoma runs $150-$600 per room depending on material and soiling.
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
Wade’s crew is IICRC-certified and RIA-affiliated, and we work with the equipment that actually gets the job done: Dri-Eaz air scrubbers and dehumidifiers, Injectidry drying mats for walls and floors. We stock the parts and materials Sonoma homes need, so we’re not waiting on a supply run when your trim needs matched or your adobe walls need a specific drying protocol. If we’re rebuilding a custom wood door or restoring a carriage-house entrance, we source materials that match what was there, period.
Common Reconstruction & Cleanup Problems We See in Sonoma Homes
- Ash trapped inside adobe and unreinforced masonry walls. The 2017 Nuns Fire taught us that thick earthen walls absorb smoke and soot far deeper than drywall ever will. Surface cleaning alone leaves the problem inside, where it off-gasses for months.
- Power-washed historic wood doors and trim. Too much pressure strips custom finishes and drives water into joints, which is exactly what a century-old Victorian door doesn’t need. We clean these by hand with controlled moisture levels.
- Skipped HVAC duct and wine cellar triage. Even when the house shows no visible fire damage, fine ash gets pulled through return vents and settles in ductwork and cellars. The first hot spell or Diablo wind re-releases it into freshly restored rooms.
- Mold colonization in older crawl spaces. Morning fog rolling north from San Pablo Bay through the Carneros lowlands keeps crawl spaces humid for much of the year. Any water event, even a small one, turns into a mold problem faster in Sonoma than in drier inland cities.
Pricing for Reconstruction & Cleanup in Sonoma, CA
Here’s what you can expect to pay in Sonoma’s current market. Full-service reconstruction runs $15,000-$80,000 depending on square footage, structural scope, and finish level. Drywall and flooring repair runs $1,200-$8,000 per room. Contents pack-out and restoration runs $3,000-$20,000. Post-construction cleanup runs $400-$1,800 per room, and carpet and upholstery cleaning runs $150-$600 per room. The biggest variables are the age of the home, whether adobe or lath-and-plaster is involved, and how far the smoke or water traveled. We give a written scope and price before work starts, and estimates are free. No trip charge inside our own county. And we honor a permanent Senior and Veteran 10% discount.
Call (855) 915-0646 for an exact quote on your project.
We Also Serve Cities Near Sonoma
We work throughout the surrounding Wine Country communities, including Boyes Hot Springs, Petaluma, Napa, and Rohnert Park. If you’re outside Sonoma proper, call anyway. If we’re not the right fit for your location, we’ll tell you straight and point you toward someone who is.
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 - Reconstruction & Cleanup in Sonoma
We remove smoke odor from adobe walls by running Dri-Eaz air scrubbers continuously while using controlled drying mats to pull moisture and trapped particulate from inside the wall mass, then sealing with an odor-blocking primer suited to earthen materials. This works because adobe releases trapped soot slowly when dried too fast, so the drying curve has to be managed. Call (855) 915-0646 and Wade can walk you through what your specific walls need.
Yes, we restore custom carriage-house doors by cleaning them with controlled moisture and non-abrasive methods, never power-washing, then refinishing only where the original finish was compromised by ash alkalinity. The finish on those doors is part of the home’s character, and our job is to preserve it, not replace it. The process is slower than blasting them with a pressure washer, but that’s the point.
Yes, you should have your wine cellar inspected after any nearby fire, because fine ash particulate travels through tiny gaps and settles in cool, humid spaces like cellars even when the rest of the house looks clean. After the Nuns Fire, our crews found saturated wine cellars in homes with no visible exterior damage at all. The cellar is usually the first place that re-releases odor when temperatures climb.
Insurance often covers smoke remediation even without structural damage, because smoke is classified as physical damage to surfaces and contents even when framing is intact. We document everything with photos and moisture readings, and Wade deals with your adjuster directly, so you’re not the one stuck relaying information between two sides. That direct adjuster communication is one of the reasons people in Sonoma tell their neighbors about us.
We prevent mold after winter water intrusion by taking daily moisture readings until the drying target is hit, not just until the surface feels dry, and by mapping moisture in unusual places like adobe walls, plaster, and crawl spaces that Sonoma fog keeps damp for months. You get the full moisture log at the end of the job. That’s the difference between a cleanup that hides the problem and one that actually ends it.
Call Wade’s Restoration of California in Sonoma
If you’re looking at smoke damage, water intrusion, or a renovation that needs a real reconstruction crew, call (855) 915-0646. Wade answers his own phone, and he’ll tell you what he’d do if it were his house. That’s the standard he’s worked to since 2007, and it’s why homeowners in Sonoma 95476 trust his name on the work.
Written by Wade Ferris, Owner at Wade’s Restoration of California, serving Sonoma since 2007.